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Chapter 7: Demeter Saves the Day

"Demeter, we have to leave!" Skimble said, "That's what we decided on, that as soon as we had found someone we would escape!"

"No," Demeter said crossly, "I will not leave Munkustrap behind!"

"Sh!" said Teazer, sharply, "Listen!"

They all froze and listened. They heard voices coming from a door down the hall. They ran quietly to it, and opened it a crack. They saw Misto, Jerrie, and Tugger standing stock-still glaring at Macavity. For a minute Demeter couldn't figure out why, all she could see of Macavity was his back and a paw that was raised in the air. Then she saw a silver tom being held by the ginger tom. Munkustrap was struggling against Macavity but the Mystery Cat held-fast, suddenly she heard Macavity say, "That's it!" Demeter realized what he was going to do and burst into the room, fear for Munkustrap overtaking her timidness.

Just as Macavity was bringing his paw down he was tackled by a black and gold furball. The sudden hit caused him to release Munkustrap and fall to the floor. Macavity and Demeter became swirling mass of gold, ginger, black, and red. Macavity was trying to throw Demeter off of him, and Demeter was fighting back. She knew that if she tried to escape Macavity would be able to grab her, and she would lose the fight. Who knew what would happen to her if that happened? All the others could do was stand by and watch. They couldn't join the fight, because the two cats were moving so fast that there was a chance that they would hit Demeter. Finally Macavity was able to throw Demeter off of him, and before he could lunge at Demeter and finish the job he was hit by a silver and black tom. It took him less time to throw Munkustrap off of him, because he was so mad, but then Tugger attacked him, followed by Misto and then Jerrie, who gave Macavity such a good whack in the head that the ginger tom fell to the ground unconscious.

Munkustrap advanced towards his brother, anger coursing through his veins. He raised his paw, to make the final blow,

"NO!" yelled a voice.

Munkustrap looked behind him, and was surprised to see that Demeter, who was still on the floor where Macavity had thrown her, had been the one who had shouted.

"Demeter," he said surprised, "this tom is a murderer. He was going to kill me and Tugger. He has tried to kill Misto, Vicki, Electra, Etcy, Plato, Alonzo, and Jemmi,"

Demeter shivered at the near success Macavity had, had with the attempt on Jemima, their daughter.

"I know Munkustrap," she said, "But I don't want you to sink down to his level," she looked up at him, tears in her eyes, "I don't want to be in love with a murderer." Silent tears began to run down her face, Munkustrap lowered his paw and ran to her. He wrapped his strong arms around her and held her close. "Munku," she whispered, "I trust you, and I don't want that trust to be ruined by what you do out of anger."

Munkustrap held her tightly and responded, "Demi, I promise I will never ruin that trust." Demeter sighed in relief and hugged him tightly. "We will take him to Scotland Yard," Munkustrap said, "The cats there will know what to do with him." Demeter nodded, thankful that Munkustrap had not become a murderer.

Misto walked over to the only window in the room and said, "Window open."

The window popped open and he turned around to look at the others. Teazer and Jerrie were hugging, Demeter was crying and hugging Munkustrap, and Skimble was examining a nasty cut on Tugger's shoulder. Misto suddenly realized that his face was stinging again. He put his paw to his face and brought it back down; there was blood on his paw. He realized that his gash must have reopened.

"Come on everyone," Misto said.

"Yea, let's go, home," Skimble replied, "Jenny and Jelly can take care of our injuries when we get back to the junkyard. I'll take Macavity to Scotland Yard on the way." He turned around to grab Macavity, but the ginger tom had vanished. "What in the world!"

They all looked at where Macavity had been laying only a few minutes earlier, "Macavity's not there!" they all whispered in unison.

"We'll get him next time," Tugger said confidently.

And with that Skimble led them out of the lair, where Alonzo and Plato joined them, a little beat up, but okay. They all walked back to the junkyard, Skimble in the lead, followed by Munkustrap and Demeter hand-in-hand, then Jerrie and Teazer also holding hands, then Misto and Tugger, arms on each other's shoulders, and finally Alonzo and Plato, who were laughing at their antics they had performed on the henchcats.

A/N: This was the last chapter, YAY! I hoped you enjoyed it.

Tsuki Tsu: Don't worry, there is no such thing as a stupid question! How could you know if you've never seen the movie! So, what did you think of this chapter?

Puddycat: Sorry you hate suspense, but I can never resist it! I hope your sister's okay! LOL :)

Sleeping Tiger: Thanks for the advice, on this chapter I seperated the dialogue, I hope I did itcorrectly! Anyways I always find it easier to just use their nicknames, I think it gets the reader used to the use of the names by characters, but thanks for the advice anyways:) I hope you liked this chapter!