DISCLAIMER: I do not own Legend of Dragoon. The characters in this story not from the game, however are mine! All mine! And you cannot have them.
After their run-in with the wolves, Hiro and Kraven were a bit more cautious. As they walked into the prairie they looked around carefully, making sure nothing was around. The baby was sleeping soundly, much to Hiro and Kraven's enjoyment. The day was a bit sunny and warm as they walked the paths, soon coming to a fork in the road. There were three paths other than the way they came from to go. The sign which marked the paths had been knocked over. Kraven sighed and shook his head. Hiro raised an eyebrow, thinking.
"Great! Just perfect! Now which way is to the Limestone Cave? It could be any way. We could go one way and be lost for days! This sucks! What are we going to do?! It could be weeks now before we get to Bale!" Kraven exclaimed. Hiro chuckled and walked over to the sign, picking it up. "Dude, chill. All we have to do is make the part of the sign that says Forest, point to the path we came from. Now, we can tell which way to Bale. It's that way." he points to one of the other paths. Kraven looks to him, dumbfounded. Hiro laughs and Kraven glares, walking down the path. Hiro follows, still laughing.
"Shut up. You know you I was joking, right? I was just about to suggest the sign thing. I mean, what kind of idiot wouldn't realize that we could use the sign?" Kraven said, trying to convince Hiro. Hiro shook his head, smirking.
"Tell me What kind of idiot you are and I'll answer your question. Let's hurry, we need to get to Bale." Hiro replied, walking down the path. Kraven looked around as they walked. They soon came across a stream and carefully walked over the log that laid across it. They soon had that same feeling from the woods. That feeling that someone, or something was watching them. Kraven shivered lightly and looked around, then tapped Hiro on the shoulder.
"Something's out there man. I'm not sure wha-" Kraven began to say as he was cut off when a dart came flying from the branches of a tree and imbedded itself in his neck, which made him fall unconscious. Hiro quickly turned around and unsheathed his sword, right before another dart came and went into his neck, knocking him out as well. Both Kraven and Hiro lay there, unconscious as the baby slept.
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A few hours later, Hiro's eyes opened. He was a bit dizzy and he sat up, shaking his head a bit so he could see straight. What he found was that he was in a cage, chained up, with the palms of his hands against his chest so if he used one of his energy balls, he would end up killing himself. He cursed under his breath and looked around. Next to his cage was another cage with Kraven and the baby. Kraven was chained like he was. They seemed to be in some large, vast underground cavern. Hiro soon noticed the cavern was full of seven feet tall lizardmen! They all dressed the same way, in a wolf pelt loin cloth with a strap over their chest, holding daggers. The lizardmen were surrounding a large cauldron which was boiling hot. They seemed to communicate with a series of grunts and hisses. Hiro could see dozens of what appeared to be lizard nests with large eggs and also large stone slabs that looked much like tables. It seemed that they were preparing a feast but what would they eat? He saw nothing edible other than eggs and they more than likely wouldn't eat their own young. Then it dawned on him. Him and Kraven were dinner.
"Pssssst! Kraven! Get up, Kraven!" Hiro whispered. Kraven shook his head as he woke up. He took a look around and his eyes widened. He looked down to see his hands chained and the baby still on his stomach. He let out a sigh of relief.
"What's going on? Where are we?" Kraven questioned. Hiro looked around then back to Kraven.
"We're about to be the lizardmen's dinner and we're in some underground cavern. I'm not sure, but I think it's underneath the prairie. Looks big enough to have the entire prairie over this. I'm trying to find a way out, but I see nothing. It's like they fill the hole whenever they come through." Hiro replied, looking at the ceiling of the cavern.
"Maybe they don't come out that often so it isn't much of a hassle to fill the holes. But if so, what is the point in coming out just to capture us? They would have had to be meaning to come for us because they would not need tranquilizers for mere animals. They needed to get at us for some reason" Kraven added, thinking. Soon it dawned on both of them. The baby. She was more important than they had previously thought.
"Looks like the little girl is more special than we assumed. But why? Why is she so special that these lizardmen attack us just to get at her. And for all we know that could be why the wolves attacked as well. Plus, that monster was after her. Why?" Hiro remarked. Both Kraven and Hiro were looking to the baby, who was innocently looking back. Kraven chuckled lowly then looked back to Hiro.
"Let's worry about all of that later. Now we need to find a way to escape. Ya think we could fight these lizardmen off?" Kraven asked. Hiro gave him a look as if to call him stupid and motioned towards their hands with his head.
