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Dr. Ian Malcolm “Did you find him?"

Roland Tembo “Just the parts they didn't like."

Fear The Reaper

Chapter 21

“All Shadows please report to briefing room six!" The PA system sounded over the base.

“Fuck!" Conner grumbled “Can I… ugh!" He shut down the small fabricator on his desk and grabbed a pair of metal pliers and carefully grabbed what he had been working on before dunking it in a liquid causing a pillar of steam to rise up, he dropped the pliers and deactivated his Tek gloves.

Conner picked the pliers back up and slowly pulled the object out of the liquid and dried it off. It was a fairly large ring, fit for a dragon's toe or 'finger'. It was made of a tungsten titanium alloy but the ring was coloured black and it wasn't technically solid, rather it consisted of nanites so it could change size. The ring had an engraving on it and the engraving was filled with gold, the gold lettering was in Draconic and it was a name, more specifically it was his name.

Conner picked up the ring with his right hand and inspected his work.

“I have no idea when or how I'm going to do this." Conner sighed, he knew for some stupid reason, dragons couldn't legally get married to each other or to humans and the like, only humans could legally marry but he'd figure it out if she even said yes that was.

Conner sighed again before stuffing the ring in the breast pocket of his tactical vest before getting out of his chair and leaving his personal quarters.

Conner walked into the briefing room, everyone besides his Captain, Kyle and Daniella were there.

Conner sat down and began shuffling through emails on his Tek wrist display.

“Hey Conner?" Kaida asked as she sat down next to him “You alright? You seem distracted."

Conner sighed before pulling out the ring “Got no idea how I'm going to even approach this topic." Conner chuckled as Kaida's brain registered what was going on.

“You… are going to propose to her?"

“That's the plan."

“How will that even work? You can't ev-"

“I know… that's why I'm 'distracted'." Conner chuckled as he put the ring away “I'll figure it out if she even says yes." Conner whispered.

“She will say yes! Don't say that!" Kaida scoffed at Conner, Conner just smiled at the dragon's reassuring words.

Conner could tell Adalinda was listening “No I don't believe in your lifestyle, don't even." Conner chuckled as he made eye contact with the large black dragon. Joker and Shane just chuckled as Adalinda grumbled.

Conner heard voices in the hallway “Kyle! Give it back! Now!" Daniella hissed.

“Ya ya fine! How do you even plan on doing that?"

“I'll cross that bridge when I get there."

Conner saw Captain Steer, Kyle and Daniella walk into the room, light glinted off of something in Daniella's paw as she stuffed it in a pocket of her tactical harness and zipped up the pocket. Conner pretended not to notice as he looked at a blueprint of a new Starship class he was working on.

“So that is supposed to be a Star Destroyer?" Kaida asked as Conner raised his arm.

“Yep, that is actually supposed to be the 'Mothership' of my Starship fleet." Conner smiled “The largest and most powerful, capable of taking out the largest stars in the universe with one shot of its main weapon."

“Holy shit! Isn't that just a little excessive?"

“Very." Conner chuckled.

Daniella padded over and sat next to Conner and leaned into him as he and Kaida continued talking.

Across the room Kyle sat next to Shane “She wants to propose to him." Kyle whispered to Shane.

“What?"

“Daniella has a ring and wants to propose to Conner." Kyle whispered without looking at Shane.

Shane's jaw dropped “Conner has a ring and wants to propose to Daniella."

“You're kidding?"

“Nope, he showed it to Kaida."

Captain Steer just stared at Kyle and Shane in disbelief before he stifled a chuckle.

“Cam! Connor! Are you hearing this shit!?" Kyle whispered.

Joker and Bishop turned their heads and nodded with wide eyes.

“I'm glad you all showed up in a timely manner." Colonel James Wright said with a smile. “So why are you all here? Well Captain, sorry, Major Matthew Steer, you will be presenting your soldiers with their new ranks."

Matthew looked surprised before standing up and grabbing the paperwork James handed him. “Captain Conner Stephens, Lieutenant Daniella SannNord, Second Lieutenant Adalinda WindingPeaks, Officer Cadet Kaida WhiteSky, Chief Warrant Officer Shane Smith, Master Warrant Officer Cameron Menaker, Master Warrant Officer Connor Gowen, Warrant Officer Kyle Williams. Congratulations on your promotion!"

The entire squad sat in silence before they all smiled in unison.

“Fuck ya! This is my third promotion in the last two months!" Conner chuckled.

The thunderous roar of a super and turbocharged V8 could be heard in the distance, the engine began roaring in a way that suggested the vehicle has lost traction and the engine is revving high.

Red light began flooding through the trees as a truck jumped from the tree line in front of a vehicle convoy throwing a spray of snow at the vehicles.

“Why do you need to be so annoying?" Cameron chuckled as the Raptor R continued to spin its tires in front of his truck coating his windshield in snow and slush. To say Cameron was jealous was an understatement, if he tried to take the truck he was driving offroading it would get stuck, Conner's truck sat on at least an eight to ten inch lift with forty six inch offroad rock crawling tires and the truck had over one hundred fifty thousand horsepower, allowing the truck to go around one thousand kilometers per hour, if he put that trucks engine in a more aero dynamic body it would break the sound barrier.

“You know damn well I'm gonna drive like an ass hole on completely empty roads in conditions like this!" Conner chuckled as he weaved through trees off the side of the road.

Cameron just sighed and silently envied Daniella and Matthew for being able to ride in that truck.

The squad had gone through a bit of a mix up, Shadow 1 consisted of Major Matthew Steer or Scarecrow, Captain Conner Stephens or Reaper and Lieutenant Daniella SannNord or Shade. Shadow 2 consisted of Second Lieutenant Adalinda WindingPeaks or Pornstar, Chief Warrant Officer Shane Smith or Alimony and Master Warrant Officer Cameron Menaker or Joker. Shadow 3 consisted of Officer Cadet Kaida WhiteSky or Silver Spoon, Master Warrant Officer Connor Gowen or Bishop and Warrant Officer Kyle Williams or Fisher. There had been another member of the squad but he ended up being a Russian spy, Conner(Reaper) dealt with him very quickly.

“Alright Shadows, we are approaching the location. This is a fairly established Russian base now so the location is hot. Reaper will get the power off and then the rest of us will move in, it's better to have one extremely stealthy person move in solo, less likely for things to go loud."

“Roger, Major!" Everyone said in unison over the radio.

“Remember that these vehicles are specialized hybrid vehicles courtesy of the MAPMRC. Shut off the internal combustion engines."

Right after Matthew said that, the Raptor-R shut its lights off, the truck's exhaust spat flames for a good seven seconds and the ground stopped shaking, every other vehicle followed suit in the convoy.

Daniella watched the man-shaped shadow disappear over the wall of the Russian base. “So… you know that it's not typical for a woman to propose to a man right?" Kyle whispered to Daniella as she watched anxiously for any sign that Conner was still okay.

“To hell with societal norms!" Daniella snapped as she kneaded her forepaws into the snow.

“You wish you were the one making the big bucks in the relationship."

“Absolutely! I wish he relied on my income rather than me relying on him, at least he lets me work with him. He's the owner of the company and I'm technically like the co-owner in a way." Daniella snorted.

“A lot of human females don't think the same way as you, their love is conditional." Kyle sighed.

“Something happened between you and Treena?"

“No no no, she's actually like you in that regard. She absolutely loves that she makes more money than I do."

Daniella just chuckled before looking back towards the base, she saw a man get dragged out of the light into a dark corner beside a building.

“Fucking stupid!" Conner exclaimed under his breath as he dragged a man into a bush, a trail of crimson was being left behind on the ground. “You'd think they would be more cautious." Conner chuckled under his breath as he made his way to the base's power station.

Daniella watched the entire base go dark “Welp that's our cue! Get moving Shadows." Matthew said as he made his way towards the now dark base.

“This is Shadow 1-2 Reaper, power station is disabled and C4 charge is primed."

Conner stepped out of the power station and snuck away, he knew if someone tried to turn the power on it wouldn't because he fried the entire electrical system of the base.

