Jake was in a deep form of meditation.

Not the kind of meditation you go into by choice, but by natural instinct. He was moving along swiftly, trying to get back to the apartment, he ran to the building when the attack happened.

Luckily for him all the people who live in Hong Kong happened to not be watching so the fight was even.

They came from nowhere.

They declared themselves first-rate magical killers and warriors of night. He didn't know what a time of day had to do with anything but it was obviously very important. The proclaimed to him that they were 12th generation Night Warriors (not that he knew what they were, he'd have to ask Rose later.) [A/N yes it is spelled Knight not night but Jake doesn't know that they meant Knight as in shining armor, ancient renaissance Knight. He thought they meant night as in time of day.]

He fought for a while but these were trained killers. He had no back-up, he half hoped the ninja girl would appear and take care of them like she did before but...no luck.

Instead he presumed the fighting. He had just tail whipped one into another when he reconized one of them. It was Rose. Or possibly her twin sister.

Then an exact replica of himself appeared. It gave him an idea on how to get some back up.

He flew to a balcony and focused. For the first time he managed to completely sever his lifeforce and tie it to the other being.

But Jake could just tell that the Jake copy was going to be used to hurt his family. So he sent the other Jake up to the apartment while he resumed the fight.

After being nearly torn to pieces he was struck by a lance from behind and crumpled to the ground, de-dragonizing. [I know its not a word but its fun to say...and by that I mean he reverted to his human form.]

He looked to his attacker in pain. It was indeed Rose's twin sister. Rose used her eyes to srike fear in her victims. Helen was barely holding the lance still. Nervous obviously.

Her eyes widened as she caught her first real glimpse of the American Dragon in human form.

It was the same boy that saved her from the fire not much more than a few hours ago. The boy that risked his life just so she could have hers.

Her leg hadn't been broken. It was on a stimulant that dulled all the feeling in the leg she had. The doctor also forced her to wear a cast much to her dismay.

Now looking at her victim she knew that she would not be able to strike him down.

"Kill him." The man in the skeletal mask ordered. His green robe whipped in the wind. "Kill him now."

She registered what was happening. She couldn't kill him but she couldn't disobey her master either.

She was at an impasse.

Before Jake knew what was happening the entire group fell to the ground clutching their sides...something...or someone... attacked them.

Jake knew he needed to remerge and yelled

"Dragon Up!" He felt his skin turn to iron and his claws reach out. He recognized the experience of a tail coming out of his butt and could feel himself getting just a bit taller. His feet grew, so did his nose, or snout now that he was a dragon.

He flew straight to the window. But his strength was sapped. He didn't have the will power to make it up there.

He decided to let the copy o its work and once it was in danger he would move in and reabsorb it.

He kept his ears in dragon form so he could hear what was going on

He could hear a conversation but had no idea what was going on. It was like a buzzing in his ears kept him from hearing everything.

Then everything happened at once.

"JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!" His sister yelled. Finding new energy he re powered himself and flew full speed at the apartment. But he was blocked by an invisible beach ball. He did everything he could to break the shield but nothing worked.

He heard a voice say

"You are worthless to me. You mean nothing to me. Goodbye, Helen Grace. We will not meet again."

Jake blasted the ball harder and he fell through.

He de-dragonized then re-dragonized to fly up to the floor.

He didn't actually hear it but he could hear the word enunciated

"Eid"

He didn't know what that meant but he knew he had to move faster.

Suddenly a thousand voices cried out...and were suddenly silenced.

That's when he fell.

He fell long and hard to the earth, waiting to accept him as it's own.

His fall was intercepted by someone with blond hair.

He didn't know who it was but she spoke safety in her words

"It's okay now Dragon. You'll be safe under the guidance of the light."

He wasn't conscious, he had already entered deep meditation but somehow he knew that this person would not harm him.

Faintly he heard Rose call to him...

"Jake! No. NO no no NO! Jake!"

He felt himself speak but he had no idea how he spoke, when he was asleep.

"Let go. I'll be okay. I promise."

Then as if living in death he felt his hand go slack and thud to the floor.

Tears fell onto hs broken form's face as Rose wept.

Then he entered another dream, but this wasn't the present he was seeing...

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Please read my other stories while waiting for the next chapter.

It might be a while because I started school on Monday. Its Wednesday but you know how long it takes for the weekend to come... so forgive me if I'm not updating for a couple more days.