Chapter 10, End of the Line
Chapter 10 - End of the Line
The massive blue Draconian Frigate loomed over top of a rather large mountain, the size of the ship dwarfing it and the surrounding area.
"There she is," Spencer announced.
"So that means that we should be seeing some..." Alex's sentence was cut short by a flurry of plasma blasts bursting from the trees below, splashing across their hardened scales.
"Get ready, go down and show them how we fight!" Skye ordered, tucking Josh into his chest, covered by his arms as he wrapped his wings around them and began to free-fall from the sky.
On the ground, six platoons of ten Draconians were undercover shooting freely at the dragons who were now diving towards them, they braced for the impact.
The dragons each wrapped their wings around themselves, continuing to dive, they knew their wings could absorb the hardest impacts, they were built for it. The plan, smash into as many groups as possible, and level out fighting.
Skye was first to hit the ground, he landed in a group of Draconains, quickly reverting to his human form and quickly began laying waste to them, punching the weaker ones and igniting a ball of fire on his palms.
"Stop!" a loud harsh and raspy voice echoed.
Skye knew it wasn't one of his own; they froze and looked in awe at one of the Draconians, who was holding Josh by the shoulders, his fangs near pressed into his skin.
"Now, if you want your friend here to live, you're going to do exactly what I say," he shouted.
"What they said is true, he's speaking." Spencer thought, clearly shocked.
"No shit, now kill him Skye!" Josh thought softly, his fear coming across clear.
"I would put the fire out Skye!" the serpentine beast spat, "Or cutie here gets it!"
Skye looked at the beast and assessed his options, and dropped his hands, clenching his fists and extinguishing the fire.
"That's a good boy!" he mocked.
"Kill him Skye!" Josh shouted.
"Hush you!" the snake spat, pressing his claws around Josh's throat.
"Leave him alone!" Skye shouted.
"Why, I mean, it's not like he's any good to you guys, I mean he's just learning to fight!"
"Because he's a member of this team, he's one of us, and he's family, so get your claws off!" Skye replied.
"Where are my manners, I haven't even told you my name," the serpent hissed, "My name is Spike."
"Why do you think I care about your name, it's not like it's important, I mean you're only a snake, nothing human!" Skye spat.
"Oh contraire, I was a human... well at one point, but that was long ago!" Spike smirked.
"No way, the Draconians haven't been around that..."
"Long," Spike replied, "Exactly, I was the first, Joey discovered me on Earth, a simple person, whose life meant nothing... he took me in, he raised me and made me into this, a superior..." Spike explained, "Well superior until you and the morphs came along, then I was shoved aside, and used as a minion, he used my DNA to replicate an army, of Draconians, and then he set us free to reproduce and make an entire species."
"That can't be true, you're not..."
"Human, oh but I was, I lived, loved and saw, and I know how you and your little black ops teams have been killing off my brethren and now I think it's time to repay the favour, kill you and your team and take my place as king of the morphs and Draconians!" Spike shouted.
"Now!" Skye thought!
Ryan slammed into Spike, using his ability to make the impact feel like it was ten times greater, accelerated by Evans ability. Spike didn't even see it coming.
Josh fell forwards, as Skye dove over top of him just in time to absorb a blow to the back from Spike as he stood back up
"Skye, are you okay?" Josh asked.
"I'll be fine!" Skye replied through gritted teeth.
"You don't even know my abilities yet!" Spike shouted as he threw Ryan into a nearby tree.
"It can't be anything compared to this!" Evan shouted as he charged Spike, his full speed and climbing, he prepped to deliver a massive blow.
Just as Evan's fist was about to contact the beast, Spike grabbed his fist, right out of mid-air and using the momentum twisted his wrist until he heard Evan's wrist snap, a shard of bone puncturing the skin.
Evan let out a blood curdling shriek as he fell backwards, however, right before landing, Spike managed to kick him in the gut hard enough to launch him into a tree where he crumpled to the ground.
"Evan!" Spencer shouted, rushing to his side.
"Ahh, the pain, it feels soooo good!" Spike shouted.
"You're sick!" Skye shouted as he stood up holding Josh.
