Chapter 6

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Gregor began to run away from the dragon but had only travelled a few steps before it swooped down at him. Gregor dived into a crack between two large boulders narrowly escaping the dragon's claws. He could hear the dragon rise into the sky and doing a second dive at Gregor. This time an orange and red burning colour appeared in its chest. It let out a roar and launched a blast of hot flame into the gap.

Gregor dived out of the crack to avoid being burned. He scrambled to his feet and began to run away from the dragon, which gained altitude to do a third dive. Now that it was closer Gregor could see what it looked like. It was about twenty metres long and had a wingspan of about fourteen metres when extended. It has a long neck and small head. It had black and grey scales covering its body. Some parts of its body had metal plates attached to protect it. It had a lot of these metal plates in its head. On its back was a saddle made from cloth, leather and metal. On it were four orcs. Two had bows and were strapped onto the sides of the saddle. One sat on its neck and used two long ropes to steer it. There was another in the back that seemed to be the reserve in case any of the others were killed.

Even though Gregor had ran some distance the dragon easily covered the distance and began another dive. This time there was nowhere for Gregor to hide. The dragon tried to bite Gregor but missed and ended up ramming him with its shoulder. Gregor was sent flying forward and landed on his face in the dirt. The dragon roared angrily and did a sharp turn to finish him off.

Before Gregor could get up the dragon was upon him one of the archer orcs managed to fire and arrow at Gregor which hit him in his side. He yelled in pain and dived out of the dragon's path. But he wasn't fast enough, the dragon managed to grab one of his legs with its jaws and bit down hard on it. Gregor felt immense pain from his leg. It took all of his effort to swing his sword at the beast hitting it in the face. Surprised the dragon swung its head back and let go of Gregor.

Gregor fell was thrown into the air and landed in the gravel pit ten metres away. He was stunned and in great pain. He looked at his leg and saw that it was mutilated and bleeding badly. He doubted he could walk on it. He then looked at his surroundings; he was in a pit with steep gravel slopes. The pit was about eight metres deep.

He could hear the orcs cursing nearby; they were obviously looking for him.

One said "I was sure Bonemash bit him, he must have been flung somewhere around here".

"Well," said a second "maybe you were imagining it, you could barely tell what was going on it was so hectic I thought I was going to die"

"Who cares what you think" the first retorted hotly "you are bloody stupid!"

There were sounds of a scuffle as the second orc attack the first orc. While the two were fighting a third came over and pulled them apart. "What do you think you're doing? If the boss found out you were horsing around while we are hunting for him she will have your head hanging from an effigy before you can realise you screwed up!"

The two orcs got up and walked away from each other grumbling. Fifteen minutes later they mounted the dragon and began searching for him by air. But they could not see him hiding in a small gravel pit mostly covered in stones and dirt. Gregor sat there for about six hours before he went into a form of semi-consciousness. He could not tell how much time had passed and was only aware of a great pain in his leg. The arrow wound in his side had stopped hurting but he knew it was probably infected and only painless because his leg was worse.

After what seemed like days he felt himself being lifted off the ground and placed on a wooden stretcher. When he tried to see who was carrying him he could only see blurred images of people walking beside him. He then went into a feverish sleep.

He dreamed about the hamsters. They were playing happily in a garden of lush trees. The dream made Gregor happy, but suddenly it turned into a nightmare about the hamsters being tormented and being turned into some form of Bane-Hamsters, they then proceeded to brutally torture Gregor.

He woke up shouting and terrified. He found himself in a single bed with a blanket covering him, his leg and side had been bandaged and his clothes had been changed. He sat up and looked around the room to see lots of people sleeping in beds similar to his. "I must be in a hospital" he thought. He removed the blanket and tried to stand up but felt extreme pain in his leg so he had to sit back down. There were multiple windows in the room but they all had curtains preventing him from looking out. Since he couldn't walk he decided to lie down again and try and rest. Soon he was in deep sleep.

That's this chapter complete, sorry its so short, where do you think he is? I hope you enjoyed this chapter and are looking forward for the next chapter!

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