Future Dragon: Rose Long (Season Six)
Chapter/Episode 10: Lono's Confession
The cell to a dark and damp prison cell slid open as Rose, still in her dragon form, stepped inside and tossed Rayden down onto the floor onto her stomach. Grunting as she hit the cold floor on her stomach, Rayden opened her eyes and rolled over onto her back, sitting up as Rose turned her back and stepped out of the prison cell, sliding the door shut, trapping Rayden inside.
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"Well..." Silver said as she inspected the sleeping Savannah, holding an eyelid up so she could stare into Savannah's pupil. "...I don't see anything." Silver finished as she released the eyelid, resulting in Savannah's eye closing.
"She'll be perfectly fine." Silver said with a smile on her face as she turned to face the still dragon forms of Lono and Cherri.
"Do you know when she might wake up?" Cherri asked.
"I don't think there's any way to know." Silver told her. "Just take solace in knowing that she doesn't have any brain damage."
"That's good to hear." Lono said, forcing a smile before he turned to the side, placing a clawed hand on Cherri's shoulder, making Cherri turn her head to the side. "You stay here with Savannah." He said.
"And what are you going to do?" Cherri asked.
"I'm going to go check on Lexy and the others." Lono said as he took his claws off of Cherri's shoulder and fully turned, walking out of Savannah's room.
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In the bathroom, Lexy hyperventilated as she stood beside a bath. Holding a bottle of hand sanitizer, Lexy quickly unscrewed the top and then dumped the sanitizer into the tub.
As soon as the bottle was empty, Lexy tried to calm herself with a deep breath as she dropped the empty bottle. Then, she turned to the side, where she had six other full bottles of hand sanitizer. Quickly, Lexy bent over and picked one of them up before she straightened back up, starting to unscrew the top.
As soon as she took off the top and dropped it, she calmed herself with a deep breath as she tipped the bottle over and poured the contents into the bath.
"Lexy?" Lono asked as he pushed opened the door, peering into the room.
Gasping, Lexy turned her head quickly to the side and dropped the now empty bottle of hand sanitizer as she watched Lono step into the room.
"Oh, it's you..."
"Are you alright?" Lono asked, glancing to the side to look at the hand sanitizer in the tub.
"Fine..."
"Okay." Lono said. "I just wanted to check up on you." With that, Lono slowly turned around and walked out of the room.
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In her dragon form, Rose sat at the wall beside the door in Savannah's room, toying with the special pair of handcuffs she had made.
However, when the now human Cherri squatted down in front of her, making Rose look up. "Is something wrong?" Cherri asked.
"Kind of." Rose answered.
"Want to talk about it?" Cherri offered.
"Honestly, Cherri..." Rose said with a sigh. "...There's only one dragon I want to talk to in this city."
"Who's that?"
"Lono."
At this moment, Savannah moaned as she returned to the world of the conscious, rolling her head to the side as she slowly opened her eyes.
"How long was I out?" She asked weakly as Cherri slowly stood up.
"You were unconscious when Rose and Lono brought you here." Cherri answered as she turned around, starting to walk toward her.
"Are you feeling any better?" Rose asked as Cherri reached the bedside, turning to the side and turning her head to the side, both Savannah and Cherri looking at Rose.
"Yeah, a little, I guess..." Savannah answered.
"Rose, what did you want to talk to Lono about?" Cherri asked., turning to face Rose.
"It's personal." Rose narrowed her eyes.
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In her prison cell, Rayden grunted as she got to her feet. Then, she walked to the steel door that kept her inside. Once she reached it, she grinned.
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Rose continued to toy with her handcuffs as Cherri remained sitting on Savannah's bedside, her head turned to the side and lowered so she could look at Savannah as Savannah stared up at the ceiling, trying to relax.
"How is she?" Came the sound of Lono's voice, making Cherri turned her head back to normal and making Rose turn her head to the side, her eyes narrowed as she saw Lono, still in his dragon form, having entered the room.
"I'm feeling better." Savannah smiled as she turned her head to the side. "I think my head's starting to clear up."
"I hope so." Lono said as he started to walk further into the room, finally stopping at the side of the bed, Cherri standing up from the bed. "If you weren't feeling better by now, I would start to fear that Silver was wrong about you." Lono said.
