Chapter 14: Bad Introduction
A/N:Didn't say this before,but I don't own D&D (used one of the dragons for this chapter) and I also don't own Resident Evil, both games and movies (useda part of the first RE movie). Thank you and enjoy
"Is it set?" Melissa asked.
"Should work," Gloria answered. "Turn it on!"
Caitlin pressed the switch. Blue, red, and yellow electricity appeared on the newly built machine. Four machines were on the side. First, it'd be a line of blue plasma in the middle of it. Then another plasma line would appear on the top and the last would be on the bottom. The three lines would combine to create a deadly plasma net. "So exactly how is this supposed to help us?" Ashley asked.
"The plasma lines and the net will cut through the thunder lizards. But this will only work temporarily," Melissa clarified. "But of course, two more will stop them."
"What other ones are there?" questioned Gloria.
"What do the others do?" asked Jessica.
"Well, I'll show you the rest, but just to let you know, whatever remains, we'll have to fight," Melissa said.
"But there might be thousands left," Ashley said. "We've already told you that they're hard to fight."
"Don't you think I know that!" Melissa shouted angrily. "It's highly unlikely that all of them would come to fight us. I'd predict about 5 or less will survive the traps based on the amount that should die from each trap. But if none survive, we need to keep the head of one of them."
"You act as if you're a scientist," Caitlin commented. "You know-it-all."
"Goddamn it! I'm not a fucking know-it-all!" Melissa exclaimed.
"More like genius," Jessica added.
Melissa groaned. "C'mon you guys! We've got a job to do," Gloria reminded them.
Melissa told them about the next two traps. They just needed to do a little more work on it and test it to make sure it would work, even if the traps weren't machines. The second trap was a massive and wide pit hole with crystals that had sharp points. The hole was probably 30 ft deep. The entire floor was covered in thousands or even millions of large, long, pointed crimson crystals.
The last one involved the cliff they were on. The very tip of it would break off, thanks to Jessica's power, and levitate. The thunder lizards would then fall to their deaths. "Are we ready?" Jessica asked.
"We sure are," said Gloria.
Melissa held her hands out and the blue, red, and yellow electricity gathered around her arms. She shot it at the sky. Then out of the blue, thunder clouds appeared and lighting struck the sky. "This should lure more thunder lizards to us," Melissa noted. "All we have to do is wait."
5 hours later…
"Speed," Caitlin said lazily.
"Let's play something else," Jessica said. "We've been playing for two hours. Mel, I thought you said that they'll be here in an hour."
"They should," Melissa said.
"You've said that 5 times already! I wanna go home NOW!" Caitlin whined.
"I'm sorry guys," Melissa apologized. "I guess we didn't make the storm strong and long enough. I mean, it only lasted for an hour."
"And they were supposed to come in an hour," Jessica said.
Gloria and Ashley were lying beside each other, sleeping peacefully. Jessica woke them up and told them what had happened. "So we stayed here for 5 hours straight…for nothing!" Gloria yelled. Melissa avoided eye contact with the others. Not only was she upset about them not coming, she was angry about how she could do such a stupid mistake like that. She, along with the others, walked maybe a few inches when they felt the ground rumble like an oncoming stampede. They looked in front of them and saw a cloud of dust. "That's not good, is it?" Gloria asked.
"No," Melissa replied.
They could all see a blue wave advancing towards them at a high rate. "We'd better get moving now!" Gloria cried.
"Why?" Caitlin asked.
"Just shut up and get in your positions! The thunder lizards are here!" Melissa cried.
A tall boy with blue jeans and a black shirt with a blue dragon on it stood on a big rock that overlooked a large cliff where he could see a huge group of blue creatures running towards five girls that were heading towards a machine, a huge pit hole, and the tip of the cliff. "I have to save them," the boy said.
He transformed from a male with dark brown hair, light skin and matching eyes into a black dragon. He had deep-socket eyes and broad nasal openings, making his face look like a skull. He had segmented horns that pointed forward and down, protruding teeth, and big spikes jutted out on his lower jaw. He also had frills down his neck. He spread his wings and headed to where the battle was about to begin.
"Get ready people!" Gloria announced.
"We need to go to the cliff and wait there until the thunder lizards reach us!" Melissa yelled.
They headed quickly towards the cliff and Jessica got her power ready so that by the time the thunder lizards reached them, she would be able to tear the tip off. The thunder lizards started getting closer, in spite of their weight and size. "Are you sure this trap will work?" Jessica asked.
"Well, all I can say is hopefully," Melissa said, sounding a bit unsure.
The first few thunder lizards stepped into the first trap, which was activated. The four machines, which ran on electricity provided by the electricity stored inside them, glowed with blue light and a single plasma line appeared in the middle. The plasma line had appeared at the fourth machine and now headed towards the approaching thunder lizards. The plasma beam went through the first few thunder lizards like they were ghosts. The beam soon disappeared and blood leaked from the place where the beam had gone through. Then the top of their bodies fell to the ground. Their entrails also spilled to the ground, along with a stream of blood. Melissa, Ashley, and Gloria were in flight with Jessica and Caitlin on the dragon's back, watching the trap give the thunder lizards their last gruesome moment. "Doesn't plasma burn rather than cut?" Gloria asked.
