Jenima was walking home from Rumpleteazer's den when a noise behind her made her stop. She glanced around her, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. She started off again, a little faster now, when she heard the noise again. Before she was able to look around again, something; no someone, knocked her over and held her down. Jenima tried to shake the cat off of her, but he was too big. She flinched as he leaned down; his breath smelled rotten.

He spoke softly to her, "Listen Jellicle." He spat out the word like it was garbage. "You run home and tell that pathetic father of yours this; if he doesn't show up at Macavity's by tomorrow night, and give himself up, your little friend will never leave the place alive. Do you understand?"

Jenima nodded fearfully. The other cat jumped off of her, and ran away. Jem laid on the ground where he left her for a minute, silently trying to figure what happened, then jumped up and ran home.

xXx

I was pacing back and forth in my cell. I had tried escaping again, but even if the door was unlocked, I wouldn't be able to get out. I heard voices on the other side of the door; they must have set a guard outside. My body hurt too much to fight them. They had given me some food and water a little while ago. Can't exactly say it was delicious.

I wanted to know more than anything what was happening outside my cell. If Macavity couldn't get Quaxo, what else could he do to get his revenge or what not on Munkus and Old Deuteronomy? I nearly smacked myself in the head right after I asked myself this. I could still be used as a hostage. There wasn't anything I could do to get out of this one; Munkustrap would surrender himself to save me, he's noble like that. All I could do is hope that Munkus would be able to get us out.

There were more noises outside my door. I moved towards the wall opposite from the door. It opened to reveal two hench-cats and that annoying little kitten. Maximus sat in front of me, with a smug look I desperately wanted to scratch off his face. I kept my cool though. However, I didn't keep all of it.

"So, did you want something, or are you going to just sit there?" I asked as sarcastically as I could. I flinched as one of the hench-cats started towards me with his paw raised, saying, "You will learn to show respect to the lord's son!"

For some reason, Maximus stopped him, and told the two to wait outside. After they left, he looked at me and stated, "I didn't want that much, just wanted to tell you that I'm smarter than you, and that I ruined you giant plan." He said this with a voice that reminded me of when I would take something of Quaxo, then run away saying, "na na na nee poo!" If I didn't like this kid before, now I hated him with the deepest of my heart or something like that. I tried to calm down, but it wasn't working.

"You're just like your father, aren't you? Don't you feel bad about anything? It's not like getting people thrown in dungeons is a good thing!"

"Father says it is! He says you Jellicles are nothing but garbage, and that you need to be locked up! He's smarted than you, so he has to be right."

"Really? So a cat who needs a kitten to point out that he has a girl prisoner, not a boy is really all that smarter than me. Hmm, never thought about it that way." I said this with all the sarcasm I had.

He smacked me in the face. "Don't talk about Father that way!"

Well, me… just being me, smacked him back. With the claws out. Maximus ran out of the room, and almost instantly the two hench-cats entered, and closed the door behind them. I knew that I was going to get it again.

Me and my big mouth.

And claws.

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