Land of Dragons - Page 11

March 6, 2008, 1:45 AM

Hera shook his head as Hudson pointed to the downed Argexis. "Never. He is not dead yet; he hasn't lost all his blood, nor is his energy faded completely. I will never strike an opponent who is disabled so tremendously, not when they are down as he is."

Hera hesitated, but decided to say something else. "Argexis did not fall as Argexis, he has fallen as Sukani. It is likely to his chagrin that his defeat will have no bearing on the Abomination's death; Sukani's life does not depend on that of those he possesses. It is, of course, one foe down for us; Argexis will no longer hinder our attempt at keeping safety in the universe."

Hera turned and stared to the north-east. "I think we should go to the United Kingdom. Jake was unable to gain audience to the officials there, but perhaps I can. We need to rally support; I can't allow the Dragons to become extinct." It was a personal oath Hera had taken once Allsieda was destroyed: he would protect the Dragons at all costs.

Hera turned his gaze to the east. "We should head for the nearest coastal city. It would be little trouble for Jake and I to fly to the UK, but we now have an accomplice. Either way, I've never ridden a boat before. It'l be interesting." Jake chuckled at Hera's mock humour.

The two warriors took to the sky, Hera heading straight east. "Come on, Hudson!" Jake called, following his grandfather.

March 6, 2008, 9:38 PM

Unconscious, the weakened Argexis was caught in a turmoil of nightmares most of them created by Sukani to torment the man's mind, making it more easy to manipulate. A small trait of energy could be felt coming from Argexis' yet it was too weak to be even noticed. Slowly, his body began to reconstruct itself, sealing the injury as minutes passed, thanks to the blood of the Alsie that coursed through his veins, Sukani's own power was set in motion to restore this now vulnerable host. Now his cells, less unstable and slowly fusing perfectly with Sukani's blood, allowed him to restore Argexis to the point of taking once again his human form. No longer his deformed arm was shown, now he could be seen as a normal human being, yet his full power remained waiting to be unleashed. With his magic, not only Sukani sealed the wound that left an diagonal scar that began on his right shoulder and ended on the lower left side of his abdomen, but he created for Argexis an armor worthy of him for being his vessel. The armor was black, his shoulder covered by dome like pads that were three times bigger than his own shoulder. His breastplate, which resemblances a highly muscular chest with runes engraved all around it, covered most of his torso, leaving the other exposed areas to be protected by a chain mail. His arms and legs were fully covered with steel chains and plates, increasing strength but not shortening mobility. Julius hands, now protected by talon like gloves and finally, a black leather belt around his waist. Underneath the armor he wore his usual clothing; white button shirt still a little worn out from his past battle and black leather pants. Finally the last piece of equipment to be created was his iron boots.

Regardless of this sudden transformation, Julius was still unable to move, the toll that Hera's near mortal blow took on his body weakened him greatly, so he required more time to rest...

March 27, 2008, 5:44 PM

"UK? You mean we're heading out?"

There wasn't a nother choice in the world but to follow the odd pair. Keeping up with would probably problematic at first, considering that he'd first have to keep an eye on them and what was in front of his face. Still, the prospect of travelling to a new land excited and enticed him. He had heven used up more energy than he could control, keeping up with. His emotions affected his energy abilities, meaning that they had to be under control.

"So,who're we gonna' fight?"

March 31, 2008, 12:45 PM

"Yeah," Jake said flying ahead. "But I'm not sure who we're gonna fight yet. Just hope that we don't meet the REAL Sukani anytime soon. Even worse would be to meet the Dark Dragon. Last I heard, they were on another planet, so we shouldn't see them for a while."

"Don't count on it, Jake," Hera mused. "Since we took out his new vessel, Sukani will be far more angry than before. Why he took Silverwing's body, I'll never know, but he must have had a reason, and we ruined it."

"Well," Jake said wryly, "Here's hoping. If we meet up with them, it'll be all uphill." He thought for a moment, and then turned to Hera. "We should pick up speed, we need to get there as fast as we can."

Hera nodded and put on a burst of speed. Jake did likewise, keeping it small enough so that Hudson would be able to keep up.

April 1, 2008, 1:12 AM

As time passed, Julius wounds healed amazingly fast, but at a equally large cost; his memories now lied shattered, leaving small pieces of a fragmented soul. Feeling an urge to awaken, Julius opened his eyes, finding himself lying on the dirty ground, his clothes ragged due to the previous encounter. With much effort, he managed to get back on his feet, then he stared at the skies.

