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!
