Chapter Twenty Five: New Year, New Blood.

This Chapter will be solely focused on the bad guys. Psycho Scourge, Insane Hawkfrost, Power Hungry Tigerstar, Kind Thistleclaw, and a shocking betrayal that will RIP you to the core. Maybe a slight cameo of two of the Thunder kids.

I'm sorry.

Hawkfrost/Hawk POV (You'll see)

"WHAT'S HE DOING HERE?! I THOUGHT HE DIED!"

Hawkfrost snarled "For the last time, so did I. Now shut up! Or else I'll get the medicine again!"

"For the last time," Hawk said in a somewhat snippy tone "I'm in your head! I can't shut up! My thoughts are your thoughts!"

Hawkfrost snarled as he laid on the couch of the safe house. He was watching movies, shows, playing video games, anything to get his mind off of last week.

"I don't know how he is still alive," Hawkfrost sighed "Doesn't matter anyway."

"HELLO? IT DOES MATTER! Need I remind you that he is the one that separated us?! HE MADE YOU!" Hawk's childish voice cried out.

"Yeah, he made me," Hawkfrost said, his temper rising "Where would we be without me! I got us out of the gutter! I saved our lives."

"At the cost of the lives of other!"

"It was them or us, and I chose us! If it wasn't for me, there would be no us!" Hawkfrost snarled.

"You're...you're right. I'm sorry," Hawk apologized.

Hawkfrost chuckled "Don't be sorry. Be better."

"You stole that from God of War!" Hawk spat.

Hawkfrost shrugged "Well...What do you want me to say?"

"I don't know! 'Don't worry, Hawk. It'll be alright!' 'It's okay twin, things will work out.' You aren't a very encouraging person."

"Okay, Hawk. You will be fine," Hawkfrost reassured, not entirely sure with his own answer.

Hawk noticed this and sighed "You don't really believe that, do you?"

Hawkfrost sighed and nodded "Yeah. We are screwed. How did you know?"

Hawk scoffed and Hawkfrost sighed "Yeah yeah, 'we are connected.' I wish we weren't."

Another scoff "That's a lie. Deep down, you secretly love me like a brother."

Hawkfrost smirked "You got me."

"Speaking of brother..." Hawk said and Hawkfrost shook his head, furiously "No. Bramblestar made his choice."

"He's our brother," Hawk admitted.

"He's YOUR brother," Hawkfrost said firmly "He never cared about me."

Hawk scoffed again "That's BULLSHIT! He has saved us so many times."

Hawkfrost stood up "He saved you. Not me, you. He couldn't stand to see his brother as a psychopath."

Hawk sighed "How would you know? You never see him, never write, never talk, and even never talk OF him. He loves both of us."

"How would you know?" Hawkfrost snarled.

"Because deep down...you know it. And because of that, " Hawk said "I believe it."

"You-"

"Are you talking to yourself?"

Hawkfrost lept off the couch, his father's voice startling him. "What? Oh...y-yeah. I'm insane remember?"

Tigerstar rolled his eyes, going through some old papers on the desk. "Have you heard the news? Mapleshade is thinking of kidnapping Jayfeather. I told her you might be interested."

Hawkfrost smirked "I'm interested, but Brokenstar would never approve."

Tigerstar scoffed "Yeah, about that..."

Hawkfrost's eyes widened "No...No..."

"Brokenstar's methods are...well...Broken," Tigerstar smirked "And I happen to be putting in the works of a coup."

His mouth fell agape, and Hawkfrost couldn't stand that what was coming from his father's mouth. Sure, he has insane, but Hawkfrost would never betray them! What was a man without loyalty? Honor?!

"What?" Hawkfrost asked as Hawk began to jitter.

"Bad. Bad bad bad bad VERY VERY BAD!" Hawk warned, and Hawkfrost shook his head "That's a bad idea. Very bad."

Tigerstar's grin left his face, as he began to anger "What?"

"Brokenstar is almost a god. You won't be able to touch him!" Hawkfrost exclaimed.

Tigerstar grinned again "Mapleshade and Clawface. They are the closest to him. They are bound to know his weakness."

