Chapter eight

I was wrong.

The musical portrays Macavity as showing up three or four times to frighten the Jellicles before he actually does anything. Also, he supposedly laughs. There is a lighting change and his theme starts playing, which always alerts you to his presence. Wrong, wrong, WRONG!!

When he comes, he's got a purpose. He never comes merely to scare you. That's just the icing on the cake.
He doesn't laugh. He gives this combination of a laugh and a battle cry. It's the most frightening sound in the world. No human can duplicate it. None. Although, Steven Tyler does a pretty good job. Anyway.
As somebody who's been held captive by Macavity, and as somebody who has had in-depth conversations with Demeter, I can tell you that hearing that sound is the single most terrifying feeling ever imagined.
It's worse than facing your worst fear. You hear it, and you know that he's not gonna let you live through this.
Alot of people say that Demeter yells out his name as a warning or because she's paranoid.
She says it because he is her worst fear. He is my worst fear. He should be your worst fear. If he's not, work on it.

It started out as a lovely day, like all of them did.
Misto and I were having a wonderful conversation about how we're gonna prank Tugger.
Mel and Plato were walking around the Junkyard. They do that alot. I don't know why.
Riniel, Pounce, and Etcy were giggling about Jemima and Tumble's newly announced engagement. I thought it was weird too until I realized that cats can do that.
Sanya, Mungo, Electra, and Teaser were playing with Munku and Demeter's new kittens.
All was well with the world until, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something ginger. I looked around, but it was gone. As if on cue, the words "Macavity's not there." echoed in my head. It was freaky.
I must have looked scared or something because Misto noticed that there was something wrong.
I looked over at Dem, and she looked paler than she was a minute ago. She must thought that her mind was playing really cruel tricks on her. I prayed to the Everlasting Cat that it was.
It wasn't. Stupid EC.
I tried to clear my mind. I focused on Misto's eyes. That's usually fun. He's got gorgeous eyes. Eyes that, at this moment, I was trying to lose myself in. It almost worked.
I heard Dem gasp. I knew why.
I looked over at my friends, which was not easy, as they were all on opposite sides of the Junkyard. They all had the same panicked expression on their faces, the same one that I knew I had on mine. I expected to hear it, but it still scared the Heaviside out of me!

I started shaking violently. Wouldn't you if your greatest fear was standing mere feet away, with no reason to let you live? I wanted to run and never stop, I wanted to hide behind Misto, I wanted to cower with my friends, I wanted to sink into the ground and never be seen again. My body wanted to go in four different directions, and my brain couldn't keep up. I suddenly felt chills down my spine. I slowly turned and saw him staring, and I knew instantly who his first victim would be - me.

All of a sudden, I was gone. I didn't know where I was, and I knew that I wasn't dead, I was still shaking. I looked around and saw Meltoriel, Riniel, and Sanya, looking as bewildered as I felt. We all stood around, well, panting.

Finally......
San said, "So.....anyone have a guess as to where we are?"
I replied, "Who cares, as long as we're far, far away!"
Riniel, "Am I the only one who's worried that Macavity sent us here?"
I said, "Let's pray that it was Misto"
Please, let it be Misto, I added silently.

Sure enough, after what seemed like years, Misto and Jemima popped in.
I have never been so relieved to see anyone in all my life, and that includes the one in Middle-Earth, although, Aragorn and Gandalf sure had their moments. I was also really happy to see Pippin that one day. And Faramir, I was worried he wasn't gonna make it. And Frodo, I was so relieved to see Frodo and Sam. Wasn't too happy to see Gollum, though, he bugged me. Ah, memories. Well, moving on.

After a few minutes of, "Thank EC," I finally noticed what condition they were in. I realized that however much time passed while we were here, the same amount of time must've passed at the Junkyard. (no duh, Nessi)
They both were breathing very hard, and it looked as though the battle had just ended, if it was, indeed, over yet.
Jemi looked exhausted, like she'd been running around treating wounded Jellicles all throughout the battle. Misto was hurt and his fur was matted down in places. I suddenly felt extremely selfish. I'd been feeling sorry for myself when I was perfectly safe, and he was risking his life against what wanted me. Stupid me. I had to tick off the monster of depravity. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Well, after I finished beating myself up mentally, Jem and Misto finally spoke.

"Are you guys all okay? I've never transported that many cats at once." said Misto.
We all murmured, "yeah, we're fine, just a little shaken up."
"The question is, are you okay? What happened?" I said, gingerly licking one of his wounds. (I'm a CAT, I can do that!)
"Well, Jem psychically told me to transport you guys out of there, and I did. I didn't know where, but I did."
"How did you send us somewhere that you didn't know where it was?" asked, who else, Mel.
"I was concentrating on not leaving pieces behind," he replied. "You're lucky I found it afterwards."
Jem was running around, checking us all over, to make sure we weren't short a whisker or anything more important. Misto kept going.
"Macavity's henchrats jumped out of nowhere, and attacked the air where you guys used to be. It was split seconds later.
"We fought for hours. It was dark before it was over. Jem was running around healing everyone she saw. Saved half a dozen lives, she did."
Jem blushed and accidentally poked a hole in Mel, who screeched loudly. The noise echoed for several minutes. Then it was silent. The silence was eerie.
I looked at Misto. "Where are we?"
"A few miles away from the Junkyard." He looked nervous, which worked well, because I felt nervous.
"You don't suppose that any henchrats could've heard that, could they?"
The thought hadn't occurred to him. We sat in silence, fear slowly retaking it's hold on us. Then we heard a crash. All of us jumped a foot in the air.
"Misto, get us out of here!" I said, trying, and failing, to whisper. He popped out with Mel and Jem in tow. Shortly, he came back and took San and Riniel.
I felt very much afraid, alone in the dark. I heard another crash and saw glowing eyes a few feet away. I squeezed my eyes shut and prayed that Misto would return soon, or that I would gain amazing Kung Fu abilities in the next few seconds.
Next thing I knew, I was back in the Junkyard, Misto right next to me. I breathed for the first time in ten minutes.