Chapter 2: Sewer Rats
That night she thought about the whole ordeal that had just taken place. Normally she wouldn't have given anybody anything. But she felt guilty for making him lose his bet even though she still thought he was a braggart. She walked out of her room she had rented at the tavern owned by Atma. As she walked down the stairs she heard someone crying. She peered into the now darkened and deserted bar to see Atma crying into her hands. A compassion filled Effie's heart and she instinctively walked over to the older woman to comfort her.
"What's wrong?" She said peering sideways at the woman.
Atma surprised by Effie, looked up fearfully. "I'm sorry if I woke you Miss. It's just when I get like this I am oblivious to my surroundings."
"What made you like this?" Effie asked politely as possible.
Atma ignored her question and seemed to ponder something.
"You're a warrior right?" She asked looking Effie over.
"Yes. I guess." Effie answered not sure where this was leading.
"I don't expect this of you, but if you would help me I would be grateful."
"What do you mean?"
"In the sewers below our city, there lurks a horrid creature that hungers for human flesh. The creature has killed many, including my son and my husband." She said sadly looking down at her quenched fist. "If you destroy it, I will reward you. Please be careful though, that beast has taken enough from us already. The sewer entrance is through the trap door just up the street."
She turned and put her face into her hands again as she silently sobbed.
"I will kill this creature!" Effie declared, but wasn't sure if Atma heard her or not.
"Who? What?" A drunken voice said behind her. It was some big guy sitting at a table that must have just woken up from his drunken slumber. "Your gonna kill that sewer rat?"
She nodded not really wanting to talk to this guy. He got up and walked over to her. "We need more hero's like you." He held out his hand but she ignored it just wanting to get away because . . . he smelled bad.
"I'm Geglash. Atma tells everybody she meets to go into the sewers. She already told this nifty Barbarian the same thing. I wonder if she actually believes ya'll can do it?"
Then he sat down on the table, put his head down, and went to sleep again.
Effie decided to try and get some sleep. She had a big day tomorrow.
~*~
The Barbarian woke up to the Assassin standing over him. "Time to go!" She says.
"Wha?" Fury said groggily. "Where?"
"To the sewers silly! We gotta go kill Radament and avenge Atma's family."
"Oh that. You think we will find anything useful there?"
"Doesn't matter if we find anything useful! We gotta avenge her family!"
"Girls." Fury mutters under his breath.
Effie snaps, "What'd you say?"
The Barbarian replied, "Nothing. Let's go."
The Barbarian and Assassin walk down into the bar and Fury orders eggs and orange juice. The bar tender says, "What would you be having miss?"
Effie says, "I'll just be having a slice of toast."
Fury gobbled up his breakfast as Effie nibbled at her toast.
"Let's go!" The Barbarian said rushed.
When they got to the sewers Fury comments, "Hmm. Must be more of a rat palace instead of a sanitation system."
Effie laughed at his joke quietly. As they were walking into the sewers they suddenly hear a shuffling noise. Fury readies his short spear and javelin as Effie pulls out some strange metallic devices. Effie turns to Fury saying, "I'll lay down my traps and you can taunt the monsters into coming here."
"But how can I taunt the monsters if I don't know what they are?"
"Just try it!"
Fury Screamed "!@##^*)&*%#+@!!"
Effie said "Whoa! And I thought I knew every word in the cursing book, but you've said some that I've never heard before. I didn't know that you barbarians were like that!"
Just then they heard loud shuffling of feet and loud moans and then saw a horde of skeletons and zombies come rushing toward them. A few seconds later there were huge flashes of white and blue light and the smell of sizzling bone and flesh as Effie's lightning traps went to work.
"Nice" Fury said amazed. Just then the traps disappeared and more zombies were coming after them.
"Uh oh," Fury yelled and then started throwing spears at a super unique monster called Dark Elder.
"Hiyah! Hah! Yah!" Effie yelled, as she started slicing and dicing through the zombies who were WAY too tall for her, as Fury noticed as little glowing balls circled around her.
