1600 hits have passed now. It's been a harsh time for Jake and the others, and Victor still remains as a threat. Questions that remain unanswered, and a score to be settled. It's time now, for the final act, the last conflict.

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Final Chapter: Legacy

"Jake!" "Jake my man?" "Where are you?"

Grampa and the others had gone out the back door to look for Jake, calling for him, with no answer.

"Do you think he..?" Rose started.

"He must have. I can't believe Jake would be this foolish!" Grampa responded.

"Think he what? Gone to get a soft drink?" Spud asked.

"No dummy, he's gone to find this Victor guy!" Trixie scolded.

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Just as they figured, Jake had flown off in dragon form to find him. He was still pretty badly injured from Doom's fists, but he wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible. The rain was starting to let up a bit, which was good, but it was still dark and dreary out, and Jake was getting no less wet. He was getting pretty fed up with it.

"Stupid rain.."

It was about then he noticed a mess of corporate skyscrapers ahead. He thought for a moment, before landing on one of them, noticing the air intake vents and a doorway into the building.

"Now where is he..."

"You can't be in any condition to seriously attempt to fight me."

Jake spun around, to face Doom, who was still in his metal armor, but now left the raincoat open, the armor all over his body. How the hood remained up so easily was a mystery. He was leaning on one of the vents, arms crossed, looking at Jake.

"Though I am curious as to how you knew where to look."

"Simple. What better place for a big-headed egomaniac than on top of a skyscraper?" Jake retorted.

Doom simply glared, and stood straight, turning to fully face Jake.

"Why is it you choose to live here?"

"Huh?"

"Why is it that dragons and the rest of magical kind choose to reside in this wasteland of humanity?"

"It's a free country, G."

Doom glared for the use of slang.

"You're dodging the question...tell me, truthfully, why it is that you live here, in this sea of human revulsion."

"Because it's my home, and I protect the other magic folk here." Jake told him, taking fighting pose.

"Humanity will revile you, hunt you down if they become aware of you, for no simpler reason than because they can."

"Not all humans are worth dissing on. There's good people here too."

"When the day comes that humanity has hunted your species, your family...your legacy into extinction, maybe then you will understand me. Understand what I'm saying now..." Doom told Jake, as the rain let up to a light drizzle.

There was silence between them, as they stood there, staring into each other's souls. Jake then took the attack, pouncing at Doom, who caught Jake's head with both hands, and slammed the back of Jake's skull into the vent. A loud metallic echo shook through the vent, Jake's head denting the vent deeply. Jake then brought both feet up, and kicked at Doom's chest, throwing him back and off. Jake got to his feet, and rushed at Doom, slashing with his right claw. Doom's chest armor was damaged from the strike, as Doom retaliated with a right fist to Jake's stomach, making him double over. Doom then grabbed Jake's right wrist, and slammed his hand up at Jake's underarm, with a loud crack. He'd dislocated Jake's right arm, then let his hand slide forward, and used his right elbow to slam into the base of Jake's spine, knocking Jake onto the ground front first. Doom laughed, and leaped away from Jake, landing about 10 feet away, as Jake got up, grunting, and forced his arm back into the socket, roaring in pain.

"Yo, that really hurt!"

"Not as much as the pain I've endured!"

Doom then charged at Jake, slamming his right shoulder into Jake's torso. Jake groaned, and grabbed Doom, spinning back, to fling Doom at the door into the building. Doom crashed through the door, which shattered and splintered, crashing down a flight of stairs inside the building. Jake leapt at the door to try and land on Doom within, only to be thrown back from the door by an electrical blast from Doom's gauntlets, landing on his back.

"Ergh!"

Doom then came charging out of the door after Jake, leaping at him with his right fist back and ready. Jake threw both of his feet up to catch Doom and flip him back over him, landing near the edge of the roof with a thud. Jake got to his feet, as did Doom, and they charged at each other. Both of them fought tooth and nail, Jake scratching Doom's mask, Doom's fist slamming into Jake's chest. Doom then kneed Jake in the stomach, to which Jake responded by grabbing Doom's head, and slamming his face into the ground. The mask cracked and shattered from the attack, and Jake backed off, thinking Doom would be out for the count. He was wrong, as Doom struggled to his feet, wiping blood from his nose off with his left hand, before flinging the same hand down at the ground to get the excess blood off of it. He then glared at Jake, who could see minor burn scars on the sides of his head where the mask would end, and a long, thin scar on his cheek.

