Molewhisker rushed into his berth as it was just Dovewing in there. Molewhisker was out of breath and frightened. Dovewing soon looked up to him.
"What happened, why do you seem so scared?" She asked him. Molewhisker soon calmed down as he sat across from her.
"Yeah I had the most frightening experience in my life." Molewhisker soon puts the revolver away as he felt something had unnerved him like a ghost or something. Dovewing was interested in on this as she wanted to ask him what it was.
"Well, describe it." Dovewing instructed him. Molewhisker gulped as he soon spoke, it was clear he was still sharking from the ordeal.
"I was walking down the Windclan car when I noticed all the lights went out, I soon hid myself away in a corner as I felt like something slammed in the gut as it escaped. The lights soon came back on as I saw Bumblestripe was fiddling with the lights. Heathertail comes racing along as I saw her go straight into her berth. I decided to make a run for it as I didn't want to make her angry and then I heard a screaming on the train." Molewhisker described everything. Dovewing soon rested her paw on him as she needed him to calm down.
"You were given the fright of your life there. Let's go see Lionblaze so we can describe exactly what happened." Dovewing and Molewhisker soon got up as they left the berth. Millie soon entered the berth to completely take all the baggage out. Molewhisker took the velvet plush Siamese cat with him as a source of comfort. It was clear that their stuff was going to be safe.
In the rear baggage car, Thornclaw was sorting out the baggage as each of their suitcases and bags were being sorted. Lionblaze caught himself a moment to relax as Heathertail soon busted into the car as she was distressed. Lionblaze soon went over to her as Heathertail was sobbing in tears.
"Heathertail, is there something you would like to complain about?" Thornclaw growled as he didn't like any whiny cats on this trip even though he was a whiner himself.
"Yes! All my stuff is gone! My phone, laptop, Avocadoes, all gone!" Heathertail soon began crying on the floor as the wood was becoming stained with her tears. Lionblaze soon walked along as he didn't know what happened, fortunately, he had a friend that could help track whoever did it down. Dovewing and Molewhisker soon entered the car. Lionblaze turned his head to them.
"Ahh Molewhisker, is there something you would want to speak about?" Lionblaze asked him. Molewhisker was still trembling with fear but he knew he had the courage to speak.
"Yeah, I was frightened when the robbery happened." Molewhisker spoke first. Lionblaze was curious about this as he wanted to know more about this.
"Frightened? Explain what happened?" Lionblaze soon asked him to describe what the experience was. Molewhisker soon brought himself out to speak.
"I was walking along in the Windclan car by myself paying attention anything suspicious, suddenly the lights go out as I soon hid away in a corner at the end of the car. I felt something hit me in the gut as it just kept going. Soon the lights came on as I saw Bumblestripe messing with the lights. I had my gun out as Bumblestripe just fled. Heathertail soon came running as I decided to make a run for my berth knowing something bad could happen. I soon heard a scream as it looked like whoever it was, was in deep sorrow." Molewhisker described what happened. Lionblaze soon knew that he could piece together what was happening.
"Very interesting, well now we must begin the search. We think that the one who stole Heathertail's stuff must have slipped off to the front end. Thornclaw forgot to lock the door down when we moved all the baggage in there." Ashfur soon got up as he began to lead the way. "Come on Lionblaze." Lionblaze got up as he followed. Jayfeather was still comforting Heathertail as Molewhisker came to Jayfeather giving him his cat.
"When my stuff comes, make sure you put him somewhere safe. I don't want anything bad happening to him." Molewhisker soon instructed Jayfeather to use his cat as a source of comfort. Jayfeather nodded at the request as Molewhisker and Dovewing exited the car. Molewhisker turned his head as the sun was beginning to set. The days were dragging along as if they were now traveling through Siberia. He looked up as he saw the clouds were getting ugly as if they were rolling through another storm. Dovewing soon turned to him.
"We need to find Tigerstar and tell him what happened; we need to catch up on what is going on." Dovewing instructed. It was clear they wanted an early dinner as they wanted to make contact with him so they can try to figure out the trap.
"Oh, okay, we don't know how much time we have before the next stop or how long we will be off. But we definitely want to see what is going to happen next." Molewhisker sighed as he soon got up. He and Dovewing began to make their way from the lounge car to the dining car as they wanted to get themselves some seats to sit on
In the first baggage car, Hollyleaf, Rosepetal and Bumblestripe had settled down as they were bringing food to the monster. Hollyleaf was splitting the avocadoes open Hollyleaf was scarfing down the ripen fruit as it was clear she was starving. Three cartons of almond milk lay to the side. She was already eating like a bandit.
