Kain stood in shock from what he was seeing. The being that had caused the mess that now lay before him wore black armor, and held a sword of black magic. It also hovered inches from the ground on two wings. All Kain could think of saying was "A dragoon!?"
Blain shook his head fiercely, "No way, he can't be, he just trashed this part of the town!" Syria shook her head and twirled her metal stick around her left hand rapidly "Well, whatever he is…he's going to be destroyed!" She then grabbed an orange jewel that was attached to the pendant that went around her neck, but before she could transform the supposed dragoon turned it's gaze over to Kain. "Are you the one they call Kain?" He asked, Kain walked closer nodding slightly before it continued "I am one of the Dragoons of evil, I am a Black Dragoon with a message. You are to surrender if you wish to survive."
Kain stepped back in surprise before exclaiming "Surrender!? Why and to whom do I surrender to?" The Black dragoon didn't answer Kain's question, he only raised his black magic sword an pointed it towards Kain, "If you will not come quietly then you are to die!" the Black Dragoon then lunged straight at Kain. Kain caught a glimpse of his attackers face, an old man with grey hair and wrinkles over his face, Kain smirked thinking the battle would be easily won.
Yet blocking the sudden attack send Kain sliding backwards. By that time, the younger dragoons began to transform. Syria came out of an orange light with her red and orange armor, and her metal stick was transformed into a long stick made of lava, she had four wings across her back and she held the dragoon spirit of the Magma Dragon. Blain came crashing out of a large stone with dark brown armor on his body, and his weapons were now made of a mix of rock and metal, making them bigger than before. His two wings were also thick and tough with armor, making them very useful shields; his dragoon spirit came from the Stone Dragon.
Michelle came through a small tear that appeared in the sky covered in armor that looked just like the night sky. Her club was now slightly larger with the spikes much sharper, she would be able to blend in easily with the night sky in a battle if necessary with her pair of wings. Her dragoon spirit came from a Dragon of Night. Sharen came out of a large group of vines that sprouted from the ground around her are, she wore armor that was colored and shaped like tree bark. Her four wings were made of vines and dragoon feathers, and her claws were the same but they glowed with a green magical glow. She held the Dragoon spirit of the Dragon of the Forest.
The five dragoons surrounded the black dragoon and charged forward from a different side, but the black dragoon initiated a black energy barrier and pushed the 5 away and into the rubble. Kain moved back until the energy barrier weakened and charged forward with all he had knowing that it was time to get serious. Syria quickly stood up and flew over to help, believing Kain to be crazy to attack without transforming, until she saw the speed and strength in Kain's attacks.
Kain was not trained and known as Dart's son for no reason, and the way he was attacking the black dragoon proved it. Jex soon regained his senses and charged towards the black dragoon to help his friend in the battle. With both youths teaming up on the black dragoon, the combination wore the black dragoon down. Jex would give a powerful strike and the black dragoon would block it only to receive a few attacks from Kain's sword.
Jex suddenly came around from behind the black dragoon and gave a strong kick to his back, sending him to the floor. The black dragoon tried to get up as soon as it could, but before it could get into the air, his arm was cut off by a broadsword. The black dragoon fell down as his arm shed black blood. Kain quickly yelled "Now you'll talk! Tell us who sent you and why!" But the black dragoon smiled and spoke with a dark whisper "Don't think that this is over, my master will send more of us to chase after you and as soon as he is ready, the entire army will come. Not even the combined forces of you, you're older generation and the past dragoons can destroy the black dragoons! Nothing can stop us now!" And with that, the black dragoon took out a dagger from behind him and plunged it into his own heart.
Once he was dead, his body suddenly began to burn in a black flame, until he became dust and was blown away by the wind. "Holy Shit!" Kain yelled, Jex felt the same along with the rest of the younger dragoons. At that point the rest of the dragoons joined them. "We saw the fight" Dart said "At least we now know what's going to happen in the future…" Kain turned his gaze away from where the black dragoon once lay and looked at his father before speaking "He came to tell me that if I didn't surrender I would be killed, but he didn't say who sent him and why they wanted me dead."
Kain would have said more but then he noticed that his mother was among the dragoons. He knew that his cursing was probably heard by his mother, and he feared how badly her wrath would fall upon him, but that wasn't the most important thing at the moment. Albert quickly spoke up "We will return to the castle in order to find plan." All the dragoon soon began to walk back to the castle, it wasn't long before Shana was walking beside Kain, saying "Did you do anything wrong just now?" Kain looked over to his mother's oversweet smile, he immediately nodded, and her smile grew "Good."
Kain arrived at the castle rubbing a big bump on the back of his head.
After they all arrived at the castle and sat down on a large conference table, Albert spoke "Now that we know that they will send more of them, we need to find a way to stop them completely." Blain quickly asked "What did that black dragoon mean by the past dragoons?" Dart quickly answered the question "He must have meant the first dragoons, from the dragon campaign, he also spoke of you younger dragoons and us, the older generation."
Jex shook his head slowly "But their supposed to be dead. Why would he say such a thing? Are we supposed to bring them back to life? How!?" The Dragoons soon lowered their heads in thought until Syria came across a thought "Maybe it has something to do with Kain! They were after him!" Kain quickly realized that it was true, if Kain had nothing to do with bringing the dragoons back to life, they wouldn't have tried to attack. Either that or they wouldn't have tried to get Kain to surrender, and would have simply attacked the entire city. Haschel began to rub his chin in thought "Perhaps it is time for the new dragoons to start their own journey" The older dragoons began to nod, but the younger dragoons were completely lost.
