Fear My Wrath!
--- Somewhere slightly off of the dirt road---
Zork walks along the road, searching with some others and has a Redwall guard nearby, not that he needs one, and walks towards an area of bushes carefully, on high alert as he looks left, right and even up in case there is birds.
Zinnia has followed the searches out and now sees Zork as she catches up to him, “Wot are you doing out here? Slavers are bad, they are dangerous.”
Zork stops and looks at the younger badger, “Lass, go back ta de abbey, ya too young ta even be outta ere’ lass..go.”
Zinnia frowns at this, “I am not a dibbun, I been on my own the past couple seasons, and almost half of that was with those..those slavers! I can help you and..and I rather not”
Unknown to them they are being watched, a weasel and rat and the cat Aster is nearby their path, she wags her tail as she listens and waits.
Zork shakes his head “Ya wot? Being annoying right now? And ya rather not wot…be inna crowd, well ya don’t haf ta be, ya can go to de abbey and stay in ya room”
Zinnia frowns, “No, I mean..I was saying I rather not lose a..a papa again, I thought you wanted to be mine, maybe not..maybe you just lied!” She then rushes off in tears.
Aster smirks and watches the badger, “Get her” she says as the weasel and rat race after her, she then goes to attack Zork, daggers out, ”Hello stripedog”
Zork frowns “Lass wait!” He goes to get her and sees the cat, he growls and draws his blade, “Outta my way feline!”
Zinnia looks back and screams as the weasel catches up to her and she falls, hurting her knee, she aims a punch at the rat and tries to run again clearly scared.
Aster smirks and slices at the badger with her one long sword, as she does this the rat barely misses a punch to the snout and the weasel throws a dagger at the badger maids leg in hopes of slowing her down.
Zork blocks the long sword with his own big blade and snarls at the cat, he angles the blade and goes to slice at her side.
Zinnia screams as she is knocked down by the weasel, the rat’s dagger also sinks deep into her leg, tears go down her face as she shivers and yells out “Papa…Papa Help me!”
Aster gets a gash on her side and shoves the badger aside, or tries to anyways, she gets some dirt and throws it in his face.
The guard, an otter with a Redwall uniform comes to help, he fights the rat and goes to help the badger when he stumbles backwards and coughs as dirt goes in his eyes and mouth.
Aster takes her chance and rushes over grabbing the badger maid while she is down, aiming to grab her by the throat.
Zinnia whimpers as the rat is fighting the guard, she coughs even more when the cat’s paw is around her throat.
Zork manages to get most of the dirt gone and glares at the cat “Release her..do it now!”
Aster smirks, “Release her?” The rat is knocked aside and killed by the Redwall guard but then the weasel manages to grab the guard and stab him through the chest, the guard dies instantly as the weasel turns his attention to Zork, the cat smirks “How about I release her…from life!” She applies more pressure to the badger maid’s throat so she can’t breathe, she will then drop the badger and smirk.
Zinnia gets a look on her face of panic, as the cat squeezes she soon passes out and goes limp, she seems very still now as she falls to the ground it’s hard to see if she is breathing still or not.
Zorks’s eyes go wide, first the guard who is clearly dead and then Zinnia, tears form and a snarl, a deep scary snarl forms, he is not red eyed..noo..but he is oh so close, the closest he has ever been in his life, he charges the weasel and beheads it with a quick flick of the blade and then slices at the cat, “Murder!”
Aster gets a look of fear at the sudden speed of the badger, a slice is formed in her chest and she goes to quickly stab down at his shoulder and run away, run far away if she can from the sudden insane badger.
Zinnia lays on the ground unmoving
Zork growls as he is stabbed, reopening a shoulder wound, he don’t care as he slices and stabs at the cat, goes to punch her in the face if he can even
Aster gets a slice to the side, a punch to the face and falls over, bleeding badly from many places on her body, she doesn’t get back up and groans weakly, also she has possible broken bones.
Zork pants as he doesn’t brother with looking at a dead weasel and rat, his shoulder is bleeding badly now as he goes quickly over to where Zinnia is and kneels beside her looking over where she has a wound and ripping part of his cloak to hold pressure on the wound, his attention fully on her, "Lass...come ya gots ta open ya eyes.." He sounds concern and worried.
Zinnia is alive as breathing proves that but she is clearly not waking up anytime soon, the bleeding is slowed on her leg but she shows no sign of waking up anytime soon.
Aster is hurt bad, bleeding from her face, leg and chest, her breath is swallow but she still has some energy left as she manages to get up and cough up some blood, she glares at the badger and smirks at the fact his back is turned to her, she is very shaky on her footpaws but it matters not as she has a clear shot at the fool, she limps over behind Zork and manages a cold chuckle as she raises one of her long thin daggers over the back of his neck."Fool..woodlander.." She then goes to stab him and unless something happens quickly she may just end up winning this fight and limping back to her boss.
Seemingly out of nowhere, there is a hiss as an arrow shoots through the air towards the group. The arrow slams into the back of Aster's midsection, punching through until it seems to grow from her midsection.
