Chapter 10: Taking Deadly Risks

The next day, it was no different for the terror that's taken over the Dragorii family. ZaQuintina-Mitchell was counted as the newest generation and now, she was cursed with a family tradition that took hold of her every two years of her life. Now that she was 18, dying was the only thing ZaQuinto had to prevent her from and to do that, he had to help his sister's friends and boyfriend in the next mission: L.O.L.A.. The Looneys, Destiny, Flazentino, ZaQuinto, the Loonatics, and Havintine all laughed, except Lola, when they heard the name of the mission. Agent Milestone held in his laugh as he continued.

"I'm… uh… heh, heh!... sorry, Lola. It is a hard mission."

"Obviously." Lola muttered as she didn't look amused. "What does it stand for?"

"Living Ophairion Lavishes Acmetropolis."

"Wow! I should've known what the 'A' stood for." Danger replied as he slowed down his laughing. "Aw, man! That's too funny, man!"

"Anyway, in this mission, an Ophairion living from his spirit world has escaped from the Demon's lair prison. ZaQuinto, Havintine, Flazentino, and a Loonatic has to go to Acmetropolis and stop him from destroying, or lavishing, the planet. Any questions?"

"Yeah." Havintine replied. "Is the Ophairion extremely dangerous?"

"Good question. It's actually a deadly monster in a small package."

"It's a small monster?"

"Yeah, but be careful. Looks can be deceiving."

"We'll be extra careful!" Danger replied as he strapped on a jetpack. "C'mon, guys!" The rest of the boys left with him, except ZaQuinto, who looked over at Lola.

"Lola, can you, Sylvester, Daffy, and Bugs do me a favor?" He asked her. She nodded in response.

"Yeah, sure." She replied.

"Go over to the hospital and watch my sister for me. If anything goes wrong, keep hold of her while the nurses call me. I'll have my cell phone, just in case."

"Okay. You seem very dependent about you sister. We'll make sure that she doesn't get into anymore harm. We promise."

"Thanks."

Later, at the hospital…

Lola, Bugs, Daffy, and Sylvester just entered the room where ZaQuintina was being laid. She heard the footsteps and looked over at them, smiling with happiness.

"Damn, am I glad to see you?" She asked sarastically. Bugs chuckled at her question as she took his seat.

"Well, let's just say dat were here on ya brodder's behalf." He replied. ZaQuintina's green eyes lit up at the sound of it.

"Really! Ya'll can tell he really loves me… and I love him just as much. I'm hoping he's doing a good job… but… there is one thing I want him to continue…"

"Really?" Lola asked as she took her seat. "What?"

"…Fullfulling his dream."

"Ya mean… his street dancin'?" Bugs asked. ZaQuintina nodded. "Naw, doc! Dat crap almost got him killed."

"And he was this close to having his sister go along with him?"

"Huh?" Daffy and Sylvester asked together as the Bunnies were speechless.

"Look, ya'll. I'm claimed as the sexiest dragon on Earth, right? So, maybe… just maybe… if I were to have his skills, then we would be a team that no fan, like Kavenzo, would kill."

"Ohhhhhhh!" Daffy realized as he stood up. "I get it! With your acrobatic and kung-fu sthkillsth combinin' with ZthaQuinto'sth sthtreet dancthin', ya'll could be the most unbeatable team ever!"

"Very good, Daffy. You really aren't a nuisance after all."

"I never knew I wasth!"

"Ya always were." Bugs muttered. Lola smiled at this observation.

"Ya'll could be so cute together." She sighed.

"I kno… ugh!" ZaQuintina groaned as she was about to go outta control again. "…oh… no! Not AGAIN! NYAHHHHHHHH!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as she fought herself. The Looneys acted quickly as Lola, Sylvester, and Daffy held her down while Bugs called for a nurse. Pretty soon, ZaQuintina's scream faded to a dragon roar as her green eyes were overshadowed by bloody red glowing eyes. Sylvester took a careful precaution as she was about to pounce on one of them. She stood on all fours like a normal dragon before she aimed at Sylvester and pounced on him, but he was prepared as he fought back. He released a fierce meow as he scratched ZaQuintina on her arm, making her roar in pain before she bit him on the shoulder back. This didn't make the cat scream, but he grunted with effort as he resisted the pain long enough to plant a very deadly bite to the dragon's neck, sending her roaring in pain again with tears slowly escaping from her red eyes this time. This was Sylvester's chance to finish her off by pouncing on her and having the upper hand before he finally scratched her on her right cheek, making her bleed deeply. This knocked her out as she was plopped on the floor with her small pool of blood under her injured cheek. The nurses and doctors came in just in time to see the unconcious ZaQuintina-Mitchell on the floor. They quickly helped her up and placed her back on the bed while Sylvester was helped to his feet by Daffy. ZaQuintina suddenly wokeup again as she was glitching with her dragon spell again, like Stitch. The doctors tried to hold her down as hard as possible while the nurses healed the wounds Sylvester made on her. Bugs walked up to Lola as they embraced each other with fear and Daffy called ZaQuinto while fanning his best friend with a pamphlet.