Conner began making his way to the central building where he knew the base's commander was. He stalked around a building before slipping back quickly as a flashlight beam passed over the ground he had just been standing on. Three Russians rounded the corner and Conner drew his service pistol and knife before sneaking towards the unsuspecting Russians.

Conner popped two of the Russians before grabbing the one in the middle and slicing his throat causing blood to splatter on the ground and the man to let out a death gurgle, Conner felt the man hit him in the gut as he went down.

Conner dragged the three bodies out of sight before he noticed a sharp pain in his gut over where his liver is located. Conner's eyes went wide when he saw a knife embedded in his gut, it had definitely punctured his liver.

“Fucking cunt!" Conner hissed in pain as he heel stomped the guy who had stabbed him causing the man's skull to cave in. If the slice of his throat hadn't killed him he was definitely dead now.

Conner felt nanites moving across his skin to hold his wound closed tight around the blade. “Wish I could pull it out but I have unfinished business and I don't want to bleed out."

“All Shadows, status."

Conner heard everyone confirm they were good. “Shadow 1-2 Reaper, I'm all good, making my way to the central building." Conner lied, he knew Daniella would freak out if he got hurt, he knew from experience.

Conner felt across his neck as he thought about that night before quickly reaching the main building's entrance.

Conner pulled out his Scar-17 and attached a suppressor as he made his way through the dark corridors, he read the signs and began navigating to the commander's office.

Conner dropped two Russians as he rounded a corner, they had been standing guard in front of an office.

Conner walked up to the door and read the sign on the door, he stepped back and kicked the door causing the wall to shake and the door to crack. Conner kicked the door again causing the hinges and the lock to give out and the door flew into the desk causing the Russian General to drop his weapon.

Conner raised his rifle and smiled at the Russian. “Canadian Special Forces JTF2 Shadow 1-2 Reaper, Colonel Wright sends his regards." Conner said menacingly in Russian.

The General tried to reach his weapon but Conner put a round of 7.62 between his eyes, causing the wall behind him to get splattered with blood, brain matter and skull fragments.

Conner let his rifle fall on its sling before tossing the reinforced door out into the hallway like it was nothing before rummaging through the General's pockets and his office.

Conner piled a stack of files that caught his attention on the corner of the desk before walking over to a filing cabinet and opening it.

Conner whipped around and raised his rifle when he heard voices and footsteps in the hall, when the voices got closer he noticed that three of the voices were heavily accented and he recognised one of them.

Daniella stepped over the destroyed office door, peaked around the corner and saw a man with his rifle raised and a knife sticking out of his gut in the corner, it was Conner.

Daniella squeaked in horror before lunging over the desk and grabbing Conner, being mindful of the knife in his gut.

“You idiot! Why didn't you say anything!?" Daniella squeaked in anger and fear.

“Because I knew you would probably panic or get upset, compromising your ability to perform." Conner grimaced in pain. “I found a shit ton of intel and I've been running around with this" He gestured to the knife “for about five minutes now."

“You idiot!" Kyle grumbled as he walked up to Conner.

“Alright, just sit still. This is probably gonna hurt like a bitch." Kyle chuckled as he grasped the knife.

They had gotten back to their outpost without much difficulty, Conner set off the charges planted around the base as they left.

Daniella was watching Kyle closely while holding Conner's head in her forepaws. Kyle pulled the knife out causing Conner to shout in pain, Kyle grabbed a bottle of medical grade alcohol to disinfect the wound before grabbing a roll of bandaging. Nanites swarmed the wound site and closed it up well enough to slow the bleeding and fixed the hole in Conner's clothing. Conner sat up and lifted his shirt and let Kyled wrap a bandage around his waist.

“Is he going to be okay?" Daniella's voice was riddled with worry.

“He'll be completely healed in about a week, if he wasn't an Elemental it would probably take a few weeks to a few months if he wasn't an Elemental." Kyle reassured the worried dragon as she kissed Conner on the forehead.

“A stab to the liver has an extremely low mortality rate if treated soon and properly, this idiot wasn't able to be treated for fifteen minutes but he's an Elemental so he's lucky."

Conner just gave Kyle the finger and sat up. “Conner, maybe you should get some rest." Kyle said but his words fell on deaf ears.

“Thanks doc." Was all he got in response as the large man walked away from the medical tent. Kyle just sighed before looking at Daniella who was fiddling with the pocket he knew contained the ring.

The entire squad didn't dare tell either of them but merely waited for one of them to pull out their respective rings, it was going to be a very funny interaction.

Daniella walked out of the medical tent, it was midnight and because of the war, there was little to no light pollution in the area so she knew Conner would be stargazing, now was the perfect time.

Daniella saw blinking cyan lights about fifteen meters away, Conner was standing at the edge of a decline overlooking fields of grass. The smell of gunpowder, propellant and diesel fuel was still present in the air but it was faint.

Conner sensed Daniella's approach and deactivated his Tek helmet. The armour hummed its eerie hum as he turned to look at the approaching dragon and smiled. Most people would be intimidated by Conner's aggressive looking demeanor and menacing looking scars but it only just made Daniella aroused and even though she would never admit it, his presence gave her a feeling of security and safety.

The armour's hum started growing more faint before the Tek suit deconstructed and Daniella sat behind Conner and rested her head on his shoulder so she could look at what he was looking at.

The rest of the squad watched from behind trees or bushes “Who do you think is gonna do it first?" Kyle chuckled quietly causing the rest of the squad to let out silent chuckles of their own.

“Have I ever told you how much I love you?" Conner chuckled as Daniella hugged him against herself.

“Plenty of times and I think I've told you that I love more than you have." Daniella chuckled as she nibbled at his earlobe.

“I don't know, I think I've said it more."

“Nuh uh!" Daniella giggled.

Conner sucked in a breath before reaching into his breast pocket. “I don't really know how this would work or if you'd even say yes to begin with but I have a question to ask you, I don't care about the legality of it, I just want an answer."

Daniella's heart skipped a beat when Conner turned around and got down on one knee.

“Will you marry me?" Conner asked as a bead of nervous sweat rolled down his face.

Daniella let out a happy squeal and grabbed Conner and pulled him in for a passionate kiss. The two held the kiss for a good twenty seconds before Daniella pulled away and reached into a pocket on her tactical harness.

“Oh my!" Conner chuckled, “You really are a fan of role reversal."

“To answer your question…" Daniella waited a few seconds and felt the tension rise. “YES!" She shouted in joy and grabbed her human up in a hug only a dragon could give. Conner's legs dangled beneath him as he heard Daniella start to purr.

Daniella set Conner down and he took her right forepaw in hand and slipped the ring onto her ring 'finger'. Daniella grabbed Conner's right hand and slipped the ring she had on his.

The rings were identical except that Daniella's ring had Conner's name in gold Draconic letters and Conner's ring had Daniella's name in gold Draconic letters.

“How the fuck did we come up with the same idea." Conner chuckled as the dragon held him close.

“Aye Cam! You owe me twenty bucks!" Connor shouted from behind a bush.

“Wait? You guys all knew?" Conner asked, completely dumbfounded. Daniella stared with an equally dumbfounded look.

Cameron handed Connor a twenty while grumbling under his breath causing Kyle to chuckle.

“Yes, all of us knew that both of you were planning on doing the same thing." Kaida chuckled.

Conner turned and looked at Daniella before smiling, Daniella smiled back.

“When we get back from deployment, I'm going to a bar and getting ten drakes to run a train through me." Adalinda chuckled, causing Daniella to grimace and Kaida to roll her eyes. Shane's eyes just went wide and the rest of the squad pretended not to hear anything.

“Yeesh." Conner mumbled under his breath as he started spinning the ring on his finger.

Adalinda only grinned as everyone went silent.

“What a way to literally nuke the mood, Pornstar." Shane said loudly.

Adalinda stuck her tongue out at Shane before walking away. “Feel free to join me in bed if you want, Shane." Adalinda called over her shoulder causing Shane to choke on his own saliva in surprise.

