by Faulina Arif
All of sudden that dragon screaming, its voice is heavy but extremely loud till it could deafen their hearing, without exception all of them closing their ears with both of their hands.
Their ears becoming painful and their head was also felt the effect.
"This is bad," Said Aria.
"We must run." Zafar gulped while looking at Aria in panic.
Aria together with Zafar ran toward the city center.
Ichsan, Reyn, and Marsha were also go to city center but all of them using a different way from what Zafar and Aria using.
Hafiz body was frozen. He stood still at his place while staring toward Lisa with a sad eyes. Hard to believe if that giant dragon is Lisa. Hafiz didn't want to believe it, but he saw that transformation with his own eyes. Hafiz are confused and scared, he don’t know what to do. Impossible for him to approach that giant dragon which recently ate humans.
Ichsan looked to the back. "Hey! Are you out of your mind?!! Run fool!" Ichsan scolding Hafiz while keep running.
But Hafiz is unmoved. He keeps stands there just like an idiot.
Aria keeps running while for sometimes looked toward the dragon behind her back. She thought, what could she do to stop that giant dragon? It seems impossible to defeat.
That dragon turns its head toward Aria. It looks to Aria with its large eye balls which size is like a door.
Looked by that terrifying creature give a chill down her spine, that dragon red big eyes able to intimidate fearless Aria.
That dragon opening its mouth wide. A spark of lightning appeared in the middle of its mouth and in its large and long horn.
Aria know what will happened next. Her left hand push Zafar till he was pushed far away from her. She pull out her giant sword and then with all her strength she transfixing it to the asphalt.
A large lightning bolt had been shoot from inside the dragon mouth, it hit Aria giant sword in a flash. And at the same time a loud thunder sound comes.
A lightning blast occurred, Aria was thrown far till her body crash to the building walls. Her giant sword that embedded in the asphalt flowing the electric current to the ground, but because of its large current and force, the ground had shattered and causing some fissures around the sword. Along with that blast of lightning, all building glass near Aria are broken and falling apart.
Aria shocked. Her body becoming weak and blood keep flowing from her ear hole and nose hole. The sound and the force of that lightning blast destroying her eardrum.
Zafar releasing both of his hand from his ears. He immediately run and taking Aria giant sword while at the same time wiping the blood that come out from his nose hole. With both of his hand, Zafar carrying that giant sword to Aria.
At that times Reyn and other run past Zafar and Aria. But accidentally all of them weren't seeing each other, and made Reyn along with Ichsan and Marsha keeps running.
Zafar shaking Aria body. "Aria! Wake up Aria!"
Aria becoming aware. She opened her eyes and found Zafar already crouching at her side together with her trusted sword.
"It'll be best for us to go back to earth surface. Let that dragon destroy this place and buried here alive." Zafar suggested.
Aria nodded weak.
Zafar looked around him and he saw a sport bike parked in front of clothes shop. That sport bike is the one they rode before. Zafar running toward that sport bike followed by Aria.
When Zafar was busy to start the bike engine, Aria looked toward the dragon that now completely ignored them.
"Ah, damn. It’s busted!" Zafar said desperately.
Because the shockwave of the dragon lightning, the bike was broken.
Aria looking at the sport bike in front of her and because she was annoyed, she kicked it out for several times. "Damn bike! Useless!!" Aria growl in frustration.
Zafar gulped. "A-Aria, stop please! You-you will destroy-it." Zafar forcing himself to rebuke Aria carefully.
Zafar could remember at the times when Aria is angry. Honestly, even though both of them was a bit closer now, but Zafar still afraid of Aria. Moreover at a few month earlier, Aria for once did beat Zafar to a pulp.
Aria stopped to kick that bike, and turned around, once again she looked at the dragon that still ignoring them. And then Zafar tried to start its engine. And Zafar was surprised when hearing the engine roar, he could not imagine, after tortured by Aria, even a motorbike will comply to Aria. Not only Zafar, even a motorbike are afraid of Aria.
