Chapter 39: The Rat Kings
Third's person POV
While that was going on the silverwings manage to make it across the airport safety but they were almost gotten run over by the flying machine when it came down landed. Luckily no one was hurt much to Frieda's relief. However, she wasn't too happy on Bathsheba's chosen route. Despite that, she must keep it to herself because the colony had made their choice for their leader. The Dawn was coming soon and many bats were getting tired from flying so with no choice they need to roost to sleep.
"Frieda!" She turns over and saw Ariel coming to her. She stops in front of her and panted "Are you alright?"
I am," The elder bat replied. She then notices her having a scowling look and added. "Ariel remember it's the colony's choice."
"But that route we took almost killed all of us," She protested.
"Please," Frieda hushed her. Give more Bathsheba a chance, she'd only doing what she believes is right. She flows pass her before Ariel can try protesting again. She let a sharp sigh and follow her and saw the rest of silverwings heading inside a building.
Bathsheba. still having that pride look roosted above the entrance and said. "I told you I'll lead you all to safety." She watches the colony flying in and roost above the ceiling. "We will roost here for the night, and then I will lead you all to hibernaculum." As the last bat came in she left her roost to join with them. Frieda, Ariel, and Mercury were last to enter and they all roosted while Ariel and Mercury roosted together. Then the purple silverwing notices a huge metal door she swallowed, suddenly having a bad feeling.
"I don't like this, I feel we shouldn't be here."
"Ariel I scouted here before we roost, everything seems safe," Mercury reassured her. She hummed and watch her friend fall asleep. Then Ariel looks over at the metal door for the last time before drifted to slumber.
Ashlie's POV
"Let go of us! Let go!" I manage to get my eyes to open after I heard my friends struggling. I blink to get the blurry out and I felt my hands tied behind my back. When I manage to see all clear an ugly rat was looking right back at me, giving me his disgusting smile.
"Wakey wakey princess!" He cackled. I gasped and he jerks me up to sit on my knees. Shade and Marina were beside me, forcing to sit beside me. I look back and saw there were three rats behind us and we were in some kind of sewer on a raft being pushed by two more rats. I almost winched my nose from the awful smell and look over at my friends.
"Guys are you alright?" I whispered. They look at me and Marina shook her head.
"Yeah, your okay?"
"I think so, but my head still hurts from that knockout." I rubbed my head where it was hit and look around. "What's going on where are we?"
"We don't know," Shade answered.
"Silence!" One of our captive rats snapped at us. I flinch from his yell and try to squirm out of my grasp.
"Look we didn't mean to trespass your territory, we're only escaping from giant bats."
Shade nodded and tries to help. "If you release us we won't come back ever again,"
The blue rat only tsks. "Oh, I don't think King Remus would allow that,"
"Who's Remus?" Shade asked.
"Why the king of course," He answered.
"King?" I blinked in puzzled but they ignore me instead look at his companion excitedly.
"Wait until Romulus get these three spies he'll crush them like.. like.."
"Wait who's Romulus?" I gulped. The green fat rat glances down at me and scoffed.
"Why the king of course!"
"I thought you say Remus was the king," Shade looked puzzled as I was. Instead of giving us an explanation, the blue rat smacks his head hard.
"Silence you runt!"
"Shade!" I gasped. Then we suddenly heard squeaking echoing in the distance while the silverwing hissed in pain. I look ahead to see where we're heading and my friends and I gasped to see many rats all over the place. I felt my stomach sicken of seeing so many. Usually, I don't mind with rats but when there's a lot I can't help to feel disgusted.
"Lower your heads down!" The rats forced us to bow when we reach the land. "You're about to meet the kings!"
"Kings?" Marina whispered. We all look at each other in confusion and then the squeak was change into cackling and it grew loudly when we saw shadows coming out from the tunnel. My eyes went wide as I saw two heads shadow appearing, thinking their king might have two heads.
