Zee Escapes, And Learns Depressiing News From His Old Friend(Frosted Arrow Role Play)

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        • ICLY HAPPENS 9-1-15, as rarely on so posted now****

Flowing Stream Camp

Hyde enters the camp still carrying a passed out hare, flare.

Brazeingfang exits his tent and blinks when he sees the badger and rushes over, “Hyde my friend what has happen?”

Flare groans as he starts to come more awake, whats left of his ear has caked blood on it.

Hyde speaks in his monotone voice “He’s hurt, we got away from the Frosted Arrow but they still have dad.”

Flowermist comes out and gasps; she has a healer tend to the hare as she walks over “Zee is a captive of that horrible group?”

Blazeingfang frowns and nods “It would seem so, not to worry we will get him out of the place.” He looks to Hyde, “You should rest, as for the hare he will be tended to.”

Hyde nods as he speaks; “His name is Flare” in says in his normal flat tone and goes to rest in one of the tents after Flare is taken to the healers.

--- Mean white at The Frosted Arrow----

Bora paced back and forth, he awaited the wildcat and was betting annoyed when it didn’t show up.

Zurrgg finally shows, yes he is an hour late but he showed up, “Me and my 8 men are ready, but you know that wolf chieftain is ready for any attacks now, so why bother?”

Bora answers, “Cause I want them to suffer, and the one badger and hare most likely went there, I need to show them you don’t escape from me and live very long to celebrate that as a victory.”

Zurrgg grins evilly, “Causing pain is always a past time for me, it shall me fun, we do we start?”

Bora smiles “Nightfall tonight.”

Steel had been listening and then slips off to the cell where Zee is, “Zee….”

Zee steps over to the door as he whispers, “What is it Steel?”

Steel answers, “Bora plans to attack the Flowing Stream tonight and hunt down your two friends and slay them while they are not ready”

Zee frowns and nods “Then I need out of here to warn them somehow, is there a way to do this?”

Steel think and looks around, and back to Zee “Yes, give me a couple hours’ time my friend, then I shall return” He then quickly slips off.

Zee steps back and frowns, “Stay safe” He mutters quietly.

It was a couple hours later when Steel came, and with a collar and muzzle, “I have to place them on you, I am sorry my friend, but only till we get a short distance away. I have added sleeping herbs to Bora’s food and his 2 main guards; they will be out for the next 3-4 hours, time for you to get away and go warn your friends.

Zee nods and goes ahead and lets him place the collar and muzzle on him.

Steel then leads him out of the cell and down a hallway, then goes to take him slowly away from the campsite, his ears back and he keeps a close watch out, what he is doing is betraying the others. He then undoes the muzzle and the cuffs, “Your friends left down the path to the right”

Zee works his jaw and nods; he rubs his wrists “But what of you my friend? You risk your life helping me?”

Steel shrugs “What Bora doesn’t know won’t harm me”

“No but I will” Says a voice and out of the shadows steps Zurrgg as he smirks and has his twin blades, “Hello, you seem to like the badger, that’s a mistake..” He charges at him with his twin blades.

Zee eyes go wide as he goes to push Steel out of the way of the blades, and try to avoid them himself.

Steel gasps as he is pushed out of the way and goes to shove the badger down if he is able to, but the move will also place him in harm’s way, but not as badly as before.

Zurrgg growls as the blades miss Steel and possibly the badger as well, but he is also smart and angles the blades and moves them away from each other.

Zee gets a gash on his upper arm and a cut on his snout, but avoids other more dangerous wounds as he lands on the ground a little roughly.

Steel tenses up as one of the blades enters his shoulder blade and cuts down towards his collar bone. The ground starts to turn red as he looks to Zee, “Run..”

Zurrgg growls and smirks as he sees the blood. He goes to focus on Zee and charges him, both swords drawn.

Zee barely manages to sidestep and almost tumbles backwards down the small drop off and frowns, that could hurt if he had lost his balance, he looks to Steel.

Zurrgg smirks and steps back, he then charges aiming to shove Zee off the edge while he is distracted!

