Ok, 14 finally up, sorry I took so long, Sarabi, but I had heaps of other stuff I needed to do - anyways, it's up now, so I hope you enjoy! Please keep the reviews coming (and it would be really helpful if you couldR&R some of my other stories as well!)

Realising as I headed home that I couldn't do anything to help Bomba at the moment, I didn't really feel like going back to my house, so I headed back to the 'Yard, deciding to tell the others the news. As I neared the 'Yard, the silence started to unnerve me.

Being as quiet as I could, I snuck into the 'Yard - to find it completely deserted! Looking around, I realised, however, that I was not entirely alone. I could feel (almost like a sixth-sense) that there was someone else around. Deciding to chance it, I called out "Who's there?"

And then I found out, when from the car boot, there came a bump, followed by 'Shhh!'. Heading over in that direction, I stopped just short of the boot and said "Mungo, Rumpel, it's me, Tugger! Come out!"

Slowly, Mungo appeared, peering around with extreme caution, before motioning frantically for me to join him in hiding.

Giving him a puzzled look, I climbed up onto the boot and, after a good deal of contemplation, lowered myself into the boot. What I found deeply impressed me, for though I had thought I knew every corner of the Junkyard, it appeared Mungo and his sister had been looking harder (I s'pose they'd found it before me because they were smaller, and slightly more adventurous).

Anyway, you probably wonder what the hell I'm on about. Well, as it turns out, there was a secret 'cavern' beneath the boot, a spacewhere the car had fused to all the other junk around it, and had been hollowed out.

Looking around, I saw Mungo sitting by Rumpel - who appeared upset! Looking closer at Mungo, I noticed that he was acting edgy, and kept staring nervously at the entrance.

Giving him a quizzical look, I said "Hey Mungo, what's up, you look like you 2 are serious trouble or something?"

To my shock, Rumpel started sobbing quietly. Mungo pulled his sister close, and said, to me "We ar' Tugger. We're in serio's trouble!"

Fear almost completelyreplaced his cockney accent, and, foronce in hislife, he sounded just like me and the other Jellicles. Moving close enough just to reach out a paw and touch his arm, I said, in a low, comforting voice "Hey, it's ok! C'mon tell me what happened. It can't really be all that bad, can it?"

To my total unbelief, Rumpel's sobs got louder. I was stunned for a moment, before gathering my senses, and, firmly but gently, insisting Mungo tell me what was going on.

He gave his sister a worried look, before saying "O', Tugger, me 'n' me sis' were out tonight, doin' our usual business. We had jus' snatched a joint from the butcher's. We took i' out inta an alle'way ta eat i', when all o' a sudden, we was jumped by Macavi'y an' his 'gang'. I tried ta ge' Rumpel away, but 'e grabbed her, an' then...an' then, he...he poin'ed a gun in her face. 'E tol' us, that if we didn'a become his 'henchcats', we would be taken back to his lair, an'...an' tortured!"

As mortified as I was, that wasn't the worst news.

"An'," Mungo continued ", an' then 'e, he...he threatened ta take her, her innocence if I didn't agree!"

Suddenly, Rumpel shuddered, and Mungo had to steady himself, as his sister fainted in his arms. For a moment, nausea nearly overtook me, then I pulled myself together, and said "So, um, are you...are you working for, for him now?"

Mungo gave me a funny look, before staring down ashamedly at his feet, and nodding.

I couldn't stay any longer. After muttering some kind of lame excuse to my friend, and telling him it was all Ok, that I understood completely,I went back out into the Junkyard, anger bubbling up inside me, wondering bitterly what that bastard would do next, to ruin my life even further!

Well, how did I do? Please R&R - if I'm gonna be a professional writer, I desperately need to know what you people - uh, cats, think!