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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 13:16:26 GMT -5
Bombalurina placed her paws on the lid, and pushed gently. It didn't budge. She frowned and tried again, this time pushing harder. It didn't move. She pushed again, this time with all of her might. It opened an inch, and Bomba smiled.
She pushed it a bit more and peeked around. There were boxes and rugs and old telephones scattered everwhere. She pushed a bit more, and it moved a few more inches, then wouldn't budge.
She looked down at Burelle. "I guess we've found an exit."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 5, 2007 13:36:19 GMT -5
Burelle set her kittens down, quickly getting to her feet and looking up in the space Bombalurina had opened up. "It doesn't look like much of an exit," she sniffed, curling her lip at the staleness of the air. "More like a hiding place." She pulled back, studying the lid, and nodded. "Yes, see here, and here? You've only moved part of the lid. The Jellicles who turned this piano into their den must have made that too... but it looks big enough to hide some of us, at least." She put her paw on Bombalurina's back. "Some of us who are expecting kittens."
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Post by xxelectraxx on May 5, 2007 13:41:09 GMT -5
" Why do we need a hiding place? What's going on outside? Are there bad kittys out there?" Electra asked watching Mali.
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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 13:47:00 GMT -5
Bombalurina shook her head. "No. I'm not going--" She was broken off my a hard kick of pain and fell to the ground. "Oh my Heaviside," she whispered, clutching her belly.
Jemima ran over, Mali in her arms. "Are you okay, Bomba?" she asked, staring at the queen's belly.
"I... I'm fine," she said. "It just took me by surprise. That's all. Oomf." Another sharp pain in her stomach. Not contractions, just... kicking. To Bomba, it felt like her kittens were having a war of their own.
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 5, 2007 13:52:55 GMT -5
Burelle put her paw around Bombalurina's shoulder, whispering in her ear, "If you think I'm going to let Macavity get his paws on my grandkits, you are sorely mistaken." Ritzkin had told her about telling Bombalurina, and how it had gone well. Louder, she said, "Go on up, Bombalurina. Munkustrap will be relieved to know you're safe. You can watch over the kittens, too." She gestured for Electra, Etcetera, and Jemima to come closer.
"Yes, dear," she told Electra. "There are a lot of bad kitties outside. That's why it's so dangerous. We need you to go up there with Bombalurina," she pointed up to the hidden space. "You all need to be very, very quiet, though, until a Jellicle comes to get you, okay? Until Munkustrap or Jellylorum or Alonzo, or Quaxo, or myself, until one of us comes to get you, you stay up there and be very quiet."
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Post by xxelectraxx on May 5, 2007 13:59:59 GMT -5
" Okays." Electra whispered, picking up Mali and carrying her over to where the others were. " But what do the bad kittys want? We never did anything to them...."Electra asked. Mali woke up and looked around, trying to find her sister, and trying to get out of Electra's arms. "Mama!!" She said, still trying to get out of Electra's arms. || Her first word!!! Yay!|| Yay! She had said her first word! Electra looked down at Mali. " Did Mali just say that?" Electra asked.
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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 14:02:42 GMT -5
Bombalurina shook her head. "No, Burelle," she said firmly, "You go up. Jelly can take the kittens. Right Jelly?"
Jellylorum nodded. "It's no trouble, and the girls love the babies."
"My place is here with Munkustrap. I need to be strong." She looked defiantly up at Burelle. "I am perfectly fine."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 5, 2007 14:05:55 GMT -5
"I'm sure Munkustrap will appreciate having to look after his pregnant mate while holding off Macavity and his hundreds of cats," Burelle said, crossing her arms. "You can't do anything in your current state - and don't argue and say you can! I've been there, I know exactly what you're capable of. You can't fight, you can't run - you can't even defend yourself. You'll be doing him a favor by being one less cat for him to worry about... Five less cats," she corrected, putting her paw on Bombalurina's stomach.
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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 14:13:34 GMT -5
Bombalurina wouldn't budge. "No." Then she got to thinking...
Macavity isn't going to show mercy. If anything, he'll be more horrible to me. But... oh Heaviside.
"Fine," she said. "But you too. Everyone should be on there. There's only..." She counted quickly. "Twelve of us."
TWELVE?!
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Post by xxelectraxx on May 5, 2007 14:18:18 GMT -5
|| I've got to go somewhere... I'll be on laters...||
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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 14:20:03 GMT -5
{Aww. ;-; BYEBYE!}
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 5, 2007 14:20:17 GMT -5
"Get up there," Burelle said. "We'll put as many up there as there is space - but you and the kittens go first." There were eight kittens, four older ones, and four younger ones. Eight kittens plus Bomba... maybe Jelly should go up there too, to help keep an eye on her daughters. Burelle would go up after that, if there was room, and then the other three queens, Selina, Rumpleteazer, and Cassandra, followed by the toms, with Mirza and Ritzkin the last two.
Mirza and Ritzkin probably wouldn't make it up. Macavity was watching them too closely. Admetus and the new tom were also outside, with Ritzkin. Those four would probably be killed. Burelle closed her eyes and pushed the thought from her mind. Cats died all the time. Just because one was her son and one her grandson didn't mean anything.
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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 14:48:55 GMT -5
"Jelly, you go up first. We need you to grab the kittens as we send them up," she told the older queen.
"Bombalurina, I don't know if I can fit..." Jellylorum said, rather embarassed.
Bomba studied Jellylorum, then looked at the space. "You can. Hop up."
Relunctantly, Jelly hoisted herself through the lid and dissapeared. She turned and stuck her head down. "I'm up. There are several boxes blocking us from sight. Send me a kitten."
Bombalurina looked over at Burelle. "Send the kittens up. Then me, then you, then everyone else." She licked Burelle's ear reassuringly. "Give Jelly a kitten."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 5, 2007 14:51:16 GMT -5
Burelle scooped up Leathik and passed him up to Jelly. "Dear, really, you should get up there too. We can pass the kittens faster with more cats already up." She picked up Simeon next. "Deuteronomy, come over here. You should go up as well. Macavity may mistake you for one of my sons."
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Post by Shannon on May 5, 2007 14:56:23 GMT -5
Jemmy picked up Mali and showed her to Burelle. "What about Mali and Aprili?" she asked, holding the kitten up to Burelle's face.
Bombalurina took the kitten and held her. "She'll go up. Just wait, Jemima." She turned to Burelle and whispered into the queen's ear. "She will go up, right?"
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