Chapter 8: Dragon Slaying

"…Can you do a Falcon Punch?" I asked Ajjat.

"Yes, only the masters of Attack may learn it."

"Can I see it?"

"Well, I suppose we've covered a lot today. Ok, I'll do it."

Ajjat's fist glowed, aimed at the runite dummy, and yelled "Falcon, PUNCH!" and obliterated the block of rune into bits!

"Awesome!"

"You should sleep. We have more to cover tomorrow."

"Alright. See you tomorrow."

I fell asleep pretty quickly, but I did wake up once, a nightmare woke me. I dreamt I was killed by a gigantic black figure with 3 heads. Later in the night Chili Bob woke me up.

"Dude, get up! Are you deaf? Something exploded here in the Warrior's Guild!" yelled Chili Bob.

"Ungh…hm? Five more minutes…" I mumbled.

"God damn it, wake up!" said Chili Bob as he bit me.

"YOOWWW!" I screamed.

"Come on!" said Chili Bob.

Chili Bob ran out the door and I ran to catch up with him. We got to the door of Ajjat's secret training room, which had a huge hole in the wall normally hiding the entrance, the edges were scorched and blackened, indicating fire, but only one type of fire could blast a hole in a solid brick wall: Dragonfire. And powerful Dragonfire at that. Chili Bob and I ran inside to find Ajjat unharmed, holding an Anti-Dragon Shield, and I turn to see the dragon we were facing, and I could not believe it: King Black Dragon.

"Umm…Ajjat…that's-"

"King Black Dragon? Yes. I don't know how."

KBD roared, then blasted Dragonfire at us! Ajjat pushed me out of the way and protected himself with his Anti-Dragon Shield.

"Go! Hide! I'll take care of this behemoth!"

"What? No way-"

"Chase, we should hide. Unless Ajjat needs help, I want to stay out of the way." Chili Bob said.

"…Fine." I said.

Me and Chili Bob ran behind a boulder and watched.

"Ok, King Black Dragon, prepare to die!"

KBD roared in reply. Ajjat drank some anti-dragonfire potion and drew his Dragon Dagger p++ and used the Special Attack, Puncture, on the neck of each head and on the chest. KBD was surprisingly uninjured, his tough dragonhide was hard to cut through, and while Ajjat was very accurate, it came at the cost of low strength. KBD slashed at Ajjat, Ajjat jumped out of the way. KBD was getting angry, and exhaled a strange shock-like breath on Ajjat. Ajjat was weakening, and I knew I had to intervene before Ajjat was killed! Right as I was about to jump in, Ajjat roared,

"Raaaarrrrrrrrrggggh!" as he restored his strength with the Dragon BattleAxe Special Attack, Rampage. Ajjat then threw the battleaxe at one of KBD's heads, but KBD dodged it. Then the KBD exhaled poisonous breath at Ajjat. Luckily, Ajjat had prepared for that, and drank some Super Antipoison. He then uncoiled his Abyssal Whip and lashed at KBD. KBD roared as gashes and cuts were being sliced into him. KBD clawed and bit at him, but Ajjat was too quick. KBD managed to hit Ajjat with its ice breath, freezing Ajjat solid! Then, all three of KBD's heads charged up for their Dragonfire blast.

"Chili Bob, we have to do something! Ajjat is about to be barbecued!" I exclaimed.

"That's a bad thing? He could taste good!" said Chili Bob.

"Chili!"

"Alright, alright…"

Me and Chili Bob sprinted towards Ajjat. I went to Ajjat's aid, and Chili Bob went to fight KBD. But KBD had already launched his Dragonfire! I went as fast as I could, and managed to turn Ajjat's frozen body so that his shield absorbed most of the Dragonfire, while the remainder of it thawed out Ajjat.

"Thanks, Chase. I owe you one!" said Ajjat.

"Ok, how about now!" I yelled as KBD swung his tail at us.

"Brace yourself!" yelled Ajjat.

We both held onto KBD's tail with all our might, and managed to stop it. Then Ajjat and I plunged our Dragon Scimitars through his tail and into the ground, nailing him in that spot. Chili Bob then leaped up on top of the middle KBD head. The left and right heads must think separately, because they bit at Chili Bob! Chili Bob dodged each bite, making KBD bite himself. Soon, the middle head died, and Chili Bob lost his balance when the head fell. The left head grabbed his tail and flung him at the wall, making a huge crater in it, followed by Chili Bob thudding to the ground.

"Chili Bob!" I screamed. He didn't reply.

