Dragon Storm: Chapter 41: An Unrivaled Match: Light Vs. Dark in Fur Dreams City!
#41 of Dragon Storm
Author's Note: Well, here we go again, right? Another source of amusement, another chapter. Sorry it has taken so long to get back around to doing this, but I've been through allot. That doesn't make them bad things that I've been through; it's just indifferent I guess. A little unexpected if you will. Anyway, this chapter will finally conclude the Fur Dreams City Arc, please enjoy! ^.=.^ SoFurry Cast DS-Rio: http://ds-rio.sofurry.com/ A Soviet Dragon: http://a-soviet-dragon.sofurry.com/ Yun95: http://yun95.sofurry.com/ Eveser: http://eveser.sofurry.com/ Naraku: http://naraku.sofurry.com/ Aresues: http://aresues.sofurry.com/ J_ocelot: [http://j\_ocelot.sofurry.com/](/) Briswolf: http://briswolf.sofurry.com/ Kai wolfheart: http://kai-wolfheart.sofurry.com/ Serpente: http://serpente.sofurry.com/ Blood-Tail: http://Blood-Tail.sofurry.com/ Steb: http://Steb.sofurry.com/ ASCII Artwork: _ __,----' ~~~~~~~~~ ` * * *
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~~~~ ^' /^> ///,--~-\ ` -Tua Xiong I do not take credit for this artwork. -PREVIOUSLY ON DRAGON STORM- " It's over, Falx!" Tucker screamed and dashed at Falx again, while Falx was trying to get up the covered in blood Tasmanian tiger skate-kicked Falx in the stomach with all his might. "Damn you... you annoying... flies... can't breathe..." Falx said out of breath. " At... a four times difference... in our strength... you're lucky... to BE... breathing right now...but... at least you... can't move... anymore...mate..." Tucker said as he doubled over, also out of breathes. Just then, Falx got up and charged his whole body with electricity and dashed behind Tucker and then smacked the back of his neck, which in turn sent him skidding across the street, skipping like a pebble in water a few times before finally crashing into a street light. Tucker was now on the ground and couldn't find the strength to go on. Falx was now proceeding to breathe heavy and watch if either of his downed foes would get back up. "Falx... he's amazing... Ordinarily, one wouldn't be able to budge due to difficulty breathing. It looks like I'll have to use my dagger on him next... I really didn't want to have to resort to using it, but he leaves me no choice..." Tucker thought to himself and struggled to get up, however as he did he noticed unusual difficulty doing so. "What? What's going on? Even though I'm trying to move my hand...my leg moves!? Don't tell me!!" Tucker thought to himself, but didn't notice Falx deliver a powerful dropkick to his face. This sent Tucker flying even farther then Falx's last attack. In fact, Tucker didn't stop skidding this time until after he had gone through a building. "In my present condition... this seems to be the extent of my powers..." Falx thought to himself. " I see what's going on here..." Samiake said as he struggled to get up. "Its... its... not the muscles... it's the nerves!" Tucker thought to himself as he flailed around on the ground trying to somehow get up. " It seems you've realized... That's right! It's the nerves! I changed my Quintessence into electricity, made an electrical field, and poured electricity into your nerves!" Falx said as he recovered. "Damn him!!" Tucker thought to himself while struggling greatly to get up. " The communications between the brain and the body is all done with electric signals. Falx jumbled up all of the electric signals that are exchanged at a velocity of 360 kilometers per hour. Falx has literally short circuited Tucker." Samiake thought to himself. Suddenly, Samiake became enraged and dashed at Falx despite the moonlight still being blocked, Falx saw this and prepared himself, but unexpected to them both, Falx was sent flying into a car. He had gotten punched in the face. Samiake stared in confusion as his eyes widen. Falx struggled to get up, but when he did he looked up. Tucker, still trying to move, glanced at the creature. His tail swaying lazily from side-to-side and with nothing, but a grin on his face, Rio stood innocently. "RIO!?" Samiake shouted. " So... this is... Rio?" Tucker asked. "Rio? I've heard that name somewhere before..." Falx said. Just then, before anyone could say anything else, a massive and never ending wave of Quintessence darted past them all. They were now completely covered in an ocean of Quintessence, they all looked around, then to Rio thinking it was him, but then they finally saw who or what was emitting such a powerful amount of power. Walking toward them, wearing a black cloak with biohazard signs all over it, was an anthro the likes no one has ever seen before, but closely looked like a dolphin. Everyone was at a loss for words, Rio included. I have been told that providing you guys with a link to the song would be better, so... Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtAFkGoT1iE OPENING#3: I realize the screaming pain Hearing it loud in my brain But I'm going straight ahead with the scar Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? (So am I) It's fine if you forget, it's fine if you can't feel it I've patched up the scrapes in my heart It's okay if I'm hurt, because I no longer feel the pain Even as I drag my feet along I can no longer see The self That made a sound and then collapsed If you just notice the sound of the wind... It told me to follow these scars Before I'd be crushed by the weight of the world Can you remember it? The sky of tears... That pain has given you protection Because this pain will always protect you More than the strength of being unhurt, the kindness that cannot hurt Its voice in some ways, seems sad Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? (So am I) I do not own Sign. Dragon Storm CHAPTER 41: An Unrivaled Match: Light Vs. Dark in Fur Dreams City! "Looks like we finally made it." Wade said as he let go of the dragon that saved them earlier. "Quickly, we need to find the nearest airship and get out of here." Tia said in a lean tone and walked off. "What? Not even a "thank you"?" Rex said with a grin, now folding his wings back from flying them both up into the International Furlando airport with out being seen. They were able to use Rex as a means of getting into the airport, which was still floating above the destroyed city. They didn't ask questions, they just took what help they could get. Tia was determined to save Kilala, her mother at any cost now. She had even quit the D.E.O. and gone this far just to do so. She may not have liked being with Wade or Rex, but she could remember how helpful they've been and how she even met Wade. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: Tia's past) - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Let me on that train." Tia said, a mean look on her face. "Sorry, I can't. That train is for those who are most suspected of being the Phantom dragon and since you're with the D.E.O. we already have proof your not." The D.E.O. member said and pointed his rifle, motioning her to move along as a fellow solider. "Then I quit. Now let me on..." Tia said and handed her gun to the D.E.O. member and walked to the back of the line where she could wait her turn to board the train next. "Hey, what are you doing? Are you crazy?" Wade asked in a whisper, wondering what Tia was up to. "No, I am pissed." Tia snapped back. "Shh. They we'll hear us." Wade said. "Oh, if you want quite, you better take the next train." Tia said. "You... what are you planning...?" Wade asked. "Why are you here?" Tia asked back. "Point taken. Let's just stay together until we need to depart then." Wade said. "Whatever, I don't need your help." Tia said before entering the train that would take them both to Fur Dreams City. - - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: International Furlando Airport) - - - - - Tia was thinking to herself, that's when she just stopped walking and stood motionless. "Tia, what's wrong?" Wade asked. "Enemy!" Rex shouted and then pointed at the light green-ish dragon standing before them. "Long time, Jazz..." Tia said in a lean tone. "That's right. I forgot you two used to work as a team for the D.E.O." Wade said and then looked toward Jazz who was now blocking their path. "Tia, I see you haven't changed. What's the rush? Don't you know how important carrying out orders are?" Jazz smiled and pulled out his I-phone touch. "Brace yourselves!" Tia said. "Just stay out of this, Tia. It's that dragon your with... he's the one I want!" Jazz said and pointed his I-phone touch to Rex. "Hm?" Rex said. "Him? I don't understand?" Wade said confusedly. "He is the Phantom dragon we have all been looking for. The whole reason why we've gone this far!" Jazz said, taking a step forward. "I have asked your kind once before, now tell me! Where's Ori hiding?" Rex dashed out at Jazz with all his might. "Ori?" Wade asked. "Oh shit!" Tia said and grabbed Wade just before ducking for cover, avoiding the massive explosion that engulfed the room. ======================= (Meanwhile) ============================ Ant was now all alone and trembling. As Falx was walking closer to Samiake and Tucker, Ant was left behind, seemingly forgotten about and now all alone, save for the ruble and debri that surrounded him from Falx's earlier attack. His blood still boiling with rage as his thoughts flew wildly in his mind. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: An earlier event) - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Falx stopped by her side and smiled back, but not one second after he did the ground crumbled up from under them both. They both fell for a few seconds and then Flax stuck his scythe into the side of a half-sunken building and skidded to a stop. He saw Julie falling and grabbed her by the arm with his free hand. "FALX! JULIE!" Bris yelled while holding the passed out kai. "Falx... get him home... please..." Julie whispered out of strength. "Hold on!" Falx said while holding on tight. " He... wants... to... see... Rio..." Julie whispered one last time before she died. "No!" Falx said as he let go of Julie and let her fall into the bottomless pit. ======================= (Meanwhile) ============================ "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" MOM!!!!" The small dragon yelled at the top of his lungs while taking off his cloak to reveal his silver scales and emerald green eyes. He then ran as fast as he could away from that area. He found himself going down a street that was already destroyed and ran around a few corners. He didn't care anymore