Ok sorry, I couldn't be bothered to place die hard quotes in the next two chapters. I will change that from every chapter to every now and then.

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YFWE-Thankis for the review, I have you to thank a fair bit, I was not sure how to write stories for 8-15 year olds, so I am moddeling my writing style on yours. Hope you keep reading

Chapter 3: Terror in the Kepler building

It was a hot summer day in central park. Jake had heard reports that there were trolls terrorising people in central park. He flew over central park in dragon form in the hope that he could spot the trolls with a birds eye view. This was going to be hard as all the trees and grass was a lush green and the trolls were green to. Jake noticed that there was a military chopper flying low over the other end of central park. He thought it was weird as military choppers never normally fly over Manhattan unless there was a special occasion on. Jakes thoughts were distracted by a scream from below the trees. Jake immediately dived below the treetops.

It was hard to see through the trees but he did see where the scream was coming from. The trolls were harassing a little girl about five years old. She seemed to be running away. They were chasing. Jake flew as quickly as he could to the scene. "Yo trolls, heads up" he remarked as he performed a flying kick to the head of the closest troll to the kid. The other trolls immediately stopped and backed up. They were scared of dragons. The troll that Jake kicked over slowly got up and rubbed his head. "Ow" he complained in a croaky voice. They all stood there for a moment wondering whether to attempt to mob the dragon or just run. A small one eventually yelped and ran. Just like a chain reaction the others about turned and followed. "Yeah who the man?" Jake yelled after them. The little girl was no where in site so he dragoned down.

He started to walk back to Lao Shi's shop. The summer seemed to make everything in the park luscious and green. Jake stopped off at the skate park on his way out. Trixie was there but spud was no where to be seen. "Yo Trixie, whattup, Where's Spud?"

"Man he made up some medical condition as to why he couldn't come ya hear. Damn, I don't know why he doesn't want to go skating today, but he could at least tell the truth." Trixie seemed fairly angry. "What you doing?" Trixie asked Jake.

"On my way to g's shop, Just trashed some trolls."

"After you been done with them, I wouldn't be surprised if they never came again see?"

Jake had to go. He looked at his watch, 1:15. 'Aww man im so late, I was supposed to be back at G's shop at one' He thought to himself. He and Trixie exchanged their departing words and Jake ran through the park and down the road. Being the middle of the day the traffic was not all that busy (for New York). Jake crossed the roads without using the traffic lights as he was in such a huge hurry. He came within meters of being hit by a truck that was going well above the speed limit. The force of the turbulence caused by the truck nearly knocked him over. The truck sounded his horn and Jake just shrugged and continued running. He got to Lao Shi's shop at 1:30

Jake ran in to the shop puffing. "Yo G, sorry I'm late" he apologised. But Lao Shi seemed uninterested that he was late.

"Young one, do you remember at the dragon summit, I told you that you had to be ready to face any foe that could possibly arise?" asked Lao Shi

"Sure gramps, why do you ask?"

"Jake. First things first" started Lao Shi. "Fu dog, lets explain"

"So kid you heard of the Orb of Mysticism?" asked the chubby little Fu Dog

"Err No"

"Great, I hadn't either till gramps just explained it to me. It is an orb which can tell if a certain creature possesses magical abilities." Continued Fu, "But it also has mauch greater hidden powers."

"So what's this got to do with me?" asked Jake

"I first turned my attention to this stone when I realised how much the huntsaster would value it. I was sure he would try get it. So I sent for it to be guarded in the basement of one of the most secure buildings in Manhattan. It is also on display for any magical creatures who know about its presence and is heavily guarded too." Answered Shi.

"So what's the problem with it?"

"Well have you heard the most recent news, Jake?"

"No"

"International terrorists have seized control of the Kepler building. They are holding hostages and want their demands met. They haven't stated what their demands are so no one knows."

"So, that's a job for swat is it not?"

"Yes, for the terrorist part, but Jake there is a lot of money in the Kepler building, it is one of the most secure buildings in all of Manhattan."

"You mean" started Jake

"Yes, young one. The magical creatures are in the basement of the Kepler building. Normally they would be able to get in and out without being seen but the extra media coverage means that they would most definitely be spotted."

"Yo so what, ill go there and blow those terrorists back to the middle east"

"Jake, not all terrorists are middle eastern, just as not all Middle Easterners are terrorists."

"Well wherever they came from"

"Jake it's not that simple. Magical creatures must be kept secret from the human world. You have to get them out of there without being spotted. No fighting. There is no telling what the terrorists may be planning to do to the building. If it blows, they die. If special forces storm the building, even if they are successful they will still find the creatures and the orb and if the terrorist himself found the orb, that could be a disaster for both the human and magic world. It has other powers besides being able to spat magicaql creatures." Lao Shi stopped talking. He needed to know that Jake understood the full scale of the situation.

"Yo, so we need to use Finesse?"

Fu jumped in "Yes kid the American Dragon has to be able to sneak around as well as fight. I meanwhile will be watching the show from the television, and the basement security cameras I illegally tapped in to. Well good luck kid, I wish I could face international terrorism with you, but as they say leave it to the pros."