Tiberius put two fingers on his forehead and sent a telepathic message to the four from earlier; Zion, Xenai, Aura, and Tsu. 'Sorry, but something's come up. We gotta go.' Tiberius' form changed slowly into a large, magnificently cerulean wyvern, his robes forming into a white saddle. He straightened his back out to let Jannis climb aboard. As she leapt onto his back, he turned his head to the side, to somewhat be able to speak to her. "If anything comes at us, shoot at them from my back. Also, hang on tight. I'm going to be quite a bit faster5 than most are used to."
The wyvern Tiberius lifted from the ground with a great flap, Jannis holding tightly around his neck. He then blasted forward at a blazing speed, the human upon his back barely able to hold her grip. In a matter of minutes, however, they were flying above Tjedon.
"Hey, look at that! The shield is down!" Tiberius flew slowly towards the ground and landed on his four dragonic feet. He then walked the rest of the distance, as there appeared to be hardly any more lizardmen left to deal with. The human girl got off at the sight of Justin, and tiberius quickly changed back into a human. The stone he'd got from defeating Valiko seemed to boost his magic power.
"Hey Justin, we're back." Tiberius said, somewhat coldly.
"Oh, hey. There doesn't seem to be that much battle going on anymore. Let's go inside then." The three of them went into the house, Jacobie and Lagart assuming guard duty outside, incase there were any more of them left, which there probably were.
"What the...?" As Tiberius entered the house, immediately he got to one knee. "What are you doing here, your highness?"
"Relax, Tiberius. Rise to your feet, Gepardi." Tiberius did such, and behind him came Justin and Jannis. They seated themselves around the table.
"I thought there was someone else with you guys... wait a sec, where's Ben?" Justin folded his arms, still standing, along with Sierana (mostly because of the lack of chairs).
"He's... gone... dead..."
"WHAT!? That can't be right! You guys are just messing with me! Seriously, where is he?"
"GOD DAMN IT, HE'S DEAD!!! Tiberius' eyes glowed slightly crimson. He clenched his fists in rage. A result from the stone, no doubt. He merely sat down and folded his arms.
"No..." Justin left the house and ran off into the street, away from everything. His anger surged through him as he recalled his terrible past. He could remember one of the last things his mother told him before she died. *When you do get strong enough, protect as many people as you can. Too many people have died already because they weren't protected. Someday, you'll grow up to be a defender, I just know it. You won't let anyone under your watch die, will you?*
"I failed you, mother... One of those last few things you wanted, and it's dead to you now..." He fell to his knees, holding the sides of his head with his hands. Pain was jabbing his head as the traumatizing events related themselves once again. He could do nothing to stop the dark images as they tore through his head. Finally, they got the better of him, and he blacked out, unconcious, his frail body falling to the floor. Lagart and Jacobie were near by, however. Perhapse they'd seen him...
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