Get ready for this chapter as things begin to get... heated... Anyway, thanks for reviewing my last chapter Random Review, I really appreciate it and it made me smile and motivate me! I hope you all enjoy this chapter as much as I did writing it! Enjoy!

Chapter Nine: Race Against Time

Chaos's POV

I swear to my entire life that one day I'll made Star suffer for all her entire life! She's unbearable! Argh! I cringed in annoyance and anger as my head began to throb from how irritating she was, annoying both me and Frosty with her stupid argument about her white chess piece dying... It's like deja vu all over again! Only this was twice as worst! I blinked blankly and looked at her in the eye with my dark red ones, showing hardly any life as she continued to talk non-stop. Ugh... Lucky for her, I'm back in my male body, so I can restrain myself from strangling her with my bare hands or with my black shoe laces. Either way, she'll be dead before she could even say "Sprinkles!".

"Sprinkles!", Star exclaimed from the brown, fur coated chair adjacent from mine and Frosty's, only to be separated by a small wooden coffee table with a black and white chequered chess board. I cringed even harder to what she had just said, seeming like she could read my mind as Frosty let out a quiet sigh and clenched her fists into balls of hurt. "How on earth was I supposed to counter an attack from the right! You guys don't give any mercy whatsoever! I swear if I had the chance to kill one of your pieces, I would've warned you!", She said, making her team mate, Sino, sigh out quietly from her mouth just as a cool, icy breeze of air entered the large living room of the wooden house Drago had instructed for us to stay in for a few hours. The wooden floorboards where polished and waxed amazingly, giving off a nice glossy texture that reflected everything in sight in a distorted fashion.

"Shut up Star!", Frosty exclaimed out of the blue, forcing Star to grit her teeth painfully hard as she slammed both her hand flat onto the sides of the chess board and leaned over it, staring angrily into Frosty's dark brown eyes that shone in the early morning sun, seeping in from a nearby window to the left.

"Shut it Frosty or else I'll stick 'em in ya!", Star threatened back angrily, exposing her right, sharp white tooth as her mouth was left slightly open. The white chess piece she held in her right hand was held outwards in front of her face, pointing directly towards Frosty in a threatening way.

"What sort of harassment is that?", Sino asked curiously in a quiet tone and blinked blankly as she stared at Star's furious face with concern and slight worry.

"A type that can only be made by someone as dumb as Star", Frosty quickly stated and leaned forwards onto the table, never breaking the intense tug of war they held together in their unbreakable stares of fury. For crying out loud! These two are going to ruin the whole purpose of this game if this goes on! Frost, you better get in here soon or else something capital B for BAD is going to bloody occur... The worst case scenario is if these two begin to tug on each others hair or if Star does something inappropriate like what she ALWAYS does... Bloody hell.

Frost's POV

I sighed as I stared at my own reflection through the large, oval mirror that was hung up on the bathroom wall. Not bad for an attire but heck, it makes me look extremely shady and untrustworthy. But then again, it looks epic and vicious! Not to mention that it completely suits my style of fighting and hides away my thirty small daggers away like a charm. I smiled brightly at myself and and took in a deep breath of the cold, still air from within the large, white tiled bathroom, slightly bloating up my stomach as I continued to stare into my reflections dark brown eyes. Weirdly, I somehow found looking away from my own eyes quiet difficult for an unknown reason as I moved my head from side to side, still staring into my being eyes through the large oval mirror that was framed in solid, smooth timber. Damn, it's been so long since I've had a good glimpse of myself! Finally, after what seemed like an hour of staring I looked down at my reflections attire from head to toe. I wore a white shirt easily visible from underneath my jet black trench coat that was left undone and hanged slightly open like a set of doors. It had some white and red trimmings around the edges of the coat and the collar reached halfway up to my neck, giving me that shady appearance that makes people think twice before approaching me. The shoes I wore where now black leather boots that reached slightly over my ankles and underneath that, I wore white socks. I blinked and sighed once again, allowing my warmth to leave through my mouth as I looked away from the large mirror that hung on the white tilled wall and blinked once more, feeling the need to talk to Drago about some serious matters... MY serious matters.

