Rabbitmoon stopped and stared with his mouth open. Rosestar was laying on the ground, super still. Chance... Chance he was still too. And he had a pool of blood around his paw.
The other cats ran towards the still cats. Rabbitmoon raced to Rosestar. He listened to her breathing. He could hear her heart and he sighed with relief. She was just unconscious. He licked her ears and sat next to her.
   Rabbitmoon got up as he heart a gasp from Niko. "Rabbitmoon... come here please."
   Rabbitmoon walked over to the other cats and Chance. He was unconscious too.  But his paw was torn. All the claws were ripped out, the fur was all torn off, and his paw pads were skinned raw. It looked like someone did this to him... on purpose!
"What?" He chocked out at the sight.
   "We... we can't save the paw. There's no way to keep it. If he did keep it, it would be useless." Niko breathed. She swallowed shakily.
   Rabbitmoon blinked repeatedly, not sure that he heard her right. "W...what?" His voice cracked and he tried again. "What will you do to get it off?"
   "Well since he's unconscious now," Niko answer, studying the paw, "we can amputate it now. He will never know. But he'll be sore."
   Rabbitmoon nodded shakily. "Okay. Let's do it,"
   Niko nodded. She looked at the paw and sent Fierce and Feisty to go get leaves. They came back with loads of leaves and Niko thanked them. They puffed out their chests proudly.
   Niko put the leaves on his belly fur and shoulder, to protect it from much blood. Then she started to pick the fur out of the top of his leg, making a circle where she would amputate it. She looked at Rabbitmoon one last time.
   Rabbitmoon nodded.
   Niko sighed nervously and started to chew through his fur. It was blood everywhere. Rabbitmoon felt queasy. He had to leave the cave, along with Branch. The kits followed.
   Rabbitmoon sat down. He looked at Branch, who had a distant look in his eyes. The kits looked at each other and snuggled against each other. Soon, they fell asleep. They were tired, after everything that day.
   It felt like hours sitting outside waiting. Soon Niko called them back in.
   Rabbitmoon stifled a gasp. Niko's face was red with blood, and her teeth were stained red.
   Chance was still unconscious. The leaves were red, with no green left showing. But his leg... there was nothing but a bloody nub near his shoulder. His separated leg was beside him.  Branch ran outside, throwing up. The kits whimpered.
"D...did everything go alright?" Breathed Rabbitmoon.
Niko nodded and sighed, "Yes. But it was a long and hard procedure. We're lucky that he even survived. Look! He's waking up!"
She as right. Chance was waking up. He moaned and stirred. He opened his eyes groggily. "Wh...what happened- ow!!!! My leg!" His soft sentence turned into a wail. He looked down and gasped. His eyes got wide and he threw up beside him.
"It's okay! Calm down!" Niko soothed. Chance was trying to get up, standing and falling.
"Stop! You're going to open up the wound again!" Niko yelled, forcing Chance to the ground, panting.
"Why?" Chance said.
"Because your paw was ripped and not savable."
"But why couldn't you do anything? Like to help with infections or something?" Chance asked.
"If I did that, your paw would not be useable; it would be dead." Niko answered sighing.
Chance just opened and closed his mouth. He didn't say anything. No one did.