Author's Note:

Hey there again. Happy late new years everyone! My new years was boring in the sense that I had to make sure that my retarded friends didn't go through the trouble of making themselves drunk. Oh and my Christmas was depressing in the sense that my own mother didn't take to kindly to my sarcasm and by that I mean didn't take to reasonably to it. My holidays in shambles, I proceed to write. I was looking forward to this chapter because of its length, so... please enjoy! ^.=.^

SoFurry Cast

DS-Rio: http://ds-rio.sofurry.com/

Lazz: http://lazz.sofurry.com/

Yun95: http://yun95.sofurry.com/

Eveser: http://eveser.sofurry.com/

Orochi-Ori: http://orochi-ori.sofurry.com/

Naraku: http://naraku.sofurry.com/

Aisu : http://aisu-.sofurry.com/

Aresues: http://aresues.sofurry.com/

J_ocelot:http://j_ocelot.sofurry.com/

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I do not take credit for this artwork.

-PREVIOUSLY ON DRAGON STORM-

"It ends now!" Necro shouted through the smoke.

As the smoke cleared, the corsac fox known as Necro could be seen holding onto the small opening. He grabbed onto it and began to rip it open with his brute strength alone. His quintessence seemingly skyrocketed just then as it shattered into pieces. The turtle jumped back and charged up his remaining quintessence for his laser emission GON and engulfed himself in a blue aura before shooting an enormous blue laser beam. It surged with electricity as it shot forward Necro. Necro held out both paws and used gravity, but the hare was too quick for him. The rabbit restrained Necro, but he was not strong enough to hold Necro back and thusly, Necro shoved away as best he could, the laser still incoming, and reached out with one paw to use gravity. He was able to exert more quintessence into one paw instead of using two paws to lift a giant portion of the ground to block the laser beam. However, it merely only reduced the beams power in half as it still headed for them. Necro then overpowered the hare and forced him in front of himself and the beam. The hare knew if he didn't use his force field the beam as it were would do some damage, but the rabbit was a risk taker. He knew Necro'd overpower him in terms of strength, yet clearly he dashed in headfirst every time. He was simply not afraid. The rabbit chose not to use his force field and let the beam hit them both dead on. Seemingly before the beam actually hit, a massively powerful explosion occurred. Sending the strongest shockwaves and mini-tremors shaking the whole underground cavern. Debri and smoke filled the air.

"Got ya..." The turtle said weakly as he kneeled down onto one knee.

"Ugh...damn you..." Necro said as he staggered back up again. This time his cloths were even more torn up.

"..." The rabbit however was KO'ed, as he mainly took the full on brunt of the attack, saving Necro from most of it, but not all.

"N-no way?! And still you stand?!" The turtle said weakly.

"Seems that took allot out of you..." Necro said as he began to close the distance between them by walking toward him.

"Whoa... Necro sure is strong, huh Shayde?" Rio asked, then after getting no answer, the red dragon looked back and much to his surprise, Shayde was gone.

"AAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Shayde yelled from the top of his lungs as he came crashing down from above Tiger Wanghu with everything he had.

"W-what the hell?!" Tiger Wanghu shouted before getting crashed into with a seemingly powerful attack from Shayde.

"Hm?" Necro said and halted.

"Shayde!" Rio yelled, running out onto the field.

"Rio?!" Necro said in shock, now more confused then ever.

"Uhh... hey Necro." Rio said nervously. ^.=.^ '

I have added an Opening scene to go with the song for this section of the story. Enjoy! ^^

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL2SLoZvSEw&feature=related

OPENING Scene:

Suddenly, even thought Rio was caught off guard by Ori's attack, he was still able to dodge it with barely coming in contact with the black flames. Rio wasn't all too sure about all of Ori's powers, but one thing was for sure, he couldn't allow himself to be hit by any of Ori's attacks. As Rio dodged gracefully and did a flip into the air, upon landing he noticed that Ori was already somehow where he had dodged. Ori used his speed and brute force to knee Rio in the stomach and knock the wind out of him; causing Rio to get sent skidding half way across the abyss-like place they found themselves in. Rio grunted in pain as he slowly staggered back up and groaned upon doing so, but before Rio could react, Ori was screaming at the top of his lungs, blood was spraying everywhere, Rio was confused, but stayed alert, ready for anything. Ori proceeded to stab himself in the chest and dig in his body, until he slowly pulled what seemed like the handle to some blade he had never seen before, upon pulling the blade out, Ori spoke. 'I don't like having to do this, but it will be much faster this way, Rio...'

