Zurrgg Needs Stopped

• • This is sort of long starts in houseing area of Ferravale and then gets to dirt road, Happen ICLY the afternoon of 1-12-16**

FV:Houseing Area 2

his is the houseing area of Ferravale. The homes look to be in good shape and each are made of a strong wood and have simple roofs, a couple homes are large than others and a couple smaller, otherwise most are the same size depending on number of beasts living in the home. A small gravel walkway leads to each home and a couple large poles keep oil lamps burning at night for light on the main pathway. A path heads back to the center of town.

Exits: [B]andit's [H]ome, [Z]ee's [H]ome, [B]ack

It’s a nice day, cold but still it’s sunny out and this area of town by the houses lacks many beasts as mostly are at market, or maybe at a job or even just out and about eating meals. A couple beasts pass by homes going where ever it is they need to get to for the day. And a couple lone beasts, a couple rats in fact are standing around and for now don't look too out of place. Clouds in the sky look like it could snow soon and add to some snow of course already on the ground.

Zurrgg smirks as he walks around, beside him is a red furred ferret as he looks at the homes "Well I have managed to find some beasts who dislike my old -friend- and was kind enough to direct me to his home." He chuckles as he looks to the ferret, who happens to be an archer, and they have a longbow and arrows with them.

The two rats look over and one snorts "So what do we get outta this?"

The other nods "Yeah he isn’t even home"

Zurrgg grins and walks forwards, he has a crossbow with him, one he stole and still has “Well, it would of been much more fun if he had been home, but this can be just as fun for him to return to nothing. So which home belongs to the stripe dog?"

Jase is walking around and had been visiting someone who needed some herbs when he hears talking and decides, lest at first, it’s none of his business when he decides to look around a corner anyways as the one voice seems so familiar. He then gasps quietly when he sees the wildcat and quickly backs up, but at the same time he is curious as to what they are doing and so he stays as maybe he can help stop it or least tell someone some details of what is happening.

The rats shrug, one points to the hut "That one thing, de other one I seen Head Guard go into....hmmms maybe we should forget it then could be bad as homes are sort of close to one another.

Zurrgg lets out a growl “Who cares, sides..." He smiles coldly "I do love chaos; it is lovely thing to witness and watch from afar." He nods to the ferret who gets an arrow that’s has some cloth on it and pours a very strong ale on it, takes flint and stone and the cloth at the end of the arrow is ablaze as he goes to carefully aim. He looks down the line of the arrow and pulls back...ready to fire it towards the hut.

Jase steps out and holds up a paw "Wait what are you doing you can't do this, that’s someone's house!" And he quickly decides he should not of stepped into view, he has no weapon and frowns as he digs into his healers pack and finds....a surgeon knife, that might help...right?

The two rats have large longswords and draw them now as they look at the healer cat, "Bad timing..."

The other rat nods "Yeah bad timing...hee heeee"

Zurrgg spins around and growls as he goes to grab Jase, the ferret archer is started and lets the arrow fly. It misses the badger's hut and hit..breaks the Head Guards window and sets a blaze some sort of crate. What is in that crate? The answer comes fairly soon as there is a loud sort of BOOM! Seems it was some ale and that just added to the.."Chaos, I love it...wait that’s not his house!" He glares at the ferret who backs off now in fear of his boss.

Jase goes to stab the wildcat in the arm if he is able and struggles to get free of his grasp.."Let...me...go...."

Zurrgg growls when the dagger is in his arm and rips it out, it’s tossed to the side and he goes to close his paw around the healer’s throat tighter and grins “I remember you…yes you were at the tavern, seems I missed yes? Hee heee…I dislike witnesses, you shall die”

The two rats gasp and one was send flying backwards as glass breaks and is knocked out by hitting a tree, the other rat is barely far enough away, "We could still maybe..torch te hut too boss...boss?"

