They Found Us! How! And Hudson Has A New Sword?(Marek's Revenge TP)
-Inside the old church-
Oz sits with the dibbuns around him as he tells them a story of Martin the warrior and Rose, he smiles as he even has moments where his voice rises and falls and he chuckles some.
Caleb sits near the front with Lillymoore and listens to the story.
May smiles as she rocks one of the younger ones in an old rocking chair she found and helps keep an eye on the restless dibbuns.
One of the dibbuns smiles “What happen then Papa Oz?”
Oz smiles “Well they made it to Noonvale, no beast to this day knows where it is as its always remained hidden from outsiders and no one knows if beasts still even live there or not.”
Caleb grins as he listens, “Maybes beasts one day find it!”
May shakes her head “Maybe, one never knows now calm down and listen to the rest of the story.”
Oz smiles “So should I go on?”
The smiles will probably stop as there is a loud noise from the floor above and many voices and not so kind laughing and one deep voice” Well look around the brat said they were here!”
The dibbuns gasp one eeps loudly and rushes to hid behind Oz who is now reaching for his staff and standing. He grips the staff and looks ready to fight
May frowns “Oz, what is it, what’s going on?” panic in her voice as she gets the dibbuns near her closer to the far wall.
Caleb, usually brave decides to dash up and behind Oz and shiver, as does his sister.
Hudson appears and smirks, beside him about 15 vermin and 10 more behind him “Knock knock.”
Aithne stands beside the wildcat and smiles coldly, “Oh look it’s a hedgepig and a stripedog, and an otter maid and oh..dibbuns”
Oz growls steping forwards a little “Who are you? What is it you want?” He may be blind but he can tell there are others with him from the scent and many unknown footsteps.
May gasps and holds a couple dibbuns close who are now huddled against her.
Hudson smirks, “I am Hudson and your..” He rises his arm and signals “Are now my slaves” The vermin rush forwards, some towards the dibbuns and some towards Oz “No killing, yet”
Aithne stays close to the wildcat, she will just help make sure none run past her, one tries and she picks up the wiggling mouse dibbun, “Naughty naughty”
Oz instantly attacks, he knocks out a fox and ferret right away, manages to grab a rat in each paw and throw them against a wall and the rats are dead, 3 other beast a couple other rats and a weasel try and stab Oz, one makes a cut on his arm and his staff goes down hard on the weasels head, it groans and falls over, the two rats are punched, one falls against the others blade and dies instantly.
May knocks one ferret against a charging fox, the fox kills the ferret instead as she frowns, not meaning for that to happen
Streamheart wakes and instantly holds her infant close to her.
Hudson growls and attacks Oz with furry, aiming to cut him with a dagger.
Aithne grins and also goes to stab Oz in the arm or shoulder if she can.
Meanwhile the rest of the vermin manage to grab dibbuns and a couple corner the other beast in the room.
Oz snarls and goes to punch Hudson as cuts show up on his lower right arm in a couple places , he growls as the vixen gets his shoulder.
Hudson goes to shove the badger down.
May frowns as she is cornered “I give up”
Oz stumbles backwards and falls bumping his head and rubs it with a growl towards Hudson.
Hudson chuckles as he manages to knock him down finally, "Be wise to stay down." There is about 15 vermin in here now and thanks to the bit of fighting about 4 vermin are dead and a couple knocked out. "Now everyone else..SIT DOWN!"
Streamheart doesn't move, then.
Aithne smirks, "So what now sir, we gonna stay here or leave no one knows anyone is here"
Caleb whimpers
Oz would try and hit Hudson with his staff but one he is out of energy and two he isn’t going to try a risky move and endanger anyone or himself.
May frowns, a couple of the dibbuns stay close to her as she watches the vermin, she turns to Hudson "You’re not going to get away with this you..you scum"
Hudson smirks "It seems my dear, I already have and a couple know where they are, unless of course my assassin took care of them but she didn’t return so either she failed or she didn’t fail but still got caught, we escort them out and take a happy walk" He smiles coldly "I am Hudson and I now own you, I will tell you when to eat, sleep, when to be awake....and weather you live or die is up to me" He Keeps the sword out for now, "Get them gathered up, they come with us...well almost all of them do."
Streamheart remains silent, holding Konrad, until Hudson speaks. "Nobeast owns me, scum. My mate will hunt you down."
