They just kept coming.
I've dealt with dragons before. There are at least 60 different species that I know of. Grey Widowmakers that rarely dealt with humans but feasted on livestock. Yellow Reapers, know for their size and speed. Ironwings with a poisonous bite. I trained on all 60 species. I taught those skills to my wife, Snow. I was hoping to teach them to my daughter, Emma, but apparently she had hands on learning dealing with, shall we say our current town judge.
Maleficent was a mixed breed Regal Copper, mixed because not only did she have lightening speed and massive size, she also was a fire-breather with a long range. I still have the singe marks to prove it.
The three that came at us were Coppers, all slightly bigger than Mallie in dragon form, and all flamethrowers. And considering the amount of damage they already had done,I would say very effective. A good chunk of the city was already destroyed, including someplace that Emma called TD Garden. Its where they the Celtics played. Almost and I'm still getting used to all the things in this realm. Now Snow and I, Emma, Regina, and Red are headed to meet them.
Flying was not as hard as I thought, and you had to keep exhilaration down first time or you'll lose concentration. Regina said concentration was a very important thing in soaring...which was what we really were doing soaring and controlling our gravity.
We were above downtown when the three Coppers introduced themselves to us. Their calling card was a burst of flame that almost got us if we did not put the shields that we were taught to put up in situations like this.
Killing dragons is not that hard. There are about four main points you can shove a blade in to help that lizard get back to room temperature. The hard part is getting there. I tried to get one of the beasts with straight sword shot to the belly, but its tail is long and powerful...it caught me as I was flying toward it and knocked me back about 20 feet. Snow tried to do the same and it almost got her but Emma swooped in and got her. Regina and Red had started to throw fireballs at the three lizards. They were surprisingly effective. Not enough to kill one, but enough for me to zero in on it belly give it one good poke.
Fire pour out of its belly as it fell to the ground. The buildings it fell on were not so lucky either.
And they kept coming
There was a rhythm to our teamwork, we knew how to kill the other two, but more were coming. And they were not all Coppers.
There were small land based dragons. Crawlers that slid up buildings. Gold did not set up every kind of dragon but he put out a lot. We were lucky we stopped most of the devastatiion but there were only five of us and we didn't have any back up.
And with all that, we forgot about our new friends back at the hotel.
But then, they just kept coming.
The hotel. Holly's POV
"Auntie, why is Gran not answering? What is going on?" Maddie asked in between sobs.
"I don't know sweetie but for now we know our family is okay. I wish you would go back home and stay there the dragons aren't there."
"Auntie, I am not leaving you and I am too scared to go outside."
"Okay, okay sweetie, I am going to go downstairs and see what is going on...you keep trying to reach Grans"
"Please don't leave me, please!"
"Maddie, I need to know what's going on, I promise I will be right back!"
"Okay please hurry!"
"I will" I leaned in and gave my niece a kiss on the head not knowing what would happen once I walked out that door.
Since I got diagnosed with my heart condition I have not been able to do any physical activity but since earlier this evening I have been running and it has caught up to me badly. By the time I made it outside I was completely out of breath and leaning up against the wall trying to stabilize myself before looking to see the developments. While I was breathing I could hear a lot of yelling, crying and of course the angry sounds of a fire breathing dragon, which strangely seemed to be getting closer and closer.
"Holly!" I heard someone yell I was not sure if it was Emma, Regina, Snow, Charming, Ruby, or whoever, but it was a panicked yell and got my attention.
"Look out! DUCK!" they yelled but by the time it registered it was too late. I looked up in enough time to see the talons of a very large fire breathing dragon come down on me.
Regina's POV
"Gods! Emma! A Dragon got Holly!" I hear Snow yell and I quickly turned around to see the dragon taking off with our new friend.
"Can someone please tell me what the hell just happened?," I was yelling trying to catch my breath, also trying to fight the onslaught.
"I don't know, I looked over and saw Holly leaning against the wall, looked up that's when I saw the dragon. A big Copper! I tried to get her to duck but she couldn't move and then well he got her." Snow replied
"Well we can't just sit here and do nothing we need to help her!" Ruby yelled
"Guys, I want to save Holly too we still have more dragons coming in. Plus, what about her niece was she out there too? Mom was she out there?" Emma asked Snow.
