Chapter 9 - The Coming Threat! N.D.'s Arrival!

Story by Eurasia M on SoFurry

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#11 of Book 1: Eurasia's Awakening, Organization of Dragoons


Before this story starts, I would like to thank my good friends Jack and Noct. If it wasnt for him, this story wouldnt have happened. Also, all characters here are copyright of Eurasia21xx. Do not use in your stories without consulting me first.

The silence was then broken by another scream, Rizan shutting her eyes out of her panic. She expected to be killed by the blade, but she felt no pain at all. There was a wind blowing at her body, along with the sound of thunder. One of her eyes slowly opened, as she meeped out a squeal of surprise from what she is watching.

"Hold on there Lord...there is no need to hurt this young dragoness. That was not part of the plan...We have what we came for. Let us leave and start the operation and make the dragoons pay.", said Aisarue, his sword blocking the sword as it sparked with terrible might. Aisarue looked at Rizan, staying silent before looking back at N.D..

As quickly as the thrust was made, he quickly retracted his sword and re-sheathed it, "I see that you still have some feeling for this dragoness...Very well then. We'll re-group and start the plan after you open the Unison box...", he said before vanishing in a quick flash. Aisarue breathed a sigh of relief, the sword in his hand still having a bit of an electric shock.

Aisarue's sword was also re sheathed, but the hand he was holding it with was charred and bloody which he hid behind himself. Abyssion walked up to Aisarue, putting a hand on his shoulder, "You're love for them will get you killed...don't do that again to the Lord. I'm surprised he acted so calm from that...", he advised, taking out his P.I.C. and pressing a few buttons.

Then instantly like N.D., he left the area as well in a flash. Omega, laughing his head off was holding his sides with his P.I.C. in his hand before warping out as well. Quickly after N.D. exited, Rizan was free from his power and Shyranrya started to fall from the ceiling, "AHHH! IM FALLING--OOF!", she shouted, only to be caught in the arms of Aisarue.

They met eyes for a second before he just dropped her by Rizan with a light thud. He snapped his fingers, making the P.I.C. appear in his hands, "Don't get the wrong idea Rizan, and Shyranrya. The only reason I saved you was because Eurasia won't let you die. I could care less if you were killed...keep that in mind..."

He was pressing buttons on his P.I.C., Rizan quickly getting up and helping Shyranrya as well. She did not believe what he was saying, "Eurasia...I knew you were still alive...and you protected us once more...", she mumbled, looking down to the ground. She heard Aisarue re sheathing his sword, but what caught her attention was the faint sound of something dripping from his hand but lost sight of it since put the hand behind him.

Shyranrya's attention was then directed at Aisarue, spotting something in his eyes, "He's still alive...I can feel him and...see him...hes inside of him. I feel the sorrow and pain he is in due to the situation"

"Well, I have to run now...don't forget that friends are worthless and sharing information about anything is a waste of time. Especially Eurasia's friends...", was the last thing Aisarue stated before warping out.

That last message made Shyranrya think, before she remembered something important. She grabbed Rizan by her arm and started to pull her to the entrance of the cave, "Rizan, hurry! We have to check if Hamelis is alright! We almost forgot that she was attacked outside!", she shouted, very worried if Hamelis was hurt or not.

Rizan's puzzled thoughts were then cleared up by the truth, as she started to run with Shyranrya, "Oh my gosh! You are right! She was the first one attacked out of the three of us!"

-

"Well, you took quite the beating there old friend. I still can't believe what Falcon did...we have to put a stop to him. But I have to ask you a few questions first before I can take action."

Abu, all bandaged up was feeling much better was in a sick bed ever since. DarkStar was by his side, while Zero was away on business. He took out the note that he had taken from his body and pointed it towards him, "This note I found in your hand, when you reappeared. What did you mean by it? I need to know everything so I can know how to go about taking out Falcon.", he growled, balling up a fist with a chilling aura around it.

Abu looked down, starting to shake a bit, "Y-you...you don't understand DarkStar...everything had gone by exactly how he wanted...He wanted to be captured, so he could get what you guys got recently. At first he did not understand your sudden power-up, but it all made sense to him after he spent some time in solitary. Now...theres no way you can beat him on your own since he also acquired it...", he said, fumbling with his hands.

