American Dragon: Haley Long (Season Three)
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Chapter/Episode One: Revenge Is A Dragon's Best Friend Part 1
Right outside of the White House, a large crowd of spectators were gathered behind the fence, including a news van, where a female reporter dressed all in blue held a microphone to her mouth as she stood in front of a camera. "The unthinkable has actually become a reality..." The reporter stated. "...Today, at this very moment, President Brock is signing a peace treaty with the Head of the Dragon Council, the leaders of the Magical World. What this means is that acts of violence and discrimination towards magical creatures can now be considered a criminal offense..."
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In Victoria Brock's presidential office, President Brock scowled as signed her name on the treaty. Having been hunched over the table while writing, Brock sat back up, handing the paper over to Holly Jennings, who stood beside her.
"Thank you..." Holly said softly as she took the pen that Brock handed to her. Holly then leaned over and quickly signed her name on the treaty. Once she had finished, Holly straightened back up and smiled, turning to the side so that she and Brock were facing each other when Brock turned her chair to the side.
"Thank you for your time, Mrs. President..." Holly smiled and said politely, holding out her hand, hoping for Brock to shake it. "...You have no idea how much this means to the entire Magical World. I am sure that this is the start of a powerful alliance and a beautiful friendship..."
Brock glanced at Holly's hand before she moved up to her face, a frown appearing on her own. "Just go..." Brock told her. "...Before I change my mind..."
Holly's smile faded as she heard this, and Brock turned her chair around. Not wanting to start a fight, Holly obeyed the order, and she turned, walking to the door. Once Holly reached the door, she frowned angrily as she opened the door, stepping outside into the hall, closing the door behind her. "Witch..."
"So, I take it that it didn't go well?" Holly looked up from the floor when she heard an Australian-accented voice. Standing in front of her was the Australian Dragon, Fred Nerk, and a fellow Council member.
"No, she still signed the treaty..." Holly said, reaching into her robes and pulling out a piece of paper, starting to crumple it. "...But she kindly rejects your script..." Once the paper was crumpled up enough, Holly blew a ball of fire into her hands, burning it to ashes. Then, she threw her hands up, letting the pieces of ash rain down to the floor. Holly then turned and said in a bitter tone: "Let's go..."
Then, she and Nerk started to walk down the hall.
BLACKOUT; PLAY THEME SONG
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
The enchanted elevator popped out of the ground, and the doors slid open, both Holly and Nerk stepped out and began to walk down the grass. As she looked around the island, Holly was surprised to see that there was no one outside. "That's odd..." Holly muttered.
"What is?" Nerk asked.
"This place feels deserted..." Holly explained. She then looked to the side at Nerk to see if he agreed with her, but when Nerk merely shrugged, Holly returned her attention to the road ahead of her, only to gasp when she looked at the Main Hall, finding that the doors had been blasted off the hinges, and the big table in the back of the room had been knocked over. "What the...?" Holly stammered, she and Nerk rushed over to the Main Hall, staring inside. "...What's going on?" Holly asked.
"I don't kn..." Nerk started, but he stopped speaking when Holly held her out, silencing him as he ear twitched. "...What is it?"
"I hear something..." Holly whispered. "...It's coming up from the roof..."
Holly and Nerk both backed up and looked up, Holly's eyes widened as she realized who was on the roof. Rose was sitting in a crouched position on the roof, holding a blood-red staff close to her chest. Rose seemed to be scanning the area, and when she looked down at Holly and Nerk, her eyes widened. "Holly?" She asked. "Nerk?"
"Rose, what's going on?" Holly demanded. She and Nerk then both stepped back as they saw Rose jump from the roof. Once Rose's feet touched the ground, the young woman grunted, stumbling forward as she put her hand to her stomach. "What's wrong?" Holly asked, grabbing her friend's shoulder, steadying her as Rose clutched her stomach, groaning in pain. "Are you okay?"
"It's my stomach..." shrugged Rose, stepping away from Holly after she got her balance back. "...I woke up this morning, and it was hurting...I'm okay..."
"Then do you mind telling us what happened here?" Nerk asked.
