The Children of Death:Book four, Revived Hero.

Atticus

"Hello,"The woman said.

   She radiated the colors of dark blue and void black, like a hurricane. She gave of the vibe of chaos. "Were running a bit late we don't need your errands."Jade sneered.

"What gives you the right to speak to me like that?"The woman appeared in front of the general, who was unimpressed. "I AM THE CHILD OF LUCIFER, YOU WILL NOT TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!"Jade yelled.

   The woman raised an eyebrow, "I am as powerful as Lucifer. He may try to defeat me. But it will always be a tie. On the other hand, you are no match for me."She grinned.

    A single bead of sweat ran down Jade's forehead, they were nervous. "Uh, sorry we got off on the wrong foot, say hello, Jade!"I smiled at the woman.

"Hello."Jade grumbled, I could hear their ego decreasing in their tone of voice. "Good, very good. Now, this is a small errand, do not worry." She smiled.

"Excuse me, who are you?"Erik wondered, his shoulders were still slouched, they seemed weakened. "Tiamat. Mother of the dragons and Surpreme Empress of Earth."A long, tipped-tail with a stinger appeared on her. "If you do not meet my demands, I will make sure of it that you die before your destination is reached."Tiamat smiled. "O-okay..."Valentina gripped onto Edie's hand.

    "What are your... erm- demands?"I asked, clenching my abdomen wound. "Simple, very simple. My dragon son has sadly flew off, and I need you to fetch him for me."She said. "That's it?"Beatriz asked.

"No, he has defied me, murder him."The demon grinned widly, throwing Valentina a dragon-tooth dagger, the tooth was roughly 12 inches tall. Valentina had caught it, thankfully.

    "See you soon, tick tock, you have one hour, follow the trail."Tiamat grew a pair of dragon wings, flying off.

   "Trail?! What trail?!"Jade groaned. "I dunno!"I yelled. Erik suddenly turned into an owl, a... weird process. "AH!"Edie hid behind my leg. Erik hooted, though, I couldn't understand owl.

   Erik turned back into a human, except his ears were covered in feathers and he had holes instead of ears. He also had owl wings. "I can hear the dragon! Owl's have good hearing."He informed us. "I didn't come here for owl facts, Erik."Jade grumbled, though no one payed them much attention.
"What do dragons...sound like?"Edie wondered. "Er- loud. Follow me!"Erik flew in the air.

"ERIK! WE CAN'T FLY, YOU OAF!"Valentina yelled up at him, but he continued to fly. We all groaned in unison, running after him.

   After about ten minutes Erik had stopped dead in his tracks at the entrance of a small cave. He landed on his feet, his wings going back into his back, his ears turning normal. He yawned, not like he was bored, more like he was tired.

"Er- are you going to pass out?"Valentina asked between panting. "Fine,"Erik replied, fumbling to stand up straight. Valentina handed him Hellfire, "Drink this,"She ordered, he drank it, and we headed into the caves.

    The cave echoed our footsteps, I didn't get how an adult dragon could live here.
"This is creepy,"Beatriz muttered, Valentina was fiddling with the dagger in her hands. Edie was holding my hand, Erik was drinking his Hellfire,and Jade was ahead of us.

  "Agreed."Erik said. I was about to say something, but then Jade screamed. I turned around, trying to find them, but they were gone.

"Uh- JADE?!"I called out. No answer. I traced my finger along my stitched-up neck.

"JADE?"Beatriz yelled. No... answer. So we are all starting to panic. I ran up to the spot where Jade last was, and they seemed to have fallen into a huge pit. Suddenly, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!