CHAPTER 14

Draconia

Sally now regained her strength looked on at the ship on the horizon and worried about Lupe.

" Bunnie, we gotta help her! "

" Ya'll sure your ok, Sally girl? "

" Yes I'm fine. Lupe needs our help out there. "

" Ah think your right! Cmon, lets blow this popsicle stand! "

Bunnie's thrusters fired up as she leaped out of the window. Her bottom feet exploded to life as fire ripped out shooting them across the forest at a incredible speed towards the battlefield.

" Hang on Sally girl! Gonna be getting rough from here on end! "

As they blasted towards their a lone werewolf leaped from its hiding spot that was secretly waiting for them to leave the presence of Lupe. It was hungry and its mouth quivered a shaking and screaming victim and right now the sour meat of vampire would just not do. It came down upon Bunnie striking her like lightning as they fell. Bunnie came down hard and got knocked out while Sally broke her fall through the trees. Filling her lungs with air after the had been slammed she groggily got to her feet feeling the world spin around her. The werewolf snarled with its battle armour and claw gloves it wore shining with fresh blood.

" W-why...are you doing this? " she asked backing up against a tree. " I thought you were on our side. "

" Haha...talking food. "

It circled around her with its eyes fixed on her. Sally tried again to reason with it. To try to stall it somehow to think up a way out of this.

" Wait! If you dare Lupe will... "

"Hah! That foolish woman thinks she can control us! You see, we have merely been playing along. She thinks she has been controlling us but we were the ones keeping her around to do the dirty work for us."

" Why? What dirty work? "

" You talk alot but fine. She thinks we're fighting for peace over this land and to overthrow their tyranny but what we really want is utter domination over the vampires to wipe them out once and for all. Once they're out of the picture Mobius will be ours and nothing will stand in our way!"

Sally was now angry. This whole time Lupe was being played for a sap. All this time she has been stick her neck out for these ingrateful savages. The giant wolfs mouth dripped heavily with saliva and it made a furious roar and came at her. Remembering her martial arts on how to defend and block she rushed in under its gaurd and slammed her fist into its solar plexus as hard as she could hoping it could do some damage against the furry giant. The werewolf was stunned long enough for Sally to deliver a hard kick to the side of its face breaking out a few of its teeth. It snarled and just back handed Sally away over to Bunnie's still body. It came charging blindly forward with its mouth wide open to swallow her whole. Bunnie suddenly sprang to life from and delivered a sharp punch that broke through all its teeth and grabbed ahold of its tongue and swung it around smashing it against the side of trees until sending it hurtling into the air leaving it to crash far away.

" Sorry sug, had to wait for the right moment or else we would've both been mince meat. "

" Thanks Bunnie " Sally said, grateful.

" C'mon, we aint got enough time to waste so lets go till more of his buddies show up! "

With that they took to the air again they saw the twisted world below filled with the clashing of swords and armour and the land stained that awful red. A color they wish they would not have to see ever again. Bunnie looked ahead and saw a fleet of flying battleships showering the battlefield with gun fire and cannons.

" Time for us to join the fun. "

In her right hand her trusty demon sword Beezlebub apeared. Sally still didnt know how that sword can just appear like that but at the moment she didnt care. A fiery blaze lit around the demon sword as Bunnie swooped along the side of one battleship sliding through the side of it like hot butter. Blasts erupted from behind them from inside the ship from Beezlebub. The blasts struck the oil fuel chambers and a great explosion set half the ship ablaze. The sails wavered and snapped like twigs and it slowly drifted drunkenly off course and slammed into another ship. The broken ship cut through the second, exploding. Bunnie let go in time and launched herself to another ship, noticing the formation begining to break in the confusion.

"Ok Beezlebub, gonna need alot of power in this one!" said Bunine.

The sword was only happy to oblige. Killing was its specialty after all. Bunnie swung him with all her might at the next ship and within a few seconds the bow of the ship siddenly began to list. It was sliced in half and the front slided right off and exploded down below while the back end followed.

