Oh, Hang It....The Warrior Just Got Kidnapped....This Does Not Bode Well...

Redwall Abbey: Gates

Safana the cat. DoraRose the mouse. Aster the cat. Powell the otter.

Safana is by the gates, she has been careful lately in what she does and right now certain beasts are elsewhere and she can come and go as its daylight, alot in the abbey still trusts her as she follows the rules, and seems so friendly and helpful, seems to cause no problems inside...she is a little ways from the gates and only one guard is on duty looking bored, they have more guards at night and Safana claimed she help...yeah right.

DoraRose is passing by at this exact moment, free from Dibbuns hanging onto her apron strings (for a change), smiling slightly, yet looking mildly perturbed about something. As she passes the cat, she pauses and asks politely, "Excuse me, but can you tell me if you've seen the Master Healer? I need to ask him something."

Safana looks at the mouse, yeah the healer was stressed earlier and she knows this, she places a frown on her face looking worried, "Oh my oh thank goodness it is you, I Have already told Flicky and he is out looking but more help is needed, he was...oh my but we can go find him, I will help" She makes this sound so real, "But we have to go now before its too late" It does sound like she indeed wants to get going quickly, making sure just the mouse hears her.

DoraRose gets an almost haunted look on her face, and she takes a step forward and goes to grab the cat's upper arm in a vice-like, disturbingly strong grip. "What happened? Is Leon in trouble? Tell me!"

Safana moves away, one so the mouse is further from the gates, she almost lets loose a hiss and then nods "Yes..he is" Well its not a lie deep down as he is in a way,just not right now but it wasnt asked if it was now or later on so a truth would be seen in her face, "I was about ready to go further up the road to look" Also true she will be looking for someone, but she didnt say Leon for sure.

DoraRose, after getting her black battleaxe, Nightsong, from where it's being kept, the warriormouse follows the cat out onto the road, fear for her husband urging her into a trot.

Dirt Road, North of Redwall Abbey...

Safana walks silently along the road, her tail flicks every so often as she looks back and forth as she keeps an eye out for any beasts.

Aster is hidden off to the side of the road close to a tree and some tall grass, she sees Safana and the mousemaid, she smirks as the mousemaid fits the description and gets out her blow dart thing and places a dart inside it and waits for the right moment.

DoraRose catches up to Safana and holds her battleaxe expertly, leaving no doubt that she knows what to do with it. "Do you know where Leon is, or who took him?" she asks worriedly, trying to keep her mind calm. She is now in-between the two cats.

Safana nods "Oh yes I know where Leon is and who he is with, not to worry about that." She catches sight of Aster and flicks her tail to the right as she talks, "I also know where some slaves are." She stays calm as she speaks and has a paw on her sword.

Aster aims the blow dart at the mousemaid, no where vital just an arm or leg and then blows hard to send it towards her.

DoraRose pauses, suddenly suspicious. "And how do you know tha--ow!" she yelps as the blowdart gets her in the upper arm. Pulling it out, the warriormouse gazes at first it, then Safana, then drops the little dart as it starts to take affect. "You...how...trick....rargh!" With one last final effort, the mouse weakly swings her axe at the black cat, then stumbles and falls to the ground, groaning as she passes out.

Safana quickly sidesteps and smirks, she takes the battleaxe and grins, "I will have to make something up...a little lie, oh don't worry it will be a good one..Aster you have one of the mice, take her before she wakes up or before I am seen...need to think on why she is gone suddenly."

Aster slips out and looks at the mousemaid, she quickly ties her up, but also looks for any weapons and any found are taken away, she then picks her up, "Nightfur will be most please with this..what of the other mouse, forgot his name or the badger?"

Safana answers, "I don't know what mouse he meant so many there...a mouse with her...her mate maybe? He is taken a day or so off..stress," She smirks, "Maybe I can make his day worse...yes very worse."

DoraRose is very much unconscious, and so can't and doesn't fight, and so get's tied up. The battleaxe is laying on the ground where she dropped it.

Aster nods "Yes...I already know a badger is injured, and I don't think a blind one is any danger to us..what's he going to do?...He CAN'T SEE...no threat, leave it alone...the mousemaid is now a slave of Nightfur"

Safana nods "I have idea.." She smiles coldly "Ok now get her out of here quickly"

DoraRose is still unconscious, and will be for quite a while.

Safana heads back to the abbey plans forming in her head.

