Notes: WARNING! Slashy yaoi homosexual content stuffs here! That and demon
+ woman things. If it offends you, go away. It's not my fault if you read
it and get grossed out. That and strong language. This has words only for
the people who are not offended by mere sounds.
Constructive criticism in reviews is welcomed and noted: stupid flames are not. Please don't expect any Shakespeare, Nivin or Wells here; this is a fanfiction site and all the stories are amateur. So I'm sorry if I'm not a best-seller novelist. Just don't flame me.
Blood and pain and fighting and hurted people in this chapter.
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"Ah- I do not know!" Jackie choked out, still gasping for air. Shendu snarled and squeezed a little tighter, making a sickening, gurgling gag escape Jackie's throat. "Don't toy with me, Chan! I am no fool. I know you have the worthless scum hidden somewhere."
With a leap of effort, Jackie tossed up his left foot and struck the demon's forearm hard, making his grip wane. In the brief lapse of strength, Jackie slipped out of his hand and onto the floor, going into a roll to escape the immediate area around his aggressor. Shendu roared in anger. Like dogs siced by their master, three enforcers piled forward to take their chances fighting the enemy.
They all knew that was a mistake.
But, what're you going to do? Take chances with Chan or a fire- breathing dragon.
Jackie proceeded to take them on while Shendu watched with disgust. Between blocking the incoming punches and kicks, Jackie got in a few of his own brand of Kung Fu out on them. Finn was kicked in the stomach, winding him. He staggered back in pain while Chow was tossed aside with a kick and Ratso had his shirt pulled over his head.
Uncle yelled about his priceless antiques about to be broken, though none were, thanks to Jackie's quick reflexes. Tohru, at some point, joined in, helping remove Jackie from a particularly unpleasant headlock in Finn's armpit. It didn't take long for the enforcers to be left nothing but a sniveling pile of bruised spleens.
Jackie smiled tauntingly at Shendu. The demon smiled back. Smoke leaked from his lips. "So, you didn't know, did you?" Jackie followed Shendu's gaze to the second story of the building. His eyes went wide and his heart sunk.
Valmont stood in the doorway, in plain sight, looking rather sullen and defeated. Hak Foo was standing in front of him, holding up his prize: the sheep talisman. Jackie blinked. The talisman! Valmont had the sheep talisman?? '-and he didn't tell you about it-' his subconscious added. Jackie pushed the thought back and shook his head.
The talisman was how Shendu would be able to reenter the criminal. Valmont seemed to have just….. given it up. He made no move to retrieve it. Instead, he frowned at Jackie, eyes speaking his words for him- "I had to."
Hak Foo tossed the talisman down to Shendu, who caught it with ease. With a bright flash of blue light, his astroform exited the alternate body. Jackie rushed to take the bit of magic stone from the limp, empty vessel's hand, but a black shoe collided with his outstretched arm and he was forced into a fight with the wild haired enforcer. Tohru growled in anger and charged.
Across the room, Valmont's eyes turned a ghastly red. His slumped form stood up rigidly, malicious grin crossing his lips. "Hello again Valmont. You've been naughty." The demon said tauntingly.
The grin whipped off his face quickly. A strange, light feeling suddenly coursed through his body. It felt as though a strong wind was lifting him….. The he heard the chi wizard and realized what was happening.
Shendu's grin returned.
"U mo guei guai fi di ziao!"
How convenient.
Goodbye Valmont, you sniveler.
The demon let himself go, allowed the spell to wash over him, releasing him from the body of weak flesh, taking him away from the loathed host he had fallen unwillingly dependant on. Soon he was floating above the freed Valmont in his astroform. He paused then tested Valmont to see if he could enter. A light flashed in his face as his attempt to enter was deflected.
His sibling's spell was no fool proof one.
This was a good thing.
He wasn't dependent on Valmont. He could spend all his time in his new body.
New body! Shendu swung his ethereal head around. He needed to get back to it before it was destroyed by one of his meddling nemeses. With the two especially powerful foes ganged up on him, Hak Foo was in a battle he was loosing fast.
The golden essence of Shendu floated to the empty form and entered. He felt the power of his strong limbs return to him and flexed a hand before standing on all fours. The sheep was on the floor infront of him. He snatched it up for safekeeping.
