Mysterious Plans >>

[Scarlet]

Scarlet shook her head. " If we have any need for weapons, I can lend you my old blade. That would give you a weapon and me a chance to try out my new sword. I should seriously get a name for it..." She patted it where it was attached to her belt. " For now, though, we can just ignore them; Could be that they are just admiring your gift to me." She didn't doubt that could be the case, as even the scabbard of her marvelous sword was stunning.

[Firestripe]

"Well, could be that admiring equals wanting and wanting equals ambushing..." *Firestripe said pesimisticly. He had every right to be so, though, because that probably was the case. Even so, he'd much rather it not be because he wanted to spend more worry free time with Scarlet. It would seem that he would have to wait for that... in the mean time, he would try and act like Scarlet and he were not aware of something being amiss.* "Well, in the mean time, whadya thing we should do? I mean, we could just leave or we could stay here and try and wait them out. Unless you had another idea, of course." *He himself would preferr the trying to wait them out, just so he could spend some more time with Scarlet but that one wasn't really the best option seeing as how they'd be likely to get nothing accomplished in the act of doing so.*

[Scarlet]

"Just, lets sit here a bit, perhaps a half hour, and they may leave. If not, well, then we will just leave, and if they try something, they can learn to leave us alone the hard way." She grinned deviously at the idea, as she usually did when some mischief was at paw. She was actually excited about getting in on some action while in Loamsdown, though disappointed at that it may disrupt her and Firestripe's 'together time'. She looked up at Firestripe from where she was looking at her wine as she swirled it in its glass. She wasn't good at this relationship stuff, and really didn't know what to say at the moment. Seriously, though.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe nodded slowly as Scarlet spoke, the plan seemed about just as good as any they were liable to come up with at the time. He took a sip out of his mug and noticed where Scarlet's eyes were once again focused. He waited a seconds before glancing at her out of the corner of his eye and smiled.* "You're doing that staring thing again." *He said and laughed slightly. He didn't mind one bit, in fact, he was planning on doing the same thing after having that sip of ale. So in saying, he still went on with that plan and met Scarlet's gaze again. They seemed to have a habit of doing that, though Firestripe didn't mind one bit. In fact, he was liking this little habit they were developing more and more by the second. It was enjoyable for the both of them and nobeast got hurt in the process. A win win if I do say so myself... which I do.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet took another sip of wine, and glanced over at Firestripe again. It was those fiery eyes that held her gaze then, and Scarlet just smiled. Could things get better? Wel, maybe . The half hour passed rather quickly, and Scarlet was halfway into her second glass of wine. Not feeling the least bit tipsy, she took a quick glance over her shoulder. The vermin were still there, and quite obviously staring at the pair. Scarlet sighed. " Well, I guess we'll just have to see what they try to pull. Shouldn't be too hard straightening them out, though. They look a sorry lot to me." She was unhappy that thier time together was going to be so crudely interupted by such creatures. The past half hour had been spent with few words and much gazing into each others eyes. Scarlet thought that she would never get tired of staring into those beautiful, unusual eyes of Firestripe's, and she was very correct. Tossing a coin on the bar, Scarlet stood up and swigged down the rest of her wine. Waste not, want not.

[Firestripe]

