Chapter 20: Rise of Dradogus

In Perim, Maxxor was visiting Castle Mommark, where Mommark was attempting to create another Creature. "You seem nervous, Mommark." Maxxor said. "I am. Even I'm not sure how this one will turn out." Mommark said. "I sometimes thought you would've put creating Creatures behind you after that incident with Stelgar." Maxxor said. "I know you've warned me several times, Maxxor, but my experimenting is not just my hobby. It's my whole life." Mommark explained. Maxxor understood this. "So, what experiment are you trying for this time?" He asked. "Well, I'm attempting to combine a special combination of DNA samples. I'm combining Dractyl's DNA with the DNA of the Mipedian WarBeast, Uboraan." Mommark explained. "Wait. You're mixing OverWorlder DNA with that of a Mipedian Warbeast?!" Maxxor asked in shock. "Well, you know me. Always ever so curious." Mommark said. Maxxor was unsure about this, but shrugged it off.

Later, Maxxor and Mommark got ready to create the Creature in Mommark's Vivitorium. Mommark pushed a button, activating a machine. He then pulled a few levers, shining a few light beams from the machine into a giant iron cage. Lights started to flash from inside the cage. Mommark knew that this meant that his Creature was being created. When the lights subsided, something started pounding the cage from the inside. Then, the doors were blasted down. "He's alive! ALIVE!" Mommark shouted. Maxxor looked on in shock as a big shadow covered both of them.


(Intro)


At Chaotic, Tom and Sidney were watching Minnie's match. Both she and her opponent were down to their last Creatures. She was battling as Rarran, while her opponent was battling as Velreth. They were battling at the Lava Pond. Velreth had just sent Rarran into the wall with a Rock Wave. "Looks like your grounded, UnderQueen." Velreth said. But Rarran managed to zoom towards Velreth and blew a Torrent of Flame at the OverWorlder. Velreth crossed his arms in attempt to block it. But in the end, the fire attack caused Velreth to burst into code, giving Minnie the win.

"Wow! Now that was a heck of a win!" Tom said. "Yeah. Hard to believe that Rarran is a Creature created by Mommark." Sidney said. "You heard about that?" Tom asked. "Uncle Peyton told me when we visited last week. About how Mommark creates Creatures from mixing different specie samples together." Sidney said. "Yep. But the experiments are almost never how Mommark predicts. Even Mommark never knows what he's gonna get." Tom said. "Are there any other Creatures like that?" Sidney asked. "Other than Rarran, in the UnderWorlders, there's Ghuul, Zaur and Stelgar. From the OverWorlders, there's Ettala, Staluk, Maglax and Gespedan." Tom explained.

Sidney then had an idea. "Hey Dad, where exactly does Mommark live?" She asked. "Castle Mommark. Located in Pouril Forest." Tom said. "I wanna go try and scan any new Creature Mommark may have created." Sidney said. "Now you're talking, Sid. I haven't been to Castle Mommark in ages." Tom said. Just then, Sidney suddenly realized. "I don't have a scan of Castle Mommark." She groaned sadly. "Don't worry, Sid. I've been there plenty of times. I'll be your guide to Castle Mommark." Tom said. "Really? Thank you, Daddy!" Sidney said, hugging her father tightly.

Tom and Sidney ported to Pouril Forest. "Right. Castle Mommark is practically a hop, a skip and a stroll that way. Follow me." Tom said, walking off into the forest. Sidney followed her father. Along the way, Tom told Sidney about Castle Mommark, how he battled there in the Beta Drome, and how Ettala worked as a patrol guard. "So, when we get to the castle, you better not do anything to get on Ettala's bad side. Trust me. He's very ill tempered." He explained. "Got ya." Sidney said.

In no time, Tom and Sidney reached Castle Mommark. Sidney was impressed with the structure of the castle. "Wow! I gotta scan this place right away!" She said, taking out her scanner and scanning the castle. Suddenly, just as Sidney finished scanning, a huge hole was blasted through the wall. Tom and Sidney took cover to avoid any incoming chunks of wall. Just then, a giant lime green and bright yellow dragon Creature with Uboraan's appearance, standing on 2 legs with 3 big red claws on each of its paws and huge dark green wings like Dractly's emerged from the hole, screeched loudly into the air and took off into the sky. "What was that?" Sidney asked.

Just then, there was some grunting coming from the castle. Tom and Sidney looked and saw Maxxor and Mommark emerging from the rubble. "Maxxor! Mommark!" Tom called as he and Sidney raced over to help. They managed to help the 2 OverWorlders recover. "What happened here?" Tom asked. "Dradogus. That's what." Maxxor said. "Dradogus? What's that?" Sidney asked. "A new Creature I created by mixing Dractyl's DNA with that of Uboraan." Mommark explained. "What?! You created a Creature with DNA from a WarBeast?!" Tom asked in shock and anger. "I take it that's bad, right?" Sidney asked. "Right. WarBeasts are barely uncontrollable." Tom said.

