a/n – Hi guys! I had an audition and got into a performance of Hello Dolly and I had surgery at the end of January, so I've had rehearsals, recovery stuff, the show, school, and homework I had to do. I don't own Cats. I apologize in advance because Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer's accents aren't going to be perfect, so please imagine. Without further ado here's chapter 4.
Once inside his den Tumble set me down in his nest of blankets. He walked to the entrance and sealed it as best he could. Then walked back to me and took a protective stance in front of me. After about a minute he turned around and saw how panicked I was and came to lie down behind me. He started to purr to calm me down; it was short lived. Macavity laughed again this time he was right on top of us and we were under the TSE 1! Tumble was up in his protective stance again, but we didn't make a sound. We heard him jump off the car and land in front of us.
I got up and walked to the entrance, Tumble followed. I was able to create a small hole to look out of; I had a perfect view for what happened next. Macavity walked to Uncle Munku's den. He went in and came out with Aunt Deme, but was quickly followed by Uncle Munku. Uncle Munku grabbed Aunt Deme; it was like déjà vu except Alonzo didn't rush in and same Aunt Deme, Tumble ran out and saved her. He ran back here and dropped her off then took a defensive stance in front of us.
Uncle Munku and Macavity started their fight, it was different this time; Uncle Munku was quicker, but he still fell thankfully close to us. Aunt Deme and I started trying to try and revive him. Tumble stepped up to fight Macavity. He lasted longer than Alonzo did last year, but he still leapt away. No one else was there so I jumped on Macavity's back and got in a good swing – I definitely scratched him – but I was thrown from his back as he wheeled around to try and see me.
I landed in a crouch ready to pounce again. This time when I landed on Macavity I was able to bring my paw around to scratch his face. I was also able to sink my claws into his shoulder before I leapt off to restore my balance. I was just about to jump back onto him for a third time, but a shock of calico fur beat me to it. Rumpleteazer took Macavity down and Mungojerrie started scraping Macavity's legs. Macavity threw them off and limped as fans as he could to the TSE1 and – again like déjà vu – grabbed the jumper cables and vanished.
"Presto!" Mistoffolees shouted, and the lights started working before anyone would be able to tell something was wrong.
"Oi! Evryone aright fen?" Jerrie yelled.
"Fine 'ere Jerrie!" Teazer responded first. Tumble, Aunt Deme, and I quickly followed with confirmations that we were fine as well. I saw Aunt Deme, Teazer, and Jerrie reviving Uncle Munku. He'd be fine especially since he was starting to come around.
I walked over to Tumble, who had moved to the Heaviside tire, and sat down. I rubbed my head against him and started to purr, which caused him to start purring.
"I was so worried when you jumped on Macavity. He has quite a reputation for being brutal and unforgiving," Tumble finally said as he looked down at me.
"I was fine, he couldn't exactly see me, and I managed to get in a few good swings." I replied. I noticed Tumble had a scratch on his paw. So I started to lick it to clean it, so it wouldn't become infected.
"Ya know," Teazer said out of the blue, "I don't fink Mac'll be commin' back tomorra, he could barely make it up to those cable fings 'e uses to escape."
"You're quite right Teazer," Uncle Munku said, "Deme here has told me everything that happened; if Macavity was as cut up as she described it will take him at least a few months to heal. Those Jellicles who don't know about this attack can be kept in the dark. The ball will go on as planned."
"Uncle Munku," I said, "Err… My dad also saw Macavity and I'm pretty sure we all know that he's not known for keeping secrets."
"Tugger," Uncle Munku sighed, "Well, I'll have to speak with him myself. I suppose I'll do that now." He started to walk toward my family's den to talk to dad. Teazer and Jerrie had disappeared, and Aunt Deme was slowly walking back to her and Uncle Munku's den. She looked incredibly exhausted. Tumble looked down at me, then rolled over and started to sleep. I followed his lead, curled into him and took a nap before I dealt with anyone else.
