It was late at night. I awoke because I heard rustling in the forest. Bandit and Lu woke up too. The three of us quietly stood up, and then a Sun Cat appeared, and then he yowled a lazy battle cry. Then he passed out. Other cats found out where were we stayed, so it was time to go.
I woke up Jay, and Bandit woke up his brother and my kits. Lu woke up Quinn and Kyle, but it was too late. The cats were charging at us, and Jay shouted, "Attack!" I was told to stay back, and Yuna stayed back because she was too tired at the moment. She walked over to me and started resting. But then a cat appeared behind us, so I lashed around and growled at the intruder.
It was a grey tabby female, and I asked, "How did you find us?" She said, "It was hard, and the captain was searching all night. When he finally found you, he yowled a special cry that is only meant for us. We are the Special Hunters created by King Ace himself!" I growled at her, and before she could even lay a claw on me, Smoke came rushing in and knocked her away.
I said, "Uh... thanks Smoke." Then he said, "No problem. It's my turn to save you after all." I looked at Yuna, and her eyes were wide in amazement. I snorted in amusement, and then Smoke ran off to help the others. Soon, they were able to drive away the attackers, and Bell captured the captain of the Special Hunters before the others could take him back to base.
We aren't like wild, merciless big cats, so Lu and I took care of him while he was unconscious. Three days later, he finally woke up. He screamed and said, "I've been captured! I'm going to die!" Bandit snickered and murmured, "Some leader you are. You're acting like a cornered mouse." The captain flattened his ears and said, "I may not be a cornered mouse, but I am a cornered cat. Basically the same thing."
I said, "But we're not going to kill and eat you. We just want some answers." Then Lu asked, "First of all, how did you find us?" The captain said, "There was the sent of a freshly killed bird. I just followed the sent, and there you guys were." I said, "Okay. Why did Ace make the Special Hunters?" The captain looked away then said, "He told us to kill any rogues or anything else that poses as a "threat". I don't know anything else."
Lu said, "Damn it all. I knew that this whole rebellion thing was a bad idea. Are there more forces?" The captain finally started to relax, and he said, "Yes there are. There are two more teams." Bandit sighed and said, "Even if we told Jay, he would still go on as a rebel." Lu growled and left to go talk to Jay. Then the captain asked me, "Can I go please?"
I said, "I guess. We're going to move anyway since you and your group found our location." The captain stood up and slowly walked away. I walked over to Lu and Jay, who were now arguing. "Jay this is too dangerous! We're going to get killed if they come back with even more cats!" "We're going to move! Is that not enough?"
"No! I'm expecting and I'm pretty sure Birch is too! No one can help me if I go into labor first because I've never given birth before! And Birch might have trouble this time around! Do you want him to die?" Jay stopped for a minute. Then he shouted, "Wait, you're expecting!?" Kyle walked over and asked, "Uh... what's going on?"
The kits were watching Jay arguing with Lu as well, and Jay said, "We'll be fine! Besides, you've been teaching Yuna how to take care of sick cats! You can teach her how to deliver as well. And we won't get caught by any cat. Bandit, Smoke, and Echo are good fighters and strategists! We are okay." Lu flattened her ears and looked at him in disgust.
Then she said, "This isn't about any of us, isn't it? This is just about keeping Birch away from his brother, isn't it!?" Then Quinn walked over and said, "Hey... what's going on?" Bell came up and whispered what happened to him, and Jay said, "So what if it is?"