Oh dear, they're really reaching for ratings now.

"So uh," started the sprite after an uncomfortable silence "Who exactly are you?"
"I am Lord Fred," said he rather proudly "Lord Fred the virtuous,"
"Oh yeah," said the necromancer "How would you like to make twenty bucks?"
"Would I ever!" grinned Lord Fred "Who would you want me to kill?"
"I like this boy," smiled the necromancer as he coughed up a string of orange phlegm that trickled down his long dirty beard "How would you like to kill the king?"
"Kill the king?" said Fred as he scratched at his chin "It's against everything I've stood for my entire life, but okay,"
"No Fred," said the sprite as she flew to his shoulder "You should help my people, they have no food and they're dying out in their thousands,"
"Oh really?" said Fred

There was a brief pause.

Then Fred grabbed the sprite in his hands, twisted her till all her bones snapped and threw her to the ground.
"Very good," said the necromancer "You shall have some help with this king killing, Jack!"
A figure stood out from the darkness, he had dangerous grin on his face and it was this that first came out into sight. His grin was large, in fact it was huge, in fact if Fred didn't know better he would have sworn that this man was insane

And Fred didn't know better.

"This is Jack Diddly Squat," said the necromancer "He's very good at murder,"
"Well why do you need me?" asked Fred
The necromancer gave a winced grin. "Yes well he's also very good at rape, if I sent him out myself the king's guard would find him tomorrow morning still having his way with his murdered body, you see it's your job to pry him off,"
"And you don't want him to be caught?" asked Fred
"Well actually, he's the son of Satan," replied the necromancer "And I'm supposed to be looking after him, I can't get him into to much trouble,"
"Oh," said Fred "Hello Jack,"
"Hi, how ya doin!" cried Jack "Well are we off to a party or not?"
"Ah yes, I suppose we are," said Fred
Jack stooped down and picked up the dead body of the sprite. "Well I'm saving this one for later," he said as he slipped her body down his pants.
"Oh god," said Fred in disgust.
"Yes it's probably better for your personal safety if he has something to occupy himself," advised the necromancer "And remember, he could rape and kill you in an instant,"
"Nice to know," said a worried Lord Fred
"After you," said Jack at the entry to the cave
"No really," said Fred suspisciously "After you,"
"Suit yourself," said Jack as skipped off with Fred slinking behind him.

1. The murder is a complete success.
2. The murder goes horribly wrong.
3. They kill the wrong guy.
4. They get blindsided by a rampage Jack goes on.
5. Fred doesn't come out of the cave alive.
6. The king and Jack fall in love. Then Jack kills him.

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