“Jesus Christ!" Shane exclaimed as he looked out into the field.

“Have you ever taken her up on her offer?" Conner questioned curiously.

“First time was because I was curious and she wouldn't shut up about it and the second time was because I was absolutely hammered, she was also equally hammered but I think she got us sloshed on purpose."

Conner chuckled as the group began walking back to basecamp.

Conner sat on the edge of the cot inside his tent and stared down at the ring on his finger, this completely squashed the feelings of being inadequate for Daniella. She could have easily chosen a drake from highschool or college but she chose him. A few drakes at her highschool had admitted to her that they liked her but she had brushed them off.

She had been approached a fair amount of times and had always denied advances of other dragons and had decided to force herself onto him and now had been planning on proposing to him but he had beaten her to it.

“You need to stop thinking that you are inadequate, she chose you! She could have chosen from probably twenty different drakes over her life that had asked her and she chose me." Conner said to himself as he stared at the ring.

“If you think you are inadequate for me, you are stupid." Daniella grumbled as she entered the tent. “Do you know what the average penis size for male dwarf Elemental dragons is?"

“No."

“It's nine point five inches! You are packing above my species average, you numbskull!"

Conner just stared in disbelief before opening his mouth to speak but he was only shushed by the black dragoness as she dropped her tactical harness in the corner and crawled onto the cot with him and pulled him down with her before curling around him protectively.

Daniella used her tail to pull the blanket up over both of them, she had his back pressed to her chest with her forelegs wrapped around his chest and her hindlegs and tail wrapped around his legs. She rested her head directly above his head and pushed her head into his before shifting her wing under the blanket so it was covering him.

She didn't know why she wished that Conner had to rely on her for protection and money but she knew Conner would probably rather swallow a bullet and not swallow a bullet in the usual way you would swallow something than swallow his pride. Conner was stubborn, proud and would never forgive himself if he began leaching off of her for money.

Conner for some reason liked this about her personality but he didn't like that she was stronger than him, he was a little old school in his beliefs until it came to domestic abuse and how a woman should be treated. Conner almost killed someone because he had witnessed a guy start beating his girlfriend, Daniella had to pull Conner off the guy and a group of guys pinned the abuser down until the cops got there.

She didn't care how many times Conner said he didn't need her protection, he was her human and she would protect him like he was a defenseless puppy even though it got under his skin and he was probably the furthest from a defenseless puppy as possible.

Death's Child

Chapter 22

“A Starship is inbound Sir."

“Am I clear on the briefing Shadows?" Colonel Wright said from the front of the briefing room.

“Yes Sir!" The entire squad said in unison.

As Conner walked past the Colonel the Colonel patted him on the back and smiled, Conner smiled back as the Colonel congratulated him.

“We will be arriving in Kyiv in fifteen minutes." The AI voice sounded over the loudspeakers as Conner walked down a corridor of his personal Starship.

Conner approached a door and stepped in, his Dodge Charger, Mazda3, Raptor R, Cadillac, Peterbilt semi truck, F-450 and Daniella's Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 were sitting in the garage at the back of the Starship. Conner walked around checking each vehicle to make sure their fluids were topped up and everything was working properly.

As Conner shut off the Cadillac, a rumbling chuffing sound vibrated from the back of the garage space.

“Always so thorough aren't you father?" a voice chuckled from the darkness as a pair of large crimson eyes opened.

“Better safe than sorry, Ares. Didn't I teach you that it doesn't hurt to double check something?"

“Yes father." the Indominus sighed from the darkness.

“Good now be ready, we are dropping soon and things are going to get hot so you are most likely getting involved."

Conner saw the red eyes move up and down, even though Conner couldn't see his head besides his eyes he knew Ares nodded.

“See you soon."

“I’m more than ready.”

Conner smiled before leaving the room.

The Starship hovered about a meter off the ground so Conner's squad could jump out, the moment Shadow Company hit the ground they were off, the Raptor R crashed into the ground immediately after they were clear before creating a cloud of tire smoke as it did a rolling burnout in four wheel drive.

“You taught that AI well!" Matthew shouted over the scream and roar of the supercharged quad turbo 6.9L V8 engine. Conner grinned in response as the truck launched a volley of missiles from missile pods that had formed on the sides of the truck's bed, Matthew stared in awe as he saw the nanites moving across the truck's body.

The entire squad was thankful for advanced ear protection or they would all be deaf from the symphony of over one hundred fifty thousand horses as the truck tore down the street, leaving a cloud of thick white smoke in its wake.

Bullets tore through the air as they grouped up with the NATO forces currently trying to push the Russains back out of Kyiv.

The JTF2 soldiers' jet black combat uniforms stood out among other NATO forces signifying that they were anything but regular ground infantry.

“Glad to see JTF2 Shadow Company join the fight!" a CAF soldier shouted as he ducked behind a wall, a few of his squad members who heard him nodded in agreement, and a few American soldiers nodded as well.

Conner dove into view and the group of soldiers eyes went wide at the callsign on his black uniform and the scars that were visible, Conner looked up with dulled coloured eyes before his eyes gained some color back before he nodded.

Matthew chuckled, when people realized who Conner was, they normally always straightened up their posture. Although Conner despised the attention and that is why he always had his face hidden.

A T-90 tank rolled into the centre of the street, Conner let several curses fly in multiple different languages before pulling out his M82A1.

“CHEW ON THIS FOR SIZE CUNT!" Conner shouted as his sniper spat fire out the muzzle and the tank exploded in a fireball with purple and blue arcs dancing across the edge of the flames.

Conner kicked the spent brass away as he readjusted his footing before jumping up and dashing towards a nearby building, his entire squad dashed after him.

Conner entered the building before using his Tek gear to scan the building's integrity. “Building is stable." The AI chimed in his ear before he sprinted to the elevator shaft and jammed his knife into the gap between the doors.

Cameron pressed the call button and Conner stopped what he was doing before facepalming “Cam… look at the lights you idiot! The power is out." Cameron went red in the face when he realized that Conner had been trying to pry the doors open because he knew the call button wouldn't work.

Conner slipped his fingers in between the gap before pulling the elevator door open and walking into the elevator.

Conner looked at the maintenance hatch in the roof of the elevator car, he looked at Kaida and Adalinda before muttering a few curses.

Conner made the sword covered in Draconic runes appear, he had found the sword in a lair owned by Daniella in her past life, the lair was the lair of the dragon Emerald Shadows or Jade and then was found by her reincarnation Auralia, Daniella's most recent past life before her current. The sword was forged by Desmond Braveheart a knight from the twelfth century or he forged it in his life he lived from the twelfth to the sixteenth century.

“You must thank your past self for making that sword?" Kaida chuckled.

“I also thank Daniella's past self for making that lair, it was soul locked, no one could enter that lair unless they were reincarnations of Desmond Braveheart and Jade or Emerald Shadows. I've dreamed about those lives and I've got to say, we haven't changed one bit! A lot of the dreams are Daniella's past body pinning me down before using a shrink spell on herself and making herself the size Daniella is now before… well you know what happens next." Conner chuckled.

“I looked good with green eyes and green highlights against my black scales." Daniella chuckled.

“You still look gorgeous." Conner smiled before jamming the blade of the magically forged sword into the ceiling of the elevator car and cut it out like it was butter. Conner jumped up into the elevator shaft and climbed up ridiculously fast.

Conner got to the top floor before anchoring safety lines for the rest of his squad before getting the door open.

Conner was on the roof in less than a minute, the roof access door had been locked so he had kicked the door out. He could have picked the lock but he liked breaking stuff and breaking the door down was faster… for him at least.

Conner looked over the edge of the building and swore loudly as he saw the amount of Russian armour below. “This is Shadow 1-2 to Command."

“Go ahead Reaper."

“What's the likelihood we could get airsupport out here, it's not looking good."

“How bad Reaper."

“I'm seeing at least forty tanks and around one thousand infantry units."

“Fuck, ok Reaper, what are you thinking."

“Maybe an AC-130J or two, possibly some F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters."

