Author's note-
Back again! Here's part 2, for all who want to see. Oh and, big thanks to The Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. So glad you like it! Again, please review, feedback is always a good thing =D
Disclaimer-See chapter 1.
Pouncival and Tumblebrutus were playing hide and go seek around the Junkyard (They had been playing for hours-it wasn't getting any more fun) when Jellylorum tore through the 'Yard, yelling for Munkustrap. The brothers stared at her. They had never seen the old queen move so fast! In fact, they hadn't seen anyone move so fast. Except perhaps Tugger when he saw Etcetera coming.
That was when Tumble pointed out that the old queen looked terrified, which sent a nearby Demeter running and screaming "Macavity!" They shared a glance and Pounce rolled his eyes.
Without any further hesitation, the pair followed Jelly's scent, skulking around in shadows left by the towering piles of junk until they reached the area the older toms usually occupied. Jelly was standing there talking to the tom she was looking for, Munkustrap, the Protector. The cat in question was sitting on the tyre his father, Old Deuteronomy, usually occupied. Jelly seemed to have a stitch as she was clutching her side and gasping from time to time.
"…got to go and help them, Munkustrap!" The out of breath queen was saying. The silver tabby nodded gravely, then motioned to the other toms who had gathered to listen, namely The Rum Tum Tugger, Alonzo, Plato and Asparagus Jr.
"There's a cat in the alley to the west, near Jelly's den, being attacked by Pollicles. Coming to help?" All the other cats nodded, and they all ran back towards the main clearing in the Junkyard, leaving Jelly behind to catch her breath. Silently, Tumblebrutus moved towards Jelly and put a paw on her shoulder. The older queen visibly jumped, then swivelled round to face Tumble, who was badly concealing a smirk.
"Tumblebrutus! You scared the life out of me!" Her face darkened. "It's rude to sneak up on people, you know."
"Sorry, Aunty Jelly. What's going on?" Tumble's face was so innocent that Jelly almost forgot she was mad at him.
"I saw some Pollicles attacking a cat in the alley outside my den." Pounce's eyes widened.
"Anyone we know?" he asked, scared. Jelly shook her head and blew out her cheeks, before stamping her front paw on the muddy floor, obviously annoyed.
"Oh, where in Heaviside is Jenny?"
Back in Victoria Grove, the old Gumbie cat was looking through her twins' 'collection'. Still. It was an impressively large collection of various human bits and bobs, some pretty, some shiny and some just plain fun to play with. Jenny had to admit, (though never aloud) that it was pretty fantastic, the amount of things they 'acquired.' Almost absentmindedly, Jennyanydots swatted at yet another item in Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer's stash-a small, fake-diamond studded thing. As it fell to her paws, she realised it was a watch. She started when she saw the time-5:16! Jellylorum must be going spare! She quickly turned to face her kits.
"Listen, Jerrie, Teaze, I've got to go, I promised Jelly I'd be back by five." The calico twins exchanged grins.
"Looks like we're not the only ones in trouble!" Mungojerrie laughed. "See ya later, mum!"
"Bye, mum!" Teazer called, as Jenny streaked out of the door as fast as her paws could carry her.
Jellylorum was in what the other Jellicles called the Infirmary, but what was really just the cleared out boot of a car, like the TSE1. The cat Munkustrap and the others had just rescued lay stretched out on the back seat. She was small, barely out of kittenhood. She looked pretty beat up, with several cuts and scars all over her body, all bleeding quite badly. Jelly was trying to treat them as best she could, but that wasn't quite well-this was Jenny's forte after all. The one thing Jelly hadn't tried to treat was the queen's front right paw, which was twisted quite badly. She had a suspicion it had been like that for a long time.
She sighed and looked away. There had been a lot of confusion around the 'Yard in the last 10 minutes. Who was this stranger? Why were the Pollicles out to get her? And why had she been this close to their Junkyard? This could only be answered when the unusually small calico woke up
Just then, somewhat ironically, as soon as she thought that, the small queen's eyelids started to flutter, and large amber eyes stared up at Jelly, scared and confused. Jellylorum took one look at the beat up cat, and called once more for Munkustrap.
The first thing Titch noticed when she woke up was that there was a small, yellow queen standing next to the couch-like thing she was lying on, screaming her head off about something. Titch grimaced, then blinked in confusion. Where was she? Last thing she knew, she was with Scratch, Goldie, Minx and the others, and then…BAM! Stuck in a…car? hardly able to move, with the screaming queen. Why couldn't she remember what had happened?
The random queen shut up for a second, looking down at Titch. Despite aforementioned screaming, she looked quite kind.
"Oh, hello, dear. How are you feeling?" Titch just whimpered, unsure of what to say. And, plus, her several cuts and scars hurt like mad. Ow.
The queen moved her head to one side, obviously expecting an answer. Well, she wasn't gonna get one.
"Please. I can't help you if you don't talk to me." The queen seemed like she was pleading. Well, tough cookies. I'm not just silent, I'm stubborn too. Titch thought idly.
"Has she woken up yet, Aunty Jelly?" a voice came, seemingly from nowhere. That is, until Titch noticed the door, and the head poking through it. A brown and white kitten was looking quizzically at the queen.
"Pouncival, go away." 'Aunty Jelly's eyes narrowed. "And I thought your father grounded you?"
"Er..ahem…yeah, about that…er…gotta go!" The kitten promptly dashed off. The queen, who Titch assumed was called Jelly, rolled her eyes before and turned back to Titch.
"If you can't tell me how you're feeling, at least tell me where you came from!" Titch thought about Jelly's question, and decided she had no idea what the answer was.
Okay, think. She thought to herself. What was I doing before I ended up in this weird place?
And then she remembered.