"Just..." Rose explained, looking around with a nervous look on her face. "...At one moment, we were all having lunch, and the next thing we all know, we're under attack."
"Okay..." Holly said, trying to keep calm, while Nerk quickly transformed into his dragon form. "...Is anyone hurt, Rose? Any casualties?"
"Not that I know of..." Rose answered. "...We seemed to be the target..."
"Do you know who the attacker is?"
"No..."
"Okay..." Holly finished. "...Where is everyone now?" Just as Holly asked this, the blade of Rose's staff started to blink. Rose quickly pushed the top button on the handle, omitting a holographic image of both Jake and Haley on top of the side of the blade. "Jake, where are you?" Holly asked.
"We're in the prison chambers..." Jake answered, as Haley, still at his side, held up her claws and looked around both sides. "...We've followed the punk inside here..."
"And the other Councilors?" Holly asked. "Sun? Fu Dog?"
"We don't know..." Jake answered quickly, just as Haley grunted as there was a flash of color, knocking her out of the hologram. "Haley!" Jake shouted, turning his head to the side. "Hey, that's my sister, you-!" The holographic image quickly faded, and Holly, Rose and Nerk were left in surprise.
"We have to help them." Rose told Holly.
"I know..." Holly answered quickly. "...And we will..." A bright light quickly engulfed Holly's body, and when it faded, Holly was hovering in the air as a purple dragon. "...Hop on, Rose!" Rose nodded, and as Holly got down on all fours, Rose quickly climbed on. Then, both Holly and Nerk took off into the air, flying toward the prison.
As they flew, they passed, Sun Park, who was on the grassy ground in dragon form, Fu Dog on her back. As Sun looked up, she could see Holly and Nerk flying toward the prison; acting quickly, Sun started to flap her wings, and she sped over to Holly. "Have you seen Haley?" Sun asked loudly.
"She's inside the prison with Jake!" Holly shouted back. "That's where we're going now!"
Seconds later, the three dragons arrived at the open door to the prison, and Nerk flew in first, followed by Holly and Rose, and finally, Sun and Fu Dog. The three dragons landed on the ground, Rose and Fu sliding off of the backs of Holly and Sun. "Jake?" Rose shouted.
"Shh!" Holly silenced her. "Remember..." She whispered, putting her claws on Rose's shoulder. "...We're not alone. You don't want to give our cover away, do you?"
"We should split up..." Nerk whispered. "...Master Park, you come with me. Agent Long, you go with Councilor Jennings. Fu, you go look for Councilor Callum and Councilor Rin..."
Fu Dog nodded, and he turned, running out of the prison hall. The four heroes slowly started to walk down the halls of the prison, until they reached a fork, one passage leading straight, and the other turning. "Holly and I will go this way..." Rose volunteered, pointing to the turn.
Nerk nodded in agreement. "Very well..." He said, turning and starting to walk down the hall straight ahead. "...Come, Master Park..."
Sun started to follow him down the hall, but abruptly, she stopped, turning her head to the side and looked at Rose. "Be careful..." She told her.
"I will..." Rose promised. Then, she and Holly turned and walked into their hall. The two walked in silence, only occasionally glancing at each other. After a few minutes, and after passing many cells, they came to another turn. As they prepared to turn, Rose tightened her grip on her staff, holding it closer to her. However, before the two could turn into the next hall, they both jumped back in surprise as Haley grunted, slamming against the wall, pinned back by a Coral Red Dragon.
"Ge...Get o...off of me!" Haley growled, wrestling against Kenna's clawed hands with her own. As she struggled, Haley could see her brother flying up behind Kenna, and he quickly opened his mouth, blowing a torrent of fire at her back. Kenna sensed Jake's presence, and she spread her wings, flying into the air as Jake's fire hit Haley.
"HALEY!" Jake shouted with horror, and he quickly landed on the ground, only to grunt and fall back as Kenna landed on the ground and slammed her tail into him. Growling, Rose jumped into the air, landing right in front of Kenna, twirling her staff at her in a defensive manner as Holly flew up behind Rose and landed behind her.