" Alright now, no more fooling around " said Bunnie, taking her eyes to the mighty flagship.

The entire side facing her lit up with gun fire and spears being shot at them. She barely managed to dodge it all .Some shots penetrated her thick metal frame, but she bit down and beared against the pain and charged suicidly towards the ship. An invisible barrier repelled them back, covering the entire ship from attacks from all side.

" Oh no! " said Sally.

Bunnie slammed the sword into the barrier, trying to force it through the bubble. Within moments the demon swords powers was able to tear a small hole in the barrier long enough to break through and enter through a hole in the side of the ship.

" What is going on out there?" said Draconia sitting in his throne room hearing the sounds of explosions very near. One of his priests scampered into the room out of breath.

" My lord! Two rogues have just broken through our defenses and have boarded the ship! "

" I thought our defenses were impenetrable. Who are these intruders? "

" Er...I'm not sure, sir but they may be those strangers that escaped from our city just a few short days ago."

" How did they break through...I have the greatest magic and technology working to keep that barrier up. Have you idiots become so incompetent you cant swat down a mere fly? "

Draconia did not let him speak but just blasted the tiny vampire to a mere black stain on the ground with a blast of hellfire from him. He snarled, unaware of his other visitor. High above him was Lupe with her magic hammer ready waiting for the right moment. She had snuck past security and was now with the vampire king. Defeating him would not be an easy task but how strong was Draconia? Nobody really knew but he was a terrifying sight. He was alot bigger than she had thought. Now she understood the old overlanders tale of David and Goliath. The odds seem stacked so much against small little David armed with only a rock to sling faced against a man who could shake mountains. Her heart began to beat faster out of fear of what she has gotten herself into. Draconia's ears picked up on Lupes beating heart and he rose from his chair.

" I know your here. "

Lupe was now spotted and lost her footing. She fell but her fall turned into a charging drop letting out a battle cry concentrating her energies into her weapon to bring him down but she broke like water against him. He left her strike him as only a 'CLONG' sound was heard against his armour.

" Oh no... "

He grabbed her by the tail and lifted her up. " Well, well, well...the leader of the pack " he said forming a grin. " To attack me is a fate worst than death. "

" You are nothing but a thug " she cursed.

" A thug am I? I am a god king, dearest wolf child" he mocked, throwing her against the wall with the greatest of ease. " You would dare attack me? I am power incarnate. I am the rage of hatred that boils in every mans heart. The hunger for battle, and the salvation this world cries out for!"

As he finished that speech he was greeted to a blast to the turned around to greet Bunnie holding her sword and Sally by her side.

" YOU! YOU DARE! " he roared bursting into flames. Black burning fires surrounded his body, the floor itself begining to melt underneath him.

" Uh Bunnie...I think we're in trouble " said Sally.

" FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! "

He charge blindly at them incinerating the room around them as they barely escaped the fires. Sally and Lupe ran as fast as they could dodging sword swings and gunshots from the enemy soldiers. Bunnie was not far behind them swinging her sword around fending off hits from soldiers. They raced down a flight of stairs with Draconia's cursings echoing behind them. Sally ran up ahead and fell through a weak spot in the wooden floor and fell to another level below. Bunnie and Lupe didnt notice as they kept looking in every direction avoiding soldiers attacking them. Bunnie swung her sword about like a baton slicing up vampires and blowing up everything around them.

" Kill them! " Draconia shouted.

Sally heard echo's of footsteps from above and clattering of armour and swords being drawn. The room she was in was dark and she seemed to be floating in a room full of water.

" Have to find a way out of here " she said.

The hole she fell through was too high up to reach and it didnt seem like their was anything to grab onto on the walls.

" Ok, think Sally. You've gotten yourself out of tougher jams than this. Think... "

As she felt her way around the water she felt stuff on the bottom. She reached down underwater and plucked something out. When she looked at it she almost screamed and threw it out of her hands. It was a femur bone. She started to panic a bit and then realized that their were many many bodies underneath her and this wasnt water at all. It was blood.

