The train continued rolling along in the night as Heathertail was busy looking around. She wanted to see if her stuff was being returned while she spent some time off the train. She soon rounded the corner in her car as looking down; she saw her cellphone lying out in the open. She was curious on how would such a thing be there. Heathertail walked over as she went to go pick it up but something soon snatched it up and made a run for it. Heathertail soon decided to bolt after the thief as she went straight for her valuables.
In the other car, Dovewing and Molewhisker felt a vibration as if someone was running down the hallway. They thought it was Heathertail who was running. Dovewing soon turned to Molewhisker.
"I'll go investigate the running; I promise I will be back." Dovewing told them. She soon decided to walk off to the front of the train. Molewhisker decided to go follow her to investigate to make sure she didn't get into any trouble.
Heathertail soon came to the front baggage car as the car looked completely empty and deserted. Heathertail began looking around as she knew that the car could be devoid of any activity but she knew that something was up. She soon looked down to see some keys as Heathertail picked them up wondering what are keys doing here. She looked around seeing that Thornclaw and company didn't remove the safe at all and Heathertail must know they must be from the safe. Picking up the keys, she opened the flap as she saw the code. The numbers said 7, 21, 15, 13. She closed it as they began opening up the safe She began turning the dials as she soon got the first dial to 7 she moved on to the next dial to 21 as she prepared to move the next one. She continued moving the dials as she was looking for the next dial as she began moving it to 15 keeping an eye on how to use the dials. She soon began to move the next dial as the last dial would be 13. Heathertail soon stuck the key into the hole and opened the safe up as the safe contained her phone, laptop and other valuables. Heathertail soon began to investigate the safe as she plucked her phone and the laptop out. She knew there was other stuff inside. She soon fumbled around grabbing what seemed to be a rectangular shaped object. Heathertail looked at it as she was curious to find out what it was. It read in cursive Firestar. Before Heathertail could know what was going on, the lights soon went out as a cat soon came around with an Axe and dug it deep into her head. Heathertail screamed as she was being butchered alive. Dovewing soon came to the car as she knocked on it.
"Hello is there anything in there?" Dovewing asked. She had no idea where the others were and she was rolling along blind in the storm. She soon opened the door to see a downed Heathertail bleeding all over the floor barely clinging to life. "Heathertail you all right?" Suddenly Rosepetal grabbed Dovewing as Dovewing was wrestling to free herself. Rosepetal was holding the axe she used on Heathertail. Dovewing continued to kick and squirm her way free as Rosepetal wasn't letting her free. Soon a shot was heard that caused Rosepetal to stumble back and Dovewing was soon free. She turned around to see Molewhisker, revolver out fire two more shots at Rosepetal. The bullets gave off a whirling sound as they got closer. Dovewing was soon in the car as she was given the fright of her life and Molewhisker was there to try to rescue them. Seeing Rosepetal with the weapon thought capturing her alive will be valuable. Heathertail was trying to get up as Rosepetal prepared to finish her off when Molewhisker knew it was now or never to shoot her, if he killed her now then they wouldn't figure out their motives so it was best to keep her alive. Rosepetal soon swung down but Molewhisker beat her to it as he fired the fourth shot right for her leg. Rosepetal screeched in agony as the bullet sliced the side of her leg. Rosepetal soon collapsed as a result dropping the axe right behind her. Tigerstar, Jayfeather and Lionblaze's group soon showed up to a frightened Dovewing, a bleeding Heathertail, a downed Rosepetal and Molewhisker who used up four shots. They knew they needed to take them back for questioning. Rosepetal was still holding the graze wounded when Lionblaze soon showed her the rifle stock to his Mosin Nagant and plunged it onto her face knocking her out completely. Jayfeather and Dovewing were carrying Heathertail away as Lionblaze soon rounded up Rosepetal and the weapon she used, it was clear Molewhisker wounded her as well. Thornclaw and Mosspelt began to remove the last of the storage on the train. They knew they had one of the three.
Rosepetal soon woke up a half an hour later. Heathertail was still out as Jayfeather was giving her plasma from the attack she sustained. Molewhisker was extracting the spent cases from the revolver and ready to insert new rounds into it. She looked at her leg where the bullet grazed her to see she was patched up. Relieved to be alive but held in, Lionblaze, Dovewing and Molewhisker soon walked over. She could hear Thornclaw and Jayfeather talking about Heathertail's condition.