"Frost?", I heard Mindy's sweet, innocent voice say from behind the locked wooden door to my far right, slightly muffled by the barrier that kept her out. "Are you alright?", She asked in a polite, concerned tone before the door bulged forward ever so slightly, emitting a quiet creek that made me assume that she was placing an ear to the door.

"Yeah!", I called out and took in a deep breath of air as I straightened myself to the limit and released a loud, warm sigh from my damp lips into the cold air that surrounded me like the deceased souls of children holding hands around me in a circle, singing a nursery rhyme. Damn, that just gave me the chills! What the hell brain! "I'll be coming out now!", I said loudly just so that she could hear me more easily and not have me to repeat myself.

"O...ok!", She said from behind the door as it creaked once again, making me turn to the door and take in a deep breath of the cold air once more before I took my first, silent step forward with my left leg. "B..But promise me you won't stare", She added, inducing a weird sensation that caught me off guard as took my second step forward. What did she mean to not stare? If it's something not appropriate for wear, then I'm going to kill Drago!

I sighed and quickened my pace towards the door with my right arm outstretched in front of me, ready to grasp onto the silver door knob that was installed to the right of the door. "I promise with my heart and soul", I said and knew that even a person like myself, cannot keep such a promise since it wasn't anything 'serious'. "I'm coming out now", I quickly said and hesitantly grasped onto the cold, silver handle that reflected the shining overhead light bulb in a distorted fashion.

With a deep breath, pounding heart and a mind filled with anxiety and fear, I twisted the handle, receiving a satisfying click before I exhaled loudly and blinked. Here goes nothing! Very slowly, I pushed the door open, when I was half way, I began to feel like my whole body just wanted to drop dead to the nerve racking feeling that was going on in my entire body... Finally, after what felt like an hour, the door was wide opened. I hesitantly and nervously walked out of the bathroom before switching off the lights via a white switch to the right. Then, I looked to my right to see Mindy... My eyes widened as my jaw dropped slightly to how amazing she looked...

"Don't stare", She whispered shyly and flushed red as she walked to me silently. I could hardly believe my eyes! She looks so... beautiful and deadly! Haha! Looks can kill!

"Wow...", I whispered out in awe as I studied her from head to toe with a warm smile.

She wore a white top that looked extremely soft and smooth that matched her other pieces of clothing perfectly. Light blue glossy stripes ran down her entire arms length and her back, abruptly stopping at her black miniskirt that had red vertical lines all over. It covered a third of her creamy white thighs. She wore white shoes that reached a bit over her ankles and white socks that made it to her knees. To me, this was probably the most amazing thing that I have ever seen in my entire life... Wow...

"You don't look bad yourself", She said, sounding like she had regained her composure, causing me to snap out of my little trance and immediately look at her in the eye, causing her to flush red once more. "You look like a hero", She said in a low, calm voice and blinked before taking in a deep breath of confidence and courage. "Anyway, we should go see the others".

"Sure", I said and sighed as we both exchanged warm smiles, blushing hard and our hearts thumping like pistons... I will never forget the day I met her. The day that I first talked to her and the night we first kissed... Ha, it's only been four weeks ever since! Time flies when... I don't know, but it doesn't really matter right now. "Anyway...", I paused and chuckled, thinking that she would never accept what I was going to ask of her. I'm starving and as of a few hours ago, I CANNOT eat any other meat but human flesh. And so far, Mindy's flesh takes the cake out of all that I have ever eaten or smelt.

"Hmm?", She hummed as he pink, damp lips where shut slightly, exposing a sharp, vampire-like tooth to the right of her mouth.

"Well, umm...", I began uneasily and raised my right hand to the back of my head as I began to rub it softly and nervously, just knowing that she'll refuse to donate a piece of her flesh. "Can I... have a bite?", I choked out, instantly sending a chill down her spine as she jumped in shock and took a slow step backwards, afraid of what I asked of her. I thought so... Dammit, then why the hell did I ask!? "Ah! If you don't want to then I'm fine with that!", I quickly said in a friendly tone, trying to not frighten her even more as she took another step back in pure shock. Damn... Why the hell did I have to go and say that! Agh! I feel so guilty for making such a sweet girl, lovable girl become so frightened! I'm the bloody worst.