She let out a horrified scream which attracted the attention to a few soldiers from above.

" Hey, there's one hiding down there! " one said.

Sally dove under and hoped to find some kind of drainage pipe she could felt her way around but her fingers found a drainage seals were old and rusted and were managed to squeeze her fingers in between and try to pull it open so she could was more than big enough to fit her but they were rusted it of the vampires jumped down armed with a spear striking violently at her. She rolled away and swam to the other end. This soldier was wearing a grinning skull helmet. He glared at her for a while studying her and then pulled off his helmet revealing his pale face.

" Now your know who you are fighting " he said proudly. He knelt down and unbuckled his knife from the side of his leg and threw it to her.

" Fight me. "

Sally picked up the knife ready to fight for her very life. The vampire soldier spun his spear like a baton and then putting two hands on it circling her. He stabbed swift and fast at her trying to pin her to the walls but she was too quick and before he could swing again with her life on the line she ducked under his gaurd and slashed his throat and slammed the knife into his heart. He smiled, accepting his defeat.

" Very..good. "

He collapsed letting death take him. Sally didnt like doing that. She hated killing, and this vampire fought with honor and mercy on her part. Perhaps the vampires arent as pure evil as she thinks. But one thing is for certain, Draconia must be stopped one way or another and she has to get out before more soldiers come. She took the knife and pressed against the crack until with a final thrust she opened up the shaft that began to drain the blood in a whirlpool. She was quickly sucked into the pipe and all vision became blurry as the blood stung her eyes. She was hurled out of the tunnel outside the ship where half disoriented, she clung onto a pole sticking out of the bottom of the ships hull. Her arm almost broke when she caught it. Felt just like when she had gotten onto that train. Her arm was still sore from that moment. After catching her breath and summoning up strength she climbed and climbed up the shaft and dared not to look down. Meanwhile Lupe and Bunnie were laying waste to all the soldiers around them like nothing.

" We have to find Sally! " Lupe said.

" Ah know! This ship is so big though! Ah dont know where she ended up " said Bunnie.

" If we doddle any longer Draconia might get away. We'll never have this chance to get this close to him again! "

" We cant just leave Sally girl here now! "

Meanwhile across the battlefield on the side mountains was Colin and a group of SWaT Bots sitting watching everything. Colin was rather vexed at the whole ordeal. He did not want to step in the middle of this mess, but he couldn't go back until he captured her. Regaining his composure he made a silent command to the SWaT Bot next to him. It nodded in understanding. All of them raised their hands up and all shot powerful energy blasts that went sailing across the battlefield slamming into Draconia's flagship going through the shields.

It erupted into a great fiery ball. Pieces of the hull came down in flames smashing down on to the battlefield below. The force shook Sally from where she was climbing and was sent spiralling down towards the earth. The whole thing was coming down so in a quick act Bunnie grabbed Lupe and blasted open the side hull and escaped escaping a instanteous explosion. As Sally fell she looked up into the sky accepting her death.

" I just wish I could have seen him one last time... " she whispered to herself.

But then she looked up and saw a mysterious figure swoop down. Sally immediately thought that it was the angels coming for her. She smiled and raised her hand and was caught. But when she looked closer she was looking at a great metalic claw wrapped around her arm and those wings were black. Her face turned to absolute horror. It was Draconia!

" Such a beautiful princess... " he said bringing her close. He smiled flashing his tusklike fangs tickling her chin. She spat at him angrily and tried kicking him. He only gave a hearty evil laugh.

Bunnie and Lupe spotted him while avoiding the rubble raining down on them. He looked towards them and grinned.

" Come any closer and I'll break your little friend in two. "

" Draconia! Your quarel is with me! Leave her out of it! " Lupe shouted.

" Really? You actually care for this sack of meat here? Interesting. "

Bunnie's right arm unfolded into a cannon and blasted a missle. Draconia just puffed out some air and the missle exploded.

