Future Dragon: Rose Long (Season Seven)
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Chapter/Episode 2: The Rescue Party
In the dining room, Savannah, now in her human form, watched with her head turned to the side as Rose drummed her fingers against the table as she sat in Lono's chair. "Have you come up with an explanation for the team?" Savannah asked.
"What does it look like to you?" Rose answered as she took her hand off of the table, only to have her eyes widen as Cherri walked into the room in her dragon form, quickly followed by Lexy, then Maverick, then Lista, then Arkadi, and then finally Gilda. All of them were in their dragon forms, all of them wore their medallions around their necks and all of them lined up together.
"What's this about?" Gilda asked grumpily.
"You know how I said that I would interrogate Lono today?" Rose asked as she crossed her arms.
"What did he tell you?" Maverick asked.
"He told me everything that he knew." Rose answered. "And he knew nothing."
"Nope." Rose said. "So...seeing as Lono was no help, I don't know what we're going to do now."
"We'll think of something." Savannah said as she turned her head to the side to look at Rose. Then, her face broke out into a smile. "Hell..." Savannah continued. "...We'll just do what we've always done."
"Do it the old fashioned way." Cherri smiled. "Going out and searching until our wings ache from all of the flying we've done."
"I guess so..." Rose said, although there was disappointment in her tone.
"Is there something wrong with that?" Arkadi asked.
"I just wish..." Rose said. "...That there was something better we could do. I wish...we had better resources..."
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Up above, Holly, Jake and Callum touched down on the docks, quickly followed by the fifteen dragon formed Dragon Council Agents. "Now what?" Callum asked. "How do we get down there?"
"Leave that to me." Holly smiled. Then, in a bright light, Holly reverted to her human form. As soon as the light faded, Holly smiled as she reached into her robes and pulled out a communication device.
Holly then pressed a button, and within seconds, a holographic figure of Silver appeared. "Yo, Sil!" Jake said cheerily with a smile on his face. "What's up?"
"Hello to you too, Jake." Silver smiled back. Then, her face turned serious. "Councilors?"
"If you don't mind..." Holly spoke to the mermaid. "...We'd like some transport."
"You're coming down?" Silver asked.
"We're coming down." Holly said, nodding once.
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Walking on her fin flaps, Silver smiled as she made her way to the elevator, just as the doors opened and Holly stepped out, followed by Jake and then Callum.
"What brings you all to Mermaid City?" Silver asked as Holly, Jake and Callum all reached her, the Dragon Council Agents starting to walk out of the elevator two-by-two. "Oh, and Jake, I wanted to-"
"We're here for Rose." Jake told the mermaid.
"As well as Savannah Rogers, Lexy Feara, Linda Costa, Cherri Solorio, Arkadi Dyalov and Gilda Addamo." Holly added as she crossed her scaly arms. "Know where we can find them?"
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"So, I guess what we do..." Back in the dining hall, Rose stood in her dragon form, her scaly arms behind her back. "...Is go out and search. For today, you are all free to relax. You can go now."
Moments later, Gilda stepped outside the dining hall, followed by Arkadi, then Lista, then Maverick, and then Lexy. However, before any of them could split up, Holly, Jake and Callum, as well as the fifteen Dragon Council Agents, all arrived at the dining hall.
Seeing Gilda and Arkadi walking off to the right side of the building, Lexy and Lista walking off to the right and Maverick walking right toward them, the three Councilors stopped and Holly opened her mouth and loudly roared, stopping Gilda, Arkadi, Maverick, Lexy and Lista.
"Alright!" Holly called loudly. "You and you!" She pointed at Gilda and Arkadi, who both turned their heads to the side. "You!" She pointed at Maverick, whose eyes widened. "You and you!" She pointed at Lexy and Lista, who also turned their heads to the sides. "Don't go anywhere or make any sudden movements." Holly ordered as she lowered her scaly arm.
"Jake." She said softly as she turned her head to the side, making Jake do the same. "Go into that room and see if you can find anyone else."
Inside the dining hall, Rose was sitting in Lono's chair, watching Savannah's and Cherri's back as they stared out the door after hearing Holly's roar. "I wonder what that was..." Cherri said as both she and Savannah turned their heads to the side to look at one another.
"I doubt it was much." Rose said, making both Cherri and Savannah turn around to face her again. "It was probably noth-"
"Hello?" However, before she could finish, Rose was cut off by the familiar sound of the voice of her husband, Jake Long.
Shocked, both Cherri and Savannah turned to the side and then turned their heads to the side, seeing Jake in his dragon form standing in the doorway.
