The area grows dark as two large creatures hover in the air. Henry grins and lowers himself on the ground. He flexes his muscled arms and smirks. He stands once more at his a hundred foot tall height. Dark red scales covering most of his body and beige ones covering his pot belly and lower jaw. The spikes running from the top of his head down his spine and to the tip of his tail add to his intimidating look. His trusty war hammer strap to his back and steel wrist cuffs snug on his wrists. He snorts out a puff of smoke, the horn on his nose nice and pointed as well as his bull-like horns. His emerald green eyes glow brightly as he adjusts his fur loin cloth a bit.
Landing on the ground as was is Vlad who grins. Standing the same height. Ice blue scales cover him from head to toe. He is more slim compared to Henry and has sculpted abs on his stomach and nice strong muscles on his arms. His snout is more elongated, sharp fangs poking out. The claws on his hands and feet are black. He has small black horns poking out of his head. Strap to his back is his weapon. He wears a pair of black fur shorts. His blood red eyes glow as he narrows them.
Ludwig looks up between the two giants. It is mesmerizing to him, but it also feels like some sort of dream.
A hand lowers down for them. "Alright, come on guys." Henry says in his booming deep voice. They quickly climb on top his massive hand. He lifts them up to the top of his head where they hop off.
Vlad laughs and crosses his arms. "You look like an overgrown tub of lard." He says in his loud deep voice.
Henry reaches back and grabs his weapon. "Tub of lard? Well, how about you come over here and say that to my face?" He snorts out a heavy cloud of smoke from his nostrils.
"Dudes, I think we better hurry inside before the battle of the giants starts up. I don't think they're going to hold back either." Alfred raises his hand and laughs nervously.
"Wait, inside...? What inside?" Confusion begins to cross his face and he starta to follow everyone to the top spike on his head. It's big enough to be a house a small house. "Wait...what?!" For some reason, it has a door and windows on it. Like some sort of house. Their is even a little chimney sticking out on the side.
"Yep! A long time ago the king had some guys carve out a little hangout space for us if we ever needed it. Came in handy plenty of times." Gilbert grins and chuckles.
"Some workers carved it out and decorated while some very skilled wizards put a few spells on it." Mara says, opening the door.
Inside is very nice. A nice plush couch that can seat three people, an arm chair, a recliner chair, a fire place, a small kitchen, two book shelves one with actual books, the other with pillows and sheets for sleeping. A dining room area with a table and chairs.
Alfred stretches and sits down on the couch. "So now we just sit here and relax. Let Henry take on the other giant dragon."
Mara picks up a book and sits down in the arm chair. "He can handle this. We can just relax for now."
Francis sits next to Alfred on the couch and Gilbert sits next to Francis. Daniel sits in the recliner and pulls the lever lifting up the leg and foot rest and then falls asleep. Ludwig sighs and sits down on a chair and looks out the window.
Both dragon's spread their wings and take off into the air. Henry reaches back and takes out his weapon. He flies straight at Vlad and swings the axe half at him. Vlad flies up then lowers him behind the other and takes out his flail and spins it around. He swings it, hitting Henry in his side. Henry flies up and inhales deeply, releasing a stream of fire at him. Vlad inhales deeply and releases a stream of fire right into his.
Both streams of fire are an equal match. They both stop and Vlad flies straight at Henry, slamming into his gut with his head and sending him crashing into the ground. Henry sits up and rubs his head.
Vladimir laughs as he flies overhead. "Wow! I thought you'd be a hell of a lot more tough! Come on, you're a just a big fat lizard!" He taunts.
Henry growls and stands up. "Who are you calling fat?!" He tosses his war hammer up and down a few times and rears back his his arm and throws it. The weapon spins rapidly in the air and the hammer half slams into Vladimir's chest, making him cough and fall to the ground. Henry laughs and spreads his wings, flying over and picking up his weapon as he flies past. He lands a few feet away as Vladimir gets up and rubs his head.
