Hello again, everyone! Welcome to another chapter of Felidae: My First Murder Case. Last chapter, Maddie got to explore Francis' house a bit and found a mysterious sword. After that, her and Francis went to sleep and had nightmares and ended up falling out of bed. Bluebeard told them another murder occurred. Being curious, Francis asked him to show him where the murder occurred. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and I hope your enjoying the story so far. Now let's not waste any more time; let's get this show on the road! Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Felidae. I only own my OCs.
Chapter 4: Deep Purple's Corpse
The three of us walked along a stone wall with Bluebeard leading the way. We were silent for a minute, then he spoke up.
"Hey, Maddie."
"Yeah?"
"You said your last name was Shimamura right?" He asked, "Are you a Japanese cat?"
"Japanese-American, actually. My parent's families were from Japan, but they were raised in America." I told him.
Francis was the next to speak.
"What was your family like?" He asked.
I thought about what to say before answering. Finally, I spoke.
"Well, for a long time, I lived with my parents, Takeo and Reiko and my little brother, Koji. Although he would be a little irritating sometimes, I still loved him." I said.
As we were walking, a flock of birds quickly flew up from the bushes, past us, and into the sky. I'd be lying if I said it didn't startle me a little. Francis almost jumped out of his fur as well. We suddenly heard what sounded like cackling in front of us. I instantly knew who it was when we turned to see them.
"Hi, pussycat." They both said evilly in unison.
Francis had a blank look while I had one of irritation. I should have known these two bozos would appear sometime this late. They started to approach us as if they were ready to either fight or steal something.
"Well, whaddya know. Hermann and Hermann. Do me a favor, don't tell me again how rewarding and rich life can be without balls. I'm quite ready to take your word for it. If you ain't got em between your legs, you're lighter on your feet at least." Bluebeard said, obviously being a sarcastic smart aleck.
I nearly laughed when he said that. For some reason I found myself laughing at that remark. I don't know why, I just did.
"If Larry and Curly are here, I wonder where Moe is." I said to myself.
We suddenly heard the bushes moving and I unfortunately knew who that was; my least favorite character in the whole movie. He looked like the terminator if he were a cat and he sounded like the evil Saiyan Nappa from Dragon Ball Z. It unfortunately was...
"Kong." Bluebeard said, "How can you associate with these miserable ratfinks?"
Kong laughed evilly like a maniac.
"Bluebeard, you ugly old furball." He said, "I see you've been cruising the gay scene for a change. That cute little thing behind you sure is a juicy number. You going to show us some of the tricks he taught you?"
Bluebeard growled angrily.
"No, he'd rather show you personally I think. That's if you think you're up to it." He said.
Kong was still laughing as he walked out of the bushes. He looked at us, menacingly.
"I can see you're scratching for a fight. Okay, you've got one!" Said Bluebeard.
Kong jumped up on the wall.
"Oh, pretty frightening. I can see you wanna show off for my friends, Francis and Maddie."
Bluebeard turned to us for a second, then back to the other cat.
"So, I'd better make it clear; I won't stand by and watch three take on two." He said as he unsheathed his claws as Kong also did.
"So okay. Come and get it, asshole!"
Bluebeard growled. Francis and I unsheathed our claws and hissed. Well, he was doing a decent job while I was doing a not so good job. It's what you can expect from someone who's a newbie to being a cat. All of a sudden, Kong busted out laughing.
"Heh heh. Hey, man, I'm pissing myself with fright." He said.
He then looked at Francis and I.
"As for you two pieces of work, you can bet your sweet whiskers that you and me just the three of us got a date. And in the not too distant future." He warned us.
It was at this point, I wanted to threaten him just like he was doing us. I jumped down from the wall and back up in front of Francis and Bluebeard. Kong stared me down as I glared daggers at him.
"You don't scare me, jerkweed." I said, "I may not have much. But what I do have is a particular and sometimes dangerous set of skills that would make even Satan himself cry in fear. I don't want to do anything to you. But I'm gonna warn you only one time, if you do anything to anyone I care about even once, I guarantee you I will show you absolutely no mercy."
