♥ Secrets to Hide ♥
Chapter 12 – Another Threat, Another Battle
ADJL-Freakazoid
A/N: Roar, I haven't updated in a while… I've finished the story in the American Dragon: Jake Long Fan Forums already… so, I'll post the remaining chapters tonight. If you'd like the epilogue at the end, let me know in a review since I won't post it tonight…
After several hours had gone by and the five had been through almost though the entire mall, they walked their way out to the exit.
Cat was still next to Kellen, shaking a bit nervously.
"Uh, are you okay?" He asked, noticing her.
"Yeah, I'm just uh, cold." Cat replied.
"On ninety degree weather?" asked Jake, confused.
"Um, uh, I think…" She said, really nervous.
"Uh, okay…" Jake said, still suspicious.
"That's weird, it feels cold in here…" Spud said, just a few inches from the door of a store.
"Uh, it's air-conditioned in there, Spud." Jake pointed out.
"Oh…" Spud realized.
"I swear, Spud, you need to use your brain." Trixie said.
The five had then switched their conversation to awkward silence.
When they were all about to cross the street, a violent shake moved the ground like an earthquake.
Cat was the only one that fell on her back since she was the closest to where it started.
Kellen helped her up.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, thanks." Cat replied.
"Aw man, look!" Jake said, pointing at the Dark Dragon.
"Dang it!" Cat whined, then changing to a dragon and immediately flying off to where the Dark Dragon was.
"Hey, wait, Cat!" Jake called out, changing to the American Dragon and taking off after Cat, who was already far away.
"What? Hey! Don't forget me too!" Kellen called out, running after them, changing to IronHand along the way.
"Hey, what about me?" Spud asked, ready to make a run after them.
"You're no magical creature, boy, get back here!" Trixie said, dragging Spud by his shirt.
Cat just immediately hit the Dark Dragon headfirst, but it really hurt this time, and she fell to the ground quickly.
"Ow! What gives?" She asked, after she had sat up, rubbing her head furiously.
"Don't you understand by now? I've wanted to defeat you since you were little!" He said.
Cat, who rushed in front of Jake (not even noticing he was there), flew toward him and shot a solar beam to his face.
The Dark Dragon, though, easily dodged it. It kept going, and then causing a car that was in the driveway to burn in flames.
"Stop fighting, dragon! You will never defeat me this time!" He yelled.
"Why is it so important for you to defeat me anyway?" Cat asked, ready to aim a punch at her opponent.
Again, the Dark Dragon dodged it and then grabbed her arm, swung her around (making her dizzy, of course), and let go of her, making her fly to a wall in breakneck speed. He flew over to where Cat was.
Jake and Kellen didn't know what to say or do; just watching what the Dark Dragon with what he had to say, their eyes widened.
"Because, I found out that you were one of the most powerful, yet still vulnerable, dragons in the world. So I decided to set out and find you, then defeat you… or even use your powers." He finally replied.
Cat quickly got up; ready to give the Dark Dragon some payback.
"Unless you want your family to suffer along with you." He threatened, before Cat could even get three feet to him.
"What? You can't!" Cat pleaded.
"It's either that, or you become my prisoner and I will your powers to make me more superior." The Dark Dragon said.
"Okay then… let's say I… save my family!" Cat said, quickly flying as fast as she could to her house.
"What? Hey! Come back, Sonar Dragon!" He said, flying after her.
Jake and Kellen exchanged a glance then shrugged and followed closely behind.
When Cat got to her house, she saw that she was just in time…
Her mom and dad were outside, getting ready to go inside the car.
Before they got a chance to even open the door, Cat dived down as quickly as she could down near her house.
"MOM! DAD!" She called out.
"What?" They simultaneously asked, confused, looking a Cat's dragon form.
"Mom, dad, it's me." Cat panted, exhausted from flying.
"Cat? What are you doing here?" Mom asked.
"Mom… dad… listen… the Dark Dragon I told you about… he's after me again! And he wants to destroy our house! You have to… get out of here!" Cat said, taking a few pauses due to panting.
It was actually one of the first times Cat had actually showed signs of being tired of running or even flying… It was a weird sign… and whatever it was… it wasn't good…
"Alright…" Her parents said, rushing inside the house again.
"YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE ME!" called out the deep voice of the Dark Dragon.
"I'll take care of him." Cat mumbled, flying toward him.
The Dark Dragon moved to the left. Cat was flying so fast that she swerved and hit a wall again.
"Ow…" Cat moaned.
She then determinately got up and shot a huge ring of fire to the Dark Dragon.
This time, it hurt him, but not enough to actually defeat him.
"Give it up! You can't win!" He said, pouncing on Cat and smirking at her evilly with his wicked, yellow eyes.
"Never!" Cat said, punching him back, finally making him fly over to a wall.
Kevin, Amanda, and Jasmine were all watching in amazement as their sister fought for her life. Christian was asleep in the arms of their mom. The entire family was watching her fight.
Cat didn't seem to notice her entire family watching, though, and then combined with her hands and made a huge ring of fire that this time, surrounded her and then controlled it and shot it as one humongous chain, hitting the Dark Dragon.
"WHOO-HOO!" cheered her three siblings.
Cat smiled as her sisters and brother jumped up and down in joy.
She was too busy glancing at her family that the Dark Dragon kicked her, but this time, she didn't hit a wall or anything. She stopped herself and this time, focused hard to get the sun and moon together like last time.
