Chapter 28

It was as if I was back where this all started, me lying on the ground, a big headache, but no drizzle. I tried to lift my hand to scratch my head, but I couldn't raise them up. Looking down I see that there are manacles preventing me from raising my arms up. Looking about I see that Glen and the others are in a similar predicament. There's ample light, considering that it looks a lot like a wooden cage, there was no immediate signs of captors. My legs were free, but with such short chains holding down my arms, there was no need. Seeing that there was nothing better to do, I closed my eyes and took a nap.

Voices! I could hear some voices of somebeast that was not in the group I was in. Opening my eyes, I could see the silhouette of somebeast outside of the cage, but I couldn't tell what kind of creature it was, it saw me looking and hurried away to where my sight couldn't follow. After some muted conversation, another much larger creature came into view, whatever kind of creature this was, and it was huge. It seemed to be looking right at me. I tried to put myself into a sitting position, when the shadow nodded and then, something hit me in the head and I was knocked out again. I don't know if I awoke a few hours later or a day later, but when I came to, the rest where awake and looking about. I looked around for Glen; after all, she is the expedition leader still. "Glen? You awake?"

There was a murmur amongst the other captives and then Glen finally spoke up, "Yes, who said that?"

"Wyatt."

"Oh; what is it?"

"Do you know what's going on?"

'Well Wyatt, it seems that we've been knocked out, chained, and put in a cage. Now as to who has us in this cage, I don't know, but maybe whoever's outside of this cage right now could answer that."

I looked around, and once again I could see one of the smaller shadows outside of the cage. I wondered what it was or if it was friendly or not. There is only one thing to do. "Hello? Is anyone out there?"

The shadow never spoke, it went out of sight again and returned with the larger shadow, and the two seemed to be talking to each other, whatever it was seemed to be talking about something related to the prisoners in the cage, I just hope they're friendly.

Abbess Birch was at the gate, listening to those who escaped the ambush and was concerned with what she was hearing. "Do you know if they were killed or not?"

One otter shook his head. "We don't know, argh, if only we stayed to help out!"

"It's alright, nobeast blames you for what happened, but can you tell me what creatures ambushed them?"

"Yes, they were hares, and a badger!"

While that was happening, Glen was taken from the cage; she was gone for a long time but she was finally returned. Before I could ask her what happened, a squirrel asked her first. "Glen, what happened, who's got us captive?"

Glen shook her head. "Sorry Rowan, but it seems that they want to speak to every one of us one at a time."

I intervened, "Who Glen?"

Glen sighed, "A badger, son of the badger Lord of Salamandastron!"