Yay! Another update at last! Sorry for the long wait but a lot of things happened in my life since the last time and I didn't have the time to finish/add this chapter. Well I hope you enjoy it cause this is the first time I have ever written a fighting scene and I hope it isn't horrible! If you think it is horrible no flaming, just constructive criticism allowed!

Disclaimer: I don't own American Dragon: Jake Long or any of its characters but the oc's belong to me

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Chapter 3: The Drakion

Jake Long was not a happy person. In fact, he was on the verge of freaking out. For the past few minutes now he has had the distinct feeling that he was being followed and he even thought that he heard footsteps behind him. But whenever he turned around the was no one in sight.

'What's going on?' he thought to himself after turning around yet again. 'I could have sworn that there was someone behind me!'

When the footsteps started getting louder, Jake had finally had enough. "Alright, who-ever-you-are! Show yourself! I know your there!"

After a few moments of silence soft laughter was heard that sent chills up Jake's spine.

"Alright American Dragon, I'll 'show myself'. I was getting bored of playing with you anyways." Said a dark figure as it stepped out of the shadows.

When Jake first saw the figure he had to stop himself from letting out a gasp of fright. The figure was a male about 20 years old and was about a foot and a half taller then Jake. He had jet black hair and wore a plain black T-shirt with black jeans. His skin was so pale that he looked almost ghost like and he was unnaturally thin. He had a pointed nose and thin pale lips set up in a smirk. But what really got to Jake were his eyes. Those deep, red, merciless eyes.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Asked Jake, who was trying to keep his voice as calm as possible. Jake's eyes widened when he realized what the figure had just said. "Wait a minute. How did you know-"

"That you were the American Dragon?" Finished the figure as he chuckled softly. "I know a lot of things about you Jake Long. Even things that you don't even know about yourself. For you see, like you, there is more to me then what meets the eye."

"What kind of creature are you? I know your not human..."

"I am known as a Drakion. Ahh I see that you have never heard of my kind." Said the Drakion when he saw the confused look on Jake's face. "Let me enlighten you a little. My kind was created to take the shape of any creature we see, whether it be from the tiniest creature to the largest beast. Our purpose in life is to serve our Master and do his bidding without question for we were created from his very shadow."

"Thats nice and all but that still doesn't explain to me what you want." Said Jake, scowling.

Smiling evily, the Drakion started laughing softly again as he began to walk slowly towards Jake. "I have come here by the orders of my master to bring you to him."

"You master? What does your master want with me?" Asked Jake as he backed away from the Drakion

"That is between you and my master. My orders were only to bring you to him, willingly or not..."

"Sorry but I'm afraid that that's not going to happen." Said Jake as he turned into his dragon form

The Drakion started laughing again, softly at first but slowly started getting louder until he seemed near hysterics. "You really think that you could beat me?! Ha! You are only a mere child while I have had hundreds of years of experience..."

Suddenly, the Drakion's form started changing. Gone were the black hair, pale complexion, and dark clothes. What was left was a pure black humanoid creature with long pointed claw-like hands and two bat like wings sprouted from his back. He had narrowed, glowing red eyes and he didn't look like he had a nose or a mouth.

"I'll give you one last chance American Dragon!" spoke the Drakion even without the use of a mouth. "Come with me quietly and there will be no need for bloodshed."

"Never! If your master is who I think he is then you can just forget it!"

The Drakion closed his eyes and started chuckling softly to himself. "So that is your choice. Good. I was hoping that you would say that!" He said, lunging suddenly at Jake with incredible speeds.

Jake barely had time to dodge before the Drakion came charging at him. Flying into the air, Jake retaliated by sending a blast of fire down on the Drakion. The Drakion dodged it with ease and flew up into the air after Jake, this time slashing him up his left side before Jake had a chance to react. Jake's wound wasn't very deep but it was painful and it was bleeding heavily.

Jake recovered fast regardless of the injury and shot another fire blast at the Drakion while he was flying by. The Drakion, not expecting Jake to recover that quickly, was caught by surprise this time and was sent crashing into a near by building. The Drakion seemed to be unfazed by the attack though as he pushed himself away from the building and flew up to face Jake

"Not bad at all Dragon. Your reflexes are fast but you still need a bit of work."

Jake just glared back at him in response and shot towards the Drakion before he had a chance to say anything else. The Drakion quickly flew up to dodge the attack and while Jake was flying beneath him, shot down and rammed Jake square in the back. Jake fell face first into the ground below and hit the ground hard. It took him longer to recover this time. The slashes down his side were starting to look infected and there was strange black goo oozing out of it. Jake was panting heavily as he got to his feet, holding his injured side as he did so.

The Drakion looked like he was smirking as he landed a few feet in front of him. "I see that you are starting to feel the effects of the poison I used on you."

"Poison...?" Asked Jake weakly. He was beginning to feel a little dizzy and he couldn't keep his eyes focused.

Holding up his right claw "Yes. You see the tips of my claws are coated with poison. I only use this when I need to end a fight quickly and as much as I would love to drag this on my master is very impatient and I don't want to make him angry by having him wait long. Don't worry though," he said after he saw the scared look on Jake's face "it isn't fatal in the right amounts, and it just weakens the victim to the extent where they can't even move."

Jake fell to his knees on the ground, his limbs giving out on him.The only thing keeping him from falling to his side was pure will power.

'What do I do?' Jake thought. 'I can't fight like this but I can't let myself get captured by this guy! I can't let that happen! Too many creatures depend on me for protection and if I'm gone then what? I can't, no, I won't give up!'

The look of amusement on the Drakion's face quickly changed to one of shock when he saw the dragon he thought was beat, begin to rise to his feet with renewed strength. That's not all! There was a soft golden glow surrounding his entire body and his eyes were shining brightly with the same golden light. Jake stared down the Drakion with an expressionless look on his face.

Without warning, Jake flew at the Drakion, slashing him across the chest with his claws all in the blink on an eye. The Drakion doubled over in pain from the unexpected attack but Jake wasn't done yet. Jake slammed his tail into the Drakion's back from behind, sending him flying face first into the concrete. Before the Drakion had a chance to recover, Jake picked him up by his wings and threw him into the nearest building, breaking down most of the wall in the process. Jake stopped his onslaught and stood still in a battle ready stance.

For a few seconds nothing happened until the sound of rocks being pushed aside broke through the silence. The Drakion slowly got to his feet, panting heavily with the effort. Leaning against the broken wall, he looked up at Jake and glared at him

"Alright Jake Long you win, for now." The Drakion said with a harsh voice. "But I will return and when I do you won't escape me again."

With that his body began to dissintigrate as he faded into the shadows. When he was sure that the Drakion was gone, Jake finally relaxed losing the golden glow still surrounding him as he did. All the exhaustion and pain from the battle finally came back to him, causing him to calapse to the ground. Changing back to his human form, Jake rolled over onto his back and let the sweet release of unconciousness take him.