Hey guys! Well, I am all done with highschool, so I have more than enough to time now to work on this. I really got through this chapter, I think I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I already have the next ones (somewhat) planned out! Hope you enjoy it! Remember to leave a review! Thank you guys for all your support!
Sam and X ran into the control room, where the EDF leaders and the other group had their back turned. Matthew turned to see them and began to glare.
"How did you get out? Your cell was locked," He said in a stern tone. The others turned to see them approaching.
"You would think that with a situation like this you would want us out," X said back, but kept his tone dialed down.
"Explain the situation," Sam asked.
"We don't have an approximate number, but a huge wave of dragons are seen flying in by the mountains towards our base, along with a similar amount of Xilien fighters, and what seems to be a larger ship. One of three that were attached to the mothership," Namikawa said as they turned back to the screen, showing the footage of the incoming wave. It looked like golden cloud, mixed with red, black, and green drakes. The larger ship was held in the back of the wave.
"It's a carrier ship, most likely the Omega based on its shape and symbols," Sam studied as he got closer.
"Juraan wouldn't bring Kaiser Ghidorah would he?" X asked.
"No, he mostly likely dispatched it for extra fire power, and it might also be carrying infantry troops. It's also the only one that has a barrier shield, but it can be taken out if fired upon enough. It's capable to perform extreme firepower, so you better have anti-aircraft weaponry available," Sam said.
"We do, but probably not enough. Infantry units could use missile launchers but it might do little. We Have the Gotengo docked in the launch bay near by, but it's across the compound. Besides you're lizard kid, that's the only other help we have," Gordon said. X glared at him, but he bit his tongue. Gordon and the others were rather surprised.
"Just get me out there, I can pick off those dragons. Most of them are Blind Dragons, the ones with no eyes. Remember the one from the cavern? They are very fragile and weak. But those red and green ones, Copper Wings, might be a little tougher. Tougher scales and a little more brutal," X said pointing the out the dragons.
"Captain, take your crew to the launch bay and ready the Gotengo. Ozaki and Kazuki, go with Kumoro to read the M-Organization's unit, you'll provide cover fire and use missile launchers to take those fighters," Namikawa ordered. They bowed and dispatched from the room. Miyuki gave him one last hug before he left.
"X, go with them, and take those dragons head on. I am leaving it to you how you want to approach this," Namikawa said. X nodded, bringing back his sly grin.
"Sam, you and Miyuki will stay here, we'll need you here for advice and strategy," Sam and Miyuki both nodded in agreement.
"And Matthew, take your troops to man the anti-aircraft missiles, and prepare your infantry troops incase any Xiliens land," Namikawa said. He nodded as well and quickly dispatched the room.
"If the situation becomes too risky, we have extraction helicopters available," Kita said.
"Let's hope if it comes to that, we'll have enough firepower to get us out," Sam said with a stone face. The small amount of hope drained from the EDF leader's faces.
"How did they find us?" Miyuki asked.
"Juraan is smart, and so are his dragons. All it takes is a scent or a drop of blood, and they would have found us sooner or later," Sam said.
"I hope your son is ready," Daigo said, and looked back to the screen.
"I believe he is," Sam said.
"Do you?" Daigo asked, turning back to him. Sam didn't reply, but merely looked back up at the screen.
"Get the engines up and running!" Gordon bellowed as he entered the launch bay. The crew was scrambling, as the Gotengo was being repared for it's launch. The Captain walks up and puts a hand on the cold steel.
"Don't fail me girl," He whispered. Ozaki came up behind him, bowing slightly as he did.
"You don't have don't have to do that for me, kid," Gordon said.
"You ready for this, sir?" Ozaki asked.
"Yeah, I'm always ready to take on a wave of fire-breathing alien dragons," Gordon said, and Ozaki laughed with him. The small talk was interrupted by the shaking of the base, and the noise of far-off explosions. From a far, Kumoro hollered to him from the launch bay's exit.
"Ozaki, we need you up here!" Ozaki nodded and turned back to Gordon. He outstretched a hand.
"Instead of a bow," He said. Gordon grasped his hand firmly and shook.
"Good luck kid. Come back alive, there aren't a lot of likeable people like you in this this Organization anymore," He laughed. Ozaki nodded and headed off. Picking up his Maser Rifles, and he accompanied Kazuki and his fellow mutants to the outside, where hell had unleashed.
