Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a while but I'm kinda lazy and forgetful lol.

Oh before I forget...blackwolf2dragoon (aka the person who ACTUALLY wrote this story) has graciously drawn a pic of dragoon...OK I CONFESS I BEGGED!!!!!

Ahem...anyway if you wanna see it i've got the link on my profile. So enjoy .!!

Wolfy: clears throat In this chappie Waka (from the game) is actually human.
Isis (me): Well done Wolfy
Wolfy: big grin

Chapter 3: A Pleasant Revisit

When I woke I found out I wasn't in a jail cell nor was I in a lab, but in a tent and I saw a figure standing beside me. He was a dragodon like me, but a nice sunset colour, orange at the top and red at the bottom. He had strange markings and a weird wing like pinkish wig with a bird like head at the top. He also carried a flute in one hand and a sword around his waist. It was hard to be sure since I still had a splitting headache.

"Le boss! You came to!" The figure sounded relieved and then I remembered him.

"Waka? Is that you?" I asked to make sure. The figure then played his flute and said while playing it:-

"Hark…the call from the heavens, the earth, the sea. They summon me forth to defeat evil. Waka the gods gift to man is here. Bonjour."

"So it really is you." I mutter "What are you doing here?" The last time I saw Waka was when my evil curse was lifted by my boss, who you'll hear more from later, and he drove her to the Celestial Plain and I went to England.

"Well… when we went back to the Celestial Plain, yours truly foresaw that you would be caught and arrested by le police, so I came to help. While you were gone, ma chérie went to see my little bouncing friend and he then died on top of ma chérie's head. We gave him a funeral and his last words were 'Look after furball, ya half-baked prophet.' I do feel sorry for ma chérie."

"Well thanks for helping me." It was difficult to take in but I eventually did. "How long have I been out of it?"

"I would say around 14 hours." Waka answered.

"What! 14 hours! This is bad. We must find Grubbs Grady before its too late."

"Oui boss I would come but where do we start?"

"Let's ask Dervish and we must keep low or we'll get caught for sure."

"Moi? Caught by le police? Waka, the god's gift to man, would never be so dumb to do so."

"Glad to hear it. Now let's move." We folded up the tent and went through the woods, it's the safest place, and headed for Dervish's mansion. Dervish wasn't happy and I haven't even greeted him yet. He wore the same clothes as this morning, stuff motor bike boys wear, but he seemed worried.

"Ok Waka. What I would like you to do is to hold Dervish and prevent him from reaching the phone, but don't hurt him."

"Oui boss, no problem." And Waka jumped above the house. The problem with Waka's jump is that it makes 'glitter' and makes noise. Luckily Dervish doesn't seem to have heard it and Waka slowly grabbed him like a burglar would.

"Stay still or you won't move again!" I heard Waka whisper to Dervish and that was my cue.

"What the…?" Dervish tried to say but how could he? I jumped through a broken window, since when was that broken?

"Well, well Dervish, not having fun now are you? I said. Dervish tried to say something but Waka was holding onto him tight. "Waka, you can let go of him now."

"Oui le boss, whatever you say." And he releases Dervish and stands beside me.

"Ok Dervish. Let's get to the point. Where is Grubbs?"

"Go to hell! I'm not going to tell you." That's it! I've had it with mister nice guy! I jump on him and land like a dog making a kill.

"Le boss? What are you…?" I was too angry to listen to Waka and I tried hard mot to hurt him. The wolf in me tells me to rip him to pieces but I won't ever do that.

"I'm just this close to hurting you! So I suggest that you cooperate." He could see that I was serious.

"I… I…" he was crying now. "I don't know!" Waka was stunned.

"Excuse Moi but did I hear you say 'I don't know'?" He asked hoping that he was wrong.

"I told you the truth. I don't know. He changed and he ran away. When I went to look for him I found that Billy's grandparents were killed." He was clearly telling the truth. I calmed down after that and stood up off Dervish.

"May they rest in peace." I made a quick prayer. "Where is Bill-E?"

