Phantasy Star
Ragol Rescue
Chapter 3
"Hello James and Ryan. Today I have a special mission for you," said The Principal, "I would normally not allow amateurs ("Hmph!" said Ryan) to do a quest this difficult, but I'm afraid there are not many Hunters available. Most are down on Ragol, looking for survivors of Pioneer 1, so I have decided to have you accompanied by two expert Hunters. Their names are Adam and Thor. Adam is a newman and Thor is a human. Your mission objective is a search-and-destroy one that will take place in the forest. I want you to find and kill a Dragon. It has been posing a threat ever since we have been going on Ragol, because she has just given birth to a litter of Dragon eggs. And she will try to protect them from us with force. So I want you to kill the Dragon, and take two Dragon eggs that will be used for experimentation.
Well, get on it. You will meet up with Adam and Thor in a minute. Good luck to you both."
James and Ryan walked out of The Principal's office and into the giant teleporter that led to Ragol. James slid his key card into the slot.
"Thank you. Please wait five seconds." said the familiar mechanical-sounding voice. Five seconds later, they were off.
"God that's so weird." said James. The pair stepped off the pad and saw that they hadn't ever been to this particular section of The Forest.
"I think this is section 2BX5F. Or as pedestrians call it, Forest 2." said Ryan. "I was reading some pamphlet in the Hunters Guild about the different sectors of Ragol."
"Oh." James said. A moment later, a strange looking pair of Hunters came through a nearby door.
"Greetings," said one of them, "My name is Adam, and this here is Thor. We have been hired by The Guild to help you complete this quest to slay the Dragon."
"Hmmph." grunted Thor. Adam had blond hair and was a FOnewman, James could tell by his ridiculous shoes, looked about 5, 11 inches tall, had blue eyes, was wearing a blue and gold outfit complete with a hat, had black sunglasses on, and was holding an incredibly rare Mage weapon, a Caduceus. He looked friendly enough. Thor, on the other hand, was anything but nice. This guy meant business. He was huge, probably 6,9, had a jet black ponytail, and an otherwise shaved head, deep black eyes, and was carrying a spiked chain ball.
"Hmmph." He grunted again, pointing towards a door.
"We're supposed to go through there," Adam said, "We've already cleared the area out while we were waiting for you. Now, "he said, "When we fight the Dragon, STICK TOGETHER! Now let's go." He led them to a small green teleporter. The area that they arrived at was littered with bodies. Some, singed, burnt, and blackened. Some were frozen solid in big blocks of ice. Some had their heads ripped open with their brains oozing out, had their intestines hanging out of them, had piles of their own skin laying next to them, and laying in great pools of blood.
You could tell who killed who.
When Thor saw some of his earlier victims, his eyes lit up and he had a maniacal smile on his face.
"Hmmph!" he grunted happily as he passed one of the dead, mangled Boomas.
"Is this guy safe around us?" James whispered to Adam. Either Adam didn't hear him, didn't feel like answering him, or worst, the answer was not a good one.
"Well, let's kill this son-of-a-saber." Adam said loudly.
The three of them stepped into a big red teleporter, waited five seconds, and they were off to fight the Dragon.
"AUGHHHHH!" screamed Ryan as a wave of fire just passed over his head. The twenty five foot tall winged Dragon blew another burst of fire at Ryan; it would have connected too, if Adam hadn't used an ice spell and froze the fire in a giant icicle in midair, right in front of Ryan.
"Grants!" yelled Adam, and a mysterious shimmering white light hovered over the Dragon's wing. Then it exploded, blowing up most of it, and causing the Dragon to lurch and swing to one side, now not being able to fly properly. Ryan was helping by shooting it in its eyes. After a moment, the Dragon crash landed to the ground, falling on his side. Thor started swinging his chain ball at the Dragon's stomache and side.
The Dragon was losing lots of blood. Adam cast lightning and Grants spells at him while James hacked away at its neck. Thor continued smashing him in the stomache. Ryan was sniping him in the neck. After a minute of that, the Dragon flopped over and died. James walked over the front of the it and said," Yeah, I think he's dead." Then, out of nowhere, a burst of fire erupted from the Dragon's mouth and engulfed James. It then coughed out a little smoke ring and closed its eyes, never to open them again.
Adam, Ryan, and Thor ran over to James to make sure he was O.K, (Thor ran over to the Dragon to go obsess about death. He had that crazy smile on again.)
"Are you alright?" Adam asked.
"I think so," James replied, "but moving hurts."
"O.K." Adam said. He pulled out a telepipe and activated it. They all stepped in and waited. Then the next thing they knew, they were in the Pioneer 2.
Adam helped James over to the Nurse's office, while Thor and Ryan walked over to the mini teleporter that led to The Principal's office. Ryan stooped down and activated it. Then they were in. The pair walked over to The Principal.
"We did it sir, we've killed the Dragon." Ryan said.
"Well done, but where are the other two?" The Principal asked.
"James got burned and Adam was helping him to The Nurse's office, sir."
"Well, here's the Meseta that was promised. And here is
James' portion you can give to him."
"Thank you, sir. If you want me to give Adam his Meseta
too, I'll do that.
"Thank you, son. You have a good night."
"Hmmmmmph." grunted Thor.
"Oh yes, um, here is your Meseta Thor. Good night."
Ryan and Thor walked out of his office. Ryan headed over to The Nurse's office while Thor went down to Ragol again. No doubt to mangle up some more enemies.
When Ryan went in The Nurse's office, he saw James lying on a bed with a Nurse dabbing his skin with some cloth covered in alcohol, while Adam was sitting in a chair.
"How is he doing?" Ryan asked The Nurse.
"Oh, he'll be fine; he just needs a little rest. Do you want me to check you out too?"
"No, I'm fine. Is he ready to leave?" Ryan asked.
"Yes."
"Alright! James, get your stuff, let's go! Oh yeah, hey Adam." Ryan said.
"Yeah?" Adam asked.
"Here's your Meseta. The Principal asked me to give it to you." Ryan said.
"Thanks man. Nice working with you. And you, James." Adam said.
"You too. Later!" said Ryan and James.
James and Ryan walked out of the office and were going to their apartments, when a man ran up to them, red-faced and breathing hard.
"The Principal has been murdered! We need all the Hunters we can find! Come with me!" the man exclaimed.
Ryan and James looked at each other and said, "Alright. Show us where to go!"
TO BE CONTINUED…