"A...A...Am I that tasty?", She asked quietly in a scared tone before she grit her teeth slightly and held a hand back behind her back, tightly grasping onto the black, leather handle of her Blitzerg.

"Well, you taste better than Milk... Which means, yes", I simply stated in a friendly tone, making her somewhat ease up and release the handle of her blade without hesitation. "But you don't HAVE to let me. I'll just go bite a chunk from Star when she least expects it", I joked, making her eyes widen in terror, causing her to immediately grasp onto her sword's handle with her right hand once again before pulling it out with a loud, ear splitting metallic scrape that forced my ears to flatten as I cringed to the painful noise.

"Please don't make me stop you with force", She said in a low tone and held her shining silver and black blade in front of her stomach, pointing at me in a threatening way that forced mew to gulp silently... Crap. I don't even have my weapons on me! I just have my silver throwing knives and those are practically fish in a barrel due to her different perspective in time! Alright, all I have to do is reason with her and tell her that what I said was a joke. Simple enough, right? But then again, what AM I going to say? Dammit life. It's always filled with twists and turns!

Drago's POV

I took in a deep breath of the cool air that blew continuously through the entire town, sending chills up my spine as I watched the FrostBittens and Crimsons working hard on reconstructing the damaged houses and structures caused by the giant and by the bandits. If only Serenity was here, then I could've fought along side with Frost, but as of now, I cannot interact physically with anyone but Frost, Star, Mindy, the triplets, Serenity, Frosty and Chaos. There are obvious reasons for why I can for them all but for Star, it's really a mystery. Not for me, but for the others. Haha! They don't even know who she truly is yet! Just like what Frost said, the Maiden of The North, or for short, Star. The morning sunlight felt good on my white skin. I sighed loudly and crossed my arms as I listened to the vast amount of different noises taking place around the entire town. From hammering to whistling. I blinked and took in another deep breath of the cold air as I stood on the green patch of grass, right beside a large wooden wagon with two horses strapped onto the front, acting as the engines of this old fashioned vehicle. Those kids are going to make me cry one day to how unreliable they are! I told them specifically to come exactly thee minutes ago and they still have yet to arrive. I hope Serenity forgives me for this... After all, I WAS the one who made the promise to her that we'll be there in a couple of days. Dammit. I made a mental note to never, EVER make promises that I cannot keep... Anyway, what is Frost going to say when he sees his swords?... Oh boy, I hope he doesn't explode on me... I bloody hope...

Frost's POV

"What's this?", I asked in an unamused tone as I held the two handed blade in my right hand. According to Drago, this is supposed to be BOTH my Ezarca and Exzera forged into one, singular blade... What the hell... Dammit... Even Star would've taken much more better care of it, even if she smashed it! But this... this is bloody... argh! I can't even find the right words or express any emotion on my face whatsoever due to how shocked I was to see BOTH of my legendary blades merged into one, long two handed blade... For crying out loud. Does this come with fries!? A handgun maybe!? Served on a hot silver plate!? "How did this happen?", I asked with some edge in my voice as I began to cringe slightly, knowing my limits with a single blade in hand.

"C...Calm down Frost", Drago said and laughed to try and brighten the mood as she took five steps backwards towards the large, roofless, wooden wagon that had it's four wooden wheels dug into the grass ever so slightly. "I'll even throw your Exzera and Ezarca pistols combines for your left hand!", He said in a cheerful tone as he smiled brightly, causing me to cringe even harder to the thought of my light form's pistols becoming one just like my two swords for this form... For crying out loud!