Elsewhere but near by a beast trudges through the streets, shovel carried over his shoulder. It's hard to tell exactly what beast he is under the grime and dirt covering his fur but he resembles a pine marten. Those who do know the marten might find themselves hard pressed to recognize him even clean.

Working through the winter Liam shed his excess bulk, leaving himself far less plump and obese than he was a few months ago.

Given exactly how much excess he had though, the beast is still rather portly creature, one who nearly jumps out of his own skin at the sound of an explosion. "The heck?" Is so totally not what Liam says as he comes running to the sound either in rare sight of bravery or more likely foolish curiosity.

Jase gaps “Can’t…breathe…release….me”

Zurrgg smiles in Jase face as he goes to make a fist, "I think not...maybe you need a nap?" He goes to punch the cat out and looks towards the hut, “Break the door down...someone dies today, how about the healer of this village."

The Ferret with Zurrgg nods and breaks a window of the hut and coughs as some smoke from the Head Guards home starts to get to him and the heat, he makes it enough to get to a door and looks around as he comes out "No one home boss.."

Jase manages a groan before he is knocked out, well this can’t be a good thing.

Liam comes sliding into view not too far away from the beasts gathered here, conspirator and victim alike. His mouth drops at the sight of a fire here in the village long before he even realizes the danger still around him. A fire like this could burn down the whole village if they don't act fast! But all Liam can do is watch as the home is slowly consumed by spreading fire. He turns to the others for help or direction, just in time to see the cat get his lights knocked out.

Zurrgg smiles and goes to lay Jase down in the hut and steps back, he uses whats left of the ale he had and flint and stone and starts a fire by the hut, it’s not much but it could get bad and steps back, he looks at the head guards house a blaze "Well well Head Guards home hmmms...well this is most exciting isn't it, too bad he isn’t home huh..or the badger...oh well. " He looks at a crowd and narrows his eyes as he looks at the rats and ferret, well one rat is still passed out by the tree "Let’s go fools chaos is best watched from afar!" He then heads towards some running beasts and mixes in with them, yep just part of the crowd, the rat just runs and the ferret seems to stay and watch.

Jase groans and is semi-conscious as he opens his eyes and sees flickering light and smoke and his eyes widen, wait fire and he is.. "Oh..the...HELP!!!"

Gritting his teeth Liam steps closer as more and more beasts fill the area, some calling for the fire brigade. Liam though has a different mission. Spitting into both paws he then grips his shovel as he approaches the ferret from behind, swinging his tool with all the power he can muster.

The ferret is too busy watching the fire and grins, he then feels the pain and his world goes black as he is knocked clean unconcious and slumps to the ground. The crowds and watching the blaze that’s got the Head Guards house basically...well it may be able to be saved...well probably not, the hut beside it is burning some now too as someone says "Some beast is in the hut!!"

Scioto was at his home by the tavern when he heard what was happening and rushes over, luckily beasts are starting to put out the fire “What in the seasons?!" He frowns at the someone is in the hut and groans..great just what he needs he look for the best way to do this or maybe send a guard inside?

Jase coughs as he tries to stand and frowns as he looks around, fire, fire is all around him and smoke. He covers his nose and mouth with his paws and coughs again as his eyes start to water a lot and gasps as part of the roof falls in and only adds more fire to the hut as it was just the roof of the hut and now the inside, he backs up and trips over a chair, he yelps in pain as he twists his ankle and slap[s some roof tiles off his leg.

Liam doesn't pay any attention to the cries about a beast being stuck in the fire. Adrenalin pumping he stands there, gasping for breath, holding his shovel high and waiting for the ferret to get back up and pummel him. When he doesn't Liam begins to laugh. "I...I did it! I stopped the ferret! I stopped-" He sees an imagined twitch and gives the ferret a second WACK across the head. He goes to give the beast a third when a guard catches the shovel.

"No! What are you doing! He's the bad guy! Arrest him! Arrest him!" The fire brigade is just now showing up, organizing people into long lines from the nearest water supply to the fire.

