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As he finished, Neros heard a roar loud enough to shatter ear drums shook the entire area. The sky went black as a massive dragon flew over head with great speed.

"Fatalis... I have to warn the others."

He knelt down and sent the rest of the squad a telekinetic message saying the next foe, is a Fatalis.

The massive black dragon caught eye of Akina. It did a front flip in the air and flew back toward her flying in circles like a vulture before it landed after the third circle. It landed on all four legs and let out a tramendous(sp?) roar. Neros could hear the roar from as far away as he was. He sprinted as fast as he could toward the rest of his squad. This was gonna get nasty.

There is no way that its gonna lay off even after its tamer is dead. Its huge. And Lucifer wants it's heart?! I dont think I could lift it! Oh well, I'm gonna get as much as I can from it, if we can kill it.

He rushed into the area with the dragon. It reared its massive head white flames hot enough to melt even the strongest metals bellowed from between it's teeth. As it lowered its head Neros flew as fast as he could and tackled Akina on her right just as the boulder sized fireball flew over them. The flames burned off the leather on the back of his Borealis armor. The Lao Shan scales held up nicely. He picked her up and ran for cover as another fireball was fired at them. The ball hit the cliff edge behind Neros and Akina. The rest of the squad looked on in horror. It exploded throwing shrapnel and glass all over the battlefield. Rocks the size of people flew down and landed all around Neros.

"Ready up!"

He yelled as he ran toward a shallow slope leading up the mountain. His squad followed.

"Father be with us! Its monsterous!"

He put Akina down.

"Ok, we have one chance at this. Even with all this good stuff, we wont win at close range. I found a few shells on the way. There has to be a cannon around her somewhere."

H paused for a second to think.

"Fiend Hunters one and two, go find them. I saw a fortress like spire thing on the way up. Its all the up at the top, get going. Send us an alert if you find some."
"Sir.""Sir."

They both took off at full speed up the hill. Sarge came up the hill. He found them on the enchanted map.

"Did you see that thing? I painted it. Watch your maps!"

He yelled up at Fiend Hunters one and two.

"We're in for one hell of a battle. This things teeth are as tall as we are. Not to mention its fast as a one of us flying for something so large."

The Fatalis flapped its huge wings as it lifted off. The gusts from its wings hit the remaining soldiers seconds later and knocked them over. Neros dragged Akina, who had fallen on her butt, into the bushes. Sarge scrabbled over too.

evil "I want you and sarge to stay in cover and move to follow the others up to the fortress. Set some traps up for it. I need to keep its attention else where.. I hope we can beat this thing. Sarge you know what to do if I fall right?"

Sarge nodded without saying a word. Neros turned and snuck down the hill once more.

Judging by its size, a normal pit trap wont work... we'd trap one claw and just make it more angry. I would say we need to pin it under something. When we get up there we'll survey the area.

He walked up the hill staying under cover. Meanwhile Neros was traveling down the hill. The Fatalis noticed him out of the corner of its eye and circled around and landed in the area it was just in. It flopped down causing a thunderous crash that could be heard up the mountain. As Neros came into view he stood up and drew the massive swords on his back.

The Fatalis reared its massive head and the white flames spewed out of its mouth into the air. The flames fell to earth and turned the entire area into an inferno. Flames rained down chatching everything they hit on fire. Neros made a barrier with the sword and his wings. He moved around to try and dodge the flames. As he moved from one large ember to dodge the next one he didnt see descended on him. It burned the flesh of his wings and burned the feathers to ash where the layered for flight. He had, in an instant, chared remains of his fore wings. with all the strength he could muster he didnt cry out as he pulled his ruined wings back. His wings had feathers half way up to the joint. They had been burned black. Just as he pulled them back The Fatalis lowered its upper body and lunged its arm out and slash for Neros. The still raised sword protected him from the blow, but he was knocked to the gound. The Fatalis placed its clawed hand over his lower torso pinning him from the waist down to the ground. Neros lifted the sword and stabbed it in the hand. The sword covering his face and his upper torso. His arms and hair exposed. The dragon spouted its flames once more right down on him. The flames penatrated his gauntlets and burned the flesh and bones to ash up to his shoulders. The hair that was revealed disintegrated. The sword fell on him as he passed out from pain, bouncing off of his armor. Just as it hit the ground the power he gained the night a few days before awakened. The power surged from him ripping into the dragon's arm completely destroying it and frying it's nervous system. The dragon reared its head and fell over to it's right, dead. The power had awakened Neros.

"I need it's heart... It's heart..."

This was all he could say. The two in the fortress had slayed all that were there. The were resting from the battle and FH1 was looking at his map and notice the icon the represented the Fatalis turn grey, signaling its death. Neros sent a telepatic cry for help.

"Sister... Get it's heart... We need to get its heart..."

At this time he was very responsive, even if he had nubs sticking out of his shoulders for arms and lost the very wings and hair he was so proud of.

"I... I need it... To fix these..."

He looked at the arms that she was trying to heal.

"They will be useless my nerves were cauterized(sp?), Lucifer was his squads healer... He can do it... He needs the heart... It holds many secrets. Healing properties... He plans to uncover them... Please... Take as many materials as we can get... They can help us out against more of these monsters..."