Chapter 27 - 27. Finding Rose

There will be three chapters every week because I need to re watch every episode in order to collect some important information and dialogues from the show. Also try to give some comments in order for me to fix and improve my writing.

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The fall ball is in 8 days and nearly everyone has gotten themselves a date except the protagonist trio. "Say Spud, who are you asking for a date?" Asked Trixie." I proposed to Stacy but she didn't even reply but ran away as if I'm the black plague. So, I'm going to try my luck with the other girls. Let's see, Jocks are all boys, nerds are also boys, motorheads are a safety hazard, goths are too depressing but they can be approached, freaks too freaky, delinquents too violent, goodie two shoes rule huggers, bandies too loud, hip hoppers too jumpy." Said Spud.

At that moment, Jake became immersed in thought because while the portal spell succeeded and Jake was able to contact Rose but Rose didn't know where she was. She only knew that it was a huntsclan training academy located upstate but the upstate of which state she couldn't tell. Jake went to his locker to retrieve some books and at that moment the oracle twins appeared which startled Jake. Sara with her never ending optimism said," The huntsclan is planning something that will destroy the entire magical world. Also, you will get a big zit next week, hehe." Jake just groaned in response.

Canal Street Electronics:

" Well, let's see. Ooh, I see a circle of crystal skulls and all of us are tethering on the verge of destruction and Jake has to make a very difficult decision." Said Sara. " Cara don't you see anything good?" Asked Jake. " Hmm, you win. Also, the huntsclan can only be active on the American continent because all of their overseas bases have been wiped out. You all will set up a trap to capture members of the huntsclan and it works. You will be reunited with Rose and girls will fight over Spud." Said Cara.

Lao Shi said," Well, according to the Dragon council the huntsclan has been incredibly inactive in all parts of the world except the American continent. While magical creatures are encountering soldiers equipped with incredibly advanced armours and weapons who only attack creatures from the list of the most dangerous magical creatures and that is only when they are provoked. Hobgoblins are the ones to die the most because of their destructive behaviour. Most tried to rob their equipment and ended up being turned into either a sieve or ash by their weapons." " Man, isn't the huntsclan enough?" Said Jake in an exhausted voice.

" Wait, those guys are going to be the first and last line of defense for Earth against something horrifying and they will be using things more horrifying on them and they care about Earth and all of its inhabitants including magical creatures. After all their supreme commander is married into a family of dragons." Said Cara. Jake and the others are startled and they look at each other.

Spud breaks the deafening silence by saying," Isn't that Jake's dad?" " Now now, let's not jump into conclusions and let Cara finish her prophecy." Said Lao Shi. Cara continued," The supreme commander has a very large space fleet, highly mobile humanoid robotic battlesuits which serves as armoured units and supersoilders who can lift a few tonnes without any equipment. That's all I see." Said Cara.

" Okay it's definitely not Mr. Jonathan. I mean sure the papa dog is smart but he can't be that smart, right?" Asked Trixie with uncertainty in her voice." Okay, enough speculation about my dad being a galactic overlord. The main topic is to find and rescue Rose." Yelled Jake. " Well, we might have a way." Said Fu dog.

Central Park:

" We all know that the huntsclan can teleport from one place to another and we have been trying to break their encryption and intercept their signals." Said Fu while helping set up reverse engineered huntsclan transmitters. " Let me plug in." Said Spud. " The dragon council has been trying to decode the signal for many years and it may be impossible to...." Before Lao Shi could finish Spud interrupted by saying," I'm in. It's a mirror encryption pattern but I found a backdoor." " Both Lao Shi and Fu were flabbergasted. ( In cannon, Lao Shi claimed that the dragon council was trying to decode the encryption for hundreds of years which in my opinion is bogus.) Spud tried to intercept and after a series of failed interceptions they finally intercepted 88 and 89 the two stooges.

At the sight of Jake and Lao Shi's dragon form both of them bumped into each other and as a result knocked each other out. In the shop, Spud after analysing the signal found that the place they were going was a huntsclan academy located in upstate New York. He also discovered that there was a mainframe computer which is responsible for most of the huntsclan data storage in the North American continent which Spud in order to hack needs to connect physically to the terminal. So, Jake and Spud decided to go undercover taking 88 and 89's identity. After sufficient preparation they entered the temporary teleportation circle created using the transmitters.

