Elkleaf grinned as he watch the fort being built. It was out in the
open, but still hidden well enough that if a Elder was to past by, they
would barely notice it. It was being built behind Redwall, against the
walls. It was considerly smaller then Kall's fortess, but it didn't matter
to Elkleaf, he planned on having a much better fort soon enough, if Kall
was as stupid as he hoped.
While the others used hammers to nail in the wooden planks loosely, Rockjaw just used hit the nails with his fists, causing them to go all the way in with just a few hits. Elia was busy tying the roof with rope, and making sure that the roof had small sides on them, later they were going to fill it with water.
Sais ran up to Elkleaf.
"Elkleaf, a report from Alia, so far Martin's Children aren't even worried about you, but she wants to know how long it'll take before this plan of your works,". Elkleaf looked over at the fort, and shrugged.
"They way Rockfist is going, maybe in ten minutes…I hope it works…" he replied. Sais nodded.
"That makes two of us…because if it does, we get a new fort…and Kall, well he gets a worst one…hee hee". He laughed as he ran among the walls of Redwall, trying not to be seen by any passing Elders or Martin's Children.
BAM! BAM!. Rockfist finished his nailing. The walls were well built, but the roof wasn't even nailed on the walls. It was made so it could go straight off the wall to the edge, and tipped over, flooding the inside with water, and soaking anyone in it in the process.
"Heh, all done right buddies?!" roared Rockfist. He crackled his knuckles. "Heh heh, this is gonna be GREAT! I cant wait to soak those guys" he added, a grin creeping on his face. Elkleaf nodded.
"Yeah…I'm just glad Alia agreed to being wet too…and being the one who accidently screams loud enough for the Badgermum to come and see whats going on. Then we only have minutes to get into Kall's Fortess". He said, as he looked over his crew. "Alright…everybody ready? We're gonna go charge them, get ready to be wet…and when I shout "back to the fort!" We'll run back here, you know what happens next" The others nodded, and tracked over to the orchid.
Elkleaf peered into the orchid of trees, It was almost like a small forest. He took a deep breath,
"Ready…CHARGE!!!" he shouted as he and the others rushed into the forest, Rockfist easily took the lead and almost laughed insanily as he rushed into battle.
"Uh, Captain! Elkleaf's crew is coming, and fast!!" shouted a sentry from the top floor.
Kall got up and grinned.
"Finally, I will prove my superiority over Elkleaf…Ok, when they get close enough fire those ballons, load up the cataplute too, just a few pies though". He walked over to the door and peer out it's small window.
"ok…ready….and fire the ballons!" he shouted excitiedly. At that command, ballons came flying from the top floor, breaking on impact just in front of the heroes. Rockfist luckly caught one before it broke, and charged forwards to the door, and slammed the ballon into the door's window, soaking Kall's face.
Elkleaf doved behind a tree, as he shouted "BACK TO THE FORT!!". The rest of the crew rushed back to the fort, followed by a glumly Rockfist.
Kall growled with rage after being hit by the ballon, but it went away after hearing the words back to the fort.
"EVERYBODY! OUT of the fort!! We follow them and trash their fort!!" He smiled madly. He ran out of the door, followed by his beasts.
Elkleaf waited until they cleared out of the fort before rushing inside. He looked around before dragging the chair over to the door, making sure it stayed shut. He went up to the look-out, and waited for the others to return.
Rockfist peered out from behind the bushes, and watch as Kall threw open the door, and followed by a few members went into the fort. He gave a quick yank with the rope, and caused the roof to move to the edge, and before Martin's Children knew what was going on, ran to the fort and pushed up the roof, causing water to soak Kall and a few members with water. With that he, Sikka, Midit, Sais, and Elia rushed back to the fort. Alia waited until they were out of sight before she started her fake sobs.
"Hey, be silent girl! The badgermum will grabbed us!" Kall shouted. With that insult Alia just screamed louder, throwing her fist in the air, where it 'accidently' smashed Kall in the face, causing him to fall on his back.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Shouted a familiar voice to all dibbuns.
"IT'S Badgermum! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!" shouted the others, but she, with the help of the others managed to grab the dibbuns and carry them, with the exception of Alia who was aloud to walk back. She was the last in the great hall, who winked to Sais who was hiding behind the front steps.
A hour later, Elkleaf was taking stock of what they had in the fort. Several weapons, which were mostly just water ballons were left behind. The catapult had about ten giant pies next to it. Beneath the throne of Kall was a small space, which had several pouches of Candied Chestnuts.
"Heh, the treasure of Kall aye mates?" laughed Rockfist as he divied up the chestnuts evenly among the dibbuns, he put Alia's to the side, to give to her for later.
Elkleaf nodded, and still pace among the floor. Sikka was also looking around the room.
"This place is huge, but needs improvements…mostly a lock that we can get into before Kall retakes it…" he said. Elkleaf nodded.
"Yeah…I been thinking hard…but cant come up with anything" he replied.
Elia stood up silently, "Well umm…how about a tunnel?" she stated. Elkleaf looked at her strangely.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Elia coughed.
"Well umm…we can get one of the moles to dig a tunnel from behind a tree or something, and lead it to here. Then, we can take off the door, and nail wood there to make a wall, so we be more guarded. Maybe make the windows higher up, and have slings there to throw water ballons out off…" she looked down at the floor.
"Err, nevermind it's a bad idea…" she murmered. Elkleaf shook his head.
"No-way! That's a great idea…and Foremole and his crew is coming to Redwall tomorrow, we can get help from a younger mole then!" The others cheered at Elia's idea.
