"Its too bad I missed meeting her. I beat she's pretty cool." I answered and to my right Quiksilva gave a snort and rolled his eyes. "What she is. Probably." I added and Lance laughed.
"What did Moordryd want this time?" Kitt asked and I sighed before I told her about the missing, well found now I suppose, gauntlet and the Light Booster's.
"So he thinks you stole it and gave it to the girl? That's pretty funny coming from Moordryd the dragon thief." Artha said and I giggled finding the whole thing pretty funny.
"He's pretty dumb." I grinned before I remebered what Moordryd had told me and that made me giggle again. "Word's going to be so mad when he finds out that Moordryd lost the medallion. And that someone found it and the missing gauntlet too."
"Yeah I'd love to see Moordryd's face when his father yells at him." Artha added and everyone cracked up laughing. Of course Moordryd wasn't about to tell his father the truth; that he'd let the gauntlet of the Light Booster slip out from under his nose.
"So what are you going to tell your father?" Cain asked as he and Moordryd stood inside the Dragon Eyes crew's compound. "He's not going to like it that another booster's loose in the city. Heh that might upset his plans for a dragon-human war."
"I know that Cain." Moordryd growled and Cain rolled his eyes. "Besides I know Rayne's lying to me and I want to know why. I'm going after her alone and you're going to tell my father that I know where the gauntlet is." He added and Decepshun rushed away before Cain could even get a word out.
"Wait I have to tell your father?! Wait this is good news so maybe he won't get mad at me. I hope." He muttered and even Coershun gave an unhappy growl, clearly just as fearful of Word as his rider. As they rushed back towards Word's citadel Moordryd took a different path and as Decesphun raced along the pavement he grinned as he went over his plan.
"Rayne thinks she can keep secrets from me and after everything I've done for her. Well two can play that game." He laughed to himself and once Decepshun stopped in a darkened alley he grinned as he removed his medallion from his jacket. Still laughing he slid it into his gauntlet and in seconds he had become the Shadow Booster. "Now Rayne'll wish she'd joined the Dragon Eyes instead of turning her back on us." He growled and Decepshun let out a ferosious roar.
As I stood inside Penn Stables I watched as Artha and Parmon went over what gear they'd need for tomorrow's race. Parmon was trying to explain why Artha needed each piece of gear but his concentration kept being thrown off because Lance kept running back and forth with Fracshun as they played tag. Sitting beside Quiksilva I watched on with a grin as Lance 'accidently' trod on Parmon's foot. I tried to stop myself but I burst out laughing as Parmon hopped on one foot, yelping and when he frowned at me I laughed so hard I fell backwards.
"That wasn't funny, Rayne." Parmon complained and that just made me laugh harder, now lying on my back on the ground. "I'm trying to concentrate if you don't mind."
"Heh...carry on." I giggled holding my sides and the second Parmon started to speak Quiksilva let out a roar and Parmon screamed. And that set me off again and in seconds I was rolling around on the ground and even Quiksilva chuckled. Of course someone had to ruin everything and when I heard a growl I looked over just as the Shadow Booster appeared. "Oh not you again." I muttered as I climbed to my feet.
"You lied to Moordryd Payne." He growled and I just glared at him. "Now you'll tell me the truth. Who is the Light Booster?"
"Huh like I'm really going to tell you that." I shot back and that's when Artha frowned at me. But I didn't back down and as I stormed towards him Quiksilva looked on and suddenly growled, trying to tell me something. Before my eyes the Shadow Booster's hands glowed and just as Artha yelled a warning something hit me in the back and in a split second I was pulled into the air by a mag stream. "Let...me go!" I yelled but the Shadow Booster just laughed at me.
"You had your chance. Now you're coming with me. Oh and if anyone tries to be a hero..." He trailed off and Artha and Kitt stepped back dropping their Jack sticks to the ground. "A wise move." And before I could blink his dragon magged me in front of its rider and instantly the Shadow Booster gripped me around the middle with one arm. I tried to struggle free but he was too strong and as Quiksilva looked on helplessly he rode away with me as his prisoner. Just as he took off he threw something behind him and Quiksilva how started to follow me got caught in the blast of a distruptor mine. I yelled out for him as a cloud of smoke covered my line of sight and as the Shadow Booster laughed I whimpered worried that my best friend was hurt.
As his dragon spirited us to who knows where I glared ahead and the Shadow Booster grinned underneath his helmet.
