I do not own American Dragon; Jake Long

Chapter Two

Putting the plan into action

Jake walked into his living room and let out a sigh of relief. "It's good to be home," he thought. He started walking toward the stairs when his mom called from the kitchen,

"Jake is that you?" she asked.

"Yeah Mom it's me," said Jake.

"Are you hungry?"

"No, I'll be up in my room" Jake walk up the stairs and opened his door. Hailey was jumping on his bed reading his journal.

"Hey Jake!" she said in her high squeaky voice. Jake wasn't in the mood to yell at her (which was very rare).

"Hailey, get out of my room, please. I'm tired and I want to sleep." Hailey seemed surprised by Jake's politeness yet there was some disappointment in her eyes.

"Sure," she said. She put down the journal and left the room without a word. Jake walked over to his bed and lied down. He stared up at the ceiling trying to unravel the Huntsclan's plan. What were they up to? It was then he started to miss Eve. When she was here if she was here she could spy on the Huntsclan like she did before she left and expose there whacked plan no prob. It had been six months since she left and he had gotten two letters and one phone call. She was apparently going through some training of her own. Her sorceress Aunt was teaching her magic and helping her improve on her shape shifting abilities. Oh well Jake would have to figure it out on his own. He thought of breaking into the Huntslair and stealing plans or something (He knew Rose was Huntsgirl after the ski trip a few months ago). But they probably didn't have blueprints of their plan. The only option was undercover.

Jake thought long and hard about how he could get into the Huntsclan and the only connection he could think of was Rose. Maybe if he somehow convinced her he would be a good addition to the clan she would invite him to join. Then once in he could find out what they were up to, stop them, then quite the Huntsclan and go on with his life. It sounded like a sure enough plan, but would it work. He had to try. He looked at his alarm clock and saw it was 11:30 pm. He had let his mind wonder so long it was passed his bed time. So he got ready for bed and went to sleep. He dreamed of his plan as his subconscious tried to work out the kinks in his plan.

Jake woke up at 6:00. Today he would put his plan into action. First he needed to show Rose he was strong. He stood in front of the bathroom mirror shirtless. He looked at himself trying to find a way to make himself look stronger. Then it hit him. If he could use physical parts of a dragon maybe he could use their attributed too.

"Strength of the Dragon," he whispered. Suddenly Jake's arm, leg, chest and stomach muscles became hardened. He now had a good sized chest, six abs, and ribbed arms.

"Yo, baby check me out!" he exclaimed.

"Oh I'm looken fine!" he said flexing his new improved muscles. He slipped on his shirt and jacket and ran down stairs. He grabbed his backpack, some toast, and his skateboard and was off. He rolled down the street and met up with Trixie and Spud. Together they rode to school. Jake stopped by his locker to get his Mythology book when he saw Brad all up in Rose's grill.

"So baby why don't you and I hook up after school and have some fun?"

"Brad I have to get to class," said Rose trying to escape Brad but Brad wouldn't let her pass.

"Come on baby I need an answer," he said. He grabbed her arms so she couldn't go anywhere. She was trapped.

"Get your hands off of her you slime ball!" said Jake walking over to Brad and Rose. This was Jake's chance to show Rose how strong he was.

"Yo buzz off Long this doesn't concern you," said Brad.

"It does when you're harassing someone who obviously isn't interested," said Jake.

"That's it, Long," Brad let go of Rose and came at Jake. He balled his hand into a fist and tried to punch Jake. Jake caught his fist easily. Jake began to squeeze Brad's fist. Brad cried out in pain as Jake began to squeeze harder. Jake then twisted the fist and forced Brad to his knees. Jake made a fist and punched Brad square in the jaw. Brad flew out of Jake's iron grip and slid down the hallway about fifty yards. Brad got to his feet and held his jaw with his hand. He looked completely surprised by Jake's retaliation. Brad wasn't going down without a fight first though. He ran at Jake and tried to punch him but Jake just side stepped Brad and tripped him. Brad got to his face and turned to face Jake but Jake was two steps ahead. Jake jumped high in the air and spin kicked Brad in the head. Brad smashed into the lockers and fell to the ground. Jake went over to him and stepped on his chest.

"I don't ever want to see you grab Rose or any other girl again. Do I make myself clear?" Jake said with an evil tone in his voice. All Brad could do was nod. Brad's face was void of all color and his expression was of total fear. Jake looked down at his opponent was grinned. He loved this felling of empowerment. His enemy was scared and helpless with him in control. This of been how Rose felt just before she was going to slay a mystical creature. And Jake wanted more. He released Brad and watched him run away like the sissy he was. He turned to Rose to see if she was still there, and she was. She face shown an expression of surprise but here eyes told a different story. She was impressed with him. "Phase one complete," he thought.

"Are you okay?" Jake asked.

"Yeah, thank you for helping me. When did you get so strong?" responded Rose.

"Oh I've always been this strong it was just now I decided to put it to use." said Jake.

"Well I'm glad you did." The class bell rang in the distance and both freaked out.

"I got to go!" they said in unison as they both ran off to their classes.