‘Curious.’ The hooded amongst the four seemed to sense something off about him, meeting his gaze for a moment before stepping forward and grasping his hand for a brief shake. Giving a slight sigh, Markus flipped his helmet’s visor upwards after she pulled her hood off and revealed a young looking face. “Markus Olery,” he replied with a small nod of his head, “and likewise.” It was probably unlikely that any of them had heard of his name before, so he gave it without worry. Even if they had, it didn’t look like picking a fight was particularly high on any of these individuals’ lists, and forcing a fight at the moment wasn’t ideal. They’d probably fight hard to get past him to save their comrades, but they’d fight all the harder if they were in the city and so close to, what he presumed to be, their goal.

Nodding when Ikkan explained the origin of her scar, Markus shrugged his shoulder in response. “No need to apologize for something like that.” He'd seen and would probably continue to see far worse as long as he was in this line of work, so he wasn't too bothered by the scar she wore. It did explain why she might have been wearing the hood at the least.

Nodding his head in the direction of the Grandgrand’s barrier, he looked around for the construct of light that had followed him throughout the forest, ignoring the look Ikkan gave him all the while. “It’s probably only a few miles in that direction. And you're probably just far farther from the city, than the tribe being close,” he remarked with a slight smile, as he turned his attention back to the four. Not feeling a particular need to keep his “mission” a secret from the four ladies, given the eldest member of the tribe probably already knew, he shrugged and answered. “Just a watchdog sent to keep an eye on the tribe’s movements really.”

Tetsuya & Seloria
A woman had her arms held up in chains above her head, a blade slightly above her. Across from her in the room was an enormous being with the same restrains, only his blade was much thicker and larger. He looked up and saw the women had her head down "They have a couple new inmates, special ones...it seems like it's pretty serious..." the beings head raised and was shown in the light to reveal he was a panda hybrid of some sort "You think it's time?" he looked over at the girl and she looked up, her purple eyes glaring at him.

"What race are they of? another elf? bloody hell you dumbass, unless the elf can still use her magic there's no way in hell it'll be useful. Why even tell me?" she growled like an animal almost and looked back down.

The bear's ears perked up again and he almost roared in excitement "They're strong Seloria, very strong, I can feel it, and i can hear it. I've never heard the captors as excited as this in a very long time" he looked at her and she sighed.

Silent for a second, she shook her head "fine...alright give me a second, ill check this out myself, gods know how much you seem to smile at every "chance" we have...bloody idiot..." fox ears grew from her head and started probing the air almost, listening until she locked onto the conversations going on between the new inmate and one of the main captors she vaguely remembered meeting. Her eyes widened and the bear laughed quietly "You don't think...they really exist do they? Tetsuya you know what this means right?"
she smiled wide.

Tetsuya nodded "Time to get out of here" she stood up and her neck touched the blade, it digging into her. In doing so, the chain connecting the two went slack on Tetsuya's side "You sure about this Sel-"

"Just do it already, remember the technique to get me out of it, else ill end up giving you more scars" she winked and he sighed. He brought his hands up, then full force brought his hands up. Two things happened, in doing so, he broke his side of the chains, and it sent Seloria into the blade, but instead of the blade killing her, it seemed the very air went thin and a wind filled the room. Purple waves of air filled the area around Seloria and then suddenly a ball formed around her body. Suddenly it exploded and a purple glowing fox with 7 tails fell to the ground. Tetsuya instantly bounded toward the fox and tackled her. Putting the tips of his right paw claws on her forehead and the palm of his hand on her chest he suddenly recited something in a language unable to be written.

The fox shook violently, it's tail forming paws and pounding into Tetsuya's back, trying to get the bear off of her. Then all at once, it's eyes and mouth opened wide, filled with a blinding light. Tetsuya looked away and saw Seloria coughing up blood and then patting his arm "You're...on....my....stomach" he quickly got up and gave her a helping hand, standing her up and patting her back.

"Are you alright?" he looked worried for a moment and she gave him a thumbs up.

"hell ye-" her fox ears perked again, as did Tetsuya, making them look at each other and nod. "Hey guard, I gotta pee, and if I soil myself you arse has to clean it up again" a groan came from outside the cell room door. The two stood at either side of the door and waited for the guard to open the door. There were several clicks and clanks "You know the drill, hands in the air, on your knees, no sudden mo-" as soon as she entered the room, she was pulled inside. Tetsuya grabbed her up by her neck "I like her clothes, don't ruin those" he nodded and slammed the women into the ground knocking her out and breaking multiple bones in different places. Seloria quickly grabbed her clothes (Look to her picture as reference) and tossed the armor aside.

Tetsuya peered out the door and saw that there weren't any guards around "You'd think they would have heard ya change into the monster" he got hit in the back of the head with a piece of armor, making his paw go up to his head and rub the area hit. He breathed hard and looked back to see Seloria putting the women in the cuffs and chaining her to the bars of the window.

"Now lets go find our distraction, why don't we?" Tetsuya got down on all fours and Seloria jumped on his back, opening her hand and forming a spear of sorts, and they walked into the hall, listening to the commotion "Those guys are gunna get themselves killed, meaning we lose our ticket out of here" Tetsuya quickly picked up the pace and started making more noise. Four guardsmen emerged from the corner in a hurry and looked even more surprise to see the two had also escaped like the dragons. Seloria crouched up and put her feet on Tetsuya's back as he bounded towards the four, she jumped off and rolled between the four of them, running past them and confusing them even further. Leaving their attention from Tetsuya, who tackled the four, he picked up one of the guards and quickly tossed him into the wall. Extending his claws, he slashed at guard beneath him, making the man scream in pain. The other two stood in front of Tetsuya, one lunging at him, he grab his hand, pulling him forward. He took his other paw and pushed the mans arm inward, breaking it viciously, and used the man as a shield as the other guard went to slash at Tetsuya's neck. Letting go of the man's broken arm, he kicked the guard in mid air, making him collide with the last remaining guard and both of them hit the wall.

