Rumpleteazer looked around nervously for a way out. Tugger was
glaring down at her with complete distaste. She hesistantly tried to
escape, but Tugger grabbed her angrily.
"That's the third toime today, Tug." She said, forcing a smile.
"Time, not toime, brat." He hissed, dragging her back in the direction of the junkyard.
"Wot about Jerrie?" She asked, slightly frightened of her empending doom.
"He'll be fine. Bustopher's got his roast." Tugger laughed, but Rumpleteazer just sighed. She was in trouble this time! The tom offered no sympathy after seeing the look on her face. "Yeah, you better be scared. You're going to be in huge trouble when your father gets back. Why do you cause him so much stress purposely, huh?"
"I don't!" She protested angrily, struggling out of Tugger's grasp. "He don't even care! All 'e ever does is scold me! 'alf the time 'e's workin', i's loike 'e only pays attention to me when I've done somefing wrong!"
Tugger smacked the kitten over the head. "Ever think he scolds you for a reason!" He shouted, but Rumpleteazer did not listen. She had burst into silent tears. "I'm sorry." Tugger said softer this time. "Really, come on, let's go." He took her paw in his and they headed back to the junkyard. "I used to be just like you and Mungojerrie. Always running around and getting into trouble."
"Really?" She sniffled.
"Yeah. Me 'n Bomb used to cause so much trouble my father that he one day up and told me that I couldn't go out of his sight for a month, in case I was 'planning on skampering all around the world causing headaches for all Jellicles'."
"Old Deuteronomy said that?" Rumpleteazer asked, eyes wide. "Bomb was a trouble maker?"
"Yeah, but she never got caught. And he wasn't old back than. Come on, stop blubbering, we're here." Rumpleteazer couldn't stop seeing the disapointed faces of the older members of the tribe. Rum Tum Tugger hugged her. "Come on, buck up. Just look guilty and say sorry, take what punishment they give."
"All right." The pair closed in on the tribe, all looking very rattled and disapointed. Jellylorum had a hold of a very guilty looking Mungojerrie. Munkustrap, Jennyanydots and Mistofflees looked very angry with her. Old Deuteronomy just looked disapointed. Even the leader's other son, Macavity, was there, looking very amused by the whole situation.
Giggling in the corner were Demeter and Bombalurina. Rumpleteazer glared at them, they pretended to look frightened. Jennyanydots hissed at them to hush up.
"Come here, Rumpleteazer." Munkustrap instructed, his voice filled with anger and annoyance. The kitten looked back at Rum Tum Tugger for assistance, but he just gave her a look that made her giggle and eased her confidence. Munkustrap frowned even more. "What in the world did you think you were doing?"
"Having a bi' a fun, I suppose." Rumpleteazer said calmly.
Jennyanydots stepped forward angrily. "Running off past your bedtime, sneaking into a human's home, a human! Than stealing, making a complete racket! You worried us have to death!"
"It was my idea!" Mungojerrie perked up. "I didn't tell 'er where we wos goin'!"
"You're in enough trouble already!" Munkustrap snapped.
From the back of the group, a firey red Jellicle came forth. Rumpleteazer's eyes widened, half in fear and half in pure curiousity. He opened his mouth to speak and Rumpleteazer stared in anticipation of what this great creature might say. Would he condemn her, perhaps support her?
"Please, Munkustrap, my dear older brother." He hissed in a low, vibrant voice.
"Stay out of this Macavity." Munkustrap hissed at him. Demeter was staring at the two brothers in awe. Rumpleteazer rolled her eyes at her.
"Listen, they're just kittens. Give them a little break on this one time, ay?" Macavity hissed cooly to his brother. Rumpleteazer stared brightly at the myseterious Jellicle. She couldn't believe he was actually defending the two of them.
"Boys," perked up Old Deuteronomy. "I'm afraid I'll have to agree with Macavity on this, Munkustrap."
"But, father," Munkustrap protested. "They've been..."
"My dear brother," Macavity laughed in a way that made Rumpleteazer shudder. "You heard our wise leader. They're only children. I believe they've learned their lesson."
"Oh, yea!" Mungojerrie piped up and Bombalurina snickered as Jennyanydots hushed him.
The brothers glared intensely at each other. Mistofflees, the youngest of Deuteronomy's sons, piped up. "Enough is enough, you two! You've turned this into something beyond the fate of the kittens, you're bringing yourselves into it. Come, let's all get to bed now, it's far too late to be arguing so."
Munkustrap hissed at Macavity, who kept his cool. Eventually the mysterious tom slinked off and away from the junkyard. Rumpleteazer's eyes followed him, as did Demeter's.
"Come along, Demeter, dear!" Jellylorum cooed. "Rumpleteazer!" The queen's tone changed to a hiss. The kitten glared and began to scamper away.
"Hey." Mungojerrie grinned at her. "We got off!"
"You did. Wait until pa gets 'ome." Rumpleteazer did not smile.
"But... it was fun though." Mungojerrie's smiled faded a little bit.
"Yeah." Rumpleteazer sighed. "It was!" She giggled and tackled him cheering her up.
"Rumpleteazer!" Came a shout that ruined their fun. "I don't want to have to call you again!"
"All right!" She called back. "I bettah go, don't want to make her any more mad!"
