A Redemption of Sorts
Chapter 10
As dawn spread its light over the land of Mossflower, the two searat siblings had arrived back at the great redstone structure of Redwall Abbey. Rogue recognized the two squirrel-shaped beings patrolling the wall top as Oak Tom and Rufe Brush and their sharp eyes had spotted them,
"Halt vermin, speak your peace before I let daylight through your worthless hide!" Oak Tom snarled, shaking his spear menacingly.
They had not recognized Rogue, how could they, her face was a bloody beaten mess and with Scurge standing besides her, so obviously a searat, didn't help. Rogue began yelling, before Tom could make good of his threat.
"Tis me! Tis Rogue! Yer matey! Rogue!" Her voice was still hoarse from Hades strangling her, "Put them pointy sticks down, mates, tis only Rogue... an' Scurge! E's me brother! But don't worry e's 'armless! Wouldn't 'urt a fly! Would ye?"
She kicked Scurge in the footpaw and he grinned, wincing.
"Wot? Er... No." He laughed, "Course not!"
"Rogue! How did you escape?" Rufe called.
"Tis a long story, matey, let us in an' I'll tell yer all about it!" Rogue yelled back.
The two warrior squirrels exchanged glances before Rufe ran off to open the gate.
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"Blaggut."
Blaggut raised his puffy tear-streaked face from his pillow. "Father H'Abbot." He croaked, wiping watery bloodshot eyes and runny nose on his sleeve.
Saxtus stood in the Infirmary doorway, smiling softly, "Blaggut, there's somebeast here who wants to see you."
"Oh," Blaggut shifted to the side of the bed, "'Ho?"
Saxtus moved aside and another beast stepped into the doorway,
"Me, yer big lug!" Her voice was rasped, but familiar with its rough corsair accent.
Blaggut stood up, eyes wide and mouth open.
Through the slashes, dried blood, black eye and broken nose, was his matey, Rogue.
"Miss me?" She grinned with a split lip.
"Rogue!" Blaggut ran over to the female searat, scooping her up in a bone- breaking embrace and began bawling, "Oh, Rogue! Matey! I thought I'd never see yer agin..."
"Easy Blaggy, easy, yer breakin' me back." Rogue gasped, her own happy tears springing into her eyes.
Blaggut stopped squeezing her and hesitantly released his friend, not wanting to let her go.
"Sorry mate." He mumbled. Rogue laughed, jumping up and wrapping her arms around the big former searat turned boat builder's neck, laughing as the tears poured down her face.
"I missed yew too, Blaggy."
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Sorry 'bout the wait, mateys, I had the cursed writer's block! Damn it to Hellgates!!! More soon, mates!
As dawn spread its light over the land of Mossflower, the two searat siblings had arrived back at the great redstone structure of Redwall Abbey. Rogue recognized the two squirrel-shaped beings patrolling the wall top as Oak Tom and Rufe Brush and their sharp eyes had spotted them,
"Halt vermin, speak your peace before I let daylight through your worthless hide!" Oak Tom snarled, shaking his spear menacingly.
They had not recognized Rogue, how could they, her face was a bloody beaten mess and with Scurge standing besides her, so obviously a searat, didn't help. Rogue began yelling, before Tom could make good of his threat.
"Tis me! Tis Rogue! Yer matey! Rogue!" Her voice was still hoarse from Hades strangling her, "Put them pointy sticks down, mates, tis only Rogue... an' Scurge! E's me brother! But don't worry e's 'armless! Wouldn't 'urt a fly! Would ye?"
She kicked Scurge in the footpaw and he grinned, wincing.
"Wot? Er... No." He laughed, "Course not!"
"Rogue! How did you escape?" Rufe called.
"Tis a long story, matey, let us in an' I'll tell yer all about it!" Rogue yelled back.
The two warrior squirrels exchanged glances before Rufe ran off to open the gate.
~
"Blaggut."
Blaggut raised his puffy tear-streaked face from his pillow. "Father H'Abbot." He croaked, wiping watery bloodshot eyes and runny nose on his sleeve.
Saxtus stood in the Infirmary doorway, smiling softly, "Blaggut, there's somebeast here who wants to see you."
"Oh," Blaggut shifted to the side of the bed, "'Ho?"
Saxtus moved aside and another beast stepped into the doorway,
"Me, yer big lug!" Her voice was rasped, but familiar with its rough corsair accent.
Blaggut stood up, eyes wide and mouth open.
Through the slashes, dried blood, black eye and broken nose, was his matey, Rogue.
"Miss me?" She grinned with a split lip.
"Rogue!" Blaggut ran over to the female searat, scooping her up in a bone- breaking embrace and began bawling, "Oh, Rogue! Matey! I thought I'd never see yer agin..."
"Easy Blaggy, easy, yer breakin' me back." Rogue gasped, her own happy tears springing into her eyes.
Blaggut stopped squeezing her and hesitantly released his friend, not wanting to let her go.
"Sorry mate." He mumbled. Rogue laughed, jumping up and wrapping her arms around the big former searat turned boat builder's neck, laughing as the tears poured down her face.
"I missed yew too, Blaggy."
~
Sorry 'bout the wait, mateys, I had the cursed writer's block! Damn it to Hellgates!!! More soon, mates!