On observation of his situation, Shendu found all four enforcers beaten pretty badly. Chow, Finn and Ratso were attempting to hide in plain sight (hoping they would become invisible if they tried hard enough) and the Black Tiger was getting, well, his ass kicked royally. "Simpletons," Shendu muttered, "If you want something done correctly, do it yourself."
Jackie sidled over to avoid a kick thrown by the enforcer, and effectively succeeded. He looked up to the balcony where Valmont was. The criminal was slouched on the floor, rubbing his head in confusion. 'So it worked,' Jackie smiled. 'You're free…..'
His mood was interrupted with a hand as big as his head coming out of nowhere to knock him down, leaving two small scratches across his cheek. He fell to the floor and rolled over quickly, just in time to dodge another attack.
Damn! Now Shendu was in the body with the sharp teeth and claws! Maybe Uncle cast the spell a little premature. Jackie jumped back from vicious and bloodthirsty teeth and shot a look at his Uncle. Uncle stuck out his lip defensively. "What?! You did not tell me about THIS!" He said, holding a hand out to indicate Shendu. "Spell was good one! ---- Ayiah! My shop will be RUINED!!" A fan landed on the floor comfortably then was crushed by a small statue.
Jackie ignored the old man and concentrated on holding off the creature attacking him. If he wanted to live, he'd have to fight back. But how could he beat up a DEMON?? He found himself wishing for a talisman or two.
Chow leaned back then shot forward with a groan of pain when he touched his side against a table. He lifted his shirt a little to look. The skin was turning dark where Chan had landed a solid kick. Chow winced and covered the bruise back up.
Next to him, Finn was laying where he was thrown, reluctant to get up or even move. Every bone in his body ached. "Finn, you okay?" Chow asked with concern. Finn looked at him. "No." He said. "I'm pretty sure I'm dead." Chow let a small smile onto his lips but looked away so the redhead couldn't see. 'That's Finn.'
Chow turned to watch Shendu and Chan duking it out and chuckled. Jackie Chan with all his fancy moves wasn't doing too well against the sleek fighting machine of Shendu. The demon plowed through antiques, much to the dismay of a noisy old man, while Chan was spending most of his energy on avoiding him.
Chan slipped under an arm and swept his leg under Shendu's feet, tripping him over. The demon roared and finding it conveniently near, bit onto the leg that tripped him. He felt his teeth sink into the soft flesh and the salty taste of blood on his tongue. Chan howled in agony at the perforation, sending little tickles of delight through Shendu. So long since he tasted blood last. It excited him. He tightened his jaw and twisted a little to incite another noise from him and was rewarded. As hard as he was holding the leg, it was still gentle for him. 'So brittle.' He could snap it in two. It occurred to him that this action might give him great pleasure.
Shendu recoiled at a hit in the face, shocking him for long enough to keep him from biting down and breaking the bone. A knee landed hard in the crook of his throat, causing him to choke and let go his grip. His long, no- longer white teeth withdrew, covered in fresh blood. Jackie's leg was patterned with bloody oval gapes all in a row. He backed away on the ground as quick as he could, not able to stand on his feet on such short notice. The leg screamed pain at him, but less than when the teeth were in it, making Jackie more relieved than not.
Shendu, recovering from the severity caused on his throat, leapt up to tear into the smaller creature.
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Valmont watched from the safety of the room as Shendu manhandled Jackie. It pissed him off, but it wasn't exactly a good time to jump into a fight. Shendu was looking for HIM after all.
Jackie kicked Shendu and freed himself from the painful grip. Valmont smiled. The enforcers came forward to attempt what was clearly impossible for them to do; fight him and actually win. Never the less, all three came up to get their asses kicked. Not only by Chan, but also by Valmont's very own ex-enforcer, Tohru. Valmont shook his head. He hadn't realized they were that sadly inferior to their enemy.
Valmont paused. Then counted the enforces on the lower level. Three. Chow, Finn and Ratso. Where did Hak Foo go? "Master." Valmont nearly jumped out of his skin. Standing next to the door was the Black Tiger. "Hak Foo" Valmont said, rather stupidly. Hak raised an eyebrow.
"I am not going with HIM." Valmont said, glaring. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" Valmont scowled as hard as he could. "NEED I remind you that you are still under MY employ. Not that THING'S. I don't care if he does breathe fire." "I know." Hak Foo remained calm, standing his ground. "But is this worth your life? If you do not surrender to Shendu, he WILL kill you." Valmont was quiet for a moment. That couldn't be true! "Shendu wouldn't dare!" Hak Foo frowned a very Hak Fooish frown. "Killing you would free him to live in his new body forever."
