FC Fighters Chapter Forty Four: The Mountain Path

Chapter Forty Four: The Mountain Path.
Maxus reached the mouth of Ridgline Pass  as the moon rose into the sky and night fell. 'Heres the pass...' he thought as he entered. Behind him two eyes stared at him with hate. Roxanne couldn't beleive her own eyes and hissed lowly "He's still alive! I will make sure that he never leaves this pass alive!" Maxus senced that he was being watched and moved swiftly in the pass, occationaly looking back to see if he was being followed. 'I dought Roxanne would think I was killed in that crash..' he thought as he traveled, 'I suspect that it's her that I sence.' Suddenly a lonely howl echoed in the pass bringing Maxus to a halt. "Hello?" he called out, unsure if anyone was really there. He got no responce and he hurried on thill he came upon a fork in the road. "Dart!" cursed Maxus under his breath, "Which way?" "East...Go East..." came a dark voice. Maxus looked around him but saw no one till he looked up. He saw a black figure rush along the top of the high rock walls. "Hey wait!" called Maxus as he followed the figure in the pass below. Maxus lossed sight of the figure and woundered to himself 'Who was that? It was certenly not Roxanne and where is the howls that I've been hearing coming from?' He heard some footsteps behind him and turned to see no body there. Roxanne hide behind a rock and spotted a way up to the top of the wall.When Maxus continued down the pass, she rushed up to the top and followed him from there. "I know a good way to get rid of you!" she cursed under her breath, as she rushed ahead of him. Maxus keeped being vigalent as he traversed the pass. 'Something..' he thought, 'Isn't right...' Then he heard something crashing up ahead and he rushed foward to investigate. He saw tha pass infront of him had collapased. "I guess I can't go futher..." he mumble. Suddenly the path he had just came had collapased and he was trapped. "What's going on here?!" he shouted. "What else would it be?" came Roxanne's voice. Maxus looked up to see her on the high wall as she snarled "I am abit surprised that you survived that crash but you soon with you hadn't! Your road stops here Maxus!" Suddenly ice spikes shot up from the ground and coiled around Maxus's legs. Maxus strained to get free as Roxanne shot a lightning bolt into the otherside of the pass. Maxus realised that Roxanne was going to crush him under tonnes of rock and stone. Roxanne laughted miniacly as Maxus was covered by the wall. There was a sudden bong and Roxanne fell down the side of the pass. A figure slide down the pass wall and checked Roxanne to see if she was out cold and then proceded to remove the stones and rock on top of Maxus. "Uhghg." grouned Maxus as the figure helped him out of the pile. "Are you OK?" said the figure in a sofe voice. Maxus 's vision was abit blured but slowly he could see his unseen savior. "Who.." he mumbled, "What..Aren't you..." But before he could finish, Maxus passed out. When the sun came up the next day Maxus awoke next to a burnt out camp fire. Accross from him was a young kit fox as he remember what had happened that night. When she awoke she smiled and said "Hello again Maxus."