Sorry it's taken SO long to get this chapter out, but I've been VERY busy. Anyway, read and review. And nothing like 'I hope you die' or anything rude like that. I've already had two reviews out of all my fanfics that were VERY inappropriate. The least you could do is either tell me that ya like it, or tell me how to fix it. 'Kay? Okay then. Enjoy!
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"LET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!" Hajeri's voice came from a room that had stone walls. Hajeri was banging on the door. "LET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!!!"
"It's no use, Hajeri." Phirala told him. She was standing on a small chair on the other side of the door, peering through the small window on the door. "You ain't gettin' out of there. Not anytime soon that is."
Hajeri slammed his fist against the wall. Blood trailed down his hand. He rubbed his bloodied up knuckles. 'I should've known this would happen. But I was hoping that I would kill him before they came. Boy was my timing off.' He paced around the room. He knew that he was probably going to stay in here for a LONG, LONG time. There was a good chance that the Dragoon Queen would take his Dragoon Spirit away and find someone else to use it. But then again, they probably didn't have enough time to find a new master for it. So he was lucky. He continued pacing. 'Maybe they'll be nice enough to just let me out with a warning.' He laughed. 'Nah. I tried to kill another Dragoon Judge. They'll keep me in here until Soa decides what to do with me. And that could take a while.' He finally sat down and leaned up against the cold, stone wall. These walls were protected by magic, so he wasn't able to Dragoon and break out of here.
"Wake up, Human!" A Wingly kicked Kanzas in his left side. Kanzas opened his eyes and sat up.
'Where am I?' Kanzas looked up and saw a Wingly man standing beside him.
"Wake up and eat." The Wingly dropped a plate of some very strange looking food that Kanzas wouldn't even call food.
Kanzas was hungry so he decided to eat this food. "Where's the girl?"
"That is none of your business." The Wingly turned and left the room, locking the door behind him.
Kanzas finished the food and walked up to the door and looked out through the bars of the window on the door. He couldn't really see much, except for other rooms with steel doors. "I wonder where they took her?"
Damia rubbed her head and sat up. 'What happened?' She looked around.
A Wingly opened the door and walked up to her. "Here. Eat." The man dropped a plate of the same stuff that he had given Kanzas in front of her. "You and your friend are going to go talk with the General after you eat so eat fast."
Damia quickly ate her food. It wasn't that she really wanted to talk with this General, she was just really, really hungry. The Wingly pulled her to her feet when she was done and dragged her out of the room. He quickly handcuffed her with some magical chains. They walked down the long hallway.
Kanzas heard footsteps outside of his room. He stood up and walked back to the door. He peered out through the bars.
'Damia.' He stepped back a bit as the door swung open. The Wingly man that had given him food stood before him. Another Wingly chained Kanzas' hands behind his back with the same magical chains that Damia had on her hands. He dragged Kanzas out of the room.
"You'd better behave yourselves." One of the Winglies told them.
Damia stared at the ground as she walked. 'I hope Loshianna's alright.'
Kanzas looked down at Damia. 'Now how are we gonna get outta here?' Kanzas looked back up when they had stepped inside a transporter and reappeared in another room.
"Sit." One of the Winglies pushed down hard on Kanzas' shoulder to make him sit down in a chair. Another one did the same to Damia.
A tall, Wingly man stood in front of them.
"We have a lot to talk about, Humans." The man told the prisoners.
Boralo came bouncing out of his room. When he saw Sophia waiting by the door, he quickly hid inside his room.
'I want to go exploring, but I'd like it if she didn't follow me. Maybe if I explain to her that I won't get into trouble, she might let me go.' He opened the door a bit and peeked out. She was still standing there. 'She'll never let me go.' He looked around the room. 'Mmmmmm.' He looked back outside. He saw the same guy who had picked on him walk towards Sophia. He had three other Winglies with him. 'Here's my chance.' He watched Sophia stop them in their tracks. He could see them arguing and then Sophia started up a fight. He quickly crawled out of his room and down the hall. When he was far enough, he stood up and ran. He continued running for a good ten minutes until he tripped.
