Jake Long III (Season Two)

Chapter/Episode Fifteen: Leaving the Past Behind

"Okay, hopefully we're getting close." Rose said as she, Rosie, Lucero, Patience, Noelia and the now dragon-formed Essence turned around a corner, but to their disappointment, they found that it was just another empty hall. Sighing, Rose and the others kept walking.

"I'm surprised we haven't been sent back to 2085 yet." Noelia pointed out.

"Got to be any minute now." Rose said.

"This has been the longest hour of my life." Lucero said.

This made Rose smile. "I just might agree with you." Rose said. "Of course, I've been through a lot in my life."

"Do you think that anyone will believe us when we tell them that we got sent back in time by some magic?" Noelia blurted out.

Rose's smile widened. "You'll certainly have a vivid tale to tell." She said. "If they don't believe you, then they're either crazy or in denial."

Then, as they continued on, Rose laughed. "I know that my husband will get a kick out of this." She said.

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On the Island of Draco, the dragon-formed Jake Long had a scowl on his face as he stood alone in the Main Hall. He was leaning against the large table that he and the other Councilors sat out. Crossing his arms, Jake only had to wait another few seconds before the doors to the Main Hall were opened, the dragon-formed Holly walking in, followed by a female dragon that was a light brown color. She had long, curly blonde hair, but she had two sets of bangs, one of which was dyed red, the other dyed green. Accompanying her were two male dragons, one was a light orange color with swirling blue lines on his right arm. The other male dragon was red-colored, but also had a blue streak going down the left side of his face.

"Sorry if I kept you waiting." Holly said as she reached Jake. "I just needed to get some Agents who could accompany you."

"Agent Magness..." Jake looked at the lone female, before looking over at the orange and blue dragon. "...Agent Custard..." and finally, the red and blue-colored dragon. "...Agent Icenhour. Are you sure they'll be enough? You sent more than double that with my Rose, and according to your scumbag of a mother, they're all dead."

"These Agents, Jake..." Holly said. "...Are willing to put their lives on the line for you and Rose. Show a little respect."

"Fine." Jake said. "I'll give each and every one of them a big, sloppy dragon kiss once we have Rose and your mother. Happy?"

With a sad smile, Holly lowered her head. "Situations like these always bring out the worst in you, Jake." She said.

"I know." Jake said as he walked around her, reaching the three Agents. "Which one of you am I going to travel with?" He asked them.

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Back in the Huntslair, Rose and the others turned down another hall, and to their relief, they could see that that fallen statue was right at the end of the hall. It could only mean one thing. They had found the way out.

Of course, Rosie and her friends, who had not been with Rose and her Agents when they had first entered the lair, had no idea that they had just found their way out.

"It looks like there was a huge battle in there." Noelia said, unaware of Rose's big, almost goofy grin.

"There was!" Rose said.

"You sound strangely happy about that." Rosie said.

"I am..." Rose nodded. "...Because this is the way we came in. Girls...congratulations. We have just found our way out."

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"So, what happened out there?" Patience asked as she and the others continued to make their way down the hall.

"This was where my team and I were betrayed and attacked." Rose said. "After all you've seen, I think you'll be able to handle it, but be warned. There are bodies out there. Good dragons lost their lives in there."

As soon as they reached the fallen statue, Rose and the others stooped. "Okay..." Rose told the younger dragons. "...Stay here. I'm going to go in there and see if it's all clear."

"It's the way out." Lucero said. "It should be safe."

"We'll see." Rose told her. Then, she flapped her wings and flew over the statue, landing in the room. Looking around, Rose could see that the room was empty, all except for Stitt and Ridlon's bodies.

"Is it safe?" She heard Noelia ask.

"Just a second!" Rose said before she started to walk over to where Ridlon and Stitt were lying. Unbeknownst to Rose, Mrs. Jennings was pressed up against the ceiling, watching her with an evil smile on her face.

As soon as she reached the bodies of the two Agents, Rose knelt down and picked up their staffs. Then, she got back up to her feet, turning around to face the hall again. "Yeah." Rose said as she started to walk toward the hall. "It's all clear. You can come out now."

