Bloodclaw's Revenge

Oak sits on a log eating away at a scone that he got from the abbey.

Bloodclaw walks in eying Oak with his blood red eye stare, walking straight to him. " 'ello Oak, I need 'yer 'elp lookin for a 'scurvy seadog by the name of Pike.’ye seen 'im?"

Oak shrugs. "Pike? no sir i ain't never seen no Pike"

Bloodclaw sighs and holds out a bag of gold. "How 'bout now?"

Oak smirks. "'dat might jog me memory a bit"

Bloodclaw jangles another bag of gold, this time it is bigger. He slowly pours the gold out on the ground. "How 'bout now matey?"

Oak eyes the gold greedily for a few seconds. "Yeah, alright. I know a sea otter named Pike. 'e's in Mossflower by the Black Gull"

Bloodclaw chuckles evilly. "Thank you Oak, 'ye earned 'yer gold"

Oak sits there, as if Bloodclaw was never there. As the Rat walks away he begins to Whistle and count his ill gotten gold.

Bloodclaw smirks and slithers off, his mind on revenge.

• • couple hours later**

The breeze blows softly as Bloodclaw stays hidden in the shadows. Smirking silently when he finally sees Pike, and getting ready for the kill.

Pike is outside the Black Gull and dusts off his pants and hmmphs, "Ye dont' be havn' good ale any ways I says" He then goes to head south down the road, not looking for anyone just walking.

Bloodclaw ready’s himself in the shadows, his pure black sword at the hilt. His mind on revenge against the old sea otter. He comes out and draws his sword. He faces Pike and smirks. "'an so we meet again 'ye lowlife seadog. 'ye gonna face me matey, or 'ye gonna make this easy"

Pike takes a couple steps back and then glares at the rat, "Well if it aint that sea rat...though ya be sleeping with the fishies by now “He grins and draws his two swords and smirks “This shall be...fun ye rat"

Bloodclaw laughs. "I ain't unner estimat'in 'ye again seadog". He lunges at Pike with his blade aiming for the thick muscle right on the sides of the neck.

Pike sidesteps the blade and swings with one of his own towards the rat’s upper right arm, his other blade makes a deadly curve towards his side, and Bloodclaw’s blade barely misses the otter’s neck.

Bloodclaw miraculously manages to sidestep the 2nd blade's arch to his side and blocks the sword that attempts to slice his arm off. He backs up, amazed at the sea otter's skill. Perhaps he has underestimated him again. He growls and lunges once again this time for the otter’s chest.

Pike manages to block the rat’s blades, but just about loses his balance, he pants a little as he catches his breath and glares at the rat, now angry and stabs down at his leg.

Bloodclaw the blade of the otter strikes home as Bloodclaw is standing in shock, he cries out in pain as it digs into his leg, causing him great pain. He punches the otter away and rips the sword out himself. Throwing it aside, in hopes of killing the otter a different way.

Pike smirks "Had nouf now Bloodie?" He swings his one sword and goes to swing it at the rat again.

Bloodclaw backs up and swings his blade, going straight for the otter’s blade with all his rage and strength the rat growls. "NO!, I will not be finished by a worm!, you will die". He quickly disarms the otter, holding the black blade at his throat. "MY WAY!"

Pike blinks as his weapon goes sailing from his paw and lands in the ditch on the other side of the road, this causes the rat to get the upper paw in the fight and the blade is at Pike's throat, he glares batttlefire at the rat and goes to kick him hard as he can in the gut.

Bloodclaw falls over, and grunts. "hehehehehehehe, 'ye can't destroy Bloodclaw the terror. Thar's never been a greater terror in all the lands. I will slay anyone in my path..including YOU!". He begins slashing mercilessly at the otters, leaving several slashes, and two deep gashes on the sea otters body, then slashing twice at his chest. He steps on the otters chest, letting blood ooze out onto his paws, and watching the scarlet liquid flee from the sea otter's veins. "'ow does it feel ta die matey?...when 'ya get to 'ells gate tell 'em....Bloodclaw sent you!". He laughs coldly and steps on the otters with both footpaws as he begins to leave.

