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Post by spyder on Apr 14, 2006 1:08:24 GMT -5
Hey guys, sorry about a late update. I haven't been on here for ages! P.S. Goldendragon, I hope you didn't mean me when u said superemo...
Chapter 7 - Scythe Atop of one of the many apartment block rooftops stood a dark figure standing in the shadows, holding a blue stick which glowed green at the end.
It was the Huntsman, he stood upon the roof awaiting his pupil, the Huntsboy who would be taking Rose/Thorn’s place.
‘Where is that child?’ he said and the moment finished,a tall, lean boy about 18flipped up onto the roof, ninja style. TheHuntsman heardhis feet land upon the roofand turned to see him heading over.
‘Scythe,’ he said ‘you are late.’
‘Sorry, master,’ he replied ‘I was preoccupied with something,’
‘Just make sure it doesn’t happen again,’ Huntsman said
‘I won’t,’ he said
‘Good, because you are marked,’ The Huntsman said ‘you must slay the American Dragon before he becomes too big of a threat to the Huntsclan.’
Scythe took his Hunts-starf in his hands
'I am ready master,' he said 'the American Dragon, won't know what hit him.' and he thrusted the starf against the air as if he was slaying a dragon right in front of him now. Though you could see very little of his face the evil and anger was still written upon, deep down in his dark, cold brown eyes you could see the even blacker heart he held beneath his core.
Jake’s P.O.V
‘Look, Jake,’ Trixie said ‘You sure going out looking for Rose is really such a good idea?’
‘Yes,’ I said
‘But she’s all the way in Baltimore, that’s gotta be at least 900 miles away, what are you just gonna fly there or something?’
‘How hard can it be?’ I replied
‘Well what if that Jeff kid’s wrong?’ What if you head all the way to Baltimore and Rose isn’t there? What if…’
‘Oh, c’mon Trix!’ I said cutting her off ‘What if I didn’t do this and she was stuck in Baltimore? For all I care she could be there and she could be in trouble or something, I don’t know. But, I’m sick of thinking of all the negative consequences. If you only do get one shot at life then this is my only chance of getting Rose and I’m going to stop at nothing to find her.’
There was silence on the other line for awhile, I guess Trixie was just a bit, stunned.
‘A’ight,’ Trixie said eventually ‘I guess there’s no way we can convince you otherwise. But you really should be careful out there and, you’re probably gonna need some alibi for being gone.’
‘Yeah, I know I…’ I stopped when I looked out the window and over one of the roof of and apartment block I saw two people standing there. I couldn’t really make them out but they were both dress in a green-black kind of colour, just like members of the Huntsclan would wear.
‘I gotta go Trixie,’ I said ‘talk to you later.’ And hung up the phone and went back to looking out the window.
‘Eye of the dragon,’ I said and looked over, it was the Huntsman and someone else, I couldn’t recognise them. But they were also dress ninja-style and both of them were looking over at Gramps’s shop, I knew this couldn’t be good.
I opened the window all the way and then leapt out ‘Dragon up!’ I said as I fell and I transformed before I hit the ground and flew over toward the rooftop.
Meanwhile, back on the rooftop:
‘Master, are you sure this is where the dragon is?’ Scythe asked impatiently
‘Relax, Scythe,’ The Huntsman replied ‘see that down there,’ he said pointing out Loi Shi’s shop ‘that is his grandfather’s Electronics Shop, which is where he is trained he is bound to show up there sooner or later. I just haven’t seen him yet,’ he said.
‘Then you better look a little more closer,’ a voice said from behind,
They both turned to see the American Dragon standing right in front of them.
Jake’s P.O.V
‘Dragon,’ The Huntsman said to me with a sinister smile on his face
‘Yo, Huntspunk,’ I said ‘y’all should worn me before you get knew recruits, who are you?’ I said to the kid in the ninja suit.
‘Isn’t obvious, dragonboy?’ he asked, holding out another one of those hunts-stick things.
‘Alright,’ I said ‘I guess we gotta do this.’
And before I knew it, Huntsboy (who I think was known as Scythe) lunged at me with the stick, but I got out the way and tripped him with my dragon tail he fell backwards with hard on the back of his head. I ran over and kick to away the stick that was centimetres from his grasp and he pulled himself to his feet, ready to battle again. Even though he wore a mask, I see how pissed of this kid was, his eyes were filled with anger and hatred and the rest of his face probably looked pretty much the same. He ran back at me, unarmed this time and we traded kicks and punches.
The Huntsman as usual watched from the sidelines, he could have killed me unexpectedly at any moment if he wanted too (which he probably did) but he had to give it to Huntsboy so he could become a member of the Huntsclan.
I tried to hit Scythe in the face, but he ducked and kicked me hard into the head with his foot. I staggered back at bit, surprise by the kick and he ran forward leaping into the air trying to hit me with a lunging straight kick, but I tripped him with my tail before he could jump up and sent a few flying fireballs his way, once he was down. He rolled out of the way and sprung to his feet, I saw his hunts-stick laying a few metres across from him and so did he. He dove for it but I kicked it out if his reach before he could get it, he was going to have to fight me unarmed.
Once he was up on his feet I tried to give him a straight kick but he grabbed and spun round sweeping me with his right leg. I fell hard on my back and he took that as an opportunity to grab his hunts-stick. Once I was up he tried to hit in the head straightaway but I ducked and he smashed a column, sending bricks flying. He tried again at my feet this time, but I jumped and starting flying and fired fireballs at him from the air. He dove out of the way and fought back firing green-like fireballs from his hunt-stick, I flew back to the ground and faced him again.
‘Have it your way,’ he said and tossed his hunts-stick aside where the Huntsman caught it.
I was a little surprised by that, I didn’t trust him it had to be a trick. But I had no other choice he lunged at me with another kick, he was fast, I barely had enough time to block it. He came up with a second front kick but I caught his foot and tried to throw him back into the air, but help back flipped in mid air landing on his feet. He lunged forward again and I ducked, then he ran over me back and leapt on his feet. He was directly behind me and I knew the moment I turned he would lash out with another big kick and the moment I turned around I saw his foot coming and I had to act immediately on instinct. I grabbed his leg before he struck, grabbed it, there was a wall across from where we had been battling. So when I caught the kick, all I had to do was turn slightly and all the force and speed from his kick was worked against him and I threw him into the wall, he smashed his head hard and was knocked unconscious, eyes rolled into the back of his head.
Rose’s P.O.V
I looked out my window, still watching the sun slowly set, in my left hand I held the photo of Jake and in my right hand I held my Huntsgirl ninja mask (which ironically was the hand that had the mark of the Huntsclan on it). All my life I’d hid behind this mask, pretending to be someone I wasn’t, pretending to be Thorn. But, I never really realised that deep inside of me I could never be Thorn, deep inside of me, I would always be Rose. Hiding behind a mask was pretty gutless; you could do anything as low as you wanted and get away with it just because nobody knew your true identity and I did do some low things. I guess deep inside of me, I didn’t want to do this I didn’t want to be Thorn anymore. But it was too late, I had no choice now, I’d been working my whole life for something I thought I always wanted, turns out I just wanted to be like everyone else. It was almost like when I put on the mask, Thorn’s life would begin again and when I took it off it would return to Rose’s. I put it on and looked back at the photo in my hands.’
‘I’m sorry, Jake,’ I said looking at the picture through my mask ‘but I’ve got no choice now, this is just something I have to do.’ And with that I picked up my hunts-starf and slid out the open window, I climbed up to the top of one of the apartment blocks and then ran along the rooftops, eventually coming across a figure standing on top of one, dressed similar to me and holding a hunts-starf identical to mine, he turned and saw me.
‘Huntsgirl?’ he asked coming out of the shadows.
‘Yes, that’s me,’ I replied
‘I will be your new master,’ he said ‘now come with me, we’ve got work to do.’
‘Yes, master,’ I said
And I followed behind him, walking in another’s shadow yet again. Ready to hunt any magical creatures that come in our path, just like before.
Yes, my life had truly begun; again, now maybe I could finish what I started. Was there going to be another American Dragon her to protect the magical creatures of Maryland? I don’t know if I could kill a dragon now after what I’d been through, after what I went through with Jake I realised, I wouldn’t just be killing a dragon, I’d also be killing a person. Someone who could be a dad, a mum, a sister, a brother, a cousin, an aunt or uncle, someone with friends and a normal life outside their magical one. I don’t know if I had the guts to, but I guess I was going to find out, whether I liked it or not.
Chapter 8 - Tainted Blood (Yep you get two chapters this time!) Jake's P.O.V ‘Yeah, how you like me now?’ I said looking over at the limp body of Scythe.
The Huntsman just scowled at my comment and walked over to his fallen Protégé, and helped him to his fee. This Scythe kid, despite his unconsciousness, remained with one arm still holding his back.
‘We’ll meet again, dragon.’ Huntsman said before placing his Hunts-stick against the ground surrounding Scythe and himself with a green force-field one moment and dispearring the next, teleporting back to their Huntslair.
‘Yeah, like I haven’t heard that before,’ I said powering down back into my human form. Then, I suddenly realised how late it was, the sun had set and it was slowly growing darker.
‘Uh oh,’ I said ‘I gotta get home, quick!’
And with that I flew back home I didn’t want to get into any more trouble with my parents for being late because of the whole dragon thing. That had been my excuse for being late home, for my mum. And it wasn’t until now that it was actually true. I landed outside the door and then walked in as if I’d just come home from school or something. The rest of the day went relatively fast, mum wasn’t too impressed about me being in another fight with the Huntsclan for the fourth day in a row, so I told her that the other three times were lies and that this time it was actually true. I didn’t really blame her for not believing me. I tried to do routine things as fast as possible so I could go and do some stuff that really killed time, like watching T.V and that. I planned to ask mum tomorrow if I could go out looking for Rose, although that’s not exactly what I’m going to say. But for some reason I was determined she was going to say yes. It was almost like an insight I had in the future that could tell these sorts of things. And I thought about her saying yes, and me going and saving Rose and well hopefully if it all went the way I wanted it too, me saving Rose would sway to come back to New York and then maybe life could return to normal. All I knew was life for me could never be completely normal and I guess sometimes I just had to accept when things didn’t exactly go my way. But I would do everything in my power to save Rose, even if she didn’t want to get back together with me, at least she’d still be alive. I would die if Rose did, that was the bottom-line.