"What did Silver say about me?"
"You're going to be fine." Cherri relayed as she turned around. "No brain damage, no ill side effects from taking that hit to the head."
"Even better news..." Savannah continued to smile.
"Why don't you get some rest?" Lono advised Savannah. "Cherri, you look after her."
"Okay." Cherri replied.
"Why?" Savannah asked, still smiling. "You don't want to be here, Lono? Why ever not?"
"I need to talk to Rose."
"You can always do that here."
"No, this is personal." Lono said.
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Silently, both Rose and Lono walked along the grass. After about ten seconds of silence, Lono sighed right before he and Rose stopped and turned to face each other.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Rose asked, disappointment and anger in her tone. "You lied to me..."
"I didn't lie, Rose." Lono answered. "I never lied to you. Ever."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Rose repeated.
"I tried to, Rose." Lono told her gently. "I really did try."
"So, it's true then?"
"What?"
"It's true?" Rose repeated. "I actually hoped that you would tell me that that scum bag was lying to me. She made the entire thing up."
"Rose, that's not a logical thought." Lono told her. "Look, let me tell you...my side of the story..."
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BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
"You're side of the story?" Rose asked. "Is that going to be any different than the gnome's side?"
"Do you want to find out?"
FLASHBACK
In his dragon form, and with his medallion dangling around his neck, Lono walked along the grass.
"Hey, Lono." Cherri said as she walked up to him, in her human form. "Where you going?" She asked as she stopped in front of him.
"I'm going out." He answered simply.
"When are you going to be back?" Cherri asked. "Savannah should be back pretty soon. Any minute in fact."
"In that case..." Lono smiled. "...Why don't you tell her that I'm out. I should be back fairly soon."
"I can do that." Cherri nodded.
"I know you can." Lono's smile widened. Then, he walked around Cherri and continued on his way.
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A short time later, Lono was flapping his wings as he flew in the air, looking in all directions, hoping to find something.
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Sometime later, Lono was flying over the roof of the buildings, looking in both ways to his side. As he flew over an alley, he looked down and spotted a burlap sack.
"Hmm..." Lono narrowed his eyes. Then, he quickly dove down, landing right next to the sack.
"...Wonder who this belongs to..." Lono wondered out loud before he leaned over and picked up the sack.
Straightening up, Lono decided to look up, only to see Rayden standing on the roof.
As he saw her eyes widening, Lono started to flap his wings and he lifted off of the ground, flying up toward the roof.
Quickly, Lono flew above Rayden and landed, Rayden turning around as Lono did the same.
"This your bag?" Lono asked as he dropped the bag on the roof.
Rayden didn't answer. Instead, she just stared at the medallion around Lono's neck, her eyes widening.
"Is it your bag?" Lono repeated, snapping Rayden back to reality.
"Oh, yeah." Rayden replied as she reached behind herself as rubbed the back of her head nervously. "Yeah, it's mine. It's my bag."
"Why were you up here without it?" Lono asked curiously.
"I forgot to pick it back up as I started to climb up here." Rayden answered with a shrug as she lowered her arm to her side.
"What are you doing up here?" Lono asked.
"Uh, well I..." Rayden stalled.
"Don't you have a home to go to?" Lono asked.
"No." Rayden admitted quickly. "No, no I don't. The contents of that bag..." She pointed at the burlap sack. "...And these clothes..." She pointed at her clothes. "...Are all I have."
"What's in here, then?" Lono asked as he wrapped his tail around the burlap sack, starting to lift it up off of the roof.
"Actually..." Rayden said as she held up both of her hands. "...It's personal."
"You don't want me looking in here?" Lono asked as he held the bag in both hands.
"I'd appreciate it if you didn't..."
"Why?" Lono asked as he pulled open the burlap sack. Then, he looked into the bag, seeing the watch, the gold and the dollar bills. As Lono looked in the sack, Rayden slowly stepped back, only to stop after just one step back as Lono looked back up at her.
"You've got quite a bit of cash in here." He said.
"Yeah..." Rayden replied nervously.
"So, why don't you have a home to go to?" Lono raised an eyebrow.