A lot of the dibbuns cry and a couple are too afraid to do anything
Aithne grins "Hudson owns you now slave, and you won’t be found..no one will "
Hudson rolls his eyes "Righhhhhhhhht..let him try, he will fail and I will win. Maybe I will give him a nice little message as I plan to make a little trip while my beasts keep an eye on you all..have a word with Marek, make him see I did something he could not and he has no part in it."
Streamheart doesn't back down. She spits at Aithne. "Nobeast owns me. Not after what Seth did. My mate will come for me, like he did before."
Oz speaks "Good always wins in the end, even if it takes some time...help is coming and it can just as easily defeat you as well as Marek."
Aithne growls at the otter maid and glances at Hudson "Can we kill the otter maid as well she needs manners"
Caleb has managed to calm some, not that it’s easy being surrounded by all the vermin.
Hudson smiles "DO relax Aithne, we need to keep her alive...for now, besides it be so much more enjoyable if her mate was to see her die in front of him as she said...he will come after us"
Streamheart holds Konrad close. "Lee will kill you first, cat. He's always saved me."
May frowns and calms some of the dibbuns, "It will be ok, your see dears"
The vermin gather up all the dibbuns, Streamheart, Oz and May, then take them outside placing chains on their necks and paws and makes them be in a long line and they then move on and away from the church.
Hudson leads them along with his band of vermin and finally makes them sit by a stream after hours of walking, by now all the captives are chained and handcuffed as they are slaves and very well guarded by the 20 or so vermin at Hudson's command.
Streamheart keeps her son Konrad close, glaring at their captors.
May is close to some of the dibbuns and has managed to keep them fairly calm, she sighs and sits down.
Oz walks slowly and sits down by the others, the trip hasn’t been the best for him as he doesn’t have his staff and the fact he is blind so he tripped a couple times, he carefully sits down when they come to a stop.
Hudson smirks, "I think your all make good slaves, maybe I will keep a couple of you, the others will be sold" He looks at the otter maid and grins "Not sure on the infant..or better yet." He steps up to Oz, "An old blind badger, what to do with you"
For the fourth time that day, Hudra trips, landing face-plant on the bank. He crawls forward towards the water, muttering something.
One of the vermin yank him away from the water till Hudson glares "Let them get water, don’t need dead slaves"
Streamheart glares hatefully at Hudson. "You hurt Konrad and you'll be sorry."
Caleb tries to hide behind Sister May, as well as his sister Lillymoore and both shiver slightly from fear.
May offers a comforting smile to the mouse dibbuns and tries to not pay attention to any of the vermin that walk back and forth.
Oz would glare at Hudson if he could, "I may not be that easy to get rid of as you think Hudson"
Hudra starts to struggle with the vermin, and yells, "I'm an odder! I can swim!" He looks down at the chain. "Bu' no' with this thin'!" He hits the vermin on the snout with his right paw.
Hudson chuckles at them both, "Oh" First to the otter maid "I will sorry huh, that so..well" He looks at Oz and smiles coldly, "I have my ways and maybe I will sooner rather than later...these brats need to have a little less faith and hope and if your not around..that becomes true...real fast" The vermin who gets hit kicks at the otter dibbun "Best behave ya otter brat"
Caleb curls up and decides to try and sleep as his sister seems to have already anyways.
Streamheart frowns, hugging Konrad close. "This is my child. I will die before I let you hurt him. And if you kill us, there is nothing on Earth that will save you from Lee..."
May says, "I can agree with that, very dangerous to get between a mother and her child"
Oz allows a snarl to escape as he knows Hudson is right in front of him.
Hudson chuckles "I fear no one woodlander." He glances at Oz "I think I know the perfect way to get rid of you and show others I am a force to not be messed with"
Hudra curls up into a ball when he is kicked, whimpering. The young otter soon passes out.
Streamheart growls.
Hudson chuckles, "One thing I dislike are dibbuns, but they will make me lots of gold once sold as slaves"
Oz decides this is enough as he stands and judges where Hudson is based on the chuckle and goes to shove him as hard as he can.
May watches but stays quiet, she is still making sure the dibbuns stay quiet or get some rest.
Hudson was not watching for that to happen as his focus is on Streamheart so he is shoved and fairly far, he growls as hate fills him and he goes to shove and kick the badger back down before he has time to do that move again and if he succeeds he will draw his blade and place it at his throat “Maybe my plans move a little faster now" Cold hate in his voice now.