Kenna just grinned at the two, and she stepped back before she started to flap her wings and lift off of the ground. Rose scowled as she continued to twirl her staff; however, she soon stopped twirling it, and held it out in front of her in both hands. The blade of the staff disappeared back into the staff, and Rose brought her hands closer together as she held the staff, shortening the staff in size. Rose then pulled at the staff, breaking it off in two, only attached by a chain, making a pair of numchucks out of the staff. Rose then jumped into the air as Holly flew under her, flying up to Kenna's level as Rose landed on her back.
Rose twirled her numchucks as Holly lashed out with her claws, trying to slash Kenna's lower body. Kenna grinned as she backed up in the air, avoiding Holly's attack, and she brought her claws up, but just as she was about to bring them down upon Holly's one end of the numchucks wrapped around her arm, stopping her. "Huh?" Kenna looked up and met Rose's scowling gaze, just as Rose pulled at her end of the numchuck.
Kenna merely grinned, Rose's effort having no effect on her. "Let me show you how it's done, hunter..." Kenna retorted, pulling back her arm. Rose gasped as she felt herself being pulled off of Holly's back, and with a yelp, she went flying toward Kenna, just as Kenna slammed her tail into Rose's chest. Rose grunted as it hit her, and she shouted in panic as she flew back, whizzing past Holly and heading toward the hard wall, only stopping as Jake swooped into the air and wrapped his arms around her, catching her. However, with the speed that Rose was going, Jake was thrown back, and they both fell to the floor.
Kenna grinned as she grabbed Rose's numchucks from her arm, and she tossed them to the floor, before looking around for Holly, only to find that she was no longer in front of her. Kenna's blind search came to an abrupt end as Holly's purple tail wrapped around her throat from behind. Before Kenna could react, Holly fell back into the air and did a kind of backward somersault as she threw Kenna back into the wall.
Kenna grunted as she hit the wall sideways, but before she could fall to the ground, Haley's pink tail wrapped around her waist, throwing her to the ground. As Kenna grunted in pain, Haley acted quickly, pinning her down. "What are you doing here?" Haley demanded.
"Isn't it obvious?" Kenna retorted before she opened her mouth, blowing out a torrent of fire. Haley's eyes widened, and she jumped back, trying to avoid the flames, hitting her back against the wall. Kenna took this time to jump to her feet, and wrap her tail around Haley's neck, and lifting the now choking pink dragon off of her feet and up the wall. As soon as Haley was far enough off of the ground, Kenna grinned evilly as she brought her claws up, preparing to impale Haley with them. However, just as Kenna was about to pierce Haley's scaly chest, her arm stopped, a glowing green arrow ripping out of her wrist.
Kenna roared in agony, her tail unwrapping itself from Haley's neck. Gasping for breath, Haley fell to the floor on her hands and knees, reverting to her human form as she hit the ground. Still growling in pain, Kenna whirled around, as did a surprised Holly, seeing Rose in a sitting position, pointing her staff, that had morphed into a bow at Kenna.
Growling again, only this time in a mix of pain and anger, Kenna turned and tried to run down the hall, only to gasp and stop when she saw that Fred Nerk, Sun, Rin and Callum were all standing at the end of the hall, in dragon form and ready to fight, along with a growling Fu Dog. "Just give up..." Sun told her. "...You have nowhere to go!"
As Sun said this, Nerk indicated to both Rin and Callum, pointing at Kenna. On cue, both Rin and Callum flew toward the injured dragon. Scowling, Kenna pointed her head up and blew a torrent of fire up at the roof, blasting a hole in it. Kenna then flapped her wings and quickly flew up into the air and through the roof, just as Rin and Callum landed right where she had been standing.
Back at the other end of the hall, Haley smiled as Holly helped her to her feet. "Thanks..." Haley said, bringing her hand to her throat.
"Don't mention it..." Holly told her as she broke away from Haley and walked over to Jake, who was helping Rose to her feet. However, as Rose stood on her own, she grunted, putting her hand to her stomach. "You okay?" Jake asked.
"Yeah..." Rose nodded with a smile. "...I'm not sure what it is, but my stomach hurts. I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow..."
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"Yep..." Nerk nodded as he stood up, standing before Rose, who was lying on a bed. "...You're pregnant..." This got many gasps, from not only Rose, but also Haley, Holly, Jake, Sun and Fu Dog, who were standing behind Nerk.
