Chapter 16
Scorch was still taking it all in. What just-how-what? The chains? The armor?
"Come on, Scorch! You're free! What are you waiting for?" Hurricane started yanking him out of the cage, saw his confused look, and sighed. "I-I guess I'm an animus. I don't know why it was triggered just now. But an animus isn't going to stop the whole SkyWing army! We have to go now!"
They lifted off away from the tower, and despite his surprise, Scorch had an idea. "The prisoners!"
"Whaaat about them?" Hurricane asked, glancing around for danger as they hovered above the sandy grounds below. "If you release them, they could help us escape by distracting the soldiers!"
"Or they could attack us, camel-brain!" Komodo winged in with Phantom. Oh. Right. So maybe… "Only release the ones who are worthy to leave, then!" He countered.
"Well, how are we supposed to know who's worthy to leave, and who's not?" Komodo hissed back. "The animus magic will decide." Phantom croaked. So he's on my side for once. I wonder why?
"Okay, I'll try." Hurricane sighed and concentrated. "Chains," she mumbled, "Release the prisoners who want to go home and forget this war. Oh, also only the ones who won't attack us." He heard rattling and about one hundred dragons, all of different colors, took to the air, fleeing from the SkyWings and some SandWings.
She released her breath, and missed a wingbeat. "Are you okay?" Scorch asked, worried.
"Y-yeah." Hurricane practically whispered. Her eyes looked darker and lost their shine. There was almost a cold aura about her. Phantom twitched, growled, dived, and Scorch, Hurricane, and Komodo flew after him as a patrol of SkyWings launched themselves at the dragonets.
"OUT OF THE WAY!" a mystery voice yelled. A crack that sounded like lightning sounded and Scorch lit himself on fire in front of his friends to defend them. But what he saw quenched his fire and left them wide-eyed.
Shimmer was shoving the soldiers out of the air, shocking them until they were paralyzed and plummeted to the sand. She was a flash of emerald, gold, and aquamarine as she slashed, ripped, and electrocuted to protect them.
The SkyWings were left sprawled out on the arena, twitching with every electric wave that flowed through their body.
"S-so," Shimmer stammered, rubbing her claws, "Mind if I join?"
Okay, I have lots of thing to say, but I'll just state these:
Yes, FrostFlight4, Enmity will appear soon.
FinallyShimmer is introduced to the group!
This book has several chapters left, including the Epilogue.
Oh, and the guardians didn't disappear, they just haven't showed up yet.