"Counter Curse!" Valtex held out his staff and it began to suck up the dark
cloud. "You see old man, my skills are stronger than yours. I knew that you
stupid academy could never give me the power that I desired. But the Dezard
knew what it was like to want control over the world. He taught me to put
my anger into my spells giving me unbeatable powers!" Valtex prepared his
staff for a knockout spell. "The anger also clouds you thoughts. You might
have seen this coming."
Just then the walls behind Valtex exploded. A giant purple dragon burst
through, snapping its deadly jaws. "Shit!" Valtex grabbed Mahandra and
pulled her out of the way. In the commotion, The Dark Sage disappeared in a
black could. "Damn! The old fool has escaped." Mahandra had backed into a
corner to avoid the dragon. The hole was to small for its whole body so
only its head thrashed in the room. "Come on! We have to catch him!" But
Mahandra didn't move. "You stupid bitch! I am you master obey me!" He
slapped her hard across the face. "B-but I-." "Shut up!" He went to slap
her again but something grabbed his hand.
"I think the lady doesn't want to." "Drake! But-. " Before he could finish,
Drake tossed him against the back wall. "Mahandra quick, take my hand." She
didn't move. Valtex stood up. "You fool, she doesn't listen to you, she
takes orders from me!" Drake gave him an angry glare. He then felt a sharp
pain between his legs and he crumpled to the ground. "Good my pet," Valtex
complemented. Mahandra didn't answer. In her mind, a voice kept shouting
not to do it, but an evil presence forced her to. The dragon was slowly
moving closer. "Come slave, we have to catch that old fool."
Drake sprung into action. He kicked away Valtex's staff and then put him
into a hold. "Let me go you fool!" He struggled but he couldn't break the
grip. His back faced the snarling jowls of the beast. "Sorry brother." With
that, Drake kicked Vlatex in the back, sending him into the monsters mouth.
With a loud snap, the dragon closed its mouth. There was a horrible scream
from Valtex as he was ripped to shreds. He ran over to Mahandra and grabbed
her staff. He tossed it into the dragon's mouth as it chewed. With a snap,
Mahandra's close changed back to normal. She began to fall but Drake
grabbed her. ".What happened," she said. "Nothing, you got hit, but it's
okay now."
For a moment, everything faded. The chaos and screams seemed to vanish
along with the bloodshed. They seemed to be in a realm all their own. Then
everything sucked back into reality. The dragon roared in anger. "Quickly."
He pulled her close. With that the vanished into purple smoke.
"Freed! Quickly, man the lifeboats! The ship's going down!" Freed's army was loading the last few survivors into the lifeboats. " I can't find the master, Drake and Mahandra, or Nadalia. Everyone else is gone." "We have to go. They will be okay." With that they boarded a lifeboat and they all were lowered into the sea.
Drake and Mahandra were back at the bottom of the ship. Water was filling the room. Drake scooped up Nadalia. "What are we going to do?" Mahandra cried. "I can teleport us out." Mahandra backed against the wall. She then heard a loud cooing sound. She leapt in surprise and turned to see Kuriboh. "Kuriboh! You found us!" He smiled up at her and she took him into her arms. "C'mon, take my hand!" She grabbed it and soon they disappeared into purple smoke.
"Sir the ship is sunk!" "Excellent." The Dezard sat by the window watching his work. "What should we do about the lifeboats?" "Send out the Corroding Sharks. They should take care of them." "Yes sir!" The Royal Keeper ran off. "And where might my good friend be hiding." He closed his eyes and concentrated on The Dark Sage. "You think you can avoid me." His eyes snapped open. "The fortress in the clouds. The building that we built. Ha! It will also be your tomb! Keeper!" The Bony messenger ran back in. "Yes master?" "Call back the troops, we have a new destination."
Mahandra's feet finally touched the ground, except the ground was soft, not hard. She looked around. "Are we in the sky?" "Yes. It is the Fortress in the Clouds. It is the retreat we are supposed to go to if something bad ever happens. Mahandra looked up. The sky was a mix of black purple and red. It was dotted with tiny stars that spread forever. " C'mon, the fortress is this way."