"Not such a pretty boy now, huh?" Jake taunted.

"You inflicted this scar on me..." Doom stated, getting back into a fighting stance, "and I won't treat it, remove it, until the wound to my pride is avenged!"

Doom then fired at Jake with a lightning blast, throwing Jake down the same stairwell as before, with a crash. Jake yelped, among the damaged parts his tail.

"Geez! Watch the tail!"

Doom leapt down after Jake, putting his fist into Jake's jaw. Jake roared back, spitting a small burst of fire point blank at Doom, who shielded his face from the flames with his arms. This gave Jake the diversion needed to grab Doom, and throw him down the next flight of stairs, smashing through into an office floor, as well as tripping a silent alarm for the security guards to respond to. Jake followed Doom into the office area, where Doom ambushed him, throwing a desk at the dragon. Jake yelped, and leapt up, hovering, to avoid the desk as it smashed on the door-frame, a large chunk of it ripping through the door. Doom then ran at Jake, shoulder first, for another tackle, which sent them both flying through the door, Jake crashing down on what was left of the desk, Doom landing on top of him, punching at his head. Jake struggled against the blows, before catching one of Doom's punches, and using the arm to fling Doom into the stairs leading up, Doom grunting from the impact. As he got up, Jake grabbed him, and threw him back into the office, Doom sliding on the floor a bit, before stopping on his back.

"Ha! You're not so bad!"

Jake's ears then perked up, hearing security guards running up the stairs for them.

"Awww man..."

Jake ran into the office to try to get away from the guards, only for Doom to tackle him by surprise, sending both of them smashing through a large plate glass window, the shards of glass scattering everywhere around them as they fell. The guards were left mystified at the mess, before heading to the window to look, unable to truly see due to the darkness. Doom and Jake were falling fast down towards an above ground, multi-level parking lot. Jake got loose from Doom, and started to hover in place.

"See ya next fall...chump? Wha?"

Jake was shocked, seeing the fact that Doom's armor had jets in the boots, to stop his fall as well.

"You can fly?" Jake yelped.

"And much more!" Doom shouted, crashing into Jake hard.

Jake fell back from the impact, being knocked out of flight, and crashing onto the roof of the parking tower. It hurt badly, but it wasn't enough to keep Jake from fighting. He looked up to snarl at Doom, but...

"Eep..."

His ears drooped, as he saw Doom charging up a very large electrical orb, planning to fire down at Jake. Jake yelped, diving out of the way, as a powerful beam of lightning-like energy ripped down from Doom, and tore through the roof, and several floors as well. The roof crumbled, and Jake could only yell as he fell into the building. Doom laughed to himself, before flying down after Jake. He flew down to the ground floor, where there was no sign of Jake.

"I know I didn't incinerate him..."

Doom then flew up through the floors, looking for Jake, before Jake pounced on him from behind on the 15th level, sending them both at some cars in the building, apparently belonging to some of the security guards in the building. Doom yelled out when Jake landed on his back, Doom landing hard. Jake kicked at the back of Doom's head, slamming his face into the concrete. Doom felt his nose, getting blood, and yelled in rage, flipping over, and blasting Jake off of himself. Jake went sailing, crashing down on a red car, wrecking it and setting off the car alarm. Jake groaned as Doom approached, nose bleeding profusely, gauntlets sparking. He then grabbed Jake's tail, dragging him off of the car, to swing him into the side of a white van, smashing the side of it up, then slamming Jake into the side of a blue convertible. The cars, and Jake, were a total mess, and Jake was bleeding badly.

"Feh, such a waste of a dragon..." Doom muttered, letting go of the limp tail.