Meanwhile, in Acmetropolis…

The Ophairion was a monster in a small package as it resembled a coyote with alien antennae and a muscular stature in his black color with orange eyes. Havintine strangled the creature with all his might while ZaQuinto prepared the Ninjizer 500 for the big finish. Danger helped Havintine with the strangling as it got released by the husky's grip for the 6th time and Flazentino was just watching the whole thing beside ZaQuinto, since there was nothing for him to do.

"Are you sure you can aim?" The ferret asked nervously. ZaQuinto chuckled with humor as she continued preparing the gun.

"Man, stop askin' me like I don't know what the hell I'm doin'!" He replied. "Sure, I can aim. I've taken archery in college."

"And you were how old?"

"13."

"Geez!"

"Yeah. Bein' a teen in college has advantages, man. Remember that, a'ight?"

"Okay." After that was said, ZaQuinto felt a brown rabbit hand tap him on the shoulder. He turned around and saw a familiar face. He'd seen this brown rabbit with the biggest black eyes he's ever seen before. He suddenly gasped as he realized who that was.

"Donatanyo! Is that you, man!" He asked in an excited tone. Donatanyo was as muscular as Havintine with longer rabbit ears, which stopped at his ankles, and he wore a white tank top with baggy blue jeans. He was 33 years old. "Oh, my God! It's been 18 years since we last talked! What in the hell are you doin' in Acmetropolis!"

"This was the only place I could call home for someone like me." Donatanyo replied in a hansome deep voice. "These big eyes have been a horror to me all my life."

"I know, man. Listen, my sister's in grave danger. Can you help me support her?"

"You got a lil' sister?"

"Yeah. She was born 10 months after I retired from my street dancin'."

"Wow! Sure, I'll be glad to help. What's wrong with her?"

"Her ancestor's instincts are kickin' in every two years of her life and now, it's deadlier than ever! If we don't heal her soon, she could die."

"Aw, man. That's gonna be a hassle."

"I know, but she's my sister. I gotta take care of her. I promised when she was just a baby."

"I'll do whatever it takes."

"Thanks, man." After that was said, his cell phone vibrated in his pocket. "Hold on." He reached into his pocket and answered the phone. "Hello?"

"ZthaQuinto! Your sthisthter'sth gone mad again!" Daffy exclaimed from the other line, nearly deafening the dragon. He gasped as he heard this and grew serious. "Sthylvesthter justht had a fight againstht her and now, she'sth unconciousth again!"

"Oh, no… not again. Tell the nurses to hold on. I'll be right there!" After that was said, he quickly hung up his phone and handed the gun to Flazentino. "Flazentino, shoot the little guy for me. I gotta get back to the hospital! Donatanyo, you can come with me and see my sister. She's the sexiest dragon in the world."

"Whoa! Are you serious! How old is she?" Donatanyo asked.

"18 years old."

"Dang! I'll be glad to come wit you!"

"Thanks, man. Let's go!" Havintine saw this as he finished off the small beast and Flazentino just shot him by the time the husky disappeared.

Back at the hospital…

ZaQuintina was still glitching with her roaring every 4 to 7 seconds. The doctors started sweating with effort as they tried to hold down the raging dragon. Bugs and the others were watching calmly as they attempted to numb her with a needle. Five minutes later, Havintine busted through the door with ZaQuinto and Donatanyo behind him. The Looneys were shocked to see Donatanyo.

"Hey! Donatanyo! Jeezth, it's been 18 yearsth sthincthe we last stheen ya!" Daffy greeted. "How old are ya now?"

"33." Donatanyo replied. ZaQuinto walked up to his half-raging sister and placed a hand on her chest, trying to calm her down. It seemed to work as the doctors slowly backed off, letting Havintine and ZaQuinto handle this. Donatanyo stood close behind them, just in case. ZaQuintina calmed down by that time and she looked up at her brother and her boyfriend. She smiled with love before she slowly started glitching and went a little crazy before she did what she really didn't wanna do… especially to her brother…

…she scratched him on the face automatically. This sent a silence flowing through the room with an errie feeling. Havintine was shocked to see this. So was Donatanyo, even though he was dazed to see how pretty ZaQuintina was. ZaQuinto just froze with shock as he looked down at her. She looked up at him and realized what she did as she gasped as she looked at her claws. They were fully grown on each end of her fingers and they were stained with her brother's blood.

"No…" She whispered with fear as she looked back up at her brother. She regained herself as she quickly got out of bed and walked backwards towards an open window.

"ZaQuintina…" ZaQuinto pleaded. ZaQuintina shook her head in protest.

"No, ZaQuinto. You don't wanna be with me anymore. I'm… too dangerous." After that, she summoned her enclosed dragon wings that tore through her clothes and flapped on their own before she flew off out the window.

"Aw, damn! Now what do I do?"

"We gotta get her back. That's what we gotta do. Donatanyo, you comin'? I hear that you're my brother-in-law's old friend." Havintine asked. Donatanyo shook himself back to life before he regained himself.

