Chapter 27: Rose Vs. Chang
Rose and Haley hid in the living room as they watched Chang walk by with a look of victory on her face. Rose glared at her and after she walked past, she ran to the stairs with Haley. She noticed that the stairs to the second floor were now destroyed so that they could not be used. Rose ran to the basement door and tried to open it by it seemed to be jammed shut somehow. She turned around to see a grinning Chang. "Did you think that I didn't know where you were hiding?" she asked evilly. Rose moved but she was grabbed by Chang. Haley transformed and shot fire at Chang only to move out of the way as Chang shot fire at her. Rose struggled under the grip of a now transformed Chang. Rose gasped and tried to struggle out of the hold but she felt more pressure going to her throat where Chang's hand now was.
Haley was feeling hopeless and her tears reflected that. Rose heard the crying of Haley and thought back to Dave telling her that she was a dragon. Rose concentrated and thought about becoming a dragon. She thought hard and thought of Jake in the process. Chang gasped and let Rose drop as flames burned her hand.
Dave and Jake opened the cellar door and went out into the darkness outside. They crept around to the front of house only for Dave to be knocked down by a Shade. Dave growled and jumped up and tried to attack the Shade but it moved fast. Jake transformed and flew into the air trying to get it while Dave looked around for it on the ground. Dave felt something grab him from behind and he turned to punch only to see it was Jake. "Don't scare me like that," Dave said to Jake and looked around again for the Shade. "Sorry, but I don't see it anywhere," Jake said. Jake transformed back to his human form and they ran towards the door to see the Shade sitting there waiting for them. Jake and Dave easily took care of it with their fire and opened the door to find out it was locked. Dave and Jake both broke the lock on the door and the door flew open. They ran inside to see Chang dropping someone or rather, something. It was another dragon. "Rose!" Jake exclaimed.