"I'm not sick, it's my nature," Spike laughed, "I feed off of pain and suffering, it makes me stronger, and allows me to use a few new tricks!" Spike laughed.
Ryan and Alex took a tag team approach on Spike, Ryan coating a dark matter ball of energy from Alex with his hardened matter, the blast smashing into Spike.
"Gotcha!" Alex cooed.
The purple and golden energy suddenly seemed to be sucked up into nothing. It was only then they realized that Spike was actually absorbing the energy himself, it streamed into strand of energy which flowed into Spike chest.
"Like I said... feels good!" Spike laughed.
_ "What do we do, he's taking everything!"_Spencer asked, his concern for Evan coming through his thoughts.
"This is a time when I think we should just get out of here!" Skye replied, clearly not impressed.
"Oh it's not going to be that easy!" Spike shouted, "Good luck getting away!"
"How did you hear us?" Spencer snapped.
"Well I told you I gain new abilities when I fight and absorb attacks, I just learned your telepathy, a cool trick I must say!" Spike laughed before he grabbed a tree out of the ground beside him and threw it at Spencer and Evan, who still couldn't move.
Somehow, Spencer managed to get up and deflect the tree with his shoulder, causing him to fly into another tree, falling to the ground.
"Josh, now, use your ability!" Ryan suggested.
"I... I can't! Josh began shaking, "I don't know how to get it to work now, it's not working."
"That's not his fault, you can blame me!" Spike laughed again, "I mean look at him, his fear is feeding me so much, it wasn't hard to shut his powers down regardless of his strength."
Spencer managed to get up, he grabbed Evan and tried to make a break for it, running his best.
"Not gonna happen!" Spike laughed as he slammed his fist into the ground.
Shards of rock pierced the earth in front of Spencer, they shot straight up into the air all around him, he was trapped.
"Oh and one more for good measure!" Spike smirked as he snapped his fingers and another shard shot from the ground piercing Spencer leg, jutting out the otherside in a dark red colour, causing Spencer to scream his own howl.
"Aww, more music to my ears!" Spike laughed.
"Fuck you!" Skye shouted charging at Spike, his fangs dropping from his gums, it hard started, the blood spilled.
"What's this, a new ability?" Spike cocked his head.
Skye lurched into the air, his image becoming a blurr as he lurched at the snake, his fangs barred he jumped behind the snake and managed to bite his shoulder, the serpents blood beginning to flow freely down his chest. As the boy continued to claw and cut at the Draconian.
"That is impressive, that one of you could be so strong!" Spike laughed as he reached behind him and pried Skye off his back before smashing him into the ground below him and kicking him in the chest, knocking the air from his lungs.
"You're not the only... one!" Skye managed to wheeze.
"Oh?" Spike looked at the boy with interest, and then paused to look up, he almost froze, he watched as fangs dropped from half of the boys, the others we beginning to grow talons where their hands had been.
"What is this?" Spike shouted, "What are you?"
"What's the matter, never seen a werewolf before?" Alex smirked as he lunched at Spike, his claws dragging themselves across his hardened scales, cutting deeply.
"You fool!" Spike shouted grabbing Alex and tossing him the tree beside Spencer, "that's all you can do?"
"You'll feel it soon enough!" Alex spat.
"I don't think I will, your neural toxin doesn't work on me!" Spike laughed.
"How did you know?" Alex whispered.
"Well, I can tell when things enter my body, and all this pain you're feeding me is making it harder to be damaged by your pathetic attacks, I must say for Joey's master pieces, you're kind of lame!" Spike smirked.
"You guys could stop now, no one needs to die, you could join me, be my servants!" Spike taunted.
Skye tried to get up, his lungs finally re-expanding as Spike decided to stomp him again, this time harder, the pain shot through Skye as he realized that the blow had broken two ribs.
"You know what, I think I know Who I'll start with, you!" Spike snarled as he pointed to Spencer, who was still pinned in the rock spikes, Evan had fallen to the ground on the other side of them slightly concussed.
"Leave him alone! Evan shouted.
