Guntar and Gargoyle start to slowly back up into some bushes. Zack not moving, in fact, he slowly puts his hands up and slaps his cheeks, creating this snap of a sound. He looks up to the creature after steeling himself. He draws his blade and assumes a stance ready for it.

"Lad you need to back down that's a drake very deadly. We can't handle this."

"No sir I cannot, I'm tired of running, I'm tired of everyone I care about being hurt. I WILL NOT RUN ANYMORE."

The drake shrieks again pouncing towards Zack. He sidesteps out of the way slashing at its back. It stops sliding turning around and whips its tail at Zack. It connects Zack winces in pain as the tail whips into his shoulder.

Gorgyle: " I might not agree with him on most things but I don't want to watch anyone else die to cover us guntar. He leaps out of the bushes throwing both daggers into the drake's back. He then runs up the tail of the creature grabbing the daggers, twisting them in, and pulling on them. The creature roars and flails around hitting the wall.

" knight imbue that sword with your holy magic.

Zack looks at Gorgyle and nods. "Oh holy father of light imbue this sword with your power and assist me in vanquishing this evil." The sword starts to glow with a yellow aura once more, however, now that blue streak in the middle of the sword starts to pulsate.

The drake is trying its best to shake off Gorgyle. Zack comes charging slashing the creature on its side. The yellow light radiates from the cut. The light continues burning the creature causing intense pain. It thrashes around. Its tail slaps Zack sending him flying into a tree.

It opens its mouth it starts to glow orange it fires a fireball at Zack causing a huge explosion. Guntar enraged comes out pulling out his hand axe jumps up and plunges it into its eye. He jumps back and pulls out his banjo.

He starts strumming it. These little red balls start to form surrounding it. They look like little fairies which start to latch onto him creating intense heat that turns into a veil around the creature.

"Gorgyle keeps it busy I'm gonna check on Zack you can do this.

Gorgyle feels like his words filled him with confidence. He pulls the daggers out and flips off the creature sending it into a boulder. He pulls out a short bow and starts to fire arrows at it. Landing in its leg and back.

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"Zack my boy wake up. this isn't how this ends. You don't get to die before me."

He plays his banjo his hands start glowing and he lays his hands on Zack attempting to heal him.

The creature snaps its head around looking to gargoyle now.

"Well now I've done it I'm not dying for that knight."

He throws a smoke bomb down and dives into the bushes. The creature approaches flicking its tongue in the air. Gargoyle lunges at it as it walks by stabbing both into its side. The creature starts to run gargoyle holding onto the daggers being dragged along. It turns suddenly sending a gargoyle on the ground in front of it. He jumps on top of Gargoyle.

Gargoyle grabs a stick holding it against the drake's throat keeping it just out of reach as it's shrieking and biting at him.

"Stay still gargoyle!" Suddenly a blade comes through the mouth of the creature stabbing the ground next to Gargoyle's head nearly missing him. The creature's eyes fade and it falls. Gargoyle slides out from under the creature. Zack standing above it holding onto the sword ready to collapse. He looks over to Gargoyle with a weak smile.

"See doing the right thing." He then falls over.

"Lad your not meant to be standing yet I need to heal you more, Belle has all the potions my magic might not be enough.

"Move aside old man I got something." He reaches into his pouch and pulls out a potion which he feeds to Zack. "Don't make me regret this, we're even now I don't owe you anything. A life for a life."

Zack coughs but is feeling better and can stand.

"Let's find a way out of here, we need to get out and find the girls before that brute wakes up and finds them next."

Meanwhile the ladies...

"Are we going the right way??"

"Yes, belle we're on the right track I think they went this way the footprints are going towards that side of the mountain."

They arrive on the scene. What they see is a boulder that looks like it doesn't belong and behind it, they can hear a thunderous snore.

" hey look there's a crack I think we can fit in there"

They squeeze through and are in the home of the giant they saw scoop their friends up. As they look around they see a menagerie of all the wildlife bins all around that are clear.

"I guess this answers your question of why there's no sign of life."

"Yeah, belle I bet your friends are in one of these but they're so high up."

Belle looks around the room seeing if there's a way up to the first shelf of bins.

"Over there I see I large potted plant, looks like a world tree out of a fantasy book!" I bet we could climb up that!"

They start heading towards the plant to do just that.

The guys are looking for a way out when Gargoyle-climbs up to the nest. It seems the drake was blasting. There's a small hole they should be able to squeeze through.

After a hilarious scene of Zack and Gargoyle pulling out guntar who is stuck in the hole they start walking along the shelf.

"How are we gonna get down," said. Zack

"Over there we will scale that plant down."

They make their way over and look down.

"This is exhausting how are you making this look so easy Kyra?"

I grew up climbing trees this is just a really big one. I forgot you mage types aren't as dexterous as most."

"Hey, ladies up here!" They look up and see the guys.

"Are you serious I already climbed up here and you are perfectly fine." Sais belle

She then looks at Zack whose armor is a bit charred.

"Okay maybe not perfectly fine...

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