Book 1 | Agent 34 and the Desert of Beasts

Chapter 20 | Sky Showdown

Agent 34 thrashed in the dragon's thick claws, but could not get it to drop him.

"Were there more humans with you, kid? Braunick finally coming to kill us too, eh?" The brown one asked him.

"I'm an elf! Not a human! And I mean no harm! We were just traveling through the tunnels to get to the other side of the city to avoid going through or around! Please let us go!" Agent 34 pleaded.

"Ah, so there are more, huh? Venon, go get the other ones that traveled with him. I'll handle this one," the brown one snarled, and the green dragon started to turn around midair and fly back to the tunnel.

"Don't you dare hurt them!" Agent 34 screamed, and reached for his sword but discovered it was not there. Damn it! I must've dropped it when they grabbed me! Agent 34 swore to himself as the two dragons flew him to their house.

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Suddenly, a green dragon landed in front of Ismara as she ran, which made her stumble backwards a little.

"Now, you thought you could get away?" The dragon taunted.

Ismara didn't know how the dragon had found her, but she started to run in the opposite direction. The dragon started to charge after Ismara, which made the elf fumble around for her wand which was in her backpack.

She grasped the wooden stick and yanked it free of the bag, then muttered a spell to make her fly. Her feet were lifted off the ground, and she made the flying spell boost her away from the dragon at a fast pace, draining some strength from her.

Ismara saw something shining over by the entrance to the tunnel, and flew over there by muttering another spell.

It was Agent 34's sword.

She picked it up quickly, and glanced backwards to see the green dragon still behind her. Ismara made the flying spell make her go higher into the air, which made the green dragon chasing her take off and fly after her.

Ismara flew over the buildings, the green dragon hot on her tail.

Suddenly, something rammed into her body which made her drop her wand, ending all spells. Ismara looked up and saw she was on a dragon's back, but it wasn't that same green dragon that was chasing her.

It was Wímad.

The golden dragon roared at the green dragon that was chasing Ismara. "You should not harm a lady!"

"Come on, man! Don't tell me you are a traitor!" The green dragon roared, flapping his wings to keep him in the air.

"I'm not a traitor, just doing the right thing! These elves never meant any harm to us, so we should mean no harm to them!" Wímad roared.

"How did you know they are elves?" The green dragon roared back suspiciously.

Wímad, unable to think of an answer, was slammed into a building's roof by the green dragon. "Venon! I know of your human shop! I cannot give respect to one that kills and turns something as intelligent as us into candy!"

"You are a traitor!" Venon roared, and flew upward, away from Wímad.

"They are innocent! Close your shop now! You hunt humans and elves and sell them as candy in your shop! You are a disgrace to dragonkind!" Wímad roared, and flew upward off of the building.

Making sure Ismara was holding onto his back tightly, Wímad charged at Venon and rammed into his side, making him lose his balance a little.

Venon quickly soared higher and charged at Wímad, but the golden dragon veered to the left and Venon flew by Wímad.

Wímad threw his tail down on Venon as he soared past him, and knocked him downwards a little. Venon stopped himself before he hit the roof below him, and growled as he flew back up towards Wímad.

Wímad quickly soared downward as Venon went upwards, and went closer to the buildings. Venon charged him again, and Wímad charged Venon. They collided and both of them roared in pain and protest. Their wings scraped against each other as they flapped them to keep them in the air, and both of them clawed and scratched at each other with their talons.

Ismara pulled herself higher on Wímad's back, and grabbed onto a peach-colored spike that came out of his scales. She held on and was thrown around as Wímad flew away from Venon.

Venon followed Wímad as he tried to fly away, and Venon rammed himself into Wímad's belly, throwing Wímad higher into the air. He roared in protest, and scratched at Venon.

Wímad slipped away from Venon, and then quickly looped around back towards the buildings. Once he was close, Wímad  slammed his body against Venon, pinning one wing in between him and the building. The other wing was caught between the dragons, and Venon couldn't pull it loose.

Wímad slashed at Venon, and Venon yelled in pain. "Wímad! Let me go!" Venon yelled.

"Never!" Wímad screeched.

"Wímad! Someone found a gem and those dragons took the gem-wielder! Hold this battle for later, and let's go rescue the gem-wielder!" Ismara yelled.

Wímad, quickly ripped Venon off of the building with his talons then threw him against the building's roof, and flew off in the direction the dragon's flew with Agent 34.