Jamie and Drago looked around the castle. Drago gave a repulsed

sneer at what was quite obviously a stuffed dragon on one side

of the room.

A small dragon, indicting it was a baby. Drago turned away from

it, stalking off. "Let's find Gary and get out of here as quickly as

we can..." he said, fighting the urge to gag.

Jamie gave Drago a sympathetic pat on the back as he began

sniffing around.

"Can you smell him?"

"Of course I can. Stay close," he said following the clear scent

of his beloved pet.

As Drago sniffed and led her down the massive halls, Jamie looked

around. the castle was not only creepy and filled with various

dark artifacts, it was richly furnished with antique Chinese furniture

and other commodities.

"This place gives me the creeps..."

"Hey, look!" Jamie pointed into what might be considered a throne

room in another palace. There sat Bai Tsa chi orb, completely

unguarded.

they scurried over to where the precious object sat on the cushion

atop the pedestal.

"Do you detect any spells?" Jamie asked, looking at the young fire

demon. Drago shook his head.

"It's Clean."

Jamie reached out and gingerly picked it up, putting it into her

jeans pocket.

"Well, that's one thing off the to-do list" Jamie said trying to be

optimistic.

"Let's just find Gary and get out of here," Drago said flatly "This is

officially my second worse birthday ever."

Jamie opened her mouth to respond when the sound of quickly

approaching footsteps met their ears. Jamie pulled Drago behind

a nearby column as Daolan Wong and Joe entered the room

from another door.

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Joe watched as his grandfather gathered and mixed several

ingredients from his shelves of potion supplies.

"Nose hair of an echidna...powdered rat tail...leech saliva..."

"Gross. So what are we gonna do with this stuff. Do we make

him drink it, or throw it on him, or what?"

"Throwing it in his general direction and letting the smoke

envelop him will suffice," the old dark wizard said as he continued

mixing ingredients. "Once he is paralyzed we can remove his

fangs and venom glands, and then I will have the final ingredient

for my spell..."

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"He's gonna do WHAT to Gary?" Drago all but snarled.

Jamie grabbed the back of his Jacket to keep him from lunging

at the duo.

"Drago, no! wait for them to lead us to Gary!"

Drago glared back at her, smoke coming out of his nostrils. Jamie

felt a small shiver go up her back. but it wasn't from fear

Drago was-no pun intended- hot-when he was angry. The flared

nostrils, the fiery eyes, the way his fang-like teeth glinted...

Jamie shook her head to clear it of such thoughts. Now was not

the time.

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Daolan Wong handed Joe the potion as soon as it was completed.

"Come, Kenny..."

"It's Joe..." He muttered under his breath. As he began following

him He truly did hate being called by his middle name.

Jamie and Drago followed, keeping a safe distance away, letting

their enemies lead them right to their prisoner.


Gary tried his best to break the shackles keeping him in place;

kicking, biting, tugging and pulling. By the time the door to his

cell was opened, flooding the room with light, he was extremely

exhausted and bloody, his exoskeleton cracked or chipped in

several places, exposing the delicate, soft flesh underneath.

Daolan Wong smirked wickedly as he and his apprentice/

grandson approached.

"Well, have you changed your mind about willingly surrendering

a portion of your venom?"

If Gary had been human, he would have spit on him. He hissed

and clicked his fangs together, chittering angrily.

"Then I suppose we'll have to do this the hard way..." he said,

not looking at all upset about the prospect.

Joe handed the vial of potion to his grandfather as he held out a

hand in a silent order.

"You brought this on yourself," he said.

"Bring THIS on!"

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A fireball hit the vial, exploding it and sending the poisonous

looking green vapor around the two of them.

"Nooo!" Daolan Wong growled in protest as he felt his body

stiffening from something other than arthritis pains. Joe's eyes

looked around, frantically looking for their attackers as his body

also frozen in place.

Drago and Jamie emerged from the doorway, the former looking

quite smug. He pushed the paralyzed figures out of his way and

striding over to Gary, gently petting the side of his massive head.

"Come on, Gary, let's get you home."

Gary chittered and hissed affectionately as Drago removed the

binding spell keeping him from changing into his human form

and deftly destroying the enchanted shackles.

Gary turned into his human form and weakly wrapped his arms

around Drago's neck.

"Master..."

Drago petted his head, "You okay, Gary?"

"Gary is tired and hurts, Master... Old man-"

"You can tell me later. Let go home first," Drago said, cutting

him off. He turned to Jamie, "You think you can get us back

home?"

"I think so."

Jamie closed her eyed as Drago picked Gary up, putting him

on his back. The shadow from before enveloped them, sinking

them into the floor and into the world of shadows, leaving an

enraged Daolan Wong and his grandson to wait for their own

spell to wear off.


sorry it took so long, I'm workin on a nother fic that takes forever

to write, and i'm only hlfway done!

wish me luck, hope you enjoyed the chappie!