Ok, I had to republish this chapter, as I made a very big mistake. I made a chapter 4 already, before this one, and I had content in There that I thought to include into this chapter on accident. So, I am very sorry for confusion or inconvenience, and it won't happen again.

There was one last thud heard by the Mole behind the Counter and the other creatures inside. They waited expectantly for something to happen. It was silent for some minutes, before the door was opened casually. In-walked Ashley, with the Red Dragon leaning on her, with her supporting him with her body.

They watched, bewildered, as she half carried the Dragon over to the counter, and dropped him in a chair. She then sat next to him, and looked behind her at the confused faces.

"Only a fool doesn't take a chance to make an Ally."

"But wasn't he fighting you a few minutes ago?" Said one of the creatures that were staring at her.

"Yes, he was." She replied simply, prompting another question from the crowd.

"So…. Why are you sitting with him?"

"Because I saw a chance to change his mind, he didn't want to attack me. So I'm going to help him. Besides, he might be able to help me, too."

The mole shrugged, and went back to his work.

She turned back to the dragon, who was watching her curiously.

"What's your name?" Ashley asked.

The Dragon hesitated a moment, then replied, "Alex. How do you think I can help you?" The last sentence he said with his voice full of hope, which confused Ashley.

"Why did you say that with so much hope I'm your voice?"

"Well, I guess that after my actions out there, I want to help you in anyway I can to make it up to you."

Ashley smiled at him. She already knew this was a good idea.

"Well, we could always start with a home." She said, and he nodded.

"I have a decent house, you could always stay with me."

Ashley nodded, and said, "My name is Ashley, by the way."

"It's nice to meet you Ashley."

2 weeks later

Ashley was moving through the unused sewer system that ran through the city. She used them to move around the city, and for the first few weeks, she used it to help stop criminals. There weren't many, but since the end of the war, there were more and more showing up. However, Alex convinced her to stop, and give up her fighting in General. She did not stop using the tunnels to get around, however.

She had stopped just under a room in the redesigned Dragon Temple when she heard voices. She loved to listen to conversations, but this one was different.

The voices were a mixture of sadness and confusion.

"Are you sure of this?"

"Yes, I've seen it with my own eyes, hundreds of apes are camped just inside the Forrest around the city."

"How did they organize so fast?"

"I don't know! But we're running out of time, we have to do something!"

There was a deep sigh.

"Well, the only option I see is to hit them with every guard we have left, and evacuate the rest of the city while they are distracted."

"But it's suicide!"

"We don't have a choice!"

It was silence for a moment, then a third voice spoke up,

"I'll get the guards ready."

There was a brief sound of receding footsteps, and silence. It was then that Ashley realized something, Alex, the dragon she had come to love over the last few weeks, was apart of the guard. Fear overtook her, and she sprinted back the way she came.

She jumped up the whole in the floor of the room Alex had told her was above the tunnel system. She heard voices in the next room, and moved to the door.

"Yea, of course I'll come with you, just give me a few minutes." She heard from the other side.

She heard a door close, and she ran out to meet Alex.

"Don't do it, Alex! It's suicide!" She said, but he ignored her, and said, "Ashley, I need you to go with them, find some way to be safe."

"What? No!"

"Ashley! I need you to promise not to come after me!"

"No, I will-"

"No! Ashley, promise me! Please."

She sighed, and whispered, "Fine, I promise."

Alex's face turned sad, as he leaned in and kissed her forehead.

"Good bye." He whispered and walked out the door.

She sat in silence for a few minutes, doing nothing. Then her mind woke up, and she moved instinctively. She grabbed her gun, and vest, and strapped every clip she had left to it. It amounted to 8 clips of 30 sounds each, which meant 240 rounds. She had 3 Frag Grenades as well.

If that Dragon's estimation is correct, and there are about 200 or more Apes, then I should have just enough ammunition to kill them all, she thought. Then the thought that maybe the estimation was wrong, came to her. She pushed the thought aside, and holstered her side arm. Then, she realized she wasn't counting her pistol ammo. She had nearly 67 rounds left for that, and that might be enough.

She shrugged, and moved to the door, strapping on her helmet and boots.

