Chapter II: Bounded Duty
Justin Long was on patrol that night, with two fully qualified dragons, his father and his aunt, as well as two dragons in training, Damian and himself, it was a shift system that was kept in play, one senior dragon each week, while both junior dragons rotated every day.
Damian was so close to becoming a senior dragon that Justin muttered about his luck of being the only junior dragon soon enough, unless Jerome Nerk came back for another semester.
He flapped his wings hard as he took to the high air; his special strength gave him an advantage in flight. He rarely if ever grew tired.
Landing on top of a high-rise apartment complex he reverted to human form and pulled his school book from a small bag that he left on the rooftop. He hated having to do patrol as well as do homework, but his parents didn't allow him to slack off just because he had dragon duties. He wished he was like his younger cousin Annabelle, whose dragon powers skipped her. Instead she inherited her father's magic.
A few minutes into his studies, he felt his cell phone vibrate.
It was a text message from his dad.
He frowned as he read it, "I hope you are not studying on that rooftop again, how much times have I told you to goof off and let your mother and I ground you, only for me to give you a high-five, love, dad," he stuck his tongue out in distaste.
"Just because you were a goofy goof movie when you grew up, doesn't mean I need to be," muttered Justin to no one but himself.
A bright light flashed almost instantly a few blocks away, illuminating the entire city for a split second, "what the-," he dropped his book and took to dragon form, keen on investigating.
XX
Damian Long sat with his legs crossed, his arms folded and his eyes shut lightly. He was the center of power within his room, meditating as he allowed his dragon Chi to bring forth multiple doppelgangers of himself.
The three duplicates of himself stood up, and faced their original form, "Let's train,"
It was one of his favorite training methods, utilizing his strong doppelganger ability to fight against himself; giving them more of his strength, while weakening himself. The odds were against him, but it made him stronger. It made him have to do more than think, it made him have to survive.
"Dragon up!"
His first doppelganger came forward quickly, whipping its light red tail at him at an amazing speed. Damian spun away from him, easily avoiding the attack while pressing forward with one of his own. His claws raked through his enemies back, making him dissipate into re-absorbable Chi.
The other two were not going to be as easy.
He drew his chest back as he was about to blast fire at his enemy, when a blinding light flashed outside, illuminating the city in an almost incandescent sunlit glow, and then it was gone.
He frowned, "Was that…what I think it was?"
His doppelgangers shrugged back at him as they were reabsorbed, "Well then let's go check it out,"
Will be updated within a week or two (when I return from a short business trip). Next Chapter: Mischief and Mayhem.
Oh and the IDENTITY of the traitor will be revealed as the story progresses. But trust me, you won't find out till at least chapter 10. AT LEAST! lol
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