Streamheart is unsure what to do. She freezes. "Oz!"
Oz feels the kick to his midsection and groans, being shoved doesn’t help either as he hits the knee that always gives him troubles, he starts to sit up and stops when he feels the sword.
May gasps and gets a very worried look on her face.
Hudson makes Oz stand and oddly undoes his cuffs, "The rest of you watch them, I have a message to deliver and he comes with me" He keeps the blade at the badgers throat and starts to head off, his men will guard the slaves and they are strong vermin, armed and even some archers just in case a you leave you die sort of thing.
Oz walks along with Hudson trying to figure out where they are going.
Hudson smirks, “You know what it be fun to kill you with this sword, do you know what Sword I hold in my paw Oz?”
Oz growls, “Why should I care.” He tries to kick the wildcat.
Hudson is kicked and growls, he kicks Oz back and uses a dagger to try to stab him a couple times in the leg and try to break the leg if he can.
Oz stumbles but fights back, he gets a couple stabs in the leg and gasps in pain when he hears a snap, his leg is now broken as he tries to stand and falls down.
Hudson forces the badger up and pushes the sword against his neck to draw a little blood, “That was fun now..this is a fine sword indeed oh I will you could see but I will tell you..its Martins sword.”
Oz narrows his eyes “You Lie!”
Hudson slams the hilt into Oz’s face “Do I?!”
Oz tenses up and spits blood at Hudson.
Hudson forces Oz to walk further till they get to, if the badger could see, very familiar gates.
RW Abbey: Main Gate
You are at the main entrance into Redwall Abbey. The gates are a a massive, double-doored wooden affair, reinforced with iron, and with a heavy latch and crossbar on the inside to prevent would-be invaders. While the gates almost always stand open, you get the impression that the builder of this portal designed it to be nigh impregnable. The entrance arch is amazingly thick, denoting the strength and thickness of the ancient walls themselves, which, despite the upheavals of the past, and numerous cracks present in the rose colored stone, still stand tall and strong. Uncountable pawprints can be seen in the dirt, leading both in and out of the Abbey. Along the bottom of the wall on either side of the arch, weeds and wildflowers can be seen in plenty.
It is dark, though torches have been lit on either side of the gate to light your way inside. Things are quiet apart from the occasional buzz of night insects. The walls are a darker shadow against the sky.--------------------------------------------------------------------Are you a newcomer to Redwall? Type +skills apply rwchat to keep track of what's happening.--------------------------------------------------------------------
Exits: [Enter] the abbey, [R]ight Along [W]all, [L]eft Along [W]all, [R]oad
The day has been quiet till a face not seen for a while shows up forcing someone to walk who clearly can’t right now from injuries, does Hudson care....nope. He sneers as he looks up "Tell ya boss I DEMAND his attention.." He keeps a sword at the badger’s throat.
The archers blink and it just happens said boss is on the walls and looks down with a glare" What do you want..the abbey is mine" He seems willing to make the archers fire but there is the badger so he narrows his eyes.
Oz coughs and groans weakly, ready to pass out most likely, falling to his knees slowly probably making Hudson have to adjust his own standing.
Hudson narrows his eyes right back, he growls as Oz starts to pass out and smirks..."I should slay you but maybe I won’t use my new toy" He does go to make him stand again and shoves him towards the wall aiming to serious knock him out or hopefully finish him off, he hopes the 2nd as weak as he is and looks at Marek waving the sword "My new..toy...ya left it at the base up north fool...you have the abbey I have this and slaves!" Wait that’s! Martin the Warrior’s Sword!
Marek narrows his eyes. A rat looks over a little too close to the edge "Umm boss he has...." He is pushed off and falls to the road, another rat gulps.."But the fox's...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Marek glare "Anyone else have a wise thing to say...." They back off" Goood.." He glares at the wildcat, "Well Hudson...good news and bad, I am not about to come down there..bad news..it means whatever army or forces the fox finds, hopefully he wastes all his energy on you and your beasts and is easier for mine to kill him" He goes to turn back and down the stairs "make him a pincushion if you can, if not I care less" Only a couple archers go to fire and being so nervous and shaky they most likely will miss.
Oz is knocked out, he isn’t dead but it’s hard to tell that unless someone is allowed to get him inside.
Hudson sidesteps the archers bad aim, one does graze his cheek as he growls.."I will not fail ! You won’t face me cause your afraid of me!"