That dragon moving both its wings. It looked upward, looked at where the artificial sky that now had red colored. One memories flew across its minds.
"David, Lisa feels bored to see this fake sky," Said Lisa at that times.
David smiled.
"Lisa wanted to go outside and fly with the birds."
"But you are forbidden to do that Lisa. If other people saw you, they will capture and put you into a cage," David answered.
"Ahh . . . For what this wings is if Lisa can’t fly with birds? Lisa wishes to go outside . . . David." Lisa whimpered.
"Fine . . . Fine, I will do as Lisa wish. But you must take patience, I could not do it as fast as you wish for."
"Really? Will David promise?"
David nodded and caressing Lisa hair while smiling. "I will try to speak with the leader of this place."
Lisa are so happy at that times. But the weeks has passed and then month, but she were still caged at the same place. The false city along with its false sky. David tell to her if the facility leader were not allowing her to go outside. And if David keeps compelled, David will be fired from his job.
Amongst all people which Lisa know, David is the most kind and able to understand her than anyone. Lisa didn't want David to be fired and must separate with him, because of that Lisa ignoring her wish, and choose to comply.
But now, it's entirely different. Lisa with this powerful dragon form feels if she had a power to reach her dreams. By penetrating the giant wall that imprisoning her and destroying everyone that tries to obstruct her.
That dragon looked sharply at the lift station that accessing the level 6 which are located very far. Its stomping its legs and made an earthquake happened. It flapping its large wings, trying to fly. But because this is its first time to fly in this form, it had some difficulties.
Ignoring its wings, that dragon decided to walk with its four legs. Leaving a deep and large footsteps. After a few steps, it stopped because many of tall buildings in its line of sight. Those building blocking its path. Its big body will not be able to fit between those buildings.
The dragon eyes glowing increasingly reds. It opened its mouth wide, like before a lightning sparks was formed at the middle of its mouth and at above its horn. But unlike before, the sparks at its mouth formed a sphere, and as second passes it grows larger and larger. And suddenly that giant sphere of lightning formed into a giant bolt of lightning, it's strength are out of the world. It capable to destroy everything in its path, destroying all building and leveled the ground. An extremely loud thundering sounds, quake, and wind blast accompanying that giant lightning bolts.
Aria and Zafar eye ball were like it was coming out from its socket when watching that occurrence. Both of them trembling in fear till the bike that they ride shaken because of the powerful quake and the wind blast that unending. All of buildings up to near the lift station that was in the line of that lightning bolts are destroyed completely.
Zafar thinks if he was hit by that blast, surely his body will turned to ash. Seems like this will not over soon. Even for an immortal human such as Aria will have a hard times to face that dragon, so a person like Zafar would never stand a chance to face it.
That dragon put up a position like it was ready to run.
Aria looked to her back, her forehead frowned. What the hell does it want now? their position is really far away, and they are also using different way that are truly far from where the giant lightning bolts earlier.
And then that dragon are actually ru
nning, it was running as fast as it can, toward the direction of the lift station, and its weight made the earth vibrating. Its keep running, passing Aria and Zafar. Aria looked at it full of amazement and fear.
The sport bike which was riding by Zafar and Aria shaken uncontrollably and for several times they are nearly fall. But Zafar tried to cope with it as best as he could.
"What the hell did it wanted to do?" Zafar throwing similar question like at Aria minds.
Aria is not answering. She are also clueless for what did that dragon wants.
While running, that dragon flapping its wings as if it wanted to fly like an airplanes. And when it was in the front of destroyed church, it jumped while keeps flapping its wings. That dragon manages to fly. But because it could not completely comprehend its own powerful strength, it evidently crashing to level 7 structure wall which was made from stainless thick steel. That wall surprisingly broken and shattered, while the dragon fall to the man made river that exist around the level 7 city. It was drowned and could not be seen anymore.
"What's wrong with that dragon?" Zafar asked while confused, he glanced at Aria which are still at his back.
