It wasn't long after Bombalurina had been taken out of the cell to "spend time" with Macavity their first day in his hideout, that Demeter was taken as well. Over the next few weeks however, Macavity realized that he preferred Demeter and Lyra, another one of their cell mates, over any of the other captive queens, and began only requesting them. It was something about their anxious demeaners that was more appealing to him, or maybe it was just that they put up less of a fight than the other queens.

One morning, Demeter, Bombalurina and Lila all laid together with Lyra and Vela in the corner furthest from the cell door. Rose, another queen who had been held captive with them, had been taken the day before and had not been returned. They all couldn't help but assume the worst had happened.

Bombalurina laid between Lila and Demeter with Demeter's head resting on her chest. Sleep was the only place they could go to escape the everyday horrors that was now their current life situation, that is, when their sleep wasn't being plagued by nightmares. On this morning, both sisters were deep in peaceful yet dreamless slumbers, however they, along with Lila were jerked awake by a loud gagging sound. Bomba pushed herself up, causing Demeter's head to slide off her, and looked in the direction of the noise. In the opposite corner, Vela was huddled over a hunched over Lyra. Bomba moved closer to the pair to get a closer look. She then realized that Lyra was throwing up.

"Is everything ok?" she asked, concerned for the sisters.

Lyra didn't answer as she was mid-vomit when Bomba asked the question. However, Vela looked up and turned to the scarlet queen. Her cheeks were wet with tears. She let out a sob and shook her head. Bomba quickly moved to them, she winced as the pungent smell of vomit became very potent.

She placed her paw on Vela's back "What's happened? Why is she throwing up?" panic began to surface in her voice.

Vela let out another sob "she's…she's"

"Yes?" Bomba urged.

"She's pregnant" Vela whispered, terrified of saying it too loud.

Bombalurina's eyes widened and she looked back down to cream and orange queen, hunched over at her feet. She looked back to Demeter and Lila, who were now both sitting upright with worry plastered across their faces.

Before anyone could say anything else, the door leading to the corridor where their cell was, creaked open and the queens could hear Lewis making his way down to fetch one of them. Lyra gasped and quickly jerked herself, swallowing what was left of the vomit in her mouth.

"MIIIISSSS LYRAAAA" the tom sang out as he unlocked the cell door. When he got inside, he immediately smelled the vomit and turned to the trio in the corner. All the queens froze with fear, very unsure of what he would do.

"Well what do we have going on here" he asked, eyeing the puddle of bile on the dirty stone floor. He chuckled a little and sauntered over. He promptly jerked Lyra to her feet.

"Hmmm lets see" he said with fake concern and placed his paw on her slightly swollen abdomen.

"Hm yes I think I know." He announced with a smirk "I'm sure he'll want to see this." He roughly grabbed hold of the queens arm and began to forcefully pull her out of the cell.

Vela panicked. If Macavity discovered that Lyra was pregnant, he would without a doubt kill the unborn kitten and would likely kill her too. Even if Lyra didn't die, Vela knew she'd be tortured by this day, for the rest of her life. She just couldn't let it happen.

"NO" she screamed and tackled the tom, pinning him to the floor.

"DON'T" slash "YOU" slash "TOUCH" slash "MY SISTER!" she slashed his face one last time. Lewis's blood dripped from her claws. Bomba watched from her position in the nearby corner with shock. She looked back to where Lila and he sister were huddled together, Lila protectively holding the gold and black queen. Relieved that somebody was caring for her sister, Bomba turned back to the gruesome scene before her. Though it was unclear, Lewis did not appear to be breathing. Lyra sat pressed up against the wall. Her eyes were wide as she tried to comprehend what had just happened. Vela stood over the mutilated Tom, breathing heavily. Her feelings of fear and satisfaction were undistinguishable from one another.

Just then yelling could be heard from the corridor connected to the corridor they were in. Before anyone knew it, Macavity and three more of his agents came bounding down to their cell. When they reached the door, they immediately noticed Vela standing over the now deceased Lewis, blood still dripping from her paws and contributing to the massive puddle that surrounded her.

"Well this is new" Macavity sneered, analyzing the scene. He then smelled the puke and turned to Lyra who was covered in it. The crimson tom Furrowed his brow and yanked her to her feet. He soon saw the emerging baby bump and put two and two together.

"Oh I see now, yes." He smirked "Well I know just what to do now." He chuckled and shook his head for a moment.

"Get them both!" he commanded to the three toms behind him. "and do something with that." He said motioning to Lewis's corpse. The toms, who were all black and unkept much like Lewis, quickly apprehended the sisters. Both screamed and struggled to reach each other.

Bomba shook, tears streamed down her face as she witnessed the awful situation before her. She once again looked to Demeter, only this time she was holding Lila and shielding her from the events happening before them. Lyra and Vela had been captive with her almost as long as she had been here and now she would almost certainly never see them again. Bomba ran back to them and wrapped her arms around both queens, and joined them in their cries. Just when things seemed like they couldn't get more horrific, they did and it was unclear how bad things could possibly get.