Dragon Drake's Mission

Chapter 6

The next day,

Drake followed Luna to the door and bid her bye. Luna got to school and sat down in class. Nancy is yet to come but Julian has arrived and probably smiling hard.

"Julian, what's wrong and why are you smiling like you just won a lottery?" Luna asked.

"And why are you asking me?" Julian replied.

"Nothing. Don't worry anyway."

"You have to. And you will be shock when I tell you this." Julian grinned.

"What's that?"

"I and Nancy kissed." He blurted out and Luna's eyes widened.

"What!?" She half yelled. "When? Where? How? What led you two to kiss?" She threw questions at him.

"I went to her house yesterday though I met her mother. Nancy had to take me to her room, we discussed and somehow we stared at each other leading to a kiss. That's all. What do you wanna hear again?" 

"Wow! I thought you don't have any feeling for Nancy" Luna rolled her eyes. "You rather choose Gloria than her." She added.

"I don't think so. I've love her for a long time now but I'm surely not asking her to be my girlfriend yet." He shrugged and took out his books then placed it on the desk.

Few minutes later, Nancy arrived and another few minutes, the lecturer came in and began teaching.

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The Dracan Empire,

At the palace,

Alice roamed the throne room, walking here and there. Her mind far away while the king watched her keenly.

"What if they've captured him?" She suddenly snapped her head up to the king as she asked .

"Are you wishing he should be captured? Woman, let your mind be at rest." The king groaned.

Damn! The woman has been worried the next day after her son left for the mission.

She couldn't sleep and hardly eat. The king had to let her stay in the palace so he could watch over her and not harm herself due to too much thinking and worry.

Alice would go out to the palace gate and check if her son is around. But she would go back inside disappointed.

"I'm afraid he might be captured. What if the scientists already found him and took him just the same way they took others. I don't want my son to be tortured like them. I can't lose my whole family into those bastards out there." Alice said, breathing heavily.

"Drake is a strong dragon. He can protect himself. I'm sure he's somewhere safe and I believe he will surely come back with others. Trust your son, Alice." The king called her name for the first time since the conversation.

"I will trust him, my king. I will hope he will come back with others behind him." Alice nodded her head vigorously.

"Good. Now, will you eat your food now? The maids told me you haven't been eating well these days." 

"I will eat now." 

'Let my son come back safely' She prayed silently while the maids the king called, led her away.

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Drake felt there's just need to explore around the city a little. Or at least start his plan on his mission.

He grabbed his thick black jacket and marched out of the house again. He planned to be invisble again but he ignored the idea.

He closed the door and walked towards the main city.

"What a pleasant sight!" He wowed seeing crowd and tall building made of glass. His own kingdom was behind than this modern one but he still love Dracan Empire more. 

No place like home.

He joined the crowd and explored more of the city. Going here and there with no particular place in mind. He still knows his way back home though but he needed to go out so as to start planning on his mission.

He got to a place and stopped at a corner. 

Drake saw both guys and girls chilling, chatting, smoking and some where making out.

Things like things can't be done in Dracan Empire. There's a place for that and not where people pass and can be seen.

One of the guys saw him and walked near him.

"What are you staring at? You wanna join us?" The guy showed his burnt tobacco teeth.

"No. I was just passing by." Drake replied simply.

"Ohh! You look like you lost your way here. You have something in your cloth there?" The guy sniffed his cloth, frowned a little and proceeded to touch his trouser pocket but Drake held his hand in a swift and glared at him. 

"What are you trying to do?" He asked the guy. Other boys were already coming seeing what's going on. In their hands was broken bottles, sticks and some other dangerous weapons. Only a big man who seems to be there boss was watching and holding his gun, licking its edges with his tongue. He could only see his backside.

"Trying to take money. You don't just pass by here without we taking something from you." The guy answered.

"I'm sorry, but you can't find a single dime in my pocket. I'm cashless." Drake said truthfully.

"Rio, what's happening and why's this weird guy holding you?" One of boys holding a big stick was the first to talk.

"I wanted to take something from. You know, no one passes here without we taking something from the person. But he's trying to prove stubborn." Rio answered and winced when Drake tightly his grip on his wrist. "Damn! He's strong. More than our boss boss I think." He groaned.

"Hey, give him what he wants and let go of him." Another boy spoke to Drake.

"What if I don't?" Drake tilted his head, his other hand in his pocket as he stood firm.

"They are going to make sure you die or better still land in coma." Rio answered him.

"I'm don't have money to give you." Drake said still.

Then, the boys who already gathered in front of him split into two as their boss came through.

He walked to Drake and used his gun to remove his hand off Rio. Rio stood back to join the other guys.

Some thing felt familiar about their boss.

'He's familiar' Drake thought.

He quickly glanced at his neck and saw the mark.

He smiled and nodded his head slightly.

'My mission is about to start.' He said inwardly.

This man here is one of his plans. Good to find you bastard.