KBD then pulled his tail, ripping part of it off as the remainder of his tail stayed nailed in the ground. KBD screeched, and exhaled Dragonfire at Ajjat and me. Then, I eyed the Chinchompas on the table from the Chinchompa catching exercise. I ran over to the table, and KBD followed me. He was catching up, but I managed to get to the table, and I started chucking Chinchompas at KBD blindly. A few hit KBD, dazing him. Then I ran over to Chili Bob. I picked up the kitten's limp body.

"Chili Bob? Chili Bob? Are you ok? Chili!"

The body lay limp in my hands.

"Ch-chili Bob…"

"Aaargh!" yelled Ajjat as he reeled through the air, smashing into the wall. He was badly injured. I ran over to him, saying,

"Not you too!"

"Ch…Chase…you have got-" Ajjat coughed up a good amount of blood. He gasped, and said,

"-you have got to get out of here…you can't handle him alone…"

"He killed my friend, now I'm going to lose my master, too?"

"Chase…I went down fighting. I can't think of a better way to die…" Ajjat coughed up more blood.

Then, Ajjat went limp. He had no pulse. I know what Ajjat said, and fuck it. I was going to kill that bastard if it was the last thing I did. I set Chili Bob down by Ajjat, then I stared at the last remaining head on KBD. He growls, and I stand up.

"King Black Dragon, you son of a bitch. You killed my friend, and you killed my master. I am going to make damn sure that you have the most painful death ever witnessed in the 5th Age!"

KBD roared, and so did I, as I charged with my Whip drawn. I was badly damaged, but I didn't care. I turned on my Retribution prayer, and lashed my whip at KBD. Unfortunately, I left the Anti-Dragon Shield with Ajjat, and KBD exhaled Dragonfire at me.

"AAAHHHHHH!"

As I was defeated, Retribution managed to finish off KBD. I may have died in the process, but I didn't care. I'd get to see my old friends and parents soon. That is if I don't respawn in Lumbridge again.

…I woke up I don't know how many hours later, my vision was very blurry, but I could see somebody standing over me. Once my vision got a little clearer, I could see it was a female in robes, looking at my wounds. Then, she ran out of my sight. I managed to sit up, and saw she was tending to Ajjat and Chili Bob. Now my vision was much better, and I was able to see what she was wearing, a 3rd Age Mage hat, Robe Top, Robe Bottom, and Amulet, Infinity Boots, Barrows Gloves, Master Wand, Herblore Cape (t), and an Arcane Spirit Shield. I couldn't believe she was wearing all that extremely expensive armour.

"Um, what are you doing?" I asked.

She turned around and said, "I was going to ask you the same thing!"

Then she used the Lunar spell Heal Other on Chili Bob. We waited…

…And Chili Bob woke up and then stood!

"Chili Bob! You're alive!" I exclaimed as I jumped up, only to feel a burning pain all over and crippling to the ground.

"Don't move! You were scorched by Dragonfire!"

"…Thanks for that information!"

"Hey, come on, be nice to the lady. We'd be done for if she hadn't come along." said Chili Bob.

"Did that kitten just talk?" asked the woman.

"Yeah, and I fight dragons to. Three headed ones." Then Chili Bob whispered "Call me." and winked.

"That kitten scares me. I'm going to heal the torched warrior now…"

After she casted Heal Other on me, I was feeling pretty good, but I still had some burns. While she was mixing up some anti burn potion for me, she asked,

"So, what's your name?"

"I'm Chase."

"Karan. Nice to meet you."

"Likewise."

"So, what happened here?"

"Well, I really don't know. I was sleeping, Chili Bob woke me up saying there was some explosion, and for some reason King Black Dragon was here."

"I thought he was trapped in that cave in the Wilderness…"

"So did we. Somebody took down the magical barrier and managed to control King Black Dragon and order it to attack the Warrior's Guild."

"Ajjat won't make it. Anybody else in the guild, for that matter. I'm afraid I came too late."

"He died in my arms…I knew he wasn't going to be saved."

As I said that, Karan had finished the anti burn potion and poured it on my remaining burns. They disappeared almost instantly!

"Wow, the pain is gone completely!"

"All in a day's work."

"Come oooon, we're burning daylight. The Black Dragon Gang isn't going to kill itself!" said Chili Bob.

"Black Dragon Gang? I'm hunting them too!" said Karan.

"Really? Why?" I asked.

"They keep coming to my castle trying to rob me. It's very easy to kill them off, just a waste of my runes and time. Why are you hunting them?"

"It's a long story. I'll explain it when we go to look for my friend, Joe."

"Joe? Hmm…sounds familiar…"

"I'm sure there are a lot of rangers named Joe…"

"Ranger…why does that sound so familiar…huh. I'll remember sooner or later."

"Well, why don't we go? Come on, Chili!"

Chili Bob trotted up behind me as we left, and asked "Karan, got any chili?"

"What have I gotten myself into…" said Karan.