The next night came much faster than Bombalurina would have liked it to.
She sat by her vanity, fiddling around with the red gem hanging from her collar.
It wasn't easy for her to process what was about to happen, and she certainly had her doubts.
A loud cough came from outside her window and she walked over to see Tugger outside.
She threw out the rope she had grabbed earlier for that night and he climbed up, swinging himself over inside the room.
"Hey babe, how you feeling?"
She put her hands on her hips and walked towards the door and shrugged her shoulders.
"How do you think I feel? I'm about to betray my mate."
She examined her claws casually, continuing to avoid making eye contact with him.
Tugger walked over and gently pulled her chin up so her eyes met his.
"It's going to be alright. You won't get hurt, you just need to distract him long enough for me to get Munkustrap. Then it's up to me and him from there."
She smirked
"Easy as that, huh?"
She moved her chin out of his grip,
"The room is downstairs on west side. It's the only door that's wood isn't painted and it's very worn down. The doors surrounding it only have one or two henchmen, but it shouldn't be too much trouble."
With that she turned around and walked out.
Tugger stood there and chuckled
"Easy as that…" He said under his breath.
Bombalurina's heart rate sped up as she drew close to where Macavity was.
She found him in the room where he kept his piano.
He was seated there, slowly playing music.
He didn't become aware of her presence until she walked in and closed the doors behind her.
He remained with his back towards her as she walked closer to behind him.
She slowly wrapped her paws around him in an embrace from behind.
He could feel her breath on the side of his face and he stood up to kiss her.
As they pulled their mouths apart, Bombalurina spoke.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have interfered yesterday."
She rested her head on his chest as he kept his arms wrapped around her.
"I want things to go back to the way they were, Mac. When we were in love."
"I still love you, Red. And for as long as I'm alive, I'll never stop loving you."
"I love you too, but something between us has changed. Let's run away, Mac, let's forget all this."
He pulled her in even closer to him.
"Things will go back to where they were, I promise you that."
Tugger waited for Bombalurina to close the doors behind her in the room Macavity was in before her went to get Munkustrap.
It took him a few minutes before he spotted the door, as he rounded around the corner keeping close to the wall.
There was only one henchman who was small in size and didn't seem to be very capable of any damage.
Tugger grabbed a nearby candle stick and hit the henchman over the head with it, knocking him out.
"Sorry bud."
Tugger opened the door into the room and bent down feeling around the tile to find one that would lift up.
He finally found one in the center of the room and struggled to lift it up and move it aside as quietly as possible.
The room underneath the tile was dark and Tugger struggle to see if there was anyone underneath.
"Munkustrap?" Munk, you better be down there you son of a-"
"Tugger? Is that-"
"Thank bast, okay c'mon I've got to help you up."
Tugger reached down and Munkustrap grabbed on, pulling himself up into the room.
"How did you-"
"Bombalurina helped me out."
"She, Bombalurina, helped? Where is she?"
"Distracting Macavity."
"Tugger if he finds out we're out he's going to hurt her…"
"That's why we need to hurry up."
They both hurried to get out of the room and were greeted by several henchmen and rats.
Tugger cleared his throat
"Ah, gentlemen, we were just on our way-"
Macavity's workers closed in on them and Munkustrap and Tugger began to fight their way through.
Macavity turned around at the noise from outside.
"What was that?"
Bombalurina grabbed him and turned him around, kissing him fiercly.
He pushed her away and walked to open the door and she quickly ran over to block the doorway.
"Mac please-"
"MOVE" He pushed her aside and opened the door to see several rats and henchmen on the ground and Munkustrap and Tugger running towards the prison area.
Macavity turned around and shut the door.
"What have you done?"