Valmont stopped. Oh. Yeah, that made sense. Shendu couldn't posses him if he was dead. And that blasted thing he dug up in China….. What COULD he do but give himself up to Shendu? Have a horrible, horrible death? All he'd have to do is wait it out until the last demon was released, right? That's not so bad, is it? Hmm. Well, it was. Any amount of time with Shendu was hell.
Valmont's gaze wondered back to the lower level. There was Jackie. Jackie. Shendu'd try to kill Jackie too. Another good reason. Another VERY good reason. 'Damn it. Looks like I'm screwed.' Valmont reached into his right coat pocket and produced the stone. He rolled it over in his hand and sighed. "I've not got much choice." He said, then handed it to the enforcer. "Hell if I'm going to give it to him myself though." Hak Foo took the talisman and nodded.
The enforcer stepped forward and held it up to where the demon could see. Shendu caught them with his eye and smiled. "So, you didn't know, did you?" He said to Jackie, who looked in horror at Valmont's discovery. Valmont felt a pang of pain in his gut at the look.
The talisman was tossed to Shendu, who immediately used it. Valmont stepped back. Shendu was in astroform right now, in this room. And he was coming for him. Soon, they would be one again.
He jerked back with the force of the spirit invading him. At first it felt like a hot spot on his chest, but then it spread out and locked into his brain. It pushed him aside from his control and took over all his movements at once, leaving him an observer in the back of his own mind. Shendu mentally laughed at him. "Hello again Valmont. You've been naughty." He said before blocking out Valmont's connection to the rest of the world completely.
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….. darkness …..
….. unyielding darkness, lacking place in space or time…..
…..Valmont sat quietly in the dark he was so intimately familiar with. It could have been days that were passing, years, eons. Or it could have been seconds. He didn't know. All he knew was the dark…..
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Valmont blinked back into consciousness. He was on the hard, cold floor. Looking up, he saw he was still in the same place where he stood before. He rubbed his head and started to get up. Millions of questions ran through his mind at once.
Where was Shendu? Quietly inside him? Why was he allowed his body?
He looked over the banister and got his answer. Shendu was back in the gold- bronze dragon. He was attacking Jackie with incredible fury. Hak Foo was busy trying to beat up the bulk that was Tohru. Looking to 10 o'clock, he saw the old chi wizard with fresh ingredients of a spell in his hands. Valmont paused to think about this before realizing that the exorcism spell had been cast- and it had worked.
A flash of giddy happiness went over him. Free of Shendu foreve-- A tremendous crash of pottery broke his line of thought and gained his attention. In the background, the old man yelled something about 'you break it you bought it.' Shendu was plowing through the antiquities to get at Jackie. Jackie seemed on the defense, unsure of how to fight the beast. He tripped it over, knocking it into a pile of red rugs.
Valmont's breath caught in his throat at what happened next.
Shendu reached out his great muzzle and sunk his razor sharp teeth deep into Jackie's leg, making a terrible scream of pure pain reverberate throughout the building. Valmont's heart wrenched, the scream tearing him apart. Shendu bit down and twisted the mangled flesh, causing new pain and new calls of anguish from his lover.
Fire burning in him, Valmont leapt straight over the banister and down to the wood floor beneath.
Jackie kicked free from his assailant and backed up quickly. He ran into Valmont's legs and looked up in surprise. The gold-bronze beast, regaining its composure, came back to attack again.
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Jade was walking quietly down the sidewalk towards Uncle's shop when she heard the noise. An enormous roar of anger, coming from the direction she was headed in. She had heard that roar enough times to recognize Shendu when she heard him. Shendu was at Uncle's shop. The girl ran down the sidewalk as fast as she could.
Jade stopped cold in front of the shop window. Inside, a small dragon was attempting to tear her uncle to pieces. He was already injured, she could see. Three long cuts ran across his chest and his leg was covered in the red of blood. She screamed his name, but no one was there to hear it.
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Notes: As always, R&R.
Damn, that was one big first scene! VERY stressful to write! I'm not too good at action scenes. I wanted to make it gory and horrific, but I couldn't get past how hard it is to just move the scene along. This is why I'll never be a professional writer.
