Chapter 4

Simon — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:29:29 -0700

Cynthia and Carl were in the
second sweep of their zone when Cynthia thought she heard the faintest out of
place sound. She grabbed Carl’s arm and drew him deeper into cover.

The two froze and waited, a
short time later they saw a figure slowly and stealthily move within inches of
them. It was a strange rat, dressed in camouflage and with a bow.

They both silently drew their
combat knives. The rat moved on, the two continued to wait silently for the
figure to disappear in the distance, then they began to follow the direction
that the rat had come from. About a half an hour later they found what they
were looking for. Through their binoculars they watched the enemy army march
in their direction, the army of rats was several hundred strong, mostly
ferocious looking natural rats, backed up by around a hundred NIMH rats and
even more horrifying was the fact that the army contained a large, fat, orange,
one eyed tabby cat. Carl had only heard of Dragon through legend, but Cynthia
was all to familiar with Dragon. He had been a threat to her and her family
until the day they moved to Thorn Valley. He was the cat that had killed her
father and nearly killed her mother and their friend Jeremy the crow. They
stayed at the position gathering information as long as they dared and then
began the painfully slow and cautious trip back to the communication unit.

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Chapter 4