The snow storm was reduced to more than just a flurry as the buzzing of messages was coming through. Brackenfur soon turned to Molewhisker as it was clear he was beginning to walk away seeing how he was no longer needed. Brackenfur ran to Molewhisker as he had some news.
"Molewhisker? Something got through. It said they will be ready in a few minutes and will board when we arrive." Brackenfur responded. Molewhisker smiled as he knew that help was on its way. Lionblaze walked over as he went to speak with Brackenfur.
"Brackenfur what did Molewhisker do?" Lionblaze asked him as he was wondering what did that cat do to stir up so much excitement. Brackenfur turned to Lionblaze.
"Molewhisker and I called in the guards; we sure need the help though." Brackenfur responded. It was clear they needed the help on finding Dovewing.
"You did what?" Lionblaze asked him surprised. They wanted a peaceful trip but now there would be guards roaming around the car as Molewhisker had called them in. Their time was narrow.
Bumblestripe walked along as he spotted Molewhisker. He soon decided to hide as Molewhisker sat down next to Tigerstar. He began to look at them as they spoke.
"So you know who kidnapped Dovewing?" Tigerstar asked him. Molewhisker nodded as Bumblestripe continued to watch.
"Yes it must have been Bumblestripe. They know that we captured Rosepetal and held her up for questioning. He wanted revenge so he decided to capture Dovewing." Molewhisker decided to make a guess on what he know who was there. He guessed that it was Bumblestripe since there were only two cats left. Hollyleaf knew she wanted to stay hidden so she doesn't get caught. Tigerstar nodded as he knew that they needed to track down to find Hollyleaf.
"Even if we capture Bumblestripe and hold him up for questioning, we need to find Hollyleaf, capture her, and hold her up for questioning, then we'll put the three suspects off at the next station and have them tried." Tigerstar spoke. Bumblestripe continued to watch them. It was clear them that they needed to complete the gap.
Hollyleaf was watching over Dovewing as Dovewing was beginning to think on how to free herself. Hollyleaf knew there was commotion as she was free to leave her spot and investigate. Dovewing knew the rope was weak so she can undo the knot with one strong pull. She could make a break for it but it would take time. Hollyleaf looked at her as she walked over to her.
"So you think you can think you can try to escape? I see that you must be too dumb. Fluffy girl. Not even your friends will come along to try to stop you from getting your head hacked open." Hollyleaf hissed that she didn't want Dovewing to squirm free. She soon punched Dovewing hard in her mid-section. Dovewing fell as she wasn't able to comprehend the blow. "I'll see you around." Hollyleaf hissed. She soon got up and left as Dovewing knew now was the time to break free from the rope bind.
Hollyleaf was walking down the hallway of the car as Bumblestripe soon came to her from behind.
"Hollyleaf. Bumblestripe called out of her. Hollyleaf turned as she began walking along back with him. Bumblestripe soon entered the leader berth where Firestar was situated.
"You know I was wondering if we should be talking about that steel." Bumblestripe began. Hollyleaf ran back to investigate on Dovewing as Molewhisker went to go spy on them. He soon entered as Bumblestripe and Firestar were talking.
"You know this steel, what is its melting point?" Bumblestripe asked. Molewhisker soon got out his revolver as he pointed it to Bumblestripe.
"Melting point? This steel is very durable metal and what temperature you might be talking about? Firestar told him that the nickel plated chromium steel was a very durable metal and would take every high temperature to completely melt it. Bumblestripe turned to Molewhisker who was also there as he had his revolver pointed to him. Bumblestripe soon turned back as he was beginning to sweat. "What temperatures you might be referring to?"
Around 10,000 degrees Celsius." Bumblestripe decided to give a guess on how hot he might refer to. Firestar was wondering what temperature he might be referring to.
"Where in Starclan would you get such temperatures?" Firestar asked him wondering on where he might be getting such temperatures. Bumblestripe soon turned to Molewhisker as he turned his head to Firestar.
"Nowhere on this planet but maybe a star somewhere with the heat strong enough to melt the metal." Bumblestripe soon grabbed Molewhisker's gun from his paws pulling it away but it was clear that the full thing wasn't going to be complete.