The blade I held in my right hand felt like it weight about six kilos which is a bit more than what I can hold for a one handed sword. But this one was intended for two handed purposes, but I beg the differ due to my fighting style. The handle was made of pure iron, steel and carbon mixed into one solid and was wrapped in jet black leather that felt much more durable and comfortable than anything I have ever held before... Damn... Haha! I'm beginning to like this weapon with every second I spend examining it! The hilt was made of a red, shiny metal that was curved slightly and felt heavy which is a good thing. The handle was moderately thin and I could fit both my hands onto the handle and leave around a good four and a half inches of free space. On top of the slender black handle, was a giant red ruby in the shape of a vertical rhombus as three large, sharp spikes stuck out from each side, adding up to six deadly spines of doom. Haha! It's just like the Ezarca, only it's made out of pure, dark blue sapphire crystals that where slightly transparent and extremely smooth. Finally, the blade stuck out of the majestic handle amazingly, reaching to as long as Mindy's Blitzerg. It was made entirely out of pure, light blue diamonds that were as transparent as the sapphires and as smooth as well, looking like it could even slice the Ezarca and Exzera with no sweat at all! In the middle of the blade however, was a long, black stripe that went from the base of the blade all the way to the tip and too, was transparent. It had my name inscribed into it in glowing, deep red that felt like it was pulsating with life and energy... like a soul was forged within the very blade itself... After my name, was the very name of the legendary blade.

"Exzarca", I whispered in awe as I felt it's smoothness with my left, soft hand and smiled to how amazingly smooth and tough it was.

"Do you like it?", Drago asked curiously and took a careful step forward, eyeing me to make sure that I wasn't lying to get him to a close enough range for me to attack him.

"Yeah! It's heavy, tough and sharp! It suits my tastes perfectly!", I exclaimed and let out a bright smile as I looked up from the blade in my hands to just see a black, metallic case thrown at me by Drago who had a warm smile across his white face. I stumbled backwards, nearly colliding with Mindy if it weren't for her to move out of the way and used my left hand to immediately catch the smooth, shiny black case, grasping onto it tightly as a gust of soothing air brushed against my face.

"Then I guess you'll be needing this too", He said before throwing me another object. But this time, it was a black handgun that had the architecture of the M1911 pistol, making it a superior handgun at both distance and kick. I blinked and grit my teeth as I walked backwards, following the pistol's arc as it came hurling towards me like a raging arrow. In the blink of an eye, it was only a matter of a second before it would collide with my face point blank due to logic... Dammit! I'm gonna have brain damage cause of that! At that very moment, I was knocked to the ground unconscious... Bloody hell Drago... How heavy is the damn gun?

Mindy's POV

Great, only a half hour till we arrive at where ever Drago decided to take us via this large wooden wagon that shook vividly as the horses dragged it at full speed on the grassy plains. Crossed my legs as I sat down on the wagon comfortably, resting my back onto the edge as I stared blankly at my left, feeling the wind brush against my face due to how fast we were going. Frost sat to my right while Ruby sat beside him with her head rested onto his warm shoulder. From what I could tell, the time right now is probably seven in the morning, seeing that the sun had just begun to bounce off the massive snowcapped mountain ranges to the right, acting like a soldiers with only one intention in mind. To separate the land that it kept behind it from ours... If I remember correctly, behind those mountains lies the Wilderness. Uncharted territories and such with horrible creatures and flesh eating plants. I sighed and blinked before turning my head to the right. The air smelt moist and mossy due to the grass that was being cut up into shredded paper via the wheels, launching it up behind us like confetti. With a sigh, I looked at Frost's sleeping face with a smile and flushed red slightly to how adorable he is... I remember that one night where I almost confessed to him... I want something like that to happen again. For some reason... It makes me feel safe and warm...

"Mindy, are you planning on kissing our prince while he's asleep?", Star asked from the other side of the wagon with a cheeky tone, causing me to blush hard and make my heart feel like it was about to jump out and splatter all over the entire place, painting it in my crimsons of life disgustingly.

"W...What makes you say that?", I stuttered in pure embarrassment as I turned my head forward and stared into Star's silver eyes with my light red shining ones that glistened in the light of the sun and sky. Agh... Everyone's staring!

"You stuttered! Which obviously means that I'm more than JUST correct", She said cheerfully, making my eyes widen slightly as a sudden chill vibrated throughout my entire body and rung a small, soothing chime in my ears... It sounds so familiar... She cleared her throat roughly and punched her soft, flat chest once with her right fist before taking in a deep breath of the cold swirling air that whizzed by us like a hoard of spirits running through us like a highway of the deceased. "Naughty Mindy! Haha! You where thinking of dirty things, weren't you!?", She said out loud and began to laugh uncontrollably like this was absolutely humorous to her... Dammit! My face is beginning to burn red from how embarrassed I was. Heck, even when I tried to say something, my voice box didn't seem to register or obligate to my commands. I swear... one of these days, I'm REALLY going to bloody stick a knife through her gut... But then again, she'll probably laugh... Dammit!