"He is asleep upstairs, he was injured but he'll live." Waka was burning to ask a question.

"Well my cueball friend, anyone else gone poof?"

"Ehh?" Dervish didn't get it.

"He's asking if anyone else has gone missing."

"Oh. Well yes but I don't know if this will help but Juni is also missing." Dervish doesn't know it but Grubbs is in trouble. BIG trouble.

"You don't know it but, Grubbs might as well bye a gravestone now coz he is gonna get killed!"

"What are you-" Dervish stops and thinks for a moment "Bloody hell! I can't believe I'm such an idiot. I was fooled completely."

"Yeah you can be a real ass sometimes, as you said when Grubbs told you Bill-E thought you were his father." Waka rolled over laughing.

"Pardon…le boss but…Derv the perv…a father!?" He said struggling to get the words out.

"Dervish who are you talking to?" We heard a voice ask and I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Bill-E has seen us!

"Um…le boss, what do we do? My little Grady friend has seen us." Waka was a bit worried about being spotted.

"Stand your ground Waka." I said but mentioning his name was a bad idea.

"Waka!? You're the dragodon who killed the gods!" Bill-E went wild with anger and started cursing at Waka.

"Cease this nonsense!" I shout and stop Bill-E in his tracks. His lazy eye snaps open. "Dervish which airport is the closest, Manchester, Birmingham or London?"

"I think Birmingham." Dervish said "You think they are going on a plane?" I didn't have time to answer as I felt an intense pain and yelped.

"Are you ok?" Bill-E asked as he didn't know I was a werewolf.

"Not if the moon will be its fullest tonight." Bill-E knew what I was talking about.

"How long have you been a werewolf?" I didn't know how to answer so I told the truth.

"For centuries." I said in a weak voice. He was going to ask another question but I answered before he could ask. "I know they said…no one can control lycanthropy… but I'm not weak…neither is Grubbs." Dervish tried to silence me.

"What do you mean? Where is Grubbs anyway?" Bill-E seems to be the only one who is confused here. He's an idiot! How can he not know about the werewolf? The werewolf did attack him after all. The pain was unbearable and Waka helped me get on the sofa like I was an old man.

"Thanks Waka but… this is no time… to rest." I managed to say…just. "We need to get… Grubbs before the demons…do. Lord Loss will make Grubb's death… too painful to…explain."

"I understand le boss. But how are we going to get there and even if we do get there, how are we going to stop it?" Waka has a good point. I answered with one of my good sayings:

"Where there's a will… there's a way. Thanks for your… help Dervish but we… must be off now. I promise… I'll bring back Grubbs after… I'm done." Waka and I leave (with some difficulty) and made our way to Birmingham airport. The pain subsided once I was running fast like a wolf.

"Waka, the plane Grubbs is on is now in the air." I stopped and remembered the cops. "Shit! I forgot about the police. Waka I'll have to do this alone." Waka was about to protest but I keep talking "Look if the police find you helping they'll kill you too, besides I'm going to fly into the plane." Yep I guess right that Waka would be surprised.

"But le boss! Grubbs will be-!" he thinks for a moment and gets the message. "Ah… ok le boss, I will be around but for now au revoir." He jumped incredibly high and disappeared. I then, in my normal form (unless wolves can fly), ran at high speed and took off in the direction of the plane. Finding the plane was easy. Demons use magic all the time, well Lord Loss does, find a disturbance in the magic and voila! As easy as finding a needle in a haystack. Yes easy for me, and I didn't use a giant magnet, because I've got the smell of a vampire or wolf.

Vampires do exist and I'm quite fond of them, as if they were my long lost cousins, after all it is rumoured that vampires and wolves are related. Vampires can run at super fast speed they call flitting, they do cast shadows and reflections but full-vampires can't be photographed, crosses, holy water and garlic mean nothing to them and they use nails to cut and drink blood not fangs (as they don't have fangs). Half-vampires (people only just been blooded are half first) cannot do some things full-vampires can but they drink less blood plus, best of all, they can move about during the day. Full-vampires spit can heal small cuts but leave scars, the humans think UFOs did this. Aliens hah! What idiots! If only they'd known-

I spot the plane and send a telepathic message to Grubbs telling him to be prepared for a strong wind. I fly further from the plane but keep the plane in view, then turn to face the side of the plane, a spot just behind where Grubbs is standing, and fly full speed right through the plane like a hot knife through butter. Debris fly like confetti and Grubbs falls with it but he won't get to the ground that quickly and he will get there in 1 piece, since I'm as brilliant as an eagle.