Rose’s P.O.V
I’ve been following my new Huntsmaster for quite a while now. I didn’t get it, we been scaling rooftops for ages how far did we have to go to get to whatever defenceless magical creature it was we were gonna hunt.
‘Master,’ I said struggling to stay on my new mentor’s tail ‘We’ve been walking for almost an hour now, how much further is it?’
‘Not to worry, Huntsgirl, we are there,’ he said and gestured to the circumference of one empty rooftop we stood atop. I couldn’t hear anything, or see anything that I knew of, I was pretty sure the rooftop was completely bare.
‘Are you sure this is it, master?’ I said, ‘There isn’t anything here.’
‘There’s a lot more then you think’ said a familiar voice from behind me and I turned to see my old Huntsmaster.
‘Uncle?’ I said,
‘Yes, Huntsgirl it is me,’ he replied
‘Who’s that,’ I asked, gesturing to the masked figure just managing to stand next to him.
‘I wouldn’t worry about him for now, Huntsgirl
‘For you see Rose you refused to kill a dragon, the dragon who you’d been destined to kill since before you born. All because you all because of some ‘relationship’ you had with the true human identity and for that your penalty will be death.
‘That can’t be the reason’ I said ‘You wouldn’t kill just because I wouldn’t kill a dragon, there has to be more to it so, why?’ I asked angrily, even though I knew the answer
He tore off my mask and stared evily at my human face. I saw the malicious intent burning inside what I could see of his eyes.
‘Because, Rose,’ he said acknowledging my human form for one of the first times ever ‘you are traitor. You’ve the love of our enemy, the American Dragon, and from what I understand the perfect bait for the dragon. Once we bring him here whether we kill him or you he will die either way.’ He reached into my pants pocket and pulled out the photo of Jake I had in there.
‘We can put an end to him completely, or we can pick apart his soul and make him want to put away with himself.’ And with that he tore the photo and threw it off of the building onto the passing motorists below. The Huntsboy came over to stand next to him but he was stopped by his master.
‘What are you doing?’ My Uncle asked
‘What? Master,’ he said ‘I thought I was coming.’
‘No,’ he snapped back ‘You will return home and make sure the dragon takes the bite. I will drop you there once I have dealt with more important matters.’
‘Very well, master,’ he said stepping back as My Uncle plummeted his huntsstarf into the ground surrounding as with a large green force field. I had to fight my way out of this, but I couldn’t I was completely surrounded by Huntsmen, not to mention my former mentor who knew just about everything about me. All that was left was for me to call for help.
‘Help, help!’ I called out, one of the guards tried to silence me but I struggled from his grip and tried again.
‘Help! Somebody please!’ I yelled, I was really getting desperate would my Uncle, my own flesh and blood really kill me? I was suddenly grabbed from behind by two of the guards they held my arms behind my back, one had his hand over my mouth as I struggled to get free. But then I stopped and just stood trying to contemplate what had just happened and as we teleported away, I felt helpless like there was nobody who could help me.
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Post by charles finley. on Apr 15, 2006 18:17:26 GMT -5
oooo, go on!!!!!Please! *puppy dog eyes*
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Post by spyder on Apr 16, 2006 1:03:07 GMT -5
American_Hunstgirl_Rose: U just want me to post that chapter with Savin' Me in it don't ya? XD...(Not that I could blame u for that though...Cause, like I've said before *clears throat* NICKELBACK RULE!!!) Anyway, this chapters nothing special, none of them really are til they reach double figures...14, 15, 16 and so on, start to get really good... Chapter 9 - Everything to Lose Jake's P.O.VAs I lay in my bed staring at the ceiling, there was still only one thought on my mind, Rose. I could hardly wait for tomorrow, I’d belt up every anticipation in my body. I was feeling every emotion and all at once, excitement, nervousness, love, determination and fear. That took me a moment to get, fear. I didn’t really I think I could scared about something until now, I’d even come close to death before and I never felt fear back then. I guess I was really afraid of three major things happening. 1. Rose would reject me. 2. Rose would not only reject me but kill me. 3. Rose could already be dead. (I didn’t even consider the fact that I might go searching all the way through Baltimore just to find out that Rose wasn’t there, after all.) I shuddered at the last thought, after visioning that I’d have gladly picked the first or second over the third. I couldn’t possibly imagine after doing all this, me being too late. Never getting to see hear, or hear her voice, never getting to her how I felt, how I didn’t care about our destiny and never even getting to say goodbye. I couldn’t bare it, these thoughts alone almost brought tears to my eyes, but I knew I had to snap out of it. ‘It’s okay;’ I reassured myself ‘Rose is fine, I will see her again I can feel it. I made a promise to her and I’m not going to give up.’ Like I said, I’m feeling a lot of determination right now, but the emotion I’m feeling most of all, is hope. Hope that she’s alive, hope that’s she’s not hurt or in trouble, hope that we still have a chance. Suddenly I felt like everything that had ever happened to use was all my fault, like it was my fault that I was the American Dragon, and that if she was in any trouble it would be up to me to save her. I was really jumping to conclusions her, but I had to prepare for anything. The bottom line is she could be in trouble or she could be safe, so I had to expect both. But really, I didn’t what to expect, I just had to expect the unexpected. I saw a bright light shining in through the window, and suddenly the darkness around me disappeared the light (almost like a sun) continued to stream in searing my pupils. It was followed by a strong gush of wind, flowing through the window and sending all my papers flying. Everything was blown off of my desk and into the uplift of the wind, only one thing stayed in its place on the desk. Rose’s photograph! I couldn’t believe my eyes (and that doesn’t happen too often) I ran over to the desk and picked up the photo in my hands, staring at it completely mesmerized. And suddenly when the wind stopped I heard a voice, a familiar voice I hadn’t heard for what felt like forever. It was Rose’s. It was impossible, she was all the way in Baltimore yet somehow I was hearing her voice again. But there was something about her it, something in it I’d never heard before. Because for the first time in my life, I heard fear in the voice of Rose, ‘Help, help!’ She was screaming I didn’t know where it was coming from. I looked around the corners of my room. ‘Rose!’ I called out, hoping maybe someone would answer, but there was nothing she just kept screaming. ‘Help! Somebody please!’ She yelled she was really getting distressed now, really becoming anxious. ‘I knew it!’ I thought she’s in real trouble, I have to save her. I went for the window, but part of me automatically drew back. I couldn’t leave my parents would kill me for going out this late. Could I make it, it was about 1 in the morning and I still hadn’t gotten to sleep yet, I knew fatigue would set in someway along my journey. Everything was against me, I had everything to lose, Rose the person I cared most about in the world and nothing to gain because even if I saved her, she and I probably still wouldn’t be able to get together again. But I had no choice. I quickly left a note for my parents and then reluctantly dove out the window, powering into my dragon and flying off into the moonlight. I flew out into the empty, darkness of the night sky, with no idea of what was happening, no idea of where I was going and no idea if Rose was okay or night. I was in some really trouble there had been a lot I hadn’t considered last night. Like, even if I made it to Baltimore somehow where would I know where Rose was hiding? I decided I couldn’t go at this alone, I would need some help someone who knew the area well. Then I remembered Jeff, he used to live in Baltimore and once he’d gotten over the fact that I’d told him I was a dragon flying out to another state to save the girl of dreams I’m sure he’d be more then happy to help. I flew over to the apartment where he lived with his dad, I flew over to the window of his bedroom and tapped on it hard. It was still open and Jeff was waking up but still asleep on his side. I landed inside and changed back into my human form, all before he could roll over and completely wake up. When he did he was slightly puzzled by my appearance. He was wearing black track pants with grey strips down the side and having just woken, his dark hair was all mussed up. I noticed something more about him as he slowly came to. He was still wearing his glove, even though he was still in bed but that wasn't the weirdest part. His bare chest and arms were also marked, decorated by old scars and bruises in almost every place imaginable. His shoulders, arms, chest, upper body, even one on his face I hadn't seen before. But I decided not to ask just yet, I had more important things to deal with. ‘Huh, Jake? What are you doing here?’ he said yawning and looking atthe clock by his bed‘at this time?’ he added. ‘Look there’s no time to explain that,’ I said ‘I really need your help.’ ‘What is it?’ he said ‘I need to get into Baltimore, like right now and I need your help.’ ‘Wow, hold on,’ Jeff said, rubbing his forehead and slapping himself in the face ‘Sorry, it’s just I’m still waking up here and I thought you said something about needing to get to Baltimore.’ ‘I did,’ I replied ‘Okay,’ he said ‘Um, why?’ ‘It’s…Kind off a long story,’ ‘Well, I’m not exactly short of time here,’ Jeff replied ‘c’mon what is it?’ ‘Well see, I need to get there to help someone out, I think they’re in real trouble and I don’t know what I’d do if I lost them.’ ‘This isn’t a girl by any chance is it?’ Jeff asked ‘Yeah,’ I said reluctantly ‘Look I really feel for her and I thought maybe you’d be able to help me.’ ‘Well I’m all for helping somebody,’ Jeff said ‘but I mean, how exactly do you plan to get there?’ I took in a deep brief, I had to tell Jeff to get him to tell me. I had to tell him, I was the American Dragon. I just hope Gramps would forgive me for telling someone I barely knew.’ ‘Well, you see,’ I started ‘I’m kinda,’ I said ‘What?’ Jeff said I swallowed before I spoke, ‘A dragon.’ Jeff just sat there for a minute, not speaking he didn’t really looked surprised or shocked he looked like he was puzzled, like he was trying to figure something out. ‘Jake Long’ he suddenly said to himself ‘I’m sorry?’ I replied, overhearing him. ‘I’ve heard that somewhere…’ he said trailed off again, but eventually he realised. ‘Wait a minute,’ he said suddenly ‘are you the American Dragon?’ ‘Yeah, how’d you know?’ It was my turn to ask the questions. ‘Because, well,’ he said ‘I’m one too…’ ‘Really?’ I asked ‘Yeah,’ Jeff replied ‘I was the Maryland Dragon,’ ‘Was..?’ I said ‘Yeah, well I can’t exactly be it when I’m in another state, can I?’ ‘What so because your parents split up you had to turn against your destiny?’ I said pretty infuriated for him. ‘Well in a way,’ he spoke in a more serious tone and had a weird look in his eyes ‘I got to fulfil a completely different destiny of mine…’’ I stood there facing him in an awkward silence for a minute, ‘What’s that?’ I eventually said breaking the silence ‘Oh, nothing,’ he replied speaking in a normal tone again ‘don’t worry about it. Yeah, I’ll come with you just let me leave a note for my dad.’ ‘Okay,’ I said turning and flying out the window. I landed on the ground outside his house in my human form and waited for Jeff outside. Eventually Jeff came out the front door; he’d quickly thrown a t-shirt on over his track pants, obviously in a rush but his still wore his glove. ‘That’s weird,’ Jeff said ‘What,’ he asked ‘He’s still not back. He left while I was at school and ever since I got home from it. I’d have thought he would have been back by now.’ ‘Anyway, you ready man?’ he asked as he came up to me. ‘Yeah, sure,’ I said ‘Okay then,’ he said ‘Let’s go!’ ‘Dragon up!’ we both said in unison and the hot sensation of fire flowing over my body followed, as I transformed into the American Dragon. I looked across to see Jeff, who was now ablue dragon with his jet black hair being the colour of the scales running down his back. His dragon chest and the inside of his wings however, were white inside of blue. But once again, as usual, I couldn't help but notice something weird about him. Because studying his dragon form, something about it just seemed familiar...Yet I knew, I'd never seen him before. But I didn't have any time to be swayed by this emotions and puzzling thoughts crossing my mind, I wanted to keep the most important thing on it and that was getting to Rose and getting out with her, safely. And with that, I took off into the sky flying into the dark abyss with Jeff not far behind me. I soared gracefully into the darkness of the night, beginning my journey with instinct, destiny and most of all love, as my only guides... But down on the surface there was a cloaked figure standing in the darkness watching the two dragons fly away, it laughed evily before speaking.
