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Chapter 7: A Contest That night, I tried to enter the Maple world again, but when I pressed the icon, the program just started up like normal. Maybe I need to have Alexis and Lacus with me to go in...... Oh great. 11 pm. I'd better go to sleep. As I flopped onto the bed, I wondered what Roy was doing now. In Maple...... Roy sneezed. "Huh? It's not even cold here!" he said to himself. The next morning in real life...... Another new day of classes... Sometimes I wish schools don't exist. I quickly got dressed in a black suit with a gray tie and picked up my bag. I checked the timetable I had stuck on my bag. First period today is...... Chemistry. I ran off to the chem lab on the other side of the campus. By the time I reached, the lab was half-filled with students already. Arno, Alexis and Lopez were in the same class as me, but strangely, Arno and Alexis were absent. This meant that I wouldn't need to be picked on today! However, Alexis was never late for classes. Maybe something kept her up or she got sick or something. As I took my usual seat beside Lopez, he nudged me and slipped something into my pocket. We stood up as the lecturer entered the lab. "Class, today we'll be doing an experiment. I want you to watch me closely and then perform the experiment for me afterwards." I glanced at him. He shrugged and turned to look at the lecturer. He was pouring a purple substance from a conical flask into another one with a clear liquid inside it. I felt like I was being watched all of a sudden and whirled around. Practically everyone was staring at me, including the lecturer. He accidentally poured too much of the chemical he was holding into the other conical flask and it exploded in his face. The lecturer collapsed. "Is he okay?" "Someone call the medical section!" That period was canceled for a moment while the lecturer was taken to the medical section of the campus. I pulled out the object Lopez had slipped into my pocket. It was a folded cut-out of the campus's magazine. Archery club member demonstrates strange powers Yesterday night, while I was walking past the archery hall, I heard a small explosion and walked in to see what was happening. It turns out that someone had actually managed to set an arrow on fire and pulverize a target completely. Later witnesses say that the fire lasted for only 5 seconds. Later, I saw that same person create four arrows out of thin air and launch each of them in a straight line towards the target. Each and every one of them hit the exact center of the bullseye. Further interviewing of the witnesses reveal that the archer's name is Ivan. Article written by Jullian I groaned. Now I would surely be chased by the Reporter's Club for interviews. Oh well, nothing I can do about it. Suddenly, I sensed something approaching my head from behind and I ducked. An arrow embedded itself in the exact same spot on the tree trunk where my head had been a second earlier. A message was tied onto it. I have your girlfriend. Meet me at the grassy area behind the toilets now, or I'll kill her. Arno. Girlfriend? Oh no...... Alexis! No wonder she was absent at chem! I took off towards the toilets so fast I left an image of myself where I had just been. Someone gasped. Too late for the publicity now, I need to save Alexis! "I know you'd come." Arno grinned at me, flexing his muscles. I stood there panting. Alexis was tied up to a pole behind Arno, and she was trying to talk. "I'll save you!" I shouted and took a step towards her. Arno blocked me and sent a punch flying into my stomach. I coughed out blood. "Now, I want you to teach me how you did those tricks, or I'll punch her until her mother won't recognize her!" Arno threatened. Alexis started to cry. "Darn......" I muttered. "Look, I don't know how to teach you those shots okay!?" I shouted. "Liar. You teach me, and I'll release her." Arno smiled. "How can I teach you without bows?" I asked. Arno produced two bows and a few arrows from behind Alexis's pole. I groaned. "Oh yeah, along with teaching me those shots, I want you to quit the archery club." he laughed. "What!?" I was aghast. Alexis squirmed in her binds. "And don't try to shoot me or anything. I've got cameras stationed every here. Kill me now, and you'll be facing a murder charge." Arno grinned. Darn...... he thought of everything...... "Sharp Eyes." I muttered. My vision instantly sharpened and I could see further. I took quick glances around and saw quite a number of cameras around the place. Simple. If I just shoot them all up fast enough, he'll be begging me for mercy. "And no, the cameras are made out of reinforced steel. A creation of mine during workshop hours. Fireproof too." Arno smiled. I groaned again. "How dare he take my wife......" the Dark Dragon thought angrily. "Keep your cool, if we attack now, we'll be caught on camera and we'll get in deep trouble." I thought. I remembered the cut-out article. It'd only be a matter of days before this made its way to the government. It wouldn't matter now anyway. I took a deep breath. "What? You're gonna blow wind at me now?" Arno was amused. "Dark Dragon, I need your power." I thought. "You do not need to say anything." the Dark Dragon replied. Instantly, great black wings and a long black tail burst out of my back. At the same instant, a net fell over my head. I roared in disbelief. Arno had been expecting this...... I flapped my wings as hard as I could and managed to break a few ropes on the net. Alexis managed to get her gag off. "Ivan!" she shouted. "And I thought full dragon mode wouldn't be necessary. Oh well." the Dark Dragon grunted. My body grew longer and became black and scaly. My wingspan widened and my tail grew longer while my hands and feet changed into claws. My head became dragonish and my neck extended, becoming black and scaly. I let out a tremendous roar and broke through the net with a mighty flap of my wings. Arno stepped backwards, obviously terrified. I scratched Alexis's binds to pieces and she ran towards me, hugging my neck. "I have no intention of taking your life now, Arno." I growled and Alexis climbed onto my back, sticking her tongue out at Arno. I spread out my wings. However, the second I did that, something stung me in my chest. I looked down to see a tranquilizer dart. I whirled around. Arno was smiling. He was holding a black box with his finger on a red button. Men in Kevlar suits stepped out from the forest, each holding a rifle. I had been set up...... More darts punctured my skin and my vision blurred. Alexis was crying again. I tried to take off, but my wings felt like lead. When I tried to run, my legs wouldn't move. Eventually, after a few seconds of thrashing, I fell to the ground and blacked out. |
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