Rudia took Luc outside and he saw that everything was blurred on the horizon and that the only light was that of a sodium tube on a public post, to illuminate the intersection.
He managed to free himself from Rudia's grip and started to run in the direction of the farm. But the grass and the road seemed to be endless and each time he returned to the pole.
Behind him, the light of the 19th fort.
"What is this witchcraft?"
He scraped the grass on his knees and exhausted.
Then, an hour passed and leaning against the pole, he took out his gsm but there was no network.
Then, a screech and he passed like a tractor but it wasn't a tractor. It sounded like a horrible wolf spider!
The valley below was a huge spider's web and he saw on the horizon, gray background on night, the silhouette of rats just as big.
And the only shelter was the fort with the schizophrenic dragon..
"At least we could talk... I'll have better luck with the dragon than the spiders..." he thought.
He ran towards the fort, thinking of not getting caught in the meantime by a runner or jumper spider. At night they all came out to hunt.
He heard screeching behind him but did not turn around.
He closed the door immediately and put a lintel back on to lock the door.
Rudia was in the chair, whining...
Luc finally sighed, trapped and forced to comply.
"I'm your prisoner then... Do what you want with me but spare the children and Celia for pity's sake."
Rudia increased her crying. She couldn't take this situation anymore.
She had a glimmer of conscience and realized the catastrophe she was the instrument of.
"Luke...you can call...but you must see...You are our only hope...."
But he remembered the doctor's instructions. "She's a Goddess!, never forget that...
Luke got down on his stomach.
"I obey you, mistress," with nothing left to lose.
Rudia put her face in her hands... "Noooo, stop! I don't deserve it! "
Luc was stunned, panicked and so was Rudia.
So he went to hide in a kitchen corner on his knees and crawled halfway to avoid provoking the dragoness.
He tried his cell phone, which miraculously started working again.
"Celine! Call my colleagues. I must be near the Rabouchi, the clandestine warehouse, near the pole... be careful, let them come armed, there are huge rats and monstrous tarantulas species..."
Meanwhile, the police were at home and the parents had gone to look for their children who were playing with the 2 young dragons. They were relieved that Azure and Ochria had protected their friends from an evil red lady. A "witch".
"She was named the Red-Haired Witch"
One of the commissioners: Emily hasn't come home yet?
Stolen story; please report.
Celine: "She's on a shuttle. She is coming back by road, exhausted from her trip.
Commissioner: "Does she know how to get into a cab?
Celine: "She has evolved a bit and is trying to become human again or stay human a bit.
I tried several times to reach her but she must be deeply asleep. She must have another 4 hours to go."
Let me know when she arrives and .
The cell phone rang: "What's up?"
"Nothing, chief. It's just the lawn but I have Luc on the line and says he's in a wooden fort in the middle of the field, but we can't see anything.
Celine: "I'll ask Azur, if he knows anything or if he detects anything. "
Superintendent: "Then stay in the car and don't come out under any circumstances."
Azure went with Celine into the car to see what was going on.
Azur entered the van in the back as a dragon and Celine got into the passenger seat.
When they arrived 1 km away, the police were in the dark and could see the headlights of the police officers trying to find their colleague.
Commissioner: "But it doesn't make sense!"
Azure: "He's here with mommy Rudia! I can smell him but they're not here! It's like when mom put us to the test with the boars and the spider... but we ran away and got eaten... but it was a bad dream.
Uncle must be in the dream or hidden. Mom knows how to make invisible shelters... Run away! She's here! If she smells me."
Celine kissed Azur on the muzzle. My little one... I adore you... You are becoming like your big sister...
"Auntie, Emily is also in danger... I can feel it... she is also in dreamland...."
The commissioner did not understand but understood that the young dragon knew something but too complicated for his age.
Azure didn't know how to explain... then, he thought of a movie he loved with an ugly dragon and the Lord of the Rings.
Azure: "Yes, like with Gollum and his "Precious" When he puts the ring on, he becomes invisible and sees things that don't exist... Luke is like Bilbo! He is in the star... the world of the stars.. "
Celine turned her head towards the commissioner, unable to understand.
But the cell phone was working, but the signal was going away.
Luc was riding Rudia, towards Asia in the astral world.
Luc: "Rudia, why? Why are we going in circles?"
Rudia: "Don't worry. You are in Mont but we are in spirit now and we are going very fast. 400 times faster than in the physical world.
