Coiled Snake slashed at a stealthy gray she-cat. The cat ducked, but Coiled Snake's claws still cut her ear. Coiled Snake prepared to leap at the gray cat while it was still stunned, but before she could, a large tabby tom leapt onto her to her back. Coiled Snake desperately tried to get him off of her. To her surprise, he jumped off himself. Coiled Snake struggled to her paws, blood welling from a deep cut in her right hind leg. She faced the tabby, her amber gaze challenging. He jumped at her in a flying leap. She, too, leapt, meeting the tom in midair. She sunk her teeth into his fore paw.
Once they landed, the cat kicked Coiled Snake in the belly, forcing her to let go of his paw. Coiled Snake jumped to her feet. She flung herself at the tom. Claws flashed. Soon, Coiled Snake was panting, but triumphant. She had beat the tom, but the attacking cats outnumbered HawkPack. She looked around. She had to find the leader of this group! She had to find out what she was fighting for!
Coiled Snake gave up searching the crowd of cats for the leader of the attackers. Instead she called, "Stop!" all of the cats, even members of HawkPack, stared up at her as if she were crazy. Coiled Snake ignored them and continued. "I am Coiled Snake, the leader of HawkPawk. I wish to see the leader of the attacking cats and find out what you want." Coiled Snake had just finished speaking when a gray tom emerged from the cats. He was slightly limping, had a badly torn ear and had nasty bleeding cuts all over his pelt.
The gray cat bared his teeth indignantly as he spoke. "Hello, Coiled Snake. My name is Shenar. I am the cat you seek. I am the leader of this group of cats."
"Shenar, I do not know what you want from us. Why are you fighting HawkPack?" Coiled Snake meowed.
"Ah, that," Shenar said as if it were unimportant. Then his voice hardened and rose and his claws unsheathed as he called, "There is a cat in this group, HawkPack you called it I believe?" Without giving Coiled Snake time to answer, Shenar continued, "She is unworthy. I am almost sure that I saw her heading this way when she left us. If you have her, then hand her over. We will dispose of her. If you hide her, then we will fight you."
Coiled Snake blinked. Could Shenar possibly mean Neptune? Then she meowed, "We don't have her. I am sorry."
Shenar looked at her closely. Finally he announced, "Fine. But, we will be watching you. Just to make sure that you are being truthful." Then, with a flick of his tail, all of the enemy cats left the clearing.
-KittyLover8
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