The Prophecy

Chapter 8

Chapter 8,

   "Alright, Matt I need you to go back to base and track down Negozen's energy signature and inform me if you find anything," I said.

"What about Xypher?" he asked. 

"When I realized I was going to have a baby dragon, I studied many things during that time aside from the Ancient's history. I lost Nurekai because I didn't know how to cure him. In this case, I bring the cure wherever I go. It's composed of simple herbs that can easily be found in dimension no. 745," I explained, "Hypericum Perforatum, Scutellaria Laterifolia, Passiflora Incarnata, and Hesin Aweresbru". I take the syringe from my coat pocket and inject the cure into him. Within a matter of seconds his body started to warm up again. Xypher coughed multiple times but said he felt alright, so afterwards we left for the base. There, we found Anna still running things like a true leader. 

"Hey Anna, we don't need the waveform for now, but we do need to check on the energy scanners. If we can't find traces of Negozen, then we should redirect all power to the systems for a more thorough look," I replied. 

"Dad! I need you to shut down the waveform, thanks!" Anna shouted towards her father but returned to a normal tone when she said, "so, why do we need to do all of this just for one dragon? I thought they were extinct anyways except for Xypher"

"That's what we thought, but I have reasonable suspicion that he's working with the Lord of Darkness. He also escaped from a cavern that must've preserved his life for who knows how long. Let's also not forget that he has the wish of wisdom and has the power to send any dimension into chaos and ruins which will distract us from our main focus," I said while walking to the scanner. I did a complete scan of the area and. Not a trace of energy from Negozen after he disappeared. I redirected all the power back into the scanner system and did another scan afterwards. Whatever Negozen did to cover up his tracks, he did too well. I kept at this throughout the whole day to at least get a lead on to where he went, and I eventually ranged the signal to any energy system that exerted a significant amount of energy. After the stars were out for a couple hours, Matt walked up behind me and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Hey sweetie, I think it's time for you to get some sleep. You've been at this for the whole day and Negozen covered up his tracks too well. You need rest," he said.

"I can't," I say rubbing my eyes ignoring the fact he just called me 'sweetie' which he has never done before. I stop and think for a second though. He has never called me sweetie, why now? "Dad, why did you just call me sweetie?" I asked in a concerned voice.

"I got it from a few parenting books I've been reading for a while. More importantly though, why are you so obsessed with finding him? You've never acted like this with Ryan or Kevin," he replied.

"It's because I know they have some kind of self-control to their actions. Negozen has complete disregard for what he destroys to get to you, and I've seen what some species can go through when under the tyranny of someone like him," I said, "I've seen the anthropomorphic dimension go through a holocaust. By the time that happened I couldn't prevent what happened to them, but now I do. If I let someone like that do those things to innocent species, then all their deaths are by my hands"

"Alright, tell you what. I will stay up and search for Negozen only if you will go to bed," Matt proposed. I agreed and let him take over while I got some sleep. I felt exhausted and my eyes felt heavy. Once I got into bed, I went to bed almost instantaneously. This didn't last for long. After an hour of sleep, I woke up with the sound of drums in my ear. I quickly jump out of bed and go to Matt. As he promised, he was sitting there with coffee cups lined up to keep him up for the night.