Awaiting The Dawn

21: Hak Meets 'Abi'

      Don't cry!! It's annoying!
      But I'm really cursed!

      Listen Ao. Never use your power and stay away from the villagers.
      We're monsters to them.

      You're in the way.

      Let's play again, alright?

      HAHAHAA!! I CAN'T SEE!! YES! FINALLY! I CAN FINALLY DIE!

      Abi, your pretty eyes are all puffy.
      Abi.
      Abi.
      Little Abi!
      Don't call me little!!

      Who was that?
      He gave me this.
      A peddler?
      No, he's a yellow dragon.

      You were right, Ao. These eyes...should never be used.

      What happened to the mother?
      ...She killed herself.

      "Abi." the red haired king rubbed his hands on top of Abi's head. "What's wrong? You can tell me."
      With his king's presence, his heart was at peace. He just wouldn't admit it. The chambers were silent. His dragon brothers wouldn't mock him for this short lapse of weakness.
      He...He was safe.

.

.

Jolting awake, he immediately noticed that his eyes weren't as sharp as before. 

This wasn't the palace. Was he ambushed and kidnapped somewhere underground? Where was King Hiryuu?

A black-haired man in blue robes sat not too far away. The moment Abi noticed him, he tried activating his power of paralysis.

"Damn!" He yelled. 

It didn't work!

Why the hell did his voice change? It sounded like a woman's...?

And how come that guy looked so tall? His height didn't seem much different from Gu-En. Did Abi shrink? What the hell was going on?!

He got out of the stone bed and looked for an exit, but the man blocked his way. 

"And where do you think you're going?" The bastard asked while holding a tall weapon with ease.

Abi growled, feeling cornered without his dragon power. "What the hell did you do to me."

He raised an eyebrow, as if Abi was spouting nonsense. "I think you need to lie down a little longer."

"You won't get away with this. The other dragons will find me. And when they do, they'll tear this place apart. Rouges like you won't ever get your damn hands on our power."

Now he looked even more confused. Raising his hand up all innocently like he didn't just abduct someone.

"Seriously, calm down. I'd rather not fight while you're weak."

Weak?

Weak?!

"You—!" Abi lunged to attack, but the man blocked and threw him down. The sound of the bastard's weapon fell with a clang. Abi's stomach hit the ground and the weight of another body prevented him from getting up.

"Relax, Hisa."

Hisa.

The name stopped Abi's resistance as the man held down his arms and nape.

"Who..." His mind muddled as blurred memories began to surface. "Who is Hisa..?"

"It's you. You're Hisa."