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Chapter Fourteen

Claws and fangs flashed as cats smacked into one another. Hard muscles slammed against rock and bones shattered. Four massive and powerful toms fought like a pack of savage wolves. Black storm clouds quickly blocked the sun and began to pour rain from within. Cactusthron quickly found herself in a gruesome scuffle with Gorseclaw, the tom who allowed his mate to die. "You'll rot in the Dark Forest!" She snarled as she lashed her claws out and made contact with his jaw.

A shriek sounded from his mouth as his jaw snapped. Cactusthorn watched in horror as the tom's eyes widened in pain. His jaw hung onto his head, clearly broken.

"Cactusthorn, wait!" Petalbloom yowled.

Cactusthorn barely heard the she-cat as fury blinded her once more. Gorseclaw's jaw hung open, but he still fought on, clearly in severe pain. She snapped her paws under his, causing him to fall forward, slamming his face into a jutting boulder. Blood seeped from his face as Cactusthorn watched as his fell to the dusty earth. "That was for Robinwing," she hissed into the toms bloody ears.

She quickly leaped to her paws once more and charged toward Hawkpelt, who fought Briarclaw, and struggled. Cactusthron bounded to her friends side, shoving the large brown tom off her. Cactusthron lowered herself to the earth with her tail flicking. Hawkpelt leaped to her paws and hissed irritably at Briarclaw. "You're lucky if I don't kill you!" Hawkpelt snarled.

The tom's eyes flickered with hostility as he lunged for her again. Cactusthron leaped in front of Hawkpelt and slid under the tom with great effort. While under him, she thrusted her paws hard on the ground, causing him to go flying through the air. She watched as he landed hard on the ground. As he landed awkwardly on his hind legs, one snapped. The tom crumbled to the ground with pain flaring in his eyes. Hawkpelt was about to barge past her when she held her tail up. "Leave him, the way he is," Cactusthron growled.

A sudden wail sounded from behind her, she turned quickly to see Hareleap leaning over a lifeless body. Cactusthron leaned over to see bright ginger fur. Realizing quickly who it was, she bounded over with her legs feeling weak. She was right, it was her father, Fireclaw. "Fireclaw?" She whimpered.

His eyes flickered to her. "Cactusthron, you have made me very proud. Anyone would be lucky to have you as a daughter," he rasped as blood seeped from an exposed wound on his throat.

"I love you, Fireclaw," Cactusthorn's purr got caught in her throat.

She watched painfully as her fire-furred father's last breath exited his body. His usual blazing amber eyes were now dull and lifeless. Pain ebbed at Cactusthorn's heart as she saw the blood stop pumping from his neck wound. Anger suddenly flared in her chest. She glared at Hareleap, "Who did this to him?"

"Hollowstar," she whimpered as she cowered closer to his body.

Cactusthorn suddenly looked around for the heartless black tom. Her eyes flicked up on top of the Speaking Cliff, where Hollowstar battled horrifically with a dark brown tom. Darkwater.

Fear pulled at Cactusthrorns heart when she saw Darkwater's hind paws slipped off the high cliff. She gasped when he clung on by his front claws. His hind claws scraped helplessly against the jutting rock. "Darkwater!" She yowled as she began to run his way, but not fast enough.

The tom's front claws slipped and he plummeted toward the ground. His yowl made Cactusthron stop dead in her tracks. She watched horrifically as his body flung from the top. His spine smacked against a jutting rock as he flung down the cliff harder.

She leaped forward as hard as she could to reach her secret mate in time, but she was a little to late. Just in front of her muzzle, the tom landed with a thud. The echo of his muscle smacking against the ground made every hair that grew on her flesh stand. His deep, blue eyes were wide open, full of terror. His jaws were parted in a yowl. "Darkwater..." She gasped.

She knew he was no longer with her. Sorrow filled her heart, but that soon ended when Hollowstar glared over the edge of the cliff with satisfaction. He grinned such an evil grin that Cactusthorn soon bristled with irritation. "How dare you, flea bag!" She snarled a horrific snarl.

Soon, she flung herself up the rock wall. She dug her claws into the side as deep as she could. All the cats stopped and glared up at Cactusthron in shock. She ignored their gasps, specifically Petalbloom's yowl of protest. Nothing was going to stop her now.

Once she reached the top, she leaped at Hollowstar, panting. "Your worn yourself out, kit," he growled.

Suddenly, Flame appeared beside Hollowstar, with her amber eyes blazing. "The time of she-cat enslavement ends here," she whispered.

Cactusthron bunched her muscles as she prepared for the perfect leap, "I'll kill you a thousand times if I have to!"

Her claws tore through his fur. Pain surged through her paw when he realized she tore a claw, but she still fought on with claws and teeth of a LionClan warrior. She flicked her good paw across Hollowstar's face, causing his eyes to go dull, lifeless. Cactusthorn waited for the tom to come back, which he did.

Cactusthorn had it with Hollowstar, this time, he would not come back. She turned and kicked into the toms chest with her powerful hind paws. Evey muscle in her burned, especially when Hollowstar grabbed onto her hind legs with his claws. Soon, she and him clung onto the cliff. The weight of Hollowstar made it hard for her to pull herself up. "If I die, you die with me!" He snarled.

Soon, she slapped her tail into the toms face, causing him to unlatch his grip on her hind legs and plummet toward the bottom by her already dead mate. She heard the toms body slap against the ground and shortly after camp a loud crunch.

She quickly leaped down the cliff and padded toward the evil black tom. His yellow eyes were wide open. His jaws were parted in a snarl and his yellow stained teeth were dripping from his own blood. Ivory peaked from within his black pelt. Cactusthorn looked closer and saw that his neck had snapped in half completely. The bones in his neck snapped through his flesh and glistened with blood.

Cactusthron took a step back and turned toward her Clan. "Hollowstar is dead!" She yowled.

Eagletalon and Briarclaw's eyes flared with fear. They soon turned tail and limped their way out of camp. Cactusthron stared forward at Hawkpelt, who's eyes glowed at Thistlepelt. Soon, a butterfly landed on her nose. The same black and orange butterfly that landed on Splashfur and herself. "I believe Hawkpelt is meant to be leader of this Clan," Cactusthron yowled.

All the cats of RockClan yowled their agreement. Petalbloom padded up to her with her eyes blazing with anger. "You must be mouse brained," she growled.

Cactushron stared at her in shock, "What are you talking about?"

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