Ozaki saw X dash across the base's open area, and with the flash of gold, he transformed. He flared his webbings upward and shook it a mighty way. He leaped from the sky and outstretched his wings. The other drakes were coming down in nose dive, hissing and roaring as they did. X flapped his wings furiously, and gained altitude. Within feet he outstretched his talons, and formed crystals on his arm. The first dragon they came down had it's throat cut out and fell to the ground.
X tore through the Blind Dragons left and right. Their dim-witted minds couldn't respond fast enough to X's furious claws. He tore out the throats and jugulars and killed them instantly. Sam and Miyuki watched from the control room as he tore through the black dragons. Sam nodded in approval, but he didn't feel too over confident.
"Fighters coming in!" A EDF member shouted from a far computer.
"Notify Kumoro to commence firing," Kita ordered, through radio connection the order was transferred.
"Commence firing and take cover!" Kumoro barked. WIth weapons raised, they began to launch missiles and maser rifles up at the nose-diving fighters. The ships began to catch and fire and crashed into the ground in a fiery explosions. The ones that did make it pulled up and began to fire themselves, aiming for the buildings. The mutants moved across the compound to a new cover point and began to fire again, taking out more of the wave.
The anti-aircraft missiles began to fire on the far end of the compound. Matthew's men flooded out of base, weapons ready. The Omega ship was preparing to land, despite taking fire. The shield was holding up to the missiles, and it wouldn't be long until it touched down and unload and infantry.
"We killed these son of bitches before, and we can do it again!" The captain said as the Gotengo launched from the bay, driving right into fighters and dragons with the drill on full spin. Whatever dragons who were unlucky to get out of the way were torn to pieces. X watched from high up, and smiled to see backup was ready. The Gotengo firepower focused on the ships that flew by, but it headed towards the Omega ship.
It was close to landing, but the anti-aircraft missiles were holding it back long enough. But then an opening formed near the end of the ship, and a small golden light began to form.
"The Omega ship is preparing to fire!" Sam warned. But before Kita could order the men to retreat from anti-aircraft stations, it was obliterated with a two laser strikes. The whole area was up in flames, and the explosion could be felt all the way to the control room. With a heavy sigh, Namikawa swallowed hard and pressed on.
"Order the Gotengo to focus all firepower onto the Omega ship. Keep Kumoro's and Matthew's men on the ships," Namikawa said. With a nod, Kita sent out the order.
"Affirmative. Focus all maser fires on the Omega ship, keep smaller guns on the fighters. Ready the primary maser to fire!" Captain ordered as the ship as it rammed towards the ship.
"Aye sir!" The crew responded with enthused tones.
The ship let hell loose onto the Omega ship, and began to weaken the shield. The ship was close to landing, but now it began to turn towards the Gotengo, but slowly due to size.
"Keep the Gotengo away from the front of the Omega. As long as it stays behind it, it cannot fire," Sam said. Kita relayed the information, and the Gotengo began to maneuver around it, still firing.
X was tearing the Blind Dragons left in right, laughing all the while. Their numbers began to dwindle, and then retreated back, but they were replaced by the Copper Wings. There weren't as many of them, but their thicker armor and bulky stature proved them to be more of a fight. But X hissed in defiance, and swing his webbing back and forth. One of them growled back and nose dived at him. X thrusted his wings upward and began to form his crystals on his arms. When they were going to clash. The Red Copper Wing ducked X's talons and pressed his class into X's stomach. X screeched in surprise and in pain. They began to fall to the ground, and the others followed after them. Before it could pin X down into the Earth, he slashed it with his tail across it's face and it let go. X collided with the ground hard on his side, but weakly stood back up to face off. The others land, a total of fifteen. X shook the dirt of his neck and roar furiously, his fangs barring from his mouth. The Red Copperwing hissed and smacked it's tail on the ground. Before they started, ten of the Copper Wings looked up to see the Omega in trouble and flew after the Gotengo. X snarled, knowing he had to make this quick.
