"MUNKUSTRAP! HELP!" Etcetera screamed as she flew into the junkyard.

Munkustrap was immediately on his paws.

"Etcetera what is it?" He asked the shaking kitten.

"Vic… Victor… Victoria… DEAD!" She forced the words out of her mouth, screaming dead. She flung herself into Munkustrap's chest and hung on with all the strength she had.

"Victoria dead? OK Etcetera stay calm…" although there was a note of panic in his voice, he did his best to sooth the kitten which he held securely to him.

"Calm, CALM!" As she looked up at him she shrieked, "MY SISTER IS DEAD AND YOU TELL ME TO BE CALM? SHE IS DEAD YOU IDIOT!"

Munkustrap opened his mouth but decided not to upset the kitten further with his petty replies.

"Etcetera, where is she?" He suddenly realised how cold hearted he sounded.

"B-b-by t- the str- str- stream." Etcetera gasped through her tears.

"Ok Etcetera, go with Jelly and we'll take care of this." Munkustrap whispered softly in her ear.

Once Jelly took Etcetera to a quiet place to calm down, Munkustrap started to give out orders.

"Alonzo you come with me to find Victoria. Mungojerrie and Skimbleshanks go find the queens and the other kittens and make sure they are safe. Rum Tum Tugger you come with Alonzo and me. Jennyanydots you go help Jellylorum."

The other cats just stared at him.

"Get going then!" He snapped.

As the cats scattered to do the jobs they where given, Tugger strutted up behind Munkustrap.

"Are you feeling OK? You seem a bit uptight." He asked.

"Oh… sorry Tugger. I'm OK."

"I was worried for a moment then, when you called me by my full name."

Munkustrap grinned, "I'm fine Tugger, honestly. Lets go."

The three toms set out for the place Etcetera had described, saying hardly anything on the way.

They rounded the corner to the place Victoria was lying.

"I'm going to be sick…" Tugger gasped, green with nausea.

Victoria was lying near the alley entrance, her white fur was now dyed a deep crimson. She was sprawled very unceremoniously across the alley, her blood shot eyes wide open. There was a huge deep gash across her neck and stomach that was still leaking blood.

"Alonzo, Tugger, search the area for possible clues, look for the attacker he couldn't have gone far. I'll take Victoria to Deuteronomy to see if he knows this style of killing..."

Munkustrap quickly hardened himself to the sight of the dead kitten and slowly walked over to her. He bent down and gently lifted her in his arms, staining his own fur with her blood.

"Tugger, you… Tugger? Are you OK?" Tugger looked like he was going to be violently sick, he was no longer his cool self.

"I'm fine…" But he sure didn't look it.

"I'll look after him." Alonzo offered, watching Tugger in case he was going to be sick on him.

"Thanks Alonzo."

Munkustrap gently carried the kitten back the short distance to the junkyard.

Deuteronomy was sitting on the tyre surrounded by the adult cats, clearly discussing a plan of action.

"Munkustrap…"

"Oh my…"

"Victoria, who could have such been so cold hearted…"

"Absolutely terrible…"

All the cats were suddenly talking at once as they saw Munkustrap carrying Victoria's limp body. Some were crying, some hissing with rage, others clearly showing how shocked they where.

"Please, order." Deuteronomy asked as Munkustrap gently laid the kitten on the ground.

"Do you know this style of killing? It's like none I've ever seen before." Munkustrap asked. He knew how Macavity liked to kill; he knew how Growl Tiger liked to kill. He was very knowledgeable in that area (Not that he enjoyed this knowledge) but the way Victoria was killed was completely new to him.

Deuteronomy inspected Victoria's wounds with watery eyes, then he gently closed her own.

"I don't know." He said finally.

Everyone sat very tense and silent, if Deuteronomy didn't know who would?

"MUNKUSTRAP! ELECTRA'S BEEN CATNAPPED! MUNKUSTRAP HELP!" Tumblebrutus yelled as he raced into the junkyard. Running straight into where Alonzo and Munkustrap were standing.

After nearly knocking them over, he began a long and very fast account of what happened, speaking far too quick for anyone to understand.

"Tumble, slow down. Start again but this time more slowly."

"Me and Electra were playing games by the river when this cat leapt out of the bushes and… I didn't see him but…"

After Tumble got the information across, Munkustrap sent him to find the other kittens.

"Alonzo, do you think it's the same cat who killed Victoria?"

"I don't know. We'd better take a look at the place were she was taken."

The two ran to the place Tumblebrutus had mentioned. There wasn't anything there at all, no evidence of a struggle or of the catnapper.

"Tumble did say this was the place didn't he?" Munkustrap asked.

"Yeah he…" Alonzo's voice trailed off as his eyes caught sight of something in the bushes. He walked up to it and returned with something red, orange and yellow in his paw.

"What's that?"

"Fur."

"It looks like…"

"…Macavity's fur." Alonzo helped finish.

"Macavity?"

"It was so obvious, this whole time it was him."

"I knew it, I just knew it!"

"My poor Electra, who knows what Macavity will do to her."

"Lets go there and kill him, for both Victoria and Electra's sake."

The cats were talking all at once and it was a long time before Deuteronomy restored order and was able to talk to the cats.

"Just because we've found fur like Macavity's it doesn't mean he's to blame. That fur could have been there for days, there was no smell on it at all."

The cats mumbled in agreement.

"We haven't a chance of helping Electra if we don't know who the culprit is. From now on every kitten and young cat must be accompanied at all times. This is a killer that we haven't come across before so everyone must be on their guard."

The cats parted and Munkustrap left Deuteronomy to go and find Demeter.