Seloria ran ahead and saw two guardsmen with their backs turned, she opened her other hand and a small purple knife formed. She slid between the two, using the body of the spear, making them fall to the ground. She kicked herself up and then threw the blade into one of the guardsman's open visor, the blade impaling his skull and the blade dissipating into aura that slithered back into the spear. She picked up the other dazed guardsmen and pinned him up against the wall "The dragons, where are they?"

"What?"

"The bloody dragons" she pulled him closer and slammed him into the wall, making the hall shake and the wall crack slightly. He coughed up blood and grabbed at her hand, making her sigh and toss him across the hall. She slowly walked over to the guard who was trying to reach for his sword, twirling her spear. She stepped on his hand, making him open up his palm, she stabbed her spear into his palm "The dragons, tell me now or it won't be just your hand next time" he weakly pointed in the direction of a commotion and she bent over, patting his face "Now see was it that hard? Thank you very much for your cooperation, ill make this quick" she hated killing needlessly but she couldn't risk him warning others that they had escaped, by now guards would have discovered the both the dragons and Tetsuya and her had escaped. Tetsuya bounded into the corridor and looked around, looking at the two dead guardsmen.

"What happened?"

"I found out were the dragons were, simple as that, now shall we?" she pulled her spear out of the mans hand and walked over the now dead guard, Tetsuya jogging behind her as they made their way towards the dragons.

Jeo and the others would see three guardsmen running in their direction, followed by a spear piercing the three guards legs individually and pulling the screaming guards back into the now dark hallway. Tetsuya ran towards the three dragons with Seloria on his back and he stopped in front of them "Hi, not much time to explain, i'm Seloria, this is Tetsuya. More guards that way, so I suggest we find somewhere to run or you brace yourselves for more fighting" she was out of breath and she jumped down, leaning over and Tetsuya putting his hand on her back .

"You used to much, you haven't used your magic for months Selo, you're pushing yourself" he looked to the three dragons "We mean you no harm, actually we need your help, I can explain our situation later, but for right now all you need to know is more danger is coming and it seems that man is injured, meaning it might not be smart to fight. I can only kill a number of guards and my...spouse here has tired herself out as much as she would like to disagree" Seloria punched him in the stomach making him stumble slightly.

"Dont you...speak for me...now you furry..son of a bitch you...I got just as much...fight...as you..." she fell to one knee and her spear turned into mist disrupting back into her body.

Tetsuya picked her up like a child and he looked desperately at the dragons to make a decisions "Please, you are our only hope, I'll help you as much as I can" he turned to see more guards coming down the hall from the darkness.

aksaja was angry as hell that they captured him and Aksaja was glad he would get the chance for some payback as the guards started to roll in and Aksaja turned to see two people or whatever they really were came in from a hallway and Aksaja was distrusting to say the least seeing two new people join them but Aksaja did believe in the old proverb of the enemy of my enemy is my friend and all that so Aksaja said "if it means I can get some payback I don't care just dont slow us down. Cause their is no way in hell im staying here longer then I should" Aksaja said growling a little at the hallways with the guards coming in through as Aksaja got ready to melt the metal around the door to make it cover their bodies and make them burn to death...

Chu
"I apologize, but I cannot ask such favors of my lord. However, I see you're set on this..."
His ears dropped down onto his head, he looked sad. Pouting and his nose twitching. The priest continued talking. Even if Chu looked easy to catch, he was the only one who didnt got catch in the first place. In opposite to the other dragons who choose to fight he chooses flight over it. It made him more lonely than ever.

''Jeonabe has escaped the cage?'' He questioned, looking at the priest. ''I can get in there is a ventilation shafts that I can enter from the canalization that runs behind this church. What I need is a escapes for 4, not 3 people sized dragons. It would be much easier if they would shrunk in size in their normal form, but no all dragons must show off and become several times bigger than their compact form.''
He said in spite to the point outs of the grandfather. Not that he wanted to rant about the dragons sizes. It just came out of him. But it would be so much easier if they could fit the vents. Sadly they couldnt.
He is not letting anyone behind, either. Not Winter, not aksaja, not Jeo and especially not Aster.

So he jumped in place still on top of the priest head. '' How far is the rescue?...M-maybe I can do something...getting in on the higher levels is easy...I couldnt get into the prison levels directly...'' He was trying hard to think of something.
''Maybe if we can pull the hunters out of the building so there are less for them to fight?''
Now he jumped off and turned back to his compact form, both hands on his back as he paced. ''I do not want you killed Ezzy... If you get me in would you be with me? I would need such a help? I need a way to find where they brought Aster for experiments...''

He was not creating a plan as much as he trowing anything out on his mind. Walking up to the window he placed a hand on it. He felt like he was captured already, cut of any possibility to do anything. Unable to move or leave a cage. Even if the door was open, and he wasnt in any form of chains, It was the fear of the things and the fear of each action and no action that was pretty much making him feel paralyzed.
The eating grandfather not helping him with his calm attitude, or the scary words.

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Siabel

The wind dragon wondered if Ikkan was out her mind, or just never were close to humans. Her herself reacted with a fearfully expression on the mention of dragon tribe. Remember the first time she saw a dragon as big as 20 of herself. How much his power made her feel like a weakling.
Ikkan, Siabel was so sure the man will attack them now. Who says that dragons are wonderfully, if not a fanatic of the church. If you were a fanatic of the church you dont speak to man with armor and swords. Especially if you think they were hunters. Hunters couldnt stand the people of the church.

