Part 10: Dragon flight or Dragon snare?

I woke up before dawn, 7:00, showered, dressed, and headed toward the docking area. I activated my sub-armor, jumped onto Celes' leg, placed my hand on the energist the cockpit opened I entered it. After I was interfaced I headed out of the docking area and to the coliseum. I reached behind my head and bone-like protrusion sprung up I had found my sword's hilt. I grabbed it and a large amount of plasma flowed out as I ripped it free and held it front of my chest. Chunt. The hilt opened up. SHING! The small blade I pulled out extended and has it did it curved to become tachi or daito. I practiced my sword movements and attacks for a while until I smelt and heard Van coming up behind me; it's kinda hard to be quiet in those things, probably sword drawn.

"Kiyah!" I said swinging my sword around I as spun around. CLANG! Our swords connected.

"Good morning." Van said retracting his sword and sheathing it.

"Good morning." I responded retracting my sword and putting the tip of the retracted blade slide into the slot in the bone on my back letting it slide down to the hilt into the slot. Now it looks like I have a bone-like protrusion on my back behind my head. Then my sword hilt slid down into its sheath the 2 protrusions on the side of it hooking onto 2 hooks and 2 hooks on the top folded down locking it in place. The plate closed diagonally changing it into a neck bone.

"Let's go." Van said heading out of the coliseum with me right behind him. We headed through the forest and we stopped at the edge of the highest cliff.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

"Jump!" Van yelled as we backpedaled, ran, and jumped off the cliff.

"YEEAAHHH!" Van and I yelled as fell, our guymelefs transforming into dragons. Flapping to level ourselves out we glided at high speeds, Van with ease, me with just itsi bit of difficulty, but I got the hang of it before I crashed into the canopy!

"You okay yet?" Van asked.

"Yeah, kinda, maybe. I think. I hope." I said as I pulled back on the reins making Celes flap and ascend to Van's altitude.

"Got the hang of it yet?" Van yelled over. I had adapted.

"Yea.Yeeeaaaahhh!" I roared as I spiraled downward into a dive, doing some awesome aerial stunts nearly crashing several times.

"Woo." I said hitting a thermal rising to Van's altitude; we flew along at now higher speeds pushing the full extent of our dragons. As we passed a mountain I caught a ripple in the side of the mountain.

"Whoa! Hey Van I'll be right back I have to check something out." I roared over to him.

"Okay." Van said.

"I'll call you if I need you." I replied.

"Right!"

I pulled back on my left reign hard, and let my right reign retract as I pulled up on both causing Celes to rotate 90 degrees vertically and turn to the left flying back around the mountain. I saw the ripple again, but there was more than one. Wait a minute. The ripples split in half and fell onto the shoulders of a group of Zaibachian Aldaisies, 1 new version, and the rest old versions.

"Oh shhhoooooottttt!" I roared flying away from them as fast as possible towards Van.

"That's the dragon Lord Folken wants. Get him!" The leader Dilandau screeched as his half-dragon guymelef opened giant bat-like wings while the rest of them changed into a hovercraft.

"Crap, crap, crap, crap!" I said swerving to lose them. Nothing.

Van HELP!

I'm on my way! He responded.

"Eat this!" Dilandau screamed as a thick chema-claw shot out of the center of his hand, he grabbed it and chunked it at me. If the chema-claw hits me it would first pierce me and then explode! Blowing me to pieces, yep it would defiantly kill me. I spun Celes around, dropped the reins that retracted and powered up my stone. Celes was hovering on a thermal; flapping his wings to keep me level, just to let you know. My silver flame aura flared up and my symbol appeared as I roared throwing my hands toward Dilandau.

" Windy shield!" A green barrier of wind swirled up around me, a shield. I saw the chema-claw flying toward me and when it hit the shield it felt like I was trying to hold back an 18-wheeler at 65 mph. Not easy I've seen the gross weight of an 18-wheeler being um 27,600 pounds and at 65 mph that's a lot of inertia.

"UUUGGGHH!" My veins on my temples, neck, and arms stood out. The chema-claw hit sunk half way into the shield, then exploded, knocking me unconscious my back hit the brace the shockwave throwing me off of Celes. All was black.

"Uhhh!" I opened my eyes slowly to see Van standing over me.

"What! Where am I? Where is Celes?"

"Calm down! Zaibach as captured Celes."

"Grrrrrrrrr." I growled clenching my fist.

"Folken" Van nodded head.

"And Dilandau. GrrraARRR!" I sprung up onto my feet, heading towards the door.

"No Sage." Van said grabbed my arm. "You have to stay here, if you go you'll be heading right into a trap."

"I know, but I have to retrieve Celes."

"Celes will be fine, after you flew off of him, he transformed back, brought his arms and legs together, his tail wrapped around and shell coated turning him into a giant egg.

It was then rolled into a giant freighter that headed towards Folken's diamond-shaped floating fortress."

"So the freighter is not that far away, good. I'll be back, with Celes." I said breaking through Van's grip sprinting towards the door. Allen jumped in front of it.