You reading this story, BallroomBlitz? I apologize for calling Hak Foo 'Hak' up there.
Constructive criticism in reviews is welcomed and noted: stupid flames are not. Please don't expect any Shakespeare, Nivin or Wells here; this is a fanfiction site and all the stories are amateur. So I'm sorry if I'm not a best-seller novelist. Just don't flame me.
Blood and pain and fighting and hurted people in this chapter.
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"Ah- I do not know!" Jackie choked out, still gasping for air. Shendu snarled and squeezed a little tighter, making a sickening, gurgling gag escape Jackie's throat. "Don't toy with me, Chan! I am no fool. I know you have the worthless scum hidden somewhere."
With a leap of effort, Jackie tossed up his left foot and struck the demon's forearm hard, making his grip wane. In the brief lapse of strength, Jackie slipped out of his hand and onto the floor, going into a roll to escape the immediate area around his aggressor. Shendu roared in anger. Like dogs siced by their master, three enforcers piled forward to take their chances fighting the enemy.
They all knew that was a mistake.
But, what're you going to do? Take chances with Chan or a fire- breathing dragon.
Jackie proceeded to take them on while Shendu watched with disgust. Between blocking the incoming punches and kicks, Jackie got in a few of his own brand of Kung Fu out on them. Finn was kicked in the stomach, winding him. He staggered back in pain while Chow was tossed aside with a kick and Ratso had his shirt pulled over his head.
Uncle yelled about his priceless antiques about to be broken, though none were, thanks to Jackie's quick reflexes. Tohru, at some point, joined in, helping remove Jackie from a particularly unpleasant headlock in Finn's armpit. It didn't take long for the enforcers to be left nothing but a sniveling pile of bruised spleens.
Jackie smiled tauntingly at Shendu. The demon smiled back. Smoke leaked from his lips. "So, you didn't know, did you?" Jackie followed Shendu's gaze to the second story of the building. His eyes went wide and his heart sunk.
Valmont stood in the doorway, in plain sight, looking rather sullen and defeated. Hak Foo was standing in front of him, holding up his prize: the sheep talisman. Jackie blinked. The talisman! Valmont had the sheep talisman?? '-and he didn't tell you about it-' his subconscious added. Jackie pushed the thought back and shook his head.
The talisman was how Shendu would be able to reenter the criminal. Valmont seemed to have just….. given it up. He made no move to retrieve it. Instead, he frowned at Jackie, eyes speaking his words for him- "I had to."
Hak Foo tossed the talisman down to Shendu, who caught it with ease. With a bright flash of blue light, his astroform exited the alternate body. Jackie rushed to take the bit of magic stone from the limp, empty vessel's hand, but a black shoe collided with his outstretched arm and he was forced into a fight with the wild haired enforcer. Tohru growled in anger and charged.
Across the room, Valmont's eyes turned a ghastly red. His slumped form stood up rigidly, malicious grin crossing his lips. "Hello again Valmont. You've been naughty." The demon said tauntingly.
The grin whipped off his face quickly. A strange, light feeling suddenly coursed through his body. It felt as though a strong wind was lifting him….. The he heard the chi wizard and realized what was happening.
Shendu's grin returned.
"U mo guei guai fi di ziao!"
How convenient.
Goodbye Valmont, you sniveler.
The demon let himself go, allowed the spell to wash over him, releasing him from the body of weak flesh, taking him away from the loathed host he had fallen unwillingly dependant on. Soon he was floating above the freed Valmont in his astroform. He paused then tested Valmont to see if he could enter. A light flashed in his face as his attempt to enter was deflected.
His sibling's spell was no fool proof one.
This was a good thing.
He wasn't dependent on Valmont. He could spend all his time in his new body.
New body! Shendu swung his ethereal head around. He needed to get back to it before it was destroyed by one of his meddling nemeses. With the two especially powerful foes ganged up on him, Hak Foo was in a battle he was loosing fast.
The golden essence of Shendu floated to the empty form and entered. He felt the power of his strong limbs return to him and flexed a hand before standing on all fours. The sheep was on the floor infront of him. He snatched it up for safekeeping.
On observation of his situation, Shendu found all four enforcers beaten pretty badly. Chow, Finn and Ratso were attempting to hide in plain sight (hoping they would become invisible if they tried hard enough) and the Black Tiger was getting, well, his ass kicked royally. "Simpletons," Shendu muttered, "If you want something done correctly, do it yourself."
