Loveclan [Private With Lovebird]

Silverwish looked up frantically while she tried to hold Bear back. "Stream, run!"

Bear thrashed underneath Silverwish, yowling loudly.

Duststorm felt the moss of his nest beneath his paws and flopped into it, dragging Mossflower down with him.

Sterlingflight nuzzled her cheek, still purring as he offered her the first bite of the rabbit he'd pulled out from the fresh-kill pile.

Stream tried to get to her paws but fell back.

Mossflower cuddled close to him.

Rainstar took a bite of the rabbit and nudged it to him, tail flocking.

Silverwish hissed down at Bear, the Tom beginning to win the struggle they were in.

Duststorm wrapped his paws around her chest, pressing his belly to her back, purring loudly.

Sterlingflight took a massive bite, unable to fit most of what he'd taken in his mouth. He looked up at Rainstar with a sheepish smile.

Stream managed to pull herself to her paws, wincing.

Mossflower purred, her tail flicking and curling around his.

Rainstar swiped at his ears with an amused purr.

Silverwish realized in that moment what she had to do to save them both. Bear was going to rape them both if she didn't stop him now. Hissing, she took his throat in her jaws and bit down.

Bear yowled defiantly one more time before Silverwish ripped his throat out.

Duststorm rubbed his chin against the top of her head, entwining his tail with hers. "Do you think Silverwish would be able to tell if you were pregnant if she were here?"

Sterlingflight finally managed to swallow it all down and chuckled, pushing the food back to her.

Stream watched in horror as Silverwish killed Bear.

"I don't know," Mossflower replied, half-closing her green eyes.

Rainstar batted at his ears one more time before taking another bite of the rabbit.

Silverwish looked down at what she'd done with a solemn glance. Turning to Stream, she quietly mewed "We need to get you to my den. There's no telling what sort of damage he did."

Duststorm licked the same spot he'd been nuzzling against. "Can you tell yet?"

Sterlingflight began to return the favor, swiping his paw over her ears.

Stream backed away from Silverwish. "What did you do?!"

Mossflower shook her head slightly, sighing.

Rainstar gasped dramatically, "dying."

Silverwish sighed, looking down. "Stream, he was going to rape us both, and probably kill me..."

Duststorm rested his head down in the nest, sighing softly.

Sterlingflight purred and bopped her on the head.

Stream pinned her ears back, turning and fleeing.

Mossflower squirmed around so that their bellies were touching and she could look at him.

Rainstar was "dead."

"Stream!" Silverwish yowled, bounding after her.

Duststorm purred when he felt her change her position and rubbed muzzles with her.

Sterlingflight poked her ribs a few times, hoping to get some sort of reaction from the leader.

Stream ran from Silverwish, ears flat against her head.

Mossflower purred quietly, licking his cheek.

Rainstar continued to be "dead."

Silverwish followed, catching up to the frightened she-cat.

Duststorm purred loudly and returned the lick. "Want to play a game?" He suggested innocently.

Sterlingflight nuzzled her neck, then jabbed her ribs again, doing whatever he could think of to make her move or mew

The small she-cat hissed at her aunt, straining to get ahead of her but unable to due to her recent abuse.

Mossflower tilted her head to the side curiously. "Like what?" She asked, not catching the innocent tone for once.

Rainstar squealed as he accidentally tickled her neck, her eyes flying open.

Silverwish caught up to her, weary from the earlier punishment sued received. "Please, Stream..." Silverwish mewed, trying desparately to get her to understand, even if she didn't entirely herself.

"Well, I was thinking that we could make a blindfold for you, too. Then, one of us brings the other random pieces of prey or herbs, and whoever's being fed has to guess what it is without sight." Duststorm purred excitedly.

"Gotcha!" Sterlingflight yowled, tackling her onto her back and pinning her down.

Stream finally tripped over a root and tumbled head over paws down a small slope.

"Sure, but not herbs. What if we feed each other a dangerous one?" Mossflower meowed, tail flicking.

Rainstar yelped, swiping at his muzzle.

Silverwish caught her hindpaw on the same root and fell down the slope, coming to a stop right next to Stream and hurriedly wrapping her forelegs around the red calico to keep her from getting away.

"True." Duststorm mewed. "Just get a beech leaf, those are safe and what she used for my blindfold."

Sterlingflight batted her chest a few times before he got off of her and dashed into their den.

Stream hissed weakly, struggling in the other she-cat's grasp. "Let go of me!" She yowled.

Mossflower darted off to find one, coming back a few minutes later. "I don't know how to put it on though."

Rainstar rolled to her paws and darted after him.

"No." Silverwish mewed simply. "Not until you've agreed that I'm bringing you back to Loveclan. Stream, the other rogues are going to think you're the murderer. They're rapists, like we just saw. And I need to treat you."

"I'll help." Duststorm offered, taking the leaf and a little bindweed. It took some time due to his own blindness, but he eventually figured it out and blindfolded his mate.

Sterlingflight hid by the entrance, crouching in wait for his mate.

Stream hissed, struggling harder. "My family is there!"

Mossflower pawed at her muzzle. "It feels so weird to not be able to see."

Rainstar ran into her den.

"Stream, come to your senses! Your family is surrounded by terrible, terrible cats! They don't even know what Sun and his lackeys just did to you! They drugged Ripple!" Silverwish began to think that perhaps they should go back and get Stream's family, and maybe Ripple, at least warn them.

"Tell me about it." Duststorm quipped, feeling his way along the walls until he found the fresh-kill pile, grabbing prey he knew by touch was a mouse.

Sterlingflight pounced on her hindquarters when she entered, yowling.

Stream shoved her hind paws hard into Silverwish'd belly, managing to break free and scramble to her paws. She fled.

Mossflower followed him, tail flicking nervously.

Rainstar yelped in surprise, collapsing beneath him.

Silverwish struggled to follow the she-cat, but realized it was no use. Head hung low in shame and sadness, she began to pad back towards Loveclan's camp.

Sun, meanwhile, returned to the loner camp and summoned the group to the entrance of his den, having discovered Bear's body and tasking Cloud and Eagle with carrying it back to camp.

Duststorm purred and took a bite from the creature, then passed the bite he'd taken to Mossflower so that she couldn't use touch like he had.

Sterlingflight purred and began to groom the top of her head.

Rainstar squirmed slightly, being pressed uncomfortably to the ground. "Sterlingflight....."

Mossflower poked it with her nose, sniffing it.

Ripple was unable to attend the meeting, sleeping off the effects of the herbs and the rape in her den, but the three of her kits that were in camp had gathered; along with Bear's younger sister, Mouse.

Before long, Stream had been reduced to a stumbling walk, forcing herself to keep going until she was just outside the camp, where she collapsed.