"Hey, beautiful! How about we raise the stakes? I win-you're my girl!"
Great. More catcalls. Hotaru thought peevishly. I ought to use my element and permanently silence them all.
"Hotaru!"
"Huh? That sounded like Moordrid…" Hotaru looked over to her other side where Deception and Moordrid where running along side her and Titan. "Moordrid? What are you doing here?"
"Catch!" She caught whatever it was that he threw at her. "It's a Draconium Draining whip. It'll take the energy from one Dragon and transfer it to yours. Go ahead and keep it. I've got another one on hand."
Moordrid went ahead as Hotaru looked at the new tool in her hand. She looked at Titan's energy gage. Her poor partner was low on Draconium. Moordrid said it transferred energy from one Dragon to another. Maybe draining the Dragons of her fanboys would be fun as well as useful.
"Titan, prepare for a power boost." Hotaru pressed the button on the handle and swung at the racer still flirting with her. The other end of the whip attached to his Dragon's gear, draining its energy. Titan's gage was recharging. "Mag their gear. Rules say we can acquire gear that falls off. We'll drop it off at our detour then we'll go after more."
Titan nodded, her power fully restored. She magged the gear that fell off her fanboy's Dragon.
"White glider gear, red thruster gear and green ramming gear." Hotaru inventoried. "We'll have an excellent collection soon, Titan. We must thank Moordrid for such a useful gift."
Several more riders and trips to the sectional pits later, Hotaru and Titan caught up with a girl Rini called Kit Wong and her Dragon Wildfire. Kit didn't look too happy to see her as Hotaru and Titan lapped her.
Several Dragons length ahead, Hotaru's vision began to blur and her head began to spin.
"…no…not …now…" Hotaru fell from her saddle and was magged in to the arms of another racer. Whoever it was had her in their embrace, keeping her against their body for safety.
"Don't worry. I've got you." Her rescuer told her softly. "Just hold on a little bit longer. I'll take you to someone who can help you."
"Who…are you?" She asked weakly.
"I'm here to help you. I'm the Dragon Booster."
