Chapter 66

Memory of his friend

Akaz, while he got exhausted of flying for about an half hour now, landed onto a new mountain that spiked up from the ground. The egg was safe, but still the assassin probably wants it destroyed, and whatever life is in it. The shocking discovery of Rhenka that showed up earlier made him realize that his family was not as perfect as it used to be. He looked at the egg, while curling up between a lake and the stone, buried deep within the mountain. It was so large, but at the same time dull as the rock next to him.

He spent his time inside the mountain of the cave, thinking about how Rhenka must've gotten out of the Acron stronghold. It was almost like they decimated it within seconds, and then just came here to relieve them of their blood lust, but where was Equinox? She could of stopped him, and even if she did, her race would try to kill her, even though that she would ultimately win in the end.

There were some tapping noises that came to mind, apart from the consistent explosions and sounds of war coming from outside, but now, it has toned down from when Akaz first got here. He knew that there was at least one person in each territory, who just wants to stop this fighting once and for all, but the damage has corrupted the souls here too far, making the solution for the whole island to be hard to reach. Agusi, Is now known as Rhenka. There must've been something wrong with him, maybe he was not in his right mind.

A cold wind blasted through the cave, giving both of them a hard time keeping warm, so Akaz wrapped his wings around the strange egg and himself, so that only his wings can experience the cold temperatures. What the cold wind came from, was probably the ocean, as he thought of it. Then, humming began mixing in with light taps that began shortening in frequency. All of it, was not so frightening, but it did raise some concern, about the cave, whether it was uninhabited or not. Without thought, Akaz stood up and carried the egg to the location of the mysterious noise that sounded out further within the cave.

As he walked, he could hear his own claws hitting the stone floor, combined with a flow of water around him. The damp air kept on making him wonder about things, such as why was he a Agusi, especially a lunatic? Suddenly, florescent plants began to bloom all around the cave, including the ones behind him and deeper within the cave of the mountain. All of them, opened wide and shown a very ocean-like color, and made the very dull cave smell like the Erilian courtyard, when he and the the human of Erilious, Lvret was going to see Ripper, but Akaz was not allowed to go near him due to his strong, but unknown hate for dragons such as Akaz.

He then crouched under a small hole, one where usually it would be a double of a regular draconian child's size, when they were standing up. It was very wide and tall, and the gap was barely large enough to let him through, but at least it was just enough. The plants still were fully open, making the walls shine with a brilliant light. This is not half bad, he thought while entering deeper within the unknown section of the cave. There was nothing that raised any alarm, besides the infrequent droplet dripping into a calm, but still poor of water, while it rippled for about a moment or two.

Without warning, there was only one murmur, one that seemed to be a lot different from the Sevawings or anyone that he has ever met. His tail flung up, almost making a cracking noise when it hit something, especially the one that his tail knocked into, a dangling spire. The egg flew up into the air, barely touching the top of the room, but once it reached the top of it's arc, it dropped, as Akaz held it with one of his claws, and gently set it onto the ground. He felt such a sense of fear, that fire began radiating through his scales, almost rebuilding the lost scale that Ytrian tore off. He could hear the flames, igniting the surface, and eventually dying off into a pile of ashes, or just a simple burn mark onto the stony ground.

Once he looked through the other gap, he noticed something peculiar, the shadow cast a strange image that looked like him in one way, but everything else was different. It's nose began shortening in his eyes, and it quickly vanished, as the innocent entity scurried away without any words. Akaz guessed that it probably saw him first, and ran away probably because of a very abundant amount of fear within it, triggered by himself. He was very intrigued by the small one, but then he suddenly realized that it was a young one in here, as he tried to amplify his voice with the cave itself, and causing a very loud voice to come out onto the other end.

He wanted to try and go meet him, so he tried to get through another gap that he was already through, and entered the next section. He felt so confident that he might see him, probably his own kind as well, but then, a net came down over Akaz, causing him to get knocked down to the floor, and stay there. The rope was very fireproof and strong enough to withstand his strength. He tried everything; burning it, tearing it apart with his teeth, detaching the very heavy objects that were around each edge of the net. Although he had one more good idea left, it was already too late, while the child stood near him.

"Nice try, psycho, you almost got me." The child sarcastically said, while tapping Akaz on the nose. Akaz tried to snap his finger off using his powerful jaws, but the child pulled back his arm too fast, for him to catch it. "Too bad you didn't."

