* ssp47's Corner * Thank you Striker, Alex "Wa", Freefall Insanity, and
DarkDragonX for the reviews. Ariel as the Jade Dragoon? That'd be
interesting to see. And why are you people already saying that Kay is going
to join the group? Didn't you guys think he could be dead like Blaine in
the next couple of chapters? Lol! Nah, I wouldn't do that to you guys. ^_~
So what's going to happen with the Violet Dragoon? Well he's dead so we'll
just have to see. I haven't really thought of what to do about him. I might
bring him back somehow. That's iffy though because I've got the plot
already laid out and I'd have to change a few things to fit Blaine back in.
If you guys really want him back I could do that. Is there a "thing"
between Hawk and Christa? O_o I didn't mean for they're to be, well all it
is, Christa just reminds Hawk of his old girlfriend. But that might become
clear later on, I hope.
CHAPTER 19: "The Ice Dragoon's Return"
Christa stood looking at the wall with a puzzled expression. How could she trust him? But then again Kay did help them at one time. Or "was" that helping?
"You don't believe me." Kay said reading her face. He stepped back and sat back down on the bed, keeping his eyes on her. Kay had very keen eyesight and it almost seemed as if he could read minds. His beautiful chocolate brown hair fell into his face a couple of times but he paid no heed to it.
"Well you blasted me and my friends to the next galaxy." Christa replied. "What would you do with a powerful enemy suddenly in your hands?"
"You're not as thoughtless as I thought you were."
"Thoughtless?" Christa asked staring at him.
"I have a proposal." Kay stood up again. "I challenge you to a fight. If you win, I'll go with you, no questions asked. If I win-"
"If." Christa murmured. She didn't plan to loose.
"Then we'll go from there." Christa thought over this idea. It seemed the best solution. Kay looked true to his word. * Better to loose to him than the real enemy. * She thought to herself.
"Alright."
"We wont use our spirits though." Kay said quickly. "Only our weapons."
"Fair enough. But I don't want to attract attention."
"The old parking garage. Now that we're at an agreement, how about helping walk out the door?"
"The great one has a celebrity problem." Christa joked.
"Well, if you count my DNA being worth a life time of lab experiments."
"Yeah, yeah. Ok don't you have your cloths anywhere?"
"They took them, naturally."
"Socks or shoes, at the least?"
"Analyzed like lab rats. These people are acting like I'm an ancient fossil or something."
"Technically you are. It's not everyday some five hundred year old guy comes walking in to earth."
"True. Alright so you stall and make me a gateway, I have an errand."
"What?" Christa asked as he walked out of the door.
"What? You don't think I'm going to let them keep my clothing, do you?" Christa sighed.
"Men."
*~*
Leaving the hospital proved harder than walking across a kitchen floor covered in eggs shells. And you'd think a hospital wouldn't have so much security! As soon as Kay left his (Uh-hum) cell, nurses and doctors appeared out of nowhere and flooded the once quiet and peaceful hallways. There were orders that Kay ignored. Finally it got to the point where he could not move an inch without bumping into somebody. He quickly knocked them all out with a mild "Night Raid" spell.
"Gees, it's louder here than firecrackers on the fourth of July." Christa murmured as she slipped past security. Just as she was about to walk out of the glass door a loud scream erupted from her ears. The terror in it froze Christa and she whirled around. The scream had come from the hall that was completely black. Lights flickered as people passed by with blind eyes. A flash of a vision of a little girl with real light hair caught her attention.
"Ariel." Christa called running towards the black hallway. She halted and fell when a sharp object cut through her jeans and her neck. The cuts were made and there was a tip pattering of feet. Christa held her neck with her hand and felt around the slight cut. It wasn't life threatening and it was only bleeding slightly. Her thigh though
"Ariel!" Christa called trying to stand. She pulled her sword from her hip sheath and tried to see through the darkness. There was another muffled scream further down the darkness.
The blonde teen grasped the hall and slowly stood up. Suddenly she heard a noise that made her blood run cold. The sound of a knife released from it sheath. Christa grit her teeth and forced herself to run. The light bulbs flickered again and gave light to the monster that had nearly caught Ariel in its jaws. Christa slashed along its side but it seemed that the monster had more armor than could be seen. The monster was eight feet tall and looked like an alien from Men in Black.
