Bumblestripe soon entered the car as he was wondering what was going on, out of breath, he began looking for Hollyleaf. Hollyleaf soon came from the corner as Bumblestripe soon kneeled before her.
"Have pity. Have pity." Bumblestripe held out the emergency axe. Hollyleaf soon took the axe as she knew she had bigger fish to fry now. Bumblestripe felt like he was disloyal to her as he soon began to speak. "Are you going to kill me?" Hollyleaf soon turned to him.
"No you fool; you've been the biggest help to me this far. We now need to take out the rest of the guards then the train will be ours. We also need to free Rosepetal seeing how she was captured. We don't have much time to run wild now." Hollyleaf spoke as they knew they needed to capture one cat to bait the guards into an ambush. Dovewing.
"What about Molewhisker? He captured one of us and we should take him out." Bumblestripe suggested but Hollyleaf knew that tom was smarter than the guards. She knew she had to eliminate him.
"That will be tricky to do so but I'll take care of him." Hollyleaf soon began to walk off as she went back to her corner. She soon handed Bumblestripe as small sack that was emptied out. "Use this to capture Dovewing when everyone has turned their backs." Bumblestripe nodded as he began to walk off.
Brackenfur was still trying to buzz as it was clear the snowstorm going on from the outside was messing with the communication. Thornclaw now had everything and they were going into another storm.
"I think we lost any of all communication to the outside world and limited into a 10 mile radius." Brackenfur told them as Thornclaw was frustrated. Lionblaze was thinking on how to capture the others as the three of them soon found their way into the train.
"The emergency axe is gone… again." Molehwisker told Lionblaze. Lionblaze nodded as he soon turned.
"Well they are on a rampage again, may as well try to track them down." Lionblaze and the others soon got up as Jayfeather was to watch over the wounded as they soon left. Bumblestripe went out all on his own.
The dining car was folded up and all the chairs were put away for the night as a crowd of cats had gathered as they were begging to get off now.
"Stop the train now!" Blackstar hissed. His words were soon joined by others.
"Yes please stop it." Leopardstar begged. Bumblestripe soon entered the car as the others were complaining.
"I want to get off! Foxleap shouted. Bumblestripe knew he had to silence them.
"Quiet. There have been rumors that the passengers wanting to get off the train, well you can forget it." Bumblestripe told them as there was no need to try to jump off. Violetshine soon turned to him.
"I'll complain to the authorities about it! Violetshine begged as she wanted to get off. Another sharp shrill of words came from Alderheart as he begged.
"I'll tell the guards all about it." Alderheart called out. Bumblestripe needed to keep the passengers calm.
"If necessary I'll tell the guards to shoot whoever tries to stop the train." Bumblestripe hissed as he wanted to keep order throughout the train. Alderheart knew that Bumblestripe was possibly going insane.
"Shoot us? You crazy, Jayfeather can't treat us all on this trip." Alderheart shouted as Bumblestripe shoved him off. He soon began to think. Were these passengers getting antsy to end the trip, did Molewhisker tell everyone about this, he needed answers thus he felt more motivated to kidnapping Dovewing. Bumblestripe soon walked off. Molewhisker was at the end of the car listening in on this as he turned to Tigerstar.
"The rumors are starting to become true, passengers are becoming afraid. Bumblestripe is looking for a way to quell all of this down." Molewhisker spoke to them. Dovewing soon turned to Tigerstar.
"I don't know if it is possible that we can try to call for back up. We need to get these criminals off before more harm can be done." Dovewing told him. Tigerstar soon spoke as if he wanted to give some insight.
"Oh it must be, we should contact Brackenfur about this since the train is going slower." Tigerstar told her. Bumblestripe walked along trying to keep his suspicion.
"What do you think is behind all this suspiciousness?" Bumblestripe asked Molewhisker. Molewhisker looked at him.