Huntsclan Academy:

Rose Pov:

" I feel like something big is going to happen today. I can literally feel it in my bones." Thought Rose to herself as she was putting on her uniform after all she had to demonstrate dragon slaying techniques to a bunch of aspiring new huntsclan members. Rose truly misses her job at Canal Street Electronics and now due to some kind of psionic jammers she can't contact Jake using the Neuroclock.

She puts on her uniform and was walking towards the classroom and when she came in front of the main gate which is used to receive the huntsclan trainees through the academy initiation ceremony which is to run a crazy obstacle course while being whipped by a neural shock whip at the hands of a foul mouthed instructor. She heard two voices and those two voices sounded extremely familiar but due to the obstruction of the metal door the voice wasn't clear. Rose made a mental note to investigate the matter later.

Jake & Spud Pov:

Jake and Spud never felt this humiliated in their life. Constantly being whipped while being called maggots and getting all their clothes shred except their underwear and falling on mud was most humiliation they felt and Jake secretly swore that he will get his revenge. ( Not if I get her first.) They made way to the first class assigned to them by the academy and it was about dragon slaying techniques.

Spud and Jake took a seat at the back bench and a monocle wearing huntsmaster who had replaced his right hand with a robotic prosthetic which made very annoying whirring sounds due to the actions of the servo motors. He first drew a dragon with it's wings spread out and drew a fart cloud under the right wing of the dragon.

He started his lecture by saying," Dragons are master of stealth and they are born with natural born shapeshifting abilities which awakens when they are fully mature. One of the way to detect them through a putrid stench that comes from under their wings due to high friction caused by the flapping of wings. But this feature is not available in purebreed Asian dragons because unlike European dragon breeds Asian dragons use a unique jet propulsion like system using their underbelly scales which can capture normal airflow to create a silent wind propulsion making the Asian dragons most hard to detect. Also, due to ease of communication around the globe new hybrid species are emerging resulting in more efficient biological flight systems.

The current dragon with the most efficient flight system known to the huntsclan is the American Dragon. Early maturity in shapeshifting abilities, strong leadership qualities, innovative tactics, perfect understanding of risk and profit, incredible cautiousness and incredible martial prowess honed under the guidance of the previous Hong Kong dragon makes him the most formidable dragon currently alive on the world.

Now, most of you may think we know many things about the retired Hong Kong dragon so why don't we try anything with it's near and dear ones? One single reason, Jonathan Long." The class broke into hushed murmurs. " Silence!!" Yelled the instructor. " While Long Technologies is not aware of our targets of operation they are aware of our financial sources. After every attempt on that thing's family we lost a cash source to an unusual group of soldiers who bear no emblem or insignia to signal their origin. Our latest and final attempt at abducting his wife Susan Luong-Long and Haley Kay Long resulted in annihilation of the entire team. Two days later the golden triangle the place which we use to get 45% of our worldwide funding was burned in a jet fuel induced explosion which scattered an experimental chemical weedkiller which permanently destroys the soil's capability of growing any kind of targeted crops and the golden triangle is famous worldwide for one single crop cultivation and can anyone tell me what it is?" Asked the instructor.

Spud or number 89 raised his hand. " Yes, number 89?" Asked the instructor. " Medical grade poppies." " Very good 89. Yes, now the world is currently facing a shortage of Morphine and coincidentally a new pharmaceutical company called Progress Chemicals has released a new non addictive painkiller named Nerphine and it's one 5cc dose costs one third less than a 5cc dose of Morphine. We have reasons to believe it's a subsidiary of Long Technologies but no proof exists neither in government records or our records. Now all of you may be thinking why is this instructor blurting out the information one would be expected to be labelled as "TOP SECRET" in red ink. Is it to get you maggots in trouble? He he, no it's because the huntsclan despite the setbacks is expected to accomplish what our ancestors set out to accomplish a thousand years ago and that is the destruction of all magical creatures in one fell swoop. So, better kill a dragon as soon as possible after all they will be extinct in a few months. Now I will call my assistant who has experience in fighting the American dragon. Huntsgirl come in!!" Yelled the instructor.