Seeing him made Rose's eyes widen. "Jake?!"
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"Rose!" Jake shouted with glee, a smile breaking out on his face. "You're okay!"
"Wh...What are you doing here?" Rose asked as she stood up, her eyes wide.
"Rescuing you." Jake answered. Then, as he stared at the shocked Cherri and shocked Savannah, Jake's smile vanished and he narrowed his eyes, starting to growl at the two younger female dragons.
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Outside, Savannah had her belly and chest pressed against the side of the building as one of the Dragon Council Agents shackled her clawed hands behind her back. As Savannah allowed the Agent to do this, she turned her head to the side to see Cherri pressed against the wall across the front door, being handcuffed as well.
As soon as the Agents finished securing both Cherri and Savannah, both dragons were pulled away from the wall and turned around as the now human Rose walked out the door, closely followed by the still dragon Jake.
Savannah could see that Lista, Gilda and Arkadi were all lying on their bellies, allowing themselves to be handcuffed, while Lexy was being wrestled to the ground by two Agents.
By the time Lexy was forced onto her belly, she was hyperventilating and tears of distress were starting to form in her eyes. "Wh...What are you doing?" She asked, just before one shackle was clamped around one of her scaly wrists.
"No!" Lexy's eyes widened and she started to struggle against the dragons holding her down, rocking from side to side. "No! No! Don't! What are you d-?"
"Lexy." Hearing the calm voice of Savannah, the distressed Lexy turned her head to the side and looked up, seeing the shackled Savannah standing to her side, looking down at her as her Dragon Council Agent guard stood behind her. "Just...Just let them cuff you, Lexy. It's going to be alright."
Meanwhile, Holly and Callum walked back toward the other Agents and the other prisoners, each standing on one side of Maverick, who also had his arms cuffed behind him; Holly was holding one of his arms while Callum held the other.
"I can't believe this." Maverick muttered.
"Believe it." Holly replied.
"No, you shouldn't be able to do this." Maverick told her. "You said that you don't have an arrest warrant for me. You can't arrest me."
"The reason we don't have one for you..." Holly said as she and Callum stopped in their tracks, forcing Maverick to stop as well. "...Is because the dragon we sent down here to spy on you didn't see you. But now that we see you're with them, we don't need a warrant. Now, let's move."
"This is an abuse of power." Maverick said as both Holly and Callum forced him to walk again.
"This involves the disappearance of my friend, so I don't care." Holly told him.
Soon after, Holly, Callum and Maverick reached the area where Gilda, Arkadi, Lista and Lexy were forced to lie, where Jake and Rose were waiting for them. "You found her?" Holly asked with a relieved tone, smiling. "That's great."
"Is she okay?" Callum asked.
"Of course I-" Rose started in an annoyed tone, her arms crossed. However, she was cut off by Holly.
"We'll run some tests on her once we get back to the Island of Draco." She said. Then, she released Maverick's arm and stepped forward, turning to face Gilda, Arkadi, Lista and Lexy, who, now that they were cuffed, were being forced up onto their knees. "All of you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent and all that other good stuff. Get them on their feet." Holly finished as she turned around and started to walk away.
LINE BREAK
Back on the Island of Draco, Councilor Rin, in her human form, slowly made her way to the area where the enchanted elevator popped out of the ground. She didn't pick up her pace until she saw the elevator popping out of the ground. At that moment, she started to run towards it.
Finally, Rin reached the elevator, just as the doors slid open and Holly stepped out. "Well?" Rin asked.
"Why don't you look for yourself, Councilor..." Holly said with a smile as she walked around Rin, allowing Rin to see Rose walking out of the elevator, followed by her still dragon-formed husband.
"You found her!" Rin smiled before she turned around, seeing Holly smiling.
"And she appears to be safe." Holly said. "And, to make it even better, Savannah Rogers, Cherri Solorio, Gilda Addamo, Arkadi Dyalov, Lexy Feara and Linda Costa are all in custody."
"That's great, Councilor." Rin said. "But, I really need to talk to you about-"
"Give me another hour." Holly said as she turned around, starting to walk away. "I have some business I need to take care of." She called as she turned her head to the side.
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The door to the hospital room was opened and Jake, now in his human form, walked in, followed by Rose. "Close the door." Jake said as he turned around.
Sighing, Rose turned around and closed the door. Then, she turned back around. "What are we doing here, Jake?"
"You're going to stay here." Jake told her with a smile on his face.
"Why?"
"Holly says we're going to run some tests on you." Jake said as he reached into his robes, pulling out a communication device. "You know, see if those dragons hurt you or not."
