... ~*MASTERS OF FLAME*~ ...

“There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Dragons were actually seeded here from another planet. The first pods that were jettisoned from the heavens were of many colors. And the colors signified the type of dragon that would emerge and the type of power that the beautiful creature would have, though everyone knows no matter what; that each highly evolved, spiritual being would yield immense power.

However, there was one catch in the whole entire scheme of things…

Dragons were sent to subdue and conquer habitable worlds and Erph had been on a list for a very long time as a target of conquest. There was just one issue that time and time again kept them from taking full Dominion… The U-mans

The Two warriors sat waiting over the valley as the Sun-Star slowly began to rise…

“You know… So many Dragons have come and gone over time… There were Dragons with feathers that held hypnotic trance in their plumage, scales stronger than any forged metal composites, talons sharper than any blade. And let’s not forget the fangs that can rip and tare flesh with surgical precision. Oh and the ability to roast, toast, or boil dinner better than any chef I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. In fact, I think Dragons actually are the ones who taught Uman’s the knowledge of cooking if I’m correct. I mean can you imagine eating everything raw all the time? How boring can it get?"

There are Red Dragons, Orange Dragons, Yellow and Green Dragons, Blue Dragons, Indigo, and Purple Dragons. There are Black Dragons, White Dragons, Silver, and Yes even the infamous Gold! I must admit Dragons are the most diverse creatures this universe has ever come to behold. And of course the bunch, being practically immortal has gained so much Wisdom and Knowledge over time it’s embarrassing to admit. Many have telekinetic abilities, telepathy, and powers of invisibility, including teleportation and to also mention time-traveling capabilities.”

She looked lovingly into Kia El’s eyes as the two sat perched peacefully upon the mountain peak watching the Sun-Star begin to shimmer over the valley as they waited eager and lustfully at the lairs entrance.

“Yeah yeah yeah I was here the day of arrival… I’ve read all the books on the beast too.

I mean it’s hard -not to, when all you have to do is key in, “free reads” on dragons and the mobile sends volumes of data from the library. There’s a lifetime of material to read about dragons, including my own Fahver’s work on the subject.

“Hmmm oh really…” She held the device up to the satellite skies to see if she could get a clear signal and read up on her own while they waited patiently together in Erphly bliss for the Sun-Star to complete its rise from out of the far and distant sea.

“ Hey did you know that when the sun hits the booty in the cave that it lights up like a beacon so bright that many a treasure seeker went blind and was left wandering aimlessly like lost pigs, just waiting to be fried up like bacon for breakfast when the dragon brood would return from raiding all the Towns and Cities. I bet there’s a mountain of bones somewhere in there as well.”

Kia El looked over his shoulders into the lair at all the tribute given by the officials to appease the bloodlust of the new beings that they suddenly found themselves at war with.

“Oh… give me a break… really? That’s just poppy cock!” she laughed sternly…

It’s just Conspiracy Theories!”

“No seriously I’m gonna close my eyes in about five and keep them closed until I feel it’s safe to open. I heard it’s like staring directly into the Sun-Star.

But with your eyes closed and you can tell if it’s safe when your lids darken after lighting up red from the inside out… This way you know to keep um closed so your jelly balls don’t get seared like rocky mountain oysters on rodeo daze during the high holiday of cease fire.

If you were smart you should close your eyes too!”

“Whaaat- really now…

You so funny and charming Kai El you just tickle me pink…

Wait… did you say you were here upon arrival. You look so young… How Old are you…?”

“I’m old enough ma’am and yes I remember the pod eggs landing all over the place. It really was a day of beauty. The Skies we’re all lit up shimmering as each landed with a heavy thud, leaving all those craters in the ground surrounding the parameters of cities and towns.

At first I thought one of my buddies slipped me a Mickey in my tea, punking me with some new hallucinogen.

Then I thought, it was some sort of “mass” hallucination and we we’re all under some sort of political tech sorcerer’s spell to enslave the common folk of society.

