The great wars of nature reserves. Chapter Seven: Rescue and wild fights.


Plucky is alive and lies quite motionless and asleep deep inside the sawmill. He is quite exhausted and seriously wounded after a violent blow he received from the wolf. And the big wolf lies and rests in the farthest part of the building, guarding the prisoner. And outside the sawmill, the four of the two blue and gray foxes stand outside and keep a close watch as well.

But some distance from the sawmill, some animals stand inside the forest edge. It was Swift, the most cunning red fox of all. In his company are Ranger and Friendly and their four sons. Rebel, Bolt, Rollo, Hurkel and Spike are also in the group. And up on tree branches sit two owls and a peregrine falcon. They have already made plans with old Fox and Swift, and also know what to do.

Swift: "Okay, everyone. You know exactly what we're going to do: Bolt lures the four guards away from the gate to the sawmill, leading them straight to the trap there Hurkel, Ranger and Friendly are waiting. While Spike and Rebel search for the wolf inside the building and lure him out. Rollo prepares to attack the wolf. Perry, Owl and Hollow, you wait just outside the gate and be ready, in case of an emergency. Any questions?"

Spike: "Well, one: Are we really going to make it? It's feels so eerie."

Rebel: "Don't worry, Spike. Nothing will go wrong."

Hurkel: "Absolutely, my friend. Everything will be fun."

But far from the sawmill, both little Bold and Silvia were hurrying faster and faster, hoping they wouldn't be late. While they were hurrying, Swift and some of his friends had started a rescue operation. Bolt came running, until he stopped just to the side and a little away from the four guards and started shouting teasingly.

Bolt: "Not all silver foxes are as fast as hares, they're just dirty and disgusting!!!"

Then he stuck out his tongue at them and walked quick away. The guards got quite angry and gave in the teasing hare with a full speed with their legs. When the guards were gone, Spike, Rebel and Swift sneaked into the sawmill and searched for Plucky, while Rollo and the other three raptors waited outside. The sawmill looked all worn out and pretty abandoned. Rebel hasn't forgotten how bad it was the last time he was at the sawmill.

Rebel: "Honestly: Spike was right. It feels eerie in a way."

Swift: "Take it easy, Rebel. We'll probably find Plucky. But it's best if we split up, if one of us finds either Plucky or the wolf."

All three agreed. Spike went to the right and searched the building, while Rebel went to the left and searched another part of the room, and Swift calmly went straight in and looked for Plucky. But outside the building, Little Bold and Silvia had come. By chance, they found an opening from the back of the sawmill. They went inside and looked for a bit. Silvia probably thinks it feels very scary.

Silvia: "I really don't like what's going to happen in here, Bold."

Little Bold isn't afraid of anything. But sometimes he gets that horrible feeling in his mind and wonders what will happen if they happen to run into the wolf in the building, instead of his father. In fact, he also thinks the whole sawmill is so scary and dangerous. They went up the stairs that lead to a door. And when he put one of his paws on the edge of the door, he pulled it open and it creaked a little loudly.

Spike, Swift and Rebel heard the door creak. And the wolf, who was lying still in his sleep, was almost waking up to the strange sounds, but luckily he fell asleep again. But Rebel, who was nearby and heard, got curious and immediately went there. Both little Bold and Silvia came into a control room, with all of buttons and devices covered in dust and cobwebs, as well as chairs, and the windows have been broken for so long.

Little Bold: "Wow! What a places!"

Silvia: "It's obvious that nothing has used this for long ti-i-i.... atjoo!!!"

Silvia, who is not used to all the dust in the room, has happened to sniff her nose and snot so hard. Little Bold's eyes widened in surprise and thought: "Oops!" But then they heard the sounds of paw steps outside the control room, they had to quickly hide behind the control table, because they still don't have time to get out of there.

They also hear how this creature walked calmly and the shadow got closer and closer. Little Bold got ready and growled threateningly at someone. But as soon as some animal appeared and stopped right next to the two young foxes, both little Bold and Silvia were a little surprised to see Rebel enter the control room.

Little Bold: "Uncle Rebel? Is that you?"

Rebel: "Bold and Silvia, what in the name of foxes are you two doing here?"

Little Bold: "It's a long story, uncle. But we're here to help you."

Silvia: "Yes, of course. The more we're together, the better we'll cope, right? One for all, all for one."

Rebel smiled a little with laughter, but also knew that it was no good protesting. So he had the two adolescents taken from the control room with him, then searching for Plucky together. But because of Silvia's accidental sneezing, the big wolf started to wake up a little and yawned a little quieter.

