Part 12

Dalgyon

The cat Darius quickly ran to a safe distance as I prepared to fight.
I made the first move and fired an ice blast at Jack, but then he moved with unbelievable agility and avoided my attack.
I'd never seen a dragon move so fast, suddenly Jack darted at me running at what looked like twenty miles an hour. I didn't have time to react as Jack came into close range and landed a punch to my face.
I staggered backwards but then took another punch to my stomach; he then grabbed my arm and threw me across the hanger.
I hit the ground hard and slid towards a wall tearing up to concrete ground before coming to a stop before the wall.

"He's.... so strong!" I gasped and wheezed while rubbing the side of my face.
"Hey look out!!" Yelled Darius as Jack leaped into the air and came down fast toward me.
I just managed to roll aside as Jack's foot smashed through the floor where I was just Laying.
I then quickly shot an ice blast at Jack's foot still imbedded in the concrete and I had got him trapped.

I wasted no time, as Jack attempted to pull himself free I launched myself at him landing numerous punches to his face and finished by spinning round and whacking him hard with my tail.
My attack sent Jack flying with a good portion of the concrete floor attached to his foot; he hit the ground and remained still for a moment.
But then to my surprise he raised his head and looked at me with an infuriated expression, he then smashed the ice/concrete from his leg and stood back up apparently unfazed by my attack.
'This is unbelievable, I hit him with enough force to smash a truck apart, and he doesn't look hurt at all' I thought worriedly, he was only a child and yet he was strong enough to be a full grown dragon.
Jack stretched his neck making a few cracking noises and then without warning he lunged at me and we locked claws, I pushed as hard as I could against him but Jack didn't move an inch and then he began to slowly push me back.
How was he doing this!? It was impossible and yet he WAS stronger.
I knew I had to make a move now, I inhaled and before Jack could react I exhaled an ice blast in his face.

Jack's head was now incased in ice, he released his grip on my claws and stumbled backwards blindly.
I was about to attack when I heard Darius’ voice from behind.
“Look out, his CLAWS!!” he warned and suddenly the claws on Jack's right hand extended to my surprise, I made to back off but I was too close and with a swipe of his claws I was cut across my left cheek.
I held a hand over my face as blood trickled down it, fortunately the cut wasn't very deep but had I been any closer he could have taken my head off.
Suddenly the ice covering Jack's head exploded off of him in a fiery blaze and he was not looking happy.
“Is there anything else he can do that I should know about!?” I asked frantically without turning to Darius.
“I don’t know, but I suggest you keep your distance” he advised and I nodded.

"What do you think of my experiment?" A voice I recognized echoed through the hanger and I knew who it was.
"No....It can't be" I said as I looked around trying to find the owner of the voice.
“It’s Trask!” said Darius angrily; he was also looking around nervously.
‘Trask?’ I thought, I did not recognize this name but another name came into my mind.
"Remarkable isn't it, an eleven year old dragon, so powerful” the voice gloated, I still couldn't see him, most of the hanger was obscured by huge chunks of ice I had created earlier, so he could be behind any of them.
"Tavorth! Show yourself!” I waited as my voice echoed though the aircraft hanger.
“Tavorth?” said Darius looking very confused and then a old bald man stepped out from behind a large chunk of ice grinning darkly.
“Tavorth….” Said the old man “that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time” he said sounding nostalgic.

I thought about charging at Tavorth but Jack would surely catch up with me well before I got anywhere near him.
“Ah I see that Darius is here too, excellent I can finish this nuisance once and for all…” Trask then pulled up his right sleeve and revealed a bracelet with dragon runes adorning it.
“Wait, what is that, and why are you calling him Tavorth?” said Darius confused.
“That’s his real name…. and that bracelet…. Is dragon technology” I explained.
Tavorth smiled evilly and then continued walking until he was obscured by another chunk of ice, what came next clearly shocked Darius, a bright light emanated from behind the ice and even Jack had turned to watch what was happening.