== == ==

Just as the bullets from the rail-gun could reach him, Aisu had his white knight dragon made entirely out of ice scoop him into the air. While atop his ice dragon, Aisu noticed from this height that he was near the ocean, they were fighting near the edge of the whole island, he figured he could use this to his advantage, after all, he was facing the infamous Pseudo-chimera Adult. He quickly used his wind G.O.N. to create a tornado over the water and create a massive cyclone imbued with a glowing neon light-blue swirl of icy snowflakes. 'I only have one shot, so I had better make it count.' He said to himself while waiting for the right moment to unleash his attack as the chimera let out another spine-chilling roar and aimed it's Vulcan cannon at Aisu.

== == ==

'Please forgive me!' Tiger wanghu cried out loud as he ran toward Shayde and Necro with his great axe. Shayde being the master bounty hunter he was known to be, had simply blocked the attack, but upon doing so realized the strength of Tiger Wanghu's sheer might. He was strong and he was fast and it didn't help that he was quick on his feet when it came to thinking. He stayed calm and pushed against Shayde, trying to win their little struggle, but a surprise to them both reveals that Necro was now at Tiger Wanghu's six and simply reached a arm out and used his gravity G.O.N. to make Tiger Wanghu drop to the floor like a pancake, however, this Tiger wasn't going to go down that easily. Tiger wanghu quickly threw his hand axe at Necro, knowing he's take the time to deal with that distraction, and allowing him to punch Shayde in the face, sending him skidding across the battle arena where they fought. 'So you play dirty too, huh?' Shayde asked, disgusted at his cheap hit. 'It's two on one, who's playing fair here?' Tiger Wanghu snapped back.

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'Grab my hand!' Tia shouted as loud as her lungs would allow her upon reaching out of the opened hatch to the massive airship, which was now taking flight and leaving the island. The speed of the airship was picking up now as the added wind only helped to prove that fact. 'Got it!' Lazz called out and was helped onboard with everyone else, except one other. The increasingly powerful mushroom explosions proceeded over and over as the island was almost now in embers and ruins. Everyone dashed to the outside deck of the airship to view the island's final moments and busted into tears as they lost a few of their friends, forever. 'NOOOOO!!!' some of them screamed, the voices echoing into the distance of what used to be, Dragon Talon Island.

OPENING#4: Closer!

"The things closest to you,

You need to always pay the most attention to,

If you get too close to something,

You'll lose sight of it"

" What in the world is the happiness?

That you gained from your newest experience?

Maybe you're just too blessed, to remember!

That you're here, that you're breathing,

Realize that it is, just a miracle in itself"

"The things closest to you,

You need to always pay the most attention to,

If you get too close to something,

You'll lose sight of it"

"You know the closer you get to something,

The tougher it is to see it,

And I'll never take it for granted,

Let's go!"

"Though there are people that say,

Helping someone is hypocritical,

Each person,

Can be trusted or can be doubted, so...

Let's say that,

Even if you are hypocritical,

If you saved someone because of it,

That would be real more than anything."

"Continue chasing after your dreams"

And...

"Go on without giving up"

"The more you say pretty things like that,

The less that actually gets done,

I'll keep a handful of courage in my heart,

To use to live through tomorrow,

And I'll never take it for granted,

Let's go!"

"The things closest to you,

You need to always pay the most attention to,

If you get too close to something,

You'll lose sight of it"

"You know the closer you get to something,

The tougher it is to see it,

And I'll never take it for granted"

"Continue chasing after your dreams"

And...

"Go on without giving up"

"The more you say pretty things like that,

The less that actually gets done,

I'll keep a handful of courage in my heart,

To use to live through tomorrow,

And I'll never take it for granted,

Let's go!!"

