Chapter 20: Planning
Dave sat on the living room couch and waited for Laoshi and Jake. When they came in Dave sighed. "I need to tell you two something important. I was attacked by Karalyn last night. She ran after hearing my parents coming up the stairs. I got lucky, she didn't kill me like she was threatening to do," Dave told them. Jake sighed and said, "We will have to keep an eye out for them. I hope that she stays away for awhile." "We have no idea of what she wants at the moment or why she even came after you," Laoshi said. "She blames me for what happened to her. She thinks that I am supposedly responsible for her so called death," Dave said. Laoshi just shook his head then Dave said, "We got to save the child that the Dark Dragon has. We need to get it out of there. I have a strong feeling it is being consumed by dark magic."
Jake seemed to be angered by this. "It has no chance even if we do save it now. Consumed by dark magic and being raised by the Dark Dragon," he said bitterly. "Did you forget I was raised by the Dark Dragon?" Dave asked quietly. Jake then looked ashamed and said, "Sorry, but I just can't help but think it is too late. We may just be risking our lives for nothing going after it." "It still seems innocent. We got to go to the mansion and try to save it or it will be too late," Dave said. "Young ones, I will let you handle this one. First of all, where is this mansion?" Laoshi asked. "In Yonkers," Dave told him.
"Now that we have that information, we must decide who is going," Laoshi said. "Jake, Rose, and I will go," Dave said. "Haley will also join you," Laoshi told them. "We can't take Haley. It will be too dangerous," Jake said. "I am going with you!" Haley said, standing in the doorway. She had hid herself earlier and listened to everything that they were saying. "We will take her," Dave said. Faye came by and said, "Dave, there is a girl here for you." A blonde haired girl walked into the living room. "Sarah Jackson?" Dave asked breathlessly. The girl nodded and before anyone knew what was going on, Dave and Sarah were in each others arms, kissing.
"If you don't mind me asking, who are you?" Haley asked Sarah. They broke the kiss and Sarah smiled at Haley. "This is my girlfriend from Yonkers. We met each other a long time ago," Dave said with a smile on his face as well. "How old are you?" Haley asked. Sarah gave a small laugh and said, "Seventeen." Sarah then turned to Dave. "Would you like to go out and talk for a while?" Sarah asked. "I would love to but I got this family thing to do right now," Dave said. Sarah put a piece of paper in Dave's hand and said, "Call me later," she said and left. "Well, we better get a move on," Rose said. Dave and the others turned to see Rose at the doorway as well. "Who doesn't listen in?" Jake asked.