The Lone Leader and Deputy(A Jump-In RP, Will Become a Clan)

The fox released Bracken's leg. The tom desperately tried to haul himself away from the fox, but the beast struck again, aiming for the other leg. Once again, the fox twisted and jerked the leg. A sickening snap, followed by another yowl of sheer pain from Bracken signaled the break of a bone. "Someone save me!" He shrieked, terror wild in his voice.

(Btw, Bracken is small and slender, not bulky as your post said.)


The fox released Bracken with a surprised yelp. The brown tom clawed himself to the shelter of a thorny bush, desperate to escape the fox. The pain in his hindlegs were sharp, and when he looked at them, he saw that they were bleeding and bent in awkward positions, one bone even visible, jutting out of his leg. As the adrenaline slowly began to lose effect, the pain grew worse. Before long, it grew too painful to handle and he blacked out.

Flame heard the cries of his brother all the way from the den. He immediately bolted in the direction of the agonized shrieks, his fear for Bracken drowning out everything else in his mind. By the time he arrived, his brother was no where to be seen, but there was a she-cat combating a fox. He could scent his brother's fear, along with blood. Flame launched himself at the fox, surprising it. He clawed at it's side, which drew it's attention from the she-cat and to him.

Echostar dashed forward and swiped at the fox's exposed neck, but got a claw-ful of fur, barely scratching the fox's skin. It turned its attention back to her again and swiped at her, but she jumped back, one of its claws sliced her nose. She hissed in annoyance, but now that there was another cat here, it would be easier to drive off the fox.

The fox snarled and went to grab Flame by the neck, but she dashed in again and swiped at its neck again, this time drawing blood. Seeing as it would be badly injured with time, the fox turned and retreated into the forest with another snarl. The black leader's nose stung and had a sharp pain, but she turned toward the bush where Bracken had taken refuge. "I suppose you know the tom? He seemed badly injured." She informed him, worried since they didn't have a medicine cat they could bring over to help. She only knew the basics, like cobwebs stop bleeding, poppy seeds are used for pain and the bright gold flower, marigold, was applied for infection. That and she recalled, unpleasantly, when their medicine cat had pushed her shoulder back into place after a fight with a pack of rouges.

Viperstrike perked his ears up at Echostar's dismissal. He growled inwardly and followed her as fast as he could. Though, by the time he reached the place the fox was located, Echostar and the fox were already in a heated battle.
"Echostar!" Viperstrike shouted, before snarling and moving closer to the fox. While it was distracted with the others, he jumped to it's side and clawed it's flank, jumping off quickly. "You do not hurt my friend...."

(oooh oops xD sorry just forget about the fox part. Viperstrike just arrives late or something idek.)

Viperstrike, noticing all that had happened while he was away, felt immediately ashamed that he couldn't have done more. He was just grateful that Echostar wasn't hurt badly.
"Yes, of course." He replied, dipping his head, "Be safe, Echostar. There could be more foxes around." He said, eyeing her as he made his way to Bracken.

Echostar hurried off and her eyes searched for the bright orange-yellow flowers. Soon, she found a small patch, dew sat on the petals and reflected the sun. The black she-cat nipped the upper stem and started back toward where Bracken had been. The cobweb wasn't hard to find and she wrapped a swath around her tail before arriving to see Flame approaching and Viperstrike watching over Bracken.

Echostar thought for a moment, setting down the marigold. "Poppyseed or raspberry leaves?" She remembered taking both at different times for pain. Plus, searching for it would subside the pain of watching. She turned and looked at the twisted legs before taking a deep breath. "Starclan, help me not to kill him." She breathed, barely audible. She padded over and took a leg in her jaw before thrusting it up and she heard a 'pop' as it settled into its socket. She nose him over and did the same thing before pushing the bone back into the flesh, hoping she was doing this right. He would probably have a deformation of horrible limp. She took the wet moss and began cleaning the blonde from the wounds, grimacing at her inexperience and how this tom's life would be ruined after this.

Echostar set the bloodied moss down and picked up the marigold and chewed it into a poultice. She applied it to Bracken's open wounds and secured with with cobweb before looking over to Flame and padding over. "That's all I can do. My medical skills are lacking, but when he wakes up, have him eat the raspberry leaves, that should help ease the pain." She advised, though she knew the raspberry leaves wouldn't work as well as poppy seeds. She wondered if she should stay, but Viperstrike and herself needed to set up their clan.

Echostar gave in. "As I said, I don't know much about healing, I only know from memories of being treated, but I suppose I could stay with you." She looked at Viperstrike, face a mix of apology and hope that he would also stay.

"Thank you." Flame replied depressingly, not taking his eyes off of Bracken. "You know, it's kind of ironic, really. If I hadn't been so hostile to other cats in fear of what they might try to do to us, This would've never happened. I would've been right there with Bracken and the fox never would've hurt him, but because I was too stubborn, he was by himself. Lousy brother I turned out to be."

"But I knew the fox was nearby!" Flame protested. "I shouldn't have left him alone with a fox on the loose. I was just trying to be stubborn, prove a point, but I just made things worse. so much worse..." He trailed off, looking down at his paws.

"I-I guess you're right, but I can't help how I feel." Flame responded. "I know I'll always feel guilty, no matter how this ends. If he dies, that'll always weigh down my conscience. If he lives, every time I see him will remind me of how I failed. I'll always try my best to look out for him, but what really hurts is that my best wasn't enough."

"I guess that makes sense." Flame replied reluctantly. "And I know he wouldn't blame me for this, he's not that kind of cat, but I blame myself for this. No matter what I do in the future, I will always feel responsible for what happened. It may drive me to make better decisions in the future, but I'll still feel guilty, all the same."