Page 31 of Adding Fuel To The Flames

Jett chuckled and wrapped his arms around Zev, kissing his temple. “That’s my man,” he stated proudly. “And boy what a fucking man you are, baby. When this is all over I’m gonna?”

“No! For the love of the gods, stop that sentence right there,” Finn admonished. “No one here wants to hear what you two plan on doing.”

Everyone chuckled as Zev stuck his tongue out at Finn, then smiled.

A loud screeching sound came from Salem and they all turned back to the fight. Wyndingo was back in his rock dragon form and had crushed Salem’s tail. The appendage was almost flat and oozing blood.

Salem opened his mouth and the orange began to glow again, but he turned toward them. Fire rushed forward and Wyndingo stepped in front of them, at the same time shifting into a dragon made of pure water. The fire hit the wall of water and began to sizzle and smoke, but it didn’t penetrate. Wyndingo looked to Destrain and nodded. Destrain stepped forward and raised his hands toward Salem, and began to chant. The fire turned and blew backward, hitting Salem in the face and quickly engulfed him.

Salem threw his head back and roared in pain as the fire grew and became hotter. He tried to run, but was blocked by a two-headed dragon who stood before him and blasted fire at Salem. Day smiled when he realized it was Finn and Jett. They had joined their dragons as only mirror twins could and were using their power of the elements against Salem.

“We need to create the fire circle as Rhys said and make sure his power doesn’t find him again as Destrain and the others take his dragon!” Illan yelled out over all the noise.

They were joined by six of Wyndingo’s dragons who had stood back and watched what was happening. Each of the dragons shifted as Dain, Twix, Rhys, Avery, Baldwin, and ten other guards emerged from the tree line and joined Destrain. The dragons circled Salem as his body began to turn black from the burning flesh, and they each called upon their fire and blew. Large balls of light started shooting out of Salem's mouth and chest as his blood curdling screams filled the air. Thirteen streams of flame continued, concentrated on Salem, not giving in to the man's torturous cries. Destrain joined hands with Dain, Rhys, Avery, and Twix, and they began to chant.

A blue light grew around Salem and became so bright they each had to close their eyes against it. Suddenly everything went silent except for the hiss of their fire streams. Day opened his eyes just as the others did, and they all closed their mouths, stopping their fire.

A large black heap of ash lay in the center of them as they all shifted back and walked closer. “The fire got so hot it turned him into nothing but dust,” Twix said in awe.

“You know, we could have handled this without you and your boys, Illan,” Wyndingo said with a smirk.

“Yeah, but what fun would that be? Plus, I didn’t want you getting a bigger head than you already have,” Illan teased as he wrapped his arms around Avery and pulled him close.

“What kind of dragon are you?” Ryder asked Wyndingo as he and Pauly came out of the woods and joined them.

“You saw how when Finn and Jett join their dragons and become one?” Illan asked and Ryder nodded. “They each control two of the elements, but together they control all four.”

“Okay, so Wyndingo can control all four elements but what he did was…Hell man, he changed into those elements,” Ryder replied.

“That is because I am an elemental dragon, young one. Not only can I control the elements, but I can take them into me and become one with them,” Wyndingo explained.

“Well, whatever it is, it was fucking awesome, dude,” Marco said excitedly.

Finn and Twix went to Marco’s side and hugged him. “I was really worried about using you as bait, baby,” Finn said in a tight voice, then kissed the top of Marco’s head.

“I know, but it was a great plan. Salem had no idea I wasn’t Rhys. He lifted that beam up to swing at Jett as Ryder snuck up behind him. We each grabbed him at the same time, and I sent them here. He never even knew it was me, or what happened, or how he got here,” Marco said as he shrugged a shoulder.

“And did you see his face when he turned and saw me? He had no idea who I was and that I had siphoned his powers before I shifted and flew away,” Ryder added.

“Yeah, he thought I took his powers,” Zev said.

“The plan worked perfectly, Illan. I bow down to your genius,” Wyndingo said teasingly with a smirk as he bowed his head.

“Oh, hell no, like his head isn’t big enough, too? Now we’ll never hear the end of this,” Day grumbled and everyone laughed.