"Uh-uh-uh-uh." He said wagging his finger. I spun around, dodged Van, who tried to tackle me and shielded my face as I jumped out the window. Ccccchhhhsssshhhh! I fell 2 stories to the ground of the courtyard, activating my sub-armor on the way down. Booomm! I crouched my legs upon impact. My feet made small craters in the ground. 2 hatches opened, one on each side of my spine the top hatch was 4 inches long that extended a thinner curved section that was 4 inches long. The bottom hatch was 3 inches and angled downward. I extended my wings, the edges sliding into place in the hatches. By then Van, Hitomi, Allen, Merle, Reeko, and Celena were down there and had circled around me.

"I will be back. With Celes, and Folken's stone." My sign burned through my sub-armor and my sliver flame aura covered my entire body I roared charging my energy.

"Aaaaaahh!" A circle of wind circled around me blowing up dust, the wind picked up, and formed a dome over me. I clench my fists, threw my arms back to my sides and I roared.

" Supersonic rush! " (AN: Couldn't think of anything else.) I exploded off the ground at a 45-degree angle the sonic boom knocking everyone off his or her feet. I blasted through the air gaining some extreme altitude flying towards the giant freighter. I landed on the peak of a mountain that stuck out over the clouds, crouching my legs, extending my foot claws to stick me to the peak, and closing my wings, and started to scan for the great freighter. It was pretty easy to find it, it looked like a giant flying watermelon floating above the clouds. I jumped off the peak diving to gain great speed, and riding thermals to gain altitude. I was so high, to them; I looked like a large boid. Yes I said boid.(Slaps forehead)

"Alright I hope I know what I'm doing." I mumbled. My wings disintegrated in a flurry of feathers and my hatches sealed shut and I skydived towards the ship. I landed on the watchtower with a thud, crouched.

"Who are you? Identify yourself!" The guard said as he spun around. I just smiled/snarled, he went for his sword. Uh-uh. Sleph! I struck him with my razor sharp claws slicing him from the hip to the opposite shoulder. The guard spewing blood his sword half drawn died instantly. I retracted my bloodstained claws and whispered but with the same amount of fervor.

"Armor of Wildfire! DAO JIN!" I jumped off the watchtower falling onto the main deck with a clank and sprinted towards the bridge. I came to a four-way intersection on one of the lower decks I had gotten a little lost. And to make matters worse I ran into three guards, one from each hallway.

"Uh…which way is the bathroom? I think I'm lost."

"That's the freak that Folken's wants he will pay handsomely for him!" The 1st guard said drawing his sword.

"Let's git 'em!" The 2nd one replied drawing his sword.

"Right!" The 3rd agreed as he drew his sword and charged at me yelling his battle cry the rest followed.

"Oy. Here we go again. HhyYAHH!" I roared as I whipped out my twin katanas and charged them. Clang! One of my swords clashed with the sword of the guard on my left. I used my other sword and sliced the guard in the front a new stomach and when I brought my sword back over to block the attack from the right guard I decapitated the front guard. Clang! I blocked the right guard's attack. I felt the left guard pushing on his sword with all his might, an opportunity. I released my block on the left guard and sent him flying into my other katana slicing him in half. "Augh." Swing! Shing! Clang! Clang! Thud! I let the last guard think he had the advantage as he disarmed me of both swords and pinning me to the wall his blade at my throat.

"Well you're a tenacious little bastard aren't ya?" the guard said to me. "I'll get paid handsomely for this."

"No you won't Mr. I Want a Death Wish. Hyah!" I said as I slashed his face with my razor blade claws leaving his face torn and bleeding like a stuffed pig. He screamed in pain holding his face as he sliced down trying to cut the arm that I cut him with off. CCHIIZ! I caught the sword between my thumb and fingers. He grunted pushing down with all his might.

"You will be given to lord Folken dead or alive!" He screeched as he pulled the alarm. Woop! Woop! Woop! Woop! "Not today!" I felt an ancient power begin to channel within me. The veins in my temples stood out as I unleashed a telekinetic attack that threw the guard all the way down the corridor and into the dead end steel wall, when he hit that wall, he was pounded into the metal, I saw a streak of blood fall to the ground, and he wasn't moving.

"Eww. He went streaking." I said laughing at my own stupid joke dropping his sword and picking up my own. I could sense Folken's energy and followed it to the bridge, mercilessly slaughtering any guard who tried to stop me, my primal instincts kicking in. I ultimately reached the bridge and a most unwelcoming party, Folken, Dilandau, with a large group of Dragon Slayers, greeted me.

"Put down your weapons, you are outnumbered." Folken said as Dilandau and the other Dragon Slayers drew their swords.

"I slay all my enemies." Is all I said and they charged me.

"Hyahh!" I charged at the charging warriors. At first I made it seem that I was having trouble fighting on two fronts against several warriors at once, wrong. I sped up, slicing and dicing with brutal efficiency and fluidic accuracy, knocking out Dilandau with the butt of my sword as I spun to slice a killing blow on the final guard and charged at Folken with incredible speed.

"Hyyaah!" Folken roared unleashing a telekinetic attack that threw me off my feet flipping in the air and into the back wall the back of my head hitting my helmet knocking me unconscious.

"Uhh. Damn it!" Were the last words I said.