Yay! I finally got around to writing more! Oh, and…HAPPY SUMMER!

"So now you want to fight…" Scourge growled, his eyes chips of ice. Bone looked taken aback by this.

"No…" He said uneasily. "It's just…I understand how you feel. I, too, escaped from Twolegs long ago and even murdered a former alley cat apart of this group." He sighed.

Scourge meowed. "Interesting. But what do you want with me?"

Bone's eyes strayed to the unmoving body of the former leader. He padded over to it and plopped himself down, beginning to work his claws around the teeth in the open mouth of Hawk. With some effort, he yanked one out and the spot where it once was trickled blood.

Scourge watched as Bone stuck the tooth on his collar. "I was wondering if we could…how you say…join forces?"

Scourge flattened his ears. He hadn't expected this to happen at all. Yet, there was something deep inside this cat that spoke out to him and he felt this cat was going to be with him for a long time if they joined now.

"I want to see you fight." Scourge said simply.

"If we join, you will see much of that." Bone replied.

"Why do you want to join with me?" Scourge asked. "What about your clan of alley cats?

"They can hardly call themselves a clan. Everyone is pretty much on their own…they all just looked to Hawk, since he was the strongest, as their leader." Bone shrugged and his eyes glimmered. "I believe we would make a good team."

Scourge stared at the ground blankly as Bone kneaded his paws on the ground, wondering what the black cat was thinking.

Then Scourge locked Bone in his gaze and motioned to come near him with his tail. The huge tabby stepped over and the black cat meowed. "I believe…you will need more than just one tooth on your collar."

Bone bowed his head again. "Yes. I cannot believe that we are a team now. What should we do first?"

Scourge could feel his heart pounding with excitement. "Recruit more cats." He said in a hoarse whisper. "Recruit more and then we shall have a real clan. No cat will be a mere alley cat when they are with us. They will be strong and they will be apart of a great group."

Bone was beginning to get excited too, although doubts tugged at his heart. "What if nobody joins? And where will we go? We won't stay in this alley…will we?"

Scourge's eyes narrowed. "Many cats will join. If not, their lives will be in danger." Scourge thought about a place to stay. "Once we have many more cats with us from town, we will travel and search for a place to stay. And if we find a better one…we shall take it. Even if a Twoleg were to try and stop us."

"Of course. I will start my first assignment now, my leader." Bone stood up and began to race away. Then he halted and turned around. "Scourge…" He meowed, eyes wide. "What should I tell the other cats we call ourselves?"

Scourge's gaze swept to the forgotten body of Hawk. "Bloodclan." He whispered.