I do not own Closer.

Dragon Storm

CHAPTER 46: Squad Mutiny: A Cry on Deaf Ears, Everything Falls Apart!

After the massive smoke screen cleared, Tiger Wanghu could be seen knee-deep in a nice sized creator made by the force of Shadye's above surprise attack. Just then, Shayde lashed out with another swing of his silvery blade, but Tiger Wanghu used his battle armor to block the attack, a loud clang noise was heard as he then used his speed of a tiger like he was, to dash backward and gain distance.

"What is the meaning of this, dog?" Tiger Wanghu said as he rested his battle-axe by his side.

Shayde took this time to hop out of the creator and take in Tiger Wanghu's features. He was dressed in silver battle armor and was coated in his white and black striped fur. His golden evil eyes narrowed as he revealed his sharp and deadly fangs. His battle-axe was a dark gray color, just a common axe. His tail swayed behind him seemingly frustrated. However, despite how ready Tiger Wanghu seemed to be, Shadye rushed him with everything he had, blade first.

"I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!!" Shayde yelled, his powerful blue eyes now in shiny tears.

"Shayde! No, wait!" Rio shouted, but to no avail.

As Shayde dashed at Tiger Wanghu, Shayde's blade met with Wanghu's axe and an eruption of golden sparks flew wildly. They both locked themselves in a struggle of weapons as Rio ran up to Necro.

"Rio? What are you doing here? Where is May?" Necro asked in confusion.

"Well... you see..." Rio began to explain, recalling what had happened in the back of his fresh mind.

• - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: An earlier event) - - - - - - - - - - - - -

"Listen, Lazz... I'm not the one who made the decision to use Fur-ex..." Kilala said.

"You weren't?" Lazz asked.

"No... it... it was... Quicksilv- AAAGGGGRRRRRHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kilala screamed.

"KILALA!!!!" Rio yelled.

"Rio, Lazz, May, Shayde, I can't allow Kilala to make any more unauthorized transmissions!" Quicksilver stated.

"Dad!?" Rio asked.

"What?" Lazz asked.

"That's right! Kilala has been removed from this operation!" Quicksilver stated.

"QUICKSILVER!!! WHAT DID SHE MEAN SHE WASN'T THE ONE TO DECIDE UPON INJECTING ME WITH FUR-EX!? LET ME TALK TO HER!!!" Lazz yelled.

"I won't! She's under arrest!" Quicksilver stated firmly.

"Quicksilver! You double crossed me!" Lazz exclaimed.

"Lazz, there's no time for that! Kilala has been acting weird from the beginning, and I even had Eubanks keep a close eye on her... she has been seen sending coded messages to BLACKFANG! I have had enough! I will not let you talk to your commanding officer like this any longer! Right now, your job is to STOP the Pseudo-Chimera Adult project! You are dismissed..." Quicksilver demanded and ended the call.

Everyone stood there and blankly stared at one another confused as to what they should do next. They all felt betrayed one way or another... and suddenly, nothing mattered to them any more... not each other, not the mission, not anything.

"Lazz... What did Kilala mean by you killing her only family?" Rio asked in shock.

"That's right... we were both assigned on the same team for a mission a while back. Because of my lack of wise decisions I was unable to come up with a tactic that would best protect my team from certain death..." Lazz said, thinking back.

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AU187 responded. "My clan can camouflage our entire bodies. We can't camouflage what's on our bodies unless it's physically connected to us." As he started to disappear while completing his sentence.

At this time AU187 started to make a mad-dash to the courtyard, while his squad started to provide suppressing fire. As soon as AU187 made it to the entrance of the villa he heard in the distance "RPG" then a loud explosion from the dock area occurred. AU187 ran inside the villa and started to proceed to the rooftops to disable the MG's. AU187 tried to contact AU877 over the comm., but no response. AU187 planted C-4 in the MG nests without the dragons noticing his presence then, proceeded to set off the charges while running back to the dock. The explosions were like volcanoes erupting from the villa itself.