Siabel didnt even started to rant on about the fact of that no normal human being would go on saying they got a scar from a dragon who attacked their village, which would mean people died too, and just after that saying they were wonderfully.If they get lucky and this man was a idiot he will think they are part of the church cult and were brain washed.
''Oh my god. Let move than those things may eat us in a bite. '' Siabel said starting to pull both ikkan and Momo after herself.'' I wish you all of the luck on your watch. '' Hoping Myrtle was following her. Praying in her mind the man will not attack at this very moment as they backs turned towards him. That he indeed stupid. If not...her ears and a light breeze was blowing. Her ears ready to pick even the slightly noise of the man movements. Such armor and sword must make noise. In worst Siabel was ready to pull the air away and make the man suffocate from the lack of life giving air. But being ready for something was a far cry for a guaranty that it will work out.

Draken

"Indeed, joined with a little fox and bear. How amusing." Draken mused as he continued his plate of food slowly and calmly, as if he was sitting at the dinner table listening to the news on the radio. He wiped his mouth gingerly before chuckling at Chu's determination.

"Sorry, but it will be three if lucky. Hunters tend to get a bit touchy when things like dragons are loose in their stronghold. A shame you didn't bring along any dragon with the capabilities to assist on such a matter. You youngsters, always with the physical violence." he shot back in retort to Chu's whining to size before sipping some whine.

The tall man hummed as he glanced out the window. "Just be prepared to kill him when you see him." Draken smiled innocently yet almost ominously before humming. "The rescue party is perhaps just a couple miles away from the tribe. They ran into a little obstacle." he answered the question before finishing his plate and kindly handed it to one of the sisters before leaning up against the wall.

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Aster

Coughing and hacking, he couldn't see anything or hear anything. In his mind, he found himself waking up in a forest while in his compact form. It was quiet, and smelled of sweet flowers. Oddly enough, he couldn't quite remember what he was doing. So he started to wander through the woods curiously, trying to remember what exactly he was doing. To little avail, but for now he didn't mind it. Wherever he was, it was nice and peaceful and he enjoyed that. Aster froze though as a familiar scent brushed against his sensitive nose.

In the physical realm, his body twisted and spasmed as colorful scales spread from his chest to further along his arms, his fingernails turning into claws and fangs poking out from his upper lip. Standing, his once purple eyes were gone to only reveal the same blank white as the yellow electric dragon. His magic emitted around him in a blue red hue and pulsed a bit uncontrollably. Cracks emitting from the ground as his power pulsed. A snarl emitted from his jaws before he let out a roar, charging out of the room and slamming right into a wall, breaking it down and charging down another hall.

"Project Control in effect. Repeat, Project Control in effect. Remain in designated safe zones." A voice emitted from the halls, probably some sort of intercom.

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Myrtle

Myrtle watched as everyone took a turn at interacting at the man, chuckling a little at their antics . "Neh surprised the hunters finally found the barrier. Took them forever since it's so well hidden. Then again they always like trying to steal my equipment." she sighed a little at the thought before pressing a few buttons on her glove before looking up as she saw the man seemingly to give a threatening look.

"Ya know if you keep looking like that at a bunch of girls, someone's gonna think you're planning to rape them you lewd lewd man." Myrtle teased with a grin before looking toward Siabel and walked after her with a hum with a wave toward the fellow human. "Later buddy!" she grinned before playful patting Siabel's shoulder.

"Hey maybe you'll get lucky and get a hunk like him eh?" she grinned teasingly, seeming pretty easygoing and casual despite what the dragons probably felt before quickly moving ahead.

"While we have our own ventilation, it doesn't connect to the Guild's." Ezekiel had never thought about it before, but that would be both perfect yet disastrous. "If I had to guess they would even have multiple systems to separate the upper layers fro the lower layers." Sadly, he had never had the opportunity to get more than ten feet in the building to see if that was true or not. But they weren't stupid, and would have most likely designed the building with the intent of the prison levels being isolated. "Even then, they're hard to get into." He was a relatively small man, but still couldn't get into them. Maybe with Chu's small size it would be much easier, but even just the vent coverings were hard to find and remove.

Ezekiel lightly flinched upon the jump. They were surprisingly heavy for their size. "It would be better if I didn't enter the building, but if need be I will. Besides, I'd end myself before I would let one of those filth kill me." It was always hard to see his expressions, but it was apparent that he was completely serious. His soul was pure, holy; it would be the ultimate disgrace to let a hunter end him. He didn't want to be the first one attacking, however if it began he doubted he would stop.

Upon hearing Draken's comment, he turned his attention to him. "...If you don't mind my asking, my Lord, what exactly is that obstacle?" Running into anything that close to a tribe seemed like a bad omen. This was already enough trouble for him, he didn't need any more things happening.

Not long after he had dispatched the guard, he threw open the door to the cell, an arm still around the wound in his stomach. He picked up the iron bar and peered around the corner. Jeonbae motioned to the others, and quietly walked outside the cell. In the distance, he could hear crashes and screams, another commotion entirely going on. He frowned slightly, and looked down towards it. He saw three guards running towards the group, and electricity began to crackle at his fingertips. Before he could fire a bolt of lightning, the three guards were pulled back, screaming. From the dark hallway, two figures emerged, a massive panda, and girl with a strange aura around her on his back.

