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Dragon Fight Over
the Skies Above Sanction
Razor anticipated the
Red's attack. The Blue veered off, flipping over backward to avoid the
blast of flame that came so close it singed the scales on his belly.
The world reeled beneath
Galdar's horns. The minotaur's stomach rolled. Dangling upside down in
the harness that held him in the saddle, he clung frantically to the
pommel with one hand, his weapon with the other. The harness had been
built for human dragonriders, not for a minotaur. Galdar could only hope
that the straps held his weight.
Razor rolled out of his
turn. Galdar was upright again, the world was back the where it was
supposed to be. He looked hastily about to see what had become of Mina.
For a moment, he could not find her, and his heart nearly burst with
fear.
"Mina!" he
shouted.
"Below us!"
Razor called out.
She was very far below
them, flying close to the ground, flying underneath Malys, who was now
caught between the two of them.
Malys's attention fixed
on the Blue. A lazy flap of her wings and suddenly she was driving
straight for them. Razor turned tail, beat his wings frantically.
"Fly, damn
you!" Galdar snarled, although he could see that Razor was using
every ounce of strength to try to outdistance the large red dragon.
Galdar looked back over
his shoulder to see that the race was hopeless, lost before it could be
won. Razor gasped for breath. His wings pumped. The muscles of the
dragon's body flexed and heaved. Malys was barely even puffing. She
seemed to fly effortlessly. Her jaws parted, fangs gleamed. She meant to
snap the Blue's spine, dislodge his rider, send Galdar falling thousands
of feet to his death on the rocks below.
Galdar gripped the pike.
"We're not going to
make it!" he shouted at Razor. "Turn and close with her!"
The blue dragon wheeled.
Galdar looked into Malys's eyes. He gripped the pike, prepared to launch
it down her throat.
Malys opened her jaws,
but instead of snapping at the Blue, she gave a gasp.
Wielding the dragonlance,
Mina struck Malys in the belly. The lance sliced through the outer
layers of red scales, ripped open a gash in the dragon's gut.
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