Chapter 14: Courtroom with...Pigeons?
Third person's POV
Meanwhile back with Silverwing colony none of Marina, Ashlie, and Shade knew their way ahead of them. The Silverwings keep on moving down further south above the forest, where they made it through the storm all safe thanks to the lighthouse they roosted a day ago.
Frieda glances back at Ariel while leading the colony and sees her still looking around for Shade and Ashlie. She sighed silently shake her head after Ariel looks for them. Then Mercury flew by her as she glances at him.
"Any sign of them?" She asked, hopefully.
"I'm sorry Ariel, nothing." He replied sadly, She watches him soared on with the others and looks down with her heart heavy.
"For your own good you should forget about your boy," Ariel turns and sees Bathsheba flying by her. "There's no way he survived that storm. And the same for that furless, she won't make it alive."
"You're wrong, they're still out there." Ariel retorted, having some hope in her voice despite she can't find them and gaze out in the night sky. "I can feel it."
Bathsheba hummed. "A mother's faith. Touching but foolish." Ariel was about to say something back but Frieda came by as if she was hearing them and flew between them.
"We must continue on to the cathedral towers where we can wait one more night, together." She said. Bathsheba frowned at her but Ariel, however, smiles at her in generous.
"As an elder, you have to think about what is best for the entire colony," She reminded her while looking back at the colony.
"We are way ahead of schedule we can afford an extra time in the city." Frieda smiled at Ariel after she spoke.
"Fine," Bathsheba growled. "But if he doesn't show up by then we move on." With that, she flew ahead leaving two bats behind.
Ariel sighed and looked at the leader," Thank you, Frieda,"
"I think your faith in Shade and Ashley is well placed. But Ariel," She gives her a warning look. "A word of cautions, watch what you say to Bathsheba." Ariel glance at her for a second and nodded understanding.
She continues to fly along the silverwings while she keeps searching for her son and his friend.
Ashlie's POV
Shade Marina and I manage to make it through the city where I can hear cars honking their horns, siren's wailing and the building were bright even down below with lamps. We swopped down and explore a bit around and were right by the glass building with our reflection showing.
"Ah this is so cool!" Shade grinned.
I chuckled." Yeah, it's kinda cool." I looked back and then saw my human self holding on to Marina's feet. I sighed heavily can't stop thinking about what the words those graywings say to me that were hurtful. I wish I was turned into a bat instead of shrinking...
"Guys I know it looks amazing but we need to stay focus and find your tower," Marina said. I nodded and look at my surroundings to find the tower that Shade described. Then I notice when we pass the ally I saw something large in the dark. I gasp and looked again. It wasn't there anymore.
"That was weird.." I muttered.
"What Ash?" Marina asked.
"Oh nothing, I thought I saw something..it was huge. Probably a rat." I replied. She shrugged and we kept on looking around for Shade's tower.
"There's on over there," Shade called out and flew passed us. We followed him to where he found the tower until we found a giant clock tower. I saw it was getting close to ten pm. We landed above the clock on the wood while Marina landed me before she did by me.
"Ah finally," She sighed. Shade apparently looked around and looked unsure.
"Um I don't think this is the tower."
"Sure it is," Marina said, want to believe it is so we won't fly more.
"But it doesn't have a cross," He said. We all looked up and saw it was just a one originally point.
My eyes lit up. "Oh, your talking about the Cathedral?" They both look at me funny.
"A what..?" Shade asked.
"A Cathedral, its a church where my kinds go to praise our God," I explained. " And just like the clock tower, they ring the bell to give the people a final warning the worship is going to start.."Before I can say more the clock tower made a loud chime that made Shade and Marina flew out from their landing. I yelped and sat down covering my ears to protect my eardrums.
"Dammit!" I moaned. Marina and Shade flew up and landed while he landed by me.
"This isn't it,"
"Then where is it? honestly Shade I feel like doing all the work," Marina complained.
"What did you say, Marina?" I asked, due to that stupid bell I can barely hear my surrounding. Shade ignore my question instead of felt offended glaring at her.
"You're doing all the work? It's my sound map." He protested. That's just.."
"Stinks!" I burst out. Shade looked at me funny and shook his head.
"That's not what I was going to say,"
"What? No, really something smells," I winch my nose and use my finger to cover my nose. Shade and Marina both sniffed around and winch as I did.
"Aw pu." Shade moaned, holding his nose. Your right it smells like..owls,"
"What? It smells like opal?" I asked, trying to hear. All of sudden before I can blink two wings appeared and snatched Marina and Shade.
"GUYS!" I screamed when another one came out and grabbed me and jerk me inside the clock tower. Inside the tower was dark and smelly as we were thrown down on the ground and were pinned by…pigeons?