"HA!" Hawkfrost laughed "Good luck getting Mapleshade to spill her guts! She is fiercely loyal to him! And Clawface? Moron fears Brokenstar's wrath more then death. He wouldn't talk."

Tigerstar grinned "Then perhaps we need some outside help."

Hawkfrost scoffed and turned back to the TV.

"What if," Tigerstar started, a wicked smile on his face "We were to not just leak out the location of the Black Roots to the police, but To an all seeing sage."

"Rock will see through your plots," Hawkfrost pointed out "And if they are caught, there would be nothing to take control of!"

Tigerstar snarled "It sounds like you are taking a stand against me."

"NO!" Hawkfrost yelled "I'm just not eager to join your half assed plan simply so you could gather more power! And we All know you wouldn't dare share power!"

Hawkfrost immediantly covered his mouth "I'm sorry!"

Tigerstar grinned "No no, you are right. I do seek power, but I would be willing to share that power with you."

Tigerstar stood up, fastening his coat on "I understand that this must be quite the shock. So if you need some time to think about this, then you have 24 hours. Meet me at the docks where you held Jayfeather when you are done thinking."

Hawkfrost nodded, going back to his TV as his father left.

Tigerstar POV

Tigerstar knocked on the door to Clawface's house.

The house was more of a log cabin, sitting aside a icy river. It was cut off from society. He was told that Clawface hated humanity and was known as never bringing prisoners. In all honesty, he was as much as a loose cannon as Scourge and Hawkfrost.

But he would deal with the latter the next day.

Clawface opened the door, and curled his lips "Tigerstar."

"I bring news from Scourge," Tigerstar politely bowed his head "May I enter?"

"Of course," Clawface opened the door all the way, and walked towards the kitchen "Some beers are in the fridge."

Tigerstar stepped in and locked the door behind him. "I'm not thirsty."

Clawface stepped out with a bottle in his hand "So what is it?"

"Later, but first," Tigerstar sat down "Have you ever heard the story of Daniel and the Lion's den?"

Clawface scoffed "I don't go to Sunday School, you're wasting your breath."

Tigerstar grinned "Then let me enlighten you. 4,000 Daniel served a King long ago. He was so good at serving him, that he was appointed one of his most trusted advisiors. Like you and Brokenstar."

Clawface smirked as Tigerstar continued the story "Now the other advisiors got jealous and conspired amongst themselves to get rid of Daniel. So they played to their kings ego, making him set a law that none shall bow to their gods for that day. Instead, they shall bow to him. Failure to do so would send the traitor thrown in the Lion's den.

Tigerstar reached behind him "Now everyday after his services, Daniel would pray to God by the windowsill where all could see him. Now that the law was set, what does Daniel do? He went to the windowsill and prayed. The advisors went to their king and told him what Daniel was doing. Instantly, the king realised he had been tricked. But he could not back down from his law."

"So they threw Daniel in the Lion's den," Clawface said in realization.

Tigerstar grinned menacingly "But God was with Daniel. He closed the mouth of the hungry lions, protecting Daniel. He was then playing with them and naming them! The restless king opened The den to find his faithful servant still alive. He sent for his wicked advisors and threw them in the den. The once calm lions instantly tured vile and vicious. Need I say more?"

Clawface looked at him in interest "They killed him. Those Traitors deserved it."

"Of course they did,"" Tigerstar gripped something behind him "However, I've always been fascinated by the Wicked advisors. If that had just simply killed him in the night, they might have succeeded. Instead they had to make things all complicated and played with their king's ego. They overcomplicates things."

Clawface looked at him strangely as Tigerstar continued "I also question is what did they have to gain? Did they fear that Daniel would be king when the king died? Where they staging a coup of their own? The irony..."

"What irony?" Clawface asked.

Tigerstar chuckled "You don't see the irony? You are Daniel, Brokenstar is the king, and I am the Wicked advisors."

Before Clawface could react, Tigerstar pulled out from behind him revealing a long slender pistol with a silencer attached.

