Chapter 29
Atacir finally arrived, his army of dragons flying behind him. From what he could see it looked as if the battle was in favor of the refugees and Ebulon troops. “We will soon change that.” Atacir said to himself. Then to the dragons he commanded, “Attack the refugees, Ebulon troops, and anyone that gets in the way.” All but one small group of ten dragons spread out and scattered carrying out Atacir’s orders. The other ten dragons, under different orders previously given by Atacir, stayed by him awaiting their command.
“We got more trouble coming,” Wonder Wolf said looking up as the sky began to get dark, filling with dragons.
“Dragons!” Asantra exclaimed. “What now?” The protector sorceress was currently in her white wolf form. The only thing distinguishing her from a regular white wolf was her black ear tips.
“With this many dragons, Atacir must be around somewhere nearby with Golden Flame so he can control them,” Black Cat said scanning the sky for her enemy. “I see him,” she finally said, “But we will have to fight through the dragons protecting him.”
“If that’s what we have to do then let’s do it!” Asantra said.
“No,” Black Cat answered firmly. “We still need forces on the ground. I have no doubts this is the only calm moment we will be facing in this world for a while.”
“If you can call this calm,” Trixie said observing the battles that were going on all around them. Currently the shape shifter was in the form of a leopard.
“Exactly,” Black Cat said. “We will most likely be facing attackers again at any moment so only those of us who can fly and can’t be burnt should attack the dragons in the sky. The rest of you should focus on the dragons on the ground.”
“I could fly and fireproof myself using magic.” Asantra said.
Black Cat looked at her, “Sorry Asantra but you are the best one to stay on the ground to protect the rest of the team.”
“And what about me, I might not be able to fly but I am fireproof and have impenetrable skin. Besides Wonder Horse and I always fight together,” Wonder Wolf said.
“That’s true, but once again we need capable forces on the ground. While Asantra will be our best defense on the ground you are the team’s best offense right now.” Black Cat explained.
Both Asantra and Wonder Wolf had to agree with Black Cat’s strategy. They knew she was right and they would be most useful where they were.
“Okay,” Black Cat said. “Chihuahua, Wonder Horse and Star Power follow me.” She flew up towards the dragons protecting Atacir.
“Why me?” Star Power asked. He wasn’t exactly fireproof though he was more resistant to fire than most of the other heroes still on the ground and he couldn’t fly only levitate objects with himself on them. Currently Star Power was riding on a wet rock hoping the dragons wouldn’t be able to burn it.
“You have been proven to be great defense in the air.” Black Cat said. “I think your powers will be very helpful to us now.”
“Dragons are very thick skinned but at least they can be scratched,” Black Cat said in relief as she swiped a dragon on its muzzle causing it to back up a little. The heroes hadn’t gotten very far before Atacir sent the first dragon their way.
Appearing as if they might actually be able to defeat the dragon, Atacir commanded the other nine dragons to surround the heroes. Seeing they were outnumbered, Black Cat flew up hoping to get on the outside of the group. When this didn’t work she flew back to the rest of the team who were all attempting to fight off the dragons. “Star Power, use your shield ability to surround us.” Black Cat called.
Star Power created a shield, which was really just a powerful force field, around the heroes. The surrounding dragons couldn’t touch them inside the shield though Black Cat knew Star Power couldn’t hold it forever. “Star Power, can you turn the shield into an energy blast?” Black Cat asked.
“I think so,” Star Power replied.
“Okay,” Black Cat said quickly forming a plan. “First make it look as if the shield is weakening so the dragons begin attacking us again then unleash it as an energy blast.”
Atacir saw the shield flicker. Believing it was weakening he commanded the surrounding dragons to attack. As soon as they did they were all knocked back as a powerful burst hit them. Before they could regain their balance the heroes began attacking the dragons.
“They’re good,” Atacir thought. “But I’m better.” The alien general called upon double the number of dragons to return to him, then decided to double that to be sure the heroes couldn’t defeat them all. When the heroes tried the same strategy again only the first row of surrounding dragons got blasted back. The rest swooped in closer to the heroes and it was clear to everyone that the dragons were winning.