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Edited by Cell-3: 6/18/2018 2:00:33 AM
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Journey To DarkSpire Part 4: Heat Of The Moment

Flames and ash covered the starry sky. Black wisps could be seen twisting and turning in the air, and grey smoke blotted out the moon. A huge volcano could be seen under the hellish sky, about as tall as a skyscraper, spewing out lava and flames. The base of the mountain was covered in molten rock, and red-hot lava slid down from the top of the volcano, like streaks of red string. A huge pool of lava is seen at the top, and smoke pours out of it like a liquid of some sort. Little rocky platforms could be seen above the surface of the lava pool. A team of twelve is seen standing on a rocky platform in the middle of the hellish lake. Hammerfist takes a look around him, and he carefully observes the pool. It seemed to stretch forever... “Damn... why was that plane so cramped?” Says Foofer, interrupting Hammerfist’s concentration. Hammerfist closes his eyes, trying to focus. Robo Owl, sitting on his Owl mech, responds to Foofer’s comment... “Hoo cares? At least we got to Flammaetoris’ home.” ImmaDrizzit turns to Cell-3, and starts to speak... “So... where’s this beast that we seek?” Cell-3 points towards a hole in the wall of the rocky bowl on top of the volcano, present in the perimeter of the lava pool... “If we go through that hole to our left, it should lead us to the lava springs. Let’s hope we get there before one of Draksos’ apprentices do.” He says. SovietSpaceKitty begins to speak as Phoenix touches the lava, feeling it and smiling... “There’s a string of platforms leading towards the hole. But they’re way too far apart to form a bridge.” Suddenly, TotallyNotThor runs to the edge of the platform, facing the hole, his face filled with determination. His arms fill with green energy, and bark starts to emerge out of the platform’s edge, stretching towards the hole until it forms a complete bridge... “Quick! This bark can’t hold up forever against the flames of nature...” TotallyNotThor crosses the bridge first, swiftly running as flames erupt beside him. He is followed by Artemis, Robo Owl, and Hammerfist, and then by Cell-3, Foofer, ManofLight, SovietSpaceKitty, ImmaDrizzit, Diana, and Deatheater. Phoenix simply swims to the other side, and he does so effortlessly and with slight joy. Cell-3 pushes to the front of the group and leads them down the hole. They find themselves inside a downwards spiraling tunnel. Phoenix lights his hand on fire to provide light in the darkness of the tunnel. After a few minutes of continuous walking and bad puns, the team reaches what seems to be the inside of the volcano. They stand atop a cliff, and below them is a floor of molten rock, littered with stalagmites and little pools of lava. Flames rise out of little mounds in the ground, spewing out in a steady stream of orange and red. A roof of molten rock can be seen above, waiting to crumble. Cell-3 breaks the silence as the group continues to carefully take in the environment... “Well... Here we are...” he says as he points to a giant hill with a flat top in the middle of the underground space. On top of it is a monstrosity like no other, about thirty feet in length. A pile of black scales, resembling the shape of a dragon. Out of its mouth, two gleaming red teeth slip out for a brief moment. Its claws are red with a few black accents. Its body is completely black, with a few veins of red streaks running through it. Its folded wings are bony, and near skeletal. They are adorned in thin black scales. Its tail shakes sideways with great force, and on the end of it is a little burning flame. Orange jagged spikes are present on its elbows and back. On its head are two giant twisted horns, drenched in lava. Its head moves as its tongue leaves its fiery mouth, letting smoke out of its nostrils in the process. It begins to open its fire-red eyes. Cell-3 speaks in a fearful tone... “Something’s not right. It’s supposed to be dead. Did... did the apprentice get here before us and revive it?” “Yes, you pile of scrap metal.” A voice echoes in the chamber, in a gruff tone. The team looks to their left towards a stone pillar, where the voice has originated, and on top of it stands a muscular man with an eyepatch and a scar on his face. His hair is tied back in a bun, and a grim smile widens on his face. “Zen! Damnit! He got here before us!” Yells out Cell-3, his voice glitching out. “I’ll be sure to tell Master Draksos about our little meeting. Unfortunately you won’t be joining me. Enjoy fighting our little pet here...” Says the muscular