"Hi, not much time to explain, I'm Seloria, this is Tetsuya. More guards that way, so I suggest we find somewhere to run or you brace yourselves for more fighting", the girl said, running out of breath before she finished the sentence.
"You used too much, you haven't used your magic for months Selo, you're pushing yourself", the panda, Tetsuya, said in a deep voice. "We mean you no harm, actually we need your help, I can explain our situation later, but for right now all you need to know is more danger is coming and it seems that man is injured, meaning it might not be smart to fight. I can only kill a number of guards and my...spouse here has tired herself out as much as she would like to disagree."

Seloria punched Tetsuya in the stomach, painfully muttering something Jeonbae couldn't seem to hear. "Please, you are our only hope, I'll help you as much as I can"

Jeonbae nodded, with Aksaja also voicing his agreement. Lightning arced from his fingertips around the two with a crack, striking more approaching guards and throwing them on the ground.
"I can help you, but we need to find a friend of ours first, he should be in the laboratory by now," he said to Tetsuya and Seloria. He ran off down the hall, following the hum of electricity of the machines. Suddenly, an alarm rang out.

"Project Control in effect. Repeat, Project Control in effect. Remain in designated safe zones."

A snarl echoed down from the hall, as a transformed Aster crashed into the wall from an adjacent hallway. He was covered in colorful scales, and energy spiraled off of him uncontrollably in reds and blue. Jeonbae could tell that he wouldn't be able to take him on alone, or risk killing the real Aster. He stopped, nearly tripping, and started running the other way to the group, not looking back at Aster.

"Hey, uh, the Hunters did something to our friend, so we should start running because he's kind of really powerful now," Jeonbae told the group, gasping for air.

Winter looked on in silence with wide, but determined eyes. She gave them all a look that clearly said stand back, and shifted into her dragon, using her icefire core to channel energy into her transformation. She popped her neck and stretched, snarling softly as her broken leg healed. She was small for a dragon, with her catlike body shape and paws. He scales were white this time, a clear mark of her emotions. She dipped her head towards rhe newcomers Seloria and Tetsuya. She motioned for them to get on. There was a special hollow right between her neck and shoulders that was ideal for passengers. He cobalt blue eyes flickered with anger and pain and a desperate need to escape.

"Hurry," She rasped. "We haven't got much time. I can carry three of you without much effort. Now move!" Winter startled violently as she saw Aster come through the wall. She was no behavior expert, but she could tell he wasn't in control of himself. Her scales itched with fear and adrenaline as she just snaked her head under Seloria and Tetsuya, depositing them into the hollow at the base of her neck. She turned to Aksaja and Jebonae, jaw clenched.

"We should go now. Before poor Aster unwittingly slays us all. I'd rather die like a dragon in a fair fight to the death." She said quickly and began to lope away gracefully, movements as smooth as water, so she didn't disturb her self appointed passengers. She looked back. Jebonae and Aksaja were running after her.

"Hurry!" She roared. "Grab hold of my tail and climb on if you need to, just don't let yourself get flattened!" She was grateful of her Icefire core. She had forgotten to use it to freeze the metal, so that it would become brittle enogh to break. And the fact that it sped up her healing. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Mirazan

She observed the man as he interacted with the dragons and humans girls. He was calm but Mirazan couldnt trow away the feeling tat he was getting a hunch of things happening.
Just to her worst fears, the man pulled his sword. For a moment looking in the direction where one of the fireflies were idly sitting, to already the next attack Ikkan.
Siabel turned and a gust of wind blow towards the man carrying dust with it. It didnt helped much, other than getting a bit of time. Ikkan was knocked out as far as Mirazan could sense it. The black dragon snarled as she wrapped her arms around the unconsciousness woman, the other two climbing on her back. She started to fly with her passengers. The dragon slayer prepared a attack, and mirazan firefly decide to help flying into the mans eye just the moment he was to swing his sword. Distracting him enough to miss them for a hair.

A new firefly now was making its way back to where she left the dragon slayer. Seeing him running towards the town, Siabel in the air was flying as fast as the fastest hurricane wind.

Chu

He didnt need the elder to tell him what was going to see it was bad. Hunters were running in and out the building there were calling each other shouting could be heard. Something was happening and it wasnt just them escaping. He bit his lip.
''I am going out there...If at least to stop more hunters entering the guild. Those guys must have been from patrolling all over the city....I dont like that they are being called back.''

Chu said with a determination in his eyes he rarely had. Taking several big breaths he went up to the door. It was still hard, to be s brave. Or crazy...but love could one give wings wouldnt it? He pressed the knob down to open the heavy door when the big window behind the altar shock. Turning his head he could see it shaking until it didnt break to tiny bits and something black as the night behind it didnt swirled in with great speed.
Chu yelped turning into his bunny form and again using the priest as a hiding spot holding onto his back with his claws.

Siabel

...... A church, the place that was so familiar and so disliked by her was just the perfect place to be in. She fly as fast as never before. Feeling the panic grip of momo onto her the weight of myrtle, her hands pulling Ikkans body close up to her own as she made for the first time completely successfully cutting winds. Cutting against the poor glass mozaik representing a dragon bathed in light, it broke to bits. The stopping was now the hardest part as she fly in the church her wings spreading out and legs trying to break onto the floor. She stopped a inch away from a old dragon.

Not really having the time neither the breath to speak now she slapped her tail like a whip looking over the humans who were there. Momo slides off her back and looked like a wobbly duck. A second later the poor girl emptied her stomach on the floor.
''Your godness is here.'' She declared now. Placing Ikkan gently on the floor beside herself still being in her dragon form.

double post

Myrtle & Draken

Myrtle coughed as stood up again, everything went by so fast. Though when she got her mind all settled, she recognized where exactly they were and saw Draken. She sweat dropped before glancing to Siabel at her announcenment and waved her hands as if a attempt to shush her. "Siabel, I wouldn't suggest saying that." she hissed.