Successfully, Cat got the sun and moon combined in the same horizon.
Kevin, Amanda, and Jasmine stared at the sky, like nothing they have seen before (literally).
When that was done, Cat put her hands together, spread them apart and later, a huge purple, sonar beam was forming in her hands.
Struggling only a little bit, Cat shot it at the Dark Dragon.
He got hit by it, but almost barely.
"Not down yet!" The Dark Dragon mocked.
Jake had gotten in front of the Dark Dragon but was kicked toward a wall. But was later stopped by Cat, who seemingly caught him or even broke his fall.
He thanked her and Cat got ready to attack again.
She, this time, made little, yet powerful balls of sonar and shot them each at the Dark Dragon, making him miss none of them.
He wasn't completely exhausted yet, but Cat was the one that felt tired, but not the one that was ready to give up just yet.
"HEY! Take this!" Kellen said, throwing a car at him.
He, again, moved to the left and hit Cat.
"Uh, sorry, Cat!" Kel said.
"Ow, it's alright." She said, throwing the car out from on top of her.
Then, she thought hard… thinking of a somewhat power she had never used before…
FLASHBACK. . .
There was a distant figure in the shadows at the alley.
Cat, who was only seven at that time, had stared at him in fear.
"I have told you that I am the Sonar Dragon, have I?" He asked, in a deep voice.
"Yeah…" Cat nodded nervously.
She was only in human form at that time, not even knowing what her dragon form looked like.
"Well, I can tell you of an ultimate power that you can use at least once, maybe a few times in your life," said the voice.
"Um, sure, what is it?" She said.
"Well, it's called a sonar storm. If you combine the power of the sun and moon, having them in the same horizon, and focus real hard, you can cause a storm to take place, but the twist is, it will only rain on to your opponent. It can completely wipe out your opponent, but the thing is, nobody's ever used it. And it's been heard in many legends that chances are, it might fatal for you after using it… but nobody knows for sure…" The shadow said.
"Oh… so… it means that I might…" Cat said, trailing off.
"You don't have to use it, but if at one time, a really strong opponent may come to attack you, you can use it." He said.
"Um… okay…" Cat said.
END FLASHBACK. . .
Cat thought about using it but then sighed.
'I don't think I should use it if it might kill me.' She thought.
But as thoughts swarmed in her head, she heard a scream from her right.
She gasped in horror.
Their house was in flames, with the terrified family, together with no one hurt.
Cat was pretty realized that no one in the family was hurt, but their house was destroyed just like before.
'I'll do it…' She reconsidered, determined to defeat the Dark Dragon once and for all.
But first, she decided to distract him.
"HEY! DARK DRAGON!" She yelled.
She got his attention. He turned around to Cat.
"Nobody messes with my family, you know that?" She said.
Cat stared at the sky, with the sun and moon still in the sky together.
"Bet you can't catch me, huh?" She mocked.
The Dark Dragon was angered by this and threw another car that Kellen threw at him again, making Cat fall on the roof of their house. She fell harshly on the side, causing a few broken pieces of woods and boards to fall on her.
Cat felt weak, like she couldn't fight anymore, ready to pass out, and finally be defeated for the first time in her life.
Try as she might, she couldn't get up.
But she thought of a plan… she could use the sonar storm to defeat the Dark Dragon.
Yeah, that was it, she thought.
Closing her eyes, she focused hard on bringing her plan to action.
She thought real hard on making a storm hit the Dark Dragon…
Thinking really, really hard, she saw the clouds on the sky turn gray and a small thunder was rumbling.
'It's working.' She thought.
Everybody looked up at the sky in total confusion.
"That's funny… it's not supposed to rain today." Dad said.
But when everybody went under the porch of a house for shelter, they noticed that only the Dark Dragon was getting rained on.
But, he wasn't only getting wet, but attacked with the combined power of the sun and moon.
Cat was then feeling a little dizzy, but managed, watching the Dark Dragon.
The Dark Dragon roared fiercely, as he slowly disappeared.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS SONAR DRAGON!" He yelled, making a last shot at her once Cat had gotten up and flew down.
She moaned in pain, feeling like her life was draining her energy.
Falling to the ground, she was feebly trying to keep her eyes open.
Before the Dark Dragon disappeared, he fired another powerful shot at the frail Cat; also making a few of the pieces on the top of her house fall on her.
She yelled in pain and was gradually changing back to human.
"You shall pay!" He yelled, and disappeared completely.
At this time, Cat moaned and went unconscious.
She had overwhelmed the Dark Dragon forever… Which was actually something nobody has ever done…
Mom and Dad approached Cat, who was seemingly lifeless.
"I think we might need to call the doctor or bring her to the hospital. Her chances of living are slim." Mom said, feeling no pulse anywhere on Cat.
Her siblings were watching, clueless and concerned.
Dad carried Cat as they loaded the other kids on the car.
"Jake, Kellen, I think you two should come too." Mom said, fastening Christian's seatbelt then picking up her cell phone to call a nearby hospital to nearby.
"Alright." They both said, getting on the car.
It was big enough to hold a lot of people, so nobody was squished.
Everybody, except Dad (carrying the still unconscious Cat), and Mom, who had just got off the phone for an ambulance to come, was on the car.
"Will Cat be okay?" Amanda asked.
"I hope." Jake replied from the back.
A/N: Well, hope you enjoyed this chapter… Anywayz, there aren't going to be any author's notes throughout the rest of the story, lolz. Cyaz.
- AF