Thunders warning

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OOC: Dun-da-na-naaah! Blackpaw reenters!

IC:

Eyes wide with fear; face stung by tears and raindrops; skin spricked and scratched in a thousand different ways. That was how Blackpaw entered his own camp once again. He expected to have other cats come to him, cooing and purring, saying that he was alright, that he was safe now. Instead, a dreadful silence hung in the cold air.

The young apprentice, upset with himself for having left the battle, shakily made his way to the warriors den, where he knew his mother should have been. When he shouldered his way in past the bramble screen, nothing came into sight but long empty nests. "Mama?" he whispered, quivering from both the cold storm and the pangs of loneliness clawing at his belly. "Mama, where are you?"

Nobody answered his quiet sobs. Blackpaw knew he needed to be brave, but it was so hard! He spent a few more moments trying to collect himself, then hesitantly padded back out into the wet, muddy clearing. The fresh kill pile was soaked through, no cats lingered in the storm, and blood trickled from the entrance to Eaglestar's den.

Blackpaw started heading towards Hailmist's comforting den, but stopped short. Blood? Both fear and curiosity gripped the shaky little cat. Any other apprentice would have marched right on inside and checked out the situation, but Blackpaw? He was too afraid to even stay to watch a battle, let alone fight in it. His stomach seemed to be doing backflips and his heart pounded in his chest. He hurried to Hailmist's den. The kind, gentle medicine cat would surely know what was up.

...Right?

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As soon as Genitus was inside, the fight became more intense. Ace was doing all he could to distract the three burly tomcats left standing while his mate and friend made their get away. Then he saw them, slipping away unnoticed into the night. Ace was relieved, an so relaxed himself. Once Jack returned, the cat's would be in more trouble imaginable for allowing Xita and Ace to escape unscathed.

Ace readied himself, bunching his muscles in preparation. Then, once both of his opponents were within about two tail-lengths of him, Ace launched forward, his claws raking across the heads and backs of the tomcats before him as he flew through the damp night air.

He landed gracefully on the other side of the two cat's, and, withdrawing his claws, he raced away from the scene, leaving behind two very sorry brutes. Even as he bounded away, Ace could hear Jack and his furious screeching at the two mousebrained furballs. He chuckled slowly, then hurried back to ShadowClan, where he knew Genitus would have taken his beloved Xita.

[Chichi]

Hopepaw was rushing towards Hailmist from the medicine den with a bundle of herbs in his mouth. He collided head on with Blackpaw, herbs flying everywhere. "Blackpaw?" he asked, as he picked up herbs. "Why are you back?" Then he saw his distraught face, and the wounds on his body. It was obvious he was shellshocked. Hopepaw was suddenly all business. "Come on," he said, his voice soothing. He led him to the medicine den, and sat him down. "Rest for a bit," he said in the same calming voice. He pulled some coltsfoot off the shelves. "Here," he murmured. The apprentice was breathing short and fast, and the coltsfoot would help stimulate his breathing. He pulled off some thyme, to stop the shock. Then he pulled off two poppy seeds, which he dropped in front of him. "Eat everything but the seeds," he instructed. "Eat those only if you need them. And stay here." Then Hopepaw ran off with his herbs to Hailmist.
"Here," he meowed, thrusting them at here. "Thyme for shock, coltsfoot to stimulate breathing, poppy seeds for pain, more cobwebs just in case, mallow for broken bones, nettle for swelling, broom, also for broken bones, marigold for infection, borage in case she gets a fever, and yarrow to induce vomiting, in case she swallowed anything," he recited hoping he got everything. He anxiously played with some of the leaves before chewing some of the thyme, which he then made Xita swallow. After that he checked her wounds, feeling for the large one on the side of her head, which was definitely swollen and infected. He spread the nettle on the wound, after chewing it vigorously along with the marigold.

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Hailmist sighed that Hopepaw had come with more herbs. She would have gone some more but she didn't know exactly what Xita needed so she had stayed and was starting to check her wounds when Hopepaw came up with more herbs. When he started to apply them she was even more grateful. Well at least he is getting in more practice." Hailmist was in a state of mind where it was all about healing and getting the right medicines. She never usually stopped for little things like to see if it is someone she loves she just goes right into comiting herself to the task at paw. ((he he)) Once she saw that Hopepaw had Xita covered she checked over the other two rogues that had been supporting her. They looked fine but she never knew what there was wrong so she just let them be for now. "Hopepaw I am going to scout the camp for anymore injured, are you okay handling this?" She was going to let Hopepaw take over her job on this one she wanted to make sure that he was ready enough so that she could bring more back so that their clan was in a good shape for when they most needed it. She could only hope that things wouldn't get too much worse.

