Chapter Eight: The Troops
Half way back to the Abbey, Addie and Mattimeo found Matthias.
"Jeez, Dad, it took you long enough!" Matthias ran to Mattimeo and gave him a big hug.
"Oh, Matti, we were so worried the Poisonteeth got you! Where did you go?" Matthias went from glad to disappointed.
"I saw an otter being attacked by the snake, and tried to save him. The snake dragged him off into Mossflower where he found me and I hid under a tree which is where I found Addie, and then she met this rat, and she killed him, and then we came here, and found you," Mattimeo finished, exhausted. His dad chuckled.
"Well then. Home is it?" The trio of mice headed back to Redwall. "So, Addie, you killed a rat?" Matthias whispered the question to Addie.
"It was totally an accident. I didn't mean to kill him. I was just trying to stop him from killing Mattimeo," Addie explained, fearing that she was in trouble.
" OK, see." With that the three mice walked on to Redwall.
"I will get you, micccce. You killed my besssst general. Damn you micccce, and all of your kind." The giant snake was lying next to the dead rat. "Ssssspongenossse, Thornback, over here, Disssssposssse of thissss dead creature. NOW!" Spongenose and Thornback took Ratscowl's body away from the hole. "Bring the campsssss here for the night." The weasel and stoat left to find the troops " Revenge will belong to me, Asmodeousssssss Poisssssonteeth the Ssssixth." Asmodeous laughed evilly.
"Arite, ev'ry stoat, ferret, weasel, rat, fox, or snake, follo' us to tha chife. Move 'long, men! Now!" Thornback ordered the others in the troops. Meanwhile, the chief of the troops was waiting in the little hole under the tree. Thissss placcce isss too sssssmall to hold the troopssss. Oh well, more for me. The adder thought. A few minutes later, the troops arrived.
"What took you idiotssss ssssso long?" Asmodeous snapped at the two leaders.
"Not our fault, Chife. It took them ten damn minutes to get off their asses. Tis' not our fault!" Thornback explained.
"Honestly! They didn't believe you told us to get them, Chief." Spongenose said.
"You blundering foolssss! You can't even control an army of 100 men! You two are pathetic!" With that, Asmodeous stuck out, biting the two, and killing them instantly. "That goesss to show them how to keep an army in line." Asmodeous went out to eind new captains.
"Oh Matthias! You're back! Oh, and you brought Matti with you! Oh Matti, I was so worried for you!" Cornflower hugged Mattimeo till he could hardly breathe.
"Moms worry too much," Mattimeo whispered to Addie after Cornflower let him go.
"Glad I barely remember mine!" Addie whispered back. They both started laughing. Matthias and Cornflower, seeing Mattimeo and Addie so happy, laughed too.
Half way back to the Abbey, Addie and Mattimeo found Matthias.
"Jeez, Dad, it took you long enough!" Matthias ran to Mattimeo and gave him a big hug.
"Oh, Matti, we were so worried the Poisonteeth got you! Where did you go?" Matthias went from glad to disappointed.
"I saw an otter being attacked by the snake, and tried to save him. The snake dragged him off into Mossflower where he found me and I hid under a tree which is where I found Addie, and then she met this rat, and she killed him, and then we came here, and found you," Mattimeo finished, exhausted. His dad chuckled.
"Well then. Home is it?" The trio of mice headed back to Redwall. "So, Addie, you killed a rat?" Matthias whispered the question to Addie.
"It was totally an accident. I didn't mean to kill him. I was just trying to stop him from killing Mattimeo," Addie explained, fearing that she was in trouble.
" OK, see." With that the three mice walked on to Redwall.
"I will get you, micccce. You killed my besssst general. Damn you micccce, and all of your kind." The giant snake was lying next to the dead rat. "Ssssspongenossse, Thornback, over here, Disssssposssse of thissss dead creature. NOW!" Spongenose and Thornback took Ratscowl's body away from the hole. "Bring the campsssss here for the night." The weasel and stoat left to find the troops " Revenge will belong to me, Asmodeousssssss Poisssssonteeth the Ssssixth." Asmodeous laughed evilly.
"Arite, ev'ry stoat, ferret, weasel, rat, fox, or snake, follo' us to tha chife. Move 'long, men! Now!" Thornback ordered the others in the troops. Meanwhile, the chief of the troops was waiting in the little hole under the tree. Thissss placcce isss too sssssmall to hold the troopssss. Oh well, more for me. The adder thought. A few minutes later, the troops arrived.
"What took you idiotssss ssssso long?" Asmodeous snapped at the two leaders.
"Not our fault, Chife. It took them ten damn minutes to get off their asses. Tis' not our fault!" Thornback explained.
"Honestly! They didn't believe you told us to get them, Chief." Spongenose said.
"You blundering foolssss! You can't even control an army of 100 men! You two are pathetic!" With that, Asmodeous stuck out, biting the two, and killing them instantly. "That goesss to show them how to keep an army in line." Asmodeous went out to eind new captains.
"Oh Matthias! You're back! Oh, and you brought Matti with you! Oh Matti, I was so worried for you!" Cornflower hugged Mattimeo till he could hardly breathe.
"Moms worry too much," Mattimeo whispered to Addie after Cornflower let him go.
"Glad I barely remember mine!" Addie whispered back. They both started laughing. Matthias and Cornflower, seeing Mattimeo and Addie so happy, laughed too.