~A Call For Help~

Bayna looked at Cheetahbreeze, She's right, but not with my kits around. I have to stay strong for them. Her voice, however, was gruff with grief when she meowed, "I know the perfect place. It's on a hilltop surrounded by the juiciest berries and the most brilliant array of wild flowers."

Then Bayna turned to Plague, momentarily shocked to see him still with her, "Plague," She began, voice guarded because she still didn't know where her reputation lay with this cat, "I thank you for your help in the past, but you can leave if you wish. I won't forget you."

Stryka was astounded by all of the cats suddenly appearing, and was sad that daddy wouldn't be back. She wondered why he left them so suddenly...

Phyla's eyes were welling with tears. She, the more clever of the bunch, had figured out that Vyce must've died... there was no other explanation. Still, she didn't want to tell Stryka. Just let her stay thoughtful, Phyla thought.

Bayna sat, letting Cheetahbreeze go. She searched the sky, wondering if Vyce would be up there tonight. Her parents had always taught Bayna to believe in StarClan, just as she would teach her kits. Wrapping her tail around her young ones, she brought them close to her and whispered in there small fuzzy ears, "Everything will be alright." Both Phyla and Stryka snuggled into their mother. Bayna could tell by the look on Phyla's face that she knew more than Stryka did about Vyce.

"mom!" Stryka whispered as they waited for cheetahbreezes return, "I smell something funny"

Raising her head to the sky, Bayna took a deep breath and immediately it got caught in her throat, "fox!" she hissed under her breath. Turning to her kids she said. "youtwo stay put! Ill be back real quick, in fact go back to the rabbit burrow you were in earlier," she instructed before bursting off to confront the fox.

OOC: whoa... That Was one intense post...

Phyla and Stryka watched in silence as the black and whitE cat darted away. Hearing SaharahFlare yell fox, fear rippled down the kits spines, with only slight hesitation they listened to their mothers orders and flew back to the rabbit warren.

Finally Bayna reached Cheetahbreeze, "I scented fox, what's goin on?" the she saw the small cub, but another scent threaded it's way through the forest wreathing itself through the forms. There were other fox around...

Bayna's grief became momentarily forgotten as she prepared for battle. It was odd, really, how much battle exhilarated her, yet she only inflicted pain on those that had it coming for them. She may not be clan, but in the short time she was with her father, he had taught her a great deal of fighting maneuvers. Fox fighting included on that list...

Trusting in her friends strength and agility, Bayna meowed, "Try to get its belly when I distract it, I've got a plan," angling towards the fox, she practically roared a battle cry, sounding ominously like her very very distant cousin, the lion. With a strength only attained by a lifetime of practice, she aimed to land on the foxes face.

Growling with a fury, Bayna flung herself on top of the fox, digging her claws deep into its back and scratching long, deep gouges. Blood immidiately welled from the scratches and began to drip down the sides. Practically doing a flip, Bayna landed right on the foxes face, and clawed at its eyes with thorn sharp and deadly curved claws.

OOC: it's not powerplaying if i say i hurt the fox, right?

Bayna stopped her vicious clawing, only to give the fox a hard kick that had it yelping. Bayna saw the pity in Cheetahbreeze's eyes, but she had to realize that Bayna, too, was protecting her kits. And the term fox-heart didn't go around for nothing.

OOC: It's fine :-)