He lunged forward, hoisted on his hind legs with his claws out, but the dragon saw his sloppiness and headed for his belly again. He tackled X to the ground and began to slash at his face and chest. X tried to form crystals there, but they would instantly be crushed under the force of his enemy's talons. He was lucky enough to kick it off of him and rolled over fast enough to take on the offensive. He began to swing his tail around at it, but it ducked at every move. When X was able to hit it in the face, he went for it's throat. Before the Copper Wing could get's guard up, and bite down onto it's throat. The thicker armor made it harder to rip, but he was able to rip enough of out to cause it to bleed. It staggered back, as the others kept their distance from the fight. X pushed it to the ground and bit out the rest of it's throat all the while it screeched. X looked back up at the others with another roar, challenging the next one.
"I don't understand, why are they just standing there?" Miyuki asked. Sam looked carefully at the Copper Wings. They slowly began to move towards X, all at once, and then circled him.
"I believe they let the first one die, so they can predict X's fighting style," Sam said. The dragon's continued to circle him. X kept a wary eye, and kept his head a swivel. Two of the smaller ones pounced on him at once, slashing and tearing into this back. X put all his energy into his crystal skin to protect his back, and was able to throw them off. But blood still trickled from his spinal area. The two began to advance again, and he charged them head on.
"Sir, multiple bogies incoming!" A crew member shouted from the right of Gordon.
"Kumoro, tell some of the mutants to aim for the oncoming dragons. And where are Matthew's men?" Gordon hollered through his radio feed.
"A good half of them were taken out in the explosion, and the others are defending the entrance way incase of infantrymen," Kumoro responded.
"We could use more firepower right now, there's too many of them," Gordon said.
Half of the attacking mutants turned and starting firing on the Copper Wings attacking the dragons. But as soon as they did, they turned their attention to the ground troops. They began to nose dive towards the base.
"Bad idea," Ozaki said.
"Move out and take cover!" Kumoro yelled, and the soldiers began to retreat back to the nearby buildings. Some turned and fired upon them, but it didn't injure them enough. One mutant was lucky enough to hit one in the head, killing it instantly. They piled into a garage size doorway, but one mutant was snatched by the dragon's claws and was taken out of site.
"Move inward, find a different exit. Stay beneath a shelter so they can't grab you," Kumoro said.
"You heard what he said, let's go," Ozaki said, running back to the other end of the building.
"It might not be enough," Kita said.
"Don't lose hope now, they've almost broken through the shield," Daigo said.
"It's going to land, once it does, you'll to focus everything onto the infantry troops," Sam said.
"Matthew's men are standing by, we'll pull the mutants over as well," Namikawa said.
The Omega's shield was faltering but it was closer to landing. It was hindered so much due to the overwhelming amount of firepower, and the tight spaces beneath it. The pilot couldn't land it safely and take on the Gotengo.
X killed off the two smaller drakes, and went after the remaining three. He used his crystal skin more effectively than before, and actually covered his claws with it and would smash it against a drake's face, blinding them. He finished one off by snapping it's neck and the other by stabbing it in the gut with it's tail over and over.
The remaining Copper Wing was largest of them all, and had the thickest skin. There was a branding on his shoulders that indicated the Council's emblem.
"A true loyalist," X thought as he hissed at him. It didn't even hiss back, it lowered its head as it's eyes turned to black. It jumped at him without warning but he grabbed it and threw it in the other direction. When it got up, it it arched its neck, intaking a lot of breathe. X's eyes widen and tried to raise his wings up with crystal skin, but it came earlier then expected. Red hot flames spewed from it's mouth, engulfing X. He could feel the extreme heat against the crystals, and even felt them faltering, like melting candle wax. When the dragon stopped, X opened his wings through a cloud of smoke and lunged. But the drake expected it, and grabbed him by the throat. The claw grasped just below the chin and it squeezed hard. X squirmed like an earthworm being set on a hook. Sam watched with horror as he suffocating him, there was nothing he could for him.
The drake stared into his eyes with a gleaming smile. X began to squirm less and was his eyes rolled back into his skull. But while the drake was too distracted with his winning streak, X stuck his tail in it's gut. It wrenched back in a screech and threw X away. It's blood poured from it's belly, and tried to grasp onto it. With one fluid swing, X decapitated the drake's head from it's body. It disconnected in a sloppy and gorey manner, and it's body fell over in a slump.