Conner heard the radio operator sigh before the sound of talking was heard.

“Six MAPMRC enhanced F-35s are being prepped and should be there in fifteen minutes."

“Perfect." The response from the JTF2 soldier was devoid of any emotion.

“What are we looking at?" Major Steer said from behind Conner.

“Six Elemental F-35s should be here in fifteen minutes.

The roar of a forced induction V8 engine came from down below which caused the entire squad to look below. The supercharger scream was distinct, the scream was accompanied by a whistling sound. Conner smiled as he saw tank rounds deflect off of the truck's body panels and windows. The alloy he used was nothing short of insane and the enhanced carbon crystal almost didn't make sense.

The truck responded to the tank fire with its own weapons, causing tank turrets to do somersaults through the air.

The entire squad spent a few minutes surveying the battlefield below, mapping out strategic ambush points and locations that the Russians could be hiding their supply units.

“We need to get off this roof before someone notices." Conner said as he stepped away from the edge.

Adalinda and Daniella looked at each other before smirking, Kaida noticed the look and grinned. The three dragons grabbed a few smoke grenades before tossing them off the side of the building, they also threw a few to the edge of the building.

Kyle, Matthew, Cameron and Connor noticed but Conner and Shane didn't, Conner was busy showing Shane something on his Tek wrist screen.

Adalinda and Daniella smirked at each other and Kaida nodded before leaping over the side of the building and using the smoke as cover. Conner and Shane noticed too late as they were both scooped up by their respective dragon.

“DANIELLA!!!" Conner shouted as she picked him up and flew off the building with him.

“AHHHHHHHH!" Shane screamed as he was yanked into the sky by Adalinda.

The three dragons regrouped with the rest of the squad and Daniella didn't let Conner go immediately after she touched down.

“Not… cool." Shane gasped as Adalinda's body vibrated with laughter.

Daniella finally let Conner down and the human tried to look angry but his lips began going against his wishes, Conner cracked a slight smile before turning away.

The squad composed themselves before quickly going back into business mode.

“I heard somebody needed air support?"

“Good to see you guys made it." Conner chuckled.

“Always a pleasure sir." The Pilot said as the six fighter jets flew overhead in a V formation.

The JTF2 squad began weaving through the streets of Kyiv leaving bodies in their wake. The carnage of war had become normal to Conner, the sad reality was ignored by him because he knew if he dwelled on it, it would fix nothing.

“Sir! We are getting overwhelmed!" A Canadian infantry soldier shouted over the din of gunfire.

Conner looked around and noticed his commanding officer looking at him, the look the commander was giving him spoke volumes.

“Fuck." Conner muttered under his breath, the ground soldiers were cannon fodder. Even with the Elemental F-35s overhead, there was only so much the fighter jets could do.

Conner saw a Ukrainian soldier looking tiredly at him, the Ukrainian didn't look a day over eighteen.

“This is Shadow 1-2 Reaper to Command Actual, requesting permission."

“Permission granted, give 'em hell Reaper." The gruff voice of the Canadian General Conner had worked with a fair amount responded, they knew what he was asking about.

Conner tapped the Tek screen on his wrist and it lit up with a message, Conner didn't even read it before the buildings around them shook and any remaining glass shattered as an unearthly boom shook the sky.

Conner turned to see his personal Starship turn as it touched down, its rear hatch facing the battlefield.

The hatch opened and the entire garage section lit up red as the Starship shook from the sound of tuned turbo and supercharged engines roaring and whining from inside.

The Dodge Charger rolled down the hatch door shaking the ground as the car's body panels began shifting to fit the car's usual look. The Cadillac, Ford Mustang, Mazda3 and F-450 quickly followed, before the sound of a large diesel engine roared and very distinct semi truck headlights poured out of the ship. The vehicles took up a defensive formation around the exit of the ship, Conner's Raptor's lights changed to red and its underglow lights turned on too. The truck flew over and joined the formation of intimidating black idling vehicles.

*Thump* *Thump*

The Starship shook as the sound of heavy footfalls sounded from inside before a slow and deep tiger-like chuffing sound emanated from inside.

The creature's head entered the light and a few soldiers gasped in fear, as the creature's facial expression twisted to that of rage. The quills on the back of the massive black dinosaur's neck twitched in irritation and its bioluminescent strip turned to a very bright and vibrant red and its eyes turned a brighter red as it walked forward. The entire time the firefight didn't cease but it definitely slowed.

Conner and Daniella broke from formation towards the Starship, all the while Major Steer stared at the creature in horror, he had heard rumours on base but had never seen it for real.

Ares stared in anger at the Russian formation in front of him as he slowly walked forward.

A stray bullet whizzed by his head causing him to flinch, the Indom looked behind him before turning back and sucking in a deep breath before opening his mouth.

The roar that came forth shook the very air around him, it sounded like the Indominus rex roar from Jurassic World but much MUCH louder and deeper. The Indominus rex from Jurassic World was estimated to have a roar as loud as a 747 landing or taking off or around one hundred fifty decibels, Ares' roar was well over two hundred decibels.

As Ares roared his bioluminescent patterning pulsed and his body quickly became covered in his Tek armour, all of Conner's vehicles took off the moment the massive dinosaur bellowed out his rage. As he closed his mouth his helmet closed with an audible clang.

As Conner sprinted to the Indom he lept and as he was traveling his Tek armour covered his body, Daniella's own armour was on in an instant as well.

As Ares started sprinting Conner grabbed his leg and climbed up before standing in the saddle portion and pulling out his Scar-17.

As the massive beast beneath him tossed Russian armour like paper weights Conner was picking off soldiers who had scattered.

“This is what I've been missing." Ares' deep voice sounded over the comms built into Conner's helmet.

Conner chuckled and leaned forward to give him a pat on the neck. Ares looked back and a portion of his helmet pulled back briefly to reveal the Indom's big toothy grin, causing Conner to shake his head.

“Sir… I don't exactly know what to say other than, a reporter was embedded into one of the NATO units."

“Well fuck."

“Well fuck."

Daniella merely sighed as she flew over the two causing destruction.

Conner put away his Scar and pulled out his twelfth century sword and raised the blade into the air causing the blade to be struck by lightning.

Electricity began arching across the blade as it began glowing purple. Conner pulled the sword down and smirked as electricity began arching from the hilt and dissipating on his armour. He pointed the blade at a group of enemy soldiers causing a bolt of raw electricity to shoot from the tip of the blade and sent dirt, rock and bodies flying.

The Russian Federation soldiers had no idea what to do as they watched their comrades be destroyed by a monster and a sword wielding, armour wearing, magical human.

Conner put his sword away before jumping off of Ares' back and took to the sky, deciding to take advantage of his ability of flight with his armour.

Conner watched from above as his vehicles destroyed ground vehicles and ran over ground soldiers who could do nothing to stop the impossibly armoured vehicles. Conner saw a group of soldiers dash into a building and the AI took that personally as the Dodge Charger drove straight through concrete and blasted through the other side of the building, caked in blood, gore and concrete dust but otherwise undamaged.

Conner flew over a group of five tanks and let a few missiles lose, the missiles flew like angry hornets to a threat to their nest, the tanks disappeared in a cloud of smoke, fire, shrapnel and road debris.

Daniella flew beside Conner and Conner smiled, her armour was also leaving exhaust trails behind her. Her armour was fitted with thrusters as well, allowing her armour to fly as fast as his armour.

“When we get a break, I am fucking you until my legs get weak and I pass out. I haven't gotten a proper fuck for over a week and a half because you got yourself stabbed and I didn't want to hurt you." Daniella stated over their personal comms.

“Hey, how do you think I feel, you have absolutely destroyed yanking it for me, my hand is fucking pathetic in comparsen to you." Conner chuckled in response.

“Can you guys talk about that shit on a channel I'm not actively connected to!" Ares groaned.

“Oops." The dragoness and human said in unison.

The carnage that the dragon, human and Indominus rex had caused in less than thirty minutes was like nothing this planet had probably ever seen. It was like Death himself had had enough of Russia and Death's Bride and Death's son had also gotten involved.

