This is just a chapter showing how smart Munkustrap is. Nothing special. It is important later though! I'll try to get a real chapter up with Alex ASAP
The Junkyard
Munkustrap and Alonzo walked away from Jenny's den, following Alex's scent. It went on for a while, but then randomly stopped, and mixed with many foreign ones, which Munkustrap knew belonged to Macavity's henchcats. He looked around, and saw footprints everywhere. Crouching down, he studied them, and guessed that five large cats had taken Alex, and one of them had a really bad limp. Half a smile came to his face, remembering when he and Alonzo taught the kittens self defense moves; Alex must have hit the henchcat's leg.
"What happened?" Alonzo asked. He was almost freaking out, but he was still keeping it together rather well.
"Five cats took her, and headed in that direction." He nodded towards a path.
"Than why aren't we heading in that direction too?"
"We need to make a plan first. I get that you want to run after her, but it could be the worst thing we can do." Munkustrap replied, stating the first rule any Protector learned, "Let's just start off slow. Why would Macavity want Alex? Has she showed any special talents lately?"
"Other than driving people crazy? No, she hasn't. Quaxo is the special one, and Alex is, well, normal." He looked down, and when he looked back at Munkustrap, he was surprised to see him smiling. "What?"
"You just solved it!"
"Ummmmm, how did I do that?"
"Think about it. Macavity WOULDN'T want Alex. She doesn't have anything special to give him, and if he was doing a hostage tactic, he would have taken Jemima. But there is someone who Macavity could use, and Alex happens to look exactly like him…"
"You mean he wants Quaxo?... That does make sense, apart from the fact that Macavity wouldn't make such a dumb mistake."
"Alonzo, people see what they want to see. If Macavity thinks that Alex is Quaxo, it will take a lot of evidence to point out it isn't true. He probably wouldn't believe Alex, even if she told him."
"IF she told him…?" Alonzo sounded very confused.
"Alex loves her brother too much to put him in danger. She'll pretend to be him as long as she can. All we can do is hold up our side of the bargain. You shouldn't leave Quaxo's side until we figure out what to do."
