I am going to rush this and speed it up a little.

To Christine: Here is the long-awaited appearance of your dragon.
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"We are going to WHAT?"

Yiernoshi stared at Se Ern in horror.

After Maria had been admitted to the hospital section, Se Ern had proceeded to give them orders from the higher-ups back in Italy.

They were to invade the enemy base in five days.

Yiernoshi bit her lip nervously.

A raid was a good idea. Attack the enemy before they attack you. But they had not completed their training yet.

Everyone in the meeting room looked at her intently. She sighed, making up her mind.

"Everyone, train extra hard. Let's do this."
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Three days had passed since then. Maria showed no sign of improving, so Kah Yunn was to take her place in the raid.

Yiernoshi had finally developed a new, powerful technique. It had almost blown up the training room.

As for Christine, her training was going well. She was in the library, figuring out the secret behind the many boxes. She had solved it, too.

Except for one little problem...
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"Ancalagon! Get off!"

"Pyuu..."

Christine scowled, trying in vain to yank off the little red dragon clutching her arm in a death grip.

"Get off me!"

"Pyuu...?"

Ancalagon looked at her, and Christine thought she saw a glimmer of mischief in those huge golden eyes.

Christine's scowl deepened. Were'nt box weapons supposed to obey their masters?

Finally, Ancalagon let go, but not before scratching her viciously on the arm.

"Ow!"

Ancalagon soared off the table, flapped her wings frantically, and crashed to the ground.

Christine sighed resignedly.
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Victoria holstered her new weapon. The sword didn't feel right to her, so Sam had traded itfor this. It was much cooler, she had to admit.

Plus, she still had her handy golf club.
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"Aw," cooed Jeanine at dinner, the night before the raid. She watched with sparkling eyes as Ancalagon gobbled up sausage number fifteen.

"She's so cute!"

Christine sniffed disgustedly, looking at Jeanine fawning over her box weapon.

Traitor. She's nice to everyone but me.
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Finally, the day of the invasion. The infiltration squad consisted of Yiernoshi, Jeanine, Christine, Victoria, Se Ern, and Kah Yunn.

So far, they had been lucky. The guy guarding the entrance to the base was sleeping, allowing them to sneak in. So far, no alarms had sounded, and no enemy had spotted them.

As they crawled through the ventilation pipe, they heard a voice.

"Hmm, I hear rats crawling about."

The next thing they knew, the pipe collapsed, and they fell to the ground.

Yiernoshi looked up at their assailant, and came face to face with...

A pair of glowing red eyes.