The Final Escape of the Tortured Servant
Chapter 8
Liontail freed
Liontail's POV
Gingerstar14: Things will get different, but I'm gonna have a major torture chapter soon! And don't forget, Angelfang is still watching Knife...
I didn't know what was happening. First there were all these evil cats, and then--and then!... the other she-cat called Teshika started to torture Honeypaw. I could barely breathe with the shock.
I looked over at Hollyfrost. Blood was still running from her belly wound, and her gaze was filled with pain, and shock and, --was it?--uncertainty. I was so shocked, and when Teshika left Honeypaw and tugged on my tail, I mewled like a kit. She just laughed, and Midnight lumbered over to me and jabbed a claw into my side.
I struggled to get away, but then Teshika, Leopard, Midnight and Rip tugged on my legs, all at the same time, and I heard four loud POPS!, all in perfect recession. I fell to the ground in spasms of pain. The last thing I knew before I blacked out was seeing Hollyfrost staring at me in shock and hearing the evil laughter of the other cats.
Knife's POV
After a good nap, I went slowly out of my den. I stretched, the scars on my side still burned a little. Foxdung would pay for what those stange cats did. To make it worse, my fight with the ThunderClan cats had added to the scars. I was about to go get some prey when Teshika walked up to me, leaving Liontail where he lay next to Hollyfrost. "Hey, do you want to know the perfect torture method?" she asked.
"S-sure." I replied shakily.
"Come into the forest with me, it's a plant." She purred. I grinned evilly and followed her out of camp. We walked for a while, then she stopped and began to sniff the ground. She walked over to a bush, then stopped. "This is it. The humans call it a pepper. They're extremely hot." She told me. Then, I remembered that hotness that Thunderslash and Angelfang had given me, was it a pepper?
"Perfect." I purred. We grabbed the brances that they were hanging off of and yanked them off, not wanting to get the peppers in our mouths. As I was walking back with Teshika,I saw amber eyes watching from the shadows. They seemed to gleem with joy.
But farther along, two pairs of eyes burned, and my fur shook as I recognized Angelfang and Thunderlash. What would they do now that we captured the ThunderClanners too?
Back at camp, I decided not to waste any peppers on the others, and save them for Foxdung. She was crouched in her nest, and I shoved a pepper toward her. "Eat it!" I commanded. I watched with joy as she took a small bite, then let out a screech of pain.
"Water!" She yowled, and dug up her nest with her claws. I watched for a long time, until her yowls faded into whimpers. Then I looked around and smiled as I saw Teshika pad over to Jayfeather.
Teshika's POV
When Jayfeather returned with Talon, I padded over to him, and sunk my claws into his shoulders for absolutely no reason at all. Jayfeather winced with the sharp pain, but he did something that I would never have expected from a blind cat his size. Nor any cat in the world.
"Er, Teshika," he began. "Don't interrupt me, but I believe that if a medicine cat gets injured or falls ill they cannot help the Clan, correct?" I nodded, slowly. What was he getting at here? "So therefore, you cannot hurt me, and I need to eat regularly, or else I cannot heal you or seek guidance from the stars, or you will be seriously disadvantaged." He stood upright, and then announced, "So, therefore, I must become a non-tortured member of your group!" Then he added, "If you let one of my siblings go."
I thought for a moment, then said, "You can have Liontail. Hollyfrost will be fun to torture." I saw Liontail sigh with relief, and then look over at his sister, alarmed, as she opened her eyes wide in shock and horror.
Jayfeather dipped his head politely. "Thank you," he murmured. "That was all I needed to know."
Just then, Knife padded over to him. "You can become a privileged member of the Clan, on one condition," he warned.
Jayfeather looked at him, surprised. "Yes?" he asked smoothly. "I'm curious; what is it?"
"That you hunt for yourself," Knife announced.
"Can do," Jayfeather said, and nodded. I, on the other paw, sighed. 'What are we getting ourselves into?' I wondered.
