Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27669385-20160621204056/@comment-27038933-20160622234552

Burningstar paused beside her deputy, "Did you hear something?" She asked her looking around.

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Speedhawk grunted as he heaved himself onto a branch the ones above igniting making the tom curse.

"Come on brother! You can do this!" Quickpaw cried from a nearby tree branch, "I'll lead the way, just stay with me!" He called.

Speedhawk swallowed glancing down at the sea of fire below them now and then taking in a deep breath, he bunched his muscles and leaped, landing with a loud thud and a sharp crack of the branch beneath him. The tom quickly flung himself onto the tree trunk just as the branch gave way.

"We have to move fast," Quickpaw meowed getting onto another branch, "I'm going to start jumping, and you have to follow me brother,"

Speedhawk looked where the branch he'd just landed on had gone the flames crackling ominously as fingers of heat brushed past his fur. "I don't know if I can do this Quickpaw," He whispered eyes wide.

Quickpaw growled, "You don't have to know! You have to do! Moonwing is kitting, she loves you and she needs you, so you don't think, you don't wonder, you don't know, you DO. Now shut up, and let's get out of this fire! Because you have a mate to get to!"

Speedhawk lifted his head green eyes lighting up as he pictured Moonwing in his head, remembered the pain in her eyes, pain she'd have to endure alone. Snarling the tom moved onto the branch Quickpaw was on, "Lead the way," He told his brother the reflection of the flames flickering in Speedhawk's narrowed green eyes, all worry forgotten, the sole thought in his mind was getting to his mate, no matter what.

Quickpaw nodded and jumped to the next branch Speedhawk moving after him, the tabby tom staying only a branch behind Quickpaw once they got going, the flames crackling darkly on the forest floor below and the smoke rose high into the sky raking at the tom's lung and making his eyes water.

But Speedhawk didn't let this register. Only one thought was repeating in his mind, one mantra that lended strength to his weary paws, and resilience to his frightened psyche.

Get to Moonwing.