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Chapter 3: The Fly Swatter

Shadow sat up groaning from were the explosion had thrown him. 'I just can't catch a break.' Shadow bitterly though, the zombies poison finally warring all the way off. He looked around to find the odd stranger gone, perhaps burned to ashes by the flames of the explosion. 'Wait? I don't think that, that was a normal explosion...' Shadow thought as he shuffled up to the gapping hole in the side of the Inn. Out side two large mechanical spider seemed to be capturing people, shooting nets that captured at least five adults at a time.

But this was not what caused the explosion, or Shadows silence. A large dragon, missing an eye and some teeth stood at the entrance of the village. Black smoke pouring from its nostrils. Large black claws shredded the ground, bat wings hung in the sky showing off rips and tears in the wings. Thick scalps and spikes layered the body, including the dragons tail, that had a large spiked ball on the end. Cuffs and a strong metal caller showed that it was released, that it hadn't escaped. Its one glowing eye glowed in even in the daylight, its one eye trained on its only target, Shadow.

A yell escaped a person - probably a dragon keeper - and the dragon roared, smoke clouding the sky, charging forward. Shadow bristled, his wings were in no shape to fly, but now that the arrow was removed, it was possible. Gritting his teeth, Shadow leap form the hole spreading his wings and taking to the sky a second before hitting the ground. "Shit." He hissed as his injured wing throbbed, screaming in protest. Now, Shadow was at a loss, no - one had even successfully killed a dragon, most had just captured it and let it free in an enemy kingdom, and even that was rare.

A blast of blue and purple tinted fire snapped Shadow from his thoughts. He barely dodged the blazing ball of fire, he turned to see the flame smash into a large building were screamed of dyeing people echoed. Shadow lightly sweated, he should flee, but his pride wouldn't do anything but force him into battle. Shadow flew closer to the rabid lizard, perhaps if he got close he could tam it ( Which had never been done,) or find a weakness (again, never done before) Shadow landed on the beasts neck sinking his tiny hedgehog claws into a large spike, not daring to wrap his arms around the knife like spike.

The dragon roared, bucking and dropping onto all fours, wildly thrashing its head side to side. Shadow cursed under his breath barely hanging on during the dragon 'small' ride. Shadow slowly climbed his way towards the beasts head, 'Perhaps I could gouge the eye out?' Shadow though bitterly as the dragon dropped onto all fours, Shadow flew in the air momentarily then slammed back onto the dragon's thickly plated head. Dragons weren't some idiotic lizards, they understood, they new, they can read. And this one knew one helpful fact, he had strong scales protecting his skin from attacks and fire, but the rat on his face how ever - did not.

I dragon walked towards the closest building's ruble on all fours, lowering his head to the sharp rubble of the demolished building. "Fuck!" Shadow screamed realizing what the over grown dinosaur was doing, it was going to scrape his off.

Shadow screamed as sharp shards of glass cut at him and his skin, the process lasted until Shadow let go of his hold on the dragon. Shadow crashed back to the ground groaning in pain. The dragon snorted, letting smoke blacken the gray sky, even the sun was a tinted gray color. It lowered its massive foot onto Shadows bleeding body, seemingly grinning as he screamed out a long howl, desperately trying to push the clawed foot off. The dragon snorted again, pressing harder, earning the sound of something snapping and Shadow letting out a long dragged out cry of pain.

An idea formed, Shadow bitterly smiled and went limp, no longer breathing.

The dragon let out a victorious roar, and picked up the 'troubles some rat' in two claws holding him up to his mouth. Shadow snapped his eyes open, twisting out of the dragons grip. Opening his wings, Shadow glided onto the beasts nose. Shadow climbed up, stopping in front of the glowing red eye, closing his eyes Shadow thrush his hand into the monster's eye.

A twisted and shrill roar tore form the dragons maw, Shadow thrust his hand in deeper, closing his eyes tighter as black blood sprayed his face. The dragon screeched bringing its clawed hand to it face, swiping blindly at his face. Shadow growled pushing his whole arm into the dragons eye socket, then he quickly tore his arm out. Shadow lightly gagged at the sight of the dragons eye and all the blood, he jumped off the injured horror's face and flew high into the sky watching as the beast collapsed on the ground. It wasn't dead, hell, it was far from dead, but it was blind and slightly weakened. The bad thing is that it probably had his sent, and a dragon never forgets a sent, a name or form, but never a sent.

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Mephiles watched a black speck fight the enormous beast that he ordered to be released. The king had fled the room before the dragons flame could do any real harm to him. The beast was at least a 2 billion years old, a mere teenager, yet the size of a sky scraper, maybe bigger. "The Spinner better be delivered to me, alive, or I'll have all your heads." Mephiles calmly said cleaning his clawed fingers, the claws were nearly as lethal as his beasts, but they could make a nice scratch.

"Yes my King." The dragon keeper purred, she was a white bat, her cloths tight and revealing, the only concealing thing she wore was a purple silk cape that reached the ground.

"Hmmm, I'll go see the prisoners now." Mephiles purred walking away to a large ship the was used to lead the dragon here by air. Inside the smell of blood and death burned the two guards noses that were with him. A few innocent people were in cages, but the village owner's family, stayed on a large wooden stage a noose tried around the five and three year old children. The family was a family of mainly rabbits, and the step father Vector. 'The youngest is Cream, wife- Vanilla, step father Vector, came when cream was a few months old.' Mephiles read on the paper carefully handed to him. "Ah! Vector, so nice to see you!" Mephiles exclaimed striding up the crocodile, venom and sarcasm dripping from every sailable he spoke.

"Why are we here?" Vector hissed thrashing while trying to brake the bindings on his hands and feet.

"Why, for housing a traitor in your village of course!" Vector growled and Cream whimpered, catching Mephiles's attention. "Ah, I do love the children." Mephiles purred, and with a flick of the wrist, the soldiers holding the ropes to there nooses - were pulled. A gurgling sound filled the room, Vanilla gasped looking away, Vector screamed, lunging forwards for the King's face. In a flash a spear of light sliced through the crocodile's chest, he laid still on the ground, not even blood pooled around his dead body. Vanilla cowered, awaiting her death, a noose was starting to be tied around her neck when Mephiles stopped them. "Let her live," He then turned his attention to the adult rabbit. "I'll let you live knowing you did nothing but cower and hide as your children and husband died." Mephiles hissed as the woman broke down into tears.

Mephiles walked out, seeing that the village only had ruble left, he looked to see the dragon hunched over a building smashing its foot down onto something down there. A long shrill scream split the air, Mephiles's eyes looked around, could that be the Spinner? No - one had informed him that the Spinner was captured yet. The dragon raised the thing to its mouth, but something seemed to happen. The dragon was soon roaring in agony, its body falling to the ground. This wasn't what Mephiles was so focused on, he was focused on the dark figure flying up into the clouds for cover, then moving north.

Mephiles spat a curse and snatched his dark hooded cape. He flung on the cape and took off running down the ash ridden ground. The king stretched his wings taking to the skies, his huge shadow passing over the solders below. Mephiles quickly took off, following Shadow to his next destination.


Sorry about another short chapter, I added in the last part to help thicken it up a bit. Anyway, I made for all the reviews and views! And please read and review my friends!

Also I don't own Shadow, Mephiles, Vector, Tails, Cream, and Vanilla, there owned by Sega. Now, please read and review.