The Stone Dragon

Chapter Nine

Victor almost didn't catch on but got to hold his breath just in time before the impact with the water. Star slithered through the water quickly, helped by her webbed feet, now webbed tail, and large wings. She zipped down farther and farther, bullets now flying past them. She went farther down into the dark depths of the water. Victor was starting to get scared now. His lungs were burning and so were his eyes. He couldn't hold on much longer. Just when he thought he should give up Star turned around and blew more air into his lungs then kept going down. At this point they were so deep that the bullets slowed to a stop next to them. Then it started to get hard to see for the water was not clear and the light did not filter through. On some parts of her body Star glowed brilliantly and she kept swimming in the new source of light. After what seemed like hours of waiting, Star finally stuck her long neck up to check for the jets. They were gone but she knew someone was watching. She knew what they were going to do. She opened her mouth wide. Huge thin, sharp fangs flinged out from the roof of her mouth like what a venomness snake does when it's about to bite. She pulled her head back where the tips of her fangs were aiming at something. Then some green sticky-like liquid shot out from the fangs and landed on something. That something screamed in pain and horror as his body melted slowly and painfully. Star pulled herself out of the water with Victor still on her back. He had his jaw wide open because of everything he just witnessed. Star just pressed on into a strange forests for cover.