"Really?" Rose asked, her eyes wide as she turned her head so that she was staring up at Nerk. "Are you certain?"
"Well, according to this..." Nerk replied, grabbing a pregnancy test from the counter beside the best. "...Yes..."
"Cheese on a biscuit, kid!" Fu exclaimed from behind Nerk, glancing at Jake. "You two have only been married for a month, and already you've put a bun in her oven!"
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Inside a local cafe, Leah Belden sighed as she sat alone at a table near one of the windows. There was a big, thick text book on the table in front of her, and Leah impatiently looked at her watch, just as she looked up in surprise as the chair on her opposite end screeched against the floor, a smiling Haley pulling the seat back and sitting down. "Hey, Leah..." Haley said happily. "...Glad you could make it..."
"Yeah..." Leah replied slowly, frowning. "...Look, I'm sorry if I sound like a jerk, Haley, but I have a big test in an hour and a half that I don't feel ready for. So, I need to study for it. Do you mind making this quick?"
"Sure..." Haley shrugged. "...Leah...guess what?"
"Why bother?" Leah replied. "You're just going to tell me in a few seconds..."
"Leah..." Haley continued, her smile widening. "...Earlier this morning...I found out that...Rose is pregnant..." As Haley said this, Leah's impatient look faded from her features, and instead, she looked surprised. "...Leah...I'm going to be an aunt..."
"Wow..." Leah sat back in her chair. "...I...I honestly don't know what to say, Haley..." Leah was about to open her mouth again, but before she could say anything, her eyes widened as she glanced at the door. "...Oh no..."
"What is it?" Haley asked, looking around, just as Destiny walked up to the table. "Hey Haley..." She said with a small smile. "...Hey, Leah..."
"Hello, Destiny..." Leah said, quickly pushing her chair in and grabbing her book, then rushing away toward the door. "...Goodbye, Haley..."
"Wait, Leah!" Destiny tried turning around as Leah rushed by her. "Leah!" Destiny tried again, but Leah was already pushing open the door, running out of the cafe. Sighing in defeat, Destiny turned back around to face Haley, who looked really confused.
"What was that all about?" Haley asked.
"It's a long story..." Destiny replied. "...And I don't really know if you'd understand. It's...kind of between the two of us. Haley...I...I should go..."
"Alright..." Haley replied, getting up from her chair. "...I'll see you in class tomorrow, then..."
Destiny merely nodded, and she turned, walking out of the door to the cafe.
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Kenna was hissing in pain as she erratically flew through the air, flying above a deserted street of rundown wooden houses. Hissing in pain again, Kenna glanced down at her wrist, which still had the glowing green arrow sticking out of it. Hissing again, Kenna randomly chose one of the houses, and she dived down, landing right at the front door.
Then, Kenna quickly pushed open the door, bursting inside and slamming the door behind her. Leaning back against the door, Kenna hissed in pain as she slid down into a sitting position. Once sitting on the ground, Kenna looked at her injured wrist; taking the end of the arrow in her other hand, Kenna gritted her teeth as she ripped the arrow from its lodged place in her wrist. The pain was excruciating, and Kenna roared loudly in her agony.
As soon as her roar died away, Kenna was reduced to short, deep breaths of pain as she clutched her injured wrist. However, he panting died away as well as Kenna's ear twitched, picking up the sound of a creaking floorboard. Looking around the dark room, Kenna looked around. "Who's there?" She demanded, just as there was flash of color headed right for Kenna.
The next thing Kenna knew, she was pinned against the door, the claws that belonged to a Jasper-colored dragon. The Jasper-colored dragon growled as he held her wrist, and her injured wrist against the door, while his tail wrapped around her throat. "Who are you?!" He demanded. "And what are you doing here?!"
Kenna tried to answer, but before she could even open her mouth, a new female voice rang through the room: "KENNET! LET HER GO!" The next thing Kenna knew, a woman who looked to be in her early thirties stepped out of the darkness. The woman had Ceil-colored hair that was completely straight and reached the end of her back, but it also a few dreadlocks. She wore a buttoned blouse that was purple with black swirls randomly painted on it, accompanied by a pair of jeans. "Don't you know who that it?" She asked in a lighter tone as the attacking dragon, Kennet, glanced back at her.
