Icegaze chuckled nervously. "I'll explain-"

"No you won't...traitor!" Antonio rumbled.

Icegaze felt the familiar tap of Lionear's tail. It filled her with nostalgia as he 'spoke' to her.

'What is he talking about?'

Icegaze quickly flicked her tail. As she did so, she curled her lip. "Only a coward would follow you."

'I had to get them on my side, so I had to lie to Antonio and say that I wanted to join his group.'

Frizzle squealed, and her claws scraped the floor as she dashed off. Icegaze sighed. That kittypet was a true coward...how was Antonio related to her?

'Oh, okay.' Lionear tapped her while Antonio spat out some other threatening thing. She just ignored it.

'Yeah. So we're going to have to fight him.' Icegaze signed back.

'Just like old times.' Icegaze felt more nostalgia. She sighed.

"...so now you will pay!" Antonio finished his meaningless rant.

Annoyance rolled off of Lionear in waves. "We weren't listening to your pathetic speech. Let's skip that and get on to the fight, shall we?"

Icegaze knew what to do. This was a tactic she and he brother had practiced together. They knew very well what the other twin was going to do, so they didn't have to explain the plan to each other.

But she couldn't actually DO it, because she was frozen in shock.

Light flooded her vision, and she had to blink several times to get rid of the temporary photophobia. She knew it wasn't a vision. It couldn't be! When she had a vision there was no phosphene clouding her eyesight.

Was it possible that...what happened to Lionear was happening to her? Was there a Burning nearby?

Icegaze inhaled sharply. Her eyes were adjusting, and she knew she had to fight the arrogant tom in front of her. Lionear was done doing his part, and it was her turn.

Icegaze curled her lip, growling. She ran forward, bowling Antonio over. She pinned him to the ground. "I think you misunderstand, Antonio." Icegaze hissed, staring into the tom's "I never actually joined your gang."

Lionear looked surprised. He seemed to have noticed that she could see with her eyes.

Antonio screeched in anger, enraged. He tried to jump up and knock her off. Icegaze was taken off-guard, but her grip was still solid. So when he tried to get up, she released some pressure on one shoulder, and not the other.

There was a horrifying pop.

Lionear's eyes widened. "Ice-"

Icegaze jumped back. "Fox-dung."

Antonio's eyes bulged. He let out a yowl of pain. Icegaze winced, his yowl so loud that it hurt her ears. Then it was her turn to widen her eyes.

"Oh, mouse-dung! The twolegs must have heard that! We need to get out of here!" Icegaze exclaimed.

Lionear groaned. "Let's hurry up-" He had been in mid-turn while he'd been speaking. His eyes clouded with confusion. "D-Dapple? What are you doing?"

Icegaze narrowed her eyes. "Dapple?"

The she-cat spun around, her eyes blazing. She had been doing something to the cat-flap (that was what Frizzle called it). "Me? Oh, nothing. Why don't you go and hurt poor Antonio some more, huh?"

Icegaze caught the sarcasm in Dapple's voice. Her eyes narrowed. "Answer our question!"

"You always think Antonio is the bad guy, you wild cats! Well I'll make you pay for hurting my kin!" Dapple screeched. "The housefolk..."

Lionear took a step back, as did Icegaze. Dapple's eyes were frightening both of them.

"The housefolk are going to find you. They'll see that you hurt him. I'll leave what they're going to do to you...to your imagination."

Dapple jumped through the cat-flap, and there was a small 'click'. Icegaze followed, with her brother close behind. She felt bad for injuring Antonio, but she did not want anything to do with the twolegs.

When she jumped, the flap didn't budge, and she crashed, headfirst, into it. Lionear, in turn, crashed into her. They both groaned, their heads pounding.

"What did Dapple do? And what was she talking about?" Lionear hissed.

"We don't have time for that! Don't you hear them? The twolegs are going to come home soon and they'll see what I've done! We need to hide or get out!" Icegaze replied, panic dancing in her eyes.

Lionear shook his head. "I thought that I'd see you again under better circumstances..."

"...what?" Icegaze turned her head.

"I mean, we've lost our mother, both our mentors, our Clan, and our pride. We have no more family, and from what we just saw, we've lost all of our allies and friends. Who would've thought that we'd encounter so much misfortune just to stay together?" Lionear sighed.

There was a loud slam, and the two siblings jumped.

"I understand." Icegaze whispered.

Antonio let out another agonized wail, and Frizzle came running to where he lay. "Are you okay?" She squeaked.

"No!" He yowled. "Get the housefolk!" He gave Icegaze a pained look. She turned away, sighing.

"Sorry," She murmured before following her brother, who was now climbing the big lumpy...thing. What had Frizzle said it was? A pouch? Hair?

No...a couch! She clawed her way up quickly, knowing the twolegs would be coming in just a few moments. Icegaze noticed that the glass thing was open just enough for her and her brother to slip through. Panic set in when she heard the pawsteps of several twolegs.

Icegaze rushed forward, crashing into Lionear. He yelped, falling straight out of the window, his sister close behind.

They seemed to be suspended in the air for a moment before they fell down. Icegaze shut her eyes, terror flooding through her. At least she would die with her brother.

Lionear crashed into some bushes, and the plants cushioned his landing. Well, maybe he would manage to survive. That was good.

She wasn't so lucky. Icegaze slammed into the hard, rough ground. Blood filled her mouth, and she saw black spots.

She could feel that her bones had been broken. Her ribs and legs must have all broken, at the very least. Icegaze gagged as more and more blood filled her mouth. Lionear appeared in front of her.

Her vision blurred, and she could feel her life force fading away. It was nice that she could die with her vision intact. Since she was a Gemini, she would go to Flame, not StarClan.

Icegaze tried to spit out the blood. She was too weak.

And in a moment, everything faded out. The sounds and scents around her gradually disappeared, and black covered her vision. The taste of blood in her mouth faded too, leaving her with only one feeling: peace.

Then she was gone.