American Dragon Season Three
Chapter/Episode 8: The Locker
One dark night at a temple, two mysterious figures appeared at its door. One of the two figures walked over to the wooden gate and slowly opened it before walking in. With a grin, the other followed. However, the second they stepped in, they gasped as they saw a girl clad in a blood red ninja outfit and mask.
"Hello, hunts-chumps…" Rose smiled bitterly behind her mask. As the two stared at her in shock, Rose pulled out her staff from the strap around her back. "I'm sure you missed me…"
After blinking away the surprise, 89 shook his head and shouted: "ATTACK!" However, 88 didn't go for her. "Why aren't you going after her?" 89 demanded. "She should be on her back and captured right now!"
"Hey, I thought we were partners!" 88 replied.
"Not now!" 89 shouted. "We can argue after we have destroyed her!"
However, both were so busy arguing that they didn't see the Huntsgirl soar down at them. As she landed right in front of them, Rose skillfully slid her foot right below her enemies. Both boys were thrown from their feet and fell to their backs. Rose pointed her staff at the two.
"Like you could ever capture me…" Rose gloated.
Although down, 88 and 89 didn't give up; looking at each other, they both grinned as 88 brought his leg up. The attack caught Rose off guard and she was thrown off of them and onto the ground. Laughing, 89 jumped up and grabbed her fallen staff and yanked out a length of chains and wrapped them around Rose's wrists, locking them behind her back. 88 bent down and pulled off her mask.
"Hi, Huntsgirl…" he smiled. "Well, we've done the so called impossible; we've caught you."
Rose's completely venomous and hateful solid glare then broke as she shouted at them. "You stupid…" She continued to shout at the top of her lungs, even as 88 and 89 looked at each other.
"Please shut her up!" 89 begged. "She was always annoying, but now she's just giving me a headache!"
88 nodded, and with a grin, bent back down and crammed Rose's mask right into her mouth, shutting her vibrant dictionary closed.
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Meanwhile, at Canal Street Electronics, Jake Long sat on his grandfather's couch, throwing a tennis ball across the room while Fu Dog chased after it. Jake started to get bored after a while, and subsequently lied down on the couch, even though Fu had just arrived with the ball. The dog set the ball down and started to pant playfully, but once he realized that Jake wasn't playing anymore, he nudged the ball to the teen with a small whimper.
"I'm done, Fu." Jake looked up only to see that Fu was now looking at him with eyes that only a dog could have. "I said no, Fu!"
"Aw, come on!" Fu suddenly jumped down. "How can anyone resist the puppy-dog eyes? I invented that myself!"
"And that's why it doesn't work!" Jake grinned, but the grin faded as the door to the shop slammed open and the American Dragon could see the angry faces of Rose's parents. "Aw, man!"
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Back at the temple, Rose was now completely chained to a wooden post as 88 and 89 were now standing around a large pot. 89 took out several cooking items from a plastic bag and dumped them in as 88 stirred it.
"Aw, I see that you're confused…" 89 taunted his captive as he noticed her bewildered look. However, the look soon left her face and Rose continued to glare as 89 paced around her. "You see…" he continued. "You had no business in taking the Huntsclan out of the picture. We don't think its fare that they were felled with a weapon that was destined to destroy magical creatures! We are going to un-do what you did that night! Thanks to Waffle Man…" At the sound of his name, 88 and 89 both turned their heads to look at each other and both nearly fell over from hysterical laughter.
"Oh, that's a good one!" 89 was the first to recover. "Anyway, thanks to him, we now have all the ingredients we need to bring them back! Finish it off, 88!"
Nodding, 88 took the salt shaker and unscrewed it before dumping the whole thing in it. 88 and 89 crowded around it to watch the potion turn green and bubble. However, nothing else happened.
"Why isn't anything happening?" 89 asked. "Perhaps you put too much salt in it?"
"Or maybe it's because it would only take two complete numbskulls such as you to think that an idiotic plan such as this could work!" 88 and 89 both looked up see the American Dragon hovering above them.
"Get him!" 88 shouted, resulting in 89 jumping up and attacking. However, Jake's tail wrapped around his neck and Jake threw 89 back to the ground where the hunter slammed into the pot, which fell back with 89 and ended up drenching him in the potion.