Jackie sidled over to avoid a kick thrown by the enforcer, and effectively succeeded. He looked up to the balcony where Valmont was. The criminal was slouched on the floor, rubbing his head in confusion. 'So it worked,' Jackie smiled. 'You're free…..'
His mood was interrupted with a hand as big as his head coming out of nowhere to knock him down, leaving two small scratches across his cheek. He fell to the floor and rolled over quickly, just in time to dodge another attack.
Damn! Now Shendu was in the body with the sharp teeth and claws! Maybe Uncle cast the spell a little premature. Jackie jumped back from vicious and bloodthirsty teeth and shot a look at his Uncle. Uncle stuck out his lip defensively. "What?! You did not tell me about THIS!" He said, holding a hand out to indicate Shendu. "Spell was good one! ---- Ayiah! My shop will be RUINED!!" A fan landed on the floor comfortably then was crushed by a small statue.
Jackie ignored the old man and concentrated on holding off the creature attacking him. If he wanted to live, he'd have to fight back. But how could he beat up a DEMON?? He found himself wishing for a talisman or two.
Chow leaned back then shot forward with a groan of pain when he touched his side against a table. He lifted his shirt a little to look. The skin was turning dark where Chan had landed a solid kick. Chow winced and covered the bruise back up.
Next to him, Finn was laying where he was thrown, reluctant to get up or even move. Every bone in his body ached. "Finn, you okay?" Chow asked with concern. Finn looked at him. "No." He said. "I'm pretty sure I'm dead." Chow let a small smile onto his lips but looked away so the redhead couldn't see. 'That's Finn.'
Chow turned to watch Shendu and Chan duking it out and chuckled. Jackie Chan with all his fancy moves wasn't doing too well against the sleek fighting machine of Shendu. The demon plowed through antiques, much to the dismay of a noisy old man, while Chan was spending most of his energy on avoiding him.
Chan slipped under an arm and swept his leg under Shendu's feet, tripping him over. The demon roared and finding it conveniently near, bit onto the leg that tripped him. He felt his teeth sink into the soft flesh and the salty taste of blood on his tongue. Chan howled in agony at the perforation, sending little tickles of delight through Shendu. So long since he tasted blood last. It excited him. He tightened his jaw and twisted a little to incite another noise from him and was rewarded. As hard as he was holding the leg, it was still gentle for him. 'So brittle.' He could snap it in two. It occurred to him that this action might give him great pleasure.
Shendu recoiled at a hit in the face, shocking him for long enough to keep him from biting down and breaking the bone. A knee landed hard in the crook of his throat, causing him to choke and let go his grip. His long, no- longer white teeth withdrew, covered in fresh blood. Jackie's leg was patterned with bloody oval gapes all in a row. He backed away on the ground as quick as he could, not able to stand on his feet on such short notice. The leg screamed pain at him, but less than when the teeth were in it, making Jackie more relieved than not.
Shendu, recovering from the severity caused on his throat, leapt up to tear into the smaller creature.
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Valmont watched from the safety of the room as Shendu manhandled Jackie. It pissed him off, but it wasn't exactly a good time to jump into a fight. Shendu was looking for HIM after all.
Jackie kicked Shendu and freed himself from the painful grip. Valmont smiled. The enforcers came forward to attempt what was clearly impossible for them to do; fight him and actually win. Never the less, all three came up to get their asses kicked. Not only by Chan, but also by Valmont's very own ex-enforcer, Tohru. Valmont shook his head. He hadn't realized they were that sadly inferior to their enemy.
Valmont paused. Then counted the enforces on the lower level. Three. Chow, Finn and Ratso. Where did Hak Foo go? "Master." Valmont nearly jumped out of his skin. Standing next to the door was the Black Tiger. "Hak Foo" Valmont said, rather stupidly. Hak raised an eyebrow.
"I am not going with HIM." Valmont said, glaring. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" Valmont scowled as hard as he could. "NEED I remind you that you are still under MY employ. Not that THING'S. I don't care if he does breathe fire." "I know." Hak Foo remained calm, standing his ground. "But is this worth your life? If you do not surrender to Shendu, he WILL kill you." Valmont was quiet for a moment. That couldn't be true! "Shendu wouldn't dare!" Hak Foo frowned a very Hak Fooish frown. "Killing you would free him to live in his new body forever."