"Yea, g'nigh Teazah!"
"G'nigh Jerrie."
"That's the third toime today, Tug." She said, forcing a smile.
"Time, not toime, brat." He hissed, dragging her back in the direction of the junkyard.
"Wot about Jerrie?" She asked, slightly frightened of her empending doom.
"He'll be fine. Bustopher's got his roast." Tugger laughed, but Rumpleteazer just sighed. She was in trouble this time! The tom offered no sympathy after seeing the look on her face. "Yeah, you better be scared. You're going to be in huge trouble when your father gets back. Why do you cause him so much stress purposely, huh?"
"I don't!" She protested angrily, struggling out of Tugger's grasp. "He don't even care! All 'e ever does is scold me! 'alf the time 'e's workin', i's loike 'e only pays attention to me when I've done somefing wrong!"
Tugger smacked the kitten over the head. "Ever think he scolds you for a reason!" He shouted, but Rumpleteazer did not listen. She had burst into silent tears. "I'm sorry." Tugger said softer this time. "Really, come on, let's go." He took her paw in his and they headed back to the junkyard. "I used to be just like you and Mungojerrie. Always running around and getting into trouble."
"Really?" She sniffled.
"Yeah. Me 'n Bomb used to cause so much trouble my father that he one day up and told me that I couldn't go out of his sight for a month, in case I was 'planning on skampering all around the world causing headaches for all Jellicles'."
"Old Deuteronomy said that?" Rumpleteazer asked, eyes wide. "Bomb was a trouble maker?"
"Yeah, but she never got caught. And he wasn't old back than. Come on, stop blubbering, we're here." Rumpleteazer couldn't stop seeing the disapointed faces of the older members of the tribe. Rum Tum Tugger hugged her. "Come on, buck up. Just look guilty and say sorry, take what punishment they give."
"All right." The pair closed in on the tribe, all looking very rattled and disapointed. Jellylorum had a hold of a very guilty looking Mungojerrie. Munkustrap, Jennyanydots and Mistofflees looked very angry with her. Old Deuteronomy just looked disapointed. Even the leader's other son, Macavity, was there, looking very amused by the whole situation.
Giggling in the corner were Demeter and Bombalurina. Rumpleteazer glared at them, they pretended to look frightened. Jennyanydots hissed at them to hush up.
"Come here, Rumpleteazer." Munkustrap instructed, his voice filled with anger and annoyance. The kitten looked back at Rum Tum Tugger for assistance, but he just gave her a look that made her giggle and eased her confidence. Munkustrap frowned even more. "What in the world did you think you were doing?"
"Having a bi' a fun, I suppose." Rumpleteazer said calmly.
Jennyanydots stepped forward angrily. "Running off past your bedtime, sneaking into a human's home, a human! Than stealing, making a complete racket! You worried us have to death!"
"It was my idea!" Mungojerrie perked up. "I didn't tell 'er where we wos goin'!"
"You're in enough trouble already!" Munkustrap snapped.
From the back of the group, a firey red Jellicle came forth. Rumpleteazer's eyes widened, half in fear and half in pure curiousity. He opened his mouth to speak and Rumpleteazer stared in anticipation of what this great creature might say. Would he condemn her, perhaps support her?
"Please, Munkustrap, my dear older brother." He hissed in a low, vibrant voice.
"Stay out of this Macavity." Munkustrap hissed at him. Demeter was staring at the two brothers in awe. Rumpleteazer rolled her eyes at her.
"Listen, they're just kittens. Give them a little break on this one time, ay?" Macavity hissed cooly to his brother. Rumpleteazer stared brightly at the myseterious Jellicle. She couldn't believe he was actually defending the two of them.
"Boys," perked up Old Deuteronomy. "I'm afraid I'll have to agree with Macavity on this, Munkustrap."
"But, father," Munkustrap protested. "They've been..."
"My dear brother," Macavity laughed in a way that made Rumpleteazer shudder. "You heard our wise leader. They're only children. I believe they've learned their lesson."
"Oh, yea!" Mungojerrie piped up and Bombalurina snickered as Jennyanydots hushed him.
The brothers glared intensely at each other. Mistofflees, the youngest of Deuteronomy's sons, piped up. "Enough is enough, you two! You've turned this into something beyond the fate of the kittens, you're bringing yourselves into it. Come, let's all get to bed now, it's far too late to be arguing so."
Munkustrap hissed at Macavity, who kept his cool. Eventually the mysterious tom slinked off and away from the junkyard. Rumpleteazer's eyes followed him, as did Demeter's.
"Come along, Demeter, dear!" Jellylorum cooed. "Rumpleteazer!" The queen's tone changed to a hiss. The kitten glared and began to scamper away.
"Hey." Mungojerrie grinned at her. "We got off!"
"You did. Wait until pa gets 'ome." Rumpleteazer did not smile.
"But... it was fun though." Mungojerrie's smiled faded a little bit.
"Yeah." Rumpleteazer sighed. "It was!" She giggled and tackled him cheering her up.
"Rumpleteazer!" Came a shout that ruined their fun. "I don't want to have to call you again!"
"All right!" She called back. "I bettah go, don't want to make her any more mad!"
"Yea, g'nigh Teazah!"
"G'nigh Jerrie."