Should Have Let Me Die

Chapter 156: Taking Advice

Well, that's settled, now I can go and deal with these dragons, and then, relax, or something resembling that. Mishka was still standing with me, holding my arm, so I dragged her over to the kids where Wendy was. She was looking at the children with a longing look so I kissed Mishka and then walked over behind her, and slid my arms around her waist.

I was careful of her wings and moved my face to her cheek, pushing mine against her's.

"You will have one or more just, just like them, don't worry."

"Do you think I will be able to? I know the other girls have, but Kyra was already partially human, and Alex was a goddess, but I'm a dragon. Do you think it will work with me?" Wendy asked, pushing her cheek into mine.

"Yes, I do. Ale couldn't have children before this with anyone, she could only create a fully grown brood. Look at her now with Lydia and Kenos, this isn't a matter of if you will have children, only a matter of when. The magic will bring you the things you dream for, that we both dream for."

"You want my children?" Wendy asked, pulling her head away from mine and then me, turning around to face me.

"Hmmm? What do you mean? Of course, I want to have your children! Or I want you to have our children, I don't think it works"

Light-filled the room with a spectacular radiance, my eyes blocking the blinding flash. When the light faded, Wendy stood before me, but with no wings, and a very pregnant belly! Dammit, I had forgotten about that, but damn did she look good, prego belly and all!

"Wendy! Your wings! And your belly!"

"Belly?" Wendy asked, but then she looked, putting a hand to her stomach. "Something is moving inside of me!"

Wendy tried to back away from herself, but I caught her before she tripped over a chair. The rest of the girls that were here gathered around, trying to get a look and ask a million questions. Arrentia and Nuwari pushed through the group and then me, forcing me out of the circle, but I sunk a quick kiss from Wendy as I was kicked out of the ring. 

With all the girls busy, I quickly grabbed some flat cakes and smeared jam on them and something that looked like bacon, but tasted like chicken. Probably the most disappointing thing that I had run into in this world, well besides the hate and slavery. Once I had my food, I sunk out with two flat cakes sandwiched with jam between them hanging out of my mouth.

When I got to the front door, Cable was waiting for me.

"Hey, Boss! Mind if I tag along? I haven't had much to do lately, and I'm getting stir crazy just sitting around! Plus, Gwenwth likes the house clean, even if it already is!"

"Umm, sure, but you know where I am going, right? We have to go see the rest of the male dragons and see if they will be as nice as the women. They won't be, I can promise you that."

"Dragons? I should be alright, I just do a little beatboxing to keep my courage up. Plus, you aren't scared of anything, and that alone makes me braver!" Cable proclaimed.

"Sure, it would be nice to have a friendly voice there. Plus you might have to talk me down, you know the whole, hold me back bro act, but I'm being serious. I'm already pissed at these dragons for insulting my wife, but I can't go all Armageddon on them."

"Are you sure that's such a bad idea? If they are going to be a problem, and I know I'm not the person to say this, but, why keep them around if you know they will cause trouble?"

"Because they stayed in their mountains for the most part and didn't bother people that much unless they, themselves were bothered. Now I'm telling them, not asking them to serve me; it was different for the rest of you, I offered my power to you and you accepted, now, I'm forcing it on them. I need to try and get them to want to join me, without me threatening them. The real question is how do I do that?"

"What do they want?" Cable asked as we walked outside.

"Hmmm? What do they want? That is a really good question, look you're already being helpful!"

"If you're relying on me for inspiration, then we better get the rest of the boys. If you get us all together we might have the sense of one of your wives! Those women are wild with how they can read your mind! It's like the second you leave, they all spring into action!" Cable explained while waving his hands around in the air like a crazy person.

"Really? I mean I assumed as much, but not to the degree you're describing them!"

"I can't explain it well enough, something you would have to see! I bet the girls are already in there planning everything you will do tomorrow! You are a lucky man, my wife is pretty good with reminding me of things, but your wives take it to a whole other level!"

Well, I never thought they were lazy, and I knew they did a lot of behind the scene's work for me when I was out saving the world. Maybe I should have planned something for them? Though, I needed to focus on the task at hand, dragons. Once I was finished with them I would plan something.

"Well, thank you for letting me know, I don't see that stuff and I should be more thankful for it, but now, you need to squeeze your eyes closed."

Cable's eyes went big and then snapped shut, which made me chuckle as I made the fast movements. The trip took less than a minute to complete, but when I got to the ledge in front of Greg's cave, there wasn't a single dragon in the air. Great, what the fuck was this now? 

"Where are all the dragons?" Cable asked looking around.

"Another good question, I didn't expect them to run off. What am I supposed to do now? I can't just leave them."

"Why not? They can't reproduce, we took all the females. So, they either die lonely and alone or they come to us, and you have your own dragons now. I don't see why you don't just leave them?"

I slapped my hand to my face, fuck, I hadn't got every one of the female dragons! I knew I should have just changed grandma when I had the chance! I didn't warn Cable, I just shot into the air with him, but it was already too late.

While Cable puked up his breakfast, I looked around what was left of the city where Mistolarga had been staying and protecting. Nothing was left, the city was smoking ass, I hadn't even learned the name of this place, only that it was the capital of Karst. Now, I was nothing more than a scorched black mark on my tally.

I didn't destroy this city personally, but it was as good as my fault. I should have known this would happen, and now the dragons had sealed their fate. None would survive the culling, this would not get rid of all those dragons, some would escape, but I would leave a mark on them as they did to this city. I turned back to Cable, who was looking at me with a haunted expression.

"What are you going to do?" Cable asked with a shaking voice.

I wasn't sure if it was just from him puking, or if it was something else, like my face.

"What you suggested. This is too far; these were all their faithful followers, and they killed every last one of them. The worst part right now is that I can see exactly how it happened. They threatened to do this if she didn't go with them, and she did, but then they did it anyway."

"How do you know that's what happened?" Cable asked, looking around.

"Misty was a big dragon, bigger than any of the males. So, if there was a struggle, there would be many dead dragons around. My guess is that she doesn't even know yet, they probably took her and then came back. Pointless killing, but now I am going to return the favor, and get my grandmother back. I will take you home but say nothing until I get back, I am not in the mood for opinions right now."

"Yeah, Boss, but don't overdo yourself. You will be alone, and no one can save you if something happens. I know you're mad right now, and you have every right to be, but don't go losing your head before a fight. You and I both know that you need a clear mind to fight."

"I will, and I am trying to cool down, I just can't believe that they did this."

"Neither can I, but we are all counting on you, for more than just fighting big things. You are the glue that binds us all together, even your wives would tell you that."

I forced a smile out and Cable slapped my back and then squeezed his eyes shut. Within seconds, we were back in front of my home. I nodded to Cable but then threw myself into space. There was a certain person I needed to have a talk with, and I had been holding off for too long, but with this happening, the conversation would happen now.