"HELP ME," Fury screamed as Dark Elder was pummeling him.
"Hold on!" Effie yelled and then sliced two more zombies, she then released a bloodcurdling scream and kicked Dark Elder sending an explosion and starting fires all around them.
"Well Shorty the not-very-tall, that takes care of that." Fury sighed.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, STINKY THE UNCLEAN?"
"Hey I resent that Effie, at least I don't wear a black leather loin cloth!"
"You're right, you wear a brown moldy cloth one!" Effie retorted. Then they started fighting each other trading insults and making a LOT of noise.
Meanwhile a Necromancer who had heard the whole battle got very angry. He thought to himself, "That's it! First my minions don't obey me, then they lost the ability to be unsummoned, they even fought amongst themselves for armor and weapons, which I so CAREFULLY divided amongst them, but this is the last straw. If they're gonna start a war then it's up to me to destroy them so I can have some peace and quiet and finish my studies."
He then jumped out of the hole in the wall, which he called his home, and ran towards the spot were Fury and Effie were fighting. He summoned a wall of teeth and was about to release them away from his body when he realized that it was just two humans fighting.
"YOU two made all this noise?" He snorted. Effie and Fury who were in an arm grapple turned to meet this new threat. Fury yelled angrily, "A necromancer? What are you doing here?"
"I am Adrian and those grim ward totem poles you've set up are the remains of my minions which I was gonna kill anyway..."
Then Effie yelled "Your minions? Why were they trying to kill us?" Just as Fury was about to explain that he HAD taunted them, Adrian said, "Recently I have lost all control over them and when I heard all the noise you were making I decided to end their mischief."
"I've had an idea" Effie said, "Maybe you can't control them because they are under Radamant's Influence!"
"Who's Radament?" Adrian asked.
Fury replied, "Radament is a mummy who we were sent to kill by Atma the Barkeeper."
Adrian screamed dramatically, "WHAT? A MUMMY IS IN MY LAIR?! WELL WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? LETS GO KILL IT!" Then he calmed down some and said "And maybe I can find out how he controlled all my minions."
~*~
"I can't believe you didn't know about Radament." Effie was saying to the necromancer completely ignoring Fury. "Haven't you heard all the havoc he's been causing the town of Lut Gholein?"
"No. I've been too busy trying to control my minion's again. I thought I had perfected the art, but when they started to act on their own will's I was getting suspicious, but also nervous that I was losing my edge."
"Then are you at least aware that Diablo is one the rampage again?"
"DIABLO! No way!"
"Yes way." Fury said.
"He must have something to do with this Radament." Adrian the Necromancer wondered to himself.
"Duh!" Effie said. Adrian just ignored her pondering his own thoughts.
"He must be destroyed."
"That's the plan." Fury commented.
"Yep." Effie added in.
"You two are on a quest to destroy Diablo?"
"And anything else evil." Effie said clutching her weapon.
"Then may I ask your permission to join you two in your quest to destroy this evil?"
"Sure." Effie said. She could use all the help she could get and with a Necromancer and Barbarian helping her would make the job much easier.
"I guess you can come along. Are you sure you can help us though?" Fury said hesitantly.
"I assure you sir, I have powerful curses."
"Cool." Effie said and smiled at Adrian sweetly.
"What was all that noise you two were making anyway?" Adrian just had to ask.
"He called me short!"
"She called me stinky!"
They glared at each other again till Adrian said, "I don't want to get involved in this argument, so let's just go find Radament."
"Right." Effie said.
"Of course." Fury said and then commented to the Necromancer "I still can't believe she called me stinky. Do you think I smell?" He said sniffing at his armpits.
"Why are you asking me this? I live in a sewer."
"Oh yeah." Fury said accidentally stepping on a rat.
"Eeeep!" The rat said and ran away leaving its tail behind.
"Woops." Fury said sheepishly.
Effie led the way deeper and deeper into the sewer pretending that she hadn't heard anything, but smiled to herself in mild amusement. This was going to be quite the adventure. And she loved adventure.
