Genesis of a Dragon pt. 14
Disclaimer: "OH MAH GAWD KING!!! WHAT A SLOBBERKNOCKER!!!"
Author's Note: Due to my college classwork, chapters might not come very quickly. Especially with this story. This story has given me major mental blocks over time.
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Dear Journal,
Me, Jason, Todd, Rogue, and Rahnzor had snuck into Tyrannis's castle via a basement. Lance, Kitty, Kurt, Fred, Logan, and Tolkar are barging in the front door, guns a-blazin'. Meanwhile, Storm and the dragons are distracting Tyrannis's forces outside. Man, this strategy is pretty sound. But what I'm concerned about is the other guys back in our world. I wonder what Tyrannis is up to. That dragon may be nuts, but he's far from stupid. And whatever it is, I hope we can stop it. I'm also worried about Jason, Rogue, and Todd's new powers. Todd's seeing flashes of the future, Jason's packing heat beams, and Rogue seems to have incredible strength. Looks like that jewel was kind to them, but despite all this, I'm still afraid that it's not enough to defeat Tyrannis. I just hope it is.
- Jake "Dragon" Wildfire
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Scott nervously picked up the sword Shadowracer threw in front of him.
"I am sure you know the rules of this duel." Shadowracer smiled fakely. "If not, I shall explain. No powers allowed."
"Great." Scott sighed. Ignoring the mutant, Shadowracer turned to the X-Men.
"None of you shall interfere in this duel. You may give encouragement, but I doubt it will help. Finally, in this duel, there is only one way to win."
"What's that?" Scott asked. Shadowracer smirked.
"Decapitation of your opponent." Shadowracer replied, in a regular tone. "The only sure way to kill a dragon. You could try impaling me in the chest, but you'll risk my Dragon Barrier possibly reducing the chances of my death."
"Brilliant." Scott closed his eyes, closing his eyes and panting. He wasn't tired, just scared out of his mind. How was he supposed to win a swordfight?
"Scott!! Think of the 3 Musketeers!!" Evan called.
"Onward, Parthos." Scott moaned sarcastically.
"Raaaagh!!!" Shadowracer charged, sword up. He planned to take Scott down with a downward slash.
"Eep!" Scott squeaked as he blocked the blow. The swords met with a huge CLANG!!! Shadowracer smirked.
"I think this will be fun." The black legless dragon mused.
"I want my mommy." Scott whined in his head.
"He's dead." Pietro waved nonchalantly. "Nice knowin' ya, Summers."
"Shut up, Quicksilver." Jean groaned.
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"This way." Kitty waved. She and Lance rounded a corner in Tyrannis's castle. They slowly went down a hall, constantly keeping track of what was around them.
"Man, this castle is kinda creepy. Hard to think it was Rancor's." Lance noted.
"Yeah." Kitty agreed. She noticed a doorway. "Hey, what's in there?"
"I don't care." Lance groaned. "We have to find the throne room."
"C'mon, one second's not going to hurt us." Kitty phased her head through the door, to see if it was safe. She pulled her head back and turned to Lance. "It's clear."
"I dunno about this, Kitty Yipe!!" Lance started to say, but Kitty pulled him through the door with her. They ended up in Scarpena's chamber. "Whoa, this is one freaky place." Avalanche looked around.
"Maybe there's something here that'll tell us about the Amulet of the Gods." Kitty hoped.
"Man, this place is creepy." Lance thought to himself as he examined Scarpena's crystal ball. Kitty was looking at Scarpena's spellbooks, when she noticed something behind the books.
"Hello………" Kitty removed some of the books. "Lance, look at this!" Lance ran over to the bookcase. The object appeared to be a rock. It was about the size of a melon, white with some speckles of gray and purple on it. "Maybe it's some kind of magic rock."
"I don't think we should be messing with this stuff." Lance replied. "Man, this place is creepy. Kitty, what are you doing?" Lance snapped as Kitty took the rock.