Tigerstar shot him three times in the body and once more in the head.

"And I'm not going to overcomplicate it."

Thistleclaw POV

Thistleclaw striked the punching bag with all his might.

"Again," Brokenstar ordered. They had been at it for hours. Brokenstar took it to himself to personally train Thistleclaw. They were inside the Black Roots training room. It was a circular dome room, made by stonemasons and woodcarvers. Torches lit the room and chains reaching the roof held up the punching bags. There was also a pulpit by the entrance so Brokenstar could overlook any trainees progress.

Thistleclaw was sweating bullets and felt his muscles turn soar. He was wearing sweatpants and nothing else. He was huge, his muscles would be a turn on for most women and men alike.

But compared to Brokenstar he was a toothpick. Brokenstar was a hulk of muscle and scars all over.

"Can I take a break?" He asked weakly.

"Do you think your enemies will give you a break? Again!" Brokenstar ordered.

Thistleclaw growled and began to pound his fists into the sandbag. His knuckles were breaking skin, blood seeping out. He began to use all the strength he could muster. He slammed his fist into the sandbag, this time, breaking skin of the bag. As sand leaked out, Brokenstar looked on in approval "Very good. You're getting better."

"That's not very fair," Thistleclaw announced "I just kept hitting it in the same spot, and was bound to cave in sooner or later."

Brokenstar smiled, genuinely "Even better. If you can't beat an enemy by strength, beat them by brains. Work smarter, not harder."

Thistleclaw nodded. Brokenstar looked at him in a teasing manner "You know...I've been looking into your records..."

Thistleclaw sighed "I've told you, there is nothing to know about."

"What about how you were a father at 15. A freshman."

Thistleclaw lowered his head "Yeah...that...that happened. I hoped you'd never find out."

"We know all," Brokenstar said "Hey I'm not judging. I myself was very...active...at that age."

"I insulted the mother, and was a father to early. I was excited to give the twins away due to law, but I still wanted to be able to watch them grow up-"

"Say no more," Brokenstar smirked pulling out his cell phone "I've always wanted to do this."

He started to call a certain someone "Hey, Child Laws. I want then gone. Make it happen by the end of next year."

Thistleclaw looked at him in shock. Did Brokenstar's power reach to the ends of Forrestlake's political offices?

"Make it happen," Brokenstar spat, shutting his phone off. He looked at another punching bag, clenching his fist.

"I should never had made that stupid law, instead of helping us like I thought it would, it made things worse!" Brokenstar slammed his arm onto the bag, the bag popping like a ball on and flying off the chain it was attached to.

Thistleclaw looked at the bag like it was a Christmas present. "How the..." Thistleclaw moved towards the bag taking a better look at it. The bag was destroyed.

Brokenstar huffed "Training is over. Get out of here."

Hawkfrost/Hawk POV

"WORSE IDEA WORSE IDEA!" Hawk screamed in Hawkfrost's ear.

Hawkfrost nodded in agreement. He was waiting by the docks, the same spot next to an old warehouse. He looked over the lake, the water frozen. The lake was huge, and he could barely see the end.

He looked down at the frozen water, unsettled. "I...I agree."

"YES! Which is why we should book it and head away!"

"Where would we go?" Hawkfrost asked.

"Jayfeather! He would help! He helped me before...if you let me drive, he will take us in."

Hawkfrost snarled "I would rather die then turn into a weakling like you!"

"Oh please! We all know I'm the brains of this outfit. Maybe Bramblestar!"

"I like the Jayfeather idea better," Hawkfrost said.

Hawk begged "Please! We have to leave! I know you found this fun at the start, but there is something going on here! Something much bigger then us!"

"They will find us," Hawkfrost said, more as a statement then anything.

"We could get Rock to help us! Maybe Gray Wing or Yellowfang! They WILL help us! Come on Hawkfrost look around you! Do you honestly think this will end with us on the top?!"

Hawkfrost sighed "No."

He looked up at the stars in the sky "No I don't."

He could hear Hawk chuckle in the echoes of his head "In a couple minutes, it'll be the next year. 2019, right?"