"Here Elia, you can have half of my chestnuts" said Rockfist as he gave her half of his chestnuts. Elia just blushed as she said thank you.
TO BE CONTINELED:
While the others used hammers to nail in the wooden planks loosely, Rockjaw just used hit the nails with his fists, causing them to go all the way in with just a few hits. Elia was busy tying the roof with rope, and making sure that the roof had small sides on them, later they were going to fill it with water.
Sais ran up to Elkleaf.
"Elkleaf, a report from Alia, so far Martin's Children aren't even worried about you, but she wants to know how long it'll take before this plan of your works,". Elkleaf looked over at the fort, and shrugged.
"They way Rockfist is going, maybe in ten minutes…I hope it works…" he replied. Sais nodded.
"That makes two of us…because if it does, we get a new fort…and Kall, well he gets a worst one…hee hee". He laughed as he ran among the walls of Redwall, trying not to be seen by any passing Elders or Martin's Children.
BAM! BAM!. Rockfist finished his nailing. The walls were well built, but the roof wasn't even nailed on the walls. It was made so it could go straight off the wall to the edge, and tipped over, flooding the inside with water, and soaking anyone in it in the process.
"Heh, all done right buddies?!" roared Rockfist. He crackled his knuckles. "Heh heh, this is gonna be GREAT! I cant wait to soak those guys" he added, a grin creeping on his face. Elkleaf nodded.
"Yeah…I'm just glad Alia agreed to being wet too…and being the one who accidently screams loud enough for the Badgermum to come and see whats going on. Then we only have minutes to get into Kall's Fortess". He said, as he looked over his crew. "Alright…everybody ready? We're gonna go charge them, get ready to be wet…and when I shout "back to the fort!" We'll run back here, you know what happens next" The others nodded, and tracked over to the orchid.
Elkleaf peered into the orchid of trees, It was almost like a small forest. He took a deep breath,
"Ready…CHARGE!!!" he shouted as he and the others rushed into the forest, Rockfist easily took the lead and almost laughed insanily as he rushed into battle.
"Uh, Captain! Elkleaf's crew is coming, and fast!!" shouted a sentry from the top floor.
Kall got up and grinned.
"Finally, I will prove my superiority over Elkleaf…Ok, when they get close enough fire those ballons, load up the cataplute too, just a few pies though". He walked over to the door and peer out it's small window.
"ok…ready….and fire the ballons!" he shouted excitiedly. At that command, ballons came flying from the top floor, breaking on impact just in front of the heroes. Rockfist luckly caught one before it broke, and charged forwards to the door, and slammed the ballon into the door's window, soaking Kall's face.
Elkleaf doved behind a tree, as he shouted "BACK TO THE FORT!!". The rest of the crew rushed back to the fort, followed by a glumly Rockfist.
Kall growled with rage after being hit by the ballon, but it went away after hearing the words back to the fort.
"EVERYBODY! OUT of the fort!! We follow them and trash their fort!!" He smiled madly. He ran out of the door, followed by his beasts.
Elkleaf waited until they cleared out of the fort before rushing inside. He looked around before dragging the chair over to the door, making sure it stayed shut. He went up to the look-out, and waited for the others to return.
Rockfist peered out from behind the bushes, and watch as Kall threw open the door, and followed by a few members went into the fort. He gave a quick yank with the rope, and caused the roof to move to the edge, and before Martin's Children knew what was going on, ran to the fort and pushed up the roof, causing water to soak Kall and a few members with water. With that he, Sikka, Midit, Sais, and Elia rushed back to the fort. Alia waited until they were out of sight before she started her fake sobs.
"Hey, be silent girl! The badgermum will grabbed us!" Kall shouted. With that insult Alia just screamed louder, throwing her fist in the air, where it 'accidently' smashed Kall in the face, causing him to fall on his back.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Shouted a familiar voice to all dibbuns.
"IT'S Badgermum! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!" shouted the others, but she, with the help of the others managed to grab the dibbuns and carry them, with the exception of Alia who was aloud to walk back. She was the last in the great hall, who winked to Sais who was hiding behind the front steps.
A hour later, Elkleaf was taking stock of what they had in the fort. Several weapons, which were mostly just water ballons were left behind. The catapult had about ten giant pies next to it. Beneath the throne of Kall was a small space, which had several pouches of Candied Chestnuts.
"Heh, the treasure of Kall aye mates?" laughed Rockfist as he divied up the chestnuts evenly among the dibbuns, he put Alia's to the side, to give to her for later.
Elkleaf nodded, and still pace among the floor. Sikka was also looking around the room.
"This place is huge, but needs improvements…mostly a lock that we can get into before Kall retakes it…" he said. Elkleaf nodded.
"Yeah…I been thinking hard…but cant come up with anything" he replied.
Elia stood up silently, "Well umm…how about a tunnel?" she stated. Elkleaf looked at her strangely.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Elia coughed.
"Well umm…we can get one of the moles to dig a tunnel from behind a tree or something, and lead it to here. Then, we can take off the door, and nail wood there to make a wall, so we be more guarded. Maybe make the windows higher up, and have slings there to throw water ballons out off…" she looked down at the floor.
"Err, nevermind it's a bad idea…" she murmered. Elkleaf shook his head.
"No-way! That's a great idea…and Foremole and his crew is coming to Redwall tomorrow, we can get help from a younger mole then!" The others cheered at Elia's idea.
"Here Elia, you can have half of my chestnuts" said Rockfist as he gave her half of his chestnuts. Elia just blushed as she said thank you.
TO BE CONTINELED: