Dragon's Back!Leaping up through a puddle near the door to her house, Dragon stormed inside. She was still visibly upset at Mari's stunt that nearly killed her sisters--almost to the point of unleashing her powers again. Seeing a few more creatures running about than normal, Dragon sought out Nissa.
"Ikkit is one of those who, once you get to know her you can read her rather well," Nissa said as Dragon rounded a corner into the hall.
Dragon arched an eyebrow. She was used to her ship and its android gathering to have a conversation between the mainframe, the hologram, and the android--but she was not expecting to see another android connected through Nerissa's systems. When it mentioned having downloaded information from Nerissa, Dragon said, "I sure as hell mind! Delete that information at once or I'll have Nerissa and Ikkit wipe your memory banks and dismantle you piece by piece!"
"Dragon," Nissa said, turning to face her. "Meet Lisa. Chazu's android."
Looking the stranger over again, Dragon looked back at Nissa. "I don't care who she is and who she belongs to. Have her dump all the information from her memory banks or destroy her."
As Dragon turned to head to her room, she paused then turned back. "Nerissa, since WHEN have we had a dismembered arm, a demon, and a squirrel who looks like its on crack running around?"
[1]"They're the newest members of the ABC," Nerissa, the hologram replied. "The squirrel was an accident, it got into one of Ikkit's experiments and was mutated. The rest were all invited by Ikkit."
Dragon sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "If she says we need them then I guess we need them. I'm going to my room. If Flan's around, tell her I want to talk to her.
And dump that android's memory banks or destroy her."
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ApologyOnce Dragon was out of earshot, Nissa turned to Lisa. "I do apologize for that Lisa. Dragon tends to be moody when she releases the restraints on her powers. A little bit of class one information that you seem to have missed: dragons of any species are highly volatile during their shedding season.
[2] This would be Dragon's shedding season. It would be best to avoid her for the next week or so."
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Wynn's AwakeningKeeping her eyes shut, Wynn reached up and covered her face with her hands. "Oh hell. Did someone kill the frelling a** who hit me?"
"No one hit you," Lord Avondale said, helping Wynn sit up. "You passed out. Your aunts had a rather spectacular battle in your head with Shalimar and a demon wanting control over your memories. Not to mention Wolf protected your essence from the demon."
Dropping her hands from her face, Wynn looked about. She saw Larkin tending to the unconscious forms of Shalimar and Wolf while Xangord saw to it that Larkin did not attempt to attack Nogard.
As she began to wonder where Nogard was, Wynn's aunt suddenly place her face inches away from Wynn's. "Brat. Your dad said to meet 'im at Dragon Roost Cove. That's not a good place for this family--at least where I come from. So don't me have to pull your a** out of the frying pan again. Because I won't."
"You have
got to start using mouthwash," Wynn said. "That or start using your abilities and cook your food before eating it."
"See to your father," Xangord said to Wynn. "Nogard, Lord Avondale, and I shall keep an eye on things here."
Wynn nodded. Getting up, she walked over to Rose and hugged her. "It's good to see you again, Aunt Rose. But...I've got to go to him. I haven't seen him in forever."
[3]Impatient to set off, Wynn abruptly turn and left the house. Transforming into her
dragon form, Wynn took the same route that her father had to Dragon Roost Cove. About a mile away, she landed and quickly transformed to her human form--at the last minute deciding to
update her look.
Taking a few breaths to calm her nerves, Wynn muttered. "It's dad. No need to freak. It's not like I haven't seen him since being booted into Riverworld and growing up. No need to freak at all. It won't be like he'll be surprised his little girl grew up. ... DRACO'S SNOUT I need a cigarette!"
Fishing her cigarettes and lighter out of a pocket, Wynn lit one up and took a couple of deep drags. Calmed down she approached Dragon Roost Cove, careful to keep herself downwind of her father.
As she neared the cove, Wynn heard the sounds of a battle. Hurrying forward, Wynn saw that her father was battling Eria. Sitting down, Wynn watched as the two fought--a small smile forming on her lips.
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Healing AttributesSeeing how heartbroken the young man was, Lizbeth placed a consoling hand on his shoulder. "Do not beat yourself up over this. The young lady out there seems quite capable of handling herself."
With Creighton escorting her, Lizbeth followed Taran to the infirmary where he had placed the young lass very carefully on a bed and propped her up. When Taran left for the cockpit, Lizbeth gestured for Creighton to go with him. She had a strange feeling when around n** that she wanted to try out.
Once alone in the infirmary, Lizbeth gently placed her hands on the vampire's body. Closing her eyes, Lizbeth reached out for the thrumming she felt within and found what could best be described as a thread and needle. As Lizbeth moved her hands up and down n**'s body, she carefully removed the spikes, lances, swords and other various pointy weapons as she used the imaginary needle and thread to heal the wounds--the whole time keeping her eyes closed to better concentrate.
Within the space of five minutes, Lizbeth had healed all of n**'s wounds. Collapsing onto a handy chair, she gently pushed the vampire's hair out of her face and whispered, "I've done what I can. All that is left is for you to fight for life while we race you home to restore your strength."
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Questions"So, Taran is it?" Creighton asked once they were on the bridge. "I can tell you were hired to find us. What can you tell me about the person who hired you?"
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[2] If you read this like Dragon having PMS, you get a cookie! Luckily, this happens only once every two thousand years.
[3] Wynn does not remember having her panic attack at Larkin's looks without her scarf--much less seeing Chazu. So this means she doesn't know that Chazu knows she's all grown up.