DarkStar had many ideas on what to do, but had no idea on what he was talking about. He was about to ask, until there was a knock on the door.

"Open up! Please! Its an emergency!", yelled a voice from outside. The door was being pounded, annoying DarkStar as he got up quickly and opened the door. As it opened wide, Zero pushed his way in and ran into DarkStar.

The two fell to the ground with a thud, Zero being pushed back and DarkStar knocked forward. Abu laughed at the two, thinking it was a bit funny that they had run into each other, "Heh, you guys stop that...this is no time for games. Zero, what is it?", he asked, curious as to what emergency he had to tell.

Zero shook his head, quickly got up and made his way to Abu's side. DarkStar was a bit annoyed, as he got up and immediately whacked Zero upside his head, "You moron...watch where you going.", he warned. He shrugged then sat back in the chair by Abu's bed, "Ok, what is this big emergency? I did not get a message on anything on this yet."

"OW!", Zero shouted, holding his head with both hands. He was about to respond to DarkStar, but he remembered the big important message. The green P.I.C. was taken out of his pocket and he pressed many buttons on it, "Its better for you all to see for yourself. I'm going to transmit it to Abu's new P.I.C., that new holographic screen will be easier for everyone to see it."

Abu chuckled, feeling quite humble from the comment. He took out the Advanced P.I.C. and booted it up, before a large holographic screen was formed right above the P.I.C.. DarkStar's attention was completely pointed towards it, grinning as he analyzed how Abu was touching the screen even though it wasn't really solid, "Impressive. I see this has the be the new generation of P.I.C.. Abu has outdone himself this time with this new invention.", he thought.

With the flick of his wrist, the screen turned blue with white text. Abu looked at it and started to read the emergency news article, "Ok...according to this report from Stanis.."Dragoons, this is an emergency situation! The recent event of the wanted DS dragoon Falcon was unexpected and dealt us a hard blow. But recently, we have just found out that a very important item was stolen. In Storage area Delta, the crate that held 1000 expansion shards were stolen. Also stolen were a box containing the first new Advanced P.I.C.s which were recently designed by the Chief Engineer of D.O.O.P.. This is a big matter, as we must prepare for the worst, since we have no idea what he plans to use them for. For now, the only reprieve we have is that the failsafe in a dragoon spirit will prevent him from using more than one shard. Dragoons, stay sharp and be on your guards, as missions will now be much more dangerous. That is all for now, as we will keep you up to date as more unfolds."

The three dragoons all were confused to the last part of the message, thinking of why he would steal such a thing. The Advanced P.I.C. was turned off the they all sat around each other.

"Great...now more bad news. Why he steal so many expansion shards? A dragoon spirit can only handle one and I doubt a DS dragoon spirit can handle more than that. Only thing I can think is of is if he had others working with him, but I doubt that", said Zero, looking at the two in hopes of thinking.

Abu had nothing to say at this point, but he was already thinking as DarkStar mumbled under his breath about something. No words, no nothing in the room, before a loud ringing broke the thinking silence between them.

Zero looked down and took out his P.I.C, only to find that he had a message sent to him, "Huh? I have a message...but it doesn't say who its from..."

Abu leaned over and looked at it, before coming to a conclusion, "The only way that is possible is if you were messaged from someone who has the Advanced P.I.C.. Since that is another new feature I added called private messages.", explained Abu, as Zero started to read the message.

-

Immediately after their confrontation with the dragonesses, the group of three DS Dragoons and Lord N.D. arrived back in the land of the dead. Known as Bloodheart, it is a land where malice and evil manifest into physical form. Bones of unlucky travelers were everywhere, along with no living life forms around besides monsters that were made from the dark emotions and thoughts of others.

The sky was a blood red, with lightning streaking through the sky from the amount of darkness around. The four stood in front of the ruins of the tomb where N.D. was freed. N.D. walked forward first before a large monster, a goblin type with horns and 12 feet tall lunged from a rock.

The trio behind N.D. just stood back, as N.D. lifted an arm and stopped the growling goblin in midair. Nothing was said to it, until N.D. lifted his other arm close to the other one , "Pathetic...", he whispered, before separating his arms quickly.