Meanwhile, Spike walked forward, steady step by step, searching and searching. He has been searching for the big wolf, but can't find him. This rat was of course very worried and doesn't even know what to do if he comes across him. But finally he stopped for a while and sat on a wooden stick, he thought. Until he heard growling noises.

Wolf: "How dare you sit on one of my front legs, you little rat..!"

Spike jumped up in panic and looked over his shoulder and turned quite pale in fear.

Spike: "Mommy..!"

At Swift's he searches for Plucky for a very long time. Until he heard moaning sounds not too far away. When he appeared at the grinder, he saw a fox lying there and moaning a little in pain. Swift quickly walked forward and smiled a little pleased to have finally found Plucky.

Swift: “Plucky? Are you okay?”

But Plucky groaned a little heavily in pain, because the silver foxes have apparently settled their score with him very cruelly. Swift discovers that he has many wounds in his body and is wounded. But then suddenly Spike appeared behind him and screamed and ran past Swift. The only one who is not chasing Spike anymore, was the big wolf who spots Swift and slowly walks towards him.

Wolf: “Aha, what a coincidence! Isn't it Swift – the Silver fox clan's number one enemy, huh?!”

Swift: "Wolf! What have you and the silver foxes done to Plucky?"

Wolf: "Both Silver and Tyran probably thought he should soften up a bit, before the supreme leader can negotiate with the old fox from farthing wood. Hahahaha! So that's why he's temporarily weak, the poor brave hero. And you will also be the hero of the day, after I've finished with you..!"

Swift: "Come here if you dare, you devilish tormentor!"

Swift prepared to defend his friend's life, he growled the same thing the wolf does and showed his jaws of sharp teeth. But when he was about to desperately attack the wolf, Tyran's bodyguard pulled down the high of cardboard boxes with his right front paws very fast, all the boxes landed on top of Swift. The red-brown fox got a pile of cardboard all over him and for once he was outsmarted by the wolf's trick.

Wolf: "You thought I was a complete idiot, and wouldn't have found out what you were up to, huh?! It's possible you can fool all the silver foxes, but I won't be fooled! Not this time!"

When Rebel and the two young foxes appeared from the front, they saw Plucky lying on the floor. Little Bold was about to run to him, but noticed the wolf and Swift trying to get out of the boxes. As soon as Swift came out of the boxes, the wolf managed to push him a little hard, until he was lying on his back.

Wolf: "Now I will free all the silver foxes from your misfortune, once and for all!"

But just when the wolf was about to finish with Swift, little Bold felt that he could not help but watch even more and do nothing.

Little Bold: "Okey! I will not allow anyone to kill my aunt's mate! One for all, all for one!"

Rebel: "Bold, NO!!!"

But little Bold had already set off and was running fast and jumped on the Wolf's muzzle. The Wolf was surprised by little Bold's sudden attack, he saw how this young fox bit his muzzle, really hard this time. The Wolf screamed in pain. He tries to get little Bold away and shakes his head, but it was not so easy.

Silvia and Rebel ran to Plucky, while Swift tried to get up on all fours. But he was a little injured in the body, due to the wolf's violent push. Plucky groaned with his eyes half-closed and was slightly conscious. He wondered what the noise was. Rebel and Silvia noticed that he was coming to his senses.

Silvia: "How are you, Plucky?"

Plucky: "Uh... good, I guess... Ah... What's going on? How did you find me here?"

Rebel: "You'll find out later, Plucky. Because right now it's an even worse situation than the other one."

Plucky: "What situation?"

Silvia: "Little Bold fighting the wolf!"

Plucky: "What..!"

Plucky couldn't believe his ears, his eyes looked towards the wolf, all three, including Swift, watched how Little Bold fought and tried to hold off the Tyran's bodyguard as much as possible. Swift didn't have much strength to do anything about it. But when the Wolf's head shot up really fast, little Bold lost his grip on his muzzle. His body spun around in the air really high, until he fell down and was on top of the wolf's open jaws.

Plucky: "Bold..!"

Swift and Rebel: "Bold!"

Silvia: "Nooooo!!!"

Everyone thought at first that it was over with little Bold. But luckily Spike came running back to the red foxes, with Rollo after him. The guard dog managed to push the wolf away in the last seconds and let little Bold land softly on his back, then bounced towards Swift who caught him in his arms, causing him to fall to the floor again.

