Disclaimer: CATS still doesn't belong to me! It still belongs to the same people as it did in chapter 1.
Chapter 3: Macavity Gets His Way (Well Almost)
The two toms entered the junkyard and slowly, Misto in the lead, climbed up a pile of junk, being careful not to make a sound. When they reached the top Misto stopped and Skimble stopped next to him. When the two peeked over into the center of the junkyard and gasped. There were about fifty stray cats and about twenty Jellicles battling, cats were flying in every direction. Suddenly Macavity yelled at the top of his voice, "FREEZE!" All of the Jellicles and all of Macavity's henchcats looked at him in surprise, but found out why he stopped the battle quickly.
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Macavity moved slowly from the shadows into the center of the junkyard, holding Jellylorum. Misto looked at Skimble, whose face had turned pale, it had long been known that Skimble and Jelly were mates, "He had better put her down if he knows what's good for him," Skimble muttered. "Skimble," Misto whispered warningly, "Stay put!" Skimble looked at him indignantly, but stayed where he was and listened to what was going on below them. "Put her down, Macavity," Munkustrap ordered. "No, I don't think I will, thanks," Macavity said evilly, "Why don't you try and take her from me and see what happens?" Munkustrap just glared at him, not taking even one step towards the Mystery Cat. "That's what I thought," Macavity said, "Now you are all to do as I say, or else. Any questions?" All of the Jellicles glared at Macavity, but were too afraid that he would hurt Jelly to speak. "Good," Macavity said, "First someone is going to tell me where Demeter is, any volunteers?" Macavity looked around in mock expectancy. He noticed Munkustrap shift his position slightly. He smiled, sauntered over to the silver tabby, looked him straight in the eye, and said, "Move." Munkustrap glared right back at his brother and firmly said, "No." "Very well," Macavity said, "Griddlebone, hold Jellylorum for me." Griddlebone grabbed Jelly and held her tightly. "Now I'm going tell you nicely one more time, Munkustrap. Move." Munkustrap looked at Macavity defiantly and said, "And one more time I am going to tell you, no." Macavity and Munkustrap glared at each other as the junkyard looked on in dead silence. Suddenly Macavity slashed Munkustrap on the side of the face.
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Munkustrap yelped when Macavity hit him, and flew to the side. Revealing a screaming Demeter, "Munkustrap!" she shouted, horror-stricken. She tried to run to her fallen protector, but Macavity caught her with his arm, knocking the wind out of her. In the moments Demeter was trying to catch her breath Macavity grabbed her. "Hey sweetheart! Happy to see me?" Macavity said menacingly. Demeter had been staring at Munkustrap lying on the ground unconscious. She turned her head, as she couldn't turn her body because Macavity had her arms held behind her back, and looked at Macavity, anger coming over her usual timidness, "Hmm, let me think…" the gold and black queen said sarcastically, trying to have an attitude even though she was on the brink of tears, "NO!" "Sorry to hear that sweetie," Macavity said, laughing maliciously, "Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, take Demeter to where she will be staying." All of the Jellicles stared at Macavity in shocked silence, Misto and Skimble looked at each other and mouthed, "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer?" "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer!" Victoria said suddenly, she stared at Macavity questioningly. Macavity looked at her, and then at the other Jellicles confused faces, he grinned evilly, "You didn't know?" he said quietly, "They're my agents." Everyone gasped, even Misto and Skimble, who were still hiding. Macavity's grin grew even wider and he said, "In fact, Mungojerrie is my top agent." Jerrie and Teazer sidled up next to the ginger tom, their heads down and their eyes not meeting anyone else's. "Ah! Here they are now!" Macavity said, "Aren't you going to say hello to your friends?" he asked them delightedly. "'ello," Teazer mumbled in her cockney accent, not looking up. "Now Rumpleteazer it's not polite to not look at your guests," Macavity said. Teazer looked up, tears in her eyes, "'ello." She said again. "Good girl," Macavity said delighted, "Now you two be careful while transporting Demeter, I don't want anything to happen to her. Understand?" Jerrie and Teazer nodded. "TRAITORS!" yelled Demeter, tears flowing freely from her eyes. Jerrie and Teazer looked at her, and then at all of the other Jellicles. They noticed all of the queens crying, they say all of the toms were staring at them in disbelief, they saw that Munkustrap had regained consciousness and was staring at them. The two troublemakers then looked at each other and nodded. Jerrie stepped in front of Teazer and turned to face Macavity, "No." he said in his distinct cockney accent.
A/N: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! More suspense, I love suspense! PLEASE review and tell me what you think!
Tsuki-Tsu: Thanks so much for your reviews, and don't worry, I take the CATS fanatic remark as a compliment! I hope you like this chapter too! Oh, and there will be a slightly longer battle later in the story. I haven't really gotten the hang of writing battles yet, but the later one is pretty good, so keep reading!