"Oh I'll show you my version of leaving him alone!" Spike yelled as he made a fist and slammed it into his thigh, a long thin bone spear shot out into his hands.
Spike moved like a blur, his hands reached back and threw the spear, a bright red light emanated from the spear, it was going to hit Spencer, his chest was facing the serpent.
"No!" Alex shouted as he leapt in front of the spear, the bone piercing his shoulder straight through him and pinned him into the ground below.
"Alex!" Skye shouted, as he watched his ex-lover fall to the ground.
"Spike walked over to Spencer, still pinned in the rock and looked him in the eye before he grabbed a small sword from his hip, aim and pointed it at Spencer's heart.
"No," Spencer whispered softly his eyes wide with fear.
"Yes..." Spike whispered back, plunging the sword into Spencer's heart, his scream was quickly silenced as Spike twisted the blade.
Spencer's eyes squinted shut, then his body fell limp.
"Spencer!" Evan shouted from behind the wall of stone spines, "Spencer!!!"
Skye was back up, Ryan beside him as they rushed to the snake.
"Nice try!" Spike turned to them, "he's gone!"
Skye's eyes burned white, a stream of what looks like white steam flowed from his eyes and floated upwards as he stood there, the energy within him going crazy.
"Go ahead, try and heal him!" Spike smirked as he charged at Ryan, grabbing his ankle and snapping his leg in the same motion, Ryan slumped to the ground in a scream of pain.
Josh had managed to get over to Alex, he looked at the boy then at Skye, shaking his head, Alex was gone, lying in a pool of his own blood.
"You fucking SON OF A BITCH!" Skye shouted running at the dragon, his fangs dropping lower than before, his wounds healing, his ribs snapping back into their correct location.
"Bring it pretty boy!" Spike laughed.
"Oh you're gonna get it!" Ryan shouted, looking exactly the same as Skye, his eyes burned a bright golden colour, their elements running wild within them.
"Oh so two on one, well this might actually be a challenge for me now!" Spike charged at Skye.
Skye kicked and swung his fists, almost faster than could be seen, but Spike was matching his blows hit for hit. Even when Ryan joined the fray, the attacks were still blocked, no matter their speed.
"This is too easy!" Spike grunted, as his claws mimicked Alex's and grew into talons, which he then used to claw at Skye and Ryan, their skin being ripped to shreds.
Josh had finally managed to get over to Evan, pulling him free of the stone spikes, he tried helping heal the older boy, but most of his powers were still blocked.
Skye now charged at Spike again, this time his dragon forms claws erupted from his hands in a ball of white fire, Ryan now was sporting a similar pair in gold, their flesh and wounds flash healing.
"Crossing your forms together?" Spike asked, "Risky!"
Spike caught Ryan's attack and after turning him, he slammed him into his brother, knocking Skye backwards onto the ground.
Skye couldn't handle it anymore, his ex-boy friend, his friend Spencer had just been killed, in cold blood, for something they had no control over.
"This isn't happening!" Skye shouted, "YOU KILLED THEM!"
"And you're next," Spike replied matter-of-factly.
White flames erupted from Skye's back and he could feel his wings sprouting from his back, the wings of the dragon. He leapt into the air and charged at the snake, fangs bared he slashed the snake with his claws, the talon sinking in deep.
Spike fell backwards, but before he could hit the ground, Ryan had delivered a harsh kick to his back, knocking the Draconian onto his face in front of Skye.
"You're wounds aren't healing!" Skye shouted, "Could that because they were inflicted by a morph, the same reason why you blocked our morphing ability from the beginning?"
"Aren't we smart!" Spike laughed as he grabbed Skye and popped his shoulder out, following several punches to the chest.
Skye didn't even feel the injury his muscles popping the bone back into place as he charged Spike again and again.
Soon they were all moving so quickly each time they slammed into each other they were creating sonic booms, the grass beneath them was blowing from the wind as the sounds bounced off the nearby mountain.
Skye was kicking equally as fast at Spike as he was punching him, every kick that Skye got in, Spike got two, every punch Spike got in, Skye landed three kicks. The battle was quickly getting to an explosive point.
Skye bounced back from one of Spike attacks and roared coating Spike in what looked like a river of flames.