"We might need this. Tralos would know what to do with it." Kitty cradled the rock.
"Put that back, Kitty!! If Scarpena finds out her rock is missing, she'll be majorly miffed!" Lance ordered in a loud whisper.
"She won't notice. She must've hid it for safe-keeping." Kitty reasoned as she put the books back on the shelf.
"Man, what if that thing gets damaged?" Lance asked as he followed Kitty out.
"It won't with me." Kitty replied.
"Aw, for the love of………" Lance groaned. He was interrupted by a loud KA-BOOM!!! "What was that?" Kitty looked out a window.
"Explosions. The dragons are fighting their way inside." Kitty said.
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"Yikes!!" Scott narrowly dodged another sword slash from Shadowracer.
"Moron. Why'd he accept that stupid challenge?" Pietro groaned.
"Maybe because he's had no real choice in the matter?" Evan groaned.
"Yipe!! Yeow!! Hey!!!" Scott kept barely dodging sword swipes from Shadowracer.
"Ha! You call yourself a swordsman?" Shadowracer mocked. "You coward!!"
"Can we talk about this? Yeow!! Hey, I nearly got scalped!!" Scott panted. The dodging was tiring him out. He manage to get a couple stabs in, but Shadowracer was an expert and experienced swordsman. The legless black dragon was easily able to handle what little offense Scott could put out.
"Man, Foxfire and Avalanche would have a field day if they saw this." Rahne snickered.
"Thank God Fox and Alvers aren't seeing this. They'd love this!" Scott thought as he nearly avoided losing an arm. "Man, he's gonna come after my neck next!"
"Give it up, you pitiful human." Shadowracer scowled. Scott was sorely tempted to open his visor and pump the lizard offshoot full of optic rays. But Shadowracer was stabbing at Scott so fast, Cyclops ended up too busy dodging and throwing weak blocks and thrusts to open his visor. Then, with a huge clang, Shadowracer knocked Scott's sword out of his hand.
"Uh-oh!" Scott gulped as the tip of Shadowracer's sword touched the front of his neck. The black dragon smirked.
"Valiant attempt for an unskilled human." The black dragon smirked. He raised his sword, ready to slice Cyclops's head off.
"SCOTT!!!" Jean screamed. A blast of purple flame hit Shadowracer. It wasn't meant to hurt him. It was meant to get his attention.
"ENOUGH!!!" Scarpena roared at Shadowracer as she landed nearby. "We got what we came for." She smirked, holding up one half of the Amulet of the Gods. It was the half that was given to Xavier by Rancor. The X-Men looked in shock.
"Oh my stars and garters! We left the Professor alone!!" Beast realized.
"Relax, you overgrown gorilla." Scarpena growled at Hank McCoy. "Your precious 'Professor' is alive. Although he won't be up and around for a while. It would've been a waste of resources to kill him." She sneered. The purple dragon's voice indicated that she personally did not want to let the Professor live, but she was just after the amulet half.
"Give that back!" Jean yelled. She tried to use her TK to yank the amulet half out of Scarpena's hand. The purple dragon sorceress sneered.
"Fool." She knocked Jean back with a magical blast. "You have no idea of the power I possess."
"Let's find out!!" Bobby Drake fired an ice blast, but Scarpena had a surprise. She chanted a couple odd words. The blast stopped, turned from blue to green, and grew in size. She sent the blast back at the X-Men and Pietro, causing their bodies to be covered and to be "welded" to the ground by an odd green ice.
"Let's get out of this pathetic place." Scarpena groaned. "I grow tired of here."
"I'd have more fun if we allowed the normal humans to be awake. More opponents to fight, and more heads to cut off." Shadowracer snickered.
Uh-oh!!! Looks like Tyrannis might get the amulet after all!! What'll happen next? Will the Dragon Warlord get the sacred artifact? Can the gang in the Dragon Kingdom stop them? Find out in the next chapter!! Suggestions welcome!!
