Chapter 23

    Ice glared at the light brown and white tom, her claws flexing. He snarled and lashed his tail. Suddenly, something slammed into Ice from the side. She yelped as teeth sank into her shoulder and dragged her to the ground. She snarled and shook her body violently. The cat let go of her, and she leapt away. She turned and glared at Sparrow. His eyes were narrowed and his pelt was bristling. She hissed and lashed out with a paw. Lion sprang at her from the side, crashing into her and pinning her to the ground. She thrashed around wildly, scraping his pelt with her claws. He grunted and lunged forward, grabbing one of her front paws in his teeth. He bit down viciously and blood dripped onto the ground. Ice yowled in pain and pushed her hind paws into his soft belly. Lion hissed in pain and leapt away from her. Ice struggled to stand, not trying to put weight on her injured paw. She glanced around to see that Sparrow had disappeared into the battling cat's. Ice felt claws rake through her neck and she jumped away. She let out a yowl and leapt onto Lion, batting his muzzle with her front paws. He let out a yelp of pain as her claws sliced through his nose. She leaned down and snapped at his ear. Lion hissed and struggled to get away from her. Ice gripped his shoulders with her front paws and raked her hind claws down his chest. She felt his teeth sink into her tail but she held her grip. She felt blood soaking her paws. Then, she let go and dropped neatly to the ground. She turned and watched Lion bound away back into the camp. He left a bloody trail behind him. She sank her bloody claws into the ground triumphantly and looked around for her next opponent. She waved her tail proudly as she saw her cats beating the rogues. Thistle had Stone, the gray tom, pinned to the ground. She watched as he slashed his claws just above the rogue's eyes. She saw Night and Adder struggling to fight against Lily and Lightning. The young warriors were talented fighters, batting at the rogue's ears and slashing at their legs. Finally, the two cats turned and fled into their camp. Lily yowled after them angrily. Just then, Fang's battle yowl rang across the clearing. She purred happily as his patrol poured over a ridge, down towards the battle. The rogues looked up and let out yowls of horror and dismay. Sparrow screeched as Fang leapt at him, knocking his legs out from under him and jumping up onto the rogue leader's back. Fang let out a triumphant yowl and sank his teeth into the dark brown tom's back. Blood stained his paws and drenched the rogue leader's fur. Fang let go and leapt away, springing onto Rowan, the she cat that looked just like Sparrow. She let out a hiss of anger and dropped to the ground. Ice raced over to help her mate as Rowan sliced his foreleg open. She snarled at the light brown she cat, lashing out with her claws. She felt them slice through flesh and heard Rowan screech in pain. Blood poured from a gash in the she cat's shoulder as she crumpled onto the ground. Sparrow watched, his eyes wide with terror for once. Then, he raised his voice to a yowl. "Retreat!" He called to his cat's. Ice watched as the rogues ran towards the fence, hurling themselves over it. Sparrow leapt up onto the fence last and turned to glare at Ice. "This isn't over." He snapped. Ice rolled her eyes and lashed her tail. "It sure looks like it." She snarled in reply. Sparrow jumped down on the other side and raced after his cat's. The BloodClan cat's stayed there until their scent and pawsteps faded. Then, they raised their heads and joined their voices together with yowls of triumph.

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