Before it could yell, the goblin was torn in half. The cries in pain was silenced, its blood and organs dripping to the floor. With another flick of his wrist, he tossed the halves away and blew the blood away into the air in the distance.

"With that pest out of the way, we can continue. Now that we are back, let us prepare for the invasion. Although I was defeated by "him", he cannot stop my plans this time. My army will rise again, as we will rule over all."

N.D. walked on the ruins of his tomb, smiling that the one thing that had kept him away from the world was destroyed. Aisarue, Abyssion and Omega all stood behind him, awaiting for their next orders. Abyssion held the box tightly in his arms, but Aisarue kept on staring at it and wondering what the writing on the front meant. A riddle for how to open the box but a riddle that he could not crack.

"Yawn...this is so boring. What are we supposed to be doing next? Standing around is no fun!", Omega complained. He then made his way over a tree and sat down under it before falling asleep. Aisarue also was getting a bit annoyed that nothing was being done, but Abyssion just remained calm and awaited orders.

"Hmm?", muttered N.D., turning around and making his way to the two brothers. Aisarue quickly turned his attention to N.D. and wondered why he would pay mind to them now.

"Well now...I see you are bored little one.", he explained, then turning his attention at Abyssion. "Give him what he deserves, the power of the Unison box. I have...prior business to take care of. It seems that hes done his part and is awaiting me to pick up the parcels. In the mean time while I'm gone, take care of that."

Instantly, he vanished from sight in a flash and a gust of wind. The land thundered again, as the brothers faced each other. Abyssion placed the box on the ground between them. He pointed to a circular indent in the front of the box as he dug into his pocket, "The riddle states, "Two halves of a mother's love". You do understand what is needed, since it cannot be opened without you."

Aisarue thought hard, keeping his eye on him as he took out something from his pocket. Upon seeing it, he knew right away what was needed, and started to dig into his pocket, "No wonder...that last momento was the last thing his loving mother left behind..."

They both held up their halves of the coin, given to them by their supposed mother. Abyssion led the opening of the box, placing his half into the indent as it locked into place. There was a click, showing that the coin was now locked into place. The magical energy within was now pushing on the box, a white light being emitted from under the cover. Moments after, the box started to shake, the pressure intense since the seal was weakened.

Abyssion grabbed the box, still rocking in his arms as he pointed the box at Aisarue, "Quickly, open the box so that the power you want can be yours..."

Without hesitation, he laughed as he pressed in the second half into the indent. Almost immediately, the box stopped shaking. The lid slowly opened, the two brothers keeping their eyes peeled before the box was fully opened. As they peered into the box, they both growled in frustration only to find it empty.

"WHAT!? You mean this stupid box is empty!? Fuck! Why?!", shouted Aisarue, grabbing the box and tossing it to the ground. Abyssion picked up the box and looked inside of it, his eyes opening in surprise as he tossed it back on the ground.

Aisarue jumped in anger, starting to power up his spirit with pure anger until he felt his brother's hand on his shoulder, "Relax, no need to get angry over something that wouldn't had made a difference anyway. The Lord will ensure that everyone falls under our power."

Power was all that he wanted, but he did not want someone else to do it. Not only what he wanted was a fake, now he had to continue following N.D.. His power even made him quake with fear, but something about it intrigued him. Aisarue was curious on how he acquired his power, since it felt much to similar to his own. There was nothing he could do know but wait until N.D. came back.

-

On the other side of Bloodheart, N.D. awaited for something to arrive while he chuckled to himself, "He should be arriving by now. I will soon be able to bring back my army once I get rid of the dragoons. First thing after destroying them is to bring back the Jadow, my loyal followers. Then, any remaining dragoons will be quickly dealt with..."

The sky thundered and roared, before a bolt of lightning struck right in front of N.D.. He did not seem to be surprised, but actually pleased as a body came into view from the smoke. The person started to move, dragging something huge behind him as the smoke cleared away.

"I have what you requested my lord. The expansion shards and the new Advanced P.I.C.s are in the crate exactly as you told me. They never suspected a thing, and without Abu, they will be thrown into confusion. Not to mention that the manufacturing of the new P.I.C.s will be on hold for quite the while.", said the figure, tossing a large 10 ft x 10ft wooden crate over to N.D..