"Sorry, Alex, but I'm going to have to break that promise." And she opened the door.

She gasped as she saw it was now dark out, and that time she was sitting, doing nothing, was much longer than she thought. She pushed the thought away, and stepped out into the street. She did not try to conceal herself with the shadows, but ran as fast as she could down the road towards the gate. As she approached, she realized this would be the first time she had ever gone through the gate, as she used tunnels the sneak in and out.

However, to her slight disappointment, as she neared, she saw that the gate was closed. She then thought it was foolish to have thought it would be open at all, with the looming threat just outside the city.

Instead, she was forced to climb up a staircase that lead to the top of the wall, and then find a place she could climb down. She was running alongside the top of the wall, looking for a place to climb down, when she heard a voice yell,

"Hey! Who the hell are you?!"

She was confused as to why there was still a guard here, but when she looked over at the source to see an armed cheetah. The creature obviously didn't know how to use the sword he was given, so she assumed that he was acting as some sort of minute man. He was terrified and confused, but otherwise he wasn't a threat to her, so she decided to be nice and try to talk him down.

"Hey, it's ok, I'm leaving. I'm going to help the guards that left here a while ago."

"What? But you're a girl."

Ashley sighed and looked at the ground in disappointment.

Why are all of these people against girls? She thought, but then realized, at least she wasn't called an ape.

"Well, that's not an obstacle. But I'll be leaving now, so… I'll see you soon." But then whispered, "That is, if I succeed."

And with that, she continued her search on the wall. She didn't make it 5 feet before more voices rang out. Before long, there were half a dozen other armed civilians moving towards her. She interpreted it as them trying to arrest her or something, and decided to just jump where she was.

She slid down the side of the wall, moving quickly. She could see the dark shape of the ground moving towards her, and she pushed herself off the wall. She hit the ground, and rolled, narrowly missing a rock.

That rock would have knocked her out cold if she had hit it, she realized.

One of these days, I'm going to hit my head doing those fancy acrobatics or a roll, She thought to herself.

She kept moving forward, using her flashlight occasionally, but for the most part, she knew where the Ape Camp was, as she could see the smoke in the sky.

She ran for 15 minutes before finally coming near. She heard no signs of battle, which could be good or bad. She moved more carefully through the trees and bushes, making as little sound as possible. She could see the light of fires through the trees when she heard it, an immense battle cry.

She rushed forwards just in time to see two lines, one ape, and one of mixed races(from Warfang) charging each other. She noticed, with horror, that the Ape army was actually expecting them, and had already formed into a defensive formation.

I have to do something before they collide! She thought to herself, but could think of only one thing. She sighed to herself, then moved out of the shadows concealing her, and fired once.

Both sides stopped instantly, shocked by the loud noise. Heads turned as they looked for the source. Seconds later, every pair of eyes in both armies were on the figure that was now walking confidently down the middle. Both sides instantly thought she was an ape, all but one dragon, of course. The surprise came when she caught the eye of one of the Dragons in the Warfang group, and they locked eyes for a moment. She winked at the Dragon, who's face turned confused. An instant later, she turned on her heals, facing towards the Apes, and got into a battle stance.

The ape that seemed to be their Leader stepped forwards a few paces, and yelled, "Your facing the wrong way!"

"No I'm not." She replied, her voice full of confidence. Her thoughts mirrored her actions, and she was ready to fight.

The ape growled and said, "So be it."

He turned and walked back into the mass of apes. Nothing moved for a few seconds, but an apes voice called out, "Don't kill the rouge ape, I would like to make an example of it."

She realized it was the same ape that spoke before, just hidden within the crowd. 3 of the started towards her, but fell dead a mere 2 seconds later, with 3 gunshots. 4 more started towards her to try again, but there were 4 more gunshots and 4 more dead apes within seconds.

They decided a new tactic was necessary. It wasn't very complex, it involved all the apes running forward at the same time in one massive charge and battle cry.

The Warfang side saw this as a good time to do a charge of their own, but Ashley tried not to pay it much attention, and fired into the apes. She had to resist the urge to just fire erratically, and aimed for strategic spots, such as legs, shoulders, and Center mass. She used one grenade, throwing it right in front of the front line. The apes took no notice, and ran over the explosive.