‘Excellent, the American Dragon has fallen for our trap, soon he will be no more!’
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Post by charles finley. on Apr 16, 2006 15:33:10 GMT -5
Dang it! How did ya know????WHO TOLD YA THAT???HUH?HUH?HUH? ??XD Anways: I think the song was Far Away not Savin' Me though.. Update know or I shall give you a werid look!
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Post by spyder on Apr 16, 2006 21:13:47 GMT -5
I think the song was Far Away not Savin' Me though... Actually, I've used both, and the one with Savin' Me is coming up pretty soon (Chap 12 to be more precise)...Anyways, this next chapter's not the best, so I'll post two to make up for it... Chapter 10 - Hope Rose’s P.O.VThe thick, grey uninviting walls were all that I could see around me, waking up in the dark, empty cell, I felt as if the cold steel walls were slowly closing in on me. I couldn’t even remember going to sleep, what had happened? I just remember being teleported here, but where is ‘here’? There was a small window on the left hand wall, but strangely it wasn’t barred up, luckily I didn’t plan to escape, I just wanted to know where we were. I looked through and was shocked by the sight below; it was obvious now why there were no bars on the window. It had to been seven stories in the air! It felt like torture, like I was being lured over by the unlocked, unsecured window being begged to try to escape. I knew I wasn’t that desperate to get out of here, or was I? I didn’t plan on finding out. I wanted to make it out of here alive and I knew risking my life just to escape death would be really stupid. I had to let someone know I was in here, but how? I stared around the room, it was pretty straight forward. The bed seemed to bed the only thing in here, except for the toilet and seat across from it. The walls were solid hard, the tiles looked worn and cracked, and they could have come up. But I couldn’t have down that, I didn’t know what was above me or below me, they could have expected me to escape that and set a trap for me below. I don’t know, but I had to assume everything if I wanted to get out alive. I searched through my pants pockets trying to find anything that might be of use. But the Clan had taken everything, even the photo of Jake I mysteriously got a few days ago. It didn’t really matter anyway; I hadn’t hadanything like a mobile phone with me before they kidnapped me anyway so I was very low on options. I had to find someway to escape, someway that would work the first time. If I tried to escape and got caught, I just might get killed by the Huntsmen early. I sat back down on the bed, still trying to remedy my way out of this, had anyone come looking for me? Or was I all alone in this? The thought of being alone suddenly hit me hard, emotionally, I really felt worried. Why did my life have to be this way? It seemed like everything had been carefully plotted against me, whenever I fix my life and make it seem like a slightly normal one something always happens. How could one destiny cause so much havoc? This burden officially ruined my life. I can never have a normal intimate relationship again like I had with Jake. It always seems that I ones I love always wind up getting hurt, because of me. I couldn’t do that anymore. I suddenly heard the thick boom door unlocked and I stopped up from the bed as the door swung open and I saw my Uncle come in accompanied by two armed Huntsmen, who shut the door and locked it. I tried to look away from my Uncle, but he forced me to pulling my head into his direction. ‘Now, you’ve only got one chance to get out of here alive and if I were you I would take it.’ I didn’t respond I was trying to get as much hatred in my eyes as possible. My uncle had turned against me, I would have stayed with the Huntsclan but he wanted to kill me just because I was the girlfriend of the American Dragon’s human form. How is that my fault? I didn’t know who he was. ‘Now, Rose,’ he said ‘Where is the American Dragon?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I said calmly back to him. ‘Well, if the American Dragon knew you were here, wouldn’t he come looking for you?’ he said, still questioning me. ‘I don’t know,’ I said again, even though I knew he was. My Uncle pulled me close again, threatingly staring deep into my eyes he didn’t look too impressed. ‘You’re pathetic, girl,’ he said throwing me back onto the bed ‘Secure the cell,’ he said and the two guards left leaving me lying on the bed flat on my face. I couldn’t believe the way my uncle, my own family was treating me, the tainted blood running through his veins, he felt no remorse or sorrow he just cared about himself. I felt like tears were slowly brimming in my eyes, but I held them back. I would never give him the satisfaction of letting him know he was getting to me, but really he was. He was picking me apart bit by bit, piece by piece and eventually he was just going to lose patience and then probably kill me. I pulled myself back out the window and stared back out at the late night sky, there was no way out of here I could never do this alone. All that was left for me now, all that I could do, was hope… Chapter 11 - Nothing to Gain Jake's P.O.VNow I know flying around trying to navigate your way into another state sounds really hard, but when you actually do it you find out it’s even harder then you think.’ ‘I swear that is the fifth time with flown past their in the past hour!’ Jeff said, obviously frustrated ‘just admit it Jake, we’re lost.’ ‘Well what does that have to do with me?’ I said not exactly happy myself ‘We're going by your directions, not mine! So I can't be blamed! It's almost like I'd have a better chance of finding her if I didn't have you!’ ‘Alright then,’ Jeff said ‘I’ll go and you can look for this girl yourself,’ and he started to turn round wanting to fly home but I stopped him. ‘Look,’ I said, we both stopped and we’re just flying on the spot ‘this is serious okay, not only was she in love with me, a dragon, but she refused to kill me. That could get her into some serious trouble, they could be trying to kill for all I know and she could just be sitting there waiting, hoping that I’ll be able to come save her and if that’s the case I don’t want to let her down. I’ve got everything to lose and nothing to gain and if you want to go, by all means go, that just means with more thing I don’t have to risk losing when I try to save her.’ We both just remained there silent for a minute, until Jeff finally spoke, ‘No man, I’ll come with you, and hey, you don’t have to worry about losing me. I can take care of myself.’ So we started flying again and things got a little better. We were having a lot of trouble navigating our way over though. Jeff and I didn’t get a map before we left, I didn’t think we had time, so Jeff suggested we try to follow the street-signs above roads which was a plan, until daylight when cars would return to the roads. We had no idea what to do from there, but we would think of something when the time was right. ‘Man,’ Jeff said starting to get a little tired ‘why can’t you just take the train or something like a normal person.’ ‘Let me remind you something Jeff,’ I replied ‘I’m a dragon you can’t really use normal and me in the same sentence.’ ‘C’mon man,’ Jeff said back ‘why don’t we just do that when morning comes? It’s the only way.’ ‘Did you bring money?’ I asked him, knowing all I had with me was the photo of Rose. ‘No,’ he replied ‘Well neither did I, so that’s why.’ ‘Then how the hell are we supposed to get there? We can’t just fly into the middle of city in broad daylight.’ ‘You don’t think I know that,’ I replied as confused as he was. ‘Aw Man,’ I thought ‘I really should have thought this through more before I just went flying off.’ I stared over the horizon it would be dawn soon, I could see the tints of golden red spilling onto the semi-darkness of the early morning. We were running out of time, and ideas.I didn’t know what to believe or what to think I just wanted to make it there alive and get Rose out of there alive. Where ever it was that ‘there’ was, but that was the biggest problem of it all. When we got to Baltimore, how were we supposed to know where to go? In some cases there was absolutely nothing for me to gain from this, if we got here and we’re too late, I just couldn’t imagine it. Life, life without Rose, ever again, if I ever lost Rose I’d have no purpose, I’d just give into the Huntsclan I’d let them take me with her even though I knew that’s exactly what they wanted. Me, the American Dragon, dead, but that wasn’t going to happen, not on my watch. ‘We better go down,’ Jeff said ‘the sun will be up pretty soon,’ ‘Yeah,’ I said reluctantly, my heart faded. Once we were on the ground we had no idea of what to do, we’d lose time when every second could be vital. We landed on the side-walk across from the road powering back into our human forms, from their on since we had no Plan B it would pretty be flat out walking from there. ‘How could I be so stupid?’ I thought ‘I knew I should have bought some stuff with me just in case, but instead I just flew off and now because of that I may never see Rose again.’ I shock my head trying to get rid of those thoughts. What’s done is done, there’s no point in looking back and regretting what you never did, I had to stay positive and most importantly, I had to think of a way we could get their faster, but what? We couldn’t fly, we couldn’t take a public transport, what were we going to do? I looked over at Jeff, who looked like he was having the same queries. ‘What are we going to do?’ I said, thinking aloud. ‘I don’t know,’ he said, all the good ideaswere out the window. ‘Well,’ I said ‘I guess we could hitch-hike or something.’ 'Really?' Jeff said not sounding too excited. 'Well, do you have any better ideas?' I replied hotly. After a moment of silence, and contemplating what I said I opened my mouth probably to apologise, I dunno. But then I realised Jeff did have an answer to my question. ‘Actually come to think of it, I do,' Jeff said 'But it'll be a risky.' ‘What?’ I asked ‘Okay,’ he said ‘I know this will sound stupid, but I can get you to the Huntslair. What if we get ourselves captured by the Huntsclan?’ ‘What!’ I said again ‘No seriously, think laterally about it, okay?’ he said and paused for a moment ‘okay, so we get captured and once we’re captured they’re bound to take us to their prison-lair where they’re keeping, your girlfriend?’ ‘First of all, her names Rose,’ I said sounding pissed off 'second of all she's not my girlfriend. She's a girl, who just so happens to be my friend.' ‘Right,’ he replied mockingly ‘so anyway, once we’re in we can try to find a way to bust ourselves outta there somehow.’ ‘Have you ever been in a battle with the Huntsclan before?’ I said ‘C’mon, I mean they’ve got a useful stuff they could use to take us out in a second. Say they trap you in one of those Sphinx Net’s and you lose your dragon powers how you gonna escape then?’ ‘I know it’s not perfect, but it’s the only way,’ he said ‘and I’m sure that you don’t want to leave here alone without Rose, so can we just give this a try?’ ‘Alright,’ I said ‘let’s do it!’ ‘But how are we going to find Huntsmen?’ I asked frowning ‘they’re always around at the most inconvenient times, but whenever you actually need one they’re nowhere to be found.’ ‘Hey Jake,’ Jeff replied ‘Relax man, look just let me handle it, I know what I'm doing. I’m the Maryland Dragon I’ve been round here before I’ve got my “sources”.’ I gave him a puzzled look, unsure of what he was talking about. ‘Just trust me, I’ve seen Huntsmen round here heaps of times before. Just follow me and play along.’ And he lead me away from the road and off in other direction. I didn't know where he was leading, we were going through a bunch of shrubs and other wildlife, but I had to trust him if I wanted to see Rose again.
