Okay, I'm feeling angry and sad so this chapter is going not going to be happy.

Enjoy!

Chapter 11 – I can't loose you too

HAZEL

Three more dragons were flying toward the ship. They swooped down and when their feet touched the deck, the whole ship swayed.

All the dragons roared.

"What are we going to do?!" She said desperately to Leo.

"Is it something we can do?" He asked her.

The dragons shot fire toward Piper, who yelped and tried to move, but she disappeared behind a wall of flames. Jason screamed.

Leo's face darkened.

"I've got an idea." He said to Hazel. "Be ready."

He told her his plan, and Hazel knew they would get killed.

"L-Leo, you seriously think-"

"And then, you-"

"Leo, it is dangerous!"

"You want to save them or not?!" Leo said angrily. He had the same kind of dark light in his eyes as when he fought the Chimaera. "Stick to the plan."

Then he ran off.

"HEY! STINK-EYE!" Leo yelled and waved his arms so the dragons would notice him.

Faster than what Hazel thought was possible, all four dragons turned their heads and glared at Leo. Still, he looked confident and angry.

"I AM GOING TO SCEWER YOU AND PARTY ON YOUR YUMMY FLESH!"

Hazel, Nico, Jason and Coach Hedge just stared at Leo. No one did anything. Even Frank in eagle-shape temporarily stopped flapping his wings.

Then Hazel remembered what she was meant to do, and with trembling hands she send an Iris Message to Frank. Leo had insisted, according to him the dragons would notice her if she just yelled to him.

"Frank Zhang, uh, the Argo II, flying over the ship."

She heard Leo's yelling, but it seemed distant. She focused on telling Frank the plan (it was a little strange, speaking with an eagle). He tried to nod, and Hazel dissolved the image.

"COME ON, STUPID-BRAIN! HERE I AM!" Leo screamed to one of the dragons. It breathed fire on him, but of course that didn't hurt Leo.

Then, suddenly, Frank dove. He gripped Hazel with his claws and flew to one of the dragons. Frank dropped her on it, and while she fell, Hazel raised her spatha and…

With a disgusting sound the spatha dug into flesh between the dragon's scales. Hazel didn't dare to look it was just too scary. Apparently the weapon had dug in real deep, because the dragon bellowed and exploded to dust. Hazel felt how she fell again.

Frank caught her. She heard the battle continue, Coach Hedge screaming and Leo yelling, but she didn't open her eyes.

They were supposed to do the same thing to all dragons, but a horrible wail made Frank turn.

Piper had, in some way, escaped the fire and started crawling to Jason, but she had stopped now. Hazel immediately saw why.

The dragons must have figured out that Leo couldn't be hurt by fire, so two of them had at the same time swung their gigantic "dragon-hands" at him. They'd hit him on opposite sides, and now he was unconsciously lying on the ground with bloody wounds from the dragons' claws.

Hazel screamed. A horrible wound was bleeding on Leo's chest. He couldn't be…?

"FRANK, DIVE!" She yelled, but Frank hesitated. At the same time, one of the dragons aimed for Leo with his sharp teeth.

Hazel screamed again so loudly that her throat started to hurt. Frank wouldn't let go of her, even if she struggled.

She sobbed.

"I can't lose you too! Not after Sammy!" She whispered.

But it looked like it already was too late.