Choices:
Get back here: 5 votes
Let him go: 1 vote
Result...Get back here.
"Scat!" you say, much louder than you intended. "Get back here!"
He pauses and looks at you for a moment, but continues his ascent until he can see the road. He hisses and jerks his head before ducking back down.
The tom that follows is heavily battered. Thimble gasps when he raises up his head, which is so bloody that one eye is fixed shut. He weakly steps down after Scat, slips, and tumbles the rest of the way. You run forward and try to catch him.
Thimble joins you at his side and helps you half-push, half-drag him until he's safely under the stone pillars. Scat darts back up the slope, avoiding the scattered droplets of blood, and watches the road. His tail goes stiff.
"They'recoming," he mutters. "Theyheardyou."
You can hear someone talking, but with an accent like that, it's hard to cipher what they're saying exactly. You catch "bridge" and "someone".
You sigh painfully and motion with your tail. The other two stand at opposite sides of the wheezing tom. With you, there's a broken circle surrounding him.
Only a moment passes before a molly slides down. She curls her lip. "There 'e is."
Two cats join her, and a fourth climbs down from behind you. They look annoyed. And injured. And very, very strong.
"Who're you?" says one of the bigger cats, tail lashing. "Whatcha got 'im for?"
We're protecting him.
He needs help.
Let's calm down first.
Just some lost travelers.