The Rescue PART 1(Redwall Ambassador log)

Leon sneaked around quietly ducking down when needed and has even tied some tall weeds to his arms and made a sticky paste-like substance to place grass, weeds and dead leaves onto his robe. Yes it’s ruined but he has others back at the abbey and his surcoat is under this for once.

The Flitchaye camp is quiet; well mostly as a couple of the small weasels argue over some cordial they took from the boat. The leader Muldoon looks bored as he nibbles an apple. This was a good find the supplies of food and drink, some things were left behind as they were deemed not as useful such as rope, first aid kit was taken, but some book was left behind and an empty box with shells and rocks, formally a hermit crab home maybe. But the hermit crab was not in sight at the time.

Leon quickly slips into the first closed off area, a sort of tent area made of logs and grass, also found cloth and old nets, a large lean-to of sorts. He looks back and forth seeing if anyone is in here. Cloaked and still having his forest floor look.

Stonepaw is and he has been working to slowly undo the ropes, seems they forgot he had a craving knife that works good for ropes when one’s paw is slowly moved to a pocket its beside and fingers get the knife and moving up and down became easier and easier, he grins as he gets those paws free and notices the cloaked Leon, course he has no idea its Leon yet and goes to slip behind him and go to wrap his one arm around him and the other holding a knife to his neck if all goes well ”Ya move pest ya die..” He whispers into his ear.

Leon freezes when he feels the knife and hears the rough voice, “Stonepaw…relax” He says quietly. He says no more and can only hope attention is not drawn to them.

Stonepaw goes to spin him around, maybe a little too roughly “Leon…what the seasons matey I almost slit ya throat..”

Leon grunts a little “Yeah, let’s be glad you didn’t. Where Dorarose and Zinnia?”

Stonepaw frowns “No clue…Xander he..he fell in de river. De lad could be…” He doesn’t finish,, he doesn’t want to think of the outcome of a cold river vs a dibbun.” Some friend I be…make sure ya lot get ta the abbey and I lose one of ya”

Leon rests a paw on his arm “Xander is at the abbey safe. A friend found him and got him there, now we need to find Zinnia and Dorarose and get outta here” He has the stone just in case but it may be wise to try and avoid trouble also and leave.

Stonepaw nods “Right…” He peeks out and uses his fit to knock out a surprised guard and grins “After you lad”

Leon slips out and quickly goes to the next tent and enters from the back entry.

Stonepaw follows after giving another guard a nice close up of his fist, knocking them out as well.

Zinnia is here, looking rather ill as those herbs affected her more so than the others so her recovery time is a bit more. Her breathing is not the best, but a slight improvement on what it was before.

Leon hurries over and undoes any ropes or vines and checks her pulse and breathing before reaching into the hidden surcoat and finding the herbs he needs. He knows where very herb he has is, he could find them if he was blind. He mixes something in a vial and goes to give it to Zinnia, ”Zinnia..Zinnia can you hear me, drink this”

Stonepaw acts as a guard and frowns “She gonna be ok lad?”

Zinnia groans, semi-awake she does drink the mixture and coughs a little opening her eyes some to look at Leon but has yet to speak.

Leon offers a smile, he glances at Stonepaw “She will be, she has asthma so those herbs the Flitchaye use affected her more than others, she will be fine once we get out of here and she can get somewhere to better rest and recover.”

Stonepaw nods “So I be guessing the last lean-to thing is where Dorarose be. But it’s not gonna be easy to get out this been too easy to suit me from these little pests, even if these things are close together.”

Leon frowns” I know it has been a bit too easy and nothing is usually easy with Flitchaye”

Zinnia manages to weakly speak”Leon…Xander..where is he?” She coughs roughly.

Stonepaw sits beside her “Take it easy lass, Leon here said Xander be fine, some abbey beast found him and took him ta the abbey. Your son is safe now relax so ya can be in fair shape when we get outta here and do de abbey lass” He looks at Leon” We need ta find your wife and leave as soon as possible lad”

Leon nods as he makes sure Zinnia is ok and stands looks at the tent entry , he looks at a blue shiny stone he has and keeps in where he can grab it in a hurry.

Zinnia relaxes a little, if Xander is truly at the abbey she knows he is safe.

Stonepaw watches Leon, “Whats the stone lad?”

Leon answers, “Something that proves I mean no harm…Aluf was leader, I think his son Muldoon is now and this stone means no harm between us. I saved Muldoon’s life when he was a dibbun still.”

Stonepaw nods “Yeah but wot if they decide they don’t care now, they seem to hate ALLL non Flitchaye on their so called lands.”

Zinnia listens a little bit as she is starting to breathe better from what Leon gave her but is still taking it easy.

Leon sighs “I don’t know yet, this could all go horribly wrong, it could go good. We all could die today or we live thought this and get to the abbey by dinner time.”

Stonepaw frowns, then snorts “I don’t die without a fight if that ends up being what happens”

Zinnia is in no s to fight very well at all as she can barely sit up right now, she still needs time to at least recover some, maybe an hour or so, but do they have an hour or so is the question.

Leon frowns at this, he rather not see fighting” If you’re worried then get Zinnia out of here. The river bank is not too far and Thunderwing is there. He is an eagle, a friend of mine. You can come back if you want but I am not leaving without my wife.”

Stonepaw notes they are on the far side of the camp and tearing a hole in the cloth on the back of this homemade lean-to would be best and he can run fairly fast threw the tree line and to the river, maybe punch a couple weasels along the way. “Fine lad” He carefully cuts open a large flap and lifts Zinnia up, if allowed, or just help her lean against him.”I am coming back lad…ya got 5 mins”

Zinnia groans and will lean onto the hedgehog.

Leon nods, the river is very close and if the hedgehog goes now he will have a clear path from the back of the lean-to and to the riverbank maybe ¼ a mile away. There is no guards here, least for the time being, if he acts now that is.

Stonepaw looks at Leon, hopefully not for the last time to see him alive and takes off with Zinnia.

The two will make it undetected, but a check of the tents shortly after this causes alarm, the vermin band knows something is not right as two captives ae missing and they will swiftly go to check to see if the third one---Dorarose--- is missing as well.

Leon meanwhile ducks as he is passed and has his own knockout herbs he has in his paw, he covers the mouth of the lone guard and lets him lay down carefully on the ground “Sorry…your wake up in a couple hours, but me and my wife will be gone.” He slips in quickly and looks over at the corner where Dorarose is kept, ”Dorarose…..” He takes the first step towards her hoping she is ok……but that’s when….

Muldoon appears with a faint hiss, along with 10 of his fighters, all with spears…”We D’ Flitchaye…and you getum slayed soon!!”

Leon frowns as he is surrounded it….this can’t be good and he was so close…….

--To be cont. What happens? Is Leon doomed? Will Dorarose wake to witness something horrible? Well the next log is soon….hurray my first ever cliff hanger!!!!!!------