Evan grabbed the door and tried to swing it shut, but the Rat King had already stepped into the cabin. “What? I’m not welcomed?” the King said as he punched Evan, pushing him away. Jados, Evan’s night elf bodyguard, drew his sword and moved from the back wall to the door. However, from behind the Rat King rang a shot and the night elf stopped and fell over, blood spilling out of the bullet hole on his forehead. Simoora, Evan’s partner, screamed and she glowered at the violet haired night elf still holding the gun.
The Rat King twitched at the sound of the gun and he sighed. “Noisy things.” He walked further into the cabin and he kicked the night elf out of the way. The other guard, Katya, a draenei, lifted her sword to attack the King, but Teriaan blocked her attack with his sword. This gave the King more room for him to target Evan. The Ratz that had accompanied the King and his guards ran into the room and began to fight Simoora and Isaac.
Katya kicked Teriaan and said, “And here I thought we’d fuck again.”
“You weren’t that great,” Teriaan growled as he reached to punch her. Katya dodged and threw an elbow at him.
“That’s not what you were saying the last time.”
“You were an easy fuck,” Teriaan growled, managing to punch her back.
Simoora was able to eliminate most of the Ratz attacking her. She was a trained assassin, but she hated being attacked without warning. Isaac managed to fight a few of them off and he ducked as he saw Sarinna’s leg coming at him. He ran to the door, looked back, and ran out. He kept running until he felt his legs freeze in place. “Fuck,” Isaac said, turning to see the Flea walking toward him.
“Oh, look…it’s our mage,” the Flea said.
“I can explain…” mumbled Isaac.
“Of course you can! Let me guess, you were spying on Evan so that you could tell the King everything, hm?” The undead man fixed his cuffs and looked at Isaac. “He knew all along. You don’t think we spies? You gave yourself away too quickly.”
Isaac tried to defrost the ice holding him. “I am loyal! I promise!”
“Yeah…to Evan.” The Flea’s blue eyes began to glow brighter and so did the runes on the palm of his hands. Isaac has seen that before and he cast a shield on himself before breaking free from the ice. Teleporting a few feet away, he began to cast a spell, countering the attack that the Flea had afflicted upon him. Canceling each other out, the spells faded and the Flea laughed. “I know your damn moves, Isaac.”
“I know your damn spells, Flea.” They exchanged spells, countering each other over and over. Isaac was breathless, tired of casting and dodging. The Flea simply smiled.
“I can do this all day without any problems.” They both turned with Ratz were being flung out of the cabin. “But they need me in there.” The Flea cast his spell at Isaac and the human didn’t have time to counter this time. He flew back, hitting his head against a rock. He didn’t move. The Flea approached the body and he shook his head. “Too bad. You weren’t bad.” With that, he ran back to the cabin.
Far from the magical chaos, hidden behind a tree, Isaac peeked out and saw the dead body in the illusion of his form. He had never disclosed to anyone that his strength was illusionary magic. He caught his breath and ran. If Evan lived, he would get in touch with him later.
Inside the cabin, Katya continued to fight Teriaan, both surprised at how skilled the other was. Simoora had killed several of the Ratz and she was defending herself from Sarinna. The Rat King sat on Evan, holding a dagger to his neck. “You still bear my sigil. Why? You do miss me…” The Rat King laughed and Evan snarled.
“To remind me of the suffering you’ve caused me. You killed my family…” Evan spat out. The Rat King nodded, acknowledging the crime. “Why these two idiots still follow you is beyond me.”
“And so…you simply want to take what I have taken so long to build and just start your own little business? It doesn’t work that way, Evan. I have been in this line of work for so long, I can tell you right now that it doesn’t work that way. Others would have forgiven you, maybe exiled, but I’m the Rat King.” He dug his dagger a little more into the skin. Evan groaned at the pain. “In a few minutes, you’ll be dead and your heart will—” He was interrupted as Sarinna was thrown off in his direction. Both of them fell and Evan quickly got up to attack the King, but Sarinna stopped him. This gave the King a chance to get up and attack Simoora.
“You could have come here with me. We could have ruled,” Evan told Sarinna, who held back his attack. “We could have tried again for that family we almost had.”
Sarinna jabbed him and he fell back. She held him against the wall and whispered, “It wasn’t yours, Evan.” He furrowed his brows and kicked Sarinna away from him. “Whore,” he spat at the night elf and he turned to Simoora, who was caught in the King’s hold.
She struggled to breathe and Evan drew his dagger, stabbing the King in the side of his torso. He screamed out and released the woman before turning to Evan, who smiled at the wound. “I guess the fox outsmarted the rodent,” Evan said. He laughed and backed away, taunting the Rat King.
The Rat King stumbled and glared at Evan. He then laughed. “You think a wound like this is going to kill me? Fuck you.”
Meanwhile, Teriaan continued to fight with Katya. She dug her hand in a pouch and when the opportunity hit, she dug her sharpened nails into Teriaan’s skin, breaking through. He began to bleed and he was about to attack when Katya spoke, “Good night, handsome.” Teriaan stopped as he began to feel dizzy.
“Sarinna,” he called out. Sarinna ran to help Teriaan when Katya tried to scratch her as well. Sarinna blocked her and high-kicked her head, causing Katya to fall, passing out.
Katya falling distracted Evan and he turned to see her. It was enough for the King to stab Evan in the shoulder. Evan fell and when he turned to see the King, the dagger plunged in him once again, digging into his arm. Evan screamed and the King grabbed the dagger with both hands, sliding it down his arm. He ripped the dagger out and he slashed his face.
“I will make you suffer before you die, fucker,” the King snarled. He lifted the dagger again to stab him when he was hit on the side of the head. The King was dazed and he fell back. Simoora quickly ran to Evan.
It was then that Flea walked into the cabin. Sarinna turned, “We need to go! Now!”
She reached for the King and Teriaan and the Flea cast his spell, creating a portal for all of them to escape. Several Ratz limped into the cabin to attack whoever was still up, but Simoora took them all out. She saw the dead Jados, Katya knocked out on the floor, and Evan losing blood quickly. She screamed, holding Evan in her arms. Evan laughed and shook his head. He remembered his mother and his siblings. He looked forward to seeing them once more.
