Chapter 6—Field Mission
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"We have recently received footage of a pair of Fear Fangs wandering around the western edge of the city," Master Jameson told us, pulling up a video of two Fear Fangs walking down an alley, where a dark figure held out a hand that calmed the creatures. "This figure is apparently controlling the creatures," he added, increasing the size of them. "As you can tell, this person is not wearing a gauntlet. We believe that this person has the same talent as Jacob."
"Your job is to get rid of the Fear Fangs and, if possible, apprehend the duelist controlling them," Allie said. "You are allowed to use whatever creatures you need."
I perked up at hearing that. I might be able to summon Dragon Knight Volaron for the first time.
Allie noticed. "Not you, Jacob," she told me. "Due to your lack of knowledge of creatures you can summon, I want you to stick with the five creatures you summoned yesterday."
I shrugged and we ran out to deal with the Fear Fangs on my first mission.
"What was your first mission?" I asked them as we left the martial arts studio.
"A small group of Memory Swarm creatures escaped and we had to chase them down," John said.
"We followed those things into the smallest crevices, and it took us a week to find and banish every one," Emma said.
About ten minutes later we arrived in the right part of the city so we pulled on our gauntlets and activated them before beginning our search for the Fear Fangs, starting in the alleyway they were first spotted in.
"This may take a while," I said after we had been searching for fifteen minutes.
The search soon stopped, though, when we heard screams coming from the other end of the alleyway.
We went to the sound as fast as we could, prepared for a duel. Sure enough, we found the two Fear Fangs standing in front of a woman that looked scared out of mind.
John and Emma summoned their creatures as I summoned Kenina.
"Attack!" we all commanded at once, directing our creatures at the Fear Fangs.
Before they could attack, though, the look on the woman's face turned from fear to cruelty as she stood up and directed the Fear Fangs at our creatures.
"Whoa…" I said. I did not see that coming.
I soon regained focus, though, as our creatures managed to take down the Fear Fangs.
"We need you to come with us, ma'am," John told the woman.
"Over my dead body, boy," she said. "Rise, Aqua Trooper XJ-3!"
Another rift appeared over her head and a large robotic creature leaped out of the void and wiped out all of our creatures with one blow, attacking before we could defend.
"None of our other creatures are powerful to defeat it!" Emma said as it advanced toward us.
"I think I might know one," I said. Allie told me not to, but we didn't have another choice.
I took a deep breath and held a picture of Volaron in my mind as I performed the moves and shouted, "Come, Dragon Knight Volaron!"
A very large rift appeared over my head with the symbols for the Fire and Light Civilizations appeared in the middle before a creature slightly larger than Tatsurion emerged. I'm not sure how to describe his appearance, but it was very intimidating.
"Who dares to summon me?" it demanded.
"I do," I said, feigning confidence.
He looked down at me and frowned. "You are just a small child."
"Actually, I'm kinda tall for my age," I replied. "Whatever. I need you to duel with me."
He didn't look happy about it, but got over it. "Fine. Who are we battling?"
"That," I said, pointing at the Water creature.
As I spoke the creature leaped at Volaron, slicing at his chest with its blade. He barely felt it.
I was barely able to direct Volaron, but when I finally got him to follow my commands he destroyed the creature.
Unfortunately, the woman got away.
"You are a strong dueler," Volaron told me.
"Thanks," I replied. He lowered his hand and I climbed onto it so that I look at him eye-to-eye. "By the way, my name's Jacob, but you can just call me 'Jake'."
He observed me closely for a minute longer before nodding. "Alright, I'll do it," he said.
"Do what?" I asked.
"Fight at your side," he explained. "You have great potential, and I wish to be your partner."
"It's nice to meet you, then," I replied. "Can I just call you 'Volaron', though? 'Dragon Knight Volaron' is just too much of a mouthful to say when referring to you."
"You might as well, seeing as you allow me to call you a name other than your true one," he said.
"It's nice to meet you, Volaron," I told him.
"Likewise," he replied. "Now, send me back to my home."
I nodded and he set me on the ground so that I could banish him.
"Whoa," John commented. "You just controlled that?"
"Kinda. More like he did what I asked. I'm not powerful enough to completely control him yet," I replied. "We should get back to the Temple now," I advised them.
They nodded and we went to the Temple as fast as we could, stopping halfway there to rest. I just rode my board the rest of the way.
"Congratulations on defeating the creatures," Master Kimora told us when we got back and explained it all to them.
"It worries me that there are those out there without gauntlets causing havoc," Master Jameson commented.
"I agree," Gabe said.
"How were you able to defeat such a powerful creature with the ones you had?" Allie asked us. We hadn't mentioned Volaron yet.
"Well, none of the creatures we had summoned would've worked, so…" I began.
"Yes?" Allie asked, urging me to continue.
"I summoned Dragon Knight Volaron to defeat it," I said.
"You summoned who?" Gabe demanded at the same time Allie said, "I told you that you aren't ready to control him."
"You knew that he heard about that creature?" Gabe asked her.
"What's the big deal?" I asked them.
"Dragon Knight Volaron has a, well, I guess you could say he has a 'bad reputation' with duelers," Ray said. "Last time someone summoned him, he accidentally squished the duelist as he entered this realm."
"Whoa," I muttered. "He didn't hurt me, though. He was actually fairly willing to work with me, too."
"Yes, but you could've gotten seriously hurt," Kimora said. "That is a very powerful monster, and it takes a very powerful duelist to keep him in line."
"Masters, Jacob was able to successfully duel with Volaron and defeat the other creature," Emma said in my defense. I quietly thanked her before turning back to the Masters.
They conversed among themselves for a minute before turning back to us.
"We realize that you were able to control Volaron, and we will allow you to summon him in the future, but we request that you learn to control your powers more before you summon again," Ray told me.
"Thank you, Masters," I replied.
After that they dismissed us so we left to go to our own houses and I went home.
"How did lessons go?" Mom asked when I got home.
"Pretty good," I replied. "How was work?"
"Same."
That night I was right about to fall asleep when there was a light tap at the window.
I looked over at the window and, a few seconds later, there was another tap.
I grabbed my gauntlet from my bag and pulled it on, activating it as I walked over to the window.
"Psst!" Emma whispered from right outside the window.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded as I opened the window.
"The Masters need our help," she replied.
"Seriously? It's ten o'clock at night," I said.
"I know, but apparently this is serious," she replied. I could see John's outline in the background, lit by the light of the moon.
"It had better be, because if I get caught I'm dead," I told her as I pulled on my sneakers and hoodie.
"You might want to try something a bit stealthier," she suggested, gesturing to the red and yellow hoodie I had on.
"Good point." I pulled it off and pulled on a black jacket.
When I was ready to go I climbed out the window and shut it behind me, making sure it was unlocked.
"What do they need us for?" I asked her.
"The creatures being contained in the Vault got too powerful for the door to hold back, so they're loose in the Temple," John explained.