As Dielab was approaching the defensive Kaori, he had a smirk.

Dielab: We can do this the easy way or the hard way... Cause I prefer the hard way if you ask me.
Kaori: You'll never take me alive!

She then ran towards him and tried to hit him with her swords.

Dielab countered by protecting himself with one of the bracelets on his left arm and he shoved her away and pulled out his scythe from his back.

He then ran towards her and tried to strike her down but Kaori dodged his attacks.

Colette: Get him Kaori!

Kaori looked at Colette.

Kaori: I'll try to free you, but I need to get rid of him first.

She then dodged another scythe swing from Dielab.

He then smacked on of the walls beside him and boulders began falling down.

Kaori then jumped on the wall and began dodging the boulders with high agility.

Dielab: That's right, I like when my pray is running away, it adds the suspense of the hunt.
Draghar: What do I get to do?
Dielab: Try and catch her you idiot! Use your fire breath.

Draghar then breathed fire at Kaori who dodged it too by jumping off the wall and she landed on a frozen rock.

Dielab pulled out his crossbow and aimed it at the samurai girl and fired his arrows at her but she countered back with her swords.

Draghar: Rawr!

He then tried to run over Kaori but slid below him and Draghar noticed it and he crashed on a wall.

Dielab: Incompitent...

Kaori then went and tried to free Colette who was still pinned to a wall.

Colette: Don't save me, save Edgar.

Kaori pulled out a shuriken at the rope where it hanged the trapped Edgar but it didn't cut.

Edgar: What the? What kind of a rope is this?
Dielab: A special rope that's resilient with sharp objects.

Kaori then glared Dielab.

Colette: Look Kaori, run away and warn the others, we'll be fine.
Kaori: But-
Edgar: Just go!

Kaori had no choice and ran away and Dielab cackled.

Dielab: Run, but you can't hide little prey.

He then looked at the trapped Colette and Edgar as they gave him a deadly glare.

"At Jozef's side"

Jozef finished with checking upon the injured heroes and he was on a break.

Wings: Jozef.
Jozef: Ano? (Yes)
Wings: When you checked on the others, I saw something that was on the ground. It had red eyes, it was green and had 3 horns looking like a heraldry crest.

Jozef looked back to eye his wings.

Jozef: Are you sure?
Wings: You and I are connected together, I'll send you the thing I saw.

He then used his powers to connect what he saw to Jozef's brain so he could see it too.

Jozef: I remember that, that's Vishamah's face. The advisor for the Ordo Drakkonis.
Wings: That's him alright, wonder what's he doing?
Jozef: I don't know but I we're gonna get to the bottom of this.

He got up and began walking in a hallway and to a staircase that lead to the 2nd floor.

"Ural Mountains"

Max, Mortis ans Roost Wayne were walking on the right path and they tried to avoid traps if they would find some.

Roost: It's all quiet, I could confirm that Zeighar and Draghar are loud and would attract attention but they suddenly stopped.
Max: That's weird but I agree, they're like a bunch of couch potatoes.

Mortis looked at Max's feet.

Mortis: Max look out!
Max: Huh?

She then stepped on the ground and then almost fell into a hole that was disguised until Mortis grabbed her hand and pulled her away.

Max looked at Mortis and then at the hole.

Inside the hole were icy spikes, sharp enough to make holes in a body.

Max: How did you-
Mortis: Need I remind you that I'm a vampire, I have extraordinary vision.
Roost: Right, you should be more careful next time Max.
Max: Yeah, by the way thanks for the save.

Mortis nodded and they continued they're path which lead to a frozen cave.

Kaori then ran after them from behind.

Kaori: Guys!

They were inside the cave and they turned around and then suddenly a large wooden fence fell down the entrance to the cave and it blocked the heroes to leave it.

Max: What the hell?!
Roost: We're trapped.
Kaori: Hold on, I'll free you!

Then Dielab appeared behind a snowy tree.

Dielab: I wouldn't do that if I were you...

She then turned around and faced him.

Max: Woah, who's that?
Mortis: Who are you, you fiend!
Dielab: I'm Dielab but it's not important now.

Kaori was in a fighting stance.

Kaori: Where are Execumancer and Vishamah?
Max: Did they replaced the junk pile as leader of this pack with a guy like you?
Dielab: Execumancer as we speak is recovering from the assault Lindworm commited and as for Vishamah he has more important things to attend.
Roost: When we bust free you'll be sorry you scum!

Kaori then prepared her swords.

Kaori: I'm ready to take you on you dishonorable wolf.
Dielab: I never said I was facing you alone.

He snapped his fingers and then Drakor appeared behind a rock that was near towards Kaori.

Dratis and Zeighar came out from frozen shrubs.

Draghar flew up from the Ural Mountains and landed on the ground.

The 5 Ordo Drakkonis members circles Kaori like pack of wolves.

Dielab: Why fight 1 wolf while you can fight 5 of us at once.

Mortis then grit his teeth.

Mortis: Where are Edgar and Colette?
Dielab: They're over there, resting by the wall.

He then pointed at frozen wall beside him as they wwre strapped.

Colette: You won't get away with this.
Edgar: Your dead when we're free.
Dielab: Trust me, you don't want to know my bad side.

Zeighar licked his lips.

Zeighar: I'm gonna enjoy this.

