Chapter Thirty Six: Mapleshade's Plan Part Two.

Now it has occurred to me that some of you are questioning my mental health. To put it to rest, No. I am not a sociopath, psychopath or any other path. But to quote a famous movie "We all go a little Mad sometimes." I had to put a series of scenarios in my head to understand Hawkfrost and Scourge. Cameron Jonathan's performance as the Pre-Joker characters in the TV show Gotham helped tremendously.

And my knowledge of weapons? Grandpa has a cache of blades, my favorite being the French Cutlass. Most of the guns is due to Uncharted. ARX 150 is the best gun in the game. And Magnum .357 is the gun I want when I'm old enough. You may recognize it as the gun Hank Anderson uses in Detroit: Become Human.

Scourge POV

This was it.

Scourge flipped the knife between his fingers, eager to get started.

Tigerstar gripped his gun "Hold your positions men!"

Slash and Silverhawk cracked their necks.

Mapleshade smirked. The soldiers were aiming their guns at the door, ready to blast it off it's hinges.

"READY! AIM! FIR-"

They were cut off by Jayfeather opening the door, casually, staring them down.

"HOLD!" Tigerstar ordered, the soldiers almost shooting him.

Jayfeather stood there, in black jeans and a grey hoodie, scowling "Leave."

Mapleshade cackled, strutting forward "I take it your Jay's Wing?"

Jayfeather's eyes glowed blue, answering her question. Mapleshade scoffed "Yep. You're him. Sorry if we woke you."

"You don't seem to understand the situation," Jayfeather scowled "You are about to declare war on Three beings with infinite power with guns and knives."

Scourge flipped his knife faster, slipping it between his fingers and palm over and over.

Mapleshade smiled "We didn't declare the war. You did."

Jayfeather curled his lip "We were doing just fine, without your stupid cult messing up our lives. We didn't start anything."

"Not now, but a lifetime ago," Mapleshade scowled "But it matters not. You may be indestructible, but your friends aren't."

"And laying a finger on them will only raise our ire," Jayfeather shot back.

Mapleshade scoffed "We have more then just some guns."

Tigerstar smirked, holding his hand up "FIRE!"

The men pulled the triggers.

Dovewing took action. With tremendous speed, Dovewing shot out of the front door, catching all the bullets before they could hit Jayfeather, moving like a blur. She set her eyes on the soldiers, speeding towards them and taking the soldiers guns and dropping them off in the woods, before speeding back. Now all that had weapons were Tigerstar and Scourge.

This took less then five seconds.

Dovewing stood next to Jayfeather when it was done. The soldiers looked on in confusion as to what just happened. Mapleshade and Scourge themselves looked surprised.

So did Jayfeather "I didn't know you could do that."

"SpeedingspellthatRocktaughtme," Dovewing exclaimed, who slowed her words down "Speeding spell, Rock taught me it a while ago."

Dovewing set her eye on Mapleshade. She sped towards her, raising her fist to strike her in the face.

So imagine her surprise when Mapleshade caught it with the same level of speed.

Dovewing stood shocked, as Mapleshade grasped her hand "How interesting! Brokenstar taught me it too!"

Mapleshade lifted her knee into Dovewing's gut, knocking the wind out of her.

Dovewing gasped and ran into the forest, Mapleshade following suit.

Jayfeather turned his attention to the soldiers, eyes growing more blue. Tigerstar gripped his ARX 150 and snarled to his soldiers "PURGE THE HOUSE! KILL WHO STANDS IN YOUR WAY!"

Silverhawk cracked his knuckles and raced forward towards Jayfeather. Jayfeather effortlessly, dodged the attack slamming his hand onto Silverhawk's neck, knocking him out.

Lionblaze stormed out. The soldiers raced forward to capture him. Lionblaze used his tremendous strength and punched one of them, sending him flying away into the Forest. One pulled out a pistol, only for the bullet to crinkle up into a flat paste. Lionblaze smirked and grabbed him and threw him at two others.

Slash grabbed Jayfeather, the two wrestling around, trying to best the other.

Scourge just watched, flipping his knife.

Lionblaze finished off the men, turning to the other men, grabbing their side arms. As they shot Lionblaze with their pistols, The golden brute raced forward, making mince meat out of all of them with just some punches.

"I AM BULLETPROOF!" Lionblaze boasted, thrusting his fists in the air.

"But are you knifeproof?"

Lionblaze turned to see Scourge eyeing him gleefully. Scourge sighed, flipping his knife on more time before gripping it tightly "Well...best to get some exercise, eh?"