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Blackpaw nearly toppled over, the medicine cat's delightful apprentice Hopepaw having run into him. With some protest from his exhausted body, he managed to collect himself and stand up again. He noticed Hopepaw had already managed to grab his lost herbs and give the traumatized apprentice a quick check over. Dear StarClan, Blackpaw thought, either he's lightning-fast or I'm slower than a snail! Or perhaps it's both, he mused.

He let himself be led to the medicine cat's den by Hopepaw, flopping down in one of the mossy nests gratefully. He acknowledged the herbs and went to thank his saviour, but the other cat was already gone. I'm going to go with Hopepaw being super fast.
Herb by herb, Blackpaw bit, chewed, then swallowed. A couple of them were disgusting, but he wasn't one to argue. He knew that his pain would only increase without the medicinal herbs. So he sucked it up, and swallowed the last few bites, forcing them down.
"Blech!" he coughed, the tang of the coltsfoot still fresh on his tongue. He made a mental note to never need to visit the den and get any herbs ever again before proceeding to wipe the taste from his tongue with his little black paws.

Soon, he had done all he could. He figured that it was probably a good time to sleep now. He could ask questions later, once his body had had a chance to heal itself a bit. Blackpaw slid his eyes shut, but sleep would not come. No matter how hard he tried or how relaxed he made himself, he just couldn't fall asleep. But he was too tired to walk around. He opened one eye lazily, his gaze falling upon the poppy seeds Hopepaw had left for him. "Guess I could always give these a try," he muttered to himself.
He stretched his tongue out towards the seeds, licking them up and biting down hard. He felt the calm sensation he always got when he ate poppy seeds begin to wash over him almost immediately, and in minutes he was fast asleep.

OOC: I tried! But that's all I can manage for now.

[Punky]

Xita murmured Ace's name in her sleep, twinging in pain as the herbs where applied, the only thing she could think about was Ace. " Is he safe? Is he alright? Am I safe?" Xita growled a little, being a hardened rouge all your life was difficult to keep up when your in pain. She tried to recall what had happened in the cave. She remembered the great orange tom, and Ace's voice. That's all she could recall without twinging, the remembering mad her head hurt like a...like a.... Well, she'd find a word to use later. She coughed and her voice came out, as smooth and as seductive as ever " Are you done torturing me yet?" She murmured sarcastically, hearing some chuckles. She tried to move her paw, but it was numb. She was just going to have to be a good girl and take her medicine. And not play Hero-villaness for a while.

[Chichi]

Hopepaw blinked. The she-cat was moving. He immediately shoved the thyme for her. She appeared to think she was still... there. He needed to fix that. "歡迎。 你好吗? 您現在是安全的。 我是Hopepaw。 您的名字是什麼？" he asked. Translated, it meant, Welcome. How are you? You're safe now. I'm Hopepaw. What's your name? He knew some cats found it soothing, even if they did not understand the words.
The she-cat was pretty. He hoped she survived. He thrust some coltsfoot at her. He then thrust some poppy seeds, but kept them under his paw so she couldn't eat them quite yet. "Now tell me," he said, gently but urgently, "did you swallow anything? Think very carefully." He readied the yarrow.He didn't want to make her throw up.

[lusis]

Oak breathed a sigh of relief. Xita was coming too and she seemed to be in an okay mood because she was joking around with Hopepaw as he gave her the herbs. Once he thought she was a bit more steady he turned and backed away so that she was lying down on the ground instead of supporting all her weight on him and Genitus. Once she was down he went over to his mate and he nuzzled her. She looked like she was deep in thought so he stayed beside her and watched over Xita. He had admitted to himself that he still felt for Xita but it was different. He knew that Xita was like a sister to him and that she would always be.

Oak looked up and listened to the sounds of ShadowClan. It was quite except for a few sounds that you could hear of ThunderClans near by battle. He suspected that they had gotten in a few reinforcments because more ShadowClan warriors were coming back hurt. He watched as Hailmist rushed about from her den to the injured she almost completley ignored the ones that weren't has injured as bad as some other ones. In the midst of the injured Oak saw a ShadowClan warrior stumble in with a missing eye. This one Hailmist payed special attention too. Oak sighed he defiantley couldn't do that if he was medicine cat.

OOC:Not the best but it's all I can think of for right now.

[Punky]

Xita was getting anxious, her heart was racing. She stood up quickly and fell over and yelled. it hurt so much, it was incredible. " Where's Ace Where is my love?" She asked and stood up again. cursing under her breath. She tottered to her left side then righted herself, walking into the middle of the clearing she sniffed, the rain pelted her hard. Her mind was doing frantic circles around and around. She fell over with another yelp and cried out, it was too painful. He heartbeat slowed, she prayed to god and wished that Ace would come to her, to love her and to see her again.

Sorry its so short but i have to go to bed now