"Stupid dragon," she mocked. "How foolish." Aria underestimating while smiled cynical.
Both of them arrived at the lift station.
"Let's go to level 6!", Said Aria while at the same time getting down from sport bike.
Zafar are also getting down from the bike, and he accidentally looked to the left at his front. And he was shocked all at once. Zafar trembled feeling scared.
Aria looked toward the same direction and she was also shocked.
That dragon massive head suddenly came out from the river water which was located close to the lift station. That dragon head extends just like a giant snake. Looked at closer distance, its head is truly massive and its neck is shockingly long. Shortly they could felt a vibration incoming. That dragon managed to climb the land while flapping its massive wings. Made all of the water around its body rained down to the ground and makes Aria and Zafar wet.
"H-Holy shit!! Did it intentionally follow us? F-Following us?" Said Zafar in panic, his voice shaking hard.
"Z-Zafar, go now!" Aria half shouted.
Zafar stare at Aria and then shook his head. "N-No, I wi-I will help you."
"What the hell can you do?!", Both of Aria eyes looked at Zafar sharp, a little of impatience appear because of rages and fear mixed into one feeling.
This is Aria first time to experience massive fears. And that feeling emerge not because she was afraid to die, but because Aria doesn’t know what she must do to exterminate a giant dragon that now targeting them.
Zafar become restless. He takes his sniper rifle and then aiming it toward the dragon large eyes.
"What are you doing?!" Aria shouted once again because of Zafar suicide action.
"I will shoot it now!", Zafar shouted. His voice loud like never before.
"Right, and you will instantly die." Aria warned.
Heartily, Aria would never want to see a son of her savior died. Even though it is only a past memories, but Zafar father had so much to give her. That man died because of her. Aria could never let his son also died because of her.
But Zafar keep insisting. He still aiming his sniper rifle and nearly pull its trigger. But that action of his is halted because the dragon red eyes looked at him directly.
Only its eyes, but that large eye looked at him as though it was able to devour Zafar tiny existence. All of Zafar courage are all swallowed within that red eyes and he suddenly made into a helpless coward. Now he could realize, one bullet could never hurt that giant dragon. Perhaps before this Zafar could feel confident enough. But this time his enemy is not Irfan, werewolves, or Berial. The creature that now in front of him is dozen times more larger than Berial.
"Go!" Aria shouted loudly.
"I-I'll be waiting, in the surface!" Zafar lowering his weapon and running as fast as he can to the lift station.
All of that dragon body part is now at the dry lands. It looked at Aria closely.
Aria thought overflowing. How could this cursed organization made this terrible monster? If only from Aria blood, its seems highly improbable. Because in the past when her bloods entering her little sister body, her little sister were not changed into any strange creature. Her sister are only change to be a half-immortal, as what happened to Evan and Irfan. Their body could regenerate fast and they are also live a longer life. But their regeneration had a certain limit and they can still die if their head was severed, or repeatedly have a deadly injuries.
That dragon extends its head toward Aria. And it move closer.
Aria heart felt as though it was jumped from her chest and her soul wanted to escape her body. But that is only at Aria minds. Without she's able to realize, instinctively her body moved by itself and did exact different things. Both of her hands that still trembling pointed her giant sword toward that dragon as if she was challenging the giant dragon.
That dragon walked closer to Aria till its head distance are just only 1 meter from where Aria standing.
Zafar that saw it from a far pressing the lift button in hurry.
Aria that never felt a hopeless despair, reflexively swing her giant sword to face her own fear.
With a movement that defies this world logic, that dragon lift its head fast before Aria giant sword hitting its head, and then with lightning speed its smashing Aria body with its massive front leg.
A sound of broken bones was heard at the times when Aria flew far and rolled over the ground. Aria tried to wake but she fall once again. Many of her bones are broken because of that one attack. She felt that she have no chance to defeat that monster dragon. Her soul are shaken and she was not stopping to ask herself, What should I do? What should I do?
