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I know it's short, but I am in a sort of block. I will take suggestions, please help. Thanks for staying with me.

Chapter 3

Under an intolerable amount of large boulders, all life seemed to be stilled. As all life seemed to be hopeless, a boulder began to crumble and move. As it was pushed out of the way, a groan escaped from the throats of three men. Drago used what was left of his dragon strength to force the smashed part of the building away from them, before collapsing to the ground from exhaustion.

James let out a rough breath as he tried to clear the dirt contaminated air from his face. "So we have to go through those sort of test for how many temples?"

"Seven, including this one." Jackie said.

The chi wizard's head dropped. "Can we survive that?"

"We have to." Drago jumped in. "For Jade."

"I got that," James said slightly annoyed. "I know we are doing this for Jade, but can we really make it through these tests, survive, and get Jade out of the clutches of your father. Who, you said, was gone after the battle that Captain Black died at."

Drago growled and grabbed hold of the collar of his shirt and held him to the broken wall behind him. Jackie rushed over and worked on pulling Drago away, but couldn't hold back the strength of a Dragon. The dragon's breath came out in hot breaths, close to fire escaping the abyss of anger.

Drago sucked in a breath of air and squeezed his eyes shut. After letting out the breath he stiffly let go of James and dropped his arms. He pulled in another harsh breath and turned to continue through the temple.

"Sorry, James. I just don't like talking about it, especially if Jade's involved." He said with his head slightly turned to them. "Let's get the chi."

With that, he continued though the temple to the center of the massive structure. In the center of the large room stood a pedestal where a Gardenia flower was placed, glowing a purple hue. Drago walked to it and picked it up from its resting place. The flower was placed into its case that James had made and was put away in the backpack they had brought.

"One down six to go." Jackie said.

"The next one will be in New Orleans, the Lotus." The dragon said to his companions.

"Lotus," James said contemplating.

Drago started to growl again. "Don't do it."

James continued. "New Orleans doesn't have any Lotus.' They have Lilies."

"James!" Jackie called, catching his attention. "You are not helping the situation. Drago is already on the end of his rope."

Drago was already breathing heavily and trying to prevent any violent actions. He bit the bottom of his lip and continued to walk out the destroyed building. He looked up to the sky as soon as he was outside.

"Wait for me Jade." He begged. "Wait for me."

Jade held her knee's close and glared at the dragon before her. She was starving, thanks to her captor deciding that one meal a day was enough. Though the meal was good, it wasn't a lot. She would have to make it work.

Finally, the time came for her small meal. She was served the same as before. Just what she needed. As Shendu opened the cage, he placed the food in front of her, allowing her to take her chance. Using her foot, she lifted the bowl of steaming hot miso soup and kicked it into his eyes. He let out a roar of pain and fell back, giving Jade the chance to leave the unlocked cage.

She jumped out and used her leg to trip the large demon before she made a break for it to the door. She sprinted as fast as she could, but in the end couldn't flee from the dragon. Shendu grabbed hold of one of her legs and lifted her into the air.

"That will pay you dearly, girl." He said through squinted eyes, where the scales began to change color from the scalding liquid. "You should have waited for your dear Drago to save you before attacking like that. Now you will pay for it."

He walked back over to the cage and threw her in harshly, giving her several more bruises for her collection. Shendu closed and locked the cage before turning away from her. She pulled herself up and groaned in pain from the beating she took.

Plan A was a dud. She thought. Now, what's plan B?