Valmont stopped. Oh. Yeah, that made sense. Shendu couldn't posses him if he was dead. And that blasted thing he dug up in China….. What COULD he do but give himself up to Shendu? Have a horrible, horrible death? All he'd have to do is wait it out until the last demon was released, right? That's not so bad, is it? Hmm. Well, it was. Any amount of time with Shendu was hell.
Valmont's gaze wondered back to the lower level. There was Jackie. Jackie. Shendu'd try to kill Jackie too. Another good reason. Another VERY good reason. 'Damn it. Looks like I'm screwed.' Valmont reached into his right coat pocket and produced the stone. He rolled it over in his hand and sighed. "I've not got much choice." He said, then handed it to the enforcer. "Hell if I'm going to give it to him myself though." Hak Foo took the talisman and nodded.
The enforcer stepped forward and held it up to where the demon could see. Shendu caught them with his eye and smiled. "So, you didn't know, did you?" He said to Jackie, who looked in horror at Valmont's discovery. Valmont felt a pang of pain in his gut at the look.
The talisman was tossed to Shendu, who immediately used it. Valmont stepped back. Shendu was in astroform right now, in this room. And he was coming for him. Soon, they would be one again.
He jerked back with the force of the spirit invading him. At first it felt like a hot spot on his chest, but then it spread out and locked into his brain. It pushed him aside from his control and took over all his movements at once, leaving him an observer in the back of his own mind. Shendu mentally laughed at him. "Hello again Valmont. You've been naughty." He said before blocking out Valmont's connection to the rest of the world completely.
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….. darkness …..
….. unyielding darkness, lacking place in space or time…..
…..Valmont sat quietly in the dark he was so intimately familiar with. It could have been days that were passing, years, eons. Or it could have been seconds. He didn't know. All he knew was the dark…..
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Valmont blinked back into consciousness. He was on the hard, cold floor. Looking up, he saw he was still in the same place where he stood before. He rubbed his head and started to get up. Millions of questions ran through his mind at once.
Where was Shendu? Quietly inside him? Why was he allowed his body?
He looked over the banister and got his answer. Shendu was back in the gold- bronze dragon. He was attacking Jackie with incredible fury. Hak Foo was busy trying to beat up the bulk that was Tohru. Looking to 10 o'clock, he saw the old chi wizard with fresh ingredients of a spell in his hands. Valmont paused to think about this before realizing that the exorcism spell had been cast- and it had worked.
A flash of giddy happiness went over him. Free of Shendu foreve-- A tremendous crash of pottery broke his line of thought and gained his attention. In the background, the old man yelled something about 'you break it you bought it.' Shendu was plowing through the antiquities to get at Jackie. Jackie seemed on the defense, unsure of how to fight the beast. He tripped it over, knocking it into a pile of red rugs.
Valmont's breath caught in his throat at what happened next.
Shendu reached out his great muzzle and sunk his razor sharp teeth deep into Jackie's leg, making a terrible scream of pure pain reverberate throughout the building. Valmont's heart wrenched, the scream tearing him apart. Shendu bit down and twisted the mangled flesh, causing new pain and new calls of anguish from his lover.
Fire burning in him, Valmont leapt straight over the banister and down to the wood floor beneath.
Jackie kicked free from his assailant and backed up quickly. He ran into Valmont's legs and looked up in surprise. The gold-bronze beast, regaining its composure, came back to attack again.
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Jade was walking quietly down the sidewalk towards Uncle's shop when she heard the noise. An enormous roar of anger, coming from the direction she was headed in. She had heard that roar enough times to recognize Shendu when she heard him. Shendu was at Uncle's shop. The girl ran down the sidewalk as fast as she could.
Jade stopped cold in front of the shop window. Inside, a small dragon was attempting to tear her uncle to pieces. He was already injured, she could see. Three long cuts ran across his chest and his leg was covered in the red of blood. She screamed his name, but no one was there to hear it.
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Notes: As always, R&R.
Damn, that was one big first scene! VERY stressful to write! I'm not too good at action scenes. I wanted to make it gory and horrific, but I couldn't get past how hard it is to just move the scene along. This is why I'll never be a professional writer.
You reading this story, BallroomBlitz? I apologize for calling Hak Foo 'Hak' up there.