The Fall of the Clans Aftermath - 1
Berryscar and Nightback’s groups meet face-to-face. Nightback was openly grinning. She was excited for the first showdown. Berryscar, however, knew she’d die soon enough. Disabilities were not tolerated. Besides, why would rogue warriors listen to rules even if they were set up? The warrior code had been destroyed. The clans fell. Now cats wandered freely. No borders, no rules, no leaders. The traveling groups would commonly pick someone to lead them into battle, but they didn’t make decisions past that.
Nightback sprinted swiftly at Paleshade, who dodged her fatal attack. Paleshade signaled to Brindlefeather that she should pounce on Nightback. Paleshade obeyed and knocked the cat off balance. She looked at Nightback with merciless eyes, and raised her paw up to slash her throat out. Nettlethroat threw herself at Brindlefeather, however, and pushed her off of Nightback. Berryscar hissed at Nettlethroat as a signal to fight her instead. Nettlethroat then pounced on Berryscar. Nettlethroat raised her paw up like Brindlefeather did, but Berryscar didn’t attack back. She knew the attack was coming, but she embraced herself. Berryscar twitched her tail like a squirrel at death when she heard Swiftstreak start to pad over, so he returned with a saddened look.
This was the end for her, and she was fine with it.