But it was a real invasion, an invasion of the 7th kind. And it wasn’t from the Dominators… It was the Dragons, come to roost.

And I admit I wasn’t ready to call it quits, just willing to roll back under my blanket wishing it weren’t happening. No, I immediately registered and enlisted myself in the “Alien Invasion Training Act of Erph Security Force” under the penile code A-N.O.W. 6 dash 6 6 to protect our land and maintain our freedom.

Plus it was punishable by law with the penalty of death. So I got brave real quick…

Not to mention the helmets and goggles were a great incentive, being so cool with all the latest tech, fully installed.”

“Hmm… so what brings you here to this point of the resistance war Kia El?”

Lifting an eyebrow, shrugging her shoulder and turning her head snuggling up close to peer into the eye piece with inquisitive awe, then pressing softly into Kia El’s buxom bronzed body that was a cut above other Umans she had come across in her encounters with the resistance.

Kia El felt her soft smooth silky skin lean in hard and heavy- plump and meaty against his shoulder and chest giving him an emotional rise as his heart rate and breath began to excel at quite a clip.

He looked back at her thinking, wait what’s happening; and if he was reading her correctly not wanting to show any fear or disrespect in revealing that he was really an inexperienced green horned virgin when it came to beauties of the feminine persuasion and immediately changed the subject to suppress the engorging bulge starting to pop up.

“Well, Madame when the officials cut the deal to surrender and assimilate, and take the DNA transfer I felt like how could I just alter my very essence to the forces of nature and terrestrial law when I believe in Universal Law that is above and beyond all understanding, set out of time. That’s my true nature after all as a U-man”

“Oh Kia El you’re so smart and very knowledgeable about historical things, even making and being part of it all, including so mush so, in being here with me, all alone waiting for the Sun-Star.

I think you’re so gallant and have fought so bravely, but you do have to admit if it weren’t for me, that flesh-eating wolf spider would have sucked you dry."

She Slipped in drawing in even closer to rub noses and, bat her eyelashes against his cheek with butterfly kisses so much so, that a small breeze built up and into his nose with her sweet tantalizing perfume pheromones, including tender sighs and soft moans of longing to lustfully devour him with dripping honey love.

Gasping for a fresh breath Kia El slightly broke free of her spell and maintained his code of honor freely expressing his true intentions…

“Yeah yeah yeah… like I said earlier I’ve heard it all before. Do you think I’m a fool? I know all about your kind… You’re like a disease just waiting to infect me and alter my blood. You creep into my mind to soften me up for when you come in for the kill. Do you really think I haven’t heard of charming the meat, as to keep it sweet and free from taint? Or do you think that we could mate so you can still my seed and flood the land with hybrid U-mans? I’m here for the booty in the cave, not yours OK! Besides you’re not even my type.

I’ve got mouths to feed and bills to pay. That Dragon lair treasure will buy me some time. With it, I could secure a new laptop, a dictation application, and some top-notch systems analysis training on multiple projects at multiple levels in several interests of mine.

Not to mention the love of my life sweetly waits for me down below. And she’s A VOMAN… a real Voman who is counting on my success. Now she is all I think of; her and our pure-blooded Kitz… OK… so let me be, in peace!”

Starring at him directly in the eye and now fuming with fury…

“Why you lil pipsqueak all high and mighty marching up into the peaks as if you own the place! The Gaul and Disrespect you give me is utterly appalling appearing before me without Tribute adding insult and injury by spitting in my face when I sweetly offer you T H E- W O R L D!”

“I mean for heaven’s sake I even saved and spared your life through the night. Wooed you with the promise of a Sun-Star rise and for what?

Listen to me now Kia El before I toast you like a marshmallow and swallow you down whole so I can happily excrete your bones into my collection of dastardly horrors contained in the caverns of my Lair of victorious glory.

