"WE'RE BACK!"
Cora leapt with joy!
A voice other than her own AT LAST!
She ran out to greet Drago and the boys but stopped when she saw the unconscious girl thrown over Drago's shoulder.
"WHAT IS THIS?" She shouted.
"This is Amy, aka Scorpio, aka your new best friend for the time being." Drago answered laying her down on the ground, not too gently.
Cora knelt over Amy's body, "What have you done to her?" , she looked up at the males.
"Yo, dont look at me sister." Ice raised his hands in defense.
"Stop worrying she's fine, see." Amy's body started to shift.
She slowly opened her eyes.
She looked up at Cora, " who are you, do I know you from somewhere?" She asked weakly.
"I'll leave you with this." Drago told Cora dismissively before walking off.
"What. Me why?" Cora got up and tugged his arm.
He glared at her, "I've had a really long day." at this Cora slipped her hand off his scaly shoulder submissively. "Someone needs to tell her whats going on and I don't like repeating myself."
Cora went back to Amy's side and helped her stand up when she saw her struggling.
Drago is being such a creep
"You Okay?"
"Yeah thanks," she replied groggily, she looked around bewildered, "Where am I by the way, and who are you and those blokes over there and why does my head feel like a stampede has trampled over it eh?"
Talkative aren't you?
"Well its kind of a long story," Cora rubbed her head in thought, "See it all started..."
...
"Tohru, egg of raven, Jade, hair of razorback, Jackie, WHERE IS THE TEA?"
Since returning from Ireland Uncle has had everyone working round the clock in his endless requests for ingredients for new spells and hexes to aid their quest.
Uncle crowed orders while looming over a cauldron, a foul smell bubbled from the green brew, "Tohru, sap of pine sapling, Jade, claw of bear..."
Jade handed Uncle a claw out of a glass jar.
"...Kodiak bear!" he specified.
"What are we doing again?" Jade asked, still fetching and finding.
"We are attempting to penetrate Drago's barrier," Jackie replied while carrying a tea set on a tray.
"NOT WITHOUT TEA, UNCLE IS DYING OF OLD AGE BEFORE TEA EVEN REACHES THE TABLE! ONE MORE THING I AM STILL WAITING FOR CLAW OF KODIAK BEAR!" Uncle shouted from the other room.
"*sigh* You better get that claw Jade...remember, Kodiak bear." Jackie then rushed into the back with the tea.
...
"Oh wait, I know you," Amy squealed, " you were the girl on the telly, the missing girl and you dad..." Amy stopped when she noticed Cora's somber expression, "I'm so sorry. But you were kidnapped!"
"not exactly."
"Wait! if i'm here with you, that means I could get on the news as a missing girl too...my brothers must miss me...my essays will never be finished...what happened at the dart game...blah blah..."
Cora couldn't understand most of what Amy was saying because of her thick accent and fast tongue so she decided to continue her story. "Anyway, since we're going to be here a while I better explain how things work here," she climbed on top her car and crossed her legs, Amy was quick to join her, "There's this guy called Jackie Chan, right; he's evil and is trying to find all twelve of us so he can take over the world."
Amy looked at her blankly, then replied," I'm guessing you breathed in a little too much chloroform; to me this isn't some big fancy ancient prophecy thing, its just a simple kidnapping." she looked over at the boys, "Simple kidnapping performed by amateurs."
"So what about Drago, doesn't he look real to you?" Cora asked.
Amy shrugged, "Cheap latex costume."
"Chan?"
"Never heard of him."
"What about that mark on your hand?"
Amy looked at her hand and there, clear as day, was a tattoo of the symbol Scorpio.
her eyes widened in shock, "What is..."
"I've got one too," Cora said, showing Amy her hand. "others like us have similar marks, stick around and you might meet them."
"Well unless the buses here take euros I'm not going anywhere fast." Amy chuckled uneasily.
"Ok, and I can loan you most the things you'll need; clothes, food."
"Thanks."
"Cora!" Drago bellowed. Both the girls turned their heads.
"You and you're friend have training to do. NOW!"
Amy and Cora looked at each other nervously.
"Is he always such a jackass?"
Cora shrugged, "Too early to tell."
