Everybody had gotten tasks assigned by Mortis. It was crucial that nothing went wrong on this mission. They only had one shot at this and the mission had to be a success whatever the costs. Everybody knew this, they also knew that even if everything went according to plan not everyone was going to come back. They had odds staked so high against them that normal people would call them crazy. On the plus side they were eighty percent brave, twenty percent crazy and one-hundred percent dedicated to their duty. They would prepare what needed to be prepared. Spend some time with their families and get this thing done.

The Vampires were loading the aircraft with fuel both kerosene as magical. Most of the spec ops team of the dragon council were preparing the suits and getting used to them. Trixie was helping Fu and Lao Shi brewing potions. The dragon council went back to Draco Isle. To prepare some paperwork and meet with their families. Spud and Mortis were busy testing the memory-erase Bomb and the Bomb to destroy the data core. Carter and Aurora were loading the weapons and checking them if they worked the way they were designed.

"How come you never tried to contact me?" Carter asked while slamming a clip in a rifle.

Aurora sighed. "If tried but that was when I was sixteen. I had just escaped the Orphanage. As I came back to New York I searched your address. I it found some time later. As I went to your place your wife opened. She said you weren't at home but in the park. So I went there as I sat on a roof I saw you playing with Trixie." She paused. "But when you saw me you picked up Trixie and left. I taught you didn't remember me anymore. At the orphanage they told me that humans were not allowed to know about us. So they erased your memory. I was hurt by you walking away I just started to run." Small tears had formed and she was sobbing quietly.

"Hey come on don't cry." Carter said as he wiped away a tear. "The day they took you I also thought I was going to forget you as the man who carried you away gave the order to Andam to erase my memory. I don't know what made him do it but he left without erasing my memory." He put a hand on her shoulder.

"And I want you to know I never forgot about you. I never quit looking. I participate in al kind of test to get the money to hire detectives. I even asked a fortune-teller if he knew about the magical world and if he could take me to it. He just laughed not taking me serious. Even now I have a detective searching for you. think it's time to call him back what do you think." He smiled as he said this.

Aurora smiled.

"So… How did you get into your team?"

Aurora smiled. "After I ran from you at the park I went into thieving. Stole everything I needed. After a few weeks I found a drunk leprechaun. He spilled the secret to how to get to the magical market. The first thing I thought was hell yeah! Gold is worth more than the small amounts of cash I was stealing. It went great the first week but I became over confident and made a slip up which got me caught. And because I'm a dragon I was trialed by the Dragon council. They first wanted to send me to jail."

"You were only sixteen they can't send you to jail, can they?"

"In the magical world it doesn't matter how old you are. You've done the crime, you do the time. But back to my story. They first wanted to send me to jail. But Ace suggested them to let me join his team as he thought my 'talents' would come in handy. So I had to choose be a spec ops dragon who nobody knows about or go to jail. The choice for me was easy. Because I assumed you forgot anything about me anymore. I took the team. One bunch of screw-ups." She said as she shook her head in amusement."

"Why is that?" Carter asked.

"The only one in the team who doesn't is a screw-up is Ace. His story, He graduated military school. He is a retired protector and a born leader."

"And him?" Carter said pointing to Hans Schlager

Ah.. Hans he is from a wealthy German family. He said because of he was able to get everything he wanted, he got bored by the life he had. So he started to build bombs and let them exploded in the magical world. What he calls the grand finale for his work. Almost revealed the magical world to the people of Germany. This time the council themselves suggested Ace to take him. He and Ace collide at least once a week. But when it's mission time everything between them just evaporates."

Carter nodded. "what about the rest?"

"Carlos Alvarez he studied psychiatry. But as a colleague did something wrong he also took the fall. Didn't get a job anymore not in the human or magical world. He contacted Ace himself. First Ace took him in out of compassion. But after the first mission he already proved to be one of the team. He is always in a good mood but wonder if after this mission he will still keeps his good mood. He helped me a lot with digesting the situation between you and me. A wonderful person."

"The last one is Marlijn Verdijk she has lost her brother at a young age which crushed her. She started to spy for leprechauns. Taking information from one clan to the other. She also is able with the smallest lead to get so much information other people would say is impossible. The last thing about her is she has a ability which is very rare in the dragon race. She can channel her chi to heal other people."

Carter nodded. As he looked he saw they were finished. "Time flies when you're catching up."

"What are we going to do now?" Aurora asked.

"You are going to meet your mother." Carter said with a smile.

Her eyes widen as he said this. "But what if she not accepts me?"

Carter chuckled. "Don't worry about that, she knows."

She gave Carter a quizzical look.

"What I couldn't keep you a secret to my wife. She found the bills I paid for detectives. She wanted to know if I was checking up on her. She can be very convincing. So I told her the truth but I left out the whole dragon thing."

Aurora nodded in understanding. Carter called Trixie and asked Fu to open the portal to the shop. They said goodbye to everybody and went through the portal.

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Jake's Cell/ Area 51 / Time 0900h

Shaun O'Neal sat inside the cell of Jake, watching him from a safe distance. Jake was aware of his presence but he didn't want to growl nor did he want to scare the man. He was the only person other than Carter whom he had seen in his time being captive.

Shaun suddenly got up and slowly walked to Jake he stopped as Jake lifted his head to look at him. But slowly continued as he saw Jake returned to his former position. As he was close enough to Jake he sat down beside him. And trembling moved his hand to a position above Jake's back. As he touched Jake, Jake flinched. This caused Shaun to retract his hand. After he got over the initial shock. He started to pet Jake. Jake started To purr and waggle his Tail. It was a down side being a dragon sometimes your dragon side takes over this was one of these times. As Shaun moved his hand down his neck he came near his left ear this caused Jake to growl. Shaun quickly retracted his hand and continued to pet Jake's neck.

They're not so bad as Eric said maybe I'm doing the wrong thing." Shaun thought.

Shaun got up and left the room. With mixed feelings.

So how was that...

It's sad this story is coming to an end. I really like writing now :D well leave a review it makes the author happy. And if the author is happy he'll update faster :3

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