"Oh, yeah. Our hands are chained aren't they? I knew that. Damn, then how do we get out of this place?" Kraven asked just as two lizardmen approached their cages. One was greenish and the other had a blue tint to it. The green one opened Kraven's cage and picked up the end of the chain, then started pulling him out towards the cauldron. Kraven looked over to Hiro as the bluish one did the same to him. Kraven and Hiro looked to eachother and then Kraven's eyes widened. He motioned to Hiro's back with his forehead and then Hiro grinned and nodded. Hiro jumped up, his light wings appearing. The lizardmen looked over at him and ran towards him. He flew up, carrying the bluish lizardman with him. He flew over head them, making the bluish lizardman crash into the greenish lizardman. He then landed, picked up the keys to their chains with his teeth and flew back up, picking Kraven up with his feet and landing on a shelf of rock on the cavern wall. He unlocked Kraven with his teeth who in turn unlocked him. They then stretched out their arms.
"I think it's time for a lizard bashing, how about you?" Kraven asked, smirking at Hiro. Hiro nodded and looked around.
"Where are our weapons though? We won't be able to take out many of these lizardmen with our hands when each of them have a couple daggers." Hiro replied. Kraven shrugged and looked around then grinned. He leaned over the edge of the shelf and picked up an egg from the nearby nest.
"We can do this two ways. Hold the eggs for leverage so we can get to our weapons........or we can use these eggs as weapons." Kraven announced, tossing the egg in midair, catching it as it fell. Hiro shook his head and picked up three more eggs, giving one of them to Kraven.
"Let's use them as leverage. No need to possibly end a species. We could kill too many of them and if this is the only colony of them then they would be wiped out. It goes against Soa to destroy an entire species. Now let's do this." Hiro replied. Kraven grinned and nodded. Hiro jumped down, followed by Kraven, holding the eggs up. The lizardmen backed up, not wanting the eggs harmed. Kraven smirked at Hiro and tossed one of the eggs up and then caught it. The lizardmen hissed. Hiro shook his head. They soon came to a wall carved from the stone with many weapons hanging from it.
"I don't see our weapons! Looks like we'll be using lizardmen weapons for now. Pick one of these bows. I like this sword." Hiro said as he set one of the eggs down and rolled it to the Lizardmen. One of what seemed to be a lizardmaid rushed through the crowd and picked it up, hissing at Hiro. Hiro then picked up a flame red blade which was serrated on one side. He swung it experimentally, liking the feel. Kraven rolled one of the eggs he held towards the lizardmen and the lizardmaid picked it up as well, hissing again as Kraven found a bow which had a small blade on both ends and then picked up a quiver full of arrows with serrated arrowheads. Hiro then picked up a sheath and attached it to the strap wrapped around his shoulder. He looked up and smirked.
"There is the exit. There is a stairway which we couldn't see before because it blends in with the wall. We just have to fight our way to it. Can't carry you all the way over there without one of the lizardmen getting you, so we'll have to fight through instead of fly." Hiro said. Kraven nodded and loosed an arrow at one of the lizardmen before they both tossed their eggs at them and cut towards the stairway. A lizardman jumped in their way to recieve one of the blade ends of Kraven's new bow in its chest, slaying it. They ran on and several lizardmen caught up with them and cut them off. Hiro jumped forward, swinging his sword, cleaving one of the lizardmen in two. He smirked then thrust the sword behind him, impaling another lizardman by the stomach. Kraven spun the bow, beheading a lizardman and slashing another's chest. Hiro slashed a couple lizardmen in the stomach and kicked one down, stabbing the other in the shoulder. Kraven twirled the bow, slashing several lizardmen in the chest. They took the oppurtunity to head forward and then a lizardman larger than the rest stepped in the way. It had a necklace and crown made from bones.
"Apparently now we have to deal with Lizardman King. Looks like the others backed off. I guess helping the king in a fight is disrespectful. Lucky for us." Kraven observed. Hiro nodded and they both got in a fighting stance. The Lizardman King jumped at them and they both slashed, giving it two parallel scars on it's chest. When it landed, Kraven and Hiro spun around, slashing. Kraven cut off the forearm and hand off while Hiro cut clean through the base of it's tail. The Lizardman King gave a horrible shriek, causing the baby to cry. Kraven and Hiro took the oppurtunity to run up the stairs. A few Lizardmen followed them. Hiro turned and shot an energy ball at the wall, causing some rocks to fall in their way. Hiro and Kraven soon reached the peak of the stairs and pushed the stone door open, coming out from the side of a bank of the stream. They ran down the bank until reaching the path and kept going, until they were sure the Lizardmen had not followed. they were well out of the prairie now.
"Is it me or is this little girl probably going to get us killed?" Kraven joked, grinning.
