Looking For Trouble

[Darky [Megan]]

Speckledclaw was watching from the sidelines. She had only come after the fight had concluded, detecting the sharp scent of cat's blood in the air, and truly did not expect the sight that greeted her. Being an active fighter, she had witnessed scenes like this countless times before, and seeing this again brought back sickening memories.

She had killed other cats before, but she had never proceeded to mutilate them after defeat. This was a gruesome, immoral act, and what had invoked it, she gathered, was a small dispute over a bloody lizard. It infuriated her. Grimykit was completely devoid of respect for life whatsoever. Speckledclaw was beyond mortified to the point that it rendered her motionless.

Then, slowly, a blind rage seized her, billowing around her mind and rendering her completely empty of thought whatsoever. She simply had one goal in mind. The nameless cat Grimykit had killed needed to be avenged.

With a blood-curdling snarl, Speckledclaw bounded, unannounced, at Grimykit, claws drawn, filled with the intent to kill. She was aiming first for his throat, hoping to rip through flesh.

[duckyaisha]

Rainstripe's terror turned to anger as Speckledclaw leaped at Grimykit, obviously trying to kill him. She was aiming for his throat, and no one could miss the deadly intent in her eyes. This was an emotion rarely felt by the timid she-cat, but if there was ever a time it was now. Didn't she see that attacking Grimykit would only lead to more killing, and maybe even a war. Her legs moved without her knowing; then she was tackling Speckledclaw, using her side to her advantage to hopefully bring her opponent down. "Stop!" she shrieked. "Can't you see what you're doing?"

[Ten]

"What in the walls?" the tom yowled, knocked off his bloody prize. He was tired and still weak from his last fight; there was no way he could make effective use of his claws against a she-cat with life still in her lungs. Although he managed to escape Speckledclaw's first bite, there were no guarantees about the second. Grimykit wrestled with her as best he could in his condition and placed all his hopes for survival in Rainstripe's intervention.

[Darky [Megan]]

As she tumbled with Grimykit, Speckledclaw felt someone pushing against her side. Her brain registered this as a nuisance, but logical thought told her that this she-cat should not be harmed. Her attempts at stopping her from clawing up Grimykit were admirable but futile, though Speckledclaw tripped a bit. Still very riled however, Speckledclaw's brain dismissed Rainstripe for the moment and she proceeded to slash at Grimykit's leg.

He was tired from the previous fight, and Speckledclaw knew she could effectively kill him if she wanted. But as the adrenaline from before quickly dissipated, her mind registered the words Rainstripe had shouted earlier, and she knew the she-cat was right. "I'm not going to kill him," she snarled, keeping her eyes on her main opponent.

Narrowing her eyes into deadly gimlets, Speckledclaw concluded that she would settle for rendering Grimykit handicapped for life, and she swiped at his face, over his right eye.

ooc
I'd like to note that although this post seems a little stretched out, all of it is occurring in a very short time span. Just to clarify!

[Ten]

He had thought he could fight, at least enough to hold her off for a moment. He was wrong. However, he took her words to heart as a reasonable excuse to let his guard down. "Yeah, tha's righ'! Ya betta not k-"

Claws raked across his face and he began to shake with true fear. A salty redness stung his right eye. The walls around him, his world, became blurry pain. Squirming, he whimpered, "Aw, please, please, don't hurt me. Ya c'n have th' lizard. Jus' don't hurt me again. Please. I - " But the moment he began the sentence, his pride choked him off.

[Darky [Megan]]

Speckledclaw let out an irritated hiss of disgust. Even with his very life at stake he was arrogant and boastful. Only when blood from his eye spattered across his face did he start realising, apparently, that he was in a situation of true danger. He was pushed to the point of pleading, but his pride ... his agonizingly annoying pride still hadn't deflated.

She wasn't finished with him yet, however. She slashed at his hind legs viciously again, holding him still, not caring if her claws tore into his flesh or not but ensuring that his wounds would be shallow enough to keep him alive. She lowered her head slightly, coming face-to-face with Grimykit and making sure to bear all of her teeth. Hatred dripping off every word, she snarled, "I'mma make this absolutely clear, Grimykit. I'm not here fer yer stoned lizard. You took a life for a very stupid reason, and you've earned yourself an enemy. Yer pride is among the most infuriating thing I have ever experienced in my whole bloody life, and I will not hesitate to kill you the next time you do something to deserve it. Do you understand?"

[duckyaisha]

Rainstripe hissed angrily at her failed attempt, but when Speckledclaw said she wasn't going to kill him, she calmed. The she-cat was not a fighter at all; her attack had simply been the result of anger and fear. Now that she knew Grimykit wouldn't die, she left him in Speckledclaw's experienced claws. She would know what kind of punishment the tom deserved. Feeling sick to her stomach, Rainstripe dashed away from the bloody scene, her perception of Grimykit changed forever.

[Brain]

Nearby, a tabby was disrupted from her sleep by a cat running across the sand. At first she thought she was chasing something, but then she realized that she looked more like she was running away. She decided she'd go in investigate.

Sandfur got up, stretched, and walked over to the scene of the hideous crime. She heard a voice before she got there. I know that voice, she thought. That's that cat - what's her name? - Speckledclaw. Straining to hear, she could barely make out the words. And what she heard sent a shiver down her spine.

Then she saw both cats. And the dead one. "MURDERER!" she yowled, staring straight at Grimykit and wondering how the same cruel cat could cross her path so many times so recently.

[Ten]

ooc| I have a question before I write up Grimykit's response - how does Sandfur know who killed Branchkit? Right now Speckledclaw's beating up on and threatening him, so if anything, she might be the more suspicious one.

[Brain]

OOC| Just a few reasons:
-She knows Grimykit.
-He's covered in blood.