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"There's a dog, i think!" She called up to him, before scrambling up to the entrance to kick out some soilage, to widen them. "That barking, the man will come soon. The whole farm can hear the dog anyway, they don't need us to tell them. You'll be spotted by man easily, and their thunderstick will kill you much faster than that dog will." She explained hastily as she furiously widened the tunnels, enough to get him into the much larger, burrow shaped hole if he needed it, before diving back down for her own saftey.

"But those in the garden! What if they don't know?" His eyes displayed his anxiety as he thought of the others nearby. What if someone was stuck in the barn? Or they couldn't hear in the fields.

"I'll be back! I will, I just have to check! If I don't make it, tell Moonsong my heart is with hers, please?" He seemed most desperate as he turned tail and fled towards the barn.

"Good luck, Cowslip!" She called, commending his bravery, only hoping that it didn't leave him to become food for the many elil alerted by this ruckus. With that, she sighed heavily and returned to her scrape, diggng furiously to not only make her out've site, but to also work on an escape tunnel, should her first hole be discovered.
She considered if this could make her the fastest digger so far, but it was a shame that it would be a worthless title. She also had a new goal: Get back alive to see Cowslip, or to at least give Moonsong the message.

What was he to do? Where was there to turn to get this thing off his heals? Certainly there was something he could jump away into...he had always lived within the warren and always there was a hole to slip into just in the nick of time. But not here. By the time he could find a bush, or some plants to hide within, the monster-bird would be on him. He could hear the dog starting up its baying, knowing he had caused the commotion, but what could he do about it? Maybe he could drive the turkey into the dog? Would that save him then? It might get the turkey off his tail, but would he be able to manage to get out of the dog's grip as well? He wasn't aware of the chain, but it wasn't chasing him yet. Maybe a barrier? Without thought, the rabbit turned toward the barking, spotting the creature yanking against the chain. All common sense told him to turn around, but forcing himself forward, he darted straight for the hound, looking for a place he could jump away through to get both predators off the attack.

"Right... Maybe some safety inside." Badassi agreed solemly as calamity broke out throughout the farm. Dog barking, turkey screeching. A human female was outside! So much was going wrong and deep down he was sure it had to do with Cocklebur in some way, shape, or form. It had to!

With little hesitation, he shot after the trio, once again bringing up the rear.

Crouching inside the barn between the wall and a large square thing (a spade leaned against the wall) the owsla counted off the three as they followed him inside, amber gaze already searching the inside of the massive burrow. His heart hammered in his chest from the sudden rush, the dog's barking sounded painfully loud and that incessent screaching was still carrying on. Plus a human female!. But at least Raven, badassi and Althea were safely inside and away from any potential thundersticks.. but other elil may be in here with them.

Straining all his sences he struggled to keep tabs on outside, as well as searching the inside for new threats. As his heart calmed he hopped carefully over to Althea and Badassi, expression deeply troubled. Checking raven was close he turned to the two officers.

"This is a mess..." He knew they were all thinking it.. but also, they appeared to be stuck in here for the time being, what with all that going on outside.. They needed a plan.

Pressing herself against the wall, she looked around as best she could. If she ever got out of this she'd never leave her burrow in the morning without thanking Frith for still being alive every day from now on.

Looking at the little group, she took assessment. They were all here, none tharn, none wounded. Good. Her ears cocked as Blackthorn spoke and she turned to him.

"And we all know who to thank for it too."

She was angry, and although she could easily lose her rank if she spoke too much, Althea couldn't help with the biting comment. Gnashing her teeth for a moment, she calmed herself before speaking again.

"We need to know what's here. A hiding place, in case the man, dog, and big bird come in. Or if there's elil. This place smells... familiar."

It smelled like... like that hutch from so long ago. Almost. Not quite. It had been over a year since she'd lived on a farm, and it wasn't this one to be sure. But still, there was something about this place.

Inside the barn the owsla group would see large bales of straw, hay, and alfalfa all stacked to the ceiling. The alfalfa was what smelled the sweetest. There was also stores of food in there for the coming winter. Sacks of potatoes and so forth. With the excitement outside, animals in their stalls stirred. A couple horses grunting and stamping there feet, and a milk cow mooed.

However, another dark shadow slinked across the rafters, watching the rabbits below.

Outside, Fledgestone seemed to be on a suicide run towards the dog while the turkey continued its pursuit. The hound started going nuts upon seeing the rabbit and bird coming straight towards him, yanking hard on his chain. However, the dog house was old and rotting, and with a few more yanks his chain came free. Now unrestrained the dog ran for Fledgestone. The turkey, although not the brightest bulb, knew better than to keep running towards the dog and fled in a flurry.

Cocklebur meanwhile had made it to the meeting point... and had come across something quite interesting...