where or even how. He cried non-stop and ran as fast as his legs would take him. He couldn't bare the loss of his mother. He couldn't believe that she just died and that the dragon holding her couldn't hold onto her and let her die. Very unpleasant thoughts raced through his mind as he cried and ran, not looking where he was going. He quickly found himself on the ground and in pain. He cleared his eyes of some of the tears and opened them to see what he had just bumped into. "Great. I hope this means I don't have to baby-sit." Samiake said sarcastically and frowned. "G'day, mate... I'm god smacked! What's wrong?" Tucker asked in a concerning manner. - - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: 1792) - - - - - " It was you... you're the dragon that killed my mother..." Ant whispered to himself as he watched Falx approach Samiake and Tucker. It wasn't long before Ant was shaking; his emotions were trying to find a way out. "Falx... if that really is your name... I know that what you said, you're reason for fighting was a lie... even though I knew that...I... just one more time would have been fine... just one more time I wanted to see them... just one more time I wanted to touch them... just one more time I wanted to see those smiling faces... but... the moment I felt that rush in my bones... that I would be able to see Rio and Quicksilver again shortly... I realized that I am a hopeless fool! ... Nothing like my dad or my brother..." Ant said now leaking tears as he balled up his fists. "Yes, and unlike my other one it can debuff anything or anyone up to three different times and stack the effect." Tucker said and threw it at Falx. As the debuffing boomerang was headed right at Falx, Falx simply used his electromagnetic powers to form the remaining Iron-steel around him into a sickle and smacked it away. However, just as Falx hit it back, his newly formed sickle broke down and rusted away. Meanwhile, the boomerang returned to Tucker. "Oh? That's one hell of a debuff." Falx said. "Why are you so impressed? That's only the first level of my debuff..." Tucker said. Ant was now looking down at his feet, there was a mini-water pool of tears there already. " Just by remembering those faces... I become this blinded." Ant said as he cried. "Yo, what's up little bro!" Rio said cheerfully. "Ant..." Quicksilver said calmly. "I loved them... I truly loved them! So I wanted to see them and hug them in my arms! But... I couldn't..." Ant whispered to himself, hearing the voices in his head of the ones who he missed and loved greatly. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: An earlier event) - - - - - - - - - - - - - The following days were the very same. Young Rio would go outside and practice what his dad wanted him to master. He would spend hours at a time on the dock in his back yard before taking a break to use the restroom or get something to eat. He would eat outside instead of with his family. If he had to go number one he would use his favorite bush. Other than that he was out side all day every day. Slowly but surely his flames got bigger and lasted longer. He knew he was getting the hang of it. His friends would come over and Rio would turn down the offer to go play just to proceed with his training. This process repeated for the next week. One day Rio woke up to find himself on the dock again. He decided that in order to push himself further he was going to start earlier in the morning and end his training later at night. This way his training would increase by four more hours in a day. Of course this only left him with about two hours of sleep and sandbags already had formed under his eyes from lack of sleep. He also had small burns on his face from so much fire breathing. Rio put his training before everything and above all else. He even skipped the chance to go shower and brush his teeth. This meant everything to him because he wanted his dad to acknowledge him. Ant was looking outside his bedroom window, watching Young Rio train, just so he could impress their dad. "Rio..." Ant whispered and looked down. Young Rio fell to the ground badly hurt, Ant wanted to go help him, but he knew Rio would just tell him to go away. It wasn't Rio's way of being mean, he just wanted to give his dad and everyone around him something to be proud of. Ant knew this and proceeded to watch and feel nothing, but concern, he would even lie to his parents and tell them that Rio was over at a friends house, just so he could finish his training before Quicksilver left. Ant knew, that all Rio ever wanted was to give everyone something to believe in. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: An earlier event) - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Your right. We will go find Rio and let him decide what your punishment will be." Necro said firmly. "What... are you.... talking about?" Lazz asked confusedly. Necro let out a sigh and then finally answered Lazz's question. "I suppose I should inform you." Necro stated. "Thanks... I hate being kept in the dark." Lazz replied. "You see... I have had many friends before in my time... I saw something in Rio that reminds me of a few of them." Necro explained. "And what would that be?" Lazz asked while the both of them walked into the elevator. "Determination. I can tell that he is a dragon that will never go back on his word." Necro stated. "Yeah... I know what you mean..." Lazz said as he thought about it. "Even when his mind was taken over by War Wolf he still enforced his dream through his will power." Lazz said. "Anyway, Rio will do anything in his power to make sure that his friends are safe. That means that the more he befriends others, the more dangerous his life will become. There is no way that he can protect so many." Necro explained. "Yes. Also... although he may have whispered it.... He told me while taking the sniper and upon entering the this very elevator, That he would do this for you no matter what, no matter how many times and no matter if he was half dead, he told me that he would always be there for you. Rio knew just by looking at me that I was a shunned. With a mixture of Corsac fox and dragon DNA, he must have known that my ears would have picked it up... because he told me not to tell you because he didn't want to worry you." Necro explained. "Rio...." Lazz whispered. "All he wanted from you was for you to have some faith in him, but you treated him like shit." Necro said. "..................." Lazz was lost for words. " I think that he wanted you to give him a chance even if it's useless." Necro said. - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: Exiting the first Flashback, (Ch 26) now back at the dock, (Ch 5)) - - - - - - "Rio... I believe in you..." Ant whispered. "Always..." Ant said while watching Rio from inside, watching him fall to his knees on the dock outside, getting rained on. " I won't back down now... no matter what!" Young Rio said and stood up to try to exhale another small flame. "Don't give up Rio..." Ant said as he watched in awe. - - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: 1792) - - - - - "Because of Rio... I remembered the dreams of those two. Here I was trying to forget... " Ant said, now shedding more silver tears. "Our friends will become our greatest treasures! I will do anything to protect it! 'Cuz I'm the son of the awesome Leo, and he is also the leader of the Crimson Craft Clan!" Young Rio said in Ant's mind. "I love Fur Dreams City and my comrades...so I want to protect them... I have to join the military now... " Quicksilver said calmly in Ant's mind. "Right! Someday, I'll become just like Quicksilver!" Young Rio said. "Since my little sister died, that sole thought has sustained me. So I'll become a hero. An existence that protects everyone..." Quicksilver said. "To become a hero, so I can protect my loved ones! That is my dream!" Young Rio said. "To become a hero, so I can protect my loved ones! That is my dream!" Ant said as he cried. "To become a hero, so I can protect my loved ones! That is my dream!" Quicksilver said. "The precious dreams that they are risking their lives for as I speak... making those dreams come true was also my desire..." Ant said and finally looked up, his face covered and overflowing with emotions. "Falx... he's amazing... Ordinarily, one wouldn't be able to budge due to difficulty breathing. It looks like I'll have to use my dagger on him next... I really didn't want to have to resort to using it, but he leaves me no choice..." Tucker thought to himself and struggled to get up, however as he did he noticed unusual difficulty doing so. "What? What's going on? Even though I'm trying to move my hand...my leg moves!? Don't tell me!!" Tucker thought to himself, but didn't notice Falx deliver a powerful dropkick to his face. This sent Tucker flying even farther then Falx's last attack. In fact, Tucker didn't stop skidding this time until after he had gone through a building. "In my present condition... this seems to be the extent of my powers..." Falx thought to himself. " I see what's going on here..." Samiake said as he struggled to get up. "Its... its... not the muscles... it's the nerves!" Tucker thought to himself as he flailed around on the ground trying to somehow get up. " It seems you've realized... That's right! It's the nerves! I changed my Quintessence into electricity, made an electrical field, and poured electricity into your nerves!" Falx said as he recovered. "Things that have form eventually decay...but... after all, these are feelings that will never decay..." Ant said out loud now wiping the tears away and reaching out in front of him. Suddenly, Samiake became enraged and dashed at Falx despite the moonlight still being blocked, Falx saw this and prepared himself, but unexpected to them both, Falx was sent flying into a car. He had gotten punched in the face. Samaike stared in confusion as his eyes widen. Falx struggled to get up, but when he did he looked up. Tucker, still trying to move, glanced at the creature. His tail swaying lazily from side-to-side and with nothing, but a grin on his face, Rio stood innocently. "RIO!?" Samiake shouted. " So... this is... Rio?" Tucker asked. "Rio? I've heard that name somewhere before..." Falx said. Just then, before anyone could say anything else, a massive and never ending wave of Quintessence darted past them all. They were now completely covered in an ocean of Quintessence, they all looked around, then to Rio thinking it was him, but then they finally saw who or what was emitting such a powerful amount of power. Walking toward them, wearing a black cloak with biohazard signs all over it, was an anthro the likes no one has ever seen before, but closely looked like a dolphin. Everyone was at a loss for words, Rio included. "My, my... and hear I thought all the members of the Crimson Craft clan had been destroyed by Ori." "Rio?! What are you doing here?" Samiake asked while walking toward him. "He isn't really the "real" Rio... It's my G.O.N. I can conjure any living thing I want. It is weaker then the original of course, but as long as I have Rio by my side there's nothing I can't do!" Ant said now pulling out his two handguns. "Ah. So this is Rio..." Falx said. