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Wavering in and out of semi awareness, I was barely aware of the drone of voices coming from my captors. As their various arguments and civil conversations waxed and waned, I slowly became aware I knew one of the voices.

"If she's going to be surpressing the demon within better, she has to be able to withstand all sorts of attacks," the man in the hood hissed. "She's of direct descent of Lady Gracilis--the strongest of all blue dragons. She can withstand the extreme voltage."

"But her life meter--!"

Shoving the man in the helmet aside, the man in the mask cranked the wattage running through the bars of my cage. "She can handle it!"

"Papa?" I asked as darkness surrounded me.


Sitting up, I shielded my eyes from a blinding white light. Hearing muffled yelling, I looked about and saw Lord Avondale, my guardians, Shalimar, and Wynn had somehow managed to find me. Sensing something immediately to my right, I turned my head to look.

"Sai Badetwan!" (+1) I exclaimed, pointing at the dragon's version of the Grim Reaper. Why I pointed I had no idea--it just seemed like a good idea at the time. Realizing what I had done, I immediately kowtowed. (+2) "...If you're here...then I'm dead?"

"Not quite, Lady Mirrd," (+4) Badetwan replied. "Your coil may be dead for the moment but it will take much more than that to destroy your core."

"So am I or am I not in Sheol?" (+4)

"Where the hell do you think you're at?" an irratating, hated/loved, and familier voice snapped from my left.

"Sirrd!" (+5) I growled, spinning to face her and automatically reaching for my Louies or Dinos--both of which were still missing. "I'll tear you apart with my bare hands!"

"I would like to see you try!" was the response as my negative twin transformed from her humanoid form to her demon form (+6).

At the last moment, I transformed into my dragon form to counteract the attack. Roaring and snarling, the two of us attacked and defended against each other; the force of our attacks radiating not only into Sheol but into the moral realms as well. Snarling, Badetwan attempted to seperate the two of us, but only recieved a fireball in the face and a tail shot across his back for his troubles--the combined attacks knocking him out cold. Most of my fighting was with my claws, horns, teeth, claws, and tail because I had not yet recovered my powers yet. Roaring, I spun about as Srrd threw two fire bolts at me. Feeling the bolts harmlessly fly by, I growled in triumph as my tail struck the senstive place between her jaw and shoulder.

Crashing to the ground, Sirrd glared up at me. Transforming into her humanoid form, she lifted the humanoid form of Badetwan onto her back and ran.

"Oh the HELL you are!" I howled, as I turned into my human form and chased after her. (+7)



As Sirrd slunk out of some castle, I sneaked up behind her. Wrapping my arms around her waist, I lifted Sirrd off her feet and over my head to smash her against a rock. Muttering the same spell I vaugely remembered Lord Avondale muttering when I was a hatchling, I merged Sirrd's body into my own.

SHALIMAR! SQUIRRELLY! KIDNAPPED!

Gasping, I clutched my chest and sank to the ground. Somehow, when I was merging Sirrd's soul with mine (thereby permanently sealing her away) I had a momentary flash of some woman by the name of...Aries?...kidnapping my daughter and one of my friends. Even as I began to wonder how I could go about rescuing them when stuck between worlds, darkness enveloped me yet again.


"Dragon, can you hear me?"

"Ye--owch!" I exclaimed as my doll ears reappeared and wings exploded from my back--not only was I at full power, but I had 150% more power now than I originally did. Remembering what had happened when I was between realms, I sat up. "Get me my Louies and my Dinos."

Trying to push me back down as my guardians hurried off to do my bidding, Lord Avondale said, "Dragon, you're not well enough to be up and about."

Glancing at Wynn as she trudged in, I said, "It's not your fault she's gone, so I'm not angry at you." Glaring at Lord Avondale with my one good eye, I snapped, "I'm angry at YOU for leaving her alone like that."

"Leaving who?" Lord Avondale asked looking between Wynn and I. "Wynn, where is Shalimar?"

It had been almost a week since the kidnapping. Looking down, Wynn dug at the floor with her shoes and mumbled somthing about Shalimar and Squirrelly having being kidnapped. Before Lord Avondale could begin shouting, I took my weapons from my guardians, grabbed Wynn by the hand, and left.

Spluttering, Lord Avondale followed after us and asked, "Where are you going?!"

"To get my daughter and friend back!" I replied. "You can either stay behind or come with us."


When we had gotten to the place where I sensed that Squirrelly and Shalimar had been taken, I forced the group to break up to better find one or the other.

I quickly found Shalimar outcold in a cell in the basement. A quick check over revealed no cuts, bruises, or broken bones; but I would only be reassured when I could get her home and scan her for any internal bleeding. Removing my coat, I fashioned it into a sling that I could carry Shalimar in and made my way through the rest of the castle. Hearing an explosion from the south tower, I headed that direction and began to climb the stairs.

At the base of the stairs, I came across Ikkit and Tikki bleeding from their ears and noses. After adding them to the sling, I continued my way up the spiraling staircase and came across others to put in the makeshift sling. Toshi and Bubba were covered in cuts from the broken stained glass window above their bodies. Foxxy and Fluffy had simply passed out from the pain of too many broken bones. Moochi and Wynn had combinations of the ailments the others had. Just as I had put the last two in the makeshift sling--which still felt very light despite the weight of eight small form guardians and Shalimar--another explosion rocked the tower.

Cursing because I had yet to find Lord Avondale, Squirrely, or this Aries person; I sprinted up the last 1000 steps and burst out the door--tripping over Lord Avondale's and Squirrelly's crumpled forms. As I knelt to check their pulses, something knocked my Louie bats out of my hands and over the edge of the tower. Cursing, I set the sling down and drew my Dino swords in one fluid movement. "Is that you Aries? Show yourself!"

Laughing, Aries appeared on the other side of the tower. "So you are the mother of the dragon-neko abomination I have in my dungeon. Do tell, how does one make a halfbreed like that?"

"None of your damn business," I growled, turning as Aries floated to the right.

"I do wish you would tell," Aries said. "The strength in that child is phenomenal...although...you are much more powerful than her now."

"You can do to me what you wish," I snapped. "But if you lay one more hand on my daughter or any of my friends--regardless if they are here on the tower or elsewhere--I will kill you."

"I don't plan on just taking your power," Aries said, suddenly flying at me. "I plan on taking the power of all those in Gaia!"

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

Rushing forward, I clashed my Dino swords against Aries's spectral nails. As it had been between Nogard and I, the fight between Aries and I became so intent and fierce that the force of our attacks caused the ground to rumble and spectral shockwaves to richochet through Sheol. At one point, Aries had driven her nails through one of my wings, thereby taking the power encased within it--but I had retaliated by slicing off the arm that had reached into my wing. When she drove a foot through my knee to absorb more power, I gouged her thigh--if she had a mortal frame, the femoral artery would have been severed and the fight would have ended quickly. Backing away from each other, Aries and I paused to catch our breath. In one last final attack, we surged towards each other.

Passing each other, we slid to a stop after a few feet with our backs to each other. After a few seconds...we both fell.

Aries had gouged a bit of my spirit out through my stomach. I had sliced her midsection in half. While I was kneeling and clutching my stomach, Aries's legs were still standing and her upper body had fallen off. Wincing, but knowing I would survive, I gathered Squirrelly's body from behind the entrance to the top of the tower, placed her body and Lord Avondale's body over my shoulders, replaced the sling, and left.

After a few moments, Aries chuckled. "Stupid Dragon. Does she not know she only has an empty shell? I still hold the soul."