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Stonestar felt his face break into a smile and he laughed a little in spite of himself. "Ok." he mewed and turned towards the entrance of the cave. His smile faltered. He still had one more thing to tell her... he was the leader! "I uh, I have one more thing to tell you--"

"There you are, my Angel." Bosco stepped out in front of the cave entrance, smirking with his mouth set in a sneer, his eyes hungry and malicious.

Abby's smile vanished, her eyes stretched wide and her body stiffened. She looked over her shoulder and began to tremble fiercely. "Bosco," she whimpered breathlessly. "How...how did you find me?" She scrambled backwards until she hit the back wall.

"I followed your trail, then recognized that tom's scent, the same scent at your log." he glared at Stonestar. "You took something that didn't bleong to you, and that was a bad idea. Come along Angel." he beckoned with his tail.

Stonestar curled his lip and stepped in front of Abby. He opened his mouth to snarl 'get out of my territory!' but was surprised when he shouted. "Get away from her!" he unsheathed his claws in the cave entrance.

Bosco snorted. "You're making a mistake. Give me my Angel, or I'll kill you where you stand."

"Get out of here before I shred you into rat nests." Stonestar hissed lividly.

Bosco smiled cruelly. "Very well." He unsheathed huge claws. "Lets hope this dosn't get too messy." he lunged and Stonestar leapt backwards over Abby's head and kicked off the wall, slamming into Bosco and slamming him to the ground. The huge Wolfstar-sized tom rolled and and rolled until they were out in the snow, screeching and writing the two toms were little more than teeth and claws, blood and fur flecked the snow from blows to each oponent. Stonestar kicked him back and wriggled free, he slashed his claws over Bosco's face driving him back then let out a feirsome caterwaul to alert anyone within the area but he knew it was pointelss, he'd steered hunting patrols away from here to keep Abby hidden, and now they were alone. Bosco slammed into him and knocked him down, raking his claws down his sides and clamping down on his scruff.

Abby yelped in horror as she watched the two toms lunge at each other. Her heart thrummed wildly in her chest and her eyes were stretched so wide the whites of her eyes showed. "No!" she whimpered as Bosco knocked Stonebrook to the ground. "No!" She rushed forward. "Please, Bosco, I'll go with you, just please, don't hurt him. Let him go, and we can be together, forever, just like you want." She looked up into his eyes desperately. "Just let him go."

Stonestar heard Abby and snarled, slicing open Bosco's lip with his claws and kicking his chest to get him off. "Abby no! Just get out of here I'll get rid of him! He won't be to hurt y-" Basco slammed into him and grabbed him back the fur of his back and flung him into the wall of the bat caves. Stonestar yelped into the cave and bats flooded from the mouth in a whirl of screeches. Bosco leapt back in alarm but Stonestar struggled up, winded but fueled by a surge of protection and fury he threw himself at the black tom and ripped a chunk out of his ear.

Firestorm hesitated at the entrance to the camp and looked up. A flood of bats whirled through the sky. His body tensed and he looked over his shoulder at the path he'd taken home. "Stonestar." Frantically, he whipped around and tore through the forest, back towards the Batcaves. He skidded to a stop at the base and looked up. He could hear scrabbling and yowls coming from above. He began to scramble up the rocks desperately. Finally, he hauled himself up onto the ledge and looked in, his eyes wide with horror at what he saw. Stonestar was battling with a huge tom, the size of Wolfstar, with the pretty silver she-cat cowering at the back.

Bosco had Stonestar in a tight grip and was trying to bite his neck. Stonestar smashed his head into his nose until he loosened up. He wriggled out and turned around. "Firestorm??" he panted in confusion. He turned around but Bosco was hissing at Firestorm then turned and rushed to grab Abby. Stonestar darted after him and leapt onto his back. Bosco snarled and rolled over and over and sprung up. Stonestar struggled to his paws but Bosco had reared up. With a mirthless laugh he slashed his claws across Stonestar's face a chest then slammed his paws into his chest. Stonestar thrashed then froze in panic as he stumbled backwards and felt nothing under his paws but space. Terrified eyes looked to Firestorm before he plummeted over the edge. He fell through space, too frozen in shock to scream. His shoulder smashed into a ledge and he fell through the top of a tree. Branches and twig smashed him all over. The world was a blur of black and white then he hit a final branch and fell into the snow with a hard impact. He panted in agony then tried to stand and cried out in pain. Collapsing on his side he was mortified to see the bloody spike a broken branch protruding from his chest. Agony was flooding his body. He cough and grimanced in pain. Blood seeped out around the broken bit of wood. His breathing started to get messy and shaky. His lungs felt like they were filling with water and he cough and spluttered for breath, a red mist emitted from each cough. He convusled looking up at the dizzying height he'd fallen. Abby?? Firestorm?? Were they ok?? His vision started to blur and tears streamed from his eyes from the sheer agony. He couldn't contain it anymore. He cried out as he grasped hold of the end of the wood and pulled up sharply. There was a sickening sunction sound followed by a flood of hot blood that seeped over his chest, staining the snow around him. He panted raggedly and let his head fall back. He felt like he was on fire...

