Future Dragon: Rose Long (Season Ten)

Chapter/Episode 7: Rose and Cai: Round Two

A short time later, Rose was standing before her husband, Callum and Rin. "My plan was quickly thought out..." Rose explained. "...But Savannah and the others seemed to like it."

"Then I'm sure we will like it as well." Callum said with a smile.

"Basically, Savannah is going to help me take on Cai." Rose explained. "Cherri, Maverick, Lista and Lexy are all going to go look for Cai's henchman, and they're going to try and take him down while Savannah and I work on Cai."

"That's it?" Rin asked.

"Yeah, that's all I got." Rose said.

"Well, it's simple." Callum said. "But then again, simple plans can sometimes be the best."

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Rose walked out to the edge of the island, where she saw Cherri, Savannah, Maverick, Lexy and Lista all waiting for her. "Did you finish meeting with the Dragon Council?" Cherri asked.

"Yeah." Rose answered with a smile.

"What did you talk about?" Savannah asked.

"I told them about our plan of attack." Rose said. "Jake told me that they wanted to hear my plan before we left. So, now that I've told them the plan...let's get going."

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Meanwhile, at Cung's office building, Cung was sitting at the table inside his larger office room. Sitting across from him were Cai and Dre.

"So..." Cai smiled. "...Now that you're going to be helping us, I have just one question for you."

"Yeah, and what's that?"

"How easily were you taken down by Rose Long?" Cai asked.

"What kind of question is that?"

"A very reasonable one." Cai narrowed his eyes. "How long?"

"Well, there were two of them." Cung replied. "There were two dragons. Plus, it wasn't that Rose Long woman that took me down."

"It wasn't?" Cai asked.

"No, it was her friend."

"When we met up with her friends, Cung..." Cai said. "...She had more than one friend. One was male and one was female. What gender was her friend?"

"Female." Cung replied.

"Hmm..." Cai replied, drumming his fingers against the table. "...Well, I guess that really doesn't matter. I got a little off-track."

"Then what's the point of this, Cai?"

"I want to know if you can fight." Cai said with a small smile. "You can, right?"

"Of course I can."

"How well can you fight?" Cai asked. "Can you hold your own against another dragon?"

"For a while." Cung replied after giving the question a few seconds of thought.

"Then that's all I need to know." Cai said with a smile.

"It is?"

"Yes." Cai said before he started to stand up.

"Then why didn't you just ask that?" Cung asked as Cai started to walk down the table. "Why did you have to ask about me being defeated?"

"Because..." Cai said as he reached the side of the table where Cung was sitting. Cung watched as Cai sat up on the table, the two of them staring at each other. "...I did." Cai shrugged. Then, he continued: "It kind of sounds to me that you are not that much of a fighter. Would I be correct, Cung?"

"I'm an accountant." Cung calmly replied. "I don't see much action besides mathematical numbers."

"Well, that's going to change." Cai smiled.

"I bet it is." Cung replied. "So, what was the point of this conversation?"

"The point is this, Cung..." Cai said. "...You haven't seen much action, so you're not the best fighter."

"We've established that."

"Especially for when it comes to the leader of the Dragon Council's special force of Agents."

"Is that who she is?" Cung asked. "Their leader?"

"Yes." Cai said. "So...Dre is going to train you. You are going to learn everything that Dre knows so that when we meet up with Rose Long again, we'll be able to defeat her."

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Meanwhile, Rose, Savannah, Cherri, Maverick, Lexy and Lista were all flying in the air. "So, Rose." Savannah asked as she turned her head to the side to look at Rose. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead." Rose replied.

"Where are we going?" Savannah asked.

"Yeah." Cherri added as she turned her head to the side as well. "When you went over your plan, you never told us where we were going to go look for this guy."

"We're not just going to fly around New York, are we?" Savannah asked dryly. "Or search every hotel in the city?"

"No." Rose replied before she turned her head to the side as well. "We're going to pay a visit to Cung."

"Why?" Savannah asked.

"Well, he is Cai's accountant." Rose answered.

"So?" Cherri asked.

"That means that he may be able to help us find Cai." Rose explained. "He might know where Cai is."

"And he could tell us where to find him." Cherri's face lit up.

"Or call him and tell him to come on over." Rose countered. Then, as she turned her head back to normal, she finished: "In which case, we'll be waiting for him."

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Now in their dragon forms, both Cai and Cung were walking down one of the halls inside Cung's office building.

"So, here's how it's going to happen..." Cai said. "...You are going to train with Dre."

"For how long?" Cung asked.

"Until Dre and I are both satisfied with your fighting capabilities." Cai replied.