But when the kings show up my expression was from shock to again puzzled. Instead of seeing two heads, it was two purple rats, one big and one small, riding on his back. And they both wear some kind of bottle cap hole as their crown.
"Huh?" Both Shade and Marina spoke and we watch the small one getting off his back and both run to their table that has tons of rotten food and one bone. While we where still here they begin to chow down their meal and I felt more grossed out how they are eating these kinds of food.
Then the blue rat picks me up as they chubby green rat did with Shade and Marina. "Um if it pleases your royal highness's?" He and other rat dragged us out and shove us in front of the kings. The blue rat grinned proudly when the two kings see us and raise his arms out like he's making a grand announcement.
"May I presents...THE THREE SPIES!" The small rat king looks at him dumbly and snarled.
"It takes a spy to know a spy," The blue rat took his response by shock as the small king added, pointing his one claw at him instead of us.
"Admit guard, you are a spy!" I was shocked to see he was accusing his fellow guard instead of us of spying.
"What?!" His eyes were huge and try to explain, "Y-you got it all wrong.."
"I never get it wrong when it comes to spies," His king interrupted him. He turns to his other guards. "Guards! Take this guard away and...guard him." I watch the blue rat look stunned and the other two rats came over and grabbed both arms and dragged him away. Okay is he this dumb of something? I look over at Shade and Marina like is he really the king and they have the same look.
I breathed when two new rats came over to watch our moves in case we try to escape and I catch a glimpse of a large king snatching a bug. The small king notices and tries to snatch it by hitting the bug with his bone. The bug was flying in the air.
"I saw it first!" The large king cried while he watches his food falling.
"I think not!" The small king opens his mouth wide to catch it but the other king shoves him away to grab it with his mouth open. Before the bug got in his mouth the small king push him hard with his bone and the bug went inside his mouth. He swallows it whole and bleches.
"Ewww," I mumbled under my breath. Then Shade pipes in.
"Um excuse me?" He got their attention and he made a small smile. "Um. if you're not going to talk to us we should probably get going," They're eyes lit up and look at each other for a second. All of sudden they burst out laughing as the whole rat colony joined in.
"Shade I don't think they like that idea," I swallowed. Soon both kings stopped their laugh fast making other quiet and glared at us while the two rats growled at us.
"You're not going anywhere, Shade Silverwing," The small king smirked. We were surprised he knows his name already and he almost asked.
"How did you..?"
"Know your name?" The small king puffs his chest with pride. "Because I'm king of the rats that's how!" Then the other king clears his throat and the small one rolled his eyes, almost forget he was still here.
"Alright fine," He huffed under his breath and correct himself. "Because we're kings, of the rats."
"Wait, you two rule together?" I asked and the small one growled.
"We are but that'll soon change human when that stuffy old Brutus will take you and your batty friends in the trade," We look horrified after he told us his plans and the large one spoke out.
"Trade? For what?"
The small king let out another huffed in annoyance and turn to him. "For me and you to replace the wolves as the new rulers of all the beasts."
"What? " He almost gulped and I can tell he wasn't liking this idea on trade. " I-I really think we have enough ruling all the rats,"
"Enough!" The small king barked. "If ruling the beast is my destiny which means it's yours too." He then marches up to him and grabs his nose roughly. " Now be quiet before you activate your condition." The large one gulped silently and look down. I almost feel bad for him that he's just following his orders around like a dog, then I spoke out, knowing for sure there's no way the wolves are the leader of the beast already.
"You know for your information, we met the ruler of the beast and it's not the wolves, its Ursa the Komode bear," I said.
"So?" He crosses his arms. "Wolves or that fat bear no matter to me because soon they'll hand over their crown to me right when Brutus agrees with this bargain of ours,"
"Tsk in your dreams," I almost smirked and Shade almost chuckle. However, I didn't know he heard it that before I can take another breath he charge at me across his table, creating a huge mess on the table and grab my neck roughly. I gasped in cough and he gives me his deadly look.
