Rise Of The Dragon Ch1 Pt3

On the skies of Mexicali, B.C. – Mexico
7:30 PM


"Captain, wake up. We are almost in the United States."

Ernesto woke up and looked out of the window.
The darkness of the desert was disappearing as the Blackhawks were reaching the city. The view was not pretty. Ernesto could see the lights of police cars moving through the streets along with some ambulances. He could also see houses burning away. He sat down and yawned, then he turned to Crista. She was asleep, but also, she was smiling. She was dreaming something that was making her happy, "Sleep well sweetie," Ernesto said, and then he kissed her on the lips.

"You two are so cute," The pilot said watching them, "now tell me how are we going to fly in U.S. Airspace without being shot down."

"I never thought on that. How about if we fly in, and then we land somewhere in the town," Ernesto suggested covering Crista with his sweater.

"That would be easy, but they will send the army, or the police after us." The pilot replied

Ernesto stood up and walked to the cabin of the helicopter, "So? The cops are easy to kill, and their soldiers are going to arrive hours later. Don't worry about that part, just leave us in Calexico, then you can leave..." Ernesto paused and looked at some houses out of the low life area of the city, "Ignore that. Take us to those houses near the border," He said pointing at the houses.

"Roger that sir," The pilot replied turning the helicopter toward the houses near Border with the other Blackhawks following it.

Crista woke up with the sudden turn of the helicopter and saw the lights of the city through the window on the door, "Where are we?" She asked, then she yawned.

Ernesto sat down next to her, "We are back in Mexicali, but just for a couple minutes."

"What?! No!" She curled up shaking, "Please lets leave now... Please," Crista begged as the images of their last visit came to her head. How she was shot, and all those people dying in front of her.

"Calm down. Its just for a couple minutes, and this time we are not going to stay in this city." Ernesto said trying to calm her down. He nodded smiling. The lights of the city reflected on his red eyes. She could see her own reflection on his eyes, "Don´t be scared."

Jose´s Apartment
8:00 PM

Jose was asleep on his bed with his laptop next to him.
He managed to fell asleep by forgeting everything that happened that day, but then someone knocked the door.
"Police, open the door," Two cops were knocking the door.
Apparently one of the neightbors called the police after hearing Jose´s roar some hours ago, "Sir, we just want to check if everything is alright," the cops kept knocking.

Jose woke up and took his pistol from a dresser next to him, then he walked to towards the door aiming his pistol, "What´s the problem?!" Jose asked.

"We receive a call from one of the neightbors that there was a wild animal somewhere around here," One of the cops replied while the other was peeking through the window, "Please open the door."

Jose gulped and then he ran to the bathroom, "Fuck off!"
He locked the door searching for a way to escape, but then he remembered about his laptop on the bed, and his equipment on the living room.

The cop on the window barely saw Jose´s ringed tail moving inside the dark room. It looked like a big, fast, white and black snake, "There is something inside," He took out his pistol from his holster.

"Alright sir! That was your last chance! We are going in!" The other cop yelled opening the door with a kick. The room was completely empty. The cop took his flashlight and continued searching. The beam of the flashlight was enought to light the whole room, but their eyes were playing with them. The cop saw many objects casting shadows like snakes, or like a small animal, "Where is the switch of the light?" He asked getting nervous.

Jose slightly opened the door and saw the cops inside. He hissed smiling and fully opened the door, "Hey you... over here," He whispered, and then he climbed to the ceiling holding himself with his claws.

The neightbors came out of their houses after hearing the sound of the kick and the door hitting the floor. Some of them hang out their video cameras hoping to caught some action.
The cold night forced them to wear thick sweaters and windbreakers. Others didn´t mind the cold weather.
"Dude, whats going on?" one of them asked.

"I don´t know, the police came because there was an animal, but I don´t know what are they doing now," other replied.

The cop walked inside the bathroom aiming his pistol. He couldn´t see Jose hanging on the ceiling with his claws.
"Where are you mother fucker?" The cop asked whispering.
He suddenly opened the curtain of the shower, but saw nothing, "Where are you?!" He whispered again but with a rude tone.

Jose dropped himself from the ceiling landing on the cop, covering his mouth from screaming. The cop felt like knives about to stab his back, but then, Jose stood him up covering his mouth with his claw. The cop couldn´t believe that he was watching claws instead of a human hand. His hostager seemed stronger than an average person. Jose close his head to the officer´s, "You were looking for me, huh? Well, here I am," He whispered hissing.

The cop felt and heard the warm air coming from the nostrils of the dragon behind him. He barely saw Jose´s jaws with the corner of his eye. Shivers were coming up his back. His heart was pounding too fast, then Jose turned him facing the mirror of the bathroom. The cop was paralized by the fear. He was about to faint when he saw his captor reflected on the mirror.

Jose began to open his jaws and hiss louder. The cop gulped, and suddenly Jose bit the cop´s neck. Blood spilled all over the wall, and inside Jose´s jaws. The cop tried to released himself, but it was too late. He felt his body lighter. His vision began to turn all black. His skin began to turn pale. He tried to scream for help, then nothing.

Jose dropped the lifeless body to the floor, and grabbed the handgun laying on the blood stained floor, "One down. One more to go," He left the bathroom and licked his jaws cleaning the blood on his face.

The civilians outside didn´t notice Jose moving inside the appartment, but a loud scream of terror scared them to death, then they heard a gunshot followed by a loud roar followed by other three gunshots. They began to scream and run like crazy trying to get as far as posiblem from the appartments.

Jose came running out of his appartment, but stopped at the door. Something caught his attention. A child between 8, or 9 years old was staring at the dragon with terror, but amazed at the same time. A real dragon standing in front of him. It wasn´t like the dragons from the stories his mom used to tell him. His mother must have lost him betweem all the confusion and screams. The dragon´s blue eyes focused on something behind the kid. It was a camera. One of the civilians must have dropped it when thay ran scared. It was still recording.
He was about to grab it when he heard the sound of the police coming. He smiled and jumped off the balcony taking with him only his laptop, his armor, and his guns with ammo.
A woman appeared from one of the appartments taking the child with her as she saw the dragon running away.

Before Jose could escape, he saw a group of helicopters landing on the other side of the border not too far from his position. He looked at them with the scope of his rifle and saw the logo of the RDA on the side of one of the helicopters, "Looks like cavalry has arrived," He said smiling.

He looked at his watch, 8:42 PM, then he headed towards the helicopters...