"Oh, no" 187 said while looking at the dismemberment of his team. Blood and burned flesh was everywhere until he found AU877. His legs were gone and some of his intestines were lying next to him. AU187 got up close to him and said "This was my fault; I shouldn't have put you guys in peril like that." AU877 with his last breath said "Don't worry about it, can you do one last request for me." "Sure anything 87-." But AU187 was interrupted "Just call me Allen, now can you light me a cigarette" Allen said and then cough blood in 187's face and died. At that moment and time 187 started to smoke the cigarette and call the commander.

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"..." May remained silent.

"You were responsible for killing Kilala's brother, AU877 or Allen and because of it, now Kilala waited on getting her revenge on you by injecting you with FUR-EX; which will in turn begin to slowly kill us all." Rio recapped.

"Rio, I'd like to say yes and no to that." Lazz thought deeply.

"Eeh? Come again? How the hell can you have two answers for one question Lazz?" Rio asked.

"If FUR-EX were really designed to kill us off, then why hasn't it yet? I already told you that when I talked with the Derpa chief and the president of Dragon's tech, they both died of heart attacks shortly thereafter. I believe that FUR-EX was designed more so to take them out." Lazz explained.

"I don't know, but I do know that we have Nano-machines inside us as well and as long as we're around you there is a chance that we may end up dying as well from heart attacks. Up until now, we've disagreed on seeing eye-to-eye, so we've split up, but now that we both stand here..." Rio said, looking off to the side, still having thoughts about that tan human he fought in his dream or so he thought.

"But Rio, aren't you the one always going on about "fulfilling your dream" and "saving your friends"?" Shayde asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"..." Rio remained silent.

"Rio's "dreams" are not important right now. After what his father has done, it leaves one to wonder why we're even still here in the first place! One mistake after another from this inexperienced dragon has lead us to hell and back over and over. Now, we sit here with little to no options left." Lazz explained, now lighting another cigarette with his green fire breath.

"..." Rio said nothing and formed a fist.

"By the way, May... I need that disk you have. If I can get it to where Rock Lizard is keeping the Adult Chimera then we may still have a chance yet." Lazz explained, slowly exhaling a puff of smoke.

"Oh! You mean this?" May said as she reached into her bra and pulled out a disk, handing it to Lazz.

"Yeah... thanks. Now all we need is a plan-" Lazz said and stopped, watching Rio walking away.

"Don't try to stop me anymore! I'm going to save Necro next. Just like I saved you, Lazz and May respectively. I'll say this once, don't get in my way." Rio said firmly, the wind rushing lightly past him, swaying his hair around.

"More of your obsessed "dreams" again, Rio?" Lazz asked, holding the cigarette in his maw.

"The only one "obsessed" here is you to your cigarettes, Lazz." Rio snapped back.

"Not this again. You sure do whine allot, huh?" Lazz said as he sighed.

"You always criticize me about how I lack discipline, Lazz. I already know I'm the black sheep of our group. I'd be nothing without you guys and the powers from Ori. I mean, I know you are an awesome dragon Lazz... you are even apart of the D.E.O... but you don't have to rub it in my face every chance you get!" Rio shouted, turning around to show his blazing yellow eyes.

"That is nothing to be proud of. Do you see this? My fucking arm is gone. Cut off by the BLACKFANG, this is what will happen if you cannot be strong enough, Rio! They could have killed me if they wanted to, so your "dreams" of protecting your friends isn't as trustworthy as you made it out to be all this time! You are 20! You should grow up and face reality; dreams are what hatchlings enjoy thinking up. It isn't meant for us grown ups." Lazz said bluntly narrowing his brown eyes.

"Do you have any idea what you just said, Lazz..." Rio asked, a hint of anger in his tone.

"Yeah, but more importantly... the two of us will continue this mission. Shayde and May can go home. It's our mission not theirs and if their gone maybe you can focus!" Lazz said, exhaling another puff of smoke.

"I'm not in it for the mission alone. I told you already it's for a personally matter of mine." Shayde replied.

