Chapter 8

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"Sorry, mom! Sorry, dad! It's all my fault that he captured us." Spud said to his voiceless parents who still shake thier heads, because they where shocked that thier son have contact with 'monsters'.

Meanwhile, Trixie tried to explain it Kyle. That was a really 'perfect' third date. The boy had no voice and the girl had to explain her secrets: "...well, and Rotwood's Jake4Freak auction was only to expose his secret. Yes, he know this secret also, but he has no clue above magical-things and mythology. I think he bought his Professor title in the Internet..."

Pandarus was gone, they where alone. But than a loud 'peep' interrupted them...On the control desk a big red light blinked. What is this meaning? On one of the big screens appeared the words: 'Tempreture to high' or 'Caution'.

"What temperature?" Trixie asked. "I freeze here, and that stupid machine said 'Tempreture to high'."

"Wait, Trix! There is something... wait... the mountain...there was a crater on the top of the mountain, it's a volcano!" Spud realize shocked.

"What, a volcano? Are you sure?"

"No, but I heard something about this. When we arrive here in the bus, and Pandarus said something about this. But he said to his employes that the volcano is inactiv." Spud explain.

"Do you mean... Pandarus triggered a much bigger disaster, and he don't know it. And we are still on the island." Trixie said.

Everybody looked shocked at them and then on the screen. Than both and the voicless shout: Awww...maaannn...!

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Jake could feel that he got slower and slower. He sink as fast as possible on his mormal flight altitude and a few seconds later, they stop so fast that Frederic almost throwned down from his back. But now they could see the island.

From the mountain in the middle, a big black cloud increased out of a crater. All around the island where ships: cruisers, militarys, cargo-ships etc. and all over the island the people wait on the beaches to be evacuvate. Jake stop above one of the big clouds at the sky and observe the scene. He coulnd't land, because all over the island where humans. And also many soldiers. If they see him... Frederic took the binoculars from the backpack and also watch on the island. Many buildings and houses where hardly damaged. Some streets near the mountains and in the hills where totally gone. Than he looked at the most northiest point, where the valve had to be.

"Oh... in that village, where the valve is, is totally destroyed. Did your father said in which hotel?" Frederic asked.

"No, he didn't! I call him!" Jake said and took his mobile. But during the call Jake could only hear the same sound like in Spud's call last night. "Aww maaan, I don't get a signal here."

"That's strange, because I can see that mobile-phone-towers for the signals, there are three on that island and all intact." Frederic said and Jake took away him the binoculars and, really all towers still standing undamaged.

"Pandarus must be use something to interfere the signals. Because that I coulnd't understand Spud and I can't arrive my family. Did you see a abadoned place on the island, I have to land, I get tired." Jake said and Frederic point at a little group of destroyed houses on the volcano-mountain.

"Well, I saw there is nobody." he said and Jake start to fly there. It was a little, nearly totally destroyed village on the east-side of the volcano, only around a half mile away from the crater.

But suddenly, just around 100 feet above the ground, Jake could feel that he got weaker and weaker. The same feeling he has normally, when he get in contact with Sphinx-hair.

"Jake, are you okay? JAKE..." Frederic shout short time before both crashed hardly into the woods.

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Sun Park and some other dragons, sat in the big conference-hall in the palace on Draco's Island. Every dragon who was there at that time, and also 8 humans who standing far away at the other side of the hall. All with binded eyes and ear plugs (so much they doesn't trust them).

During them emergency-meeting above the happinings on the island. The dragon from Spain asked: "But what is when the humans realize that there is lava flow in the ocean near the island? They will react!"

"The document's we find that informations, said that the lava will flowing threw a 30 miles long pipeline, before it arrives the ocean, also far away from possible eye-witnesses." Sun explained.

"And the human, the American-Dragon take with? Does he really know Pandarus hideout?" the Turkish-Dragon asked (in his language).

"Sorry, what did you said?" Sun asked.

"He asked you above the human, the American-Dragon take with!" one of the humans at the other side of the hall yelled.

"Aw.. okay... thank you and now, STOP LISTEN, this is a 'secret' emergency-meeting." Sun said a little angrly and every human took back the ear plugs into thier ears. "The concilours said, that every human who could become a human-supporter like Trixie and Spud have to pass a special test."

"I know, he almost failed. He is one of mine." the dragon from Germany said and shake his head a little ashamed.