No wonder this place smells awful, it has many pigeon poop everywhere. The stench makes me gag a bit of how close it was. I gulped how many pigeons including the ones that were pinning us giving us an death glare as if we did something terrible.
"What are we going to do Marina?" Shade cried.
"I don't know," She answered.
"Guys calm down we can talk them out.." I yelped in pain when my captive grabbed my hair with his beak and dragged me by where Shade and Marina were and drop me once more pinning me with his feet.
"Captain, here are two regenerators that kill our friend." One of the pigeons announced. One of the pigeons swopped down as I can tell it was their captain. The rest of them cooed while he studies us.
"Silence! Give me more light." He ordered. One of them went over to the paper to pull a smug for the light to come in to help him look at us better. He pulls Shade's hair with his beak and slaps Marina with his wings making them groan in pain. Then he turns to me and his eyes lit up but frowned.
"Higgled, come forward." With that, a pigeon appeared and I realized it got a bad scratch on his neck, and look frightened. He looked at us for a second and shook his head.
T-these aren't the ones..and the small human wasn't with them.." He answered while looking surprised to see me. He turns to his captain. "I-I told you there were huge."
Huge? I thought to manage to hear more.
"Are you sure, tech what I'm saying you're never sure." The captain rolled his eyes of his story.
Higlend quivered. " If the giant bats come back their wings..?
"Enough!" His captain silenced him.
"Ashlie,what are they talking about?" Shade whispered to me.
"I have no idea," I whispered back.
"Silence!" My captive snapped, tighten me and Shade while I grunted. The captain sends Higlend out and turns to me,
"You human seem to be the smart one," He gives the single and my captive begins to squeeze me once more, made me cried in pain.
"W-what the hell do you want?!"
"Tell us where were you three last night?" The captain snapped.
"We were at the beach," I answered.
"Lie!" He squawked, while my captive squeeze me more and I groaned.
"Hey featherhead leave her alone!" Shade growled. The captain glances at him and was about to stomp him with his feet but one of his soldiers clears his throat.
"He's arrived, sir." All of us looked and saw Brutus stepping out of his shadow. Oh no... I tried to get out of my prison but the pigeon that held me pinned me more and I felt my lungs were being crushed by my ribs. The captain made a solute when he walked in.
He growled and notices Shade and I and came to us and stared down with his yellow eyes.
"You two!"
"Brutus!" Shade exclaimed.
"Wasn't breaking the law enough for you two? You and your colony along your furless friend are now gauratate murder?" He asked, glaring at us still. Shade and I looked at him shocked can't believe what we just heard.
"Murder? My colony will never murder!"
"They will never do such a thing!" I added.
"So you admit it was just you two and your friend?" He asked more, glancing at Marina.
"We didn't do anything!" Marina tries to help.
The captain clears his throat. "My senteret described them as giant bats. Unlike these two and small human." Brutus shook his head. "Repousus! The silverwings killed all the innocent's pigeons after our burning their tree haven.
"That's insane!" I retorted. "No bat in that size can easily kill a pigeon."
"No, but one bat perhaps but an ambush of the whole colony," He said and sighed. "Besides I heard tales of corner bats in the wilds they employ. Bat scorn will stop at nothing."
"That's the stupidest thing I ever heard!" Shade snapped.
"Shade shut up," Marina hissed.
Brutus turns to Marina before look back at him. "If I were you I would listen to your wise friend." He bends down to him and demanded. "Where are your colonies..NOW?!"
I don't know," Shade lied. He turns to Marina.
"…Why is the Brightwing the leader with these puny criminals?" He question, frowning upon us. She glances at us.
"Answer the General!" Captain ordered.
"Their not criminals!" Marina answered.
"Brutus huffed after she answered his question and paced a little. "Blech bats! Your ancestors couldn't seem to decide with and neither can you, you creatures make me sick.."
"Okay, are you listening to yourself or are you fricking deaf?" I said, couldn't help myself for him not listening.
"…Excuse me furless?" He spoke lowly.
I gulped but said more. "Is this some kind of joke, we didn't do it! My gosh, theirs no wonder why the bats didn't choose either side of birds and beasts."
"So your telling me furless these bats didn't choose any side due how coward they are?"
"No they weren't cowards!" I answered and added without thinking." They did it for their own good and I'm glad they made that choice you know why? Their smart enough not to fall under some outrageous fight for which kingdom is better. And you and the rest of the flock are nothing but a bunch of stupid birds for not seeing the right reason for this world! So why don't you just get yourself together and listen to us YOU CLOD! " After I shout I saw Shade and Marina have their mouth opened looking shocked while all the pigeons have stunned expressions.
Brutus was the one who was puffing his feather in anger and I swore I thought his face was going to turn red. He nods for my captive to let me go, I thought he was going to kick me out as I stood up.
