Chapter 52-(A Day in Vextor's Castle)
A/N: Hey guys! I know that I said that I would update on the weekends, but as you know, I can't always update, nor can I always be sure of something. That is just how I am. Here is the new chap, and please, don't ask me when I am going to update next time. (You know who you are) I'll update when I have the chance and you will see it. Anyways, enjoy.
It has been a while since the group had gotten themselves back together and were just getting used to the new changes.
"Damn it, I hate this new change!" growled Spyro in anger as he kept on getting back up, due to the fact that he kept on falling down.
"It ain't my problem that you decided to come with me. Don't worry though Spyro, you will get used to the new changes soon." said Godith with a small smile.
"Just where is this Vextor that we are suppose to meet?" asked Demitri.
"He said that it would be obvious to meet him up by the Castle. And I take that the giant building far ahead of us is the Castle that Vextor mentioned." said DK Mark, gazing at the sheer size, of the building.
"Damn, now that is some huge ass place." spoke Hera softly in shock.
"Still ain't bigger then ours hon." smiled Reignor. It wasn't long till the group had been able to find Vextor.
"Ahh there you are. I was beginning to worry that you won't find me because of the size of my Castle." smiled softly Vextor.
"Nah, our place is much more harder to navigate. So is there anything you need for us to do?" asked Spyro. Vextor looked at the purple dragon with a questionable look.
"What do you mean King Spyro?" asked Vextor.
"What he means is, do we got to do some things to get your approval?" asked Cynder.
"Oh no need to my friends, just seeing the Three Dragon Gods is good enough for an approval to me." smiled Vextor.
"Oh, then that's good news. But enough of that dear one, as you know we had come to your place in search of Luxius and any other signs of the Dark Ladies." said Akriloth.
"Ahh so that is what you call them, the Dark Ladies. Well I had not seen anyone one of those Dark Ladies, but I had seen Luxius a couple of times. My scouts come back everyday that Luxius' army grows in size with each passing day." spoke Vextor.
"Just how many Wyverns are there?" asked Lethak.
"All I can say, it will be a lot, but not as much as the one that I had sent a long time ago." said Demitri.
"Oh yeah, attack of 1 billion against Warfang. Got any more people to spare?" asked DL Mark with a silly smile. His wife only elbowed him softly in the ribs.
"Behave yourself Mark. We are not here to do some spare training. We all know that those Androids will soon arrive and I know that you want to be at your best and take them down as fast as possible before you get that Virus." said Godith.
"Huh? Virus? Androids? What is all of this about?" asked Vextor in confusion.
"Long story." replied Reignor.
"Not anymore, you are suppose to tell us who those Native Dragon People are so we got plenty of time to kill for the day." said Hera.
"How about this, you tell me your story, and I shall tell you all about the Natives." said Vextor.
"Good deal." said DK Mark.
So for the next hour or so, the group had told Vextor all about what the gang had learned from Arwen, the Future Purple Dragoness.
"Uhhhh.....what?" asked Vextor. It was obvious that he got lost when they mentioned that Arwen was from the future.
"Look, all we know from a reliable source is that Heldar is out to kill me and everyone else. After all, I am the Main-Powerhouse of this Universe. Well Dad is then me and Reignor but sooner or later I will become even more stronger. Anyways, if I go down then the world is in trouble. As far as we know, since Akriloth is back the world seems to be in a safe place if I get sick. The only main problem is the Androids since Heldar will probably send someone or something to record our power level and make his robotic creations just as powerful as us." said DL Mark.
"I get it, but only a little bit. So in a nutshell, you get sick, Androids come, wipe out all of life on Earth right?" asked Vextor.
"That is pretty much the main idea." said Galadrial with a sigh as she held her little boy.
"Damn...and now we got to worry about Luxius? That's just great." said Vextor as he sat down in his chair. It was clear that hearing about the Future has really ruined his day.