Sidney suddenly realized. "Wait. Is Dradogus that big Creature that just flew off?" She asked. "I'm afraid so." Mommark said regrettably. "We have to go after him. No telling what kind of damage that beast could do." Maxxor said. "Maybe we can help track him." Sidney offered. "We welcome any help you 2 can offer." Maxxor said. "Right. Dradogus was heading straight west outside of the forest." Tom said. He pulled out his scanner and looked through his Location scans. Finally, he found a Location west of Pouril Forest. "Got it! Lake Morn! He'll probably be heading there." Tom said. "We'll port there and see if we can find him." Sidney said. "We'll gather reinforcements and send flyers to follow from above." Maxxor said. "Yeah. Hopefully this turns out better than the Stelgar incident." Mommark said hopefully.

Tom and Sidney ported to Lake Morn and told Garv about Dradogus. "So, Mommark does it again. Big surprise." Garv said sarcastically. "He'll be here any minute. We should alert Maxxor." Tom said. But just then, a huge gust of wind started to blow around the 3. They looked up and saw what was causing it. Dradogus was coming in for a landing. "Quick! Into my hut!" Garv called. The 3 hurried towards Garv's hut just as Dradogus was about to land. They managed to duck inside as Dradogus touched down. Garv peeked out the door as Dradogus started to look around. "Whoa! Mommark really went all out on this one, didn't he?" He said.

Dradogus started to inhale through his nose. "What's he doing?" Sidney asked. "I think he's preparing an attack of some kind." Tom guessed. And he was right. Dradogus blew an extremely powerful fire attack towards the forest, causing a huge forest fire. Tom and Garv were horrified at the sight, but Sidney thought the attack was pretty cool despite the damage it caused. "Oh, now I'm mad!" Garv said, grabbing his Destructozooka and heading out to face Dradogus. "Garv wait!" Tom called, trying to stop the Caretaker. But no avail. Garv ran up to the enormous Creature and fired a Flood Force from his Destructozooka, hitting Dradogus in the back. Dradogus, barely feeling the attack, turned his head and saw Garv on the ground. He then fired a huge Flame Orb from his mouth, sending Garv backwards and knocking him out. "Garv!" Tom called. Dradogus heard Tom's call and looked towards Garv's hut. Tom and Sidney looked on with fear as Dradogus made his way towards the hut. Tom and Sidney embraced each other as Dradogus prepared to crush them.

Suddenly, a Hail Storm came and hit Dradogus from above. Tom, Sidney and Dradogus all looked up to see what attacked. Just then, Xaerv with a Torwegg, Frafdo, Vollash, Swassa on a Windstrider and Aokua flew down, ready for battle. "You just got Xaerved, sucker!" Xaerv said. Dradogus retaliated by firing Blazing Claws. The flyers took evasive action and dodged the attack. Vollash swooped in with Aokua following close. They both fired Cyclone Slam towards Dradogus, but Dradogus swatted the attack away and blew Heat Rage at them. They both dodged and flew out of range. Swassa came in on her Windstrider and threw an Ember Swarm. Dradogus blocked the attack with his wing and swatted the Windstrider with it, knocking Swassa off. Swassa was about to hit the ground until Frafdo swooped in and caught her. "Thanks for the save, Fraf." She said. "That's what I'm here for." Frafdo said, setting Swassa on the ground.

As Dradogus continued to block and attack the flyers, Sidney looked on with awe. 'Wow! Dradogus is so awesome! If I scan him, my deck would be unbeatable!' She thought. But then, Dradogus managed to blow the flyers away and prepared to take off again. "Look out!" Tom called. But too late. Dradogus shot into the air and flew off. After he left, Tom and Sidney helped Garv and the flyers recover. "Man, Mommark sure can make them tough." Vollash said. "Would be better if we can get Dradogus fighting with us instead of against us." Swassa said. "Wonder where he's heading now." Aokua said. Tom looked through his Location scans, trying to find out where Dradogus was heading for next. "Got it! He's heading towards Castle Bodhran." Tom said. "You 2 better head there right away. We'll contact Maxxor and meet you there as soon as we can." Xaerv said. Tom and Sidney nodded and ported away.

At the village outside the castle, Vidav and Hoton were overseeing the greenery and life that had finally returned to the village. Just then, Vidav heard something. "What is it, Vidav?" Hoton asked. "Danger approaches." Vidav said. Just then, Tom and Sidney appeared before them. "Tom?" Vidav said in shock. "Vidav! Hoton! Trouble is on its way here!" Tom alerted. "We know." Vidav said, pointing to the sky. Tom and Sidney looked up. Dradogus was about to come in for another landing. Vidav fired a Night Strike and Hoton flung an Earth Pulse. Both attacks hit Dradogus, but he just kept coming down. Tom, Sidney, Vidav and Hoton jumped out of the way as Dradogus landed. Just as he landed, Dradogus started attacking, blowing Inferno Gust at the village. "And I just finished rebuilding that village!" Hoton yelled, charging towards the giant Creature. "Hoton wait!" Tom called. But Hoton wasn't listening. He fired Mineral Mayhem from his hands. But Dradogus saw it coming, blocked the attack with his wing and swatted Hoton back with his tail. Tom, Sidney and Vidav hurried over and helped their friend, only to see Dradogus staring down at them, taking another deep breath. "He's gonna use that attack he used at Lake Morn again! On us!" Sidney cried.