The monster threw Christa against the wall and opened its mouth to reveal large jaws dripping in yellow ooze. Ariel grabbed a pieced of broken ceiling and threw it into the monster's eyes. The beast paid no heed and Christa attempted another strike but its face was as strong as ever. In it's bug like hands it held a blue orb that glistened brightly whenever the ceiling lights flickered.
"Could that be a Dragoon spirit?" Christa asked aloud. The bug like thing seemed prize it very valuably. It had to be a Dragoon spirit, but which one? How many were there? Suddenly the orb violently tried to free itself from the grasp of its hand. Christa saw this and slashed at the arms. They fell to the floor dripping in ooze. The orb, however, floated in midair. Ariel stared at it as it suddenly fell on her lap. The monster quickly rose again and attacked. Its jaws were inches from the girl but the spirit glowed brilliantly in her hands. The icy blue light it gave off destroyed the bug and it dissolved.
Ariel ran and stood over Christa with the orb in her hands.
"It tried to take this from me." The girl said helping Christa on her feet. The blonde girl stared at her as if she wondered if Ariel knew what she was. "It has been in our family for generations. I couldn't let it have it so I chased it down here. It's a good thing you came here to save me."
"Ariel, do you know what that is?" Christa asked staring at it in wonder.
"Of course I know. It's the spirit of the Blue Sea Dragoon. Yeah I know all about the Dragon Campaign." The teen stared in disbelief at the girl.
"How could you-"
"The stories and legends have passed down in my family from the Wingly Meru. The spirit most always chooses a member of our family to bear its power. But it has slept for so many years that we thought it had lost power, until I was born. The moment I breathed air, the spirit chose me and I've always looked after it."
Christa stared in disbelief as she heard those words. * A girl? But she's only twelve! *
"You must be the Red Eye Dragoon."
"Why would you think that?"
"Because you had a sword and the Red Eye is always equipped with a sword. Some tradition I guess." Christa smiled again slightly.
"Well you're right. You know a lot more than I thought."
"You can thank my mother and the long lectures she's given me for that. She thought it was important that I find the "Red Eye" when my destiny starts to lead me on away form home."
"A lot of people seem to have that idea."
"So let me guess, some bad guy has decided to take over the world?"
"I really don't know yet, only hints but that would seem to be the case."
"So what are you going to do? Why are you in a hospital anyway?" Christa did hesitate in telling her this. Ariel was still young and she didn't look very strong, but nevertheless the Blue Sea did choose her for its master. "You know I'm going to join your group." Ariel said looking away. "I was chosen for this as you were." The blonde teen sighed.
"Yeah but I'm not as young as you are."
"My mom told me great things can come in small packages, but I'm not that small." The girl was fiddling with her hair and staring at the ground with painful visions of a black shadow in her heart.
*~*
"You're late." Kay murmured as soon as he saw his challenger from the corner of his eye.
"I never planned to be early." She explained. Kay's eyes glanced over at Ariel, without his head turning. The girl stared back at him and said nothing; she seemed to have a firm grasp of what was about to happen.
"And the girl?"
"She has been chosen to bear the Blue Sea spirit." Kay's eyes glanced back at Ariel and checked out her size and physical appearance.
"I see. I hope that won't interfere with my challenge." Still he did not move or draw his weapon but remained motionlessly plastered to the cement pillar.
Christa drew her sword.
"Let's get this over with, Kay." Kay lifted up his arm that was hidden from view and grasped tightly was his weapon. It seemed much more deadly this time. He straightened his back and held his single hand at his side.
There was a silence that was always present when too fighters were fighting for an alliance. Ariel stepped back cautiously into a corner for her own protection. With a sudden movement Christa lunged but Kay blocked it. Christa freed her sword and slashed the air, but it was only air. Kay was not a slow fighter. The man dashed under her blows and swung his weapon under her arms but the teen saw this and jumped a few feet away.
"What are you afraid of being scratched?" Kay asked her. Christa growled deep in her throat and picked up her speed. Her anger gave her more power but she could still not hit him. Kay was physically stronger and had the experience, he would be a strong ally. Blocking another sword slash Kay wrapped the chain part of his spiked ball and flipped the sword out of her hands. With one swift movement his weapon glazed the same thigh that had been bruised before.
