Earlier

  Grubnix was doing well in his new position. Well, but not great. He missed his afternoon naps as that wasn't something he could get away with easily.

  His tale had gone off without a hitch. His bravery in the face of danger was recognized. Fighting a troll, that's what happened he wouldn't hear otherwise, had landed him a position of goblin scout.

  The Big Chief after hear his story had said his talents were wasted working to guard rats and had transferred him to the outer scouts. Grubnix was assigned to a group of three with two other goblin scouts.one was a new recruit like him called Gnalk and the other was a veteran scout armed with an ax simply called Gresz.

  Grubnix didn't get much time to get acquainted with his peers as soon an order went out to search the area around his last guard post for supposed trial takers.

  To be honest Grubnix hoped they wouldn't find anything. Armed with only a slingshot that he didn't know how to use real well, he wished he could be armed with a club like the other guy.

  Anyway the chances they would find anyone were low as they were ranging further afield from the most probable area of finding someone.

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  To Grubnix's surprise however they did manage to find someone. Sitting on a log stretched between trees were two strange looking midgets. One was shorter and had what looked like wings sticking out of its back. It was busy eating. The other was taller dressed in a tatered dress and seemed absorbed in something.

  Gresz signaled with his ax for an ambush. Grubnix went to line up a shot on the one eating while Gresz and Gnalk crept forward approaching at the two midgets from either side.

  Gnalk was the first to strike at them. He swung out hard with his club scoring a direct hit on the taller midget's face receiving a fire bolt to the face in return. Grubnix lossed his rock at the smaller midget but missed as Gresz charged, swinging his ax for the fences.

  The midget dodged to the side and the wings on its back whoshed to life carrying it into the air out of reach. Grubnix fumbled to load another rock as he barely moved to get out of the way of another fire bolt. Gresz waved his ax in frustration.

  That's when Grubnix noticed Gnalk's body lying on the ground smoking and the dark silhouette of the other midget had gotten up and was charging at Gresz from behind.

  Before Grubnix could shout a warning the midget grabbed Gresz by the neck and a powerful electric shock shot up into the base of his skull. Gresz twitched and convulsed as the life left his eyes.

  For a moment all was still as Grubnix stared into the single cold piercing eye of the midget standing over the corpses of his peers. Its eye seeming to stare into his soul and then he ran for his life.