Chapter 4

"OK, now!" Nathan tried to zap up a lizard and got another bunny. "OK, now!" He tried to summon a hawk and instead got another bunny. "OK, NOW!" Bunny after bunny after bunny. "WHAT'S WITH ALL THE HIPPITY-HOPPITY BUNNIES? First time I tried this, I got a stinking panther!"

"Relax, Nat!" Kyra said, "Remember when I first got my powers? I summoned a tiger and, after that, only got sheep?"

Nathan smiled. "Oh, right. And that one ate your—"

"Yeah, don't relive that part. Just hearing a 'baa' now freaks me out."

Nathan nodded. 3…2…1… "BAA!"

"NATHAN!"

Zara sighed. "You know, for a fearless leader—especially someone like you who doesn't scare so easily—you're a little on the low expectations side."

Kyra and Nathan both glared at her.

Zara looked at her. "Sorry. It's a frustration. I'm trying not to keep it bottled up, like Sandra told me to."

"Well, you sound like Sandra," said Lindy.

"Mixed with Uma," Raina added.

Zara looked at Sandra. "Oh. Now I get why you 2 are always like that."

Sandra just shrugged.

With the Dark Side…

Zack was in Wake's chamber, leaning against the wall.

Wake was lying on the floor, looking at him. "I can sense your sister. She's not doing too well."

"I know. Trust me, she's gonna be doing a lot worse."

Wake smirked.

Deirdre walked in. " Oh, Wake! " she smirked in a singsong voice.

" What? " Wake asked, mockingly.

Deirdre opened the door. "We got missing ingredient #1."

Lorraine and Josephine came in with Kate in their grasp, struggling to get out.

"Let me out!" Kate groaned, struggling hard enough to kick them (of course, she didn't, but you know what I mean).

Wake looked at her and smiled walking over there.

Kate looked at her and her eyes widened in fear.

Wake looked her over. "She's perfect."

Kate shook her head. "In all my years, I never thought I'd live to see the day you came back."

"Well, here I am." She started walking around her. "I understand your ancestors were the Order of the Dragon-Star. The Angelic-Dragons who helped the Saviors to wipe me out and banish my family." She came up behind Kate and grabbed her. "Let's just say I'm the kind of person who holds a grudge."

"Now don't tell me you're gonna kill her when it's getting good," said Zack, "Not only do we need her for the last stages of the spell, but also…wouldn't it be better if we got in a little hurting first?"

Wake smiled. "You're right." She let go of Kate, pushing her enough to make her bend over in slight pain. "I can see you're the perfect choice for my successor already, Zack. Maybe while we're taking this place, you could rule the Underworld for me."

Zack smirked. "First things first…let me have a go with this girl."

Kate looked at him.

Zack shifted the smirk to her, his reddish-black eyes glaring at her.

With the Loonies…

Howie was sitting in a chair, leaning against one armrest and propping his feet up on the other. He picked up a book and threw it aside. "No." He picked up another one and threw it away. "No." He did the same thing 3 more times. "No! No! Wait…NO!" He threw that book against the wall. "I give up! We're never gonna find it! I can't find anything about a 'Dragon-fire' or 'star-flame.'"

"Just stick with Dragons for now," said Orion, tossing him a book on Dragons.

Howie held for a second. "AH! Vivid illustrations!" He dropped the book. "I did not need that image in my head!"

"Sorry!" Orion said, running to take the book, "I forgot about page 129."

Howie focused for a second. "Hmm…it doesn't say if Dragons have any magical properties to their fire…huh. It does, however, say that a lot of normal people can actually have Dragon blood and not know it."

"Right, I've heard of that," said Trinity, playing with her necklace, "I heard that's what O-negative really is."

"Well, that would explain why it's such a rare blood type," said Tech. Actually, since they were a team of superheroes, they should know their blood types and everything but they had never been tested for that sort of thing. They'd resolved to do that sort of thing sooner or later but it always got postponed by something and now it was just too dangerous sometimes to leave the hideout because of the Vampires and Dark Side agents.

Claire looked at Adam. "Can you tell if there's a Dragon nest in the area or something? Maybe Nathan can speak their language."

"Are you kidding?" asked Nathan, surrounded by rabbits, "Do you notice this?"

Claire looked at his and got where he was going. "Well, still."

One rabbit sniffed him.

Nathan looked at the rabbit. "Shut up."

Kyra walked over and picked up the rabbit. "Don't upset the bunny, they're fragile."

"Oh, please. Ace and Lexi can't be broken."

"They're anthros! There's a difference!"

Adam sighed. "Just let me at it." He closed his eyes and focused. "OH! Ah! Now I get what Howie meant by 'vivid images!'"

"Sorry!" Claire said, "Forgot to warn you! You have to be really specific!"

Adam glared at him. "Thanks for the warning."

Yuri sighed and walked over to him, putting her arm around him. "Let me make a reference to a really old Disney sketch comedy show: 'You've got to use your croissant! Think!'" She said "think" while using her fist to knock on his head.

Adam rubbed his head and gave her a look.

Suddenly, the alarm started going off. The whole team raced outside to see a few Vampires on the street.

"Oh snap," said Ace.

Without thinking, Gail jumped one of the Vampires and whipped out a stake. But before she could kill the Vamp, it grabbed her wrist and threw the stake across the street.

Arra, with Lindy's reflexes, caught the stake. And saw her dilemma when she realized she didn't really have any real experience slaying Vampires and that they were now all already coming for her. "Oh no." Also without thinking, she smacked one of the Vampires with her free hand. Accidentally using Lindy's slight strength to knock its head into Adam.

Adam grabbed his sore spot and fell over.

Yuri raced over. "Add, are you OK?"

"Allow me to complete your earlier reference: 'Right in the ooh-la-las.'"

After the team had left the hideout, Mary sneaked in. She made sure no one was there and made her way over to the keypad that opened the elevator leading to the inside of the hideout. She placed her hand on it and concentrated. The tiara on her head shimmered and the elevator opened. She stepped in and found herself inside the hideout. Once inside, she looked around the main room. She almost instantly found the spell book with the details to the power spell that had short-circuited. She ran over there and opened it to the marked page to find the details Howie had given on reversing a mess-up: "'Dragon-fire and star-flame will mend the spell that broke the chain.'" Her eyes widened as she realized what it meant. "They need the power of an Angelic-Dragon. Like me or Kate!"