Christa fell quickly and it looked like she had lost. She gripped her now bleeding wound and wondered if it was possible to stand. Kay walked over and stood over her with his weapon held at a striking position. Christa thought fast and flipped him over with her back leg and grasped her sword. Quickly she leapt over him and held him down with her nee with her sword at his throat. Kay made no effort to move.
"Give up?" Christa asked. Kay seemed to almost pierce her with his silent mysteriousness.
"Yes. You win this time."
CHAPTER 19: "The Ice Dragoon's Return"
Christa stood looking at the wall with a puzzled expression. How could she trust him? But then again Kay did help them at one time. Or "was" that helping?
"You don't believe me." Kay said reading her face. He stepped back and sat back down on the bed, keeping his eyes on her. Kay had very keen eyesight and it almost seemed as if he could read minds. His beautiful chocolate brown hair fell into his face a couple of times but he paid no heed to it.
"Well you blasted me and my friends to the next galaxy." Christa replied. "What would you do with a powerful enemy suddenly in your hands?"
"You're not as thoughtless as I thought you were."
"Thoughtless?" Christa asked staring at him.
"I have a proposal." Kay stood up again. "I challenge you to a fight. If you win, I'll go with you, no questions asked. If I win-"
"If." Christa murmured. She didn't plan to loose.
"Then we'll go from there." Christa thought over this idea. It seemed the best solution. Kay looked true to his word. * Better to loose to him than the real enemy. * She thought to herself.
"Alright."
"We wont use our spirits though." Kay said quickly. "Only our weapons."
"Fair enough. But I don't want to attract attention."
"The old parking garage. Now that we're at an agreement, how about helping walk out the door?"
"The great one has a celebrity problem." Christa joked.
"Well, if you count my DNA being worth a life time of lab experiments."
"Yeah, yeah. Ok don't you have your cloths anywhere?"
"They took them, naturally."
"Socks or shoes, at the least?"
"Analyzed like lab rats. These people are acting like I'm an ancient fossil or something."
"Technically you are. It's not everyday some five hundred year old guy comes walking in to earth."
"True. Alright so you stall and make me a gateway, I have an errand."
"What?" Christa asked as he walked out of the door.
"What? You don't think I'm going to let them keep my clothing, do you?" Christa sighed.
"Men."
*~*
Leaving the hospital proved harder than walking across a kitchen floor covered in eggs shells. And you'd think a hospital wouldn't have so much security! As soon as Kay left his (Uh-hum) cell, nurses and doctors appeared out of nowhere and flooded the once quiet and peaceful hallways. There were orders that Kay ignored. Finally it got to the point where he could not move an inch without bumping into somebody. He quickly knocked them all out with a mild "Night Raid" spell.
"Gees, it's louder here than firecrackers on the fourth of July." Christa murmured as she slipped past security. Just as she was about to walk out of the glass door a loud scream erupted from her ears. The terror in it froze Christa and she whirled around. The scream had come from the hall that was completely black. Lights flickered as people passed by with blind eyes. A flash of a vision of a little girl with real light hair caught her attention.
"Ariel." Christa called running towards the black hallway. She halted and fell when a sharp object cut through her jeans and her neck. The cuts were made and there was a tip pattering of feet. Christa held her neck with her hand and felt around the slight cut. It wasn't life threatening and it was only bleeding slightly. Her thigh though
"Ariel!" Christa called trying to stand. She pulled her sword from her hip sheath and tried to see through the darkness. There was another muffled scream further down the darkness.
The blonde teen grasped the hall and slowly stood up. Suddenly she heard a noise that made her blood run cold. The sound of a knife released from it sheath. Christa grit her teeth and forced herself to run. The light bulbs flickered again and gave light to the monster that had nearly caught Ariel in its jaws. Christa slashed along its side but it seemed that the monster had more armor than could be seen. The monster was eight feet tall and looked like an alien from Men in Black.
The monster threw Christa against the wall and opened its mouth to reveal large jaws dripping in yellow ooze. Ariel grabbed a pieced of broken ceiling and threw it into the monster's eyes. The beast paid no heed and Christa attempted another strike but its face was as strong as ever. In it's bug like hands it held a blue orb that glistened brightly whenever the ceiling lights flickered.
