[Chalia]

"What do you mean Iralyn went inside the caves?"  There was a
dangerous edge in Chalia's voice.

<! She is going after the Searchlings and the hatchlings...  Some of
Sherri's humans have taken them... !>

Chalia forced herself to stay calm.  Idiot girl!  Bad enough that
hatchlings had been taken hostage, but if Sherri's men took her...

"Rider Chalia?"  A young man with sergeant's stripes ran to her side.

"Yes?"

"Sir Mahen says that except for flushing the corridors, we appear to
have captured most of Sherri's mercenaries."

"Thank you..."

<! Chalia!  The little ones are coming.  A girl has run out to lead
the remaining humans away... !>

There was intense commotion out front as the two groups of soldiers
clashed.  The young sergeant excused himself and ran toward the front
entrance to the caves.  A small line of tiny dragons made their way
out of the cave system and Sianna and Coriandreth immediately began
crooning over the tiny creatures, reassuring them that they were
loved and cared for, despite the fears their mother had left them
with.

"Iralyn!"

The girl winced slightly as she walked out of the cave.

"Yes, Chalia?"

"What do you think you were doing?"

The calm way she said it seemed to unnerve the girl, and she began to
stammer.  "W-well, uh.. Frelan, he... um.. well..."

"What was Frelan doing here, Ira?"

"He, well, he leaped on when I was taking off..."

Chalia nodded, keeping up a calm facade while she considered
strangling the girl.

"...and, well, uh.. he, um, jumped off when I landed and...  Well, he
Joined and Ta'ryel told us that..."

"Is there some reason you couldn't have waited for the ground forces
to finish flushing the soldiers out?  They were giving up, after
all."

"Yes, well, Ta'ryel was scared and they were in a little room and..."

"Iralyn!"  The girl shut up.  "I am filing a reprimand against you
with your WingLeader.  You entered a dangerous situation without
clearing it with a superior, and opened yourself up to the same sort
of kidnapping that we came here to stop."  Chalia smiled slightly. 
"That is not to say I am not glad that you found the little ones and
the kids that we can now return home, but you could have been
kidnapped or killed -- which means that you put your dragon in
danger.  Do you understand?"

Iralyn bit her lip, eyes suddenly registering the danger to
Coriandreth if she herself had been taken.  She paled.  Chalia
sighed.  Despite being a rider, Iralyn was still a young girl, and
thus not prone to considering consequences.

"Don't worry, Ira.  I imagine you'll only be on long patrol for a
couple of months."  Iralyn groaned and Chalia fixed her with a
serious expression.  "Be glad it's up to Ce'lot and not me, Ira. 
What you did was dangerous.  Brave, but dangerous.  Next time, let
the ground forces take care of it."

"Next time?  There's going to be a next time?"

Chalia hugged the girl and laughed.


NRPG --

Notes:
Chalia is the Beta WingLeader, not Alpha WingSecond...  That's Molla.

Lisa, feel free to take everyone back to the Warren.

*hugs*

Jill
             X-FILES                         DRAGONLANDS
 Assistant Director                   Rhiannon, WarrenLady  *Xylian*
 Sterling Kincaid, TL, ECHO           Elswyth and Aedra   *Keldarra*
 Damien Cunningham, UD DELTA          Katla and Satinka *Whiteriver*
 Xan X. Xavier, Trainer,              Zera and Mazel       *Norwall*

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