Their Lives Depend on You Obeying Me!(Thorns of Steel TP!)

--In the cell--

Leon is sitting by the wall, he has placed his herb bag slightly out of site, not that there is much in it to begin with, he sighs as no one else is awake right now, just him.

And a certain fox. The door swings open softly and Vladmir enters. "So...I think it's time for more questions."

Leon about jumps when the door opens and frowns, "I already told you who I am." He stays calm and stands up slowly.

"And that isn't nearly enough information." Vladmir draws his sword with exaggerated slowness.

Leon frowns as he sees the sword, "You don't need a sword for questions." He said starts to get a little nervous now but it is not like he could go anywhere if he wanted to.

"Perhaps. But I use it anyways." Vladmir shrugs. "And what is /this/ doing here?" He scoops up the herb pouch with the tip of the sword. Angling the blade upward, he allows the pouch to slide into his other paw. Upending the pouch, he allows its precious contents to be scattered on the dusty stone floor.

Leon gasps, he then glares at the fox, "Y..You can't do that, those are needed!!" He gets brave now and walks closer to Vladmir.

"Not to you, they're not." Vladmir smirks. "You see, now your lives depend entirely on /me./ If any of you are injured or fall ill, you cannot do a thing about it. Thus, you must obey me if you are to survive." He levels the blade at Leon. "I wouldn't recommend coming much closer than that if you like to have a head on top of your neck."

Leon finishes taking one more step and then stops, he thinks on what is said and then does indeed stop, he speaks "But I needed to make more....", He stops and decides it's best to say nothing, he looks at the herbs which won’t be much good on this floor and quickly looks back to Vladmir making a mental note its most likely best to not glace away from this fox, "What do you want? And what will you do if I would say No to your questions?"

"Think of the worst possible way to die, then imagine something about twice as slow and many times more painful," Vladmir says.

Leon frowns at that answer, he remains standing unsure of sitting or not, he then repeats "What do you want...to know?"

"Everything. What are the Redwallers planning to do in order to neutralize me? And when? Who will do it?" Vladmir hisses all of this in a low, ominous tone.

Leon frowns, he tenses up and doesn't say anything right away, he takes a pace backwards and just frowns

"ANSWER ME!" Vladmir bellows, raising his weapon.

Leon screams and falls backwards landing on his bottom and gulps, "I...I..they..." He shakes his head, "No..I ...I can't."

"Speak. /Now/," Vladmir growls in a low voice. "Or shall I see just /how/ more painful I can make it...?" His question lingers menacingly on the air.

Leon closes his eyes, "They have sparrows, and...and some small band of the Long patrol, they also have the abbey on lockdown, guards and archers all over the walls....I don't know much else."

"I knew that, you idiot," Vladmir growls.

Leon opens his eyes, "Then what else is there to say to you?"

"What will they /do/, and /when/," Vladmir snarls.

Leon answers, "I don't know when, when they find the base, that’s one thing they been trying to do, by air or..land, then attacked your base, and I don't know if anyone has made it to the base and reported back or not, no one has been in here if they did." He sighs, " Maybe their own air attack, they do have couple eagles, all the sparrows,...they have a monitor on their side."

"And I have quite a few more monitors than they do," Vladmir says smugly. "So...by air...I will inform the flock," He mutters to himself.

Leon frowns, he looks at the door and then remembers what the newt said and so stays put, he speaks again, "Why did you dump all my herbs? Most of them are messed up now." Ok maybe dangerous to ask, "What you going to do with me and the other two captives you have?"

"I told you already why I eliminated your herbs. And the captives...Well, I will have no use for you soon, other than as bargaining chips. Should that fail, or should you annoy me greatly, you shall die," Vladmir states.

Leon frowns, yeah he remembers now what he said as tears start to come, he looks over at Oz and Blisa who is sleeping, he has to do what the fox says or they die then he and slowly turns to Vladmir, "I..will obey you, I don't want to see Oz or the kitten hurt..or worse"

"Excellent." Vladmir stalks out of the cell.

Leon watches him go and places his face in his paws and starts sobbing, uncontrolled sobbing , and is this way for a half hour and lays down by where all the herbs were spilled, now ruined by the dirt and unsanitary conditions of this place, he sniffs as his mind races as thoughts of home, of Dorarose, of the ill badger and of the kitten, he starts sobbing again and grows quiet after another half an hour as he has cried himself to sleep.