"Get the Councilors to the aircraft. I will try and keep the Huntsmen of your back." Ace ordered Jake as he got up.

Jake normally agreed with Ace but now he stopped him.

"Ace, wait I have more armor. You escort the Councilors I will defend you." Jake said.

Ace considered Jake's idea and nodded.

"Come on." He shouted at the councilors.

Jake got out of the building and stood before the Eric Rodriquez, the Huntsmaster and several Huntsmen.

Eric chuckled. "Blast him away boys."

The Huntsmen started firing their plasma bolts harmlessly bouncing off Jake's armor who started to move closer towards the Huntsmen.

"Sir not working." One of the Huntsmen shouted.

Rodriquez narrowed his eyes. "Very well." He said as he took out a radio. "LRAB twenty feet east of my position."

Jake continued to slowly walk towards the Huntsmen who desperately fired their Huntsstafs at him.

"Too easy." He chuckled.

Suddenly a high velocity projectile exploded against his side throwing him into a building that collapsed from his impact.

"One down." Rodriquez chuckled.

Rose saw it happen and screamed at the top of her lungs as Jake got hit. She raised her ABR and squeezed the trigger with all her might.

The streams of energy forced themselves into some of the Huntsmen surrounding Rodriquez.

Rodriquez grabbed one of the Huntsmen and used him as a human shield. The man screamed his last scream as the energy bolts hit his body. After Rose was stopped firing Rodriquez raised his Huntsstaf and fired a bolt in her direction the bolt impacted on Rose's abdomen, causing her to fall backwards.

Ace ran behind the councilors as they headed for the aircraft. As they passed Rose he grabbed her and pulled her to the Aircraft.

"Let me go!" Rose tried to wiggle herself free. "I have to get Jake."

"Rose that impact was death on it's impossible for him to survive that." Ace said as he pushed Rose inside.

"Let me out!" Rose shouted as she tried to get past Ace. "Jake needs my help!"

Andam Rose from his seat. "I'll go get him." He dashed out of the aircraft.

"Councilor no!" Aurora shouted.

As Ace turned to look outside he could see Andam avoiding blasts from the Huntsmen. He got hit by a plasma bolt and dropped to the ground.

"Mortis, get this thing moving!" Ace shouted as Andam got hit. He still tried to hold Rose in her position.

The Aircrafts engines fired up and the aircraft raised of the ground.

"Hold tight everyone." Mortis could be heard over the speakers.

The afterburners engaged and the aircraft speeded away.

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Eric Rodriquez moved to Omnia whose lifeless body now lay several feet before him.

"Without their leadership and one of their best dragons down. They will consider surrender. They can't defeat us we have the technology and the numbers." He smiled.

"Sir, Better if we get going. God knows how many of these things will show up." A huntsman said.

Eric nodded. "Take our fallen brothers with us."

"What about the dragons?"The Huntsman said.

"Leave them for the vultures." Rodriquez said as he walked back into the Chinook.

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"You bastard." Rose said tears flowing down her cheeks. "How could you leave him there. Don't you have some kind of code. Never leave someone behind."

She punched Ace's chest. He did not stop it he simply let her do it. Rose collapsed on her side and started to weep. Aurora walked over to her taking her in a soothing hug.

"Don't worry. everything will be alright." She tried to sooth the upset girl. She shot a glare at Ace. "She's right we never leave someone behind."

Ace swallowed hard. "We had to the councilors were in danger. Immediate extraction was necessary. We had to leave him."

Aurora shook her head. "We had to leave him. God Ace! You really have changed since when do you care more about the mission than your crew. If I get hit you let me die also?"

Ace turned and walked to the cockpit. He sighed.

"If necessary." He paused. "Yes."

Aurora looked at his back as he disappeared into the cockpit now also her eyes stung with tears. She wiped them away and pulled Rose on her feet.

"Come on girl. Everything will be alright." She said again.

"Not without Jake." Rose sobbed.

Lao Shi had collapsed on a chair his eyes dull and his face emotionless. He flinched as Carter placed a hand on his shoulder.

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The rubble that first was the house moved as a groan could be heard and Jake pushed himself out of it.

The left side of his suit had taken a hell of a beating the inner exoskeleton could be seen as could al kind of small equipment. Jake helmet folded back and he spit out some blood he walked to the center of the town road and collapsed breathing heavily.

"Internal bleeding detected." His suit's health system said. "Injecting magical healing potion now."

Jake roared as the suit injected the magical substance his whole body tingled as it was injected.

"Healing potion injected, internal bleeding slowly getting healed." His suit answered.

"No shit." Jake mumbled.

His ears perched as he heard a groan coming from his left.

He turned and saw Councilor Andam laying in dragon form a puddle of blood around him. Jake hurried to the councilor.

"Councilor everything alright?" He asked.

"I am fucking bleeding, do you know how stupid that question is." He roared in pain.

"Wait I have some medical equipment in my suit I will try to get you back on your feet."

Andam shook his head. "No I am hurt too much. There is nothing you can do. Not even magic can save me now."

"Sir with all respect you can't die. We need your leadership."

"No, Jacob." The councilor sighed. "We need leadership that is where you are right. But not mine. We need a fresh approach. So take this."

The councilor coughed up some blood as he reached into his robe revealing a necklace.

"Take this, this is one of the council necklaces. I want you to have it." He said as he pushed it into Jake's hand. "We need new leaders Jake."

"Andam I can't not in this way."

"It's an order American dragon. you will become a leader." The councilor coughed on last time and Jake could feel the dragon's muscles relax.

He stood looking at the necklace and wrapped it around his neck. The suits helmet closed.

"Diagnostics." He said.

"Suit's energy shield generator destroyed. Communications destroyed. Weapon systems offline. Scanners offline. Thrusters working at forty-five percent. Suit's life support four percent. Artificial environment not possible due to breach in armor's hull." The suit replied.

Jake turned and grabbed Andam, he walked to Omnia and also took her in her arms.

Jake changed into his dragon form.

"I am not leaving you here." He said to the dead bodies.

He looked into the skies and the thrusters forced him of the ground.

End of chapter.

I know not a long fight. But my Xbox cable broke so I am kinda pissed. And did not want a long fighting scene. I bet you were the first part like OH NOES! Jake's dead well he isn't.

And I just realized this is at the moment the longest story I'm writing. Yeah I still can't believe I am actually writing fanfiction. I thought I never would. And yet I am. lol

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