Aster' cold smile fades and a look of shock happens instead as she looks down at an..arrow? She has enough time to loose the grip on the dagger and falls sideways, clearly dead and an arrow in her back, and coming out of her chest a little and a shocked look on her face.
Zork catches the sound and quickly turns just in time to see the cat with an arrow in her, he looks just as surprised and is quickly back on his guard as he looks around not knowing if the arrow was from a friend or foe.
Zinnia stays passed out, the tempary bandage still covering her wound.
Walking through the woods, holding his bow, is Rorgan! His narrowed eyes scan the area and he approaches. "Are you okay?" He asks.
Zork looks at the dead cat and notices the dagger she holds and just how close she was and frowns, he looks back to Zinnia as he speaks gently picking up the younger badger, "Aye, thanks ta ya Rorgan, talks about perfect timin'.."He turns to Rogan now, "I don't think she would ta missed lad and I didn't even know she were behind him like that..."
Zinnia is picked up and lets out a weak groan, she is alive but probably needs a healer still.
Aster is dead so...yeah she can't do anything anymore.
Rorgan sighs in relief, sheathing his bow. "Right, well I'm glad I saw wot was happenin'." He says, relaxing himself. "Maybe we should get her t' Redwall," He suggests, referring to Zinnia.
Zork nods, he shivers at a thought, "Thanks again Rorgan, I were not wantin' ta visit de dark forest that soon, I.." He looks at the badger in his arms, "I didn’t a think she get up, assumed Aster would stay down so I let me guard down, goes ta show tis important ta keep ya guard up all de time in a fight, but I were so concern fer Zinnia she..well she be me daughter now, I adopted her, I though she may of been killed by that thar Aster."
Rorgan shakes his head. "She looks quite alive, but we need t' go somewhere safe 'afore we run into more trouble." He continues to look around. "Should we leave Aster's body here?"
Zork looks down at it, "I don't know, Lee were lookin fer her and probably would want ta know what happen, I will be in de infirm at the abbey, Lee needs ta know of this...thar also a dead weasel and rat, de cats friends and she sadly killed a Redwall guard as well" He then heads to the abbey.
-Infirm at The Abbey –
Zork gets to the infirm quickly and lays Zinnia down on one of the cots and looks for any bandages or herbs he knows about and at the same time looks for a healer on duty.
Zinnia is laid down, but still has yet to wake up yet, her injuries are a wound on her leg, some bruising on her neck and a small bump on her forehead.
Rorgan walks in along behind the two, his weapons left at the gatehouse. "Well I think she'll be fine Zork, so you can calm down a bit."
Zork nods, he lets a healer tend to her and backs up, he shakes his head and notices he forgot to put the weapon up, he exits to do so real quick and is back, he sits to let someone look at his shoulder and sighs, “That could of ended so much worse..I shouldn’t of let me guard down like that"
Rorgan shrugs. "Well it was just a mistake. In yer position, I would've done the same thing, so don't blame yerself fer lettin' yer guard down. I'm simply thankful I got there 'afore Aster could do anythin' serious."
Zork frowns "A mistake that almost cause me death, If ya had not fired de arrow when ya did and hit her where ya did...ya would of been reportin' me death ta de abbey, all because of me stupid mistake, letting me self get distracted a few seconds." He sounds real upset over all this.
Rorgan sighs, walking over to sit by Zork. "Zork, you let yer guard down t' tend t' Zinnia, and nobeast can blame you fer that."
Zork folds his arms over his chest and yelps in pain as the newly bandaged shoulder hurts, it gets a glare from the healer who now has to make the bandage tighter, he shakes his head "No..plain and simple..could of easily be dead right now."
Zinnia is on one of the cots resting and recovering, a bandaged leg and a bump on her forehead, bruising on her neck.
Rorgan nods. "I agree, but the important thing is yore not, so you should focus on helpin' Zinnia instead o' worryin' about wot could've happened."
Zork nods "Ya right just..it could a happen tis all and then.." He sighs and rubs the now better bandaged shoulder , "I will probably be grumble' at soon nuff. Reopen a wound on me shoulder"
Rorgan chuckles, nodding again. "Well I'm sure you'll be alright. This time, stay in the infirmary until yore told otherwise, alright?"
Zork says, "I want ta hel' in de serch and fight if need be, I still be a force ta be recken' with lad"
Rorgan pats Zork's shoulder. "I understand mate, but you'll only endanger yerself if you go out injured. Wait until you heal, then assist with the search."
Zork shakes his head, "Then, shouldn’t take too long, didn’t tear it all de way open, just some, its restiched and banded, give it a couple days should be good again ta look"
Rorgan laughs, standing back up. "Well then you'll rejoin the search in a couple days. I'm sure Zinnia will appreciate the company."
Zork nods "Yes..de lass is not going out again, she is ta stay inside de abbey"
Rorgan nods approvingly. "Good. I have things t' deal with, but I wish you and Zinnia the best o' luck."
Zork nods and simply stays with Zinnia for now.