After hitting Aria and made her severely injured, that dragon lost all of its interest toward Aria. It exhaling its breath, letting out a hot steam from its nose hole. It then looked toward the level 7 structure ceiling, the place where level 6 located. It opened its mouth and made a sphere of lightning, it once again wanted to shoot the giant lightning bolt. And shortly it shoot that large lightning bolt to level 6 that exactly above its head and made a massive hole in level 6 structure. Later a loud thundering sound reverberated across level 7 structure followed by a quake and wind blast.
Rubbles from level 6 fall to level 7, some of it nearly hit Aria. Ignoring all the pain that she felt in every inch of her body that still in the process of healing. Aria tried to dodge all those rubbles while running toward the tail of that dragon. With all of her strength Aria stab her sword exactly at the dragon tail end.
That dragon jumped reflexively. It flap its wings and suddenly it managed to fly. This time it shooting common lightning bolt in succession toward every direction and made some of buildings destroyed.
Zafar that saw it inside the lift becoming more panicked and scared.
Meanwhile, Aria was fall unconscious because she was experiencing the force of gravity which was caused by the dragon that moving around in the sky. She was still at the dragon tail, and her hands could amazingly still gripped her sword handle tightly.
Together with all of that incident, Iskandar and every people inside the level 6 that still battling with each other was surprised because all of sudden a giant bolt of lightning appeared along with loud thundering sounds that makes the floor perforated. Later the wind blast coming and makes everyone near the hole was thrown to the back.
The guards that wearing a black suit, SPEAR soldiers, and some of Iskandar troops are running away from the hole to other safe place. Some of them are crying like a baby and even peed their pants. Iskandar too are also cold sweated because of it.
At the place which was not far from that incident. Exactly at level 7, in the other side of the city, Reyn, Marsha, and Ichsan tried to dodge rubbles that was fall and also a lightning strike from that dragon.
While Hafiz, he was still confused. He stood still at
his place with both of his eyes looked at the dragon and muttering "Lisa . . . Lisa . . . Lisa . . . . "
That dragon are stopped enraging, seems like it was not feeling that pain at its tail anymore. It return to look up and then fly calmly toward the massive hole that it creates. It crashing itself toward that hole and was stuck inside there.
Iskandar that before looked at below that hole widening his eyes. He jumped to the back exactly when that creature crashing to the hole. Because it was now stuck, only its neck and its shoulder that could be seen by Iskandar eyes. Even so, that scenery is truly spine-chilling.
The dragon once again shoot its massive lightning bolt toward level 5. For once a blue flash light was radiating all of the floor around Iskandar. That light was coming from the lightning reflection that been fired by the dragon. An earth quake happening again and the rubbles from the level 5 fall and some of it fall on the soldier which didn't have any opportunity to evade. Some of them died because they are hit by a rubbles of building material.
Some soldiers becoming scared and spontaneously they are firing their weapons toward the dragon with all bullets they had. The sounds of bullet hitting steel was heard. Those bullets hitting the dragon but none of it could penetrate its steel like skins, and the dragon can only felt an itch around where it had being shot at.
Suddenly a vortex of lightning appeared in front of the soldiers that shooting and around 2 second later, that vortex exploded. Destroying their bodies into a hundred piece of flesh.
Iskandar body stiffen. He can only stayed quiet and didn’t dare to do anything. He thinks it’ll be better for him to hold back and stayed quiet. Letting the calamity pass and waiting for the situation becomes better. He realized, it will be impossible for him to defeat that terrifying creature in front of him with his arsenal. Now he only have a pistol that only had a few bullets.
That dragon digs the earth with extremely fast speed by using its sharp and strong claw that was stronger than diamond.
Aria was still hanged at the dragon tail. Some fragments of rubbles fall hitting her head for several times and made her awakes. Aria looked to down below and widen her eyes. She was not expecting if she was far above the ground. Aria tighten her grips to her sword handle. If she fall now, she will be unconscious once again and she must avoid that.