"Huh, they'll be really sorry after we're through with them..." *Firestripe muttered as he stood up, laughing ever so slightly after having done so. He was quite serious, though, they were going to be extremely sorry if they did try anything. Firestripe was happy to the utmost degree with how the last half hour had gone, Scarlet's eyes were beautiful and deep, something that you could lose yourself in if you looked into them for too long. Even so, he was far less happy with how things seemed to be going now, for upon the pair of foxes standing to leave, the group of miscreant vermin, almost as if on cue, stood up as well. Firestripe put a protective paw around Scarlet's shoulders as the exited the tavern. The door closed behind them and he said quietly, "I think we're gonna have some unwanted company." As if to prove what he'd just said, he heard the door open behind them again as they were walking away.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet's eyes glistened with excitement, but other than that her face betrayed nothing of her feelings. She was eager for some action. "Huh, they think they are going to get something from us, and they are right; They are going to get some bad trouble from us." She grinned slightly as she whispered this to Firestripe. She can't say she whipsered in his ear, because his head was quite aways above her own. She put her arm around Firestripe's waist, as she could just barely reach his opposite shoulder for his being so tall, even as she herself were rather tall and her arms long. They continued walking for a bit, their paws nearly silent against the cobblestoned streets of Loamsdown. She heard the faint scratch of claws following them. Of course, the vermin weren't directly following them; That would seem more than a little odd and suspicious.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe laughed very slightly at what Scarlet said, trying to be quite at the same time. They were just coming to a four way intersection on the rod when a group of vermin came around the corner and stopped in front of them, blocking their path. Firestripe glanced behind him and saw the rest of the vermin from the tavern cutting off the path behind them. Apparently some of them had taken a side road, circled around and gotten ahead of them so they could trap them. It looked as if there were about ten to fifteen of them so this wouldn't be too hard. He removed his arm from around Scarlet's shoulders so that he would be ready in case he had to do some quick moving. It looked as if only one of the vermin actually had a gun, which was pretty sad because guns were fairly cheap. It would seem that this group of vermin were desperate, hence them trying to steal from a 7 foot monster and the girl that the 7 foot monster loved. The one carrying the pistol, a ragged looking weasel with cruddy clothes and even cruddier fur, also seemed to be the leader of the vermin for he stepped forward a bit with his gun pointed at Firestripe's chest.* "We've got yous two surrounde so how 'bout you given us all yer coins befer I tell my mates here to attack ye?" *He said, trying to put on a show of bravery, even managing to kinda put on a cocky smile. Firestripe put on an angry scowl that made him look like death itself and took a pace forward, causing the vermin in front of him took an involuntary step back except for the leader. "That's not going to happen." *He said in a low threatening growl. The leader's smile vanished but he still tried to act brave.* "Will it change things ifin I say that I'll put a bullet in yer liddle vixen's head if ye don't?" *He said and turned the gun towards Scarlet. That was the wrong thing to do because Firestripe would have none of that. He leaped forward with a roar and brought a right hook flying into the side of the vermin's head. There was an audible snap as the leader went flying. Firestripe took a second to just look at the rest of the vermin in front of him. As he figured, they were scared to death after seeing what just happened to their leader, making them easy prey to the black fox. He charged at the stunned group and planned to leave none of them alive, anybeast who threatened Scarlet would suffer the same fate. It would seem that his protectiveness over her was almost too much.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet gave the leader a scornful look, and growled at him when he pointed the gun at Firestripe. Then, when he turned the gun to herself, she gave him a look like Wow, you are an idiot. Even though Natasha knew what fear was pulsing through the gang of vermin; Fear for their lives, their pennies, anything valuable to them; She felt not the slightest bit of pity or remorse for what she was about to do. Not being the kind of girl who handles things bare pawed, as soon as Firestripe had dealt with the leader, she pulled her knife and leaped on the nearest vermin with a growl. The sorry creature made on last shriek before Scarlet took care of him with a quick stab to the neck. He fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes rolling back in his head as Scarlet stepped over his now still body.

The other vermin were paralyzed with fear at the sight of Firestripe, so few even noticed that she had just killed one of their own. Those that did look at her took a step back fearfully, and she did not blame them; Her arms were flecked with the blood of their ally, and the knife she held splattered with it. Her cobalt eyes shone fiercely, direct mirrors of her emotions. With gleaming white teeth bared, she pounced upon the next one, graceful and terrifying all at once as she rendered the creature before her lifeless.

The panic began, and many vermin started drawing blades and attempting to fight back as Firestripe and Scarlet laid waste to their group. The very cowardly ones turned tail and ran for it, only to find that Scarlet had leaped in front of them. A few half ran half fought as they desperately tried to get away from the giant black fox and his companion. Scarlet was ever merciless and cold-hearted as always, not even hesitating in the job that was laid before her. She intended on leaving a few behind, though, so that they could spread the news of how fierce and skilled she was, and how terrifying and brutal Firestripe was.

[Firestripe]

OOC: NO, Scarlet's supposed to use her new sword, remember? Not a knife!

*The seven others that had been standing with the leader in front of the two foxes were not even almost a match for Firestripe. He had already jumped in amidst their group and brought two of them down before any of them had a chance to react. One of the vermin finally got his sword out and took a swing at the black fox. Firestripe grabbed the vermin's wrist as it came down towards him, forced the poor creatures own blade towards him and made him stab himself in the chest with it. Three down, four to go, Firestripe thought to himself. Two of the others charged at him and he simple grabbed each around the throat with one paw apiece and strangled them both. The third one tried to take him down as he had his paws full but Firestripe simply used one of the dying creatures in his paws as a flail and sent the third vermin flying into the wall of a nearby building, cracking his head against it with a wet thud. The fourth vermin was in the process of trying to run away at this point but Firestripe simply picked up the gun dropped by the leader vermin and shot the coward in the back. He then turned to see how Scarlet was faring, though he doubted anything bad was happening, well, to her at least.*