They both narrow their eyes at each other. Vladimir smirks. "Time to get serious." The chain on his mace retracts into the handle of his weapon, his flail now a mace. He points his weapon at him. "Ice Spikes!" The crystals on his weapon start to glow and a frosty mist surrounds them. He aims it forward, sharp spikes of ice shoot out at Henry.
"HA! Fire against ice?! You're losing your common sense!" He inhales deeply and releases a stream of fire at the ice spikes. But when his fire hit the spikes, they didn't melt. They fly straight through the fire and pierce him in the stomach, right shoulder, chest, and left shoulder. He grits his teeth and glares at him. "Okay...so you managed a few good hits..." He pulls out the icicles. He spins his war hammer around then brings it up over his head before slamming it down on the ground. "Quick Sand Trap!"
Suddenly the ground beneath Vlad's feet becomes much more soft and thick. His eyes go wide and he looks down. suddenly he is sinking into a pit of quick sand! He tries to pull out from it, but he wasn't moving! He spreads his wings and flaps them, trying to fly out, but it isn't working.
Henry laughs and crosses his arms. "That stuff is much thicker than your regular quicksand! It's like trying to pull yourself out of a very heavy boulder! Then when it hardens it's even harder to pull yourself out! Like being trapped in a block of steel!" The ground then hardens around Vlad's feet and Henry laughs. "Now, how about a little payback." He spreads his wings, holding out the axe half of his weapon and lunges forward. He slides to a stop a few feet away, the blade coated in a thin layer of blood.
Vladimir yells and leans over a bit, clutching his bleeding chest. "Bastard..." He inhales and breathes light blue flames down on his feet. Suddenly a patch of ice forms around his feet. Vladimir brings up his weapon and slams it down on the ice, cracking it and breaking his feet out from the ground.
Henry blinks and rubs his eyes. "How did you do that?! That's suppose to be my super hard trap to break out of!" He stomps his foot and growls.
"It's easy. My flames can both burn OR freeze. So all I did was freeze both the ground above and around, my feet, turning it into ice which is easy enough for me to shatter." He smirks and twirls around his mace. "Now let's continue." He holds out his weapon towards Henry. "Fire in the hole!" The head of the flail shoots out like a canon ball and hits Henry in the gut, making his eyes go wide. Knocking the air out of his lungs and the spikes pierce his gut. he falls over, hissing and clutching his slowly bruising gut.
"Now where's that confident attitude of yours now? HA!" He blows out smoke from his nostrils. "Why don't you just give it up. You know you won't be able to beat me. So, let's cut this short." The chain retracts a little bit so it's a little over a few feet long to him. He walks toward the fallen dragon and swings his flail around. He stands next to Henry and swings his weapon up.
Henry's eyes snap open and he rolls out of the way. He laughs. "You're going to have to be much more quick than that!" He stands up and swings his weapon up. Spike Bed!" He swings down the hammer, making a large crack in the earth and sharp spikes start to shoot up from the ground towards Vlad.
He takes off into the air before one of those spikes impale him. "You're a lot tougher than you look." He inhales deeply and releases a stream of fire at him.
Henry inhales and releases a stream of fire as well. Suddenly a barrage of icicles come shooting at him, making him gasp and stop breathing fire as they stab through almost every part part of his body. He jumps back, gritting his teeth. "I'm really starting to hate ice." He stares down at the multiple icicles sticking out of his body.
Vlad lands on the ground and smirks. He lunges at Henry and swings his flail around, hitting him over the head multiple times. "You. Aren't. Going. to. WIN!" He swings with each word. He swings up, hitting him under the chin and sending him up off his feet and landing on his back.
Henry groans and blinks a few times, his vision a bit blurry. He slowly reaches up and grips one of the icicles and yells as he pulls it out. He pants heavily. He pulls out the others, yelling each time. He grits his teeth and slowly pushes himself to sit up. He pushes himself on his feet and groans a bit, rubbing his head. "You're a lot tougher than I thought."