"I know what ya mean. Hopefully the Limestone Cave won't be so eventful." Hiro replied, laughing.
After their run-in with the wolves, Hiro and Kraven were a bit more cautious. As they walked into the prairie they looked around carefully, making sure nothing was around. The baby was sleeping soundly, much to Hiro and Kraven's enjoyment. The day was a bit sunny and warm as they walked the paths, soon coming to a fork in the road. There were three paths other than the way they came from to go. The sign which marked the paths had been knocked over. Kraven sighed and shook his head. Hiro raised an eyebrow, thinking.
"Great! Just perfect! Now which way is to the Limestone Cave? It could be any way. We could go one way and be lost for days! This sucks! What are we going to do?! It could be weeks now before we get to Bale!" Kraven exclaimed. Hiro chuckled and walked over to the sign, picking it up. "Dude, chill. All we have to do is make the part of the sign that says Forest, point to the path we came from. Now, we can tell which way to Bale. It's that way." he points to one of the other paths. Kraven looks to him, dumbfounded. Hiro laughs and Kraven glares, walking down the path. Hiro follows, still laughing.
"Shut up. You know you I was joking, right? I was just about to suggest the sign thing. I mean, what kind of idiot wouldn't realize that we could use the sign?" Kraven said, trying to convince Hiro. Hiro shook his head, smirking.
"Tell me What kind of idiot you are and I'll answer your question. Let's hurry, we need to get to Bale." Hiro replied, walking down the path. Kraven looked around as they walked. They soon came across a stream and carefully walked over the log that laid across it. They soon had that same feeling from the woods. That feeling that someone, or something was watching them. Kraven shivered lightly and looked around, then tapped Hiro on the shoulder.
"Something's out there man. I'm not sure wha-" Kraven began to say as he was cut off when a dart came flying from the branches of a tree and imbedded itself in his neck, which made him fall unconscious. Hiro quickly turned around and unsheathed his sword, right before another dart came and went into his neck, knocking him out as well. Both Kraven and Hiro lay there, unconscious as the baby slept.
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A few hours later, Hiro's eyes opened. He was a bit dizzy and he sat up, shaking his head a bit so he could see straight. What he found was that he was in a cage, chained up, with the palms of his hands against his chest so if he used one of his energy balls, he would end up killing himself. He cursed under his breath and looked around. Next to his cage was another cage with Kraven and the baby. Kraven was chained like he was. They seemed to be in some large, vast underground cavern. Hiro soon noticed the cavern was full of seven feet tall lizardmen! They all dressed the same way, in a wolf pelt loin cloth with a strap over their chest, holding daggers. The lizardmen were surrounding a large cauldron which was boiling hot. They seemed to communicate with a series of grunts and hisses. Hiro could see dozens of what appeared to be lizard nests with large eggs and also large stone slabs that looked much like tables. It seemed that they were preparing a feast but what would they eat? He saw nothing edible other than eggs and they more than likely wouldn't eat their own young. Then it dawned on him. Him and Kraven were dinner.
"Pssssst! Kraven! Get up, Kraven!" Hiro whispered. Kraven shook his head as he woke up. He took a look around and his eyes widened. He looked down to see his hands chained and the baby still on his stomach. He let out a sigh of relief.
"What's going on? Where are we?" Kraven questioned. Hiro looked around then back to Kraven.
"We're about to be the lizardmen's dinner and we're in some underground cavern. I'm not sure, but I think it's underneath the prairie. Looks big enough to have the entire prairie over this. I'm trying to find a way out, but I see nothing. It's like they fill the hole whenever they come through." Hiro replied, looking at the ceiling of the cavern.
"Maybe they don't come out that often so it isn't much of a hassle to fill the holes. But if so, what is the point in coming out just to capture us? They would have had to be meaning to come for us because they would not need tranquilizers for mere animals. They needed to get at us for some reason" Kraven added, thinking. Soon it dawned on both of them. The baby. She was more important than they had previously thought.
"Looks like the little girl is more special than we assumed. But why? Why is she so special that these lizardmen attack us just to get at her. And for all we know that could be why the wolves attacked as well. Plus, that monster was after her. Why?" Hiro remarked. Both Kraven and Hiro were looking to the baby, who was innocently looking back. Kraven chuckled lowly then looked back to Hiro.
"Let's worry about all of that later. Now we need to find a way to escape. Ya think we could fight these lizardmen off?" Kraven asked. Hiro gave him a look as if to call him stupid and motioned towards their hands with his head.
