"You're early." Ace said as he saw Jake walked to him.

"Well... I've learned from my mistakes. Ready?"

"Here I got you something." Ace said as he threw the sports bag to Jake.

"What is it?" Jake said as he tried to open the bag.

"Wait, till we are in the chamber. You'll see soon enough."

Ace and Jake started to walk in the direction of the castle. They made the same route as they had done a day ago.

XXXX

A few hours later.

Carter walked to the control room, he had a meeting scheduled an hour ago. But he dozed off as he turned off the alarm clock causing him to be late. As he entered the councilors looked at him annoyed. Markus Thrall was present and also a boy he had seen somewhere before.

"You're late." Kulde replied annoyed.

"My apologies." Carter said without interest. He nodded at Markus who nodded back in reply.

"So, Carter?" Markus started. "You think there will be an attack on Draco?"

Carter straightened his posture.

"I don't think there will be an attack. I know there will be an attack and it will happen soon ."

Again Kulde chuckled. Markus looked at him serious. As if on cue Mortis popped up a worried look on his face.

"Hostile aircrafts approaching." He hastily said. "One of them is trying to contact us."

The smile on Kulde face disappeared and was replaced with a look of fear.

"No." He whispered completely in shock.

Carter shook his head.

"I told you so." He said just hard enough for Kulde to hear. "Mortis, put them on screen."

Mortis did what Carter said and the face of the Huntsmaster showed. This time without a dragon skull, an evil smile spread across his face.

"Good day dragons…and Carter." He said with mock respect. "This is Huntsmaster Eric Rodriquez speaking. Surrender now and we will make your deaths painless."

As this took place Mortis had send a message to Rose, Ace's team and Lao Shi. They came running into the control room.

"Now, are you going to surrender?" Eric asked.

Now Kulde chuckled again.

"You have found our fortress, but you can't seriously think you will be able to take it?" He spoke in a powerful manner. "No human has ever broken this shield and you will not be the first."

A sly smile spread on Eric's face.

"We will see councilors. Enjoy your present. Rodriquez out."

The screen switched off.

Kulde closed his eyes.

"Markus. I ask for assistance in this battle to come. Can I count on you?"

Markus nodded.

"Hold them off as long as you can. I will return to the Wizards cove and request for a team of wizards." Markus turned to the boy which stood next to him. "Listen, Nigel I want you to help these dragons, okay?"

Nigel nodded. There was a flash and Markus disappeared.

XXXX

Eric pressed a button on the control panel and the screen turned dark.

"Huntsman!" He yelled now the entire cool he had during the conversation disappeared.

"Yes Huntsmaster?" The Huntsman bowed.

"Give me a comm-link with Falcon seven." He bellowed.

The Huntsman almost tripped over his own feet as he made a run for the control panel he entered some digits and on the screen popped a image showing another Huntsmaster with a small dragon skull on his head.

"Number five, disengage your fighter and deliver the package." He ordered.

The Huntsmaster nodded and turned off the screen.

From one of the aircraft fell a smaller aircraft as it dropped several feet it engines fired up and with a bang it flew over the dome.

"Releasing package." The pilots voice could be heard. not a second after that a small box fell from the fighter.

"Package delivered. Initiating afterburner. Good luck gentlemen."

Another bang could be heard and the small plane started to fly away from the dome.

"Now we wait." Eric said as he placed a hand on the shoulder of the Huntsman in the pilot seat.

XXXX

The councilors had ordered several dragons to help the ones who could not fight into the bunkers, all of them were now getting ready. Rose and Aurora had started to help the weak into the bunkers.

"Where the Hell is Ace when you need him." Carter said as he strapped his boots.

"I saw him this morning." Mortis said. "I can't find him on the island."

"And where is my grandson?" The voice could be heard from Loa Shi.

"He's with Ace ,Training." Carter replied. "When they get back and this place lays in ruins. I am going to kick their sorry asses all over the place."

Suddenly a bang could be heard and on the screen, Mortis showed a fighter.

"They send one fighter?" Andam asked.

Mortis had a look of fear on his face.

"It isn't the fighter but what he has on board. Please let my scanners be wrong."

"What is it?" Loa Shi and the councilors simultaneously asked.

The dragon avatar that resembled Mortis lowered his shoulders in defeat and pointed to the screen.

"See for yourself."

The image enlarged and showed a small cube strange symbols imbedded the surface.

"The cube of Exitium." Loa Shi gasped.

The council members where frozen in place.

Another bang could be heard and the fighter flew away top speed. The cube started to emit light and exploded. The light from the explosion was so bright that. The visor of Carter's helmet darkened to its fullest extent.

As the flash subsided, the shield remained in place seemingly undamaged.

"They didn't break through!" Carter cheered as he grabbed Andam with an arm and shook him.

"No." Loa Shi said solemnly. "But the real bang will."

Carter froze in surprise.

"What?" He whispered.

Suddenly again a explosion this one much duller as the first one. No light emitted from it. it couldn't be seen anywhere. But on the Holographic table. Showed a image that caused a shiver to go through Carter's spine. The Shield rippled at the side of the smaller explosion. The ripple spread through the entire shield and with a sound that you would hear when somebody gets roasted with 100.000 volts. The shield exploded leaving Draco vulnerable to attacks.

"God have our souls."

End of chapter.

Again a chapter brought to you by me. :D Well let's say the next chapter and the maybe the one after that and the one after that. will contain the battle.

Another thing I will let my readers decide. Either Spud or Nigel will become a more reoccurring character in this story your pick. But remember the lives of both of them is in your hands. and I haven't written the next yet but I will throw in some old friends of mine and I am going to take art classes. :D Why because my shrink says it's good to show people what you feel. Well I can do this by writing or art. But because my health insurance is paying I am going to get some art classes YAY(maybe if I can draw a little decent I can show you how my characters look in my eyes as well as the aircrafts and such. Don't keep your hopes up though at the moment I have the same amount of skill as a five year old)

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