They travel North, then off the beaten path and end up in Nightfur's hideout, in slave cell #1...the whole traveling thing takes a couple of hours...

Aster has finally gotten here, even made sure the mouse sleep a little longer when she muttered once, she places the mouse in the cell and locks the door to the cell and looks in, she smiles coldly and stays guard.

DoraRose groans after a little bit and opens her blues eyes, looking around blearily. With another groan, she tries to sit up, then flops back down, fighting a headache and slight nausea.

Aster smirks, "Are you awake mouse welcome...I am sure your find your stay somewhat cozy or perhaps not, your sure to see someone you know soon as well."

DoraRose glares balefully at the cat, then hops up and stumbles, clutching her head as stars go off inside her head form the pain. "You'll...never get away...away with this....you...stupid cat..." she clenches her teeth as another wave of nausea rolls over her.

Aster chuckles coldly "That's funny seeing as I have already got away with it, and if my friend does things correctly, they wont be looking for you"

DoraRose growls and lunges, sticking her arm through the bars and trying to scratch the cat's face.

Aster moves just out of the way and smiles a not so nice smile "You could of went to visit somewhere, oh died in a random fight now behave and I will let you know who you get to see, an old friend"

Powell starts to wake up from the voices and sits up as he looks to see whats happening.

DoraRose growls deep in her throat and squezzes the bars so tightly, her knuckles turn white. "Let me tell you something, cat. My brother would never rest until he found my body, so you can rest assurred that no matter what pathetic little story your friend makes up, he will come searching for me, along with a whole party of warriors. And who would I visit? The only family I have in this country live in Redwall." She doesn't notice the otter....yet.

Aster smiles, "I was asked to find you, your one I needed to find. My master and leader..Nightfur"

Powell hates that name and it's soon clear, "He can rot in hell's gates ya slime!"

DoraRose glances behind her and smiles at the otter, fire burning in her blue eyes. "Indeed. Well spoken." She turns her angry gaze back to the cat. "I should've killed that fox when I had the chance. You tell your /master/ that he's bitten off more than he can chew by kidnapping me."

Aster laughs like its funny, "Your funny your just a mousemaid and a slave now, your home is here now and this place is hard to find, and I did zig-zag paths here, its also well guarded and very well hidden"

Powell asks, "Your not funny cat, you and Nightfur will pay and I can fight ya if needed or afraid to find out just how well I fight?""

Aster rolls her eyes, "Behave otter or your daughter will pay...the last of your precious little clan will die if you don't shut up"

DoraRose smiles coldly. She's in with another warrior. Good. She then pauses. Daughter, otter... "Did you kidnap Starlight?" She growls, a little more hesitant to fight if a Dibbun's life is on the line.

Powell says, "Yes they have Starlight here, you..know her?" He points to the sleeping otter dibbun in the corner.

Aster says, "I had someone bring her to me, she stays alive if you two obey me" Aster looks between them and turns to go, "I need to make a report to Nightfur, don't get too cozy now." She disappears around a corner.

If looks could kill, the cat would be a mummified corpse by now, from the way DoraRose is glaring at her. The warrior growls, looks at the Dibbun, then yanks her paws off the bars holding the prisoners in the room. "Fine." She spits out, shaking with suppressed rage. "But you're living on barrowed time, cat." The mouse slumps to the floor, leaning against the stone wall as the cat leaves.

Powell sighs, "I have tried more times than I can count, there is no way out of here, the bars are well made, the lock...stone floor. Nightfur I am sure will show his face soon enough, can't way for a chance to stop him from breathing."

DoraRose smiles darkly. "I agree. Surely there's some way out of here. Do they give us spoons when they feed us?"

Powell says, "Spoons wouldn't work on the floor lass and the guards watch us eat and we hand back any bowls or spoons and glasses as well, they make sure any weapons are taken off a beast, they have my slingshot and blade somewhere in here"

DoraRose hmms and murmurs, "I wasn't thinking of digging out...we might be able to bend the spoon and use it to injure or kill one of the guards and get the keys...but if they watch us all the time, that would be difficult..."

Powell nods, "All beasts have a weakness, I be sure Nightfur does as well"

DoraRose frowns and ponders that idea for a very long while. It's not like she's going anywhere.

And, sadly, we had to leave and end the log here. Will they get rescued? Or will they spend the rest of their days trapped here, as slaves? Thanks for reading! We'll find out soon enough, yes?