"Now that we have told you our story, please tell us yours about the Natives." said Leonidas.
"Sure why not, it will at least get all of the Future stuff off my mind." sighed Vextor as he sat upright and told a servant to get some drinks and chairs. The group soon sat down in some nice and comfy seats, got their drinks and stared at Vextor with their immortal fighting eyes.
"Okay. The Natives in this area has been a problem ever since Ofilnisha began. We are thinking of changing the name by the way. Like who is going to say, 'The Land of the Clothed Dragons.' we need a new name." said Vextor.
"We will think of something soon my friend." spoke DL Mark taking a sip from his flagon.
"Of course, now as I was saying, the Natives have been around longer then the country itself. When Ofilnisha was first established, the Natives had tried to drive us out from "their" lands. But due to the fact that we had better technology we stayed here for good and made sure that if the Natives try and screw with us, they will lose more land to us." spoke Vextor.
"That's cruel! How can you do such a thing like that?!" shouted Uther.
"Easy there son. It ain't his fault that this had happened, right?" asked Spyro.
"Yes hat is correct. It may be a cruel thing to do, taking lands if the Natives messed with us, but that had been the way to keep them calm for a good long time. When Ofilnisha was established, the ancestors tried to make peace to the Natives by giving them gifts, money, and some of the technology. They did take it, but they tried to attack us later on and we of course countered and stopped them dead in their tracks." spoke Vextor.
"Wow, that kinda sucks. They back-stabbed you." spoke Godith.
"I know, but this was a good 8,000 years ago. As time moved on, our technology advanced and so did theirs, but they were still behind of schedule and they tried to attack once more. Just 400 years ago they tried to attack once again and they suffered greatly. We had taken all but a few couple of thousand acres from them. Over the 400 years, we slowly gave the land back and now they have 1/8 of their original lands back and they had kept quiet ever since. They may have been spooking a couple of newcomers and wonderers, but nothing minor had even happened." said Vextor.
"Well it is a nice thing that you are slowly giving it back to them piece by piece. What is the current status of them today?" asked Yulie.
"As of now, they are kind to us. They have a new chief who reasons with us well. He is pretty nice and if you go to him he welcomes you with gifts. A pretty cool guy I must say." said Vextor with a small smile before finishing his drink.
"But what about the ones that attacked us?" asked Godith.
"Oh those Natives, they are the ones who do not like the new chief and are outcasts of the Tribe. They don't care about who they hurt as long as they get what they want. But hearing how them just seeing Reignor and DL Mark as well as Akriloth had caused them to tremble in fear, I am wondering on just why they did that." said Vextor.
"Maybe they have heard of us before?" suggested Akriloth as he finished his drink as well.
"Who knows, but there are a few things that has happened between us in the past year." said Vextor.
"And what is that?" asked DK Mark.
"Ever since my wife had disappeared a couple of months ago, they had sent one messenger to us, warning of corruption and downfall." spoke Vextor.
"Why would they do that?" asked Spyro.
"I have no idea, but a just last week, I had found a woman who can take my wife's place as Queen and she seems to be pretty nice too." smiled Vextor lightly.
"Can we meet your new soon-to-be-Queen?" asked Demitri.
"I had asked of her to come down, but she didn't. She is shy to newcomers who are Kings and Queens of another area." said Vextor.
"I wouldn't blame her for that. But what is her name?" asked Yulie.
"She had told me to not speak of it. Don't be suspicious but she has some enemies who are still out there and want her dead, most of them from your Country." spoke Vextor.
"Oh, I get it. It's alright. If we do see her in person, maybe we might recognize her from her looks. Who knows?" said Galadrial.
"Hahaha, yes that is true. Now then, it seems as if I had told a little more then before and I think it is time for you all to go to bed." said Vextor.
"Bed already?" asked Leonidas.
"It's 9 pm young one, you had flown for a long time and Vextor is right. We need to get some rest." spoke Auntyr.