The head guard’s house is sadly, already lost but spread far enough apart from the other homes that it should burn itself out. The other house, perhaps the fire can be stopped from spreading and they focus on saving the badgers home!

Zurrgg watches from a far and smirks, he is purposely not helping, he even trips one of the beasts carrying water and chuckles insanely as he watches “I say...this is exciting is it not?" A couple beasts blink at him and he just gives them his crazy smile.

Scioto goes to help with some of the buckets of water and frowns as a guard comes back coughing and whispers something to him and he nearly drops the bucket as he does something odd and dumps water on himself and goes to dash inside the hut, he tries to look for Jase through the smoke as he covers his mouth and snout with a wet cloak.

Jase groans, the fire gets worse and so does the smoke, he pushes the chair off and looks to a burn he has on his leg and tail, he bumps into Scioto and blinks "S..sir...." He coughs badly and then passes out at the chieftains foot paws.

Liam is simply pulled away by the guard. "No! Don't you get it! He helped set the fire! Don't let him get away!" Still keeping Liam at bay a second guard comes to bind the unconcious pyromaniac ferret. If nothing else Bandit has trained the guards to do their duty. A suspect is after all, a suspect.

Zurrgg looks over at his ferret and shrugs as he seems to care less and places a fake frown on his face "This is just awful..how horrible"

Scioto finds Jase and goes to pull him out of the hut and coughs. A couple guards quickly pull him and the healer to safety as the fire has spread some but also is starting to go out slowly and the snow fall starting is helping some now.

The head guard’s home, a burning pile of boards and a caved in roof now, the hut is half gone and some abandoned house might lose a porch.

Jase is unconcious, but alive, he has some burnt fur, a burn on his leg and tail and a cut on his ankle that’s also twisted and he breathed in a lot of smoke, seems the healer needs a healer. He also has bruises on his neck and a possible broken wrist.

The ferret is quickly bound by the guard and hauled off to the side of the road. Both Liam and the ferret are carried away by the guards back to the guard shack as the beasts fight tooth and nail to keep the badger’s home from burning down.

Zee usually moves slow but he can move fast during rare times and this is one of them "Wot the....." Is all he can say and he can only watch with a shocked look on his face.

Zurrgg spots the badger and grins, he readies a cross bolt and starts to aim and then decides there is way too many witnesses for this and backs off into other crowd. After some time with the bucket water line and the falling snow the fire is just a bit of a smoking sparking mess here and there. The hut is mainly gone except for a small corner and part of the roof. The Head Guards home is totally lost and still smokes as part of a chair is burning and some pile of roof and wall laying on its side now burns slightly. The area has a lot of smoke in it still.

Scioto frowns and looks around for the cause of this and checks Jase for a pulse as he looks at the wounds. A healer beast not as good with healing does check Jase out, no major bleeding but the burns could be bad and breathed in smoke.

Jase is clearly unconcious, but he is alive with a weak pulse and his breathing is a little off.

Zee finds his way to Scioto and rushes over "Chiefy wot happen...I mean I see and.."He sees Jase and bends down, "Is he ok? Any other beast hurt?" He frowns at another thought "Wait...wasn’t that other house..Bandits house?"

Zurrgg turns and sort of fades into the crowd and walks off fairly easily. He may of been seen but none can get to him easily and one is afraid it seems.

Scioto sort of glares at the old badger, and looks around as a couple guards come to him and the healer helping speaks up "Umm...Jase needs some better medical attention sir.." The chieftain sighs and his ears flatten on his head "Where is Bandit? Who did this and are you going to stand there or LOOK!!"

Jase remains out cold and most likely won’t wake soon, he knows who did it but not like he is able to say anything right now sadly.

A guard quickly approaches the chief before quickly losing his bravery to the cats temper. "Er...er..." The small fox bat begins, "Bandit, he is still on his way back from redwall. He will be back today..." He taps his wing tips together, "I pity the beast who will tell him about this..."