Turning around to make a break for it, 88 was greeted by Rose's foot slamming into his chest. As 88 fell against the ground, Rose jumped up and brought her still chained hands out from behind her back to her front. Rose then took the time to kick her now glowing staff up so that a green energy beam blasted her chains to pieces.
"How did she get free?" 89 demanded. He soon got his answer as he looked up to see the American Dragon twirling the lock to the chains around his finger while whistling innocently.
Growling, 89 jumped up and ran for it. By the time he reached the wooden gate, he was thrown to the ground as a green energy blast hit him in the back.
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As soon as 88 and 89 had been chained back to back with the chains that they had previously used on Rose, the now human Jake walked over to Rose.
"Thanks for the save, Jake." She said.
"Hey babe, it's no problem." Jake smiled. "The Am Drag helps people. It's what he does!"
"Yeah well, you don't think you can help this person get home before her parents get even angrier at her?" Rose didn't bother with subtlety. "My parents don't know that I snuck out for this!"
"Yeah well, they do now…" Jake frowned as he grabbed Rose by the shoulders and turned her around so that she could see the scowling faces of her parents.
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Now back at Canal Street Electronics, Rose could now only sit on the couch as her parents berated her actions. Jake watched with a worried look from the corner.
"Oh, you are in so much trouble, young lady!" Rose's mother went off. "How many times have we told you that we don't want you with this boy? He only causes trouble!"
"But I can take care of my self!" Rose suddenly looked up and argued. Rose's parents both took a step back, shocked. "If you haven't noticed, I have been trained to fight magical creatures! I'm not helpless!"
"You were captured!" Rose's mother angrily pointed out.
"I got away!" Rose defended. "And Jake and I also captured 88 and 89! Both of them are now rotting in prison where they belong! Don't you think that they deserve that for corrupting Daisy's mind?"
"Yes, they deserve it!" Rose's father replied. "But that's not what matters! What does matter is that you have constantly disobeyed us; your parents! If you hadn't snuck out, you wouldn't have been caught!"
"But then 88 and 89 would still be on the loose…!" Rose defended herself even more. "Doesn't that matter for something?"
"Alright, that's it!" Rose's mother shook her head, ending the debate. Walking over to her daughter, she grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her off the couch. "Perhaps we have been too easy on you, Rose. Perhaps you need more discipline for your actions. We're going home!"
"No!" Rose shouted, yanking her wrist free. She couldn't believe that she was yelling at her parents, the ones that she had wanted for so long; but she was just so angry. "You have to listen! Before Jake reversed my life, I had been fighting dragons since I was strong enough to lift a weapon! Even though I never won, no harm ever came to me! Besides, it was not Jake's fault over what happened! You can't blame him for anything…in fact, you should be thanking him! If it weren't for him, I would have been destroyed!"
"Rose, we know you like this boy!" Rose's father tried to assure his daughter. "And we do not wish to deprive you of your happiness, but your mother and I can't bare the thought of seeing you get hurt or killed in battle. We don't wish to have a repeat with what happened to Daisy!"
"But she survived, dad!" Rose corrected.
"Yes…" Rose's mother once more grabbed Rose's wrist and proceeded to pull her to the door. "And if she wasn't being held in this city, we wouldn't be living here! Now, we're going home!"
"But mom…" Rose tried to protest, but before she or Jake could react, the whole family was out the door and Jake was left alone. Fu suddenly entered from the back room and walked over to Jake.
"Don't worry, kid." The dog tried to assure the dragon. "I'm sure Rose's parents will come around. What's the worst that could happen?"
Assured, Jake nodded with a light smile and walked over to the couch. However, just as Jake sat down, he heard a honking of a car and what sounded like a crash before a woman screamed.
"Yo, doesn't that sound like…" Jake started, but the idea of what may have just happened struck his mind like a baseball bat to the back of the skull. Rushing up and out of the shop, Jake gasped in horror at the sight of Rose lying sprawled in front of a car. "ROSE!!!"
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Rose continued to lie on the ground as her parents screamed for help. His head spinning, Jake rushed over to the scene and lifted her up in his arms. "Come on!" He said to her parents. "We need to get her to a hospital."
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The still unconscious Rose found herself lying in a pitch black area. With a groan, Rose found herself coming back to her senses as she felt the ground which had just recently appeared shaking due to the thudding of footsteps. Opening her eyes, Rose forced herself up into a sitting position as the figure of a man appeared.