Oz is unconscious and near death, he needs a healer and quickly.
RW Abbey: Entry
You stand on a grassy sward between two cottages. To the south you see a small, calm pond. To the north lies an open space where the Abbey has its feasts in the warmer seasons. To the east is the Great Hall, a massive structure that rises far above the abbey walls and is completed with large towers that pierce upwards into the sky. The main building is completed with a large, iron banded door that would allow one into the Great Hall.
The blanket of snow is replaced with the vibrant greens of spring. Newly sprung flowers and young shoots dot the path. They hold a promise of color and enhancement. The earth is relatively dry here, and the soil rich for growing, but muddy patches of dirt still can be found. Many Abbey beasts can be seen tending to the gardens, though some are content with just being out and about, enjoying the warmth of the virgin sun and the pleasant weather. Dirt pawprints are tracked upon the clearing's surface, serving as witness to the fact that the majority of Abbeybeasts are caught up in the "spring fever." Most will will do just about anything, or make any excuse to be outside, eager to watch as spring colors emerge in scraggly clumps.
Exits/Entrances:
[G]reat [H]all [C]limb to the [R]amparts [A]bbey [P]ond
[Ga]te [H]ouse [Leave] through the gates [Open] Ground
[C]hampion's [C]ottage
Marek is in the entry and looks fuming mad! "I know what he has shut up!!" A couple weasels back up, one ferret is not listening "What about the stripedog shouldn’t we see if he is dead..." Marek slits his throat, and then looks to the gates "Perhaps...sorry Bignose"
Lee pushes the Great Hall door open and peers out carefully, making sure to keep his distance. The commotion outside has his attention, though.
Marek growls, he spots Lee and points at him "Come here...." He motions to a fox of his "You too..."
Lee frowns, but steps outside anyway. He is in no mood to be all that polite, not after Zarola tried to kill his daughter.
Marek shakes his "You too go outside and bring him inside, see if he is dead or not, if he is alive take him to the infirm...oh and no wrong moves" He points out all the archers aim at them both, he don’t care right now "That’s a lot of arrows"
Oz isn’t dead, he is not in good shape either and would die without the aid of a healer.
Lee sighs. "Fine, but I want a nice long chat with you later, in private. I feel I have a right to that at least." With that, the otter goes out to see what or who is injured.
Marek folds his arms over his chest" We will see" He watches Lee and the fox carefully as they go to get Oz inside, the fox makes sure they get back in and then quickly just backs off, he wasn’t about to be full of arrows..Afterwards the gates are wall are even more well-guarded, the stoat growls a little still moody as he tells his an archer joining on the wall top. "Tell them if they so much as see an ear tip of Hudson..Fill him full of arrows at first sight!" The archer nods and heads up to join the other archers.
Oz gives proof as he groans, weakly but it’s a groan none the less as he is hopefully laid down gently to be looked at by a healer.
Lee gasps. "Oz! Wot... Yer not supposed ta be here!" The otter is now in full panic mode. "The dibbuns! Me wife!" He shakes Oz, wanting to question the badger now rather than later.
Marek watches, he does have one of the novice get a healer to examine the badger and walks over he is curious but has an idea to who those dibbuns and the otters mate.
Oz groans as he is shaken, only coming semi awake and grits his teeth in pain, he tries to speak before he passes out again and only gets out one word, it’s all that’s needed further info can be gotten from Marek maybe or least some info.."H..Hu..Hudson.." Before he falls unconscious and the healer goes to gently push Lee away and a 2nd one comes as they work on Oz looking very worried indeed.
Lee needs no further info. He understands alright, and in the heat of his anger and worry, he leaps up, and immediately tries to go out after the cat, weaponless and with a total disregard for Marek and his archers. Streamheart and his son are the only things on his mind.
Marek narrows his eyes and steps in front of the otter, along with around 6 large beasts "Your not leaving Mr. Lee, you’re staying put..besides do you know where to go..do.." He stops as he glares towards the open ground as someone must of asked a healer wants going on, a couple stoats try to hold back a certain badger who is loudly complaining "Let me go....Oz!" Marek growls and addresses Lee "Do not make me lock you up Mr. Lee, and that’s not the only thing Hudson has, he has the sword you abbey beasts value so much"
Oz is tended to, he is unconscious and not in good shape at all, they do get some help to get him to the infirm, which will hopefully calm one other beast down or least keep him away.