~*~
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That night she thought about the whole ordeal that had just taken place. Normally she wouldn't have given anybody anything. But she felt guilty for making him lose his bet even though she still thought he was a braggart. She walked out of her room she had rented at the tavern owned by Atma. As she walked down the stairs she heard someone crying. She peered into the now darkened and deserted bar to see Atma crying into her hands. A compassion filled Effie's heart and she instinctively walked over to the older woman to comfort her.
"What's wrong?" She said peering sideways at the woman.
Atma surprised by Effie, looked up fearfully. "I'm sorry if I woke you Miss. It's just when I get like this I am oblivious to my surroundings."
"What made you like this?" Effie asked politely as possible.
Atma ignored her question and seemed to ponder something.
"You're a warrior right?" She asked looking Effie over.
"Yes. I guess." Effie answered not sure where this was leading.
"I don't expect this of you, but if you would help me I would be grateful."
"What do you mean?"
"In the sewers below our city, there lurks a horrid creature that hungers for human flesh. The creature has killed many, including my son and my husband." She said sadly looking down at her quenched fist. "If you destroy it, I will reward you. Please be careful though, that beast has taken enough from us already. The sewer entrance is through the trap door just up the street."
She turned and put her face into her hands again as she silently sobbed.
"I will kill this creature!" Effie declared, but wasn't sure if Atma heard her or not.
"Who? What?" A drunken voice said behind her. It was some big guy sitting at a table that must have just woken up from his drunken slumber. "Your gonna kill that sewer rat?"
She nodded not really wanting to talk to this guy. He got up and walked over to her. "We need more hero's like you." He held out his hand but she ignored it just wanting to get away because . . . he smelled bad.
"I'm Geglash. Atma tells everybody she meets to go into the sewers. She already told this nifty Barbarian the same thing. I wonder if she actually believes ya'll can do it?"
Then he sat down on the table, put his head down, and went to sleep again.
Effie decided to try and get some sleep. She had a big day tomorrow.
~*~
The Barbarian woke up to the Assassin standing over him. "Time to go!" She says.
"Wha?" Fury said groggily. "Where?"
"To the sewers silly! We gotta go kill Radament and avenge Atma's family."
"Oh that. You think we will find anything useful there?"
"Doesn't matter if we find anything useful! We gotta avenge her family!"
"Girls." Fury mutters under his breath.
Effie snaps, "What'd you say?"
The Barbarian replied, "Nothing. Let's go."
The Barbarian and Assassin walk down into the bar and Fury orders eggs and orange juice. The bar tender says, "What would you be having miss?"
Effie says, "I'll just be having a slice of toast."
Fury gobbled up his breakfast as Effie nibbled at her toast.
"Let's go!" The Barbarian said rushed.
When they got to the sewers Fury comments, "Hmm. Must be more of a rat palace instead of a sanitation system."
Effie laughed at his joke quietly. As they were walking into the sewers they suddenly hear a shuffling noise. Fury readies his short spear and javelin as Effie pulls out some strange metallic devices. Effie turns to Fury saying, "I'll lay down my traps and you can taunt the monsters into coming here."
"But how can I taunt the monsters if I don't know what they are?"
"Just try it!"
Fury Screamed "!@##^*)&*%#+@!!"
Effie said "Whoa! And I thought I knew every word in the cursing book, but you've said some that I've never heard before. I didn't know that you barbarians were like that!"
Just then they heard loud shuffling of feet and loud moans and then saw a horde of skeletons and zombies come rushing toward them. A few seconds later there were huge flashes of white and blue light and the smell of sizzling bone and flesh as Effie's lightning traps went to work.
"Nice" Fury said amazed. Just then the traps disappeared and more zombies were coming after them.
"Uh oh," Fury yelled and then started throwing spears at a super unique monster called Dark Elder.
"Hiyah! Hah! Yah!" Effie yelled, as she started slicing and dicing through the zombies who were WAY too tall for her, as Fury noticed as little glowing balls circled around her.
"HELP ME," Fury screamed as Dark Elder was pummeling him.
