Chapter 10: Dragon Duties Come First

Yo, what's up people!? Sorry I haven't been updating any of my stories lately, I've been SUPER BUSY! And I haven't been able to concentrate long enough to finish a chapter of this story!!

I'm going to try and finish my three current stories before school starts for me in about 13 days. If not, I will try to finish them the best I can, but this school year's work is very unpredictable for me to think right now x(. Let's hope it isn't a lot so I can continue to write fanfics!

Jake woke up just a little before 12:00 that Friday afternoon. As he pulled the covers off his head, he realized how much pain he was in. He felt even worse than he had before, and if he had a mirror on his nightstand, he could tell that he looked worse too.

His eyes were bloodshot red and the bangs under his eyes made him seem like hadn't slept in weeks. His fever was still as high as the day he got the disease, and sweat continued to pour down his whole body. His nose was a light pink color from all the sneezing he was doing, and his voice was very hoarse. To top it all off, he had a killer headache that was making even the littlest noise pound into his mind.

Slowly turning to the side, Jake pressed down his feet onto his carpet and got up. He slumped down his room. Jake's joints in his feet were killing him, but he didn't care. He made his way into the bathroom, and just stood in the shower for a half an hour.

Even as bad that Jake looked, it wasn't nearly as bad as Haley looked. Her hair was matted, being too tired to even comb it. Her nose was running 24/7, and she still had frequent attacks of that powerful cough. Plus, she couldn't keep down anything she ate. Seems like both of the Long kids, aren't doing so good today.

12:20, Jake stepped out of his shower. Too hot for his red Jacket, he only put on his half short, half pants and his white T. He then jumped right onto his bed, exhausted.

Just then, his cell phone started to ring. Jake quickly reached over his hand, and grabbed it. "..Hello?" He cleared his throat, and spoke.

"Uhh…yes can I speak with Jake?" Fu stayed cautious with the person on the line. Who could possibly be answering Jake's phone.

"Fu!! It's me, Jake!!" Jake screamed, making sure he knew it was him.

Fu felt like laughing, right now. But it wasn't the time, to do so. "Oh sorry, I didn't recognize your voice. So…how you feelin?."

"Terrible."

Enough with the small talk, Fu had to break the bad news. "Look, there's a dragon emergency down on 5th street. We need you to recover a stolen necklace from a group of Mountain Trolls"

Dragon business, at a time like this!? You have to be kidding me!? "Fu, if you haven't noticed, I'm still sick! Why can't Gramps just do it?"

"Well," Fu took his eyes off the phone, and stared at the old man lying on the couch. "Turns out he caught the fever. We even tried contacting Sun, but she even caught it too." Jake's eyes lit up, he remembered the first day he figured out he had the disease. He was in Sun Park's classroom; he was the one that probably gave it to her. "Anyways, Dragon Fever seems to affect younger kids and older adults more…which means you're in the best health to do the job."

Jake set his head downward, so tired. How was he going to get this done!? "Fu…I'm really not in the best health to do this…how important is this necklace?"

"It's pretty important kid. It has the power to strengthen any magical abilities to the wearer." Fu could hear him let out a sigh. "Look, I'll be right there to help you…" Just then, Lao Shi let out a giant cough, and he started to breathe heavily. "Uhh…on second thought, the old man needs me. Just get the necklace, and bring it back to the shop." Suddenly, the line cut off.

Shifting his hands from his knees to his head, Jake was thinking how he was going to pull it off. He couldn't even control his powers long enough to fly to his bathroom!!? But…it was up to him, so he had to try. He stood to his feet, and yelled "Dragon up!" Suddenly, he was in full dragon form.

Stunned, Jake did a quick examination of his body. "Hey, I did it!?" He cheered. Before they go out of control again, Jake opened up his window, and flew outside.

About 10 stores away from 5th street, there consisted of 5 Mountain Trolls standing on the rooftops. But just then, they were joined by one more, which had a gold chain in his hand.

"Did you get it?"

