"Alright, Blake," Yang said, her eyes never leaving the monster before them, "Let's do this." She said, loading her gauntlets in preparation for the fight.
Blake looked over at her partner, "Don't you think we should try to have some sort of plan?" She asked. Running in there guns blazing won't do much.
"If you have a plan," The blond-haired girl said, "Please share it with me."
Blake looked back at their enemy. Does something that huge have a weakness? She watched as the beast smashed through another mass of trees. Wait… Blake thought, Why isn't it flying? She knew she had seen wings on the Drakon's back, but it was barrelling its way through the forest, simply breaking down trees. Why wouldn't it have just flown to the city? Perhaps it can't, or it isn't ready to.
She looked closer, trying to figure out the answer to this seemingly petty mystery. She was able to barely see the outline of the beast's wings on its back, but it seemed like there was nothing out of the ordinary, besides the fact that it wasn't flying.
"I might have something, although I don't know how it's going to help us." She told her partner, "But we need to get closer before I know for sure."
Yang looked at the black-haired girl with wide eyes, "Really?"
Blake nodded, "Like I said, though, it might not help us at all."
Their eyes returned to the Drakon as it ravaged the forest. "Ok, we don't have time to waste, then."
They worked their way down the cliff and began moving towards the giant beast. As they walked through the forest, they could feel the ground beneath them shudder with every step the Drakon took. After a short while, they emerged out onto the wasteland created by the creature's passing.
Trees were felled and shattered for hundreds of yards and fires blazed irregularly around the area. Blake gasped as she saw a once beautiful forest brought down by this ugly brute. In between the girls and the Grimm stood a mountain of fallen trees, rising far above their heads.
Yang whipped her arms down and launched herself to the top of the wood pile, eager to engage their enemy. Blake followed suit, using her ribbon as a grappling hook and pulling herself up. They were now behind and to the right of the creature, which let out another massive roar. The girls both had to cover their ears or risk going deaf from the sheer volume of the beast's scream.
Blake looked closely at the monster. Now that they were closer, they could clearly see the folded wings along its back. "First things first," She said, "We have to stop it from reaching the city."
Yang nodded and fired a couple of shots at the beast's hind legs. The Drakon seemed to sense the incoming danger, and swung its tail to deflect the shots. It then turned its massive neck around to look at its aggressors, letting out another deafening roar. It began to turn around its body, side-stepping with its massive legs to face its attackers.
Blake examined the beast as it swung itself around. In the center of its chest was a single shield-like bone. Around the edges of this structure, the skin of the monster was visible, but the glow under its skin was dulled by what seemed like new scales growing over it.
It's still developing? She wondered. It looks like its armour isn't quite formed yet. She could definitely see its leathery skin, but also the outlines of new scales being formed. Maybe its wings aren't done growing either.
It finally clicked. This thing is an adolescent. Blake thought. It's still growing. That would explain why it wasn't flying, as well as why it was still growing new scales.
"Alright, Yang," She said as the beast crushed a pile of trees, "The chest is what we're aiming for. We have to break through that armour in the middle to get to the skin underneath. Then we should be able to beat it."
Yang's eyebrows shot up in surprise, "So we can defeat it?" She asked.
Blake nodded, "It should be possible, but won't be easy either."
Yang sized up their opponent, "As long as there's a possibility, that's good enough for me." She said, bringing her fists up and taking a fighting stance. "You distract it, I'll go for the chest."
"Alright." She replied, unsheathing her weapon. It would make sense for Yang to crack the armour. Blake knew that her partner had more physical strength than she did, so she didn't argue. "Let's do this." She said as she leapt off the pile of trees.
She kept her eyes locked on the monster as she approached it across the lumber field. She saw it open its mouth and send a jet of flame towards her. She leapt to the side, landing on an uprooted tree. Keeping her eyes forward, she continued charging the Drakon.
As she got near, the beast lifted a massive paw to stomp out the insect coming after it. Blake leapt high into the air and swung her ribbon toward the beast, sticking the weapon into the creature's scales. She flew up towards the massive leg, using the momentum of the Drakon's attempted attack against it. She pulled hard on her ribbon, firing it in order to dislodge it from the beast's leg.
She sailed through the air, towards the Drakon's massive back. She saw its head turn to breathe flame over her, and she twisted, swinging her weapon out on the ribbon once again. She got it wrapped around one of the spikes on the creature's back, whipping around and managing to avoid the flames as they scorched the air behind her.
Her feet finally hit the beast's back, and she took off running towards its head. She felt the massive creature shift beneath her, but continued on her course. Leaping from its shoulder, she landed on its draconian head. She swung her weapon towards its massive eye, but was shaken off her target. Her blade scraped along the Drakon's scales with a metallic grating, sending chills up Blake's spine.
The Drakon lifted its head suddenly and roared, sending Blake slipping off its head. She fell towards the ground, still looking up at the massive creature. She cocked her arm back and threw her weapon, which stuck itself into one of the beast's neck scales. As she swung, she saw Yang below her, running towards the beast, a blur of fire and heat.
She swung underneath her foe's massive head, flipping up onto its neck once more. She fired her weapon to dislodge it, and yanked hard on the ribbon. As it returned to her, the Drakon whipped its head around and glared at her. Just as it opened its mouth to attack, Blake caught her weapon. She aimed it at the monster's mouth and fired, hoping to hit something soft inside the Drakon's mouth.
She was not disappointed. She saw a flash of red as the beast snapped its mouth shut. That injured it. Blake thought as she flipped back onto the Drakon's back. The beast roared again, this time in pain. As Blake stood to launch another attack, she heard a massive thud shudder through the creature. It shuddered beneath her, and she pressed the attack.
Once more, she ran up the Drakon's spine to reach its head. This time, she ran in front of its eyes, towards the nose. The swung her blade down and managed to open a gash along the top of its left nostril. The beast's head flinched backward, causing her to fall. She twisted around to see a gaping void in front of her. Not good. She thought.
She heard the rushing of flames coming from the Drakon's gut. Grimacing, she shot forward, leaving behind an afterimage of herself to be incinerated by the flames. She flipped, her feet slapping down on the Drakon's leg. She slid down its massive leg and focused her aura into fortifying her arms. As she reached the beast's foot, she drove her blade down with furious strength.
Her blade bit through the creature's scales and into the soft flesh below. The Drakon roared in pain, furious at the damage done to it. Blake's eyes grew wide as she felt a force pushing her from behind. The Drakon's leg launched her into the air, knocking the breath from her lungs.
She gasped as she flew through the air. Twisting her body around, she managed to land safely on a fallen tree. She stood and looked at their situation. They had managed to damage the beast, but it seemed they couldn't manage anything serious. She saw Yang not too far away from her, catching her breath on a tree trunk. The black-haired girl combined her weapons into one so she could free up one hand. Blake closed her eyes and lifted a hand to her head, If this is the end, she thought, untying the bow covering her ears, I will face death as what I truly am. The black bow fell from her head and came to rest at her feet.
She let her arm drop to her side and looked up at the Drakon, which roared its anger. A small breeze blew the bow from the tree she was standing on. She lifted her eyes to meet the Drakon's, "Come and get us, you fiend!" She yelled at the beast, screaming her defiance. "I dare you!"
