"Where are you taking me ?"
Lex and the mystery man where walking through a forest in the outskirts of town. He didn't trust the man but he felt like he did not have a choice at the moment. If there was even a chance of meeting his father he would take it without a second thought.
"Did my father not die ?" Lex asked after not receiving a answer for his previous question. The mystery man ignored him the whole journey and just continued going through the forest.
"Ok I'm going back now i d........"
"We have arrived" Lex was cut short as he and the man stood in front of the entrance of a large cave. The man went inside and Lex followed. The cave seemed to be man made as the walls and ceiling where too smooth to be a natural phenomena.
They kept on descending until they reached a large steel door. "Taukrun shidenti " the door opened after the man said those words. He then entered and Lex followed. Inside he saw a large room like area with an elevated altar like platform.
The still to be identified man walked up to the altar before cutting his own hand to let a drop of blood drip on it.
He then took a couple of steps back when a white light filled the whole cave. When the light disappeared the transparent figure of a large black dragon had taken its place. The beast was 100 meters long from nose to tail and seemed to be confused. It looked from left to right like it was looking for something.
"What's this ?" Lex asked the man.
"This is your father" He replied
"Nice try but I'm outa here, you're sick you know that" Lex said already on his way to the door.
"Xad Zelos"
A human voice came from the dragon's snout . Lex could identify his father's voice even if it came out of a beast . He turned around to see the Dragon looking at him with its big red eyes.
"That's not my name "Lex corrected the dragon.
"Lex Black is your human name , your real name is Xad Zelos, son of Xen Zelos , leader of the Zelos clan and the strongest dragon to ever exist.
Lex looked angry as he turned to look at the mystery man standing by the door. "How did you make that thing sound like my father ? Cause i know that is not my father!"Hearing his father's voice speak brought back memories for Lex . Memories he didn't want to relive.
"Lexy my boy"the dragon said
"Don't call me that! Only my mother calls me that" tears started to well up inside his eyes
"Your mother and i loved you very much Lex , we are just sorry we could not be there to see you grow up .
Lex did not know what to think anymore, he knew deep down that the thing in front of him was his father even if it was hard to accept. The dragon knew things that no one else should know and when lex looks into its eyes he could tell that it was family.
"What happened ?" he asked after calming down "How are you a beast?"
"I was always a dragon, just that i always used my human form around your mother"
"She didn't know? "
"She only started knowing 5 months before...the accident."
"You said you where the most powerful dragon to ever exist, then how could you let yourself be killed by humans ?"Lex asked
"I used my human form for over 15 years so my powers went dormant and..." He trailed off . Lex didn't even need to hear the rest.
"This Zelos clan you speak of , is it in the magical beast domain?"
The dragon nodded
"According to you, you were some kind of leader there so why did you leave? why did you come to the human domain?"Lex inquired
The dragon closed it's eyes and took a deep breath before answering"I was given a mission by the King of beasts, but then i fell in love with your mother.
"What was your mission?"
"I can't tell you that"
"Why did you bring me here?"Lex asked annoyed that his so called father was beginning to hide information
"To teach you how to use your system"
Lex was surprised. He knew that everything to do with the Academy was a secret so he wondered how the dragon got that kind of information.
"They will teach us how to use our systems tomorrow anyway."he answered
"Yes but your system is not the same as the other ones is it ?, You know i was pleasantly surprised to see you awaken all the elements of our species."
"How do you know about all this ?" Lex asked
"It's a good thing Alfred was there with the replacement crystal when you broke that one isn't it"The dragon glanced over at the man standing by the door.
He then remembered where he saw him from. That was the forth man from the group of scientists who came to overlook the awakening ceremony.
The dragon continued to speak"It's very rare, even for a hybrid like yourself to give birth to more than 2 elements. I myself have only fire and darkness."
"Please slow down , i have a lot of questions to ask you "
"And you will ask them all Lex but not now because for now you have a lot to learn about who you are"The dragon said back
"Is this what the system meant by those question marks after my race? "
"Yes , you aren't human , but that's all i can tell you for now "
"Last question, did you cause the system override? "
"Yes , i am even the one who developed the systems for the school"
"How is that possible, you were a lawyer "Lex said, confused
"I can't give anymore details than that".
All of a sudden a loud alarm like noise rang through the cave. Lex wondered where it was coming from as there was no electronic device in sight.
"Alfred!!" the dragon shouted
Alfred flew up at high speed breaking through the roof , a pile of debris accumulated under the hole he made.
A few seconds later he came back through the hole
"We are under attack my lord, i could not recognize the assailants but there are 10 in the third rank and 1 leader in the forth.
The dragon turned towards Lex "We don't have much time Lex , i have to upload my consciousness into your system."