Scourge's Daughter- Old

Chapter 22

Chapter 22    

The foxes charged at them growling savagely. One fox snapped at Claw’s back leg while another tried to unbalance Tyco.  Then the fox with the cut nose snapped his teeth into Claw’s scruple and threw him into the wall. He yowled in pain and as the other foxes gathered around getting ready to tear him apart the fox yipped and the foxes turned to Tyco.

The fox padded up to Claw and growled in his face. He tore into his flank, and then bit his hind leg. Claw screeched and tried to fight back, but his leg was twisted and hurt like crazy. The fox then came in for the kill. Claw closed his eyes waiting for his end to come.

But it never came. He opened his eyes to see Tyco standing next to him. Tyco growled and lashed out him paw, slashing his claws in his cheek. The fox growled his rage and tried to tear Tyco’s pelt. Tyco head butted him in the chest, taking the breath out of him and he stumbled back.

Tyco turned to Claw and meowed. “When I say move you need to jump out of the way. Got it?” Tyco didn’t wait for his answer. He turned to the fox and began to bark aggressively. Then he turned to Claw and yowled. “Move!” he then gave Claw a powerful shove and then the fox charged after Tyco rage on his face.

Tyco jumped with the rampaging fox right behind him. The four other foxes turned to watch. The fox tried to grab his tail and soon the other four were racing behind him. Claw laid, panting, he watched the foxes go after Tyco. ‘Ugh!’ thought Claw just before he stumbled to his paws and charged over attacking the nearest fox, biting down on its leg.

The fox stop and turned, trying to grab hold of Claw but he dodge and jumped on his back, slashing his claws down it. Just as the fox tried to roll over and crush him, he jumped off and then as it was on its back he jumped onto its stomach and clawed his belly. The fox wailed and jumped away, climbing out of the hole.

 Claw then raced over to Tyco who was cornered and slashing at any who came near. Once Claw was by him, they began to fight side by side. The foxes snapped their teeth at the two and tried to tear at their flanks.

Three other foxes raced out of the pit wailing in pain. The last fox was the one with the cut nose. He charged at the two. They lashed out at his flank and slashed his muzzle, but he just would not give up. Tyco then sighed. He turned to Claw and meowed. “There is only one way to get Drake to stop. Follow me.” Tyco then turned and raced off with Claw limping behind him. The fox Tyco called Drake right behind them.

Tyco jumped up onto a ledge, until he reached a place that had them looking down on Drake just as he reached the cliff. Tyco turned and meowed to Claw, “Jump and dig your claws into his back and bite down on him.” then they both jumped and attacked Drake.

Drake yowled in pain and tried to grab the cats but couldn’t grasp them. Then he tried to roll over and tried to crush the toms, but they both jumped off and clawed at his muzzle. He yowled in pain and jumped away, he glared at them and them raced up the pit with an angrier howl.

“TYCO! CLAW!” Shrieked Angel, racing down the pit with the others close behind. During the whole time she and the others had been held back from entering the pit and helping them. “They wouldn’t let us in!” she wailed in fright, nuzzling up into their fur.

“Why’d you do that!” yowled Claw at the large fox. Tyco stood there looking at Bandit, no anger in his eyes.

Bandit just said. “It was a lesson, if you don’t fight together you’ll all die.” Then he turned and padded back to his den. Sophie padded up and nuzzled Tyco before she followed him.

The cats heard a growl and turned to be face with Drake. He walked up to them, he growled at the group of cats, but once his gaze met Tyco’s his growl got louder. Tyco merely rolled his eyes and walked away to a group of young foxes. Samuel was one of them.

He nuzzled each one, his gaze turned to them and he signaled to them with his tail to come over. Once they were all there Tyco spoke, “There’s are the foxes I grew up with!”  he had a big grin on. He turned to Samuel. “As you know this is Samuel, he is one of Sophie’s pups, and this is” he turned to a pretty she-fox with a white bandana around her neck, “Peach, and he’s” a male with yellow bandana, “Jake and Sweetpea.” he turned to a white she-fox an orange bandana around her neck.

“Nice to meet you?” Stream asked, unsure if these’s foxes were friendly. Tyco smirked, replying. “They’re friends.” Rose looked relieved. “Thank goodness.”

“Heh.” Tyco replied to their looks of relief. “Come with me and I’ll show you the nice foxes, by the way Drake’s not one.” He padded over to another group of foxes, three males. “This is Pepper, Leaf, and Rocket.” He said pointing to each one. Pepper was a golden orange fox with a grey bandana. Leaf was a normal orange with a red bandana. Rocket was a black fox with a red bandana.

“Arf!” the three foxes barked in unison. The cats turned to Tyco with looks that said ‘What?’ “They’re saying ‘Hi’.” The cats mouthed ‘Oh.’

The rest of the day the cats met many other foxes and were now sharing a den with Samuel. As they were settling down Angel whispered. “So do you think we can head back tomorrow?”

“Maybe, we’ll have to ask Bandit if he’s chosen who’s going to come and when he wants to go.” Replied Tyco with a yawn.

“Oh, okay. Goodnight everyone.” She mumbled, falling asleep with Claw and Tyco nuzzled up next to her.