Crest Rise Chapter Four
Panting, Em begun to slow down. She heard the other vixen running behind her. Emerald was lost!
To hide, Em ducked under a root of a tree.
Tetra Hedra, also known as Tetra, wasn't sure why she had felt a need to help the other vixen. She didn't even know the fox.
Tetra grimaced as a branch hit her shoulder. One of the rat's spears had thinly sliced it when he tried to hit her.
The other fox was gone!
Tetra followed the prints to a good size tree with a jumble of roots facing all directions.
"If I wanted you dead, you would probably be dead by now," commented Tetra.
Grumbling, Em climbed out of her hiding place. She then demanded, "Why'd you help me?"
"I'm not sure," Tetra responded. Upon seeing the look Em gave her, she finished, "No really."
Emerald, partly convinced, stated dryly, "I'm Emerald, or Em. You?"
"Tetra Hedra, or Tetra," Tetra announced.
"M'kay," sighed Em. "What will we do if those vermins come back?"
"I don't know," Tetra answered.
"Oh weasels," stated Em. "My pa's gonna be super mad at Torrent."
"Whose your pa?" asked Tetra.
"Ormis Kingclaw," growled Emerald. "What if he sends a couple of scores to get me!"
"Na," remarked Tetra calmly. "He probably won't do that because he'll think your alone again and will be easy to capture."
"Your right," Em said. "What do we do now?"
"Let us go to my adobe."
"Okay"
"We may want to hurry," remarked Tetra. "It's getting dark."
Torrent and his band headed north and slightly west. Torrent nursed his injured paws as they walked.
Most of the others with him held bumped and bruised heads and bodies. Most in which came from Tetra's sling.
Trod, a scrawny rat was the only one who failed to get hurt.
Torrent's legs shook softly as he walked back towards his Warlord Ormis' camp. To say that he failed.