Doom turned away from Jake, putting his hood back, scowling. He was unaware of Jake's tail twitching slightly, before Jake was getting up, weak, but furious.

"Bah, I spared that fool having to learn the pain of prejudice the hard way."

Doom then half gasped, half gagged, as Jake grabbed his neck from behind with both hands.

"Sorry doc, I like learning the hard way!"

Jake then threw Doom back into one of the thin walls between them and thin air, the impact sending numerous cracks in the wall, and denting it. Doom staggered a bit, dazed from the attack, before he cleared his head, and yelled, intending to blast Jake with a lightning blast.

"No you don't!"

Jake spit out a burst of flames at Doom's face, making him back up to the wall, covering his face.

"Gaaah! How dare you even attempt to scar me again!"

Jake could see that for the most part he missed Doom's face, but Doom was still angered. Jake then reared back on his tail, and sprang forward with both feet, slamming Doom into the wall again, cracking it further, making it weak, and knocking the wind out of Doom, the torso armor indented from the blow. Jake fell back from the attack, and Doom was on his knees, right hand on his chest, catching his breathe. His armor was sparking, and his boots had an electrical fire's smoke coming from them.

"Insolent beast...You will see, Jake... One day, you'll feel the sting of being judged, and treated as nothing more than a dog...and you'll see with your own eyes, as you're left as the last of a legacy, with no generation to pass the torch to..."

"Yeah? Maybe Victor, but at least I won't take it out on the world..."

Jake then slammed his shoulder into Doom, smashing him through the wall. Jake used his tail as a balance to keep himself from falling through, but Doom had no such aid...

"JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEE!"

Doom's voice seemed to echo on forever to Jake, as he watched and saw Doom plummet into the darkness. Jake didn't know why the street lights weren't on, and frankly, he didn't care, as he fell to his knees, sighing in relief.

"Man...finally...I need...sleep..."

Jake then reverted to human form, and slumped forward, falling over the edge of the wall...

Until a hand reached from the darkness, and caught him. Rose was holding onto Grampa, who was flying near the broken wall.

"I got him! Jake!"

"Uuuhhh? Rose?"

"Jake, are you all right?"

"Need sleep...and traction..." Jake muttered, passing out.

"Yep, he'll be all right." Rose told Grampa.

"Then let's get him back to the shop. Hopefully I can still find it with all the power in the city out..."

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Jake woke up slowly, hearing a distant voice. Rose's.

"Jake?...Jake?"

"Owwww..."

"You look like hell..."

"This from you Rose?" he asked. He wasn't hurt enough to lose his sense of humor.

"We both had our secrets..." she told him, before kissing him.

He closed his eyes, and held the kiss, as did Rose. That is, until Grampa cleared his throat, to get their attention.

"I, er, ah, well..." Rose started.

"I know what it was, and I do not have any problem with you two being in love, but please wait until Jake is not on my couch!"

"Aww...Grampa..." Jake moaned.

"Oh very well..."

Grampa then went about lighting more candles in the shop. It was mid-day, and the power still hadn't returned. The storm last night had the power companies in a panic. Grampa finished, and looked to the two, Rose kissing Jake again, and had a soft smile, as he went into the back...

The End...?

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Boris watched out of the port hole in the ship, as the waves ebbed and flowed in the New York Harbor, before sighing, and turning back towards the rest of the cabin, to face someone in a chair.

"I'm sorry about the failure of your experiment.."

There was only silence from the figure in the chair, obscured in shadows.

"And your armor was destroyed in the battle. Even with your genius, that must take some time to fix..."

"Tsk...true enough Boris, true enough..."

Victor leaned forward from his seat. He had some bandages on his chest and torso, as well as his arms. He appears to have few to no broken bones, however, aside from his nose, which had some bandage pads on it for it to heal properly.

"But you do know what they say..."

Victor then reached to the table, to take something off of it. He held it up into the light, and it shined a thick, translucent red. It's shadow shined red as well, light rippling through it. It looked like blood...

"If you don't leave empty handed, then it isn't a total loss..."

Victor then laughed...

The End