“…Run!”<br/><br/>That smug asshole.<br/><br/>“Run!? Where to?<em>HOW?!</em>” Les screamed, gesturing towards her adopted sister who was clearly struggling to even stand, let alone make any sort of motion one would mistake for<em>running</em>.<br/><br/>Swinging back around to the beasties, eyes blazing with true fury now at the situation they were finding themselves in, Les nodded in agreement with Sophia. Her dirty curls bounced as she stood and let the priestess know she was with her.<br/><br/>Lesniya then let everything flow from the back of her neck, down her shoulders, over her elbows and through her hands. On Sophia’s count – or maybe like a heartbeat after - the icy power catapulted out of her fingers towards both the remaining rat, and the ground itself within a 10-foot radius of her. The blast knocked the attacking rat on its side, and then either froze the remaining rat feet to the muddy ground, making it impossible for them to move, or knocked them on their dirty furry asses all together.<br/><br/>Without looking back to see her handiwork, she staggered away, chest heaving with the exertion and turned herself in Sophia’s direction, calling out the dark-haired girl’s name.<br/><br/>That’s when Sophia’s performance issues recovered themselves and she popped an energy ball down the animal’s throat like it was a sweet treat for the beast. It startled Les enough she skidded to a stop, mouth open and jaw dropped when the animal’s ass end exploded – sending a shower of gods-only-knew-what away from the girls.<br/><br/>“Soph!!” She cried out again, lunging for her friend and helping to shove the dead rat off her body. It was going to take weeks to get the stench off both of them now.<br/><br/>“Your ankle…” But Sophia was already working on it. While she dealt with her healing spell, Lesniya wasn’t going to let them get caught unawares again. She turned around and stepped away for a moment, eyes surveying the scene. Rats were heaving their last breaths, or scuttering away, the smaller ones especially. Threats had been neutralized for the moment, but Les didn’t trust that the fucking cave of beastly wonders in front of them didn't have another battle card left. There were tails to be severed, and she didn’t want to count those eggs til they’d hatched. So there weren’t any enemies to smite at the moment…<br/><br/>…but as Sophia limped up behind her, Lesniya raised her weapon.<br/><br/>Four larger rats, almost as big as a human, ambled out of the cave. Snarling. Growling.<em>Pissed</em>.<br/><div class="floatright">(https://i2.wp.com/www.weeklyhumorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/featured-image-template-rat.png?fit=432%2C330&amp;ssl=1)</div><br/>Sophia asked if they could take them. Lesniya was about to give her an assent for an answer and encourage her friend to use those latent powers like she was trying to do – when two huge, yellow eyes peered out of the cave. Blinking. Like some sort of beam of deadly light.<br/><br/>Behind the four clearly lieutenant rats, with steps hard enough to slightly shake the ground beneath Lesniya’s and Sophia’s feet, came the Mother Rat. A big, scarred, one-eyed ugly bitch who was clawing at the ground and clearly upset she’d been woken from her slumber.<br/><br/>Lesniya’s jaw dropped open farther than it ever had before.<br/><br/>“Hoe-leee….”<br/><br/>It was all she got out. With a quick snarl, the four Lieutenant rats began to scramble quickly towards her and Sophia.<br/>