" If you want to see your friend again then come get me HAHAHAHAHA! "

He twirled about into the air spinning faster and faster until he began to move the air and wind around him creating a vortex and dissapeared inside it. The current pulled in Bunnie and Lupe also as they blacked out. Colin gritted his teeth.

" They're gone. "

When they came to they were at the foot of a great giant pyramid that seemed similar to the aztecs in design. Their was a long stairway that led up to the hopped on Bunnies back and she glided upward medium speed. They passed statues of gargoyle like vampire god statues and other accursed satanic monoloths. When they reached the top they were greeted by four gothic looking sphynx statues. They were made from iron and the human looking faces to it were twisted into a cruel, cold, and unemotional look to them. Towards the center was a second pyramid but this was one was solid gold and shined brightly.

" Think they're in there, Lupe? "

" Yes..I can feel his evil. This will be my final battle. "

They walked across rows of stone pillars and into the open doors of the golden pyramid. Lupe followed her nose of Sally's scent going through strange corridors and passageways. All of the walls and cieleings and even the floor was solid gold with the language of the vampires etched into it. It looked like a cross between japanese and arabian and something else. Eventually Lupe led Bunnie to the mghty throne room. There were winding rivers of blood snaking their away along the ground and great pots with fires burning inside them. Bunnie spotted Sally sitting upon the throne chair with her head tilted down.

" Sally girl! " Bunnie cryed running up to her. Sally raised her head flashing a pair of vampire fangs flashing her blood red eyes and sent a mighty punch sending Bunnie flying back.

" Keeeeh.. "

" She's been infected! " said Lupe shocked.

She got up form the chair and walked over to them like a zombie. A psychotic raised her mallet and put up her hand and attempted to reason with her.

"Sally,listen to my must fight who you are! Remember...! "

Draconia suddenly materialized and was sitting perched in his chair with his wings folded. " Heheh...she is mine now. My dark kiss that corrupted her soul cannot be undone. She is mine. "

" Not if I kill you! " Lupe roared shooting at him.

In a flash Sally shuffled to the side and arm barred Lupe sending her to the floor. " Unh...she's stronger and faster now " Lupe realized.

" You'll have to do kill your friend to get the chance to fight me. Not that you will come out of this place alive anyways " he said.

As Sally snatched Lupes weapon and was about to smash her Bunnie tackled Sally to the ground trying to pin her down and take away her weapon. She was like a crazed beast biting and clawing but Bunnie did what she could.

" Sally girl... " Bunnie said heartboken at what she has become. " You gotta fight him! Remember that we're friends! "

But then something hit her. Draconia said he turned her evil and corrupted her with just a mere kiss from him. Maybe...just maybe. Without hesitation she pulled Sally close and kissed Sally deeply having her locked in a bearhug embrace. Lupe was shocked.

" What the hell are you doing! "

Draconias eyes widened. " What is this. "

As Bunnie kissed her deeper she focused solely on the love Sally showed her that she was giving back to her. Sally's struggling ceased and relaxed and welcomed her warm metal mouth. Lupe blinked again. " I...I think I understand. "

Bunnie slowly parted and the fangs dissapeared from her and her eyes changed back to normal. " Bunnie...? What happend? " she asked, dazed.

" NOOOO! " Draconia boomed.

His chair shattered to pieces beneath him as he rose. His black flames returned, surrounding him. Sally rose and stood with her friends to face down this titan of terror.

" You fools. "

Bunnie and Lupe came rocketing at him, but were repelled back. He gave off an angry roar, making the whole foundation shake.

Draconia was untouchable. Lupe knew brute force would not be the way to defeat him. He had to be outwitted somehow but how. Then she had gotten a idea. He may be powerful but their was one spell, one trick that might work but it was such a risky gamble. It's a spell that requires so much life energy to pull off it could possibly kill her. It was a spell of some of the blackest magic that she vowed to never use. However, to save her new friends it would be worth risking destroying her soul for.

