Chapter 14

The whole contry was cheering after the huge bomb which should rip apart the West-Coast. Happily Jonny and Grant flew above the humans-world. They saved all people...

Jonny's parents cheered too. His father and his 'parents-in-law' hugged. Jake's wife cheered with the other people in the institute and was also happy. Her home was safed. The region she grew up. When she left the building and stood on the terrace she looked over the damaged and burning city of Magical-Monterey. Than she start to cry...

Of course she remembered that many people lost thier lifes. Many suburbs where totally destoryed and just big heaps of burned ash now. In a slab area a large apartment building was tilted on another building and stood there like the tower of Pisa. But she was happy... the danger was over... it was over. Satisfied she took a breath...

"I hope Sal and Andrew had a easier job!" she said.

They meanwhile, stood with Paul in the police-station they already visited and begged for atention from the busy police-men. In the damaged police-station all policemen where busy with marauders, or with the traffic...

"I know you are busy but it's really important..." Sal moaned but the chief who already had the autographs didn't listened because he was too busy. "Please... listen to me. She gave us the order to keep an eye on them."

In that moment the three missed clones entered the police-station... handcuffed.

"Listen, I have no clue who the others are... but one of them is looking like my colleague..." Sal said. In that moment the clone stood behind him. The chief looked up and saw the clone winking to him. "He is around this heigh, has a barcode on his right arm... and his voice is incredible high, shrill and penetratingly!" Sal finished.

"Hi... daddy's friend..." the clone said and thrilled everyone. The window behind the chief and the lamp on his desk bust.

"CLONE!" Sal and Andrew said happily. "Finally we found you..."

"Do you know them?" the police officer who arrested the three clones asked.

"We have the responsibility for them... from the mother of the American Dragon..." Andrew said satisfied.

"Is this your Lada Nova Shigoly with the licence-plate 230-HG9I8?"

"No, it's mine!" Nathalie said and Sal and Andrew where scared. "Could you explain me why you took our son not home like you promised? And why you... Oh my gosh!" she said when she saw the clone. "Clones!"

"HI!" the clone of Sal's colleague said loud and broke the next window.

"Oh, my gosh... with that voice he needs a gun licence!" Nathalie said and hold her ears.

"Please just tell me who is responsible!" the officer said.

"I'm for nobody!" Paul said.

"We for the clones!" Sal said and Andrew agreed.

"And I'm for them all!" Nathalie said and so the officer turned to Nathalie and handed her some papers.

"Well, we have... speeding, overrun of two STOP-signs, endangering of pedestrians, endangering of other car-drivers..." the officer said and shocked Nathalie who hold the traffic fines in her hands and looked mad on Sal.

"Please tell me that that's not true!" she said mad.

"Oh and before I forget..." the officer said and lift the hardly damaged front bumper of Nathalies car and handed it to her. "This is also yours!"

"SAAALLL!" Nathalie screamed and let the third window burst.

Ashamed Sal lift his hands and turned to the chief: "Please, arrest me!" he said. 'And protect me from her anger!' he said further in his minds.

Several hours later...

Tired, exhaused and dirty all arrived back in the humans-world. When they entered the house Uncle Sal and Aunt Mary got a shock when they saw thier dirty sons, full of dust and thier injured niece with the bloody wound on the forehead. Aunt Mary screamed short. Jake just ran to his wife and hugged her...

"Are you okay... did you catched them?" he asked.

"Catched who?" Uncle Sal asked confused when he got the first-aid-kit.

"Nobody! The... I just stumbled during the earthquake!" she lied.

"Did you saw this... explosion on the sky?" Aund Mary asked and looked on the place where it happend.

"Yes, we saw it... Mom, Dad, do you remember how much you love me?" Sal asked.

"Oh, no!" both said.

"Oh no, what?" Grant asked confused.

"The last time he asked this he burned down the garage!" Uncle Sal said worried and looked on him. "What happend?"

"Do you remember Nathalie?" Sal asked and both became really mad.

"Oh... she? We remember her. Why?" Aunt Mary asked and crossed her arms.

"Well... short time before the earthquake, I met her again and well... how I should tell you... I just show you!" Sal said.

He walked back to the front door to open it and expose Paul who waited there with a travel-bag. When the both elder people saw the boy the immediately knowed who he was. The younger Sal winked and wanted to say something. But before he could begin the both fell down senseless...

On the next morning...

California celebrated. All over people made partys. In the magical-world the people start to tidy up the destroyed areas. Everone tried to do his best to live further and let the past be the past.

"... that nobody knows how she could break out of the prison! As a war-criminal she was totally isolated..." the anchorman of the magical-world-news told. "The dead bodies of the three evil people who are liable for the worst earthquake in the history of Magical-Monterey with more than 140 victims. Experts said that the fault which should seperate California from the rest of the continent will now better studied and filled with sand..."

It was day now, and in two hours Jonny, Grant, Jake and his wife will fly back to New York where the snow-storm was over. When Uncle Sal and Aunt Mary left the house to celebrate with the neigbours, Sal and Andrew stood with thier cousin, her family and Paul in the garden. Jonny's mother took out a mini-bible from her pocket and looked on her cousins. Jake had to laugh... 20 years ago Knowers where prophibited.

"Do you swear to keep this secret... to not to tell it anyone and really nobody..." she said.

Sal and Andrew had one hand on the bible and the other hand raised. "I swear!" both said.

Paul start to applaud.

"As human-supporter of the 4th grade... I ..." when she said her name a loud honking motorcade passed the house. "...declare that you Sal and Andrew ... " the cars honked again. "... are now Status-A-Knowers! As Knowers you have a big responsibility!"

"We accept!" both said.

The others applaud. Than Paul start to howl happily. Immediately Sal hold his son's mouth. "Hey,... don't forget that your new grandparents have no clue what you are!"

"Sorry!" he said.

"Oh, by the way..." Sal said and handed Paul a check. "...this is enough to pay the damages on the car and in the living-room for the lamp I ripped down from the celling. I hope they accept humans-world checks..."

"Mom will be happy when she can repair the car. Fortunately the clones just hit the leg of the giant and not his... you know." Paul said.

"Hey,... what will happen now to them. The clone of my colleague urgent want's to meet his daddy!" Sal said.

"Well, but daddy will get an apoplexy when he sees his copy... they will send to the other clones to Tatubrya!"

"Tatubrya?" Andrew asked.

"That's a long story!" his cousin said and turned to the house. "But fact is that we were successful. Almost this all sunk into the ocean. We have 'all' done a great job. We can be proud on us!" she said.

Everyone looked around. From thier place they could see the Pacific a little bit. They watched how the sun start to sink. Jonny and Grant watched on the sinking son and where proud to be the protectors of America.

"You can be proud on your work..." Jake said. "In all my years as American Dragon I never safed so many people on one day! I'm proud that you are my son!"

Happy about the words of his father he hugged him. Together they watched on the sun and where happy that all was over...

The End

"Wait wait wait... this is not the end!" Andrew said. "First I want to know what Status-A means!"

"That means... that was the last time you hear from Jonny's and Grant's dragon missions..."

"What?" Sal said shocked. "Do you mean it was the last time?"

"Maybe... but maybe not!"

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