"True, but this type of plasma is more advanced than ordinary plasma. This one is made of different energy that slices through things," Jessica clarified.
A few more thunder lizards entered the trap and looked at their dead allies. They roared in anger and headed towards Gloria, Jessica, Ashley, Melissa, and Caitlin. "3…2…1," they counted down.
At that moment, a second laser beam appeared on the top. This time after it disappeared, the thunder lizards heads fell off. Blood squirted from the necks. The headless bodies fell to the ground and sort of twitched. More angry thunder lizards stepped into the trap, ready to gain vengeance. "They're not too bright, huh?" Caitlin observed.
"They are extremely intelligent, but since they want to gain vengeance on us, they don't watch their surroundings. And they also think the trap is no longer working," Melissa explained.
The third plasma beam appeared on the bottom, slicing off the thunder lizards' feet. They fell on their stomachs and died rapidly from loss of blood. A lot more entered, angrier than before. Their eyes were a very dark red. Two more plasma beams emerged from the machines on the top and bottom. Then they came together to create a net. It went through the lizards and finally disappeared. The lizards were sliced like all the others, but this time they were in little pieces. After the trap's final attack, Gloria, Caitlin, Jessica, Ashley, and Melissa could see the devastating results. The ground was littered with body parts, entrails, and soaked in blood. The thunder lizards continued on with their march for revenge. Though the first trap was finally over, they still had the second trap to survive. Gloria, Ashley, Caitlin, Melissa, and Jessica were still in the air. The thunder lizards still ran towards them but suddenly they started falling into the pit hole. The first few were impaled by the large crystals. The crystals were long enough to kill five at a time.
Despite more of their comrades dying, the thunder lizards still came. More were impaled with the crystals as they continued. To get across, some of them had to step on the bodies of their allies, using them as a bridge to the other side, even if it did cause even more pain. Despite the fact that thousands of them came, only several hundred thunder lizards were left after surviving the second deadly trap. They were headed towards Gloria and the others, who were now on the ground, but when they were only a few inches away, Jessica held her hands out and dark energy surrounded her hands. A crack zigzagged its way from one end to the other, much like a lightning bolt, and the tip of the cliff broke off. The thunder lizards fell off the cliff, all the way down to their deaths. Surprisingly, only one had survived the huge massacre planned by the girls. Jessica and the others landed on the ground and stood in front of the last remaining thunder lizard. All five of them ganged up on the lone lizard. "Alright, I surrender!" the lizard announced.
"Then come with us," Caitlin said.
But before it could even lift a foot, a black dragon landed on top of it, instantly squashing it. The dragon roared in triumph and lifted its foot. The thunder lizard was as flat as a pancake. The dragon became a human with short brown hair, matching eyes, and light skin. "Are you guys all right?" he asked.
"All right? All right! You goddamn idiot! You ruined our only chance of finding out who did this!" Melissa roared in rage.
She backslapped the man as hard as she could. He fell to the ground and covered his right cheek with his hand. It was completely red. "Mel, calm down!" Ashley ordered.
"Why should I?" Melissa hissed. "This guy made this mystery even harder for us to be able to solve. That stupid asshole has messed this up! I could just kill you!"
"We can use the head of the lizards to figure this out!" Gloria reminded.
"But actually listening to a thunder lizard would've made our jobs easier! But this dumbass had to ruin it!" Rage flared in Melissa's eyes. "I will kill you!"
Melissa quickly transformed into an enraged silver dragon, her eyes glowing like molten orbs. She opened her jaws and fired a ball of fire at the young man. He evaded it and turned back into a dragon. He faced Melissa and pleaded, "I'm sorry! Please, I don't want to fight. I'm Craig and I was just here to help."
"Sorry? Sorry? It's a bit too late for that!" Melissa snarled, revealing her teeth. She raised her hand and slashed Craig's neck. Craig roared in pain and whipped Melissa with his tail. It took her by surprise but she didn't even flinch. "My scales are far more harder than yours. My tough hide can withstand your pathetic attack!" she yelled, laughing in amusement.
She suddenly sank her teeth into Craig's unprotected throat. He let out a painful roar and tried to get her off. But the more he struggled, the more tighter Melissa's jaws were on his neck. She let go a while later and slashed Craig's eye. He roared in agony. This girl is as fast as a lightning bolt, he thought. I barely have time to react!
Suddenly he could feel excruciating pain. He then realized that Melissa had fired a beam of blue electricity. Melissa was about to shoot a stream of fire when Craig head butted her. She hit the ground hard, rocking the earth.
