Mistoffelees was stunned, "Titus, you betrayed us!" Titus laughed, "It was too easy. You see, I have something my cousin, Macavity, doesn't have and that's a brain. He always screws up because he tries to take a tribe of cats by force. I take them by whit." he then looked at Old Deuteronomy and said, "But I have to admit, it was fun. But I have a reputation to keep. I'm a conquering cat and I can't let my emotions get in the way." Old Deuteronomy shook his head in grief, "And we trusted you!" Titus grinned, "And that's how I won." and with that the street cats, with their weapons, jumped on the jellicles instantly. After a fierce and horrid battle, with the jellicles being out-numbered, they were wounded and chained while the females were hand picked by the Alley Cats to their desire. Titus instanatly picked Bombalurina as he roughly grabbed her. She female jellicle strugged against his grip. "What's the matter?" Titus mocked, "I thought you loved having me around." Bombalurina then slapped him across the face as she screamed, "Get away from me you creep!" After quickly recovering from the blow, he grabbed her again with a jerk and growled, "Better behave kitty because you're going to be with me for a long time." "Let her go!" hollared Tugger, who struggled against three huge Alley Cats who had him in thier grip. From the battle, Tugger was bleeding on his forehead and had a deep scar on his cheek from a blade. Titus walked up to him and said with a grin, "Ah yes, my good friend the RumTumTugger. They should have listened to you when you wanted me to leave." then getting close to the jellicles face Titus whispered, "You know I have to agree; you are a terrible bore." and with that, Titus then spat in his face. As he turned Titus commanded, "Bring them to the city." "What about the junkyard?" asked a fellow Alley Cat. Without looking back, Titus replied, "Burn it." and immediatly the cats, with their torches set the entire junkyard on fire. As the cats, bounded and chained, were dragged away they looked back with tears in their eyes, at their precious junkyard full of happy memories, eaten by roaring, hellish flames. The alleys were dark, damp, and infested with rats. Hundreds of Alley Cats roamed the back streets. It was like a whole nother world that possessed no light and it filled the jellicles with fear. Even the moon was hidden behind dark gray clouds giving the area a more sinister atmosphere. Only small kindles of fire that were scattered infront of trashcans to keep warm were the only sources of light that reflected off their crimson eyes. The jellicles were gathered in the middles of the alley streets, surrounded by curious Alley Cats who whispered to each other, "Titus did it! He captured the jellicle tribe!" "They're awfully small." Just then Titus silence his tribe with a roar ontop of a large dumpster bin and looking down at the jellicles, he replied, "You shall stay here till you die and become one of us. Here it is every cat for himself. You will hunt your own food, you will make your own bed and you will fend only for yourself. Your junkyard has been destroyed, your families will soon forget about you and your memories of the past will dwindle. I suggest you try not to escape for many have been punished greatly and none have lived to tell how far they've gotten. Also it just won't be a good idea, for one can get lost very easily in these alleys and many pollicles roam here. For a male to be respected here, he must have a female. If you have kittens you shall not concider them yours. They will brought to appointed nurses who will take care of them so that they may not know who their parents are. In this, by the time when they are independent they too will fend for themselves. In not knowing who their parents are, they will lack emotions and only be taught that to survive in this world you must be fierce, cunning and dominating." he then stepped down and turned to Tantomile, Jennyanydots and Jellylorum, "You three will be nurses. In your hands you will care for the next generations of Alley Cats. The rest of you, you may go set up your new homes and search for food. Beware of pollicles and diseased rats. I suggest you pick you mate and try your best to survive." and with that he grabbed Victoria by the arm and said, "You shall be mine." "No, I wont!" she cried. "You have no choice!" he growled, "With you as my mate, you are queen of the Alley Cats. If you refuse you one of your jellicle friends will die! And that black one you always hang around with will be the first to go!" Victoria gasped at his statement then replied sorrowfully, "Alright, I'll do it! Just don't hurt any of my friends!" Titus smirked, "That's more like it." And he took her off by the arm. Victoria gave a fearful and lamented glance at the jellicles as she was dragged off into the shadows. Mistoffelees was about to go after her when Old Deuteronomy grabbed his arm and whispered firmly, "Misto don't. Titus won't hurt her. If you go after her, you'll only make things worst and put not only your life in danger but hers as well. What we must do know is wait for the right moment." "When will the right moment come?" Misto asked desperatly. Old Deut shook his head as he answered, "It may take days, weeks or even months or years but we must be patient. Our destiny isn't here. The day will come when we will be a jellicle tribe once again." and with that the jellicles chose their mates and went out to look for shelter from the cold nights. Bombalurina entered her and her mate, Tugger's shelter whish was nothing more but a trashcan on its side covered with an old maroon rag as a door. "Tugger, you in here?" she asked as she poked her head in. There he lay with his back facing her curled up. Bomb walked in and layed next to him and asked, "Tugger you okay?" "I should have killed him when I got the chance." he replied without turning over. Bomb then caressed Tuggers back ears and replied, "I'm sorry we didn't listen to you. I thought you were just jealous. To think I actually liked him!" Bomb began to cry and Tugger immediatly sat up and embraced her as she cried, "Oh Tugger, I'll never see my family ever again! And now my dream of having kittens is ruined! I don't want to have kittens only to have them takin away from me to become horrible Alley Cats!" Tugger held her close as he whispered to her, "Don't worry. I don't plan to stay here long." Bomb then glanced up at him in fear and said, "Oh no Tugger, please don't do anything that will get you killed!"