In an hour we'll be at my den, in Nepal.
"Rudia. Why this madness? Why all this violence?"
"I have committed barbaric and foul acts. Mother made me a demon... She's stuck in hell, She's an arch-demon and I'm almost one, but many humans will perish, and your colleagues too.
The children too. You can't imagine the cruel fate of Emilie, Azur and Ochria. And also for me, but I am unworthy... She rejected me and I was able to recover my free will. My male, a monster takes my place..."
Luke: "I don't understand... it doesn't make sense."
"Yet, it does. Tiamat is a Hydra with 5 heads. Two are conscious... and who do you think the other three should be?" It's a horrible fate, worse than death and eternal damnation..."
Luke paled as he realized the horror.
"And the order... it's too late, I tried to warn them but they shot me with their new weapon... It's a decoy...Mom let them analyze the samples for their laser.... but it only affects my weakened minions.. Tiamat is controlling them all with Blackthorn now... and her battle station is ready to strike.
Moments later, they were in Kathmandu.
“A battle station???”
“Yes, Tiamat arrives here in a kind of sphere from another universe. It's a combat base from a war between 3 empires and it was originally used as a dimentional refuge. It was also the home of a Leviathan, Daathr. He saved the human race in another universe by building an ark, but was captured by Blackthorne and Tiamat. He and his family were probably killed or sacrificed for his mad rituals. This battle base is a dimensional weapon, but the real danger comes from Tiamat and his powers. If she has assimilated the leviathan, or its powers, she will create an army of thousands of monstrous tanks that can take the form of dragons or humans. She destroyed an entire pantheon of gods, even Amaterasu was crushed, spared only so the sun could shine again. ”
Luc: “How do you extinguish a sun?”
Rudia: “That's the danger... the Leviathan she knocked out, Daathr was very nice, but he was also a Devourer. He has a black hole in him... He could have swallowed the world, but he didn't because he was born human and then became a dragon against his will because of a goddess or a prophecy. Tiamat lied to me and I don't know what's true or false anymore, but Tiamat also assimilates the exploits of his victims.”
Luc: “And what are we doing here?”
Rudia :“This is my den, but it's also an escape pod, a shuttle that can dock with Darkstar. We need to relaunch this shuttle and destroy the battle station. No human weapon can attack or damage it. Even an atomic explosion, flames will pass around it, space will be bent by gravity and it'll be like shooting or attacking a ghost.”
Luc: “But here, our bodies are at mount, how do we interact here?
Rudia: “There's mind control. We need to get the module back to Europe.”
Luc: “So we can study it?”
Rudia: “There's no point, we don't have the time, and besides, you don't have the mana to activate the magic circuits.”
Luc : "And Emily? Ochria? Azur?"
As soon as Tiamat gets its paws on them, it'll be too late. She'll put them in a machine that will freeze their bodies and decapitate them at the base of the neck. Then she'll integrate their heads into her final hydra form. Then she'll brainwash them into becoming her crazy companions just until the end of time.”
Luc “And what about you?”
Rudia: “I'm just an old rag that was used to draw the blood necessary for her rituals. I wanted to take the place of the children, hoping that with zeal, she would take me in their place. But she's a monster. She's the one who made Flamme, Ruby's older brother, Emilie, die. It was she who, through me, slaughtered your family and nipped Emilie in the bud. She orchestrated everything...”
Luc: “Are you trying to tell me you're innocent with all that bloodshed?”
Rudia: “No...I'm a dirty beast..a monster...I'm sorry...I just realized...but...but...”
Luc had been furious, but now he had rage, for the perfect monster before him was showing signs of repentance, regret, empathy. The image of the enemy to be eliminated was now blurred. He didn't know what to think. But he kept in mind that this monstrous creature was not human and never would be.
Rudia: “Yes...her body is that of a dragon but she has a human base. But inevitably, she'll become 100% dragon. Maybe not right away, but years from now. When her human soul collapses of old age, the dragon will take over.
Luc: “And she'll become a monster like you?”
“No, her values are well anchored and she has my bad temper...But”.
Luc:”?”
Rudia kept quiet so as not to hurt Emilie any more than she already had. She feared the image of Tiamat's death... And that Emilie would become the next Tiamat...
They entered the lair, passed through the rocks and finally arrived at the pedestal containing the original egg.