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: An earlier event) - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Falx stopped by her side and smiled back, but not one second after he did the ground crumbled up from under them both. They both fell for a few seconds and then Flax stuck his scythe into the side of a half-sunken building and skidded to a stop. He saw Julie falling and grabbed her by the arm with his free hand. "FALX! JULIE!" Bris yelled while holding the passed out kai. "Falx... get him home... please..." Julie whispered out of strength. "Hold on!" Falx said while holding on tight. " He... wants... to... see... Rio..." Julie whispered one last time before she died. "No!" Falx said as he let go of Julie and let her fall into the bottomless pit. - - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: 1792) - - - - - "So where is the real one?" Falx asked, now standing up. "I don't know. And if I did I wouldn't tell you anything. I saw you, you killed her, you killed my mother! Julie was my mom and you killed her! Why didn't you save her!?" Ant yelled. "It wasn't my fault! I gave it everything I had. You have to believe me. I understand you're pain... my dad... I am looking for him. That's why I haven't left the city yet. Then Julie asked me to make sure I get you home, so that's what I must do!" Falx explained. "She what!?" Ant said in shock, dismissing his Rio clone. Suddenly, the cloak-wearing dolphin appeared beside Ant and kicked him away. Ant was sent into Samiake and they both crashed into a building. As they got back up, the dolphin was already in front of them with impressive speed. The dolphin pulled a blade from under his long black cloak and swung the blade at them both, but Falx blocked it with his scythe. "You are fast." "So are you... a member of the Mythological Nightmares, huh?" Falx stated. "That's right. Dex is the name. Where is the Phantom dragon?" Dex asked. "I have next to no idea." Falx said with a grin on his maw. Dex quickly attempted to move his blade to cut Falx, but Falx had already shattered it the moment he had moved. Falx smiled again knowing he had caught one of the very powerful members of the Mythological Nightmares off guard like that, but he knew there was no way he could last long. Still in motion, Dex moved so that he leaned back, rising his foot into the air and kicked Falx in the face, however, Falx ducked just in time, letting only his hair take the hit. Falx then tried to trip Dex, but Dex had already delivered another divesting kick to his face, sending Falx skidding back and dropping his scythe. "What was that just now? It felt different from a shockwave. And that Quintessence he uses, it's as if it's an out of this world nature." Falx thought to himself. "Enough, this ends now." Samiake said as he swung his hand that still had the gauntlets on it, which caused the near by shadows reach out for Dex. As the shadows got near Dex, they then disappeared. The shadows could not stand up to the pure amount of Quintessence being released from the dolphin. Samiake frowned and saw that the cloud had passed the moon and now that there was moonlight he could use more of his shadows, but if wouldn't matter if he would get the same end result every time. "Are you even trying?" Dex mocked them and walked toward them. "It's not just physical attacks, but Quintessence based attacks too? He must be in a completely different class altogether. How should I...? Hm?" Falx thought to himself before noticing Dex's next action. Dex was now sure he could win easily so he decided to show off abit. He pulled up his sleeve to his black cloak and showed them his arm. It was a grayish Blue color and it seemed normal until Dex twisted it off like a screw on toy and took it off. He revealed a gun within his arm and blasted nine different mini-rockets all at once. They screeched through the air and soared past Tucker, they all were aimed for Falx and Samiake. Falx and Samiake used their combined powers to block the mini-rockets and save themselves from the nine different explosions. However, they were both already weakened from their earlier fighting to block it completely, Falx was hit and blew up into pieces. Samiake was in shock and now badly wounded. "Damn..." Samiake whispered, out of breath. "He killed Falx? In just one attack?" Tucker said in his mind, still on the ground in pain. Just then, Ant staggered up and dashed out at Dex. He was upset and just didn't care anymore. He quickly summoned a giant bird, it was like a demon bird and only had one eye, but it had a third foot and an extra set of wings, despite