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Now I have to ask. I'm almost at the ending with this story, would my readers like another story following this series? Or would you like me to end it with this story? Also would anyone like to read a story dealing with Amber in Jade's world? Please let me know in the comments.

Chapter 7

"I found them!" James finally exclaimed a day after the events of finding the spell.

"Perfect. Where are they?" Drago jumped over some boxes to stand next to his team mate as he waited for the information.

James hesitated.

"What?" Drago asked as his patience began to run out.

"Their back at Valmont's old company." He finally admitted, gaining Drago's stunned look.

The dragon pinched his lips together as he thought about his past at that forsaken place. His father had brutally tortured him to make him the demon he should have been. He had gained several scars from him, and that's where he grew to hate him. That's where he chose to run away and seek help from Jackie and Amber.

"Very well." He finally answered. "Let's go save Jade."

Jade was correct, because of her actions she was now going without meals. She felt weak and helpless. It didn't help that she couldn't pop her shoulder back into place on her own. Her limbs were now heavy and pulling on her hips and shoulders, causing them to throb in pain. She looked down to her right shoulder and watched as the jade slowly spread closer to her chest. She didn't know how much longer she had.

She took in a harsh breath as the throbbing in her shoulder increased. One thing that did make her grateful about this spell is it allowed her to move even as stone. She had no clue where her captor was at the moment, and she didn't care. All her hope about escaping was lost, and it would take Drago weeks to months on finding the chi.

Dang it, Drago! She screamed in her mind. Why are you even following the orders from a psychopath like him! This is just proving that you will do anything to save me.

She let out a sigh as her amber eyes gazed to the door beside her. I'm not worth this. You shouldn't worry about me like this. You should just take care of your world and people.

"Jade." She thought she heard a whisper but only passed it as her mind playing tricks on her. "Jade!"

The whisper came again, this time more persistent and more urgent. She looked around, hopeful for a moment but found nothing. Confusion came across her face as she continued to search the area.

A hand brushed her shoulder, but she looked and found nothing there. She finally admitted to herself that her sanity was failing her. There was no way she was going to get out.

"Come on, Jade." The voice was in her ear now. "Don't give up on me now."

She heard the chain on her ankle fall to the ground. Now she knew for sure that she wasn't imagining things. She still felt the hand on her shoulder as she looked to where they would have been. She kept her eyes on the area as soon enough a familiar face faded into existence.

"Drago?" her heart leapt with joy.

"Hey," he smiled at her sweetly as he let his claws caress her cheek. His smile faltered when he looked at her closely.

She was thinner since the last time he saw her. His gentle caress moved to cup her cheek as he watched her seem to fall weakly back to the wall. He also noticed that her arm hung limply to her side. There he finally got the answer he had been asking for days. Her hands were literally green and cold as stone.

"What did he do to you?" his eye glowed red with fury.

"Long story short, he cursed me with a spell that turns me into Jade. It's irreversible, and because I tried to escape he dislocated my arm." She explained as simply as she could.

"How recent?" his voice was filled with venom.

"The arm was yesterday. The spell was maybe about a week ago, I lost count of the days." She looked aside ashamed of herself.

He moved silently to her right side as he placed his hands on her arm. "This may hurt a bit."

Before truly giving her warning, he quickly shifted her arm and a pop filled the room. She let out a grunt of pain, but the pain she now suffered wasn't as bad as it had been before. The next thing she knew, she was carefully being lifted and helped across the room.

"We were able to find you because of my DNA matching Shendu's. He isn't here right now, but we don't want to take any chances."

Jade nodded as he led her out of the building. He continued. "James was able to figure out that spell you wrote down. We've set a trap so when Shendu comes we will banish him permanently to the Demon realm. He was also able to use a spell to give me a limited amount of time of invisibility, just in case he showed up again."

"Thank you." She whispered as they continued out the door to a bare field that use to be the parking lot to the company.

"It's about time." A snake like voice entered the area. "Now Drago, you wouldn't think that I would find out your plan to come save her."

"Shendu." Drago said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, and about your plans for banishing me to the Demon realm? Your friends are a little tied up at the moment." The larger demon held up his hand and showed Jackie and James tied together with a rope. "Now you either get back to finding my chi, or your team mates and your girl will get it."

"Don't listen to him, Drago. He's just trying to manipulate you." Jackie shouted to him. "Just get Jade out of here, don't worry about us."

Drago stared at them wide eyed as he tried to figure out a way to save them all. What was he to do? He looked to Jade who kept looking at him, then down to his belt. He took a quick glance down and saw the small throwing stars he kept.

He looked to her again and gave a small nod. Agreeing to the plan. Quickly he let her go and threw the stars cutting the rope, freeing his team.

The battle had begun.