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Originally Posted by canineantics

PIKESTAR // @~Fawn.Heart~

✧ As he pulled the strong metal bars of the cage apart with all the strength that he could muster, his ears flickered to the panicked noises of Pebblesplash, alerting him that the twolegs that had mistreated her were coming back. Sure enough, the mighty RiverClan leader could smell the awful stretch that could belong to nothing other than twolegs becoming stronger, thicker, closer. Thankfully, despite the pain coursing through their paws, a sizeable opening was created, allowing for the RiverClan she-cat to squeeze through successfully. However, the cage wouldn’t release it’s victim without a price, causing the tall longhaired tomcat to hear Pebblesplash’s screeches of pain as the cage crawled at her skin. Their tufted ears flattened at the terrible noise of pain, but still managed to keep the metal parted enough to completely free his clanmate. Once she was out the cruel box, Pikestar quickly would release the metal bars, a stinging sensation still very apparent in his front paws. He didn’t take even a single moment to check the damage before he was sprinting away from the scene with Pebblesplash close beside him. Something then flew through the air and past the two clanmates, nearly missing the back of their heads by an inch before swiftly exploding into an ugly mess against the trunk of a tree. It was soon followed by loud, angry grunts and hollers of the disgusting twolegs.

“Keep running, Pebblesplash!” Pikestar panted, looking at the white-furred molly as they ran together, “Keep going, and do not look back!” It was not the first time the Lord of the River had ran from nasty twolegs, and this certainly wouldn't be the last. Thankfully, twolegs didn't often give chase for too long considering how fast cats tended to be. It was uncertain how long both of them ran for, but once the familiarity of RiverClan's dense homeland stood out to him, the longhaired tomcat would quickly draw to a stop, ducking under a bush just to be safe. Laying on the forest floor, Pikestar's chest rose and fell at a rapid pace, his body fighting to replenish the energy they had certainly drained from all of that effort. "Are you... alright...?" The large leader breathed out the words in-between exhausted gasps, closing his eye for a moment. Great moon above, it had been quite some time since he had ran so much. Pikestar hated to admit it, but he really needed to start exercising more, especially his leg muscles. Dark scarlet drops of blood oozed from his pawpads, splattering the dirt, but the RiverClan Lord was far too tired to notice. At least they were home now, not back at camp, but within the hunting grounds. Completely safe.

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PebbleSplash

RiverClan
~Pretty white molly with pale gray and orange tortie markings and blue eyes~

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(Warning, Tad bit of gore/Talk about wounds,)
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A loud huff escaped PebbleSplash as she flopped down from exhaustion... The torbie molly panted as she looked around, still a little shaken. The wound from the metal wasn't helping her regain composure as it oozed the bright red blood... Her speed wasn't really her strength anyways, so it was quite a shock that big, starving PebbleSplash ran for as long and as fast as she did. Her head slowly turned to PikeStar as her ears flattened... She wanted to be honest with her leader because deep down, no, she wasn't okay. The fact that this happened wasn't okay, but, she couldn't help but worry more about the cat that saved her than herself...

PebbleSplash dipped her head with a grateful look in her eyes as a surprising purr escaped her jaws... Her bright blue eyes met his... "It... Looks... Like Us... Oldies... Still... Have it... In Us..." She mews softly in between huffs... She only said this to lighten the mood. What just happened was scarier than any battle and needed some comical relief... Once she had regained her breath control, she looked at her huge, bleeding wound... "With a visit to StonePaw, I think I'll be just fine..." A bright look in PebbleSplash's eyes said that this wasn't her first rodeo and that she'd work through it just fine...

Turning her focus onto something else, she gives her leader a friendly nuzzle as thank you for saving her from that nightmare... "To be honest, PikeStar, I'm much more worried about your paws..." PebbleSplash looks around from where she was laying... She must be trying to scout out cobwebs. "Are you going to be okay...? If you can't walk for a couple days, It may cause some issues... Not that I doubt GingerFrost's ability to take on the physical needs of a leader, It's just... You're really good at all those leader duties..." She tried to stand up, only to wobble around a bit and sit down... She wasn't going to draw any attention to her lack of energy but she clearly needed some food or water before they proceeded...
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