Conner noticed a large group of approaching aircraft, his Tek suits long range scanners picked up something that made him panic.

“FUCK! SHIT! SHIT! Computer! I need all ground troops evacted NOW!" Conner shouted.

“Starships inbound!"

The sky shook as thirty Starships landed near friendly forces, “It's a napalm strike! Get in the ships NOW!" The PA system boomed his voice from Conner's Tek suit, his vehicles and his Starships.

“Our armour will protect us! Just go!" Conner shouted, already predicting his commander's response.

Conner dropped out of the sky and pulled out his sniper as he hit the ground, the Tek suit already loaded a magazine of Elemental incendiary rounds. Daniella's armour shifted as she prepared to launch missiles, Ares' armour also shifted.

Conner shot the first approaching aircraft, he put two bullets into five different aircraft before his sniper clicked. Conner raised his right arm and lowered the sniper in his left hand as he fired his railgun at three more bombers. As each bomber crashed into the ground, it caused the napalm ordinance to go off.

Conner saw his vehicles weaving through the flames, his Charger was covered in napalm. If that car was normal he would have been crushed but he was just annoyed because of how sticky and hard napalm was to remove from something.

The entire squadron of bombers had fallen and it appeared quite obvious to the trio that friendly fire had definitely occurred on the Russian front.

“Fucking idiots." Conner sighed as he watched a Russian try in vain to get the napalm off of him. Conner raised his rifle and ended the poor man's misery, Conner was cold not cruel. He did have the capability to show empathy but it wasn't something he felt easily.

The trio chased the retreating Russians for an hour to make sure Ukraine had enough time to regain their footing in the region.

“No Captain, I'm being serious. You have done nothing wrong, we just have no need for Shadow Company to be deployed to Ukraine at the moment. The Russian assault has halted, they are holding firm but no longer advancing." The Canadian General said to the man wearing black clothing with his face concealed who had a black dragoness sitting behind him.

“So this is like a vacation?" Daniella cocked her head.

“Exactly." The General nodded. “The Russian Federation has halted their invasion, most likely regrouping, enjoy your time off. We will call you when we need you back."

Conner sighed in relief before standing up and saluting, Daniella saluted as well. The General returned the salute before dismissing the Shadow Couple.

“So… what do you want to do with the rest of my horde from my past life?" Daniella asked from across the kitchen table as Conner was inspecting the armour he had forged when he was Desmond Braveheart.

“We can't just leave it there, it's your treasure anyway. Emerald Shadow's ghost can't come to haunt us because her ghost or soul is right in front of me." Conner chuckled as he picked up the twelfth century sword and inspected the lettering across the blade. The text read in Draconic 'Only he who I shall become may wield this blade and only he who I shall become may grant permission to wield this blade.'

“True enough, I highly doubt my own soul would even be able to haunt us over moving treasure I had obtained in my past lives." Daniella chuckled as she inspected an armoured riding harness she had found in the lair.

Conner looked at each piece of his old armour and it had a similar 'hex' as the blade, only the reincarnations of himself could wear the armour, Conner had put the armour on a few times but he definitely preferred his modern Tek armour. The old gear was essentially hexed with a soullock spell, meaning only the forger, his future and past lives could use the gear. It was something he would have done anyway so he wasn't surprised as his Tek suit actually had the same hex placed on it and the AI wouldn't let anyone who could manage to break the hex to use the armour.

Conner also had his Tek suit spread out over the table because he had just finished cleaning it and was letting it dry.

Conner picked up the helmet of his Tek suit to make sure there weren't any scratches on the carbon crystal visor when there was a knock at the door.

Conner looked to Daniella before walking over to the door and opening it.

“Oh jesus." Conner muttered as he came face to face with his father. His father was two inches shorter than him but it was still close enough that neither had to look up or down much.

Conner looked past his father and saw his mother, his entire friend group, Daniella's parents and his squad members from Shadow Company that he hadn't known before the military.

“Holy fuck father! You didn't tell me people were coming over." Ares exclaimed as he came out of the treeline.

“Well shit!" Conner said as he stepped outside. “Your timing is just as bad as your grandmothers." Conner chuckled and the Indom rolled his eyes and let out a short and sharp chuff. “And I didn't know anyone was coming over so don't gimme that shit!"

Ares grumbled before opening the large garage door and walking in.

“Oh my God! It wasn't fake and it was you." Catherine's voice trembled in fear.

Conner sighed as he was bombarded with questions. “Can we just all go inside so I can explain everything?"

It took a good hour to explain and of course people wanted to see the old gear he had found as well as the new armour he had made in this life.

“Hey Conner?"

“Yes mother?"

“You and Daniella have a matching ring."

“Oh Christ." Conner sighed.

Conner walked over to the couch facing the tv in the living room and sat down, Daniella curled up in his lap and grasped the back of his right hand with her right forepaw causing the rings to clink together.

Daniella smiled and Conner's parents' eyes went wide when they realized.

Daniella and the rest of Shadow Company explained the whole story and Conner stayed silent because he wasn't exactly sure how they would react, Conner was also afraid of how Aeros and Scarlet would react.

“How are you guys going to actually get married?" Jason asked curiously.

“I have some ideas but we'll cross that bridge when we get there." Conner chuckled, he was very relieved and surprised that not only did Daniella's parents not care but they actually secretly for a long time had hoped that the two of them would be soulbonded because Conner was always there for Daniella and willing to protect and care for her no matter what.

After a few hours most people had left besides Scarlet who wanted to talk with her daughter about one last thing before she left.

Conner put away all of the things they had on the table before equipping his Tek suit to check a few things.

“I want you to have this." Scarlet said with a smile as she handed Daniella a picture frame.

Daniella cocked her head before her eyes went wide as she saw what the photo was. “How did…?" Daniella couldn't finish her sentence because she was so surprised and confused.

Daniella looked at Conner briefly through the kitchen window as he paced around while messing with something on his Tek suit.

It was a picture when she and Conner were ten and twelve, Daniella was lying on top of Conner and her forepaws were locked with Conner's hands. They had always stayed the same size difference from each other as they grew and it was quite obvious that Daniella's crotch was planted in Conner's lap.

That was the day she had developed feelings for her human, a strand of saliva was still connecting their mouths together.

They had been relatively young and innocent then so they had very little idea as to what they were doing but it was obvious something had sparked between them but Conner had suppressed it out of fear and confliction once he realized what they had done.

“I had heard you two playing in the other room so I came in when you guys had gone quiet, you were kissing him quite deeply so I grabbed my camera and got the moment when you two broke the kiss." Scarlet chuckled.

“So you and dad had known the entire time?" Daniella questioned in surprise.

“Yes… your father was a little upset at first but he realized you two were very young so you two didn't really know what you were doing and the more he thought about it the more he realized that it was for the better." Scarlet said as she fluffed up her wings.

Daniella was a tad larger than her mother but a little smaller than her father.

“Then you started dating that horrid piece of shit and we feared he would pull you two apart." Scarlet said as the frill on the top of her head and back of her neck flattened.

“He was great for the first few weeks then he let his true colours show." Daniella sighed.

“After Conner made him disappear we knew he was the one." Scarlet smiled and the frill on her neck flared back up. “We had our suspicions that you two were soulbonded because of how quickly you two learned telepathy together but when we actually saw your veins pulse after he used magic was a very happy day for your father and I." Scarlet chuckled.

Moving Sucks… for Most People

Chapter 23

Conner walked into the bedroom and sat down at his desk, he turned on his pc before reaching over to turn his first monitor on before something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention.

It was a picture of him and Daniella and it was obvious they had just kissed.

Conner grabbed the picture and looked at it and he realized it was an actual photograph and not a drawing or painting.

“When the fuck did this happen? I don't re-... oh my!" The memory hit Conner in the face like a baseball. “I had been so blinded by fear of the consequences and been so conflicted that my subconscious had buried it." Conner sighed, if only he had known.

