finally arriving;

[razor]

_{Blood Cave was oddly looking more brighter than usual, for once the place wasn't untidily littered in heaps of decaying carcases and crows weren't flapping around disturbing the peace. The smell of blood hadn't disappeared though, this or the dried splatters over the walls. They hadn't been removed before the she-cat who owned the place liked them, the smell and the sight and suprisingly the taste, a habit she soon picked up from her mate. Blood herself had been chewing at a scrawny shrew then it first happened, the spam of pain that rocked right down to her toes. She took in a gasping breath and flattened herself down, not too keen on showing weakness when she hadn't patrolled in a while. She would still fight if anything attacked, she could if she tried. Shallowly breathing she felt it again, this time a tiny barely audible cry pushing itself out from the back of her throat. It didn't take her long to realise what was happening, she was about to give birth. Biting down on her bottom lip she twitched her paws, trying not to let on the pain she was feeling. "Vampire.." she eventually shouted, throwing all the pain she had kept bottled up into the screech.}

[SHADE. :D]

A dark shape leapt onto a smudge of dusty brown in the dimming light. It was a rabbit, and it was Vampire upon its back. He savafely tore upon its neck, biting off its head and shredding its flank. He then dropped it, still covered in its blood, and poked it with one bloodily taloned paw. Satisfied that it was dead, the blood-covered tom swiped at few leaves over it, though he was confident no cat wou;d try to catych prey on his territory. Flicking a droplet of blood from his tail, the large blc tom searched on. He halted suddenly. He thought he had heard a scream, the desperate scream of a she-cat. He shook himself, and padded on. But worry for his mate mounted as he realised she should have joined him hunting ages ago. Forgetting the rabbit and not even stopping to lick the now dry crust of rabbit blood from his fur, Vampire bolted to Blood Cave, and was appalled at what he saw.
His mate was giving birth! He ran in, pressing himself against his mate's juddering sides. He couldn't lose her, not now! They couldn't lose another litter! He licked her frantically, a small whimper escaping is throat. "Hold on Blood," he rasped urgently.

[razor]

Blood began to panic when Vampire didn't come, nothing but the smell of old cat and blood surrounded her, and fogging her senses and making her feel dizzy. Letting out another quiet cry she buried her head in the dust and kicked her legs, soon rolling onto her back. It felt like claws where stabbing at her, repeatedly in the stomach and tiny fangs where nipping at her tail. When her mate came she was barley awake enough, with her eyes drifting closed it was only his touch that saved her. Blinking her eyes back up she sat up a little straighter and leaned against him, feeling more energy now that he was there. Clenching her teeth she finally saw something appear, a small glossy black kit could be seen, its body fairly large. It mewed and pawed around before it found its mothers belly. Blood smiled and licked its head before whispering the name; "Rage". A second kit came after wards, this time a she-cat. Blood had to nudge her over to get her moving, for a few fatal moments believing it to be dead. The she-kit however did start moving and sat down next to her brother; this just as the name "Scythe" was whispered. The agonizing process continued till at last five kits where snugly tucked at her belly. Two she-cats, three toms; Scythe, Sin, Apocalypse, Rage and Ivy.

[/center]

[SHADE. :D]

Vampire watched in wonder as each of the tiny blck bundles appeared. He felt ready to burst with excitement. His kits, and they had survived! He gently nudged Ivy, who was looking a little limp. He then curled up tight aound his mate, the scent of his happiness washing over the two of them.
"Scythe, Ivy, Apocolypse, Rage and Sin," he whispered. Each name rang in his head, cancelling out a bad memory. Scythe: he forgot his father's death. Ivy: he forgot killing his brothers. Apocolypse: being driven from MoonClan. Rage: losing Shadow. Sin: losing his first litter.

[razor]

She smiled, purring a little as she rested her head on his side. Watching the beautiful black kits as they seemed to melt against her. Sin's pure amber eyes were tinged in the faintest lines of red and Ivy's just seemed to be completely red tinged in amber. A strange mix indeeed. Letting out a rumbling chuckle he ran her tongue over his ear and threw a glance around the cave, this just in cace anything was bothering to poke its head out.

[/center]

[SHADE. :D]

Vampire smiled broadly at his mate. He licked each tiny head gently, then Blood's, equally tenderly.
"You stay here," he murmured. "I'll go and fetch that rabbit I caught."
The tom slipped out of the cave and returned a few moments later, panting slightly, as if he had not wanted to leave the den unprotected for long. In his jaws dangled the rabbit he had caught earlier. He dropped it beside Blood.

[razor]

She twitched her ears as he left and lay her head down on the bundles of fur known as her kits, smiling rather weakly she licked Apocalypse's nose. A purr of relief rose when she spotted Vampire again, holding a rather large and plump rabbit. Almost at once she sunk her teeth into it and ripped a chunk out of its side. Chewing hungrily she smiled at him, "Thank you my love, its just what I needed" she purred.

[/center]