Firestorm watched Stonestar fall, horrified. "NO!" he howled. Grief and rage bubbled in his limbs and he whipped around to face Bosco who was towering over the frightened she-cat. With an ear-piercing yowl, he leaped on the black tom and began to pummel him mercilessly.

Abby shivered and rushed out of the cave, trying to get out of the way of the two enraged toms. She peered over the cliff and her heart nearly stopped. "Stonebrook..." she whimpered. As fast as she could, she staggered down the cliffs and fell down beside him. "No..." she whimpered, staring horrified at the blood that covered his gray fur. "It's going to be okay, just stay with me." She looked around desperately for something that would help him.

Bosco snarled and tried to fend off the new threat but the wretched gray tom had messed his vision and paw. He lashed out at him and caught him in the gut, he shoved him away then started to clamber up the wall of rock to make his way out onto rogue turf. "This isn't over, I'll get my Angel back." he snarled then rushed away and disapeared.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Stonestar could tast blood in his mouth as he gasped and grimanced for breath. He squinted painfilled eyes at her. "Abb.." blood bubbled as his lips and he was scared. he was going to DIE. Would he return?? Would StarClan be able to heal him?? He remembered the tales of Tigerstar, losing all his lives at once. He shuddered and convulsed again. His vision was darkening and the firey pain that shot through his chest and body was ebbing. He felt like he was slipping off to sleep, only it was a thicker and heavier darkness.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">((skip StarClan talk with Darky  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"> ))

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Firestorm let out a sigh of relief when he saw life return to Stonestar. His legs felt like jello, and he had to sit down to keep from falling over.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Abby tensed and leaped backwards in fright. Did he just...move? She looked closer. His eyes were open! He was breathing! She yowled in horror and began to back away. "You...you were dead! Why aren't you dead?" she yowled, looking over at Firestorm horrified. Why wasn't he freaking out? Was this normal for clancats? Did they just randomly come back to life after being impaled by a branch?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Stonestar winced and raised his head. "Abby." he winced again and rested back in the snow. "Abby I tried to tell you, before he came." this felt like the weirdest thing ever... "I'm the leader of nightclan... I... have nine lives, I lost my first one and now I'm back... are you ok?? Did he hurt you? Either of you??" he looked up at Firestorm trying to change the subject.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Firestorm hesitated then took a step towards his leader. "Well," he began, only to be cut off by Abby.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">"What?" Abby squealed. She didn't understand. He was the leader? Part of her had known that all along. He was way to serious to be a normal cat. But what was this nine lives business? Cats didn't have nine lives! That was just a stupid myth Twolegs told! "You...you have nine lives?" she mewed slowly, shaking her head. Suddenly, she whipped around to face Firestorm. "Did you know about this?"

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Firestorm froze, looking like a deer in the headlights. He glanced over his shoulder to see if she was talking to him. There was no such luck. "I, uh...well...um, you see, I...yes." He looked down at his paws, afraid to meet the rogue's gaze.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Abby shook her head in disbelief and looked back at Stonebrook. "Why...why didn't you tell me, Stonebrook? All this time I thought you were just a normal cat, but you're the leader. With freaky, multiple life powers." She sat down and began to rip apart the clumps of snow below her paws.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;">Stonestar sighed feeling the world crumble around him and he let his ears fall. "Because I liked the way you treated me like a normal cat, you didn't have such a high expectancy for me and you didn't distance yourself from me because of the lives thing..." he wanted bury himself in the snow and stay there. "I was going to tell you... but I thought you'd freak out and not talk to me... guess I was right." he winced and gasped as he tried to sit up. His chest stung and hurt so bad, and only partially from the wound. If Abby thought he was a freak and didn't want to be around him there was nothing he could do. Most cats dreamed of being a leader, but at that moment he would have traded it for anything... <ac_metadata title="Woah"> </ac_metadata>