"Hold on to me Grubbs!" I shout as he grabs me and holds on tight, well wouldn't you if I caught you over 3000 feet in the air!

"What the bloody hell…?" Grubbs couldn't finish his sentence.

"Ask questions later coz Lord Loss is gonna be as boiling as a kettle. He's already as red as a fire engine." I fly as quickly as I could, without Grubbs flying off like a kite, to the forest below. I spot Lord Loss flying towards me so I thought about trying to lose him but I remembered about Grubbs so I turn to fight the old arachnid. Charna's guts! I was hoping I wasn't going to fight the chess lover but y'know the world is full of surprises.

"What is the meaning of this, Dragoon?" Lord Loss asked in his 'charming' voice that sounds depressed.

"The reasons don't concern you, unless you get in the way!" Lord Loss went for me but I then caused smoke to appear and flew to the forest while Lord Loss was delayed. The instant I land, I knew this wasn't the best of places to hide, far from it.

"This isn't good." I tell Grubbs, who is still trembling. "This forest is near a demon tunnel that used to be covered by lots of dirt. I still remember the time Bec closed the tunnel when she sacrificed herself to save a human she grew fond of. She was sucked in the tunnel and Lord Loss let loose his familiars and she was devoured by the Demonata." The name Bec seemed to interest Grubbs.

"How old was she?" he asked.

"Well… I'm not totally sure but I would say around…12-14 years old." Curiosity urges me to ask "why?"

"Well me, Bill-E and my friend Loch were digging to find Lord Sheftree's treasure and we found a spot before, when Bill-E turned into a werewolf, and started digging but at night I changed and was digging like my life depended on it. The next day they found it and we still kept digging and got to the bottom when Bill-E and Loch decided to check the other side of the wall and I then saw a girls face and I think it's the girl you mentioned." This interests me but also worries me.

"It's possible if her soul was trapped and serves as to protect the tunnel from opening. What happened next?" I ask him hoping it doesn't involve death.

"I felt pain deep inside and I screamed, the face disappeared but when I turned I saw Loch on the floor and Bill-E said that he fell and he tried to grab him but failed. Bill-E went to get Dervish but Loch had already died." Shit! This is BAD! I mean the worst! Grubbs sees the terror in my eyes but he knows why.

"Now is not the time to talk. First I need to see the cave as I can tell if it will open or not." I then remembered the cops. "I wonder what my wanted posters look like? Wonder if you are on there too?"

"What? I nearly died and a tunnel could be opening and you're wondering about wanted posters!?" Grubbs is going a bit overboard now.

"Well if there are wanted posters then we stay in the forest. If not, then we can sneak through quiet villages or small cities with few police around. Just remember that you are a werewolf but I need you to help me end the curse that has tortured me and the Grady family." Grubb's hopes start to rise but he is confused. "Later I will explain and tell you about my past but later you might wish you'd never seen me." That makes Grubbs worry but he tried not to show it. Grubbs climbs on my back and I transformed into a black wolf and ran to the closest village.


So what do you think of this chapter? Oh and neither of us actually knows where Carcery Vale is so we...'improvised' on the whole airport bit.

Anything else Wolfy?

Wolfy: Yes I have a question for the people reading this; is Carcery Vale actually a real place or is it just one Darren Shan made up?
Isis:...That is a very good question my dear friend. Any ideas readers?
Wolfy:AND...
Isis:mutters Here we go
Wolfy:The next chapter isn't very long...sorry sheepish grin and I heard that kitty girl!
Isis: Hey!

Erm...review please?