Dragon's Rage (Rewrite)

Chapter 14: Faded Memory

Love is a dangerous emotion that anyone could feel. It could bring happiness or break you down. Taking time away from love will help relieve the stress, but it will give stress as well. It is a complicated emotion that affects both good and bad. Loving your family and lover is the easiest, but loving yourself is challenging.

My eyes were focused on the short stream in front of me. Water passed by my fingers as I relaxed my hands against the bottom of the stream. It was quiet, but there would be a banging in the background time to time. My head turned to look over my shoulder, and I looked up at the organization. The large glass showed the people watching over me like an animal in the zoo. I wasn't bothered too much because they were only taking notes of me whenever I moved.

Though, my mind has been bothered for the past hour. Her words lingered in my mind, causing me to hug my knees close to my chest. I didn't realize how much it would have effected me, but it left a small scar on me.

The outdoors kept my mood neutral, which was a good thing at this point. I didn't know how I felt right now. It was like a combination of frustration and happiness. At one point, my heart was fluttering with a new feeling in me, but my mood was killed once I spoke to the poison draining me away.

Soon enough, my body spread out onto the ground as I let out a loud groan. My arm was over my eyes to shade them from the sun. I was pretty sure that this place was designed only for destruction. No matter where I looked, this place was never seen outside of the organization. This could have been those holographic rooms that were meant to mess with your mind, but it was strangely real to me. I couldn't complain because of how good it felt out here.

"Viper." My ear perked up at the call of my name, but I didn't remove my arm from my eyes. Ryan finally put some speakers for me to listen to what he has to say instead of coming down through the monster hallway. It was easier for the both of us, but he installed them for a purpose. "It's time." He announced, catching my attention.

Removing my arm from my face, I began to stand up and stare up at the glass. He looked over his shoulder for a moment before nodding at the crew behind him. He disappeared from my sight for a minute before coming back with a person holding something that wasn't visible to me.

Suddenly, a large rumble in the ground caused me to stumble on my feet. A deafening screech filled the arena and I covered my ears, and I could feel my blood boil within me. It was terrifying to feel something like this in my body. I have never felt this much adrenaline course through my body, and it was burning me. Without knowing, my whole body was scaly and spiked. With every breath, smoke came from my mouth and nose. I know I wasn't in my complete dragon form, but it certainly felt close.

I have never noticed this before, but an enormous black door slowly slid open as a grotesque, large creature emerged from the darkness. A white coat as a main color and bulging muscles from its biceps. With a centaur structure, it held itself up with it's four legs, but the torso was far from being half human. The face was almost bug-like, but the teeth were sharp as hell. The armor around its torso covered it almost with perfect protection, but there were some exposed parts. The tail whipped onto the ground, showing impressive length.

Taking in a gulp, I quickly turned to look up at the glass, and Ryan gave me a simple nod. "I know you can do this, Viper." I didn't know if I could trust this old man right now since it has been centuries since I have fought anything this large.

My attention fell back onto the enormous creature, and realized that it extended it's arm, grabbing me before I knew it. My eyes widened and struggled with it's tight, strong grip. With the wind hitting my face, I was face-to-face with the grotesque creature. It had to eyelids as I stared longer. With little movement, I took this moment to breathe burning flames into it's eyes. A long, deafening screech erupted and its grip loosened, making me fall from the hands of the monster.