Chapter 7: Where Are You Now?
Glimmer looked up sleepily from where she was perched up on the wall of the building. She was supposed to be guarding Macavity's domain, but being up with her kits all the time had its prices.
Glimmer wasn't even a queen yet and she had already had a litter of two kittens with an unknown hench-cat that had been killed not too long ago. She never even wanted to know the hench-cat. He was attracted to her from a long time and had even agreed to take care of the kittens with her, but then he disobeyed Macavity's orders by bringing her some extra food and was killed. Now she was alone with her two kittens, who ran around playing in the flowers. There was one tom and one queen, the tom older than the queen by ten minutes. He looked like his father, a dark russet color with black stripes covering his body. He had one black patch over his left eye and ear and his tail was tipped black. Glimmer had named him Leo because of how he acted like her grand-father, who was named Leo.
The queen looked like her. A light gray with black spots and stripes. Her belly and paws were white, along with around her eyes and nose. She was very beautiful and graceful, even as a kitten. Glimmer had named her Myra. She loved them both.
Laying her head back down on the wall, she looked up to see something jump up on the wall beside her. Her best friend, her adopted brother, Deuce. Deuce smiled at the little kittens, who had begun to call him their uncle. He licked a light black paw and drug it across his ear. He was black, with leopard spots on his chest and his three paws. He also was seem to be growing a type of mane around his neck.
"Hey Glim. How are the kits?" He asked, watching them. Glimmer smiled.
"They're good." She said, purring slightly as they wrestled around each other.
"I just wish they had some other kittens to play with, instead of each other. They need some friends." She said, yawning. Deuce smiled.
"Maybe one day Glim." He said. They both looked up to hear something struggling. Two shadows came back into view.
"Glimmer. Take the kittens back inside. I'll see what's up." Deuce told her. Glimmer looked at him, before jumping down. She grabbed Myra in her mouth and let Leo climb on her back, walking back into the building. Deuce jumped from the wall and walked over to see Macavity walking ahead of Rilan, who was carrying something with trouble as it struggled on his shoulder.
"Boss?" He asked.
"Deuce. This is our new 'mate'. Make sure she is settled in properly." He growled, before walking off. Rilan dropped the queen on the ground with a hard thump, hearing her shriek in pain. He hissed at Deuce, and Deuce growled in return. They never got along. Deuce watched as they both went inside, before turning to the captive. It was a red queen, immobile for the ropes tightly wrapping her body, her wrist behind her and her ankles together. A bandana was stuffed in her mouth and tied so it couldn't get out. She struggled as tears fell down her face, completely scared. Now finally, Deuce got what he meant by mate. He kneeled down to the queen, slowly touching her shoulder. Her eyes shot open and she struggled violently. The sharp green caught him off guard, suddenly remembering something. He shook it away.
"Easy. Easy. I'm not going to hurt you. Come on, easy." He said, trying to calm her down. He looked to see puncture wounds in her arms, bleeding lightly. Blood covered her neck, but as Deuce checked her over, he could feel no wounds except for a cut. He looked down, seeing cuts and bruises on her thighs. He shuddered.
"What have they done to you?" He said, sighing. He felt a brotherly like love over her, not wanting her to get hurt worse than she was now. She looked into his eyes, then sobbed slightly as tears ran down her face. He sighed again, before picking her up carefully in his arms. She sank into his touch, sighing even as she was still crying. He smiled.
"I'll try my best to keep you safe." He said, walking into the building.
Alonzo ran through the streets as dusk began to hit. He still hadn't found Imarina yet. Mistoffelees followed, wind ruffling his fur and making him shivered. Tamira was behind them, sighing.
"Alonzo. Misto!" Alonzo turned to see Admetus running toward them.
"Munkustrap wants you back for now. He's got a search party out. We need to stay and guard the tribe." He informed. He glared at Tamira, but something in his eyes softened. Tamira smiled, flicking her tail back and forth. Alonzo turned away, sitting down and looking up at the clouds covering the sun. Tamira walked over. She sat by him and let her tail rest on his shoulders.
"Alonzo I raised Imarina. If anything, she can fight her own battles." She said.
"But what if they hurt her? Or something else?" He asked, tears falling down his face. Tamira smiled.
"She'll be okay. We'll find her tomorrow. Now you need your rest." She said. Alonzo shook his head. No way would he give up on trying to find her, but a nap wouldn't hurt.
"Imarina. I hope you're safe." He said to the sky, before turning around and walking away.
Imarina screamed as pain tore through her back as the hench cat slashed at her. She pulled hard from the chains holding her hands above her head, even if she was on the ground. Hench-cats would take turns, brutally mauling her and making sure blood was pouring down her body.
"Alright, alright. That's enough. Let her sleep." Macavity growled, pushing the hench-cats out of the cell she was in. He unlocked the chains holding her. Imarina collapsed to the ground, rubbing her wrists as they ached. Macavity yanked her up hard.
"Sing for me now. I know you can, now sing!" He commanded. Imarina whimpered, but he clawed her across the face. She sobbed, collapsing. Macavity growled, kicking her in the stomach. She doubled over, coughing.
"You're worthless. For now." He growled, slamming the cell door. Now she was in darkness. She contained herself.
"Alonzo." She whispered, wrapping her arms around her chest, before finally singing softly.
Before I fall too fast
Kiss me quick
But make it last
So i can see how badly this will hurt me
When you say good bye
Keep it sweet
Keep it slow
Let the future pass
And don't let go
But tonight i could fall to soon under this beautiful moonlight
But you're so hypnotizing
You got me laughing while i sing
You got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
And your love is where im falling
But please don't catch me
See this heart
Wont settle down
Like a child running scared from a clown
I'm terrified of what you'll do
my stomach screams just when I look at you
Run far away
So I can breathe
Even though you're far from suffocating me
I can't set my hopes to high
Cuz every hello ends with a goodbye
But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing
You've got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where im falling
But please don't catch me
So now you see
Why I'm scared
I cant open up my heart without a care
But here i go
Its what i feel
and for the first time in my life i know its real
But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing
You've get me smiling in my sleep
And i can see this unraveling
And your love is where im falling
So please don't catch me
And if this is love
Please don't break me
I'm giving up
So just catch me
Imarina sniffled, before burying her face in her arms, wanting this to be over.
Alonzo looked up, his ears pricking to something high and in pain. He hissed, shaking his head and jumping from the junk pile he was sitting on. He ran off a little. Mistoffelees watched him, holding Victoria in his arms as she cried for her best friend. He let her go into the arms of Plato, before chasing after Alonzo. He found him, quivering in a clearing.
"Can't you hear it?" He said through clenched teeth. Misto perked his ears up, but heard nothing.
"She's in pain. Terrible pain. I can hear her." He said. Mistoffelees looked at the black and white patched tom. He really did love Imarina, Misto could tell.
"I should have been there!" He suddenly yelled, throwing a box with his claws through the junk, landing with a dull thud. Mistoffelees ran down, tackling the tom as he tried to throw something else.
"Alonzo calm down. You'll scare the junkyard. Please!" He begged, holding the tom against him. Alonzo sighed, then let himself sink against the tuxedo tom's chest. Misto let him go.
"I'm going for a walk." He said, shouldering past Misto and walking off. Mistoffelees sighed. They needed to find Imarina.
"Where are you now Imarina!" He sighed, walking back into the junkyard.
Sorry this isn't enough. Since the new semester my classes have been harder on me and my grades have been going down. So this might be the last time I write for a while. But I'll try to do my best and post maybe over the weekend. Song is "Catch Me" by Demi Lovato