A Dragon's Crimson Cry
By: Tippi
A/N I used Mr. A for Mr. Atlanticus because I didn't to spell it out every time he talked.
Ch 93 Untied
~At Al's house~
"What are you doing" Mr. A yelled at his wife as he caught her at his desk closing a briefcase full of money.
"What's it look like I'm doing" Venus yelled back to her husband. "I'm getting the money ready to get my son back."
"You mean our son" Mr. A said.
"You don't care you have your love child that you paid more attention to then you do Al" Venus yelled to him.
"I do care that's why I got the American dragon aka his best friend on the job to find him" Mr. A informed.
"And if he doesn't I'm ready to give up the amount they asked for" Venus said crossing her arms. "There's too much at stake and if they think we're going to cheat them out we may not get him back and without Al you know what will happen."
~Back with Jake~
"Now what" Jake asked out loud.
"Well we could listen to the recording" Fu suggested.
"What recording" Trixie asked.
"The call was made to Mr. A's home office and for legal prepossess that's the only phone line recorded in the house" Fu explained.
"Then let us go see Mr. A" LS explained.
~At the mansion in Mr. A's home office~
"Unfortunately my boy wasn't able to give us much before the kidnappers took the phone away" Mr. A said to LS, Fu, Jake and his friends.
Mr. A pressed play on his phone recorder and they all listened close to see if there was anything they could use.
"Hi dad, in order I'm fine, some abandon warehouse, and he has…" Al's voice said on the recording.
"To bad he wasn't able to stay on long enough to give us a description of the napper" Jake asked.
"Couldn't have given a little more description than just an abandon warehouse" Trixie said.
"Well it has to be one close to where he was taken they couldn't go far without being noticed" Jake suggested.
"A lot of closed warehouses in the area take your pick" Fu said unfolding a map that gave a 3-D hologram of the area where Al was taken.
"Then I guess we split up and search them all and hope we get lucky" Jake said.
"Then we better hurry" LS suggested.
"If you don't find Al we could have a crisis on our hands" Mr. A said.
"So how much are they asking I'm sure you can pay" Trixie said.
"That's no the point the ransom could be a cover for something more" Mr. A went on to say. "They may keep him even if we pay and with Al gone for a long period a war may erupt between our two clans."
"But I heard the marriage was done to stop the fighting" Spud informed. "What's Al got to do with it?"
"Marriage was only the first step; to complete the whole treaty between the two clans we needed a child. On top of which our marriage is very rocky and that's putting it mildly, it's in such disarray the only thing keeping them from each other's throats is Al" Mr. A explained. "And some people do benefit form war and do what it takes to start one."
All the occupants of the room were in silence.
~Back with Al~
The kidnappers had been kind enough to feed him a sandwich and glass of milk.
"Three more hours left" the wizard said looking at his watch. He had been listening to the radio but gave up ten minutes ago and was now pacing. The three goblins were sitting at the table in the room playing cards.
"This is going to be a long three hours" Al said out loud from boredom. "So if you don't get the money then what? You don't strike me as a murder."
"Do you really want to know" the wizard asked.
"Not really just trying to make conversation to pass the time" Al explained.
"Well, if I don't get the money from your father I'll keep you locked up and make the money by helping the clans with the war efforts" the wizard said.
"Yep it's always about money" Al plainly said.
~Back with Jake and his group~
They decided they needed more help looking and called Sun to help them look.
Fu wasn't kidding when he said it was a lot. Jake and the others were thinking they may not find Al before time was up and if so Venus was standing by with the money.
"Nothing here over" Spud said over his walkie talkie walking out of another empty warehouse.
"Okay try the next one and you don't need to always end with over" Jake said over his own walkie talkie. "Number 34 clear" Jake said x-ing out another warehouse on the map.
They had less then an hour and they were only half way through but they were about to have a stroke of luck.
Sun was checking the next warehouse on her list. Sun's wing emerged as he flew up to the high windows and dug her claws into the building's wall as she peered in.
Fully transforming into dragon would make them to easily seen and would alert the captors to their presence. They could put two and two together and see it was them the dragons were looking for.
In the warehouse through the grim of the windows Sun could just make out Al tied to a chair. She looked around trying to see the whole situation.
Sun dropped back to the ground and called the others telling them that she found Al and where she was.
The others meet up with Sun just outside the warehouse.
"What's the situation inside" LS asked.
"From what I could see two goblins watching the entrance into the main room Al's being held in, three in the room with him and a wizard that seems to be the head of it all" Sun explained.
"Five goblins and a wizard that's easy" Jake said.
"Let's still use the element of surprise" LS informed.
"Your family has half an hour left" the wizard said looking at his watch.
"Do you like have a TV or a radio because watching you pace back and forth, checking your watch is getting really boring; I'm bored" Al announced.
Three dragons have slipped through some, already, broken windows and hung in the rafters waiting while two humans and a dog were waiting behind the door of the front entrance.
"Now" Jake asked in a whisper.
LS just nodded and the three dived from the roof each taking out a goblin. The two guarding at the door took stock of the situation but before they could do anything the metal door flew open knocking out the one on the left and Trixie swinging a plank of wood over the head of the one on the right knocking him out.
"Alright guys! It's about time" Al said from his tied up position.
"Now it's six against one" Jake said turning to the wizard, the only one left standing.
"You really think I'd only have five guys with me to work such a delicate operation" the wizard said snapping his fingers.
At the snap 30 or more goblins appeared in a puff of smoke.
"It's never easy" Jake sighed.
"Get them" the wizard yelled.
Three goblins grabbed Fu, Trixie, and Spud while the other odd 30 or so went for the dragons. The three were mobbed by the goblins and were doing their best not get pinned down by the sheer numbers of goblins. Jake swung his tail sending a goblin, which was waiting to jump in, across the room into a pipe. The pipe just happened to be a water pipe. The force of the blow caused the goblin to hit the pipe hard enough to crack it. Water started to spill out and slowly but surly extend across the floor of the room. Al felt the dampness of a puddle forming under his feet.
"Bingo" Al said and twisted his foot and leg in a careful motion.
The action was a water bending move causing two sharp icicles to shot up from the floor. One cut the rope around his chest and the other his wrists. Once the bonds were severed Al shook the ropes off and got to his feet. Now that his hands were free he could do some serious water bending.
Al shot strong streams of water over the tops of the three dragons knocking the mob of goblins off their backs. Now that they were face to face with their opponents it was much easier. The dragons went on it with claws, tails and fire while Al helped out with his water bending.
The three holding Spud, Trixie and Fu got distracted by the fight going on in the center of the room. While they were distracted Spud brought his heel down hard on his captor's foot, Trixie jabbed her elbow into her captor's stomach, and Fu bit down on his captor's arm. In pain all three let go of their captives.
In the next few minutes the three dragons took down all the goblins summoned by the wizard. When the wizard was realizing his men were falling he tried to sneak away to bad Al noticed.
"Freeze" Al said using his water bending to turn him into a living ice sculpture. "I think the police would like to have a word with you as would some of my family."
"Is it just me or are you just a little to clam to having to have been just kidnapped" Trixie asked.
"I've been kidnapped before" Al informed.