Sorry this took five million years to write. My teachers decided it would be fun to bury us with homework. As most of you can probably say, you have to put school work before the fun stuff. Sigh. Why can't life be easy? Whatever, read what you came here for.
Disclaimer: I'm still waiting for that little sheet of paper from A. that says that I own CATS. I'm sure he'll get back to me sooner or later. Until then, nope, don't own it.
If you haven't noticed yet, Macavity and his hench-cats aren't the sharpest knifes in the drawers. So it really wasn't the most surprising thing in the world that when I pushed on the door, it opened. To give them some credit, they probably weren't expecting me to be any trouble. I got dizzy as soon as stood up; it took me a few minutes before I was able to walk normally. As soon as I was able to do that, I was out.
Of course, I had no idea in the world where I was supposed to be going. Jellicles, being the optimistics we are, never take classes that teach you how to get out of an evil cat's lair. I just walked in random directions, hoping to find an exit. I knew if I could get out in the open, I could figure out a way to get home.
I was probably out of my cell for ten minutes before I saw someone. A little kitten, walking around by himself. At that moment, I was relieved. If an adult saw me, there was no way I could get out of it, but a kitten? I could easily convince him that I actually belonged there. Yeash, I could stricken get him to tell me how to get out! I walked over to him, smiled, and said hi.
"Hey!" He had a high, squeaky voice. "How come you're talking to me? No one ever does! Daddy always scares them away. But that doesn't bother you, right? I've never seen you before! What's your name?" He threw questions at me faster then I could answer.
"Well, I'm, um, new here. My name is Alex." He interrupted me before I could say anything else.
"But you're a girl! Boys get named Alex, not girls!"
"It's actually Alexandria, but that's not really important. I'm supposed to be outside to help my dad out with work, but since I'm still new, I don't know where I'm supposed to go. Can you tell me the way?" I gave him my award winning smile.
"Sure, just go left, up the stairs, and it's right there. You better hurry, or Dad will punish you." He actually looked really concerned.
"Punish me?"
"Did you move here yesterday? If you're late, Dad has people whip you or worse! Wait... Dad doesn't let people do outside jobs until they learn all the rules! That means you can't be going outside to work!" He started to run away, yelling intruder.
Bast!
I was stunned for a moment, trying to figure out what had happened, but then I started running the way the kitten told me to go. But as soon as I reached the stairs, my brief period of freedom ended. A bunch of cats grabbed me, and even though I struggled as hard as I could, I was dragged back to my cell, and thrown in. This time, I heard the lock click.
I curled up, mentally yelling at myself for letting myself be found out by a midget. I was so close! It was only after I ended the pity party was when I remembered the worst thing I did.
"My name is Alex."
Right when I had this thought, I heard noises outside. I stood up, trying to look brave, even though I was terrified. I didn't want to think of the punishment I would receive for trying to escape. The door opened, revealing Macavity, the little kitten, and three giant hench-cats. Macavity looked livid, and he started to scream at me.
"You do not have the right to move without my permission, let alone escape! You obviously have not learned to not cross me. You must need a harsher punishment, Quaxo."
He didn't tell him! Quaxo was still safe! But before I got celebrate, the little boy spoke up.
"Um, Dad, why did you call her Quaxo? Her name is Alex."
Dad?! Wait, that actualy makes sense. Who else would have the power to punish anyone here? But it wasn't the time to dwell on that. The boy just blew my cover.
To my relief, Macavity didn't pay much attention to him. "He was lying to you, Maximus. Stop interrupting." He looked back at me. "Anyways, I hope you enjoy it." He looked over at the three cats that had come in with him. "You know what to do, just don't kill him. I still need his services." He smiled at me, and left the room with Maximus, leaving me with the hench-cats.
I tried to move away from them, but I hit the wall. I tried to prepare myself for the never-ending blows. I had to stay strong, for Quaxo, for Munkustrap and Old Deuteronomy. They needed time to get safe. I winced, as the first hench-cat drew his paw back...
Macavity laughed to himself as he heard the boy scream. He knew after this he would be much more willing to work quietly. But then, he frowned. He remembered his son saying the boy wasn't Quaxo, and he knew his son was rarely wrong. He beckoned to one of his hench-cats nearby, and told him
"Go to the Junkyard, and figure out what you can about a girl named Alex." He nodded, and hurried off. Macavity walked away from the boy's cell, where the screaming had finally stopped.
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