A/N: Chapter 6 of American Dragon Jake Long: Worldwide Crisis. Enjoy!
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Chapter 6: Battle in NYC
"It is time for your downfall and my reign of supremacy to begin! The world shall belong to me!" The skies parted to let the Dark Dragon descend, his dark wings beating steadily as he gazed upon the city below. The rooftops of tall buildings peeked out from the depths of darkness while the smaller buildings were forever swallowed within and only hoped to one day reached the light.
"Magnificent! The cities already drowned in darkness," He laughed before setting eyes upon the small army. "Your pathetic army is not enough to stop me! Controlling the chaos and submerging my enemies within the never-ending darkness is my specialty!"
"We'll see about that, chum!" Jake shouted, flapping his wings powerfully to get on equal heights with the Dark Dragon. "We won't let you rule this world, not here, not anywhere!" The dragons roared with approval while the army below chanted with agreement.
"American Dragon, how amusing that you think you can defeat me with your tiny group of pathetic and measly creatures. I AM THE DARK DRAGON!"
"I don't care who you are, we don't want you here!" Jake replied angrily.
"You still have some of Lao Shi's spunk in you….but unlike grandpa; you don't have the skills necessary to defeat me!" The Dark Dragon chuckled with delight. "I can't wait to see the horror on Lao Shi's face when I tear you apart!"
"Grandpa was good enough to kick your sorry ass! I have just as much skills needed to wipe the floor with you too!" Jake countered hotly.
"Silence! Liao Shi was a fool, he got lucky that time! This time though," The Dark Dragon let out a malicious laugh, "it's my win."
"Not by a long shot! We're gonna shut you down, here and now!"
"We'll see about that! Rise, my shade demons!" Rising his arms above his head, the billowing darkness bubbled into existences and took the form of demons. Their glowing red eyes fixated upon the creatures and their sharp fangs gnashed together, eager for some blood.
"Seize them!" The Dark Dragon roared the command and the swarm of the army rushed upon them like an avalanche.
"Okay, the first wave of creatures are ready to go!" Trixie called out and the first line of trolls and goblins marched forward, weapons poised to swipe away the shade demons. Normally physical objects like a shield, sword or axe can't touch a ghost, much less a demon but thanks to Fu Dog's magic, goblins and trolls alike can mow down the demons with a simple swing. The goblins were doing well until they realized something. No matter how many demons they killed, it didn't look like the army was shrinking. When the axe hit the demon, it split in two and now there were two demons instead of one.
"They're multiplying by the thousands!" Trixie reported as she looked through the binoculars. "The attacks aren't weakening them; they're getting bigger and bigger!"
"First wave of goblins and trolls get out of there quick!" Fu Dog whistled and the creatures pulled back, some got injured and needed healing.
"I'm sending in the dragons, maybe a dose of fire will create some effect." Jake sent his band of the dragons to attack the demons. Flares of flames descended upon the shadow entities and it was really effective. Some of the demons retreated while others kept on fighting.
Time to call in the reinforcements! Nodding their heads, one demon raised a horn and blew; the sound came out like fingernails scratching a chalkboard.
"They need to put a sock in that thing!" Trixie yelled, her hands already covering her ears while the others followed her lead. "It's worse than my grandma's alarm clock!"
So they have resorted to them. The Dark Dragon looked at the swarm of creatures rising from the depths of hell. Let's see how the puny army handles them.
"Hell Army approaching at 5 o'clock!" Trixie screamed, her eyes bugging out of the binoculars. "Eeeww they are pretty nasty looking."
"What?!" Fu dog grabbed the binoculars and look. "Well of course they are nasty looking, they are from the deepest place of Hell...Where's Jake?!"
"Right here Fu." Jake landed next to his guardian dog. "What's the matter?"
"We only have a few magical creatures at our disposal. The army from hell is approaching and the shade demons are increasing in strength. We might not have enough power left!" Fu Dog felt that his head was about to explode from the sheer thought of the Dark Dragon winning.
"Just do what you can and we have to wait till Haley and Yuki arrive with back up," Trixie spoke then she stops to think and says, "You know I was wondering, you sent Haley to South America...you see what the problem is? South America ain't that far from North America so why would Haley take so long to come here?"
"Uhhhhh the kid had to take a detour?" Fu Dog suggested.
"Anyways that's besides the point. Jakey I don't need to tell you to be careful out there!" Waving her hand in dismissal, Trixie trudged over to the catapult groups that were stand-by ready for quite sometime now.
"We're on it. Dragons move out!" Once more, Jake allowed some of his fellow dragons to demolish the shade demons a second time while he led a few to survey the approaching hell army. There were roughly a thousand of them, each carrying menacing weapons.
"Fire the catapults!" Trixie ordered and soon the skies were raining mass rocks and other items, hitting their respected targets.
"Hope you are ready to get messy in Veronica's World Wide Web!" The spider lady cheered as she covered some demons with her stickiness. "Stick around!"
"This is getting really boring." The Dark Dragon muttered as he looked at the battle. He flew above the heads of the battling armies and roared. "American dragon! Come and fight me, right here and now! I'll show you how miserable and futile it is to keep this battle going!"
"I wouldn't like it any other way!" Jake heeds the call and flew up to meet his adversary. "I'll show you the true strength of what it takes to be the guardian of all the magical creatures and I won't let you kill them! Dark Dragon, you're going down!"
"Come then, I'll squash your hopes of defeating me once and for all!" The Dark Dragon suddenly grinned. "After I'm done with you, I'll hang your remains upon my altar as a souvenir!"
"I'll defeat you just like Grandpa did! Once I'm done, I'll burn your corpse with my flames!" With that, all the talking stopped and both dragons used their traded blows as a way of communication.
"Hey Trixie where in the world is Spud?" Fu dog asked, noticing that he didn't return yet. The dog was concentrating on directing units while keeping an eye on Jake. Both the American Dragon and the Dark Dragon were evenly matched as they soared across the sky.
"Do I look like his mother? That boy will be back no sweat, you just got to believe in him." Trixie replied as she helped the Tooth Fairy with the wounded patients.
I don't know if I believe in this army anymore. Fu dog chewed his lips as he watched the battle. But if Jake believes that this battle can be won then so be it. I'll lay all my biscuits on the kid.
Huntsclan HQ…..
"Rose? Rose you there?" Spud whispered, looking around. He hasn't returned to the Huntsclan HQ for a while, the last time he visited was when Jake needed to get Rose back into school.
"Spud?" A voice replies and Rose appeared, her eyes shone with relief. Since Jake and Rose were dating, Spud and Trixie were quite comfortable with the two of them as couples. Ever since Rose returned the Huntsclan for some serious business, Spud has taken the duty of filling her in on what is happening because Jake got overwhelmed with magical duty and stressed a lot.
"Rose, thank goodness you're here." Spud smiles as he approached her.
"What's wrong? Last time you called, a heavy dense fog has blanketed the entire metropolis." Her eyes were full of concern because the Huntsclan doesn't appreciate snooping spies.
"Look, the Dark Dragon is back and we need all the help we can get." Spud explained simply.
"Wasn't Jake suppose to gather dragons from around the world to help stop the Dark Dragon? He should have all the help by now right?"
"He should but the others haven't arrived yet and according to Trixie, we're in a tight pinch."
"Right, I'll go and get my items ready. Wait for me okay?"
"I'll wait as long as I don't get caught." Spud gave her a sheepish grin.
"Good." With that, Rose disappeared.
A/N: Done with this chapter, I hoped you enjoyed it.