Divinity's Reach

Royal Palace

The partially destroyed city of Divinity's Reach serves as UHoT's main headquarters. Surprisingly, the Asuran-created portal gates are still functioning, despite the global corruption, which makes traveling to and from their base easier. The guild hadn't been back long, angered that the Vidells prevented them from seizing Vigil Keep. Selene sent those who were not seriously injured out to search for more heroes to kill, while the rest stayed behind for medical treatments.

Among those heading to the infirmary is Nymhe, a human ranger whose selflish cruelty could possibly rival Azelia in comparison (if such a thing is even possible)... Garland Fortue, a human mesmer fasinated by an old form of family entertainment called a 'circus'... Leona Tyrion, human elementalist... Tesla Taiyou, human guardian... Himedahl Rimewind, norn ranger. Selene and Azelia went on ahead down the hall as Logan pulled Savage Bat aside. Bat is the female norn warrior enforcer of the guild.

"What went wrong at the Keep?" Logan asked, still holding on to Bat's muscular arm. She jerked his arm away, releasing Logan's grip.

"Don't even think about pinning this on me! I was doing my best to kill Kira."

Logan gave her an emotionless look. "Obviously, your best wasn't good enough. She is still alive. Maybe next time, I should show you how it's done."

Bat was barely able to refrain from snickering. "You already tried, remember? She was literally running stealth circles around you the last time you fought her. I'm surprised YOU are still alive."

Logan was about to quickly pull out his sword with intentions of killing her where she stood. How dare this brute of a Norn speak to me like that, he thought. Bat could care less about Logan's rank and is not afraid to publically show it. But Logan realized he was actually right, re-sheathing the sword. For a human thief, Kira Videll proved to be more of a challenge than anyone in UHoT anticipated.

He gave a slight smirk. "When we see her again, I say we find out how good she is against both of us together... at the same time," Logan suggested.

Bat appeared a bit surprised. "Thought that was our part of the plan to begin with."

A female voice spoke up from behind.

"It was."

Two Asurans approached, a brother and sister duo. The male is Zigg Mekkwright, a mesmer who specializes in illusion and hallucinations. The female is Diina Dia, a fire elementalist and military strategist. Zigg used a telekinesis projector in a glove on his right hand to separate Logan and Bat. The two slowly casually walked past and stopped a short distance away, turning around to face them.

"Typical of bookahs, you are incapable of comprehending simple guidelines and instructions," said Diina. "In fact, no one carried out their assigned task. Why do I even bother planning out these assaults when they are not followed?"

"No one but us, that is," Zigg interrupted. "At least we did our part in crippling Alexis, as formulated."

The two turned away from Logan and Bat, walking to the infirmary, although their injuries were minimal.

"Your arrogance will be your undoing one day, you little nuggets," Bat said. The Asurans stopped in their tracks. Bat made it somewhat of a playful habit to refer to Asurans as 'nuggets', given their very small size. They can't stand being called that, both pressing a few buttons on their gloves and turning back around. Diina's hand became enveloped in fire while Zigg's hand shimmered in arcane purple and black energy. Both were pointed directly at Bat's head.

"Give us one good reason why we should let you leave this room alive," Diina said.

"Just one," Zigg added.

Logan pulled out his sword, preparing to step in. Zigg repositioned his hand, now pointing at Logan. Bat looked at Logan in a jokingly surprised manner, then back at Diina.

"You talking to me?" She paused, glancing back at Logan, then back to Diina. "Are you... talking to me?"

"You're the only Skritt-minded idiot here," Diina replied. "Oh wait, that would be an insult to the Skritt, who are clearly smarter than you."

Bat drew her own sword and was preparing to use it to slice Diina in half, right down the middle. Selene was now heading back their way, overhearing the arguments.

"Enough!" Selene ordered. All four snapped around, almost to attention. "Save the aggression for those damn Vidells! We must focus on killing them, not each other."

Logan and Bat slowly put their swords away while the Asurans powered down their gloves and continued on to the infirmary, not even waiting to be dismissed. Selene let it go - this time - then walked right up to Bat, looking her in the eye, clearly ticked off. Without saying a word, her message was delivered crystal clear with a facial expression of 'Pull a stunt like that again and I guarantee you won't live to tell anyone about it.'

After giving a similar look to Logan, she headed back down the hall. Bat went to a side hall to another part of the palace, not wanting to be around any of them until she calms down. Logan was about to continue on to the infirmary himself when he noticed Azelia quietly snickering in the shadows.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

Azelia just stared at him, continuing to snicker. The sound is best described as that of a high-pitched slow laughing squirrel. She calmly stepped backward and disappeared in the shadow completely, the laughter fading in the distance. Logan didn't know what to make of it.