Hey all! Hope you are enjoying this! I'm going to try to finish this story before I work on any of my others because I'm almost done with it, I think, and unless the plot bunnies DEMAND an update on one of my other fics, I'm gonna try and finish this one and get it out of the way. I have WAY too many fics going on at once!

Again, the car scene will be very toned down for the kiddies' sakes;)

~Rosey

Chapter Nine: To the Stars

Mistoffelees and Victoria laughed hysterically as they ducked behind a door in the lower-level of Titanic. Plato had spotted them further back and they had run like mad to escape him, though not in fear. Somehow, there seemed to be no fear existant in the world to them. Everything seemed funny and warm to the lovers as they raced below decks on the ship. They knew they were both in way over their heads, and were most likely in deep trouble having been seen by Plato, but somehow it was hilarious to them as they ran, paw in paw.

Still laughing nonsensically, they opened the door and stumbled into a loud, red area that seemed to be a boiler room. Victoria clapped her paws to her ears, giggling like a madcat. "Where to now?" she screamed over the hissing steam.

Mistoffelees looked around frantically, though laughingly, for a moment before pulling her through another door. Suddenly, they were in the belly of the ship; the storage area. He pulled her gently along until they reached an automobile-such a new invention! And the only one aboard Titanic!-where he stopped, still laughing, and opened the door to the back seat for her grandly. "Your carriage, my lady," he said in an overly dramatized British accent, helping her inside. Victoria slid into the back seat, giggling furiously, while Mistoffelees climbed into the front. Tori slid down the window seperating the front of the automobile from the back and leaned through, resting her head on Mistoffelees's shoulder.

"Where to, miss?" he asked in the same British accent.

Victoria paused for a moment, her heart thudding, before she whispered softly into his ear. "To the stars."

She slid her paws under his arms and pulled him through the window of the car into the back seat with her, where they curled up into each other. Their hysterical laughs had stopped, replaced by hard breathing and pounding hearts. Misto traced her lips gently with his paw before kissing them. Victoria leaned her head back, letting him embrace her. He then looked at her deeply, his paw on her cheek. "You nervous?" he whispered.

Victoria paused before shaking her head, murmuring lovingly, "No."

He cupped her chin in his paw before kissing her hard, curling up into her lap. She stroked his brow for a moment before sliding down as well, closing her eyes.

xoxoxo

When Victoria opened her eyes, she found she had dozed off sometime, and apparently Misto had done the same. She gently shook his shoulder, her paw gentle against his shoulder. He opened his eyes slowly, finally focusing on her. When he did, he wrapped her in a tight embrace, pressing his lips to her forehead. He was shaking, and Victoria hardly failed to notice.

"I'll be alright," he chuckled, though the air did seem cool. But when she held him closer, he was instantly warmed and he pressed his head to her heart. "I can hear your heart beating," he mumbled.

"For you," she whispered, pushing his fur off his face and kissing him. Suddenly, they were aware of heavy pawsteps coming towards the automobile, and Plato's voice crying "They must be down here! It's a ship, there's not that many places they can go!"

Suddenly giggling again, Misto and Victoria pushed open the automobile door and slid out, racing away before they even caught glimpse of Plato. Using a back door, they scurried up flights of stairs without even realizing they were running, until they got up onto the main deck. Laughing wildly in the cold, crisp night air, under a blanket of stars, Misto and Victoria embraced hard, the world around them dissolving.

Meanwhile, up in the look-out nest, First Mates Mungojerrie and Tumblebrutis were looking down at the two lovers with smiles on their faces, shaking their heads.

"Looks like they knows 'ow to keep warm!" Mungojerrie laughed.

"Don't be getting any ideas, Mate!" Tumblebrutis chuckled, playfully punching Mungo in the arm.

Suddenly, a large, dark mass started materializing in the darkenss ahead of them. "Wot's that, then?" Mungojerrie asked nervously.

Then the mass took shape. Iceberg.

"Heaviside!" Tumblebrutis cried, sweat popping on his forehead despite the freezing temperature. As Mungojerrie cried out a similar wail of distress, Tumble grabbed the phone at his side, ringing below decks as quickly as he could. "Answer, darn you!" he hissed when no reply came for several rings. The iceberg was getting ever closer as the ship continued to slice through the waves, seemingly faster than before.

"Hello?" Finally Captain Munkustrap's voice came from the other end of the line.

"Iceberg dead ahead!" Tumblebrutis cried, fear pricking the back of his neck like needles.

"Iceberg dead ahead!" Captain Munkustrap's panicked voice echoed from the other end of the line, calling orders to the steerers of the ship. "Veer hard left! Hard! Harder, curse you!"

Tumblebrutis hung up shakily, watching as the giant ship slowly started turning to the left of the iceberg. But not enough.

xoxoxo

Mistoffelees and Victoria were wrapped in a passionate kiss when the ship hit. An earthquake-like tremor shook them apart, and they both gasped in horror as a giant iceberg appeared, out of nowhere to them, right alongside the ship, scraping it hard. Chunks of ice flew off the iceberg and onto the deck, causing them both to leap back. The ship shivered for a few more seconds then stilled, floating away from the iceberg.

Misto and Victoria were both trembling, but when they looked at each other they both forced a smile. "No damage done," Mistoffelees said gently, kissing Victoria for comfort.

But damage was done. At that exact moment, the bottom of Titanic was flooding with water.

The unsinkable ship was sinking.

DUN-DUN-DUNN! Well, if this chapter wasn't action-packed I don't know what is!

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~Rosey