A fleet of ships set sail, smaller boats were fastened against them. Among the boats was the bird. Markeen, Shaban, and Mark were on the same ship.
Above them, dragons flew ahead, and after a while, the sun came up.
"This is exciting," Mark said and wrapped his arms around Markeen. He lifted her up and spun her around. Markeen shook her head the moment he let her down.
There were ten ships in total. On the deck of the ships, soldiers chanted and sang war songs.
All of a sudden they heard a huge explosion. They looked up to see smoke coming from Quake's direction.
They were confused but not for long. A fire missed their ship by inches. They then saw it, a dragon with red scales. It fired a couple of fireballs at the other ship.
Unfortunately, they were hit. Markeen watched as people on fire screamed and jumped overboard. Some were lucky, they died before they could jump overboard.
Fishes swarmed the bodies immediately they hit the water.
"You see why, I did not want to come," Markeen said then ran over to her boat. She started to lower it down the moment she got there.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
A man asked as he got close to Markeen. She turned around and stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife.
"What are you doing?"
Mark asked as he arrived with Shaban moments later.
"Getting out of here, get the crew," Markeen said as she lowered her boat.
"It's an ambush!"
Someone screamed and everyone frantically moved around. Multiply harpoon guns were fired.
A harpoon with a rope pierced a dragon's wing. A group climbed to get to the dragon. The dragon kept flying and pulled the ship along.
Out of nowhere, another dragon bit someone off the rope snapping it. Quake and Blue IV chased two other dragons.
Quake went after the fire dragon who attacked them with a fireball. Blue IV on the other hand attacked a copper dragon.
Blue IV flew in and clawed at its eyes. The copper dragon spat out acid which rained down on people on the ship.
Blue IV bit the copper dragon in the neck. Shrieks, growls, and roars echoed through the air. Soldiers on the ship cheered.
Quake chased the fire dragon screeching at it. It weaved beating its wings to get away from Quake and Veren.
It turned and blew a fireball at them. Quake screeched and immediately quenched the fireball. He screeched again, this time Quake dis not stop.
He followed the red dragon holding the screech. It hit the water and created waves. He followed the dragon until he hit it and shattered the bone in its wing.
The red dragon spun out of control, not being able to flap its wings. As it fell, it fired a fireball at Markeen's ship.
It hit directly and blew off a huge chunk of it. The explosion threw Markeen and Shaban into the water. Immediately, a couple of fish rushed to snack on them.
Markeen and Shaban fought them off with knives they had. Markeen swam to the surface and called for her brother.
"Have you seen Mark," Markeen asked Shaban who got to the surface later. She swam toward the ship.
Shaban saw a boat dangling and swam towards her. Knowing he would not get to her in time he dove into the water. He grabbed her by the leg and pulled her into the water.
Markeen fought him off and tried to swim back up. Shaban grabbed her and pulled her back. She punched him in the neck and quickly swum back.
The boat hit the water seconds before she lifted her head out of the water. She grabbed onto the boat and climbed into it. She fell on her back and coughed before catching her breath.
Soon Shaban also got into the boat.
"Were you trying to kill me?"
Markeen asked placing the blade of her knife on his neck.
Shaban took a few deep breaths before answering, "No, I was trying to save you. The boat would have hit you in the head."
Markeen turned to see her initials carved on the side of the boat. She then knew they were in the bird.
When they thought everything was over. Blue IV and Quake started acting up. Quake screeched and flew higher. He looked around.
"What was that?"
Veren asked looking around for anything out of the ordinary.
"An alpha, it tried to take over my mind. It should be close by," Quake explained.
"Dragon Sight," Veren said and his eyes turned gray. He could see miles away, he helped Quake search for the alpha.
All of a sudden, Blue IV knocked Veren off Quake. Quake dove to try to rescue him. Veren fell reaching out. Quake got to Veren, he got close so he could grab on.
Veren tried to grab onto Quake. He touched him but could not get a firm grip. Veren kept trying when suddenly, Quake spread his wings.
It parachuted him up, and Veren watched him as he fell. He fell on a ship mast which pierced him through the chest. He coughed out blood, dying right after.
"Lay waste to this ships and meet us back home,"
The alpha commanded Quake, he immediately flew around screeching at ships. He shattered them into pieces leaving people stranded.
"Take me to Sicree," the alpha said to Blue IV, who flew in the direction of High Castle. Maude was still riding, she tried to bring Blue IV back to her senses.
"That's cute, I will let you live. Let's see if you can break my hold. You have until we get to Sicree,"
The alpha said as it followed them.