Decritso followed the ginger cat though many alley and corners, finally the cat stopped in front of an old abandoned construction site. Exceon stopped in front of a door marked T7. "Here is your patient doctor," he said as he led Decritso in. In the middle of the floor Decritso saw a young cat. She was laying unconisous, bleeding all over the floor. Decritso kneeled beside the lifeless body and placed a hand on her head. "Father?" Decritso turned around to see a young tom. He looked exactly like Exceon. "Who’s that?" he pointed at Decritso. "Macavity, this is not the time! Go away!" Macavity slowly turned and walked out the door. Decritso looked back at dying cat. She struggled and looked up at Decritso and stared into his eyes. Decritso knew, she had less than a few minutes left to live. Demeter sighed. She missed her sister so much. Salretra had gone away for several days to see if she could find a better alley to live because there were so many Pollicles in the alley they lived in. Demeter realized she had started to cry. She quickly wiped her tears away. * I’m going to be brave, * she thought. She climbed out of her box and trotted over to the corner and sat. *Should I stay here like Calioto told me to? *, she asked herself. *Or should I try and help? *, she asked herself again. She decided to help her brother save their sister. So she set her nose to work and quickly found the scent. Calioto followed the two cats for quite a while until they stopped in front of an old abandoned construction site. As Exceon led the stranger cat in, he stopped and looked around to make sure no one was following them and then disappeared in the door. Calioto gathered up his courage and boldly stepped up to the door and listened. He could barely hear anything so he started walking around the old building, trying to find an exit. Finally he seceded and found an opening, just big enough to fit himself through, in the wall. He skillfully climbed though, trying to make as little noise as possible. Once inside he saw the two cats. Exceon was staring at the other cat that was kneeling in front of a smaller cat. He could see she was bleeding quite heavily. He caught his breath, *oh no, Everlasting Cat, not my sister! Please, not Salritra! * He started to cry, but stopped suddenly when he saw Exceon’s ears twitch. He slowly looked around the room. "She has been beaten very badly", suddenly the stranger cat said. It didn’t take very long before Calioto was trembling with rage. * How dare he hurt my sister! * " Simply discipline", Exceon said, shrugging. "She is dying, there is nothing I can do." Exceon sighed, "there goes another one". The cat placed his fingers on Salretra’s eyes and shut them. Calioto burst out of the shadows and pushed the cat away from his sister. " No! Salretra! No!" he cried as he kneeled by his lifeless sister. " I will never forget this day, I’ll remember this day till I die," tears were streaming down his face as he glared at Exceon, "I swear I will avenge this day, you’ll pay for my sister’s life!" He leaped towards Exceon, claws bared. Exceon turned and scratched Calioto in mid-air, sending him flying. Calioto was back on his feet in a flash. Suddenly Demeter pushed her head in the opening that Calioto had first come in. "Calioto!" she cried as she saw him fighting with Exceon. Calioto and Exceon were slashing, biting, and clawing at each other. Calioto quickly glanced at Demeter. "Demeter run!", he cried. Demeter couldn’t move for she saw her sister’s body laying lifeless on the floor. "No! Salretra!". Demeter ran in and stared at the body. She was crying hysterically now. She screamed and threw herself at Exceon. Exceon blocked her blow and slashed her across the face. "Demeter!", Calioto cried. The distraction was all Exceon needed, he rushed forward and stuck Calioto in the face. Demeter stared in horror as Calioto slamed into the wall and collapes. Everything was quiet. Demeter stared at him."No! No! Calioto! No!", Demeter cried as she ran towards Calioto. She kneeled down on the floor beside him. " Calioto, please, don’t leave me." Calioto turned his head, in her arms, to look at her. Tear were streaming down her face. "De.. Demeter, I will always love you". " No no, Calioto, you are all I have left, don’t leave me," Demeter pleaded. She carefully laid his head down on the ground. She stood up and pointed a paw at Exceon. "I will not rest until I see that everyone in your family is dead!," Just as spoke, Macavity walked in. "Father I what’s going on?" Exceon laughed. "This kitten says she is going to kill us," Exceon said calmly. Macavity stared at the young cat, with tears running down her face. " You will regret the day you killed my family!," Demeter turned and rushed out of the room. Decritso watched after her. "What have you done? You just killed the last of that young queens family!" Decritso cried. " So?" Exceon said calmly. He walked over to Decritso and said, "I have no more need for your services." And with that, Exceon stuck him across his face leaving him unconsious. "Take him away!" Exceon called to his guard who had been standing outside. Exceon turned and started walking away, towards the door. "Come, Macavity,"he said to his son. Macavity, still absorbing what he had just saw, slowly turned and followed after his father.
Chapter 3
Four Years Later
A fire truck’s alarm was blazing. People were talking. Cars were roaring. All these sounds were so familiar to Demeter that she barely paid any attention to them. Demeter had grown up to be a beautiful queen. Her coat was a variety of colors: yellow, black, orange, and white. Her fur was silky and shiny. But on the inside, she was dying.
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"Etcetera! Stop chasing me!!!!!!!!" cried Tugger. The silence was broken as Tugger, followed by Etcetera, came running into the junkyard. It was just dawn and only a few Jellicles were there. Mistoffoless laughed when he saw them. "Just a little closer, ‘Cerrtie!" he yelled after them. "Oh you are not helping!" Tugger yelled at him as they passed. Misto just laughed.
Munkustrap was inside the pipe talking to Jennyannydots. "How are you doing Munkustrap?" she asked him. "Oh, I doing okay. Old Deuteronomy says he wants to expand the tribe but, cats that fit the requirements are hard to come but, you never know." Jenny nodded. "Well good luck. I must be off now. Nice talking to you." Then she disappeared around the corner. Munkustrap sighed and walked off.
