The Bone Dragon roars in defeat.
"Reviled One, why must you always interfere?"
"What is going on? What is he talking about?" Ryu asked tightening the grip on his sword.
"I haven't a clue. Is he referring to God?" Garr held his spear at the ready in the event the behemoth attacked again.
"Why do you always restrain us?"
"Restrain them? The Brood?"
"Someone restrained the Dragons?" Garr spoke mystified by this concept.
"I may have failed in my goals, but that won't stop me. I'll give Ryu the gift of my power. The gift of my hatred. Then, he will understand..." As the Bone Dragon spoke, it began to dissolve into a smoke of sorts. This proceeded to approach Ryu and channel into his body.
Ryu dropped his sword and fell to his knees clutching his head, as the last of the 'smoke' entered his body. A malefic power flows through his body, as the Shadow Gene awakens within him.
"Ryu!? Are you okay?" Garr moved closer to Ryu, but kept his spear at the ready, not knowing what had just happened.
"I... I don't... know. I can feel... the hatred of... that dragon... His hatred for you... for your people... I feel a dark power welling within me. A power... of death..."
"Ryu... Is this what God feared?"
Without warning a bright light fills the mine chamber. Ryu and Garr turn to see a blue haired woman with what appears to be small white dragon wings sprouting from her back.
That was not a Dragon.
"Are you of the Brood?" Garr asked.
The woman points to Ryu.
A true Dragon.
Ryu still unable to stand looks dumbfounded at the woman. "W-What... do you mean?"
The woman shined brightly and then, much like the Bone Dragon, turned to a white wisp of smoke which flowed into Ryu. A feeling of Warmth and love flows into Ryu.
After a moment, he stands.
"Ryu, What was that?"
"I think the power of that woman helped me cancel out the power of that Dragon. I think I have both of their powers within me, now..."
Garr puts away his spear and places his hand on his chin. "A true Dragon... That's what it said, right? What does it mean?"
Ryu just stands there looking at his hands, still confused by the whole incident.
"Hmmm... You don't know either, eh?"
"Let's get out of here, already. I've spent the last several years here as a Dragon, have I not? I could use some fresh air." Ryu says walking towards the mine exit.
"Ryu..."