"I've heard enough! All you two ever do is argue! I'm the one who's suffered the most and now that I need you, you'd throw me aside?! My dad, my aunt, my friend, my soldiers! WHATEVER!" May shouted and flew off at high speeds, leaving only tears behind.

"MAY!!!" Rio shouted, reaching up toward the sky.

"There's one out of the picture. Don't worry, I got the disk from her and she was out of Quintessence anyway. She would just be putting herself in danger without her ability to heal herself and others." Lazz explained.

"Women's feeling are more sensitive then men's... you knew that would upset her Lazz, am I right?" Shayde asked with a glare.

"Yes. That's right. Now... Rio. Let's proceed." Lazz said, putting out his cigarette.

"And May?! What about May?" Rio asked, forming that fist again.

"May comes later. The enemy will most likely find her first at this rate anyway. As such, we can use her as the decoy we need since we are low on supplies and have used up most of our quintessence also. Lastly, luckily for you that May is part phoenix, that means that she will come back to life from her ashes "should" she get herself killed. So even if she got taken prisoner of war, she'll get treated cordially... on the condition that she treat the wounded on BlackFang's side. I used to work for Rock Lizard so I'd know this. The issue is if they get her to talk... then Rock Lizard will learn everything he will need to know for the perfect counter measure. If this does happen, Rock Lizard will then tighten the security around where the Adult chimera is located and that will make our mission that much more difficult, Rio. " Lazz said firmly.

"You're assuming May's safety under baseless assumptions! You forget that May is OUT of quintessence and seeing as how Rock Lizard is running low on time, he most likely won't give a damn for her. What if he kills her?! Right now, saving Necro and May take priority over the mission!" Rio swung his arm in rage as he shouted.

"A infiltration specialist such as ourselves must take our mission seriously and sacrifice a comrade in order to carry out the mission. That is a rule. If we fail, then a war will most likely break out between the D.E.O and Rock Lizard's "spur of the moment" plans. If that war is prolonged then lives will be at risk and it'll all point right back to it's source... the ones here trying to stop that from happening." Lazz explained as he put his lighter back in Rio's green vest; which he was now wearing.

"That's just an assumption! And for something like that, you're willing to simply abandon a comrade who's been through life and death with you?! When you and I were wounded, wasn't it May who healed us so that we could walk again with her powers! If she hadn't been there, we'd both be dead right now, Lazz!" Rio shouted, now walking up to Lazz.

"That was May's duty." Lazz replied.

"ARGGGG!!!!!" Rio yelled and punched Lazz in the jaw with everything he had out of sheer anger. "I don't like you after all!" Rio yelled, watching Lazz hit the snowy ground.

"I don't care. I'm the strongest one here; you WILL obey me. Whatever the situation, in order to keep the team together, one will always give the orders. That is why we have the rule that states that members must obey the team captain. Rio, you are not strong, you yourself admittedly announced this only moments ago. This is why I was chosen by your crazy father to lead this mission." Lazz said as he sat up slowly, struggling to do so with only one arm.

Rio then grabbed Lazz by the vest and pulled him up toward Rio. "Then why won't you try to save May!? As captain, you're strong... even with one arm! Strong enough to save comrades, right!?" Rio asked in rage.

"..." Shayde remained silent not knowing what to do.

"If you give in to your emotions even for a moment... and fail the mission, you'll end up regretting it later. That is why the D.E.O's code of conduct forbids any emotional feelings. You should know that." Lazz said calmly within Rio's grasp.

"May...Necro... they were concerned for your well-being. That's why they tagged along with me or helped me out with their support with firearms and information." Rio said.

"You got a sniper rifle... you are not an expert sniper like Cross Wing was. It was only because May happen to be nearby that she helped you out when you were in trouble, but keep in mind I was already long gone. Had you just left me you could have avoided Cross Wing's trap altogether and I would have met up with you anyway. Getting something is useless if you can't actually use it, Rio. To carry out a mission only "useful" tools are essential to us. Something like emotion is useless." Lazz sated, glaring into Rio's yellow eyes.