"That I don't know but I talked to Lionblaze who said he will think about stopping the train at the nearest outpost." Molewhisker spoke. Molewhisker was right. Along the line were various outposts for storing up guards in case they would need to board the train. It was for safety reasons and if they were called up they would stop at an outpost to pick the guards up. Bumblestripe soon walked along as he knew he couldn't compete. Mousefur was discussing about either stopping the train or getting the guards on. Bumblestripe knew it was a matter of time before the jig was up.
Dovewing was wandering off to the showers while most of the cats decided to move to the lounge car waiting for Lionblaze's news. Bumblestripe was watching as he was watching her as he waited her berth. Waiting like a predator going after its prey, Dovewing exited the bathroom as Bumblestripe pounced putting the sack over her head. Squirming and unable to see where was going, Bumblestripe grinned as he quickly carried her off. He knew that he had her now. Molewhisker sprinted along as he heard her screaming. He soon arrived to Dovewing's berth as he looked around.
"Dovewing?" Molewhisker called out. No response. Molewhisker began to fear the worse that Dovewing must have been kidnapped. He continued to sprint after as he went to go look for Dovewing.
Molewhisker looked into the first baggage car which was now completely empty. Dovewing had a sack over her head as if Bumblestripe had captured her. Molewhisker was looking in. Hollyleaf was watching as Bumblestripe brought Dovewing back.
"I got her." Bumblestripe mewed as he removed the sack from her head. Hollyleaf soon grabbed rope that Bumblestripe was carrying on him. Dovewing looked surprised as if she was captured. Hollyleaf soon leaned her against a shelf as she began to tie the rope to the shelf pole as she wanted to keep Dovewing there. Hollyleaf was holding the axe as Molewhisker watched. He knew he couldn't take the two of them on together despite being able to quickly shoot them down. He soon left as he wanted to report this to Lionblaze. Hollyleaf soon turned to Bumblestripe.
"Keep doing what you were doing and I'll keep a watch over little Dovey wing." Hollyleaf hissed as she wanted to keep guard over her. She soon grabbed a bandana as she gagged Dovewing so she couldn't speak.
Meanwhile in the lounge car, the cats were wondering where a couple of their cats were. Poppyfrost and Tigerstar as they were wondering where they. Molewhisker ran into the car as he was frightened. Poppyfrost walked over to him as she was wondering why he was panting.
"Molewhisker my kit, is there something wrong?" Poppyfrost asked him. Molewhisker panted as if something bad happened to him. He soon calmed down as he spoke to Poppyfrost.
"Yes there is something wrong, Dovewing has been kidnapped." Molewhisker told them. The cats tensed up as they felt something was really wrong.
"Where?" Lionblaze asked him if he knew the location. Molewhisker soon spoke.
"First baggage car, we need to flush Bumblestripe into the open." Molewhisker told them. Molewhisker soon shoved them all out of the way as he wanted to contact Brackenfur about the news. Lionblaze soon turned to the passengers.
"Everyone, be prepared to move around the train in groups or in pairs. If something does happen than someone can raise the alarm. On no account should anyone on this train should be left alone." Lionblaze instructed the passengers. Bumblestripe was watching this as he knew that Lionblaze was making their job harder for them. He soon walked off as he still wanted to keep the suspicion of the train high but he knew he had to this in a much more devious fashion.
Brackenfur was buzzing for a good signal as Molewhisker barged in on the car as he was frantic. He soon ran to Brackenfur.
"Brackenfur, we need to make Lionblaze's job easier as everything is falling apart. Passengers are afraid of what happens next. Seeing how we can't function together, means we need to call in the guards at one of the outposts if they are willing to come to our assistance. We need to do this right away." Molewhisker told Brackenfur as he wanted to get the message out as fast as possible. Molewhisker soon pushed all the current messages away as he wanted to get the message out as fast as will beep. Brackenfur needed to buzz it in as he was wondering what to say.
"What should I say?" Brackenfur asked him. Molewhisker turned to him as he was slowly losing his temper.