"Let me-" Akaz tried to say.

"No. How about you tell it to them, murderer?" The child interrupted, asking Akaz a favor. Although he knew that he was already about to happen, to both of them, anyways. "I am sure Primarch will listen to you, after the things that you have done to all of us... Corrupting each and every one of us to wage an eternal war onto this island, and maybe, even let the Sentients judge you for your sins.."

"What are you, a philosopher or something?" Akaz asked. "I am not the-"

He shivered with anticipation, being highly excited that he caught what he thought to be the murderer, but he did not know the truth yet, since he probably has been stranded in this cave, for a very long time. "They will finally accept me back into the family~, What are we waiting for... I will save this stupid race from being exterminated, all because of you."

Suddenly, the egg began tumbling and tumbling around the space where Akaz was trapped under, as it began cracking with each passing moment. Maybe it's coming out now? Please do. Akaz pleaded in his mind. The child then was attracted by the egg cracking, and as soon as he reached out for it, Akaz blocked his arm, smacking it away from the egg. "No!" He bellowed. The egg then stopped cracking, and then it became completely still. The child laughed at him, because he was guarding an egg that isn't even his species. "I bet it's a nice little mouse, I can definitely gorge that..." He continued as he walked around the egg's location to see what it was.

The egg became animate again, rolling around, until it cracked against Akaz's wing, as it showed some kind of lizard, with only one horn, and two bumps on each side of the bottom jaw. It was very brown to say at the least, almost like the child, being yellowish brown. It had a frill around his head, and it looked like Tricia for a moment. Then he realized, that it was similar to his friends, especially Cera and Topps.

"Hmph, perfect for dinner..." The child scoffed as he walked towards the newborn triceratops.

Akaz then felt such a rush of emotions, which led to him eventually overpowering the net, then throwing it off of himself. The child glared at the free dragon who was standing before him, and slowly backed away from the infant. Akaz had a very strange emotion, anger and a sense of happiness at the same time, as he thought to squeeze the life out of the insufferable child. Akaz then began running towards the child, and lunged at him without a care in the world. The child hastily dodged his tail as Akaz tried to trip the child so he would be way easier to catch.

"You better run." Akaz said as his scales began outlining with a intense flame.

"Sorry we are late, Oripi." said a Sevaeric soldier as many others flooded in from each hole leading to that specific room in the cave. "Got a little caught up trying to capture Ytrian and Phaydera, but Ytrian was enticed by our futile attempt to get her out of the way."

Akaz could see the Tesla rods in their hands, and then they were surrounded in a very connecting stream of electricity, as each one became dangerous to touch. Perfect. he thought within his mind, wanting to absorb their energy. They were all in stances which he never seen before, looking like they were a bit harder to trip, and if his tail whipped it, then that would send a shock through his body, probably releasing all at one time, causing them to get recharged once again if they were AI's. They began getting closer to Akaz, as one of the rods was already lunging for Akaz's stomach, and the rest joined in. He could not feel so much of it, but he definitely felt the strange surge of energy coming through him. He knew he could not endure holding onto so much for too long, so he released a blast of electricity, causing everyone to get knocked back, and now he knew it was his chance. Now where is that exit... Aha! He thought as he looked at the hole he once came through, which was now bursting with flames.

He crawled through and and goodbye to the young one, Oripi. He seemed so furious, that he literally threw a tantrum after the Sevaeric guards could not do anything to him. "What was that! HOW!?" He said, screaming and banging the floor.

Akaz carried the triceratops as soon as he left the area, hoping that the Sevaeric would not get up in the next second. He ran as fast as he could, being cautious of the upside down spires that dangled on the top of the cave, and then the flowers gave off a strange fragrance. It filled the cave with some of the most familiar smells that he has experienced when he was once part of the great valley. With haste, Akaz bolted out of the mouth of the cave, and flew down to the ground, where trees were abundant, and the air was fresh. He then realized that he still had the newborn with him, so he put him down with his tail right in front of him so he could get a better glance at him.

The infant struggled to walk towards him in a act of desperation. It's stubby feet and toeclaws made it seem like he was walking with circular pads, but it was doing well so far. "Kiiirrrr!" The infant growled. Akaz then stepped back, assuming it was angry, but then, it came closer and slept on his rear legs. I did not know that dinosaurs could be here... but what if the actual parent was from the Great valley, and what if it was ended by Rhenka? He thought as he slept under the canopy.