Disclaimer: "OH MAH GAWD KING!!! WHAT A SLOBBERKNOCKER!!!"
Author's Note: Due to my college classwork, chapters might not come very quickly. Especially with this story. This story has given me major mental blocks over time.
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Dear Journal,
Me, Jason, Todd, Rogue, and Rahnzor had snuck into Tyrannis's castle via a basement. Lance, Kitty, Kurt, Fred, Logan, and Tolkar are barging in the front door, guns a-blazin'. Meanwhile, Storm and the dragons are distracting Tyrannis's forces outside. Man, this strategy is pretty sound. But what I'm concerned about is the other guys back in our world. I wonder what Tyrannis is up to. That dragon may be nuts, but he's far from stupid. And whatever it is, I hope we can stop it. I'm also worried about Jason, Rogue, and Todd's new powers. Todd's seeing flashes of the future, Jason's packing heat beams, and Rogue seems to have incredible strength. Looks like that jewel was kind to them, but despite all this, I'm still afraid that it's not enough to defeat Tyrannis. I just hope it is.
- Jake "Dragon" Wildfire
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Scott nervously picked up the sword Shadowracer threw in front of him.
"I am sure you know the rules of this duel." Shadowracer smiled fakely. "If not, I shall explain. No powers allowed."
"Great." Scott sighed. Ignoring the mutant, Shadowracer turned to the X-Men.
"None of you shall interfere in this duel. You may give encouragement, but I doubt it will help. Finally, in this duel, there is only one way to win."
"What's that?" Scott asked. Shadowracer smirked.
"Decapitation of your opponent." Shadowracer replied, in a regular tone. "The only sure way to kill a dragon. You could try impaling me in the chest, but you'll risk my Dragon Barrier possibly reducing the chances of my death."
"Brilliant." Scott closed his eyes, closing his eyes and panting. He wasn't tired, just scared out of his mind. How was he supposed to win a swordfight?
"Scott!! Think of the 3 Musketeers!!" Evan called.
"Onward, Parthos." Scott moaned sarcastically.
"Raaaagh!!!" Shadowracer charged, sword up. He planned to take Scott down with a downward slash.
"Eep!" Scott squeaked as he blocked the blow. The swords met with a huge CLANG!!! Shadowracer smirked.
"I think this will be fun." The black legless dragon mused.
"I want my mommy." Scott whined in his head.
"He's dead." Pietro waved nonchalantly. "Nice knowin' ya, Summers."
"Shut up, Quicksilver." Jean groaned.
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"This way." Kitty waved. She and Lance rounded a corner in Tyrannis's castle. They slowly went down a hall, constantly keeping track of what was around them.
"Man, this castle is kinda creepy. Hard to think it was Rancor's." Lance noted.
"Yeah." Kitty agreed. She noticed a doorway. "Hey, what's in there?"
"I don't care." Lance groaned. "We have to find the throne room."
"C'mon, one second's not going to hurt us." Kitty phased her head through the door, to see if it was safe. She pulled her head back and turned to Lance. "It's clear."
"I dunno about this, Kitty Yipe!!" Lance started to say, but Kitty pulled him through the door with her. They ended up in Scarpena's chamber. "Whoa, this is one freaky place." Avalanche looked around.
"Maybe there's something here that'll tell us about the Amulet of the Gods." Kitty hoped.
"Man, this place is creepy." Lance thought to himself as he examined Scarpena's crystal ball. Kitty was looking at Scarpena's spellbooks, when she noticed something behind the books.
"Hello………" Kitty removed some of the books. "Lance, look at this!" Lance ran over to the bookcase. The object appeared to be a rock. It was about the size of a melon, white with some speckles of gray and purple on it. "Maybe it's some kind of magic rock."
"I don't think we should be messing with this stuff." Lance replied. "Man, this place is creepy. Kitty, what are you doing?" Lance snapped as Kitty took the rock.