"Hold on!" Effie yelled and then sliced two more zombies, she then released a bloodcurdling scream and kicked Dark Elder sending an explosion and starting fires all around them.
"Well Shorty the not-very-tall, that takes care of that." Fury sighed.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, STINKY THE UNCLEAN?"
"Hey I resent that Effie, at least I don't wear a black leather loin cloth!"
"You're right, you wear a brown moldy cloth one!" Effie retorted. Then they started fighting each other trading insults and making a LOT of noise.
Meanwhile a Necromancer who had heard the whole battle got very angry. He thought to himself, "That's it! First my minions don't obey me, then they lost the ability to be unsummoned, they even fought amongst themselves for armor and weapons, which I so CAREFULLY divided amongst them, but this is the last straw. If they're gonna start a war then it's up to me to destroy them so I can have some peace and quiet and finish my studies."
He then jumped out of the hole in the wall, which he called his home, and ran towards the spot were Fury and Effie were fighting. He summoned a wall of teeth and was about to release them away from his body when he realized that it was just two humans fighting.
"YOU two made all this noise?" He snorted. Effie and Fury who were in an arm grapple turned to meet this new threat. Fury yelled angrily, "A necromancer? What are you doing here?"
"I am Adrian and those grim ward totem poles you've set up are the remains of my minions which I was gonna kill anyway..."
Then Effie yelled "Your minions? Why were they trying to kill us?" Just as Fury was about to explain that he HAD taunted them, Adrian said, "Recently I have lost all control over them and when I heard all the noise you were making I decided to end their mischief."
"I've had an idea" Effie said, "Maybe you can't control them because they are under Radamant's Influence!"
"Who's Radament?" Adrian asked.
Fury replied, "Radament is a mummy who we were sent to kill by Atma the Barkeeper."
Adrian screamed dramatically, "WHAT? A MUMMY IS IN MY LAIR?! WELL WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? LETS GO KILL IT!" Then he calmed down some and said "And maybe I can find out how he controlled all my minions."
~*~
"I can't believe you didn't know about Radament." Effie was saying to the necromancer completely ignoring Fury. "Haven't you heard all the havoc he's been causing the town of Lut Gholein?"
"No. I've been too busy trying to control my minion's again. I thought I had perfected the art, but when they started to act on their own will's I was getting suspicious, but also nervous that I was losing my edge."
"Then are you at least aware that Diablo is one the rampage again?"
"DIABLO! No way!"
"Yes way." Fury said.
"He must have something to do with this Radament." Adrian the Necromancer wondered to himself.
"Duh!" Effie said. Adrian just ignored her pondering his own thoughts.
"He must be destroyed."
"That's the plan." Fury commented.
"Yep." Effie added in.
"You two are on a quest to destroy Diablo?"
"And anything else evil." Effie said clutching her weapon.
"Then may I ask your permission to join you two in your quest to destroy this evil?"
"Sure." Effie said. She could use all the help she could get and with a Necromancer and Barbarian helping her would make the job much easier.
"I guess you can come along. Are you sure you can help us though?" Fury said hesitantly.
"I assure you sir, I have powerful curses."
"Cool." Effie said and smiled at Adrian sweetly.
"What was all that noise you two were making anyway?" Adrian just had to ask.
"He called me short!"
"She called me stinky!"
They glared at each other again till Adrian said, "I don't want to get involved in this argument, so let's just go find Radament."
"Right." Effie said.
"Of course." Fury said and then commented to the Necromancer "I still can't believe she called me stinky. Do you think I smell?" He said sniffing at his armpits.
"Why are you asking me this? I live in a sewer."
"Oh yeah." Fury said accidentally stepping on a rat.
"Eeeep!" The rat said and ran away leaving its tail behind.
"Woops." Fury said sheepishly.
Effie led the way deeper and deeper into the sewer pretending that she hadn't heard anything, but smiled to herself in mild amusement. This was going to be quite the adventure. And she loved adventure.
~*~
Tells us how we did. Review please.
: )
:^)