Suddenly, the wagon bounced up for a split second before it came crashing down onto the ground with a loud thump like we had just collided with a speed bump. My insides tossed and turned to the uneasy feeling it gave to me whilst the others grunted to probably the same feeling that I was experiencing... Damn... What the hell was... WOAH! Argh!

"Drago! Slow down a bit!", Diamond exclaimed as her hair began to flutter to the left of her like a raised flag of white strands, flicking the strong, unforgiving wind like a whip. Unexpectedly, the wagon had increased it's speed tenfold, causing me to cringe to the irritation in my eyes, stinging them like soap as I tried to desperately conceal my eyes with my right hand like a meat shield. Argh! What's the deal! "Drago!?", She called out, accompanied with grunts and moans of shock and fear via the others who too, had their hairs fluttering to the left as they sat on the opposite end of the wagon... On this side, was me, Frost, Ruby, Sino, Frosty and Sapphire, who all looked as frightened as I was... Well, if you count out a sleeping Frost. My heart pounded against my chest, feeling like a sledge hammer was continuously plummeting down towards my chest with excruciating force, causing me to grunt loudly in pain as I clenched my fists and hugged myself dearly, believing that this was the last minute of my life.

"Guy! There's no time to explain but get a plan ready in five minutes!", Drago screamed out from my right muffledly, making me barely open my eyes as I turned slightly towards his voice with a look of confusion. The air would not stop slapping my exposed body and face! Dammit, I would rather have Frost to bite off a chunk of my leg than this! "Wake Frost up and get him to prepare a plan. The place is moderately big and is filled with hostiles, so be prepared for absolutely ANYTHING!", he explained just as Frost cringed and grunted to the cold, forbidding air. His eyes shot open in an instant and immediately, he grit his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, looking like he was resisting the forceful air with his unending flames of will held up within his very heart... Woah...

"Guys! Drago told me in my mind what we'll be facing! So I want you all to listen up!", He yelled out at the top of his lungs, fighting against the loud, whistling wind that fought against the decibels of his yell, trying to drown out one another in a head on battle to prove who was superior over the other.

"I'm all ears!", Sino yelled out at the top of her lungs, loosing against the loud, whistling air and forcing her voice to become barely audible and muffled.

"We're going in loud and heavy! Quickly gear up get ready for some juggernaut action!", Frost yelled out at the top of his lungs, instantly drowning out the loud, unbearable whistles of the win, making what he just said as clear as day. "Once we hit the place, I'll tell you guys your positions! But as of now, just gear up and get ready for an intense infiltration and rescue!", He yelled out with a smile, making me feel a lot more better as my heart stopped pounding and my mind stopped worrying... I love him so much!

Drago's POV

Dammit! Fuck! Come on... We have only a good two hours till Charcoal's army get there and defends the perimeter, along with marching up to the Skeleton Kingdom and engaging with them in an unexpected all out war! Blessings to you Serenity for telling me at a good time! Come on! We have to save them all! This is the perfect moment, seeing that most of their men have retreated back to their lands to join the army! They're not going to expect this one! Am I right, Frost Richtofen?

"Frost!", I said mentally in a strong, deep tone and grit my teeth as I waited for his response telepathically.

"Yes!", He exclaimed mentally, making me sigh with a smile of hope.

"Do not underestimate your two new weapons! Use them to get the jump on your enemies cause according to Serenity, there are four goblin war generals on the site!", I explained with haste and some stress. "I know you'll understand what I mean, after all, you can solve anything if you have the will to do so".

"I understand with all my heart and soul! I won't let anyone down!", He exclaimed confidently. "Anyway we have BIGGER problems...", He chuckled after he said that weirdly...

"What do you mean bigger prob...", I immediately stopped as soon as a large, flaming ball of fire BARELY missed our wagon by mere meters, sending chunks of the earth sprouting upwards to the incredible amount of force the flaming fire ball had... Shit! I could even feel the intense heat of that cursed thing!

