Where's Rumple?
It was a dark night, and Mungo and Rumple had just come back from ransacking the houses down the street from the junkyard. They were about to fall asleep when Macavity attacked! He paid no attention to the sleeping Jellicles. He waited in the dark until Rumple fell asleep.Then he carried her sleeping form into his lair and tied her up.
The next morning......
Rumple woke up and tried to stretch. When she wasn't able to, she looked around at her surroundings and screamed. "OY! What am oi doin' in your lair, Mac?!" Suddenly, he walked into the room. "Mac! What is wrong with you?! What do ya think taking me hostage is going ta gain fo' you?" "Actually, Rumpleteazer. There is nothing wrong with me. When I was checked on my evil scale it said I was 100 evil. And I planned to take you hostage, demand a ransom for your life, burn down the junkyard and reduce it to ruble with the Jellicles in it, killing them and forcing you to become my mate and to repopulate the Jellicle world with evil kittens like me, and kill you. MWA HA HA!" "Wow, that was a mouth-Wait a minute! You're going to kill me and the Jellicles just so the whole Jellicle world will be filled with idiots like you?!" Yes, that is exactly what I've planned, my cursed little prisoner."
Back at the Jellicle Junkyard……
Mungo was just waking up when he noticed Rumple was missing. He didn't notice she was gone until he noticed that he didn't hear her say, "G'mornin', mate." That's funny, he thought. Rumple always greets me good mornin'. Maybe she's sleeping with Vicky or Jem. So he looked over at the tiniest kittens of the pack. When he didn't find her, he woke up Vicky and asked if she had seen her. "Of course not," she replied. "She was sleeping with… WAIT! Now I remember. Mac came during the night and kidnapped her. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Her scream woke up the rest of the Jellicles. "What? What? What happened?" muttered the rest of the Jellicles. Vicky started sobbing while everyone else crowded around her and asking if she was alright. "Rumple's gone!" she sobbed. "I bet it was all my fault!" Everyone comforted her while Mungo came up with search parties to look for Rumple. "Okay, Pounce and Tumble, you search in the streets around here. All the kittens, look in the small tunnels, holes and pipes you can find. And the rest of you, you're coming with me to Mac's lair." Everyone nodded in agreement. "Okay people, let's search!" Everyone set off in their directions and looked fruitlessly. But back at Mac's lair……
Rumple's dungeon at the bottom of the cave.
"How did I get myself into this? How?" "I could have been playing with Vicky and Jem, instead of sobbing here alone! This is hopeless!" Somebody, please rescue me!"
"I couldn't help overhearing what you said about help, Rumple." Said Mac over the speaker. "But that is nearly impossible. I have security cameras everywhere. You can't escape or be rescued."
Seconds after the speaker clicked off, Mungo's head popped through the bars of the cell. "Rumple! What are the odds we would find you here?" Rumple just shrugged her shoulders in surprise, not able to speak. "Well, let's get ya out o' there." He climbed through the bars with ease.
Finally being able to speak, she asked, "How did you get past the security cameras?"
"Oi asked Tugger to break them before we got he'. Now let's get ya outta here."
While Rumple untangled herself from the ropes, Mac walked in. You could tell he was shocked to see her free. And he was surprised to see Mungo there to. His mouth gaped open in shock. "How did you, Where?" Mouth hanging open, he walked across the room. The surprise finally wore off. "You may have set her free, Mungojerrie, but YOU will never see the daylight again!" He jumped at Mungo, unable to contain his anger. Rumple screamed in terror.
At the junkyard, the Jellicles hold an emergency meeting……..
Where could they be? They left only an hour ago." "Maybe Rumple was in Mac's lair and they're in trouble." "Quick, Jellicles, to the cave!" Each Jellicle brought something they thought they would need to beat-up Mac.
In Mac's Lair………………..
Mungo and Mac were on the ground; clawing, biting, and scratching each other. Everyone just watched in either A) shock B) horror or C) both of the above. The Jellicle rescue team suddenly stomped into the cave. The queens shrieked in terror. The toms jumped in the battle to try and save Mungo. Clouds of dust flew up around the cats. When it disappeared, Mac was nowhere to be seen, leaving the Jellicle toms scratching each other. Which, I must add was not a pretty sight. Everyone was bloody, and most were confused about why they were there. Mungo was the first one to be broken out of his trance. "Rumple, where is she?" She came out of the shadows, and Mungo raced to her for a hug. As they were hugging, she pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the back. As that happened she lost her trance. Thank god the blow was not fatal.
Mungo forgave her for it, and after being hospitalized for a few weeks, was good as new. Mac was nowhere to be seen for the rest of their lives. But one day, a kitten looking very similar to Mac was found lurking in the shadows……………….
To be continued…….