Fifteen Journey - Chapter 40

A/N: It took me long enough to make this chapter and I had to wait until I was grounded… I’m so sad… (personality speaking)
Anyway, here’s the so awaited chapter 40. I hope you enjoy it. I really liked doing the last part, the part of the fight: I think that part is quite understandable and you can picture it.
I had to cut this chapter into two parts so chapter 41 is probably coming out in just a few days. If I write this fast when I’m like this, I hope to be grounded many times in my life!
Some things that happen here are related to Sixteen Journey (I think that you can imagine what that is). Please comment on this amazing chappy!

Chapter 40 - Back to ground

"Astral transmission, appear!" Nothing.
"I order you to appear spirit!" No answer.
"Dad! I need you!" 'To fill in this empty feeling...'
Cassey sat on the ground hopeless, partly to hide her face, partly strenghless. Her soul hurt, her mind was becoming blurry. And her dad wouldn't help her...
"Get up girl!" However, Katie's order was effect less and, even with all the strength she was using to make Cassey stand up, Katie wasn't reaching her aim. So, she just stood there looking to the dragon as well. However, she could hear many sounds: Vince whispering, since he was just one or two meters away from her, and a sound coming from the cliff, which Katie supposed as the sound of Fred's robot losing its strength. Where was Rick after all? Had he fallen to the cliff?
Suddenly, a huge blow of wind was made by the dragon as he was using his wings, causing the dust to reach the teenagers' eyes. As quick as a flash, the dragon went down the cliff, bringing Fred's robot in its back. And, as he landed, Rick jumped from the dragon's back, with a smiling Fred and a tired Mike behind him.
"Yay, you did it!" the happiness was too much to retain. His friends touched him to make sure they weren't dreaming, but, indeed, that was reality. However, Mike, who was terribly tired, Vince, who smiled from far, Cassey and Katie didn't participate in the festivities. On the one hand, Cassey didn't know what to think. She stared at the friend, with a blank expression, waiting for his approach towards her. And that didn't take long. For Katie’s repulse, Rick happily kissed Cassey in her check, enabling Cassey to move. Indeed, Katie, for some unknown reason was angry, too angry.
Vince made a few steps to Rick. He could see now: as Vince stared at him, he was able to check he was taller than him by a few centimetres. But, for everyone’s surprise, Vince kneeled before Rick and, looking at the ground, he decided his destiny.
“I shall surrender. You are stronger than me, Rick Flaim.”
If Rick didn’t understand at first, as Vince stated later, Rick could easily defeat Vince since Rick was controlling Vince’s dragon.
Sarith restarted congratulating Rick, followed by a suspicious Ashley. As the boys started discussing methods for Vince to recover his dragon’s control, Katie exploded.
“This isn’t finished, Rick!”
If all the presents, excluding Cassey who was still in the same position, turned to her at first, they continued their doings after Vince’s comment.
“Don’t worry, she has told me that millions of times.”
However, Vince’s statement just made things worse as Katie felt deeply offended with the lack of interest. Without concentrating first, she made all her anger explode in the kick she directed to Rick making him lay down in the floor. She felt relieved at least. Rick, however, really thought it was funny.
“Okay, I will battle you. You have a point, you have never been defeated yet… which will end today…” the smile in his face faded as he unfolded his sword, shining with the sun. At last, he would have a decent fight.
Although her personality was very stubborn, which would make her comical before, she was not an easy enemy to beat, and Rick knew that. Nevertheless, he had in mind she was just a girl, and martial arts would not be a very strong tactics.
However, he quickly changed his mind as Katie first stricken. Although he had blocked her easily, her strength made him move backwards, making some dust fly.
The background wasn’t positive at all. From what Rick had studied of martial arts, the fighter would get stronger and stronger as the fight goes on, since the muscles would heat up. He had to finish that soon.
With that in mind, Rick stroke without stop. If at first she blocked some attacks, she was hit by many of them. Soon, she was tired.
For Mike, seeing his friend battling like this, this was an achievement. No one said anything at all about the fight at the moment as Fred was helping Vince to regain the dragon’s control.
“So, as soon as I have him physically controlled, you’ll have to communicate with him… Vince? Are you hearing?”
“Hm-… yes… and by the way, it’s a she.”
After hearing a intriguing “oh!”, Vince continued keeping an eye in the fight that was taking place. Katie was being hit several times, but she kept fighting. Rick, for instance, couldn’t let her attack more, or he’d loose for sure. However, she just got more and more angry.
Katie was brought to the floor once again. Rick’s breath was amazingly fast and he paused to recover. But, in a flash, Katie re-attacked with all her strength left, using a vertical kick, and, in the next second, Rick was quickly approaching the edge of the cliff. He didn’t fell in the cliff by a few centimetres, gladly. And when Mike thought he should interfere, Katie ran towards Rick to do the final blast, which didn’t give both times to do anything. When Rick thought he would loose, Nick appeared in his mind and time almost stopped. Gaining control of Rick’s left arm diverted Katie out of Rick’s direction, right into the cliff.
For his own surprise, Rick was able to grab his sword and saved Katie, as she grabbed it as well. Rick was bleeding, since he was grabbing the metallically part but the thought of saving a person wouldn’t let him stop the pain.
After being able to chat with Katie, Nick interfered once more. By gaining control of one hand, he let Katie slip.

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