The Lost Chronicles Of Pangea: Apocalypse

The explosion left some really bad burns on the face of the monster, but in the long run, it only served to gave enrage it even further. Minerva let loose a stream of fire from her palms straight to its face, however it used it's massive hands to block the fire from touching any other part of its body.

Since it's hands were covered by the remaining pieces of the Sky dragon armor, the damage was completely negated, with only a hint of smoke being released to show. It defense was severely weakened unlike the previous death knights with their sky dragon armor. Since it gave up it's mobility and defense for greater damage and attack speed, being caught by one of its attacks would leave every bone in either one of their bodies broken to pieces.

It would have been instant death for them...…if they were normal. While David was not as fast as Lilith, or as strong, neither was he able to attack from range like Minerva, there was one thing that set him apart from the both of them in term of combat abilities. He was the most versatile of the three. His abilities made him an all rounder, a typical jack of all trades sort of thing. But he was still strong enough to cause significant damage if he put his mind to it.

Which was why he ran west, completely skirting the edge of the fight as he made his way towards the still burning heap of metal that was once his hover bike. He cursed at the unfairness of it all, whatever had dissipated the energy blast from the Sky Wolf gun, had deemed it fit to let his hover bike be burned until it was nothing more than a pile of molten slag. His heart ached as he took in the state of his once glorious creation.

It was hard to say good bye, but they had a good run. Sweet, sweet memories that he would never forget. Although it was still burning, David noticed something that made his eyes narrow in horror, the power cells were all still intact. He quickly sheath both shot guns on his back, as he spread his arm forward and tried using his telekinesis to lift the hover bike. Normally the hover bike was way above the weight limit of his telekinesis, but in it's damage state, David was sure he would be able to lift it.

He spread his palms wide, as he felt an invisible connection to damaged bike. It was like his entire mind energy covered the frame of the hover bike, like it was clasped in his fist. When he tried to lift it, he felt a little resistance at first, the weight was almost too much, and the strain on his mind, made his closed eye ache in fury as his head pounded even louder.

"ARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!"

With a loud shout that was equal parts pain and strain, he threw the hover bike towards the monster, silently saying good bye to his loyal steed within his mind. Then he opened his left eye, ignoring the wooziness that came with his increased perception, David pulled out the Ion pulse handgun from his hip. And watched the hover bike as it made its way towards the monster who had dropped it's huge hands, but was rapidly raising it to knock the hover bike of course.

David could see every individual line on the burning frame of the hover bike, the invisible trace of energy within it's metal, as the orichalum it was made from absorbed the magic particles in the air. Then he aimed at the power cells and with startling accuracy, shot at them.

Minerva and Lilith had seen him moving towards the hover bike and lifting it up. It was enough warning for them to move back until they were standing about ten meters away from the monster, right at the entrance of the tunnel.

However the ensuring explosion was still powerful enough to throw them all off their feet. While it was not even half as strong as the bullet from the Sky wolf, it was still powerful enough that one of the arms of the monster was blown to bits, and the other was badly mangled.

David was thrown backwards until his back kissed the wall hard enough that he felt cracks all over his body. He silently mused about it, it seemed as if he was getting more and more broken bones this days.

With the way things were going, it was only a matter of time before every bone in his body was in bits and pieces. He hit the ground hard, and couldn't help but cough out a little bit of blood and saliva, his head was throbbing even harder than before, and the incessant screeches of pain from the monster did not make matters any easier.

David found it incredibly hard to focus at that moment as everything around seemed to be spinning and dull. Then he dragged himself towards the prone body of the monster as it struggled and tried to get itself into an upright position with it's mangled hand. David pulled out both shotguns, and used his telekinesis to place new shells within them.

He staggered his way towards the monster, and when he was just three feet away, he pointed both shotguns at it, and pulled the trigger, still not noticing the red glow on the side of the guns. The shot completely blew up its remaining arm from the elbow, and left a huge hole in it's gut. But it also threw David off his feet and brought him crashing down onto the hard ground. Even if he was at full strength, wielding these guns would be just as hard and damaging, much less now that David was not even ten percent.

He pulled himself up again, using one the shot gun as a crutch. He looked up just in time to see Minerva roasting the monster with every amount of flame she could muster. Lilith had her crystal spike armor out, but she was shooting pieces of those crystals as projectiles into the body of the monster.

David had no idea she could do that, eventually the screaming monster became silent, as it died under the constant barrage from both Lilith and Minerva.