The man had extremely pale skin. He also wore worn and torn leather boots, ripped pants, a torn buttoned shirt, a fisherman's coat and a fisherman's hat. His eyes were dull, almost worn out themselves. He also had a long beard, which reeked of salt and was soaking wet. As the man walked over to Rose, he left a trail of water behind him. He finally reached Rose and bent down beside her.
"Do you know who I am?" as the man spoke, Rose gagged as she inhaled the aroma of his breath, which consisted of smoke from a pipe and rum. "I certainly know who you are…"
"Yes…" Rose spoke. "Your Davy Jones…And how do you know who I am?"
"Very good, girlie…" Jones chuckled as he stood up completely. As he continued to speak, he started to circle Rose. "How could I not know who the Huntsgirl is? You escaped death on the night of the Homecoming dance several months ago. You were supposed to be destroyed, but that meddling dragon removed you from my grip. Now, your soul belongs to me; right where it belongs!"
"Well, I hate to break it to you…" Rose grinned. "But my time isn't up yet!" Bringing up all her energy, Rose struggled to bring herself to her feet.
"I find that you won't have any energy to fight your way out of this one." Jones grinned. Rose suddenly watched in disgust and horror as out of the darkness, the image of a locker appeared. Jones then opened his mouth widely, releasing a long and slimy tentacle, which wrapped around the handle and threw it open.
As if on cue, two ghostly spirits soared out of the locker and grabbed Rose, pulling her back into the locker. As half of Rose's body disappeared into the locker, Rose reached out and grabbed the ledge with her hands.
"Where's your heroic destiny now?" Jones taunted, looking at the image of the uncharacteristically terrified Rose with glee. "Where's the bravery?! Where's the determination, the calm acceptance of your demise?!"
Rose looked from inside the interior of what she prayed would not be her tomb to the face of the one doing this with a look of rage. Determined, Rose prepared to launch her self out, but she suddenly jerked back after the feeling of electricity coursed through her body. A beat later, it happened again; Rose disappeared into thin air, leaving an infuriated Jones.
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Rose's eyes snapped open seconds later. Sitting up and looking around, Rose was surprised to see that she was in a hospital room with her parents and Jake around her. "Wh—what happened?" She asked.
"You're in the hospital." Rose's father said. "Thanks to Jake…If it wasn't for him…"
"You don't need to say another word." Rose's mother cut him off before bending over on one knee and placing her hands on the bed. "You should get some rest, Rose."
"No, I can't." Rose turned around and rolled off the bed and onto the ground. "There's someone who trying to end me. Where are my clothes?"
"Wait, what do you mean 'end you'?" Rose's father asked. "Who would have it out for you? Except Chang and those two nincompoops…"
"No, dad…" Rose replied as her mother pulled her clothes out of a plastic bag. "Davy Jones…"
"But he's the god of the sea!" Jake spoke. "What would he want with you?"
"He wants my soul…" Rose replied. "He has it out not only for me, but for 88 and 89 as well. He wants to end us because we survived the destruction of the Huntsclan."
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Councilor Andam and Councilor Kulde came walking out onto the grass on Draco Island as they stared in awe as the American Dragon landed in front of them. They were even more surprised to see Rose hop off of his back.
"Aw, Huntsgirl…" Andam bowed with respect. "We apologize for the mix-up about what happened to that dragon. Now we are aware that you were not responsible. What can we do for you?"
"I need to see Prisoners 88 and 89…"
"Why?" Kulde asked.
"Today, I was almost rammed by a car." Rose walked past them, subtly demanding their escort. "I blacked out and was confronted by Davy Jones. He wants me, and I'm almost positive that he wants them as well."
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Rose shuddered as she and Jake were led down the corridors of the prison wing. This place was one of the creepiest places in the world. At this point, Rose was thankful that she had never been captured while she was loyal to the Huntsclan. Finally, the councilors stopped and Rose gazed into the cell. 88 was sitting in the corner with his head lowered while 89 was lying on his back directly in the center of the cell; a defeated being. 88 suddenly looked up with a wry grin.
"Well, if our favorite little traitor hasn't come in here to dampen our spirits even more…" he said.
