Lexi 29

Lexi's POV

We zoomed through the air in the airship and looked down on Dallas, Texas. The first land victim to be attacked by the Nagas. Lucky them…

"Whoa," Zak mumbled. He was riding on my back and I was in Roc form. This was probably the last I could use this form so I had to use it well. I did a loop and Zak dropped off. I caught him in my talons ans then got lower to the ground. I dropped him off by Wadi and Tsul 'Kalu. Then I picked up a Naga. It squealed and screeched in my grasp and then I dropped it from about 200 feet up. It fell and when it hit the ground it kept still. It was still alive, just paralyzed.

I did the same for about two more Nagas, then one of my golden wings was hit with a rock, and I thought Oh, How ironic. The giant bird, Roc was taken down by a giant rock. I fell through the air and crashed in front of Van Rook who decided to help out. I wasn't hurt, but my wing was caught under the rock. Van Rook tried to push it out of the way and when he couldn't, Tsul 'Kalu tried, then Doyle tried, and that was just enough to lift the boulder and I turned into Lexi. I rubbed my arm it was maybe fractured, but not to badly.

Would seem surprising to most, would be when I would've broken a bone in animal form, I really had nothing worse than a sprain. If it were an animal larger than my human form the damage done to that spot would be far less bad, than if I were say, a raccoon or bat.

When I looked up from my arm Zak had come and the others had left to fight. He helped me up and asked if I was okay. I nodded and continued holding my arm.

"How bad is it?"

"Not bad, maybe a fracture, why?" I asked hastily to keep from doing the thing where I laugh at the same time as cry. I do that sometimes, but somehow lately the shocks and injuries I had suffered were so shocking and full f action, I hadn't had any time to cry. Or I was unconscious and was mentally crying. I looked up at Zak. He had his Mobile Video phone out.

"What are you doing?" I asked quickly, but flatly.

"You can't be out here with a broken arm, are you sure its nothing else? Could you have hit your head on the boulder?"

"Well yeah I did but… No Zak I can still fight!"

"If you hit your head you shouldn't even be standing up!"

"It's not bad, it didn't hurt, I'm telling you, and I can…"

I was cutoff the airship pulled up and a rope came down.

"Lexi are you okay? Grab on to the rope, we'll pull you up."

"I'm fine," I whispered angrily under my breath, just loud enough for Zak to here.

I grabbed the rope and was pulled up.

Zak ran off and Drew helped me in the airship.

About an hour later we went back for Zak, and nothing good had come for our team we had lost. Zak had tons of scrapes and bruises, but still in a good condition. Doyle was in Top Condition, Van Rook was out of condition and exhausted, and Tsul 'Kalu had already left along with the Hassi, which did escape, all alive, but most injured. Wadi had evaded injury, but her father had two broken ribs and a broken collarbone.

When Zak got inside he collapsed on the couch. The Nagas were definitely much quicker then us. They had already started a battle in Quebec, Canada. I hate snakes.

"Alright, let's go what are we standing around here for?"

"No, Sorry Lexi, we don't want to risk any further injury to you. Sorry you need to rest."

"Wha?" I complained.

"I have to help Star though! How will she talk to Zak?"

"And No," I continued stopping Zak from finding a loophole. "You can't use your cryptid powers on her she's a wolf."

I looked at Zak.

"Do you really want Zak going out to fight in a battle, when he's been doing so for two days straight? He hasn't slept since the night before the battle of Kumari Kandum."

Drew seemed to hesitate and think about this. Then she unfortunately replied.

"Sorry, Lexi we all need sleep, but I don't think anyone can sleep right now."

My jaw dropped and I stared at her with one eyebrow cocked and the other in a troubled position, like what? My shoulders slumped and I shuffled to my room on the airship with no luck.

I collapsed on my bed and fell asleep.

Note: Just because I just turned 13 I am extending this chapter. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE!

Zak's POV

When I landed in the snow a tree flung through the air thudded right next to me. I stared at the Naga who threw it and it slivered away. They were completely impervious to my kur power. I ran after it, before getting lost in the forest. I hadn't lost too much time before I heard the sounds of battle.

I rushed forward claw in hand and a flying snake hit me in the stomach. Then I heard it speak.

"We're ssssorry for attacking kur, Rani Nagi sssaid it wasss for he bessst." It backed off then slithered away shamefully. When it was out of my face I could see the whole battle Tsul 'Kalu and Van Rook were fighting a small group of skunk-apes, blue mountain panthers, a buffalo lion (That one was interesting) and a Jersey Devil. Doyle was holding his own against a Tazle Worm and Naga, and Star and her pack were viciously fighting a pack of Andean wolves. I rushed into battle and grappled m way to sit on a Nagas shoulders. It tried to throw me off. Literally, but it failed… the first time. I was thrown off the second time around. I fell in the snow and hit the Naga with the non-claw end of my weapon. My powers flickered on and I tried to calm a Mongolian Death Worm, but oddly it didn't go the way I wanted it to.

Instead my heart took lead of my mind and it yelled ATTACK! ATTACK! At first I didn't know if that was what it was thinking or if it was what I was telling it to do. Then I realized, I was the one telling it to attack. It dug down in the ground and came up slamming into Doyle, who had apparently saw what happened.

"Doyle!" I ram and grabbed onto the worm. It threw me off and I hit it with the claw. It reared back like it had been stuck with a sword. It dropped Doyle and backed into its hole squealing and screeching loudly.

My eyes started glowing and I felt the instinct come out and the ground rumble. I gasped. Oh no I thought. A dozen Mongolian Death Worms erupted from the ground. I gasped. One rapped itself around Tsul 'Kalu and Van Rook, the next rapped itself around Star, one around each of her pack, and one around Doyle.

"Mini… man… What's…. going… on?" Doyle grunted.

"I don't know."

I tried again.

"Not…. working…. only…squeezing…harder."

I thought I wouldn't have been able to control them.

I thought it was over for Doyle, Tsul "Kalu, and the wolves. Well, and Van Rook.

The sky grew darker, and then Roots sweeled up from the ground seizing the worm constricting them harder then they could conscrict everyone else. I looked up and saw Lexi. Then it occurred to me.

She had learned how to control several roots at once.