For my name is F L A M E - the most awesome, fearsome Golden Dragon this valley will Ever Know!”

She then swiped her claws through the air striking him once across the chest clipping the wolf spider webbing that was softened by the heat of her angry breath. The sickly sweet strands of silky web that had him been bound up in like a chrysalis cocoon all through the night by the giant flesh-eating, blood-sucking wolf spider at the entrance of her lair.

He rolled across the dusty blood-stained ground of the red rock cavern like a rag doll and by a stroke of luck within her blind rage he plopped right in front of a cave hole just big enough for him to crawl into and safely through, which then opened up into another large canyon room where he spied another exit that appeared to be shining with the morning dew of Day Star light.

Old Flame in her in a complete fit of vengeful hatred spewed a molten melting bolt of electric blue fire zipping and nipping at the heel of Kia El’s escaping flee towards the light of freedom.

Realizing her mistake, Flame peered through the hole in the wall and could see Kia El heading for the exit of the caves. And then fiercely began to smash her head through the hole to send another great ball of fire, shooting her desire, to disintegrate every molecule of muscle that clung to his bones.

But she failed and knew it, so she attempted to withdraw her head back through the hole; also strangely to no avail. She pulled harder, and then pushed and pulled and then began to twirl but every effort was fruitless as she shook the entire mountain in a monstrous quake.

And it is almost sad to say that even with all her mighty strength including every ounce of mystical magical power she wasn’t as strong as the mountain that now contained her completely secured and trapped helplessly harnessed and bridled to the cavern.

Meanwhile, Kia El stepped into the light and breathed with ease as he listened intently to hear off in the distance his name faintly being called… And then his mobile communicator sparked BzzzfitZzzzzip zip as the static cleared

“K I A- EL… K I A – EL… “Several calls in the foggy distance moving up and in coming closer and closer as they came in loud and clear over his helmet com call.

Fahver… Fahver... oh my Brohz… is that YOU?

“For God’s sake Zon, we thought we lost ya… What in the Hell possessed you into thinking that you could take on this venture alone? You’ve had us worried sick thinking the corporation caught and executed you on the spot.” Vic La Forge sternly said rushing in suddenly and then stood hugging his boy who was weak and wobbly from the strain of all the sudden super exertion.

“Thank the Lord… I literally almost lost my arse in there, Dahz.”

Kia El’s brothers caught up to the homecoming and then began to head towards the lair.

“OH Wait… Brohz… there are Giant Wolf Spider eggs just squirming to hatch in there and the Golden Dragon; Flame may not be fully trapped so we gotta proceed with extreme caution.”

“Wow really a Giant Wolf Spider, that’s ingenious of all things…”

“Yeah like a Security Alarm System with a trap included… two demonic monsters in mutual agreement or something.”

And I have to say she is one tricky critter trying to seduce me into having sex with her to create U-man Hybrids… just like the Corporation must have done when they fell into them, I suppose?”

“Oh mon.. will you look at that… a freaking Giant Wolf Spider Egg Nest…” the Eldest Brother exclaimed.

“Yeah let’s be careful and quietly collect them up into some laser crate containers.”

The spider eggs appeared to be squirming with life and one of them was gnawing frantically just about to set itself free as the young ones gingerly set them in a laser crate, to keep the cotton candy-looking eggs caged holding them safe and sound as they made snotty pincing noises.

Then the Laforge Clan crawled on their bellies to see what condition old flames condition was in and it appeared to be not good at all for her…

Now Vic La-Forge is an expert on dragons having written and published several journals for the resistance like “In The Belly of the Beast”- “How to Eat Dragon Eggs and Obtain God like Powers (Temporarily of Course- sad to say; But a work in progress)”

And then there was the one most important of all, especially for this particular mission on “HOW TO DRAIN YOUR DRAGON.”

In which held all the information that they were all counting on as they surveyed and whispered to each other while zeroing in on her from their high-tech goggles acquired from the war before surrender and subjugation into submission of all Erphly rights of the U-man Beings.