They reached a large fortress like the school, but much bigger. Drake pushed the door open. "I need to take Nadalia to the infirmary, you can take a look around. Kuriboh should know where everything is." Kuriboh smiled and cooed happily. "Okay." Drake vanished. "Where do you keep the food Kuriboh?" Kuiboh floated in front of her and motioned for her to follow. They walked down bright corridors lined with pictures of famous people. "Wow." Mahandra was amazed at the size of the place. The rooms were decorated elegantly and were all as big as each other. They entered a large dinning hall. Kuriboh pulled out a chair and motioned for her to sit. "Oh thank you," she said taking a seat. He then floated off. The room was vast and filled with very decretive tables. Mahandra adjusted her suit. Drake said nothing had happened yet she was sweating. That made the suit extremely uncomfortable. "Man, I hope I can get some clean clothes and maybe a shower." Kuriboh floated back in with a plate of fruits and meat, a glass, and a bottle of wine. "Thanks," she said as he placed the feast in front of her. "Hey Kuriboh, do you know if I could get a shower and some clothes?" He nodded. She smiled ad began to eat.
Drake lay Nadalia down on one of the beds. The doctors walked over to Drake. "Just make sure she gets treated for her wounds," Drake said. The doctor nodded and they wheeled her into a different room. Drake teleported into the armory. It was a vast room filled with weapons and armor of all sorts. He walked over to the spellcaster section and grabbed himself a new staff and one for Mahandra. He then grabbed a blood red cloak of the wall. "I was wondering where the master hid this." He tossed it high into the air, "Curtain of the Dark Ones!" The cloak opened up and three beams of light shot out. The beams took form as The Skilled Dark Magician, The Skilled White Magician, and Chaos Command Magician. "Ah my three warriors," Drake said. "It has been a while, my friend," The skilled Dark Magician said. " It's good to have you back." Array also known as the Skilled White Magician, Shadow also known as the Skilled Dark Magician, and Chaos, the Chaos Command Magician all bowed to their master. "Where is the Dark Sage," asked Chaos. "That's why I summoned you. The school was destroyed and we were attacked by on the sea by the Dezard. The master teleported and we don't where he is. We are expecting some of the survivors to show up at any time." As he finished, they heard the slamming of the fortress doors. "That should be them now." They then heard a female scream followed by a loud crash. "What was that?" "Mahandra! Come on!"
They raced into the dining hall to see Mahandra with her back to the wall and five cloaked figures standing in front of her. "They are the Dezards people," Drake announced. He twirled his staff in his hand. "Dark Magic Attack!" The dark beam shot from the emerald at the end and flew towards the intruders. The one in front whipped its cloak off and immediately the blast flew back at them. "Get down!" He felt one of his men tackle him to the ground. "Ha ha ha! You fool I am the Reflect Bounder! Your magic is useless!" The enemy floated above the ground. He had a round lower half and a mirror for a chest. His shoulders were equipped with mirrors along with his hands. He had a small head with a blood red cape the flowed to the ground. "I will handle them you four can finish the job." The other four nodded and moved closer to Mahandra. "Drake pulled out Mahandra's, "Take it Mahandra!" He tossed it to her. It was much too high for her though. "Ha! Nice try!" "Not so fast. Levitate!" She shot up into the air and grabbed the staff. "I've been practicing. Heart Crush Attack!" A giant heart shaped bubble flew from her staff and trapped the four enemies inside. Drake leapt to his feet. "Thousand Knives!" He held up on steel knife and whipped it at the mirror man. The knife soon doubled and tripled until a thousand knives shattered al of his mirrors. "No!" The others cut through his cape and pinned him to the wall. Mahandra landed next to Drake. "Are you ok?" "Yes," she said. There was a loud pop and the other four broke the bubble. "Just give us the girl," the leader demanded. "Fuck you," Drake said. "Now we will kill you and take her anyway." They whipped off their cloaks. The first one to reveal itself leapt into the air. "I am the Great Angus!" He was a red beast with huge teeth and claws and bulging arms and legs. The second just stood. "I am the Giant Orc!" He was a mass of muscle. He wore leather pants, had huge teeth, and wielded a large bone. The third leapt up and clung to the wall. "I am the Freezing Beast!" Its body was made of crystallized ice with one eye in the middle of its head. But when the leader removed his cloak, he grew to the height of the ceiling. He had a black body and chains hanging from his hands. He wore a jewel encrusted kilt and sharp earrings. "I am Exodia Necros!" "Oh damn. Spread out! We can take 'em." Chaos took on Great Angus. Chaos used his blade staff to inflict cuts all over the beast's body but it just seemed to enrage it. Before he knew it he was hit hard in the chest and he flew across the room, landing in a pile of chairs. Array fought with the freezing beast but was losing badly. Drake and Shadow Fought with Exodia Necros but he was too big. That only left Mahandra with the Giant Orc. She dodged his bone club as he smashed it upon the table, sending up a spray of wood splinters. "Sweet Intoxication Curse!" A tiny angel flew out of the end of her staff and floated towards the Orc. He smashed it into pieces with his club before it delivered its blow. "You stupid pixie. Your charms don't work