Rose stopped as she got close enough to the fallen statue, watching as the girls all flew over the statue, landing. "Girls." Rose smiled. "We've fought long and hard these past minutes. In only one short our, we've worked together and made it out with our lives. Now, I don't know about you, but I want to go home."

"Agreed." All of the girls, even Rosie, said.

"Then let's get out of here." Rose said as she started to turn around.

Rose, Rosie, Noelia, Lucero, Patience and Essence all started to walk forward, but as Mrs. Jennings dropped down from the ceiling, they all stopped abruptly, a look of horror appearing on Rose's face as she watched Mrs. Jennings straighten up after landing in a crouched position.

"You're not going anywhere." Mrs. Jennings said with an evil smile on her face. "It's a shame that you came this far, fought so hard. You should have just stayed where you were, girl and Agent. Now, you all die."

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As they faced Mrs. Jennings, Rose started to breathe heavily. "What's taking so long?" She asked herself, although the others could hear her. "It feels like it's been so long! The hour should be up!"

"That's where you're wrong, Agent." Mrs. Jennings continued to smile. "Of course it feels like it's been longer than one hour when you're fighting and running for your lives. And to be sure, their time here is just about up. Not yet, though. No, I have just enough time to kill them. In reality, they still have a little over five minutes left."

"That's not long enough to kill them all!" Rose exclaimed angrily. "Not while I'm here!" With a roar, she threw Stitt's staff at the evil dragon, but Mrs. Jennings just continued to smile as she ran forward. As soon as she got close enough to the flung staff, she grunted and spun, lashing her tail out and slicing the staff in half.

As the two halves fell to the floor, Mrs. Jennings lashed her tail out and wrapped it around Rose's neck, immediately pulling Rose forward and off of her feet before she could react in any way.

Mrs. Jennings threw Rose over her head, Rose grunting as she landed on her face. Groaning, she opened her eyes to see Mrs. Jennings staring down at her. "You look like you're in a little too much pain to do anything." Mrs. Jennings mocked her.

"Give me a minute." Rose told her, her voice cracking.

"All the time I need." Mrs. Jennings smiled.

"To kill me?" Rose challenged. "Well, do it!"

"Not you." Mrs. Jennings' smile widened. "Your young back-up from the future."

"No!" Rose begged. "No! You promised that you'd let them go! They can't bother you once they go back to their proper place in time!"

"Well, I'm breaking my promise." Mrs. Jennings said. "Just like you broke yours. You've all just really made me angry tonight. So...you all die." Leaving Rose on the floor, Mrs. Jennings briefly ran towards the remaining girls before she gained enough speed and jumped into the air, starting to fly towards them.

Alone, Rose groaned in pain. Clutching Ridlon's staff, Rose tried to sit up, but after only moving three or so inches off of the ground, she cried out in pain as lied back down.

Flying towards Rosie, Noelia, Patience, Essence and Lucero, Mrs. Jennings opened her mouth and blew out a giant torrent of fire. However, before it could hit any of the girls, they all flapped their wings and flew into the air.

Stopping together, Rosie and Noelia looked down and both blew out torrents of fire, combining them into one large wave of fire. Mrs. Jennings, however, was able to avoid the torrent by flying up beside it, her back to the flames.

Once she reached the two, she slammed her tail into their bellies, making their fire vanish as the grunted and were thrown higher up into the air, finally slamming against the wall, their heads only inches away from hitting the ceiling.

Growling with anger, Mrs. Jennings flew up to the dazed dragons and grabbed them by their necks. She then pulled them away and spun around, throwing them to the ground. As Rosie and Noelia fell, they reverted to their human forms.

However, long before they could hit the ground, Lucero and Essence swooped up and caught them, Lucero grabbing Noelia and Essence grabbing Rosie. Growling with anger, Mrs. Jennings dove down, and as she reached them, she slammed her tail into both Lucero and Essence. Grunting, Essence and Lucero were thrown back, releasing Rosie and Noelia, who both started to plummet to the ground again. However, before they could hit the ground, they transformed back into their dragon forms in bright lights.