its appearance it was fast, It flew at Dex like a jet and dropped bombs all around him. Dex saw this and tried to jump out of the way, he ended up getting hit by some of the massive explosions caused by the bombs, but he got away and before the demonic bird could return for it's second trip for another air strike, Dex striped off his black cloak in anger, revealing his body. He actually was hiding four more arms under his cloak. Now that he had all six of his arms out and unscrewed, he blasted all his mini-rockets once again. All 54 mini-rockets flew and sizzled through the air, they zipped and swayed, homing in on their many targets. Explosion after explosion occurred, but soon after the whole street was covered in a screen of smoke. Ant had used his conjuring G.O.N. at the last second to summon Samiake in which, the Samiake clone used his shadows on Dex, but watched as it failed, but it was only a mere decoy as Ant got in position. However, Dex grabbed the Samiake clone and shoved his face into the ground, using him as a springboard and lifting his foot into the air like a flash kick, kicking the real Samiake who had snuck up on Dex, but was then flash kicked away. Hurting Samiake badly and destroying the Samiake clone. "I shall ask again, where is the Phantom dragon?" Dex asked firmly and pointed one of his arms at Tucker, he was still on the ground and now helpless. "Or do you want me to kill another one?" "Tucker..." Samiake said. "Sam, forget about me, mate... ugh..." Tucker said out of breath. "Tucker... hmph..." Samiake said before shedding a tear. " Tucker... long ago, I considered him a nuisance. He stood in the way of most of my friendships and even my rise in ranks among mercenaries. That's what I believed... however, Tucker didn't allow his being made fun of and cursed fate to discourage him. Then I met someone else just like him. I had hoped for the day they would meet. Even if it wasn't the "real" Rio I am still happy I got to see Tucker's face when he saw his appearance. Rio was just like Tucker. Rio... with unending optimism and a never-say-die attitude he faced one challenge after another and overcame them." Samiake explained while recovering. "Samiake..." Ant said as he listened and watched in awe. "The important lessons which I could not teach, despite being a well trained warrior, Rio taught them to me and any friends he came across." Samiake said, now standing up. "You have rambled on long enough. This is your last chance. Do you know where the Phantom dragon is or don't you?" Dex asked, as he got more annoyed. "Rio... Tucker... you two will overcome the deaths of your friends and carry on their legacy. The strong will you possess will teach Ant and HIS friends... no, everyone here in Fur Dreams City, many things." Samiake thought to himself as he reached for his silver armband. "Hm?" Dex said, keeping an eye on the otter. "Heh, That phantom dragon is a living creature just like the rest of us, if anything, he is a member of Fur Dreams City. I wouldn't think of ever selling out a friend!" Samiake stated firmly. "Brother Rio..." Ant whispered, closing his eyes. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: Ant's past) - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Rio... when the other furs at school look at me or call out to me, they only see me as the son of Quicksilver, the military hero. And I am sick of it!" Ant said looking in to the sky as Rio walked Ant home from school. "..." Rio remained silent. "That's why I want the title of being called a great hero right now! Just like father!" Ant shouted, his feelings now hurt. "It's not that easy, stupid! You have to work hard and soar high, that's what father said to me!" Rio said and hit the button to the cross walk. "Huh? Work hard and soar high?" Ant asked in shock. "Hmph. You keep harping on about being a hero... if you want the title so badly... YOU CAN HAVE IT OVER MY DEAD BODY!!" Rio shouted back as the wind blew past them both, making their cloths and hair flow in the wind. "Heh, fine. Then starting now... we shall see who becomes the greater hero first! We are now hero-rivals!" Ant said and balled his fist in excitement. " Oh? One day, we'll fight over that title for hero. So look forward to that day, brother!" Rio said as he closed his eyes and smiled. - - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: 1792) - - - - - "I'LL TAKE YOU ON!! I WAS TAUGHT THAT THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO TAKE IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD AND SOAR HIGH!!!" Ant yelled and dashed at Dex with everything he had, tears flowing from his eyes. "Heh, you furs are so... interesting..." Dex said and pointed his arm-guns at Ant. "WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN AWAY, YOU FOOL!!" Samiake yelled. "Because I made a promise a long time ago. I will fight Rio over the title of hero. That's what we promised each other. Rio is both my older brother and my hero-rival! So I'll never choose to run away! Because Brother Rio won't be waiting at the end of the short path!" Ant said and smiled. "Is the Phantom Dragon here in this city or isn't he? Which is it?" Dex said, still pointing his gun-arms at Ant. "Damn..." Ant said stopping and remaining motionless. