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Summary: The adventure continues! Lexi, and Zak are out training one snowy day, trying to get Lexi to exercise her newly recovered leg, when an unexpected robot shows up. Yes its Fuzen. He has miraculously survived the last fight with the Saturdays and now he's back, but when Kari attacks him, and misses she accidentally bites Lexi poisoning her. Throughout the days after Kari "passes" from fighting Fuzen, Lexi has strange nightmares, which leads to much bigger problems.

Lexi's POV

A twig snapped behind me and I did a spin kick, hitting someone square in the face. Right on target, I thought to myself.

"Lexi! Ugh! How do you do that? I mean tch! Come on you're wearing a blindfold!"

I took off the blindfold and laughed at Zak. He had a big red circle shaped mark on his face from where my Ugg boot slapped him. He staggered backwards when he tried to fight back. I slightly laughed.

"Urg," he groaned upon me swiftly faking an attack. He tried to dodge but it ended with him making a snow angel.

"Well, sorry. This is the first training I've had in like a month. Plus you're parents said I should exercise my leg."

The last month I had been lumbering around with a giant cast on my leg. It actually healed pretty quickly, but Doc and Drew wanted to make sure. They had taken it off about a week ago, but I was still getting used to not wearing it. So here I was doing training with Zak. KD was on a trip visiting with the elements and Kari was watching us train while Doc and Drew were in the airship making plans and arrangements for our birthdays and Christmas.

So here we were at the beginning of December, training in fresh and early snowfall. I looked up at the grayish sky and smiled. It didn't always snow in Mississippi. Then I got an idea.

"Zak!"

"What?"

"Behind you!"

He spun around and then I kicked his butt. Haha. He almost fell face flat into the cold white snow but this time he caught himself.

"LEXI! Don't do that!" he half yelled, rubbing his behind.

"Sorry, it was just kind of tempting."

He turned back around completely and then stared horrified at something behind me.

"What?" I asked, not at first noticing that his expression was genuine.

"Lexi, slowly look behind you…"

"Zak, I'm not going to fall for my own trick. So see, just watch was happens. First I turn around," I turned my body around but kept looking at him. "Then I look to see what's behind me," I closed my eyes and faced the other way. "And then you…" I trailed off upon opening my eyes. They widened… big time…

"Zak," I gulped. "Why is there a big robot in front of me?"

"It's Shoji Fuzen. I thought he was dead," He stammered. A look of concern grew itself on my face. Then it spoke.
"HA! Dead? You're girlfriend may have pulled out an important piece of equipment from my suit, but the armor also protected me when I went spiraling towards the dusty ground."

"W-Why are you here?"

"I'm here to get revenge on your family, now come on. Don't make me play Captain obvious."

"What is up with your family and people wanting revenge?" I asked Zak.

"HEY! It's your family too." I looked at my feet and took a step back. Even though training had now turned completely serious, and even though I'd heard it before, hearing him say that I was his family too warmed my heart. I had never had a complete one after all.

"Enough chit chat!"

On his suit of armor, well the part on is arm; there was a laser in which he then brought it up to aim at Zak and I.

"Lexi…" he whispered.

"Run."

Quickly just before Fuzen let the blast go, Zak yanked my arm and pulled me through the forest and while we were running for our lives I yelled out to him,

"Hello? Um Zak? Well I think it would be a good idea to stay and you know, fight."

"No, we can't! IF we do we'll be defeated for sure."

"How can you say that?"

"I know, because he's not a cryptid, and yes technically he is an animal, but guess what? You risked your life and lost the strength to have that ability in the first war!"

I started but was stopped before I could speak.

"And no not one animal will effect him."

"Well then…"

That's when we arrived to the clearing Kari was trying to sunbathe in without sun. Zak skidded to a stop in front of her and then I smacked into him and he toppled over.

"Hello?" Kari mumbled.

"Hey, Kari, it's us!" we said.

She lifted her head. Then she laughed.

"What?" I joined Zak in asking the question.

"You guys are talking at the same time!"

"Ok… wait why is that funny?" I questioned. Long pause… no answer… That's right Crickets.

"Kari! Ok so this guy, well an enemy is chasing us."

"Who?"

"Fuzen and he I don't think he cares about Lexi, but he sure wants to kill me." I popped him upside the head.

"That's a good thing!" he reminded me.

"SATURDAY BOY! Come and receive you're punishment!"

"See?" Fuzen marched in the clearing, suit clanking together and giving off small waves of heat.

"Hello." I said.

"What?" Fuzen asked angrily confused on why I would try to make normal conversation.

"Hello?" My voice came out a squeak. He was intimidating.
"Be quiet girl!"

"? Did you just tell me ta-" I was cut off by Fuzen putting his big cold metal hand over my mouth and pushing me out of the way with such force, I slammed into a tree. I winced and groaned. My leg was sore now too.

"Saturday boy, come with me now, easily and your parents will not have as hard a time."

