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I woke to bright rays of sunshine coming into our den. Adelind was fast asleep by my side,with a little bit of a snore. The kids were all out cold,Ace was on his back,twitching as dreamt,dusk had fallen asleep in front of his book,wings limp at his side and Helix held her doll in her small paws.I smiled as I stood up and stretched out.

"Good morning my love",Adelind's soft voice came from beside me.

"And good morning my love",I said in reply.

We rubbed noses. The cold was drifting it's way into our den and I could feel my body tense with it,so I lit the fire. Our "fireplace" was little more than a circle of stones surrounding a medium sized hole in the rock of our cave. The fire roared with my boost and the cold was expelled. "I'm going to get something cooking,I said,standing and stretching. I put my head to Adelind's stomach,I could hear the baby inside moving around.

"Wow,I said,that's just amazing."

"Do you think she can hear us?"

"Course",Adelind said.

There was a light shuffle outside our den.

"Wonder what that could be",I said going to investigate.

Something whizzed past me and struck Ace,who jumped awake.

"Aah,he yelled,what the heck?"

I ran over to him,stuck in his shoulder,was a small dart.

"No,i whispered.

Two more darts whizzed in,striking Dusk and Helix.

"No,i shouted,no,no,no!"

I could just barely make out foot steps.I ran over to Adelind,who was snarling at the hiding humans. I was just at her side when two more darts whizzed in,one striking me in the neck,the other in Adelind's stomach.

"Oh no,I wanted to roar,but all I could manage was a horrified whisper,no,not her."

I was fighting to stay standing,these humans had not intended to enter while I was still capable of fighting them. Another dart struck me in my blackleg. The pain grew worse as I fought to avoid being crushed under my own weight. The light began to grow dim,I slowly,but surely,was losing the fight against the sedative. I cloud feel my legs begin to give out as four more darts struck my chest. Unable to fight any longer,I gave.

"What's happening Dad,Ace cried from the back of the cave.

I wanted to answer him,but I was too weak.

"Tyro",Adelind cried as she tried to close the distance between us.

Just as we were close enough to put or paws together,a gunshot rang out. Adelind gasped as the bullet struck her in the shoulder. With out even having time to recover her breath,she was shot again.

"No you don't",a man dressed in black said as brought the end of his weapon down on her head,knocking her out.

The last thing I saw was the bottom of a boot crashing down on to my face. I woke in a cage,Adelind was still asleep and we both had sliver bands with flashing lights around our necks. My chest was crudely stitched closed and it was probably infected because the area around the stitches were white. I checked my cubs,they all had stitches in the same place,right over their hearts. They also wore the same sliver flashing collars. I shivered from fear,what did they do us?

I looked around. Hundreds,possibly thousands of other dragon's were stacked ceiling high on top of each other,waste dripping down on them from the dragon above. The cages were made of a sharp wire that cut into my paws. There were pumped up dragons,some much bigger than me,trying to break the cages,but going no where.

"Your lucky,"a voice came from above us,They wolund't let me keep my family".

The dragon above us sounded like he had given up years ago.

"I'm Tyro",I said to him.

"Tyson",the other dragon said.

"You sound like you've given up Tyson,I said,why"?

"I lost my last fight,"Tyson said weekly,"I'm just waiting for the knife".

The shiver creeped up my spine and froze my brain.

"What knife?",I asked with true fear for my family in my voice.

'If you lose a fight,they cut off your wings and tail,break your legs,then throw you in a hole to die."

Tyson's voice quaked,he'd obviously seen beloved friends go to their deaths.

"Your a big one Tyro,Tyson said weakly,that means your family is safe as long as you keep winning fights".

"Fights?"

"Yeah,every day the people who run this place fight dragons for their amusement. It's always two amateurs,then a trained one,owned by a owner of the ring. Right now,I know of three."

The door swung open with a loud bang,the loud room instantly hushed. A skinny human and a red dragon started trolling the corridor.

"Which ones will you have as your opponents Razorback?" the human asked evilly.

The red dragon picked out two,small,sick looking Desert dragons,then one,pumped up Mountain dragon with zero room for cooperation,me. I snarled and jumped,hoping to catch the dragon's throat within my steel trap of a jaw. In midair,a pain overtook me and I crashed to the ground.

"Shock collars,the human said,stupid dragons,they never learn."

The human ordered I be taken to the prep area. I had no idea what it was,but I knew it wasn't good.

"Dad,Ace shouted,don't give in!"

Ace's collar went off,sending him to the ground with pain. From that point on,only one thing was on my mind,survival. As much as I hated myself for it,I had to become what humans thought all dragons were nothing but,cold blooded killers. Four people dressed in white laid me on a table and chained me to it. The first thing they did was remove the collar,which allowed the air on my neck. The next thing they did was clean and re stitch the wound on my chest,which I welcomed. I was then sedated and dragged to an arena.