"Well, I-"
"Yeah, I'm listening..." Lono smiled knowingly.
"I...I just...didn't."
"Or maybe..." Lono smiled, taking a step forward. "...You're nothing more than a thief."
Rayden gulped as Lono started to step towards her. "I feel it's my duty to make sure that you give these items back to the people you stole them from..." Lono said.
Making a break for it, Rayden started to run at Lono. However, she ran around him, a look of panic in her eyes.
"Hey!" Lono shouted as he turned his head to the side, dropping the bag that contained the items that Rayden had stolen. The burlap sack hit the roof as Lono turned around and gave chase to Rayden.
The female gnome had just reached the edge of the building, but before she could do anything, she grunted as Lono slammed into her from behind, making her grunt as both she and Lono flew over the ledge of the building, starting to plummet down into the street.
With a crash, Rayden and Lono crashed onto the middle of a cement rode, causing a 2008 Jeep Liberty to come screeching to a halt.
As Lono started to rise up, while keeping Rayden trapped, Rayden managed to roll over onto her back. "Get away from me!" She shouted.
However, Lono paid no attention to the female gnome and instead turned his head to the side, seeing the Jeep some few inches away, the door starting to open.
"Oh, gre-" Lono started sarcastically, but he stopped in his tracks and his eyes widened as he saw an arrow plant itself into the front tire of the jeep.
"What the-?" Lono asked himself, just as the Jeep burst into flames just as the driver's door finished opening.
The explosion knocked Lono to the side and he landed on his back while Rayden picked herself up, staring at the fire briefly before she turned around, running away from Lono, who could only stare at the destruction with wide eyes.
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The doors of the elevator slid open at Mermaid City and Lono slowly stepped out, sadness in his eyes. As he slowly treaded onward, he stopped as he heard the familiar sound of Savannah's voice: "Lono, you're back!"
Lono could see Savannah, as well as Lista, both in their human forms, running up to him.
"Did you accomplish anything?" Savannah asked as she and Lista stopped in front of him. "It would be great if you could tell-"
"Lono, what's wrong?" Lista asked as she realized how down Lono looked.
"Savannah..." Lono spoke. "...Can you come with me to my room?"
"Sure, but what for?" Savannah now looked confused.
"And you, Lista..." Lono pointed at the younger girl. "...Can you find Cherri and Joel?"
"What for, Lono?" Lista asked.
"Please don't ask questions." Lono told her. "Just find them and tell them to meet me in my room in fifteen minutes, okay?"
"Got it..." Lista said softly before she turned and ran off, leaving Savannah to turn around and start walking with Lono, heading toward his room.
END FLASHBACK
By the time Lono had finished, Rose had a distressed look on her face, as if she had been betrayed. "Is that all?" She asked.
"Yeah." Lono said softly. "That's all."
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Back in her cell, Rayden put her back to her cell door and pushed against it. Grunting, the female gnome then started to walk to the side.
Miraculously, the cell door slowly started to slide open as Rayden moved...
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BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Rose and Lono stared at each other in silence. Lono, sensing the hurt in Rose's eyes slowly opened his mouth. "Rose, I wanted to tell you."
"Why didn't you?"
"I was going to." Lono said.
"When?" Rose narrowed her eyes, crossing her scaly arms.
"I was-" Lono started, but before he could finish, Rose jerked her head to the side, seeing Rayden running.
"Oh great..." Rose growled as she turned to the side.
"What is it?" Lono asked as he turned to the side as well, only for Rose to ignore him; instead, Rose growled as she jumped into the air, flapping her wings and flying over to Rayden, landing a couple inches in front of her, making Rayden stop in her tracks.
"How did you get out?" Rose growled, before she grunted, slamming her tail forward and into Rayden's chest, making the female gnome grunt as she was thrown back, landing in a sitting position.
"I got out easily." Rayden said as she managed to get to her feet.
"Well, I'll put you back in..." Rose growled. Then, with a grunt, she started to charge for the gnome.
Rayden herself narrowed her eyes as she made a ready pose, preparing for Rose's strike. However, before Rose could reach the gnome, Rose already having her arm and clawed hand raised to slash down, Rose was forced to stop as Lono's tail slammed into Rayden's side, throwing her to the side.