"What..did you say human?" He snarled, tighten my neck and in corner of my eyes, I saw Shade almost run to my side to get him off but was gripped by a red rat guard. I could've grabbed his hand and jerk them off but they were tied still on my back and the ropes were very tight making it impossible for me to break them.
I manage to talk through my chocking and did my best not to show any fears." I-It's never going to happen! Brutus will never take this.. stupid bargain," I yelp when his claws begin to dig my skin and he looks more furious. "There's no way beast would want a ruler who..is selfish and...cruel!" He couldn't hold his anger anymore that he pushed me hard on the ground.
"HOW DARE YOU INSULT OUR DREAM HUMAN!" He shrieked. "THIS IS WHAT WE WANT! ITS OUR DESTINY TO RULE OVER THEM!" I cough and gasped for air. I raise my head a little, breathing heavily and saw the small king still look at me darkly.
"Guards take this filthy witch out of our kingdom!" I don't want to see her face anymore, get her out of my sight!"
"No!" Shade yelled and struggle to break free to save me. My face paled as I see the other rats' guards coming to grab me. Before they snatch my arms the large rat king spoke out.
"Why we need to do that?" The small king spun his head to him sharply.
"What?"
The large king gulped from his anger. "I mean, she was only honest. And we need her for the trade remember? Brutus won't seal the deal if we don't have a tiny human with us," I watch the small rat begin to calm his anger and sigh softly.
"Very well, take them the dungeon. We'll be there shortly, right now I need to go find my own happy place." With that, the guards yank us out from the ground and dragged us to our dungeon.
Third's person POV
As Shade and his friends were held prison in the sewer Goth and Throbb were resting in the alleyway. They manage to catch one rat to feast on and the giant bat has his fill, letting his brother in law eat the rest.
While the chubby vampryum was feasting on a rat he caught Goth was sitting on a trash ledge, looking at the coat fabric he torn off from the girl back at the cabin that has a stain of her dry blood. He left it in the junkyard in case he needs it again to track them down. Goth studies it for a while and begins to have long thoughts on her. He couldn't help to think of why he's becoming obsessed with bringing her to the south.
He knows this was all for Zotz but there was more than that? Maybe her not liking her own kinds that caught his interest? Goth leans his nostrils on the torn fabric and sniffs it. He couldn't help to inhale it as he can smell some of her scents. There was something about this girl he could not take his mind off. He even dared to think despite her as a human he finds her quite a beauty. He encounters other humans who capture him and there was no comparison to her appearance.
Goth begins to have his little fantasy moment. Where he's in his warm beloved jungle and she was there, looking radiant in the sun with her hair shines.
He made a small smirked when he thought how vulnerable she is when she's small. Yes, he can control her, do everything that he says. Enjoying feeling her trembling in his claws. And how soft her skin is, he urged to touch more of her. He even admits he wants to hear her heart beating and her breathing only for him. If Zotz lets her be his, Goth will make sure she belongs to him and him alone.
He was lost in his thoughts, inhaling more her scent that he didn't hear his brother in law calling him.
"Goth when we going to get another food?" Throbb asked, licking some blood off his nose.
He almost growled. "Soon, we still need to find the three and make that runt lead us to his colony."
"Brother are you okay?" Goth looked at Throbb dumbly.
"I am fine why?"
"You have been...inhaling it for a while."
"So? Goth snorted.
"So you already have their scent, there's no need to sniff it out again," Throbb replied. Goth only gives him a huff and lied.
"My nostrils can get stuffy as you do I want to make sure this track will be fresh." He roosted on the edge of the garbage lid and finished. "I'm going to rest for a bit, don't wake me unless you found them." Throbb watches his brother in law fell fast asleep and he tips his head. He hums and went back to finish eating the dead rat.
Author's Note: Hello peeps long time huh? Sorry this took a while but I hope you all enjoying it. If not don't read and review! I don't own any silverwing characters except OC. Enjoy! :D