Here we go! Sadly, this is the last chapter of Return. I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 8

Drago was quickly thrown against a wall. He grunted at the pain he had and slid to the ground, landing on his hands and knees. Jackie was working his best to keep Shendu's attention on him while James tried to compensate for the lack of time for the banishing spell.

Jade ran over to Drago and helped him up. She kept a hand on his chest and he held it close. He let out a harsh breath as he spoke.

"I don't know what to do. He was supposed to be gone. I'm sorry Jade." He had failed.

Jade quickly snapped him out of his thoughts by wrapping her arms around his neck. "You're trying, that's all I ask. I'll help with the attack. Just protect James long enough for him to cast the spell."

"No," Drago grabbed her arm before she walked off. "You're too weak from lack of food, and you won't be as affective with half your body being made of jade."

She glared at him, but didn't say anything.

"I don't want you hurt, please, find someplace safe and wait until we are done. I'm certain James can find a chance to make the spell." He explained. He held her shoulders trying to emphasis his need of her to stay there.

She disagreed with him but didn't argue. She was weak because of how the hostage situation went, and her arms and legs were heavy. She went to move a moment, but she noticed it was much harder. She placed her jade hand on her hip and felt nothing. The curse had spread to her torso and now it was extremely hard to move.

A loud sound caught her attention from her stone like form. She watched as Drago was thrown back, breaking through a window. Without paying attention to her changing body. Jade ran towards the area Drago was thrown. She made it there with little time and saw him lying on the ground surrounded by glass. The scene before her broke her heart.

Drago had gotten several deep lacerations from the glass. And his blood started to mix with the shards. Jade ran over to him and gently held him up to see the extent of his wounds. There was a large piece of glass in is back. Jade placed her had on it and quickly pulled it down to prevent any other damage. She had to act fast. She used all her strength to help him up and take him to where she could quickly bind his wounds to the best of her extent.

She cursed at herself. Having no feeling in her hands made it infinitely harder to work. She did what she could to stop the bleeding, but luckily he would heal fast.

There was a loud bang which caused Jade to run to the window. Jackie and James were still working on defeating Shendu.

That's it! She thought. Making a quick apology to Drago with her heart, she ran out to help. She jumped up in the air and used the momentum to kick the large Demon in the chest, sending him sliding a few feet.

"Jade!" Jackie called.

"Not now!" She retorted, "Right now we need to focus on this."

The battle continued, giving James enough time to focus on the spell. He started his incantation right wen Jade was thrown to the side, getting caught by a now conscious Drago.

"I thought I told you…"

"I know, but you were down for the count for a moment and they needed help. If I didn't do anything they would be dead."

Drago didn't say anything, but he did push her out of the way in time for when Shendu's tail whipped around and hit him in the side, causing him to fly into a nearby wall. He groaned and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

Just seconds passed as the wind began to pick up from the portal being formed behind Shendu. He let out a growl of anger as he resisted the pulling force of the spell. He slowly began to walk away from the portal, each step being harder than the last. He began to slide back but the demon continued to resist.

Jade was next to Drago, protecting him from anything that might come. The spell wasn't enough though. He needed to be forced in, in some way. A thought came to the heroine's mind, and Drago wouldn't like it. She looked over to him, his glare trained on his father who was refusing to be pulled into the demon world. He held onto her hand with a grip that would have been near beyond painful, but Jade could feel nothing except the pressure.

She took her free hand and placed it on his cheek, making him look at her. His angry eyes changed once they landed on her. She pressed her lips to his in a desperate plea. After parting, confusion and longing became the emotions controlling his life at the moment. Before he could react, she was up and running towards Shendu.

"Jade!" He called but fell after the pain that racked his body prevented from moving to stop her.

She didn't listen to the protests of Drago and the rest of the team as she jumped up and twisted in the air and use the force of both her legs to hit the large dragon square in the chest, giving the final shove into the portal. One thing was wrong with the plan though, it was a sacrifice mission for Jade.

The portal closed, both Shendu and Jade missing from the scene. James, Jackie, and Drago stared at the position Jade once was at. They were silent in complete shock as the fact that she was gone.

"No." Drago whispered, he stood once again but collapsed once more. He took all his strength to finally stand and semi run over to where she was. He stared at the spot where she was before the portal closed. He felt a hand on his shoulder, causing him to jump and turn and grab James by the shoulders.

"Tell me we can get her back." He begged.

James was shaken by the sudden question before he answered. "The spell is a binding banishment. I can't bring her back."

Drago dropped James in defeat. She's gone. He stared at the ground and tried to hold in his emotions, but he fell to his knees and let out a cry of anguish as tears began to flow from his eyes. After moments he looked to James again with determination again.

"Open the portal and send me in." he glared at the situation.

Jackie jumped in. "I can't let that happen. You won't ever make it out again."

"I'll take my chances. There's a likelihood that Jade's still alive. If I can find her in that hell hole, I'll take her to the library and we could possibly find a way to get out, and stop her curse." He explained quickly, "Now do it!"

To be continued…

Dang! Looks like another story is coming! Sorry to say that it will take a while to actually get to the third, and final, story of Drago and Jade in the Shift series. I promised my other readers I would continue my Princess Tutu Fanfic I wrote a while ago. If you want to, you can follow the other stories I'm writing and posting as I go. That way you don't miss any of the action coming from my mind. Hopefully I'll get to the third book, but I have to finish one more Fanfic before I do. Thank you for reading, and I'll let you know when the continuation come out.