"What are you doing?" Rose demanded as Lono stepped up to her. "I had it under control!"
"And now I have it under control." Lono said before he ran off, running toward Rayden, who was just getting to her feet, only to grunt again as Lono's tail slammed into her chest again, only this time, much harder.
As Lono hovered in the air, Rayden screamed as she was thrown back far. Finally, she grunted as she landed on her back just few inches away from the bubbly barrier to the underwater city.
Groaning, Rayden started to sit up, only to grunt again as Lono's tail slammed into her chest for the third time. As Lono landed on his feet, Rayden was thrown back and hit the bubble barrier with such force that she, with wide eyes, started to go through it.
The female gnome quickly went through the barrier and held her breath as she was now in the water. Quickly, she managed to turn around and start to swim up to the surface.
As Rayden did this, Rose landed right next to Lono, looking up and watching Rayden get closer and closer to the surface. "You just helped her get away!" Rose reprimanded as she turned to the side.
Lono sighed as he turned to face her, putting his clawed hands on his hips. "That doesn't matter now, Rose."
"Of course it does!"
"No, it doesn't." Lono said. "Let her get away."
"Why should I?"
"Because we need to talk."
"Then get talking."
"Rose, I was going to tell you last night." Lono explained. "The only reason why I didn't was because I couldn't. I guess, had you not been told by the gnome, I would have told you once we got back. In fact, my original plan was to have you lead the search today."
"What?" Rose's eyes started to widen.
Without saying a word, Lono reached down and grabbed the chain to his medallion. Then, she started to pull it off.
"Wh...What are you doing?" Rose asked with wide eyes.
"Here, take this." Lono said as he held out the medallion. "I want you to take it, Rose."
"But...why?" Rose asked as she slowly opened up her palms, Lono placing the medallion in her hands.
"I want you to lead this team, Rose." Lono told her as he pulled his clawed hands away.
"Why would I do that?" Rose asked. "I'm not fit for the role of leader. I don't want t-"
"Rose, just do it for me." Lono said.
"But what about you?" Rose asked.
"Well, now that I've confessed..." Lono shrugged. "...I expect you to place me under arrest."
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Cherri was facing Savannah, but when she heard the sound of footsteps, Cherri turned around to see Rose standing in the doorway, Lono's medallion now around her neck.
"Isn't that Lono's?" Savannah asked, her head turned to the side.
"Not anymore." Rose said as she walked further into the room.
"He gave it to you?" Savannah seemed surprised.
"Yep." Rose said as she stopped in front of Cherri. Then, she reverted to her human form.
"Why did he do that?" Cherri asked.
"He wants me to be the new leader of the team."
"You're joking, right?" Savannah smiled slightly.
"I wish I was." Rose said as she crossed her arms. "The only problem is that I'm not."
"Where's Lono now?" Cherri asked.
"He's in the jail in a cell." Rose answered.
"What?" Were the responses from both Savannah and Cherri.
"Why'd you put him in a jail cell?" Cherri asked.
"He asked me to." Rose answered, holding up both of her hands, not wanting Cherri and Savannah to get angry with her.
"Why would he do that?" Cherri demanded, narrowing her eyes as she put her hands on her hips. "Why would he ask you to put him in a prison cell? What could he have possibly done wrong?"
"It's not what he has done..." Rose took a step back. "...It's what he thinks he did wrong. And frankly, I'm not sure if he's wrong. Maybe...he does deserve it."
"What. Did. He. Do?" Cherri asked again.
"He played a part in the death of my parents." Rose answered.
"What?!" Both Cherri and Savannah exploded. However, as soon as they did that, Savannah moaned and brought a hand to the side of her now throbbing head.
"Rose, you can't be serious." Cherri said.
"I am." Rose said.
"What did he do, then?" Savannah asked as she removed her hand from her head.
"He...He and the gnome didn't do anything directly..." Rose chose her words carefully. "...But...But they did play a part..."
"And what part would that be?" Cherri asked, her patience wearing thin.
"He stopped traffic, therefore allowing the murders to happen." Rose came out and stated.
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A/N: So ends the episode and the season. I just decided to post both episodes today. Please leave a review. Season Seven will pick up right where this episode left off.