December sighed a bit at the objections, tears still fresh in her ultraviolet eyes. Mustering her slowly replenishing strength, she managed to push herself up, with Noire slowly following suit. Terra, not wanting to stay on her back when a hydra right next to her was sitting up, struggled to prop herself up. Sila, not feeling particularly competitive, was content lying to revitalize.
"Beelzebub, calm it. Without Edge here, we can't force you to do anything. You know that." Noire reasoned, though her approach was quite unorthodox. She leaned over and wiped the gushing tears from the oracle's eyes. "So do what you want. Of course, we'd be better off with your strength, but I'm not an idiot, trying to coax you of all people to be cooperative. Do whatever you want, and we'll do what we want." She said toughly, clearly not afraid of the older hydra. Since death wasn't a thing with her, and she didn't mind the pain, the only thing she feared was being restrained. And she knew, all the humans wanted was to trap them...
"I'm more fearful of the future December tells of than anything else." Forte mused to no one in particular, lips hardening into a line as Ferrum fell on him. Merely letting it happen as he knew that his armor wouldn't harm the metal dragon, at least not in this form. And if he rolled out of the way, that would show he was afraid, which he was not. If he had caught the other, that would have meant he felt the other needed taking care of, something which he had demonstrated was not an option for him. So it was with mild indifference that he just allowed the event to occur, murmuring with a hint of restrained bitterness, "Please stop being such a child; as you can see I already have enough kids to deal with."
Skylark buried his face into Leo's shoulder, wriggling out of his spot under Forte. Why was everyone yelling? And why was Beelzebub yelling? Did he want to hurt Father again? If Skylark ever got the chance, he would make sure he wouldn't think of hurting his Father ever again... But for now, he was fine just drowning out the grown ups arguing.
Terra glared at the hydra. She had heard of his anger, his cruelty. Kind of his trademark. Not the kind of thing she'd trust to turn her back on. The oracle could cry, which meant she could think... feel. It could all be a ruse, a slippery trick. But she had heard of an oracle before, a long time ago, that would foretell people's deaths. And she was always, always, right.
"What are we even going to do? Get rid of them before they get rid of us?" Sila gasped aloud. "Is that what you were trying to do? Rid this earth of humankind? How did you know?" Noire shook her head. "No, the humans did that on their own, I was just trying to find out more about the crystals. Just in case no one else knew how to break free."
Sila furrowed her eyebrows in thought. The hydras had committed atrocious crimes against all dragon kind. To start a comradeship was unthinkable. Yet, Sanare knew exactly what she was getting herself into. Suddenly Terra spoke aloud, voice carrying to Regnum in his corner. "What are you going to do?" Though she didn't personally support all of his endeavors, he was their leader and the last of the reds for a good reason.
Blizzard, Noire, and December were all sitting near each other, December's tears dry and the young hydra reached for the older female's sweets, though she had little success. Then, in what was meant to be a whisper, but echoed loudly instead Noire asked, "December, how long do we have?" Sighing, the oracle shrugged. "When they captured us, we're in the castle and we're with Charon and the wind dragon. Maybe if we don't fit the criteria, they won't capture us." She suggested hopefully.
"No, there was a nuclear explosion. If any of us leave the safety of Edge's air locking walls, who knows what kind of horrid fate will befall us. But we still have time. Charon and the dragon are nowhere in sight. We just need to recover..." Forte yawned. "I was trapped in a crystal, alright? I'm a bit tired... Charon probably died, no one saw him after the war, right? Metal here must have finished him off, and you know how long it takes that guy to recharge."
"Yes," December agreed, "We have days..." Confused and scared, feeling hurt and sticky, the baby dragon hybrid wailed and hugged Leo tighter, tiny claws shredding the other's cloak to ribbons, though his skin was too tough to break. Noire stared warily at Beelzebub. Until Edge got back,he was technically their leader. However, she wasn't planning on obeying him anytime soon. "Beelzebub, if you have a better idea, then spill."