Rose in her attire bust in while doing series of backflips. " 88 come here and be the pretend dragon." Ordered the instructor. Jake came in front of the classroom and Rose instantly grabbed him, threw him onto the ground and said," First lesson, never let down your guard. Dragons are heavily armoured along the head and back. You wanna go for their soft underbellies. Never show hesitation in front of them for they are the masters of manipulation. Dragons have another weak spot." Then the instructor asked," What is the main weakness of dragons?"

" Ooh oh, I know. It's behind the left ear. That's why they are such babies when you flick them behind the ear at the skate park snack bar because they're taking forever deciding between chilli fries and.... That's what I read in books and stuff." " Correct, number 89." Said Rose and lifted up number 88 by the ear and said," A direct hit behind the left ear will result in a clean slaying. And one last thing, never show a dragon mercy, ever."

Rose Pov:

Rose has been taught by the huntsclan that there is no god and this is something she also believes in but for the first time in her life she is secretly praying in a secluded corner where there is no CCTV surveillance. The topic of her prayer? That number 88 and 89 are not Jake and Spud. While she is 99.9% sure she is praying that 0.1% probability of them not being Jake and Spud comes true. At that moment she heard the sound of a window from the trainee residential area opening.

Jake & Spud Pov:

" I can't believe it, Rose is here." Said Jake. " Yeah, and she's also teaching a class on how to carve up dragons like Thanksgiving turkeys." Replied Spud. " Well, let's go and find the server room." Said Jake. Spud and Jake quietly came out of their room through the window and landed on the floor below. Spud looked up and said," Look, the server room is up there." Suddenly Jake yanked Spud back at the cover of the steel beam and guards were crawling everywhere.

At that moment someone grabbed Jake and Spud then tossed them on the floor. Spud was tossed away and landed on a shipment of meat paste while Jake was tossed in front of the aggressor which turned out to be Rose. Rose took off the mask and Jake said," Hey, Rose. How's it going?" " Jake!!! You shouldn't be here." Said Rose as she took off her feet from Jake's abdomen and she confirmed that there was actually muscles there. She took off her mask and said," You two quickly need to get back to your room."

Rose picked them off the floor and ninja jumped into their rooms tossed them in their beds and stepped on the light switch to turn off the lights. She hid on top the door frame and at that moment the female huntsmaster responsible for the welcome ceremony burst in, flashed a flashlight on their face and yelled," Bed check, maggots!!! Number 89, number 88." Both of them were asleep and she left. ( I have created the perfect tortures for that bitch.)

They got up and Jake said," Rose, I want you to come back with me. I mean you heard what dad's doing in the lecture. Dad and I can protect you." " I'm sorry Jake. I can't in good conscious burden Mr. Long anymore than the burden that already exists. I will help you guys any way I can to get what you guys came to take." Rose jumped away through the window.

The next day:

Jake and Spud came to the cafeteria to get their breakfast which was even worse than their school's cafeteria lunch. But they couldn't complain much after all the huntsclan has disclosed that more than 75% of their funding has been lost to the attacks of the unknown soldiers and coincidental accidents. It's a miracle they could even afford to eat oatmeal for breakfast, one sloppy Joe for lunch and vegetable salad with ranch dressing and bacon bits.

Both of them sat down and at that moment a girl numbered 18 came towards Spud and said," Hey, number 89. I was impressed by your dragon slaying knowledge. Do you wanna be my date in tomorrow's dance?" At that moment another girl numbered 23 came forward and asked in a seductive voice if he wanted to go to the date with her. Both of them started fighting each other and suddenly they stopped fighting and 18 asked," Say did you two study for today's lab test?" Both Spud and Jake were confused.

The Huntschemlab( Jonathan Pov):

The lab had at least 30 pairs of huntstrainees and Jake and Spud were at the very back of the class. The monocle wearing instructor was also in charge of this class as well. He said," Your assignment is to create a venom that is lethal to dragons." Spud and Jake did what regular boys who don't know shit about chemistry which is to mix the two nearest bright coloured things together with a 98% chance of failure. But most boys see the 2% as a gamble worth taking. (I'm proud of my son.)

