Chapter 8: Rise of the Iron Huntsclan
All dragonslayers wearing Iron Man armors are now flying at a special aircraft on their way to the Island of Draco. Their flight is interrupted when some Air Force jets approach them. "Attention, unidentified aircraft." Colonel Hank Carter orders. "You're invading U.S. aerial space. Identify yourselves or we'll shoot!"
In response, one of the slayers leaves the aircraft and starts shooting at the pilots.
"Mayday, mayday!" One of the pilots exclaims. "We're being attacked by an unknown hostile agent wearing what seems to be an Iron Man armor."
Fortunately, all Government conversations regarding Iron Man are soon reported to S.H.I.E.L.D. and that allowed them to locate the Iron Huntsclan. The pilots are soon informed a group of Iron Man soldiers would come for reinforcements. While the slayer defeats the pilots, who luckily have ejector seats and parachutes, the pilots have at least managed to fire enough missiles to damage the aircraft, forcing the Iron Huntsclan to abandon it.
"What do we do now, Iron Huntsmaster?" An Iron Huntswoman asks. "The Government will soon find us."
"We will just carry on the plan." The Iron Huntsmaster simply replies. "We still can reach the Island of Draco and slay a few pieces of filth before more military appear. Then we can hope that seeing dragons in their disgusting forms finally makes them understand we're on the right side."
The other Iron Huntspersons agree with this statement and they all head to the Island of Draco, reaching it before anybody else reaches them.
Meanwhile, the Iron Slayers presence is noticed by the dragons. "Councillors." A dragon says. "A team of humans wearing flying armors with the Huntsclan symbol is approaching the Island."
"Deploy the guards!" Councillor Kulde orders. "Send an alert to all dragons at the Island and summon all dragons outside the Island."
Joining the guards are Jake, Haley, Lao Shi and Sun Park, who have experience with facing armored dragonslayers. Haley positions herself between two slayers who try to hit her with Iron Man styled repulsor beams and then she dodges on time, making the two slayers hit each other. Two dragons try to use their claws to rip one of the armors apart but find out it's made of unicorn horn. "Surprised, dragons?" The slayer asks. "The Hunts-council felt the original design needed improvement."
The slayer is then hit by Iron Man, who suddenly appeared and trampled at him. "If you think the armor needs improvement, send the suggestions to Tony Stark." Iron Man says.
"Why don't you mind your own business, Iron Man?" The slayer asks him.
"The way technology from Stark International is used is my business." Iron Man replies. "And theirs too." Iron Man adds while pointing at War Machine and other Iron Men (actually S.H.I.E.L.D. agents wearing Iron Man armors) fighting the Iron Huntsmen. While most dragons usually don't like needing help from humans, all the ones at the battle are more than grateful for getting help.
While the Iron Huntsmen are busy with Iron Man's team, some dragons mix firebreathing and icebreathing in hopes the sudden and repetitive temperature changes will make the armors crack. To make matters better, Councillor Andam hits a slayer with his lightning. The dragons remove the helmet of a slayer whose armor is already damaged enough from the temperature changes and then hit his head with their tails, knocking him unconscious. "He knew the risks." The new Iron Huntsmaster proclaims. "We must keep fighting so his loss won't be in vain." This inspires the remaining slayers to keep fighting. However, the Dragon Council summons a huge energy ball (I don't know if they really can do it. I just made it up on the spot.) that destroys almost all of the Huntsclan armors. Only the new Iron Huntsmaster remains. The energy ball made the Dragon Council too exhausted to create another one. The new Iron Huntsmaster is not giving up. He decides to go straight at the American Dragon. He corners Jake to the floor and is about to hit his belly with a laser blade when Iron Man intervenes. While Iron Man and the new Iron Huntsmaster look at each other, the dragons use the same temperature trick on the latter, eventually allowing Iron Man to remove the new Iron Huntsmaster's helmet. Not wanting to kill his enemy, Iron Man settles for punching him.
After that, the injured dragons and their allies are brought to the Island's medical facilities. When the dragons remove the helmets of their human allies, Jake gets the surprise of his life. "Mr. Stark?"
"In flesh and bone." Tony replies. "Or whatever is left of them after all of this."
"Mr. Stark, the Dragon Council would like to have a word with you and the others about you people knowing the existence of magical creatures and the location of the Island of Draco." Jake explains.
"Fine to me." Tony replies. "Just let me call Nick and tell him not to come after me."
LINE BREAK – The Council's room
"Mr. Stark, we're grateful for your help but how did you know the location of the Island of Draco?" Councillor Kulde asks.
"We just followed the invaders when the radar caught them on their way here." Tony explains, reminding the dragons why they use secret passages instead of flying there.
"Mr. Stark, we like our privacy here and you're not only a billionaire industrialist but also work with the Government." Councillor Andam says. "I need you and the other humans with you to promise to keep it a secret."
"I'm afraid we'll have to tell Nick Fury about this." Tony replies. "S.H.I.E.L.D. stuff, you know."
"Usually, if a human learns about us we use potions to make them forget us." Councillor Kulde comments.
"It wouldn't work." Tony replies. "We have records of the Longs and of this island's location."
"Mr. Stark. Agents. We don't mean any harm." Councillor Andam says. "We just want to keep the balance."
"Then you really should meet Nick Fury." Tony comments. The Dragon Council seems to agree with this.
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