Warning. Part I contains Strong violence, drug references, and strong language. Had to break this into two chapters. Will post tonight...Enjoy!

Demeter and Coricopat were both bloody and carrying an unconscious Tantomile. Demeter's leg shook and she whimpered as she struggled to help the male mystic with his sister. It was just before sunrise as they stumbled towards their home that was just up the street. Demeter stumbled and fell, Tantomile's body fell on top of her when Coricopat lost his grip. The gold kit screamed and struggled to get her friend off of her. Coricopat gently took his sister and set her aside, he turned to Demeter.

"Demeter it's alright hush now. Hush." He held her against him and she cried. He pulled her back and looked down at her, "Listen I know it's hard but we're almost there." He pointed and they both looked up the street. "See? There are the gates. Macavity can't hurt you anymore."

She sniffed and through shaky sobs she tried to talk, "Marisella. . .She. . .He. . .I just want Munkustrap!"

Coricopat went silent when she begged for the silver tabby over anyone else. It was no secret that like Griddlebone, Demeter had feelings for the tabby. Unbeknownst to her he had budding feeling for her as well. What had transpired the night before had left Demeter in shambles and Coricopat was left to care for the two queens. He wasn't strong himself and only seventeen years old, he had no idea how to handle this situation. His only thought was to hold Demeter together until he got to the yard.

He crouched and looked her in the eye. "Ok, Demeter, listen to me. I need you to hang on for just a little while longer ok? Just a little-"

He Stopped abruptly when he saw a ginger cat coming out of the shadows from the alley they had just left. The yellow eyes watched and Coricopat's heart fast as he readied to fight. As he prayed to Everlasting Cat another voice, followed by others, called out to him.

"Coricopat!" It was recognized as Munkustrap's.

As the silver tabby, along with Exotica's tomfriend, Skimbleshanks, Jr., Jenny and Tugger, ran up to them Coricopat looked back at the ginger menace that had been threatening them. The cat was gone.

Two nights before. . .

So much time had been lost. Tantomile was taken by Marisella everyday and soon the tri colored queen had forgotten what day it even was. She lay in the dirt again next to her brother, both were injured and dirty. After Coricopat had scratched Marisella's face she tried to heal it but her anger made the peaceful magic heal her face in an ugly way, leaving her with three noticeably bright red scars across her face. Fur no longer grew where the flesh had been cut. She stood over the hole and ground her teeth together while she stared at them. Her eye had indeed gone blind and she scowled at them with her white eye.

She turned and hurried back to their den, fighting against the cold wind of winter. She stomped back into the nest and saw her brother impatiently throwing darts at a point on the side of the den wall. A dull thud came from every hit. Marisella was already frustrated trying to get an answer out of Tantomile but the queen was proving to be difficult. In her irritated state the sound of Macavity's darts was making her angry. She sat on her cot.

Thud.

She closed her eyes.

Thud.

She tried to ignore him.

Thud.

Her eyes snapped open and she was met by her brother's yellow orbs staring back at her. She growled low in her throat.

"Be still Macavity," she hissed.

While making eye contact still he threw another dart. . .THUD.

She growled louder, "I said knock it off!"

He swooped up and his fur bristled. "Why should I?!" He shouted. "Everyday it's the same thing! Get the bars Macavity! Go feed Demeter Macavity, watch the prisoners Macavity! You can't watch what I do with my queen friend Macavity!"

She snarled and stood up, he was nearly as tall as his above average sister. Her eyes flashed. "I don't have feeling for her and you know it! Now knock your shit off!"

He glared back at her, "I'd like to see you stop me bitch!" He threw another dart without looking at the wall.

As soon as the thud came to be Marisella's eyes glowed to an insane brightness and she yowled, leaping forward at her brother! It had been some time since she had last hurt him but he had grown stronger since their time at the Yard. He had been spending time with alley cats and even was asked to run with a Siamese gang, he turned them down because his sister didn't approve. They clawed and bit each other, drawing blood, ginger fur stained with blood covered the ground. It was their mixed blood that eventually covered the floor.

Even from the bitterly cold prison the three Jellicles could hear the fight. Tantomile was lying on her stomach, she opened one eye and looked at her own brother, he reached put and grabbed her paw to comfort her. The twins knew the ginger siblings were going to destroy each other one day, what with their fights getting worse. In the end Marisella picked her brother up by his waist and flung him out of the entrance of the den. He rolled on the dirt by stayed on his back, groaning from his bites and bruises. Marisella herself wasn't in much better shape.