"Oh, yeah. Our hands are chained aren't they? I knew that. Damn, then how do we get out of this place?" Kraven asked just as two lizardmen approached their cages. One was greenish and the other had a blue tint to it. The green one opened Kraven's cage and picked up the end of the chain, then started pulling him out towards the cauldron. Kraven looked over to Hiro as the bluish one did the same to him. Kraven and Hiro looked to eachother and then Kraven's eyes widened. He motioned to Hiro's back with his forehead and then Hiro grinned and nodded. Hiro jumped up, his light wings appearing. The lizardmen looked over at him and ran towards him. He flew up, carrying the bluish lizardman with him. He flew over head them, making the bluish lizardman crash into the greenish lizardman. He then landed, picked up the keys to their chains with his teeth and flew back up, picking Kraven up with his feet and landing on a shelf of rock on the cavern wall. He unlocked Kraven with his teeth who in turn unlocked him. They then stretched out their arms.
"I think it's time for a lizard bashing, how about you?" Kraven asked, smirking at Hiro. Hiro nodded and looked around.
"Where are our weapons though? We won't be able to take out many of these lizardmen with our hands when each of them have a couple daggers." Hiro replied. Kraven shrugged and looked around then grinned. He leaned over the edge of the shelf and picked up an egg from the nearby nest.
"We can do this two ways. Hold the eggs for leverage so we can get to our weapons........or we can use these eggs as weapons." Kraven announced, tossing the egg in midair, catching it as it fell. Hiro shook his head and picked up three more eggs, giving one of them to Kraven.
"Let's use them as leverage. No need to possibly end a species. We could kill too many of them and if this is the only colony of them then they would be wiped out. It goes against Soa to destroy an entire species. Now let's do this." Hiro replied. Kraven grinned and nodded. Hiro jumped down, followed by Kraven, holding the eggs up. The lizardmen backed up, not wanting the eggs harmed. Kraven smirked at Hiro and tossed one of the eggs up and then caught it. The lizardmen hissed. Hiro shook his head. They soon came to a wall carved from the stone with many weapons hanging from it.
"I don't see our weapons! Looks like we'll be using lizardmen weapons for now. Pick one of these bows. I like this sword." Hiro said as he set one of the eggs down and rolled it to the Lizardmen. One of what seemed to be a lizardmaid rushed through the crowd and picked it up, hissing at Hiro. Hiro then picked up a flame red blade which was serrated on one side. He swung it experimentally, liking the feel. Kraven rolled one of the eggs he held towards the lizardmen and the lizardmaid picked it up as well, hissing again as Kraven found a bow which had a small blade on both ends and then picked up a quiver full of arrows with serrated arrowheads. Hiro then picked up a sheath and attached it to the strap wrapped around his shoulder. He looked up and smirked.
"There is the exit. There is a stairway which we couldn't see before because it blends in with the wall. We just have to fight our way to it. Can't carry you all the way over there without one of the lizardmen getting you, so we'll have to fight through instead of fly." Hiro said. Kraven nodded and loosed an arrow at one of the lizardmen before they both tossed their eggs at them and cut towards the stairway. A lizardman jumped in their way to recieve one of the blade ends of Kraven's new bow in its chest, slaying it. They ran on and several lizardmen caught up with them and cut them off. Hiro jumped forward, swinging his sword, cleaving one of the lizardmen in two. He smirked then thrust the sword behind him, impaling another lizardman by the stomach. Kraven spun the bow, beheading a lizardman and slashing another's chest. Hiro slashed a couple lizardmen in the stomach and kicked one down, stabbing the other in the shoulder. Kraven twirled the bow, slashing several lizardmen in the chest. They took the oppurtunity to head forward and then a lizardman larger than the rest stepped in the way. It had a necklace and crown made from bones.
"Apparently now we have to deal with Lizardman King. Looks like the others backed off. I guess helping the king in a fight is disrespectful. Lucky for us." Kraven observed. Hiro nodded and they both got in a fighting stance. The Lizardman King jumped at them and they both slashed, giving it two parallel scars on it's chest. When it landed, Kraven and Hiro spun around, slashing. Kraven cut off the forearm and hand off while Hiro cut clean through the base of it's tail. The Lizardman King gave a horrible shriek, causing the baby to cry. Kraven and Hiro took the oppurtunity to run up the stairs. A few Lizardmen followed them. Hiro turned and shot an energy ball at the wall, causing some rocks to fall in their way. Hiro and Kraven soon reached the peak of the stairs and pushed the stone door open, coming out from the side of a bank of the stream. They ran down the bank until reaching the path and kept going, until they were sure the Lizardmen had not followed. they were well out of the prairie now.
"Is it me or is this little girl probably going to get us killed?" Kraven joked, grinning.
"I know what ya mean. Hopefully the Limestone Cave won't be so eventful." Hiro replied, laughing.