"Buzz in it's an emergency and you need the guards on the train to help solve this asap. I don't want another passenger to die or get injured." Molewhisker told him as Brackenfur nervously began to slowly put in the message as Molewhisker made sure that the message had no errors and it had to be perfect and to the point. Molewhisker soon slammed down the send command to the message as it was being sent out to all the outposts within a 10 mile radius. The train was moving slow enough for the passengers to pick up the message. Molewhisker knew he was calling in the big guards.
Meanwhile at an outpost farther down the line the buzzing was heard as the message was being buzzed in. The outpost was a small snow encrusted hut as it was home to a messenger to help direct trains along. And in this hut an elderly tom cat was starting to get the message through as the message was being typed out. In the hut were several tom cats that were stationed there as they were polishing their Mosin Nagant carbines with no barrel from the wood. They were soon loading the rifles up with their rounds as one cat was prepping a Nagant revolver up with 7 shots. The elderly tom looked at them as his face was covered in dark gray fur. He was beginning to read the message as he had trouble reading it.
"Hey there can one of you pass me my reading glasses?" The old tom asked his friend. He soon handed him his circular style glasses as the tom gingerly puts them on. He soon looked at the message as he began to read it out loud. "It says: From Brackenfur to anyone. The Trans-Siberian train No. 1 from Valdivostok to St. Petersburg is in trouble. We are under attack by three cats with several robberies, two attacks and one murder. We need help! Send your guards at the outpost you have on the train as soon as it arrives." He soon ripped off the ends of the message as he outlined the message. A huge tabby tom walked over to him as he began to read the message.
"We got the news of a cross country passenger train in trouble. When will it arrive?" He asked as he nearly shoved the whip in front of his face. The tom shoved the whip from his face as he soon got out his watch as he began to calculate when the message was sent and how much time as passed. He would make the estimate on how far they would be.
"The train should be arriving… at this outpost in… 10 minutes." The gray tom responded as he was setting his watch for the tick down time on when the train will arrive. A voice was coming from the blankets as it was clear that the message was getting passed around.
"10 minutes?" He asked from the blankets. The elderly tom turned to him as his eyes were sagging. He wanted to be formal for his leader.
"Yes your honor; that is what the message that Brackenfur sent out to us." The elderly gray tom hoarsely mewed as the blankets soon moved. A huge, muscular brown tom with black patches dressed in a Cossack leader uniform came to life. It was red, black and gold with a similar pattern to Tigerstar's coat but with a noticeable different pattern. "The telegraph has told us to be ready for us Kazan." Kazan looked at the tom as he was getting himself ready for the journey out.
"The telegraph is right, little father. Starclan would call upon me to make sure that the train will run smoothly. Tell your little train crew that help is on the way. On your paws everyone, outside full pack!" Kazan ordered as he wanted to get his troops ready. The cats that were stationed with him got up as they got their rifles ready and put them behind their backs. They went to go get their uniforms ready. They soon opened their closets as they began to get them on. Kazan soon gets up as he went to prepare himself.
"Your honor, do you know what you're up against?" The gray tom asked him as he was wondering what he is getting himself in. Kazan poured himself a shot of vodka as he soon decided to give himself something to drink.
"I know what I am against Papa. I've handled crooks, I've handled criminals. This is no different. I promise when I reach the next outpost or station I'll contact you as I will believe to tell you that I am still alive." Kazan responded as he soon grabbed the dragger that he used to attack the criminals riding along the train. He grabbed the revolver as it was loaded. He was one with 9 other followers behind him. The gray tom looked at him as he puts the cup down. "Stay behind to contact those on the train that I am coming and when I come, they can put their troubles behind them. When Kazan boards this train, this Cossack will scare these criminals straight as they would have to have to lay down and surrender. He soon polished his glasses as he scooted him to the telegraphing machine. "Tell him we are ready and waiting for when they arrive." The old tom began buzzing away as he wanted to say that help was ready and waiting for them.
Looks like there is some hope to all of this.
[A/N]: Two chapters out for today and there is help coming with some Cossacks. Will they be able to find the remaining criminals or will they outsmart the local guards?
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