17. In the cave of the beast
Meanwhile Tiamat had reached her cave.
"You get company, little pony!" she said sarcastically to Sundance, who hardly lifted the head when the door of the dungeon was opened. Someone was pushed rough into it. And short time later the door of the dungeon was locked again.
"Let me out of here!" Bobby grumbled angry and clung to the bars. "No! You seriously believe that I'll do that, don't you? Sure, it was a mistake to bring you here, 'cause the others will also search for you. But that should teach you and the others a lesson not to get involved with me and fight against me anymore!" Tiamat only replied. Bobby tried to rattle at the bars, but this didn't give in a little. "You won't get any further with your barbarous temper!" Tiamat looked at him condescending and left both alone.
Bobby breathed out with a whistle. Then he turned around to the crouched snow-white pony with pink mane and a pink heart-ornament on its hip. He watched it a moment and then said, "Hey! Well, you probably have to be Sundance, aren't you?" Sundance lifted the head and looked with tear-stained eyes at the blond boy, who besides was very strange dressed in brown fur and a Viking helmet on his head.
Then she nodded and asked, "Where do you know that from? Who are you?" "Well, I'm Bobby. Your friends have searched for you. And there they met with me and my friends, which are also search for me now. They all come here to rescue us." Bobby answered. "Really? My friends really come here to rescue me?" And a slight shining came back into Sundance's eyes. "Yeah. And hopefully, it won't take long till they'll arrive. We just have to wait for that a little..."
"I just hope that they'll hurry up, 'cause this dragon has planned a ritual with me and that just shouldn't be end very good for me..." Sundance said fearfully wide-eyed. "Don't be afraid! I'll protect you from Tiamat, as far as I can without my Club..." Sundance nodded. Although she had no idea, what the boy was talking about. But it was reassuring when there was somebody to talk.
"I don't want to die..." Sundance sobbed again. "You won't die! I take care for that! I'll protect you!" Bobby went to Sundance and stroked her head. Then he dropped beside her on the ground. Sundance laid her head in Bobby's lap and Bobby stroked her. Sundance shook a little and sobbed now and then.
When Bobby stroked Sundance, he realized how much he missed his sister, Uni and the others (even Eric) and he began quiet to sob and thought about, what Tiamat had intended with him and the pony. He wished desperately that his sister and his friends came soon and got them out here. Because the ritual, which the pony had talked about, didn't really sound very well and when were rituals ever harmless´? So Bobby wondered, for what the ritual should be good at all.
And then it suddenly came to his mind that it could be connected with Tiamat's fight against Venger and shivered at this thought...
And some tears rolled down his cheeks...