She smiled seductively at Munkustrap, and leaned up and gave him a long kiss on the lips. She could almost picture the look on Demi's face. She heard Demi's stifled cry and pawsteps fading away quickly as the other queen ran. Antigone was jolted back to what she was doing when Munku slapped her and shoved her away from him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? I have a mate, you slut, and you know it!" he hissed angrily. Antigone smiled innocently at him.
"Oh, am I a slut, now? As I recall, Demeter is as dull as they come. At least I'm not afraid to let a tom near me," she remarked, all the while keeping the innocent smile on her face. Munku growled at her.
"I can see why Macavity chased you in here, if this is how you acted. If I would've known you were like this, I would've let him kill you and not felt in the least bit guilty!"
Antigone looked very upset. "You'd rather I was dead? I'm shocked, and hurt..." A tear rolled down her cheek, and she began to sob. This time, Munku didn't care what she felt. He just hoped Demi hadn't seen what she did, and yet somehow he had a feeling that Demi had, which was why Antigone had done it. She seemed to be trying to force them apart.
Demi ran as far away as she could. She could hardly believe it. She wasn't going to be around until Antigone left, and the next thing she knew, Munku was kissing Antigone, right in plain sight! It left a big hole in her heart, and she felt as if everything that kept her life together was suddenly coming undone.
Another tear welled in her eye, blurring her vision, and the next thing she knew she'd walked right into someone. She sobbed and closed her eyes, trying to hide the fact that she was crying. "I'm sorry... excuse me," she said quietly and continued on her way.
"Excuse me, is there something wrong, Miss?" a soothing, baritone voice called after her. "Why are you crying?"
"It's nothing you should concern yourself with," Demi informed the tom who had been speaking, and a tear rolled down her cheek. Instantly, another one blurred her vision again.
"Someone has obviously hurt you," the tom said. "And I'll bet you'd feel better if you talked to someone about it. It often helps clear one's mind to talk of things they don't understand and that hurt them."
Realizing that this was often true, Demi decided to tell him. She turned around and approached him, barely able to see because of the tears welling in her eyes. "My mate... he was with another queen... as soon as I told him I wasn't going to be around for a while..."
"That's a great mate," the tom commented, sarcasm evident in his voice. "You obviously deserve someone better than that creep."
"But he's always been so kind to me..." Demi continued, "I was hurt by someone when I was younger... and he's always been there for me since then. I don't understand what I did wrong..."
"You probably didn't do anything wrong," replied the stranger. "I can't see you doing anything bad."
Demi hadn't realized that they'd been walking as they talked. Her vision was beginning to clear, and she wasn't crying as much. She looked around and noticed that she had no idea where they were. "I'd better go back... I don't know where I am... And my sister will worry about me..." she began, and turning to face him, realized that the tom she'd been with was Macavity! She screamed, and he covered her mouth with one of his paws.
Macavity laughed, grinning madly. "And now your mate is mad at you, just as you were mad at him... Thanks to Griddlebone, or as you might know her, 'Antigone'," he said. Demi's eyes widened. She had been right! That queen was working for Macavity! And she had kissed Munku to get Demi out of the Junkyard and make her vulnerable enough to be lead somewhere and kidnapped by Macavity! And chances were, Munku wouldn't notice for a while, since she'd told him she wasn't going to stay at the Junkyard...
Her eyes clouded again, and she began to sob. Eventually, she started gasping for air, but Macavity didn't slow down. He forced her along and into an old warehouse. It was empty except for a small dog cage made out of metal with a padlock on it.
Macavity fairly threw Demi into the cage, and she slammed into the back of it, falling stunned to the floor. Macavity entered the cage, blocking the only exit. "Have my kittens, Demi. Your mate doesn't truly love you. You saw him kiss my servant yourself. I do love you. Have my kittens Demi, or I'll kill you..."
Part 3