Spike, Rebel and Silvia rushed to them and helped them get up from the floor and were relieved that little Bold was okay, thanks to Rollo. When Plucky got to see his father's friend, Rollo gave him a look with one eye. Because he is still a friend of all animals of farthing wood, and is loyal too.

Plucky smiled in relief and blinked his one eye back, because he trusts his father's friend. But when the wolf got up and looked at the guard dog, who was standing in front of him with his serious expression on his face, he was of course angrier than ever. But Rollo is a brave guard dog.

Rollo: "You may not harm any of my friends with impunity! Neither Plucky, nor his son! So come on, and we'll settle it between the two of us!"

Wolf: "You'll probably regret that you dared to interfere, you dog meat!"

Meanwhile, Bolt, Hurkel, Ranger, Friendly and four young-adult foxes had just finished off the guards and were lying completely unconscious. Despite the surprise, some of them were worried about what was happening over there at the old sawmill. They had to hurry back to the sawmill. But just as they had arrived, the entire door was blown to pieces, and both Rollo and the Wolf rolled out.

The two canines fought each other wildly, clawing and growling at full speed, trying to get away from each other's bodies during their violent fight. The three birds of prey could not do anything yet, because Rollo lay on top of him for a while, until the wolf managed to roll over and was soon on top and overpowered the guard dog.

Now the birds of prey saw their chance and went to attack with their claws and distract him as much as possible. The wolf became furious and tried to hit one of the three birds of prey with his big paws, but they avoided his paw's blow. Rollo took the chance and pushed the wolf away with his large and strong front and hind legs.

Now the wolf lay still for a while on the snow, but got up quickly and was about to attack Rollo again. Rollo was completely exhausted and panting heavily. He had never thought that the big gray wolf would be so powerful and strong. Stronger than the guard dog himself. The raptors realized that it is impossible to defeat a monster wolf, and so did Ranger, Friendly, Bolt and Hurkel.

Wolf: "Hehehe... You can never win against me! Not even your allied red foxes! I am invulnerable and I'll finish them all off in farthing land after I finish you off. Prepare to meet your fate!"

With the wolf's promise, he threw himself at the guard dog with his jaws open and his fangs bared. Swift, little Bold, Silvia, Rebel and Spike, who had just come out of the sawmill, saw how the Wolf threw himself at Rollo, with his sharp claws on his front paws and sharp fangs. All the wild animals stared and were completely terrified.

Hurkel: "Oh my!"

Owl: "Oho!"

Little Bold: "Rollo!"

Spike: "Oooh! I don't dare look!"

Spike screamed and held his hands to his face. Inside the building, Plucky lay there waiting. He felt that Rollo would sacrifice himself soon and that all hope was soon gone. But to his surprise, he saw a ghostly bright orange-red fox with a scar on his left face. He smiled at the wounded dark red fox and said with a spirit-like voice in his head.

Bold: "Don't give up, my son. Don't give up. As long as you and your families and friends survive, and someone who takes care of and protects all the animals big and small, hope will remain in your hearts..."

Plucky: "Dad..!"

For the first time, Plucky could see and meet his father, since he was a little dying and wounded. But then his father disappeared all of a sudden, Plucky of course became puzzled and thought that it was a hallucination, or if the great Bold was a spirit fox. The dark red fox's eyes were somehow filled with both sadness and joy tears, he sighed a little sadly over his father's disappearance.

Plucky: "Oh Dad. What did you mean by "someone" protecting us? Unless you meant my grandfather, of course."

But then suddenly he heard a banging sound outside. "BANG!" A rifle shot. And outside with Rollo, he got an unusual surprise, when the wolf flew to the side and missed him, then he rolled a few laps, until he lay completely still on the snowfield and did not move anymore. Little Bold, Silvia, Spike, Rebel and Swift saw what happened. Bolt, Hurkel, Ranger, Friendly and four of their two sons also saw everything.

Owl, Hollow and Perry were also completely amazed to see how the Wolf was shot. Rollo also wondered how this could have happened. All the animals gathered at the sawmill's doorway which was broken. Silvia got to nuzzle her big cousin, Ranger, for a short while and was relieved that they had survived and were almost over. Friendly went up to Swift who was still looking at the dead wolf as if it were snow.

Friendly: "It's over for him."

Swift: "Yes, Friendly. And now the beast is left."

Hurkel, Spike and Bolt held each other's hands and cheered at the small triumph. Rebel and some of the foxes also cheered. But one of the birds of prey wondered how Rollo had done it.