"Jake, they...wait, what are you doing with that?" Rose pointed at the communication device.
"While you wait here..." Jake continued to smile at his wife. "...I'm going to go out and make a call..."
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Closing the door to the hospital room, Jake then turned and grabbed his communication device with both hands, pressing a button.
Seconds later, a holographic image of Daisy appeared. Daisy had removed the bandages from around her head.
"Hey, Daisy." Jake smiled. "Great news. We found Rose."
"You did?" Daisy's eyes widened.
"Yeah, but first things first..." Jake's smile widened. "...How are your legs?"
"They're healing quickly." Daisy told him, although Jake could tell by the sound of her voice that she was annoyed by Jake asking her about herself rather than letting her ask him about Rose. "The casts should be able to come off in a few days."
"That's great." Jake smiled.
"Now, about my sister?" Daisy narrowed her eyes.
"She seems to be fine." Jake said. "Of course, we're going to do some tests on her to make sure that she's really going to be okay."
"Okay, but where was she?" Daisy pressed.
"Mermaid City." Jake answered. "In other words, we were completely off base."
"We went through Hell and back for nothing." Daisy finished with a sigh.
"Exactly." Jake said, but then he smiled. "But at least Rose is back. Everything's good."
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Meanwhile, Holly, now in her human form, made her way down the hallway where her room was.
Finally reaching her door, Holly turned and grabbed the knob, turned it and pushed the door open, stepping inside. As she walked inside, Holly closed the door behind her, revealing the Lust-colored dragon to have been standing behind the door, his scaly arms crossed.
"Hello, Councilor." He said.
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"Hello, Councilor." The Lust-colored dragon had said.
Hearing his voice, Holly's eyes widened and she gasped, jolting up into the air slightly.
Turning around, Holly placed one of her hands on her chest, sighing with relief as the Lust-colored dragon dropped his scaly arms to his sides.
"Rhys, you scared me." Holly said as she took a step back. "Don't do that again." She added as she narrowed her eyes.
"I apologize, Councilor." The Lust-colored dragon, Rhys, said as he took a step forward.
"What are you doing here anyways?" Holly asked.
"Don't you remember?" Rhys smiled. "Before you left, you said that we could have our little talk once you got back. I must admit, I didn't think that you'd be back so quickly..."
"Rhys, I remember saying that we could talk after I got back." Holly told him as she crossed her arms. "I was going to start looking for you. I even blew off Councilor Rin. She's been trying to talk to me about something before we left as well. What I meant was that I wanted to know what you were doing in my room."
"I let myself in." Rhys smiled. "I thought I'd surprise you."
"How'd you get in?" Holly asked as she lowered her arms. "Did you pick the lock?"
"Are you going to arrest me for breaking and entering?" Rhys asked, giving Holly the most pathetic look that he could fake.
"No." Holly said, putting her hands on her hips. "We're going to talk this through."
"Do you have your answer, Councilor?" Rhys smiled. "Will you make a Pure Dragon potion?"
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Rose sighed as she sat alone on one of the beds in the hospital room, staring at the door, waiting for Jake to return,
A few seconds later, the door to the room opened and Rose's eyes widened as she saw Jake entering with their son at his side, their hands held. "Go get your mommy." Jake said with a smile on his face as he let go of his toddler son's hand.
"Mommy!" Jake Jr. shouted happily as he ran toward his mother.
With a wide smile on her face, Rose pushed herself off of the bed and then turned to the side, squatting down and holding out her arms, allowing her young son to run into them. "Jake!" Rose said happily as she hugged as young son, closing her eyes as she relished in the moment.
However, Rose then opened her eyes as she looked at her husband, who was now standing a few inches away, right in-between the start of the two beds that Rose and Jake Jr. were in-between.
"I missed him." Rose said. "I missed both of you. I missed you more than you will ever know."
Smiling, Jake started to walk toward his wife and child, finally stopping right in front of them. "I know." Jake said as he put his hand down on Rose's head. "We missed you, too. But now it's all over. You're safe. Those dragons won't be able to hurt you from the bars they'll be behind.
"Jake, I-" Rose started, her smile fading.
"I know, Rose." Jake told her as he took his hand off of Rose's head, starting to back away. "We'll talk later. The Council may want you to describe your time as a captive during the trial."
"But, Jake-"
"If you want..." Jake smiled as he stopped walking backwards. "...Just you and I can talk about it when I get back."
"Back?" Rose asked as she continued to hug her only child. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to go make one more call." Jake said.