"Trust me…" Rose walked closer to the bars. "I wish that I was here just to harass you, but alas, that's not what I'm here for. Perhaps I can come back later once this has been taken care of…"
"Once what has been taken care of?" 88 stood up and walked over to the bars. "Are you telling me that the mighty Huntsgirl needs our help?"
"Don't get your hopes up…" Rose frowned. "I just came to warn you…"
"Why would you even warn us?" 88 were actually surprised. "I thought you didn't care what happened to us…"
"Maybe it's because she's actually a good person!" Jake, who had previously stayed silent back in the corner with the other councilors, finally spoke up. "Unlike you two!"
"Wow, that really hurts, you disgusting, vile freak!" 88 shot back.
"I didn't come here to argue!" Rose started to turn and walk away. "If you two buffoons would rather deal with Davy Jones alone, be my guest!"
"Wait, Davy Jones?" 89 shot up, his depressed look now completely replace with fear. 88's teeth clattered together and his knees shook violently. Rose turned with a smile, actually enjoying this.
"What does he want with us?" 89 quivered.
"He wants all three of us." Rose corrected.
"But why, did we do something wrong?" 89 asked.
"What haven't you done wrong?" Rose replied under her breath, but didn't allow the two to hear it. "Listen, he wants us because we aren't rotting in a vortex along with the rest of the Huntsclan. We cheated death that night…"
"Well, surely we'd be safe in here, right?" 88 suddenly asked. The answer to his rather stupid question became clear once the wall of their prison being blasted to pieces. As the dust cleared, Davy Jones stood in the way.
"Yep, you're 100 % safe!" Rose retorted as she stepped aside and allowed the now dragon Jake blast the bars with his fire, melting them. "Sorry councilors, but I need them alive!" Rose then proceeded to reach into the cell and grabbed hold of 88 while Jake swooped in and picked up 89.
"No!" Jones roared as an army of the ghosts appeared behind him. "Get them! I want them all; even the dragon!"
The army of the spirits swarmed in a circle above the god of the sea before they started to break off and go after the fleeing pair.
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The American Dragon soared above New York City with Rose on his back while the two Huntsclan apprentices were gangling from the dragon's claws. Jake suddenly came closer to the ground and soon landed at the residence of an abandoned Huntslair.
"Sweet!" 89 jumped out of Jake's claws and began to run inside, but Rose grabbed him by the back of his mask. "You are staying outside with Jake." She ordered. "I'll go inside."
89 groaned as his nemesis threw him onto his rear and disappeared through the entrance. Growling, 89 got up to his feet and walked over to Jake, who seemed to have 88 under control.
"So dragon, what do you see in her?" 89 suddenly asked. "I mean, there is nothing really attractive about Huntsgirl. I mean, surely there had to have been other chicks…"
"Why don't you just shut up?" Jake snapped back, walking over to 89 and standing completely up in dragon form, freaking the cowardly hunter. "Now I know how you got into the Huntsclan. Either you annoyed dragons until you could just strike them down, or you just annoyed them to death." Satisfied that 89 were now frightened into submission, Jake turned around and walked back over to the place he was sitting and sat back down. However, 89 then saw as one of the ghosts appeared behind him. The ghost made a grab for 88, but the hunter jumped out of the way, and the ghost hit the now standing American Dragon right in the face.
As the dazed Jake backed up, he almost jumped in shock as Davy Jones appeared to teleport right behind him. "Yo, that is just freaky!" Jake would have recoiled away from the man, if Jones had not grabbed him by the shoulders and thrown him to the ground; jake's skull made contact with the cement and he blacked out. Looking down at the unconscious dragon with a twisted look of pleasure, he stepped over his body and walked towards the now cowering Huntsclan pupils.
"I'm going to enjoy this…" Jones grinned, opening up his mouth and released the tentacle, which wrapped around both hunters. "You two are coming with me! Your time on this world has just ended!"
Suddenly, just when 88 and 89 thought they were done for, Rose landed right on top of Jones' skull, making Jones drop to his knees and draw back the tentacle, freeing the Huntsboys. Both boys then looked at Rose just in time for both of them to catch the staffs she was tossing to them.
As soon as she had 88 and 89 under control, Rose suddenly noticed the unconscious Jake lying on the ground. Carefully walking over to him, Rose bent down. "Jake? Please be okay…" She soon got the response she wanted when she heard Jake groan in pain.