Vlad smirks a bit and crosses his arms. "Try not to underestimate me to much." He laughs and swings his weapon around."
Henry inhales deeply and releases a stream of fire. Vlad inhales and releases a stream of fire as well.
They both hit and push against each other.
Henry spreads his wings and takes off into the sky.
Vlad growls and spreads his wings, taking off into the sky.
Henry twirls his hammer around then flies at him, swinging the axe half at him. Vlad blocks the attack with his weapon and they both glare at each other. They both push back.
Henry smirks and throws his weapon high into the air.
Vlad blinks and watches the weapon flip rapidly in the air as it goes up. "What...the...?" His eyes go wide when Henry rams his shoulder into his gut, sending him flying back a bit.
Henry laughs and holds out his hand, catching his weapon. He flies towards him and spins around, slamming his hammer in the side of his head. "Everyone falls for that trick!" He crosses his arms and grins.
Vlad goes crashing into the ground and groans a bit, rubbing his head a bit. "What the hell...? I hate that bastard." He eyes go wide when he sees a stream of flames heading straight for him. He yells when they hit.
Henry laughs and lands on the ground. "Take that! I love that distraction. But I think it's time we end this, yeah?" He puts his war hammer in his holster and grabs his ankles then goes up into the sky.
Vladimir flails around, trying to get out of his grasp. "Put me down! Hey! Are you listening?! Let GO!" He isn't sure what he is planning, but it is hard to fly when being held upside down.
Henry smirks. "Bad choice of words." When they are a few thousand feet in the air he begins spinning up and down in the air, slowly gaining speed.
Vladimir yells, his face slowly turning green. They are spinning so fast they look like blurs in the air. Henry suddenly lets go of Vladimir and he goes flying straight down into the ground like a comment. He lands right on his back, making the ground shake like an earthquake. His impact is so hard, he is lying in a small hole in the shape of his body. He groans and blinks a few times. When his vision clears, his eyes go wide.
"WHOLE TON BOMBER!" Henry falls from the sky at a very fast rate with his arms and legs crossed. Vladimir can't move and grits his teeth. Henry lands on top of him in a sitting position, covering his whole torso area, a large grin on his face. The impact created a large shock wave that blew thousands of tree from the ground. When he lands, Vlad's legs, tail, and head to jerk up under the great pressure. He coughs out a lot of blood and he goes limp, his eyes roll back into his head. Henry spreads his wings and flies up. Vladimir glows and shrinks back down to his human form. He gags and his dragon crawls out of his mouth and falls over on the ground, passing out. Vladimir is out cold, his eyes roll to the back of his head.
Henry laughs and flexes his muscles. "Yeah! I did it! Oh man...that was a lot tougher than I thought." He sighs and takes off into the air and flies away.
Vladimir opens his eyes for a few seconds, watching him fly away before they close once more.
A few minutes later, his team slide down into the massive hole and stand around the passed out Dragon Tamer. Allen whistles and looks around. "Man, this is one deep hole...you kinda got you ass handed to ya." He snorts a bit. "Or should I say-OW!" He whines and rubs his head that Monika hit.
"This is no time for jokes." She says sternly.
Artemis whines and crawls toward Vladimir, rubbing his head against him. Ivan bends down and gently sets his hand on his head and smiles softly. "You did the great job...I know next time you will be beating him..."
Vladimir opens his eyes and looks up at him. He smiles a bit and coughs out some more blood. His eyes close once more. Ivan stands up. "We must move him quickly. He's in serious condition. We have to be finding some hospital as fast as we can."
Feliciano nods. "Alright. The closest hospital is over a day away though! So we have to hurry!" He starts to look a little panicked. "He's doesn't look so good..."
"A day away? Do we even HAVE that sort of time?!" Monika asks, trying to think of a way to get him there asap. "Without Artemis I don't know if we can get him there fast enough."