"How's Heathertail doing?" Thornclaw asked him. Jayfeather looked at Thornclaw as Ashfur was sitting in a chair. Heathertail was now in his place.
"She's in stable condition, she's lucky that she's alive." Jayfeather responded as he knew that he needed to treat injuries such as these. Lionblaze soon entered Rosepetal's corner.
"So you must be one of the three that has been causing chaos on the train?" Lionblaze began. Molewhisker pointed the Nagant revolver in her face. Lionblaze turned to him. "She's been through enough, no need to shoot her again." Molewhisker lowered the revolver as Rosepetal began to speak.
"Yes. Hollyleaf promised us heavy paying if we carry out her deed." Rosepetal began to confess. Lionblaze knew he had to stay soft with her.
"What deed?" Lionblaze asked her. Rosepetal began to think as Dovewing looked on. Rosepetal soon remembered as she continued to confess.
"The deed that we will be paid if we robbed all the valuables on the train and sell them back to the passengers as profit, Hollyleaf was paying me and Bumblestripe to ride along as normal passengers and Hollyleaf without a ticket, came along in a wooden crate as she wanted to play a trick on everyone." Rosepetal spoke as Lionblaze was jotting this down in his head.
"So that's why she was hiding, she snuck aboard and wanted to carry those deeds out that way. If she was caught then she would have been thrown off the train." Molewhisker soon remembered on what was going on. Lionblaze wanted to push the questions more.
"How much did Hollyleaf promised to pay you?" Lionblaze asked her wondering if she had any plans for her. Rosepetal gulped as she spoke.
"Five hundred thousand. Between me and Bumblestripe." Rosepetal gave an estimate on how much she and Bumblestripe were being paid. Lionblaze realized that was a lot of money and he was wondering if they pulled off any heists like this before.
"Did you pull off anything like this on a train?" Lionblaze asked her if she did anything like this. Rosepetal soon spoke.
"This is my first time but Bumblestripe did it a few times before." Rosepetal spoke. Lionblaze still knew there was still something fishy going around. Molewhisker soon spoke.
"A first timer is destined to get caught. All we need to do is capture the other and tell his side of the story. Rosepetal was easy to confess. We need to figure out what Hollyleaf has in mind." Molewhisker spoke as he wanted to find the middle, the found out who it was and what the end goal was but there was something missing. Lionblaze now wanted to see how the dirty work was done.
"What was the weapon you had in mind for doing this?" Lionblaze asked her. Rosepetal knew she wanted her life. So, she spoke.
"With this." Rosepetal stuttered as she pulled out the emergency axe. Lionblaze soon recognized it.
"It's the only emergency axe we have on the train." Lionblaze was shocked. Molewhisker soon began to flash back when Leafstar told them that the emergency axe was missing along with her money. Lionblaze soon wanted to figure it out what it was. "May we see it?" Lionblaze asked nicely to Rosepetal. Rosepetal soon handed the axe over to him as she was terrified on what they might do, Lionblaze cleaned the axe of its blood and grime as he began reading the production date on it. He soon puts the axe down as Molewhisker soon spoke.
"What were you able to find?" Molewhisker asked Lionblaze. Lionblaze soon turned to Molewhisker.
"This axe is over 40 years old. By now the blade is dull after many years of use. It's not able to slice things with one clean swing and as a result, leaves the victims crying in agony." Lionblaze explained the purpose of the axe. Mosspelt soon came around as she was carrying the rectangular object in her paws.
"Thornclaw about this object, we were wondering who it belonged to." Mosspelt asked him is she had any idea on who this rectangular shaped object belonged to. Thornclaw soon came to Mosspelt.
"Give it to me." Thornclaw politely told Mosspelt as she handed it over to Thornclaw. Dovewing and Molewhisker turned their heads as they were wondering what Thornclaw was up to.
"Do you know who it belonged to?" Molewhisker asked Thornclaw who had any idea what it was. Thornclaw soon responded.