Kong chuckled as his lackeys jumped from the wall.
"We'll see, bitch. We'll see." He said.
He jumped from the wall and left with his two colleagues. I nodded as I saw them go. I calmed down quickly I turned to my friends.
"Let's go." I said.
A minute later, we arrived at what appeared to be a garage. Francis spotted a trail of blood leading inside. We went inside. When we both looked up, we saw the corpse that was once the cat known as Deep Purple. It was a gruesome sight. I knew his throat had been torn open, but there was something else that was... strange. And that was his hind legs or rather, where his hind legs used to be.
What was strange was that his leg stubs didn't looked mauled. I knew that they had been sliced off with a blade. But what?
"What the heck happened to his legs?" I asked.
Francis turned to us.
"If you'd like, I'll tell ya how I see the way the final moments of Purple's life went." He began, "The murderer attacked Purple outside. That's obvious from the blood in the garden."
Francis jumped up on the motorcycle, inspecting the corpse. He then looked at the leg stubs.
"Somehow, without his hind legs which seemed to have been sliced off by something, he managed to crawl in here. Not bad for a fellow his age." He said.
Bluebeard and I went over to where Purple's legs would've been hanging from the motorcycle and he saw that Francis was correct.
"Huh. I don't remember seeing that." He said.
Francis turned to Bluebeard.
"Didn't you tell me that Purple was too old to be interested in sex?" He asked.
"That's right, so what?"
"Well, take a whiff. Purple had gotten very excited when he was killed." Francis said, "The obvious thing that ties the two stiffs I've seen together is sex. The killer has to be a sex machine himself who doesn't like competition from others and decided to wipe em out. Or else he has a general objection to fornication."
"That still doesn't explain why his legs are gone." I said, "The throat part may have been done by teeth, but it's obvious whatever happened to his legs was done by a blade of some kind. Do you think the killer may have some kind of accomplice?"
Francis put a paw on his chin.
"It's possible. Although I don't really know who would be cutting our brothers using a blade. It would be next to impossible for anyone of our species to hold something like that." He said, matter-of-factly.
"I still say it's a goddamn can-opener." Said Bluebeard.
"Which means I'm gonna have to start talking to as many of our brothers as I can in this godforsaken neighborhood. And you and Maddie are the very cats to help me, Bluebeard." Francis told him.
"Exactly." I said.
"Will I though, that's the question isn't it?"
Bluebeard started to leave, but not before turning to us.
"Okay. Tomorrow, I'm gonna take you two to meet someone. He's a real clever bastard. You aren't the only smartasses in town, ya know." He told us.
When he left, Francis and I were walking back to his place. I stopped in my tracks.
"Hey... Francis?" I said.
He turned to me.
"What is it?" He asked.
I looked away for second, then back to him.
"I wasn't kidding when I told Kong I'd show him no mercy if he hurt anyone I cared about. But most importantly, I hope he never hurts you or Bluebeard because you're the only friends I've got right now." I told him.
That was true. They were the only ones I could count on at this point seeing as how I don't know how to get back to my world and I don't know if I ever will. The thought of it made me tear up a little. Noticing that, Francis put a comforting paw on my shoulder. When I looked at him, he a sincere smile. He told me that he knew and complimented on how I handled myself when we ran into Kong.
"I'll admit, I was on edge. But I wasn't scared." I said.
My friend nodded and turned forward. He glanced at me.
"By the way, Maddie, what kind of particular and sometimes dangerous skills do you have?" He asked.
I got an unsure look, but I quickly brushed it off.
"I'll... tell you later. But right now, I just want to get some rest." I said.
Francis laughed a little.
"Same here."
I jumped off the wall and back on it in front of Francis. I looked at him with a playful smirk.
"Race ya!"
We then started our race back to his house.
Author's Note: Wow. It's amazing how Maddie kept her composure not only when the trio ran into Kong and his cronies, but also when they found Deep Purple's body. Anywho, that does it for this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. Also, what did you think of Maddie standing up to Kong like that? Please be sure to read and review and keep watch for the next chapter. Also, please share share share this story. Constructive criticism is welcome.
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