A Cats Christmas - Finale
Munkustrap reluctantly left Hyper to fend for herself, and raced towards the junkyard. When he got there, RumTumTugger was in the center of the junkyard, dodging a foam mouthed pollicle. Cassandra and Bombalurina were throwing a fit up by the old clock. Plato was guarding Excetera, turned away from the pollicle. Victoria, Rumpleteazer, Demeter, and many other of the queens were scattered around the junk atop the tire. Mr.Mistoffelees whistled to the pollicle from the other side of the junkyard, and his jaw dropped open as it rushed towards him.
Munkustrap frowned, the toms were taking turns, giving each other a break before they tired out. Hoping to tire the pollicle, it wasn’t tiring.
Munkustrap leaped onto the back of the pollicle.
"Munkustrap!" Demeter exclaimed. Munkustrap dug his claws into the back of the pollicle, who ran in circles trying to rid himself of the rider. Munkustrap sunk his teeth into the pollicle’s neck, and it soon tired, falling over, Munkustrap climbed from under it, and Mistoffelees, who’d calmed down a bit, rushed over, and the pollicle disappeared.
Munkustrap sat up, looking just as tired and exhausted as the other toms. Mistoffelees smiled at him.
"Glad to have you back." He held out his paw, and helped Munkustrap up. "Old Duetoronomy is down there with Jenny, Skimble and Sparka." Munkustrap frowned.
"What are we going to do about Jenny?"
"Eh, well, Sparka suggested the vet, but no one wants to take Jenny to the vet, with rabies." RumTumTugger said, walking over to the toms.
Demeter rushed down to Alonzo, as with the other queens. Munkustrap stepped onto the tire, and pinned his ears at the display. All the toms who’d fought the pollicle were being fussed over by a queen, two queens, in Tugger’s case. Munkustrap recalled his talk with Old Duetoronomy a few days before Hyper’s arrival, about queens. He dashed out of the junkyard.
"Munkustrap!" Demeter called, she turned, and looked at Alonzo, soon, she was leading all the other Jellicles to the old junkyard, where she assumed Munkustrap was headed.
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Munkustrap ran the fastest he’s ever run, towards Hyper. He had just now come to realize how attracted he was to the queen. He didn’t believe in love at first sight, but surely Hyper came close to it.
He burst into the junkyard, and nearly fell at what he saw. Hyper was on her back, and beside her was Macavity, neither of them looked like they were breathing. He slowly crept forward, soon kneeling down beside Hyper. Her eyes were open, she was staring into space. As Munkustrap walked over she blinked, and turned her head to look at him. Her mouth was covered in blood, as was her face.
"I won…" She muttered, and turned to look at her father. Munkustrap turned his head, Macavity’s eyes were open, but not blinking, he was the one who wasn’t breathing.
"Munkustrap, the…the pollicle?" Hyper asked weakly.
"The toms took care of it." He helped Hyper to her feet as the Jellicles dashed into the junkyard. Mungojerrie ran forward and turned Macavity over..
"Dead." He declared. Alonzo, Mistoffelees, RumTumTugger and Plato ran forward, and pulled Munkustrap away from Hyper. Plato took Hyper away, and pinned her arms behind her back.
"Hey!" Munkustrap shouted, and pulled away from them. "What are you doing?"
"Munkustrap! Don’t you see!" Alonzo said, his paws open in gesturing to Hyper. "She tried to kill us! All of us! Jenny is dying because of her!" Munkustrap looked at Hyper. "She killed Macavity! Something no tom has ever accomplished! Doesn’t that justify something!?" At the phrase ‘doesn’t that justify something?’ Munkustrap was hit into reality, he looked up at Hyper, she looked at him with utter bewilderment. Munkustrap straightened up, and turned away. Plato tripped Hyper and they began to walk away. Midnight and Demeter though, they stopped.
"Daylight… I must wait for the sunrise….. I must think of a new life…" Hyper started, Midnight and Demeter turned around. "Sunlight through the trees in summer, endless massacring.."
Demeter sang out, Midnight turned to face her.
"like a flower as the dawn is breaking the memory is fading. Touch me, it’s so easy to leave me, all alone with a memory of my days in the sun…" The three queens sang. Demeter and Midnight walked towards Hyper, who was on her knees. Demeter knelt down beside her. Midnight turned to face the other Jellicles, who had stopped to watch this display.
"Moonlight, shines so bright until midnight. All alone in
the dim light, shadows dark yet they dance. Flying to new highs, two lovers sit deep in a trance. Evil pleading, for a chance..." All the Jellicles turned to look at each other.
Demeter, Midnight and Hyper, were all looking at Munkustrap. His ears were pinned, his eyes closed.
"Evil pleading for a chance…" Hyper muttered, a barely audible tune played in all the cats’ heads. They knew the tune, and the three queens had re-taught them the meaning. Munkustrap looked up, and walked towards Hyper, Demeter and Midnight stepped aside, and then headed towards Alonzo. Munkustrap knelt down next to Hyper. He put his paw under her chin, and lifted her face, it was stained with blood.
"I’ve never cried before Munkustrap. Never truly cried." Munkustrap wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and she leaned towards him.
Demeter smiled, and ushered the Jellicles back towards their junkyard.
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For the next few days, not much was decided as far as the placement of Sparkaljiggle and Hyperistithiainniesbuea, due to the ill Jennyanydots. Though, when Hyper gave Mistoffelees some rather intriguing medical information, he whipped up a medicine he thought would cure Jenny, and sure enough it did.
To Asparagus’s dismay, Old Duetoronomy decided to let Sparka and Hyper stay in the junkyard.
And so it was, on a peaceful winter’s night, Christmas eve, that Demeter, on the stroke of midnight, gave Alonzo the best present he’d ever received, a liter of four healthy kittens.
RumTumTugger finally made his decision, to Cassandra’s dismay, he chose Bombalurina, but Cassie soon got over Tugger, thanks to Genghis’s help.
Mr. Mistoffelees and Silabub announced that they were, as well as Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, expecting a litter.
Sparka soon became good friends with Tumblebrutus, and from what Old Duetoronomy heard, were to become mates in the near future.
Of course, Munkustrap and Hyper became mates, and on Christmas day, were renamed as the new Jellicle leaders, and, unfortunately, Old Duetoronomy’s time had come, and he descended into the Heavyside lair. Leaving behind him the most trustworthy couple he’d seen in his years of earth.