My son and Spud being the boys they are mixed a red liquid of a test tube with the blue liquid in a Erlenmeyer flask which created a explosion so powerful that the upper roof of the huntsacademy got blown up by a purple light pillar and the shockwave unfortunately didn't kill anyone much to my dismay only knocked out the entire class.

The huntsinstructor angrily came in front of Jake and Spud's desk and snatched the Erlenmeyer flask and observed the potion inside it. " This potion is not deadly to dragons only gives them the temporary appearance of death. So, both of you not only destroyed the building but also failed the class. Both of you will be punished." Said the instructor. " So, what's it gonna be? Detention, suspension?" Asked Jake in a bored voice.

A few moments later:

Both Jake and Spud were being escorted by a huntschump down to the arena where they will face the Kraken as punishment. They were put in the arena and the Karken was released. Rose seeing the situation not being good decided to cut off the power line connecting the flood light. In the darkness Jake easily defeated the Kraken using his dragon powers and Spud gets the credit.

3rd Person Pov:

The same girls started another fight for the right to go on a date with Spud and Spud simply watched the fight happen. Rose asked Jake on a date which is actually a plan for them to steal data from the server room. Both of them indulged in a little quality time but under Rose's instigation the girls started fighting again which also dragged the huntschumps present giving the teens a perfect chance to slip away and steal the data they needed.

Little did they know the real 88 and 89 escaped and already reached the academy reporting the situation to the huntsmaster. While both of them were able to steal the data they were not able to escape and Jake after fighting off a dozen huntschumps was caught in a Sphinx hair net. Spud exchanged his number patch resulting in a nerd getting man piled by a bunch of huntschump.

Jake was caught in his dragon form and the huntsmaster said," Huntsgirl, would you like one more chance to redeem yourself and join me back on the field?" " Yes, master." Said Rose after a moment of hesitation. Rose wanted to free Jake but Jake flatly refused and told her his plan to use his failed potion to save both himself and Rose. Rose secretly made the potion and hid it in the arena which I replicated and sent the atomic composition to Gammah Null.

Gammah Null doesn't interfere much in Jake's magical duties because Jake asked not to unless it was a life or death situation. Gammah Null sent an encrypted message to Rose in her Neuroclock explaining the role Gammah Null will play. Jake kissed Rose before the death match began. The next day the fight did start but unlike the original timeline the hidden flask broke because Jake fell on it. At that moment the light went out and a green flash was seen and at that moment Jake was lying in the ground. The huntsmaster checked again making sure Jake was dead. Suddenly the lights went out again and suddenly a blue orb lit up in the darkness.

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At that moment the entire arena lit up in mesmerising blue flames creating a beautiful light show and for a moment there was tranquility but suddenly the quietness was broken by heart wrenching screams. The entire arena was melting in blue and orange fire.

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The emergency lights turned on and what was standing at the arena shocked everyone a robot with a metallic skull between the wings of blades emblem embedded on its chest and shoulder plates.

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A twelve feet high white humanoid robot which had some form machine gun as it's right hand and a long flame thrower on its left hand. Some more guns attached to its shoulders. Nerds and motorheads were literally drooling at this sight and suddenly it started floating in the air and started rotating from its abdomen. All of its weapons started firing indiscriminately in a circular motion towards the crowd. The huntsmaster retreated leaving Rose behind and Rose dragged Jake's limp body away.

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From the shoulder mounted guns two arrow like hooks attached with metal cables fired at high speed penetrating the female huntsmaster's shoulders and dragging her away into something cubic. The machine carried out it's slaughter as if unfazed my the begging of all that is around it. The machine finally found a boy which was actually Spud and spared him. Then it went smashing through the halls of the academy incinerating everything that fell on it's path to ashes.

In order to search for high value targets it released four drones which starts to scan every room. They found Jake's room and scanned it and left but they sprayed some sort of mist which woke Jake up. Rose quickly took Jake and Spud to the teleporter room and teleported them away.

Fall ball:

Jake and Spud were sitting dejectedly while Trixie was dancing with Kyle Wilkins. At that moment someone said," Hey, stranger. Care for a dance?" Jake turned around and saw Rose. Jake jolted up and tightly hugged Rose and Rose said while tapping Jake's back," Too tight." Jake let go and both of them were about to dance but Brad tried to abduct Rose which resulted in Rose throwing him over her shoulders and he landed on the trash can.