Cressca Falls. 10

Landing on the top of the pyramid, Jayce and Ono looked around. Everything was covered in blood. Dried and horrid smelling it was. It was hard to keep from throwing up. There were bones lying about everywhere. At the end of the pyramid was the head of Cressca, a fearsome bats head. With large fangs and the tongue for the altar. Many had died here and it still dripping blood. Jayce turned away, he knew what died on this table. He wanted to go and destroy it. Knock off that disgusting head, but the noise would bring attention to them and destroy there chances of success. Over in the corner they saw the steps down into the structure. Slowly they started down and into the pyramid.
" Ono." Jayce said, " Can you pick up the scent of the children over this stench?"
Ono took a few sniffs of the air. With Jayce close he walked around until he picked something up. He found the scent, they were there one more floor down.
" I got them." The young wolf said. " Stay close, its one more floor down."
" I'll follow you." Jayce said as they started down. Thank God there was no blood on the steps and it wasn't slippery. Down they walked. On the next floor the saw two men in robes talking.
" Once we sacrifice these animals Cressca will give us the power we need to take the kingdom." One said.
"Yes." The other nodded." Then we move on to the next. For Cressca we'll kill thousands of the animals."
After hearing that Ono began to shift to man wolf form. Together the crept closer to the two men. Ono reached out with his clawed hand and ripped one mans throat out. The other man turn to see what happen and Jayce ran him through with his sword and quietly lowered him down.
" Where are the children?" Jayce asked. Back in human form Ono went over to the door and looked in. Inside were the three children they were looking for crying in a corner. Ono went to open the door when Jayce stopped him.
" Not yet." He said. "Wait until we get the signal. Someone else might come up here. Send to Jandar we found them and were ready." Ono sent the message to his brother and stood close to Jayce to stay invisible and waited. Out front Jandar and the Dragons got ready, Rage and Blaze took there dragon forms and roared. They started forward .Three men came running from the left, each shooting arrows. Blaze shot out a torrent of flame and incinerated the arrows in the air, then swung his tail around and knocked one man off his feet and smashed him. Jandar pointed his staff at the other two and shouted sounds the others couldn't understand and the men froze in their place solid. The trio keep walking until they came to a room with stairs to the left and right and a corridor forward. Men streamed down both sets of stairs. Dragon hide is strong, so strong that swords and arrows were useless.
[Tell Ono and Jayce to get them out now.] Rage sent to Jandar. [ We'll take care of these cretins. Go find there leader.]
The dragons roared and waded into the fray. Jandar sent his message and ran forward and up another set of steps, sending out lightning from his staff at anyone coming close. He stopped for an second and set up a shield spell to stop any arrows sent at his back. A haze could be seen around him as his spell took affect. Up the stairs he ran looking forward to finishing this horror of a God and getting to know the handsome red dragon.
[Now brothers, Get them out!!]
Ono and Jayce heard in their head startling them. Jayce ran to the door and pulled hard. Any man with a twelve foot wing span, able to fly over mountains would have unbelievable strength. Nails and hinges ripped out of the wall, Jayce tossed it to the side and went in. In the far corner three children huddling together crying scared out of there mind from the sound of battle below. They were terrified of what might be coming for them at any second. But what did they see? An angel stood in the doorway. Tall, blond and handsome Jayce stood there, the children in awe.
" Come little ones, I've come to take you home." Jayce held out his arms. All three kids ran to him and jumped into his arms.
"Shhhhhhhhhh!!" He said." Don't cry, everything's alright,"
"Are you taking us us to heaven?" One little girl asked.
" No, I'm taking you home." Jayce answered. Ono stuck his head in the cell.
"Someones coming." He said. " We have to go now!"
Jayce pulled all the children close and motioned Ono to come to. Ono picked up a little boy and held him. Jayce wrapped his wings around everyone then tapped his pin.