They both collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, completely unable to move. David couldn't wrap his mind around it.

They had all almost died for a piece of metal and a dragon tattoo that did nothing but curl around on the back of his hand. Of course it was not as if they had any choice but to go forward, but still, they had no idea what this was for, or what it meant. They were just looking for a way out of this place, and due to that, time and time again they almost ended up dying. To be honest it did not seem worth it to go through all this risk, but for some reason they kept moving forward, as if something was calling them.

The burnt corpse of the monster began to glow as it disappeared into motes of light that slowly coalesced into a gleaming blue silver metal with a rather haphazard shape. The metal rotated in the air, and let out a pulsing light that spread through out the cavern and into the tunnel. The moment the light reached David, he noticed that all of his wounds began to mend at rate that could only be considered freaky.

His bones popped back into place, as what was broken was rejoined, and what was cracked was mended. His mental and physical fatigue immediately disappeared as an unknown source of energy went to his body, cleansing, and healing everything. Then all of a sudden within his mind, David could visualize a tree. The tree was rather strange as it did not have any branches, leaves or stems. It was just one straight brown tree divided into five different areas of different colors.

The bottom most color was red, and it had five distinct rings woven around the body of the tree. Three of those rings suddenly lit up and released a pulse of energy that suddenly improved his senses, as it made his eyes see clearer, his nose sharper, and his ears capable of hearing farther than ever.

Those three rings released a wave of light in three second intervals, and every time those rings pulsed with light, David could feel his mental energy and his senses becoming more and more refined. He felt that his mind had become stronger, and the fact that his left eye was wide open without any sense of disorientation proved it.

The metal stopped pulsing, which made David notice that he was not the only one who received benefits from that metal. David moved his gaze towards the mouth of the tunnel with his heart in his mouth, scared and hopeful at the same time, before suddenly. He was bowled over by a black blur, who proceeded to stomp all over him for good measure before going straight to nuzzle Lilith and Minerva's out stretched palms.

"You f.u.c.k.i.n.g turtle!" David screamed at Vidi after the sudden assault.

But the tortoise did not answer him as he was busy receiving a special grade of attention from Lilith and Minerva. After all he had just survived a life threatening experience, and he was miraculously healed. He needed the ladies help to give thanks for such a wonderful turn of events.

David shook his head as he turned his attention back to the gleaming metal that was now suddenly heading towards him at a leisurely pace. David shifted positions, running around the cavern, but every where he turned the metal just kept on following him, it was as if there was some sort magnetic attraction between the two of them.

Suddenly David's fist shook violently, and then dragged him towards the metal. Apparently the dragon tattoo got tired of his antics and decided to take matters into its own hands. He shot forward towards the metal with absolutely no control over his body, then the metal melted into his palm, just like the others before it.

However this time there was a different reaction, as a powerful pressure suddenly descended upon the cavern and every single one of them fell to their knees. They could feel the blood boiling within them, as every bone in the body bowed down in some sort of reverence. Whatever it is this pressure belonged too, it demanded respect, worship and adoration. Suddenly the cavern shook.

"ROOOAAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!"

It was not the fact that there was roar that shocked David, it was the fact that it was coming from the dragon tattoo on his hand. The black dragon now looked more vivid and clear, and it was still resting on the back of his hand in the shape of the number 2.

It was looking so detailed, That David could see the vibrating scales on it's serpentine body. It was then that David noticed the change, before it looked like a western dragon, bulky and with two large wings, and the distinct face of a lizard. Now however its body was more serpentine, like a Chinese dragon, and its eyes were a startling shade of red.

The dragon began to swim around on his skin in the most freakish display of power David had ever seen. Then the dragon began to crawl up, towards the left side of his body, up to his neck and straight into his left eye. There was a sharp pain that lanced through his mind, as everything went dark for him. David held his breath as he immediately became afraid that he might have lost his sight. He was like that for ten minutes before his eye sight came back to normal.

The dragon had disappeared from his hand, and was now resting in his eye. Now anybody who looked at his left eye would see a serpentine dragon curved in the symbol of the number 2. David did not feel any different though, everything felt normal for him as his panicked breaths finally came down to an even level. 'so he had a dragon tattoo on his eyeball, so what? At least he was not dead, or blind.'

Thankful that he was still in one piece, an ancient and archaic voice broke through the gloom of his mind and broke through the processes of his thought as it said to him.

"Five Down, One More To Go, Young Traveler. Hurry!"

"Oh f.u.c.k My Luck!"