Zee looks up "Well least he wasn’t inside his house and he needs ta know.." He frowns at his own hut and sighs "Well...least hardly had anything...a hammock, that’s gone and a chest...hmmms chest may be saveable" But his hut is 3/4 gone, he looks back to the chieftain "Maybe Redwall can help your Master Healer...Angela tis still thar"

Scioto glares at the bat and narrows his eyes at the badger, he looks at the bat "Then he needs to get here NOW!!" Yes his temper is rising quickly, he takes a look at Zee, “Maybe you should just go to the abbey..yeah do that and demand my head guard get back here now!!!"

Jase is going to need help soon of some sort. The apprentice healer has managed to get aloe on the burns and make sure he is alive, but there is not much else they can do as the apprentice speaks "Umm..Zee is right Master Jase needs help or...well...he might die"

The bat squeaks. "Ri-right away sir! Get the fox, get the fox. Got it." The bat takes to the sky heading straight for redwall and completely missing the head guard as he comes into the gate of the village.

The jovial fox looks to be in a rather pleasant mood. Visiting Redwall always put him in finer spirits, if also wider clothes. The obese fox practically skips as he comes further and further into the village. A large goofy grin is plastered across his face as he enters the market, well away from the house he just lost..

Scioto snorts, he looks down at Jase and does frown deeply and nods to the guards "Well someone can see if Bandit is back, someone else can tell him I am going on a trip" He goes to gently life up Jase and growls, his mood is foul right now so not the best time for a trip.

Zee frowns and goes to help "I can carry him Scioto" The badger can and will use the cats name when its important.

Jase shivers slightly but still doesn’t respond to much right now.

Scioto growls but lets the badger take Jase from his arms, "Fine..make yourself useful" He walks away and starts looking for Bandit or anyone that has seen him.

The fox moves deeper into the city in such fine spirits that he even smiles and nods to those who pass by even if they regard him as if seeing a ghost. "Village certainly is in an odd mood today." He glances at a party of guards carrying a ferret and Liam away. "Liam? What in the blazes is going on? What did you do now?"

The guards all pause to glance at the fox, "That is...an interesting choice of words, uh, sir. There was a fire, just down the street." The guards tell Bandit...and nothing else. Liam only shakes his head, giving Bandit a look of pity as he is led away.

Raising an eyebrow Bandit sighs, looks like his work is never done.

He rounds the corner to his home street and comes face to face with Scioto well before seeing the damage to his home.

Watching the badger carry the cat by the fox replies, "Yeah, I can have some guards escort him there. Who's home was destroyed? Do we know who set the fire?"

Scioto cross his arms and goes to led Bandit to the scene of the crime and lets him find out for himself and a couple guards go to report to Bandit what happen, what was seen and about a ferret in a cell now.

Bandit just stares, he just stares. Eye twitching, jaw slack. He falls to his knees staring at the ruins of his home. For a long moment he says nothing.

Scioto takes a deep breath, "It also took the badgers hut.Jase may of saw what happen but he is unconcious, I don’t know if anyone else saw anything or not"

The fox doesn't reply. He continues to stare longingly at the remains of his home. "Nahahmmahah..." He mumbles, unable to form complete sentences.

Scioto lays a paw on Bandits shoulder "I...am sorry...we can find you another home or...maybe stay elsewhere in the village, well somewhere till its fixed. Maybe see if Marek will let you use the room above the tavern for sleeping in at least. And as much as I dislike it I will have to make a trip to..Redwall"

"Mhahuh." The fox continues to mumble. Ears flat, jaw still slack as he stares at his home. It's hard to tell if anything said to him is getting through.

Scioto watches Bandit as he speaks"Bandit..I ORDER you not to go insane, I can’t have my head guard losing it, do you hear me?"

