Chapter Nine
The cat and hedgehogs looked at the burnt down villages that were the remains of Blaze's kingdom. Ash floated down on them as they looked for the giant fire
beast.
"Where is he?" Icefire asked as she walked up to one of the burning houses.
"He was here a moment ago." Blaze answered as she scraped some of the ash from a piece of wood.
"So where is he now?" Icefire knelt down to pick up a toy.
"There is no way you could have lost a beast that big… could you?" Silver asked as he took the toy from Icefire and looked at it.
"Oh, he's somewhere around here." Blaze said.
Just as soon as she said that the ground shook, making all of them stumble and look up to see the head and shoulders of Calcifer. Fire erupted from his mouth as he
walked towards them.
"He doesn't seem to be noticing us." Icefire called as she and the others scrambled out of the way from Calcifer's path. "Is he blind?"
"No, he's just bigger than us, you two will have to go up there and distract him, hurt him, kill him, do whatever it takes to stop him." Blaze said as she ran up to the
top of a building. "I'll attack him from down below."
"Right." Silver nodded. "It's time this beast dies."
Silver flew up into the air towards Calcifer. Icefire hesitated, remembering when they had killed the same beast, only to find out that he wanted to go home. She
jumped into the air and flew up beside Silver.
Calcifer looked at the two hedgehogs with his four eyes. "You're here to stop me?"
Both hedgehogs glanced at each other.
"Then let's begin." Calcifer roared and shot out a mouthful of fire at the two.
Both hedgehogs jumped to the sides, barely avoiding the fire. Then Silver started ramming into the head of the beast. Icefire made slivers of ice and threw them at
the lave dragon, he roared in pain as they hit his neck and chest.
Silver levitated boulders and smacked them into Calcifer. The beast turned on Silver and lunged at the hedgehog but stumbled when Blaze sent a flurry of attacks on
his feet. Silver and Icefire swooped up to the head of the beast and hammered it with sharp rocks.
Calcifer shook his head and blew out smoke. He then snapped at them trying to grab them with his mouth. Silver dodged it but Icefire got caught by one of his
teeth. Calcifer, realizing that he had Icefire, flung her into the air and enclosed his jaws around her.
"Icefire!" Silver shouted.
He then started to attack Calcifer's head with boulders and kicks.
The fire dragon growled. "I'll burn her."
Silver immediately stopped and looked at Calcifer in exasperation. Blaze ran towards the dragon's feet and hammered them with more kicks. Calcifer narrowed his
eyes and steam streamed from his mouth.
"Blaze, stop!" Silver ordered.
The cat stopped what she was doing and looked up at the hedgehog.
"Calcifer has Icefire!"
Blaze rolled her eyes and stepped back from Calcifer's feet. More steam gushed out from Calcifer's mouth, he shook his head. He then spat Icefire out who was
encased in a sheet of ice. Silver caught her with his powers and sat her on the ground; he started hammering on the ice block trying to get her out. The ice started
to crack until it was nothing more but pieces on the ground.
"You alright?" Silver asked once Icefire was out.
"Fine." Icefire responded.
"We got to keep fighting." Blaze ran up to them and pointed towards Calcifer. "If he survives then it will be all over for my kingdom."
"We know, Blaze." Silver snapped. "We're trying our best."
"Your best isn't good enough." With that Blaze ran back towards Calcifer.
"You stay here." Silver said and shot up into the air to attack the beast.
"'You stay here'?" Icefire growled as she held her arm, trying to make the blood stop. "I can still fight you know."
She shot up into the air alongside Silver and pounded more ice shards into Calcifer.
"I thought I told you to stay down there!" Silver said as he hit Calcifer in the head again.
"And let you have all the fun? No way." Icefire dodged a swipe from the dragon's claws and nailed him in the muzzle.
"All right but—" Calcifer smacked Silver to the ground with his claw. He then went down on all fours and glared at Silver.
"You are very persistent." He growled. "But no longer."
He opened his mouth and let out a ball of fire; Silver closed his eyes and waited for his death. A death that he knew was to come.