I was dead wrong when out of nowhere he charges at me before I get a chance to run he crushed me down with his talons. I cried when I felt being compressed by his weight thinking my ribs are going to break any seconds now. Brutus leans down and hiss at me dangerously.
"If you ever insult my species again. I'll kill you." He lifts his feet up leaving me laying down while I breathed heavily with my body shaken. He ruffed his feather to cool down before turning to the Captain. "Captain, postcenteries all over the city."
"Its already been done General." He replied.
"Fine, capture and arrest all the silverwings." He declared.
"No!" Shade gasped. He ignores him as he prepares to leave.
"I'll alert the owls in the northern forest."He turns to him and added. "Oh and Captain, tortured those three prisoners until they review the colonies were about." He spread his wings and flew out of the clock tower. I gasp softly after he left.
Third Person POV
The silverwing colony had already arrived the city, not to minutes and they're heading straight for the Cathedral. However, they were almost caught by General Brutus and his owls not sure why they were in battle formation since they are already done with burning their home.
Frieda notices while they're heading straight for the cathedral she saw three pigeons on night duty, odd enough for their job at this time of night. She uses her echolocation on them and she can hear them cooing about staying alert.
"I do not like this, "She said, nervously. "We should skip this landmark and move on to the next one."
Bathsheba who was flying beside her rolled her eyes. "Don't be so dramatic Frieda they're just pigeons. So what?"
"First owl are in battle formation, now pigeons are on guard duty at night. Something is wrong." Frieda replied.
"You are the leader, do carry on but I still disagree." She took off after she spoke and Frieda glance at Ariel and spoke to her reassuring.
"Don't worry Ariel, I promise we will wait stop and wait for Shade and Ashlie later but for now we must fly on." With that Frieda lead all the colony away from the cathedral as Ariel looked at the building in anxious.
Soon when the Silverwing were flying in a different direction they didn't see two giant bats having their feast over a dead pigeon they caught. One was eating roughly and the other caught a glimpse of all silverwings passing though.
One giant bat sees what he was looking at. His emerald eyes lit up to see many bats and grinned dangerously with his sharp canine teeth. When the other giant bat walks off to finish his meal he hums while having his sharp claw on his chin.
"Oh yes, those bats would be the finest feast for our journey," He said to himself.
Ashlie's POV:
I grunted when my captive dropped me on the ground by Shade and Marina once more and was held down by their weight.
"Ash are you okay?" Shade whispered.
I nodded. "Yeah, I think so. Thank God I don't feel any ribs broken."
"That was a brave thing you did, but you need to be more careful he could've killed you." Marina hissed.
"So what? Someone needs to say it," I joked. Three of us watch the two pigeons rubbing their beak on the small wood to sharpen them. I bite my lips in scared of how their beaks are going to hurt and saw Shade and Marina have the same expression.
"What do we do guys?" Marina asked, whispering more for the pigeons not to hear.
"Get out of her as fast as possible," He answered, hissing back.
I looked over and see the hole that gives light which that got me an idea."Guys, pigeons can't see in the dark." Shade sees where I was talking about and nodded, with a smile on his face.
While his captive was sharpening his beak not paying any attention Shade use all of his strength to squirm out of his feet. But his right wing was caught in one of his claw that ripped a little made him yelled in pain.
He quickly flew over to the hole and grab the paper to cover the hole, making the room all dark again. All the pigeons squawked in startled after he has done that.
"DONT LET THE PRISONERS ESCAPED!" One screamed. Each and every pigeons were acting like their head was chopped off running around, bonking to each other or wall and flying all over the place. Marina bites her captive to let her go and she went over to me and did the same with mine captive.
"Come on lets go!" She lift herself and I grabbed her feet without hesitated.
"Way to go!" Shade congrats us.
"Let's get out of here!" I cried. We zoom up to find an exit and Shade uses his echolocation to find one. When it bounces back I can hear many of them coming in our way to block our path. We dodged to avoid their block and Shade was accidentally got hit by their wing. He flies out of the bell tower.
"SHADE!" Marina screamed. One of the pigeons almost got my feet with his beak but she lifted herself up on time and I saw the rest were gaining on us.
"SHADE, HELP US!" I shouted, panicking to see one about to take us with his feet. On cure Shade charged in and attack him creating a distraction on him. I used my foot to kick his face and Marina with me along Shade pushed him down hard on the railing. He squeaked in pain which gives us time to fly away. We move up and down to avoid more from their blocking but Shade cried in pain.
"Shade!" I said after hearing him and he slammed himself against the wall and fall on the railing. Marina and I gasped and went to where he crashed and I let go her feet.
"Are you okay?" She breathed, touching his shoulder.
He turns to us panting heavily. "Just fly!" Marina grabbed my both hands once more as we both manage to fly out of the clock tower and out into the city.
Author's Note:
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They manage to escaped from getting tortured
from the pigeons, stay tuned to find out what happen next XD
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