Autumn
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Post by Autumn on Jun 2, 2013 1:37:27 GMT -5
Chromie noticed three things, the first the place went deathly quiet, the second was the strange sound coming from behind the bar and the third a few stay alley cats had arrived. Six of them in fact. Chromie however was more focused on the bar tenders reaction to the rather wel lstacked Red Queen. "The fact that he is jackhammering the floor and his tail has curled pretty much into a sailors halfhitch granny knot all at once might have something to do with it"
But it was CP that noticed the trouble, "Uh guys.... I think we got company." She said, she pointed at the rabble that just arrived, six very large, very mean and beaten cats had entered and were looking around to make some trouble. Cp said softly as Chromie finished his drink, "I think we should go." And then made for the door.
Chromechaser nodded and knocked back his drink then followed his mate to the door in order to leave when a harsh sounding voice called out. "Hey you! Pretty Pansy!"
CP stopped in her tracks and looked around, then to those that spoke "Me ?" Chromechaser seemed to look just a tad nervous
"No, the other pretty pansy!" The gruff cat replied, he had a ugly looking sneer on his kisser.
CP looked briefly towards Bomba who was still at the barcats side then back to the rabble, "Well I was just leaving." She said in a matter of factly tone
"Oh yeah ? And now ?" the unruly cat had a mean look on his face, a look that spelled trouble, a look that said that he was looking for a fight in point of fact.
"Now..." CP said thoughtfully. "I'm going to feed you your teeth." the dark calico fell into a fighting stance.
Chromie stepped back out of reach of any trouble, "And you thought I was going to be a problem ?" He said simply
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Post by dodd4 on Jun 2, 2013 9:38:46 GMT -5
Bomba gave a heavy sigh and pulled the barcat behind the bar. "now sweets you were going to tell Bomba something?" she purred. the Barcat breathed in her scent...took not of her big...clear green gold eyes and stammered, "um ahem, why yes! you see sum whomans was takin queens for to use their fur... they was to make bloomin coats! you was lucky they didn't go an brab you with that soft...warm coat a yurin! but that bunch was put paid they was! but anthor batch was taken cross tha channel by a bunch a Frogs! now ifin twas me ah'd be lookin to tha human that started tha mess by hihrn tha rest!" Bomba blinked a little dazed and crosseyed from trying to follow his accent AND keep track of his paws. then she smiled, "a well connected fella like yourself must have heard somehtnig about who this horrible human might be," she said with an adorably distracting shudder. he put a comforting paw on her shoulder ignoreing the commotion on the otherside of the bar, "well ah heard that twas sommun called BL Smythe ah belive it twas!" Bomba gave him a hug and a kiss, "I'll remember it was you who helped out!" she purrred then she flowed up onto the bartop in a langourus stretch and lay there for a moment fetchingly as she watched the fight to see where she might be of help.
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Autumn
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Post by Autumn on Jun 17, 2013 16:14:15 GMT -5
Dispite appearances, even though Chromechaser had stepped out of reach and stood to the side watching as the alleycats ganged up on his mate CP was holding her ground well. And to an extent, was trying her best not to damage anything for as long as she could. Six alleycats, One pedigree. Wonderful odds. Chromechaser backed up to the bar and picked up a undrunk drink left by one of the alleycats and guzzled it.
CP ducked a wild swing, and in doing so the alleycat slugged his own fellow who went down like a sack of grain and then he too went down like a folded chair as he was struck between the legs perfectly with her foot.
Unfortunately her attention was focused on the alleycat in front of her as the cat swung at her, CP ducked twice then placed a paw on the alleycats hat, the alleycat put a paw on her own head, she grabbed it, with her freepaw on the alleycats head she poked the cat in the eyes then hammered him in the stomache. At the same time the cat behind her struck after being pushed by his fellows into the fray. Collowiding with CP perfectly like a American football linebacker and all but ran her into a support post had she not tripped and thus the cat himself hit the post.
CP pulled herself to her feet and shook her head and blinked a few times to clear her vision. Whoa. She thought. What a rush. She was trying to limit damage in the place as much as she could as to not harm any of what the old cat called home.
With over half their number down the rest backed down, picking up the comrades they fled. Leaving Crimson Petals there in the center of a rather clean pub, nothing had been damaged as far as she could tell.
The floor was slick though, some of the alleycats seemed to have wet themselves. Nevertheless, the door was clear! Clapping her hands a bit to clear of the dust she'd collected she brushed out her mane and turned to Bomba "Are we ready ?" She said nothing of her mate getting hammered.... yet.