"Oh, he's fine…" Rose's head turned in surprise as she heard Davy Jones speak as he slowly stood up. "But only for now..." As these words left his mouth, a tentacle shot out from his beard and wrapped it self around Rose's neck. Despite her struggles and kicking, Rose was lifted off her feet, being throttled. "Don't fight it, Huntsgirl. It will all be over soon! And once you and those idiots are out of the way, I'll go back for this dragon!"
Hearing Jones' plan only gave Rose a reason to fight harder to cling on to her life. Focusing on all her strength, Rose started kicking, in hopes that if Jones got close enough, her foot would make contact. However, this did not happen and Rose's energy failed; her legs slowly stopped moving and she started to become light-headed.
"That's right, Huntsgirl." Jones loved every minute of this. "Give in…it won't hurt. Just shut your eyes and allow me to do the rest…"
As Rose started to feel like she had no choice and her head began to lull, her eyes snapped open as she heard Jones growl with rage. Rose could see a very angry Jones with a staff sticking out of his chest, only there was no blood; in fact, there was no skin! There was now a magical hole in Jones' chest allowing the staff that 88 were holding to stick out without harming him.
"You can't destroy a being that was never alive to begin with!" Jones roared as he threw Rose backwards. With a grunt, Rose slammed into a light-pole, the pole snapping in half. As Rose hit the ground with a grunt, she gasped out as the pole landed on top of her, pinning her down. Helpless, Rose could only watch as Davy Jones whirled around and lashed his tentacle out. The tentacle slammed into 89 and slammed him into 88. Both boys hit the ground, unconscious.
"No…" Rose actually found herself devastated at the defeat of her enemies. All three of them were down for the count. As the snickering Davy Jones picked both boys up and slugged them over his shoulders, it dawned on Rose that they had lost; they were done for. Even as Jones stepped right in front of her, Rose glared at him, trying her best to be brave in the face of death. However, even the Huntsgirl, who had been trained to have no fear, not even in the case of death, couldn't help but shake violently in fear as Davy Jones' big and pale hand reached out for her…
BLACKOUT
Rose groaned as she started to come back to the place that she personally hoped was reality. However, she didn't feel like opening her eyes. Rolling over, Rose suddenly let out a yelp as someone's foot collided with her gut. Snapping her eyes open, Rose's uncharacteristically cowered in horror as she looked up into the eyes of the Huntsman.
"No, not again…" Rose shut her eyes, hoping that this was only a dream. However, as she opened them again, she found herself in the exact same dark place that she was in before. The locker was directly in her view; the door was open and the spirits of lost souls were now roaming freely.
"Look me in the eyes, you traitor!" The Huntsman bent over and grabbed Rose by the hem of her uniform and held her up to his face. "Welcome to my world…" Before Rose could even react, the Huntsman pulled Rose in even closer to his hideous body before he tossed her away. Rose felt like she was in a free fall for several moments. Looking behind her, Rose's jaw dropped open as a pillar of rock appeared. Rose slammed into the pillar with such force that it shattered. As Rose hit the ground, the chunks and boulders of the pillar came down upon her, burying her.
Still this wasn't the end for Rose. From under the rubble, the breathless Rose could hear the Huntsman's laughter. Just as Rose felt like she was going to suffocate under the rubble, she heard something smash into her pile and soon after felt the Huntsman's rough hands grab her by the shoulders.
Rose could hear the Huntsman's continued laughter as he hurled her to the ground with a thud. By the time Rose was able to lift her head, she could see a Huntsclan staff appear from thin air right into the Huntsman's hand. With a roar, the Huntsman twirled the staff, which ended with the weapon right above her heart.
However, before the staff could be plunged into her heart, the staff clattered to the ground as the Huntsman disappeared into a thick mist; being reverted back to the form of his just as hideous looking spirit. Rose watched as Davy Jones appeared into thin air, dropping 88 and 89 to the ground as he spoke: "Alright, enough of this…" With a grin, Jones held up his pale hand and the Huntsman's spirit was sent reeling back into the locker.
"Just think, you three…" Jones speculated with joy in his eyes. "Once you're in that locker, you can do that for all eternity…Now, let's do this."
Davy Jones threw up his arms and hundreds of spirits flew from the locker, grabbing all three of the living Huntsclan members. "No, what can we do to live?" 89 shouted.
