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__**Chapter Three**__: THE BIG HIT __**Characters**__: Milo, Arto, Seefa, Grubber, and Winston __**Summary**__: Seefa went in first, offering herself as a not-so-virginal sacrifice to the dragon. She bluffed her way into Belfin's castle while Milo, Patrick and Danny snuck in through a maintainence shaft and the rest of the team loaded into a helicopter that would drop them off into Belfin's castle. Seefa was felt up by two of the dragon's goons, and then taken to meet the serpent in person. Although, and she was quite taken aback at meeting a dragon face to face, she did her best to overcome her fears and complete the mission. She played off the dragon's reputed paranoia and said that she had news of a conspiracy to kill him (which was true). The dragon became rather careless at this news, and had Seefa unbound and unblind-folded so that she could tell her story. During all this, Milo and the brothers were sneaking in. Milo was caught by a heat emission in a ventilation shaft, and has his eyebrows burned off. They finally managed to sneak into Belfin's home, in the room across the hall from where Seefa was. But Belfin's magical security, in the form of a large and angry Earth Elemental appeared. Danny and Patrick drew knives to try to deal with it as they sent Milo on to rescue Seefa. Seefa, sensing her only opportunity, made her move and pulled the acid from the nape of her neck, under her hair. She whipped it into the dragon's face, sending the corosive solution into the great creature's eyes. It let out a loud bellow that deafened almost everyone in the room. Seefa made her break for it while Milo came crashing in, hoping to rescue his princess. But he was too late. The dragon unleashed a bolt of firey breath that was as powerful as flying magma. Seefa's legs were burned clean off of her body. Milo grabbed her and made his break for it. As they left, they saw Patrick killed by the elemental. Not having time to stop, they ran straight down the stairs. Outside, everyone else had their own problems. Winston and Forrest the mage were dropped off in one of the castle towers, Winston with a sniper rifle and Forrest providing magical support. Timothy warned Arto to watch out for a physical adept named Lahmen who fought for Belfin. Arto, a martial arts expert, was more than ready for the challenge. But as they landed, there wasn't much hand to hand fighting. Two of Belfin's security teams, armed with assault rifles went off, opening fire on the team. Grubber and Garlsbad used heavy weapons to pin down the security teams while Jaque set up some heavy weapons. Grubber did a good job opening fire on the sec teams, inflicting serious damage, while Garlsbad covered the snipers in the windows with a machine gun. Winston went to work with his sniper rifle, exacting a horrible cost on the security forces on the ground. Lahmen came charging in, leading a team of adepts. Lahmen went after Timothy right off, apparently trying to finish some unfinished business. The adept bashed the dwarf, and was moving in for the kill when Arto jumped into the fight. There was a big super kung fu throw down with muching flipping, kicking, and odd noises, when Arto finally finished Lahmen off with a magically boosted punch to the head. Grubber got caught by multiple bursts of automatic fire, and the rest of the group was being beset by physical adepts and cross fire. Winston went off with the sniper rifle and Arto started causing heads to explode. Finally, Jaque got his mortar set up, and he blew hell out of the security forces. Milo came running out of Belfin's house, carrying at least half of Seefa. Warned by Milo's shout of "PAPA'S COMIN'!" the crew got ready for a big, unpleasant fight. And Belfin, his face half scarred from acid, was more than happy to give it to them. He came storming out, belching flame. Winston fire on him immediately, hitting him in the other eye with his sniper rifle. Belfin responded by blowing the tower up with a glance. Jaque set up a rocket launcher while Garlsbad moved in to physically attack the creature. The large troll was swatted down by the dragon's tail. The team harassed the dragon until Jaque was ready. They hit the beast with a large, anti-tank rocket. The rocket had the desired effect, and sent Belfin reeling. Seeing their one and only opportunity, Milo and Arto sprung into action. Arto ran up and bitch slapped the dragon with a Killing Hands enhanced blow (He slapped a fucking dragon!). Everyone was delighted to see the creature's face bruise. Then Milo, inspired by all the previous kung fu action, leaped into the air with his sword and placed the killing blow deep into the dragon's skull. The creature let out another bellow, then fell down, dead. The team got themselves back together and assessed the damage. Patrick and Forrest were dead. Seefa had lost her legs. Winston had been blown up (but would live). Grubber had been shot 4 times. And, since Milo and Arto's accounts had been frozen by the UCAS, they had almost no money. The village of Winslow managed to pay them 15,000 nuyen each. Seefa didn't have enough money to have new legs cloned, but the rest of the team managed to pay their medical bills. Everyone was unhappy with the money situation, and wondering how many kids they've have to beat up before they were financially stable when Timothy said something about Belfin's horde...