Age of Dragons

"Rain, dammit, just please listen to me," Kaden said. She was standing besides him, trying to give the shield back to him. "He may not look it but he is incredibly strong, even if both of us fought together we wouldn't be able to bring him down...and I don't want to see you die."

 

OOC: now that we are all flying, maybe we should do a time-warp thing too? We can't realy do much RPing while we ride dragons, unless it is a battle.

BIC:
Mark and Hwaje speed up to match Shia's speed.

 

OOC: Hmm yea we probably should.

BIC: Mya landed in a grassy field. Well guys, welcome to Earth region. She examined the nearest town and frowned. Fine time to throw a market sale.

 

Rain remained silent and left the shield in Kaden's hands. On the back of the shield that was facing Kaden there was an inscription in a language that wasn't anything from the modern language. Next to it was the shape of a lightning bolt. From the text's engraving the shield seemed old, very old but somehow it was as sturdy as any other shield. He waited for Dral's response.

 

Mark and Hwaje landed, "been a while since Hwaje and I have been here," he said, and pulled out a heavy pouch from one of the ridding bags, "I heard that there was a good armorsmith in this town, so I don't mind if we go there."

 

Mya nodded. Alright. Afterwards, we can check in at an inn. By the way, they're holding a tournament this afternoon. I'd like to join it

 

John and Vento, landing at the same time as the others, nodded his head, saying, "I might have to check that out."

 

Dral laughed and walked back to his desk. "I would not like to fight you, Rain. So I will take care of this problem myself and rid you of this distraction," he said, and in an instant, he pulled out an axe from behind the desk and charged at Kaden. She swore, and quickly drew a claw with her good arm to block Dral's attack. He was too fast though, and his axe caught the ends of the claw, slicing them off. The axe was slowed by the contact with the claws, but still connected and tore through Kaden's shoulder armor. The force of it knocked her backwards, and as soon as she landed she knew that not only had the wound reopened, but a new one was caused from the axe.

 

As soon as Kaden was hit and moved out the way Rain attacked. His sword swung downwards towards Dral. Most would think Rain would be in anger but he had no connection to Kaden other than this job. In fact, he was smirking. Something was rattling around his mind and he was mere seconds from letting it out through his choice of weapon.

 

Kaden lay still on the floor, knowing that if she moved the blood would flow more. She could feel it soaking her clothing, but could only hope that Rain would survive the battle with her brother.

"You'd let a woman die to fight me? Even for a bounty hunter, you're not a noble man," Dral said, easily reacting and blocking Rain's attack. After parrying, he pushed forward and swung hard horizontally at Rain, almost making a connection but just scratching the armor instead.

 

"She can die if she wants to, she won't be staying that way until her job is complete", Rain said correcting his sword stance. With both hands on his weapon he seemed a little different. Strangely, he managed to dash towards Dral and strike twice as fast as the last time. "Your a hundred years, or more, too young to out match me", he jested, letting his personality crack through his usual stoic stature.

 

"I don't particularly want to die, Rain..." Kaden said, somewhat confused as to what his words meant. She could feel herself getting weaker, but was willing herself to stay awake - and alive.

Dral, however, was caught somewhat off-guard by Rain's attack, and barely managed to avoid it. He staggered, but returned with two quick and strong blows, but Rain was getting too fast.
"What the hell are you?" Dral shouted, "None have ever countered my attacks so well."

 

Rain struck at Dral's hand, attempting to remove the weapon from his grip. "I'm just a more experienced fighter", Rain understated. It was clear something wasn't right, his armour was already clearly light but durable but it still didn't explain his speed. It was like he just unlocked a seal on his strength.

 

"As am I, and never before have I met one like you," Dral said, fending off Rain's attacks again. He knew that Rain was trying to knock the axe from his hand, and was moving quickly enough to deflect the blows to his gauntlets. He countered once more, this time moving in Kaden's direction, but still facing Rain.

 

Rapidly, Rain ran passed Dral and to Kaden where be proceeded to use part of his under clothing as a temporary bandage to her wounds. She knew to remain still. Rain would prove that he can cover for her by fighting Dral on equal footing.

 

Kaden vaguely felt Rain putting some kind of bandage on her injuries, but knew it wouldn't stop the bleeding completely. She continued to lay still, but felt weaker as each minute passed.

Dral still had his back to Kaden, and kept a careful eye on Rain. There was definitely something about him that seemed superhuman, like his speed, and how he got to Kaden then back to their battle in seconds. Dral started to form a plan to defeat the man, and allowed Rain to push him back further with attacks. Dral parried and struck back, but was getting closer to Kaden.

 

Rain had Dral pinned from his attacks. He noticed that Kaden was slowly getting dragged into the fighting area. Rain had already completed showing that he was more than capable of covering for Kaden. The reasoning still didn't make sense as to why he was defending her, if she died he'd be free, but he still had some use for her. Although, Rain now considered Dral worthy of a bounty contractor.

 

Mya started to walk towards town. Mark, can I ask you something and answred truthfully?

 

Dral looked down through his visor, and saw that he was positioned exactly where he wanted to be. He looked straight at Rain, then said, "You lose, Rain."
As he said this, he drew his axe back as if to strike at Rain, but instead turned and brought the axe down on Kaden's chest. She made some kind of gasping sound, and tried to kick at the axe. But it was no use, it was a fatal blow.
Dral then picked the axe back up, and turned to face Rain once more. "What will you do now, bounty hunter?"

 

Rain sheathed his sword. "Your worthy of being a contractor, unfortunately, you don't understand how dark dragons work", Rain stated knowing that it would only be a matter of time until Kaden's dragon realised his rider was missing. As Rain went to pick up his shield from the floor and put it on his back the sound of flapping wings could be heard. Suddenly, Rain's dragon poked it's head in through the doorway and spat an object in the direction of Rain which slid across the floor to him. It was a hammer. Rain proceeded to pick it up and point it at Dral, then shift it's aim towards Kaden. A moment of stillness happened before Rain flicked the hammer as a strange glow shot from it and into Kaden. Seconds later she returned to life. "I don't seem to have my full strength on the mortal plane. I am only capable of bringing back the dead to a still injured form", Rain monologued to himself.