On the Road Again

[Onyxdart]

.Check.

The Egyptian Mau who stopped on the borders of Risingclan walked with a pronounced limp. Actually, he didn't so much limp as moved along on three legs, the fourth being held off the ground. He'd been able to put weight on it at first, but then it started hurting too much.

And he was being followed, or should be. Or maybe he was doing the following. He didn't really know anymore. Ninjaheart and Silentmaw were somewhere nearby. That was what mattered. He plopped down, nearly tipped over, and gathered his composure for a second.

"Hey guuuuys, we're here. Guys?" he meowed loudly. It was easier to balance standing than sitting, so he stood back up. His tail flicked tiredly and he looked like he was leaning bodily on thin air. He was tired, and his shoulder hurt. But they were here, now, right? Maybe Risingclan would have a Medicine Cat who could help them. Not that Checkmate was at all going to enjoy the asking. He hated asking for help.

.Checkmate.

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[Ninjaheart]

Ninjaheart didn’t know where she was anymore. The little orange cat could barely even walk anymore; the only thing she could feel, could hear, could sense was just sheer pain. She didn’t think anything was hurt too bad inside, but it huuurt. And it was obvious that the little she-cat was hurting bad, she wasn’t all happy and cheerful and bouncy as she normally was. She padded along slowly, looking up and trying to focus on her surroundings every once in a while, but her eyes wouldn’t work with her. Everything was blurred, if it wasn’t for the feel of earth beneath her paws she wouldn’t even know her up from her down anymore. But finally, she could go no further. Her ears twitched as she heard Checkmate from a little bit ahead, and she managed to call back, “We’re coming.” Just a little further… She wasn’t gonna go down, not yet. Wasn’t she the Great Ninjaheart that sent Junonclan warriors fleeing in terror? She couldn’t. She still had to find a salvation for her clan. The orange she-cat forced herself to Checkmate’s side, settling down. But now she was more interested in looking for Silentmaw. He should be coming soon. If not, then she would have to go stalky after him, hurt or not. She always would.

[Silentmaw]

Of course Silentmaw was coming; why would he leave two injured cats to fend for themselves? He was not heartless to do such a thing. The black tom padded up to the two shortly after Ninjaheart sat down next to Checkmate. "Shouldn't there be clan cats patrolling the borders?" He questioned not seeing any around.

[Onyxdart]

Checkmate turned to look first at Ninjaheart, and then at Silentmaw. He tilted his head to the side.

"It's possible they were just by. If we wait, someone is bound to happen upon us eventually," he answered, eyes fixed on the horizon within Risingclan, as if by sheer willpower he could make someone appear. He didn't feel like trespassing any further, and he wasn't sure that Ninjaheart could.

"Unless you want to go on ahead and see if you can find someone, I think we should stay here." He knew where they were, and they weren't so near Boneclan as to worry him about staying in one place. He also wasn't so worried as to ask that Silentmaw stay with them.

With a sigh, he lay down- hind end first, followed by front end, careful to not jar his shoulder. It wasn't that bad, if he was careful. He even managed a crooked grin at Ninjaheart.

"We just look the perfect picture of health the two of us, don't we?" he chirped, clearly joking.

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[Ninjaheart]

Ah Silentmaw was here. Ninjaheart didn’t have to worry about trying to get up and go look for him. She attempted a raspy purr towards the two toms, tail tip flicking a few times, before it broke off into a chuckle at Checkmate’s joke, “Put us together and we might make a whole cat, huh?” Even injured, there was still that playful spark of mischief in the orange cat, her yellow eyes, tho still hazy, dancing with it.

[Silentmaw]

Silentmaw dipped his head slightly in a nod, agreeing with Checkmate. They would just sit here on the border until a clan cat came along to find out what they're doing here. At least no one would chase them out if they went father in and not like Ninjaheart and Checkmate could run at the moment.

(Who's going to be the Risingclan cat to join us?)

[gracia]

[ooc//that will be gracia! =D]

A tabby and white figure could be seen watching these three cats. She watched with interest; she could learn about this culture from them. "Hola!" Gracia suddenly called. Her little mouse translator Poco was back at camp in his hole that he'd dug, sleeping. Her brown eyes were bright with innocence; Gracia was young and didn't know any language but Spanish. "¿Quién es usted? ¿Puedo preguntar yo por qué usted está aquí?" Gracia mewed, but then suddenly realized that no one was here to translate for her.