Meru began the story, "Dragoons never awaken or stay awakened when there isn't a problem to solve. A great problem that brings the dragoon spirits out of their rest so that they may fight in order to protect the planet. It was up to us to defeat Melbu Frahma, that was why we were chosen by fate to become the Dragoons, now it is your turn and quite possibly ours at some point, since our spirits haven't gone to sleep just yet." Kain listened intently to Meru's story and then replied "So then we have to go on a journey to bring some dragoons back to life." Blain shook his head slowly "I'm sorry but I need to go and think about this." Dart was about to say something, but Miranda cut in "We aren't forcing you, but the destiny of a dragoon isn't easy to handle or walk away from. Consider this journey carefully…" Blain nodded as he walked away with Sharen following closely behind, but looking back at the rest of the group with sad eyes.
Albert soon dismissed the rest of the Dragoons and they went to their respective rooms to think, although Kain knew that his path was already set.
Next Day
Kain woke up early, got dressed and started walking to the place where he could get some breakfast. Once Kain reached the room, he was annoyed to find the door closed and locked with the girl servant saying that it would be 30 minutes before the food was ready. Kain sat on the floor and leaned against the wall as he waited for the food to get ready, until he noticed someone walking towards him. It was Syria, who soon noticed Kain sitting on the floor and smiled when she asked "So, whatcha doin?" Kain looked at her before he answered "I'm waiting for them to OPEN THE DOOR!!!" yelling at the door opened, which opened surprisingly quickly.
They went to the table and waited for their food, when Syria asked "So did you come to a decision?" Kain smirked as he replied "I'm going on a journey to bring some dragoons back from the dead." Syria smiled as she nodded and continued to wait for their food. Once they received it, they began to dig in when Meru suddenly ran into the room. Syria reacted quickly thinking that something had happened, but Kain kept Syria on the seat, knowing what was wrong.
"I can't believe it! You ate all the food again! I never got to eat when you were just a toddler!" Meru knew that all the food was not gone, but that the rest would take a while longer to cook up. Each of the dragoons soon came through and began to eat, conversing with each other slightly. Albert went a short while later to speak with Emille about a few matters, before he returned. When he did, they were all finished and he spoke "Have you all decided?"
Blain was the first to reply "I say, that since Kain dragged us into this mess, he'll have to lead and then I'll agree on going." Kain seemed a bit shocked at the Stone dragoon's decision but smiled in response. "I wouldn't be much of a best friend if I let Kain go on his own." Jex stated and Michelle quickly answered "I'm not letting Jex out of my sight ever again!" Sharen came next "Same goes for me and Blain, someone has to make sure he stays in line." Syria finally spoke out "I think I better go too. It'll be a good adventure, might be fun!"
With all the younger dragoons coming to their decision, they quickly left to prepare for the journey. The old dragoons stayed by the table, and just as Kain was leaving Meru called to him "What about you, Kain?" Kain slowly turned around and looked at the dragoons. "I don't think I have too much of a choice, this is the destiny of all dragoons…besides" He gave a confident smirk and a thumb up, "It'll be a cinch." and with that he left.
"He boy, no more" Kongol stated as he looked over at the spot where Kain once stood. Dart nodded with a proud smile "He's gotten stronger than me, and he's more resourceful than you know, if I were to fight him in my dragoon armor, he'd find a way to beat me in the end." They all agreed as they stood up and made to leave, but not before Meru said "BUT WHERE THE FUCK DID HE LEARN TO EAT ALL OF THAT FOOD HE HAD BEFORE I GOT HERE!?!?!?!?" Shana sweat dropped as she explained "I think that's because I kept eating and never got full when I was pregnant with him, he's also got a strong metabolism." Meru acted with mock anger but then calmly asked "Shana? How are you taking this?" Shana looked over at her friend, his son's godmother, and stated "I will miss him terribly, but he is his father's son, he'll come back in victory."
The new dragoon team was now starting their trek in the afternoon and nothing special had happened until they finally stopped to set up camp. "What are we going to call ourselves? We need a name that will forever be spoken through generations!" Blain said as he made a small pose. Sharen groaned "Oh grow up!" But Jex replied differently "No I agree, we need some sort of moto to psyche ourselves up before a battle. "How does the Savior Dragoons sound?" Sharen slowly asked. Blain simply shook his head "No way Sharen, that is not happening." Jex then gave another name "How about the Dragoons of the Future!?" Giving a face and voice of exaggerated awe, Kain replied "No way! That's the worst name I've ever heard in my life!" Michelle immediately jumped up "I got one! The dragoons of Love!" "NOOOOOO!!!!!" Was the immediate response from everyone present.
Syria, who stayed silent until the end, then spoke up, "Let's let Kain decide, he is the leader after all…" Kain slightly smiled as he began to give some thought to a name and moto. "Dragon Youth." Kain stated simply, Jex started "Pardon?"
"The Dragon Youth, that should be our name since we're the new generation of dragoons, and we're only teenagers anyways. As for our slogan…Dragoons Forever, since the dragoons will always exist as long as there is something that exists to try to destroy this world." Each of the Dragoons agreed with a quick nod, and then Blain stood up and shouted "Ok, get ready Black dragoons! We are the Dragon Youth, and we're kicking you're ass!" Each of them then put their weapons, or one of their weapons, into the air, so that they were each touching each other at the center. They all then shouted as one, with a single voice that was heard through the depths of heaven "DRAGOONS FOREVER!!!!"
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-Hawk Strife