Chapter 11

It's not the Strongest that Wins the battle

It's the Smartest

Tommy's Point of View

I walked into the Training Room prepared for anything. While walking I saw Sharon enter the Control Tower. I know she's probably really mad at me I wouldn't blame her. I just wished she went into the Control Tower without question. Then four cloaked figures appeared in front of me. They were the generals.

Each one had a distinct image on their mask. One had a green circle (earth), another a red triangle (fire), a blue square (water), and last a yellow rhombus (wind).

"At last we meet, Drake Dragoon of the Frost." The Green spoke.

"Yes, I've been dreading this day for awhile." I replied.

"You've have caused our master great discomfort." Blue spoke.

"Now it is time for you to join our ranks, or perish!" Red said. (hey that rhymes, hehe)

"What do you say?" Yellow asked.

I gave this much thought. Of course I didn't need much persuasion. But Sharon was all the way up there, questions are filling her head to the max, so I connected with her one last time.

Sharon, can you hear me?

Tommy? What are you doing? What's happening?

Look, I don't have much time, I need you to run away from here as far as possible. I cannot guarantee your safety here. So please go!

No! I'm staying, and this time if you make me, you'll regret it.

Yeah I guess so, I don't wish to cause you anymore suffering. Before I leave, I just want to say I…

Red interrupted while I was talking to Sharon, and he was very blunt about it.

"What is your answer!" He yelled.

"Je ne vais pas." I said in French.

"What?" Yellow asked in hysteria.

"It means 'I no go'" Blue translated.

"Correct, and if you four have any common sense you would leave immediately." I threatened.

"…I'm sorry to hear your answer." Green started. "But our orders were to bring you into our ranks, or annihilate you."

"Well, I'm not going without a fight, so get ready." I warned. Yet without warning, the four generals proceeded with their attack.

They surrounded me with blinding speed, and glowed with immense power. Suddenly, fireballs came from every direction. A huge thundercloud appeared above us, surges of water blasting everywhere I stepped, last huge columns of earth kept appearing from the ground striking me. Luckily I dodged them all, of course I couldn't keep this up for long.

When they weren't looking, I struck the ground, and the floor became a huge ice rink.

"Pathetic mortal, ice cannot harm us. We've been trained to overcome ANY obstacle." Read said in defiance.

"Then you can predict this right?" I asked devilishly. I summoned huge column of ice to strike Red from underneath. He was hurt pretty badly, but that didn't stop him. Quickly, I summoned many more. They were more evasive then I thought. When I stopped my attack. Red appeared in front of me, and struck me with a beam of heat. I countered with my own beam of ice.

The temperature emanating from both our attacks were varying uncontrollably. It felt as if it was either 500 degrees or negative 500. Then I was struck on the side with something hard and solid. I looked down to my side and saw a huge boulder broken into pieces. Then a shock went throughout my body on my other side. From behind, blasts of water pummeled into my back. I was in trouble now. Four against one wasn't fair enough, now I'm doomed. While distracted, Red blasted me with a final blast. And I was knocked onto the floor. Before I past out, I saw the four generals above me, just waiting to extinguish my flame of life.

Tommy! Tommy!

Wha? What happened? Sharon, is that you?

Yes, oh thank God your still alive.

What happened, why are we talking through thought?

Your unconsciousness on the floor, they're about you finish you off. Get up now!

I can't, they'll overcome me just like before.

Tommy, get up now before they kill you!

Before I could respond, the Yellow General flew up to the Control Tower, and phased right through, so Sharon came face to face with the Air General. Without a second to spare, she forced her to the opposite side of the room with gale force wind. Now I was mad. While the other three were holding me down with their powers, I forced myself up and threw aside life styrofoam.

I was so ticked off now, even the generals knew to back off, but that didn't stop them from attacking. Each of them attacking me with hand-to-hand combat, but I easily blocked and or countered their attacks.

They ceased their attack, and then threw elemental projectiles at me. I retaliated with ice spheres. Or in primitive terms "really cold snowballs". Each projectile stopped in its tracks. But I wanted to end this now. I didn't care how much I wanted to hurt them, I just wanted revenge for what they did to Sharon.

Now was the time for my finishing move. With all the energy I could muster, I transformed into the beast you know as a dragon. I grew in size, scales replaced my skin, and spikes ran down my back. The color of my scales changed into an icy color. Claws began to form, and a tail formed behind me. Finally, I became a full-fledged dragon.

Fear was seen in the Generals eyes. Good. But fear was not enough they needed to suffer. I inhaled greatly, and exhaled a powerful icy breath. The Generals didn't have time to react, they all froze in place like statues. And forever they'll stay. The icy breath of a frost dragon can keep them there unless melted by temperatures above 1000 degrees.

I must've expelled all of my energy because I resumed human form. Well my right arm was still dragonic. I looked upon my victory. I saw the three statues there to suffer for eternity. Wait! Three statures? Where's the fourth?

"Right behind you." Yellow said.

I turned around and saw her just floating in the air. She's aligned with air, so she was fast enough to dodge my breath.

"It's good that you're out of energy, because now I can finish you off, and Judge will award me greatly." She was really cocky now. Yellow floated over toward me and just circled me, like a vulture waiting to feast. But before she could do anything, she just fell to the ground, like a rock.

I was baffled beyond anything. I couldn't explain why she just dropped. I then looked up to the control tower. Sharon was there leaning against a computer, smiling down upon me.

I couldn't be happier. With all the energy left I could gather, I sprouted dragon wings, and flew over to her. Once I landed, I retracted my wings, and embraced Sharon in a deep emotional hug. Nothing could make me happier right now.

"I didn't know you had wings?" Sharon brought up out of nowhere.

"I told you. I have many abilities than just the cool arm." I said smiling.

We looked upon the training room. I could already tell I have some explaining to do, because I did quite a number on the place. And at more than a thousand dollars worth of damage, but that didn't matter right now.

Before we headed out of the control room, Courtney stopped me in my tracks.

"What's wrong?" I asked. She just stared at me, and then punched me in the shoulder.

"Ow! What did I do?" I asked.

"If you ever shove me away again, I'll do more than punch you." Sharon threatened.

"Yeah, you would." I replied. We just stared at each other for a while. She stared at my icy eyes, and I into her forest green eyes. Slowly but surely we leaned in and shared a kiss. The emotions we felt were nothing ever experienced before. If I were to tell you what I felt, I would have to say it in every single language the earth has ever heard, and more.

When we parted, we just left blushes on our faces.

"That's the first sign of red I ever seen on you." Sharon said.

"Well, that's the first kiss I ever shared." I replied.

We then walked of into our rooms, were we slept so soundly, not even an earthquake would awaken us.