"First time I have eaten a thing in ages on this cold trip, I fear it might get colder with this car now completely emptied out. It means we have to carry out our plans by hiding in the other cars of the train. Since my hiding spot has been gutted, we need to roam around on the train, keep the lights off and we lure Heathertail here. Then we split her head open." Hollyleaf began to make a plan on how to trap the dumbfounded she-cat. Bumblestripe and Rosepetal nodded as they heard a thumping sound as paws were going through the car. Rosepetal was nervous as she thought, could they have been spotted? Rosepetal shook Hollyleaf as she was sensing the paw steps.
"We got someone coming, it's clear that they're out for us." Rosepetal told Hollyleaf. Hollyleaf nodded as she knew that she needed to spring the trap to whomever it was that was coming. They soon got up as they went out of the car to hide away. They didn't like what was going on. They soon went into the leader's car as it was completely deserted. Rosepetal hid away in one of the berths. Bumblestripe in the bathroom as it was close to the power switch and Hollyleaf at the berth closest to the baggage car.
Ashfur and Lionblaze entered the car as the fast rattling was slightly rocking them away. Ashfur soon turned to him.
"You go in the car behind you; I'll handle myself in here." Ashfur commanded him. Lionblaze nodded as he soon went into the car behind him. Bumblestripe opened the bathroom door just a bit as Ashfur was patrolling the car with his Mosin Nagant rifle in front of him. Bumblestripe soon slipped his way from the car as he knew Ashfur was nearing the trap. He soon shuts off the electricity in the car as Ashfur was taken off guard. Soon Ashfur turned sharply as he soon felt something painful split its way into him. Lionblaze soon turned and darted into the car where the screaming was coming from. Cocking the bolt to the rifle as he knew he was ready. He soon aimed and fired wondering if he could strike them down. Lionblaze cocked the bolt as he prepared another shot. Bang! He fired the second shot. The cats in the car scattered as they had taken the axe with them as they ran for the first baggage car. Lionblaze cocked the bolt as it extracted the second shot. He soon turned back as he turned the lights back on. He soon noticed something odd. He ran up to it as he shivered. The door to the car was open and Ashfur was alive but horribly injured in the head. Blood had stained his fur as they had got him bad.
"Ashfur speak to me." Lionblaze told him. Ashfur was weak as he spoke.
"They got me good there." He rasped. Lionblaze picked him in as he began to carry him.
"Don't worry; Jayfeather will take care of you, just hang in there." Lionblaze told him to have hope. Ashfur was quickly fading away.
Jayfeather was sitting around as Brackenfur was buzzing away. Lionblaze rushed in carrying Ashfur who was bleeding from the head. Jayfeather was confused as Lionblaze began to apply pressure to the wound.
"Lionblaze what happened?" Jayfeather asked him. Lionblaze knew there was no time to talk.
"I'll explain later, we need to get Ashfur some medical supplies. He's been badly injured in an attack." Lionblaze instructed him. Lionblaze began cleaning away some of the blood as Jayfeather began to try to contain the blood from spilling out. Ashfur was weary but Jayfeather knew what he was doing. Jayfeather soon managed to keep the blood contained as he poured medical peroxide onto his head as he began to patch Ashfur up. Ashfur began to slowly regain his strength but he was too weak to do anything. Jayfeather soon wrapped Ashfur up in a bandage to make sure the stitches would stay in place.
"If it wasn't for your quick thinking, Ashfur would have died in our paws." Jayfeather mewed to Lionblaze. Jayfeather knew he had to keep Ashfur elevated to make sure that the healing would begin. Thornclaw soon turned to him.
"Even with Ashfur having survived the encounter, we're down a guard to just two. We need a replacement." Thornclaw angrily remarked as Ashfur would be out of action for a while. They needed three to effectively guard the train.
"What about Molewhisker, he's looking for that thief and the attacker." Lionblaze suggested. Thornclaw grumbled as he knew a passenger couldn't do the work.
"Him? He's just a mere passenger, we'll let Mosspelt take over Ashfur's duties, Lionblaze go fetch me Mosspelt." Thornclaw wasn't too sure about letting Molewhisker be their guard for the rest of the trip. He decided to let someone he trusted more to take over the duties of Ashfur as Lionblaze got up to fetch the She-cat. Thornclaw's words were final and that was that.