The explosion sent a dozen of them flying forward, and half that backwards. The shrapnel took down about 8, and many more were knocked down. The ape charge stopped for a few moments, as the explosion had shocked them all. They recovered quickly, but not fast enough. The Warfang warriors hit the front line, and Ashley decided to join them.

She ran up behind them, and vaulted their line, surprising the Dragon she used to put her weight on and almost knocked it down. She instantly brought the but of her gun up, and hit the closest ape in the face, and firing at 4 more.

The battle is just going to jump around from here, I'll only tell about certain places. Just know that you might have to make up some of the in-between spots if you want to.

She fired at 3 more, taking them down. She risked a glance around her, to see if there was anyone that needed her. She almost didn't see it, but just as a cheetah moved out of the way, she saw it.

There was an unfamiliar Dragon, laying on its side with an ape holding a spear above its chest. She was going to just fire at it, but she calculated the time, and realized she could reach the Ape before he attacked the Dragon. She didn't want to waste a bullet of it wasn't necessary, and it would do her good in the long run to show off a little.

She ran at the Ape, and tackled it to the ground, and pulled her knife. She stabbed it once, and stood up. For extra effect, she turned and fired a few times. She looked down at the dragon, and realized that it was a pink dragoness. She also saw a look of wonder and gratitude. She didn't actually know what gratitude would look like, but something told her it was there. She put her hand out, and the dragoness slowly realized what it was for, and put her wind in her hand. Ashley pulled the dragoness up, and nodded to her before turning back to the fight.

The dragoness didn't strike Ashley as a warrior, but she was proven otherwise pretty quickly. The dragoness stayed near her the rest of the fight, killing any apes that Ashley didn't see, and helping her to kill the ones she did see.

Pretty soon, she heard the terrifying Click Click sound of her empty rifle. She slung it over her shoulder, and pulled out her side arm. She fired off a few shots, and then threw another grenade. As she tossed the heavy explosive, she realized that she was becoming very tired.

Exhausted, she corrected herself. She also then noticed the many cuts, holes, and blood that she had. Pain was all she felt at that moment. However, she powered through it. There are too many creatures counting on me, she told herself.

On the brink of complete exhaustion, she was slowing down, and her senses dulled. In the corner of her eye, she saw her worst nightmare: An Ape, above Alex, holding a large sword.

"Nooo!" She screamed, but fell as she tried to reach him. She looked up helplessly, as the Ape raised his sword.

Bam!

A gunshot? She thought to herself, who shot it? I didn't….

She was distracted by the gunshot, and didn't see as the sword fell… next to Alex. The ape fell next to his sword, dead.

Ashley stood, and looked around. The fight was almost over! There were only a few dozen left, attempting to hold off the larger Warfang Force. She filled with joy, as the tension of loosing was gone, and she felt confident.

That is, until she felt a sword being run through her. She gasped, as the sword was removed from her side. It was the same ape that had talked to her at the beginning of the battle, and he had a big smirk across his face.

"This is the punishment for traitors, you scum." He snarled, but Ashley wasn't going out like that, she decided.

She slowly stood up, and unsheathed her knife. The unsuspecting ape never saw it coming, as she drove her knife into his throat. She watched the light in his eyes fade, and released her grip. She collapsed on the ground, and waited for death, as she knew there would be no coming back from this.

She laid back her head, and looked up into the sky. She could see stars, but no moon. It was then that she felt a surge of Day' Ja' vu' (Sorry about the spelling, but that's the best I can get it) as she realized that the pain was, again, in her left side. She wondered if maybe she would wake up somewhere different again, but something told her she wouldn't.

She laid, staring at the brilliant, bright, beautiful stars.

She closed her eyes.

HOLY SHIT! IS IT OVER? OR IS IT NOT? WHO KNOWS?!

Well, of course, I know, but you don't! Ha ha! I love this feeling of knowing what's going to happen before the readers do. Now I understand why other writers do this so often! You won't have to wait long to find out… or maybe you'll and up waiting forever for another chapter… that would mean there isn't one, just in case you didn't realize that already…

BYE!