Dragon of Legend; Light Bk 5

Part 14 The future

Cassandra was happy as a dragon in the sunshine' she was winning and planned to keep on winning. She didn't get where she was at on her own. No her father was a descent of Nemis, one of the original council member's in the present. And she knew how much he hated Akria.

"I'm sorry that all you have done since being in here is take care of me. If not for you l don't know how, I would have survived this long." Akria said weakly. " Its ok I don't mind helping you. What kind of person would that make me if I just sat back and did nothing? I can't just sit back and watch someone suffer it's not in my nature. I do not mind being the one you lean on when you are to weak to help your own self."  Tiffany stated. "You have become a dear friend to me." Akria replied. "They killed one of my good friend's while I was in the present." It was terrible and the guilt I still fell is like a huge weight on my heart. All she was trying to do is help and they killed her right in front of me. I don't think I could handle it if anything happened to you or Draven. I owe it to you and Draven, along with Gina and Drake. To keep the spot light on me and off the both you. And I will do it as long as I'm physically able. It's my duty to take care of other's that need help I am the Rider of Legend I take my role seriously."                             

" Akria sometimes even the strongest of us need help. We are not just put here to carry everything on our own shoulder's. I'm sure this friend of yours was trying to take some of the weight off of you. She was trying to do her part in helping a friend. She wanted to do the right thing, you seem like the type of person that is surrounded by people who love you. And  would  be willing to do what ever it takes to get you back." This made Akria tear up. How could someone so young be so wise. "You know you are a lot like Gina, she always knows what to say to make me feel better. Thank you for saying those things Tiffany, they do help with the pain over losing Savannah. "

"So you don't blame Draven, even just a little bit for getting you into all of," She waved her hand around the room. "This?"

"No, I don't blame him. His heart is pure he feels things stronger than most. He was doing what he thought was the right thing, he just wanted to help. The people of your time to live a better life and be freed from the injustice in the land's. You can't keep blaming him for this Tiffany, his heart is in the right place that is all that matter's."

Draven was racking his brain trying to figure out how to save his sister and Akria. Every plan he came up with had it's draw back's and he knew he was being watched. At all times he knew Cassandra was apprised of his every move. There was nothing he could think of to help get them out of there. He was usually really good with making plan's. But each time he tried to think of one to get past Cassandra he kept coming up blank. He could not kill Akria he knew Cassandra was right.

If he destroyed something so innocent as her that something inside of him would break. And he would become what she wanted from the beginning. If that were to happen he would be the one to destroy everything he wanted to save. He laid in his bed tossing and turning trying to find a solution for this mess he was involved in. Maybe if he got some sleep he could think a little clearer and come up with a plan tomorrow. He closed his eye's and drifted off thinking about how he could save them.

The next morning when he awoke he realized he didn't have a choice. Something was telling him what ever happens it is for a reason. He just wished he understood. He knew if he killed her it would surly be the end of him and his sanity. He was backed into a corner that he had no idea how to get out of. He felt so lonely and useless because he could not save an innocent life.

Cassandra decided it was time to let Akria know why she was going to have her killed. The anticipation of seeing her face when she explained the reason was euphoric. She walked into the basement like she was a queen entering her throne room.

She looked worse than before she was dressed in a green gown with puffy sleeves and a hardly there neckline the dress was trailing the floor. Here eye's were a hideous painted green color and he lips were the usual blood red. Akria just stared at her like she could see right through her.

" I have been thinking." Cassandra stated, "l guess even you deserves an answer as to why you will be dead soon. You see I wasn't lying when I said l didn't want you to come here and ruin everything. That I and my ancestors have worked so hard for, I was told you could and probably would come here. To make sure thing's in the future was going like they should be. We all were told you would be here in 500 yrs.

You see Nemis, left detailed note's of your movements and the probable out come if we could stick to the plan. So for generation's we have prepared getting rid of the people in our way. Placing people here and there to get what we wanted."

" Even I have had to kill to get where I am at today. We destroyed the technology that was a hindrance to our plan's that is why it is almost like your time. We kept electricity here and at a few more building's but that is the extent of it. I get to live in all the luxury I can stand knowing I'm the only one. Did you see all the fine furniture and portraits that have been painted of me. I am living the dream the man that despised you wanted me to live and I am going to kill you. For bringing so much distress to my family for the last five generation's. Akria laughed

"You are doing this for Nemis how daft can you be he was a cruel man. Who had one goal and one goal only to take what he wanted and make everyone else's life miserable. He had one of his own council member's locked up in the quarries because he dared to call him out on his crooked ways at the council. You are defending a man who treated people as object's and not as flesh and blood even you must know that he despised me almost to the point of an obsession."

"Nemis was a bad person he is the one that stole away with Deception and once they got to where she needed to be she killed him. I know she told me that he was just a gullible little man. Who thought he could have it all."

"And she told me he didn't even give his family a second thought when he went with her. All he wanted was the power she offered him and he foolishly believed her lie's.

Cassandra's face was horrified for a moment, "You lie, you killed him."

" No I do not lie Nemis, was not who your family thought he was. He abandoned your family without any remorse. I could never stand up for a man like that.

The body you found by the dragon scale and my blood was his in Haiden's old domain. I was in the past by then so it wasn't me who killed him., it was his own greed and Deception used that to her on advantage , just like she had so many times before."

Cassandra was seething in anger there was no way here family did everything they did to get her here for someone like she was implying.

"Well you have your version of events and I have mine. I choose to believe what is known and not just a bunch of made up garbage."

" That's your choice not to believe but just know your entire family has tried to get revenge for a fraud that is all I know about him." Akria replied.

Cassandra, had had enough she looked at Akria, as if she could ripe her heart from her chest. Then she let a cruel smile grace her lip's.

"Even if what you say hold's a shred or truth its doesn't matter to me. I have what I want! I have all of this. I'm at the top of the land's now I can pick and choose the right's and wrong's and punish anyone any way I please." She left the room in a hurry.

If I live through this She's going to die. Akria said.

She didn't know how she knew Cassandra's, day's were numbered but she did. Maybe it was because Draven was the next Rider of Legend. That had to be it since she knew she wasn't leaving here alive.

The rest of the day was a struggle for Akria she was in constant pain her heart felt as if it were about pound out her chest and her breathing had turned to pant's........