Love me dead; -Closed-

Briar cuffed Bronco's ear rolling his eyes "Sheesh or you'll scare all the prey straight to the mountains." He muttered in his ears and Blanco calmed down following Briar as he padded into the forest. "First rule sniff the air carefully for anything that doesn't smell like the trees." He said and Bronco nodded taking deep breath panting slightly as he smelled a couple voles. He looked at Bay winking as he got into a hunter crouch moving slowly towards it not saying a word. He smiled and tracked one of the voles leaping at it and catching it off guard "For you Bay." He said dropping it at her feet.

He nodded nosing it closer to her smiling slightly. "We'll get ourselves a little something than we'll go back to the group and get settled down for the night. Do your thing Bronco." He winked at Bronco and launched himself up into a tree lashing his tail as Bronco squeaked loudly and a lapwing flew from the trees. Briar leapt at it catching it mid-air and dragged it the ground. He smiled and picked up the lapwing and Bronco followed toddling behind him as he trotted back to camp.

"You seem a little lost." He commented laying down and set his bird down. He nosed the feathers away and took a small piece and have it Bronco. He reappeared this several times before he started to eat some himself. He ate slowly looking over at Bay before going back to the bird sighing slightly. He kept eating until Glass and Berry came rushing up their tail in between their legs. "Wolf..caught..trap" Glass panted both her and Berry were bleeding and was bruised. Berry huffed panting and crouched low to the ground her eyes looking blank and distant. Glass gave deep breath and collapsed to her side flopping onto the ground her blood clumping to her fur.

Briar blinked as he watched her work quickly he was up in a flash and sprinted after her. Both for his old friend and for Bay as well but he wouldn't say it out loud. He ran quickly after the scent and blood he scrabbled through the brush until he finally caught a smell of Wolf but it was faint and was masked by something but he didn't know what. He blinked "Dogs! I smell dogs!" He said quickly.

Wolf was in his side bite marks evident on his pelt. He folded his ears back looking up at her he had a grey loop around his neck. He didn't move much keeping still so he didn't hurt himself more. He coughed weakly looking up at her blankly. Briar ignored what she said and stood next to her swiveling his ears aroun cautiously his claws extended for a fight.

Wolf coughed nodding slightly and struggled weakly as he was able to slip out of the loop. Wolf got shakily to his paws coughing slightly as he looked weakly at Bay nodding his thanks huffing as he felt fresh blood flowing from his wounds. "Sorry..." He said hoarsely folding his ears back gingerly as he leaned against Briar his eyes widening with fear and horror as he saw three large forms howling and growling as they spotted the cats. Briar lead Wolf quickly into some cover and sprang to Bay's side. "We have to stand our ground there's no way around it." He said a slight growl.

Briar gave her an understanding look. He pulled his lips back in a snarl flexing his claws folding his ears back. As he saw a dog charge at him growling and lunged at him. Briar took a deep breath an raced for the trap leaping over it slightly as heard a yelp behind him but didn't stop until he was directly beside Bay lashing his tail as he brushed pelts with here's folding his ears back.

Briar narrowed his eyes slightly "Get Wolf out of here and send some back up." He said and plunged after the dogs growling and raced between their legs darting between them his tail streaming as he took off away from Bay, wolf and the trapped dog which still struggled violently. Briar could feel its sharp breath on his heel as he kept going scrabbling away from the dogs desperately.

Rosie and three toms stood up nodding. "We're on it Glass and Berry still are out of it almost completely." Rosie said and raced out of the clearing the toms following her. Briar had managed to shake a dog but still knew the other was behind him the largest one at that. He yowled as he hit a dead end trapped between a twoleg nest and barn. The dog yelped as Rosie jumped on its back but it knocked her off and in a flash picked up Briar by the throat and shook him wildly before flinging him off to the side and growled at the battling cats.

Briar stood up ignoring the blood gushing out from his throat and charged back into the thick of the fighting animals. He growled and leapt on a dogs shoulders striking repeatedly and growling as he folded his ear snack growling as he watched the other three toms wrestling with the smaller swifter dog.