"Are you serious? Do you seriously believe in something like that, Lazz?!" Rio asked out of breath from lack of air as he placed Lori's dog tag around his neck. It had fallen off when Cross Wing sniped at them both a while back and Rio had onto it all this time, waiting to give it back.

"..." Lazz widened his eyes at first; shocked that he forgot he was missing such a valued dog tag of his close friend. But then, he just nodded and sighed.

"Forget it. You and I have been like water and oil from the start. I'm going to rescue Necro and then May. He might know where May flew off to." Rio said and let go of Lazz, starting to walk away.

"You don't understand anything...!" Lazz shouted.

"Heh... I believe. That's good enough! And I believed that Lori was a true hero in her time." Rio said as he walked away, headed for a cave.

"Lori..." Lazz whispered and looked away.

"Sure, those in the D.E.O. world who break the rules and regulations are regarded as dirt... but..." Rio stopped and turned around slightly, the wind still blowing and swaying his hair and cloths. "Those who abandon their comrades... are worse than dirt! I'm going to be nothing but trash through your eyes anyway, so I'll choose to break the rules... and if that doesn't make me a true infiltration specialist dragon... then I'll crush this so-called "dragon"." Rio said as he walked into the cave, fading away into the darkness.

"Hmph. You too, Shayde?" Lazz asked.

"I am not siding with anyone. The only reason why I follow Rio, is because I don't know you well enough to give a damn. Also, you said yourself this mission belongs to just you and Rio, so I won't get in your way, team captain." Shayde said calmly and followed Rio into the cave.

Lazz then rolled his brown evil eyes and sighed, calling HQ to report the recovery of the disk for the chimera.

"OOOOHH!!!! Lazz makes me so upset sometimes!!" Rio said, now walking further into the cave.

"Heh... try to calm down Rio..." Shayde said nervously.

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"Ah, I see. In that case I might have a clue as to where she flew off to." Necro replied.

"Alright. I hope we find her soon-" Rio stopped and dashed past Necro.

Rio made it just in time to block the incoming turtle's attack. He was aiming for Necro's blind spot, but Rio was fast enough to stop him. After such, the turtle tried to trip Rio, but Rio jumped back and blasted a fireball. The turtle used his powerful shell to block the fireball like it was a mere spark of light and then dashed for Necro once again. This time, Necro ejected his elbow spikes and clashed with the turtle's small dagger in his hand. The turtle then placed his free hand on the handle of his sword at his side, but Necro placed his other elbow to block the sword from being unsheathed. Rio then jumped up and performed a one-handed hand stand atop Necro's back at the odd angle he was bent over in and deliver a power kick to the turtle's face, watching his blades skittering across the ground as well as the turtle skid away before coming to a stop. Just as the turtle was getting up slowly, clapping could be heard from a nearby doorway. Emerging out from the darkness of the doorway was none other then Rock lizard himself, an evil grin across his muzzle.

"Rock Lizard!" Rio shouted.

"Master Rock Lizard!" Tiger Wanghu said as he jumped back from Shayde and watched.

"I'd say your names too, but they elude me at the moment." Rock lizard said as he formed a fist with one paw and punched the ground, causing the ground to crack and shift apart. Everyone lost his balance as the earthquake proceeded to shake the ground, as if the very earth itself were breathing.

Suddenly, two massive stone-like hands emerged from the cracks from within the ground and restrained Rio completely. Rock Lizard then kicked the turtle that had landed in front of him toward Necro. About half way over toward Necro did Rock Lizard snap his fingers with his free hand and caused an explosion upon the turtle, as it still hurtled toward Necro. Necro gritted his teeth and reached out with an open palm, opening a small black hole in the palm of his hand to create a vortex with a pull strong enough to take in the explosion with no harm toward him. After the fact, Necro kneeled down; having to fight three foes in one day was about to take its toll on him.

"Where is the disk, Rio?" Rock Lizard asked, his brown trench coat flapping in the stirring winds building up from his own power.

"...I don't know!" Rio shouted, struggling to get free, but to no avail.

"Lies." Rock Lizard said as he forced the two massive stone-like hands to squeeze tightly.

"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!" Rio screamed in pain from the pressure, slowly building up.