"No..." He growled. "...Should I?"
"That's Kenna Zareen..." The woman smiled. "...Along with her sister, she tortured and killed three mermaids, four brownies, two unicorns, eleven leprechauns, and one dragon..."
"So?" Kennet asked.
"...So let her go..." the woman answered. "...She can be trusted..."
With a little hesitation, Kennet stepped away from Kenna, moving his tail away from her neck. Gasping Kenna fell to her knees, clutching her injured wrist as the woman walked up to her. "Help her up, Kennet..." She told the Jasper-colored dragon. "...And bring her into the back. She's hurt..."
Kennet said nothing, and instead, he belt down and pulled Kenna's arm and injured wrist over his shoulder as he helped her to her feet. The woman smiled as she turned, walking back into the darkness; only this time, Kennet and Kenna followed her.
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Inside the Main Hall on the Island of Draco, Rose smiled slightly as she walked through the opened big doors, stepping inside. As she walked closer to the table where Holly, Nerk, Callum, Rin and Jake, followed by an empty seat saved for her, she could see that they were all eating breakfast.
"Good morning, Jake..." Rose smiled as she reached her seat, sitting down next to Jake, leaning to the side and planting a kiss on his cheek. "...How are you?"
"Fine..." Jake smiled back at her as Rose looked down at the food on her plate. "...Did you sleep okay?"
"I slept fine, Jake..." Rose answered, quickly changing the subject: "...Fred?"
"Yes?" Nerk replied.
"Is...Is this pregnancy going to interfere with me doing my job?" Rose asked slowly. "Is there going to be anything that I'm not going to be able to do?"
"All I can say is that you need to be more careful than usual..." Nerk answered. "...Because if you get hurt...you could lose the baby..."
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Standing on the porch of Leah's house, Destiny took a deep breath before she brought her hand to the door and knocked three times. Taking another deep breath, Destiny took a step back and waited. Destiny did not have to wait very long, for the door opened a few seconds later, Mrs. Belden appearing at the door. "Yes?" She asked.
"Hi..." Destiny waved nervously, trying to be polite. "...My name is Destiny. I'm a friend of Leah's. Is she home?"
"Yes..." Mrs. Belden answered, opening the door even more. "...She's up in her room..."
"Thanks..." Destiny smiled, stepping closer to the entrance of the house, only to gasp when Mrs. Belden blocked her with her arm.
"I don't think now is a good time..." Mrs. Belden told her. "...She's a little stressed out for a test she has later today. She's in her room because she's studying...She needs this time alone so she can do well..."
"Please, Ma'am..." Destiny pleaded. "...I won't be in there long. I just want to say one thing to her..."
Mrs. Belden just stared at Destiny for a couple moments; most likely studying her and her intentions. Finally, Mrs. Belden sighed as lowered her arm that was blocking Destiny's way. "Fine..." Mrs. Belden gave in. "...But you have to promise me that you will not be more than ten minutes..."
"I promise." Destiny promised, smiling gratefully as she walked in the house, then making her way up the stairs.
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Haley grunted as she slammed against the roof of Canal Street Electronics on her back. Groaning, the pink dragon sat up, only to grunt again, falling back down as a sky blue dragon's tail slammed into her upper chest. As Haley lied on the ground, Sun landed on the ground. "You're not very focused today, Haley..." Sun pointed out.
"I know, Sun..." Haley admitted, sighing as she got into a sitting position again. "...I just can't believe that Jake and Rose are going to have a child..."
"It's a natural part of life, Haley..." Sun told her, reaching out and offering her student her hand. "...Jake and Rose will make good parents..." Haley nodded, and she took Sun's hand, getting to her feet. "...And I am sure that they are excited..."
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Leah sat in her bedroom on her bed, staring down at her open text book. However, after a knock came from the other side of her door, Leah gasped and looked up, just as the door opened, Destiny stepping inside. "Hi, Leah..." Destiny said.
"I'm busy..." Leah told her, looking back down at her text book as Destiny walked up to her bed. "...I need to pass this test..."