The fox looks up to the chief, eyes wide and tearful. He begins to snivel. Then come the large tearful sobs and finally the fox's paws cover his eyes as he begins to cry.

Scioto blinks, he has never seen Bandit like this and his ears perk some, he then becomes a bit less..grumpy and frowns, "I am sorry this has happen Bandit and I am sure we will find who did this and you can help make them pay." His tail twitches as he asks "Are you going to be ok Bandit?"

The fox casts his head downward. The tears slowly turn into laughter. He stands, paw locked in a death grip on the hilt of his sword, "Oh I'm just /peachy/. Excuse me sir. I have a pine marten to question..." The fox's eyes are wild, red with tears, and his face is trying to decide if it should frown, cringe, or snarl. He begins to storm off in the direction of the guard shack where Liam and the ferret were taken...

Scioto watches as his Head Guard storms off, hmmms an angry Bandit is new and he wonders how angry bandit acts, he sighs and looks to the gates; he will have to go check on his Master Healer...yep just a wonderful snowy day in Ferravale...NOT.

==A hour later on the road close to Redwall

Zee task was simple, carry Jase to the abbey in a sort of jog, he has tried but he had to get the cat to a better healer and that was the abbey. The guard that was to follow him decided to go and find Blisa ahead of the badger and inform the abbey of the arrival of guests soon.

Little did the badger know he had been followed by the wildcat Zurrgg, he had chosen not to strike right away and he had still with him a couple rats, yes he lost a ferret but he could care less a weasel he had was much better at archery and he himself had his new toy, the crossbow he stole from Marek. The wildcat has very little beasts working for him, but that little bit slowly grows and he plans to in time have much more.

Jase is unconcious in the badger’s arms and so has no clue what is happening right now.

Zee slows a little due to the snow, he looks around and at the time being doesn’t have his family blade with him, he does have his special staff, but right now it’s in a special loop on his side so he can better carry Jase.

Zurrgg has a cross bolt ready and in the crossbow and it’s aimed, he points it at the badger “Just a little to the right stripe dog….come on…perfect.” He lets the bolt lose and it flies off towards the badger.

The weasel with the wildcat watches, as does the couple rats. 3 sidekicks it seems and maybe some more in the woods nearby, one never knows with the insane wildcat.

Zee just happen to move slightly to adjust Jase and most likely saved his own life, the badger slipped on ice and regained his balance after going sideways a little, that slight sideways movement helped the bolt miss the back of his neck but it does slide across his shoulder, he lets out a pained growl and the cross bolt slams into a tree, blood dips from the bolt and the badger’s shoulder, and runs down his arm.

Jase groans slightly as he is most likely almost dropped after this, he is still not awake and shivers some.

Zurrgg cusses and he cusses loudly and gets out his twin longswords and steps into view “I meant ta hit you in the back of the neck, or your back either been fun…oh I am sorry are you busy carrying someone, don’t mind me just killing you!” He angles one blade and then the other and then charges the badger.

Zee gasps and quickly lays Jase down muttering a “Sorry lad..” He barely has time to get his staff and click..turn and draw forth his raspier and block on of the blades, the other clips one of his ears as he yelps a little, “Hey cat!”

Zurrgg grins, Like I truly care old stripe dog. I never got a good fight from you up north and I say I should make up for that, what ya say?” He swings one sword, “Sound fun?” Then the other is swung.

Zee pants as he sidesteps one blade and the other clanks against his raspier, “Not my idea of fun..lad…” He frowns his shoulder is still bleeding and it’s also starting to hurt. He is not as quick as he use to be and being injured doesn’t not help. He slices at the wildcat’s chest while at the same time trying not to slip on ice again.

Scioto comes up the road about now, on either side of him is a guard and both are stoats, he slows when he hears fighting and hisses low, “Great..a fight just what I need after a fire.” He soon sees Zee and Zurrgg and his ears flatten. He nods and the two stoats go to help the badger, he glances around for Jase and sees where he has been laid down and makes his way over to him, hoping the healer is still alive.