"No way is he going with you!" I shouted through gritted teeth.

"Yeah, Doc and Drew would die if he was gone!" Kari added, stepping in and showing off her full height even though she was short for a dragon.

I was now behind Fuzen.

"That's exactly why I've chosen to attack the boy first."

Kari growled and being the protective dragon of the century, trying to be the hero she launched herself at Fuzen. Her jaws were opened wide. Fuzen dodged, and she missed… her target… on the other hand she had a swell time sinking her teeth into my arm. I let out a howl.

"KARI!"

She jerked away, looking very sorry.

"Oh, my gosh! I am soooo sorry! A- um- uh- please- forgive- um me- Oh I'm so sorry!"

I fell onto the snow I was having the worst luck as far as health goes. Pain shot up my arm seconds after her apology and I winced and grabbed at it. It felt like I had been stabbed with a poison knife. I instantly felt ill as well. To pay me back, however, Kari unexpectedly swung around tackling Fuzen. In the midst her powerful tail swept over me and upon dodging it I fell down flat on my back.

She opened her mouth and breathed a column of heat and bright flames that melted the snow surrounding us, and just missing Zak too. The two tumbled around the clearing and crashed through trees. There was a loud tearing sound and Kari yowled out. There was a huge gash in her thing wing and in another instant a loud crack emerged from the same wing when Fuzen pinned her.

"Kari!"

She carried on fighting and now without the trees, the two were nearing a cliff and I gasped. They both fell still in a tangle, flailing off the side. I heard an agonizing roar that signified pain and fear and then instantly felt sad. I knew what had just happened. So soon too.

At this, two beings, Doc and Drew, rushed out hearing the sorrowful roar and spotted Zak and I. They ran to us. Drew ran to her son and shook him out of the daze he was in. He fell to his knees and then he shook his head. Doc ran over to me and not seeing my arm asked Drew, still watching his wife and son and said, "Is he okay Drew?"

"Yeah," she paused, "His clothes are just a little singed." Then she noticed the huge gashes in my arm. "DOC! Look at Lexi's arm!"

He looked down and not seeing it at first gingerly picked up my arm and gently twisted it to an angle he could see at and his eyes widened before he spoke again.

"Drew one of the major veins is sliced open. We need to get her inside. There is some kind of poison too." He felt my head. "Fever as well." "How's your leg?" He questioned seriously. Ignoring him, I shook out of my own veil of shock and replied,

"We have to help Kari! She's probably really hurt! And what if Fuzen survived."

"How's your leg?"

"My leg is fine! Now we need to help her!" I didn't want to accept the thought that she was gone.

"Drew? Help me get her inside!" Doc ordered.

"No, wait! It's not as bad as it looks! It's just bleeding… auhhh lot." I tried. It didn't work.I looked down at the snow which was now blood red.

Doc and Drew shuffled me inside and down to their little medical room. They sat me on a table and made me hold out my arm.

"Now, Lexi, stay calm, but can you tell me what happened?"

"Stay calm? I am calm! But Kari is probably not! We have to help her!" I almost shouted, perfectly not calm. Drew leaned in and hugged me.

"Lexi, Kari… is gone… She doesn't need help and even if she did, we couldn't find her. That cliff falls into the sea, and… well it's too cold in the water for the Saturday sub."

"Fuzen? What if she didn't defeat him?" I asked weakly.
"His suit can't function under water. It will short out and if the electrocution didn't kill him, his suit only has limited air, and it is very heavy. Plus the metal will become very cold and hard. Now, completely relax, your blood pressure is already high enough," she started releasing me from the hug. His death description seemed harsh, even for a man like that.

I breathed in and out and then started to explain what happened with Kari and Fuzen. When I got to the last part some sort of melancholy feeling washed over me. I would know because Drew looked as if she had felt it too.

"S-So, Kari.. i-is gone? For good?" She nodded, and then I nodded. We had all come to love that dragon. She was a part of the family now just as I had been. Then I noticed Drew hadn't done anything to my arm.

"Umm…" I looked at my arm, which was still bleeding, and then she immediately shook out of the little trance and grabbed a cotton ball. Usually I would put off the medical stuff until we knew for sure about Kari, which at this point was affirmative, but Doc had said she had bit into a major vein, which meant if it were left to bleed, I would die from just blood loss. She poured some Hydrogen Peroxide on it then dabbed it on my arm. I winced as it stung slightly, and then it fizzed up. It stung and I winced. While the fizzing died down Drew took out a soft rag and dipped it in some water and cleaned up the blood around the wound.

It was much smaller, but twice as deep as one would think. It went all the way to my bone. Then to stop the bleeding she tied a band around my arm and wrapped it up. I then confirmed her concent to leave and she helped me down offered to help with my fever but I shrugged it off. It was just a fever.

I went to the stairs and entered the den to see how the rest of the family was taking it all in.