on the extremely hating ones." He charged towards her with his fangs bared. "Levitate!" She leapt out of his way and he smashed into the wall. He shook it of easily for his bulk made him almost immune to pain. She swung her foot out and kicked him hard in the side of the face. She went to repeat the move but he grabbed her leg and flung her across the hall. She landed in the pile of wood that used to be the table. "We're supposed to take you alive but he never said we couldn't harm you!" He lifted his bone high in the air and brought it down towards her. "Mirror Force!" A mirror coating blocked the club and sent him tumbling backwards. "I've learned some new tricks." She hit him in the face with a spin kick. The flab on his face shook but nothing seemed to happen. He swung one of his massive arms and knocked her into a wall. "Want don't you just surrender?" "Why don't you? Staff to Sword!" Her staff began to change. It grew a sharp blade and a handle with a heart shaped jewel at the end. Drake glanced over at Mahandra. She was using some good skill in her hexes. It was amazing. She couldn't do the taming charm but the staff to sword was a very difficult one. He was caught off guard as one of the large black fists knocked him through the wall. The wall quickly repaired itself since the fortress was made of clouds. He staggered to his feet. This was impossible. Exodia Necros was much too large and his dark aurora seemed to dissolve their attacks. And Great Angus and Giant Orc had thick bulks so physical and magical attacks seemed to barley scratch the surface. And the Freezing Beast's ice like body was actually made of diamond, which was almost indestructible. Why would the Dezard send these creatures just for Mahandra? What did she have of the Dezards? Wait! She did used to be under his mind control. Maybe he implanted his plans in her mind, thinking we could never turn her back. He needed to protect her. Drake ran back into the dinning hall where the battle raged on. "Array, Shadow, Chaos! Quickly, let's combine our power, we need to form the cannon!" The looked at him with looks of horror. "But sir, we only used that once, it has the power to wipe this place apart!" "I know but I have a plan! Now, I will be the fuser, you summon the parts! Now!" They all thought it to be risky but they trusted their master. " X- Head Cannon!" Array's staff began to glow. "Y- Dragon Head!" Shadow's staff also glowed with black light. " Z- Metal Tank!" Chaos thrust his staff into the air to complete the spell. Lightening crackled from above, forming a portal on the ceiling. Drake ran over to Mahandra. The four beasts were distracted by the commotion. "Quickly, flatten yourself against the wall, this is going to be big!" She nodded and squeezed herself into a corner. There was a loud crash of thunder and a yellow tank, almost as big as the room, fell from the roof. It had a gold eye on the front of its base and two long arms with the runners. It crashed to the ground, almost crushing them. Next a red metal dragon flew out of the portal. It had large wings that prevented it from moving, so it just hovered, whipping its long tail. Last, a blue floating robot, equip with large arms and huge shoulder cannons, dropped out. These three things had completely thrashed the room. "Now Drake! The fusion!" Drake raised his staff. "Open. Fusion Gate!" A large door opened above Drake. It sucked up the three mechanical armories. At first there was only the lightening that shot out of the vortex but then, it spat out the something that completely filled the room. Its body crushed the wall around it so it could fit. "Damn! I thought the room was big enough," Drake swore, " levitate!" He leapt into the air and got ahead of the tank. It was still slowly emerging from the vortex. He saw Mahandra still pressed in the corner. He knew that the yellow arm of the tank would smash through that point. He swooped down and grabbed her hand, right before the tank arm crushed the corner. Array, Chaos, and Shadow quickly rejoined his ranks. " Sir, the tank crushed Great Angus and Giant Orc. The Freezing Beast leapt on to one of the walls but the wall collapsed and we haven't seen him since. Exodia Necros, well he moved back into one of the hallways right in from of the cannon. The corridor is too small for him to move in it so we have him," Shadow reported. "Perfect! Mahandra, use your levitation to stay up here, in fact, all of you, move to the roof! If the explosion destroys the fortress, at least you'll survive." "But," Mahandra said, "aren't you coming with?" "No. I am the only one who can activate the cannon." "But it could kill you!" She protested. "I know, but they want you, when I took you as my apprentice I swore to protect you. This fiend can't leave here alive, he knows too much. If he reports back to the Dezard, he will send more men. I have to do this." "I won't let you kill yourself!" He ignored her shouts of protest. "Chaos, teleport her to the roof, I will meet up with you, if I survive. Go now!" "No Drake!" But Mahandra was cut short as they disappeared into black smoke. The yellow tank was now the base, holding the dragon and the robot, which was plugged into the back of the dragon. All of this was combined to create a very deadly weapon. Drake landed on the blue robot's head. "Weapons armed!" Drake shouted. Two panels opened on both arms of the tank, the dragon opened its mouth, and the robot pointed its cannons at Exodia Necros. "Fire! XYZ- Dragon Cannon!" The room began to fill with bolt of lightening. Drake could see the power building in each monsters cannons. Then the cannon jolted back and with an ear-splitting roar, the cannon released its fire.