"Ouch." He rubbed his knees and stood back up. "Guess I shouldn't run so fast." He looked behind him to make sure no one was coming. Then he saw Sophia coming his way. 'Uh-oh!' He ran towards a door to his left and swung open the door and quickly shut it once he was inside the room. He couldn't see anything. He begin walking down a steep hill of steps. His hands scaled the walls, helping him keep his balance and not fall down and bust his head open. The stairs ended about ten minutes later. Boralo got down on his knees and began crawling up against the wall. He stopped when he saw light and quickly hid behind a crate. He looked down the long hallway. At the end of this long hallway, there were double metal doors. He quietly snuck down the hallway and towards the doors.
He heard voices on the other side of the doors. He opened the door a bit and peeked in.
"Answer me!" Boralo saw a Wingly man, that he guessed was the General, pick a Human man up by his shirt and yell in his face. "Why did you have Dragons and how did you get them??!!"
The Human kept quiet. A Human girl sat quietly beside the man, tears lightly streaming down her face.
"This is hopeless." The General let the Human go and stepped back. "Keep them in their rooms until they decide to talk."
Two other Winglies grabbed the Humans harshly and led them to the exit. Boralo ran as fast as he could and hid behind a crate. He watched the Winglies and Humans walk by him. He saw the Human man glance towards him. He stared back. A shiver ran down his spine as he hid deeper in the shadows.
'That Human scares me.' He watched them put the Humans in separate rooms and lock the doors. Then the Winglies started to walk towards Boralo. 'Do they see me?' One of the Winglies was looking at him. 'Yep. They see me.' He ducked as the tall Wingly out of the two tried to grab him. He ran around them and ran back up the stairs. He bumped into Sophia.
"What the heck do you think you're doin' down here?!" Sophia grabbed him by the shoulders.
"I…I just…I…" Boralo stared down at the stairs.
"HEY!! Why is that kid down here?" The tall Wingly asked her.
"I'll get him outta here. Come on, kid." Sophia dragged Boralo through the door.
"I was just-" Boralo tried to explain but he didn't have a good excuse.
"Just don't go back down there." She dragged him back to his room.
"What are they gonna do with those Humans?" He asked when they stepped inside his room.
"More than likely, they'll put them in the fighting ring and watch them get eaten alive." She explained.
"Will they do that to those two Humans that I saw?" He asked.
"Yes. They might. Who did you see?"
"A tall man and a young girl." He sat down on his bed.
"Oh. Those two. They just arrived earlier this morning. They were found with Dragons. If they don't explain how and why they had those Dragons, they will be put in the fighting ring and fight till they die." She leaned up against the wall.
"How do you know so much about this?" He pulled out a piece of paper and a feather. He dapped the feather in some ink and began writing. He was supposed to have his homework from school done by the time the sun was down.
"Because I'm nosy." She opened the door. "Stay in here. I'll be on guard outside." She left the room and shut the door behind her.
'Well, I guess that's all the fun I'm gonna have for today. Tomorrow I'm gonna pay a visit to those Humans.' Boralo continued working on his homework.
Rose stood up and stretched. She walked out of her room and down the stairs. She met up with Zieg at the bottom of the stairs.
"What's wrong?" She asked him once she saw the worried look on his face.
"It's Damia. She hasn't returned from taking Loshianna out for her flight. I'm worried. We're all worried. Kanzas hasn't showed up either." Zieg rubbed his forehead.
"Where's the other three?" She asked.
"They're waiting for us. Come on." He walked beside Rose as they both walked towards the meeting room.
"Glad you could be with us." Diaz greeted Rose and Zieg as they sat down at the table. "You five are to check the forests closely. Watch out for Winglies. If a Wingly should spot you, tell them that you are with Charle and show them these papers if they want to see them." He laid a few sheets of papers on the table in front of Shirley. "If you show them these papers, they have no right to attack you."
"Then let's get a move on." Rose stood up and headed for the exit. Everyone slowly followed.
"Everyone gather their weapons and meet back in the forest by Loshianna's hideout." Rose ran up the stairs to her room.