Conner turned over the picture frame and found a note in the back; it appeared to have been opened and refolded recently.

Conner looked at the note and recognized the Draconic handwriting, it was Scarlets. Most humans would stare blankly at this note but Conner could read the dragon language.

The note began,

'Dear Conner, I wish you had known sooner but I took this picture over sixteen years ago. We had never been opposed to you two being together, if we had known you would bury those feelings deep down, we would have approached you ourselves but it ended up working out in the end, please take care of our daughter.'

• Scarlet and Aeros

Conner put the note back into the picture frame and sighed, if he had known then both he and Daniella would have been saved from a shitty and toxic relationship.

“I'm fucking stupid." Conner hissed in Draconic.

Conner's last relationship before Daniella had been awful and Daniella had only had one relationship before Conner and after that ended, she didn't seek anyone out after that until she finally worked up the courage to get into Conner's pants.

Conner smiled before placing the picture frame back down on his desk and made sure it was visible. “Thank fuck it ended up working out in the end." Conner chuckled in English as he turned two of his monitors on but stopped when he saw a reflection in the third.

Daniella smirked as he turned around and she spun around in the centre of the bed and wiggled her haunches at him with her tail lifted straight in the air.

Conner smiled before turning his computer off and shutting off the two monitors he had turned on.

Conner's clothes ended up in a haphazard pile on the floor before the dragon pulled him into her embrace.

“I've been without a proper release for two weeks now, my little human." Daniella growled with wanton desire causing Conner to shudder and his entire body became covered in goosebumps.

Conner smirked before running his hand down her underside, his hand ran over a slightly damp and very warm spot between her legs causing the dragon to squeak.

He smiled as the dragon licked his cheek before slipping two fingers inside.

Conner began slowly stroking her entrance and teasing at her clit, never delving his fingers deep enough.

He was effectively driving the dragon up a wall, although he was doing a fantastic job of teasing himself as well.

Daniella let out a rumbling growl before grabbing Conner by both his wrists and locking her 'fingers' with his own, mirroring the position of the photo on the desk.

Daniella pressed her lips to Conner's as she pressed her vagina to the underside of his shaft and ground her hips back and forth as she wrapped her tongue around Conner's.

Daniella shifted her hips and expertly lined herself up and planted her haunches back onto Conner's shaft causing both of them to moan into each other's mouths.

Daniella broke the kiss and smiled as a strand of saliva bridged from their mouths. Conner didn't understand why the ashy taste of her saliva drove him nuts but he loved it.

The strand of saliva broke and landed on Conner's face as Daniella began rocking her hips back and forth and side to side, causing her clitorus to rub against his crotch and his shaft to poke, rub and prod at different spots inside her silken passage.

Conner let out a tiny whimper as she lifted off of him slowly causing her vagina to squeeze his shaft, desperately trying to not let it leave.

Daniella loved the power she held over this human beneath her, she knew a lot of people would take advantage of someone like him which made her jaw clench slightly, she loved this human more than life itself.

Daniella smiled at knowing no one could take advantage of her human because he would always be hers.

She slowly sunk back down on his shaft causing him to squirm and groan quietly.

“Why are… mmhm… yoU so QuIET." Daniella huffed with a moan.

Conner merely looked at her with only his dominant eye, his right eyelid was closed without scrunching and he shrugged.

Conner reopened his right eye and stared at her before grabbing her hips and squeezing her rump.

“Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I'm not enjoying myself." Conner said with a smile as he squeezed her rump again.

Conner let out a stifled murmur as Daniella lifted up again and sunk back down, the scars on Conner's body were numerous and she was glad he had survived the shit he'd been through while on tour, she was not free of scars though either as she had quite a few obvious ones too.

Daniella grabbed Conner's hands again and held them in her paws and pinned his arms down as she picked up her pace.

Daniella planted the top of her head next to Conner's head and coiled her tail around his right leg, she spread her hindlegs out a bit and arched her back so she could drop down into Conner's lap harder.

Conner could tell the dragon was quite pent up and he could feel her start to tighten up and become more erratic and feverish with her movements.

The dragon dropped her hips into Conner's lap with a wet squish before letting out a bestial snarl as she came hard.

Conner let out a grunt when he felt her passage tighten up and start clenching and relaxing in a pulling motion as his crotch, balls and the bed sheets under him became soaked.

Daniella was panting in his left ear, Conner turned his head to the left and saw her lick drool off her top jaw before she picked her head back up and they made eye contact, her eyes were narrow slits.

Daniella squeezed Conner's hands and Conner squeezed her paws back causing her to smile.

The dragon sat in Conner's lap for a few seconds to compose herself before she lifted up slowly and dropped back down with a wet squish and a wet slap when their hips met.

“I would be very lost without you." Conner said with a gasp.

Daniella closed her eyes and smiled before her throat vibrated with a rumbling trill that turned into a cat-like purr.

She opened her eyes and her smile broadened. “I would be very lost without YOU, my human." Daniella chuckled before lifting up again and dropping down causing Conner to let out another small whimper.

Conner lost himself in pleasure, with her tail she was twice his size and most people would call him nuts for letting her squish him but he genuinely couldn't care less, his Elemental biology allowed him to get away with it. Even if he hadn't been born an Elemental, the bruising and possible broken bones would've been worth it in his opinion.

Daniella smirked as she felt Conner stiffen slightly, he was trying his damn hardest to hold off as long as possible.

“Let go…." Daniella whispered telepathically to Conner and he gritted his teeth and shook his head.

Daniella's smirk grew before she planted her snout to his mouth and french kissed him causing Conner to squeeze her paws tightly and she felt his legs tense under her.

Daniella felt her orgasm hit her hard again and she heard Conner gasp as he probably didn't realize she had been close.

Daniella moaned into his mouth as she felt his seed coat her insides.

Daniella let go of his hands and wrapped her forelegs around his back and squeezed him against her chest while clenching her eyes shut and gritting her teeth.

Conner and Daniella were both panting hard as they came down from their euphoric heights of pleasure.

Daniella stood up while holding Conner tightly to herself, she tucked her tail underneath her and Conner wrapped his legs around her back, she hopped off the bed and walked on three legs while Conner was still hilted inside her.

Daniella stepped into the basement shower and waddled into the padded section before slowly lowering herself and slipping her tail out from underneath herself.

“One more round?" Conner chuckled from underneath the dragon and she warbled and Conner understood what she meant. Conner mimicked the sound as best he could and smiled when she rolled her eyes at him.

“Conner! What on God's green earth are you taking me to." Daniella grumbled on the radio over the sounds of two supercharged and turbocharged V8s roaring, whining, whistling and screaming.

Conner merely chuckled into the radio as he looked at the blacked out Ford Shelby Mustang in the mirrors of his Hellcat Charger.

“Conner! My radar detector is going off! You'd better slow down." Daniella hissed over their comms.

Conner tapped his breaks causing his spoiler to tilt and flaps on his hood, roof and trunk to flare up.

Daniella sighed “Maybe don't break check me dick head."

Daniella saw his car lower its spoiler and she saw the nanites scurry across its surface as the paint job changed, Daniella sighed and tapped a button on the centre display with her human hand causing the spoiler on her own car to lower and the paint job changed.

Daniella saw her mirrors light up with red and blue lights. The windows of her car shook as the Hellcat did a wheelie in front of her and it roared louder than thunder.

Conner heard the officers over the CB radio gasp as his car did a wheelie at one hundred and fifty. The two cop cars chasing were a Hellcat Challenger and a Hellcat Charger, only Redeyes making Conner chuckle, they wouldn't have been fast enough to catch him even if he was stock but he was far from stock.

Conner let off the gas causing the turbos to sputter and the exhaust to spew flames, Daniella copied him in her own car.

“We are in pursuit of a black Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 and a black Dodge Charger Hellcat Jailbreak, both have modified superchargers and they are turbocharged with engine tunes, dragons breath. No plate visible on either of them." Conner heard one of the officers say over the radio.

“This one knows his shit." Conner said over his secured channel to Daniella.