"One test isn't going to hurt that much..." Destiny told her. "...But I know how you feel. I don't want to take up too much of your time, either. I just want to discuss one thing with you..."
"And what's that?" Leah replied sharply.
"You've been ignoring me for the last month..." Destiny told her. "...I was just wondering why. Was it...because I kissed you?"
"What do you think?" Leah asked, closing her text book.
"Look, I wasn't thinking..." Destiny tried to explain. "...And if that's why you're ignoring me-because you're mad at me, I just want to apologize. Leah, you have been...so helpful and...and so kind. You're a good friend, and I just wanted to apologize for what I did."
"You are?" Leah asked, sitting up.
"Yes..." Destiny confirmed firmly. "...I do...like you, Leah. I like you a lot. But here's the thing: you're my friend first, and it's wrong for me to come out and force these feelings on you. I do like you...but I don't want to lose you as a friend because of this..."
As Destiny said all this, Leah just sat on her bed, an unreadable look on her face. "So..." Destiny finished. "...I can't say it enough times, but I'm really sorry, Leah. Can we just forget all about that accidental kiss, and then me-well, you know..." Destiny stopped, and she sighed in frustration. "Can we please just forget all about it and just be friends?"
As she finished speaking, Destiny took a step closer to Leah, and she held her hand out to Leah. "Please just say 'yes'..." Destiny pleaded. "...I'm really sorry, Leah..."
After staring at Destiny's hand for a few more seconds, Leah finally smiled and took her hand. "Okay..." She said, shaking it. "...Let's forget?"
"Really?" Destiny asked, a small smile appearing on her face. "You mean it?"
"Yeah..." Leah answered, their shaking finally stopped, Leah showing Destiny her assuring smile. "...It's all forgotten..."
As she pulled her hand back, Destiny's smile widened, and she fidgeted, most likely in relief. "Th...Thanks, Leah!" She told her happily, turning toward the door. "Thanks so much!"
"Don't mention it..." Leah replied, keeping the smile on her face until Destiny left the room, closing the door behind her. Once she knew she was alone again, Leah's assuring smile slowly faded, forming into a small frown.
Groaning, Leah then fell back onto her bed, her arms stretched out. "Stupid!" Leah berated herself as she allowed her hand to scoot her text book off of the bed and onto the floor.
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In a small, dark room in the rundown house, Kenna sat at the opposite end of a table as the woman. "Place your hand on the table..." the woman instructed. As Jenna did as she was told, the woman turned in her chair to face Kennet, who was sitting in the corner while holding several pieces in his claws, occasionally glancing at a sheet of paper that was on the floor right beside him. "Kennet..." the woman snapped. "...Bring me my things..."
"I'm busy..." Kennet growled.
"It'll just take you thirty freaking seconds..." the woman growled. "...So get off your scaly behind and get me my things. I can't help her without 'em..." A groaning came from Kennet after the woman said this, and the Jasper-colored dragon got to his feet and walked out of the room. Smiling, the woman turned her attention back to Kenna. "So..." She started to strike up a conversation. "...You came out of hiding? Is your sister with you?"
"No..."
"Where is she?"
"She's dead..." Kenna growled. "...That's why I'm here. The American Dragon and her two little friends killed her. I'm not sure which one did it, but I don't care. I'll slay all three of them..."
"That's unfortunate..." the woman told her, just as Kennet re-entered the room, holding a small dish. As Kennet set it down on the table, Kenna could see that it had some powder in it. "...Now..." the woman said, getting back to business as she reached into the bowl and grabbed a handful of the powder. "...This won't hurt a bit..."
Kenna just stared down at her injured wrist as the woman sprinkled the powder onto her wrist. As soon as the powder touched Kenna's injured wrist, she began to feel a light tingling sensation as the injury magically started to close itself, healing.
Her eyes wide, Kenna looked up at the smiling woman. "Who are you?" Kenna demanded. "And how did you do that?"
"To answer your question..." the woman said, getting up from her chair. "...Let me go back to the topic of your sister. I know how you must feel. Although I've never lost a relative that I have ever met..." the woman reached into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out a folded sheet of paper. Unfolding it, the woman held it out for Kenna to see.