After being hit by Mrs. Jennings, Essence and Lucero fell back down on the ground with loud thuds. Nearby, Rose groaned in pain as she slowly managed to sit up. Hissing in pain, she used her free hand to reach behind and touch her back.

Back up in the air, Mrs. Jennings roared as she came down, slamming her tails into Rosie and Noelia, who were flying up to attack her. Grunting, both dragons started to fall, both landing on their backs on the floor.

Chuckling evilly, Mrs. Jennings stared down at Rosie and Noelia until she grunted in pain, being thrown forward when Patience slammed her tail into her back.

Managing to stop herself, Mrs. Jennings turned around in the air to face Patience, who brought up her clawed hands, preparing for a fight.

"I've defeated all of your friends." Mrs. Jennings said with an evil smile. "Do you really think that you're any match for me?" Just after she finished saying this, a green blast of plasma hit her from behind. Mrs. Jennings reacted immediately, screaming in agony as Patience gasped. Then, Mrs. Jennings dropped, falling to the ground, Rosie and Noelia scrambling away so that she wouldn't fall on them.

As Patience landed on the ground next to Noelia, the two girls hugging each other, Rosie turned around to see her grandmother lowering the staff, groaning from the pain in her back.

"Is she dead?" Patience asked as she, Noelia and Rosie walked up to Rose.

In response, Rose glanced at the staff that she held. "No." Rose finally said, sounding disappointed. "The staff was set on stun. She'll be out for fifteen or so minutes."

"That'll be long enough for us to safely return home!" Noelia said happily.

"More than." Rose forced herself to smile. "It'll also give me more than enough time to come back in here and teleport her back to the Island of Draco. When she wakes up, she'll be in a prison cell."

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A few moments later, Rose led Rosie, Noelia, Patience, Essence and Lucero all exited the lair, where they could all see the bodies of Schober, Zajicek, Oquendo and Czeberwinski. "Man..." Was all Noelia could say.

"Those poor dragons." Essence added.

"I know." Rose said sadly. Then, she took a step forward and turned around to face the girls. Once again, she forced a smile on her face. "At least we made it out. Those who have taken their lives either have already faced justice or soon will. And now...you all are safe to go back home. I...I'm sorry...that I brought you here."

"It's okay." Noelia said. "You needed help."

As Noelia said this, Rosie shook her head. "No." Rosie said, taking a step forward so that she was right in front of her grandmother. "I'm the one that's sorry."

"What do you have to be sorry for?" Rose asked.

"I was so mean to you." Rosie said. "I thought you were a bad person. But after we were put in the dungeon together, I started to doubt that. Now, I see. You're not a bad person."

"Thank you." Rose said softly, smiling happily.

"Thank you." Rosie said. "Thank you for bringing us here."

The second after Rosie said this, the same red, electrical light that had pulled Rosie and her friends back in time appeared out of thin air, and once again, Rosie, Noelia, Patience, Essence and Lucero all started to glow red.

"Rosie!" Noelia said happily as she looked down at her glowing red body. "Rosie, we get to go home!"

However, when she heard a scream coming from Rose, Noelia's smile vanished and she looked up. She, Rosie, Essence, Lucero and Patience all watched with looks of horror on their faces as Rose fell back onto the ground.

"Grandma?" Rose asked worriedly, but before any of them could do anything, they all got sucked into the red electrical light once again, all of them screaming. After getting sucked in, the bright red electrical light vanished into thin air, leaving Rose lying unconscious on the ground.

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In 2085, the red electrical light reappeared in Central Park, right in the area where Rosie and her friends had been when they were summoned. Rosie, Noelia, Essence, Patience and Lucero were all spat out of the light, being set down on their backs, all unconscious, before the red electrical light vanished into thin air.

Rosie and her friends were home.