They began approaching a bridge and Daniella saw things in her mirrors behind the cop cars as they passed under the bridge, large car shaped objects.

A few more police cars entered the chase and Conner heard that they were setting up a spike strip ahead causing him to sigh.

“When will they learn?" Conner chuckled.

As Conner and Daniella blew over the spike strip he gave his horn two quick taps, which basically meant 'Ha! Ha!'

The cars caught back up and Conner tapped his screen on the dash causing the paint job to shift and the spoiler to raise, his lights turned red and his underglow blasted the ground in red. Daniella's car followed suit.

“Computer. Now!"

The entire road lit up in red and the air shook as at least over ninety other cars appeared from the shadows with the same paint job and red headlights.

A Ford F-150 Raptor R jumped from the tree line and landed on the road in front of the police cars leaving a massive cloud of tire smoke as the truck spun its highly advanced tires. The Elemental tire compound allowed the tires to basically self heal.

“Sorry officers but I'm a little busy." Conner chuckled as the police cars were lit up from behind by red and blue lights. Every single car had concealed flashers and sirens.

A large semi truck parted the cars like water and the trailer opened to reveal a very large and black Indominus rex.

Ares smirked at the officers as he went by on the trailer.

“So this is what you've been doing?" Daniella sighed.

“Yep! Got Law Enforcement powers and then some now." Conner chuckled.

The semi truck trailer closed back up and every single car's front end jumped as they all floored it.

Each car broke the sound barrier besides the F-450, the Raptor R and the Longnose Peterbilt.

The cars began spreading out but the Mustang GT500 and Dodge Charger flew at the front side by side.

Daniella followed the Charger through mountain roads, she wanted to check her GPS but didn't want to pull over, she had a feeling she was looking at the Rocky Mountains.

Conner put on his signal before slowly squeezing his brakes three seconds after he signaled, the air brake flaps flared up and his car backfired as he downshifted the custom made eight speed manual transmission. All of Conner's cars were manual besides the Raptor R which had a hybrid transmission, a manual but could shift automatically in offroad mode.

Daniella didn't see a turnoff anywhere, but she saw Conner zip into a gap between the trees. The gap in the trees was much wider than she thought it was as she got closer.

She followed the Charger down a very windy dirt road for a good minute before the road broke into a clearing, what she saw made her jaw drop.

It was an exact copy of their house in Ontario, the garage door opened and all the cars filed inside.

Ares basically crawled out of the semi trailer before the truck rumbled down to the lower sections of the garage. Ares walked around the back of the house to explore.

Conner parked closest to the door to the inside of the house and Daniella parked next to him. She jumped out and turned back to her dragon form before following Conner inside.

Conner walked into the bedroom and the layout was exactly the same, she looked out the balcony glass door and gasped. Conner pulled the picture Scarlet had given out and put it on the desk.

“It looks like a fucking postcard! Oh my God Conner!" Daniella gasped in delight as she looked out the balcony glass door.

The house overlooked a valley with a large lake and the lake had a line of trees lining its western coast, on the other side of its western coast treeline was a beach and the Pacific ocean was right there. The mountain that sat behind the lake was capped with ice and the trees went on forever.

Daniella saw Ares staring out at the valley, the quills on the back of his neck were sticking straight up and his bioluminescence was a greenish blue, he was clearly amazed.

“Welcome to our home in British Columbia, Canada. I had this planned for years." Conner smiled. “Oh and one more thing, Shadow Company is now its own branch of the Canadian Armed forces, it's no longer the MAPMRC, it's Called Shadow Company. I know it's kinda stupid that a military squad and military company is named after something in a video game but I don't care." Conner chuckled. “Shadow Company is Canada's highly classified Special Operations Unit or SOU and weapons development branch. We are now government agents."

“Conner… you." Daniella sighed “How is this supposed to stop government corruption?"

“How do you think they pacify killer bee colonies?" Conner smirked. “They replace the queen with a regular honey bee."

“Conner, you don't lead the entire government."

“No I don't, but I still have a lot of say in the choices that are made. I hold more power than the Prime Minister… just let that sink in." Conner said with a menacing smile. “Why do you think the cops pulled away once they realized it was me?" Conner chuckled.

“Don't let this power get to your head… please?" Daniella pleaded with a frown.

Conner's smile faltered before he dropped his head with a sigh. “Ella…." Conner said with a sigh as he walked towards Daniella and held her head in his hands. “My precious dragon… I want you to trust me that I will never become part of the problem." Conner kissed her on the nose after he finished speaking.

“Do you promise?" Daniella said quietly.

“Daniella… our souls are over five million years old and not once has a past version of me been corrupt. I can promise from every fibre of my body and every spiritual particle of my soul that I will never EVER let this power get to my head." Conner smiled as he heard Daniella sigh. “Do you have any idea how much power I had when I was Desmond?"

“Yes Conner I heard." Daniella responded.

“A just and fair but firm rule over my kingdom, that kingdom fell apart after my death because I had never had a child and everyone began to fight over who got to rule. The royal followers who fought over it all died mysteriously because I had cursed that castle so that anyone who was not worthy would die." Conner chuckled as he let go of Daniella's head.

Conner watched the news video and smiled.

“Whale poachers, shark finners, illegal sea vessels and any other marine life poachers should watch out, Shadow Company's Naval branch has teamed up with Sea Shepherd. Every single Sea Shepherd vessel will now be accompanied by Shadow Company destroyers, battleships or submarines. Sea Shepherd and Shadow Company are now patrolling the world's oceans in squads of four, two Shadow Company vessels and two Sea Shepherd vessels." The news reporter said after a video of a Shadow Company battleship was seen ramming a shark finning vessel at full speed while a Sea Shepherd vessel approached from behind the advanced naval battleship. The Shadow Company soldiers boarded the illegal vessel and killed anyone who resisted.

“Mother nature has a new protector for her sea life. You don't piss off Shadow Company."

Your Enemies Will try to get You Anyway They Can

Chapter 24

“Why do I do this to myself?" Conner grumbled as he came up to a red light.

Conner creeped forward and zipped through once he saw that it was clear. He could get away with things like this now because of his position of power.

Conner could have easily flown to that meeting in Saskatchewan but he had to be a car enthusiast who really enjoyed driving.

Conner merged onto a highway and he knew he would be on for a few kilometers before he would get onto the Trans Canada highway.

Conner's Police radio went off, an armed robbery suspect was fleeing eastbound on the highway he was on, he was going westbound. “Armed robbery and triple homicide." The radio chimed again.

Conner let off the gas causing his car to backfire, he flicked his lights on until he made it to the far right shoulder before shutting his concealed lights off and creeping along the shoulder.

The highway he was on didn't have a concrete median barrier, rather it had a drainage ditch that was about ten meters wide and only about three meters deep at the centre making the ditches decline very gentle.

His spoiler lowered, the racing stripes faded and the front splitter retracted making it less obvious who the Charger belonged to.

“This is Shadow 1-1, Military Police officer with a Hellcat Jailbreak cruiser. I see the lights up ahead, I was heading westbound when my radio went off. You guys need some help?" Conner questioned into his radio.

“This damn thing is a Hellcat Redeye, help would be much appreciated Shadow 1-1."

Conner saw the red Hellcat fly by and he flicked his lights on and dove into the ditch. “Suspect spotted, pursuing."

The police chopper overhead watched the black Hellcat dive into the drainage ditch and send dirt everywhere. The car jumped out of the ditch and its front bumper caught the ground.

The car flew past and the news chopper that was also watching saw that it wasn't parts of the car that broke off but it was chunks of road itself and no sparks were seen.

The other officers heard the supercharger from the cruiser screaming, this wasn't a regular Hellcat.

Conner got right up on the suspect's bumper before getting on his PA system. “PULL THIS FUCKING CAR OVER NOW!!!!" Conner shouted into his loudspeaker.

The driver responded by giving him the finger, causing Conner to smirk before he put his accelerator to the floor which made his car do a wheelie. Without his raised spoiler and his front splitter out and the fact that his car had so much torque, it could do a wheelie very easily, he needed the extra downforce to safely go topspeed.

