The Rat in The Signal

Chapter 6

Rat squeaking human speaking

Art by me, it's kinda trash, but I'm somewhat proud of it

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   That midnight, Bandage refused to let Six go back to her make shift den in the hollow of the tree. When they arrived to it, he carefully sniffed the ground around the strange rock with a glass eye, before giving a small, but ferocious growl.

"What's wrong?" She asked, noticing his sudden change of behavior. From her short time with Bandage, she had gotten a sense of what was somewhat normal with the small pup.

He was quiet and sometimes happy, always observing his surroundings, ready to run or attack anything that came out from the bushes. He didn't seem afraid to take on the strange rats that lived in the forest after she saw him attack Blueberry to protect the green furred pup. Or maybe that was just a quick stupid decision on his part.

Bandage limped into her den, paw still hurting from his fight with Blueberry, coming to and tearing her nest to peices, ripping it apart and littering it across the old fox den. Six tried to stop him, but he had already done his damage, moss and grass strewn all along the floor.

"What are you doing!" She snapped at him, only to see him look over his shoulder to the strange stone again. His lips were in a tight line, like a frown almost, timidly looking at the strange stone.

"Static Stones bad, not safe, Bandage helping," he muttered. Six looked to the brown rock, remembering what had happened just the other night with the buzzing. So they were called Static Stones, makes sense now she guessed, but why was he doing all of this?

"By destroying my nest?" Six asked, glaring at him as he passed by her.

Bandage started to limp off, calling her over with a small bark noise. Reluctantly, Six came to his side, looking one last time to the Static Stone. He started to lead her through bushes and foliage, careful as they stepped on twigs and leaves, sometimes stopping to look around if they heard something. In what seemed like forever, they finally came to a small cliff side.

Large wolves laid on the ground sound asleep, some stood up on guard, moonlight blocking their figures out as they guarded the dens. Upon the two's arrival, a male, who was previously dozing off, stood at attention, tail rising as his ears perked up.

He came over, growling as he noticed Six with the other, fur bristling as he approached. Bandage froze beside her, before giving a small growl back.

Six, unsure as to what the two were saying, watched as they shared growled and small barks, along with a few body languages she was unfamiliar with. The wolf was far larger than them, his reddish colored pelt looking tan under the moonlight.

His face was lighter in color, with dark amber eyes that almost looked red in the dim lighting. His teeth were bared as he gave a small snarl, but didn't go to attack them. Instead, he watched them with narrowed eyes, his tail lightly swishing behind him, judging them it seemed like.

Feeling intimidated as she seemed to stared death in its eyes, Bandage looked over, closer to her side, before reaching over, resting his chin on Six's shoulder, giving another growl as a final word to the other.

The wolf rose his head, before giving a snort, turning, kicking up dust behind him as he walked away from them, slipping into a den near the base of the cliff. Bandage withdrew from resting his chin on her, attention turned back to whatever he was doing before.

"Don't speak, stay close," he whispered to her. Six didn't think she could make a noise if she tried, forcing herself to give a nod as she tried to shake the haunting look from the wolf's stare.