Jellicles In Training

A Cats Musical/CO world Crossover

Chapter 12 – "Help From The Stars And A Risky Plan"

Meanwhile back at the yard, Rosuto was telling everyone what he had remembered. "You're all forgetting the time we rescued Mal and Ruby. We have succeeded in a rescue mission once before. We can help Maj the same way we helped them! With Burmie to guide us, the stronger cats can sneak in undetected through the old underground tunnels and rescue her. If we've done it once, we can do it again!" The young kit had spoken the truth. Many years ago, before the Devil Cat knew the cat tribe, Shagg had owed the foul beast a lot of money. But he escaped from his clutches and joined the Strays to try and avoid death. The villain sent Burmie, who was his top spy at the time, to go undercover as a new stray and kill him. But after the Strays had shown him kindness and his love for Tonka grew, he abandoned the mission he was assigned and became a Stray himself. This infuriated Deravity and he captured Ruby and Mal as a ransom. Shagg and Burmie confessed their faults and offered to help rescue the girls. The mission had ended in victory for the Strays and The Shattered Claw became their greatest enemy! "So, Burmie, what d'ya say? Will you help us like you did last time?"

"Sigh well, I don't know kid. Last time, we ended up getting caught red-pawed by Deravity and nearly lost our lives."

"Darn right! I still have scars from that night!" Shagg butted in.

Both tribes, concerned for their own lives, started to quarrel. "We can't betray her!" "You can't just let us DIE!" "Deravity will KILL her!" "I thought we were Friends!"

As Misto watched the two tribes fight he couldn't help but feel it was going to be harder to rescue his new loved one than he thought.

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Back in the dungeon, Felis was also explaining things. "Maj, do you know why you have visions? It's because you are my Earthly Protector. You see, being the cat-star, I love and care for all felines whom have righteousness in their hearts. But unfortunately, being a spirit, I'm nothing more than a guardian angel from the Heaviside Layer, I cannot physically protect them. But, I can spiritually send visions to an Earthly Protector so they can try to prevent the disaster to come. You protect the earth as I watch from the stars."

"*Sniff* Well…a fine Earthly ProtectorI turned out to be…" She turned away from the spirit with shame, "I've done nothing but get my new friends and my tribe in trouble." More tears fell into her wound and she winced with pain.

The Angel Cat gentle placed his paw on her face and the deep scratches disappeared like magic. "Don't blame yourself for this monstrosity. There's no way you could have escaped this, that's why I tried to warn you ahead of time." He gazed deeply into her eyes. "I may not be able to get you out of this mess, but there is someone who can, a new friend of yours. His power is almost equal to your own."

"M-Misto!?!?"

"He may not be an Earthly Protector, but he can protect you and the tribes."

"But how, he doesn't know of Deravity's plans!"

"That is why you must warn him." The Feline Guardian brought his tail closer to hers. "Lock your tail with mine. With our powers combined, you can send him a sign of warning, like I send to you."

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The tribes' argument had gone on for hours, "Would you really deceive your friends?" "If you don't leave, you'll be deceiving Maj!" "Just leave Now!!!" "Do you even care if we Die!?"

Suddenly, "WOULD YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They all turn to see who had stepped into the argument. It was none other than Shadow, who fell more concern for his sister than anyone else. The black Bombay stood where all could see. "Look, I may not be the caring type, but I know Maj would not want us to fight over her fate. She cares about all of us so much. Her visions have helped us find peace in the past. It's up to us now to help her. Maj would not want us to betray the Jellicles after all she's done for them. Not only that, but Old A always says 'The S.I.T. never turns any cat down'. We'd be turning them down if we hand them over to Deravity. But we also can't let him murder my little sister. She's the only family I have left. Rosuto is right, If we've done it once, we can do it again!"The dark cat's words touched everyone. They all remembered everything Maj had done. They could never deceive someone like her. Usagi stepped forward. "Then it's decided, we will rescue Maj the same as we did Ruby and Mal. In this tribe, no one gets left behind or forgotten!"

Misto was relieved. Finally they were getting somewhere. He looked up at the night sky and remembered the star Maj had shown him the night before. But as he gazed at that one star, he began to feel very weird. Suddenly, he heard Maj's voice in his head, warning him about something and he started seeing hallucinations. Then, as suddenly as it had started, the feeling stopped. "Looks like we're not out of the woods yet." He thought as he ran to the front to tell Munk what had just occurred.

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Sorry this chapter's so short readers, Writers Block is a killer! Big Thanks to Malurina for always being there when I'm stuck. Wouldn't have gotten this far without her. Anyway, the next chapter will have the new characters I promised. Next, Burmie's plan to find Maj, plus enter Capt. Morgan and Splinterbanks the Subway Cat. See ya next chapter. Please Review!