Dragons and Cross-dressers – Chapter sixteen
The Russian smiled tightly in victory as the red dragon fell.
He had been correct in his theory. He watched the body tumbled from the sky.
The dragon attempted to curl itself into a ball to minimise damage on impact.
It crashed messily and noisily into the ground.
Alfred turned to Ivan angrily. "What are you doing? You could have hurt Artie!"
Ivan smiled brightly. "But you were taking too long. I knew the dragon would do that so no harm done. I helped you, da?"
The blonde knight gritted his teeth.
Iain was currently struggling to his feet. He couldn't see anything except for a bright white haze and his ear rung harshly, destroying his sense of balance. His head buzzed furiously with the shock of the sudden noise and blinding light.
He tried moving.
He felt a sharp, constant pain in the remains of his wings and the place where he hit the ground. He started to blink away the dizziness and blindness.
Arthur watched his brother sway dangerously from the high window. His wings were in tatters so even if he would leave, he couldn't. The blonde prince noted several cuts plus the very deep first one from where the knight's sword had cut the beast before he started dodging and the arrow still protruded from his back.
He felt a wave of mixed feeling course through him at the sight.
The blood was invisible against his scales but a steady trail of red following the scaly animal made the bleeding noticeable.
The knight turned his head to the wounded dragon as it dragged itself blindly forward.
"If you want to defeat the dragon and save your prince, this will be your only chance." The knight glared at Ivan before charging at the bleeding dragon.
Iain suddenly turned his head in Alfred's direction. A burst of fire appeared. The knight jumped back surprised.
"Crap!"
"Remember he can still smell you comrade." He smiled innocently. "Be quick, before he regains his sight and hearing. It will not be long."
The American scowled, still angry at the trader and decidedly not up for taking orders. He attacked again away.
The dragon stumbled backward, clumsily dodging the sword. The sword clipped his shoulder. The red dragon snarled, trying to swipe his claws at him. The dazzle in his eyes was fading and his hearing was nearly back now.
The American saw his chance slowly disappear as the dragon slowly began attacking and defending with more and more accuracy.
Occasionally the knight managed to cut the red beast shallowly and occasionally Iain cut Alfred back. Ivan however saw the red head's blood on the ground and smirked.
He pulled out a magic book and opened it at a certain page. Spells usually required a naturally magic catalyst like dragon's blood or unicorn horn. Lucky that so much of it had been spilt, huh?
He took a handful of earth that the blood had soaked into. Arthur, who had now been warily watching the trader, saw the Russian do this. His eyes widened as he saw the bloodied dirt smeared into the book. He turned to the fighting two.
"Hey! That man is about to use magic!"
The knight turned to the prince.
The dragon turned to the trader.
The nobleman turned to the knight.
The trader turned to the dragon.
The magic activated.
Everywhere that the dragon's blood has spilt, chains appeared. They twisted up and towards the dragon like flowers.
Iain's senses were back by now. He reared back in an attempt to escape their grasp, roaring and growling in pain and anger.
He tried to fly out of their reach but his wings were too torn to work. The silver chains latched on his feet. The dragon pulled his feet from them.
He darted to the tower and climbed about 20m up the tower until he was violently pulled down again. They wrapped around him as he struggled, ripped them up from the ground and tearing them apart.
Any chain destroyed quickly spouted two new ones.
The attack was vicious, quick and unavoidable. His defence was useless; they were faster than him and breaking them created more.
After only a few minutes of the fierce assault, the dragon found his self pinned down to the ground.
The chains were tightening around him as he fought wildly against them.
They were coiled around his chest, pinning his arms to his body and the chains on his legs were laced together in a complicated knot, tying them together. Several were twisted around his wings. One had found its ways to his muzzle, taping it shut and to the ground. His neck had one spiralling down it.
Even in places that didn't require any chains were covered in them.
He was just coated in the chains, unable to move.
He growled through closed lips in rage as he glared in fury at the knight and trader.
The chains tightened again.
They began to cut into his softened flesh and cut off his wind pipe. Blood flowed freely along the chains, dripping to the ground.
No more chains were being formed now that the dragon was immobile.
Alfred stared in wonder at the strange sight. He turned to Ivan shocked as the dragon started choking.
"You're killing him! I thought you wanted him alive, dude!"
The trader turned from the dragon to the knight with a small frown. "I do… He is just too rowdy at the moment so I'm just calming him down. Dragons are very hardy creatures so this will not kill him."
The chains tightened and suddenly the dragon became still.
The beast lay limp on the ground like a corpse.
The chains loosened now, detaching from the dragon and sinking back into the ground. He smiled brightly again and strolled over to the passed out creature.
He stroked the snout.
It felt smooth and warm. There was bruising where the rope had strapped the mouth closed. It felt tender and slightly swollen.
He would have to patch up his prize if he wanted to present him to anyone.
He pulled out a flash from his coat and pointed it up. It flared up high into the sky and exploded in a bright green light.
The signal was released so now he only had to wait….
(A/N – Russia is kinda like a sub-villian. Rome is technically the real villain though he only appeared in a flashback… SO FAR!
That's right! He might appear later if you are good boys and girls and review. *wink wink*
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