I Can't... (Open)

[*Beechstar*]

Scratch was surprised that Bleak knew this. He was scared at first, but then felt courage. "We can beat him. It my be a little difficult with my shoulder but we can beat him. He's only a ghost. We just have to have faith and hope that we can." He was proud of his small speech, knowing what his words representing.

[{Lunarstar}]

"I doubt he's a ghost. If he plans on coming here, that would probably mean he's alive." Ash said, staring out of the cave. She had killed cats before, she had even fought multiple dogs, but could she really fight a cat who was powerful enough to completely control Bleak's body. She wasn't too sure...

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Bleak's panicking eyes flashed back and forth between his two confident friends. "H-h-how can you be so sure? Scratch, you're hurt because of me! Ash, you too!" Bleak looked at the injuries on Scratch's shoulder and the one on Ash's forehead. His whole body was shaking with terror. "I'm a danger to the both of you!" he blurted. "Why not cast me out and let him do what he wants? If I'm dead, he'll leave! You guys don't even need to get involved!" Bleak stood shakily and glared at the two cats. This was pointless! If Bleak was dead, his father would leave, having his wish. Fat tears rolled down the tabby's cheeks, too fast for his fur to catch. They fell to the cave floor with light plops. Bleak's shoulders shivered as he stifled his sobs. He bared his teeth out of instinct to hold the sobs in. His desperate yellow eyes glanced back and forth. He should die. That was the simplest thing to do. "And if you two won't kill me, I'll go find him and let him have his wish!" And before they could respond, Bleak tore out of the cave with a screech.

[{Lunarstar}]

Ash let out an angry sigh and immediately raced out after the tabby. "Bleak!" She shouted, slowly closing the gap between them. "If I catch you, you will think your father's a Saint! So stop!" She growled threateningly, feeling her paws gain more speed under her. Soon she was only a few fox lengths away, but she knew he would get ahead soon. Ash let out a yow before sending her paws towards her son at full speed, and then jumping. She landed on the smaller cat's back bringing them both down.

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Bleak screamed defiance and tried to run, but Ash was faster and she tackled him down. "Lemme go! Lemme go!" he yowled like a kit. Ash was too strong for a she-cat! It wasn't fair! "Ash, I'll tear you to pieces if you don't let me go! And that's not a threat, it's a promise!" Bleak added in a hiss.
Yes...
Bleak froze in mid struggle. "Shh!" he hissed to Ash. "Did you hear that?"
"Tear her to shreds, my son!" A voice boomed into Bleak's ears. It wasn't from inside his mind though. Glancing around, Bleak searched for his father's figure. "Do it! Tear her to bits! Laugh as you slaughter her! Just like me..." There was nothing but the voice that was echoing around the clearing...

OOC:: They can hear it, just so you know...

[{Lunarstar}]

Ash glanced around in worry, still firm on her son, holding him down. "Yeah I heard it...And I wanna kill it!" She hissed, referring to Bleak's father. Her grip loosened slightly as she narrowed her eyes. Than her gip tightened painfully, remembering that Bleak could lose control again. She hissed in annoyance, wondering where Scratch was.

[*Beechstar*]

Scratch ran after Bleak. He couldn't let his mate kill himself. "Nooo!" He was glad that Ashed pounced on him when he heard Bleaks father. "Where is that coming from?" He looked around but didn't see anything. All he could hear was the voice. He walked up to Bleak. "Will you promise not to kill yourself if Ash lets you go? Remember all the fun we had last night?" He tried to make Bleak remember the pleasure they had both experienced.

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Bleak squirmed until Scratch approached him. He muttered sweet things into Bleak's ear that made the tabby's pelt grow uncomfortably hot. He gave a very small nod to both of the black tom's wishes and brought himself to a seated position once Ash had removed herself. Bleak scuttled closer to Scratch, practically laying beneath his belly.
"Am I scaring you lot?" the voice purred. Bleak shrunk down into Scratch's belly fur. He was definitely scaring the small tabby. His father knew it and a hysterical laughing fit broke out and rang around the clearing. It was something like Bleak's laugh, only it wasn't a chilling sensation that it brought; it was a heating tingle that made your spine hurt.

[{Lunarstar}]

Ash's fur bristled and she looked twice her size. Her navy eyes narrowed and sparked like lightning.