Without flinching, he stopped the flying crate, but in midair. The crate was floating for but a moment, before landing right in front of him with a loud thud. He ripped the side of the crate and looked inside, getting out a smaller box about half the size of the crate itself, but it was made of metal and was colored black. Along with the black box was a suitcase, labeled "For Stanislavsky", on it.

"Well done...Falcon. You have served me well, getting me all the materials needed for my invasion strategy on the dragoons. As your reward, I will give you the same power that made Eurasia and his pathetic friends much stronger. But your increase in strength will surpass their own", stated N.D. opening the black box.

Inside were thousands of tiny crystals, all glittering and shining with magical energy emitting from them. One was picked up by N.D. but the crystal in his hand turned to black seconds later, the white glow that seemed to show righteousness turned into a black glow that seemed to emit a cold feeling of despair.

Falcon stared, walking involuntarily towards him, "The Dark Expansion Shard...exactly as you said my lord. Please, let me have it!", said Falcon anxiously, already standing in front of him. Before he knew it, the Dark Expansion Shard was in his hands and making his DS dragoon spirit glow an eerie purple. He held the shard tightly, before it vanished from his hand in to form of dark energy.

N.D. stood back, Falcon's body being covered in dark lightning. Suddenly, there was a large explosion, blowing away everything in the area. N.D. made a protective shield for the box of shards and the P.I.C.s, until the energy died down. Falcon laughed, holding his arm tight, "This power...exactly as I alway thought it would be!", he shouted with glee, powering down and looking at N.D..

N.D. blew away the debris around him and walked over to him while holding the briefcase in his hand. He opened it up to reveal 4 Advanced P.I.C.s, as he handed one to Falcon an Advanced P.I.C., "This is for you. I have one more job for you to do for me. If you are successful, you will get another reward. One that is even greater than your newfound powers."

Falcon chuckled and nodded, "Yes my lord. What do you want me to do?"

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"Are you sure he'll be here? He might think its a trap, since you did make the message private. What will we do if he doesn't follow our message? I don't know...", said Shyranrya, dressed in the same black attire she had on the night she had bought Eurasia.

Rizan, who was standing by her was looking around the area, as if expecting someone was thinking about something important, "Well...at least Hamelis was alright. She was just knocked out and was unharmed. I just hope he comes, but out here in the middle of nowhere is better than her cave. Can't have her ", she thought before noticing was Shyranrya was saying.

Hamelis hid behind a large rock and had her back to it, listening to Shyranrya's doubt before lifting her head up to look at her, "You worry just a bit too much...I believe that we should keep up our faith until it happens. If you keep thinking like that, he just might not come.", she joked, sticking a tongue out at her playfully.

Rizan came up from behind her and jumped on her back, making her shake and yelp a bit before looking at her, "Yea! Keep up the faith, for Eurasia's sake. If anyone can help us, its them. Although I have never met his friends, but from what you have told me...I feel that we can trust them."

Hearing the feelings of both sides, she decided that she should help them keep faith. She held Rizan tightly and started to give her a piggy back ride, walking in a big circle before a strong wind came by them. The wind was very powerful, causing the dress on Shyranrya to lift up and exposing her personal parts, "Eeep! What is this wind!", she yelped, quickly putting Rizan down and pulling her dress back down.

Rizan looked around, her P.I.C. beeping wildly before hearing a voice from it, "Attention, another dragoon in the direct area! Closing in at 50 feet...40...30...20...10....is now directly in the vicinity."

The two dragonesses looked around, but saw nothing. The large breeze had died down, but there was no one around them. Hamelis stayed still behind her rock, but couldn't see anyone as well, before she looked up. It was hard to see, the sun in her eyes, but she managed to make out a figure floating in midair above them. Upon seeing this, she yelled from her rock at them both, "Hes above us!"

Rizan and Shyranrya quickly looked up and saw the figure land right in front of them. As their eyes adjusted, the figure came into focus, "Well, this is rather unexpected. The ones who were with Eurasia...all three of you.", he said, looking very serious and at the rock that Hamelis was hiding behind.

