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Chapter 8
When Jer entered the room again I tried asking him questions about Bomba "Who is she? Does she know him?" Jer ignored me and instead insisted I eat first. Eventually I managed to eat the rat in front of and Jer had finished his as well before I turned to him with a you better start talking face. "Bomba an' hah sister, Demeter ah' Jelly an' Admetus adoptive daughter's. Theeh 'ad both been 'eld captive beh Mac-him since theey wahe kittens, Bomba 'ad escaped one daeh an' stumbled into the junkyard. Once she was healthy again awll she could think abou' was her sister who 'ad been grabbed beh a henchcat; fo' several months she would roam the streets near the warehouse waiting fo' aneh sign tha' Demeter was still alive. Deme finally escaped and actually ended up a' the junkyard on her own." I nodded my head letting the information consume me. Making a decision in my head I spoke to Jer "I need to speak to them." "Well, that is a coincidence because I need to speak to you." Said a voice from the entrance of the den. When we turned we discovered Demeter and Munkustrap standing there paw n' paw. "Wat da ya need ta speak ta me abou'." I answered slipping back into my adoptive tone. They looked at me confused and I stared right back at them until Munkustrap finally stepped forward "Me and my mate, Deme, want for you to come and live with us in our den." I shook my head "no, Oi live with Jer." I was not going to live with some cats I didn't know. This time Deme stepped forward "You are still a kitten and need to finish growing in a stable family. Not living in a den with a full-grown tom like a mated pair." I shrunk into Jer who wrapped his arm around my waist then spoke "And who ah' ya ta be tellin' us how ta live?"
"I'm the Protector of this tribe, it is my job to make sure everyone is safe and well taken care of. Demi and I have room in our home and are more than willing to take in a stranded princess." I would not take this standing up I hissed at the couple before running out of the den and away from the clearing. When I finally stopped running my stomach hurt and had started to slightly bleed but I didn't care. I sat down on a broken couch and tried to not cry. How dare they tell me how I should live my life? That's all I have ever heard do this, do that. I wasn't a stranded princess, I was my own queen and didn't need no family besides Jer. When I finished my mental battle I was exhausted, but I could think more rationally now and knew why they would want to take me, but it didn't mean I wanted too. I went to take a quick nap on this couch when before my eyes Macavity appeared holding someone by their neck. I screamed but he didn't seem worried at all "next time think before you disobey me." Then dumped the cat and disappeared; I ran to the queen's side and rolled her over to find Evealina with scratches all over her stomach and chest. She was bleeding badly and I didn't know what to do. I couldn't stop the bleeding all by myself and I wasn't going to leave her here by herself. I heard footsteps to my right and Bomba came running around a corner. "Thank bast you're okay." "Bomba, Oi need 'elp she's bleedin'." At the end of my sentence I heard a groan from Evealina I looked down to find her eyes opened and she was looking at me. "Rump, he said you were dead." I didn't register that she called me Rump because I was too worried about her. "Eve, what did he do to you?" asked not me but Bomba surprisingly. I whipped my head to her shocked to find that Bomba knew her. "He entered our cell saying Rump needed to learn a lesson. Keriae stood in front hissing trying to protect the rest of us; we all thought he was going to take her. But, her only pushed her out the way and grabbed me. He took me to his office and started scratching and hitting me Bomba it hurt so bad, I don't know how you lived through it." Bomba smiled weakly at her and tried stopping the blood flow it helped but there was no doubt that Eve wouldn't live long.
"How is my little Deme?" she asked trying to forget about the blood. This time Bomba smiled fully "Deme is wonderful, she had another little girl with her mate named Jemima. Still paranoid as always but much better." Eve smiled then looked at me "you'll be a great sister." My eyes grew wide in shock as did Bomba's as she glanced at me. We didn't get to say anything about what Eve said because Deme entered the clearing with Jenny and Jelly on her heels carrying medical supplies. They fixed her up managing to stop the blood flow then motioned to the toms behind them to pick her up. Eve was carried back to Jenny's den where they lay her down on a pillow. I sat by her head and comforted her just like she used to do for me. ~I woke up from my nap to find myself sitting in a dirty dark cell alone. I cried realizing this is where I lived with my mother or used to live with my mother. Now she was gone this thought alone made me sob harder until a light brown queen with white spots made her way over to me from another corner. She pulled me into arms and whispered into my ear "Rump, it's alright we're still here. You'll be alright, no need to cry." At that moment the door flew open and a tall tom with red fur entered the room "Has the runt opened its eyes yet?" I recognized that voice it was the one that always took mom away I hissed at the cat which caused his eyes to narrow in one me. "Do you think you are strong runt?" He made his way over to me and grabbed me by the neck "you need to learn you place runt, you don't hiss at me." He then scratched my cheek with his claw and dropped me back onto the floor.~ "Rump, don't give up. You are better than him in so many ways. Be with your family and be happy, I am. I'm happy I finally am getting away from there." Eve looked away from me and towards the toms that were waiting by the door. "Can you take me outside, I want to see the sky, and breathe fresh air before it's my time to die." They looked at Jenny and Jelly who nodded their heads then picked her up and took her out to the tire. They set her down on it and Bomba had Eve's head in her lap this time while the rest of us sat around them. Eve sighed happily "I can die at peace now, knowing all my girls are safe and happy." With that she didn't say anything more but after a while her eyes drooped shut and she took her final breath before dying in Bomba's lap. The toms took her away to bury her and I ran after Deme who was leaving the clearing and grabbed her arm to stop her. She jumped slightly before looking at me waiting for me to speak. "Oi would like ta take ya up on your offer if i' still stands."