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Post by charles finley. on Apr 19, 2006 17:33:52 GMT -5
ooo, ,I see. Oh well.
LIke i said ealier, Go on or i shall give you a werid Look! XD jk jk
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Post by spyder on Apr 23, 2006 1:06:39 GMT -5
^ Go ahead, it's not like I haven't gotten them before! Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the song 'Savin' Me'. It is by Nickelback and can be found on their album 'All The Right Reasons'Chapter 12 - Rose's Dream (Savin' Me) I was still laying on his this hard, uncomfortable mattress, staring at the dull, cold cement walls surrounding me. Nothing seemed to change in here time just seemed to stop. Was I ever going to get out of here? Or was I reduced to sitting and staring at the walls, awaiting my death penalty. ‘When will it come?’ I thought. It felt I’d being here for days, but it had only been a few hours so far. Sometimes part of me thinks it actually wants to choose death over siting in this hellhole, part me has already given up and truly believes I will never get out of here alive. The rest of me is hoping, waiting for something, anything to happen. I put my mind to it and thought ‘Who is out there that would want to help me? Who did I have left?’ And then I thought of Jake. I know it’s a long shot but he said himself he was looking for me, had he found me? Would he forgive me for what I’d done and tried to do to him in the past? I didn’t know, but it was killing me and all I could do was sit here and wait for an outcome. I had a 50-50 chance, that’s like someone pulling out a coin and saying ‘heads-die, tails-live’ it was a lot of pressure. I stood up and looked out of the window of the cell up into the sky, the sun was just rising for a new day, I stared over the horizon hoping maybe to see the body of a dragon flying over toward me but I didn’t. I wanted to reach in my pocket and look at the photo of Jake, see him for the last time if that was the chance, but it had already been destroyed. I looked around me, taken in my surroundings. The cold steel walls, the crack and uncared for tiles, decorating the frail floor beneath them. The only thing keeping me from feeling completely isolated was this open window, which at times though felt like torture, an open window, a perfect mean of escape but with a nine-story plummet awaiting you at the end of it. And then I stared back out the window, looking at the decrepit city surrounding me. No one for me to even call help to, except for Jake, for all I know he could be miles away but I didn’t care. Realising that I could die, made me want to see him one last time and it may have been completely hopeless but staring out the window I called for him, hoping maybe I hear him call back but there was nothing. I knew it was hopeless and lay back on the bed, my eyes grew heavy the moment I hit the matress and before I knew it, all was darkness and as the rest of my body was shut down, my mind remained in control as I was taken over to the dream world. DREAM I saw Jake standing in front of me, I ran to him hoping to hold him again but before I could I was suddenly blocked off and surrounded by four thick cement walls, the same ones that had me trapped when I was awake. It was torture; I couldn’t even see Jake when I was asleep. I was suddenly walking over and looking out of the ‘dream window’ and surrounded me was the same decrepit, old city, isolating me from the rest of the word. And even though there was no-one to be seen for miles, I heard music playing in my dream.
‘Prison gates won’t open up for me,
On these hands on and knees I’m crawling,
Oh, I reach for you.
Icould seeJake outside the cell, I had my arms stretched out the open window but couldn't reach him.
And I’m terrified of these four walls,
These iron bars can’t hold my soul in, The walls surrounded me, isolating this dull, empty cell from the decrepit, frail scrap pile of a city, from anyway of getting to the rest of the world. But not even they could kept my soul locked away.
All I need is you,
Come please I’m calling.
And oh I scream for you,
I called desperately into the night for Jake, but he never responded. I felt my mind rushing thinking of ways for how this could work out, how did it wind up like this? How did this happen?
Hurry I’m falling, I’m falling
Show me what its like,
To be the last one standing.
And teach me wrong from right,
And I’ll show you what I can be.
Would it be enough for me to leave the Huntsclan and change my ways, to show Jake who I could be, on the inside. Would that be enough for me to be with him?
And say it for me, say it to me,
And I’ll leave this life behind me. I would leave it all behind, everything I’d aspired to be, I’d forget it all for Jake.
Say it if it’s worth savin’ me.
‘Jake, please,’ I thought ‘If you got any love left for me, you’ll save me I know it. I just hope I’m worth it.’
Heavens gates won’t open up for me, With these broken wings I’m falling,
All I see is you. I stared out the window, perhaps hoping to see Jake but all I saw was the abandoned city around me.
These city walls ain’t got no love for me,
I’m on the ledge of the eighteenth story,
Looking out down from the window of the cell, seeing the plunge beneath me.
Oh, I scream for you
Come please I’m calling,
I screamed out for Jake, seeking his help.
And all I need from you,
Hurry I’m falling, I’m falling. I felt myself falling, falling from the window of the cell. Had I been pushed? I couldn’t tell. I shut my eyes tightly, everything felt so really. My stomach was in knots lurching, on account of the fall. I felt wind rushing upwards towards my head, I wasn’t looking but could tell the ground wasn’t far now. But suddenly, I felt myself hit something and I stopped falling, I opened my eyes and I saw I was on the back of Jake. He had caught me in mid-air, saving me before I hit the ground, he flew me away from the Huntsclan and dropped me on the ground, he landed too and powered back into his human form. I tried to walk over to talk to him again, but he saw and then ran off, I tried to catch him but felt myself trip over ropes, which apparently had been binding me to a, tree?END DREAM At that moment I woke, I suddenly realised I hadn’t been for sleep for too long. The sun still hadn’t risen from across the horizon; I’d only been asleep for about ten minutes or so, probably. I looked up out at the window, there was a cool breeze coming in, I thought about my dream, I couldn’t understand it what did it mean? Jake had saved me, then ran off before I could thank him, or try to see if he was still okay with us being enemies. But what did it mean at the end? Why was I tied to a tree? I sat and thought about it for awhile, watching the sun come higher and higher into the air it was almost completely up, but suddenly I realised. Jake was running off, Jake, when I found out who Jake I was I ran off and left him helpless to act he couldn’t catch me after, tripping over the roped that had tied him. What did it mean though? Was it karma or something? Was Jake going to run away from me? ‘Does Jake love me enough,’ I thought ‘To let go of and forget everything I’ve ever done to him, including when I got transferred and risk his life to spare mine? He must! He’s saved me before, but back then I didn’t understand why, I didn’t know Jake was the American Dragon but know and I do. I understand everything now…’ I took one final glance out over the horizon and as if he were right in front of me said ‘Please help me Jake, you’re my only hope,’ and with that I lie back down on the bed and tried to get back to sleep. But knowing wait could be awaiting me from the moment my eyes reopened; it quickly became one of the hardest things I’ll ever have to do…
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Post by charles finley. on Apr 24, 2006 18:42:00 GMT -5
So i still can give u a werid look right? Right????Oh nevermind. Update soon! Or i shall steal your Nickelback tickets!XD
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Post by spyder on Apr 26, 2006 8:23:39 GMT -5
^ Sure...
Chapter 13 - Captured! ‘Alright,’ Jeff said, creeping slowly through the undergrowth ‘We’re almost there now.’ We’d gone kind of through almost a forest, type thing. We weren’t completely surrounded by trees and there were a lot of open spaces, there were just quite a lot of shrubs and trees to take cover in, like Jeff did. He was pretty stealthy, almost like ninja style, it was weird I’d never learnt anything like in my dragon training. Unless, maybe he learnt that somewhere else, but where else could you learn something like that? I didn’t know, I was losing focus and almost tripped over a large branch on the ground, I stumbled but maintained my balance.
‘Keep quiet!’ Jeff hissed ‘you’ll give away our position!’
‘What happened to wanting to be caught?’ I thought, I was about to actually say but Jeff spoke before I did.
‘Okay,’ he said ‘There are some Huntsmen coming,’
I looked were he was looking and saw about three or four armed Huntsmen about twenty metres or so away.
‘A’ight,’ I said ‘but what exactly do you plan to do? Jump out there and announce your surrender? Or tell that you’re converting to the Huntsclan?’
‘Look, I told you,’ he said ‘It’s real simple, we just go out and start fighting them and then, I dunno we either lose on purpose, or just pretend to faint or something.’
‘Sounds like you’ve given this a lot of thought,’ I said sarcastically ‘look out, they’re coming,’ I added and we both ducked down in the shrubs, waiting until they passed.
‘Okay, you ready?’ he asked,
‘Yeah, uh just one more thing,’ I asked teasingly ‘can you go through it again.’
