Everyone turned around to be met by the same pirate and his friends that they fought with the other day. Five additional men came, making it a thirteen versus seven match. Some were armed with sticks and planks.
Sett cracked his knuckles. "Ay, let's exercise before we eat, shall we?" he proposed.
Lanius looked around, getting permission from everyone. He then shrugged. "I guess everyone agrees. But to keep out of trouble, let's not use weapons."
"I wanted to give a good swing with Rhaast...but I guess I'll hold it till the Isles." Kayn said, cracking his neck with a slight twitch.
The pirates slowly moved forward. Sett rolled his eyes and grabbed Akali's hand, then with a full twist hurled her forward.
Akali dropkicked one of the guys into the sea and got ready as soon as the others charged towards the pirates with their fists raised.
Another brawl ensued, this time in the night streets of Rat Town instead of the tavern. While in the previous fight, the crew seemed to only receive a few hits here and there, this time the gut punches and bruises were received one after the other, with the only exception being Ahri, who avoided the pirates hits with ease.
As the punches and kicks flew, the pirates seemed to lose as they got more and more roughed up. Moreover, the young man's team began fighting in duos. Ahri ducked down as Lanius punched behind her, resulting in a surprise hit to a pirates nose that crashed him on another one.
"Perfectly calculated." Ahri remarked.
"Mhm." Lanius agreed and turned to assist Sett, who slammed his brass knuckles into the jaw of another.
Kayn and Akali seemed to be going well, as they laid one technique after the other. Akali did a wall run that ended with a flip onto another pirate as Kayn swiped anothers leg.
Rakan kicked another in the stomach as he was about to hit Xayah from behind. "Heads up!" he shouted.
"Aw, you're looking out for me!" she said as she landed a punch in another guy.
"Git more men!" a pirate yelled. The one that insulted Sett got up and made a run for it.
"Got him!" Xayah said and went after him. The way she rushed off made Lanius think of a hawk that attacked it's prey from above. He watched as Xayah disappeared into the narrow street.
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The guy stumbled away as the Lhotlan chased after him. She soon caught up to him and got ready to knock him down, when they suddenly found themselves at a small circular open area. As they entered, the guy stopped and began to laugh, also causing Xayah to stop in confusion. "What's so funny?" she asked.
"Yer screwed, that's so funny." he said with a sadistic smile. At that exact moment, more people dressed like the other guy approached them from the nearby street and began to encircle Xayah.
"Guess what, you're the ones that are actually screwed." Xayah plucked out eight feather daggers, holding four in each hand. She'd kill them then and there.
"And what exactly do you plan to do to me?" she asked with a nonchalant expression.
"We're gonna sell ya somewhere far away from here. Vastaya are pretty expensive...and a spicy girl like ya 's gonna fetch a neat price...but first...we're gonna have some fun."
Xayah shook her head, adjusting the bang that covered the right side of her face. "Well, if you think that I won't be tearing you to ribbons, you're wro-" her sentence was cut off as she heard the somebody whistle behind her.
At that exact moment, she felt something prick her left thigh...turned around and threw a dagger at the one closest to her...and then stumbled. Her right hand began to have spasms first and seconds later her legs followed,resulting in her stumbling.
"What did you hit me with?" Her limbs felt numb, resulting in her falling on her knees as she tried to move .
"A lil' poison. Hit yer nerves. It will last for about ten minutes...we'll need less to sort ya out." one said, the rest chuckled.
Xayah raised her head as the pirates approached her. They all had sadistic smiles in their faces. Her rage soon turned into horror as she fully realised that she was screwed.
"I'm the second greatest battle dancer of the Lhotlan...and I'll end up like this...lying on the ground..." her pupils became like thin slits as she thought those words.
The guy from the tavern that said all the threats stopped in front of her. "You scream and we'll rip yer tongue out. Moving will just make it hurt more." he said and caressed on of her ears, sending shivers down her spine. She'd go down with dignity.
Xayah grit her teeth, gathered as much saliva as she could and spat straight in his face. This enraged the man, who grabbed her by the throat. Xayah didn't even flinch. "We'll not be so gentle then, spicy girl!" Xayah closed her eyes.
Suddenly a loud thud was heard, followed by another smaller one and a pained grunt.
"Oi, bastards...what did you do to her?" a familiar voice sounded from the way she came.
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"Where's Sett?" Akali asked as she kicked the kneecap of a guy.
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Xayah opened her eyes. The pirate was a meter away, currently holding his bloody hand over his mouth as he looked at somebody.
She followed his gaze and met Sett, who was standing at the middle of the street with a rock in his one hand and a brass knuckle in the other.
"Attacking a lady in the middle of the night? Tsk..."
"Oh...it's the dumbass again." the guy seemed to be a bit cocky, despite having just received a rock in his mouth.
"Fellas, I advice you to leave the girl alone and beat it." Sett tossed the rock over his shoulder and placed on the other brass knuckle.
"You're in no position to toss threats buddy. We're ten and you're only one." another pirate exclaimed.
"Good, I'll only need ten seconds." Sett cracked his knuckles. "Ten seconds, one for each sorry ass."
"I like how dumb one kid can be." the pirate moved forward.
Sett then flashed in front of him, leaving a small yellow trail behind him. He then slammed the guys stomach with his fist. "Do not pick a fight you can't win." As the pirate folded in half from the pain, he raised his fist and slammed it at the back of his head, knocking him out.
The Beast-Man raised his head and menacingly looked down on the rest. "One second has passed." he said as he moved towards the rest.
Two guys approached him, one from each side.
Sett stretched his arm out and and did a hugging motion. "Two seconds have passed, Now kiss."
The two pirates then got pulled towards each other collided with each other and dropped down. "Three seconds have passed."
Three more rushed towards him. One went to punch him. Sett sidestepped and gripped him by the throat. "Four seconds have passed." he pulled him aside, smacking one of the three with the guy he was holding.