[Justice]

Greenleaf 18
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She'd tried so hard to stay with Willowbreeze and her newborn kits, having even floated a nest to help keep the new queen and her kits above water. But the second her paws hit the river to cross she started drifting sideways and downstream at an alarming rate. She was a decently strong swimmer, but the river was pulling at her more and more, and it was all she could do to keep her head above water. She hoped Silverstar would forgive her for not being able to stay at Willowbreeze's side, as she'd intended to do. She was a good friend to their leader, and had only recently given birth and needed all the help and support she could be given.

Her paws dug hard at the water, trying to swim back towards the clan even as she was moving further and further away from them. She heard Dewfrost call out to her, alerting the warriors of the clan that someone was being swept away. But others were being swept along downstream as well, the clan was being drug apart even as they made for higher ground. They had to cross the river, that was the most dangerous part of all this. A log rushed towards her, having been pulled in from the river's edge and Echoshade had to dive under to keep from being hit by it. When she surfaced again she'd been turned completely around and could no longer see the shore over the turbulent waves around her.

"Someone help me!" She called out, though was loathe to do so. They needed all the cats they could to get the others to safety, she was just being swept downstream and could hopefully find shore and return to the clan later. But the debris was getting bigger, and the waves were getting higher. She was scared.

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Big brown paws hauled the large RainClan tom from the bloated river, with help from his brother. Pale green eyes flicked to Brookfall, and the mottled tom dipped his head in silent thanks. Minnowsplash was frantically calling for a medicine cat, no doubt to check on the unconscious she-cat Gorgeleap had just hauled from below the water's surface. He was just about to begin rasping his tongue over the she-cat's fur in hopes of bringing her back around when Dewfrost's panicked call rose into the air. On one paw, Gorgeleap was growing exceedingly tired of all this panic tearing through the Clan.

On the other paw, Echoshade was being dragged down river at an alarming rate, narrowly avoiding a log that dwarfed her in size. Call it a gift from StarClan or a lucky coincidence, but Gorgeleap's prior rescue left him quite far down the river already, meaning that Echoshade was not out of his range just yet. Without a thought, and little more than two or three bounds down the riverbank, the big tom threw himself back into the tumultuous waters below. The air was momentarily driven from his lungs as he collided with the cool river, but he forced his paws to churn and push him back to the surface.

Throwing his head up to clear the water from his pale green eyes, Gorgeleap scanned the water until he caught sight of Echoshade's smaller frame being tossed about. She was working against the river, trying to drag herself to the safety of the side. Gorgeleap, however, used the river's power to help him close the distance between them, shoving through the debris-laden canal. His sights were set on the she-cat, knowing full well that she was a good friend of the family. Silverstar will have my pelt if I don't save her. He thought, an ear flicking at the sheer inconvenience that would lay upon his life.

Or so he told himself.

"Echoshade!" He bellowed over the roar of the water, knowing he was so close to her. But this would also be the third cat he would haul from the clutches of the near-black water. Exhaustion was beginning to claw at his limbs, each throttle of his paws harder than the last. Narrowing his eyes and gritting his teeth, he focused on what he had to do next, not on the multitude of situations that might unfold with one wrong move.

Jaw locked around the she-cat's scruff, pulling her up to ensure her head was clear of the water. Juggling his own paws churning in the water to drive them toward the bank and guiding Echoshade to his back, the mottled brown tom snorted as spatter from the river assaulted his face. Between heaves of guiding her onto him, Gorgeleap grunted. "Can you hold on? Whatever you do, don't let go. Do you understand me?" He rasped, voice as monotone as ever. The fraction of tightness in it betrayed his general concern with the situation.

Well, this too is great, now isn't it.

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[Justice]

She turned her body around and pointed her nose towards where she hoped the shore was, or at least the rest of the clan. She kept swimming determinedly, nose held high above the water so that she didn't drown so long as she could see the debris coming and dodge it in time. She couldn't get hurt, her daughters would worry. Silverstar would worry. She had to keep trying, keep pushing no matter how tired she got.

"Echoshade!"

The she-cat heard the bellow over the roar of the river, a smile splitting across her face as she recognized it immediately. "Gorgeleap! Here!" She kept pawing along, keeping herself afloat and trying her best not to become another victim of the rushing waters of the flood. He came alongside her very quickly and she could only beam at him tiredly. She wasn't alone anymore. She didn't have to be scared. "I am so glad to see you!" She called over the water, angling her body so that he would be perfectly alongside her at last. She let him pull her head up higher, pawing at the water despite herself to be helpful.

He wanted her to hold onto him? She wasn't drowning, and wasn't at her limit yet, but he was here to save her. Her heart turned over in her chest. He really did care what happened to her, and that made her ridiculously happy despite the situation.

"Yes I can." She told him, hooking her front paws around under his body as much as possible and digging her claws into her own paws to keep rooted there. Her back legs she let float and kicked along to help him propel them along. "I won't let go." She butted her head against the back of his, very happy to see him despite herself. "I was so scared, the water was pushing me too far from the clan. Gorgeleap, thank you for coming to get me."

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