What had Poco said? Why wasn't he teaching her English rather than just translating for her? "Ehm...who you are?" Gracia stuttered. "This...RisingClan land." Her tail flicked; she was nervous. Gracia had never been anywhere without Poco since they'd met; he'd translated for her since then.

[Onyxdart]

Checkmate tilted his head at the stream of unknown words that came from a young she-cat who'd found them. She did finally switch to a language he knew, but she didn't exactly speak it with fluency. Checkmate shrugged mentally. It didn't matter, really, so long as they could sort of communicate.

"Checkmate, Silentmaw, Ninjaheart," the tom replied, nodding to his two companions when he said their names. When he said his own name, he simply nodded respectfully. He was pleased that they hadn't had to wait for ages for someone from Risingclan to happen upon them.

"We need... help," he said, keeping the grating annoyed edge off of his voice only because there was no need to take his dislike of asking assistance out on this she-cat.

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[Ninjaheart]

Ninjaheart blinked as the flow of unusual words flowed into her ears, and the orange cat tried to sit up to greet the other she-cat properly. But she couldn’t, her legs weren’t really working right anymore, and dazed, she lay still. It hurt too much for her to try again, but in sensing the other’s nervousness the little she-cat started purring her chainsaw broken purr, a sound almost guaranteed to bring a smile to another cat’s face. C’mon, it was just too amusing. The purr stopped long enough for the small cat to murmur, “Do you have a healer that can fix Checkmate?” She didn’t want her friend to suffer any longer then he had already.

[Silentmaw]

"And to see to Ninjaheart as well." Silentmaw added after her. There could be something wrong with her that couldn't be seen as she was still pretty well out of it still. The black tom didn't seem like it but he was concerned for both felines and hoped this Spanish speaking she-cat understood what they were asking for.

[gracia]

[ooc//gracia's 'j's are pronounced as 'h's, so ninja'eart sounds like ninha'eart. :3 she also doesn't pronounce 'h's, so ahora is a'ora.]

Gracia looked at Checkmate, then to Silentmaw then to Ninjaheart. "C'eckmate, Silen'maw, Ninja'eart?" she mewed, hoping she had it right. Oh, help! That was a word she knew! "Yes, 'elp! Venga ahora, come come!" she ran forward, then stopped when Ninjaheart spoke. "'Ealer?" she mewed, confused. What had Poco said? Juniper is a healer, he'd squeaked. Kestrel is a leader. Ah! Juniper. "Yes, yes, Juniper, come!" Gracia purred, running forward again, then Silentmaw spoke. He was probably talking about Juniper again. Gracia nodded hurriedly, looking at Checkmate and Ninjaheart's wounds. "Follow," she ordered, and bounded towards the camp of RisingClan.

[Silentmaw]

The black tom was glad that this she-cat was nice enough to led them to a healer. Even if she couldn't properly speak English, yet understood what they managed to ask. "Gracias," he said knowing the only word in Spanish he remembered. Standing to his paws, he went to move onward to follow Gracia, but after a few paw steps he turned to see if Ninjaheart was able to keep up or if he had to help her out.

(XD I knew that but my Spanish is very rusting that I only know the very simple phrases Gracia says.)

[Onyxdart]

Checkmate wobbled after Silentmaw, all too willing to let someone else take the lead. He'd gotten them this far, now he'd like to follow, thank you all the same.

Before he'd gone one fox-length, however, he too paused to make sure Ninjaheart was going to be able to follow. If, between the two of them, he and Silentmaw were gonna have to hold her up on her feet til they got her to Risingclan camp, he could... assuming he could keep his balance. It was getting slightly more challenging. What he really wanted to do was just curl up in a nice warm patch of sun and sleep.

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[Ninjaheart]

Ah sleep. That sounded blissful. Oh wait, theyweremoving! Blinkblink. Ninjaheart sighed softly, getting her four paws under her so to stand up, and weakly follow her two friends. She didn’t have much to say, not really, right now even she felt far too sick and tire to try to be chatty like she naturally was and all that. Instead yellow eyes watched Silentmaw carefully for a moment, before looking to Checkmate. Hah! The tom looked about to fall out like she was, and a faintly amused purr managed to escape her. Purrrururrrrrrur.