Allen smirks and laughs. Everyone turns to look at him. He growls and his form starts to shift to that of his fox hybrid state. "You don't need a dragon! You have me! I can run at great speeds, remember? Just put him on my back and I'll run him to the hospital! Trust me I'll get him there by nightfall." He stands on all fours and wags his tail.
They look at each other and nod. Ivan carefully lifts him up and sets him on Allen's back. Feliciano uses some wire to help tie him down to Allen's back.
"Now you'll be alright Vlad." Feliciano smiles. "Allen is going to get you some help."
"Now are you sure you can do this?" Monika asks, crossing her arms.
Allen rolls his eyes. "Trust me. I can do this easy. I'll help get our friend here the care he needs. Just give me the directions."
"Just make sure he doesn't fall off. Also be careful of those sharp turns and trees." Roderich says wagging his finger at him.
"Yeah yeah I get it! Come on, give me the directions!" He groans a little bit.
Feliciano points Eastward. "It's to the East. Just keep going East and you should be able to find a dirt road. Follow that towards the mountains and you'll find the medical center."
Allen nods. "Right! Meet me there!" He bounds off out of the massive hole and into the woods, leaving a trail of of dust behind him.
Ivan looks on with a worried look. "I hope they'll be alright..."
Monika sets her hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure they'll all be alright. Now we have to figure out what to do next...as well as report to the King."
Ivan nods. "You are being right..." He turns to his team and smiles. "They nearly killed one of our own...so this is personal."
~o~o~o~o~o~
Henry's head is feeling light. His injuries are really starting to set in and he was losing altitude. His vision becomes blurry and he shakes his head. He lands on his feet in front of a cave and cough out a puddle of blood. He glows and shrinks back to his human form, his friends landing behind him as he passes out and spits up Argon who whines and lies on the ground.
Henry slowly opens his eyes. He moves to sit up but hisses.
"On mon ami, don't move...you're very injured." Francis gently guides him to lie back down.
Henry is lying on the ground in the cave. Francis finishes bandaging up. He smiles down at him. "You did a great job out there."
"Yeah dude! You were SO boss! It's been a long while since we've seen you go all out!" Alfred laughs and looks down at him.
Henry chuckles lightly. "Yeah...it took a lot out of me...he was...stronger than I thought...he'd be..." Argon crawls up on his chest and is bandaged as well. He purrs and curls up on him.
Ludwog sits down next to him. "So...you both sustain any damage done to you while in that large state?"
Henry smiles and nods. "Yep, pretty much. Any injury we take, we both get. So that's why it's more of a last resort type of thing. I also get like SUPER tired...so does Argon...usually takes us a day or two to recover just from being in that state. But with all these injuries? Maybe a week and we'll be fine."
"Well, seeing as we've gathered everyone here I say it's time we take a break to discuss everything." Mara crosses her arms.
Everyone gathers around the fire and Mara takes a deep breath. "Now that we're all gathered together. We have to make our way back to the capital of the kingdom...that will take us a few months to actually get there." She crosses her arms. "Our best bet is to go as soon as we can."
Gilbert groans loudly. "So can someone explain to me again what we're doing? I didn't quite get the memo you know."
"Well, Ludwig here wishes for our hep in helping the kingdom. Seeing as their is corruption and deceit riddled across the kingdom." Mara informs.
Gilbert raises a brow. "Yeah and? Hasn't the kingdom always has some form of corruption going on in it? I don't see how we can help or even why we should care."
"I would usually agree with you...but, something has been going on...I have no idea what, but the king hasn't even made any effort to do anything to help his people...it just doesn't sit right..." Mara closes her eyes.
Before anyone could say anything, the fire suddenly goes out and green flames shoot up, hitting the ceiling of the cave. "All shall be revealed." A voice says, echoing through the cave.
Heeellllloooo! Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed this epic fight of giants! And yes, something VERY big is about to be discussed and uncovered! :D You don't wanna miss it!