"I was cocky once, didn't work out for me," X thought as he flicked his tail. Puddles of blood surrounded X has won over the Copper Wings. With a victorious roar, he took off towards the other attacking Copper Wings.
"The dragons are becoming less of an issue, we just need to keep the Omega at bay," Miyuki said.
Ozaki and the mutants were held up in the other end of the storage building, the dragons bombarding it with fireballs and could swoop down and grab them if they treaded too far from the door. They could only get a few shots out, but they were always misses.
"Damn it we're wasting ammo, we can't stay here," Ozaki said.
"Command, this Kumoro, we are pinned down by the dragons, we could use-" Before Kumoro could finish, a Copper Wing was slammed into the pavement in front of them, it's body disfigured from the hard impact. They looked up to see X swooping by, pursuing the other Copper Wings.
"Nevermind, Kumoro out," He said putting his radio back down.
"We're clear, head back to the bas and return fire to dragons. Kazuki and I will take out any remaining fighters," Ozaki said. In a made rush, the mutants sprinted across the no-man's-land area. The dragons we're too distracted with X to attack them. Only the stray fighters that were left were attacking. With the Omega ship being the only force left, the invasion force was losing.
"We almost have it!" Daigo said triumphantly.
"Close, but that Omega ship's shields are still standing," Sam said. The ship had been circling for minutes, trying to get a shot of the Gotengo, but it was too fast and agile. But it stopped spinning, only hovered. It let the Gotengo hit with it's weapons.
"Primary Maser ready sir!" The attacker said in the front seat.
"Fire maser!" The Captain ordered. As the maser charged up and began to fire, the shield on the ship began to alter. It's transparent glittering barrier began to focus on one side of the ship. The barrier seemed less transparent. Sam and the others could see in the control room that there were no shields up on the other side of the ship.
"Why is it concentrating it on one side?" Namikawa asked. Sam thought for a moment, but it hit him with a look of panic. The Captain was perplexed as well, but when he realized what was going on, it was too late.
"Hold fire!" He barked, but the crew member fired the maser. The orange laser stretched all the way to the ship, but upon impact, it didn't stop the maser, it reflected it. The maser came bouncing back at the ship.
"Take evasive action!" The Captain ordered, but the maser hit the bottom hull of the ship, sending it spinning out of control.
"Gotengo is going down! I repeat, we're going down!" He sounded off to the control room. They watched in horror as the ship crashed hard, tipping sideways and sliding all the way into another building. The Omega didn't even bother with it, it prepared to land, as it began fire below to clear rubble.
"Kumoro, Reeds, the Gotengo is down, bring all forces back to the front and prepare for infantry forces!" Kita ordered. The mutants looked amongst themselves with worried looks. They couldn't worry about them right now, they had to make it back to the main base.
"Let's go, on me!" Ozaki ordered, notioning them forward.
"We can get you too out of here, we have helicopters ready," Namikawa said, looking back at Sam and Miyuki.
"I'm not leaving, I will stay and help," Sam said.
"I'm not going anywhere either," Miyuki said.
"Ms. Otonashi-" Daigo started.
"I've been through worse than this, I'm not going anywhere," She replied. They nodded to their choice and stood their ground.
"My men are ready at the gates," Matthew responded from one end, all suited up. "They're clearing a place to land. Where's that dragon of ours?"
X finished off the last dragon by snapping its jaw. Coming back to the his senses, he observed the battle around him. He finally noticed The Gotengo's crashing, and the Omega beginning to land. He saw Ozaki running by, who waved him to follow. He landed on the hot cement and galloped along side them, all the way to the Matthew's garrisons.
"Are you ready?" Matthew asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Ozaki replied, his weapon already raised.
"I hope this works," Matthew said.
"Shouldn't you be back with the EDF leaders?" Ozaki asked. Matthew raised his own weapon.
"Trust me, I can handle myself," He said. Ozaki shrugged it off and returned to his aim. X was all the at the end, wings raised high and his neck slumped low. With a low grumble echoing in his throat, he was ready.
The Omega ceased firing, and successfully landed. But the smoke covered it up, so the control room couldn't see any of the troops exciting. The gate was locked shut, and was layers upon layers of steel. But then began a pounding noise. Something was trying to break it's way through. The soldiers readied their stances, and held their firearms steady. The pounding continued, and a dent was made as whatever it was was making it's way through. X's tail was swaying back and forth nervously, but also because of an adrenaline rush. His claws scratched the earth beneath him.
