Run For It

Dinosaur looked around in the midst of all the fighting cats. He knew who he was looking for, and who amusing it would be when he found her. It was Lightningstar. He walked towards her. There were dark ones all around, but they were too busy fighting clan cats. Well, and those tribe cats, He corrected, passing four of them.

Then he reached Lightningstar and kicked as deep as he could. Lightningstar staggered back. He raised his claw to swipe across her face. That's when she launched forward, ramming her head against his neck. He stumbled back, gasping for air.

"Letting you go is clearly not a mistake I should make again." Lightningstar snarled.

"You . . . won't get . . . the chance to." Dinosaur gasped.

"Oh? We both know I'm the better fighter." She kicked out at him.

Dinosaur rolled to the side. "True, but the dark ones are going after you." He shot his paws forward at Lightningstar's feet and she fell.

She shifted to the side as he brought his paws down and kicked the side of his face. Dinosaur fell. Then she flipped to her feet and laughed. "The dark ones don't have a preference. They're as likely to kill you as me. And I have nine lives."

She was hovering over him now. Then he saw who was behind Lightningstar. Dinosaur smiled. "Maybe. But I have something you don't."

Lightningstar shoved her claws into his neck. "And what might that be?"

Before she could get her claws in far enough to do serious damage, Death Trap hit her over the head with a rock. "ME!" she snarled. Then she shoved her claws into Lightningstar. Lightningstar jerked around, kicking her legs around a little, then was still.

Dinosaur got up. "Death Trap, I'm so-" he stopped when he saw her wound. "What happened?"

"Go now. Explain later." Was all she said. Then she ran off. Dinosaur followed.

Dragonflame dove under water. She was so determined to Eclipsepelt. However she must have over shot him, because she reached the bottom of the lake. It wasn't extremely deep where she was. She kicked her paws around, trying to find Eclipsepelt. She didn't find him. But she did find someone else. Someone who had been dead so long all that was left her bones, and not very solid ones at that.

Dragonflame let out a scream. At least she tried to. Once she opened her mouth water came flooding in and she started to go back up. That's when her head hit fur, familiar fur. She bit into it and dragged Eclipsepelt out.

She managed to lift them both out of the water for a second but fell back down. It was hard to keep Eclipsepelt out of the water. Giving herself a shove, she bounced back up and let go of Eclipsepelt, dropping him onto the half bridge.

Dragonflame fell back down, but without Eclipsepelt she could easily swim back to the surface and onto half bridge. She sat gasping for a little. Then she turned to Eclipsepelt. He wasn't moving.

"No." Dragonflame said softly. Then she shouted. "No! Eclipsepelt you can't die!" she shoved at his chest with really thinking, and water came out and he gasped in air.

Dragonflame let out a breath of relief, but the relief was short lived. "What are you doing?" Eclipsepelt asked.

"What I was doing, was saving you." She replied. "Has it occurred whatever's happened to you, has happened to Moonstar too? What do you think will happen to her if you die?!" her voice softened when she next spoke, "What do you think will happen to me?"

"Moonstar has nine lives, she'll die after me anyway, and she'll be too busy with her leader duties to let it bother her. As for you, you'll go back to Death Trap and Dinosaur and find new cats to try to kill." He said in disgust.

"No! I don't want anything to do with Death Trap! You saw how I reacted when she showed up. Surely you realize-" She got cut off, but Death Trap herself.

"Dragon, how nice it is to see you." Dragonflame spun around, looking like cats used to when they a monster was coming towards them. Death Trap tilted her head. "What's wrong hmm? Tom problems?"

Dragonflame struggled to find an answer. Eclipsepelt brushed her foot with his tail. It gave her just a bit more confidence. "What's wrong with you? Frontal wounds do not do you." She shot back, though she still sounded scared.

Death Trap frowned, and her killing side shone through her eyes. "No, it doesn't. But it will work well for you." Then she launched herself and Dragonflame.

Eclipsepelt tried to help only to be intercepted by Dinosaur. For a while the four fought. It started off as Death Trap versus and Dragonflame and Eclipsepelt versus Dinosaur, but Dinosaur was a horrible fighter and Death Trap was a great one, so things rotated a bit.

If everyone had been in great condition, the fight would've been even. But as it was Eclipsepelt was weak from nearly drowning. Dinosaur shoved him with all his strength and Eclipsepelt fell back off the half bridge. "No!" Dragonflame shouted.

She tried to go after him, but Death Trap pounced on her. "Oh no you don't." she growled.

But Eclipsepelt wasn't the only in a weakened condition. Dragonflame lashed her claws out into Death Trap's already existing wounds. Death Trap yowled and fell back. Dragonflame shot out. She knocked Dinosaur off his feet and ran to the end of half bridge. She didn't see him. "Eclipsepelt? Eclipsepelt!" Eclipsepelt bobbed back above the water. Dragonflame grabbed him and pulled.

Dinosaur, not noticing, crept back up behind her. She pretended not to notice him until the last minute. Then she spun around and, taking him off his guard, knocked him to the ground. "Death Trap! Help!" Dinosaur cried. Eclipsepelt, who was already partially back on half bridge, climbed the rest of the way up at that moment.

Death Trap trapped smiled cruelly, and for just a second Dragonflame felt bad for him. "Oh Dinosaur," Death Trap cooed, "I was going to kill you eventually." Then she turned and walked off.

Dragonflame and Eclipsepelt looked at each other. Eclipsepelt gave a nod and Dragonflame killed Dinosaur.