"Hey, Thunder! My main man! What's up!?" Blaze says enthusiastically as I walk into one of the few buildings left standing.
This one was by far the biggest, most extravagantly built; with long winding halls and thousands of room. Each door had a different number on it.
"What do you want, Blaze?" I ask him.
"What do you mean? Cant I say hi!?" he asks looking bewildered.
"Yes; but whenever you call me your 'main man' it means you either broke something, or you want something." I tell him plainly.
"True; Sooo….. Can I have some of that superglue you found last week?" he asks me.
"Why do you need it?" I ask offhandedly.
"Uhh…I kinda broke Hydro's glasses." He mumbles.
"You what?! She's going to kill you, resurrect you, and kill you again!" I shout in shock.
"I know." He pleads looking helpless and scared, "That's why I need your help fixing them."
"No, I don't want to get involved."
"Come on man, help a guy out!"He pleads.
"Ok," I say giving up. "Fine. But you owe me big time!"
"Ok; anything you want, just say the word and imp there!" he says looking relieved. He and I go to our room. After we walk in, He shuts the door behind himself, then quickly reaches under his makeshift bed, which was actually a matchbox, and pulls out the broken glasses.
After I 'examine' them I explain to Blaze "They aren't too bad, see where they broke? It's a clean break; it will be easy to fix!"
30 seconds later they were fixed.
"Ok Blaze; the smartest thing you can do is tell her the truth." I advise him. When I turn around he's already gone. "Great, just great." I sigh.
All of a sudden I'm rudely shaken awake by Boulder.
"What is it, Boulder?" I ask drowsily.
"I finally finished it, and it works perfectly!" Boulder exclaims, His expression one of pure joy.
"Ok….Lets go see it." I say reluctantly, but not being able to help but wonder what 'It' exactly is.
"Whoa! Slow down and stop pulling me!" I say as I'm pulled through the dimly lit hallways towards Boulders workshop by a very eager Boulder.
"Now what is this all about?" I ask when we reach his workshop,
which is wide open except the table in the center. "And why did you clean up all your tools and 'projects'?"
The workshop, which is usually strewn with heaps of metal and tangled wire, was so clean and tidy it almost felt unnatural, or as unnatural as you can get in a world where nothing was 'alive' and the only things that moved were the machines and our small band of friends.
"Well, first off we will need all this open room for what I want to show you. And secondly," With that boulder strides over to the table and exclaims "This is what I wanted to show you!" with that he turned around and in his open hand was a small, silverish-blue, handle like object.
"Um…What exactly is it?" I ask trying to hide my disappointment.
"Ah yes, I almost forgot to show you." He says "You hold it like this," He explains, showing me how to hold it. "And now do you feel the two bumps under your pointer-finger and ring-finger?" he asks taking a couple steps away from me. I nod in confirmation.
"Now, when you're ready, push down and in on them at the same time, but make sure you have a firm grip on it, and it's facing away from you." He instructs me.
I do as he says, and to my surprise, the object emits two electric blue beams that went away from my hand and two thin crescent-shaped beams that went around my hand, ending almost a fingers length from my burlap skin. The beams in the front extend about an arm's length before ending in points. When I 'activated' it, it made a sound like, 'kaah-teeesh!' before going to a steady, quite hum.
"What is it for exactly?" I ask lamely.
"That, my friend is an energy-sword." He says.
"It's a weapon for you to use to protect yourself with." Ty says as she walks into the room. "I asked Boulder to make it for you since you haven't discovered your elemental powers yet."
"Wow, thanks guys! I don't know how to thank you two!" I say sincerely. "But, one thing, how do I turn it off?"
"You merely press the buttons again." Boulder says.
"Sweet! Nice and simple, just the way I like it!" I say as I deactivate it, "and Boulder, you know a lot about dragons, right?"
"Um, yeah; why do you ask?" he says.
"Well, uh;" I hesitate, trying to find where to start, "Um, Where do I start?" I ask myself.
"Try the beginning." Boulder suggests.
"Um, ok." I say before telling him about my encounter with the dragon.
After I finish, he looks thoughtful for a moment, then walks over to the bookshelf and pulls out a thick book. He returns to the table and opens the book to a page, he then turns the book towards me and says, "Ok, now show me which dragon saved you."
I look at the page and I notice that it's covered in pictures of dragons. Beside each picture there's a page number. I slowly scan the page until I find the right picture.
"This one; that's the one that I saw!" I say taping the picture.
"But that's impossible! They're not supposed to exist!" he exclaims.
"You said the same thing about Rayquaza." Ty says"Cool energy sword Thunder." She says as she pulls out one almost exactly the same, except its gold color.
"Thanks." I mutter shyly.
"I know what I said about Rayquaza!" Boulder snaps defensively, "but Thunder here, says a Night-Fury saved him from a machine!"
"A Night-Fury huh?" she says glancing at me, "That's…Interesting."
"What's so special about a Night-Fury?" I ask confused.
"You haven't told him yet, have you?" Ty asks Boulder.
"Ummm…..no" Boulder says.
"Well, you better tell him before breakfast." She says before adding "And that's half an hour!"