Okay everyone here it is finally, sorry it took so long.
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Relan, after almost getting munched by a dragon, quickly dove from the 
sky and landed on Rain's shoulder.

<Boss, I HATE DRAGONS!>

<Why what happened?>

<One of those brutes just tried to eat me!>

<Ahh, your not even big enough to get stuck in their teeth.>

<That's not funny boss!>

<Umm boss, ya might want to stand up, the 'squad' is behind you!>

Rain wipped around, and standing there with smug looks on their faces, 
were none other then six members of the Ghost Squad.  The Ghost Squad a
didreputable bunch of thugs, thieves, and murderers.  

<I've crossed them one two many times it seems.>

Rain pulled several blades out of nowhere, and sent them spinning before
the squad even had unsheathed their blades.  One of the thugs caught a 
dagger in his eye for his troubles. Another blade was sheathed in the
same thug's leg, a second later he fell to the ground, quite dead before
he new it.  The last two daggers were both stuck into the throat of 
another thug, who also happened to be dead.

"Allright, who's next?  I don't have all day, so please hurry up!"  Rain 
taunted to the thugs.

A thug tried rushing Rain, seeing that Rain hadn't even bothered to
unsheath his sword yet.  He soon realized his mistake however, when Rain
ducked under his pitiful swing, and tripped the thug as he was passing.
The thug landed head first into the boulder Rain was sitting on,
knocking 
him unconscios.  Rain drew Foolkiller, and got ready for the onslaught
of the remaining three.  

Three against one isn't the fairest of odds, of course the thugs didn't
count on Relan helping.  Too late they realized their mistake, as Relan
flew into the face on one, his talons raking at the man's eyes.  Well
that thug was out of the fight, which left Rain with one unconscious,
one
blinded, two dead, and two left to fight.  Rain easily matched the thugs
hit for hit, easily scoring hits the thugs.  Rain didn't even get a
scratch.

"Although I appreciate the exercise, I am growing quite bored with you 
blokes, let's say we speed things up a bit shall we?"

Rain sped up his attacks, untill they were blurred.  The thugs, unable
to 
keep up, were dead in a matter of moments.  Rain put the blind thug out
of his misery.  As he was finishing up with cleaning off his weapons,
and 
searching the dead guards for valuables, the remaining thug snuck up 
behind him, and stabbed him in the back.  Rain managed to yank the blade
out of the thugs hands.  Rain killed the man with one clean stab through 
the heart.  As the thug lay dead, Rain fell to the ground, darkness
closing in on him.

<relllll.....>

<Boss, are you allright?>

<hellpp  mmeeee....>

Rel not knowing what to do flew up towards the dragons, this time
screaming at the riders as if asking for help.  Instead of flying around
the dragons' heads though he flew around the riders' heads.  He landed
on
each of their shoulders for a brief second, and then flew back down to
Rain's unconscios body.

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NRPG: There it is done, tag your it Kris;}

Pat

If you love someone let them go,
if they don't return,
hunt them down 
and kill them.
-a coffee cup I saw once-