"Oh, I forgot about that." replied Leonidas.
"So where can we find our rooms?" asked Myrna.
"My servants will escort you all to where you will be able to stay for the next few nights. Once again, I thank you all for coming." spoke Vextor with a smile before he got up and left. His servants soon came and they had followed to their rooms. It took only a few short minutes to get to their rooms and everyone had gotten their own areas, which was surprisingly in one gigantic area.
"Please, make yourselves at home. Lord Vextor had done all he could to make it as comfortable as possible for people like you." spoke one of the servants as he opened the doors. Right away, the group were amazed by the beauty of the area.
"Wow!! This looks more like a built-in Penthouse!" spoke Spyro in amazement.
"Enjoy your stay you Majesties." spoke the servant before he bowed and left them be. As soon as the door closed, the group had split up and ran into all of the doors that led into separate rooms.
"Jesus! How much did Vextor spend?!" shouted Lethak in his room.
"I have no idea, but this place is amazing!" yelled Myrna as she ran into the bathroom and filled up the giant tub that could fit up to 10 people. For a good hour and a half, the gang had their fun before it was time to sleep.
"Come on Mark, sleep with me tonight will ya?" asked his wife as she got into bed.
"I will, but there is something that I have to do before I go to sleep. I won't take long, I promise." smiled DL Mark as he kissed his wife and left the room and out into Vextor's Castle.
"Is there something on your mind?" asked Agorak as he phased out.
"There always is my friend. For some reason, when Vextor was talking about his wife, he didn't seem to be so truthful of it." whispered DL Mark.
"Please don't tell me that you are going to search the Castle for her." groaned Agorak.
"You are in my body, I am in control, and you probably would do the same thing so shut it." replied DL Mark.
"Can't we do it first thing in the morning?" asked the sleepy Dragon-God.
"We may not have the chance then." said DL Mark as he walked forth. For a while the two had checked out the Castle, almost all of the guards are asleep and were outside. A few were inside, and they too were sleeping.
"Vextor got to really teach his men to not sleep on the job." whispered DL Mark. He only heard the snoring of his Spiritual friend within his mind.
"Oh no, don't con your way out of this one!" growled DL Mark. Agorak did not reply so DL Mark decided to switch places.
"Huh, wha? What the hell?!" asked Agorak loudly.
"Malai! Not so loud!" (Idiot.) hissed DL Mark.
"Ohhh, why did you make me switch places. I was just getting myself into the comfort of sleep." groaned Agorak as he yawned.
"Yeah, you now begin to sleep up-right. Like I am going to believe that." replied DL Mark.
"Fine, I'll go do whatever you want me to do, but you we are not switching for a day." said Agorak with a sigh.
"Deal, now get moving." replied DL Mark. Agorak yawned once more before he picked up from where DL Mark left off. Turns out that he is sensing someone or something slowly dieing. Agorak wanted to get the job down quick so he get some beauty sleep and he quickly found the source. Three guards were slumped together by a large door that led to the part of the castle. The guards were sleeping peacefully and Agorak only smiled softly.
'Good, all I got to do is get into that place and see what the hell is happening down there.' thought Agorak. Using the best of his abilities, Agorak had examined the outside area. He was able to find a small opening by the doors. It was on the top left side and it seemed to be a small tunnel.
'There's my ticket in.' thought Agorak. Without a wasting another second, the White Dragon God quickly though up of a path that would take him quietly as possible into the small opening. He noticed that he was going to have to stay on the ceiling.
"Now how the heck do I stay up there without jabbing my tail into the ceiling?" asked Agorak quietly.
"You do know that we can turn any parts of our body into a dragon right?" asked DL Mark.
"Really?" asked the Dragon God. His host only gave out a sigh and he touched his hands and they turned into dragon claws, and the points were really sharp.
"Don't tell me that you forgot." spoke DL Mark with a slight tone of disappointment.
