Chapter 21

Bowen's Fight and Macy's plan

I don't own Dragonheart, just my characters

Kara had led the others into the underground workings of the castle she had so desperately fled many months before. An unsettling feeling wanted to cover her body with a chill, but she shook it off and finally found the stone button that Aislinn had pressed to get into Einon's bedroom.

"It's this way." She said pressing it. The stone slid aside to reveal a stone staircase and lightning at the very top of it. Bowen saw fear for a moment in her eyes and places a firm hand on her shoulder.

"I'll take it from here." He told her, taking his sword out. Nodding, she follows him up the stairs and into the room to find Einon lying there nonchalantly on his bed. A shiver came down her spine, recalling her encounter with him.

"Bowen I was expecting you here, but with my wife to be as well, and a priest to marry us?" He said with a bit of humor. It ran through Bowen's mind what was said months before about his marriage with both Macy and Kara. Instinctively, he steps in front of her, sword pointed towards the young king.

"…To bury you." He retorts. Einon rises up from the bed, cruel humor showing in his eyes.

"To bury one of us…" He retorts back. He suddenly springs up and starts to clash with the knight. Kara and Brother Gilbert quickly get out of the way. They knew Bowen could handle Einon and would only get in the way and hurry to find Draco. For Bowen the fight was personal, all those years of teaching him the ways of the old code. All he told him of being a better king, to rule with chivalry towards his subjects had all ran out of the boy like the blood of those he had slain in his young kinghood. For Einon, the fight was nothing more than an inconvenience. He now understood what had happened those long twelve years ago, when he was brought before that great beast and given back life. The power he now held was greater than any mortal could even hope to bear. He had no more use for his mother, she was gone now. The only thing that was now standing in his way of marrying was his old mentor. They kept whacking at each other until he had Bowen pinned to the ground, the stone slab slowly closing in on his head. Bowen saw this and quickly kicked Einon in the butt, making him fall down the stair case and quickly follows suit before the stone sealed the passageway.

David's mind was buzzing with questions for Macy to answer. His heart was twisting with happiness and fear of this Macy actually being another fake. Her grip around his hand became tighter as she stops him just short of coming into another corridor.

"I know what you're thinking David and I can assure you that I am no copy. I am as real as you are at the moment." She said not looking back.

"How can I be sure? With all that has happened you could be leading me to my death." He snaps. This time she turns around and glances at him. He could see the mischief burning in her eyes as well as the hurt.

"I can prove it, remember September 18, 2010. When you danced…" He stops her and sighs.

"You're real all right, but where are we going?" He asks.

"We're going to Dante's lab to see what we can do about this device." She said suddenly pulling him down the hallway until they got to the room door. Once more she simply touches the door and it opens gently and closes behind them. She locks it and stares at some of the things that hung from the ceiling. David looked around too, wondering where this so called machine was.

"I don't understand, he said he was building a machine to spread it out. Shouldn't there be like a huge metal thing in the middle of the room?" David said baffled. Macy glances at the tools and notes on the table. Her eyes widening in anger as her eyes passed each word.

"Uncle Roger, it's time for you come out." She hisses. David turns around and suddenly sees blue sparks come from the corner of the room and Uncle Roger suddenly appears, only he didn't look like his usual white haired somewhat bent over man he use to. He looked longer a lot younger, at least about thirty, his black hair pulled back in slick ponytail. The only way he would have known it was him, was the fact that he was still smoking that old pipe like always. He eyes them, smiling proudly. David felt a bit left out. Macy had changed her appearance and now so did Uncle Roger.

"I'm glad you finally called me Macy, I was wondering when you would." He said in a deep voice, thick with Scottish accent. She nods showing him the notes.

"He's done it. I didn't think the fool would actually go through with it." She snarls. He nods glancing at the notes and then her.

"He was always an eager man, ready to throw even common sense to the wind." He snarls.

"Could you guys please tell me what's going on?" David said confused. Uncle Roger began to do what Uncle Roger did best, stream out a lot of words that flew out of one ear and out the other. Macy notices this and stops him from saying anymore.

"I can put it in better detail, but right now David you and I are the key to stopping his madness." She tells him.

"How, the man's insane just like Einon." He said in disbelief.

"We have a vessel that can combat Dante, this being Macy's newer body." Uncle Roger said. "What we need from you is your data in order to counter the virus and set things back on him."

"David you have to trust us on this one, we need your help more than you can ever know." Macy said placing a hand on his shoulder. He saw the urgency in her eyes and nods.

"Tell me what we have to do."