She looked down at her wrist and held it, she tried moving it but Macavity had broken it. Her brother meanwhile held his side where she had clawed him. He snarled as his paws glowed with dull healing magic, Marisella was likewise. When they were done Marisella growled and decided to go out. She stalked passed her brother on the ground and held her head high. The ginger tom knew she was going to find another fix somewhere, possibly with someone else. Before she was completely out of hearing range he stood up.

"I want more magic Marisella!" He shouted, hid demand firm.

She stopped and her frown deepened. She turned back to face him and said, "You? You want something from me?" She stalked back to him but he held his ground. "I gave you life." Her accent suddenly came back, "I saved ye fram the cold Macky. If it tweren't for meh ye would've died! Tat is ALL I ever owed ye! And all I shall eva owe yah!" She slapped him across the face and he did nothing as his head was flung to the side. She disappeared into an alley and she blocked her thoughts.

He didn't rub his face, he didn't cry, his eyes were blank, he merely watched as his sister walked away. He growled and the growl turned into a scream of rage. Time had been a blur since they had kitnapped the others and lately things had gone sour between him and his sister. He himself was more prone to rage and violence than he had been before. His sister's hate had influenced him and he no longer felt for the Jellicles so he couldn't go to them, he also began to dislike his sister more and more and hated being with her. He was stuck and he hated it. Hate is all he ever felt these days but he never gave it another thought.

He turned and walked back over to the prison. He looked down and saw Tantomile with her head in her brother's lap. While Tantomile had been beaten Coricopat had had his fair share as well. Marisella beat him just for the fun of it, it was his sister that most of her anger was directed at. His yellow eyed gaze slowly came to rest on the youngest cat among them, she was huddled close to Coricopat fast asleep. Suddenly Macavity felt so angry he needed to let it all out and his released was aimed at Demeter. He lifted the bars and Coricopat looked up. He suddenly held his sister tighter but Macavity grinned, she wasn't who he wanted. He lifted his paw and Demeter was suddenly shaken awake as she was lifted into the air by his magic. She screamed out once and began crying as her hind paws left the ground, her tail curled around her leg in fear. Her green eyes were blinded by tears.

Coricopat reached out for her but remained on the ground with his sister in his lap, tears rolled down both their cheeks. "Please Macavity! Not her! I beg you give her back!" Coricopat pleaded weakly.

Macavity kept grinning and placed the bars back over the hole. He let Demeter fall back on the ground and she cried out when she hit it hard. He grabbed her upper arm and began dragging her back to his den, she curled up in a ball with her eyes closed tight. He dragged her to his cot and set her upright. She looked up at him and his grin vanished, he suddenly slapped her so hard that even Coricopat closed his eyes and winced at the sound. Demeter was too much in shock to scream.

Suddenly he jumped onto her and pinned her small frame against the cot. He pressed himself closer to her and looked into her eyes with his critically. He suddenly sat back on her waist and grabbed her neck in his paws.

"I. . .hate you!" He growled between locked teeth. He shook her and she yelped. "Do you understand how badly you ruined my life you little peke? If it wasn't for you getting in the way she would love me." His voice was dark and menacing. "Oh Everlasting Cat I hate you. If you ever have kittens I'll do such horrible things to them, especially if they're queens." He smiled again in his dark way. "Oh yeah I hope they're queens." He chuckled and then let go of her neck.

She gasped for breath and looked up at him with terrified cat eyes, "I-I'm s-s-so sorry Macavity. I didn't mean to. . ."

"Shut up!" He slapped her other cheek. "I don't care what you didn't mean to do." He mocked her quivering voice. "Either way you ruined my life. And I'll ruin yours, yours and the rest of your tribe's."

He grabbed her spiky head fur and threw her to the ground. She yelped and turned to look up at him, a thin line of blood trickled down the side of her face where his claws had scratched her. Her cheeks were red as well and in his rough handling her lip had been split open, causing it to bleed lightly. He realized that he liked seeing her suffer.

He growled deep in his throat and leaned in close. "If you ever tell anyone about what I do to you I'll kill you. Do you understand?" She nodded vigorously. "Good."

He grabbed her again and threw her out of the den into the dirt. As she struggled to get up he pushed her back down and she rolled a ways before stopping. She lay in the dirt sobbing as he grabbed her tail and yanked her up on her feet. She stood and stumbled behind him as he took her back to the hole, he shoved her forward when the bars were lifted and she tumbled in. Tantomile had regained consciousness and was leaning back against the wall alongside her brother, they both reacted quick and got on their knees in time to catch the young gold and black queen.

Macavity looked at them and resealed their confined space. The next night was the final straw.