Chapter 27
(I notice I still don't' have any new reviews. I know there are people reading this. Enough said.)
Dogpaw hit a bit of twoleg rubble. He let out a low hiss and jumped back. "Quiet Dogpaw." Vinecoil whispered.
"I'm trying." Dogpaw told him, giving him a dark look. Dogpaw still wasn't sure why Stormstar had brought him after his little talk with Vinecoil, but he had. And now they had to get through Fallenclan's territory without getting caught.
"Don't worry about it Dogpaw." Stormstar said, shrugging it off. "We've still got a while before we get to their camp, its then we'll have to be quiet."
And they did make it to the Fallenclan camp, without getting caught. The rubble had pilled up so there was only one easy way to get in. Stormstar walked through that enterance. No one was watching. He turned around. "Stay at the entrance and keep watch for me." He whispered. "I'll get Oceanpaw." He walked further into the camp, keeping low.
Dogpaw had to give him credit, he had a bright orange pelt and he was better at stealth than Dogpaw with his gray fur. He, Vinecoil, Violet, and Nightwind walked into the entrance and looked around, each facing a different direction.
There was a cough. Everyone turned towards it, but it was just someone sick in the medicine cat den. Before any could relax, Sliverstripes walked out of the den, not looking good herself. Her eyes widened as she saw the cats standing there.
She opened her mouth to yell, and Nightwind leapt onto her, knocking the air out of her. Dogpaw, not thinking, shouted, "Don't let her tell!" His shout was enough to wake up Fallenclan. Fangmouth looked out of the warriors den and Vinecoil quickly swung his paw across his face. Fangmouth fell over, hitting Firestream as he went.
Stormstar ran out of a hole in the twoleg rubble, coming out with Oceanpaw.
"Stop them!" Darkrose shouted, running towards them.
Stormstar got into attack position, then knocked Darkrose off her feet as she came running. "Get to the exit!" He ordered Oceanpaw. He turned to Vinecoil and Nightwind. "Make sure she can get out, then retreat."
Violet quickly stepped in front of the warriors den, prepared to stop anymore cats from leaving it.
Nightwind nodded. Then she thumped Sliverstripe's head hard against the ground. "Sorry about that." She muttered. She turned around to join the fighting, only for Fangmouth to attack her, ripping his claw through her chest, neck, and face. Nightwind fell back, slamming against the ground, Fangmouth looking at her in rage.
Vinecoil swung around to help her, only to be knocked to the ground. He looked around, he couldn't tell which cat had attacked him. He got up and started again. This time a cat jumped on him, and started clawing at his back. Vinecoil swung around. The cat leapt off as soon as he did, but he'd seen who it was, it was Sharktooth. Sharktooth ran a little distance away. He was fast. Vinecoil flicked his gaze to his clanmates. They were all busy, Nightwind fighting Fangmouth, Dogpaw fight and losing to Shellpaw, Vioelt fighting cats at the entrance of the warriors den, and Stormstar fighting Darkrose and Fallenstar.
As soon as he'd looked away, Sharktooth charged again. He knocked Vinecoil right off his feet. Then he whirled around to give him some more damage, and got a face full of claws. He hissed and backed off. Oceanpaw stood in front of Vinecoil, hissing with one unsheathed paw held out. It didn't take a genius to figure out what happened.
Stormstar backed towards them, bleeding in several places from trying to fight two cats at once. "We're close to the exit, let's go!" The three, plus Violet ran out.
Vinecoil looked at Oceanpaw in awe. "Thanks." He breathed.
Oceanpaw shrugged. "No biggy."
For a moment Vinecoil was upset. It was embarrassing to be saved by a warrior less experienced than him by an apprentice, and here she was acting like it was simple. And she was enjoying it too. His anger died quickly when Nightwind and Dogpaw caught up with them. Dogpaw was mostly supporting Nightwind, and she collapsed once they caught up.
"Nightwind!" Stormstar exclaimed, a bit of his blood flying as he shouted. "We have to get her to Angelwing!"
Dogpaw shook his head. "We'll never make it back in time. Go look for cobwebs and start applying it. I'm looking for horsetail." At everyone's dumb founded looks he snapped "Now!" All the cats sprang into action.
Dogpaw ran off to look for horsetail. But the time he came back he saw most of Nightwind's wounds had been covered with cobwebs. Oceanpaw lifted some more and was about to apply them. Then Dogpaw gasped, dropping his horsetail. He ran over. "Oceanpaw, don't put cobwebs on her while there are still spiders on them!" He smacked the cobwebs right out of Oceanpaw's mouth.
"What?" Nightwind asked faintly.
"Did everyone else check their cobwebs before applying them?" Dogpaw asked.
Stormstar and Vinecoil both nodded, Vinecoil still looked shocked Dogpaw was pulling this off. "Yes." Violet replied.
"Good." Dogpaw said. He got the horsetail and applied it as fast as possible. They were still in Fallenclan's territory. "Okay, that should do it." Dogpaw said.
"Thanks." Nightwind panted.
They had to help Nightwind back to camp, but at least she was walking and seemed to be getting her strength back.
They made it back early morning. Several cats were already out to see what had happened. "You brought Oceanpaw back!" Ripplemist announced happily.
"You okay Oceanpaw?" Shatterpoint asked.
Oceanpaw nodded and smiled. "I'm alright. But I saw some interesting things in Fallenclan." Her smile grew wider as cats as what she'd seen. She basked in the attention.
Then Angelwing ruined it. "Nightwind! You need to get to the medicine den."
Nightwind shook her head. "I'm fine. Dogpaw saved me." She looked down at him smiling.
"Dogpaw, you did?" Angelwing questioned, turning to him.
Dogpaw wasn't sure how to answer. "Well. . ."
"He did. He did wonderfully." Stormstar said.
"You saved the deputy?" Cavedrip asked in awe.
After that, the attention quickly shifted to Dogpaw.