Once the sedative wore off,I was able to stand and what I saw was amazing. The area was huge. I'd say the ceiling was at least 300 feet up,which gave plenty of room for areal maneuvers. The sand between my claws was something I'd never before experienced. My opponent woke up,he was a skinny volcano dragon with huge horns that pointed backwards and over grown claws,he didn't have any stitches,but he was covered in scars so I assumed he'd been here awhile.

"Ah,he hissed,a fresh kill!" I didn't answer.

I waited,remembering what my Dad had told me,"Wait for him to make the first move,then strike accordingly."

He lifted off and I spit a plasma bolt through his left wing,knocking him right out of the sky. He crashed with a thud.

"I don't want to kill you,I shouted,help me escape!"

"Help you,he hissed climbing to his feet,why?"

He charged,I met him with a head but and the recoil forced his head up. Seeing my chance,I took it. I locked my maw around his neck. A feeling of horror over took me as his warm blood filled my mouth. I had locked my jaws around Sozenn's neck before,but it was just a symbol of victory,never before had I used my teeth to kill anything. The dragon began to choke.

"Please don't kill me,he cried,please don't kill me!"

As much as I hated to do it,I tightend my grip,I could hear his bones cracking under my bite. I held on as tight as I could as he cried for his mate,His cries for mercy wretched my insides.

"Cithyth,he cried.

He went limp. I released my grip,he slumped to the ground,but I could see he was still alive,badly wounded,but alive.

"Please,he cried,let me be with her,finish me,i beg you".

I wasn't sure what to do,he wanted me to end his life. As I weighed my options,he...he bled out. That's when I really noticed the guilt set in. The only time I'd ever killed was to feed my family,and even then I disliked it. Now,I had ended another dragon's life,completely ignoring his pleas for mercy. I looked at my paws,they were covered in the dragon's blue blood,it was dripping from my snout and it's vile taste filled my mouth.

"What did I just do,I asked myself,am I really going to go down this road,when I know I'm never going to get out?"

My next opponent arrived. He was a decent sized Woodland dragon,colored like Sozenn,but with yellow instead of grey. His eyes were narrow and bloodshot. He did not say anything,the look on his face was that of emptiness,he did even bother to make eye contact,he simply attacked,like he knew the drill. We locked jaws,he had sharper teeth,but they could not bite trough my armored skull,with a single twist,I snapped his neck,making sure he did not suffer before he died.

I was on my last opponent,Razorback. He arrived and spoke,

"I've never seen a dragon go two rounds with no injuries,that's tall."

He was not a he. And she had a look of emptiness,just like the one before her.

"I don't want to have to kill anyone else today,I said,help me escape,I have three cubs with a fourth on the way."

She laughed. Before I even knew what was happening,she had raked her talons across my chest. The gashes went to the bone,every heart beat made them spurt blood. Four more times she raked me. Each time the resulting wound was worse than the last. It was thirty seconds,the fight was over before it started. I collapsed,spurting blood from my chest,back and throat.

"Enjoy your time with your family",she evilly whispered.

"I'm,I said,going to,my voice grew louder with each word,"KILL YOU!"

I was on my feet,had closed the distance and had locked my jaws around her skinny neck before I knew what I was doing. Razorback struggled helplessly against my grip. Every time she moved,I felt my jaw close tighter. Then,with a wave of rage,I twisted and broke her neck. I collapsed as I continued to lose blood and was dragged back to my cage. Adelind was horrified at my wounds.

"I won't survive,I told her with tears in my eyes,take care of the kids for me."

"Don't you say that Tyro,Adelind cried,we have another cub coming,don't you dare leave her with out her father!"

"Adelind,I rasped,tears of pain rolling down my muzzle,"what's done is done."

"No,Adelind said,placing her head on mine and her forepaw on my back and starting to sob. My blood spilled out and puddled. I could feel myself growing weaker with each passing second.

Then,the area filled with gunfire. Dead humans hit the floor with each passing second.

"Don't you dare die on me Marine,I recognized the voice from my flash,but I coludn't place it,"I still owe you an ass beating."

I blacked out as they opened the cage.

Unknown POV Location:USS Draco

"Taro",Blitz called over the radio,we missed our chance."

"Dammit soldier,I yelled back,you know better than to use my name over the radio,and what do you mean,"missed our chance?"

"A team of three US Marines got to him first,but judging by his injuries,he's not going to live."

"Damn,well nothing we can do about that,but track him,if he recovers,I want him."

"Will do sir."