Hollow: "But who was it that shot, anyway?"

Owl: "I think I know who did it."

Owl said, raising her right wing and pointing Hollow towards the edge of the forest, even Perry, Swift, Hurkle, Ranger, Friendly, Rebel, Silvia, Little Bold, Spike, Bolt and four young adult foxes saw what Owl meant. Even Rollo looked towards the edge of the forest, where his master, the warden, comes through the deep snow, with a rifle in his big fists.

The barrel of the rifle smoking a little, because it was he who shot and killed the wolf in the end. Rollo calmly walked up to his master and stopped and sat down in front of him. The warden gave his guard dog a few soothing pats on his forehead, which is a sign that he is both relieved and happy that Rollo made it too. Rollo panted happily with his tongue sticking out.

Everyone was probably wondering how the warden could find the sawmill. But Swift soon understood how it was, when he looked up towards the edge of the forest. Even Little Bold and Silvia saw what it was. Up there on the hill stood the old Fox, together with Whisper, Russet and Scarlet. They were also happy that it was almost over. Little Bold ran into the sawmill again, rushed to his father and screamed a little loudly.

Little Bold: "Dad! Dad! Great-grandfather is here! And the wolf is shot! The warden shot the wolf!"

When little Bold was there, he noticed that he had somehow fallen asleep a little. The eager dark red fox cub put his left front paw on his father's right shoulder and shook and tried to wake him up a little carefully. Silvia also went back inside and found both Little Bold and Plucky in the same place. Finally Plucky's eyes opened and he was awake, the two adolescent foxes cheered happily.

Plucky: "What is it about? And what happened?"

Little Bold: "The wolf is shot, dad. The warden shot him."

Silvia: "That's true. Old Fox from farthing wood has apparently lured the warden here to the sawmill, saved Rollo too."

Plucky sighed in relief and smiled a little cautiously. Both Little Bold and Silvia looked at each other and smiled with joy that it had succeeded. But then Plucky looked at his older son and asked him to bend his head down a little closer, to talk to him a little quieter.

Plucky: "Bold, my son... It was all too close to losing you."

Little Bold: "I know, dad. And I'm sorry. But I had to come here, I had to intervene, to save Swift. Besides, I did it out of the goodness of my heart. Just like my grandfather did, before he died."

Plucky: "How do you know?"

Little Bold: "My grandfather came to me in my dream, he said I should come here and help with his friends who are trying to save you. It's called friendship and the love of families and friends. And I care about you and your family. The same way that grandfather cares about his family, and his family cares about him."

When Plucky heard what his son was telling him with his explanations, he smiled broadly, his eyes filled with tears of joy. Little Bold noticed how he acted after his talk and of course became worried.

Little Bold: "Where is it, dad? Why are you crying?"

Plucky raised his head a little cautiously and looked at little Bold and answered.

Plucky: "Because that's the loveliest explanation I've ever heard. You really have grandfather's blood in your veins, my son. And I'll admit one more thing to you, little Bold."

Little Bold: "What are you going to say, dad?"

Plucky:"I have also met your grandfather in my dream. And I believe in your truth. You are the bravest fox I have ever met and I am so proud of you, little Bold."

Now little Bold felt that he could not hold back his feelings anymore, had to hold his proud father with his front legs and paws around his neck and hugged him, while he started to cry a little quieter, with his eyes closed, just like Plucky's eyes were closed and his right front paw put on his back and comforted him too.

Silvia's eyes also filled with tears of joy, the badger, Hurkel, and the rat, Spike, who have followed Silvia, have also seen everything and witnessed Plucky and his son hugging and they crying a little silently with happiness, before Swift and Ranger appeared. They looked at what both Plucky and his son are doing right now, Swift smiled happily at the father and son reunion. Ranger also thinks the same as Swift.

Ranger: "Joyful sight."

But one who is not so happy that the wolf's life is over was of course Tyran. He has apparently been there at a reasonable distance and seen everything and is deeply concerned. But he turned his back and immediately disappeared from the old sawmill before anyone could spot him. But he was wrong.

Old Fox, who is still standing on the hill, while three female foxes went to the back of the sawmill to meet Little Bold and Silvia and their friends, has apparently spotted a gray fox. He understood that it must be Tyran, since he was in such a hurry to get away from there, he also now understands that the big war in White Deer Park is probably going to be really serious this time.

Fox: "It's only a matter of time before we finally meet, Silver."

TO BE CONTINUED.