Pike is taken by surprise as the rat starts slicing at him and goes to try and block the blade with just his arm, his arm gets cut badly leavening blood lines, he growls as the blade goes across his chest and he stumbles backwards and lands on his back with an oof, he goes to try and kick up at the rat as his footpaws press down on his chest, he coughs up a little blood and spits it at the rat.

Bloodclaw simply wipes the blood of his fur, and laughs, heading back to the dirt road, and leaving Pike for dead.

Jake walks up the dirt road, longbow on his shoulder and quiver of arrows at ready, he slows as he sees a fight and blinks as he gets a real good look at just who "Pike?......Pike!!" He races forwards and draws forth an arrow and takes aim at the rat "Hallo rat. Time ta die now"

Pike starts to get up and his vision is very blurred, he grunts and then passes out on the road, blood pouring from his wounds and leavening blood stains on the road.

Bloodclaw turns to see Jake, and pulls out a black dagger. "This dagger be coated with a deadly poison, if 'ye wants to live, don't kill try it". He points the half-dead sea otter on the ground. "Besides, 'ye got more important things to worry about than 'ol Bloodclaw The Terror". He disappears into the shadows before Jake even has a chance to fire his bow, and Bloodclaw is gone.

Jake glares as he cusses under his breath and puts the arrow away and rushes over to Pike and checks him over, he isn’t a healer so he isn’t sure on to help, but he does know to hold pressure to a wound and does that, he frowns at the shape his old friend is in and looks back towards the abbey and then Pike and sighs "Ya can forgive me later friend. But you need help now" He lifts him up carefully and heads to the abbey.

Morrax is walking down the path, and sees the injured sea otter. He runs over to help Jake. "What has happened?"

Jake turns and looks at Morrax and glares slightly "Wot it ballly well looks like..he is hurt, a rat and soon ta be dead one did this!"

Pike is deep in faint in Jakes arms

Morrax nods, as he looks at Pike his vision becomes cloudy. "'tis a sign for the troubled three, the three become four and the four become more if the Bloody Claw is not vanquished"

Jake shakes his head "Wot ever, look out of my way Morrax need ta get him to the abbey, " He heads to the abbey infirm.

Morrax climbs the stairs from the main yard of the abbey.

Morrax glares at Jake. "I could have helped apply herbs to the poor beast first, look at him. He looks like he was scourged to near death"

Jake goes into the infirm and lays Pike down on a nearby cot and looks around for a healer

Pike is laid on the cot and stays deeply in a deep faint which is probably for the best as he would hate it if found out he was carried to an infirm :P.

Morrax sighs and begins apply herbs to Pike's vital wounds, mainly his chest. "You forget that both I and Whoe were raised by a healer, I know the healing arts, though not as good as my brother did"

Jake nods and lets the hamster take over as he backs up, he watches as he helps the sea otter and sighs as he sits down, "The rat has to have some sort of. Skill, that otter isn't too easy to beat in a fight. Trust me, I know him though he is usually by the sea coast"

Morrax shrugs. "What did the rat look like?"

Jake looks at the hamster as he describes the rat that attacked his friend (Bloodclaw is the rat). He sighs and stands "I..I....darn it!" He takes a couple deep breaths "I need to get to guard duty soon so please...let me know when he wakes up" He slips out now very much upset at all this.

Morrax looks scared. "Are you sure that's what the rat looked like?"

Jake stops at the doorway and nods, "Yes..I don't forget a face, nor one who just tried ta kill me friend"

Morrax gulps. "Don't mess with that rat Jake, nobody messes with that rat. That's Bloodclaw The Terror. He kills any beast who gets in his way, I've heard many stories about him, and he’s merciless and cruel. He'd kill a dibbun if he thought it benefited him. He was once the captain of a pirate ship, but the ship was set ablaze and his whole crew slain by the blades of a sea otter. It was said that he wondered the lands, literally destroying everything or everyone in his path, in search of that sea otter. Your friend must be the one. If he messed with Bloodclaw though, he's a dead beast already. Bloodclaw has ways to kill you, no matter who you are"

Jake listens to his words and stands there a few moments, he closes his eyes and opens them again "Look...I will be on the walls, when he wakes up tell me, as for the rat he is the one that will be a dead beast..I have a longbow so he better not mess with me! I am deadly when I want ta be so IF I see the rat again he wont see me just the arrow growing out of his chest!" with that he then exits and heads to the wall.