Draken had hummed before laughing. "Nevermind on that rescue team." he mused before watching as a black dragon crashed into the church. The elder didn't seem as fazed as those around him, as his red eyes watched the group of youngsters get their grip.

However, as the young black dragon had the gal to declare herself the god of these humans in this church, he felt he needed to show exactly what place she was in. Although Draken appeared calm, a demonic dangerous black aura surrounded his body, emitting a incredible amount of power and his body changed into that of a black dragon, magma colored lines decorating its scales as his large body grew enough to fit in the church. He was actually bigger, but he had to shrink somewhat for the building.

"You're the goddess here? My aren't you a confident hatchling. Since you broke in here rather rudely, and seem to think you own the place, why don't you prove it? But I would highly recommend standing down right now." Draken's dark voice loomed, large jaws seeping a dark smoke as his red gaze glared down at her. The blackness seeped over the area, and it would bring chills and the sense of fear. Although it would effect the newer group better and leave everyone else.

Myrtle coughed as the black smoke seeped over her, trying to focus her mind on the situation but her body trembled slightly as painful images started flashing in her mind.

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Aster

Blank eyes spotting the retreating figures, Aster gave another ferocious roar before charging down the hall after them. The walls cracking around him as his magical energy clashed against it. Taking a deep breathe, he breathed out a huge inferno of flames, swirled by boiling water as it launched down the hall toward the group. One escaped creature, a chimera, was in the path and was scorched... The magical energy turning the creature into nothing but ash.

He did not know if he attack reached them, but he did not care at the moment either. Running after them again, all at the moment, his crazed self only cared about seeming to destroy anything in its path.

Facing Chu, Ezekiel only turned around once he felt everything shaking. He looked at the window before looking at a couple of sisters near it. "Mov-" He was cut off by both the shattering of the mural, and the dragon's claws in his back, causing him to make a strangled noise. He put his hands behind the small of his back to hold Chu up, and to hopefully take some of the weight off of his back.

Seeing a dragon was a much better alternative to what he thought might happen. At least it wasn't some hunters with beasts. Was this the rescue party they mentioned? One of the sisters approached Momo to see if they were alright, only to step back again upon the new dragon's statement. Ezekiel backed up from the crowd as well when seeing his god's aura engulf their body.

In his 35 years of living, he had only seen their rage once before. And while he hoped then he would never have to go through that terrifying episode again, with the bold statement the newcomer made it was inevitable. It would probably be even worse, this time around. Ezekiel shook his head, focusing solely on the two dragons. At the time, he couldn't care less about the two girls that arrived with the dragon. Maybe a hunter party would be better, after all. He couldn't intervene and he knew that after this was over, one way or another, he would have to focus on appeasing his lord, hunters be damned.

The priest just hoped that the black dragon would back down, and an incident could be avoided.

aksaja made sure he followed the others as quick as he could, aksaja wanted to turn around a kill everything that here and make sure those hunters suffer for putting us through that! However aksaja was also smart enough to know when to count your losses and make a break for it so Aksaja ran and didn't attack the guards for fear he would go to far but as they ran Aksaja caught sight a tripwire and it was unlikely he was going to alert everyone to jump or duck for whatever trap they might hit so Aksaja looked around a saw it was going to be a steel spikes swinging trap that would immediately turn to the hallway and jam its spike into whoever got in front of it so Aksaja sped up to get near the front and then he used his breath to cause the spikes to melt fast and onto the floor making a metallic goop that hardened then when they hit the tripwire nothing happened so that was a win for aksaja during this ordeal at least....

Siabel

The adrenalin of the escape was still cursing thought her body. The feeling of being on edge didnt manage to completely wash away. The calming effect being in a church would usually have on her. Just as the voice spoke Siabel realized how powerfully the old dragon was. It was in that moment too that she released that the old dragon who was now growing in front of her.
''...and seem to think you own the place, why don't you prove it? ...''

A de javu...She heard whose words and being threaten by a scary dragon awoke in Siabel a trauma she was pushing in the back of her head for a very long time.

A girl barely looking 8 year old was pressing herself against the wall as a pair of jaws were breathing rotting air at her. The sharp black teeth and the blood covered teeth showcasing in front of the child.
''A pet''
''Smells of human more than a dragon.''

The black haired girl cried, the body parts of some of the humans she knew, the only thing of the world she knew, were laying just a few feet away in a half eaten mess.
She tried to say that she was a dragon a goddess, the world she only knew was falling apart in front of her eyes. The two headed dragons claw slammed into her pinning her weak body against the wall.
''We should relive her of the bad future of cursing her fate.''
''Maybe she will be reborn as a human she so wants to be.''

Weak hands were hitting onto the claws, but not effect was done, the smell of rot and blood made her lungs clench. The tears fall down on the hairy claws. She hated dragons.

'' A baby you are''
''A child to become you will never.''



Pictures of the past relived as the black dragon stood frozen in her fear. She didnt really saw the old dragon anymore. She felt helpless, she hated... She couldnt snap out of it on her own. It was stronger than her. Back than half of the church and village was destroyed. She was a baby, she dreamed of how it will be to see other dragons before that. But after it...she skipped many festivals coming only once when she from a baby officially grow to a teen, instantly leaving.

She was desperate, didnt she grow stronger? Over come it all? She even managed to talk to the grand grandma...why was it that now she felt again like the helpless child? A baby in a more powerful dragons claws? Was it because it was in the church? Or because she was still scared from the slayers attacks?
On response to her fear the air in the church thinned, until it didnt resembled on the peak of the highest mountains. A wall suddenly appeared in front of her eyes making her step back, pulled slightly back to reality. ''W-what?'' She barely stuttered out.

CHU

Chu twitched as two hands moved to help him be in place. ''Thank you'' He whispered. Peeking over the shoulder to see the wind dragon. DId he missed something? The old dragon was looked pissed off. Turning to his true form, but Chu could tell it wasnt to the fullest, probably because of his size. Smoke leaving his jaws. A feeling of dread passed over him. All the talk about being brave he had with himself now blubbering up in him and he used the shoulder to jump off and touching the floor. Still in his adorable bunny form he was up to the acting part.

Hell he will let the old dragon harm the teen, why in hell was the rescue party a teen, before he got Aster rescued. A wall off earth breaker the floor and raised up to the ceiling. Changing himself back to his compact form he pointed his finger on Draken.
''Listen old geezer, I do not care what she just did to get you angry. But what ever it is you will deal with her AFTER I have my wife saved! And I dont care either how scary you try be. I piss off Mirazan on a daily basis, and nothing can be as scary as her angry self. So chill out until I am done! Got it!''

Chu snarled at Draken and marched up to Siabel around the earth wall grabbed her by the front claw and dragged her out the church. The poor wind dragon still in her dragon form. Lost confused and full of paralyzing fear.
''We are coming to save you guys!'' Chu proclaimed the hunters who had the bad lack of being in front of the hunters guild, all got a pilled of earth shot into their privates, making them bow over in pain and whine. Chu was now on roll. The hope that he can now do something was high, even if it may be completely stupid.

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Momo

She was just recovering from her dizziness as she heard a sound. She was having chills for some reason, A man all but kidnapped her Lady? She was so lost. Looking at Myrtle with a help face. That earth wall wasnt there a moment earlier either was it?
''Myrtle we cannot let my lady go alone! ''She looked at the people around here. ''You dont happen to have a big amount of explosives? Or guns? Even swords would be usefully?''
Moving around the wall eyes meeting with the priest, recognizing him as being the head around here with easy. Eyes noticing the big dragon, he was fascinating and probably uncomfortably seeing he barely was fitting in. Taking out her bag a present she hold it up to the dragon. ''Please forgive my weakness from a moment ago, I am overjoyed to have meet you. Please accept this little present.'' She declared with respect, even if the situation was nagging on her to go after her lady she didnt want to insult any dragon. The pocket watch in her hands having a nice ornamets all over it.

Draken

The dark dragon's red glare narrowed as he watched the teen, cower before him and he was about to accept it until the earth wall appeared. A growl emitting from the added damage to the church as he turned his glare toward Chu and his insolent rant. The fool didn't realize that Aster was as good as dead without the elder dragon. Draken was thinking about lending his assistance to the certain death of what this youngster considered a wife. But after that little outburst, he'd be sure to make him regret it. The earth dragon didn't seem to realize who exactly he was. Mirazan could be scary, but she also wasn't willing to do things Draken was able to do without blinking a eye. It was probably a reason why she didn't send a older dragon. Granddragons and GreatGranddragons tended to disappear if they stepped on his claws even a little compared to youngsters.

Some words left his jaws, but they were of a different language, one that sounded ancient and mythical. The deed done, his eyes glowed and the wall disappeared, the smoke from his jaws turning into what looked like black spoke dragons the size of fairies and seemed to be repairing whatever damaged had been made to the building. It didn't take long for the building to fully be repaired before his gaze looked down to the teen's human companion.

Unlike most, this human did not show fear and made a little offering of peace. He could use his power to instill fear, using this human to make that insolent teen suffer, but he decided against it. Not feeling like dragging the human girl into his anger. Besides, he already knew how to punish the earth dragon without much energy. And that wind dragon will get her deserved slice of punishment when she returns. And she will.

Draken's form transformed back to his compact, looking at Momo. "This is a church with me around. They have no need for explosives. Some bladed weapons and guns yes for the guards. Though it is best church weapons isn't found assisting. Just raises tension between Hunters and the Church. I rather not have to go on a little... Clean up of their little temper tantrums." he mused before reaching his hand and took the pocket watch, holding it up to examine it before giving a soft approving smile, any sign of anger disappearing. It was always difficult to tell what exactly he was thinking. Like when he had just transformed, he wasn't necessarily angry as those around him thought, just mildly annoyed and insulted. If he was angry, then he wouldn't have bothered talking and would have just killed them and eaten them.

"Thank you for the gift. It's a well crafted pocket watch indeed." The black haired man said to the human before smiling as he wrapped a arm around Momo's shoulders. Acting quite casual, but had no attention of letting this particular human go. "Dear I do think its best you two stay here. Your friend isn't alone. She's with a adult dragon. Plus it won't be too long until the escapees appear the way they are running." he hummed softly before glancing to his priest. Pondering if he should send Ezekiel to follow them.

"If you like I can send Ezzy to look after them. He is quite capable for a human." he hummed a little.

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Myrtle

Myrtle face palmed as she watched Chu talk back at Draken and practically insult him. Did dragons just not know about this guy? Mirazan should know right? Plus didn't dragons know anything about respecting elders? That's probably all Draken wanted since he didn't already dig his fangs into Siabel's throat. He probably wasn't planning to actually attack her as long as she showed respect. The human supposed in Draken's version, was showing fear and who was stronger to deserve that kind of respect. Though Chu had to make it worse.

Watching as Draken fixed up the place with his magic and changed back into his compact form, interacting with Momo. The light red head walked beside Momo and gave a comforting smile to her human friend. "Uh don't worry I'll go after them! And nice to see you again Draken." she said and greeted the tall compacted form dragon. She's met him a few times, to get to know dragons a little better, and he was the way she managed to track down Aster's home. Still, reading all the human books on him was both interesting and frightening. Well, whenever he got into a fight at least.