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Post by dodd4 on Jun 18, 2013 8:16:45 GMT -5
Bomba gracefully flowed off of the bar and crossed the pub with a lite step and a swish of her tail. "ready!" she said brightly, and as the left the pub she turned in the door and said "Bye!" in a soft breathy voice. once oiutside she looked at Chrommie and CP, "well the Barcat suggested that we look into the human that hired ll the rest... someone named BL Smythe." she said.
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Post by Autumn on Jul 21, 2013 0:35:45 GMT -5
"BL Smythe, seriously ?" CP asked out of the blue. She hugged her arm slightly before cracking it back into place with a loud POP. there, that felt better. She'd try to get Quickpaw to look at it later if she could. "never heard of such a guy."
Chromechaser on the other hand looked ill. "Did you said BL Smythe ? Skat! This ain't good! BL Smythe, the guy owns three catteries on the south side of Ann Arbor in the States, what is he doing here of all places ? He's not nice, I can say that, the guy's got a yellow sheet as long as my tail six times over!" Chromechaser said. "If the barcat said that is where we're to go, then I think I can be of help." He smiled.
"Can either of you read humans words ?" Chromie however had a slight slurr to his words. That and he seemed unsteady on his feet
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Post by dodd4 on Jul 21, 2013 10:30:43 GMT -5
Bomba reached out lightly to steady Chromechaser, "easy Big Fella," she said. then she looked prettily pensive,"um no, I could never quite get the hang of it so I usualy get fellas to do it for me...." then she gave a fluid shrug, "well if he hired the others then that means he has money so he's likely to be in better digs right?"
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Post by Autumn on Aug 1, 2013 20:38:36 GMT -5
Chromie hiccuped then, loudly at that. Swaying where he stood he leaned on both Bomba and CP, The latter of whom looked scared, and worried. Chromie drunk was never a good thing. Normally in the soused state he was in he went looking for a power outlet, nomally a 220 or a 640, sometimes as powerful as a 1820 or even 2240! "What shay we find out more of what the Barcat shaid ? Letsh find Shmythe!" With that he conked clean out and leaned heavily on Bomba and CP both as CP just rolled her eyes and put her face in her free paw, this was going to be a very long day.
CP turned to Bomba, "I am not going to ask what he drank while I was busy with the alleycats." she said. It was not the first time he'd gotten hammered out of his mind before. And CP was sure it was not going to be the last.
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Post by dodd4 on Aug 3, 2013 20:26:50 GMT -5
Bomba gave a fluid shrug "I didn't see, is the Big Guy here gonna be okay or should we find a place for him to sleep it off?" the curvy scarlet queen asked. "oh and I may not read well but I do know some of the spots where high rollers tend to set in."
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Post by Autumn on Aug 5, 2013 19:05:11 GMT -5
CP shook her head "No, its better we keep him with us both, because if we find a place for him to sleep it off, he'll sleep walk and find an eletrical outlet or even a powercord to bite." She said. "I want him where I can see him, even if it means I have to carry him." Thankfully, for CP, Chromie was pretty light.
Shifting her feet she took the brunt of her mates weight onto her shoulders and back, to Bomba she said, "I'll carry him, I'll follow your lead. We're looking for a guy named Smythe. Why ?" She was thankful that Bomba knew some higher ups that knew how to read. Hopefully that was what the scarlet queen meant.
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Post by dodd4 on Aug 21, 2013 9:48:55 GMT -5
the scarlet queen led her companions down side strets and throuh courts and areas behind apartment blocks. as she did so Bomba tilted her head her lovely face prettily confused. "so you didn't say, why did the Big Guy want to now if I can read?" she asked CP.
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Post by Autumn on Aug 27, 2013 19:34:38 GMT -5
CP carried her mate like he was weightless, which with her strength {naturally through her breed} he practically was. She spoke rather thoughtfully "This guy we're to look for. He's in charge of many major catteries and is also a very mean fellow too. Wont take slack from anybody and runs something of a blackmailing empire in the underworld." She explained
"Chromie knows some of his underworld doings and part of that includes the code used when speaking out in the normal marketworld like on Wall Street or over at Thames Bank Market or similar places." She said "He when he says 'can you read the humans words ?' he is really asking 'tell me the words and I'll translate' but with him soused like this" She shifted her grip on her mate so he was more of piggyback {or was that kittyback ?} and much better balanced.
At the movement Chromie hiccuped and nearly upchucked into his mates mane.