"Everyone must be quiet." Ono told them. " Nobody can see us. It's the angels magic. But if you make noise they'll know were here. So shhhhhhhhh OK?"
They nodded there heads quietly. Then two men in robes came running in. " What happened here?" One said.
" The door is down. Quickly. We must find them."
Backing out the door the ran to search the halls. Without the children, Cressca would be very mad. They know he would take them instead. The men knew it was time to get out if they could. " Lets go."
They quietly ushered the children out pass the men running in the hall, and went up the stairs. On the top Jayce gathered the children to him. He could carry all three but not Ono. He'd have to wait. Jayce looked up at the altar. How he wanted to destroy that terrible thing. But no time. He gathered the children in his arms.
" Will you be alright until I get back? " He asked Ono. Ono shifted to man wolf and waved him off. Jayce vanished and took to the air. On the third level Jandar went from room to room looking for Cressca's High Priest. This was a barren place. Not many chairs or beds in the pyramid. The disciples were not expected to have any comfort here. Only pain and misery were there do. What they didn't know was that sooner or later they would all be sacrificed to Cressca. No one survived long in his service. Cressca wanted blood and death not worship. Everyone here was expendable, even unknown to Joric, the High Priest. Smelling fresh blood, Jandar walked into the last room on the far end of the hall. There he found Joric waiting for him.
" Would you be the Red or the wolf? Joric asked.
" I would be the wolf." Jandar said folding his arms. " I would also be the downfall of your disgusting God."
" How dare you talk of mighty Cressca in that way.!!!" Joric's anger rose. " BOW AT HIS TEMPLE!!" A strange resonance was added to his voice. Jandar made to start moving as Joric smiled. Then Jandar stopped.
" Your going to have to do much better then that." And Jandar laughed at him.
" Then how about this!!" Joric spoke out." Teru hu ra!!" A blue bolt shot out at Jandar, He held out his staff and sent it away. Then turned the staff toward Joric. The same energy flew back at him. He ducked aside just in time to avoid the blast. Turning his hands in a circular motion, Joric sent a ball of power toward Jandar. It hit his out stretched hands and dissipated. "Seems your Gods not living up to his promises." Jandar said.
" MY GOD IS ALL MIGHTY!!!" Joric screamed. With that he reached over to the altar and grabbed two skulls and threw them at Jandar. Swinging his staff around , Jandar hit the two skulls back at the altar. They explode and blew apart the altar completely. A loud scream was heard through the whole pyramid.
{NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! MY ALTAR!!} The building began to shake and rumble, Stones fell and rooms began to collapsed. The floor beneath Joric crumbled and he fell screaming into a dark pit in the floor. Jandar stumbled from the room as the floor fell out from under him. A rock smashed into his head before he could cast a spell to save himself. Everything began to go dark. A sudden rush of air brought him back. Something grabbed him out of the air. With wings spread Rage caught him and flew him out of the falling pyramid ducking and dodging falling debris. Carrying Jandar carefully, Rage made his way out to there meet place. The howling of Cressca could be heard for miles around. Gently Rage landed putting Jandar down and taking his human form again.
" What's wrong with him?" Ono said rushing to his brothers side.
" He's OK." Said Rage. " I think he hit his head. He defeated Cressca and brought down the pyramid. Such bravery I've seldom seen in a human."
" We're not human." Ono said. " We to have been hunted by humans."
" But still you help them." Said Rage.
"Yes." Ono told Rage and Blaze. " There not all bad, And there's some human in us . And they sometimes need our help. You helped to. Why?"
" We've human in us to." Rage said." My people try and stay away from humans. Except at certain times we need them."
" I see." Said Ono. " Thank you for saving his life. I owe you."
" You owe use nothing except friendship." Rage put his hand on Ono's shoulder. " That you will always have, I promise." Ono placed his hand over Rages.
[They are worthy of eggs.] Blaze sent to his King,
[Yes they are.] Rage sent back. [All three of them.]