"Strike after aggressive strike Rose hacked and slashed at the ice. But to no avail, she couldn't even make a scratch in the surface. Jake had sunk into the darkness in the deep water but still, Rose was not one to let up, she had to save him. "Jake please, hold on. For me Jake hold on i'll save you" the tears had formed before she had reached the spot where Jake landed now she was on the verge of a meltdown. "Jake i just got you back i can't lose you, not now, not like this"

Her staff split on the last strike. The blade was now broken and made useless leaving Rose to drop to her knees in defeat.

Both Fu and Violet stood behind her wondering about the best time to try to comfort her. Fu tried to tell her Changs ice spell was fused with unicorn horn not even dragon fire would break through it.

"Rosey? Its not over yet" Violet whimpered as she inched closer to her sister wrapping her arms around Rose's shoulders "we'll find a way Rosey, if dragons and talking dogs are real then so is a possibility of saving Jake i promise you we will". Violet felt her own tears start to form, like she was feeling Roses pain through their embrace "i'm going to do everything i can to help Rose just name it. Please tell me"

Fu kept staring at the ice, trying to rethink of any potion or spell that could break the unicorn horn ice but nothing was coming close to being what he needed. Even still if it was possible Jake had been underwater for so long that by now he'd have drowned.

"Oi Changy-Chang it's fat dog Fu!"

Fu looked up to see Chang and Bannas B descending on them with a large net "oh boy girls we gotta go!" he panicked. He tried to run to the girls but slipped on the ice and instead slid over to the girls, where Chang finally ensnared them in her net. "the master will be pleased, Lao Shis Sharpie and the American Dragons beloved slayer in one night once we have little Hailey Long the Dark Dragon will take the human world by force" she cackled.

"ugh, oof" Fu grunted as he shifted in the net to a more comfortable position "Rose i know how you're feeling right now but we need you in the game right now or else Hailey and the human race is seriously doomed. Come Rose for Jake pull youself together"

Rose however was still unresponsive, she kept replaying Jake hitting the water over and over again, Rose was lost for the time being.

Hailey, Sun and Lao Shi had finished dealing with the biker troll rumble with minimal damages but they were still irritated with Jake for blowing off his duties. They were unaware of the unfolding events happening at central park.

"he will be cleaning the shop for month for this he knows better"

Hailey however had no ill will to her big brother, his dragon duties cost him so much in the past but now he was getting another chance at his own happines now that Rose was back in his life.

"Gramps, if this was something more than just trolls you could be mad at Jake but given the circumstances and the outcome is it worth it? He just got the woman he loves back in his life let him have one free pass" she pleaded.

Lao shi sighed and looked at his grand daughter, she was far to smart for her age. Which he often did value that she was opposite to Jake, because Jake was his payback.

"very well Hailey, just this once I'll let him off" Lao Shi agreed.

Hailey felt a sense of acomplishment having gotten her granfather to cut Jake some slack and was ready for home when her phone started rininging.

"hey Fu, we don't need..." Haileys face suddenly dropped into sorrow and worry before passing the phone to her grandpa "Sun Fu said he and Rose and her sister have been captured by Chang"

The phone suddenly fell to the ground and Lao Shi was braced against the wall clutching his heart. His eyes were swelling with water "Gramps?"

Hailey was scared now, she had never seen her grandfather cry, for the longest time she thought it impossible "Gramps?" she stammered.

"Sun...take Hailey to the shop, get ready for an emergency trip to Drago Island i, i have to see Susan and Jonathan go quickly"

"NO! Grandpa what"s going on? You've never cried once in my life and now you are and you're sending me away and i'm scared what is going on!" Hailey screamed.

Lao Shi looked at his grand daughter with hurt filled eyes "i will explain youngling but first you must get safe its not safe here for you now go"

Sun tried to speak but Lao Shi transformed and flew off.

"Sun? I'm scared"

"so am i Hailey"

After securing his daughter and her husband Lao Shi used the emergency portal potion to Drago island, he had to report to the council but his heart couldn't bear to tell his news more than once. So everyone had to sit and wait.

"councilor Lao Shi if your claim is true then why isn't your apprentice and the slayer here to help with this matter?"

"Rose price, her sister and my animal guardian have been captured by former councilor member Chang...my grandson...my grandson engaged the Dark Dragon...my grandson has been slain"

The room suddenly erupted with gasps and shocked muttering but it was the outburst of crying and shouting behind him from his own family that cut him the deepest. He was Jake's teacher and grand father and he failed to protect him when he was needed.

Susan shouted at her dad in some very choice words but he didn't respond he accepted the fact that his family would be mad with him.

Hailey however remained silent. Jake was gone that would mean she was the new American Dragon, that's why her grandpa wanted her safe because she would be targeted next.

"it seems we have a choice councilors, we can mass all dragon masters to new york and fight, without our slayer and one of two dragons with experience in fighting other dragons or we go into hiding bide our time until we can be ready for a war with the Dark Dragon, we stand to vote"

Before any of the masters raised their votes Hailey stepped forward "councilors if i may. My brother stood alone against the Dark Dragon on more than one occassion, he defended all of you despite all the times you tried to single him out and take his powers. I wasn't there when my brother died but i choose to believe Jake fought as he always did, bravely and with everything he had" her eyes began to burn and her voice began to quiver. "i love my brother and i think its cowardly and cruel if this council ignores Jakes death by hiding away, Rose, the slayer who helped us in Hong Kong is alive we can rescue her and she can slay the Dark Dragon, please don't let this monster get away with slaying my big brother"

Her tears stained the floor at her feet. Hailey had poured her heart out to the council, she stood against them just as Jake often did. She was nervous, scared, upset yet convicted she wouldn't let the council betray what Jake stood for.

Susan and Jonathan looked at their baby girl with immeasurable pride she was only 8 and showing amazing maturity and unknown respect for her big brother.

"the youngling is right Jake Long has on multiple occasions done great deeds for magical creatures and humans alike, his friends, though human have fought by his side. The slayer betrayed her training and her clan and fought along side our American Dragon we owe it to him. Masters leave your students in the safety of Drago Island as of now, we are at war"

Jake awoke in a strange room with a hooded figure working at a work bench.

"morning sun shine took you long enough to wake up" the figure chuckled,

Jake sat up scratching his head, oddly enough there was no pain, all that abuse and damage yet he felt great "who are you and where am i?" he asked.

"the where, well really is nowhere for the time sorry to wake you up but the conversation was getting pretty one sided just talking to an empty room" the figure replied, with a voice Jake now recognized.

"Marty? It's you isn't it?" Jake asked.

Marty, the grimm reaper then turned around to face Jake showing what he was working on, Jakes body was on the table. "didn't expect this did ya kid?"