G.O.T.C.: Wow…It's been a while huh?

Ace: You've been gone?

G.O.T.C.:………Anyhoo……Sorry I haven't updated in a while folks. Calculus took up waaaaaay more of my life this past year than I thought possible.

Ace: It would've gone faster if you would have acctually done your homework.

G.O.T.C.: Yeah…. But where's the fun in that?

Ace: Rolls eyes Whatever. I'm going to go get a front row seat.

G.O.T.C.: To what?

Ace: You'll see………….

G.O.T.C.:…….Oooooookay….Squeaky!! Disclaimer!!

Squeaky: Squeak! (Back in bussiness y'all!! No ownage here. Just Ace!)

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Rise of the Guardian: Ancient Power, Modern Age

CHAPTER 13: The Silent War

"Nuh-uh. There is absolutly no way you guys are making me get on that thing-" Flash said before Kyadreon's head swivled around to glade fiercly at him.

"You either get on or stay here," Ace said firmly,climbing onto Kyadreon's back, "There's no room to screw up, so there's no room for negotiating."

"Yeah, but couldn't we take the Javalin or something?" Flash whined tenativly creeping his way onto the dragon's back as well.

"How long would it take to power it up, get it in the air, fly it over, land, then get off?" Ace asked helping Batman on as" the rest of the League took off.

"I dunno," Flash shrugged, "Two minutes, three at the most. Why?"

"Because,"Ace grinned, "We're going now."



Kyadreon lurched into the air with a single heave of his massive wings, quickly gaining altitude with every wimgbeat. Ace was balanced effortlessly behind the wing joints, but Batman and Flash were trying to hold on for dear life. Ace cast an amused glance over his shoulder, as he looked at the two heroes.

"I wouldn't straddle Kye like that for too long," Ace called over the wind, "Not unless you want to have kids someday."

Ace couldn't quite hold back his laugh as Flash litterally held onto Kyeadreon's back by nothing more than his fingertips. Batman's reaction wasn;t quite as dreastic, but he did reposition himself into a less "compromising" seat. Ace turned his attention back to the situation in front of him. These guys had no idea the war they were about to involve themselves in. Even Argon, as foul a creature as he was, was only the tip of the iceburg.

"The sooner I can leave these guys behind, The better off they're going to be…."

Batman couldn't tell exactly where they were with the wind lashing at his eyes, but he could feel it somehow. At first, the feeling sent a familiar hill down his spine, like the one he had felt when Wonder Woman's heart had stopped. Of course now, it wasn't quite the same. There was an edge of anticipation, sorrow, and a burining anger that seemed to surround him, and it took a moment to realize that the feeling was pouring off of Ace. In the span of a few seconds, the smile had vanished from his face, and a fire had been lit behind his saphire eyes.

The sound of a gunshot quickly caught his attention, as Kyadreon veered sharply, then banked towards the now visable warehouse. An eruption of gunfire sounded in the night, as Kyadreon swooped down on top of a group of the guards. He roared in pain as bullets peppered his wings, but did not halt his charge. Most of the group scattered as the dragon attacked, but two stayed and took aim at Kyadreon's head.

Ace acted instantly, using Kyadreon's head as a spring board, and launched himself into the men, catching them both across the chest and throwing them across the pavement. In the same motion, he pulled the blade from the sheath on his back, and took off at a run as a spray of bullets assulted the spot he'd been standing.

"Alright you two," Kyadreon said whipping his head around, "This is where you get off!"

Before even Flash had a chance to respond, Kyadreon knocked both heroes off his back with a slap of his tail. Batman quickly pulled his grappling hook and swung to the ground, while Flash hit the ground running and promptly knocked two gunmen unconcious.

"Flash!" Ace yelled from the middle of a fight with several thugs, "Check the perimmiter! See if you can find us a way in!"



"You got it!" Flash said dropping another guard, before taking off out of sight.

"I hope you have a better plan than this!" Batman said, hurdling another batarang into an attacker's chest, "Because there's too many here for us to hold off ourselves!"

"Thanks for the observation!" Ace snapped back, "But there is no plan if we can't get inside!"

"And I'm here to tell you guys there's not!" Flash said returning, and taking out a small knot to gunmen trying to sneek up on Ace and Batman, "This place looks like it's about to collapse, but the whole thing's been reenforced!"

"You sure?" Ace asked, knocking the butt of his sword into someone's head.

"Sorry dude," Flash shrugged, "This place is a fortress. Even if Superman were here, I don't even think he could get through those walls."

Ace lashed out with his sword, angrily bringing down a tower of crates on top of another group.

"This isn't like Argon. He's holed himself inside." Ace said tto himself,forcing himself to think, "It's a trap. It has to be. He wants us to find our way inside, but not be able to make our way back out again. Still….That means there must be a way in somewhere…"

The click of a gun snapped Ace's focus back as he found himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

"Drop em' buddy," One of the men sneered, cocking the rifle once to make his point.

Ace glanced at Batman and Flash with a coniving look, before peering just over the top of the man's head.

"If you say so," he shrugged before all of them dropped to the ground at once, just as a beam of green light caught the men and threw them over their heads.

"You guys need a hand?" Lantern said hovering just above them, as the rest of he League shot past.

" 'Bout time," Ace muttered under his breath, before running towards the building "I need you guys to keep those thugs busy while I find a way into the factory-"

"I'm telling you," Flash said, "There's no way in!"

Ace didn't stop running, but instead just looked over his shoulder with a smirk.

"There's always a way…"



"Hold on!" Batman called after him, "You're not going in alone!"

But Ace had already vanished amongst the confusion of the fight. Batman looked up to see Wonder Woman toss a man into the side of a dumpster, and snap his weapon in two.

"Diana!" He shouted at her above the din, "Help me find Ace! He's going into the factory alone!"

"How? I thought Flash said there was no way in."

Batman did a quick 360. The place looked ramshackle at first glance, but now he could see steel plating underneeth the brick where the original construction had fallen away. But his eyes settled on a stack of pallettes that had been shoved roughly aside, near the corner of the building. At the very base, a small window had been smashed open, leading inside.

"Diana! This way!" Batman called, running for the window, "It looks like Ace found a way in after all…."

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G.O.T.C.: Finally…

Ace: You're just now getting done?

G.O.T.C.: Glares

Ace: Ummm….Please R&R and all that good stuff. We don't want our authoress to be in a bad mood now do we? Do we?...Please?