Hey there everyone! Sorry I haven't been posting more often but I am currently on vacation. As I said before, there is a big surprise in this chapter! :D

Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Our shadows raced through the night, whipping up stray leaves in our wake.

"Are they both crazy?" I almost yelled at Phantom who was keeping pace with me

"Well they seem crazy enough to get themselves killed!"

We continue to race through the darkness trying to catch up to them. Nighttime twolegplace was extremely dangerous. Stray dogs wandered the streets at night. If both cats had split up, there would be a good chance a dog would find one, and kill them.

My ears perked up as I heard a hiss. Phantom and I both stopped in our tracks, our eyes widened with horror.

"It's Bark!" Almost at once, Phantom ran into an alley where Bark's hiss came from

My heart was pounding. What if something had happened to him?

I raced after Phantom who had disappeared into the shadows.

Once I had reached him, his fur was bristling. In front of him, was the body of a brown tom, lying in a puddle of his own blood. His claws were outstretched like he was fending off the attacker but it showed no blood. A big bite mark was shown on his neck.

I padded forward slowly.

"Who... What did this? What happened to him?" Phantom was murmuring half to himself

I looked down at the body of Bark. The bite marks were clearly either cat or dog. It was impossible to tell because Bark's fur covered half of it. Strange though it looked as if Bark tried to fight but did no damage.

Paw steps sounded behind us. I turned my head but Phantom continued to stare at Bark's lifeless body.

"What in the name of the packs happened here?" Rogue's voice yowled

"Uh, well Bark and Blossom split up and, uh... Bark was... killed." I forced out the last word

Phantom began sobbing as he laid his head over Bark's body.

"I-I hated him but I didn't want him to die!" Phantom yowled into the cold air

Blossom's point of view

Cats gathered into the center of Wolfspirit's battle grounds. The weekly battle was canceled due to Bark's death. His body was laid under the twoleg light.

I quietly slunk into the shadows and weaved my way around everyone. I finally made it to the crates.

"Hawk... Hawk!" I whispered to my leader

Hawk's ears flicked and he turned around.

"Yes, Blossom? Do you need something?"

"Follow me." I turned around and leaped to the other side of the fence

I continued my way with Hawk at my tail to a couple of bushes beside a twoleg trench. The trench was filled with water and twoleg garbage with a few giant pipes. I turned back to Hawk.

"What is it you want?" Hawk was losing his patience and his tail was flicking.

I took a deep breath and unsheathed my claws. I lunged at the brown cat with a yowl. My claws scored deep into his shoulders. Hawk's eyes were widened and he tried to struggle free. He kicked his hind leg at my belly and I leaped back. I jumped at him and bit into his throat. Hawk gagged and thrashed wildly but he was too late. His body went limp and I released my death grip.

Blood soaked my mouth all over and my claws were deep red. I took the body and dumped it in the twoleg trench where it was hidden by the giant pipes. I began to wash my claws when I heard someone approaching.

"Murderer!" Lilac yowled at me with blazing eyes

"What did you do?"

"I was never destined to be second in command! I was meant to rule! So what if I killed him? I just made his death quicker!" I sneered at her

"Your cold blooded murderer!" She lunged at me with a yowl

I sidestepped and butted my head against her flank. She fell with a yelp and I quickly pinned her down.

"If you tell anyone what happened, your next." I pulled back a smile bearing my blood drenched teeth

"I'll let you live for now. Only because your so weak, your not worth killing." I stepped back and she struggled to her paws

I slashed out and she ran back to the lot.

I turned back to the water and stared at my reflection.

"Wolfspirit is mine. I can finally fulfill my destiny. But first, I'll have to get rid of some untrustworthy cats. Starting, with Lilac."

Author's Note:

And there is the big surprise! Blossom is evil! :) The next chapter will be all from Lilac's perspective. I will also keep trying to update faster. Stay tuned!

-Duality