Everyone else made their way to their own rooms to get their weapons.
"What are we gonna do with Hajeri? If we let him out, he might try to kill Mike again." Saphira was sitting at the kitchen table, eating her supper slowly.
"I don't know. I've talked with Soa, but She doesn't know what to do with him." The Dragoon Queen paced back and forth. "Go give Hajeri his food, please, Phirala. Milro, accompany her."
"Yes, ma'am." Milro hopped up out of his seat and followed Phirala, who was carrying a plate of food.
"HAJERI!!! WAKE UP!!!" Phirala opened the door to Hajeri's cell and walked in.
Hajeri stared coldly at her as she set the plate of food on the floor in front of him.
"You gotta eat somethin', Hajeri." She sat down in front of him. "EAT. Ya know what that means?"
"Leave him alone, shrimp." Milro stepped inside and pulled her out of the room by her hair.
"OW!! That hurts!" Phirala kicked and screamed.
"Aw shut up!" Milro stood her up and shut the door. "Better eat, Hajeri. Don't wanna starve, now do you?" He walked off, dragging Phirala with him.
Hajeri slowly began eating. 'I gotta get outta here.'
The Dragoon Queen walked slowly on the white, soft, fluffy clouds.
"Soa, I have come to tell you what I plan to do with Hajeri." The Queen bowed.
"Continue." A woman's voice said softly.
"I would like to send Hajeri to Endiness to help with the upcoming war." The Queen continued.
"Have you thought of the consequences to sending him down there?" Soa asked her.
The Queen stared out at nothing. The Goddess Soa loved to communicate with her through her mind. "Yes. I have, but I doubt he will do anything like that. Although he has a bit of a temper, he can be very loyal when he needs to. I've known him for years, Soa, and I trust that he will do what's best."
"It will be your fault if he does the wrong thing. You know that, right?" Forest green eyes appeared in the distance.
"Yes. I know." The Dragoon Queen bowed once more. "I will leave now." She began to fade away. 'I know it will be all my fault if he fails to do the right thing, but I trust him.'
"So do you agree with what the Queen wants to do with Hajeri?" Phirala looked up at Milro as they walked towards Hajeri's cell.
"Nope."
"Why not?" She stopped in front of Hajeri's cell door.
"'Cause I just don't trust him." He opened the door. "Rise and shine, grumpy."
Hajeri glared at them and stood up. He walked out of the room, Milro and Phirala followed him closely.
"Please sit." The Dragoon Queen told Hajeri as he walked through the doors and inside her Chambers.
Hajeri sat down in a chair and rested his feet on the coffee table in front of him. "Whatcha want, Queen?"
"You are to go down to Endiness and help the other Dragoons with the war. Do you understand?"
"Yep." Hajeri leaned back on the chair. Milro and Phirala sat down in some chairs too.
"You are to leave in a few weeks. Maybe less." The Queen stared at him. "Take him back to his cell."
"Aye, aye, captain." Milro stood back up and followed Hajeri out of the room.
"Your Highness?" Phirala looked up at the Queen.
"Yes?"
"I know it's not the best time to ask this, but…um…" Phirala started playing with her hair.
"What is it, Phirala?" The Queen sat down in a chair beside her.
"Well…I was wonderin' if I could…" She kept quiet when the Chamber doors swung open.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Your Highness, but we've got trouble." Saphira looked at the Queen.
"You can talk to me later, Phirala." The Queen stood up and left the room. Phirala sighed and followed the Queen and Saphira.
"What's the problem?" The Queen asked as they stepped inside the Watch Room.
They called it the 'Watch Room' because this was the place that they kept a good eye on the rest of the Dragoons in Endiness. Saphira worked the controls and everything in the room.
"This." Saphira pressed a few buttons and a greenish-blue sphere floated in the air in front of Phirala and the Dragoon Queen. "I finally fixed it after Milro's little 'accident' and it's working perfectly fine now."
