Chapter 5: Michael's Explanation

The next morning Jake set out for Christian's place, he had no idea what to expect when he told them that he knew their secret, he stood there on the door step thinking about what to say, suddenly he saw someone stick there head from one of the windows, it was Christian. "Hey Jake."

"Oh, hey Christian…can I come in?" Jake asked.

"Sure, the door's open." She told him.

Jake walked in, Christian came down stairs to meet him, "So where's your brother…I kind of need to speak to both of you?" Jake asked.

"He's up on the roof, here follow me." Christian told him, they went upstairs to the second floor, he saw Jack on his laptop in one of the rooms, Christian then pulled on a cord that brought down a second set up steps leading to another door, she then looked back and said, "Wait here for a moment…" Christian told him, as soon as she closed the door Jake used a bit of his Dragon Skill to listen to what was happening.

"Hello Christian, what brings you up here…it's not your time for training yet." Said an older voice.

"Guys, Jake is here…he wants to talk with Michael and I." Christian told them.

"You mean Jake from school?" Michael asked.

"No I mean Jake Plumber—who the fuck do you think I mean!" Christian said sarcastically.

"Okay…looks like we better put my training on hold until he leaves." Michael said.

Just then Christian opened the door, there she saw Michael and old man with black hair, slightly graying.

"Well hi Jake…what are you doing here?" Michael asked.

"Okay…I just want to know if you guys saw anything weird at the Air-Field yesterday after those cloaked goons showed up?" Jake asked.

"Well we saw what we think was a dragon…" Christian started.

"Three of them actually." Michael added.

"Okay, then my next question is did you guys see where they went?" Jake asked.

Christian and Michael looked a little nervous…which was telling Jake that they were hiding something, they both shook their heads, "They were just too fast."

"I see…and finally, DRAGON UP!" Jake said, assuming his dragon form in front of them, "Why did you two have to lie to me?"
"You…YOU!" Michael said in disbelief.

"You mean you were the dragon we met at the Air Field?" Christian asked.

"So now you admit to it?" Jake asked them.

"Christian?" Michael asked.

"I'm way ahead of you…" Christian said, pulling out the heart-shaped diamond that she had around her neck.

Michael then stood facing her, "CHILL OUT!"

Suddenly Jake watched as Michael and Christian assumed their dragon forms.

Jake then looked at the old man, "And I'm guessing you're their teacher?"

"That is correct Mr. Long…my name if Templar Li, Tem Li for short." Tem answered.

"When we met Tem he said he knew our Mother from back in the day…and was sorry for what had happened to her." Michael told him.

"What happened?"

"L'Épée Foncée…" Tem told him.

"It was six years after Jack was born…she tried to defend us…but, they…" Michael said, his whole body shaking with anger. "How could they do that, and right in front of me!"

"You don't have to say anymore…" Jake told them.

"I was taking a vacation at that point and I saw Michael in dragon form breaking into a jewelry store, I wasted no time in chasing him down. When I caught him I learned of his sister and brother and what had happened. I saw this as an opportunity to help these kids, there I gave Michael a choice…either continue to steal to survive, or have his siblings live with me and in return, I would train him to be fight against those who had wronged him." Tem told him.

Jake returned to his human form and said, "Okay…just allow me to call my Gramps and tell him where I am and what I found."

Michael looked ready to protest but Tem stopped him and gave a solemn nod.