fucking mexican mafia members...

[J I N G O]

"Retreat!" Sparrowsong called out as she ripped away from the cats that were attacking her. She began picking the cats off of Smokesong, throwing them away so the tom could get up. "ThunderClan, retreat!" she called again, feeling special.

Dustcloud's kits were knocked away from her and she felt the cats attacking her from all angles. After hearing Sparrowsong's call, she figured she'd have to give it up for now. She gave a sharp bite to the neck to one of the toms before bounding up to the exit. Her fur fluffed up even more when she saw a cat next to her kit. She pushed herself defensively between the two, and growled in a low tone "Stay away from my kit."

Ivorypaw threw the cat she was TUSSLIN' with and picked another off of Gingerclaw, when she heard Sparrowsong's call to retreat.

[amaterasu]

The red rogue shrugged his shoulders and hopped down from the rock. "Leaving so soon?" he asked as he walked back over to the abandoned fresh-kill. Or it was more like crowfood, but whatever. Same thing.

Smokesong was thankful for the help, because by now he was tired and pretty bruised. He fled toward the hole in the wall until he saw that Gingerclaw and Ivorypaw weren't leaving. He turned back to them and called, "Ivorypaw, go!"
He knocked a rogue away from Gingerclaw and picked the white and ginger shecat up by the scruff of her neck. The she-cats long fur tickled his throat, but he pulled her limp body toward the hole in the nest as quickly as he could. "Help me!" he called to Dustcloud through a mouthful of fur, hoping that she was close enough to hear him.

[J I N G O]

"Yes. We are." Dustcloud mewed to the red tom, before hearing her name being called. She looked back and forth from her kit to Smokesong. She was not going to leave her kit alone to get stolen again.

Ivorypaw saw Dustcloud with Blazekit as she scrambled her way up. She saw how torn Dustcloud looked. "Don't worry, I'll help Smokesong." she mewed and hopped back down. Sparrowsong was already running over to help with Gingerclaw, so instead, Ivorypaw guarded the three cats to make sure none of the rogues would interfere with their runaway.

[amaterasu]

Seeing that Sparrowsong was coming to help, Smokesong let go of Gingerclaw and jumped up out of the nest. He leaned back down and reached for Gingerclaw's scruff once again. "Lift her up to me and I'll pull her up!" Smokesong commanded.
He noticed that the rogues had herded the kits to the back of the nest, and most of them had stopped attacking. Every cat had got a few wounds, and some were worse than others.

The rogue couldn't help but give a small laugh. The Clan cats amused him so much. He couldn't understand why those oddlings would give their lives for three kits. Obviously the one was the mother, and he understood that, but the rest of them didn't need to come too!

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong lifted Gingerclaw up to Smokesong, Ivorypaw coming along to help but still casting glances behind her in case they were attacked. With one final heave, she pushed the she-cat all the way up to the top. "Ivorypaw, you go up first." Sparrowsong said and watched the black she-cat jump up before following after her.

Dustcloud licked her kit furiously, filled with anguish that her other two kits were still inside that awful place with those dreadful rogues. Her legs felt like they were going to collapse underneath her. The dull orange she-cat hated fighting, but she would fight against all of the rogues on her own if it meant she could get her remaining kits back.

[amaterasu]

Smokesong pulled Gingerclaw up onto the ledge. Now he had to get her to the rock, then onto the ground...
He jumped so that Ivorypaw and Sparrowsong could get out. He managed to hook his claws onto the rock, but Gingerclaw's weight pulled him down. He tried to scramble up the rock, but wouldn't be able to make it without help. There wasn't enough room for the two cats behind him to jump onto the rock without knocking him off, and Dustcloud was obviously too preoccupied to notice that he was about to fall, and probably kill Gingerclaw in the process.

Suddenly Gingerclaw's weight was lifted, and Smokesong thought he dropped her. He pulled himself up onto the rock to find that a red tom was standing next to Gingerclaw. He must have pulled her up. "Thanks." he panted, then moved to grab Gingerclaw once again. The red tom helped bring the warrior down onto the ground.

"She's bleeding pretty badly." Smokesong announced, "Look at that gash."

"There's some cobwebs over there, that should patch her up until you get home." the rogue pointed out, then moved back to the freshkill. He picked it up in his mouth and climbed back onto the rock.

"Who are you?" Smokesong asked, staring after the tom.

He paused for a moment, muttered, "Name's Axel. Got it memorized?" then disappeared into the nest.

[J I N G O]

Dustcloud picked up Blazekit in her mouth and brought him down off the rock, followed by Ivorypaw and Sparrowsong. "We must alert Foxstar at once... Applekit and Swiftkit are still in there... Oh! Gingerclaw, are you okay? Oh this is all my fault..." she meowed pathetically.