"It belonged to Firestar." Thornclaw responded. Molewhisker wanted some evidence for this. He soon got up and walked over to Thornclaw.
"Any instances that makes you say that?" Molewhisker asked Thornclaw. Thornclaw soon spoke.
"I saw Firestar ask me to put it in the safe." Thornclaw responded. Molewhisker and Dovewing knew they had to contact Firestar.
Molewhisker, Thornclaw and Dovewing were soon in the Thunderclan leader berth as they were joined with Firestar, his lovely groomed mate Sandstorm, his nephew Cloudtail and the one eyed Brightheart. Tigerstar also came along as he was curious about this too.
"Nickle plated chromium steel. The key for us warriors to get into space, this bar alone is worth more than the entire train. We would like to have it stored somewhere. I saw that Heathertail got her paws on it and then something happened." Cloudtail explained what the metal was; he also brought up Heathertail as he mentioned something happened. Molewhisker looked at him.
"Rosepetal if possible attacked and wounded Heathertail. Heathertail is with Jayfeather as she is recovering and we just questioned Rosepetal." Molewhisker told Cloudtail. Cloudtail nodded as he was holding the steel.
"Yes but they are wasting their time and if they were able to know the formula, it would be safe in our minds. So if we were to be killed, no one will figure out what the true formula would be since you can't extract something from a dead cat like a file to a computer." Cloudtail soon took the metal back as he stored it into the safe. Thornclaw took the valuables as he walked back. Cloudtail, curious about Rosepetal decided to question them.
"What exactly happened to Rosepetal?" Brightheart asked them if they had the slightest idea on what happened. Molewhisker stepped forth.
"She was trying to kill Heathertail but Dovewing and I put a stop to this. I sent a round that grazed her leg causing her to fall over in agony. We were able to catch her and take her back for questioning, we found our why she was doing this." Molewhisker spoke. The others were shocked as Firestar walked over to him.
"We heard four gun shots go off, are you sure it was you?" Firestar asked out of curiosity. Molewhisker nodded that it was him.
"Yes it was me. I did this so Dovewing wouldn't get brutally attacked too." Molewhisker spoke. Firestar nodded as it was clear that he was in on this. Tigerstar soon spoke.
"You only got one of them; they're still two more we need to get if we are able to crack the riddle." Tigerstar told Molewhisker that there were still more to get if they were able to figure out the mystery completely.
"I put four bullets into Rosepetal I think."Molewhisker told Tigerstar. Tigerstar turned to him.
"You think you can capture the robbers with bullets? Starclan must be grateful for your contribution." Tigerstar soon looked around to see the candle in the room flicker around in the wind as it soon went out. Firestar wasn't too sure about this as a small picture of the Starclan symbol soon fell from its perch landing next to Tigerstar.
"Strange." Dovewing spoke. She, Tigerstar and Molewhisker soon got up and left the room. Molewhisker turned back.
"It was nice speaking with you, take care." Molewhisker thanked them as they wanted to still find out the riddle to all of this.
The three of them were walking along in the Skyclan car as Lionblaze had put the emergency axe back in its spot. Bumblestripe looked out from the bathroom as he wanted to retrieve the axe to Hollyleaf. However, with Rosepetal gone, he knew he had to run and gun the entire thing as he figured that doing something like this would be more difficult. The lights soon went out as Dovewing, Tigerstar and Molewhisker all hid in one of the berths wondering what was going on, it also didn't help that the train was going through a tunnel. The lights finally came on as the cats soon wandered out. The emergency axe was gone as Molewhisker was looking around.
"The axe is gone again." Molewhisker mewed to the others. Bumblestripe was running down the carriage of one of the cars as he knew he didn't want to be seen. Molewhisker and the others knew that they needed to report this to Lionblaze.
They had found one but the other slipped off.
[A/N]: Greetings from Boston everyone and I wanted to get this out as we're spending the day there and we're hanging around. Wanted to get this out while a few errands are being run and then we'll have the afternoon to ourselves.
We're getting the ball rolling again but we need to keep it rolling, 10 reviews but I want to see more. Let's try to get 15 reviews by the time this week is over and 350 reviews by the time this day is over other than that there really isn't anything new to report on and I will see you all in the next chapter as things are beginning to pick up. Cheers.