~~Delibird III~~

"Hahaha!!!" I laughed in glory. The Delibirds of Death had no chance of defeating me now. I peered through the snow trying to see. Snow pelted from the sky so rapidly it was like the snow was your eyelids blinking.

"Drake!!! Can you hear me???" called Draco, unaware of my survival, "Drake, follow my voice!"

No reply.

"Damn it; shoulda picked another day for a snow storm, damn storm clouds."

I couldn't do anything but fly through the chilling wind. Gales stopped me from flying straight, and I occasionally bumped into a Fearow.

"Draco!!!" called Drake, he was perched in my nest, "come quickly to the delivery boy's ex-nest!"

No reply.

"Damn it, the weather is really terrible today…I wonder if he's alright…unless…that do gooder did him in…yes…" he was trembling with anger. "DRACO, I'M COMIN' TA SAVE YOU!"

I could hear Drake's words.

"That pilfering, plundering peacock! He's in my nest…well, he thinks Draco's in danger…hmm…" I stormed into the storm, flapping my wings and excelling my speed through the clouds. I could barely see the canyon from below.

Draco was hovering upon the clouds…he was lost. He remembered an old Silver Canyon proverb:

Above the clouds there be shelter from the snow, but what good would it be if you couldn't see below…

"Damn," he growled, "I am lost…lost…lost above the clouds…" there was fury in his eyes.

"This is ridiculous," I said to myself, "Draco thinks I am dead, Drake is going to try and save Draco from me because he thinks I am 'doing him in', I am lost, the Delibirds of Death have separated, and the canyon is being attacked by a ferocious storm…"

Drake blasted himself above the clouds. An updraft followed him. Draco saw this.

"Drake!" he cried.

"There you are, gee, I thought the delivery boy did you in," exclaimed Drake.

"No way, I blasted him good."

"Yea, no more pesky-postman!"

Draco laughed in agreement, and said, "I had better take the medical-package, I am parched." He fumbled through his tail pocket. He continued for a minute and Drake got impatient.

"Where's the medical-package, Draco?" he asked.

"It's…gone…"

Drake gasped, and then glowered at Draco, "you complete and utter bastard! You gave him the medical-package!!!"

"But…" he thought for a bit, "oh sh*t!"

I stopped flying. I floated for a sec, in a sitting position. I could hear 2 noises tingling in my ears…one above…and one below...The sound below was an unfamiliar sound…I could feel a strange presence below, but the above sound was the sound of chattering, chirping and mumbling. I knew it; it was Drake and Draco. I sneered to myself, and then maneuvered through the snow until I was above the clouds.

Unfortunately for Drake gasped as an updraft through him into the sky with great force. Draco watched in awe as his brother was smothered with the fog and cloud.

"You…" he murmured.

I looked down at him and sneered, "Ha! Thanks to you, I have recuperated, and now I'm gonna blast your ass back to the land of grass!"

"No…"he murmured. He was frozen on the spot.

I jeered at him as I gathered solar energy from the sun above the clouds. I was about to use a technique that only the Delibirds of my family were taught…the Sky Attack technique. Not an attack from the sky, but the Sky Attack

"Grr…EAT SUNRAYS, JERK-ASS!" I cried, the energy was powerful and searing, my body glowed a deep red. I had forgotten about Drake, he sneaked up behind me like a Golbat.

"Not so fast!" he cried. He gave me a wing attack. Instead of a lash in my back, there was a different feeling, a feeling of opposing force.

"Ahhhh!!!" Drake cried, the glowing energy in my body through him back. I continued to concentrate on Draco.

I closed my eyes and prepared for the mach speed. The energy was enough. I released it. I let it go. It felt like everything was going in slow motion. The air around me rushed and heated. I felt myself lurch forward upon the impact of Draco's body. He gave a heave has he burned and boosted through the cloud. I suddenly jerked back. Everything was back to normal. I felt weary. I watched Draco speed through the cloud, past the mountains, out of the canyon, and into the hillside of Silver Mountain.

Draco made impact far below. He left a small crater in the ground. He lay…dead.

Not far from Draco, into the Silver Forest was a man. Watching a woman as she and her crew worked away, calculating and estimating, engineering and creating. They were building a machine…not just any machine, a machine, which had the capacity to crush mountains…large mountains…the mountains of Silver Valley.

"#12," said the man to the woman, "evaluation, please."

"After trial and error, trial and error," said the woman (#12), "we have engineered the machine to its max complexity. It has the defense systems of a Cloyster, the brain capacity of an Alakazam. It comes equipped with the bulk of Rhydon, the body of a Tyrannitar. It scales 20 meters in max height, 10 meters in max width. It can travel at speed of up to 70 miles per hour."

"I see," said the shady man, "explain the minimum height."

"The machine has a complex system of binary engines which allow it to change height and width to suit its environment," she said.

"So…"

"The minimum height is 4 meters, give or take."

"Very impressive, #12, your thoughts of demotion after the Twin Tower incident will be overlooked."

"A promotion?"

"No, just…no demotion." He said. He turned around and stepped into a helicopter. I'll be back soon, continue production."

"Where are you going, Sir?" #12 asked.

"I am going to report the status, in person, to the council. This'll teach them to demote Giovanni as Viridian Gym Leader…"

"Very good, Sir," #12 nodded, she faced the crew, "alright people, there is no hurry now."

Giovanni stepped into the helicopter and engaged it. "Once I hold Silver Valley for ransom, the council will be at my knees." He grimaced. He raised the helicopter into the air and flew off.

Silver Valley was in trouble, and I was none the wiser. Silver Valley was rid of Drake and Draco, but the true terror had only to show its face…

{*~—~To Be Continued~—~*}