Chapter 7
A very agitated Sister Screeve walked in the halls of Redwall. The Recorder held in her paw a piece of paper. Abbot Humble, who was walking toward her, saw the Sister and asked, "What appears to be the problem Sister?"
Screeve shook the paper and cried, "This! This is the problem Father!" After taking a few breaths, she continued in a much calmer voice, "I went to the Gatehouse this morning to take some breakfast to Tam and the others and I found this."
Humble took the paper and squinted at the writing on it.
Dear Father Abbot,
I went to go rescue Armel and Melanda. Don't worry, Doogy's coming with me, as well as Pinetooth, Tergan, Skipper, and some of his crew. We plan to meet up with the Guosim and for their help. Hopefully you'll see us by the end of summer. Take care.
Tam
Humble sighed and folded up the note. "Oh well. We should have known this would happen. May Martin help them."
Screeve looked shocked. "You mean you're not going to send after them?"
The Abbot shook his head. "There's not much of a point. They'll have a good head start on us and there's vermin out there as well. Besides, they need to rescue Armel and Melanda before something happens to them."
"I suppose you're right Father. I sure hope nothing happens to them."
Des, a bright young female and part of Skipper's otter crew, leaned over the tracks of Bone hoard. After studying them for awhile, she straightened up and said, "It looks like these tracks were made about last night. They're heading east as well."
Arulow, her brother, nodded. "Makes sense. They probably want to get us as far away from Redwall as possible before they attack us."
Tam spoke up. "They won't get a chance to attack. We'll get 'em first."
Des shrugged. "If you say so Tam. But it's going to take awhile before we get them. It looks like they were traveling fast."
Skipper slapped her back. "Good work me pretty. Come on mates. Let's go catch us some vermin."
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