"Uh… yeah. As a matter of fact, ZaQuinto, I wanna do an old friend a favor…" He replied as he walked up to his old friend. "…I'll go and find her for ya. I don't have these big eyes for nothin'!"

"You sure you can do this by yourself? You don't wanna bring Havintine with you? He's her boyfriend." ZaQuinto asked. Donatanyo looked over at the husky and whistled.

"Wow! I can see why. Okay, I'll bring him. She could use a lil' lovin'. C'mon, man. Let's go!" After that, Donatanyo and Havintine left, leaving the concerned ZaQuinto and Looneys alone. ZaQuinto grew determined as he ran out, dragging Bugs and Lola with him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, doc! Where are ya goin'?" Bugs asked with surprise.

"I'm going after ZaQuintina. I think I know where she flew off to…" He replied with a deeper tone of his voice.

Meanwhile, in the Radford Abandonment Refuge…

ZaQuintina was running through the forest on all fours, like a normal dragon, before she glitched again, then threw up some blood afterwards this time. She was getting weaker and weaker every glitch as she groaned with weakness.

Back in the main city…

Destiny saw Havintine come back with Donatanyo and they headed for a small ship. She was wondering what they were panicking about.

"Guys? What's wrong? Is ZaQuintina okay?" She asked. Havintine heard her and turned to look at her as he shook his head.

"No, Destiny. ZaQuintina's dyin' and we gotta get her before it's too late! Donatanyo and I are goin' alone." He replied. Destiny gasped as she heard this.

"Oh, no!. I'm comin' along, too! I love her too much as a friend."

"Okay, but you better be careful. She's been known to scratch."

Meanwhile, in a blue driving Nissan Z…

ZaQuinto was driving with strong determination as Lola was sitting in the passenger seat and Bugs was sitting in the back seat.

"She went to the Radford Abandonment Refuge… and she's probably gettin' close to dyin'. The only way we can save her is if Havintine beats us to her and gives her the deepest kiss possible. It's the only way that can save her."

"And if we're too late?" Lola asked with concern. ZaQuinto stopped at a red light as he bowed his head with a strong sigh.

"Then, I'll never forgive myself and she'll probably never forgive me."

"So, ya meanin' ta tell me dat she's had dis dragon instincts ting all her life and didn't know it?" Bugs asked.

"Yeah. Every two years, she gets this thing and, like my mom said, she nearly died when she was 8. I'm afraid that she might die this time. That's why I gotta go after her."

"Is she turning into a real dragon or somethin'?"

"Yeah… and she can't. It's against the famliy tradition of 18-year-old girls."

"Wow!" Lola exclaimed."I didn't know your family had a tradition like that."

"Yeah. I takes it outta me or her. I've gotta stop her somehow, but after that scratch, I'm gonna slice her silly by the time I get to her." After that was said, ZaQuintina was seen running across the street with dripping blood coming out of her mouth. She was 90 percent close to a real dragon, but 94 percent close to dying. ZaQuinto sensed this and quickly got out of his car and ran after her. Bugs and Lola looked at each other with panicked looks before Lola took the driver's seat and Bugs moved up to the passenger seat. Lola stepped on it and they drove off.

Later, in the forest…

ZaQuinto was running through the bushes and trees, but he still couldn't find her. He stopped so he could hear. He heard horrific screaming in a male's voice and he ran towards the sound. When he finally arrived, he saw ZaQuintina up on all fours, throwing up blood again before she collasped into her disposed pool of blood. Havintine was the one that was screaming as he saw her puke all of a sudden earlier. ZaQuinto was in tears as he walked up to his sister and turned her over. Donatanyo arrived minutes later and kneeled down next to his sad friend. ZaQuintina woke up coughing up blood before she looked up at her with difficult and harsh breathing.

"Za… Quinto… Stay… away fr… from me. I… I'm… too… too… dan…ger…ous." She tried to speak. ZaQuinto stopped her as he gently held her in his arms with tears.

"You… are not… dangerous, sis! I'm gonna help ya! Havintine, you ready for you deepest kiss, man?"

"Are you sure that's gonna work?" Havintine asked with concern.

"Yeah. I have a feelin' that it just might work."

"Good. Donatanyo brought a camera, so the people back at the agency can see it happen."

"Thanks, man."

"No prob, buddy. It's recording… now." Donatanyo replied as Bugs and Lola arrived on the scene. Havintine lowered himself down towards ZaQuintina and kissed her so deeply, his tongue was almost near the back of her throat. She felt this and tasted him back as she slowly wrapped her arms around him with a deep moan.

Back at the agency…

Kate and Henry were there with the rest of the agency, desperately waiting for the results of the kiss. Kate was in tears, praying that this might work.

Back in the forest…

The kiss lasted for over 45 minutes. After the kiss, he slowly released and waited for results. ZaQuintina coughed a little as she looked up at her boyfriend and smiled weakly.

"I… love… you all." She stated as her eyes were getting heavy, but she held in there. What happened next? You'll find out... in the next chapter.

To be continued…