"There is nothing you can do!" Jones shouted. "You will go in that locker! Show a little dignity!"
As the 5 or so spirits that were grabbing Rose lifted her up into the air and prepared to drag her into the depths of the locker, Rose suddenly remembered her staff. After breaking her hands free from the spirits that were holding her hands, Rose dropped to the point that she was now dangling upside down. Just as Rose had hoped, her staff (which had been strapped to her back; unnoticed, all along) clattered to the ground below.
Her confidence restored, Rose broke her feet free from the spirits and did a twirl as she fell. Rose landed safely on her feet and snatched her, launching herself at Jones. Rose somersaulted over the Huntsboys and landed with her staff aimed directly at Jones' neck.
Impressed, Jones smiled and snapped his fingers; the spirits pulling 88 and 89 to the locker evaporated into thin air, allowing the two to stand. "I've changed my mind…" Jones said calmly. "If you two fools can defeat and kill the Huntsgirl, I may let you go free."
Rose's eyes widened in shock; she had not seen this coming. She had no idea that Davy Jones would be willing to double cross just about anyone. However, she was brought out of her thoughts as she heard 89 shout: "GET HER!"
Rose then turned her head to see 88 and 89, who were now clutching onto charged staffs. As 88 swung the staff, Rose bent over backwards, the staff missing the upper half of her body and going straight across Davy Jones' beard. All the hairs of his beard fell to the ground and the god of the sea backed off.
"No, not me you fool!" He shouted. "Get her!"
As 89 swung his staff, Rose jumped up off the ground and rolled before she stood completely up. "Don't listen to him!" She begged. "He's lying to you!"
"Yeah well, once you're gone, we'll take him if he tries to attack us!" 89 declared cockily as 88 appeared by his side. "We don't feel like going back to prison, either!" Rose sighed as she held up her staff in order to use it to defend herself. As 88 and 89 repeatedly shot blasts of green energy at her, Rose dodged each of them, running past all the debris as it was blasted from the walls. Rose jumped into the air and turned, firing a green blast. The blast hit 89 straight on, and the hunter rolled across the ground until he reached the ledge of the locker.
Rose landed skillfully on her feet and ran at 88; both of their staffs blazing. As they reached each other, 88 swung the staff as if it was a sword, and the staffs collided, sending a large blast of energy towards the locker. However, the blast hit Jones, who was by the locker, grinning as he picked up the defeated 89. Both were thrown towards the locker, but when the large and hulky Jones hit, the unconscious 89 was bumped out of his grip and to a couple of feet away.
As Jones hit the locker and became stuck, he was suddenly swarmed by the enraged spirits of the souls who were trapped. "Hey, what are you doing?" Jones demanded as the 3 spirits grabbed each of his arms, while another 3 grabbed his legs, lifting him into the air. "You can't do this to me! I am the rightful owner of your pathetic souls!"
This only enraged the spirits even more. With angry and distressed calls of tortured beings, the spirits lifted Davy Jones even higher into the air before coming to an abrupt halt. As Jones began to believe that his spirits had stopped and that he had won, until the spirits came back down towards the locker. "You know that this won't hold me! I'll be back, and you will spend eternity paying for this mutiny!" Despite these warnings, the spirits still dragged Jones to the locker. As they reached the locker, Jones reached one hand out to grab the edge, but it broke off and Davy Jones disappeared.
Meanwhile, Rose's battle with 88 went on as if neither of them had noticed the spirits turn on their keeper. 88 struggled to free his staff from the block that Rose's staff had trapped it in. With one final tug, 88 yanked the staff free and lunged for Rose's chest. However, Rose jumped into the air, flipped and landed right on the staff, snapping it. 88 pulled back the pointed handle of the staff back with a look of shock, giving Rose the opportunity to spin-kick him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Rose picked her staff back up off of the ground and prepared to leave, only to be tripped as 88 grabbed hold of her ankle. Rose turned around to see 88 standing up and 89 walking over to her.
"Alas Huntsgirl." 89 mocked as he picked up his fallen staff and aimed the blade above her throat. "Now, it's over!"
