Torrent circled around Scarlet. The Skywing queen had her attention focused on Jack, opening Torrent up for opportunity. He left the throne room, and bolted down the hall to escape. He skidded to a stop when he heard a shriek of pain. His heart sank. Jack was most likely dead. Still, he had to go see what happened. He sprinted back up the hall, arriving in the throne room. Jack lay on the floor, a smear of blood leading to his body. He looked at Torrent, and his eyes pleaded HELP ME. Torrent nodded at Jack, and flipped a catch on his sword. The blade split in half lengthwise at the crossguard, and revealed a steel tube. A small box was attached to one end, and the crossguard's ornamental glass was moved by little metal arms into a scope's position. The handle folded, and a trigger was revealed.

"OI! SCARLET! I'M RIGHT HERE, YOU OVERGROWN LIZARD!"

Scarlet whirled around at the insult, and Torrent opened fire with his rifle. Most of the bullets pinged off of Scarlet's scales or chainmail, but a few hit their mark. Torrent kept up the withering barrage of pain and called to Jack.

"You still got that sonic?"

"Yeah..." said Jack weakly.

"Use it. It'll call the Starclimber."

Jack removed the sonic screwdriver from his pocket, and buzzed it. After a single minute, the great black starship hovered over the open segment of the throne room, and unleashed hell with its 50-caliber machineguns. Using the diversion, Torrent grabbed Jack, and carried him out. He ran through the palace, past guards racing to the throne room, and looked for a hospital of some kind. He ran into a malevolently large Skywing, and Torrent stopped. The new Skywing wore an oblong locket around his neck, and glowered down at the pair of scavengers.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Out."

The Skywing approached Torrent, snarling. The sonic screwdriver started to pulsate its buzzing sound. Torrent took it out, and waved it around. The interbuzz interval seemed shortest pointing at the Skywing, specifically the locket. Torrent quickly took out his sword, changed it to rifle mode, and sniped off the locket. It clattered to the floor, and something about the Skywing shifted. He transformed, in a manner not unlike Torrent, into a smaller, acid-green dragon. Using this moment of distraction, Torrent kicked open the locket. A scroll spilled out, and the sonic screwdriver identified it as the source of the power signature. Torrent grabbed it, fireman-carried Jack, and ran. He reached the same balcony where he and Jack had jumped off of earlier. Jack, now unconscious from pain, paid no heed to any of this. Torrent leapt off, calling the Starclimber with the sonic screwdriver in his teeth. The ship appeared below him, and hovered at a constant altitude. Torrent landed relatively softly, and carried Jack inside. He put the Dragonheart on a small bench, and flipped a switch on the console. A golden light enveloped the 650-year-old hero, and Torrent turned his mind to other problems.

The scroll was simple enough. Torrent just had to cut out the writing that said "Drain the strength from my enemies" - Who even wrote that? Some mass murderer or something? - and rip up that part of the parchment. The sonic screwdriver blipped a few times, and the Time Drive of the Starclimber vworrped once. Torrent dropped the parchment out of the Starclimber, and looked back to the bench. Its work was for the most part done, and Jack was almost completely healed. Jack sat up, and looked around, disoriented. Upon determining his location, he turned to Torrent.

"Bookmark this dimension," he said.

"Why would I do that? You nearly got yourself killed!"

"Just do it. Trust me."

Torrent flipped a few switches on the console. A beep came from the console, and the Time Drive vworrped again. Jack examined the last of his newly-healed injuries, and got up.

"What was that med bed?"

"Pokémon heal bed. Like the kind you find in a Pokémon Centre."

"Well, it certainly did the trick. I'll put the screwdriver back. Oh, and put in these dimensional coordinates," Jack said, handing a slip of paper to Torrent, "I want to visit someone." Torrent nodded and threw the Time Drive lever, and the Starclimber vworrped into thin air, leaving Pyrrhia behind.

-/_\-

Me: So! That's one adventure, chronicled for the ages!

Jack: Finally...

Me: Anyway, Jack and Torrent have stopped by briefly before venturing into the unknown, so if you have any questions for them, ask them in the comments below!

Torrent: No comment is too strange!

Jack: With exceptions, of course. If you have any ideas for where to head to next, though, fire away!

Torrent: Hey! What about me?

Jack: In case you've forgotten, I have a magical necklace too. So SHUT IT.

Torrent: Make me.

Jack: I AM OVER FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. SHUT UP.

Me: Quiet, you two! Anyway, if you have a question for Jack and Torrent or an idea for where to go, say so in the comments below!

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