Up on the roof the four magicians waited. Suddenly the fortress began to shake violently. "Quick levitate", Array instructed. They all leapt into the air. The west wall of the fortress exploded with large bang. A large beam of light blasted Exodia Necros out of the fortress. They all watched as he exploded into tiny black pieces. "The fortress didn't collapse! Drake might still be alive!"
"Freed! Quickly, man the lifeboats! The ship's going down!" Freed's army was loading the last few survivors into the lifeboats. " I can't find the master, Drake and Mahandra, or Nadalia. Everyone else is gone." "We have to go. They will be okay." With that they boarded a lifeboat and they all were lowered into the sea.
Drake and Mahandra were back at the bottom of the ship. Water was filling the room. Drake scooped up Nadalia. "What are we going to do?" Mahandra cried. "I can teleport us out." Mahandra backed against the wall. She then heard a loud cooing sound. She leapt in surprise and turned to see Kuriboh. "Kuriboh! You found us!" He smiled up at her and she took him into her arms. "C'mon, take my hand!" She grabbed it and soon they disappeared into purple smoke.
"Sir the ship is sunk!" "Excellent." The Dezard sat by the window watching his work. "What should we do about the lifeboats?" "Send out the Corroding Sharks. They should take care of them." "Yes sir!" The Royal Keeper ran off. "And where might my good friend be hiding." He closed his eyes and concentrated on The Dark Sage. "You think you can avoid me." His eyes snapped open. "The fortress in the clouds. The building that we built. Ha! It will also be your tomb! Keeper!" The Bony messenger ran back in. "Yes master?" "Call back the troops, we have a new destination."
Mahandra's feet finally touched the ground, except the ground was soft, not hard. She looked around. "Are we in the sky?" "Yes. It is the Fortress in the Clouds. It is the retreat we are supposed to go to if something bad ever happens. Mahandra looked up. The sky was a mix of black purple and red. It was dotted with tiny stars that spread forever. " C'mon, the fortress is this way."
They reached a large fortress like the school, but much bigger. Drake pushed the door open. "I need to take Nadalia to the infirmary, you can take a look around. Kuriboh should know where everything is." Kuriboh smiled and cooed happily. "Okay." Drake vanished. "Where do you keep the food Kuriboh?" Kuiboh floated in front of her and motioned for her to follow. They walked down bright corridors lined with pictures of famous people. "Wow." Mahandra was amazed at the size of the place. The rooms were decorated elegantly and were all as big as each other. They entered a large dinning hall. Kuriboh pulled out a chair and motioned for her to sit. "Oh thank you," she said taking a seat. He then floated off. The room was vast and filled with very decretive tables. Mahandra adjusted her suit. Drake said nothing had happened yet she was sweating. That made the suit extremely uncomfortable. "Man, I hope I can get some clean clothes and maybe a shower." Kuriboh floated back in with a plate of fruits and meat, a glass, and a bottle of wine. "Thanks," she said as he placed the feast in front of her. "Hey Kuriboh, do you know if I could get a shower and some clothes?" He nodded. She smiled ad began to eat.
