Beast Soul

Few minutes earlier.

"Argh!" Noah groaned as he raised up the unconscious body of Gerald and gently threw it onto Wolfe's back, where the rest of the boy's bodies were.

"I guess that's all of them," Noah said as he patted his body to remove the dust from his clothes, and then walked up to the corpse monster, which was now finally dead.

Whip!

He grabbed one of the vine monsters by its head and pulled it with a tremendous amount of force, and the monster's long and elastic body was ripped out from the corpse's intestines, which resulted in blood to burst out from the corpse's stomach.

Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!

Blood began to splash all over the ground like a water fountain, but Noah stepped over the pool of blood that was forming, ignoring it and moving onto the other vine monsters.

Whip!

He grabbed onto another one of the vine monsters and continued doing the exact same thing, and after a few more tries, he now had a large amount of long and sturdy vines in his hands.

WHAM!

He then walked towards Wolfe and pressed his foot on the ground with power, which pushed him up into the air and helped him land on the dragon's back, which resulted in a small snarl from Wolfe's mouth, seemingly dissatisfied with his imperfect landing.

BRRRR!

"I know, I know…" Noah mumbled under his breath and let out a short chuckle as he knelt next to the unconscious boys. "You seem to like the other guy much more than me, huh…" He said softly to Wolfe, but the dragon didn't respond to him.

"Fair enough…" Noah murmured to himself as he used the bodies of the vine monsters to bind the group of boys to Wolfe's back. 

"But don't worry…" Noah said as he stared at his own hands, and his eyes were still entirely black. "Sooner or later, the two sides will have to merge together."

Wrap! Wrap!

Within seconds, the unconscious boys were all neatly wrapped on the back of the dragon, and Noah climbed on top of Wolfe as well.

"Well, then…" He said as he slapped the back of the dragon's head. "Let's go!"

GRRRRRAR!

All of a sudden, the dragon roared loudly, and pushed his head back a bit, which made Noah move back in response. 

"What's the matter? Don't tell me my words hurt you? I didn't know you were that sensitive…" Noah squinted his eyes and patted the body of Wolfe, urging him to calm down.

GRRRRRAR!

The dragon roared again, except this time, Noah also could feel it. A disturbance in the surroundings. An intruder.

"There's someone else," Noah whispered softly as he narrowed his eyes, his expression now turned completely serious. 

The dragon snarled in a low tone, as though he was agreeing with Noah, and he immediately began flapping his wings as quickly as possible. 

Whoosh!

As soon as Wolfe began flapping his wings, the dust and sand particles that were surrounding them as well as the ones on the broken roof began to rise up into the atmosphere and began spreading outwards, forming a massive sandstorm that only widened as seconds passed.

Noah grabbed onto the back of the dragon as tightly as he could, and as soon as he did so, Wolfe flapped his wings one more time and shot out from underneath the ground and upwards into the air instantly.

"What else? I'm going to kill the dragon."

Whoosh!

As soon as Agent Edgerton spoke, Wolfe emerged from underneath the collapsed ground and shot up into the air with incredible speed.

"Speak of the devil!" Agent Edgerton said with an excited tone, and yet for some reason, his facial expression remained exactly the same as before.

Swoosh!

He pulled the scope of the rifle close to his right eye and pulled the trigger without wasting any more time.

"Can you see the enemy?" Noah asked the dragon. Because of the sandstorm blocking his vision, Noah couldn't properly see what was happening. 

GRRRRRAR!

The dragon roared loudly as he began to fly higher and higher, when all of a sudden...

BOOM!

A loud noise echoed throughout the atmosphere, which reached the ears of both Noah and Wolfe, and the two of them became alert.

"What the hell was that?" Noah spoke softly as he looked around, his eyes searching for the source of the noise that he heard.

"There!" All of a sudden, Noah's eyes widened and he pointed straight forward, and the dragon's eyes caught a glimpse of a long and quick moving projectile that was moving towards them with incredible speed.

"Look out!" Noah yelled out loudly and opened his mouth as a ball of flames shot out of his throat and flew straight at the projectile.

BAM!

The fireball collided with the projectile. However, the projectile, which was simply too quick and contained an enormous amount of force, easily pierced through the fireball and struck Wolfe right in the chest, causing him to be flung back a few metres, resulting in an ear screeching and painful roar from the dragon.

GRAAAAR!

"Sh*t! I didn't have enough time to produce a powerful fireball!" Noah cursed at his inability to defend against the surprise attack. 

"Fortunately, my attack was able to reduce the impact of the projectile," Noah stared at Wolfe's chest, which now had a small cut, and let out a relieved sigh. "But the threat hasn't been terminated." His expression soon returned to a serious one as he spoke. 

He moved closer to Wolfe's head and knelt down right next to the dragon's ears. "Continue increasing the intensity of the sandstorm. That will temporarily mask your presence." He pointed at the centre of the sandstorm. "And most importantly; don't stop moving."

GRRRRR!

The dragon, Wolfe, let out a furious roar as he flew around the sandstorm, merging with it and masking his presence as well as increasing the intensity of the storm.

"Ugh…" Noah suddenly grabbed his head, and leaned back on the dragon's back as it flew with incredible speed. The inside of Noah's eyes were now returning to normal, and the iris was slowly forming back once again, with the white colour appearing once again.

"It's time huh…" Noah whispered softly and closed his eyes as he laid down on the dragon's black.

"Noah, I hope that the merge is successful," Noah said to himself in a hushed tone. "For the safety of both of us…"

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Present time.

"Agent Edgerton!" Detective Harry whispered as he knelt near him and placed his fingers under the agent's nose.

"Is he alright?" Detective Lewis knelt down right beside him and asked with an anxious expression on his face, and Detective Harry raised his hand, motioning him to stay silent. "He's still breathing," Harry said after a few more seconds of inspecting Edgerton's body, and Lewis let out a relieved sigh. 

Detective Harry's gaze shifted to the sky, trying to find the monster responsible for doing this, but the dragon was already long gone.

"... A human…" He whispered softly. He didn't intend for anyone else to hear his words, but Detective Lewis, who was proud of his supposedly 'amazing' hearing abilities, was able to hear his words. "What did you say, Harry?"

"I caught a glimpse of a human, Lewis.." He said after a brief period of silence. He turned to look at Lewis, who was staring at him with a confused expression, and continued, "At least, that's what I think.."

"A human? What do you mean?" Lewis couldn't understand what Detective Harry was talking about. 

"On the back of the dragon." Detective Harry clarified. "I was able to catch a glimpse of the dragon moving through the sandstorm as it passed by us, and I think I saw a human shaped silhouette stuck to its back."

"Wh- What?!" Lewis finally understood what Harry was talking about, and his eyes widened with surprise. "A- Are you sure, Harry?" 

"To be honest, I have no clue," Harry replied as he scratched his head. "But what if it really is true?" His eyes narrowed. "What if there really was a human on the back of the dragon? What does it mean?"

"Maybe that person is controlling the dragon?" Lewis said under his breath, and Harry shifted his gaze towards him, looking at him with a confused expression. 

"I'm- I'm just saying there's a chance that it could be the case…. You know, like mechs… " Lewis became flustered and embarrassed because of his words, as it did sound childish. He waved his hands aggressively and continued, "I understand that it sounds dumb, but can you give a reason that doesn't sound dumb enough to justify a man strapping onto the back of a motherf*cking dragon?"

"Well, you are right about that…'' Harry let out a soft and weak laugh, and scratched his head once again. 

"Man on a dragon, huh…." Although it was blurry and hard to tell, Harry was sure of what he saw.. It had to be a human.