Part 6
Alonzo ducked as a glass bottle was aimed at his head, flung by his "father". The crazy stray was once a house cat belonging to an Italian family… that much Alonzo had gathered. But the tom had forgotten most of his Italian and got angry every time Alonzo spoke it. Alonzo guessed that Raol, which was the name the tom kept calling him, was the name of a kitten he'd lost long ago. Alonzo was terrified because the tom was raving about how he misbehaved, how he was his dad and deserved respect from Alonzo.
"You little prat", he growled. "I saved you from those terrible backstabbers."
"N-no", Alonzo stuttered weakly. "You… took me."
"You're my son! I saved you."
"Took…"
"No! If you weren't my son they'd try to stop me! But did they? No!"
Alonzo whimpered and backed into the corner and curled into a ball trembling. The tom looked at him and sighed.
"I'm sorry Raol", he said and slowly walked to Alonzo. He took the kitten in his arms, he didn't notice the kitten's protesting kicks and small hits. "I'm just so happy to find you again."
"Not Raol", Alonzo whimpered and tried to get loose.
"When your mother took you and ran I'd never thought I'd see you again." He lifted Alonzo in front of him so he could look at him. "But the moment I saw your superior athletics I knew… I knew I was watching my son."
"No… Not my papa."
"Yes Raol", the tom shook Alonzo. "I am!"
There was a knock on the door and the tom quickly hid Alonzo in a box. When he was sure Alonzo would stay in the box he stood up and looked at the door.
"Come in", he croaked and the small door to his hideout opened and in came a young tom, a ginger tom that was thin. "Macavity sir… what can I do for you?"
Alonzo peaked out the hole at the side of the box to see anything. He saw and heard the young ginger tom tell his "father" about something... Alonzo didn't really understand what it was but his "father" at first seemed upset. But the ginger tom did something then… something Alonzo would never forget. He saw the ginger tom throw a lightning at his "father" and Alonzo screamed in terror.
Munkustrap shot up when the world around him crashed with thunder. He looked outside with big frightened eyes and then there was a bright flash of light and a huge clack of thunder. Munkustrap screamed and held his head. His little brother, thankfully, wasn't there or he'd taunt him. Munk held his head and had tears streaming down his cheeks when another roar of thunder came again.
He was staring at the floor with his teeth tightly pressed together and he whimpered and had his claws unsheathed. This caused small wounds to appear and bleed. He looked at the bed beside his and his lip started to tremble. It had been about a week since Alonzo disappeared and no matter how hard the grownups searched they couldn't find him. Alonzo was long gone. Munk crawled out of his bed and into Alonzo's. He sniffled and curled into a ball and he could still feel Alonzo's scent in the blanket. He suddenly heard the first English words Alonzo (without it being a lesson) said to him.
Flashback
"Munk you and me is friends right?"
Munk grinned happily at the other tom-kit. He nuzzled the kittens head happily.
"Of course!" he then almost shouted. "We are best friends! Bestest friends forever!"
"Forever", Alonzo said smiling.
End flashback
A new roar of thunder had Munkustrap jump and look out again. It was raining again… Munk hugged his friend's blanket close to him and sang softly:
Goodbye - not forever
Farewell – it's not the end
In my thoughts you will be
There you will always be
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart is a memory
And there you'll always be
On the other side of town a battered and bruised Alonzo lied crying in an old bucket. He'd run away when the ginger tom killed his "father". He'd run and run until he almost passed out. He'd tried to find his way back to the Jellicles but couldn't. He had no idea of where he was. He missed Munk and Skimble and everyone else back at the yard. He wanted them to come and find him again… like Skimble did last time. Now he watched the cloudy sky above and started to sing (pretend it is in Italian please):
Come out moon
Come out wishing star
Come out
Come out
Wherever you are – Thunder clashed and he hid farther into the bucket and sang:
I'm alone here in the dark
All alone and wide awake
Come and find me
I'm empty and I'm cold
And my heart is about to break
Come and find me – He saw a ghost image of Skimble searching for him and one of Munk's smiling face. With a trembling voice and with tears going down his cheeks he sang:
A need you to come here and find me
Cause without you I'm totally lost
I've hung a wish on every star
It hasn't done much good so far
I can only dream of you
Wherever you are
I'll hear you laugh
I'll see you smile
I'll be with you just for a while
But when the morning comes
And the sun begins to rise
I'll lose you – He looked away as Munk and Skimble faded and he
Because it's just a dream
When I open up my eyes
I'll lose you – He curled into a ball.
I used to believe in forever
But forever is too good to be true
I've hung a wish on every star
It hasn't done much good so far
I don't know what else to do
Except to try to dream of you
And wonder if you are dreaming to
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Alonzo cried himself to sleep that night, as did Munk all across the huge town. Alonzo also made a decision that night, he gave up. He knew he'd never get back to the yard so he'd have to grow up and take care of himself now and maybe… just maybe one day… he'd find Munk instead.
TBC The songs are not mine both belong to Disney! First verse in the first song is the Swedish version (translated to english)of the second verse ;)
HGP - It had to be done so the "A week with..." can actually happen!
KatyOnACloud - Aw *blushes* you're embarrassing me... and someone who is very wicked could do that... maybe?
Malurina - *sticks tounge out at you* And no it's not Macavity if you remember from the "A week with..." series I actually wrote (somewhere) that it was a crazy stray not Macavity.
kboyer2013 - *sounds like a buzzer* wrong guess! ;)