Drake lay Nadalia down on one of the beds. The doctors walked over to Drake. "Just make sure she gets treated for her wounds," Drake said. The doctor nodded and they wheeled her into a different room. Drake teleported into the armory. It was a vast room filled with weapons and armor of all sorts. He walked over to the spellcaster section and grabbed himself a new staff and one for Mahandra. He then grabbed a blood red cloak of the wall. "I was wondering where the master hid this." He tossed it high into the air, "Curtain of the Dark Ones!" The cloak opened up and three beams of light shot out. The beams took form as The Skilled Dark Magician, The Skilled White Magician, and Chaos Command Magician. "Ah my three warriors," Drake said. "It has been a while, my friend," The skilled Dark Magician said. " It's good to have you back." Array also known as the Skilled White Magician, Shadow also known as the Skilled Dark Magician, and Chaos, the Chaos Command Magician all bowed to their master. "Where is the Dark Sage," asked Chaos. "That's why I summoned you. The school was destroyed and we were attacked by on the sea by the Dezard. The master teleported and we don't where he is. We are expecting some of the survivors to show up at any time." As he finished, they heard the slamming of the fortress doors. "That should be them now." They then heard a female scream followed by a loud crash. "What was that?" "Mahandra! Come on!"
They raced into the dining hall to see Mahandra with her back to the wall and five cloaked figures standing in front of her. "They are the Dezards people," Drake announced. He twirled his staff in his hand. "Dark Magic Attack!" The dark beam shot from the emerald at the end and flew towards the intruders. The one in front whipped its cloak off and immediately the blast flew back at them. "Get down!" He felt one of his men tackle him to the ground. "Ha ha ha! You fool I am the Reflect Bounder! Your magic is useless!" The enemy floated above the ground. He had a round lower half and a mirror for a chest. His shoulders were equipped with mirrors along with his hands. He had a small head with a blood red cape the flowed to the ground. "I will handle them you four can finish the job." The other four nodded and moved closer to Mahandra. "Drake pulled out Mahandra's, "Take it Mahandra!" He tossed it to her. It was much too high for her though. "Ha! Nice try!" "Not so fast. Levitate!" She shot up into the air and grabbed the staff. "I've been practicing. Heart Crush Attack!" A giant heart shaped bubble flew from her staff and trapped the four enemies inside. Drake leapt to his feet. "Thousand Knives!" He held up on steel knife and whipped it at the mirror man. The knife soon doubled and tripled until a thousand knives shattered al of his mirrors. "No!" The others cut through his cape and pinned him to the wall. Mahandra landed next to Drake. "Are you ok?" "Yes," she said. There was a loud pop and the other four broke the bubble. "Just give us the girl," the leader demanded. "Fuck you," Drake said. "Now we will kill you and take her anyway." They whipped off their cloaks. The first one to reveal itself leapt into the air. "I am the Great Angus!" He was a red beast with huge teeth and claws and bulging arms and legs. The second just stood. "I am the Giant Orc!" He was a mass of muscle. He wore leather pants, had huge teeth, and wielded a large bone. The third leapt up and clung to the wall. "I am the Freezing Beast!" Its body was made of crystallized ice with one eye in the middle of its head. But when the leader removed his cloak, he grew to the height of the ceiling. He had a black body and chains hanging from his hands. He wore a jewel encrusted kilt and sharp earrings. "I am Exodia Necros!" "Oh damn. Spread out! We can take 'em." Chaos took on Great Angus. Chaos used his blade staff to inflict cuts all over the beast's body but it just seemed to enrage it. Before he knew it he was hit hard in the chest and he flew across the room, landing in a pile of chairs. Array fought with the freezing beast but was losing badly. Drake and Shadow Fought with Exodia Necros but he was too big. That only left Mahandra with the Giant Orc. She dodged his bone club as he smashed it upon the table, sending up a spray of wood splinters. "Sweet Intoxication Curse!" A tiny angel flew out of the end of her staff and floated towards the Orc. He smashed it into pieces with his club before it delivered its blow. "You stupid pixie. Your charms don't work on the extremely hating ones." He charged towards her with his fangs bared. "Levitate!" She leapt out of his way and he smashed into the wall. He shook it of easily for his bulk made him almost immune to pain. She swung her foot out and kicked him hard in the side of the face. She went to repeat the move but he grabbed her leg and flung her across the hall. She landed in the pile of wood that used to be the table. "We're supposed to take you alive but he never said we couldn't harm you!" He lifted his bone high in the air and brought it down towards her. "Mirror Force!" A mirror coating blocked the club and sent him tumbling backwards. "I've learned some new tricks." She hit him in the face with a spin kick. The flab on his face shook but nothing seemed to happen. He swung one of his massive