Lee growls, his eyes narrowed. "Marek, you let me go this instant! HE HAS ME WIFE AN' SON!" His voice drops low, "Ye know who I am, Marek, ye know there be nothin' on earth that'll keep me from savin' me fam'ly. "Not Seth! Not Nightfur, an' certainly not Hudson!"
Marek narrows his eyes "No beast leaves my abbey..besides, your weaponless and you have another child here. I cannot always control my men when I am not in the same area as them...it would be sad if something were to happen to your daughter.." He glances at the open ground, he looks relieved Zork follows the healers into the infirm, one less beast to deal with for now, back to Lee as a couple strong beasts are each side of him "I will lock you in that little office Mr. . Lee and you don’t have the keys anymore..I do"
Lee glares. There is a hint of something more, though. Despair. His shoulders slump. "If me wife dies, I 'old ye personally responsible... forever." The otter turns, defeated. He calls over his shoulder, "An' ye tell that lizard Zarola of yers, that if she ever stabs me daughter again, I don't care wot punishment I'd get for it, I'll rip 'er apart." He heads back inside.
Marek growls after the otter, he heads to the pond to try and clear his head, Hudson will not make him a fool...no one makes Marek a fool!
Oz is meanwhile at the infirm, healers work on him looking worried and keeps all but a healer away for the next couple hours.
RW Abbey: Infirmary
Several beds are lined against the red sandstone walls of the Abbey's Infirmary. An examination table, separated from the rest of the room by hanging blankets, rests against the far wall. Tucked into a small alcove is a sizeable workbench with various containers for mixing and preparing medicinal compounds. Against another wall is a desk for use by the Infirmary Keeper. A curtained off alcove behind the desk hides a locked door to the Infirmary's supplies and linens.
Exits: Infirmary [Rec]overy Room, [H]ealer's [D]ormitory, [O]pen [G]round, [Hall]
-It’s been a couple hours since the event at the entry-
Lee strides in from the hall, looking both angry and worried. "Somebeast, tell me if Oz be awake, now."
A healer nods "He is but he is very weak, he’s lucky he was brought in when he was or he be dead"
Lee sighs. "Wot are 'is injuries?"
Oz groans, the healer does all the talking "He has some cuts to his arm, a stab just under his shoulder, his right arm is most likely broken and some other bruises and cuts, he will live but will be in the infirm a while, he also suffered some from the heat outside but he has managed to drink a little water."
Lee nods. "At least he'll be alright." The otter sighs. "This is a disaster. In more ways than one. Who's gonna go after Hudson? Who's gonna save me wife?"
The healer can only frown, I am unsure...maybe ask to look for him, I am unsure maybe someone knows a direction he went.."
Oz groans trying to speak, he gets a few sips of water and coughs." Wa..was..south" He coughs as his throat hurts.
Lee nods and sighs. "Thank Oz. I can't do anythin' about it, though. Nobeast can."
Oz frowns, he feels wet fur under his eyes as its clear he is worried too, "Maybe...try..chatting" He coughs and frowns, it slowly dawns on him he is in the infirm of the abbey, not that he is , in a way, glad to see the abbey, but it’s not the best place to be either.
Lee sighs defeated. "I already tried to go, it's no good. Marek won't let me. An' so nobeasts but us trapped in the Abbey know about it, there will be nobeasts goin' ta rescue the others. I fear wot Hudson will do next."
Oz frowns "Try..again...still not sure how he found us" He frowns, is he..crying?
Lee shakes his head. "Face it, Oz, me paws are tied. I can't go, nobeast can."
Oz says, "Maybe...message...Hudson said something, but..can’t say for sure heard right I..can’t see so..""
Lee frowns. "Wot kind of message?"
Oz frowns "He keep saying how Marek left a sword at..at the base...how be..funny to kill me with it..."
Lee sits. "Oh my... I can only think o' one sword 'e means..."
Oz frowns, takes a little while in his messed up headache.."He has..Flicktail’s.. sword...does he?"
Lee nods. "I think so, aye. That be the only reason he be talkin' 'bout it so much."
Oz frowns, "Something needs done...somehow"
Lee nods. "I know, Oz. Just dunno wot."
Oz sighs, "I..Tried to stop him and failed at it, he had too many there" He lets sleep over take him and the healers shoo Lee away.