Then a roar cracked the air, and a final blow smashed through the gates. Inward came a lumbering, massive dragon. It's torso size was huge, and it had huge wingspan. It's colors were grey and black, but from its feet, a blood red gradient rose up it's legs from more florcusent to a faded color. It's body was thick with scale armor, but also additional Xilien-metal armor, all branded with the Council sigma. It opened its jaw, which unhinged disturbingly like a snakes, and let out a ear-piercing screech. So loud, the men flinched from it's terrible ringing.
"Fire, open fire!" Ozaki ordered. They all let loose, every bullet they had. But it did nothing. Against the scale and metal armor, it didn't even make it flinch. With a huge intake of air, it unleashed a deadly napalm upon the troops, a blue flame.
"Move back!" Matthew ordered. Everyone backed up, still firing, but was were trying to evade the flames. While it was busy breathing fire, X charged it with a mighty roar. The dragon stopped midstream and turned towards X. It's bulky tail came swinging out of nowhere, and hit X so hard he collided with the base's steel wall. Almost unconscious, X struggled to get up. The massive beast ignored him and continued to charge the remaining forces. Behind it, the Xilien infantry poured in. Armed with laser pistols, rifles, and even laser missile launchers, they rained hell down on the soldiers. They were getting pushed further and further back.
"There's too many of them," Kita said.
"Get up X," Sam mumbled in Xilien.
X shook his head, his vision was dazed and blurry. He finally stood up, only to be shot at by the Xilien troops. The lasers hardly did anything to him, except make him angry. X's jaw unhinged and grabbed a hold of nearby soldier, tearing him apart. The Xiliens stepped back, their expressions completely emotionless. X hissed and swung his tail around, wiping more out. They began to duck and run for cover, but X pounced on them like a person squashing bugs. He slashed and tore through them, eating and shaking them wildly. Some retreated back to the Omega ship if they were on the right side, but the others advanced forward to the building. Before X's mayhem could go on any longer, the black drake grab him by the tail and beat him senseless.
X was merely a ragdoll to him, he swung him back and forth on the pavement with ease. Sam wanted to look away, to horrified by it. It then threw him across the compound. Instead of going back to the mutants, he kept his attention on X. Stomping towards him, he get a low growl in his throat. X tried to get up but couldn't stand, his legs shook at the pain and collapsed again. His snake eyes looked over at the oncoming drake. He could finish him here and now. X tried to get up, he tried focusing his Kaiser energy, but nothing worked. He felt his broken bones, and the taste of blood in his mouth.
The black drake was on top of him, his claw raised, but before it came down, and sharp piece of rubble caught it in the eye. It jumped back in pain, scratching at the metal protruding from his face. He looked around angrily, and saw Ozaki. Using his telekinesis, he was lifting up sharp objects and using them as projectiles.
"Let's go X, I can't kill you if he does it," Ozaki joked with a smile. X didn't have the strength to respond, he was trying to get back up. Like a brute, the drake then only focused on Ozaki.
"You're an ugly piece of shit," Ozaki said. It roared at him, expanding his wings as he did.
"Smart enough to understand me? Guess that's all I can say that impresses me," Ozaki said. Getting annoyed with his bashing, the drake charged at him like rhino. Ozaki stood ready, keeping a grasp on his spear-like rubble. Right before it hit him, Ozaki leaped over him, and used his telekinesis to shove the spear into it's back. The dragon squirmed in pain, as the piece went almost all the way through.
"That's it's weak spot, go for it's back!" Ozaki hollered over to X. X finally stood, and shook his head angrily.
"Come on, I thought you were some great Kaiser drake!" Ozaki angered him on purpose to get his blood flowing again. X roared and leaped in the air onto the squirming drake, tearing into his back. Ozaki picked up more rubble spears, and kept firing.
"Mam, too many have entered the compound, Matthew's men and Kumoro's men cannot hold them back," An EDF member said. Namikawa thought for a moment, looking up at the waves of forces coming in.
"Call out a retreat, we're leaving now," Namikawa said. Kita nodded and gave out the orders.