Zurrgg growls, he then grins and puts away the blades and rushes forward to push the badger down, an insane smile the whole time. He catches movement from the corner of his eye and swipes a claw at the one stoat when he nears him.

The stoat that came first tenses as the claws go his upper arm, he gets a ready stand as the other stays close to the chieftain just in case.

Zee is pushed back, in fact he sort of flies backwards and across the ice as he grips the raspier tightly and then falls backwards with a grunt.

Zurrgg chuckles and swipes a claw across Zee’s chest and then uses his free paw to grab at his throat.

Jase moves slightly and shivers, the snow may have cooled the burn some, but he is still in rather bad shape.

Zee goes to pry the paw from his throat when the wildcat grabs it, he has on some light bark leather so his chest is not clawed, but the bark leather needs replaced now.

Scioto walks over his blade drawn “Release the old badger cat and face me, it’s my village you decided to break a law in. Face me and fight me, I am sure I can offer more of a challenge to you!”

Zurrgg presses his ears to his head and smirks at the chieftain “A challenge you say? Well…” He smiles coldly. He first makes sure to speak to Zee, “My interest in your death has been lost for now, I rather fight you when you’re…at your best and not so…well busy with saving others, now rest assure I do WANT YOU DEAD..but it can wait.” He lets go and stands before Scioto and smirks “Ready…or NOT!!!” At not he rushes forwards and goes to use his fingers to pinpoint certain nerves and leave the cat in a short term paralyzed like state.

Zee coughs and takes a few welcoming breaths as he was near ready to pass out from the wildcats grasp. He scoots back and shivers some, he shoulder still bleeds some and he has his ear, the very very tip sliced off and it’s now caked in blood.

Scioto doesn’t have time to react when he is knocked against a tree and hisses with his ears flat when he finds it hard to stand, let alone lift his sword, whatever the wildcat did seems to have made him almost as helpless as a kitten.

The two stoats start to go for the wildcat, blades drawn.

Zurrgg grabs Scioto and press his own sword at his throat, “Back off, do you know the jaguar vein is..ahhhhh here “ He presses a little and a line of blood forms ”That’s a small vein, the jugular is a cm or so down, but a more firm push of the blade and a slide to the right and Ferravale no longer has a leader in 1-2 seconds at most..maybe a couple more seconds. Here is the smart thing to do drop all weapons and step to the other side of the road and sit down and then I lie him down with no more than a small cut on the neck and I walk away and you don’t follow. Or option 2 is charge me and his throat is slit and his blood coats the snow as he dies a quick and painful death…oh well maybe he won’t have time to feel pain….choose wisely, I await the action of your choice” He smiles coldly and watches them closely.

Zee watches with a frown, he has no energy to do anything right now.

The guards drop their weapons and walk to the other side of the road and sit down, all the while watching the wildcat.

Zurrgg smiles, not a kind one either and lays Scioto down by the tree and drops the cats blade beside him and looks at the stoats “Wise choice” He walks way and then cackles insanely as he goes into the woods, “This is FAR from over.” And he is gone to his camp, most likely to plan out some trouble. His 3 helpers follow him.

Scioto ears are flat on his head as he growls low, his guards rush over to help him, “I want that wildcat hunted down sooner and rather than later….” The chieftain says as they go to help him up to weakly stand, yeah he will need them to help him…..like a lot.

Zee regains some strength and looks at Jase whom he almost forgot about and checks for a pulse.

Jase pulse is still low but there, his breathing is worse though.

Scioto speaks “Are you still..able to carry him?” He knows the two guards with him will need to help him.

Zee nods slowly after taking a scarf and using it as a temporary bandage for his shoulder and slowly lifts Jase “Yes…let’s get to the abbey before anything else freaking happens” He leads the way slow but sure to the abbey gates where any weapons are safely put away and those needing help are taken to the infirmary and tended to by Angela and her healers.