Jeff rolled his eyes, but then readied his position to leap from the shrubs.
‘Alright,’ he said ‘now!’
He sprung out, flipping on and landing on his feet powering into his dragon form as he did so, I followed landing next to him but the Huntsmen didn’t hear us.
‘I don’t think they heard,’ Jeff whispered to me,
‘I got it,’ I said and shot a fireball at the rear of the guy on the far left. When the others heard him yelp out in pain they all spun round automatically and saw is standing there.
‘Hey,’ I said, and before I knew it we had Huntsmen running at us, attacking from all directions, well two directions to be more precise. Jeff and I were both taking on two Huntsmen a piece, we’d both done the wise thing of unarming them immediately, shooting them in their hands, causing them to drop their Hunts-sticks just to make it fair. Though light was just coming up it was still hard to tell what was going on, mostly it was just trading kicks and punches, we couldn’t get an advantage over them, they couldn’t get an advantage over us. Then I started shooting fire at their feet to keep them a distance away from me, just for now (just cause we want to get captured doesn’t me we want to get hurt.) Eventually, I saw two more Huntsmen appear from nowhere with nets and more Hunts-sticks. Suddenly I felt myself get cracked in the head from behind, WHAM! I turned around to see another Huntsman holding a branch in his hand, I tried to attack him but had forgotten about the guys behind me and I was struck from behind again. I had let my guard down for a second and was now paying for it, but I couldn’t help it there were too many of them. I looked over and saw Jeff get shot at and trapped in one of those Sphinx Net’s, he lost his dragon powers revealing his identity. And with him out of the picture, it was all eyes on me, and before I knew it I was taking on seven or so guys alone, I couldn’t do it fatigue was setting in on me strongly. Then I remembered I wasn’t meant to win this, we had to lose I guess I’d forgotten that I’m so used to giving everything I’ve got when fighting as a dragon but this time was an exception. So, I pretended to fall and dropped to the ground, one of the Huntsmen grabbed up their stick and pointed it at my head.
‘Now you,’ he growled ‘why don’t you make it a little easier on yourself and just give up, now!’
So I powered down into my human form and they put my hands behind my back. I felt them put some kind of shackles on my hands binding them together. Then they let Jeff out of the net and did the same to him. They had us tied together on a chain about a metre apart and they were leading us, somewhere.
‘Just like we planned,’ Jeff whispered to me,
‘Are you sure they’re going to take us to the Huntslair Rose is in?’
‘Well…,’ he said ‘not really, no.’ he said
‘What!’ I said shocked and frustrated at the same time.
‘Well, I’m sorry, man,’ he said sounding guilty ‘I said they’d take us to a Huntslair, I never specified which one.’
‘Well that’s just great!’ I replied.
‘Sorry,’ he said ‘but hey, look on the bright side it could be that lair.’
‘Yeah but what are the chances of that happening?’ I asked,
‘Thin, I know,’ he said ‘but what happened to you saying you’d do anything, you’d get yourself killed just to see her again. If that Jake was still here, he’d probably be patting me on the back right now.’
‘Well if this Jake wasn’t chained up, he’d probably be kicking you right now.’
‘Oh that’s good,’ Jeff said angrily ‘now you’ve got a reason to escape.’
‘That is if I escape,’ I replied
‘Hey look,’ he snapped back ‘no one told you, you had to do what I suggested okay? If you didn’t like the idea you should have said something when the time was right, not when we were halfway through doing it!’
I sighed frustrated
‘Well I haven’t got a choice no have I?’ I said ‘We will just have to make it work.’
‘So there’s still a ‘we’ in this?’ Jeff asked.
‘Yeah, there’s still a ‘we’. But you better know what you’re doing.’
‘Just trust me, okay?’ he said,
‘You two,’ said one of the Huntsmen ‘stop talking.’
‘Alright fine,’ Jeff said hotly ‘you creepy, little bastard,’ he added, mumbling under his breath.
‘Ignore him,’ I muttered
Eventually they stopped us and one of them did that weird thing where they put their hunts-stick into the ground and surround you with some kinda force field. I’d been in one before, they were going to teleport us to wherever this Huntslair was that Jeff had mentioned.
‘Well man,’ I said ‘I hope for your sake, you’re right.’
‘Hey man, as a dragon you might be a good fighter but I bet as a human I could kick your ass.’
‘Hopefully, we’ll never have to find out,’ I said,
‘Yeah, hopefully,’ Jeff replied.
Everything went really weird from then when we teleported, for some reason something about this really didn’t seem right and I felt like going against our plan and actually fighting off a few of the guards, but it was far too late now. Even if I took out the Huntsmen we were teleporting into a Huntslair where there would be plenty more to reinforce them. So I just stood there next to Jeff and stared outside the force field, hoping this would work out.
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Post by static on May 6, 2006 1:29:33 GMT -5
So bro, I guess this is what you were doing when you were locked up in your room alone for 3 hours...Well, I gotta tell ya, I'm a little relieved. I thought something else was going on (XD)! Anyway, at least it wasn't wasted! Great story!
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Post by spyder on May 6, 2006 1:38:41 GMT -5
static: Oh you're just jealous cause I write better then you (XD)! No, seriously, glad u like the story, and yes now you know so you can stop freaking out... Anyway, this is the first chapter done from no-one's perspective the whole way through...And I'm using the song 'With or without you' by U2, which I don't own the rights to, so I have to mention that, so yeah...Anyway, hope you like it... With or without you Jake couldn't see anything, he was completely surrouned by darkness his entire world black and empty. The blindfold was wrapped tightly around his forehead, he felt blood slowly draining upwards he was getting dizzy struggling to stand. He had no idea where he was going, he wasn't walking out of free will but being forced along by no doubt one of those Huntsmen. 'Well, this plan worked out great.' Jake muttered to himself 'how can I save Rose when I'm trapped in some cell that I don't even know where it is!' The room there were being lead done, didn't seem too big it must have been a corridor. The continuos patter of feet, echoing off the walls was very faint and heard to hear. He tried using his dragon hear to hear a second pair of feet, just to see if Jeff was being lead with him but he was stopped by the guy behind him. Eventually, he felt himself come to a halt and the tight, wrap tied round his head was removed before he was violently shoved into another dark room and heard a door behind him creak slowly before snapping shut. Jake rubbed his elbow he'd landed hard on from the push, he had a headache from the blood flowing up to his brain. He got to his feet and studied the room, it was dull, grey and empty metal bars blocking the doors and windows from the rest of the world. He ran to one and stared out it, desperate to know where he was. The area around him was pretty similar to where he'd been captured, a lot of open space with the few occasional trees and shrubs here and there, but he assumed the Huntsclan wouldn't just build a lair in the middle of a paddock or something, they were probably miles away from any civilisation. Jake turned when he heard more voices and footsteps draining down the hall, he heard Jeff's voice and a lot of grunting and 'effort noises' Jeff was obviously trying to escape now but he didn't know how well that would work (him being without dragon powers and blind folded). Eventually he saw Jeff brought in with him and also dumped unceremoniously onto the concrete floor, he lifted his head only to see Jake's who wasn't looking too happy. 'Again, sorry.' Jeff said pulling himself to his feet and shaking his hand (he must of hurt it landing on it) 'man, those freaks put a ****ing sock over my head, I can't believe that!' 'Well what did you expect?' Jake snapped back 'Did you think that they were just going to casually walk us into their lair, eyes wide open? If we escaped we'd of found the way back, they don't want that! Like you said 'think laterally'!' 'Look don't worry about it,' Jeff said, still determined 'we can find a way out of here.' 'Are you serious?' Jake said really getting tired of this. 'What?' Jeff replied, 'Look Jeff, I'm all for trying your hardest at everything but sometimes you've got to learn to give up!' 'No man,' Jeff replied 'I'm serious we can get out somehow.' Jake shock his head 'It'll be easy,' Jeff continued 'Look, this doors are all bars so the guard on watch can see through them right? So I dunno, maybe we pretend we're ill or faint or something that will make them come in and unlock the door.' 'I think you've been watching too many James Bond movies in your lifetime.' Jake said still shaking his head. 'Well, what do you want to do?' he replied 'sit here and wait for her to die? Or do you want to go out there and prove yourself.' Jake shrugged 'Hey, I'd love to prove myself' he said 'but I want to be with Rose afterwards and I can't do that when I'm dead!' 'Well then I have a suggestion,' Jeff said really pissed off 'when someone tries to kill you, don't let them!' 'Was that sarcasm?' Jake asked 'Oh, I wonder what gave it away.' Jeff said mockingly. 'Look, am I the only one round here, who's taking this seriously?' Jake snapped back. 'I'm taking it seriously if I thought it was a joke, I'd have gone back to bed when you asked for my help!' Jeff replied hotly. 'So what are you saying,' Jake shot back 'I should thank you for what you've done?' 'No, I'm saying you should cut me some slack you wanted my help and now you've got it and if you want anymore if it you're going to have to trust me.' 'I already did that and now I've wound up here!' Jake yelled 'Fine! You know what I will go back to bed,' he snapped '**** you!' he added before lying on the bed on the other side of the room. 'Good,' Jake said 'you can go prove yourself to world, by doing what you do best. Chasing after something that you're never going to get.' 'So is that what you think about Rose?' Jeff not looking at me anymore, but the wall. 'It is now,' Jake said, also looking away ‘I truly believed I could have done it, then you came along…’ Jeff sat in silence, staring at the other side of the wall not speaking barely moving. Jake stared at his side of the wall, the two both lay there back facing each other, yet still only a few feet apart. What was worst was that Jeff knew deep down he was just acting on instinct and didn’t really know what he was doing and deep down Jake knew he should cut Jeff some slack. Yet they were both to stubborn to admit that, so they both just lay in there staring at the walls, unsure of whether or not they should go on. Back in Rose’s CellRose woke up again, mad at herself for having fallen asleep. This could be the last time she ever has, she couldn’t waste on sleep not now, there would be plenty of time for that when she was dead. But then again, it’s not like she live her life at its final resort, it’s not locked she could do the things she always wanted to do before she died. She was locked like this cell, every brick, every cracked tile surrounding her, all was darkness and despair, the pitiful seconds burning away as she awaited her death toll. Staring out the window again, taking in her surroundings again, ‘So this is it?’ She thought ‘this is all I get in life, thirteen years!’She knew there were people who had it worse of then her, but you never really realise how painful death is until it affects you in someway. But in a way it already, Rose never knew here biological family she couldn’t remember anything about her past. It was almost like she woke up one day and she was thirteen, already a good way through her life. She hated it, she couldn’t remember anything earlier then the age of ten, what memories would she have when she went? What legacy did she leave behind? The only legacy she could have possibly left behind her was being Huntsgirl but she failed at that and now all she would be remembered as was, a traitor. If only the Huntsmen could have seen it from her eyes, she stared out on the world around her ‘Where is he?’ She thought, unaware that Jake was a lot closer then she thought. Back in Jake/Jeff’s cellJake lay on the bed, once again holding the only thing he had left to remind him of Rose a picture. He gave her one final look over, if either of them were going to die he wanted to make sure he could remember her forever, every detail. Her hair, her face, her skin, her body, her eyes, everything, she was perfect, he never wanted to forget her. See the stone set in your eyes,
Set the thorn twist in your side,
I’ll wait, for you.