At this point, they reached a door to a large room, where the dragon formed Dre was waiting. Cung walked in first, followed by Cai, who stood and watched as Cung walked up to Dre.

"Alright." Cai said with a smile as he put his clawed hands on his hips. "Let's see what you've got. Begin, Dre."

Quickly, Dre grunted and threw a punch, which hit Cung in the face before he could react. With a grunt, Cung was thrown back and he landed on his back.

"Maybe you don't know this, Cung..." Cai said after he rolled his eyes. "...But the objective is to avoid getting hit."

"Do you I don't know that?" Cung asked as he got up onto his feet. However, before Cung could straighten up, Dre knocked him off balance with his tail. Dre chuckled with amusement as Cung fell forward onto his face.

"Dre, you don't do that!" Cai barked. "The idea is to train him! He won't get anything out of this if you just mess with him!" Then, as he crossed his scaly arms, he added with a grumbled: "More importantly, we won't get anything out of this."

By this time, Cung was just finishing getting to his feet. "Remember, Cung!" Cai shouted from the doorway. "Remember the objective!"

"Uh, and that is?" Cung asked as he turned his head to the side, only to grunt as Dre slammed his tail into his chest, throwing him back a good foot as Dre pulled his tail back.

Frustrated, Cai slammed his open palm against his forehead. "Relax, Cai." Dre said. "We just started this."

"True." Cai suddenly grinned. "I'm certain that by the time we're done here, Cung will be a much better warrior."

Cai then watched as Cung grunted, getting back up onto his feet. "Alright, I'll tell you this once more, and only this once more, Cung." Cai said as he walked to his accountant's side, Cung turning his head to the side.

"I'm listening."

"The objective is to avoid his blows." Cai said. "In other words, don't fall down."

"Give me a couple of tries, and I can do that." Cung said as he turned his head back to normal.

"There's more." Cai added, putting his clawed hand down on Cung's scaly shoulder. "Also, you need to try to get as many hits in as you can. Knock him down."

"Alright." Cung said, and after Cai took his hand off of his shoulder, Cung walked back over to Dre.

"You ready for more?" Dre asked.

"Yeah." Was all Cung said.

With a grunt, Dre once again threw a punch, but Cung was able to jump back before the blow could hit him.

"Very nice." Cai called.

Growling, Dre ran forward and stopped, throwing a punch right into Cung's grunt, making Cung grunt and hunch over. Dre then grabbed Cung by the shoulders and forced him into standing straight up again. "HI-YAH!" He shouted, head-butting Cung. With a grunt, Cung fell to the floor.

Sighing, Cai once again rolled his eyes. "Perhaps it was too early to tell that you were making progress, Cung." He said. "Perhaps you just got lucky."

"Just give me a few more tries!" Cung growled as he got to his feet.

"Actually, I think I'm going to go get some fresh air." Cai said, taking a step back. "Keep fighting him, Dre." Then, Cai turned around and walked out of the room.

"Hey, Cung." Dre said with a smile. "Mind if I try something a little different?"

"Like what?"

"Try to avoid this." Dre said, looking down and blowing a ball of fire into his clawed hand. "Try this!" Then, he threw the fire right at Cung, who couldn't do anything in preparation. Grunting as the fireball hit him in the chest, Cung shouted with shock and pain as he was thrown back.

"This is going to take a while." Dre said to himself.

However, just then, the seething Cung shot up into a sitting position and blew out a torrent of fire, which made Dre shout in shock as it hit him, throwing him back. Cung quickly closed his mouth, cutting off the flames, but that didn't stop Dre from slamming against the wall, grunting.

Chuckling, Cung slowly got up to his feet. Sitting on his knees after slumping to the floor, Dre narrowed his eyes. "That's what Cai wants. Let's see you do that again." He said as he started to get to his feet.

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Cai, still in his dragon form, opened the door to the building and stepped outside. Immediately, he spread his wings and flapped them, taking off into the air and heading for the roof of the building. Within seconds, he landed on the roof.

Unbeknownst to him, from behind, Rose and the others were all nearing the building. However, after taking a deep breath, Cai turned back around and his eyes immediately widened as he saw Rose and her friends flying down towards the front door.

"Oh, great." Cai grumbled. "She's here already?"

On the ground, Rose waited for her friends to catch their breaths after the flight. Savannah was the first to do so, and she turned her head to the side. "So, now we go up and see if Cung's here?" She asked.

"Pretty much." Rose replied.

"What if he's ticked at us?" Savannah asked.

"I'm pretty certain that he's mad at you." Rose said with a slight smile. "Me, perhaps. Although he did tell me what I wanted to know." As Rose said this, Savannah scowled.

