Disenchantment Sagas

Looming Threat

"Did you see how big those dragons were? They were marvelous! The scales were so shiny and colorful!"

"Ugggggh, will you shut up?!" Luci groaned.

"And the wings and tails! Did you, by chance, happen to feel them when they were carrying us? They were so big and thick!"

"I was too busy wondering if they were going to kill us or eat us, professor," said Sorcerio from another cell. He sat before the cell door bars, resting his chin on his hand.

Koga, Luci, Oscar, Sorcerio, and the rest of the knights were all placed in individual cells below the castle. Koga was lying on his side with his head resting in his hand, and Luci was lying flat on his back, staring at the ceiling above him. The knights were all held up in one cell. Pendergast was sitting in the back, Turbish was drawing on the dirt, and Mertz had his hands around the cell bars, anxiously looking around for the dragons.

"What do you think they're going to do to us?" Mertz asked, his eyes peering down hallways.

"Probably cook us and eat us whole," said Koga indifferently. "But judging by their attitude, probably torture, then they'll eat us. That, or they'll just straight execute us."

"Hopefully, they care about our final needs before then," said Oscar.

"Dude, they're not going to let you bone them..." said Luci. "Give it a rest."

"Unfortunately, I cannot. I do wonder what happened to our little companion, Elfo,"

"Probably ate him," The demon replied.

"That's a horrible thing to say!" said Oscar in a scolding tone.

"Don't get mad at me because I'm saying what we're all thinking," said Luci.

"You're the only one thinking that, Luci," said Koga.

"Maybe our 'Captain' can use his superhuman strength to bust us out of here!" said Mertz, using obvious sarcasm. "Because Koga the Great can do anything! Like leaving behind his friends and betraying us!"

"You got something on your mind, you scrawny little knight?" said the wanderer threateningly.

"Yeah, I do! You never treated us right, and you were nothing but a bully! And now, we're stuck in the mess because you wanted to be some hero! Now you're just sitting there doing nothing while we're going to get eaten!"

"What is this 'we' you speak of?" said Luci. "Who knows, I might be the one to cook you guys."

"Firstly," said Koga, getting to his feet and walking to the cell bars. "If they wanted to kill us, they would've done it when they caught us outside this big ass kingdom. Secondly, you're damn right. I stopped that fat redheaded king from using Elfo and Oscar; I had the balls to go against a king. Maybe you should grow a pair and try it sometime."

"And that's another thing! You always think you're better than us!" Mertz shouted.

"Because I am?"

"He isn't wrong," said Luci.

"There is nothing wrong with being loyal to your king!" Pendergast retorts. "Sure, he might be loud, lazy, smell bad, and is a bit of a tyrant, but deep down, he's a good man, Koga."

Koga scoffs. "You have a messed-up interpretation of what a 'good man' is, Pendergast." He returns to the spot where he is lying and returns to his sitting position. "I can see the collar marks around your necks."

"I fail to see how any of this bickering is getting us out of here," said Sorcerio.

"Well, Koga has a point despite it being very mean," said Oscar. "And I'm not talking about who has the better testicles. I'm talking about the dragons capturing us. I do think we need to wait and see what happens. I heard one of the dragons heading towards the princess's cell. All we need to do is cross our fingers and hope she's doing a good job in talking to the head dragon,"