Dragon's Heart
By: Butterfly
Prologue
The alien base was kept dark at the orders of their leader. Of course, he hadn't elaborated as to why, just demanded a dark place to communicate. The room was so dark it gave the impression of being far larger than it actually was. Only one light shown dimly at the back of the room, which the leader used to hide from the view of his soldiers.
Four aliens stood waiting for their leader to show up and give their orders. They had landed on Earth about five years ago and form the beginning they had received orders as simple and repetitive as the task of accelerating the process of polluting this planet. Though the job was plenty fun enough for the younger three they were also starting to get tired of the task and they had stopped putting very much effort into the job. The fourth was content to follow his leader and help his people. Being the oldest, he remembered their peoples' suffering all too vividly.
Deep Blue finally appeared, and the four kneeled respectfully to their leader. He looked like nothing more than a silhouette, without any specific features to be seen. If they'd seen him on Earth they probably wouldn't have been able to recognize him, except for his ears, but then again they'd never seen him. Their leader was far too secretive for their comfort, but they had to obey. His word was law.
"Pai, Kisshu, Taruto, your tasks have not changed," he announced in the alien's native language. The green- and brown-haired aliens sighed inwardly in frustration. The other two raised their eyebrows in surprise, wondering what had changed for their third in command. Deep Blue didn't see this because both had their heads bowed. "Natoshi, since you insist on being a scientist in the field and work best on your own you are tasked with finding anything related to the dragons. Look for anything with a dragon's DNA signature. There should be a device with such a signature in its data base which you can used to track any traces of the DNA from anywhere on the Earth. Use this to find such a specimen and report back."
"Yes, Deep Blue-sama. I understand," the blue-haired alien responded.
"Good. Get to work right away," Deep Blue ordered. He teleported away without waiting for a response.
"Well, guess I gotta go!" the blue-haired alien announced, standing up.
"Show off!" Taruto's tone was accusing. "Why do you get a new job while we're stuck with the same old stuff?"
"Silence, Taruto," the purple-haired alien sounded impatient. "Natoshi was chosen for this. We can't question our leader's choices."
"Bah!" Taruto exclaimed, frustrated.
"You're enjoying this conversation, aren't you, Kisshu?" the blue-haired alien said said without looking at the green-haired alien.
"Yeah, I'm kinda liking this argument," Kisshu admitted.
"Why, you-!" Taruto began.
"Relax, Taruto! It's not like you're missing out on much. Our leader's orders were more specific than usual, so I don't have as much room to move in as I'd like, and besides..." Natoshi explained. "I've got a feeling things are going to get very interesting pretty soon."
"You mean for you," Kisshu's tone was accusing.
"Yeah, what else would I be talking about?" Natoshi said, a mischievous grin spreading across his face.
"You're such a jerk!" Taruto exclaimed.
"Enough!" Pai said suddenly losing patience. "Let's get to work! Natoshi," he said turning to the blue-haired alien. "You'd better get to work. You have a whole planet to cover." Natoshi just nodded.
Pai herded the groaning Taruto out of the room followed by Kisshu. A thoughtful expression crossed over Natoshi's face for a moment, then he too left the room.