Phirala smiled. She remembered what Milro did. He had been playing this game that Mike had introduced to them. Although Mike was from that planet called 'Earth', he had some pretty neat things to tell them. 'What'd he call that game? Soccer?' She remembered when Milro kicked the ball a little too hard and the ball soared through the air, through some walls, and it found its way into the Watch Room and crashed everything in here.
"How's that the problem?" The Queen asked.
"That's not the problem. The problem is that when I fixed it and turned it on, I found the Dragoons and a couple of them are in deep, deep, DEEP trouble." Saphira pressed a few more buttons and an image formed inside the greenish-blue sphere. The image inside the sphere appeared to be a cell inside Kadessa. Inside the cell sat a man with brown hair and a bit of a beard.
"That's Kanzas. How did he end up in Kadessa?" The Queen's eyes were wide.
"I don't know exactly. But look." Saphira pressed another button and the image switched to an image of another cell inside Kadessa except this time a young girl sat in the corner, tears rolled down her face. "There's Damia."
"We've got to get them out of there and fast." The Queen stared at the image.
"All four of them."
"What?" The Queen looked over at Saphira.
"It appears that the Winglies have also captured Quetinno and Loshianna." Saphira reported.
"How will we get them out of there without it looking TOO suspicious?" The Queen's eyes focused on the sphere.
"I don't think that's possible, Your Highness." Phirala told the Queen. "But…"
The Queen looked down at Phirala. "But what?"
"If you send Milro and I down there, we should be able to get them out of there." Phirala explained.
"That's too dangerous." The Queen paced around.
"Well, Milro's half Wingly, soooooo……he might be able to help us get inside Kadessa." Phirala looked up at the Queen. "Please??"
"Fine. We'll keep an eye on you using the Watching Eye." The Queen glanced towards the sphere.
"We'll be fine. Don't worry, Queenie." Phirala twirled around and then ran out of the room.
"I'll watch them. Don't worry so much, Your Highness. They'll be FINE." Saphira looked at the 'Watching Eye', which was the sphere. "I'll fix this so I can speak with Milro and Phirala while they are in Endiness."
"How can you do that?" The Queen looked at her.
"Well, Mike can help me. Ya know, havin' a person from another planet here really helps." Saphira pressed another button. "Mike, please report to the Watch Room."
"What's that and when did you install it?" The Queen asked.
"Oh. Mike installed it. It's a speaker that allows people to hear you from where ever they are. Isn't it neat? Mike installed it probably a couple days ago. I guess I forgot to tell you." Saphira watched the door open and Mike walk in.
"Please just remember to tell me whenever you install these strange devices." The Queen turned and left the room.
"Yo, Queen, we gonna leave soon?" Milro asked the Queen as she stepped outside.
"Yes. Please go get ready and meet me in my Chambers." The Dragoon Queen sighed and walked towards her Chambers.
"Yes, captain." Milro did a little salute and marched off towards his room.
The Queen waited for Phirala and Milro to enter her Chambers. They finally did several minutes later.
"So how we gonna get into Kadessa? I mean, we don't even look like Winglies." Milro said as he walked into the room, carrying his axe by his side.
"Soa has agreed to help you disguise yourselves. Here." The Queen handed them both a small glass container with sea-green liquid in it.
"What's this? Poison?" Milro took the container and stared at it.
"No. Of course not, Milro. Just drink it." The Queen ordered.
They both shrugged their shoulders and drank it. Their hair turned silver and their eyes changed to garnet.
"That spell only lasts for a few days so please get them out of there before it's too late." The Queen told them.
"Okay, okay. Just remind me to yell at you for makin' me look like a Wingly whenever I get back." Milro told the Queen before he left the room.
"I kind of thought he would say something like that. Just watch him, Phirala." The Queen told Phirala.
"As his dear, little sister, I will." Phirala bowed and skipped out of the room.
"I do hope they get this job done." The Queen knew that this was the first mission that them two had been on in a long, long while. She hoped that Milro wouldn't go crazy and try to kill the first Wingly that he saw. He really hated Winglies and if he ever got the chance to kill one, he'd take that chance and probably over-kill the Wingly. 'Just do this right, Milro and Phirala.'