"We were close, but Juraan will see this as a victory," Sam said.
"I don't see it like that. I see it as proof that we have what we need to fight him, now we just need more soldiers," She looked up at X fighting the drake. "Get the helicopters ready as soon as possible, we need to hold them off until then"
X was thrown off the dragon, who was only getting more angry the more weakened it got. Ozaki kept throwing metal spears into it's back, which caused it to turn his attention towards him. Ozaki froze as he was out of ammo. The dragon charged his breathe, causing Ozaki to jump out of the way. The dragon's stream followed him like a flamethrower. Before it got to Ozaki, X grabbed it by the mouth and began to pull. It stopped it's flames, but it's jaw was to powerful for X. It clamped its mouth shut, locking onto X's claws. He roared in pain as the couldn't break free. He tried biting at it's face, but it's armor made it impossible to grasp. It bite harder, almost ripping his fingers off when Ozaki jumps up onto his back and stabs on in between it's shoulder blades. It let go to roar, which gave X and opportunity. Ozaki jumped off just as X grabbed it by the horns and threw it into a nearby building. Finishing it off, Ozaki pulled the rest of the structure down with his powers, burying the beast in rubble. X and Ozaki panted, catching their breathe from the overuse of energy. Before Ozaki could say anything, Xilien troops began to fire at them. Ozaki took cover behind X as he lead him back into the main base. He found his troops lined up in a defensive line, firing at the waves of Xiliens soldiers pouring in. X cleared the way to get Ozaki through, and stayed to help clean out the troops, but the missile launchers were too much for him to stay on the front lines. Kumoro found Ozaki and grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Orders are to retreat once the helicopters are ready," Kumoro said.
"What about Gordon?" He asked.
"They got him, and any other surviving crew member, but he's not in good shape. We need to get everyone out of here,"
"Do we have enough aircraft for that?" Ozaki asked looking back at him.
"Helicopters and a cargo plane, big enough to carry who's ever left," Kumoro said.
"Okay, we'll hold them back for as long as possible," Ozaki looked over at X.
"Now would be a good time to breathe fire," Ozaki said, but X merely shook his head, he was too weak to even attempt. He kept grabbing nearby rubble and hurled it at them, mainly at the entrance.
The others watched on in the control room, and the Xilien infantry was pushing the line back more and more, with the missile launchers clearing out most of their troops.
"Tell them to focus their fire on the missile launchers, we can't let them get through," Sam said.
"We barely have enough people now hold them back, we need to leave now," Kita said.
"The Antonov An-124 cargo plane is almost ready, we have attack choppers on standby," An EDF member reported.
"Commander, go with Daigo and the others, I can stay until the troops are ready to pull out," Kita said.
"No, we'll leave when we are ready, I'm not leaving them behind," Namikawa protested. Kita looked at Daigo and he's refused the offer.
X kept throwing rubble, but in return kept getting hit with the missiles. His open wounds were exposed to them, and finally had to move back away from the fight. His crystal skin was becoming useless, he didn't have the strength to even form enough for his arms. He limped back, blood sliding down his back and neck.
"Cargo plane ready!" A member shouted.
"All troops and personal retreat to the landing strips and launch area. Keep up defensive lines, but pull back!" Kita ordered. Kumoro relayed the order and the troops backed in further into the building. The Xiliens kept pouring in, showering the rooms with lasers.
"Ms. Otonashi, you and Sam will be boarding a helicopter, follow us," A member notioned them to follow. The EDF leaders left the room, as the members prepared to leave.
"Everyone pull back!" Ozaki yelled as they ran through the hallways, the sound of oncoming lasers could be heard echoing behind them.
When the reached the outside, they could see the cargo ship ready on the landing strip, all the engines fired up. And dozens of attack helicopters ready. Ozaki looked over to see Miyuki and the others coming out.
"Protect the Commander and Secretary General, lead them to the plane!" Ozaki ordered. The mutants followed him over and formed a barrier around them. What remained of Matthew's men barred the doors to delay the Xiliens even more. X was galloping over, when a familiar ear-piercing roar ripped through the air.
