A/N: Hey, everybody! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Yay! Y'all full'a turkey? Good. Well, now it's time for dessert...a heaping helping of chapter 26, coming your way!
Choices
Chapter Twenty-Six
My heart skipped a beat as the Dark Dragon's claw started its descent towards me. I scrambled to my feet and dodged out of the way of the deadly claws just in time; Dark Dragon roared as they got momentarily stuck in the thick, slimy, gushy sewer water. I took that fragment of a second to run to Spud. As the Dark Dragon got ready to deliver another fatal blow, I splashed the disgusting water on his face, and he slowly sat up. He saw my face, and looked as if he were going to faint again, but before he passed out I hurriedly said, "It's ketchup. I've been eating fries." It was, of course, a lie, but it was the only thing I could do to keep Spud from passing out once more. "Move!" I yelled, pulling him to his feet and pushing him away from the Dark Dragon. "Run!" Together we began running down the sewer, away from Dark Dragon. But that didn't last for long.
Roaring madly in frustration, Dark Dragon said, "Get them! Seize them! But I want them alive...the dragon is mine!"
It wasn't ten seconds before they had caught up with us. Spud still looked dazed and confused as two members of the Huntsclan latched onto him, pinning his arms behind his back. It wasn't two seconds later before I felt many hands on my shoulders and was being shoved toward the Dark Dragon as well.
Looking elated, as if Christmas had come early, the Dark Dragon laid his eyes upon me. A hungry expression lit up his menacing features. He then, however, turned to Spud and said, "Is this your friend, boy?"
Spud, who was now looking utterly terrified, merely grunted.
"I'll signify that as a yes," the Dark Dragon said. "Well, have you ever watched a friend die?"
Another grunt.
"You are going to get the pleasure of it today...to watch in terror and grief as I not only kill, but destroy your friend here...and then we will decide what to do with you..."
I gulped. The Dark Dragon continued to taunt Spud, who was looking more petrified with fear every second...I felt a strength that I had never felt before...no one could treat my bud like that! At least, not as long as I was alive, which, I realized, probably wouldn't be very long, unless, of course, Trix got Gramps and Fu out here...they should be here any minute...
I elbowed one Huntsclan member and kicked another. I shoved two out of my way and ran toward Spud. I desperately fought off the other members until Spud was free. He looked, once more, at my face and said, "That's not ketchup." Then he passed out once more. The Dark Dragon advanced upon his motionless form, perhaps to go ahead and finish the job...then he could concentrate on destroying me without worries...but I wasn't going to let him.
I stepped in between the Dark Dragon and my friend and yelled, "DON'T TOUCH HIM! I'M THE ONE YOU WANT!"
The Dark Dragon smiled cruelly and said, "How very right you are!"
He swept his enormous paw down, but instead of clawing me, he lifted me up into the air. Roaring madly, showing his horrible teeth, he threw me down to the ground.
I landed in the murky water, but my head hit hardly against the side...The pain was awful...
I struggled desperately with myself to stay conscious...but I couldn't...the last thing I saw before everything went black was the Dark Dragon bearing down on me, and maybe...although it was probably just in my head, a flash of blue scales and a voice, a girl's voice, yelling frantically, "Don't give up, Jake!"
A/N: Sooo...how was that? I hope you liked it...please review! I need to know if it was good! Okay, now that that's settled, sorry about another cliffie...I'll try to update ASAP...either tonight or sometime tomorrow...although if I don't update by 6:00pm tomorrow, then it'll either be Sunday evening or Monday morning before I'll be able to again, since I'll be my dad's. But I should be able to update tomorrow. Please remember to review...and I'll update ASAP. May the force be with you.
~Emachinescat ^..^