"No, it's my brain that seems to be sleepy. Gotta go." replied Agorak as he dug his claws into the walls. The claws held a very good grip and it didn't take a lot of energy for Agorak to use. He just pushed his hands in and they were in 6 inches. When he got to the ceiling, he did the same thing, except this time, he had to be careful. He wasn't sure if the ceiling was strong enough or that it might collapse and cause some serious trouble.
Luckily for him, it held and he was able to the hole.
"Okay, here goes nothing." whispered Agorak as he slowly went through, about half-way in, he got stuck.
'What the fuck?' pondered Agorak. He tried to move forward but his wings couldn't go through. He tried to move back but he already had tightened himself into the hole.
"Great just fucking great." muttered Agorak.
"Nice job. Really. I would've turned into my normal self, throw all of my equipment through the hole and go through. And you say that you are smart." spoke DL Mark in disbelief.
"Instead of insulting me, why don't you help me? After all, it is your body right?" asked Agorak. DL Mark did not reply but only went through the rocky wall and took out The Ominous from its sheath. Without wasting any seconds, he quickly cut out the larger piece and Agorak fell down onto the floor with a thud.
"There, that wasn't so hard." smiled DL Mark softly.
"Make it two days now." growled Agorak in anger.
"A day and three-quarters." replied the host with a small smile.
"Fine, now enough fooling around. We got somethings that need to be done." said Agorak as he took the sword and placed it back into its sheath. He dusted himself off and looked down the large dim hall-way and walked.
For a good few minutes, he had discovered nothing, but this dieing power source was getting much more closer to him. Deep within the lower-part of Vextor's Castle, Agorak had noticed that the deeper he went, a lot of warning signs were put up. Some saying flammable, inflammable objects, careful with the liquids, but majority of them were just warning signs of the items in the room behind the door and how they should be careful with them. It wasn't until near the end of the hall that Agorak noticed some green liquid coming out of a door.
"What is that stuff? Uranium? Toxic Waste?" asked DL Mark.
"No, Bio-Hazardous Liquid." spoke Agorak, seeing the sign and symbol of Bio-Hazard.
"Please don't tell me that the source is coming from in there." whispered DL Mark. The last thing they needed was something so weird and freaky coming out of the door.
"I'm afraid so." spoke Agorak. He withdrew his sword and placed his hand on the door-knob.
"Hold it...do you hear that?" asked DL Mark. Agorak looked at his friend with a confused look, but soon he heard the sound too. It seems to be a voice.
"Help.......somebody....please....help me." cried out a soft, weak, and dry voice.
"It came from inside. Screw Monsters, there's someone inside." said Agorak with a angered look.
"Step back, I'm going to open the door!" yelled the Dragon God before he knocked the door clean off its hinges. He entered and he only gasped in shock, seeing at least 300 barrels of Bio-Hazardous materials filling almost the entire room. A few barrels were dripping and glowing and a few were pouring out.
"Is anyone in here?" asked Agorak once more. He felt something grab a hold of his shoulder and he quickly turned around with his sword, placed on the throat of his enemy. Instead of an enemy, he had found the voice, a terrified red female dragon who had ring stripes on her tail and black horns. Not only that but she was entirely naked and her legs were covered knee-up with the Bio liquid, she had some around her mouth, hands and a small part of her tail.
"Holy Shit, what happened to you?!" asked Agorak in shock.
"Please....help me." begged the woman weakly. Agorak had seen her eyes and they were not alike. It seemed as if she had just recently been put in here to die, but thankfully the minds of DL Mark and Agorak had saved her.
"Come on, we got to take her to a hospital!" shouted DL Mark. Agorak nodded in agreement and without even thinking about the dangers of exposure, he picked up the dragon-woman and ran down the halls as fast as he could. His mind was no longer thinking about staying quiet, but more concerned on saving this dragoness. She may tell him just why she was put in there and how come Vextor did not know of this.