"I didn't see her. No I don't think so" said Snow
"Listen from what I could see Holly loves her niece very much, I don't think he wouldn't put her in harms way. I will run up to our room and check the rest of you keep fighting Emma come with me. If Maddie is in there we are going to have a very scared little girl on our hands."
Snow and Red nodded and rejoined James outside, Emma ran into the hotel with me.
While we were running through the hotel I haven't been this horrified since I saw my mother ripping my Daniel's beating heart out of his chest. I was quietly praying that Maddie would be safe in our room and that we would be able to save her Aunt.
"Maddie! Are you in here!" I yelled as I flung open the door. "Emma where is she?" I was panicking.
I did what my love told me to do while she phoned Gran to see how long it had been since she had heard from Holly and what was happening with the others while we tried to figure something out.
"Emma! I found her! She's here under the bed!" I yelled and then I chose to do something I don't think anyone would ever suspect me of doing. I got down on the floor, laid down lifted the bed skirt and looked at Maddie with sincere eyes.
"Maddie, honey, it's me Regina and Emma's here too. You can come out now you will be safe I promise." I whispered
"No I can't I am scared. Where's my Auntie?" Maddie asked while sobbing, she broke my heart.
"It's okay, dear, your Auntie will be back soon." With those kind words Maddie began to crawl her way out from under the bed, once she was out she threw her arms around me and cried uncontrollably. I rubbed her head, rocked her gently and was whispering that it was all okay. I glanced over her head at Emma to see the worry on her face while exchanging a silent "How the heck are we going to save Holly and deal with everything else?" all I could do was mouth the words "I have no idea!"
Storybrooke. Regina's Mansion. Maleficent's POV
I felt helpless. Everyone was being monitored, one person for each of the people in Boston. Grans was doing double duty communicating with this girl named Holly when suddenly Grans heard a crash, some screaming, then another girl named Maddie said that something took Holly.
Then I'm hearing that these dragons were coming en masse. We never had anything like this in the Realm. You only dealt with one dragon because they...who am I kidding, we...were very territorial. And no matter what Dreamworks says, dragons are not trainable. And add what happened to me at the hospital...realizing that Cora may be involved in all this is making me realize something is up. Instantly I knew what I had to do. And now.
I didn't need a hat or a bean. My powers were still rather potent. I knew how to do this. And after the last time, I should be afraid, but I'm not. Because the last time was for self-preservation. This time its for my friends.
My friends. Damn, after everything, that's still a strange phrase for me.
I went outside. Blue caught sight of me...I think she knew what I wanted to do. She tried to stop me...saying I was needed here. I told her she can take care of things here in Storybrooke...I would be back soon, anyway.
I kissed the fairy's forehead. I closed my eyes. Black smoke. I was on my way, praying to the gods I wasn't too late.
A fast food joint in North Boston. Sidney's POV.
The life of Sidney Glass had just been one big fuck up after another. Being trapped in that bottle. Falling for the wife of a man she pretty much sweet talked you into killing. Having that same woman trap you in a mirror for...you lost track, though time was based on the life of one Emma Swan, you know that the true time period may have been longer than that; you pretty much lost count.
Her curse freed you from that mirror and trapped you in another, the Mirror you publish on a daily basis. Trying to make good. Trying to redeem yourself. Trying to make peace with tge fact that woman who has been a rock around your neck is the woman you still are inexplicably still in love with.
That is why you are here. You didn't know when you would do it, but you knew what it was you were supposed to do.
The carnage being shown on the television was almost unbearable. And you knew the woman you are infatuated with was in the thick of it. The time act was now. You were sober. For the first time in years you were completely sober. And you knew what you had to do.
The waitress came out with your check. All she saw was a $50 bill. You were gone.
TO BE CONTINUED.
A/N: Well, the story's moving forward, and the next chapter offers much resolution. It will be longer so it will be a bit before I get a new chapter up (don't everyone cheer uncontrollably at one time!)
And please excuse...this is the second time I've actually had to write an action scene, plus with additions by my co-author hollz2283, I think I have it coherent.
Expect some shocks and surprises, in Boston and in Maine...here and in chapters to come.
Good detailed reviews are very welcome. PS Scribes & Scrolls, I tried to follow your suggestions. I hope I came close.
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