Without another word, Rose started to walk towards the front door, but after only five seconds, she froze and she gasped as a torrent of fire hit the ground just a few inches in front of her, just barely missing her.

"What in the world?!" Cherri shouted in shock, while Savannah and the others all stared in shock.

Quickly, Rose looked up, catching sight of Cai, who was blowing fire down at her. "Cai!" Rose growled, narrowing her eyes.

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Quickly, Rose spread her wings out. "Savannah, to the roof!" She shouted before she flapped them, taking off into the air. Nodding once, Savannah ran forward and flapped her wings, taking off into the air.

Up on the roof, Cai grunted as Rose slammed her tail into his forehead, making him fall over, allowing Rose to land and allowing Savannah to fly up and land next to Rose.

Down on the ground, Cherri, Lista, Maverick and Lexy all stared up at the roof. "So, what now?" Lista asked.

"I guess we just stay down here." Cherri guessed.

"No." Rose said as she turned around, looking down on them. "Your orders remain the same! Go in there and see if you can find his henchman! He's got to be nearby."

"But we don't know what he looks like!" Cherri called.

"Wait, Lista and I do!" Maverick claimed as he turned his head to the side.

"Then Lista and Maverick will tell you if you come across him!" Rose shouted down, just as Cai swung his tail into the side of Savannah's face, making her grunt and fly to the side. Savannah grunted again as she landed on her side at the edge of the room.

"Go!" Rose shouted, before Cai's tail wrapped around her neck, making her grunt, as she was pulled backwards.

A few seconds later, the door to the building was thrown open, Cherri running in first, followed by Lexy, Maverick and finally Lista.

"Okay." Cherri said as she and the others all huddled up in a circle. "Do you mind if I take charge for a few seconds?"

"Be my guest." Maverick replied. "Be all our guests."

"Okay, here's my plan." Cherri said. "Lista, you'll come with me. Lexy, you'll go with Maverick. Understood?"

"Yeah." Everyone else all answered in unison.

Meanwhile, back on the roof, Rose slowly got to her feet, facing the grinning Cai. Remember. Rose told herself as she narrowed her eyes, clenching her clawed hands into fists. Remember how he can't handle an insult.

Remember. The grinning Cai thought to himself. Remember what Cung told her.

"So..." Cai finally spoke. "...Now that your friend is out cold..."

"Now that it's just you and me..." Rose took it from him.

"...How would you like to finish this for good?" Cai continued.

"...You don't know how glad I'd be." Rose finished.

"Then let's." Cai said. With a grunt, he ran towards Rose, Rose running towards him as well. Finally, the two clashed, Rose yelping and being thrown back as Cai managed to hit her tail. Rose's yelp morphed into a scream as the attack threw her from the roof and caused her to start to fall.

Flaring his wings, Cai flapped them, took off into the air and dove down after Rose.

Meanwhile, back inside the building, both Lista and Cherri turned around a corner, seeing the open door to the room that Dre and Cung were fighting in. They watched as Dre hit Cung in the chest with his tail, making Cung grunt as he was thrown back and hit the floor.

"Cung must be under attack!" Lista concluded.

"I know." Cherri said. "Come on." Then, they both started to run down the hall, Dre oblivious to them because of the fact that he was staring down at the now unconscious Cung. "Oops." Was all Dre said.

Dre then looked up, but half a second later, Cherri's tail smacked him in the face. Grunting, Dre was thrown from his feet and flipped across the room, finally grunting as his back hit the wall.

"It's over, henchman!" Lista shouted.

Growling with anger, Dre got to his feet and ran towards both Lista and Cherri.

Meanwhile, outside, Rose twirled her staff above her head before she brought it down and held it in both hands. "Show off." Cai grumbled before he started to run towards Rose.

Rose quickly tried to aim her staff at him, but Cai clashed with her before she could fire. Instead, the result of their clash was simply a struggle between the two for her staff. Grunting, Cai tried to pull the staff away, but Rose managed to hold on tight.

Scowling, Cai quickly kicked Rose in the shin. As Rose roared in pain, Cai quickly pulled the staff to the side, and since Rose had released her grip on it, the staff flew to the side before it hit the ground.

Quickly, Cai back-handed Rose in the face, throwing her to the side and making her grunt as she hit the ground belly-first.

Quickly, Rose rolled over onto her back and pushed herself up onto her feet. Then, she blew out a torrent of fire. However, at this time, Cai already had the staff in his possession, and he managed to twirl the staff around, preventing Rose torrent of fire from hitting him.

Knowing that it was pointless to keep wasting her energy with her fire power, Rose closed her mouth.