He was often nicknamed 'The Reaper Dragon' since it didn't matter who it was, he'd kill them if they were in his way. Two hundred years ago, he fought a GrandGrandfather who had attacked the village. Defeating him, and said to have used those powerful fangs into eating the other dragon. Flesh, bones and all. Leaving nothing for the hunters to salvage. When Myrtle asked about it, Draken said it was his own father, stating his old man wasn't worthy to be called a GrandGrandfather. Twenty two years ago, it was said the king at the time wanted to rule over Draken. Demand he take over another country for the king. When the dragon refused, the King arrested some people of the church, mostly young ones. In response, Draken placed a curse over the entire country. No one could sleep do to dreadful nightmares, and the king suffered the worst. It became too much, the king ended up begging forgiveness and returned the prisoners. But died of absolute exhaustion not long after. Afterword though, Draken lifted his curse and blessed sweet dreams over the country as a minor apology to those not involved. Though he did storm the castle in all of his dragon glory and retrieved his stolen subjects. Letting everyone know, just how fearsome looking he really was.

Or so the legend goes.

By this time, a few of the orphans had come out to see what all the mess was about. Their faces, showing various shades of fear, showed that they regretted it, the three of them sticking close together throughout the ordeal.

Though he would have liked a warning before the small dragon decided to jump off of him, at least there wouldn't be marks on his shoulder like on his back. Ezekiel found himself insulted at Chu's remarks to Draken. He still refused to get directly involved in the argument, but the soul-burning glare he shot the smaller showed his opinion on the matter better than words could have. But he did appreciate the shot the earth dragon took at the hunters, and despite himself found himself grinning.

When the elder dragon summoned sprites to fix his church, Ezekiel straightened his posture, pressing his hands together in front of his chest in gratitude and delight. How wonderful of Draken to do that. "I thank you Exalted One, your generosity knows no bounds, may your supreme glory live on eternally." Said more as a prayer for gratitude, as with his own schedule and the schedule of the church it would have taken awhile to get everything properly repaired. He watched the girl as she gave a peace offering to the dragon. She acted so casual towards him, but didn't seem to be a dragon herself. Was there something about her? He would have to ask about her. Considering she came in with the dragons and could act such a way to his god, it was possible that she could be a prophet.
He listened to what Draken had to say to the human, and nodded in agreement. He usually carried at least a knife on him and would defend himself from a hunter if needed, but at the moment unnecessary violence would be well to be avoided.

"Do you need me to go, my Lord?" He had never tried it before, but he was fairly confident he could keep up with a couple of compact dragons if he needed to.

It was now that the small group in the back took a vote, and sent Florence skittering towards Ezekiel, grabbing his arm to stop from sliding down on the hard wood floor. She glanced over at Draken and the newcomer nervously, giving a polite smile and a bow before almost hiding behind her elder. "Is there a problem, Florence?" Ezekiel asked, his voice soft, glancing up at his others for a moment. "I, um, no, I mean..." The teen trailed off, shaking her head. "It can get weird around here sometimes so we tried to just put off the crashing, but yeah...Mattias got so scared I think he almost cried...He's still writing upstairs, though..." She laughed, in embarrassment more than anything. "I mean there isn't a problem, is there?"
"We'll talk later." Ezekiel almost immediately answered, turning his attention back to his lord. Seeing that the situation wasn't a landmine, the younger two children ran over to Ezekiel, huddling around him, the smallest hiding in his overcoat.

Momo

She listened to the dragons explanation of the lack of weapons. She hoped he was pleased with the little gifts as he put it in his own pocket.
"Thank you for the gift. It's a well crafted pocket watch indeed."
She nodded, saying a polite thank you at that. Her eyes wandered towards the hand that wrapped around her. She eyed the hand for a few seconds. She didnt really like it, making it feel like she will have to stay. Just to conform her worry, the dragon spoke again suggesting for her safety to stay in the church.
''Who am I to question a gods suggestion? May I be from some help?'' She questioned.Looking at Myrtle she smiled thankfully. She wanted to ask Myrtle to keep a eye on her lady, but couldnt impose the girl with such a task. ''Keep safe.'' She instead whispered.

Smiling back towards the dragon. ''May I beg you to offer some help to our fainted dragon godness, she was hurt by a dragon hunter. Just a bit of care, please forgive my rudness, for asking that.'' She made a bow moving her head towards the girl laying on the floor. To the poor dragon girl Ikkan.

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Siabel and Chu

The two dragons entered in the guild and were faced with quite a few hunters who were staring at them. Especially at Siabel, who then on a instinct moved her claws and took away the air, breathing deeply in. Some actually fainted quite fast in their surprise not reacting so fast. But most hunters aimed their weapons at the intruders. It was chu who was feeling like he will die right then and there. Too many things were flying his direction. And a earth entered thought the door and blocked most of the projectiles.

It actually worked quite fine for several moments. Siabel was fainting one by one of the hunters, while chu was blocking. Well only for a few moments, until the more skilled hunter were blocking the way.
Siabel tried to make those faint too but found them just giggle at her. Confusedly she was snapping slowly back from her fear and panic to her normal self.
''Come now we are fast thinkers.'' One said something on his face making the voice muted. Siabel switched into her human form, those guess noticed it? They noticed that she was able to pull the air away...and were wearing now mask alike things stopping that?...
''Air tanks, now surrender and we will let you live for a while longer. We will need a few new dragons once the beast down there are all death.'' The hunter spoke holding his sword aimed at them.

