A/N: Now you can breathe because you're going to finally find out what has happened to Firekit….
Chapter 2: The Savior
"Firekit!" Rosepelt mewed in grief as she watched her kit being carried away while she lay wounded, tired, and unable to move on the floor of the nursery.
Soon after the badger left, Leopardspots stalked into the nursery ready to pounce on any badger that had the nerve to attack helpless kits.
"Here I…..where's Firekit?" Leopardspots meowed.
"Th..Th.. The badger! The badger took him! I..I…couldn't do anything!" Rosepelt struggled to say.
"I'll go to get him" Leopardspots volunteered. "Get Badgerstripe Mistkit, and quickly!"
So out of camp Leopardspots ran into the forest close to the lake where the last patrol had seen sightings of a badger den.
Sure enough the badgers were their pinning Firekit down with their huge paws. Firekit was in horrible condition. Clumps of fur were missing from his pelt and there was a large scratch on his muzzle that would probably leave a scar.
A/N: I'm trying not to get too gory. You can just imagine what he looks like.
His eye was bleeding and he looked horrible and his leg was torn very badly.
Quickly and quietly the deputy stalked up behind the badger. He pounced on him just before he took a bite out of Firekit's throat.
"Father!" Firekit mewed with faint breath as Leopardspots pinned the badger to the ground and bit him in the throat. But his battle was not quite over. Because just as he killed his first badger three others emerged from their den.
At first he did not think that he could manage all of them at the same time but once he started it came very easily. He knew exactly when to move and where to move without even thinking. At least until he got to last badger. The biggest badger. The badger quickly pulled down the deputy. With a lot of struggle, Leopardspots got out from under the badger's grip and struck him across the face with his claws.
As clumps of fur were removed and yelps where heard, Firekit watched in horror. But finally Leopardspots defeated the evil creature with one large blow at the throat.
Right after he defeated the badger, he took Firekit by the scruff and took him strait to camp. At camp everybody stared at Leopardspots in shock as he carried Firekit into the medicine cat's den.
Rosepelt was already in there and doing fine.
"It's good you came to him when you did" said Badgerstripe as she healed Firekit. "Because if you had gotten there any later he would be dead now. Leopardspots, you are Firestar's savior."
"I think you mean Firekit Badgerstripe." Said Leopardspots.
"No Leopardspots. I said Firestar, and that's who I meant."