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Pushing against the wall of the darkness, I asked, "It's some kind of bag."

Suddenly, the bag was jerked and I fell backwards with Shal on top of me then there was a grating sound so I assumed we were being dragged somewhere. Shifting so she was next to me, Shalimar asked, "Wynn, who were those people?"

"I have no idea," I replied. "Can you see anything? Even with my combined neko and draconic eyes, I can't see my hand in front of my face. And I know it's there because my palm is touching my nose."

"No," Shalimar said--more to herself than to me. "This isn't a time to use any of your powers. I'm going to use her's."

"Shal? Who're you--"

Suddenly, the darkness was lit up as Shalimar began to glow with a soft blueish-white light. "Shal? Did mom or Nerissa ever fill you in on how I was hatched?"

"No-oooooo," I replied, looking at Shalimar in amazement.

After about a minute of silence, Shalimar explained that there was this evil man who had gathered the ten dragon princesses. Nine of which he killed and used their essence to form an egg that he forcibly implanted into Dragon--which she laid when she escaped but Koopa had picked up lending a bit of her neko DNA to the final composition of the egg.

"Recently, I've been hearing the voices of the nine princesses," Shalimar continued. "And this is the second time I've tapped into their power."

"Second time?"

"The first time was when Shaddox had attacked you and the ABC. Like now, I tapped into the White Dragon Princess' power to force him away from you and the others."

"Then we're peas in a pod," I replied. Before I could expand, the bag was upended and Shalimar and I tumbled out.

Instantly transforming into our dragon forms, Shalimar and I stood side by side and faced opposite directions to face our captors. They were all dressed in identical black hoods. One, rather tall, stepped forward and lifted his hand. In it was some kind of oddly shaped device. Breaking it, he quickly stepped back. Screaming, Shalimar suddenly thrashed and fell to her side. Transforming back to her neko form, she curled into the fetal position and clutched her head.

"SHAL!" I exclaimed as I transformed into my anthro dragon form. Kneeling next to her and feeling for a pulse, I sighed with relief when I found one. Glaring at the man who had broke the device. "What did you do?!"

"I simply knocked her out," was the reply. "If you do not do what we ask then we will continue using Breakers until she dies."