Zombie Dragon Time!
Who: Aara angha_firebird , Kevas drinkuntilidie, Bobby mister_10_below , and Ironhide heavyweaponsbot .
What: Heroes taking down a ZOMBIE DRAGON.
When: Wednesday evening--pre dusk.
An ear-splitting shriek pierces the pre-dusk houurs. A rumble forms on the ground--or was it in the air? The very stones of the Keep hum with high-strung energy, crashes richocheting off rock faces of wall only to echo all around ( Read more... )
What: Heroes taking down a ZOMBIE DRAGON.
When: Wednesday evening--pre dusk.
An ear-splitting shriek pierces the pre-dusk houurs. A rumble forms on the ground--or was it in the air? The very stones of the Keep hum with high-strung energy, crashes richocheting off rock faces of wall only to echo all around ( Read more... )
All the more reason to investigate.
The old warrior steps outside, taking stock of his surroundings. He takes one look at the beast, and shakes his cannons free from his arms. There's been no need for them since the battle with the End, but the weapons are in perfect working order. Another panel slides down over his face, protecting the more delicate workings.
"You want a piece of me!" he calls out, his voice booming across the open space. "Come and take it!"
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From the look of things he wasn't the only one of that opinion either. Ironhide was already getting its attention.
"Da wings mon! Go fuh da wings!" Kevas shouted as he rushed towards the dragon's flank. This might not be a dragon from his world, but he was sure he had more experience with dealing with them than Ironhide did. If they crippled the wings then they could kill it.
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Aara. He swallowed heavily, but didn't bother trying to call out to her. He'd seen zombies around already; he knew there was nothing left of her in there. She had to be kept from hurting anyone, and there was no way he was going to leave the other two there to fight her alone.
Bobby didn't say anything in reply to Kevas's comment about the wings, in case it drew Aara's attention towards him. Instead he just rushed for her, shifting into his ice form as he went. He reached out with an ice blast, grabbing the moisture in the air around her wings with the intention of freezing them solid.
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Then sweeping cold washes over the boiling haze encompassing the zombie dragon's form. Wings cease their beating, encased in thick ice. A surprised and furious roar leaves spittle raining down below her as she plummets to the ground--fast--faster. She collides, talons ripping open the earth as her tail flicks and whips out behind her, great maw wide open with pointed fangs on display for all to see.
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As soon as the creature hits the earth, Ironhide wades in. Well. Maybe "wade" is a poor choice of verb. He charges in -- a multiton mass of armor and weaponry, his good optic trained on his target.
The creature's wing.
If it didn't swing it out of the way, the big Autobot would charge straight into it, grasping the wing bone and membrane in huge, heavy hands -- aiming to twist it, break it.
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While Ironhide attempted to grapple its wing Kevas tried to leap onto its back. His goal was to drive his sword through its eye and hopefully into its brain for a quick and easy kill.
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He dove forward, crouching low to the ground and focusing on her legs, attempting to freeze the ones closest to him first: her front ones.
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A deep, bellowing dragon's roar reverberates up from the depths of the zombie's belly.. Not from the pain of its appendage being mashed to bits--the ice helped numb most of that--but from it's immovability. Feeling something jump on her back, the dragon shrieks and twists every part of her body that yet remained unfrozen, snapping her neck back and to the side so she might try to take a bite out of whoever dared near her powerful jaws. Sword met flesh, blood oozing out of one eye as it held for a moment, then popped like a grape. Louder shrieking and rumbling can be heard, the zombie rising up on hind legs and attempting to fall on and smash any in her way, teeth striking out once more and almost completely frozen claws attempt to rip through flesh--or metal.
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As it rose up, Ironhide ducked, reaching for one of the frozen limbs, trying to twist and break it as he had done to the wing.
"Down, creature!"
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As the dragon reared back Kevas lost his footing and tumbled off it. He hit the ground with a hard thud, but quickly sprung back to his feet. With Ironhide trying grapple its arm Kevas tried to drive his sword into one of its back legs. Whether or not his blunted blades could pierce its thick hide he didn't know but he had to try.
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Ignoring his arm - it wasn't like it really hurt in this form, and he'd check any possible damage later - he turned back to his previous task. This time, Bobby didn't waste energy on creating ice around her back legs, he just went straight for freezing the blood inside them. He was definitely starting to notice the difference between using his powers here and using them back home.
Not wanting to be left unarmed when his powers were burned out, he used up some of his remaining energy to make an ice sword, focusing on making it strong and sharp and accepting that he'd have to switch over to less powered combat.
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Then its other wing was seized, being wrenched and twisted. Brittle bone and tissue snapped into splintered pieces, raining down on the ground around them. Pain sluiced through hide quarters, and the zombie let out a short, cut off roar. It was loosing steam. It was already down on the ground. It wouldn't give up this fight, however.
Couldn't.
The remaining good hind leg kicked out toward whatever was giving it pain. Teeth and claws lashed out and the other remaining two. Certain glowing drew the zombie's remaining eye, and the dragon went for those shining lights.
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Ironhide needed to work on his quips. Even so, as the jaws came down toward him, huge hands snapped up, grasping the upper and lower jaw in each hand. He was faster than he looked, some days. He growls. And, with the strength only a machine can possess, attempts to pry the creature's jaws clean apart.
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Ignoring his wound completely, Kevas snarled and rushed up the back of the dragon a second time stabbing at anything and everything within reach. As he neared its head again Kevas made another lunge for the eyes. This time he was going to drive his blades in there and keep them there, or at least try.
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He had to take out those legs, even if it sucked at the rest of his strength. He charged in close, because it was easier forming ice on things that were right next to him, ducking under the dragon's body.
And then Bobby let loose, building ice around all four of the dragon's legs, going fast and big, trying to get enough of it there to freeze them to the ground. And hoping he didn't get too exhausted to use his powers any more before that happened.
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Limbs and underbelly as suddenly frozen--the zombie is good and well trapped. It's only a couple moments later that Kevas's sword strikes true--
With a soft snort, the zombie Dragon leans and sways, blood coating shiny white scales in dark rivulets of contrast.
They felled the demon.
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