Suddenly, a memory flashed before his eyes, the battle that almost cost him his life disappears and reappears in the lapse of seconds, making feel dizzy. The lack of strength and the mental effort the flashback took on him made Julius fall on his right knee, his left hand placed on the ground to try to keep himself up. He sighed, breathed heavily, then took a deep breath and exhaled, finally standing once again.

In his memories, he saw a warrior that nearly killed him, and obviously thought of him as an enemy. Then the voice, it told him to seek for both Jake and Hera Ledro. Not knowing why, Julius only hope was to listened to the mysterious guidance.

April 1, 2008, 2:05 PM

"Off in a bit of a hurry are we?"

Husdon put on an extra little burst of speed. It was more than enough to keep up with them. He felt a bit insulted at first that they were probably slowing down for him. Though they were more than human after all.

Hudson felt that it was a small part of his destiny to push the limits of what being "only human" meant. He decided to speed up a little more, in an attempt to keep maintan his speed. The problem was that regardless of how impossibly fast he could travel, he'd still need to rest much sooner. He only had two lungs after all.

Hera and Jake showed no signs of stopping though, so in an effort to save face, he'd have to bear with it for a little while more.

That guy back there though... who was he really? They were probably going to meet him again most likely, but would he still hold a grudge? Would he try to cross swords again? And if so, with whom?

April 29, 2008, 1:49 AM

((Let's see if I can write myself out of this corner... I've been wondering wtf I can write for the past month!))

Jake looked back and saw Hudson trying to keep up. Jake turned back ahead and slapped his face: how stupid, Hudson couldn't run as fast as they could fly! If he could, he would be straining himself terribly.

Yo gramps, Jake said, relying on thought-speech. Maybe we should slow it down a little, I think Hudson's having a bit of trouble.

Alright, but not too much. I want to put as much distance between that corpse and I as possible, and I want to get to the UK by the end of the week. Hera's reply was irritable.

It'd be easier if we used the Transmission Warp, Jake pointed out.

Impossible. Hudson can't use it, and the Transmission Warp can only work on one person. It also takes too much energy. Now, if we were travelling between planets, that would be a different story, but countries? I don't think so.

Fine, Jake said grumpily. But slow down a bit. Jake, so as to save some of Hudson's dignity, slowed down a touch, but not too much. He didn't want Hudson to get tired, but he didn't want to embarrass him either.

((Well, not my best work, but I couldn't think of anything else

Writer's block sucks balls

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May 26, 2008, 8:41 PM

((Let's see if I can write myself out of mine. I apologize for any typos.))

Hudson had felt a slight change in their energy levels. Were they slowing down? They probably noticed him lagging behind. Such were his human limitations, and they as such burned at him. He couldn't help but get a little philosophical as he beat feet. Hudson had let up a little on his energy usage, in order to better preserve it. It was both of a quality and substance that was both difficult and time consuming in it's faculty to recover.

What did it mean to be a human being? That was a question that had gnawed at his mind as they had ran. It was a question, no, a thought that had so consumed him that all other things -direction included- had become secondary. Well, at least for a little while; he'd run smack into something sooner or later.

He could only do so much. And Jake, being younger than he (at least by the looks of it) wasn't even breaking a sweat. Strength was something important to him to have. Or was it really? To him, it had a great importance, but it wasn't everything. A few more moments of dashing (this time alongside his new-found comrades and companions) made something important occur to him: the destination.

It had occured to him that in joining these two, he entered a new ball-game? Perhaps he would be pushed? Perhaps this had represented the opportunity to become stronger? He had hoped that he would become stronger.

But this time, it would be through the help of his comrades. And with them, he'd reach an entirely different level. But until then...

"Yo! How much farther do we have to go?"

May 26, 2008, 10:28 PM

"Not far now," Hera Ledro said, flying alongside Hudson. "We've been travelling pretty fast; we should come up to the coastline soon." Hera floated a little higher, so as to get a better view. He descended slightly, coming back to his previous level. "As a matter of fact, I could see the coastline from here. There's a city nearby, so there should be a dock or something."

No sooner had he finished his sentence than a missile came flying out of nowhere. Hera had little time to dodge, and the missile pushed his wing out of the way as the Allsie rolled to the left. He heard a loud explosion sound from little more than thirty feet behind him. He even felt the heat as the flames erupted and spread.

Jake whirled around to find the source of the missile, only to have to dodge another one. He cursed, turning to find a jet engine roaring towards them. "We've got company, gramps!"

Hera turned and cursed. "Don't they ever give up," he muttered.

"Yo Hudson," Jake called. "Get out of here and let us handle this fool." He whirled around and transformed into his dragon form, aiming his hand and blasting an energy beam towards the wing of the jet engine.