The silvery she-cat's flanks heaved, and she let out a cry of pain as she tried to run again. "Get away from me!" she shrieked, her pale orange eyes wide and stinging with tears. "Get away!" she yowled again, stumbling over her own paws. She kept glancing back at her pursuers, making sure they wouldn't catch up too quickly. They were, reaching out to her with their murderous paws, eager to kill her only kin. "Shh, it's alright, Stormflare." Firepetal murmured gently as if she were speaking to a kit. "Just let us help you." She lightly placed her small, delicate paw onto her friend's flank.