figure known as Zen as he jumps off of the stone pillar and seemingly disappears from sight. “Where did he go?” Says SovietSpaceKitty with curiosity. “Yeah, like that’s our biggest problem.” Says ManofLight in his usual sarcastic voice as he points towards the flying flaming monstrosity known as Flammaetoris. It hovers in midair in front of them. “We can’t let it leave to DarkSpire Tower! If it manages to, it will have enough power to open the portal, and you know what happens from there!” Says Cell-3. His voice is barely audible over the roars of Flammaetoris, who is getting ready to break the roof of the rocky space and escape out of the volcano. Artemis shoots an arrow at it, and it digs into its dark scales. “Come on, we’ll need more than that guys! Help me hunt this prey! I want to make a trophy out of it!” Yells Artemis at the top of her lungs, and with that, Deatheater jumps from the cliff down to the rocky floor and lands with a roll. The rest of the team follows him, except for Foofer, who is repelling the dragon from reaching the roof of the room by a spell of some sort. Each blue wisp from his hand hits the dragon’s scaly coat and dissipates into smoke, making the dragon recoil and land. The dragon settles itself in front of the group, and it roars with enough power to make the stalactites above it fall down. The team starts to spread out, and they start attacking. ManofLight disappears into a shadow and reappears constantly as the dragon swipes at the ground around it, Robo Owl is unloading shells of rockets at the dragon, and Phoenix throws spinning balls of fire at the abomination, each exploding into a wave of heat as it hits the dragon’s head, staggering it. The dragon opens its mouth, revealing its orange glowing teeth, organized into two rows, and it spews out a beam of fire. The beam nearly hits Deatheater, Who has made the attempt to charge at the beast’s mouth, but Artemis rolls into his side and pushes him into the ground next to him, sending them both tumbling for a few feet. Artemis winces as the beam grazes her back, and Deatheater stands back up, swiftly thanking her. The dragon then tilts the beam towards ImmaDrizzit. The Paladin blocks the beam with his shield, his face sweaty as he tries to hold the beam back. SovietSpaceKitty, Who is furiously throwing electric projectiles at the beast, yells out from behind him... “Try deflecting the beam! According to my calculations, if you tilt your shield to the left a bit, it should hit the dragon in its eye.” “Save us the math, bud.” Says ManofLight from behind one of TotallyNotThor’s bark shields. ImmaDrizzit starts to turn his shield to the left, groaning as he positions his feet into the ground. The beam bounces off is his shield, and it hits the dragon in its right eye, burning it. The dragon shrieks, and it falls to the ground temporarily. Hammerfist runs towards it and disappears for a brief moment, and reappears next to its horn, and he starts slicing at the beasts’ left eye. Where Cell-3’s hands once were emerge gun barrels, and he unloads bullets at the dragon’s wings, standing behind bark cover created by TotallyNotThor. Deatheater uses his scythe to dig into the dragon’s side, Black blood spurting out of the dragon as he pulls his scythe back out of its side. The dragon roars in pain, and starts to get up. It swipes its tail in a full circle, hitting everyone around it but Foofer, Who is still on top of the cliff. Foofer desperately tries to control the dragon... “I...can’t... control it... it’s too angered!” Yells out Foofer as he puts his scaly clawed hand on his forehead, but his voice is not heard by the team, who is knocked out on the ground. Diana is knocked back into a giant rock, and she goes unconscious. ImmaDrizzit grunts as he is hit by the tail, and he staggers a little, but he swiftly sprints to help Diana up. TotallyNotThor lays on the ground for a while, stunned by the dragon’s tail, but he pushes himself up and forms a bark wall in front of Diana, providing cover for the fallen medic. “Damn... try not to get hit! Our healer is knocked out!” Yells out Hammerfist, trying to avoid the dragon’s swipes. “Oh Heal No!” Says Robo Owl in fear. Artemis sighs furiously and continues to fire a poison arrow at the dragon. By now, Black fluid is oozing out of the dragon’s sides and eyes. Scales are ripped off of certain parts of its body. Its left wing is slightly tattered. One of its teeth is on the ground, and its right eye is seared. Suddenly an orange aura glows around it, and all projectiles bounce off of it. SovietSpaceKitty looks at it with a worried look...

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