Blazekit wriggled in his mother's mouth. "No! It's all my fault.." he mewed, his voice full of anguish.

[amaterasu]

"We need to go," Smokesong said, "We don't have time for this. You four go on ahead, I'll patch Gingerclaw up and bring her back with me. Tell Rowanblaze and Briarpaw to meet me as far as they can."
Smokesong bounded over to where Axel had pointed out the cobwebs. He grabbed a bunch then headed back over to Gingerclaw. He saw that her main problem was a large gash going down her side. He started to apply the cobwebs the best he could to stop the bleeding.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong nodded and ran on ahead, Dustcloud following close behind with Blazekit in her jaws. Not too long after, they had found Foxstar and her own patrol heading in the same direction. "Foxstar! We've found out where the kits were taken to. A group of rogues, as you've probably already guessed. We were outnumbered and taken down." she explained, the words rushing out, "Dustcloud only managed to get Blazekit. We'll need to get a bigger patrol and attack later. Gingerclaw's been badly hurt. Go on ahead, and you'll meet Smokesong. He could use the help bringing Gingerclaw back." she finished up her report, gasping for air by now.

Foxstar nodded, looking back at her patrol. "Alright, you heard her. Let's go. And be prepared in case any of these rogues decide they want more..." she mewed and rushed on ahead.


Sparrowsong burst through the entrance to the camp, "Dustcloud, get to the nursery. Ivorypaw, get some poppy seeds for her." she mewed and rushed off to the medicine cat den. "Rowanblaze! You're needed urgently. Gingerclaw has been injured... there's a large gash in her side. She needs help." her words rushed out again. She was highly excited.

[amaterasu]

By now, Smokesong had patched Gingerclaw up as much as he could. She had stopped bleeding out of her largest gash. He grabbed her by the scruff and started to drag her toward ThunderClan territory. It had been a far enough walk here, and then he wasn't injured or carrying another warrior.

Rowanblaze had been sleeping in his den when he heard his name called. His fur started to fluff up as he tried to remain calm. He paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "Gash, gash, I need....uh....Comfrey! No, no...horsetail! And Cobwebs!"
He rushed to his medicine supplies to get what he had just announced, then came back shortly afterward.
"Lead the way." he muttered to Sparrowsong.

[J I N G O]

Briarpaw watched everything going on and thought of other herbs they could use. Marigold will stop any infection that might occur... I should grab some of that! she thought to herself and grabbed a few of the herb before rushing out with Rowanblaze.

Sparrowsong nodded and ran towards the direction that Smokesong and Gingerclaw would be.

Foxstar met up with Smokesong not too long after Sparrowsong ran off. "Smokesong! Is Gingerclaw okay? Brokensoul, help Smokesong to carry Gingerclaw back to camp." she said, trying to make Brokensoul feel like a MEMBER OF THUNDERCLAN.

[amaterasu]

Brokensoul nodded his head and nudged his shoulder underneath Gingerclaw's body. Smokesong did the same thing, freeing up his mouth to talk.
"I don't know. I put cobwebs on her biggest scratch, but I'm not a medicine cat. She was fighting about four or five cats at once." Smokesong answered.

Lightbreeze stepped up and took Smokesong's place, pushing her brother out from underneath the ginger warrior. "Brother, you need rest. You're hurt too."

Smokesong actually hadn't even thought about his own pain until Lightbreeze mentioned it. He had been fighting three cats until Sparrowsong helped him.

Rowanblaze ran up to the cats when he saw them. They were almost to ThunderClan territory now. He set down his herbs and mewed, "Bring her here, let me look at her."

The two warriors brought her to the edge of ThunderClan territory and set her down.

Rowanblaze removed the cobwebs and started to chew his horsetail into a poultice. He then started to apply it onto her wound.

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Briarpaw followed, dropping her marigold onto the ground. "What about these, Rowanblaze? Marigold will stop infection... right?" she asked, even though she was fairly certain that she was correct.

Sparrowsong stopped and sat down relatively close to Brokensoul as he set Gingerclaw down on the ground with the help of Lightbreeze.

[amaterasu]

Rowanblaze gazed over at Briarpaw and nodded his head, "Yeah, those will work too. Chew them up and apply them."
He started to pull on the cobweb and get it ready to put on.

Brokensoul noticed Sparrowsong sit next to him. He reached out and buried his nose into her fur, giving her a small lick before pulling away. "I'm proud of you," he said, "You acted like a Warrior and didn't hesitate."

[J I N G O]

Briarpaw chewed up some of the leaves and petals and spat them onto the wound which was already sticky with plant juices. She spread it out and then looked over at Smokesong. "Should I give him some too?" she asked, flicking her tail over to the tom.

Sparrowsong purred, "It was the heat of the moment... I guess I was just really determined." she said, shying back from the comment. She felt her paws prickle and wanted to knead at the ground, but held back.