Frost's POV

This dragon is going to turn us into ashes if we don't do something about it! It flew behind us, about twelve meters off the ground, casting a horrifying shadow of itself to the right of it, giving me the chills as I stared up at it with anger building up from within me like a a volcano about to erupt into a rage of unmatched fury. It's tremendous wing beats defeated the whistles of the wind, making the pressure a lot more stable around us as it's light green, reptilian-like scales glittered in the morning sun like an emerald... An emerald huh... OH SHIT!

I turned around to my left to just see Sino standing up beside me, trying to balance at the same time as she had her sniper zoomed in at the giant, mythical beast. Immediately, the moment she pulled the trigger of her gun, I grasped onto the bottom of the gun, right where the black magazine was and lifted it upwards, making the bullet hit a different part of the dragon with a quiet thud before it spiralled back towards us with lightning speed towards Sino's head...

"Argh!", Mindy grunted as she jumped in front of me with a thud and sliced the bullet clean into two separate pieces with a split second swing of her silver and black sword that was held to her right dangerously as she glared at the dragon angrily. The two separate, lead fragments of the bullet smashed into the edges of the wagon, each one just BARELY missing Star by an inch, leaving a hole of dread on each side of her head...

"Guys!", Ruby exclaimed from behind us. "This is an emerald dragon. It's body is completely made out of emerald shards and it's breath can exceed over two hundred degrees Celsius. But, it has a weakness", She said and cleared her throat just before the light green, shining dragon opened it's mouth widely, indicating that it's about to spit out another fire ball right at us... But this time, it'll be point blank!

"What is it!?", Sindy asked in a concerned tone just as it began to emit a bright, yellow and red flame from within it's disgusting, slimy mouth that was rowed with countless of jagged teeth and bones of the deceased.

"It's fireballs are explosive during a certain amount of time during and after it is spat out of it's mouth. So if you shoot it now...", She paused and took in a deep breath of the cold, rough air that surrounded us like a war between two armies of spirits where being held right here.

"Then it'll get damaged internally since it's made up of soft tissue from the inside", Sino continued and pulled back the handle to the right of her gun as she held the gun up in front of her face with a serious look of concentration. Her large, oversized sniper riffle emitted a loud clanking noise as an empty, copper bullet shell was spat out from the right before she pushed the black handle forwards, emitting a loud 'cling' sound before quickly placing her right hand back onto the carbon fibre handle with her index finger on the black trigger, ready to fire.

"Precisely", Ruby simply said, making Sino smile in amusement. The dragon roared excruciatingly loud and beat it's wings for the final time before the light within it's mouth grew and caught fire, staring into our very souls with it's merciless, light green eyes, snake-like eyes.

"Shut up", Sino whispered and pulled the trigger... I blinked to the sudden noise of the excruciatingly loud noise as her riffle pushed her right shoulder back slightly. My ears trembled to the amount of pain that struck me but I kept my composure, knowing that such things shouldn't make me collapse. I girt my teeth and watched as the bullet made it's way towards the dragon's wide opened mouth where the deadly fireball was held in... and just like that, it exploded into a massive white cloud of steam as fragments of emeralds shot outwards towards us. I cringed and raised my right hand up in front of my face just in case of anything but luckily, nothing had even touched the surface of close. I lowered my hand slowly and gazed up at the hazy white smoke as it quickly began to shrink as we got more further away from it... I sighed and was just about turn around and say something until I just MANAGED to hear a faint roar from the cloud that was now a tiny white speck of bad memories and a great victory... For some reason, I don't think it's dead yet... But that's impossible... Unless...

Drago's POV

There it is! Only a good three hundred meters till we arrive at the site to save the bloody day! Haha! Time to get cracking!

Haha! I hope you all enjoyed this thriller chapter! Leave a review on what you thought of this chapter and stay tuned for the next one cause things are going to get EPIC! Until next time!

"Knowledge is your greatest weapon as a commander"

"Ignorance is equivalent to having a blindfold on"

"How long can you last?"

"Don't bother doing something you don't enjoy doing"

"Let the blood shed!"

"Consume your foes!"