The picture was actually a sketch, and it was of a woman. The woman had black hair, and wore all black, her fingers looking boney. "Hecate?" Kenna asked.
The woman nodded, folding the paper again and putting it back into her pocket. "I am a direct descendent of Hecate..." the woman told Kenna. "...Unfortunately, as she got older, she was slain...by a dragon..." The woman frowned, anger obviously in her expression. "...They destroyed her just for partaking in witchcraft. So, that's why I've hidden out...going from place to place...for as long as I can remember..."
"And what about you?" Kenna asked, turning to face Kennet, who was putting two pieces of metal together, glancing down at the paper. "Why are you here?"
"Eh..." Kennet shrugged. "...I just really hate all living beings. As a matter of fact, I would say that Isis here...is the only person I don't hate..." As he said this, he looked up and looked at the woman. The woman, Isis, gave him a twisted grin in return.
"And what are you making?" Kenna asked, getting up off of her seat and walking over to Kennet.
Kennet sighed as he set down what he was working on, and he grabbed the piece of paper, showing one side to Kenna. On the side of the sheet was a cannon sticking out of rectangular machine. "What the heck is that thing?" Kenna asked.
"If you just read the handwriting next to it..." Kennet retorted, pointing to the writing written underneath the design. "...You might not have to ask..."
"Oh, just tell her, Kennet..." Isis growled as she started to walk over to them.
Kennet shot a glare in Isis' direction, but when he returned his gaze to Kenna, he gave in: "It's a machine..." He explained. "...A machine that can suck a dragon's powers out of its body. I found it in one of the last shacks Isis and I were hiding out in. I liked the idea...so I decided to keep it..."
"Is that what you're making?" Kenna demanded.
"What do you think?" Kennet retorted. "Of course it is! Why would you ask something stupid like that?"
"Maybe because it looks nothing like the design on the paper..." Kenna rolled her eyes.
"That's because the execution wasn't any good..." Kennet answered. "...First of all, the designer was an imbecile if they thought that they could actually take it with them to actually use. Why? Because it would be too big to carry! Second of all, if you read the handwriting, the creator's intention was to leave the victim of the machine in a catatonic state for the rest of their life!"
"So?" Kenna asked. "I see nothing wrong with that..."
"I sure do!" Kennet told her. "What if it got taken away from me! My own weapon would be used against me! So, I'm taking that part out of the picture..."
"Then what is it going to look like?" Kenna asked, crossing her arms.
"Something like this..." Kennet replied, a smile on his face as he turned the piece of paper around. Instead of a large machine, on the piece of paper was what looked like a handgun, only the barrel was much wider, almost the size of a pickle jar. "...Personally, I think it's going to do a much better job..."
"Hmm..." Kenna looked at the design carefully, and the more she stared at it, the more she liked it. A devious smile creeping onto her face, Kenna stepped back. "I like it..." She said. "...Do you ever plan to put it to use?"
"I might..." Kennet told her, getting back to work.
"How would you like to change that answer to a definite 'yes'?" Kenna asked. "...And how would you like to show the dragons of the world, and everyone else just how much you HATE..." As she said "hate", Keena raised her arms and clenched her fists. "...Them?"
Then, a smile still on her face, she turned to face Isis. "...As for you..." Kenna pointed at her. "...How would you like to stop hiding and do something about what was done to Hecate?"
Isis stood there, not saying anything as she thought about what Kenna was saying. Finally, she answered: "What did you have in mind?"
"Revenge, of course!" Kenna told her. "We've been stepped on, and now it's time for us to step on those who have stepped on us! What do you say to that?"
"I think I'd like that..." Isis smiled slightly. "...Even though the dragon that destroyed her is dead now..."
"It doesn't matter..." Kenna told her. "...It's never too late for you to get your revenge...What do you say? Of course...first you'd have to finish your little weapon, Kennet..."
She turned around to face him. "...You can finish it soon, right?"
"Just give me a few more hours..." Kennet replied.
"Perfect..." Kenna smiled. "...I think that this is the start to a beautiful partnership..."
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: Please review! Part Two will be up next week.