Lionblaze drew his hand back to punch Scourge. The madman ducked, racing forward and slashing Lionblaze in the side with his butterfly knife. To his suprise, it went through, slicing his flesh. Lionblaze turned around, smirking "Take more then that to kill me!"

"I've faced worse," Scourge smirked "Know Lingchi?"

"Death by a thousand cuts," Lionblaze informed "You'll be lucky to get to number ten."

"You'll be down by then," Scourge licked his lips.

Lionblaze scoffed, racing forward again. Scourge dodged again, sliding on his knees, ducking under his fist. Scourge turned around and slashed Lionblaze's back twice.

"Three."

Lionblaze grunted "You'll die, Tiny man!"

"Don't call me Tiny," Scourge warned, eyes going from jovial to furious and threatening.

Lionblaze grabbed Scourge by the collar and lifted his knee into his gut, to which Scourge rasped. He fell to his knees, and Lionblaze taunted "Down before ten."

Scourge snarled and rammed his knife into Lionblaze's ankle, who lifted it in pain.

"Four."

Lionblaze grabbed the knife and threw it at Scourge, hitting him in the chest.

Scourge scowled "I really liked this shirt."

He rammed the knife out (Licking some blood) and hoisted his shirt off. He had numerous scars, from what looked like dog claws and teeth. He had bite marks, some cuts, and a fresh wound due to his knife.

"You know, I also love this knife," Scourge licked it "I once used it to cut off me Doctor's face before wearing it for Halloween."

"You sick fuck!" Lionblaze snarled, getting angrier.

"She looked a right side better then she normally did," Scourge cackled "I wonder if all people look as pretty as she did without her face. So...hold still brother, and let's peel off that grotesque facade."

Scourge raced forward this time, and Lionblaze sidestepped away. Scourge snarled and tried to kick Lionblaze who caught it, only for Scourge to break free by slashing his hand.

"Five."

Lionblaze clutched his hand, blood pouring out. He snarled, seeing nothing but red "DIE!"

"You first!" Scourge cackled.

By now, Lionblaze had gotten slow, his attacks becoming more easy to dodge and counter. Scourge lifted his knife and slashed him across the side of his neck.

"Six."

Lionblaze tried to kick, only for Scourge to stab him in the thigh.

"Seven."

Lionblaze stumbled back, for Scourge to make an X on his chest with his knife.

"Eight, Nine."

Lionblaze panted, trying to punch the madman one last time. Scourge held the knife in front of him, so Lionblaze shoved his fist down the knife. He screamed in pain, falling to his knees.

"Ten."

Scourge pulled the knife out, looking at the once strong Lionblaze. Miraculously, he still looked alright.

"Didn't I say ten?" Scourge tilted his head "Hmm, must've underestimated."

Scourge brought his knife down into Lionblaze's shoulder, Causing the golden boy to fall to the ground. Overexerting himself, Lionblaze tried to lift himself up "H-how? I'm stronger, faster!"

"I'm nastier," Scourge cackled, grabbing Lionblaze's arm. Without thinking, he sunk his teeth into it, sucking the blood out like a vampire.

Jayfeather raised his head and rammed it into Slash's, knocking him out. Tigerstar began to shoot at Jayfeather, who rolled to his side. He used his telekinesis to stop the bullets and grind them into dust. Tigerstar scowled, shooting more, keeping the pressure up on Jayfeather.

Lionblaze was done. He laid still over the field, Scourge standing over him.

Scourge was about to play with the boy, when something caught his eye.

A young girl with brown, circling past them and towards the lake.

Forgetting about the fight, Scourge gave chase.

Jack POV

Icecloud led Jack through the woods, the trees sheltering them from the moons light. Jack Graves gripped his new gun tightly.

"The house is past the lake," Icecloud informed as they came up to the view of the lake.

Jack smiled "Isn't this where I picked you up for our date?"

"You have a great memory," Icecloud smirked "We have to go around the lake."

Jack nodded, leading the way. The two trekked around the lake, not daring to go on the frozen lake. As the two walked, Jack began to worry. This was his fault. If only he kept his mouth shut. He had wanted Icecloud safe, but what if someone else died because of him?

A loud noise erupted from within the forest. A sound like thunder had clapped its hands.

"What was that?" Icecloud asked.

Suddendly, the ground caved in, Jack shoved Icecloud out of the way, only to fall in a huge hole. Jack grunted, shaking off the dirt. He sat up, back hurting like heck.

"You hurt?"

"Just my pride," Jack responded, opening his eyes. He was in a long tunnel "Where am I?"

"I think you might be in one of Rock's tunnels," Icecloud called down.

