Chelsea's POV

A searing pain spread throughout my shoulder, and I could feel a stream of blood trickling down my back.

What the heck just happened?

I grabbed at my shoulder to find an object stuck in it, and when I pulled it out, it revealed itself to be a dart- a tranquilizer dart. It was empty-

I should be falling asleep soon! I realized. Oh, wait- that's not a good thing.

Rex's POV

A Providence plane came soaring out of the clouds, guns blazing as the EVO turned to swipe at it.

"Rex, we've shot it with a mixture of Fentanyl and Haloperidol. It should be asleep within minutes." Holiday said, sounding relieved.

"I have no idea what that means, but I'll take your word for it!" I watched the dragon EVO as it stood clutching its shoulder. It was strange- it seemed like it was bleeding, and I'm pretty sure EVOs don't bleed. After a few seconds, doubt began creeping into my mind.

"Umm, Holiday?"

"Yes, Rex?"

"Are you sure tranquilizer darts work on EVOs? It didn't seem to do anything…"

"It should. I mean, it usually does."

Chelsea's POV

Why am I not falling asleep? Why does my shoulder hurt so much? Why won't this kid GO AWAY?

The robot kid had just flown up to me, and was putting his palm on my forehead- of course, he was flying right where I couldn't reach him.

"Why can't I cure it?" I heard him mumble, right before I felt myself shrinking.

I feel so weak…I can't stay as a dragon anymore…

I felt myself turning into a tiger- its kind of my 'default' form, the one I can stay as without using any energy.

I think that dart doesn't make me fall asleep, but it drains my energy!

The boy landed next to me, and reached out his hand once more.

I took great pleasure in chomping down on it as hard as I could.

"Owwwwww!" he yelled, clutching his hand while dancing around in pain.

I chuckled. I feel no regret for that.

I decided to leave the kid, and go find out where the heck I was, and why. And to find Hawk, if I could.

I turned to walk away, but something slammed into my shoulder (again!) and I went flying into a bush.

"Six! Thank God you're here!" I looked up to see the boy talking to a tall man in a green suit.

"So, what's the problem?" the man asked. His voice was hard and emotionless, and it made me shudder.

"I can't cure it, and Holiday's dart did nothing."

I tried to get up, but my arm gave in, and I crumpled to the ground again.

Damn it! That guy broke my arm!

I managed to pull myself up onto three paws, while the boy and the man watched me.

"Try again, Rex. If you can't cure it, we'll take it to the petting zoo and keep it there."

"Ok." The boy came over to me again, and I tried to back away, but I had no maneuverability with only three legs, so I fell again. He placed his hand on my forehead. I waited…nothing happened, but the place he was touching was getting really warm. Like, burning warm.

What is happening?

His hand felt like fire now, and I tried to pull myself away, growling at him.

"I think…I think I'm hurting it by trying to cure it." He stammered. The man in the green suit nodded.

"Ok, we'll take it to the petting zoo."

He started to walk over to me, but I used all my remaining energy to turn into an eagle, and I leaped into the air, flapping my wings as hard as I could to try and reach something, anything, that would keep me away from these crazy people.

I got nowhere. My broken wing gave in when I was 7 feet in the air, and I collapsed right into the robot kids arms. The pain was so terrible, a terrible throbbing all throughout my body. Blackness started eating at my vision, and the last thing I saw before I blacked out was the face of the boy, staring down at me with uncaring eyes.