The 4 braced themselves for the incoming attack. But before Dradogus could launch the attack, he was struck by an Airsault. Sidney looked up and saw the flyers coming in. "Don't let him get away this time!" Frafdo called, firing one of his arrows from his bow. Xaerv fired a Lightning Burst. Vollash fired an electric beam from his Cyclance. Swassa fired an Inferno Gust. Aokua fired an Airize from his beak. Dradogus blocked all the attacks with his wing. "We're not making a dent on him!" Vollash said. "Then it's a good thing Maxxor sent backup." Swassa said, pointing to the ground. Everyone turned to see Staluk with a Cyclance, Eximiar in his Scorch Tank, Gespedan with a Vlaric Shard, Cyrenox on a Skeletal Steed, Faash with an Entropy Modulator, Kebna with a Pyroblaster, Vinta and Munari in a Levitaar coming in to help.

Dradogus would not cease. He took another deep breath, preparing to attack again. "Everyone, attack together!" Staluk ordered. Tom and Sidney took cover as both sides prepared to attack. Dradogus fired his attack. The present Creatures fired back with their attacks. The attacks collided, causing a huge sonic boom, blowing half the foliage across the land. Dradogus pushed his attack. The Creatures wouldn't give up, pushing their own attacks. But the power from both sides caused an explosion, creating a dust storm. Tom and Sidney peaked out as the dust started to clear up. They were shocked at the unexpected sight. Staluk and the others were unconscious. Dradogus was still on his feet. Not a single scratch on his skin. 'Wow! Dradogus is so incredible! With him, my deck would be unbeatable.' Sidney thought. She took out her scanner and ran towards Dradogus. "Sidney! Sid, where are you going?!" Tom yelled.

Sidney stopped inches away from Dradogus and proceeded to scan him. But due to his size, the scan was taking a little longer. Dradogus sensed Sidney behind him and turned to face her. "Come on!" Sidney muttered. After a few more minutes, the scan finally came through. Sidney looked at her scan, but saw that Dradogus was staring at her face-to-face. She felt her entire body freeze up. "SIDNEY!" Tom shouted.

Just then, a motor was heard approaching. Tom, Sidney and Dradogus looked towards the pathway. And then, Maxxor and Mommark appeared on a Hyperhover. Mommark got out and approached Dradogus. "Dradogus! This has gone on long enough! It's time to be tamed!" He shouted. Dradogus just growled. Mommark reached into his pocket and pulled out an OverWorld Mugic. He raised it up and it floated out of his hand. Dradogus prepared to attack. Mommark cast a Mugician to activate the Mugic. "Symphony of Sympathy!" He shouted. The Mugic played in key and activated. A magenta light shined over Dradogus and did something to him, causing him to roar in pain. When the light died out, Draadogus recovered from the pain and looked back at Sidney. Then, Dradogus rubbed his head against her, purring like a kitten. Sidney was confused at first, but then she started to giggle and rub her hand on Dradogus' head.

Soon after, the teams recovered and were getting acquainted with Dradogus. Tom was checking out the Mugic Mommark used. "So, this Mugic took away Dradogus' recklessness?" Tom asked. "Yep. I figured this was bound to happen, so I had this Mugic created by special order." Mommark explained. "Well, glad to see that you've learned from your past mistakes." Tom said. Mommark chuckled sheepishly.

Sidney checked out her new Creature scan. "Wow! Dradogus is so cool! I can't wait to use him in a Drone Match!" She said. "Yeah. Just be sure you don't lose control of yourself. Especially with that much recklessness." Tom said. "Right, Dad. Not making that mistake." Sidney said. "Guess we better head back." Tom said, taking out his scanner. Then he and Sid ported back to Chaotic.

When they got back, they told Minnie all about Dradogus. "Wow! Looks like I missed out on a lot today." Minnie said. "I just hope Maxxor and the other Tribes can accept Dradogus." Sidney said. "I wouldn't worry, Sid. I have a feeling that Dradogus will a great ally to the Tribal Alliance." Tom said. Sidney smiled and stared back at her scan of Dradogus, believing in a big bright future for Perim.


New Cards:

Creature: Dradogus

OverWorld WarBeast

Recklessness: 55

Courage: 80

Power: 85

Wisdom: 10

Speed: 65

Elements: Fire, Air

Mugic: 0

Energy: 70

Dradogus may be part WarBeast, but he's got the heart of a true OverWorlder. -Mommark

Mugic: Symphony of Sympathy (Special thanks to Jake H Voronkrov for the name)

Takes away selected Creature's Recklessness.