Siabel gulped and whispered at Chu ear. '' Whats now the plan? ''
''I dont know..I didnt think so far ahead...''
Siabel slapped her forehead, grabbing a metal bar that once was part of the door. Holding it in her hands. ''Try trowing the earth at them or something.'' Siabel whispered to Chu making him nod really fast and do exactly that...which failed and left them with out shield. The closest hunter dashing at them, Siabel jumping out the way rolling away and stopping at the wall, holding the pole in hand ready to block a hit. She wasnt the target, Chu was. She saw how frozen in place the earth dragon was, The sword swing down at him. Thinking the dragon is stupid she used her air and pushed him out the way and onto the other wall. Chu had his shoulder cut, all the way along the arm, this was far from a rescue he was imagining. He freaked out, turning into his normal form and running in panic around the closed room, the hunter aiming after breaking several things on the way.

They run after him into a hallway and out of Siabel view, she looked back to the hunters who stayed in the room. She gulped, she really hated dragons in general at this point of time. Really really hated them all. ''Damn dragon leaving me behind....''

Chu was happy when the hunters stopped running after him when he took a stairways down, which he wasnt completely aware was that he run in the underground levels. He stopped once he was down the stars nuzzling his bleeding front leg. ''So what now?... '' He asked awaiting the teen dragon to answer, it was just then he saw she wasnt around. He whined fearing she may get captured because of him. He didnt had too much time fearing and worrying as he heard a loud crashing, the air smelled of burning rocks.

Draken

With a grin, he watched the two humans interact before looking at his loyal priest thoughtfully with a hum, releasing Momo for a moment to move closer to Ezekiel and gingerly pat the priest's back. Gently rubbing it before tsking softly. "Mhmm though, I do hope that hatchling didn't go too rough on you. Young ones tend to forget just how much more fragile humans are. So perhaps you should stay and make sure the little ones alright." he mused as he glanced to the little humans around the priest before grinning and practically huggling the boy happily then patting one of the children's heads gently.

At Momo's request, the tall man hummed before looking toward the unconscious dragoness and slowly nodding with a smile. "I'll see what I can do." he hummed before kneeling down and moving his left hand over Ikkan. Black mist enveloping his fingers as it danced over Ikkan. The mist circles her, before some entering through the ears. A pleasant dream and feeling would most likely envelop the sleeping dragon, any wounds slowly closing.

"She should be fine, she just needs a little nap is all." Draken noted with a grin as he stood, though his left red eye suddenly closed, and remained that way.

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Myrtle

Nodding at Momo's whisper, the red haired human gave a reassuring smile, patting her friend's shoulder before quickly turning and heading out of the church. Putting her goggles over her eyes in a minor attempt to obscure some of her face, before she charged into the hunters building. There she saw Siabel, alone and practically surrounded by many hunters. The human clicked her tongue as she examined the room quickly before grinning, lifting her arm with the gauntlet and pressing a few buttons. A golden ball shot out toward the ceiling above the hunters, hitting a rather large pillar. It exploded, causing the pillar to collapse and fall from above the hunters.

The hunters panicked, too focus on any dragon to expect any attack that came from a non magical source.

Myrtle then went up to Siabel and quickly grabbed her by the hand as smoke clouded the room from the ball's explosion. "Come on." she whispered and pulled the dragoness further out of sight from Hunter view. "Where's Chu?" she questioned.

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Aster

With a roar, Aster lost track of his prey through his rampaging halted for but a moment as his ears picked up noise from above. With a ferocious snarl, the beast like man breathed another torrent of flame and water above him, the overcharged magical energy blasting right through ceiling, creating a scorching hallway. Growling, Aster jumped, claws digging into the molten hot earth as he climbed straight up. Though his body was feeling extremely weak, the overcharge having used up almost his entire magic supply. It wouldn't be too long until he ultimately killed himself from overuse.

Reaching the ground floor, he burst from the earth and roared, his body turning more scaled and longer horns, looking closer and closer as his dragon self but smaller. It was then he spotted his new target, Chu. With a roar, Aster charged, practically tackling the other dragon in a animalistic fashion. Claws pinning down the earth dragon by the shoulders, he growled and bared his fangs, seeming ready to rip the throat right out of his friend.

Then he paused, hesitating briefly, claws trembling. As if unconsciously he was trying to resist, hold back. Yet he had no control over his actions. Just as his left hand wrapped around slowly against the earth dragon's throat, his blank left eye closed before opening to reveal a familiar red eye, the blank right eye closing in turn but remained closed.

Aster then grinned, scales and horns disappearing other than around the shoulders and chest.

"I tried to tell you. Have you learned your lesson hatchling? I mean, really, charging without a plan. Silly." Aster's lips moved, but it was Draken's voice that emitted from them as he stood up, brushing himself off.

"He didn't do much, it's fine." Though Ezekiel could feel that the earth dragon more than likely drew blood with his claws, it wasn't too bad. He gave a curt nod upon the dragon's suggestion, "Of course, my Lord." Truth be told, he didn't have too much confidence in the small dragon to carry out what he set to do. Rushing into an enemy's area with absolutely no plan wasn't the best way to approach things. Still, if Draken was telling him to stay in the church it either meant that it wouldn't be a complete disaster, or he was trying to teach a lesson to Chu.

The priest watched the girl as she pleaded with his god. So, this dragon was her god? He wondered where she was from. It was weird, how there were temples dedicated to dragons over the lands, yet he had minimal, if at all any, communication with them. Maybe he should start talking to some, soon. But for the near future Ezekiel was far too busy to dig into the affairs of other churches, and he figured that he would only have more work to deal with in the wake of this event. He turned his attention to Draken as he worked on the dragon, and watched him as he stood up. They were doing something, but it wasn't his place to ask what that was.

"Where do you hail from?" He turned his attention back to the girl, looking directly at her, with an expression that was neutral to him but many others considered intimidating.

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