An Assassin's Choice {Wings Of Fire Fanfic/AU}

Chapter 66: The Idea

[Heyo! I know I haven't posted in awhile, so just to assure y'all that AAC hasn't been discontinued, here.]

     Squadron Six had been spread out all across Pyrriah searching every corner of the continent for weeks for any sign of where Flint and RedRunner's evil parents had fled to. But, like always, they must've consulted in the Darkstalker to have him make them disappear from the surface of the planet because they were not found. And on top of that, numerous other important figures had gone missing as well...

     Meanwhile, RedRunner had been too terrified and depressed about what Arson and Sear would do to Feather and their future dragonet to be a productive member of society, so Queen Anarchy had just.. taken him off duty until the missing dragons were found...

     And finally Flint. He was right at the Queen's side at all times, guarding her from any possible threats. That was where he was that day the one fateful meeting happened.

    "We should also take into account that Admiral Kenobi and Pink-Lemonade were probably kidnapped as well," Queen Thorn sighed, tapping the map on the table. You see, included in the sample of dragons that were kidnapped were Topaz, Prince Kadal, Princess Golddust, Princess Sunny, Starflight, Mightyroar, and Princess Aurorablaze, so Queens Anarchy, Thorn, and Glory started having 'important royal meets,' as they called them, to discuss the kidnappings.

     Each Queen was allowed one guard with them in these meetings. Queen Anarchy's was obviously Filnt, standing tall in that trademark assassin pose, ready to attack if anyone threatened his Queen. Queen Thorn had brought her right-hand-dragon, Qibli. He was a good guy from what Flint had seen, about 20 years old, married to a shy NightWing that Flint had never met, with one dragonet... Queen Glory, on the other talon, brought her NightWing bodyguard, who also happened to not only be an assassin as well, but also the King.

     She had explained that they were giving Princess Faith her first experience on the throne.

    "Good point," Queen Anarchy offered to Thorn, formally jotting down something on the scroll she had brought to write notes. Flint blinked, rubbing his snout with boredom. Deathbringer yawned widely, not caring, since he could relate to the boredom that comes with following a more important dragon around all day. Qibli, however, glanced at him with skepticism in his obsidian-black eyes, then rolling them.

    "That marks ten missing dragons across all the kingdoms," Queen Glory pointed out.

    "That we know of, anyway," Queen Thorn added grimly.

     Flint tuned out, listing all of the missing dragons off in his mind. Admiral Kenobi, Feather, Mightyroar, Pink-Lemonade, Prince Kadal, Princess Aurorablaze, Princess Golddust, Princess Sunny, Starflight, and Topaz. And the list would probably keep getting longer as well...

     After a short silence, Queen Glory spoke up again.

    "Well, what can we do then?"

    "I don't know! I've had my best force on the job for weeks now and nothing's come of it!" the SkyWing Queen admitted. Qibli lit up, tapping Queen Thorn's shoulder to get her attention. As she turned to him, he started whispering something in her ear. Flint leaned forward to try to hear what the older SandWing was whispering about, but couldn't catch anything.

    "My right-hand-dragon has just given me a brilliant idea," Queen Thorn announced to the arguing Anarchy and Glory. They ceased talking and looked at her.

    "We could set up a dragon with close connection to him,"- she flicked her tail at Flint- "and give them a Dreamvisitor. Once they're captured, they can send a message back to us, telling us where they are!"

     Everyone in the room stared. They were such idiots; the answer was in front of them the whole time!

    "That's what we'll do!" Queen Anarchy finally spoke up. She had stood up, lashing her tail in anticipation.

    "Yeah, we don't need any more dragons or any of our dragonets disappearing," Glory added, standing up and nodding.

    "Especially with their lives at risk. I know what it's like to lose a dragonet. It's worse than any pain I'd ever experienced.." Thorn agreed sadly. The other two Queens fell silent. "I don't to feel pain like that ever again."

     Flint stiffened. Princess Delta.. his mind whispered. It was like he traveled back in time, back to his and RedRunner's first mission. To kill SandWing Princess Delta. She was only five years old, and he, Flint, cut her life short by snapping her neck with his own talons. He felt tremendous guilt, now that Queen Thorn had expressed her feelings toward what happened that night. Of course he obviously wasn't going to tell her that he killed her daughter because then he'd be arrested, but still...

    "Right.. so, who can we send?" Queen Glory asked the SkyWing Queen.