His neck was bleeding freely now, sucking the energy out of him bit by agonizing bit. He placed his hand on his gash and tried to slow the blood down. But he didn't have the time. Melissa roared loudly in rage and wrapped her tail around Craig's leg. The huge spikes and the small blades on her tail stabbed him. Craig roared again and Melissa backed off, letting go of his leg. She lowered her head and snorted loudly. She charged at Craig's unprotected chest and gored him with her horn. Craig tried to get her off by grabbing Melissa's neck. But he couldn't pull her out. He started to tighten his grip on Melissa's neck; therefore, causing him to puncture her scales. Blood started to trickle down her neck, but there weren't any signs that she was going to remove her horn. "I'll show you some real pain!" she declared.
Then without warning, her horn still in his chest, she twisted her head in a semicircle. Craig screamed in unbearable agony at the top of his lungs. Melissa finally removed her horn. Craig's warm blood dripped from her blood stained horn and trickled down the side of her face, reaching her opened mouth. Craig's face was contorted with much pain. He clenched his teeth tightly.
Melissa pushed him down hard with her body. He landed on his side. Then Melissa did the unthinkable. She sank her teeth into Craig's throat again, held his neck in her jaws, and started thrashing her head from side to side like a hunger-struck animal. Gloria, Ashley, Jessica, and Caitlin watched in shock as Melissa's teeth started to literally rip Craig's throat apart. Craig started roaring but could no longer roar, let alone breathe, as Melissa got even rougher. "We have to do something!" Caitlin yelled.
"But what? We can't fight Melissa!" Ashley cried.
"We leave her alone!" Jessica declared.
Gloria, Ashley, and Caitlin stared at her with disbelief. "Are you nuts? She'll kill Craig!" Ashley exclaimed.
"She's on a rampage ok? I hate him just as much as Melissa does, even if we don't know him that much. And I know you guys do too. Besides, you guys probably wouldn't want others to interfere if you were on a rampage. I know that I wouldn't and neither would Gloria. We all get even angrier when someone interferes. Melissa will kill us if we even dare to stand in her way! You know that she basically has no control of herself when she's angry! She needs time to calm down and until she does, we shouldn't interfere!" Jessica bellowed.
Ashley, Gloria, and Caitlin were wordless. They had never seen Jessica this mad before. "I'm sorry for yelling. But at times you need to release your anger too. That is what Melissa is doing. And if Craig dies, he dies! Who cares? He did make our mission more difficult. We leave Melissa alone. She'll eventually calm down!"
"She's right. We have to release our anger like Melissa, even though her method to release her anger is quite well…bloody and violent. Only if she gets way out of control will we try to stop her. Agreed?" Gloria said.
"Fine," everyone answered.
Ashley, Jessica, Gloria, and Caitlin turned their attention back to the fight and couldn't believe their eyes. Melissa had long since let go of Craig's throat, but now she was right by him, blood dripping from her teeth and jaws. Craig was still on his side and a pool of blood surrounded him. He seemed to be struggling for air and could barely breathe. He had huge gashes on his neck where Melissa had held him with her jaws.
Melissa wasn't finished. She grabbed his wing membrane and tore it to pieces with her jaws. Melissa snorted again and held his tail tightly in her mouth. She threw him against a cliff with all her might. He crashed into it on his back, and fell to ground. Melissa walked up to him and cried, "Now it's time to die!"
She opened her jaws and was about to bite Craig's head to crush his skull when Gloria yelled, "STOP!" Melissa stopped and closed her mouth half-way. She stared at Gloria with vengeful eyes. Gloria stood in front of Craig. "Look Melissa, I know you're mad, but you've totally lost it! We may all hate him for what he did, but we're going to need him. We'll see if he can help us find this guy. Afterwards, you can do what you wish. For now you let him live, you got it? Just please calm down," she argued.
Melissa looked into Gloria's eyes. Her rage was diminishing and her eyes were returning to normal. Her breathing slowed down, her tail stopped lashing around in anger, and her jaws slowly closed, her curled lips concealing her teeth. She became nonviolent in a few moments. Gloria smiled and whispered, "Atta girl," loud enough for her to hear. Her friend returned to her human form.
"Thanks G. That's all I needed," said Melissa with a smile.
"You know that I won't allow any of my friends to become a bloodthirsty killer," Gloria stated.
Melissa half-smiled, but it was soon wiped from her face. "Well if you guys are bringing him to the lab, then tell him this when he wakes up. Tell him to stay the fuck away from me or I will kill that goddamn bastard! And I won't show any mercy whatsoever!" she growled angrily.
"Then you have my word," Gloria said.
Melissa passed Gloria, her shoulder brushing hard against Gloria's, and returned to her dragon form. She flew away, leaving her friends behind. Ashley, Caitlin, and Jessica ran up to Gloria. "Hey G, why did you want Craig to live?" Caitlin questioned.
"I'm not as ruthless as Melissa. Besides, the guy could help," Gloria responded.
Jessica used her healing spell and together, Ashley and Gloria used their psychic powers to get him to turn back. Jessica raised a large rock covered in dark energy from the ground. Then she directed it to Melissa's house and went inside the underground cave.