The Final Escape of the Tortured Servant
Chapter 10
Traveling Now
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Hollyfrost's POV
I cowered in fear. I was trembling from head to tail. Honeypaw had saved me from a certain death by Talon, and I was grateful for that. But I had been scared. A good warrior is never scared, but, still... I was now a 'servant,' as they called it!
"Even better," Teshika had said, "as a slave. Slaves get tortured, servants don't." But the warrior code forbids this! It absolutely does! Well, now, hopefully, Liontail and Jayfeather will save us...
A dark and sinister voice seemed to whisper in the wind as I was thinking. "But it may not be soon enough..." it said.
Teshika's POV
I sat by the place where Talon's body still lay, watching as Leopard and Midnight carried it out of the camp. We had set Blue to licking it up, and she looked rather sick. It was fun to watch her be forced to lap up blood.
Knife watched on angrily as the two cats left the camp. He waited until they got back, then leaped onto the rock. I took a close look at him and saw he was trembling, and his fur was matted with dried blood. That couldn't be good.
"I have an announcement to make! Foxdung must not be tortured unless I say so. She'll still have to hunt for us, but no cat should harm her." While he spoke, he was looking desperately into the shadows. I followed his gaze, but saw nothing. Knife leaped down and shakily padded off.
"That stupid Mousebrain! Angelfang knows she can make me do whatever I want!"he raged later that night. Leopard and Rip were sitting with us, and Midnight just joined the group.
"What are you going to do?" I asked. Knife looked at me as if I were stupid.
"What would you do?" He challenged.
I flicked my tail. "For a start, fight back," His eyes widened with fury and he looked away. I watched him pad back to his nest and slump down. It was dark out now, and I padded over to my nest.
"Knife, we should start traveling in the morning if we're going to get away from ThunderClan." I called. Knife merely flicked his tail.
Knife's POV
I was in a horrible mood when I woke up. I stalked up to Hollyfrost. "Go hunt for me!" I commanded. Who said they couldn't hunt before we left, and I was the leader. Hollyfrost, trembling, nodded and rushed to obey. I settled down in my soft moss nest to wait.
"Don't forget, Knife," a voice whispered ominously out of the shadows. "Angelfang and I are still watching you, don't forget..." Suddenly a dark gray shape emerged out of the shadows, pouncing on me and pinning me down.
Angelfang, the silvery she-cat, followed soon after that, and hissed in my ear, "This is what Hollyfrost would have felt... she would have died... but you won't. But you will now feel the same way!" She ripped my belly in two, and I screamed in agony. She tugged on all my legs, and, dislocating them with a loud 'POP!' sound.
She decided out loud, "Thunderlash, shall we keep him here for a little while? We'll make the night seem like a week, which it will be in the dream world, and we'll show Knife -- no, for now, 'Dungtail,' -- how Honeypaw, Blue, and Hollyfrost will -- or already 'do' -- feel, every day of the week."
I sighed. I was evidently going to be here for a while. In pain.
Honeypaw's POV
When I woke up, I saw Knife sitting rigid in his mossy nest, his eyes glassy and staring straight ahead. He didn't look at me as I strode past, and didn't move when I flicked him with my tail. Leopard stalked over to me. "Get ready to leave. As soon as Hollyfrost gets her butt back we'll leave." I nodded.
Sitting down, I saw two cats padding smoothly towards me. I looked around, but no cat noticed. The silver she-cat put her nose on mine. It was warm and inviting. A feeling I hadn't felt since I'd met Fall. "Honeypaw, we are protecting you, watching over you."
The gray tom nodded. "Don't worry about Knife. But focus on what's important. For whether Teshika knows it or not, Death is coming, and not even ThunderClan can stop it." I froze.
"My death? Or Teshika's death?" But the cats were fading. I blinked, and Knife got up from his nest with a dreamlike slowness. He padded across the camp, still staring straight ahead. My mind was racing. Nothing that those cats had said made sense.
Knife's POV
"Let's get going!" I called. The others rose to their paws and began following me out of the camp. Hollyfrost joined us as we were exiting. I was still trembling. I would've layed there longer if the dark brown tabby tom hadn't helped me. He gave me some sort of plant and I woke up. I wondered who he was.
"Don't worry about the two demons. I'll fight them every time they try to hurt you," He had growled. I wished I could believe him. They were strong. Too strong. Leave it to Clan cats to mess things up.