The Troll held up the necklace. "Oh yeah. I even took the pleasure sealing the deal myself." A sudden smile appeared on his furry face.

"Excellent. Let's scrap before the Dragons find out."

"You're a little too late for that!" The Trolls looked behind them. There was a red slowly moving dragon coming right toward them. "I'll show you…" He didn't have the energy or the voice in him to finish his sentence.

By the look of his pathetic dragon, it seemed taking him out would be easy. "Well, looks like we got company boys." The 5 other Trolls stared menacingly at Jake.

The Troll with the necklace in his hand, along with one other Troll jumped onto the other building right where the American Dragon floated. The second Troll jumped up even higher, and pushed the Dragon downward.

A loud thump on the roof of the building could be heard as Jake crashed down to the floor, with the Troll right on top of him. Being so weak from the illness, Jake didn't have the strength to push him off.

Jake let out harsh growls, trying to push him the dude off, but it was hopeless. A low pitch laugh could be heard from the Troll with the necklace. As he stood up overlooking Jake, he gave a hard kick right into his stomach. The two Trolls repeated to beat up the defenseless dragon, and the only thing Jake could do is take it.

With one last punch to the eye, the leader Trolled jumped onto the neighboring roof. "Leave him, he has had enough." He laughed, and then jumped back.

Slowly opening his black eye, Jake saw the Trolls about to jump onto the next roof. He slowly opened his wings, to fly after them. "Come on…" Jake thought in his mind. He reached out his arm as fast as he could, to grab the necklace from the Troll's loose grip.

A violent cough came from Jake's mouth, as he grabbed the jewelry. Just then, Jake's dragon form was reverting, and he could feel himself returning to human form. As he now was in human form, he fell downward into the alleyway below. The force of the fall pulled the necklace rapidly off the Troll's hands, and into Jake's grip. Too weak to even open his eyes, Jake fell downward and crashed his body into a closed dumpster.

In so much pain, Jake laid there for about 2 minutes. He finally enough strength, to get him off the dumpster and fall to his knees. The shop was only a few blocks away. Jake told himself he was going to make it there, even if he had to crawl there.

About 30 minutes later, Jake busted inside the shop, and collapsed onto the ground. Fu jumped off the chair next to G, and ran to Jake's side. "Jake, are you okay!!? Did you get the necklace!!?"

Out from under his body, Jake moved his arm out, revealing the necklace. Fu grabbed it with his teeth, and set it on the counter. He then pulled Jake's arm, trying to get him up. As Jake rose his head up, a black ring around his eye could be shown. "Shesh, what happened!?

"Nothing." Jake replied, trying not to talk about it. Fu pulled Jake over, onto a chair. Though Jake was tired, and angry, his focus was off of himself for once. He looked over at Lao Shi, who was asleep on the couch. "How's Gramps?"

A frown appeared on Fu's face. "Eh…not so good. He hasn't left that spot, all day…"

A silent pause went through the room. But it wasn't long, before Jake broke the silence. "Fu, I'm so tired of this! How long until we get the medicine!!" Jake rose up his arms.

"Well… I'm having some difficulties getting the drug…I might be able to get it by, next Tuesday."

"NEXT TUESDAY!!?" Jake screamed out, lucky he didn't wake up G. "FU, I've already missed four days of school, I can't afford to miss anymore!!" Fu could only stare at Jake, not knowing what to say. "You know what; I'll just wait it out. Hold long does this 'Dragon Fever' last?"

Fu jumped onto the stool by the desk, and looked at the illness book just to double check. "Well, on mild cases…about, two weeks."

"TWO WEEKS!!"

"The earliest." Jake banged his head onto the table. He wanted to get better so bad… "Look, I'll try to get this medicine as soon as I can. The important thing for you to do is to get some rest and hope your fever cools down. Now, you just rest here at the shop for an hour or two. When you get enough strength, all talk you back to your house." Jake's head was still on top of the table, it was hard to believe he would have to deal with this illness even longer.

I thinking there's about two-three more chapters to this story. I'm not exacly sure, how I'm going to end this :P