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YFWE- Thanks as usual

70 David- Ya, that is a point, but There were 9 of them, as Lao Shi said near the beginning, they may have explosives, and they cant risk the terrorist dropping the orb, Ill explain this chapter. As you said, if he flamed them here it would be short. There would also be no one to radio 'Tango Down' which is a must have.

Reviewer I imagined- Thanks for your comment. Yes I know, I will try to cut that down this chapter. I'm sorry but the last part didn't make any sense apart from that, thanks again

OK Il try write more seriously and less rushed this chapter

Chapter 9: The Mysterious Orb.

The new hostages were led at gunpoint up the seemingly never ending fire stairs. They knew that they were outgunned and that the terrorists probably had some sort of explosives so they did not want to risk trying an attack on them. For now they would just have to play along. There was no hiding their presence. If they played along well enough, maybe they could convince the terrorists to allow them to get away unseen to the public eye. Another thing that seemed to disturb Lao Shi was that while most of the terrorists seemed to be as nervous as anything being around the magical creatures, the leader of the terrorist group seemed indifferent to their presence.

The walk up the fire stairs seemed to be tiring everyone. They stopped at level 12 for a rest. It was at this point that Lao Shi took the chance to talk to Jake.

"Jake, I have something to tell you" he whispered when no guards were near by

"What is it G?" asked replied in a whisper

"That Orb, it is more special then I have told you"

"Say what?"

"The orb, it possesses more power then just the ability to use it to tell who possesses magical ability."

"Then what's it for?"

"I am not supposed to tell you. Anyone who knows about the orbs full power can easily be corrupted by it."

"Aww c'mon G its not like Ill turn evil"

"The thing is, that orb is the central magical Hub for all creatures on earth. Possessing it would mean that you possess the central point for all magic. You own magic itself. The power dealt by it is enormous. If it were to break though, all magical creatures on this planet would die and that is a huge problem because it could shatter fairly easily."

"Well I'm sure G, he aint gonna drop it "

"That's not our problem. Our problem exists if he finds out about its abilities. It would be worse then if the hunts clan got a hold of it."

"How could that be possible?"

"Well think about it. The result for all magical creatures would be the same, we would face extermination. The problem being that the hunts master doesn't hunt humans. The normal human world would be safe. But if a ruthless terrorist got a hold of it, both of our worlds would be in peril, the terrorists are greedy. They will kill both human or magical creature with it. That is why we somehow have to get it back"

"You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you dragon" said a voice, but it wasn't the hunts master, it was Wilhelm

"You heard me?"

"Let me tell you something, dragon. I was born in Germany in 1953. In 1965 I moved to the United States of America. I joined the US army in 1971. I underwent U.S Special Forces training in 1974. I was renowned for my hearing. I went to Vietnam in 73. The US began withdrawing forces at that time, but I was left behind. I could hear choppers coming from a distance. When sent into jungles I could hear Charlie sneaking around. My sense of hearing is next to perfect. You whisper anything around me, ill hear it."

Lao Shi looked down, a little annoyed that he had let the secret out.

"Continue up the stairs, the elevators are locked out." Wilhelm ordered. They continued their long climb up the fire stairs.

Michael had it the worst of all the terrorists though; he had to run up the stairs just minutes before, now he was walking back up them again. To take his mind off the job, he pulled the pictures out of his pocket and did his best to hide them while he looked at them while climbing the stairs. They did take his mind off the pain.

Rose somehow managed to mount the stairs with Hunts masters help. She was still bleeding heavily so he had to use a bit of his cape to bandage her injured arm. She tripped several times but the hunts master would help her up and continue with her. All the magical creatures were injured in some way, Jake was burdened with the task of carrying the still unconscious leprechaun up the stairs. Wilhelm ordered another break at floor 55.

Lao Shi took this chance to ask Wilhelm a question that was burning in his mind. He called to Wilhelm and asked "You did not look very surprised at all when you saw us, why is this?"

Wilhelm stopped for a moment then smiled. "I seen a lot of dragon movies" he replied in a smart ass tone

"Really, why?"

"Do you know how I was discharged from the army?"

"I do not, Why would I know that."

"They said I was mad. They have me a discharge on account of poor mental health. That was 1978. Why they said I was insane? Simple. Early in 1974 I was in a transport chopper flying over the jungles of Vietnam. Most of the American Forces had pulled out by then. We were to pick up a group of soldiers stranded in a village near Long Tan. AS we flew over the jungle, I saw something. It was long and snakelike it was also too huge to be a snake. Another thing, it flew. I could have sworn it was a dragon. I got the fellow next to me, a good chap named Homer Scecksuol. But by the time he looked, it had gone beneath the trees. My obsession with this dragon became so great. I know what I saw. I even heard it. Since that day, I have believed in the existence of dragons."

"Is that so?"

"Let me tell you another thing" Wilhelm interrupted looking hard at Jake. "A similar experience happened to me more recently. Today in fact, I was in a military chopper, over central park when in the distance I saw a large red bird. It looked too large to be a bird. I am a great shot. I wanted to nail this strange large red bird. But when I got out my sniper rifle, it had disappeared. I can tell you, I did think little of it until now, I see you red Dragon."

"Yo, you will never shoot down the red dragon, I'm just too dynamic"

"Well we will see."

At that moment, Wilhelm felt a little uneasy. "Hold still Dragon" he said as he pulled out a pair of handcuffs and handcuffed his hands behind his back.

"Hey what are you doing?" cried Jake. He tried to break free and normally he would have been able to, but his hands were right behind his back so he couldn't use any muscles. Wilhelm then gave the others a signal and they did the same with Hunts Master

"He this is uncalled for" he growled, "Anyway I must help hunts girl.

In a small bit of a panic Jake let out a breath of fire which incinerated the pictures in Michaels hands

"Aww man" Cried both Michael and Jake in unison

"Steady Dragon" Wilhelm told him "If you want to keep your hide that is."

Jake calmed down and Wilhelm gave the order for them to continue. This time he allowed no more rests until they got to the top.

Wilhelm entered the observation deck first. He was pleased to see that the rigging party had finished wiring the building and were now waiting for him.

The magical creatures entered.

"Oh my god" Yelled one of the cowering businessmen, "They have brought in monsters to slay us." At this everyone started to panic.

"Well, I have something new and interesting to tell the police down below" Commented Wilhelm.

"You cannot reveal we exist" Exclaimed Lao Shi

"Bite me dragon, I will finally show the world that I am not mad." He picked up a radio.

A thought suddenly hit Jake. "Looks like it is inevitable G, They will know anyway. I just hope this works." Jake then started running then jumped straight through a window smashing it before any of the terrorists could react. The only problem was that with his hands cuffed behind his back he couldn't fly. He started to plummet. He was trying to figure out a way to get the cuffs off him. There was little time. He tried pushing them but they wouldn't budge. It seemed as though his rash move to get out of there may have been a bad idea.

End Chapter A little rushed towards the end of this chapter but I am fairly happy with it. A little bit of a cliff hanger. OHHH that reminds me (A little off topic) If you see the movie cliff hanger (Directed by the same person who directed die hard 2) Pay attention to the famous scene where Stallone is trying to rescue whoever it was on that rope thingy. I just heard this, I don't know because I haven't seen it in a long time but apparently one of the older rescuers is smiling, looking like he is having the time of his life during this scene, and some people say he even starts laughing when she falls off. Well That's enough for now.