"The only thing that scares me is fire. Make it rain fire and maybe I'll be scared of a piece of fox dung like you!" Ash spat, lashing her tail back and fourth. She surveyed the clearing, ready to attack at the slightest rustle.

No one messes with my family...Ash thought in anger.

(Ooc: She means Scratch as like a brother!)

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Bleak twitched and glanced around, peering around his mate's belly fur to look behind them. What he saw made him dizzy. A cat figure, not solid, stood rigidly in the shadows. Its face and ears were torn up, a deep wound buried into its throat showing that it was a ghost. It somehow drifted over, its paws never touching the ground but moving in a walking motion. It stopped before Bleak, a blank, curious expression on its face. It then moved up to stare at Scratch. Its brilliant yellow eyes were the only solid part of it. Then, float-walking over to Ash, it sniffed at her unsheathed claws. It grew curious and tried the gesture. Its claws flexed out, forming a knot in Bleak's throat. Its claws were jagged and torn, blood crusted to them. It jumped gleefully and smiled.
"Brother," Bleak mumbled quietly. That was a soothing thing to have around, but the knowing of how he had gotten here was what made the tom's belly flip upside down. He had killed his brother...
His yellow orbs, still playful, turned and looked at Bleak. "Look brother!" he meowed, the cut in his throat making his voice gurgle. "Look at my paws! It's just like you!" and then it vanished.
Just like you... The words echoed in Bleak's head, and he fainted.

OOC:: They could see that, too...

[{Lunarstar}]

Ash gasped as the mangled figure appeared. She cocked her head as Bleak said 'brother'. She didn't know Bleak had a brother. Soon she saw Bleak's body go limp and she rushed to him.

"Bleak!" She called softly, trying to rouse him. "Wake up, Bleak!" Ash sat down in despair, unsure of what to do. Bleak was unconsious, ghosts kept appearing, and she believed she was going insane. She turned to Scratch for help.

[*Beechstar*]

Scratch gasped as a figure appeared before him. He heard Bleak mutter brother. That must have been Bleaks brother. He collapsed next to Bleak as he fainted. "That must have been Bleaks brother. He must have made him freak or something."

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

"Brother, get up! Your friends are calling!" A soft voice meowed into the tom's ear. Bleak opened his eyes to see a figure that was as small as him, her pelt sticking to her and dripping with water and blood; Bleak's sister. "Your friends need you, Bleakers!" she purred.
"Sister," the small tabby meowed, "Why are you helping me?"
"You're my brother, silly!" she replied cheerfully. "And Father is coming soon." She hushed her voice and leaned down, her bloodshot eyes coming in detail to the small tom. "He is traveling fast. You must prepare." Suddenly, she snapped back and her cheerfulness came back as if it had never been gone. "We're going to help you! I'll work with that she-cat," she added. "You've already met the brother to help you. Our other brother will help your mate, since he is bigger." And with that, she gave a poof in a cloud of smoke.

Bleak snapped his head up. Looking around, a his siblings were nowhere in sight. He heaved a sigh and stood up, almost ramming into Scratch's belly. "I'm up, I'm up!" he meowed in surprise. "And don't worry about that cat you saw; he's my brother and he's going to help."

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Ash glanced around the cave. "Are any more of your relatives visiting?" She hissed in annoyance. "I'll try to make the cave decent." She added sarcastically, annoyed by her lack of sleep and her overload of excitement. And ghosts. She glanced around again, wondering if any other cats actually were coming. She shrugged.

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Bleak laughed nervously. "Well," he meowed, "yeah; there are. But you don't have yo worry! They're only going to pop up every now and then. You'll be seeing my sister the most, Ash. Scratch, you'll see a different brother of mine. The brother that you just saw will being seeing me. They want to help us get through this issue." Bleak glanced at the other two living cats, being sure not to look for his siblings. He didn't want to bear the sight of their horrible wounds that he had dealt. But he refused to deny their help; Kahl was coming and they needed as much help as they could get. They were running short on time...

OOC:: Sorry 'bout the length... I'm gonna make Kahl's (Bleak's papa) bio and maybe his siblings' too... I'll have to do it later though... This is gonna be soo much fun!! And Beechy, you should make a section for the ghosties...