// Open to anyone who wants to help get him to the medicine den. | and @
sootsplashed — [Sorry 'bout the double post; I couldn't help myself.]
At his leader's rally, he forced his eyes open and clenched his jaws tighter. He wanted to fight. Oh, how he wanted to fight. But his side hurt and his leg just wanted him to die... Lionpaw's pain tolerance was above average—it had to be; he'd been burned twice with little to no healing after, and rogues didn't exactly play nice when they roughed others up. In the end, it wasn't his perseverance that convinced him to act, but the extreme anger that coursed through him.
Coyotes... were most definitely his new, least favorite animal. He hated them now. Utterly despised them. All life had merit, some believed. So what?! If he had the power, from here on out, coyotes would cease to exist.
With a growl, the abyssinian forced himself to his paws. The blood on his pelt was misleading—while he was badly scraped, most of the substance came from beasts, not himself. That's not to say he wasn't bleeding—it simply wasn't bad as it seemed. His flesh was still meeting the air, however, and it stung like repeated slashes. Though, the chill in the air made the pain more tolerable. Numbed it a bit.
It was likely that only excess adrenaline kept him moving as he stood, keeping his injured leg limply off the earth while looking in the direction that Midgemask had run off to. The feline knew that she was trying to help, but Lionpaw needed her here, not... wherever she was. Abruptly, he swung his leg forwards, putting weight on it as if he were taking a step. It turned out to be a foolish move: not only did his body as a whole protest, but he nearly buckled onto the floor at the lightning-like pain, his vision flashing white. The apprentice let out a strangled cry despite his efforts to keep it in.
So that was that. No walking. Only standing. Definitely no fighting. Pain and irrational betrayal; only, he'd betrayed himself rather than placing the blame on someone else.
"Midgemask," the apprentice called. He needed... to get to the healing grounds, probably. She did to. Only, his side would sting like thorns straight from the Dark Forest if he tried leaning on anything, and he couldn't walk without the help... What did that leave? Being carried? Hopping like some deranged pigeon? He fought the bitter laugh that threatened to escape his maw.