Slide of hand and twist of fate,
On a bed of nails she makes me wait.
And I wait, without you,
With or without you,
With or without you.Back in Rose’s CellRose still looked out the window, thinking the same things Jake was. Everything she’d ever been through had always been a nightmare, and she knew this one wasn’t over, it would only get worse, and this was just the calm before the storm. Through the storm we reach the shore,
You give it all but I want more,
And I’m waiting for you.
With or without you,
With or without you.
I can’t live,
With or without you.
And you give yourself away,
And you give yourself away,
And you give.
And you give,
And you give yourself away.Back in Jake/Jeff’s CellJake lay thinking about the last real time he’d ever seen Rose, it seemed like a distant nightmare, yet he saw it all clearly. Seeing himself tied defenceless to the tree, forced to reveal his identity to Rose, nothing to win, nothing left to lose. He was forced to show her who he really was, forced to give, himself away. My hands are tied,
The body bruise she got me with.
Nothing to win,
And nothing left to lose.
And you give yourself away,
And you give yourself away.
And you give,
And you give,
And you give yourself away.He knew how he felt about her, she knew how he felt about her, everything was out in the open yet neither of them could do a thing about it. Jake hated it he couldn’t live with her they were enemies, yet he loved her too much to be without her. Lying in the cell, wallowing away he thought about every moment they’d ever shared. With or without,
With or without you.
I can’t live,
With or without you.Back in Rose’s cellShe knew how she felt about him, he knew how she felt about her, everything was out in the open yet neither of them could do a thing about it. Rose hated it she couldn’t live with him they were enemies, yet she loved him too much to be without him. Lying the cell, wallowing away she thought about every moment they’d ever shared. With or without,‘The first time we met,’ Jake thought smiling ‘I always so nervous around her I couldn’t control myself.’ With or without you.‘That night at the dance,’ Rose thought smiling ‘it was so nice of Jake to dance with me after I can’t live, ‘Rehearsing for the play,’ Jake thought ‘I was nervous about kissing I freaked out! But then I finally asked her out.’ With or without you.‘I remember our first date,’ Rose thought ‘that was such a good time, I hated having to leave for it.’ ‘The last time I ever saw her,’ Jake thought his smile fading ‘that is how this all really started. I can still remember the shock and confusion in her face, when I said her name. To this day I remember the look on her face, when she saw me and the way she said to me “Jake?”.’ ‘The last time I ever saw him,’ Rose thought her smile fading ‘that is how this all really started. I can still remember seeing him powering down, showing me his human form. It all happened in slow motion and as the split-seconds passed I slowly recognised him more and more. Those words still hit me hard whenever I remember them “Rose, it’s me”.’
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Post by charles finley. on May 6, 2006 18:45:06 GMT -5
ooo, This is gettin good!
Still cant believe that u saw Nickelback live! Not fair!!!
Update soon! Or I shall give give you a werid look! Again!
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Post by spyder on May 15, 2006 3:58:58 GMT -5
Jake’s P.O.V
The day that followed, really trailed along slowly making every second, every moment count, like this was something I would never want to forget. Things had turned really bad; Jeff and I just lay in there in an awkward silence, not speaking since our ‘clashing’ earlier. We’d gotten really mad at each other, and I don’t know if we could make up from it, ever since I left on this adventure to rescue Rose, everything had gone completely downhill nothing was working to plan. I lay back, outstretched upon the bed on ‘my side’ of the cell, staring up at the ceiling there were several cracks in the foundation of the roof, come to think of it what I’d seen from this lair all of it seemed pretty worn and decrepit. And if I was looking at the roof, or outside the window I’d be staring back at the photo of Rose that was all we really did in this cell. Slept, stood up to stretch out legs and sometimes looked out the window (that was like the entertainment) right now Jeff was curled up on his mattress on ‘his side’ of the cell. I guess he was kind of getting over the fight too; we’d finally turned over looked away from the walls and faced each other, so I guess that was the first step leading to forgiveness. I guess Jeff was right though, he was just trying to give me what I wanted a way to find Rose and I didn’t know how successful we’d been, we were somewhere that was all I knew, but we had to keep looking and that of course, would require escaping. And I knew if I was going to try to escape Jeff would want to have a say in it, he’d gotten into the habit of saying ‘think laterally’ and told me I looked at things to simply and needed to think a bit more imaginatively, like he did. I never really knew what to say what was most wrong about that statement first, but anyway I guess it would be better for us to be in it together. Two minds working together as one would make this a hell of a lot easier.
‘Hey, Jeff,’ I said to limp body ‘Jeff, wake up.’ He slowly came to,
‘Huh, what is it?’ he replied
‘You’re right,’ I said looking down at my knees, almost ashamed ‘I would do anything to save her.’
‘Anything?’ Jeff shot back, seeing how far I would go.
‘Anything,’ I repeated and looked over at the door locking us in ‘We’re getting out of here,’ I added and I saw a smile spread across Jeff’s face.
Rose’s P.O.V
‘That sound,’ I thought hearing locks click into place and the rusty, thick boom door, creaking its way open ‘That can’t be good.’
I heard the echo of footsteps hitting the cracked marble floor breaking the dead still silence that had driven me to near insanity for the past 16 hours or so. The ambience, the basic feel around was really uncomfortable I felt chills running down my spine. And as my uncles footsteps drew nearer, I felt anxiety burning up my insides, the suspense was killing me. I knew the moment I heard his cold, gravely voice, the moment saw I looked deep into his eyes and saw evil ambition’s that lay beneath his tormented mind, I knew exactly what would follow. He edged closer to me until I could practically feel, hear the hot breaths drawing in and out of his body, his presence was somewhat terrifying and as I turned I felt the foul stench of death draw ever closer to me, I really thought my time was up. But what had I done wrong? Why should I be punished over something I couldn’t control? I can’t choose who I fall in love with it just happens and if I could change it I would, but I can’t. I actually took a moment to consider actually saying these things to his face, saying the things I’m sure no one ever dared even thinking about. About questioning the decision of their master, their clan, the decision of their ancestors fulfilling this destiny before them. I was about to open my mouth to speak, but the Huntsmaster reached out and placed a hand firmly over my shoulder.
‘It’s such a shame to have to do this to you, Huntsgirl,’ he said trying to sound sympathetic ‘you where a great pupil, fast learning, determined, resilient, you had a bright future and then you had to go and throw it all away over some relationship you had with a dragon. Let me remind you friendships will come and go, if you lucky you might even get one that lasts a few years, but this is, has been in your blood forever and it will remain there whether you like it or not. And if this boy liked you as much as you claim he did, then where is he? Why isn’t he here? Because he’s your enemy,’ those last words hit me hard, really hard, I was getting kick when I was already down but the onslaught wasn’t over yet.
‘But I hope for your sake he does come, slaying that dragon will be the only way your sins can be forgiven, the only way you can avoid the ultimate penalty and you will slay that dragon, that is if you plan on living to see tomorrow.’
And he turned his back to me again preparing to walk out, but suddenly he stopped and hesitated before turning around to me again.
‘Do you know what the world’s most precious commodity is?’ he asked not even looking at me, I assumed it was a rhetorical question and didn’t answer. ‘It’s time. You see it takes people at the brink of death’ he answered, taking a small hour-glass, and turning it as he spoke ‘to realise how precious time really is,’ he placed it down on next to the bed.
‘You can see how it burns slowly, each grain of sand representing every pathetic, useless second of your late gone forever. But you must treat every second like it was your last.’ I looked at him puzzled so he continued ‘For you see, when that sand reaches the bottom,’ he continued ‘when the final second of the hour ends you will make a decision, stay with us and fulfil your life-long destiny or join the dragon and make yourself a very powerful enemy…’
He turned around again, leaving the cell for good this time, leaving me here to the make the biggest decision my life has ever been faced with. Leave the Huntsclan and die (even if I escaped they’d be out to kill me forever) or when Jake came, kill him. I couldn’t do that, it was selfish to end someone’s life just to add a few not even guaranteed minutes to my own. Neither option appealed more to me; no matter what way I chose it would end in death. No matter what way I chose I would never see Jake, ever again.
Destiny, destiny it’s a complete enigma, completely random, all unexpected. You think you’ve got life all figured out and then the bombshell hits. Nothing in my life ever seemed right deceit, lies; betrayal, massacre, inhumanity, anguish and the biggest factor of them all confusion. I lay back on the bed of the cell staring into the hour-glass, a lot to think about, watching more and more of my precious commodities disappear by the second. One hour, was all I had to make the biggest decision my life has ever faced…
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Post by spyder on May 25, 2006 5:07:43 GMT -5
I can't be bothered to title the chapters anymore...XD
It was roughly twelve o’clock and the Huntsmen were making the first switch of sentry duties for the day. They needed someone to keep an eye on their two dragon prisoners; all the Huntsmen hated it though. Why couldn’t they just kill them? Was the major thought of all the Clan, but there master insisted they keep them alive long enough for Huntsgirl to make her decision. A guard came down the hall, opened the door and then swapped with the previous one he sat in a chair and stared through the small window at the door, stared at the two boys in the cell.
‘These were just two teenage boys up to no good’ he thought ‘how could they cause so much fuss?’