They looked up to see the Black Drake coming down in a nose dive, visible rubble was sticking from it's body. Before X could turn around, the dragon pinned him down on his back, and clamped his jaw on the back of his neck. X roared in pain, struggling to get him off. The Black Drake tore through his back, tearing his flesh and scales. X cried in agony, as the the teeth dug into his neck.
"No!" Sam hollered, instinctively trying to to him, but mutants held him back. Ozaki and Kazuki fired their masers, aiming directly in the face. It flinched enough where it's mouth let go, but X was to weak to throw him off. His talons still dug deep into his back. Ozaki and Kazuki kept firing, whent hey drake finally looked over at them and roared, mostly annoyed that hurt by their guns. The Black drake jumped off X, and slowly stomped over to them.
"Move, get them to the ship!" Ozaki ordered.
"I'm not leaving-" Sam tried to get out, but Ozaki grabbed him.
"We can't wait, let's go," He barked. They ran with all their might, which only enraged the drake, and he started to gallop. It was almost on top of them, when missile launcher hit in it's feet, causing it topple over. The impact sent the group falling to the ground. They scrambled to get up, but Miyuki got her leg stuck under a fallen rubble. The dragon shook as it stood up. Ozaki looked back to see Miyuki wasn't there and ran to her side, trying to pry the rubble off. With the panic of the dragon looming over them, he struggled to get her out.
"Ozaki!" Kazuki hollered to him. Miyuki and Ozaki looked up at the drake now standing over them, hissing violently. It raised it's head with it's jaw unhinged and teeth bared. Ozaki held onto Miyuki, and held her close. They both closed their eyes as they accepted their fate.
Suddenly, two claws gasped around the dragon's jaw, and pulled it down. X brought it to it's knees, but before it could bite or attack him, X let out a powerful blue stream of flames down into it's mouth. The fire dissolved it's throat and melted it's face off. The dragon slumped over dead, it's head detaching from it's body.
X didn't roar in victory, or snicker. He fell to the ground in exhaustion and pain, he struggled to get up. The sound of the door being broken down rung in his ears, so did the faint echo of Sam telling him to get up, and calling out his name. X looked back to see the Xiliens were coming. He stood up and picked up the rubble off of Miyuki. Ozaki pulled her out and got her back on her feet. They turned to run, and X started to follow, when he felt something sharp grab onto his leg, and he yelped.
He looked back to see a metal clamp and wire attached to it was fired from a Xilien soldier, who planted a spike in the ground, immobilizing X. More and more shot these clamps onto X, some wrapping around his neck. The bolted it into the ground, make sure he couldn't get out. Sam and the others looked back, as the Xiliens no longer fired upon them. Sam began to head back in the other direction, but Ozaki and Kazuki held him back, dragging him back to the helicopter.
"We can't leave him! I won't leave him!" He protested, watching X try to escape, but only more wires wrapped around him and pin him down.
"We don't have time, or the firepower. Sam we have to go!" Ozaki said. Kazuki helped him pull him up into the aircraft. When they were all aboard, they took off. The cargo plane was filled up with the remaining soldiers and began its course down the runway. The other helicopters took off as well, clouding the sky with overwhelming amount of buzzing. Sam looked back down at X, screeching in pain. The wires then produced electric shocks, which caused X to topple over. He looked up at their helicopter, watching as they all flew away. X cried in pain, watching them leave him behind. Sam looked away, sheds of tears rolled down his cheek. Ozaki held onto Miyuki, who also didn't hold back the tears. Ozaki looked back out to see X tied down, defeated. He looked away from him, holding Miyuki tighter. Gordon and the remaining soldiers in the cargo ship watched the dragons suffer under the wires.
The plane and helicopter disappeared into the distant, beyond the mountains. Once they were gone, something else came into the view. From the distant forest, and smaller Xilien vessel came flying towards the base. Larger than most fighters, but still much smaller than the Omega. It landed in the barren launch area. X was surrounded by Xilien soldiers, their weapons locked onto them. He laid tied down to the ground, and even a wire was wrapped around his mouth, working like a muzzle. From the ship came an opening hatch to let the passengers off. The hiss of the door pushed open, and a group of Xiliens came out. The Xiliens who weren't aiming at X stood to attention to the oncoming group. X looked up with a hazy vision to see who was approaching. When they got close enough, his vision became clear.
It was Juraan.