Chapter 38: Without Powers
Dave walked to the Long household to see Faye and David. He closed the door behind him as he walked in to notice that there was no one home. He walked to the kitchen to see it empty. He then went into the living room and found a note sitting at the edge of the couch. "Gone for the day. Love, Mom and Dad." Dave put the note down and sat down on the couch. "So, the day alone huh?" he asked himself. He then heard a voice from outside and some knocking. He opened the door to see Sarah standing in the doorway. "Sarah, come on in," Dave said and allowed her to come into the house. They walked to the living room and sat down on the couch. "Sarah, it is nice to see you back," Dave said. "I missed you Dave. I am glad that you were only gone for a day," Sarah said and hugged him. Dave smiled and held onto her. "Don't worry, I will be here for you now," Dave told her. "Great, because that is all I want," Sarah said. Dave and Sarah started to close in for a kiss when a cell phone went off. Sarah pulled away and opened the cell phone. "Hello? Yes sir," she said. Dave looked at Sarah and then she said, "I will be right there." She hung up the phone and looked at Dave. "I am sorry but I have to go now," she said to him. Dave nodded, "See you later I guess." Sarah got up and went out the door when the home phone rang. He picked it up. "Dave! Get over here now!" Laoshi yelled through the phone. "What is wrong?" Dave asked in a hurried tone. "The Huntsclan are here!" Dave heard Laoshi say before the line went dead. Dave quickly hung the phone up and ran out the door. He tried to transform when he noticed nothing happened. "What is going on?" he asked himself as he continued to run towards the shop. "Dragon up!" he called out while willing himself to transform but again, nothing happened. He growled and ran into the shop.
He saw it was empty and heard fighting on the roof. He ran up the stairs but stopped when he realized that it wouldn't be a good idea to just run out onto the roof in his human form. He ran back downstairs and saw an old Chinese mask that Laoshi kept from when he lived in China. He put it on and ran upstairs. He saw the fighting and saw Karalyn was among those fighting. Dave ran out into the middle of the battle between the Clan and the dragons. Dave took down a few members himself while the others kept fighting. Then, Dave was grabbed from behind and he felt someone trying to take his mask off. He hit the person who was holding him with his elbow and turned around and said, "No, let me take your mask off." He reached out and pulled off the person's mask to reveal a shocking secret. "No, it can't be," Dave said softly. "Like what you see?" Sarah asked Dave, not realizing at all who he was. "No, I don't," Dave said. Then before he knew what was happening, he heard some yells. He looked to see Jake, Rose, and Haley become captured. Laoshi continued to put up a fight until he was captured in a net as well. Dave growled and felt someone grab him and hit him in the face. He was instantly knocked out, not knowing anything about his or the other dragons' fates.