Prologue
Greystripe jumped into the monster and was in the process of getting the last of the trapped cats out. Firestar showed up with his patrol; consisting of Sandstorm, Brackenfur, Dustpelt, and Mousefur. However, even with the escaped cats and the two rescue patrols, they were still outnumbered by the twolegs. Through the chaos, Firestar leaped into the truck, the last of the trapped cats had escaped, all except for Brightheart, Greystripe was struggling to get her out. Firestar approached him.
"I can't open it, it's stuck." Greystripe spoke.
"Here, let me try." Firestar meowed.
He tried to pull the latch off with his fangs, when that didn't work, he tried to push it from underneath. That didn't work either. Suddenly, Firestar got an idea.
"Quick, you push from under and I'll pull from the top." He meowed.
Greystripe nodded and started pushing while Firestar pulled again. After a few minutes, they finally got the stuck latch off and Brightheart escaped. By now, the two patrols and the escaped cats had fled. Before Firestar and Greystripe could even get out, the truck door shut, causing them to stop in their tracks. Firestar and Greystripe were terrified, Firestar leaped on to several cages until he reached the window and saw the truck was driving away, from his clan and the forest.
Leafpaw ran after the truck, horrified that her father and Greystripe were still in the truck and that they were being taken away, but it was no use. The truck was too fast and Brambleclaw stopped Leafpaw from going any further.
"It's no use, Leafpaw." He meowed.
The two patrols and the escaped cats all came out of the bushes. Everyone was in shock, horrified, and in disbelief. Sandstorm was devastated and started to cry, along with Leafpaw. Squirrelpaw comforted her mother, then was approached by Mousefur.
"Sandstorm, what do we do now?" she asked.
Sandstorm wiped away her tears and looked around. She realized that everyone was looking to her for leadership. Sandstorm could tell her clanmates were quietly asking about what to do next, Sandstorm wiped away her tears and stood up.
"Brackenfur, I'm appointing you as my deputy, until Greystripe and Firestar come back. Everyone, head back to camp. We need to gather everyone and convince the other clans to leave the forest." she ordered.
Everyone nodded and quickly raced back to camp, with Leafpaw looking back, one last time.
Meanwhile
Firestar and Greystripe were avoiding the falling cages, the bumpy road was causing the now light weight and empty cages, to fall on the two cats. Firestar and Greystripe ran to the back of the truck and leaped onto some already stacked and clustered cages to avoid any more falling cages. Firestar and Greystripe panted, then Greystripe started to panic.
"Firestar, this is bad, Thunderclan, our clanmates, Stormfur, Sandstorm, Squirrelpaw, Leafpaw, they're all on their own out there!" he meowed.
"Calm down, Greystripe, and breathe." Firestar meowed, calmly.
Greystripe started to breathe and calm down. Firestar approached the window and looked outside. The truck was driving pretty far from their home. So many thoughts were racing past Firestar, and each one was causing him to worry too. He went back to Greystripe.
"You're right, Greystripe. Our clanmates are all alone back there and we're getting farther and farther from them!" Firestar meowed, starting to panic.
"Calm down, Firestar. I'm sure there's a way out of here." he meowed, comforting his friend.
"And if there isn't?" Firestar meowed, fearfully.
Greystripe approached Firestar and sat next to him. He placed his paw on Firestar's shoulder for comfort. Firestar started to cry and both cats were wondering where the truck was taking them and if they ever got out of here, how were they ever going to get home?