arms and knocked her into a wall. "Want don't you just surrender?" "Why don't you? Staff to Sword!" Her staff began to change. It grew a sharp blade and a handle with a heart shaped jewel at the end. Drake glanced over at Mahandra. She was using some good skill in her hexes. It was amazing. She couldn't do the taming charm but the staff to sword was a very difficult one. He was caught off guard as one of the large black fists knocked him through the wall. The wall quickly repaired itself since the fortress was made of clouds. He staggered to his feet. This was impossible. Exodia Necros was much too large and his dark aurora seemed to dissolve their attacks. And Great Angus and Giant Orc had thick bulks so physical and magical attacks seemed to barley scratch the surface. And the Freezing Beast's ice like body was actually made of diamond, which was almost indestructible. Why would the Dezard send these creatures just for Mahandra? What did she have of the Dezards? Wait! She did used to be under his mind control. Maybe he implanted his plans in her mind, thinking we could never turn her back. He needed to protect her. Drake ran back into the dinning hall where the battle raged on. "Array, Shadow, Chaos! Quickly, let's combine our power, we need to form the cannon!" The looked at him with looks of horror. "But sir, we only used that once, it has the power to wipe this place apart!" "I know but I have a plan! Now, I will be the fuser, you summon the parts! Now!" They all thought it to be risky but they trusted their master. " X- Head Cannon!" Array's staff began to glow. "Y- Dragon Head!" Shadow's staff also glowed with black light. " Z- Metal Tank!" Chaos thrust his staff into the air to complete the spell. Lightening crackled from above, forming a portal on the ceiling. Drake ran over to Mahandra. The four beasts were distracted by the commotion. "Quickly, flatten yourself against the wall, this is going to be big!" She nodded and squeezed herself into a corner. There was a loud crash of thunder and a yellow tank, almost as big as the room, fell from the roof. It had a gold eye on the front of its base and two long arms with the runners. It crashed to the ground, almost crushing them. Next a red metal dragon flew out of the portal. It had large wings that prevented it from moving, so it just hovered, whipping its long tail. Last, a blue floating robot, equip with large arms and huge shoulder cannons, dropped out. These three things had completely thrashed the room. "Now Drake! The fusion!" Drake raised his staff. "Open. Fusion Gate!" A large door opened above Drake. It sucked up the three mechanical armories. At first there was only the lightening that shot out of the vortex but then, it spat out the something that completely filled the room. Its body crushed the wall around it so it could fit. "Damn! I thought the room was big enough," Drake swore, " levitate!" He leapt into the air and got ahead of the tank. It was still slowly emerging from the vortex. He saw Mahandra still pressed in the corner. He knew that the yellow arm of the tank would smash through that point. He swooped down and grabbed her hand, right before the tank arm crushed the corner. Array, Chaos, and Shadow quickly rejoined his ranks. " Sir, the tank crushed Great Angus and Giant Orc. The Freezing Beast leapt on to one of the walls but the wall collapsed and we haven't seen him since. Exodia Necros, well he moved back into one of the hallways right in from of the cannon. The corridor is too small for him to move in it so we have him," Shadow reported. "Perfect! Mahandra, use your levitation to stay up here, in fact, all of you, move to the roof! If the explosion destroys the fortress, at least you'll survive." "But," Mahandra said, "aren't you coming with?" "No. I am the only one who can activate the cannon." "But it could kill you!" She protested. "I know, but they want you, when I took you as my apprentice I swore to protect you. This fiend can't leave here alive, he knows too much. If he reports back to the Dezard, he will send more men. I have to do this." "I won't let you kill yourself!" He ignored her shouts of protest. "Chaos, teleport her to the roof, I will meet up with you, if I survive. Go now!" "No Drake!" But Mahandra was cut short as they disappeared into black smoke. The yellow tank was now the base, holding the dragon and the robot, which was plugged into the back of the dragon. All of this was combined to create a very deadly weapon. Drake landed on the blue robot's head. "Weapons armed!" Drake shouted. Two panels opened on both arms of the tank, the dragon opened its mouth, and the robot pointed its cannons at Exodia Necros. "Fire! XYZ- Dragon Cannon!" The room began to fill with bolt of lightening. Drake could see the power building in each monsters cannons. Then the cannon jolted back and with an ear-splitting roar, the cannon released its fire.
Up on the roof the four magicians waited. Suddenly the fortress began to shake violently. "Quick levitate", Array instructed. They all leapt into the air. The west wall of the fortress exploded with large bang. A large beam of light blasted Exodia Necros out of the fortress. They all watched as he exploded into tiny black pieces. "The fortress didn't collapse! Drake might still be alive!"