Hey-O! I promised I would be back if I thought of anything, didn't I? Enjoy!

Kristy had just set the triplets down to sleep. Times were difficult in Thorn Valley. Lately there had been predators who had been trying to come into the valley. Predators that posed a threat to the rats. They had already fought off snakes, now they were faced with something more deadly. Justin had taken the valley's best fighters to guard the borders.

"Oh, Justin", Kristy said looking down. "Please protect us. Protect the boys."

She looked over to Evan's empty bed knowing how brave he must've been fighting along side his father. Kristy opened the shutters to of the window, looking out over the valley. It was so quiet. The lights from other homes were lit, showing the rats in their homes in peace. Kristy looked up at the bordering mountain where Justin and the boys were. She put her hands together in a prayer for her family's safe return.

"Please come home safe to me..."

She gasped as she heard the alarm go off. Thorn valley was under attack. All of the lights in the valley were turned off for their safety as a flock of owls were seen in the sky. Kristy gasped in fear, worried for the boys. There was nothing she could do now. She closed the shutters and shut off the light, leaving her and the girls in the darkness.

Justin, along with Brutus, Evan, Tim, Martin and other rats were fighting a flock of owls that were trying to invade the valley. They couldn't let any of the owls into the valley, knowing they would eat them all, but it was hard with the owls in the air and the rats on the ground.

Tim and Martin were using new weapons they made themselves to fight off the owls. Justin was using bolas to try and bring the owls down, but getting the ropes to wrap around their wings. Evan was using a bow and arrows, hoping that it would at least help slow down the owls enough for the others to bring them down.

"Dad, there's so many!" Evan said trying to chose an owl to aim for.

"Don't use that as an excuse to give up!" Justin said throwing a bola at an owl.

The stones at the end of the rope swung around the owl, making the rope wrap around it. Evan fired his arrow, hitting an owl in the bottom of its foot. The owl screeched in pain and lowered itself to the ground, giving Tim and Martin the opportunity to fire their onager, launching spears at the owl.

"What did I tell you, hero?" Martin asked patting Tim. "Nothing to it."

"You're right", Tim said. "It is just a giant slingshot."

"Talk about that later, boys", Justin said throwing another bola.

As the rats fought the flock of owls, no one noticed the owl perched on the top of the mountain. The owl rolled his eyes as he watched. None of these owls were doing what he wanted. Then again, if you wanted something done right, you had to do it yourself. The owl spread his wings and swooped down toward the rats. He knew which one was the main target.

"Dad, look out!" Evan yelled.

Justin turned to see what Evan was pointing at and gasped when an owl wrapped his foot around him, carrying him off into the air.

"Dad!"

Justin gasped as he felt the owl tighten his grip around him. He reached his hand as best as he could to his belt. He managed to get a grip onto his sword and pulled it out as best as he could. The owl screeched in pain as he felt the sharp metal and released Justin.

"DAD!" Evan yelled as he watched his father fall from the sky.