"Rock!" Jack exclaimed "We can get him to help us!"

Icecloud hopped down, landing on her feet "Good idea!"

Jack and Icecloud continued trough the tunnel, to find the old Sage.

Dovewing POV

Dovewing ran as fast as she could while Mapleshade's chased from not that far behind.

They had ran laps all across Forrestlake, past the school, cafè, Leaders House and more.

Dovewing had led Mapleshade to the old forest, her goal was to keep her away from the fight. She stopped running and lifted her foot, Mapleshade going to fast to stop herself from getting kicked in the gut.

Mapleshade snarled, getting up and attacking. The two were fast, but Dovewing was faster. She ducked under one of Mapleshade's punches and uppercutted her. Dovewing tried to roundhouse kick her, only for Mapleshade to duck too, and shove her away.

Mapleshade rushed forward, where Dovewing blocked all her attacks, and shoved her away. She ran on, and Mapleshade followed.

But unknown to Dovewing, Mapleshade took a shortcut and rammed her shoulder into Dovewing, tripping her to the ground.

Mapleshade snarled, her hands glowing scarlet. She clapped her hands, causing a boom to erupt in the forest and deafen Dovewing.

The noise was loud. A sound ike thunder had clapped its hands.

Dovewing covered her ears, and Mapleshade raced forward and kicked her. Mapleshade stared at her furiously, and grabbed her.

Mapleshade raced back to the house, dragging Dovewing. Dovewing scoffed and moved her legs in a way that could trip her. But it was too late. They were already home.

Dovewing stood up ready to fight, but stopped to look around. All the soldiers were knocked out, one was handing off of a nearby tree. Lionblaze was lying on the ground, badly wounded. Jayfeather was holding his own against Tigerstar, who threw his gun away and tried to beat him in close combat. Jayfeather couldnt use his telekinesis because in order to, he needed to focus and Tigerstar wasn't giving him that option.

Scourge was Nowhere in sight.

Dovewing leaned down towards Lionblaze, attempting to heal his wounds "Lækna."

The blood and cuts began to fade, and Lionblaze began to wake up "Dovewing? Where's the other psycho?"

Dovewing shrugged as Mapleshade came rushing back. Before she could, Lionblaze held his fist out, for Mapleshade to run right into it, knocking her to the ground.

Lionblaze smirked "You're getting slow, Mapleshade."

"Oi you best stop less you want some blood on your hands!"

Everyone stopped fighting. Jayfeather let go of Tigerstar who grinned "Scourge."

And the three gasped when they realize what he had.

Scourge held a gun to Honeyfern's head, holding her by her hair.

"One move, and her brains will be splattered across the snow!" Scourge scoffed, edging the gun close to Honeyfern's head.

"Use your super speed," Lionblaze muttered.

Dovewing tried only for her to realize something dreadful "The spell has worn out!"

Jayfeather held his hands up "Don't hurt her please!"

"NO! KEEP FIGHTING!" Honeyfern screamed "DON'T LET THIS TWISTED CANNIBALISTIC FUCKER WIN! KEEP! FIGHTING!"

"Shut up!" Scourge yelled, yanking her hair back.

Honeyfern scoffed "YOU FIGHT! FIGHT FOR YOUR HOME! YOUR FREEDOM! THEY'LL TORTURE AND KILL YOU WHEN THEY DONT NEED YOU ANYMORE!"

"ONE MORE WORD AND YOUR A CORPSE!"

"Then you got nothing to bargain with!" Honeyfern smirked, flustering Scourge.

She turned to her friends, putting up a brave face, but her eyes betrayed the fact that she was scared "Tell...tell Berrynose that I love him."

Dovewing lifted her hands "We surrender. Only if you let her go."

"Not how it works sweet'art," Scourge remarked "Hands on your head, and on your knees, and maybe I will."

"How do we know we can trust that you will let her go?" Lionblaze snarled.

Tigerstar and Mapleshade stood beside Scourge as he cackled "You can't."

Jayfeather nodded his head, doing as Scourge commanded. Lionblaze and Dovewing did so as well, while Mapleshade used her speed to handcuff them with inhibitor cuffs, dulling their magic.

Jayfeather sighed "Now let her go."

Honeyfern whimpered, mouthing a prayer.

Scourge grinned, pulling the gun's hammer back.

"No."

BANG!

Normally I'm not one for a cliffhanger but I felt like it. Sorry. I know most of you probably liked Honeyfern but the shot was for the best. Trust me.

One more chapter and then this arc is done. And onto the next one.

Au Revoir.