He went to charge the rat, but another sneaked up behind him, pouncing on his back to bite into his shoulder.

“Fuck!” he bellowed, trying in vain to reach it.

But he couldn’t get to it, so reversed to slam his back against a wall. He was inches away from squashing it but another rat tripped him over, forcing him to crash to the ground. He lashed out with his baton upon rolling back onto his knees, connecting it against the rat to send it spiralling through the air until it smacked loudly against a wall, not getting up as the room echoed with the sound of squeaking.