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Back in 2033, three orbs of green light appeared near the Huntslair, Agents Magness and Icenhour having transported alone, while Jake had accompanied Agent Custard. As soon as the green orb faded, Jake stepped away from Custard and then hurried forward.

"Come on." Jake urged them.

"Wait." Agent Custard's voice made Jake stop in his tracks.

"What?" Jake asked as he turned to face the Councilors.

"It could be dangerous in there." Agent Custard said. "We should have a plan. A plan that we follow to the letter. No deviations, Councilor." He narrowed his eyes.

"I don't like your tone, Agent." Jake narrowed his eyes. "I'm sorry if you think that you're in charge, but you're not. Now, let me tell you something. There are two things that we need to do." He held up two clawed fingers. "Number one: fry that witch. Number two: save Rose. Now come on." He repeated as she turned around, starting to walk to the lair-turned-home.

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A few moments later, Jake, Magness, Custard and Icenhour all stepped into the front entrance of the lair, where they all froze, seeing the bodies of Oquendo, Czeberwinski, Zajicek, Schober and...

"Rose!" Jake shouted, his eyes filled with worry as he ran off, jumping over Oquendo and Czeberwinski's bodies.

"I guess that's one thing down." Custard said.

"I hope she isn't dead like the others." Magness said. As she said this, Agent Icenhour walked over to the bodies of Oquendo and Czeberwinski and crouched down. "What are you doing?" Magness asked.

"I'm checking to see if they're alive." Icenhour said as he reached down, feeling for pulses on the necks of the two fallen Agents.

"Councilor Jennings said that her mother told her that only Agent Long was alive." Magness said.

"I just feel like this is the right thing to do." Icenhour said. "She could have been wrong, maybe even lied. Maybe these Agents were left for dead."

"Find any pulse?" Magness asked.

"Not yet." Icenhour said as he turned his head to the side. "You can help by checking for pulses from the others."

"Got it." Magness said before she walked over to where Zajicek was lying, leaving Custard behind.

Meanwhile, Jake crouched down at Rose's side, his face filled with worry. "Rose?" He asked, looking down at her. "Rose, please don't be dead." Jake begged before he reached down and touched the side of her neck, feeling for a pulse.

He found one quickly.

Looking up, Jake sighed with relief. "Councilor Long?" Magness spoke, making Jake quickly turn his head to the side, where he could see Magness, Icenhour and Custard at the body of Agent Schober.

"They're all dead." Icenhour said. "Confirmed."

"She's alive." Jake said, struggling to keep the tears of happiness from rolling down his face. "I need you to go inside and look around. We need confirmation on Agent Orth, Agent Bracewell, Agent Mercer, Agent Bouknight, Agent Ridlon, Agent Hennessey and Agent Stitt."

"Yes, sir." Icenhour said before he and Magness started to walk inside, leaving only Agent Custard behind.

"Wait." Custard narrowed his eyes. "You're not going in there? Why the hell not?"

"I'm staying here to keep an eye on my wife, if that's okay with you, Colonel Mustard." Jake narrowed his eyes.

"Don't call me that!"

"Do your job and maybe I'll remember to address you by your real name, Agent." Jake told him.

"Councilor Long!" Came a call from Agent Magness.

"Yeah?!" Jake called back.

"Councilor Jennings' mother is here!" Magness called back. "Agent Icenhour and I have her cuffed."

"Great!" Jake smiled. "Anything else?"

"Yeah!" Icenhour called. "Agent Ridlon, Agent Stitt and Agent Mercer are all in here, too. They're all dead."

His face darkening, Jake spoke to Agent Custard again: "Go in there and help them."

Without a word, Agent Custard did as he was told. As Custard passed by them, Jake turned his head back to normal and looked back down at his wife, putting his hand against her cheek.

"It's okay, Rose." He told her. "I love you."

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Moaning, Rose slowly opened her eyes to see that Jake and Holly were both standing over her. It took her a few seconds to realize that she was in her human form, lying in a hospital bed, Jake and Holly on each side of her bed while the human-formed Custard, Icenhour and Magness all stood at the foot of the bed.

