And yet another prisoner...hooray. :P

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Nightfur's lair, in the slave cell, naturally...

Nightfur the fox. Zork the badger. DoraRose the mouse.

Noise is heard, a yelp from a rat and cussing of a certain fox. He has a new captive, he has another fox help him force the already weak badger inside the cell, and is smart enough to chain him to one area of the cell and steps back as he lays the sword on his neck again, "Ya lost me 12 of my men...ya gonna pay fer that" He smirks and goes to lock the cell door shut and chuckles coldly "I am wining...."

Zork has some energy left, not much, he gets a kick in to a rat that steps back quickly, he glares at Nightfur and the blade, his voice weak "Do it...dare ya" As the fox heads back outside the cell he slumps over and shivers, build up energy crashing quickly.

DoraRose had been thinking in a corner, coughing slightly. She jumps as the noises sound out, then catches sight of the latest arrival and can only stare, mouth agape, as the badger is dragged in.

Nightfur smiles coldly as he speaks, "I have rather enjoyed this little..fight" He has a healer he has bandage his arm as he smirks, "So much build up rage, delightful...gee what would of happen had I killed the other one"

Zork is in a torn cloak and now chained, blood shoulder and a cracked rib, his other wounds are not too bad and a large bump on his head, above one eye is a bad looking cut, he pants as indeed any energy he had quickly left and being forced to walk didnt help matters, he lets out a weak snarl.."Ya..be dead..your.." He coughs up a small little bit of blood "Ya ..gonna die scum"

DoraRose moves forward to help the badger and look at his wounds, her voice shrill with astonishment. "Zork? What are you doing here? How on earth did you capture a /badger/?"

Nightfur smirks, "Wasn't the easiest thing, then again when one is not paying too much attention, one fights badly course" He narrows his eyes, " I lost 12 of my men, and one of them was my right paw beast." The fox himself now has a bandaged arm and a small bandage on his paw,not the sword paw, " Managed to get a sword at his throat after he slayed my men, and oh you WILL pay for that. let me see..oh yeah..Zinnia...she is unprotected..isnt she?" He smiles coldly.

Zork shivers, all of the fight is out of him from blood loss and the fact his rage died down now, he breaths in and out slowly as Zinnia is mentioned his head snaps up and he glares hard at the fox.

DoraRose frowns deeply and begins to rip strips from one of her petticoats to use as meager bandages. She listens quietly. She remembers Zinnia...the warrior hopes the badgermaid is safe in the Abbey.

Nightfur smiles his cold smile, "Ahhh did I upset you, good. she use to belong to me...now that I have you, I am sure my win will be easier...Safana failed me, I made sure she wont again, I will send another maybe, or just wait, revenge is best waited on."

Zork looks at Dorarose and frowns deeply, he looks defeated now and looks at the floor as she tries to tend to injuries.

DoraRose swallows down all the questions that are screaming in her mind to ask the badger as she clumsily bandages his wounds. Instead she says in a clear, cold voice, "Revenge is an all-consuming, all-defeating passion-desire. It will eat you alive, and then instead of you controlling it, it will be controlling you."

Nightfur chuckles coldly as he goes to leave, " Enjoy your stay badger, it was fun...maybe I will leave that daughter of your alone, if you do as I say...I leave you to your thoughts" He walks out to have a meeting with those he still has and that's still A LOT of beasts.

Zork watches as the fox leaves and makes a quick look around the cell, the chains on his paws and legs and his eyes fill with tears, this is rare...very rare for this badger, he looks defeated.

There are 3 sleeping otters here in the cell. DoraRose frowns and gently hugs the badger. "It's alright. We'll get out. We have more warriors in here now. Hush, hush...." Her questions about Leon will have to wait.

Zork stuggles to get free from the wall and after a couple brief pulls and tugs he slips down the wall and slumps over, "I...failed...em', shoulda listen to...Ozzy, shouldn't of went out...but wanted ta kill de fox, it came over me and then I found him and about 12 other vermin and...fight happen but" He frowns, he clearly remembered fighting when he was fighting but now.."It's..blurr what...what happen" He holds his shoulder, an injury a couple days ago.

DoraRose nods and gets the pitiful amount of water in it's little cup that's left in the cell for the prisoners and goes to hold it to the badger's lips. "Sounds like you went into the Bloodwrath...I'm sorry. But now that you're in here, maybe we can get out. Okay?"

Zork coughs a little as he sips the water, it is a short while before he speaks again, "I'm..sorry lasss..I still will try ta..." Its clear he is weak, "N..Nightfur made a...bad mistake"

DoraRose nods, her blue eyes angry and sad all at the same time. "Indeed he did!...can...do you mind my asking you some questions...about....home?" She can't take the suspense for too much longer.

Zork coughs and comes out of his daze it seems a little more "Nightfur...choose wrong beast to..to place in this cell." He manages a weak growl..."Me..." He frowns a little "What of it, Redwall still stands"

DoraRose shifts slightly and stares at the floor. "How....how's Leon?"

Zork blinks and sighs, "A little...he's not too sane right now"

DoraRose looks sick. "No, no, no no no. Oh, my Leon..." she groans, pressing her paws to her temples. "What do you mean, 'not too sane'?" she asks hopefully.

Zork blinks and reaches for Dorarose, "Lass...he thinks your dead, he is alive just...not well"

DoraRose starts to rock slightly. "No, Leon, no....We have to get out of here!" she wails, collapsing against the badger. "Nooooo....."

Zork is unsure what to do, he just holds Dorarose close and sighs, feeling tears go down his face, he is quiet a long time before he looks at the bars, "We will get outta here lass...not ta worry. I...Me bein' ere' ain't too bad, I can be ere' ta help get us outta ere' ok?"

DoraRose nods and wipes some tears off her cheeks. "Do...do you have any ideas?"

Zork looks at the chains, they are fairly strong but he is weak right now, " Maybe, need to get strength back.." He is thinking and cusses loudly and then frowns, "Sorry lass, just...never should of gotten in ta this mess, should of listened to Ozzy, then I wouldn't he...HERE" He breaths in and out trying to not get angry, heck getting so angry earlier got him here it seems.

DoraRose nods and sniffs, but she still looks ready to freak out. "Don't tell the others, but I've run out of ideas...maybe a fresh pair of eyes is all we need...."

Zork sighs, he looks around the cell and shakes his head, "I...I don't know...darn it all, wot will Oz and Zinnia think now, I adopted Zinnia...promised de lass all be ok and she wouldn't lose another father and...and this happens" This is not good if he slips into depression this soon and feeling defeated this soon.

And so they passed the rest of the day (or is it night? you can't tell here underground) deep in thought, trying really, really hard to not get depressed. But is it working?

Thanks for reading!