Molewhisker was sitting in the completely stripped berth of his as they had evacuated everything; he had no books to read to keep himself occupied for the rest of the trip. At least he had Dovewing for company.
"Did you hear screaming a while back?" Dovewing asked him. Molewhisker didn't know who the screaming was but he definitely heard it.
"Yes I did. It was faint so I didn't know who it was. I still feel shaken after the so called events that happened." Molewhisker spoke his answer out to Dovewing. Dovewing got up as she decided to move seats as she sat down next to Molewhisker. She soon puts her paws on him as she rested her head on his cheek.
"You know it's okay to be afraid of something, so long as you have me to talk to, I'll admit I'm afraid of storms so I would hide away in somewhere the storm wouldn't get to me." Dovewing was telling him her fears that it's okay to be afraid of something. "We learn to get used to it after a while and then it doesn't become scary anymore." Soon a knocking was heard on the door as Molewhisker got up to check what it was. Mosspelt soon entered the car as she was feeling unnerved herself.
"Is there anything I can do for you ma'am?" Molewhisker asked Mosspelt curious about what she wanted. Mosspelt turned to him as she wanted to figure out what was going on.
"I heard two screams come from the train this hour and I am afraid of this. The first one came from Heathertail as she was robbed and the second one I don't even know of as it sounded like someone was in pain. I really don't know who it was." Mosspelt made her stately clear. Molewhisker knew he had to work harder if he were to track down the thief. They needed to tell Tigerstar this as well as find whoever was attacked. Thornclaw soon knocked on the door as Molewhisker opened it letting Thornclaw inside.
"Mosspelt, it's your turn to take up guard duty, we're down a guard for the time being." Thornclaw told her as he pulled her up. Mosspelt was uncomfortable with this as Molewhisker got up.
"We were discussing what was going on. We heard a scream but we don't know who it was or what happened to him or her." Molewhisker told Thornclaw. Thornclaw soon turned to him.
"That scream was Ashfur, I can escort you to the rear baggage car to talk to the guards." Thornclaw told them as he was getting ready to begin escorting them. Molewhisker nodded as Thornclaw lead the way. Mosspelt followed him as Molewhisker and Dovewing followed him out.
Ashfur was resting almost upright as they wanted to prevent any blood from spilling out. They decided to knock him out as they knew he couldn't be in pain. He would wake up a couple of hours. Thornclaw and the others entered as Lionblaze was cleaning his rifle to prevent it from freezing up. He looked up and saw Molewhisker.
"Mister Lionblaze, we could like to ask a couple of questions. We heard an attack was heard." Molewhisker began. Lionblaze looked up as he was curious about this.
"Go ahead." Lionblaze spoke as he wanted to hear all about it. Molewhisker cleared his voice as he began.
"Where were you when the attack happened?" Molewhisker asked. Lionblaze soon responded as he tried to recall the events of what happened.
"I was told to go in the car previous to the car where the attack happened. Ashfur said he can handle it on his own. I stood there for a minute before I heard a scream coming from the car ahead of me. I decided to bolt for that car and I noticed the lights were out. I soon raised my rifle and fired off two shots to make sure those that were trying to harm Ashfur would at least go away. I soon turned the lights back on and ran over to Ashfur who looked like he was going to die. Blood had stained the carpet as I noticed it was cold. The door nearby was open, it looked like the attacker had jumped off the train." Lionblaze recounted the events that happened. Molewhisker was sure about this as Lionblaze gave him two empty brass cases where the bullet and powder would rest. They were used up. Molewhisker looked as he nodded but one more question was circling around him.
"How do you know it wasn't an illusion?" Molewhisker asked him about the open door. Lionblaze scratched his head as he wasn't sure about it.
"I just picked up Ashfur and made a run for it. I didn't give a second thought about the door." Lionblaze responded. Molewhisker nodded as he knew they were getting more pieces but they knew one thing, they had to capture one of the three.
"Thank you." Molewhisker and Dovewing left the car as they needed to find more answers. Heathertail was spying on them the entire time, if they couldn't get her stuff back, she would do it herself. She was heading for trouble.
[A/N]: That's it for this chapter as Hollyleaf strikes yet again. Now it's time we try to get more pieces to the puzzle as they are nearing Irkutsk. What should Hollyleaf get her paws on this time? Keep the reviews going because I will do more of these in the future.