The lights on the ceiling above Tavorth short circuited from the energy serge coming from him and then exploded leaving the other end of the hanger obscured in darkness.
I watched as the light faded away and a large serpent rose from the darkness, suddenly it blew out a wave of fire at the ice, melting it and creating a large amount of steam.
“Trask is a dragon!?” Yelled Darius unbelievingly, as more ice melted the whole hanger filled with a steamy mist and as I looked back toward Jack he slowly looked at me before moving backward into the mist.
I lost sight of him and Tavorth, I listened carefully trying to hear them but the only thing I could hear was my own heart beat and its rhythm was becoming more rapid as I became nervous of what may happen next.
Suddenly I took a hit to my chest and barely spotted Jack as he vanished back into the mist, what came next was several attacks as Jack ducked in and out of the mist striking me before I could react.

I had to move, and so I darted away heading for the dark part of the hanger but then I came to a stop before a large dark form.
“Where do you think you’re going” Said Tavorth, I turned to run but then I came face to face with Jack.

I felt hot, my vision went slightly blurred and I slowly looked down to find Jack’s claws pierced into my torso and I grunted as he withdrew his claws from me.
I staggered away in pain; I couldn’t hold myself up any longer and finally collapsed to the ground.
I was bleeding badly and I quickly placed my hand over the wound.
‘he didn’t manage to pierce any organs’ I thought as I painfully pressed down on my wound, I was glad he hadn’t managed to penetrate any major organs, but the situation was looking grim as Jack stood over me holding his claws out to strike.
“Excellent Six!” congratulated Tavorth as he stepped closer, I then noticed Darius a short distance away watching, I knew he was planning to try something to save me but I glared at him and very slightly shook my head.
Darius reluctantly nodded and kept low to the ground so as to keep out of sight, meanwhile Tavorth stepped out of the darkness, through the steamy mist and revealed himself.
He was a Chinese dragon that I knew all to well, his scales were almost the same colour as Jack’s only they were faded with age, his mane was gray and short and he had a small gray beard.
The one thing I did not recognize was the half mask he now wore over the left side of his face, I laid there unable to move for the pain and I was at his mercy.
“I can’t tell you what a pleasure it is to have you here, I know you won’t give me the joy of watching you beg for mercy, so I’ll just have to settle for watching you suffer to the very end” Said Tavorth evilly, I knew I had to keep him talking, it was my only chance.
“How argh!…..how did you survive, last I heard you were dead?” I asked painfully and Tavorth grinned.
“After the battle I’m sure you remember all to well, I was badly injured….” He explained tapping the mask covering the left side of his face.
“I won’t go into the details but I was found and rescued, and now I serve a new master”
He was about to continue when Jack began breathing heavily, his claws retracted and he clutched his stomach.
“Ah, it seems that D-six has reached the final stage of his transformation, watch carefully” said Tavorth as he watched Jack expectantly.

Jack’s eyes cringed and to my surprise his midsection began to stretch, by the look on his face it was painful.
I realized at that moment Jack must have been changed using Tavorth’s DNA, but more than that he had been altered to be stronger and faster.
Jack’s body grew longer and his shape was close to that of a snake, and as the transformation slowed Jack let out a dragons roar.
Jack’s transformation soon came to an end and he was now a full Chinese dragon with a serpent body, he held a hand over his stomach and gasped.
“Finally he is complete, welcome to our species…. Jack” Said Tavorth proudly, I looked at Jack and noticed that he was looking very weak after his transformation came to its finish, something was wrong and I couldn’t tell if Tavorth had noticed yet.
“Now Jack, kill him and you’ll truly be one of us” Tavorth commanded and Jack slowly raised his left arm and extended his claws.
I was out of options, I could barely move and there was no way out……. I had failed and I closed my eyes and awaited the inevitable…….

BANG! My eyes shot open, I was still alive and both Tavorth and Jack were looking across the hanger toward the huge metal entrance doors that where still obscured by the mist.
I looked over and then BANG!! Another loud impact clearly from the other side of the door, and then with another BANG!! Two heavy metal warped doors flew into view and landed next to us.
The steam was beginning to dissipate and as it did I could see the form of a dragon standing in the doorway.
A young blue dragon stepped into the aircraft hanger, smiled and slyly said-
“Guess who”

To be continued