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Post by dodd4 on Aug 27, 2013 21:07:05 GMT -5
elegant eyebrows came together,"oh....well just up in there lives some one that I know reads really well," the curvey scarlet queen said. then she darted across the street and posed on a flight of old marble steps, at the corner of their base was a square pilliar on one sat a statue of a lion that had seen better days on the other was only the paws of it's match. "come on in," Bomba said cheerfuly, "oh one thing he is a bit...shy!"
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Post by Autumn on Aug 29, 2013 22:17:32 GMT -5
CP didn't ask as she got her mate back on his feet. The drunken silver tom slurred something concerning car batteries and wanting to try something more strong like a semi truck battery. CP rolled her eyes and nodded towards Bomba, "lead the way." She took one step and stopped dead in her tracks and stared.
Another queen was walking slowly on the sidewalk towards them. Black and red were her colors. She seemed, lost. Wandering aimlessly. Feathertail had seen something, or found someone, and was unable to do anything for them apparently. And now she was pondering what was said to her by the one she had met.
Feathertail had only just woken up. She heard a loud screeching of brakes then a loud crunch shortly after breakfast. Rushing from the house she stopped dead in her tracks at what she saw. Thankfully the cat managed to get ot the side of the road on his own when she rushed over to himl.
She recognised him instantly. "Deepwalker!" She hissed out in horror. The poor tom! Not the best way to go for sure! But then again she looked back to the road and saw it. A pollicle, badly wounded, was being shot by a human policeman. Without thinking it Feathertail grabbed Deepwalker and took him as far as she could. She saw several claw marks. So she knew it was not the car that did it. The Pollicle had. and Deep bolted, only the Pollicle followed and was hit by the car.
And then she heard the shot. she refocused on Deepwalker, doing her best to heal the injured tom. He coughed. "Its too late. the Pollicle did some damage when it bit." he rasped out. Clearly in pain. He tried to chuckle though "I managed to really wound him, then I took off. Stupid animal followed me across the road there. Look where it got him!" Somehow he found happiness in defending his friends. And yet at the cost of his own life!
"What happened ?" Feathertail asked. She pressed a paw to his heart and another to the wounds near his stomach and started to heal him.
Deep shook his head, "no time. the Pollicle is dead, that much I know." His breathing was painful, "Do me a favor, promise me..." he struggled to breathe before gathering his strength "Promise me you will protect Pumpkin. I promised her mother I would protect her with my life. Promise me you will take her under your wing." He was fading fast no matter what she tried to do.
Feathertail nodded "I Promise you Deepwalker, even though we have barely met and you saved my own life, I will do my best to protect Pumpkin." Deepwalker smiled, and with Feathertails healing hands, his labored breathing became softer and less painful. Within heartbeats, the smile still on his face, his breathed his last.
Fefathertail sat there with her friend, she cried, he had saved her from the lab only two days before! And now he was taken from her and his friends! "Rest in peace Deepwalker, may the Everlasting Cat take you into her arms and hold you firm and steadfast. Do not worry, Pumpkin will be safe and well cared for, I promise."
Feathertail, though tired from trying to heal her friend, stood, and half dragged half carried Deepwalker to here own backyard for her human to properly bury. Then she wandered the city
That was mere hours before she met up with three certain felines, her niece, her nephew, and another scarlet queen that looked alot like her sister. But her mind was elsewhere. She was more focused on what to tell Pumpkin, and Jenny of what happened. And she had to tell her son! She couldn't dare tell her niece, not yet.
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Post by dodd4 on Aug 30, 2013 1:43:06 GMT -5
the scarlet queen followed CP's gaze, and when she saw the distressed queen Bomba darted forward. "are you all right Hun?" she asked," worry in her voice and on her lovely face. whoever this was she reminded Bomba a bit too much of the way old Grizzabella had looked. insistantly he younger queen guided Feathertail up the stoe steps "come on inside Hun..." she said softly.
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Post by Autumn on Sept 17, 2013 2:39:18 GMT -5
CP followed Bomba as the other queen lead her aunt into the lobby of a building, well kept as well, there was no humans around, and to the humans anyhow they appeared as a pair of ladies helping two others of their party anyhow. CP took a careful look around and spotted a empty room devoid of any use. With a nod she motioned towards it and lead the way. Half dragging her mate by his ankles as she did so.
Chromie however was completly oblivious to what was happening and babbled in a strange mix of gibberish and Siamese every time his head hit a bump or crack in the pavement, then the doorframe, then the side of a door itself directly.
Feathertail allowed Bomba to guide her to a place to sit inside a building. For a long moment she was motionless, finally she spoke. "Where is the kitten ? Where is Jenny ? I must tell them the news." She said. The look in her eyes said it all, something had happened, something bad. But what kitten was she talking about ?
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