"RIO!!" Shayde yelled and dashed forward, but was only blocked by Tiger Wanghu. "Damn it."

"R-Rio... I..." Necro stuttered as he struggled to get up, panting slowly.

"Where is it?" Rock Lizard asked again, controlling his earth powers to tighten their grip once more.

"AAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!! I DON'T KNOW- AARGGG!!!" Rio screamed as he coughed up blood.

"RIIIOOOO!!!!!!" Shayde yelled.

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"All units, evacuate the island as soon as you can! I repeat, leave the island as ASAP!! Abort mission! This is not an order as an absolute; you are free to make the choice. That is all." General May said over the inner COM and walked out of the building, digging in her bra and pulling out a disk.

"This thing may come in handy, but I'll only have so much time before Lazz figures out that the disk I gave him earlier was a fake. If anyone has a chance of stopping this thing it's me-" May said as she felt something press against her head.

"We've been looking for that." Wild Horn said calmly and shot May in the head, watching her dead bloody body hit the snowy ground, staining the snow a crimson red. Wild Horn then blew the smoke off his revolver and picked up the real disk.

"You were right master Rock lizard. The president of dragon's tech did give the disk to May. And thanks to the GPS Nano-machines that were implanted in Lazz's arm that we uploaded into our super computers, we were able to pinpoint where their whole group moved live. Yes... yes... I understand. I'll activate the adult chimera right away, sir." Wild Horn obeyed his instructions from Rock Lizard across their codets and began to walk off until...

"Hm?" Wild Horn mumbled while arching a brow.

"You showed that defenseless girl no mercy... I wonder if you'd subject yourself to do the same thing twice... Wild Horn..." Aisu said firmly, as he now blockaded Wild Horn's path.

"Oh? How interesting, Aisu..." Wild Horn said, smirking.

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"It seems as though Wild Horn found the disk. May had it. He killed her just now." Rock Lizard said bluntly.

"WHAT?! NOO!! MAY!!!!" Rio shouted, now bleeding profusely.

"H-h-he's not lying... I can't feel her quintessence anymore... no... damn it..." Necro said as he fell back down to one knee in helplessness.

"If we don't do something and fast, we're going to lose Rio in a few seconds Necro!" Shayde said, while holding his blade in front of him.

"I'm trying!!" Necro replied.

"It's useless!" Tiger Wanghu said and clashed with Shayde.

"Now I have no further use for you, Rio. However, I've heard reports from my underlings that you go all crazy when enough damage is inflicted upon your body. In which case..." Rock lizard said and then tightened his stone-hand's grip yet even more.

"AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!" Rio screamed even more and this time the sound of bone being crushed could be heard.

"RRIIOO!!!" Necro said as he tried to stagger himself up.

"Run..." Rio said weakly.

Rock lizard had tightened his grip around Rio to the point where bones were actually impaling him from the inside out, skewering his insides, but nothing fatal. When Rock lizard saw Rio's black marking begins to spread, he'd simply use his free hand and pull from the earth they stood on, a yellow sphere of light. Once tossed at Rio, it would heal him greatly. Rock Lizard would then repeat this process by squeezing the life out of Rio over and over and over and over again. Each time, Rio's screams got louder and louder and his friends began to feel more and more powerless to save him as there was nothing they could do, but watch Rock lizard's web cycle itself upon Rio. First his body got crushed and then his body got healed. Rio's infinite torture with no mercy from Rock lizard was proving to do more then just provide Rio with harm; Rio's eyes dilated and his breathing slowed down, blood was everywhere. This process proceeded for what felt like a good 45 minutes before Rio lost his will to resist and hold Ori back. Rio's black markings were almost completely engulfing him by now.

"I've trapped you all in my web! Once Ori emerges you'll all die! Once you're all out of the picture I can finally carry on my plans of world conquest!!! Mwhahahaha!" Rock lizard shouted evilly.

To be continued...

Author's suspenseful questions:

Now that the bad guys have the upper hand, will it be Aisu who saves the day?

Stay tune!

THANKS FOR READING!!! XD