The train's brakes were squealing as it was clear that the train was coming to a full stop at a small little outpost in the middle of nowhere. Bumblestripe dropped the gun as Molewhisker quickly snatched it up as it was clear that they were coming to a stop. Molewhisker decided to make a run for it to the dining car. Bumblestripe soon leaned out as he opened the curtain to the berth as it was clear they were stopping at the outpost. Molewhisker entered the dining car as Tigerstar was there.
"What is going on?" Molewhisker asked as he puts the gun away. Tigerstar didn't respond as the train slowed to a slow crawl and finally a stop. This could only be one thing.
Soon the doors to the Riverclan car slammed open as the cats from the outpost boarded. The snow was all over their paws and it was being kicked around as the cats boarded the train. The cats were dressed in a navy blue uniform with golden pads as well as red rope like structures on their heads. They had boots on their paws as there were large black fur hats on their heads. They were carrying the Mosin Nagant carbines as they marched aboard. Many of these guards were long grizzly furred as a couple of them were short furred as they were the last to board. Soon the whistle blew as the train blew the whistle as the brakes were released, the train was soon beginning to roll again as the train was off again. The train rapidly picked up speed as it soon sped off. The cats were nervous as the guards were beginning to round them up. Ivypool, Cherryfall, Poppyfrost and Alderheart decided to huddle in their berths as they knew that they were being visited. Soon a guard slammed open the door as he was holding his rifle.
"Everyone out now!" The guard ordered as the four of them ran out as the guards were rounding up the cats that were unharmed in all of the cars. All the cats were rounded up and being placed in the dining car as Molewhisker looked out as it was clear that all the cats were there as Molewhisker and Tigerster were shoved to the side by one of the guards. Ivypool felt deeply disturbed as the guards had shoved everyone out of their cabins.
"The Czar will hear about this, I'll have you sent to Siberia!" Ivypool shouted as she felt like she was ripped from her room. Captain Kazan turned to her as he wanted to respond.
"I am in Siberia." Kazan responded as his eyes were looking deeply at Ivypool.
"Sorry for her behavior sir. This is Ivypool we're looking for her sister Dovewing as she was kidnapped. We are wondering if this would lead to the kidnapper and capture the suspecting criminal." Molewhisker soon turned to Kazan. Kazan looked at him as he was holding his revolver in one paw and his vodka in the other.
"Oh I sincerely apologize sir as I didn't know you were on this case too." Kazan told Molewhisker. Molewhisker and Tigerstar looked at him as he finished his vodka.
"That's why we called you sir, we were wondering if you could help us as we don't know what kind of suspecting attack might come next when the power goes out. We have one dead and two wounded." Molewhisker told him.
"I understand, now can you point to whatever suspect you might be thinking of and we can have him removed from this train." Kazan made it simple. If Molewhisker knew who was the cause of all of this they can have the cat questioned which meant one more step closer to finding Hollyleaf. Molewhisker got out the Nagant Revolver as he pointed it to Bumblestripe.
"We caught one of his friends before and we have plans on questioning him next. She said that she was working for the boss. If we captured him then we can finally take her on alone." Molewhisker laid out the situation. Kazan nodded as he began to look around.
"Already jumping ahead and we will have this cat arrested and what did this boss look like?" Kazan was still curious about this as he twirled the revolver around in his paws.
"Long black fur, green eyes, a smile almost leaking with blood." Molewhisker gave Hollyleaf's appearance. Kazan nodded before walking over to Bumblestripe.
"You sir are under arrest!" Kazan shouted at Bumblestripe. Bumblestripe huddled into a corner as the shouting caught him off guard. "You must be working for that she cat to be honest with you. I'll have her body dumped into the river by the time we reach the next stop." Bumblestripe was trying to hide the emergency axe he decided to snatch from Hollyleaf.
"It wasn't my fault I was just roped into it!" Bumblestripe began to swear for his life. Molewhisker decided to walk to the back of the train.