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: Ant's past) - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Ant! There's a new move I'd like to teach you! It's an easy move in terms of difficulty to master. And seeing as how you are the school's youngest pistols professional, you will have no trouble at all!" Rio said and smiled. " Brother Rio..." Ant said and watched Rio in admiration. - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: 1792) - - - - - "Here it goes... STORM BLITZ!!!" Ant yelled and dashed forward. Ant then dashed toward Dex as fast as he could, but Dex had already fired his 54 mini-rockets again, as Ant fired off both rounds from his handguns he began to dodge the mini-rockets by performing hand-springs and cartwheel's, the mini-rockets only merely grazing Ant and not hitting him. They all exploded behind Ant who was using flashy moves he had learned from Rio and then jumped into the air, Dex had jumped in order to evade the bullets, but then Ant jumped at him in the air and threw extra clips above him. "I already know your weakness! You have to wait about a five second interval before your next salvo is ready for your mini-rockets! In that time, you must be attacked!" Ant said and then threw more clips BELOW Dex as well, since he was now in the air, and with both handguns, one shot each; hit both the clips above and the clips below. When both the clips above AND below were shot, Ant watched as Dex was showered in endless lead, the bullets rapidly bouncing up and down non-stop while Dex screamed in agony. Ant was still heading for him and then used his conjure G.O.N. to make Rio appear right beside him, and since his Rio's gravity was unlike Ant's, Rio began to fall and took Ant with him, they both land on the ground and give a each other a high-five before turning to see Dex land on the ground. To their surprise he wasn't that badly hurt. "No way... even though I pulled it off... the "Storm Blitz", it still didn't even phase him?" Ant said out loud. "Is it my turn yet?" Dex said and gave an evil smirk. Just as Dex had armed himself with more mini-rockets and took aim, Dex was shocked by a massive amount of lightning. This resulted in Dex's mini-rockets, all 54 of them to blow up on him. Explosion after explosion after explosion issued. Smoke quickly filled the area, but Ant and Samaike looked over to where the lightning had come from. It was Falx, he was now surfacing from the ruins of the Burger king store. He staggered his way back to the streets. "How the hell?" Ant asked. "Hmph. I hope you didn't think I hadn't planned for that." Falx said mockingly. "Heh, so it was back then, huh?" Samiake asked and then recalled. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: An earlier event) - - - - - - - - - - - - - As Tucker skated up to Falx he ducked knowing that is what Falx might do, and he was right, Falx swung his scythe-gun at Tucker, but Tucker ducked and attempted to trip Falx using his impressive skating moves. Meanwhile, the two boomerangs were both on their return trip back now. Falx ducked and that's when Tucker grabbed his gun-scythe and his two boomerangs and used it to buff him up a third time. As Tucker grabbed Falx's gun-scythe, Tucker got electrocuted, but thanks to his power up, he didn't feel it as much. Suddenly, Tucker jumped up and unleashed a divesting skate-kick to Falx's face. However, Falx used his arm to block the kick from ever reaching his face and found himself skidding backwards and crashing into a Burger king store, which then collapsed on top of him. "However, what you didn't know is that my weapons aren't the ONLY weapons I can transfer my two different effects to, Falx. I simply transferred my debuffing effect into you're gun-scythe, that in turn debuffed you by one level, which means... we are at a times four difference in power right now." Tucker smiled and then quickly put his weapons away save for one boomerang and grabbed his bloody arm with his free hand and winced in pain from Falx's earlier attack. As Falx rose from the ruble, now bleeding on his forehead, the now weakened dragon staggered out of the debri and back onto the street. He looked to make sure the cloud was still covering the moon, and it was. He knew that Samiake would be powerless to stop his next attack. - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: 1792) - - - - - "He had already planted it back then. Until he can confirm an opponent's abilities, Falx must always use a lightning clone trick." Samiake thought to himself. "Do you have enough Quintessence?" Samiake asked. "I've already used my lightning G.O.N.'s lightning clone and exhausted over half of my Quintessence no thanks to you guys. To be honest, a drawn-out battle against a formidable opponent like him is going to be difficult for me." Falx said firmly while wiping blood from his forehead. "Stand back... I have no choice..." Samiake said and finally pulled the silver armband off. He quickly grew dark and his eyes would glow red. He was emitting darkness never before seen. Samiake had done the unthinkable; he had given up on his own power. Now using the powers of darkness, Samiake had hoped he could finally put an end to this. The darkness was now spreading like wildfire, it engulfed everything it touched. Samiake now