Conner began giving dispatch his exact route as the suspect took an exit into a residential area.

They zipped around corners and Conner was definitely getting frustrated, he could pit the car but he didn't want to send the vehicle into someone's house.

As they rounded a corner, a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing with a low profile spoiler and a flat black paint job flew out from a side street with lights and sirens going.

“Computer, are they in position?"

“Yes sir."

As Conner drifted his car around a corner the wheels locked up before they began spinning again but it was obvious that power was being sent to all four wheels as they all began spinning fast, the Cadillac did the same thing.

The suspect began merging onto the same highway again and as Conner followed, a black Mazda3 with a low profile spoiler on its trunk launched from a side street.

Supercharger screaming was coming from all three of the black vehicles.

The passenger of the red Charger poked out of his window and fired a pistol at Conner's windshield, the bullets ricocheted off without leaving a scratch.

Conner linked his channel with his AI to his PA system. “NOW, COMPUTER!" he shouted.

As he said that, electricity arched from the Charger and connected to the Mazda and Cadillac. As that happened all three vehicles had dual racing stripes appear down the centre and their spoilers lifted.

“Getting into position sir." The AI said over the PA system.

The sound of a roaring engine came from the trees off the side of the highway accompanied by the sound of a police siren, the trees were being lit up with red and blue light.

A black F-150 Raptor R jumped from the forest and landed behind the Charger, all the cars spread out and the Raptor got right behind the suspect.

The Cadillac moved to the driver side of the vehicle and the Mazda moved to the passenger side, the Charger got in front.

All three cars slammed into the suspects car as the Raptor fired its winch, the truck slammed on its brakes before shifting into reverse and flooring it.

The vehicles came to a grinding halt and the Cadillac moved slightly as Conner stepped out, as he stepped out his Tek suit was crawling across his body. The helmet closed with a clang as he pulled out his Scar-17.

Conner stepped up to the driver door and ripped the door off the car. “GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE CAR AND DROP YOUR FUCKING WEAPON!!!!" Conner screamed at the passenger, he yanked the driver out of the driver seat and pinned him as three cops rushed over and grabbed the passenger.

An officer handed him a set of handcuffs and Conner handcuffed the driver before picking him up and setting him on his feet.

“Thanks for the help, Reaper." The officer he handed the driver to said with a smile.

“Always a pleasure." Conner chuckled.

Conner looked up and waved at the news helicopter.

As Conner walked away his feet clanged on the road and his Tek suit hummed menacingly.

Conner looked back at the driver who had a look of terror on his face, the bottom half of his helmet pulled away briefly to show his grin.

“MATT!"

“What Tyler!" Matt shouted as a man with long hair and six feet five inches in height ran over to him.

“The fucking cops are coming."

Matt sighed before looking out at the massive crowd walking around parked cars of all makes and models.

“Let's hope they don't shut down the meet." Matt grumbled.

The street was lit up by red and blue lights but something was off, the sirens were accompanied by supercharger whining and screaming, engines roaring and turbochargers sputtering.

*Shhutututu*

A black Dodge Charger rounded the corner as a turbocharger sputter echoed from it, the Charger's headlights were red and it had underglow that was also red but it had concealed flashers on it too.

The Charger was followed by a Mustang GT500, a Mazda3, a Raptor R, a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, an F-450 and ninety four other cars plus a Longnose Peterbilt semi truck. Every car had the exact same paint job as the Dodge Charger and they had police sirens and lights, the vehicle's headlights and underglow were also red.

All the vehicles deactivated their sirens but kept their lights on, the Charger rolled up to Matt and slowly circled him before all the vehicles found a parking spot and shut off their police lights.

The door to the Charger opened and there was an audible metallic clang when the driver's foot hit the ground.

“From offensive comedy gaming content to car content." Conner chuckled from inside his Tek suit. “Wondered when you would enter the car scene like you said you would. From Blarg the funny guy on Youtube to Matt the car guy and I see Wildcat is here." Conner chuckled as he looked at two Youtubers he had watched when he was a teen.

“So this is the Canadian Youtuber you watched a lot." Daniella chuckled as she sat behind Conner.

“Man… those were some good times as McNasty liked to say." Conner chuckled, causing Matt to smirk. “I hate to barge in like this but I had received a noise complaint when I was actually already on my way to attend the meet. Now that I'm here, nobody can do anything because I have absolute authority so go enjoy yourself." Conner chuckled as his Tek suit pulled back.

Conner tapped his Tek wrist and his Charger activated line lock before doing a burnout.

Conner spent the majority of the time walking around the meet and watching people enjoy the display his AI was putting on as he inspected other cars that were attending the meet.

“So you've been watching my content since around 2020." Matt questioned as Conner inspected a white Pagani that was at the meet.

“Sounds about right." Conner chuckled before leaning back against Daniella. “I had found Grizzy through the Misfits and found The Vanoss crew through your friend group… can't quite remember exactly because it was so long ago. Nice to see a bunch of people I grew up watching in person finally." Conner chuckled as he waved at a group of people he recognized from Youtube.

“Hey! Isn't that the Reaper and Shade?" a voice Conner recognized said from behind him.

Conner turned around and the person he saw made him smile, it was WhisltinDiesel.

“Aye! The guy who doesn't care what people say! I bought it so I can destroy it!" Conner chuckled as another Youtuber he watched shook his hand. “This has been an experience I will not forget for a long long time." Conner smiled.

Conner stepped into the testing room and sighed. “This has been something I've wanted to test the outcome of for a while." Conner muttered to himself as he picked up a vile of purple liquid.

Conner dropped a drop of the liquid Element into the substance before something started happening.

Conner's eyes went wide when he realized what was happening, Element and Antimatter had a very volatile reaction when mixed unless the Element was stabilized.

“Someone spiked the fucking control substance with Antimatter!" Conner exclaimed in anger before he realized something, his Tek suit wasn't activating and he didn't have enough time to flee the room.

“FUCK!" Conner shouted as he swiped the contents off the table.

Element and Antimatter shot at him from the dish before the Element suppression systems activated, engulfing the entire room in fire and sending over ten million volts of electricity through the room, the heat and electricity wasn't conjured up by Conner's magic so it was most likely fatal.

Daniella shreeked from the observation room but Kaida and Adalinda held her back so she wouldn't hurt herself.

Daniella sat atop a building while she stared at the picture of her holding Conner on her graduation.

She pushed the photo away on her heads up display before pulling back her Tek helmet and roaring in rage at the sky.

She hadn't gotten a proper night's sleep since the night before Conner died.

The very sky shook from the ferocity in her tone but something was off, she felt stronger and more energized ever since she had touched Conner's body in the on-site morgue.

Something wasn't right about his body, he had no pulse but his body had healed completely of all burns.

The doctors said he could have used a healing spell and it had just healed him after he died.

When she had made contact with his body, it had sent a jolt of energy through her, Ares and Alexandra which was another Indominus rex Conner had created, Alexandra was a little smaller than Ares, female and pure white.

Daniella gave the go ahead and the Russian border was stormed by an entire army of soldiers who vowed to avenge Conner's death.

They had found out that a Russian spy had been responsible for spiking the test and she had torn the spy apart herself.

A guard was watching the security feed when she heard a crashing sound on one of the cameras.

The morgue cameras were down, something was disrupting the feed, another crashing sound came from the morgue before a masculine voice was heard cursing in multiple different languages.

The sound of something metal breaking was heard before more curses went flying.

The sound of bare footsteps were heard before metal clanging footfalls approached and the bare footsteps stopped.

The metal clanging footfalls grew distant and the camera feed across the entire site shut down for two minutes. Once the camera feed came back on, the security guard stared in confusion.

The morgue was a mess, a morgue table was tipped over and lying on its side and a body cold storage door was open without a body table inside and autopsy tools were scattered everywhere.

The security guard looked at another camera and saw a door hanging on the frame by its bottom hinge.

The security guard noticed the number on the cold storage door and she gasped.

Conner's body was gone.

To be Continued…