Sun looked at the wall, right of her. Around 30 clocks showed the time on different places on the earth. On the island, it was now 2pm. They have 10 hours before the valve have to be opened. She hoped that they will find it very fast.

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But what nobody knowed, was that Jake and Frederic both laying unconscious in the woods for hours. When Frederic woke up he could see the sunset.

"Awww... Jake, do you land everytime so bad?... Jake, where are you?...JAKE!!!" Frederic saw Jake, in his human form, laying a few metres away under a big branch. "Jake, are you okay?" Frederic said when he carry away the branch.

Jake woke up, but he feel so weak that he coulnd't stand up.

"Awww...maan... what happend? Why is...? Ohh... Frederic, please look around is there something, like a white-shining-stone? It have to gone." Jake asked because he knowed that it have to be Sphinx-hair.

Frederic search the scene and found, 200 feets away, a little white-shining-stone on the top of a little mechanic-mashine. When he wanted to touch it a little white energy-flash appear and hit Frederic's hand.

"OWCH!!! Awww... okay you want the difficult way!" Frederic said, broke up a branch from the next tree and hit the machine as hard as possible. On the backside of the machine 3 of 4 green lights switched of...

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Pandarus walked threw his hideout and packed his stuff when the mobile in his pocket rang. The SMS said: Dragon-Protection-Shield intensity decreased to 23%.

"WHAT?" he shout and threw the mobile into the mirrior at the wall, which got broke. "That was not my plan! They must found my little invention." he said to himself and took a phone: " To everybody... this it the boss, look around for a teenager with black-green hairs in the mountains. And maybe he is not alone..." Pandarus stop to inform his employes and look out of his window.

He had a suite in his as a Luxus-Hotel tarned hideout. From outside, it looked like a big construction-side, but inside it was Pandarus home, office and secret hideout. From his room he had a beautiful view above the Atlantic-Ocean and at the other side on the mountains and the island. When Pandarus heard a big and terrible noise behind him in the mountains. He turned and saw that a big,black smoke-cloud got out of the old crater. A little fireball hit a few trees near and the half wood was in fire.

He was shocked. That wasn't his plan. His very high payed scientologyst gave him wrong informations. He had to flee, now.

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Frederic look shocked on the only one kilometre far crater. When he run to the still unconscinous Jake during over them it start to rain ash.

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All over the island, the people got into panic. The helpers tried to calm down them. But now it was important, who could rescue himself.

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Jake woke up and realize what happend. He feeled better and could stand up, but when he tried to transform it doesn't work:

"DRAGON UP!" he shout. But nothing happend. "DRAGON UP!" but no, he couldn't transform. And there where in serious troble here. It rained ash and fire.

"FREDERIC! The white stone? What did you with it?" he asked very fast.

"I couln't touch it, it hit me with flashes. So I damaged the mashine around it with a branch!"

"A mashine! Awww maan that means my powers doesn't work here. Pandarus had to be aggravated the effect of that substance. ...by the way, it's called Shinx-hair,... and you damaged it?"

"Yes," Frederic said "Maybe your powers will work now far away from that thing. We should go away from here, look..." Frederic pointed at the crater.

A few seconds later, the earth start to shake again very hard. Both fall down and could hear a terrible noise. It sounds like the end of the world. Short time after that both looked up and could see a big and long column in the ground in front of them.

"We have to hurry!" Jake said. "But on feet, we will need to long..."

"THE VILLAGE!" Frederic interrupted Jake and pointed at the burning houses around 100 feet away. "Maybe there is a ... a... bike... or a car we can use..."

Very surprised about Frederic's good ideas, Jake followed him to the houses. But many garages where destroyed. Or the people used thier cars earlier to get away from here. But than, a undamaged garage. Both ran thier and found a more than 30 years old car in it. Very old, but thier only chance.

"Do you know, how driving?" Frederic asked.

"No, problem. A few months ago, I was 21 and had a licence and... awww...maaaann..., that car have a gear-shift and no atomatic..."

"Let me drive, I know how..." Frederic said and sat on the drivers-seat.

"And who teached you that?" Jake asked wondered.

"My older cousin, when I visited him he..." but than the roof above them start to burn. The fire was everywhere when both raced out of the burning garage and above the long and curvy road down the mountain. "...I told you that story later." Frederic cries panicly.

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End of Chapter 8

Have they a chance? What will Pandarus do next?

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