He suddenly noticed, one of them, the older one start pacing back and forward in the cell, right in front of the small door-window so the guard could see exactly what was happening. He walked toward the door, turned around walked to the rear wall, turned around again and walked back toward the door. He just continued to do that again and again, but suddenly halfway through another pace the boy suddenly stopped, gave the guard a weird look and then fell to the ground.
A bit taken back, the curious guard walked over to the cell and stared through the window of the door. It appeared the boy had fainted, so the guard pulled out the key and opened the door to check on the limp body of the boy.
Jake’s P.O.V
I guess Jeff was right, the ‘distraction therapy’ as he called it really worked. I had had my doubts about it all I admit. Like when Jeff ‘fainted’ I didn’t think the guard would come in, but eventually Jeff swayed me and got me to go along with it.
‘Why would he care about you?’ I’d asked Jeff over and over ‘we’re dragons, the enemy, they want us dead!’
‘But they’ve had us locked up in this cell for days!’ Jeff always replied ‘If they wanted us dead don’t you think they’d have done it by now? They obviously want us alive for some reason.’
And he was right they must have been given orders to keep us alive, which is why the guard came in to check on Jeff, which is why the guard was so concerned for keeping him alive he completely forgot about everything else, including me. Yes that’s right me, clinging to the far corner of the room above the door. He’d never expected it; it was completely out of the blue. He crumpled like a piece of paper when I dove at him from the roof, falling right on top of him he smashed the back of his head hard against the cold, unforgiving concrete floor. Jeff helped to my feet.
‘You alright, man?’ he asked
‘There’s no time for that,’ I replied ‘come on we gotta go fast.’
And we both bolted out the wide open cell door, leaving the guard unconscious, flat-out on his back.
Rose’s P.O.V
I sat on the bed staring at the hour-glass, watching the time slowly drain away. I really felt like crying not in fear, not in stress, not in anger, sadness or even confusion. I just felt completely helpless, powerless to act though all the power lay with me, it was all in my hands I would make the choice, but I couldn’t. And something told me that my Uncle would rather hear me choose to join Jake’s side then he would hear me say I was undecided, that was his attitude.
You were either with him, or against him and I didn’t want to be either but that wasn’t an option. I couldn’t have nothing to do with it now, I’d already come so far. Being a member of the Huntsclan had consumed my life ever since I was a little girl, I couldn’t make my own path it was already all there for me. It had already been marked before me before I was even born and did I get a say? Did I get a say in my own life? No, no I didn’t, that was no way to live.
Two thirds of the sand had already reached the bottom, I had roughly 15 minutes left and I had no idea what I was going to do, I just needed help and with all the mental will-power that remained in my body I made one last call for help.
‘Please hurry Jake,’ I said ‘there’s not much time left.’
And with that I lay back and watched the time slowly drain away…
Jake’s P.O.V
‘She has to be around here somewhere,’ I said looking around the corridor Jeff and I had found ourselves in after escaping the cell in search for Rose.
‘Yeah,’ Jeff replied staring around the perimeter of the room ‘but where?’
He continued looking around the room, wondering where Rose could be. But then I saw his eyes widened slightly, he looked paranoid about something
‘What is it?’ I said, seeing his expression but my question was answered the moment those words left my mouth.
‘Look out!’ Jeff said, pointing across the room and diving to the ground, taking me with him as the tiles beneath us exploded, blasting shards of the marble material into the air. We rolled across the ground to avoid more explosions of green fire, obliterating the floor beneath us. I got to my knees and stared across the room where Jeff had pointed to see who these shots were coming from. But I guess, being in the Huntslair it was pretty obvious who it was.
About six or seven Huntsmen stood across the room, two firing green fireballs at us from their Hunts sticks. I dove out of the way, avoiding another shot that crashed into the wall behind me. I got to my feet across from Jeff.
‘Oh so that’s how you wanna do it huh?’ I said to the men at the other side of the room ‘Well, bring it on!’
So the six guys ran down from the corridor they’d been firing at us from, ran at us as Jeff and I, got ready.
They ran down and immediately one of the Huntsmen slashed out with his Hunts-stick, directly at my head. I ducked and side-stepped another shot that he threw downwards, aiming for the top of my shoulder, and flipped out of the way avoiding a third shot that was directed for my back.
I stood a distance away from the Huntsmen, attacking me and stared across at Jeff who was now doing the same. We gave each other a look, knowing exactly what the other was going to do. We looked back at the Huntsmen standing before us who were some raising their weapons, some their fists, getting ready to attack.
‘Dragon up!’ Jeff and I said again, at the exact same time and the moment we did, the second my body was surrounded by flame, the Huntsmen lunged at us ready to fight.
The same Huntsman again tried to drive his Hunts-stick directly into me and I avoided several shots, eventually side-stepping a frontal jab and kicking the weapon right of his hands. But he still didn’t waste a second, throwing out his fist which clash with my arm as I blocked it, he leapt into the air expecting me to lash out at him with my tail, but I had tricked him. As he leapt up, I simply stopped momentarily and when he was in midair I threw a spin kick out, driving him in the gut and sending him to the ground. I saw another one run at me and lunge out, diving in midair. I ducked and threw him while he was in midair above me. Using all his momentum against him and sending him crashing hard on his back.
No sooner had I dealt with him I turned around and saw another Huntsmen lunging at me. This time his offensive strike hit me when he lashed out kicking right in the ribs with a sharp kick and a quick thrust. He tried to take that time to leap and grab the Hunts-stick that had been dropped earlier by another Huntsman. I noticed this and tried to stop him but he got his hands on it before I did. He dove and threw his hand out grabbing it and landing in a forward roll, he got up on his feet and immediately ran at me with the Hunts-stick
I raised my arms ready to try and stop him, somehow, but then noticed as he was running he suddenly went flying forward losing his Hunts-stick and rolling in midair, crashing heavily into the ground and smashing the back of his head hard. I looked over to see Jeff with his dragon tail out, standing directly where the guard had tripped
‘Thanks,’ I said
‘Well, y’know’ he replied ‘I just had to do it… Look out,’ he added as one of the Huntsmen had returned to his feet and tried lunge at me again, putting all his body into one kick. But I caught his leg and threw him round in midair over to Jeff who coat-hangered him with his arm (kinda like that move the clothesline that wrestlers do) his neck snapped and he fell on his back. More of the Huntsmen got up and ran at us from all directions we immediately took to the air to avoid them.
Leaping up, flying momentarily and landing safely back onto our feet, as they turned around and ran back at us again. I shot fire-balls at the feet of the Huntsmen coming toward me; anyone who avoided them, soon found their selves tripped hard on their back by my dragon-tail. Jeff grabbed up one of their Hunts-sticks and powered down into his human form.
A little confused I powered down as well, following him and watching with great curiosity what he was doing. He walked over to one of the Huntsmen sitting on their knees, as I watched puzzled. He raised his newly acquired Hunts-stick and went to drive it down into the Huntsman’s head.
‘That’s enough,’ I voice called and Jeff stopped and dropped the stick to the ground, we both looked over across the room to see two figures standing in the darkness, even through the blackness I could tell who it was. It was the Huntsmen, and the figure across from him must have been the Huntsboy, Scythe. I was sure of it.
‘Well, well,’ said the Huntsman as the fallen Huntsmen around Jeff and I rose slowly to their feet ‘if it isn’t the American Dragon,’
‘It’s over dragon!’ Scythe interrupted angrily, walking fast out of the shadows ‘you’ve fallen for our trap.’ He walked right past Jeff and straight up to me looking straight into my eyes.
‘And now I’m going to slay you,’ he added holding his Hunts-stick in the direction of my neck but the Huntsman came over and moved it away.
‘No,’ he said (I was a little surprised by that) ‘you are not in the power to make that decision, or that action for that matter it’s not up to you! And you will not interrupt you master!’ he snapped at his pupil, before he looked sinisterly over at me raising his own stick. He raised it and pointed it at my chest before speaking
‘But lucky for you I’m not in the power to make that decision. Well at least not yet anyway.’
And with that, he turned around and walked over to the Huntsman standing furthest from us.
‘What’s all that about?’ I whispered to Jeff in confusion, he just shrugged and continued watching intently.
‘Guard,’ said the Huntsmaster when he’d reached the Huntsman he’d just walked over to ‘get the girl, bring her out early… Now this is where it gets interesting.’ He added, speaking to himself.
‘Wait,’ I said to the Huntsmaster ‘what girl?’
‘There are some questions in life that don’t really need answering,’ he replied, he didn’t really have to say much more after that.
‘I was right,’ I whispered back to Jeff ‘they were holding her prisoner.’
‘Yeah but what are they bringing her out for?’ he replied.
‘I don’t know,’ I said ‘but I’m pretty sure it will involve us finding out the hard way.’
And with that, I stood there in the middle of the circle, surrounded by my enemies, standing with my only ally in the centre ready for anything. The Huntsmen stood with their weapons drawn again, awaiting orders to strike, but no such orders came. So we stood there, trying our best to keep our eyes on every single foe surrounding us.
Eventually the dead-still silence was finally broken by the distant echoing of footsteps. And as I saw Rose come down the corridor I got the weirdest feeling, a rush of all these different emotions running through me. I felt relief to see Rose alive; I was confused, still unsure as to what they were doing with her, but most of all I felt the love returning to me running through my body.
I was using all the power in my body to restrain myself from running to her and hugging her as she continued to walk forward. I admired her every detail as she came closer and closer, remembering everything about her I’d ever missed.
She was lead by two more Huntsmen standing on either side of her, both armed. Still unsure of what they were doing I continued to watch intently, losing focus of the two or three Huntsmen who were sneaking up on me. I suddenly felt the hands of one of them grab me from behind and force my arms behind my back, holding me still.
‘Hey, let me go!’ I said struggling against his grip, but he didn’t he keep a hold of me. I threw my legs out kicking the other two guards approaching me. They cowered back at the shots I delivered into their faces and guts. But then I was hit in the back of head by the guy holding me and the two guards the grabbed my legs rendering me defenceless. I turned my head slightly to see the guy holding and as he held me I felt the sharp edge of a blade touch my back.
‘Don’t even think of trying to turn into your dragon form,’ he said holding the knife against my back ‘unless of course you want to die a few minutes early.’
‘A few minutes early?’ I thought ‘What the hell is he talking about?’
But it didn’t take much longer for me to figure out, the Huntsmaster must have wanted me dead. But if that was the case, why had he stopped Scythe from doing it earlier?