Rizan bowed, as well as Shyranrya in respect to one of Eurasia's friends. Rizan walked up to him, holding out a piece of paper, "You are Zero...right? I hope that you can help us save Eurasia...hes still alive.", she said, offering him the rolled up paper. Zero stared questioningly, but saw that the dragonesses were no threat to him, so he took it and opened it up.

It turned out that the paper was a note, "Huh?...this note is definitely Eurasia's hand writing..", he mumbled as he read the note. This letter made Zero gasp, dropping it to the ground in shock, "Wha...you mean that...he did everything so that...you'd be safe? That sounds just like him."

The chirping of the birds echoed in the silence of the forest, followed by a light breeze. This breeze very gentle and soothing compared to the last, as Zero smiled and handed the note back to Rizan, "Thank you for contacting me about this matter. To repay you three wonderful dragonesses, I do have news to share. My good friend found the cure to help bring Eurasia back to normal!", he exclaimed, letting a small whirlwind of air surround him before dispelling it.

Before he knew it, he was surrounded by dancing dragonesses and a large one who had jumped out form behind a rock. This news was very great for them, now that they knew that he could be saved. Bringing good news to those who really care about Eurasia made Zero feel good. He also wondered why were they considered to be a dangerous threat.

Hamelis chuckled before realizing something important and tapping them all with her tail, "Wait! Don't forget to tell him about what Aisarue said before leaving!", she reminded, staring at Rizan and Shyranrya before looking at Zero. The two stopped dancing and smacked their heads at the same time, feeling a bit dumb on not remembering.

Everything that had just happened did not make sense, but he heard his name so he assumed that it had to do about something with him thought Zero. Hamelis nodded at Rizan, which was the single for her to explain.

She took a seat on the ground and cleared her throat to prepare the message, "Well, Eurasia..I mean Aisarue mentioned something about a plan to make the dragoons pay. He was with some really weird guy whom they referred to as "N.D." or something like that...he was frightening.", she said, shivering and holding herself tightly.

The name made him think for a moment, as if he had heard the name before. He pondered for a moment, the dragonesses awaiting silently for answer before he realized it with fear, "Wait...N.D.?! It can't be..."

-

In the office of Stanislavsky, he was holding a meeting for all the top authority in D.O.O.P.. The room was large and spacious, with everything a leader needed to run an organization. Along with a meeting table, he had his own large screened computer for receiving and sending messages.

Nocturnophile and Firon were among the group, as they sat down to business on a long table. It was then that they started to discuss their thoughts, ideas and plans from the current events that have occurred recently. Stanis, in his formal clothing of ceremonial robes with the sign of the dragon in the middle, started the meeting right away.

"Ok, everything seems grim at this point. Not only did we lose a valuable member, but this incident with Falcon has lowered our defenses. I need your thoughts on how to continue about this matter. We lost a huge supply of the expansion shards, which could be used against us. The only thing that we know is that he wouldn't be able to use more than one, thanks to the hero of legend. But, he may use the rest for an army of DS Dragoons, which would be the end of us.", said Stanis and he looked at the rest.

There was mumbling and murmuring, all focused on the matter of Falcon. It seems that he was the biggest threat, since it held just destructive results. Firon saw Falcon as no threat, as he knew that Falcon would never accept help from others besides his closest friends. Nocturnophile's thoughts however were on Eurasia, thinking on how best to end the misery he is causing, but had regrets about doing it.

He remembered the good times they had, the accomplishments he had done, and the goodwill to always help others. How he could've turned evil was still a mystery in his mind, but he was pulled out from his thoughts, as an alarm sounded.

The group's attention were now turned to the scream, as the writing in red read, "Incoming Message". Before they knew it, the face of N.D. appeared on the screen. The group of authority in D.O.O.P. all gasped and trembled, knowing the identity of the messenger.

"Attention all Dragoons! This is a message of a catastrophe that will occur soon . I am finally back into the physical world, and ready to continue the plan that was foiled all those years past. Without your hero, you are all weak and helpless. I cannot wait to hear your screams of anguish and sorrow as I make you beg for death...In just three days, it will be the end of the protectors of dragons! The keepers of the balance! D.O.O.P. WILL FALL! HAHAHAHA!", shouted N.D. laughing manically as this message was being played to every P.I.C. in D.O.O.P.