"We might need this. Tralos would know what to do with it." Kitty cradled the rock.
"Put that back, Kitty!! If Scarpena finds out her rock is missing, she'll be majorly miffed!" Lance ordered in a loud whisper.
"She won't notice. She must've hid it for safe-keeping." Kitty reasoned as she put the books back on the shelf.
"Man, what if that thing gets damaged?" Lance asked as he followed Kitty out.
"It won't with me." Kitty replied.
"Aw, for the love of………" Lance groaned. He was interrupted by a loud KA-BOOM!!! "What was that?" Kitty looked out a window.
"Explosions. The dragons are fighting their way inside." Kitty said.
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"Yikes!!" Scott narrowly dodged another sword slash from Shadowracer.
"Moron. Why'd he accept that stupid challenge?" Pietro groaned.
"Maybe because he's had no real choice in the matter?" Evan groaned.
"Yipe!! Yeow!! Hey!!!" Scott kept barely dodging sword swipes from Shadowracer.
"Ha! You call yourself a swordsman?" Shadowracer mocked. "You coward!!"
"Can we talk about this? Yeow!! Hey, I nearly got scalped!!" Scott panted. The dodging was tiring him out. He manage to get a couple stabs in, but Shadowracer was an expert and experienced swordsman. The legless black dragon was easily able to handle what little offense Scott could put out.
"Man, Foxfire and Avalanche would have a field day if they saw this." Rahne snickered.
"Thank God Fox and Alvers aren't seeing this. They'd love this!" Scott thought as he nearly avoided losing an arm. "Man, he's gonna come after my neck next!"
"Give it up, you pitiful human." Shadowracer scowled. Scott was sorely tempted to open his visor and pump the lizard offshoot full of optic rays. But Shadowracer was stabbing at Scott so fast, Cyclops ended up too busy dodging and throwing weak blocks and thrusts to open his visor. Then, with a huge clang, Shadowracer knocked Scott's sword out of his hand.
"Uh-oh!" Scott gulped as the tip of Shadowracer's sword touched the front of his neck. The black dragon smirked.
"Valiant attempt for an unskilled human." The black dragon smirked. He raised his sword, ready to slice Cyclops's head off.
"SCOTT!!!" Jean screamed. A blast of purple flame hit Shadowracer. It wasn't meant to hurt him. It was meant to get his attention.
"ENOUGH!!!" Scarpena roared at Shadowracer as she landed nearby. "We got what we came for." She smirked, holding up one half of the Amulet of the Gods. It was the half that was given to Xavier by Rancor. The X-Men looked in shock.
"Oh my stars and garters! We left the Professor alone!!" Beast realized.
"Relax, you overgrown gorilla." Scarpena growled at Hank McCoy. "Your precious 'Professor' is alive. Although he won't be up and around for a while. It would've been a waste of resources to kill him." She sneered. The purple dragon's voice indicated that she personally did not want to let the Professor live, but she was just after the amulet half.
"Give that back!" Jean yelled. She tried to use her TK to yank the amulet half out of Scarpena's hand. The purple dragon sorceress sneered.
"Fool." She knocked Jean back with a magical blast. "You have no idea of the power I possess."
"Let's find out!!" Bobby Drake fired an ice blast, but Scarpena had a surprise. She chanted a couple odd words. The blast stopped, turned from blue to green, and grew in size. She sent the blast back at the X-Men and Pietro, causing their bodies to be covered and to be "welded" to the ground by an odd green ice.
"Let's get out of this pathetic place." Scarpena groaned. "I grow tired of here."
"I'd have more fun if we allowed the normal humans to be awake. More opponents to fight, and more heads to cut off." Shadowracer snickered.
Uh-oh!!! Looks like Tyrannis might get the amulet after all!! What'll happen next? Will the Dragon Warlord get the sacred artifact? Can the gang in the Dragon Kingdom stop them? Find out in the next chapter!! Suggestions welcome!!