"My turn." Cai said with a smirk. Then, aiming the staff at Rose, he fired a blast of green plasma. Grunting, Rose quickly jumped to the side, avoiding the blast.

"You're going to have to try harder than that." Rose told him. Then, she charged at him.

Meanwhile, back inside the building, Dre managed to wrap his tail around the necks of both Cherri and Lista. Lifting them both off of their feet and over his head, Dre managed to thrown them across the room where they hit the wall.

Turning around, Dre watched as they both fell to the floor, both unconscious.

"Now you'll both die." Dre growled.

Looking up, he blew out a torrent of fire at the ceiling, the fire hitting it. By the time he closed his mouth, the entire ceiling was aflame. Quickly, Dre wrapped his tail around the neck of the still unconscious Cung. Then, Dre turned around and flew out of the room, taking Cung with him.

Back outside, Rose jumped back after Cai swung her staff at her, the blade just barely missing her scaly belly. "That was really weak." Rose taunted with a cocky smile.

"Oh, really?" Cai smiled back. He then lifted her staff up above his head and twirled it as he walked toward her. Then, he grunted as he brought the blade down, but Rose managed to flip backwards using her clawed hands.

"Really." Rose said, still smiling, as she landed on her feet. "Honestly, now I know why you had Whirro and Apep Kerberos kill my parents. You're not skilled enough to do it yourself."

Cai's eyes widened as he heard her say this, but he quickly recalled what Cung had told her. "How dare you!" He quickly roared and weakly attempted to slash her in the face with the blade of the staff, but Rose was able to jump back.

"I'll make you pay for insulting my skill!" Cai rambled as he took aim and fired, purposely making it so that the blast whizzed right by Rose's side.

"Wow, are you bad!" Rose continued. "And to top it off, you were incredibly stupid to kill my parents! If you were smart, you'd know that you'd get caught!" She was now only striking with her words. She was leaving Cai to mess up.

"I AM INTELLIGENT!" Cai roared before he opened his mouth and blew out a torrent of fire, Rose easily flapped her wings and flew into the air.

At that point, Cai closed his mouth, cutting off the fire. Looking up, Cai secretly smiled as he watched Rose flying back down to attack him. His performance was fooling her.

As Rose got close enough, she swung her tail down and hit Cai in the chin, making him grunt as he was thrown back, grunting again as he hit the ground.

At that moment, a hole burst through the side of the building, Dre flying into the air with the still unconscious Cung with him.

With wide eyes, Rose watched the scene, her head turned to the side. However, when she felt her staff hitting her in the belly and chest, she quickly turned her head back to normal, only to see that Cai was no longer standing where he had been standing.

Quickly looking up, Rose's eyes widened as she watched Cai flying away, along with Dre and the still unconscious Cung.

Meanwhile, inside the room where Cherri and Lista had been knocked out, the dire had spread to everywhere except the floor and the wall that they were lying next to, but even the fire was starting to spread down the wall.

Smoke was everywhere in the room. Even though they were unconscious, both Lista and Cherri coughed from the smoke.

Outside, the smoky hallway, both Maverick and Lexy ran around the corner and froze when they spotted the outlines of Cherri and Lista in the smoke.

"Cherri! Lista!" Lexy called out while Maverick coughed. Then, without Maverick at her side, Lexy started to run towards the room.

Entering the room, Lexy looked up at the flaming ceiling with wide eyes, then she lowered her head and looked at all of the flaming walls. Then, she quickly walked over to Cherri and Lista crouching down next to them and looking down. "Guys?" She asked, putting a hand down on Cherri's chest.

"Lexy, hurry up!" She could hear Maverick shout.

With her eyes watering from the hot smoke, Lexy turned her head to the side. "I'm going to need your help, Maverick!" She shouted as loud as she could. "They're out cold!" Then, from the smoke, she coughed five times, turning her head back to normal.

"They're not dead, are they?" Maverick shouted.

"I think they're alive!" He heard Lexy's shout.

"Alright, I'm coming!" He signaled. Then, he ran to her aid.

Back outside, both Rose and Cherri, in their human forms, watched as the building burned, a look of terror in both of their eyes.

"Man, where are they?" Savannah moaned.

"Just stay calm." Rose said softly, putting a hand on Savannah's shoulder.

"I don't want them to die, Rose!" Savannah said. She was starting to get choked up. "Cherri is one of my best friends!"

"I know, I don't want them to die, either." Rose said softly.

"Maybe we should-" Savannah started, but before she could finish, the door to the building was thrown open, Lexy running outside with the human-formed Lista slung over her scaly shoulder, Maverick soon following, the also human-formed Cherri slung over his shoulder.

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A/N: Please review.