" I...I guess I have no choice. "

She watched as Bunnie pulled out her sword taking mad swipes but being deflected back by his raw power. Lupe shut her eyes and began the chant. She slid her wrist along one of her fangs, slicing the flesh and slinging blood to her feet.

" Eaters of dead,

Here my cry.

Come down from the dark corners of the sky,

I offer you my flesh and my soul.

Great gods of Xiofths,

Please let Draconia die! "

The sky rumbled and flashed and suddenly all the fires in the room where blown out.

" What is going on!? " Draconia roared feeling a prescence forming.

The forbidden spell was chanted, and the black name was called. Suddenly from out form the ground beneath him great black squid-like tentacles wrapped around him binding his arms and legs. The tentacles were black as peril that had a smell that could not be described. Perhaps the smell of a thousand rotting corpses could come close to the and Bunnie almost vomited when they got a whif of it. They could not only smell it but feel the filth emitting from it.

" Filthy witch! What have you done! " Draconia screamed at the top of his lungs fighting with all his unholy might against the fire emitting from his body began to shrink as his power and rage began to get sucked away from him. The tentacles burned through his armor and tightened their grip aroud his arms. Out from the ground a wraithlike being cloaked in a robe that seemed to be shaped out of water and smoke loomed over Draconia. For the first time Draconia was experiencing fear.

His high and mighty ego had collapsed. The being reached inside of Draconia and with a swift motion yanked out a black naked figure that seemed to be writhing about covered in a black tar-like substance screaming convulsing representing his soul as the tentacles grabbed ahold of it and pulling it under. The tentacles slid underground and dissapeared, Draconia still standing but in utter shock.

" My...my power...its..gone " he uttered in disbelief.

Lupe smiled. " Now he can be defeated easily now... "

She collapsed as all the energy left her body as payment for summoning that spell. Sally rushed over to her.

" Lupe! "

She was still breathing but was extremely weak and is on the brink of death. Draconia looked at himself feeling his raw godlike power gone. His wings began to shrivel and the feathers broke off until all that was left was an ugly skeleton of them. His eyes met Lupe and Sally and utter hate like none before filled into him. He grabbed a spear and charged like a madman at them about to run them through. But just then Bunnie leapt up and grabbed the end of the spear.

" Didn't ya'll mother tell you not to run with sharp objects, suga? "

She grabbed tightly onto it and slammed the butt end into his eye sending him spiralling back in pain. She took the big spear and slapped him across the face repeatedly. With a mighty swing she struck him across the head sending the king of vampires crashing through the wall and down the backside of his tower.

" Bunnie! We have to go! Lupe needs help. "

" On my way, suga Sal. "

They were about to jump through the vortex behind them they came through until to their horror they saw the remaining army of the werewolves come marching through. They snarled.

" Fresh meat " one said drooling.

Draconia picked himself up form his fall. He had lost vision in his left eye where it had been struck and it stung like never before. Witout hesitation, he grabbed a hold of his damaged eye and pulled it right of its socket .For a moment he was bewildered gazing at his dead eye but then promptly plopped it in his mouth and chewed it up sucking up all the optic nerves still attatched like spagetti noodles.

" Hehehe...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! " he laughed.

He got back up and was face to face with the werewolves. He was shocked.

" We have disposed of the vampires and now all that remains is you! "

" You think you can kill me! Pathetic fools! "

He pulled out a small control button hidden in his armour and pressed the button. He laughed even more insanely than ever.

" Hehehehahahaha! The end has come! I just pressed the detonation countdown of a bomb my scientists created for me! You are all going to die! "

The Werewolves growled and jumped on him thrashing and clawing him. He grabbed a few crushing them with his remaining brute strength as more flooded ontop of him.

" I AM THE KING OF VAMPIRES! I AM DRACONIA! I WILL LIVE ON! "

Bunnie, Sally, with Lupe all had escaped through the vortex while they were all destracted escaping the great boom that brought an end to the king of all vampires and the terrible werewolves. Thanks to Bunnie and Sally the war was over. A senseless bloody war with no winners, only losers.