Cathy Is Under Arrest, Steed Does His Best

Cathy Is Under Arrest, Steed Does His Best is the tenth chapter in the Wombles Three.

Cathy saw someone with a clicker.  She didn’t have a clicker so clicked her fingers when Fluffy did something good.  But she should’ve thought before she did that.  Fluffy got up and became ESP again.  “Oh dear!!!!!!” said Cathy, before ESP blew the whistle and made her become Cassie again.  The person with the clicker used their clicker and she became Cathy again.  The whistle blew and she was Cassie.  The clicker clicked and she was Cathy.  The whistle blew again and she Cassie.  The clicker clicked again and she was Cathy. This time she threw ESP on the floor before she could blow the whistle.  Now ESP looked like a dry bone.  The person with the clicker’s dog came up and started gnawing on her.  She screamed in pain.  Cathy was going to leave her to get eaten, but then she decided that she didn’t want to cause the death of two people in one day, so she shooed the dog off.  “Why did you free me?” asked ESP.  “We’re on opposite sides!”  “Yes but I’ve already killed Emma Peel.”  “I am Emma Peel!”  “No! The other Emma Peel!”  “Oh.  But she was on your side?”  “Well she was against you but she was also against me, and tried to kill me, but I ended up killing her.  Anyway I’d rather not talk about my murder in the middle of a public park.”  “You are under arrest!”  “What?  But you’re evil!  They’d recognise you!”  “Oh no they wouldn’t!”  And ESP changed to look like Father.

Later, Cathy was marched into the court.  “What is the meaning of this?” asked the judge.  “This woman has committed a murder” said ESP, still looking like Father. “She is responsible for the death of Mrs Emma Peel.”  The people in the courtroom started to whisper to each other about it.  The judge recognised Cathy.  “You of all people don’t seem like the sort of person who would do that kind of thing.” He said.  “This court session may be a bit difficult though, because we have no witnesses.”  “If you can let me use my phone I’ll get some witnesses.” Said Cathy.  “Alright but just as long as the woman who brought you in is able to hear every word of the conversation.”  “Alright then” said Cathy and rang Steed.  “No time to explain, just come to court as quick as possible and bring Dr King, Mother and One Ten with you.”

Steed wasn’t exactly sure why he was doing it, but did as she said.  Unfortunately Dr King had started being a dog again. When they arrived, Steed asked, “Now why are we here?”  “Witnesses for Mrs Peel’s murder.” Replied Cathy.  “Since when were Mother, One Ten, and Dr King witnesses?” asked Steed. “Well” explained Cathy, “Dr King insisted on staying in our house again, and Mother and One Ten were there because it used to be HQ.”  “Oh” replied Steed.  “But you do realise with us as the witnesses, unless we lie in court, which is a very bad thing to do, you will be found guilty?”  The crowd all gasped.  “Whoops” said Steed.  “Shouldn’t have said that quick run!”  Cathy tried but was grabbed by the judge.  Two policemen came in and marched her off to prison.  Steed, Dr King, Mother and One Ten stood and stared. “What do we do now?” they all said at once.

“Kill!” said a familiar voice.  It was Bungo with Freckles.  Freckles attacked the judge and Cathy joined the others.  “But he used to be nice all the time.  Why is he trying to kill?” asked Steed slightly upset.  “No time now!  Just run!” shouted Bungo.  They did to Steeds dark green Bentley.  Steed floored the accelerator and they were off.  “What now?” asked Cathy.  “They will only arrest me again.”  “No they won’t” replied Steed.  He drove them to Scotland.  “Where are we going?” asked Bungo.  “To a very special prison” replied Steed.  “I don’t want to go to prison!” said Cathy panicking.

“You’re not!  They are!” Steed replied with a sly grin.  Just behind was a police car with the judge and Father.  Steed suddenly pulled up in amongst the trees.  His car was so green it couldn’t be seen.  They all got out and looked about.  The cost was clear enough but the through the trees the going was rough.  “In here” said Steed producing a key.  They went in and saw a cell, which One Ten said would do them well.  “You didn’t lock the door” said Bungo.  He didn’t know how the fun would go!

In rushed Father and the judge.  They had got lost and stuck in sludge.  But found their way all the same remembering Cathy was to blame.  In they walked inside the cell.  The door slammed shut and Cathy said “well”.  “What have we here!  Murderers I fear!”  The judge cried out and declared a fowl.  But a screen behind showed a film of an owl.  The judge and Father watched and then round and round a swirly pen!  Their eyes were glazed just like a pot.  What had happened they knew not.  “You are murderers!” said Steed.  The judge and Father just agreed.  Then Father changed to a dry bone.  The judge just wanted to go home.  The dry bone changed to ESP but there was more now to see.  On her head was an octopus.  So tight the judge could not pull it loose.

The policemen who had been in the courtroom grinned.  “She thinks she escaped but little does she know that we hid a tracking device inside her mouth!  Who would think of looking there?”  They all got into police cars and raced off to get her.

Steed, Cathy, Dr King, Mother and One Ten were just walking along when they heard a lot of sirens behind them.  Police cars surrounded them and policemen leapt out and pointed guns at them. “All of you are having a life’s sentence in prison!” said one of them.  Steed, Cathy, Dr King, Mother and One Ten had no other choice but to let themselves be driven back to London and locked up.  They were all put in cells nowhere near each other so that they couldn’t work together to escape.  This was NOT going well.

The cells weren’t very near at all really as I’ve already said but they were only just near enough to hear each other if you shout.  “Steed!  This is all your fault!” shouted Cathy through the bars.  Steed paused.  “You called me Steed and your angry?  Don’t tell me you’re going to leave me as well?”  “I would if I could but you can’t really do that in prison!”  “I’m sorry Cathy but I didn’t think before I spoke! I’ve already had two break-ups, first with Tara then with Mrs Peel do I really have to have a third?”  Cathy was still angry but didn’t really want to divorce so said, “I’ll stay with you if you can find a way out of here! Otherwise I am not going to talk to you ever again!”  Steed was now desperate to come up with an idea.

Three weeks later Steed was still lost for ideas and Cathy staying silent to him. Then all of a sudden something occurred to Steed.  “They don’t know that you’re pregnant.  What would they do if they were suddenly told?”  “WHAT?!” hollered Mother.  “Cathy is going to have a baby with you?  Why wasn’t I good enough?”  “No.” said Steed.  “She’s not going to have a baby with me.  She’s going to have two babies with me.”  “Stop winding him up and just use your idea will you?” said Cathy.  So as a prison guard was walking past, Steed said, “Did you know that Cathy was pregnant?”  The guard was so shocked that he just started letting everyone out. “Uh-oh” said Cathy.  “Not everyone was supposed to be freed.”  They tried to run but Cathy couldn’t do that very much so got caught by two big men and they knocked her out and carried her off.  The others didn’t notice and all went home as quick as lightning.