During my struggle to escape I guess Jeff had seen what had happened and wasn’t going to fall for the same trick. So when the Huntsmen approached him he took the time to power back into his dragon form, throwing two Huntsmen aside and shooting fire at the small crowd of Huntsmen now standing between him and me.
I struggled against the three Huntsmen holding me, watching Jeff struggle to fight his way over to me. He shot fire at the feet of the Huntsmen making them jump, and then leapt up into the air, taking a second to escape the guys surrounding him. He fired more fireballs at them from the air, aiming for their bodies and setting their uniforms up in flames, before landing back on his feet and powering back down again, into his human form.
I watched as Scythe approach him and grab him on the shoulder; he immediately grabbed his hand and drove his elbow into the ribs of Scythe, before turning around to see him standing before him.
‘Well, well,’ Scythe said clutching his chest where Jeff had hit him ‘same old Maryland Dragon, huh?’
Jeff glared back at him, an angry look in his eyes.
‘I remember,’ Scythe continued, picking back up his Hunts-stick ‘the last time we ever battled, I came so close to slaying you, but I’m sure you don’t.’ he said with a smirk.
Jeff looked down with a half confused, half hurt look in his eyes and it was weird. He seemed to stay like that for awhile just looking down on himself until eventually he looked back up at Scythe, who was growing impatient.
‘Well,’ Scythe said ‘you can stand there and try to figure it out, or you can just get taken out.’ And with that he threw a shot with his Hunts-stick, aiming for Jeff’s head but he dove backward landing on his feet before he could hit him. He looked up at Scythe again; I determined look replaced the confused/hurt he’d had just a few seconds ago and he raised his hands ready to fight.
‘Hey, that’s better,’ Scythe said who lunged forward, making more attempts to break the skin of Jeff with his blade and Jeff fought back, I didn’t understand.
‘Why is Jeff fighting in his human form?’ I thought as I watched Scythe try to slash Jeff’s neck with his Hunts-stick, he stepped back avoiding the shot and Scythe lunged forward with another directed at his shoulder. But Jeff leapt forward avoiding the shot with the blade and flipping around Scythe landing on his feet, as Scythe adjusted his position turning around to face Jeff, who stood at the ready again waiting for Scythe’s next move.
He came down with another shot with his stick, but this time Jeff had been expecting it. He side stepped to the right and kicked it straight out of Scythe’s hands and followed up punching him in the face twice. Scythe stumbled back and Jeff ran forward lunging with a shuffling left kick sending Scythe flying forward. A split-second later Jeff (still in midair) lashed out with another kick spinning around and using his right foot to deliver the second, sending Scythe flying even further forward.
He got back up on his feet, holding the back of his head where he’d been kicked Jeff attempted another punch but Scythe caught and twisted Jeff’s arm behind his back. He kneed him hard in the back where he was holding the arm he had twisted behind it. Jeff crumpled holding both his back and his arm as he retuned to his feet. And as Scythe ran back over to him he was hit hard right in the mouth, by Jeff who then tackled Scythe to the ground smashing his head against the floor, hard.
He sat on his chest and started beating the hell out of him with a series of punches again and again into the masked face of Scythe; he got off of him and returned to his feet standing ready for when Scythe got up. But as Scythe pulled himself up I noticed something in his hands, he had a large chunk of the marble tile! I guess it must have cracked or something when he fell on it, but he was going to use it as a weapon on Jeff! I knew I had to stop him, but I couldn’t while I was being held by these three guys. So I tried to yell out to warn him but it was too late. The moment Scythe got to his feet Jeff tried to hit him with a kick but Scythe caught and threw Jeff back who landing on his feet again.
But it didn’t matter, because that was Scythe took the thick piece of marble in his hands and smashed it hard into Jeff’s cheek. Jeff fell back hard landing on his back, he collapsed holding his mouth and Scythe stood over him satisfied. Even though he still wore that masked stained in his own blood, I swear I could have seen an evil smile forming over the face of Scythe. I looked around the rest of the room there were the two Huntsmen who couldn’t get involved in this fight as they had orders to keep an on Rose, there were the three Huntsmen who were keeping an eye on me and therefore had to stay out as well. This image of Scythe standing over Jeff, still holding the thick piece of marble in his hands was suddenly now the centre of attention.
But suddenly for a moment my eyes drew away from the sight of Scythe and Jeff and saw what was going on behind them. The Huntsman who’d just returned to his feet after Jeff’s attack had his Hunts-stick raised and was glaring at Jeff who was just returning to his feet.
I watched as Jeff helplessly struggled back to his feet, not wanting to give in to Scythe.
‘Come on,’ he said wiping the seeping blood from his mouth and gesturing for Scythe to fight him ‘I’m still standing.’ But once those words left his mouth an enraged Huntsmaster grabbed one of the Hunts-sticks of his fallen henchmen , took in his hands and slashed in right across Jeff’s right leg, tearing through the fabric of his jeans and sinking deep into his skin. Jeff screamed the moment that serrated blade tore throw his skin.
‘You’re not anymore,’ the Huntsmen said coldly as he watched Jeff collapsed to the ground. And though you couldn’t really see much of the Huntsman face either I certainly could tell that he too now had a sadistic smile creeping across of his face. I could tell that he was satisfied over his callous and evil intentions of maiming Jeff not going unsuccessful.
‘Now you see boy,’ he said leaning on one knee over the crumpled up body of Jeff ‘you see what happens when you screw with the Huntsclan? If you get in the way of our plans, you will get hurt.’ He slapped Jeff arrogantly across the head, leaving him lying helplessly on the ground.
‘Now Huntsgirl,’ he said and threw the bloodied Hunts-stick in his hands over to Rose ‘finish the job. Slay that dragon!’
She caught it and reluctantly walked over to Jeff who was still holding his leg, shuddering over the pain. She stood over him and raised her stick, but I saw it in her eyes she really didn’t want to do it. But for awhile part of me was undecided.
‘Is she actually going to kill him?’ She took the stick into the air drove it downward but halfway stopped holding the stick over the body of Jeff, it was almost like she was only now realising what she was doing. I caught a glimpse of her eyes, as she looked down at the limp body Jeff. She couldn’t do it, she couldn’t kill him.
‘Slay him!’ I heard the Huntsman’s voice call
She turned back and gave the Huntsman a cold look,
‘No.’ she said simply
‘What did you say?’ the Huntsman replied completely dumb-founded.
‘I said no,’ she repeated ‘I’m not going to do it.’
‘Ah, so you’ve decided to turn against us Thorn?’ he replied and took a few steps over to one of the Huntsmen stealing his weapon from his hands ‘well that’s fine with me.’ And he walked back over to Rose, raising his stick and it was at that moment Jeff desperately managed to pull himself back to his feet.
He lunged at the Huntsmen and threw all his body weight at him, clubbing him with his two fists and sending him crumpling to the ground. Jeff hopped up, but his mangled leg buckled underneath his weight and he was on one knee again. Scythe capitalised on that, grabbing the now rendered helpless Jeff and running him hard into the wall, it wasn’t a pretty sight.
Jeff crashed hard into the wall not missing a single body part, smashing his head, his elbow, everything and after that he was done. He’d taken too much damage in his human form, He slid down the wall and collapsed onto the ground, completely out of it lying still on the ground, the only movement was his chest rising up and down as he gasped for breath.
I stared over at Scythe who turned around to face Rose who was already surrounded. Realising this she grabbed up the Hunts-stick Scythe had dropped. She held it up ready, staring round in all directions at the men surrounding her. Scythe stood in front of her on the other side of the room, the Huntsmaster was on about ten feet on her left and there were the two Huntsmen who’d been watching over her who were now standing behind her.
She turned to face them immediately (seeing as there were closest) and slashed the Hunt-stick across the front of both of their chests. They cowered back as the blade tore through their clothing cutting into their skin, but immediately after that Scythe ran over to her. She tried to cut him down with the Hunts-stick as well but he caught it and kicked her hard in the ribs. She crumpled down on her knees and dropped the weapon in her hands to the ground. Scythe kicked it aside and stared over Rose as she tried to get to her feet.
‘Give it up girl,’ he smirked as she struggled to her feet ‘you’re pathetic; there’s no way you can beat me with or without a weapon.’ Rose looked ready to retaliate but the Huntsman hit her hard from behind, she crumpled to the ground again and I felt my blood boil as I watched the Huntsman beat Rose to the ground. She tried to pull herself back up again, but he made sure that wasn’t going to happen covering her with a Sphinx Net.
‘Tonight you die in the blood of one of your own,’ he said, I didn’t understand what he meant as he picked up his Hunts-stick that was still drenching of the blood that had flowed from Jeff’s leg. He raised it ready to drive it into her back, that’s when I couldn’t take it anymore. I hadn’t fought before in fear of being killed if I escaped and not being able to save Rose, but now I realised that time may never come again, if I don’t act now.
‘Dragon up!’ I heard myself saying, and once I said those words, there was no stopping me from escaping. The Huntsmen holding me suddenly shoved me forward, shrieking in pain as the flames covering my body burnt their hands as I became the American Dragon.
I leapt forward and shot fire at the hands of the Huntsman as his blade came inches away from breaking through the skin of Rose’s back. He too shrieked out burning his hands and dropping his weapon, I rushed over and stood in front of the fallen body of Rose, I stood before her like a shield, like a protector. Scythe stared angrily at me as his master tried his best to maintain his composure.
‘You’ll regret that, dragon,’ Scythe said angrily.
‘Really?’ I replied ‘because I was just thinking the same thing about you two a moment ago.’
And as the Huntsmen and Scythe stood ready to fight, I took a moment to look over at Rose just to check on her. She was still struggling against the net that she’d been trapped in trying desperately to escape. She looked up and saw me and I looked deep into her eyes.
‘It’s okay Rose, you don’t have to worry anymore,’ I said ‘I will get you out of here.’
And with that I looked away with her and all the love in my body turned to hate as I saw Scythe and the Huntsman who were still standing before me.
‘Bring it.’ I said staring at them, my hands held up ready, ready for anything they could throw at me.
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Post by charles finley. on May 25, 2006 13:10:20 GMT -5
Update soons!!!!Or I shall give u da werid loook! AGAIN!!!BWHHAAA!!lol jkz
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