"Could that be a Dragoon spirit?" Christa asked aloud. The bug like thing seemed prize it very valuably. It had to be a Dragoon spirit, but which one? How many were there? Suddenly the orb violently tried to free itself from the grasp of its hand. Christa saw this and slashed at the arms. They fell to the floor dripping in ooze. The orb, however, floated in midair. Ariel stared at it as it suddenly fell on her lap. The monster quickly rose again and attacked. Its jaws were inches from the girl but the spirit glowed brilliantly in her hands. The icy blue light it gave off destroyed the bug and it dissolved.
Ariel ran and stood over Christa with the orb in her hands.
"It tried to take this from me." The girl said helping Christa on her feet. The blonde girl stared at her as if she wondered if Ariel knew what she was. "It has been in our family for generations. I couldn't let it have it so I chased it down here. It's a good thing you came here to save me."
"Ariel, do you know what that is?" Christa asked staring at it in wonder.
"Of course I know. It's the spirit of the Blue Sea Dragoon. Yeah I know all about the Dragon Campaign." The teen stared in disbelief at the girl.
"How could you-"
"The stories and legends have passed down in my family from the Wingly Meru. The spirit most always chooses a member of our family to bear its power. But it has slept for so many years that we thought it had lost power, until I was born. The moment I breathed air, the spirit chose me and I've always looked after it."
Christa stared in disbelief as she heard those words. * A girl? But she's only twelve! *
"You must be the Red Eye Dragoon."
"Why would you think that?"
"Because you had a sword and the Red Eye is always equipped with a sword. Some tradition I guess." Christa smiled again slightly.
"Well you're right. You know a lot more than I thought."
"You can thank my mother and the long lectures she's given me for that. She thought it was important that I find the "Red Eye" when my destiny starts to lead me on away form home."
"A lot of people seem to have that idea."
"So let me guess, some bad guy has decided to take over the world?"
"I really don't know yet, only hints but that would seem to be the case."
"So what are you going to do? Why are you in a hospital anyway?" Christa did hesitate in telling her this. Ariel was still young and she didn't look very strong, but nevertheless the Blue Sea did choose her for its master. "You know I'm going to join your group." Ariel said looking away. "I was chosen for this as you were." The blonde teen sighed.
"Yeah but I'm not as young as you are."
"My mom told me great things can come in small packages, but I'm not that small." The girl was fiddling with her hair and staring at the ground with painful visions of a black shadow in her heart.
*~*
"You're late." Kay murmured as soon as he saw his challenger from the corner of his eye.
"I never planned to be early." She explained. Kay's eyes glanced over at Ariel, without his head turning. The girl stared back at him and said nothing; she seemed to have a firm grasp of what was about to happen.
"And the girl?"
"She has been chosen to bear the Blue Sea spirit." Kay's eyes glanced back at Ariel and checked out her size and physical appearance.
"I see. I hope that won't interfere with my challenge." Still he did not move or draw his weapon but remained motionlessly plastered to the cement pillar.
Christa drew her sword.
"Let's get this over with, Kay." Kay lifted up his arm that was hidden from view and grasped tightly was his weapon. It seemed much more deadly this time. He straightened his back and held his single hand at his side.
There was a silence that was always present when too fighters were fighting for an alliance. Ariel stepped back cautiously into a corner for her own protection. With a sudden movement Christa lunged but Kay blocked it. Christa freed her sword and slashed the air, but it was only air. Kay was not a slow fighter. The man dashed under her blows and swung his weapon under her arms but the teen saw this and jumped a few feet away.
"What are you afraid of being scratched?" Kay asked her. Christa growled deep in her throat and picked up her speed. Her anger gave her more power but she could still not hit him. Kay was physically stronger and had the experience, he would be a strong ally. Blocking another sword slash Kay wrapped the chain part of his spiked ball and flipped the sword out of her hands. With one swift movement his weapon glazed the same thigh that had been bruised before.
Christa fell quickly and it looked like she had lost. She gripped her now bleeding wound and wondered if it was possible to stand. Kay walked over and stood over her with his weapon held at a striking position. Christa thought fast and flipped him over with her back leg and grasped her sword. Quickly she leapt over him and held him down with her nee with her sword at his throat. Kay made no effort to move.
"Give up?" Christa asked. Kay seemed to almost pierce her with his silent mysteriousness.
"Yes. You win this time."