"Glad to see you're awake and okay." Jake smiled at her.

"Wh...What happened?" Rose asked.

"We were hoping that you could tell us." Holly said.

"I...I can't." Rose said, sounding distressed. She was trying her hardest to remember what had happened before she had woken up in this bed, but she couldn't remember anything."

Realizing how distressed Rose sounded, Jake said softly: "Easy now. Just relax. What's the last thing you remember?"

"I...I...I...I don't know." Rose struggled to remember. "I...I...I...I...I remember..."

"Yes?" Jake pushed.

"I remember..." Rose finally managed to recall. "...I remember entering the Huntslair with my Agents and Vixen and Cimberleigh. I remember..." Then, Rose stopped, her eyes widening. "...I remember Cimberleigh and Vixen! They killed Stitt and Ridlon!"

"Good." Holly said. "What else?"

"I...I can't remember anything else." Rose said. "That's the last thing I remember. Wh...What day is it?"

"May 5th." Jake smiled. "Don't worry. You were only out for the night. It's 9:30 in the morning."

"What happened last night?" Rose asked. "Stitt, Ridlon and Mercer were killed, but what about everyone else?"

"All dead." Holly said. "You were the lone survivor."

"Everyone?" Rose asked, her eyes widening. "Really?"

"Except for maybe Agent Bouknight." Jake said. "We couldn't find any sign of her. We found the bodies of everyone else. Just not her. Of course, we can only assume she's dead as well."

"We'll be holding a funeral for her, as well." Holly said.

"So...the mission was a failure?" Rose asked.

"Oh, it was a success." Holly grinned.

"It...It was?" Rose asked, confused.

"Rose..." Holly said. "...My mother and Affendi Zakhlis are both back in our custody. The Agents that lost their lives last night can rest well knowing that justice will be served."

"Take our word for it." Magness spoke up, making Rose lift her head up. "The Dragon Council Agents are very happy to see them behind bars. After hearing how many Agents they killed last night, many Agents paid a visit to them in their cells last night."

"Wh...What are you three doing here?" Rose asked. "N...Not to sound rude, or anything."

"Not at all." Icenhour smiled. "You must be really confused. We don't take offense."

"Rose, these are the Agents that accompanied Jake to come rescue you." Holly said as Rose set her head back down. "They're the ones who captured my mother and Affendi."

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Now alone, Holly, in her dragon form, walked down the halls of the prison. As soon as she reached the cell that her dragon-formed mother was sitting in, shackled to wall and with rotten fruit all over her body, she stopped and looked in.

"Hi." Holly smiled while her mother scowled. "That look suits you."

"Cruel and unusual treatment, Holly." Mrs. Jennings spat. "Your Agents shouldn't be allowed to treat me that way."

"You and your minions murdered eleven Agents last night..." Holly said as she leaned forward and grabbed hold of two of the bars. "They're just reacting to the loss of their own. Oh, and not to mention the murders of Bìhăi and Kiew Fa."

"I've done worse." Mrs. Jennings sneered. "I killed your precious TJ."

"And for all of those murders, including TJ and Councilor Rin..." Holly smiled bitterly, trying to hide the pain that the loss of her brother still caused her. "...You will forever rot in this cell."

"I doubt that very much." Mrs. Jennings smiled. "I've gotten out of here before. I'll do it again."

"No." Holly took a step away from the bars. "Only over my dead body."

"Don't say that, Holly darling." Mrs. Jennings mocked. "That just might happen."

"You will never leave this cell, mother." Holly narrowed her eyes. "Not alive, anyway."

"Be prepared to eat those words, Holly." Mrs. Jennings smiled. "I'll get out. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not even this week, this month or this year. But I'll get out."

"You know what?" Holly crossed her scaly arms. "You've just earned yourself guards. Congratulations, mother. You get to be the only inmate in this prison to have guards at your cell twenty-four-seven."

"I'm honored."

Scowling, Holly lowered her arms to her sides and turned, quickly walking away, leaving her mother to smile in her cell.

