Chapter 18

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"So you're Nightmare" said Quicksand, suddenly hearing a splashing sound to his right and seeing a confused/amused expression on Nightmare's face, 'What is he looking at?' Quicksand thought and looked over to find Thief standing on Stingray's back, urinating down the dead dragon's neck. 

Quicksand muffled a laugh and looked back over at Nightmare... to find the large Nightwing a talon away from his face.

"Woah!" said Quicksand leaping back and adding "Personal space big guy"

"Hahaha! I don't know what that is" answered Nightmare, "But I do know I need new allies... What to do, what to do?" 

Suddenly Nightmare perked up and looked over at the Dragonets and a wicked grin spread across his face, "Ahh, they'll do"

"You think we'll help you!" yelled Glory her scales turning a deeper red than a Skywing's scales.

"No, not you exactly... just your deceased enemies" answered the Nightwing.

"You can't bring dragons back from the dead" said Turtle, "It's not possible"

"That's where you're wrong cowardly animus" hissed the Nightwing before licking a small burn on his lower jaw before adding, "I found a way to cheat death" and he reached into the sack around his neck and pulled out a beautifully carved hourglass with a pair of nightwings holding a golden orb on each side.

"That's how you bring dragons back" asked Peril, adding "Looks pathetic"

The large Nightwing threw his head back and laughed before regaining his posture and continued, "It's everything but that. I put every part of my soul into this hourglass and so I gave my sanity to bring back lives, but it needs the blood of a pure hearted assassin to work... such as Quicksand" 

The nightwing suddenly swung his tail into Quicksand and threw him into the sandstone wall... Quicksand felt as though one of his ribs had broken... and he saw his vision going in and out seeing Nightmare slowly walking towards him.

Nightmare sunk his claws into Quicksand's side and applied pressure while breathing fire into Quicksand's side, drawing a massive amount of blood.

The hourglass's sand suddenly swirled around inside and Quicksand's blood flew into the hourglass and Quicksand started passing into unconsciousness. 

The last thing Quicksand heard was Nightmare say, "Thank you for your generous donation" and Quicksand passed out...

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