Spike screamed as the white fire began to fizzle out, but not before Ryan smashed him with a tenfold punch to the face.
The Draconian finally fell backwards, just as Skye ran up to his side, and stomped on his chest as he had done to him before.
"Ready to meet you own end?" Skye shouted as he swooped in, his fangs piercing Spikes throat the blood instantly shooting out, as the blood lust set in.
Ryan came up and delivered a punch to the beasts fighting form and then dove onto the other side of Spike's throat.
Skye began draining Spike, when he broke the hold and stared into the beasts face, "You like the feeling of your life flowing from you? Do you feel the numbness of your future? I'm going to DRAIN you just like you did to Spencer and Alex, you took their life, now I'm ENDING yours!" Skye shouted with a bestial roar un-like his normal controlled self.
Both Boys stood up, blood running down their chests, glistening in the bright sunlight, as they stepped back.
Spike tried to stand up, but the venom was working too quickly for him to do anything about it, his control over their powers was failing.
"You son of a bitch! Do you feel your control slipping, feel your powers to resist the venom failing?" It was Josh, walking up to Spike his hands glowing purple as he blocked out the serpentine power to block the venom.
"You finally standing up to me boy?" Spike taunted, "even as I lay dying, I still could kill you if I wanted!
Ryan felt his powers growing, and looked over at Josh, whose right hand was now glowing a golden colour as he boosted his power, while his left still a tightly clenched fist coated in purple, constricting Spike's powers.
Ryan understood and focused the energy on Skye whose body burst into white flames, coated with a golden hue, his limit broken Skye channelled all of his energy into his fists, the power being crushed into a blade, and Skye quickly took the sword and in one quick motion stabbed the pulsing blade into Spike's heart.
The boys stood there in awe as the beasts eyes went dim, his soul gone, however, his body quickly glowed brighter with a black and blue colour; Alex and Spencer's powers.
The energy quickly erupted from the lifeless corpse and flew into the blade at Skye's feet, the powers merging with their own, making them stronger; making a bond un-breakable, even in death. They were home a place where their family could use them.
Skye looked up; tears in his eyes as he saw Spencer and Alex's speared bodies begin to burn, a bright golden flame, as their bodies passed. He leaned forwards, gripping the sword and pulled it from the ground where Spike had been, the sword was a chrome colour at the bottom, the blade was purely made of energy, a soul's energy which changes colour frequently but maintained it bright fiery exterior.
Josh walked up to Skye holding onto Evan he looked up at the slightly taller boy, how Skye's blondish hair swept across his head, his look Josh would never forget, the tormented look as though he was so hurt, he couldn't get the emotion out, utter terror and pain frozen on his face.
"Let's go," Skye said his voice breaking.
Josh hauled Evan to his feet, and looked over at Ryan who seemed to be sharing Skye's pain, he could tell they were sharing the pain, it was too much for one soul to bear.
"Skye can you hear me?" It was Lukas.
"Get me the fuck out of here!" Skye screamed back.
_"What's wrong, we lost you guys for the last half hour, we couldn't see you or anything, I couldn't even hear you!"_Lukas replied.
"Lukas, please, Get me out of here!" Skye's emotion broke through the telepathy and instantly Lukas felt the pain, dropping to one knee on the Thunder, tears streaming from his eyes, to nodded to Becka.
The beam of light reached them, dropping them onto the floor of the Thunder, it was then that Skye dropped down on his knees, his fists balled as he let out a scream of sorrow.
"Skye what happened?" Becka asked... "Where's Alex and..." her gaze fell on the sword lying on the floor.
"No!" She replied, grief washing over her face... "They can't be!"
Skye screamed again punching the floor beneath him, even though it was super hardened and tempered it dented a good foot into the floor.
Skye, Ryan, Lukas, Josh and Evan stayed on the ground, their link binding their emotions together, they felt as one... their elements surrounding them, protecting them, they were beyond vulnerable.
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There is the chapter:P lol was debating to post the next few chapters on here.. (they're written) but as of yet dont contain much yiff.. so wasnt sure.. you guys want em?