The Outsider (Original Version)

Chapter 32- A Legend

Third Person

Tucker runs towards the lifeless corpse of the dragon that crushes the park and a few of the building close by.

"Tucker! Wait! You don't know what you might find in there!" Lindee screams after him.

He doesn't listen though, all he cares about is finding Petra.

All the monster had fled the city when the dragon was scprtched from inside out, leaving the town deserted.

As Ticker runs he slide on the slime, sturglging to stay standing as he runs towards the dragon.

Before he can get to it, a drop of water on his head stops him.

The sky open up, pouring rain down on the world.

His hair is quickly plastered to the sides of his face, making it hard to see through the rain.

"Petra! Can you hear me!" He shouts, waiting for an answer.

The only sound that responds is the heavy rainfall pounding at the ground.

His clothes are quickly soaked and puddles form on the ground in seconds.

But he keeps looking.

"Tucker! Tucker where are you!?" Melanie's voice carries across the park.

He continues to ignore the calls of the groups, continuing his search.

He hurtles over a fallen tree landing with his feet in a large puddle.

Murky water sprays into his eyes, making him flinch.

He wipes the water out of his eyes, seeing the gaping hole in the side of the dragon.

His feet carry him to the hole, skidding to a halt at the smell.

The smell of scortched skin and boiled blood fills the air, making it hard not to gag.

"Petra?" He asks again, cautiously walking onto the burnt flesh and into the room where the battle took place.

Tucker has his Axe clicked into place on his back, the red ribbon that was blowing in the weather stopping dead and laying limp against the wooden handle.

The room lack the damp air from outside, making it hard to breathe.

Nothing in the room stirs as he walks towards the scortched half body in the middle of the room.

It looks as if it was once human, but now it can't even be that.

The bone is exposed in some places and the skin is melted away, making Tucker unable to look.

"If this happened to whatever this was.... What happened to Petra?" He wonders, fear filling his chest like it never has before.

Tucker had been scared before, but never like this.

He knew that he needed her to be okay.

Because if she wasn't......

He couldn't handle it.

He continues to frantically search the debris, running past the computer chip.

Before he can get very far into the stinky room, he skids to a halt, backing up to look at the broken chip.

If he were to curl up in a ball he would probably still be smaller than this thing, and it was huge.