engulfed them all in a black dome and waited for Dex to make the first move. While Samiake was in this form, he could no longer tell the difference between friend and foe. There is no telling what was about to happen. ======================= (Meanwhile) ============================ Tia and Wade fought their way through the airport, destroying any D.E.O. members they ran into. Then it happened, they ran into the airship. "There it is!" Tia said as she sliced one of the dragons and made a mad dash for it. " Was leaving Rex behind a wise move?" Wade asked following Tia. "There's no time! I'll buy you some time! Get it running now!" Tia said as she protected Wade. "Right." Wade said quickly and let out a sigh. ======================= (Elsewhere) ============================ "Wow, didn't we just bring those two in and even went through the trouble of feeding them and making sure they got some rest?" Melissa asked, rubbing the back of her head. "Yup. As soon as they ate my chicken they found the strength to go fight again. However, having said that, please note that it doesn't come to me as a surprise." Kerri said, exhaling a puff of smoke. "Hey,hey,hey,hey! You know, you guys can help too, you know!" Sean said quickly. By now, the whole Popeyes store was over run by level 2 war-mechs. The girls sat by and watched the destroying, while the guys protected the store from the robots. They were gathering at the store because they were still programmed to search for a phantom dragon. "Oh? And what's that mean? Are you calling me lazy?" Melissa asked, as she got mad. "N-no, what? God damn it... why me?" Sean asked himself as he whacked one of the robots with a silver tong. "Hmph. Don't worry. I think I can handle this. I don't need your help." Shadow said proudly while he stabbed another robot with his daggers. As they fought off all the robots, they were being rooted for by Melissa who was texting on her cell phone. Kerri was not surprised by Shadow and Sean's work. In fact, she could tell that they were losing this fight slowly. She paced back and forth and wondered when Blood-Tail would return, she had sent him to go get some help, but there was no sign of him yet. However, before she could ponder any further, they all heard the sound of a motorcycle. The sound of tire screeches against pavement and then, nothing. Suddenly, it started again and this time seemingly out of nowhere, the motorcycle was in the sky; Blood-Tail had launched himself into the air off of the Popeyes building. "Did ya miss me?" Blood-Tail shouted as he was falling down, the wind rushing past his black leather jacket. "Oh no... you're back." Shadow said and then noticed someone with Blood-Tail. "Master Kazeron!?" Shadow exclaimed while stabbing another robot. "What the hell? This guy is crazy!" Sean said while smacking another robot with his silver tong. Just then, Kazeron jumped off of the motorcycle and crushed some of the robots around Shadow with his mighty hammer, leaving giant creators in the ground. He looked up and smiled to Shadow. He was happy to see his student still in one piece. Meanwhile, Blood-Tail landed on the robots in front of Shadow and Sean and destroyed them with his Harley motorcycle, then he quickly reached into his black leather jacket's pocket and pulled out a .44 magnum. He then threw it to Sean. "Here catch!" Blood-Tail shouted and tossed it to him while zooming past him on his bike. "Huh?" Sean said as he grabbed it by the handle with his spare hand and let an evil smirk escape his muzzle. As the battle proceeded, Kazeron and Shaodw both destroyed the surrounding robots with everything they, while Blood-Tail ran them all down with his bike and slicing the rest with his machete. Sean on the other hand, grinned evilly as he held the. 44 magnum in awe and began to fire it like crazy. His very first shot aimed right at Blood-Tail himself. "Hmph." Blood-Tail muttered as he effortlessly dodged it, letting the bullet only come about an inch away from his face, using his Accelerated Probability G.O.N. "Oh?" Sean said in confusion, while smirking that he had hit his true target, the two robots behind Blood-Tail giving chase, knowing full while that Blood-Tail would have avoided it. "Accelerated probability is the ability to see what choice one should make when confronted with a situation, to predict the outcomes of certain situations, and then to accelerate oneself along that path of causality immediately." Blood-Tail explained while heading right for Kazeron. As Blood-Tail rushed over at Kazeron and he held his free hand out and called out to Kazeron. Kazeron then held his hand out and used the momentum from Blood-Tail's speed and force to spin 180 degrees and smash the rest of the robots, thus destroying them. Kazeron landed dramatically as Blood-Tail held his machete back out and finished off the last robot, but just as he did another robot popped out from behind, it lifted its massive blades into the air and aimed for Blood-Tail's head, but it quickly fell to the ground, destroyed thanks to sure-shot Sean and his. 44 magnum Blood-Tail had tossed him. "Amazing..." Melissa said out loud. To be continued.......... Author's suspenseful questions: Will Samiake be okay? How long will our heroes hold on? STAY TUNED!! THANKS FOR READ!!! XD