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The rays of the morning sun slowly peaked into view as the morning began.
Munkustrap slowly waltzed out of his den, yawning and stretching in the warm sunlight.
'No one will be up for at least another hour.' He thought to himself. As he turned to go and relieve Alonzo from his post (and probably wake him up, as he did every other morning) the silver and black tabby took a double take.
A young brown tabby queen lay nestled into a slightly older pure brown tom, both sleeping with red rimmed eyes and tried tear tracks. Sitting only a few feet away was the black and white guard Munkustrap was looking for, head on his paws, deep in thought.
"Alonzo." Munkstrap called. Alonzo quickly sat up and shook his head slightly.
"I pulled an all nighter, Munk. Sorry if I'm a little slow." Munkustrap rolled his eyes.
"What about these two." He gestured to the unknown… siblings?
" I saw them on watch last night. You can find their mother and younger sister… a tangled mess dragged halfway up the street." He choked out. Munkustrap took a quick breath.
"I had to do something, Munk. I couldn't just leave them there, they'd get hurt." Alonzo pleaded. Munkustrap wasn't usually very lenient on newcomers. Only few were accepted into the Jellicles, most just staying until they had recovered and again leaving a few days later. Munkustrap nodded quickly, eyes still on the young cats.
"I'll get Jenny and Jelly to take care of them for a bit. Get them cleaned up, make sure they're okay. You did a good thing, Alonzo." Munkstrap said, turning to step away.
"I wish I never had a chance to 'do a good thing'. Then maybe these two would still have their family." He said thoughtfully, curling up in his previous spot. Munkustrap stopped, still, thinking over the patched toms words, before continueing on his way.
"They refuse to let us clean them traditionally, dear." Jenny said as she had Mistoffelees boil some water for her. He himself only knew the cats were there, not their predicament.
"I wonder what happened…" He said, handing the makeshift bowl to Jelly.
"Another time, another place dear." Jenny said, hurrying back towards them with a small cloth.
"Thank you very much Mistoffelees. It was very kind of you." Jellylorum kindly offered, gently touching his paw.
"No problem Jelly, you're just trying to do your job. Call me if you need me again." He said, smiling as he walked out the large den and into the growing sunlight of the morning. She found another cloth and went in to see the 'patients'.
Jelly was woken up this morning by a stoic Munkustrap, asking for her help. He sent her over to wake Jenny, and they were halfway through breakfast when Munkstrap returned, this time in Jenny's den, with two young, scruffy and incredibly sad kittens. They immediately got to work.
"Jelly, can you take care of the young lady here?" Jenny said, over near the brown tom. He has supplied the name 'Dell' which seemed quite short… maybe a nickname. Jellylorum approached the queen, dipping the cloth into the hot water as she passed. She rang the water out until it was mostly damp and lifted it up to wipe some of the tear tracks – and the dirt that stuck to it – off the young queen's face. She flinched away, but eventually allowed Jellylorum to clean her.
"What's your name, sweetheart?" Jelly said softly. In a quiet, near silent whisper, the tabby said,
"Silhouette."
Across the junkyard, in the small den shared by the two twin mystics of the tribe, a sharp cry of horror and pain rang out through the near silent morning.
Coricopat sat bolt upright and turned to his screaming sister, her eyes still clenched shut as she witnessed another horrifying nightmare.
"Tantomile, wake up!" he called, grabbing her shoulders and lifting her torso of the ground. Her eyes opened suddenly and she took a deep, shuddering breath. She immediately shared her dream with her brother, thanks to the mental link happily shared between the two.
"Do you think this was a vision?" Coricopat said, trying to search the minds of those awake already. Tantomile closed her eyes and did they same.
After only a few minutes of searching they latched into the mind of a cat having the same nightmare Tantomile had, only confirming their fears.
Poor Alonzo had seen the beginning of what was to be a disastrous adventure.
A/N: Tada! That was a bit longer. Hopefully it will tide you over until I can think of what will happen next.