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Back in 2085, Jake III was lying on his side in his bed at night, fast asleep. However, without warning, the door to his room swung open and his father stepped inside, turning on the light. Startled, Jake III jolted awake and quickly rolled over, sitting up.

"Jake!"

"What?"

"Your sister!" It was then that Jake could see that his father had tears in his eyes. "She's been found!"

"She has?" Jake III asked sleepily.

"She's at the police station." Jake Jr. told his son. "Your mother and I are going down there. You can come if you want."

"No thanks, Dad." Jake said before he yawned. After he finished yawning, he added: "I'm really tired and I was having a good sleep."

"Understood." Jake Jr. said with a nod. "Goodnight, Jake. I'll see you in the morning."

"Okay." Jake said.

Jake Jr. then turned off his son's light and closed the door. Yawning, Jake III lied down on his back, staring up at the ceiling. "Rosie..." Was all he said.

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At the police station, Rosie, Noelia, Essence, Patience and Lucero were all seated at a table in their human forms, all of them looking confused, even scared in the cases of Noelia and Essence. Finally, the door to the room opened and a police officer stepped inside.

After turning to close the door, the police officer turned to face the girls again, walking over to the table.

Rosie and her friends watched as the officer pulled up a chair and then sat down. "I just finished calling all of your parents." The police officer said. "They've been very worried about you." Then, he shook his head. "What were you girls thinking?"

"About what?" Noelia asked.

"Causing your families all this heartache!" The police officer said. "Did you even consider the fact that they would worry about you?"

While Rosie lowered her head in shame, Noelia and the others seemed confused. "W...We don't know what you're talking about." Noelia said. "Really, we don't."

"Your parents came to us to help them find you."

"Why?" Patience asked. "They knew that we were in Central Park. If they were so concerned, then why didn't they just come to get us?"

"They did." The officer crossed his arms. "They all went down there when you didn't come home that night. You weren't there."

"Huh?" Noelia asked.

"Do I really need to repeat myself?" The officer asked.

"Um, yeah." Noelia said. "You should, because we have no idea what you just said."

"Is that so?" The police officer lifted an eyebrow.

"We never left Central Park." Lucero said.

"Yes, you did."

"No, we didn't." Rosie said as she jerked her head up. "Okay, I might have run away, but I had every intent to return home. We just must have fallen asleep."

"Do you sleepwalk?" The police officer asked sarcastically.

"No." Rosie crossed her arms as well.

"How about the rest of you girls?" The police officer had an amused look on his face.

"No, we don't." Noelia said.

"Then you did more than fall asleep." The police officer said. "You've been missing for weeks. It's April now."

"Huh?" All of the girls responded, their eyes widening.

However, before anything else could be said, the door to the room was opened, Jake Jr. and his wife hurrying into the room.

"Rosie!" They both said in unison.

"Oh boy..." Rosie lowered her head again, not wanting to meet her parents' gaze.

"Aw, Mr. and Mrs. Long." The police officer got up from the chair and turned to face the two parents, who had both looked both relieved and furious at the same time.

"Can we bring our daughter home now?" Jake Jr. asked.

"Certainly."

"Rosaline Long, we're going." Jake Jr. said as he turned and stormed out of the room, Rosie nervously lifting her head up to see the police officer sitting down while her mother crossed her arms.

"I-" Rosie tried.

"Don't." Her mother said angrily. "Save it for when we get home. We expect a really good reason for why you had us worry for over a month. Until then, I don't want a word out of you."

Trembling slightly, Rosie got up while her friends watched her. Following her mother out the door, Rosie knew that things were going to get ugly very, very soon.

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A/N: So ends the season. So, yes. Rose, Rosie and her friends don't remember what happened once Rose used the magic. I'll just admit right now that there's no in-universe reason for this happening. So I don't have to spoil you now, I'll explain why later.

So, please review. Season Three will be up soon and will start with Jake's first day of training and the conclusion of the 2033 story-line. That's right, it's still not over yet!