"What do you want with me?" I growled and he smiled as I turned my head. "I don't know anything about this Light Booster. Moordryd's a liar."
"I know Moordryd and he doesn't lie." The Shadow Booster told me and he growled when I snorted. "You were given the medallion by his father, Word Payne and now the Light Booster makes her grand entrance. So it makes sense that you know something about the missing gauntlet that isn't really missing at all."
"If I knew anything I would have told Moordryd. Though since he's been so mean to me well...he doesn't deserve my help. Or my friendship." I replied as I looked forward again and he stared at my back thinking.
"You're really telling the truth?" He asked and for a moment I turned around slightly as his dragon slowed down. For a long moment the Shadow Booster watched me and I thought that maybe he wasn't as bad as he seemed and he might just let me go. Then his eyes narrowed and he growled. "You're lying!" He yelled as his hands glowed and I cringed, shutting my eyes as he started powering up a mag blast. But when nothing happened I slowly opened my eyes to find the Dragon Booster standing almost in front of us and I sighed.
"Huh now you're in trouble." I giggled before Beau magged me and as I landed safely on his back I stuck my tongue out at the Shadow Booster. Just for a moment I heard him mutter what sounded like 'uh oh' before a burst of mag energy knocked him on his rear. With a laugh I watched as he picked himself up and as his dragon magged him towards the Dragon Booster I was gently set down on the ground. "Thanks for the assist."
"Any time. Now get to safetly. I'll handle him." The Dragon Booster and with a thank you I raced to safetly as the two clashed. As I ran back the way we'd come I heard a familar growl and as I turned a corner I almost collided with Quiksilva who had managed to track me. With an excited snort he licked my face and I laughed getting knocked on my rear this time. Not like I cared though.
"Hah hah...stop it! That tickles, 'silva." I giggled as he nuzzled me and then as he magged me onto his back he nudged my arm. "Yeah want to go kick some Shadow Booster butt?" I asked and he gave me a quick nod. Grinning I slid the medallion into the gauntlet and as soon as I became the Light Booster again we rushed back towards the battle.
"Give it up, Shadow Booster! You're almost out of mag energy." The Dragon Booster yelled as he blocked a mag blast with his Jack stick.
"Not in this lifetime, Dragon Booster! Once I beat you I'm going after Rayne and then I'll make her tell me everything she knows." He growled as he kicked out and slammed his leg into the Dragon Booster's stomach and followed up with a mag blast, knocking the Dragon Booster down.
"I won't let you hurt Rayne!" I yelled and as the Dragon Booster looked on with a grin Quiksilva slammed into the Shadow Booster and his dragon, knocking them both down. With a growl the Shadow Booster rose up and started building up all the mag energy he had left. Not knowing what he was doing I rushed towards him just as he fired and I was knocked off my dragon and thrown several feet, temporarly winded. As the Dragon Booster hurried over to help me up the Shadow Booster threw a distrupter mine and in the confusion he managed to give us the slip. As I coughed I felt the Dragon Booster held me to my feet and I sighed feeling awful that I'd let our enermy get away.
"Hey its okay. You did a pretty great job. But maybe you could do with some training." He told me as Quiksilva hurried over and nuzzled me, making sure I wasn't hurt. "You know I could train you." He offered and I grinned as I gladly took his offer. Of course I didn't know that my encounter with the Shadow Booster hadn't been my last but right now I was too excited to learn to fight from the Dragon Booster and the dragon of legend to worry about him. Though my first lesson didn't quite work out exactly the way I had in planned in my head and as I fell on my rear for the third time in less than five minutes I heard Quiksilva chuckle.
"That wasn't funny." I grumbled but he just rolled his eyes at me and the Dragon Booster paused as he watched me mutter something at my dragon.
"Um why are you talking to your dragon?" He asked and I sighed as I climbed to my feet brushing the dust off my knees before I retrieved the Jack stick that the Dragon Booster had lent me.
"Because I can understand him and he can understand me." I explained and getting a blank stared from him and the dragon of legend I sighed. "One of my powers is I can understand everything he says. And vise versa." I added as Quiksilva made a comment. "Okay I do not have dust on my butt." I grumbled even though I craned my head to check.
"Made you look, Rayne. I never realized you were so funny. Especially when you fail at fighting." Quiksilva told me and I blushed under my helmet.
"Um what did he say?" The Dragon Booster asked and I mumbled something about my rear and dust and he burst out laughing.