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Stepping out onto the grass after exiting the building where he resided, Jake held onto his communication device. Taking his hand off of the button, Jake watched as a holographic image of his sister appeared, in her human form.
"Jake, what's up?" She asked. As he stared at her, Jake could see that Haley had her hair tied back in a loose pony-tail and she wore a loose-fitting tank-top. She looked tired.
"I just wanted to make this quick, Hales..." Jake said with a smile. "...But we found Rose."
"That's good." Haley gave her brother a small, tired smile. "Where was she?"
"Mermaid City."
"How'd she get all the way down there?"
"Kidnapped." Jake said. "She was kidnapped by seven dragons."
"Did she cross them to make them mad?" Haley asked.
"Not that I know of." Jake said.
"Then why would they abduct her, Jake?"
"Because their ring leader was Savannah Rogers." Jake narrowed his eyes.
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"There's just thing I want to know, Rhys..." Holly said as she sat on her bed, her arms crossed.
"What's that?" Rhys asked.
"...Can this...power that I get from drinking the potion bring back my brother?"
"I already told you, Councilor." Rhys said as he crossed his scaly arms. "Drinking the potion will give you a power, just like what each Pure Dragon had before they were wiped out. Just like what you saw with Rithisak. It gives you the power that you first think of."
"So if the first power that I think of is bringing the dead back to life-" Holly began.
"Then you'll be able to bring your brother back." Rhys said as he lowered his scaly arms.
"That's all I wanted to know." Holly replied, before she broke out into a smile. "You know, I'd use the Magical Scarab Beetle, but it was sent back to Egypt long ago."
"Lucky for you, then..." Rhys said with a smile as he crossed his scaly arms. "...I just so happen to have a way for you to bring your brother back to life. So, what's your answer, Councilor Jennings?"
"How long would you give me to prepare it?" Holly asked.
"From the research I have conducted, it won't take too long." Rhys said. "All that is needed is a Regular's blood, which is mixed up in a concoction. I'll give you three days."
Without a word, Holly stood up from her bed and started to walk toward Rhys. Finally, she reached him and Rhys took a step back as Holly transformed into her dragon form in a bright light.
Once the light had faded, Holly smiled and held out a clawed hand. "I'll do it." She said.
Smiling, Rhys held out his clawed hand as well. "Good." He said as the two of them shook on it.
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Re-entering the building where his room was, Jake placed his communication device back into his robes. However, as he got close enough to the door to the hospital room, he could see that Councilor Rin was facing the door and was reaching out to grab the knob.
"Councilor?" Jake asked, making Rin stop just before her hand reached the knob, as well as turn her head to the side.
"Are you going in there to check over Rose?" Jake asked as he stopped in front of Rin, who turned to the side to face him.
"Yes, actually." Rin said. "Councilor Callum is busy dealing with the prisoners."
"And Holly?" Jake asked.
"I haven't seen her." Rin replied. "Actually, I've been trying to talk to her since before you, her and Councilor Callum all left to go find Rose."
"Yeah, what about?"
"It's about Rose."
"What about her?"
"You know that bloodied bandage you found?"
"Yeah." Jake replied, crossing his arms. "You were busy trying to figure out whose blood it was."
"Yes, and I found out." Rin said.
"Who's was it?"
"Rose's..."
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"You won't regret this, Councilor Jennings." Outside on the grass, the still dragon-formed Holly and Rhys were walking.
"I'm aware of that." Holly replied.
By this point, the two of them had reached the ledge of the island. Then, they turned to face each other. "Well, this is where I take my leave." Rhys said. "I'm sure you have important things to take care of, being the head of the Dragon Council and all..."
"As a matter of fact, I do." Holly told him.
"Well, I'll be back in three days." Rhys said. "In three days, I'll come back. You should have the Pure Dragon potion completed by then."
Then, the two went their separate ways. Holly turned and started to walk back toward the buildings while Rhys flared his wings and flapped them, taking off into the air.
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"Okay, how could that have been Rose?" Jake asked with wide eyes. "She was being held against her will! And besides, Rose doesn't have move like that anymore!"
"I don't know, Councilor." Rin said softly.
"Wait a minute..." Jake narrowed his eyes as a thought occurred to him. Placing his hand to his chin, he continued: "...When I found Rose, she didn't look like she was a miserable captive."
"She didn't?" Rin asked.
"No." Jake replied. "She wasn't tied up or anything like that. From what I saw, it looked like she was..."
However, at that moment, Jake's eyes widened with horror and his hand dropped away from his chin. "...One of them..." He finished.
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