Zee whoas and loses his balance, his paw reaches just out of reach and brushes the wildcats cloak as he falls. Out of sight he lands on a rotting tree and the tree turns into some sort of quick moving sled as it flies downhill quickly and the old badger instantly holds on tight and closes his eyes, he hits a couple bumps and finally slows and opens his eyes with a groan. “I’m getting to old for this insaneness..” His eyes focus and then unfocused…”Not seen you in..seasons” He then passes out.

Looking down at him is Blazeingfangs as he gasps and starts barking orders, “Wash rag! Bandages! Get him inside!” A bout 3 other wolfs go to help their chieftain as he goes to take his friend inside a tent, he looks up and frowns, sensing the fact it was sheer luck he just survived that and that something is out there or someone and he best be ready.

Meanwhile on top of the cliff Zurrgg seems very sure the old badger is dead or will die as he walks over to the dying Steel and holds his two blades, “You betrayed Bora, the price for failure is death!” He doesn’t even as for any last words he just moves both blades in lightning moves to take off his head!

Steel closes his eyes and accepts his fate, his head is removed from his body but he knows he dyed helping his friend, he only hoped his friend will be ok and get the warning to the wolfs, and if nothing else the wolfs and the escaped captives will know they may well be attacked soon.

Zurrgg kicks the body away and looks down the overhang, he doesn’t see the badger and just smirks believing him to have died and walks back to report to Bora what has happen.

But Zee is not dead and slowly wakes up in a tent and looks around.

Flare smiles and calls “He’s awake, come in here!”

Hyde is there as well and seems happy, maybe he is happy it’s hard to tell, “Father..you’re ok” He says in the ever mono-tone voice.

Blazeingfangs comes in and smiles “Zee, my old friend I was so worried, how are you feeling?”

Zee sits up and sighs” Could be better, but I am glad to have survived the, what me nephew would call epic log ride, seer luck it was there if ask me but more serious note Bora is coming and coming soon, maybe he is on his way now”

Flare frowns, “Great just what we don’t need” He looks at the wolf chieftain “Can your beasts even handle another fight so soon?”

Blazeingfangs nods “Yes, we have a warning this time, unlike last time and we have had time to recover from the last one, yes so has he but like I said we are ready this time and will not be surprised in our sleep.”

Hyde goes to stand by Zee, maybe still concerned for him even.

Zee nods, “That is good my friend” He then smiles and hugs the wolf “It is good to see you Blazeingfangs, it’s been a long time”

Blazeingfangs returns the hug “Aye, it has old friend; we catch up as we ready for a fight. But I do not think they will cause trouble tonight, but I will post watchmen.” He nods as a lone wolf goes to watch and then the chieftain heads inside motioning the others to go as well.

The friends go inside and have a simple meal as Zee speaks, “Oz is at a place called Redwall as a dibbun caretaker, he is blind now but his other senses is heightened very well. Zork has been..ill, a weak hear condition and, I do not even know if he still lives or not.”

Hyde is sleeping right now.

Flare hears and frowns, “That’s ya nephew right?”

Blazeingfangs frowns and closes his eyes as he is silent for a while and then tears form as he opens his eyes “The great maker, sent me a dream..I had thought it was you perhaps, but it was Zork. A heart stopped beating as a life force went to the forever forest.”

Zee drops his cup of tea and sits there in shock. He never questions the chieftain’s words, he knows visions hold true and sobs start to come as his body shakes with grief and the tears fall like a rainstorm.

Flare frowns, he didn’t know Zork, nor ever meet him, but Zee spoke of him often and he sighs “I am..so sorry Zee.”

Blazeingfangs lays a paw on his friend “He suffered no pain, the great maker takes us all one day, Zork's journey to him was calm.”

Zee may hear him, it’s unclear, as he for now griefs for his nephew, he frowns “And I am not there for my niece or for Oz…a time they need me most I am not there.”

Flare frowns “Well when we get done with the Frosted Arrow, your be able to get back to them, I do not think they will get upset as its Bora’s fault you are not there, not your own”

Zee does something he hasn’t in a long long time, cry himself to sleep.

The night will be calm, as will the morning but the afternoon could very well pose a threat, of the Frosted Arrow kind.