Rose tried to pick herself back up and engage in battle once more, but she found that completely impossible as 88 appeared by her head and put his feet an each of her arms, trapping her. "Any last words…?" 89 asked rhetorically. This was the end; Rose knew that she had finally reached the end of her rope. However, she would not give them the pleasure of seeing her break. Looking up at 89 with defiant eyes, Rose hawked up saliva into his face. 89 took a step back with disgust evident on his face, but it was soon replaced with rage.
"Alright, Huntsgirl!" 89 stepped up again and raised the staff. "You've weaseled your way out of too many instances! Now, I'm making sure that you pay for all the problems you've caused us…"
However, before any pain could come, all three turned their heads as the sound of Davy Jones' evil laughter rang out. Seconds later, a large tentacle burst out of the locker. The tentacle rushed out and grabbed 89 by the ankle. As 89 were thrown off his feet, the panicked hunter reached out and grabbed 88's.
Rose forced herself into a standing position as she heard the shouting Huntsboys being dragged to the locker. 88 dug his nails into the ground, but this proved futile; the hunter's nails could be heard screeching as the attempt failed. Soon, 88's fingers retracted and the screaming hunters were flying back to their prison.
Feeling inclined to help them; Rose jumped into the way and grabbed 88 by the hand. "Don't let go!" 89 and 88 begged in unison. "Don't worry; I'll get you out of this." Rose promised. Rose found her footing and tried to pull her enemies to safety, but that's when it happened…
Rose jerked back with a howl of pain as electricity coursed through her body. Unfortunately, as Rose went through this, she accidentally let go of 88's hand. As Rose lied on her stomach in pain, she witnessed as the screaming Huntsboys disappeared into the locker; the door to the locker slamming shut seconds later. Rose looked up with agony written all over her face, and she tried to get up to her feet. Once she was up, she threw herself at the door. However, with another surge of electricity, Rose once again disappeared into thin air.
LINE BREAK
Rose's eyes snapped open and she jumped up in her bed. It was then that she realized that she was surrounded by her mother, her father and Jake, who now had an icepack on his head.
"Hold on, Rose!" her mother rushed forward and grabbed her shoulders, softly pushing her daughter back down on the bed. "You need to save your strength. You almost died."
"What happened?" Rose asked. "Where am I?"
"The paramedics found you lying underneath a pole." Rose's father explained. "With Jake's help, they were able to get you out of there and in here. Don't worry Rose, you're safe now."
"You're in the hospital, Rose." Jake answered the unanswered question. "Don't worry; the doctors said that you can go home tomorrow."
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The next morning, Jake and Rose were standing outside of her house as Rose's father brought boxes and suitcases from the house and into the car. Meanwhile, Rose's mother put the keys of the house into the hands of another couple.
"I can't believe you're moving…" Jake lowered his head, deeply saddened.
"I can't either…" Rose was also trying not to show sadness. "I guess that my constant defiance of their orders and what recently happened was the final straw. Listen, you're going to have to handle all your dragon stuff without me, okay?"
"But…"
"It's not my decision." Rose replied. "Hopefully this won't be the true end. We've been through so much worse…" As Rose noticed that her parents were walking over to her, Rose threw herself into Jake's arms, hugging him. Not knowing what else to do, Jake returned it.
"Rose, we're leaving." Rose's mother had a determined and unremorseful look on her face. "You have 30 seconds." With that, both of her parents turned around and got into the car.
As Rose separated from Jake, she pulled his hand out and placed something in it. She then wrapped his fingers inside, covering the object. As Rose started to part, Jake looked inside to see a Dream Charm Bracelet.
"Rose…" Jake called out, making Rose turn around just as she had opened the door to the car. "Why are you giving this to me? I already have one…"
"Yes, I know…" Rose's tone of voice sounded as if she was on the verge of sobs. "This is mine. My parents are making me get rid of it. I decided to give it to you…you know, as something to remember me by."
"Rose…no…" Jake tried to call out, but it only came out as a quieted whimper. By the time the American Dragon looked up, the car had taken off.
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Inside the car, Rose turned around in her seat to look at Jake watching her as they departed. As this appeared to be their final good-bye, Rose couldn't help but let a tear roll down her cheek.
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A/N: Okay, I know it wasn't the smartest choice to get rid of Rose, but I have a new story ark which I don't see as having anything to do with Rose. But don't worry; this isn't the last of Rose. She'll be back; keep reading, because you never know when she might show up again…it might be sooner than you think. Just think of this as a second "Homecoming" ending.