Wings of Fire; The Assassin

Chapter 26

Bubble read and reread the note over and over, hoping that the words would change or something. Nothing did.

Diamondback walked into the room moments after Bubble finished reading. Bubble may have finished, but he couldn't look away. He kept looking at it as if it would change, but it didn't.

"Hey Bubble! What do you have there?" Diamondback asked in a good mood. This is absolutely not good. His mood is going to change course faster than a shark that is about to hit an undersea cliff.

Bubble just twisted around with a shocked look on his face, and handed the slip of scroll to Diamondback. He read it and growled softly. He ripped up the scroll and started to pace around.

Bubble was starting to walk out of the room when Diamondback grabbed his shoulder.

Diamondback looked at Bubble with concern and said, "What are you doing?!"

Bubble looked at him with irritation and worry and said, "I am going to go get your sister back. You can come with me or not."

Diamondback was much bigger than Bubble, and stronger, and he has a venomous tail, but Bubble was set on going to get his cru... friend. There is no way in Pyrrhia that he was just going to abandon Artemis like that. He may be a coward, but he is not going to stand by while someone takes Artemis away from him or her brother.

"We can't just rush in like that! They could kill her! We need a plan. I want you to go get Boris and Starburst. We can come up with something then"

Bubble wanted to rush in so bad, but he knew that Diamondback wanted to do that also, but he is managing to keep a level head. He agreed and rushed to go find the others.

Bubble found Boris in the Prey Center, talking to the other IceWings. The SeaWing prince decided to go talk to him, and not worry about the other IceWings.

"Boris! Get to the sleeping cave now! No time to explain, just go!" Bubble said, but still making sure he didn't cause chaos in the school.

"Wha... What!?" Boris asked, standing up extremely quickly.

"Just go!" Bubble yelled, and Boris followed his instructions. Bubble continued to run around the school until he found Starbust, but considering how hard it is to find something invisible, Bubble had no idea where to start.

Bubble was searching for a while, but he couldn't find her anywhere. He was about to give up when he got the idea to get help from someone who has been able to spy on people from the start of this mess.

"Starburst!" Bubble yelled out loud, scaring a few birds out of the trees around the school. Moments later he felt a breeze of air. Bubble turned around to find that Starburst was behind him.

"I need your help. Follow me." Bubble said in a rush. He turned around and was about to start running again when Starburts appeared in front of him out of nowhere.

"What is it? What do you need me for?" Starburst asked slightly curiously but also slightly irritated.

Bubble didn't want to explain, because time was limited, and the more time they took to talk, the less time to make and execute the plan, but he could tell that Starburst was not moving until he explained.

Bubble sighed, "I have little time to explain but, Artemis was kidnapped, and is now being held, hostage. We are trying to come up with a plan to save her, and we need you. You may not want to come, but we think you can help."

"Lead the way," Starburst said while moving out of the way, and gesturing to keep going. Bubble continued to rush toward his sleeping cave as fast as he could. Bubble felt like he was going super fast, but somehow Starburst managed to keep up with ease. After a few more turns through the tunnels, Bubble and Starburst arrived at his cave.

Diamondback seemed to be even more of a mess when Bubble returned. He was pacing back and forth in the room, but also now talking to himself.

"She couldn't be kidnapped, no. This must be a prank. Yeah, that seems right. Yeah, Yeah. It's a prank. A funny, ridiculous prank."

Boris was trying his best to calm him down and even blocked Diamondback's path to try to at least get him to sit still, but when he did, Diamondback would just walk right around the IceWing.

Bubble rushed over to help, but there was not much he could do. Starburst pushed her way to get to Diamondback. Bubble didn't know what she could do. Before Bubble could ask her, she raised a talon and slapped Diamondback across the face.

Diamondback roared in pain and glared at her, "What was that for!"

Starburst just sat there slightly smirking, "I can't say I didn't enjoy that. Anyway, you need to get ahold of yourself! Calm down and use that brain of yours..."

Starburst paused, and everyone was waiting to hear what she was going to say.

"... IF you have one." Starburst finally finished. She walked back to the doorway and sat down.

Bubble looked at how Diamondback would react, but all he saw was a face of despair and grief. Bubble gestured to Boris to come to sit down, and he followed Bubble, and sat next to Starburst.

"You are right, but I can't stop worrying about my sister...okay, I have a plan that might just work."

The dragons paid attention to Diamondback as he told them his idea.

"Boris, I want you to hide in the bushes the best you can. I know you are shiny, but if the assassin acts out, I want you to be ready to fire frost breath at them. Starburst, how would you feel about getting close to them?"

Starburst turned a shade of dark red, and snarled, "Why!? Do you think because I'm a girl I'm too weak to face a bad guy!? Maybe it's because I'm a LAZY AND STUPID RAINWING! IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK!"

Diamondback backed away out of fear. He ran into a wall and yelped with pain. Both Boris and Bubble leaned away from Starburst as she got up and bared her flanges as she slowly approached Diamondback.

"No! No! No! I just don't want any friends to be put in danger if they don't want to be!"

Starburst stopped in her tracks and calmed down. She was still breathing heavily, but she stopped baring her fangs and she sat down.

"You mean it?" she asked sadly. Bubble didn't understand why, but he would have to find out later.

"Mean what?" Diamondback asked, mimicking Bubble's thought perfectly.

Starburst got angry again but stayed where she was, "Friends. You said, friends."

"Of course. Why wouldn't I mean that?"

Starburst turned all sorts of colors that Bubble lost track of what they all meant. Starburst just came back to her spot and sat back down next to Boris and Bubble.

Diamondback cleared his throat and continued his plans, "Starburst, I want you to be invisible, and close by to the assassin, if they act out spray them with venom. Bubble..."

Bubble sat up and squared his shoulders. On the outside, he looked ready and serious and all business, but on the inside, he was an absolute mess.

Diamondback cleared his throat and paused for a second, "Bubble. I want you to stay here and stay safe."