When they came at the door, DL Mark only blasted it open and phased back into Agorak since using energy outside of a body was not a good idea and drained a lot of energy. The guards were startled, seeing how the doors blew opened from the inside. They grabbed their weapons, but were in a state of shock when they saw Agorak running with as fast as he could with a naked, red-green woman in his arms.
As Agorak was going up the stairs, he felt the woman's life force slowly dieing down. If he ran to the hospital, she would not make it. He had no other choice but to bring her into his own room and try to the best of his abilities to clean her up.
"Hang in there hon, don't die on me now." whispered Agorak as he dashed up the stairs. With record speed, he reached his room and was able to open it up, without having to kick the door down. Godith was sitting on the couch and when she was Agorak come running in with the dragoness, she stood up in shock.
"Agorak...what happened to her?" asked Godith.
"I found her in a room filled with at least 300 barrels of Bio-Hazardous materials. But right now is not the time to talk love. We got to keep her alive." said Agorak as he placed the dieing woman on the couch. Godith grabbed a bed sheet and she covered up the woman and took a bunch of paper towels and cleaned off all of the green stuff on her. It only helped slightly, by reducing the time it takes to die from exposure.
The dragoness was having a lot of weird events. She was boiling, she coughed blood, her eyes were different color, her throat was swollen, her blood was not rich in oxygen, she was breathing fast, a whole bunch of things. Agorak had ran out of the room to run at his maximum safe speed and was able to bring in medicine and a few doctors, via teleportation.
"Come on you guys, save her." spoke Agorak as he came back. Right away, the doctors had taken the dragoness and placed her on the table and began right away to work. All of the commotion had caused Leonidas, Galadrial, Demitri and Pythios to wake up and see what was going on.
"Hey Dad, what's going on?" asked Leonidas as he rubbed his eye, wearing some pajamas.
"Just get back into your rooms...all of you. I'll explain everything soon." said Agorak and gave them a look. Not a look of anger or serious, but a look that meant that it was best to be involved later.
"Sure thing, we'll ask later." replied Demitri as he took his wife back into the room and Leonidas only yawned before he closed his door and fell asleep once again. Godith and Agorak waited patiently as the doctors were doing their best to save the dragoness. After two hours, the doctors had finished and the dragoness was feeling a lot better now. She was sleeping and thankfully alive and well.
"Where have you found here Lord Agorak?" asked one of the doctors.
"In a room filled with hundreds of barrels of Bio-Hazardous materials. I guess that she has only been in that room for only a few short hours." spoke Agorak.
"Indeed you are correct. Being exposed to that much can kill even you in a matter of hours. Now if you excuse us, we will be going back to or hospital now." spoke the doctor.
"Oh sure, sorry about dragging you guys out. Here..." spoke the Dragon God as he pulled out his wallet and gave each of the doctors $15,000.
"Wha-, we don't need to take this." spoke another doctor.
"Ah don't worry about it, you saved an innocent woman from near-death in a condition unlike anything else. Be proud of it." spoke Godith with a small smile.
"Well thank you for the generous tip. All you need to do is give her antibiotics, all of the medicine that will cure her current sickness and-"
"Or I can just simply heal her from the sickness." said Agorak.
"Then why didn't you do that earlier?" asked another one.
"I can't heal people who are suffering from current sickness like Radiation, or Bio-Hazard. For some reason, my powers can't do that. If I was to, then I will be the one sick of disease." said Agorak.
"Ahh, well take care now." spoke the doctor before they all left.
"So now what do we do love?" asked Godith with a worried look.
"Now, all we do is wait and hope that she remembers something." spoke Agorak as he placed his hands on the woman, and slowly healed her back to health.
A/N:Just who can this woman that Agorak and DL Mark found be? Why has she been put into that room? What will happen next now that she is alive and recovering fast? Stay tunned for more, next time on R.O.D!
