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Chapter 20: The Beast
As soon as Thunderstar's eyes snapped open, he was plunged back into the battle. The Beast was lunging forward, snarling with hate and pain.
Immediately, the siblings dived to the side. Thunderstar felt filled with a new power that gave him unnatural speed and strength. He lunged in with Windstar as the Beast was going by and raked his claws down it's side. Snarling, it spun with lightning speed to match theirs and its jaws clicked together where Shadowstar's face had been moments before.
"We have to distract him so someone can get to his legs," Riverstar yowled. As they moved, matching each other pawstep for pawstep, Thunderstar realized that this was what they had learned on their journey. To work together.
Unlike his pack mates though, this wolf didn't let them near his legs. He leapt and pivoted, but he knew he had to stay on his paws.
With a flick of his tail, Thunderstar motioned for Shadowstar. The two she-cats moved back as their brothers lunged forward, shifting to each side of the Beast. Distracted, head swinging to and fro, he tried to keep his eyes on them.
Suddenly, he lunged for Thunderstar. The tom's eyes widened and he yowled in pain as a fang sliced through his shoulder, opening it to the bone. Thunderstar lunged back, leg throbbing, and inspected the wound.
Deep, but not long. When he swung back to look at his siblings, he saw Windstar snarling, dodging in and out of the big wolf's fangs as she lunged back and forth, slamming her unsheathed claws into any exposed flesh. A long, shallow, gash from the Beast, wound down her head to her shoulder.
Shadowstar and Riverstar were ripping at his sides, both bearing torn fur and flesh from his long nails. Thunderstar pounded forward, but stumbled. He could put no weight on his bad leg. He wouldn't be able to fight.
Riverstar lunged in and out of the wolf's lashing legs, biting and clawing at his side. She saw Thunderstar try to hurry forward to help them, but trip on his bad paw. He limped away, and for a moment, Riverstar thought he had gone. Then, a furious battle yowl split through the air and the gray tom landed squarely on the Beast's back.
The wolf threw his head back in pain, and Windstar lunged forward for his throat. Seeing their chance, Shadowstar and Riverstar leapt at it's back legs, tearing the tendons so the Beast's back end collapsed. In the same movement, they moved to his front paws and the rest of his body fell to the ground. Riverstar lunged to get out of the way of the massive falling body, but at the last moment, his fangs clipped her leg, tearing through skin to the bone. She yowled and broke away, scrambling on her own blood.
Windstar gagged, the taste of the Beast's blood filling her mouth. His matted fur made it almost impossible to close her mouth. The wolf writhed and twisted, jaws snapping as he tried to get at her. But she was to small.
A black shadow appeared at her side, and Shadowstar gripped the Beast's throat. Thunderstar and Riverstar followed.
Suddenly, with a muffled cry of triumph, she felt warm blood gushing into her mouth. She drew back panting, as the wolf howled in pain. The howl, though, gargled down to nothing as his blood poured onto the grass, forming a pool at Windstar's paws.
She gagged as her siblings drew back, covered in the blood of their enemy. They watched in grim silence as the wolf's spasms grew weaker and weaker and finally disappeared, his eyes glazing.
The Beast was dead.
Now they had to find Dogheart.
Short, but there. One more chapter to go. I'm not sure whether thats good or bad. I LOVED writing this story but I really want to finish it. It will be my first complete story that isnt a one-shot.