"Come on lets go."
...
Puff
Spark
Woft
B*gger
"Barrier removal spell is ready." Uncle announced.
"good, now all we need to do is sneak out to the junk yard in the dead of night..."
"We Jade?" Jackie tapped his foot, "You are staying here AND if you do follow me you're grounded!"
"But Jackie..."
"No Buts Jade, enough has happened to these girls already, I will go with Tohru and bring the girls back."
Jackie handed Tohru the vile of murky green liquid in a brown bag and walked out the door.
"If you want to help Jade, " he jested, "you can research the Zodiac in that book of yours."
...
Night had fallen swiftly over the city, and Jackie and Tohru had arrived outside the junk yard where Cora and Amy were being held.
Jackie and Tohru hid behind the front gate and slowly peered through the metal bars. No one was in sight and it was quiet, they must be asleep.
"Ok Tohru, is the potion ready?"
Tohru nodded "ready."
after a moment Tohru laid out the equipment and began chanting quietly.
slowly but surely the barrier started to deteriorate; it flashed red dimly and finally it was gone from sight.
Jackie checked first then signaled it was safe to venture further into the cold metallic depths of the junk yard.
hidden in the heart of the junk yard Cora was sleeping, curled up in the back of a rusty convertible and Amy in a Suzuki wagon with her feet sticking out of the side.
Ice and the boys were sleeping in a van close by, but there was no sign of Drago, Jackie slowly approached Cora first while Tohru stayed close behind.
"Cora," he whispered kneeling by her, "Cora wake up."
She mumbled and stirred.
"What...?"
"Its OK, We're here now, you're safe."
She opened her eyes...
and on recognizing the man overlooking her she let out an ear shattering scream of fright!
"DRAGO! CHAN!"
She started fretting and kicking to get away from him and to her feet.
Then from out of know where came Drago, his silhouette on top the car heap beamed down over the yard in the light of the moon like a hero to the rescue.
"You should never wake a sleeping woman, Chan," Drago sneered. "Especially one that can control the very elements around you!"
Jackie looked up at Drago with firm defiance, "Drago! We are taking the girls back with us, right now!"
to this Drago scoffed, "Ha, you'll try."
"Cora, get Amy." Jackie reached out his hand but she slapped it away, moving back towards Drago Amy and the boys who she alerted when she screamed.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" she snarled, baring her teeth like a wild animal.
Her eyes once again clouded over as the rage inside her sieved.
"Pisces, show our guests they're not welcome her."
"Gladly."
Cora started chanting an incantation over and over again. from between her fingers icicles began to form in the shape of throwing blades.
She threw them with disarming speed and strength, Jackie could react fast enough to dodge them. he screamed in terror.
Luckily had Tohru not pulled Jackie out of the way he would have met his end.
they ran for the entrance, with Cora, Drago and the others in hot pursuit.
"BAD DAY BAD DAY BAD DAY BAD DAY BAD DAY!"
Cora kept throwing blade after blade in her blind rage, Drago followed behind, leaping from tower to tower, spewing great balls of fire at the intruders.
Amy and the boys trailed behind, eager to watch but not to interfere.
Cora saw Jackie and the larger man jump out and hide behind the gate entrance and was about to summon a large aquatic force with which to destroy both of them. Until Drago stop her and pulled her back like a senior soldier.
"What are you doing; they're getting away!" She howled.
He smiled at her furry, but remained assertive, "YOU'RE NOT READY, LET THEM GO, I promise you'll get your chance for revenge but not until we find the other 10 girls. Just be patient."
Cora looked at the gate with a scowl and a snarl as her powers felt her and her eyes returned to their original shade of blue.
Soon Chan...Very Soon.
...
"So, how did it go?" Uncle asked his exhausted nephew.
"She knows magic, Drago has been teaching her magic!" Uncle struck him, "Ouch!"
"Of course she knows magic; you think Drago would want her if she couldn't be taught how to use her powers?"
"Oh, it was bad when i knew she was magical, but now Drago has her against us. She was so angry."
"So whats the plan now?" asked Jade from the stairs in her PJs.
"Shouldn't you be in bed? the plan is to think of a plan before going back; without the barrier Drago might have to make other plans."