Hawkfrost smiled "Yeah. Hell of a year."

"You mean this year has been hell? The bullshit of American Politics, The Last Jedi, the-"

"Last Jedi came out last year, idiot!" Hawkfrost laughed

"Did it?" Hawk asked in confusion.

Hawkfrost looked back at the stars "You're right. We leave. Now. Let it all burn away, and look to the future."

"That's the spirit! Where do we go?"

"Somewhere! Anywhere!" Hawkfrost said in excitement "I can finally have a normal life! Maybe join the army!"

"I can finish High School!" Hawk screamed in joy "Maybe become a doctor! Saving lives instead of taking it!"

"I like that idea!" Hawkfrost grinned, turning around and heading off the dock.

"New Year! New us!" Hawk squealed in delight.

Hawkfrost ran off the dock.

And stopped in his tracks as his father emerged from the shadows.

"Dad," The two said out of the same mouth.

"Hawkfrost," Tigerstar said, with a smile on his face "Have you made your decision?"

"I...I have," Hawkfrost said, bravery showing itself in the form of a psychopath "I choose to-"

Tigerstar held his hand up "Let me stop your right there. What ever choice you make, it doesn't matter.

"What do you mean?" Hawkfrost asked.

Tigerstar smirked "You were right. Right about me. I do not like to share power."

Tigerstar reached into his pocket and pulled out a gun. Hawkfrost looked at him in fear "Dad?"

"Don't act like you didn't see this coming," Tigerstar smirked, walking forward.

Hawkfrost walked backwards, eager to find a way out. Tigerstar grinned menacingly "You would betray me to that devil. My own flesh and blood."

"I am not your son!" Hawkfrost yelled.

Tigerstar clenched the gun "Apparently so. I had hoped you wouldn't end up like your brother. But it seems I had too high of hopes."

Hawkfrost felt the edge of the dock against his foot. He looked over his shoulder, knowing that even if he jumped he would have no where to go.

Hawkfrost turned back to his father "Whatever you are planning. We both know it won't work. Brokenstar will beat you."

Tigerstar curled his lip.

BANG!

"Hawkfrost," Hawk said in a whimper "I...I don't feel so good."

Hawkfrost looked at his shirt, seeing a red spot forming on his shirt. He felt his legs go weak, his arms go limp.

He felt the wind kip at his hair. He felt his heart slowing.

"Hawkfrost?"

He fell backwards off the dock. He landed on the ice so hard, that it cracked as he made contact. The air whisped out of his lungs, and he made a desperate attempt to gain it back.

"Hawkfrost what ever happens...man I love you!"

Hawkfrost clenched his teeth "S-sa-same."

He opened his eyes to see his father looking at him over the dock. He could see the tattoo of the tiger on his neck. He could see his cold Amber eyes looking down at him. He raised the gun again, aiming between his eyes.

"My favorite Bastard. Useless."

Hawkfrost felt something cold hit his cheek. He sighed letting the last of his breath escape his lips.

"S-Sn-ow."

Hawk and Hawkfrost both felt the front of their face cave in as the bullet exploded throught his head.

Tigerstar POV

He aimed the pistol at his sons head. He saw him mutter some word.

He pulled the trigger.

The effect was instant. The bullet entered his head and exited out and through the ice. Blood spat out of the entry wound. The ice cracked more before his son finally caved in. He saw his lifeless body fall through the ice, sinking.

If you were to ask Tigerstar how he felt in this moment he would say he felt good. Free.

But all he felt was the cold.

He turned around and walked off the dock.

I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm way past that stage of redemption.

But it needed to be done. Both Clawface and Hawkfrost had to go. So... I'll try to make it up to you.

But if y'all know me, then you know that this just the next step of my grand scheme.

Also I hope y'all like my interpretation of Hawkfrost/Hawk 's banter. I saw them as a Venom and Eddie Brock type of relationship. Always arguing but deep down, respect and love for each other, constantly shifting control while Hawkfrost prefers to stay around and use his medicine to keep hawk in check. Not like that matters anymore. Sorry.

Au Revoir .