"Kazan, don't believe his lies, we truly know it was him. He was playing with the lights when they were playing their tricks of the robbery and murders." Molewhisker told him as he had his paw on the light switch. He was going to demonstrate on what he had in mind. "Now watch this." Molewhisker soon decided to shut the lights off in the car as Bumblestripe knew he could rob but at this point his cover was long gone.
Molewhisker puts the lights back on as Bumblestripe didn't know where he was. He had the emergency axe out as he stumbled around looking for a way to get out. He decided to make a run for it. Bumblestripe barreled his way to the guard as he nearly sliced his face open with the blade of the axe as he wanted to run to the door. Kazan soon grabbed the dagger from its cover as he threw it at Bumblestripe. Bumblestripe whined in agony as the dagger had dug deep into his back as he felt pain all over his spine. He wanted to get out of there now. He decided to make a run out of the car knowing the end might be near. Kazan soon raised his revolver and pulled the trigger. Bang! A bullet landed into Bumblestripe's back as he continued to struggle and whine. Kazan soon fired a second shot. Bam! The second bullet also landed into his back as Bumblestripe got away but he had been seriously injured.
"He got away but I don't think we should let the passengers into the other car. That is something you should do." Molewhisker wasn't expecting Bumblestripe to have made a successful escape but he knew that he wouldn't go far. The guards would be able to finish this. One of the guards drew his saber ready to ambush him.
Bumblestripe lay bleeding all over the car. Hollyleaf soon crouched down to him as she held out her paw.
"Come to me Bumblestripe." She told him. She soon put her paw over his back as she pulled out the dagger from him. Bumblestripe whined in pain as the blood soaked dagger was pulled from him. "We don't have much time left before the hole is widened and the nest is found. If Starclan would allow this, we should move along." Hollyleaf knew it was only a matter of time before she was next.
Kazan and the others were looking at the door that Bumblestripe escaped from as he knew he wanted to protect all the passengers from further harm and danger.
"Anything, now if anything moves near that door kill it!" Kazan made the order. Tigerstar looked at him.
"What about Dovewing, won't you be able to return her if you find her?" Tigerstar asked if they were going to return her if she was found. Kazan turned to Tigerstar as fire was still burning in his eyes.
"Yes I will return your little dovey girl when we find her. All right let's move these peasants out of here! Quickly!" Kazan ordered as the guards began to shove the passengers out of the dining car. Molewhisker and Tigerstar stayed behind as they wanted to make sure everyone got out safely. One by one, the passengers were filtered out from the car as Lionblaze kept a number out for them as he helped the process by pushing the passengers along. Soon he turned to Molewhisker and Tigerstar.
"You two coming?" He asked them. Molewhisker looked at Lionblaze.
"In a moment, keep the passengers calm." Molewhisker responded as they stayed near the door. Lionblaze soon left the scene as he wanted to get out of there. The other guards withdrew as they prepared to get into firing position.
Bumblestripe looked at Hollyleaf as if he had a message in his eyes and that message was you can't save me, I'm going to die. Hollyleaf felt Bumblestripe's pulse get slower and weaker as the time would press on. Hollyleaf slowly became dizzier as he head began to slowly spin. A soft whistling sound was heard as it was clear she was the only one left. Bumblestripe's eyes began to slowly close as his life was draining from him. Hollyleaf soon fell to the floor of the car with a thud as Bumblestripe's life finally faded from his body as he bled out all over the floor of the car. Hollyleaf was out cold too as she was beginning to come back to life. Stirring slowly with hate in her eyes, she soon grabbed the emergency axe that was lying on the floor next to her as if she was being controlled on strings. Finally Hollyleaf's eyes opened and instead of being the normal green, they were now without pupils and blood red.
There was no going back for any of them now.
[A/N]: Wanted to get this done before I left for home but we got kicked out before then and I'm finishing this back at home. I had a good time in Boston and I was happy to get two chapters before then to keep your minds occupied. My feet also hurt from so much walking that I did the day previous and still hurt now. I'll get more done as this trip is going to end on a sudden note.
Rosepetal has been captured by Molewhisker and Bumblestripe is dead because of Kazan. Would Hollyleaf get her revenge or would Molewhisker be hot on her heels. Next chapter will tell you all about it. See you in the next chapter. Cheers.