Cherry and Atticus Go West

chapter 10

Miss Kitty was sitting up high with Olivia, Mo, and Tanya while everyone else was crowding.

"Now, pay attention," Cat R. Waul called. "Cats and gentlemice, lend me your ears! It is my distinguished pleasure to invite all of you to share our dinner... Erm, I mean, share our triumph! Today we herald in a momentous new feast... ival. Feastival... Festival. To mark this brilliant and illustrious snack occasion, I will, with these golden scissors, hereby cut the red ribbon!"

The cats and mice applauded to this.

"Did he just say feast before saying festival?" Mo asked.

"This can't be a charity event." Olivia didn't notice that until Mo pointed it out.

Cat R. Waul lifted the red ribbon and was about to cut it with his scissors to release the giant mouse trap that would kill all of the mice down below.

"Oh, no, it's a trap!" Mo gasped.

The mice cheered, completely unaware and oblivious to what was going to happen to them.

"Oh, no, stop, STOP!" Olivia cried before falling onto the top of the deathly mousetrap.

"Olivia!" Tanya, Miss Kitty, and Mo cried.

The ribbon was nearly cut. Olivia saw the trap and curled up into a ball in fear. Tiger shot his slingshot which knocked the scissors out of Cat R. Waul's paws just in time.

"Whew." Mo sighed out of relief.

"Cat R. Waul, we've come to close you down." Wylie sharply called.

"Okay, chaps, it's become necessary to put these dogs through obedience school," Cat R. Waul told his men like a civilized gentleman. "Kill!"

The cowboy cats then growled and barged over to take down Wylie, Cherry, Atticus, and Tiger.

"Time to beat up some evil cats." Atticus said.

A cat was on a corner and about to fling his own slingshot down to the good guys.

"Oh, look out behind ya, kid!" Wylie warned.

Tiger then aimed for that cat and shot him down and made him land into a water barrel.

"Bulls-eye!" Atticus cheered.

A cat was now in the air and pouncing on top of Cherry. "Got one!"

"Don't touch me..." Cherry muttered before grabbing the cat by his throat and smacked him against a building wall before climbing to his tail and giving a vicious chomp on it.

The cat yelped and jumped in the air in pain and ran away.

"Remind me never to get you angry." Atticus said to his best friend.

"I'll try." Cherry said as she spit up some fur.

Tiger remembered his training as the cats fought back and he had greatly improved.

Fievel rushed up to Olivia and held her in his arms like a newlywed bride. "You okay, Olivia?"

Olivia's eyes sparkled into his. "U-Uh-huh..."

"Looks like Fievel has found--" Atticus was interrupted as a cat looked like it had eaten him.

"Atticus, look out!" Cherry called.

But then the cat then began to feel it's mouth beginning to open up.

"Hello." Atticus smirked.

"Um... Hello..." the cat smiled back, though nervously.