Many of which had already been scheduled for the change and many were already transformed by the change and now living secretly among the U-mans.

Apparently, as slaves, because there seemed to be no benefit in them doing so, except for maybe the ones at the very top, who had become the overlords of ritual worship towards the beast. And even they seemed to mysteriously disappear at the worship feasts.

But there was something big about to happen and everyone knew it, or could feel it.

A great shift was coming and the new converts all ranted and raved about it over and over stating from chaos will come, order.

The Conspiracy Theory was out that the Big Poop-Pawn was coming.

That the Great Red Dragon that was in flight towards Erph with some sort of vendetta and score to settle for having gotten his head caved in and crushed by the Sons of Erph the first time when the Dragons came to conquer it for themselves at the dawn of time.

Right now there wasn’t much order in the process and most dragons just went about terrorizing whomever they could, especially those that would not subdue and submit to the DNA transfer.

And even so most cities populated with hundreds of thousands, had to pay tribute and worship the Dragons that ruled over them anyways. It didn’t make any sense to the U-mans.

Until now…

For this is a Great Victory miraculously achieved, not just for the Booty in the Lair but the entire La Forge family clan was about to secure a captive dragon and capitalize on every aspect of it…

The U-men slowly moved closer and closer to the head of Flame. And Victor was correct in his journal analysis for Flame had drained all her power, all her energy, and fuel for fire-blowing abilities for about 24 hours as they walked right up to her face to face.

Of course Flame having the nature of a scorpion and cunning of a snake went straight to her hypnotic calming charms trying to seduce the U-men into freeing her, but to no avail of course.

They all laughed indignantly at her, as a tear drop fell into the dust and turned instantly into a diamond-like gemstone.

“Go ahead and take it Kia El place it in a Ring and give it to your Lovely Wife for me…”

Kia El picked it up then kissed the Beast on the snout and said…

“Don’t mind if I do”

As he climbed up onto her face and boldly proclaimed…

“I - A M –K I A EL – L A - F O R G E!- and you Flame; through every fault of your own are now a prisoner of War!”

And all the Brothers cheered in Unizen.

“HIP HIP HORRAY”

“HIP HIP HORRAY”

“HIP HIP HORRAY”

“HALLELUJAH FOR THE DAY AND FOR UNIVERSAL ORDER!”

As Vic La Forge began to shout commands to his sons to secure Flame's head and reinforce the mountain's grasp upon her. Then he said in a cheerful victorious voice…

“Tomorrow we move the entire clan up here. The spaceship, the rovers, the lab, and all our vamilies right here upon this mountain top. And on this rock, we shall build a “New Kingdom.”

Flame snorted a big sigh sending up a hot dust devil that everyone felt with an odd bone-chilling emotion…

“GADZ LETZ GET BUSY BOYZ… much to do and much to learn… Radio Down to the underground to come up here and be with us and make sure it’s on the secure channel Double O-7.”

“Yes Fahver” The zons said in Harmonic Uniszen.

In the morning the caravan could be seen making its way winding up in and out through the canyon valley dipping in and out of sight up to the mountain peaks of Erph.

They watched and monitored everything, all the vehicles, the airships, the lab equipment, counting every family member to ensure their safe ascent. They brought up the food replicators, the busted transporter currently being serviced, and of course the captured Alfen spacecraft which safely landed near the entrance of the lair.

Whatever was heading towards the planet, one thing that Kia El knew for sure was that he had much to offer, much to share with ALL THE U-MAN BEINGS and now they were Greater or equal to any force that might confront them or for whatever The Coming Beast has in store for them and the inhabitants of their planet Erph for they are ready and willing to die for Life of the All as One.

Especially Now…

Because they knew very well without any shadow of a doubt that they have become…

THE MASTERS OF FLAME!

Chapter II- SKY-KINGDOM