Drakor prepared his spear.

Drakor: Tonight we shall celebrate a victory where the strongest members of Lindworm's team perish.

Kaori grit her teeth beneath her mask as she knew that she was in a pickle.

"At Vishamah's side"

Vishamah was on the 2nd floor.

He continued to explore the rooms in order to find out where the Antarctic fossil piece was.

Vishamah: Like they say, one of the doors will lead to destiny but so far I have walked through 17 of them.

He then heard footsteps and he then hid behind a wall and Jozef passed that hallway.

Jozef: Wings, care to use your X-ray vision for a scan?
Wings: Sure thing.

Vishamah was afraid of what could happen at this point so he then flew up to the 3rd floor.

The wings' eyes glowed glowed in a brighter red color and scanned the 2nd floor.

Wings: Nothing here.
Jozef: We'll keep moving until we don't find him and inform master Lindworm about Vishamah.
Wings: Why didn't we tell him in the first place?
Jozef: He told us not to disturb him and he meant it.
Wings: I guess your right.

Vishamah flew up to the medic room and saw that everyone were asleep.

Vishamah: *Mumbles* Execellent... No one is active but Jozef.

He then looked at the door to the lab.

Vishamah: I bet you are over there.

He passed through the wall and was inside the lab.

He saw Lindworm that was putting items around Mani who was lying on a circle.

Vishamah's mind: What is he doing?

Lindworm then grabbed the book.

Lindworm: Klaatu Barata Nikto!

Then the circle around Mani glowed purple and purple fire surrounded it.

Vishamah looked around and saw the fossil legs that was inside a container and he smirked.

Vishamah: Now is my opportunity while he is distracted, when there is an opportunity you have to do everything to seize your moment.

He then floated to the container and opened it and grabbed the fossilized legs.

Then a green Cosmic blast was fired behind him but missed Vishamah.

He turned around and saw Lindworm.

Lindworm: I sensed your presence Vishamah.
Vishamah: What else you don't sence Lindworm. Your the so called God of this Universe but soon you shall be slayed.
Lindworm: I won't allow you to do that.

He then dashed and tried to strike Vishamah.

Vishamah: Try to hit me all you want, you can't-

Lindworm striked Vishamah on the face and he was sent flying across the lab and he hit a wall.

Vishamah: How...?
Lindworm: I can alter reality and bypass everything you fool.

Vishamah grit his teeth and he then created a black ball and then fired it at Mani's corpse.

Lindworm: No!

He then moved to where the corpse was and took the hit.

Vishamah laughed.

Vishamah: As I predicted, you may be cold but you would protect your loved ones like you did with Shelly.

Lindworm held his chest but didn't feel any pain.

Vishamah picked up the legs.

Vishamah: We shall meet again Lindworm, you can't deny that the end is coming.

He laughed it off as he teleported away.

Lindworm grit his teeth.

Then the purple fire stopped and Lindworm turned around to look at why it stopped and he was then in a state of shock.

"Ural Mountains"

Dielab spinned his scythe around as he cackled.

Dielab: Get her boys!

They all charged at Kaori but she jumped and all of them collided.

Drakor, Zeighar and Dratis fell to the ground while Draghar was the only one to be alive.

He saw Kaori in the air and he tried to catch her with his jaws but Kaori landed on his head and ran all the way down and jumped as she threw shurikens on his back and he yelled in pain.

Draghar: My back hurts!

He then breathed fire at her but she too dodged that and used one of her swords to attack Draghar but he blocked the attack with his right wings and she slashed it and Draghar yelled in pain again, creating another scar.

Kaori then jumped and kicked his face and he fell down face first.

Dratis got up and he tried to ambush her with his mantis blades but Kaori sensed him and dropped her swords and caught his blades.

Dratis: Hey!

Kaori then did a judo throw and tossed him across the icy battleground and he impacted hard.

Dratis: Oww!
Max: Go Kaori!
Roost: Behind you!

She looked back and saw that Zeighar and Drakor got up too.

Zeighar: Eat this bitch!

He fired purple lightning bolt at her but she dodged it.

Dielab: I had enough of this!

He then charged at her and tried to swing the samurai girl with his scythe but she ducked and spinned on the ground and tripped him and he fell down.

Kaori got up but Drakor was gonna tackle her but Kaori jumped in the air and as the half dragon warrior watched on.

She then landed on Drakor's shoulders and then landed painful kick to his left side of the neck.

Drakor: Oww!

He grabbed her left foot.

Drakor: Zeighar!
Zeighar: I'll fry her brains bro!

He then casted a huge purple static shock at Kaori.

Kaori then stomped his left hand and jumped away and the shock hit Drakor as he was being electrocuted.

Drakor: Y-y-you i-idiot....

He then fell on the ground and he was still being electrocuted due to the size of the static shock.

Kaori then landed on the ground and leveled with Zeighar, she then used her hands and poked Zeighar's chest multiple times until she stopped.

Zeighar: Ha! What's that suppose to-

He then felt pain on his chest.

Zeighar: What did you do to me?
Kaori: A secret technique to make the opponent suffer pain on their chest.

Dielab pulled out his crossbow and aimed it at Kaori.

Max: Kaori look out!

She turned around and saw Dielab fire a net arrow at her.

She then switched places with Zeighar and he took the net arrow and got pinned to a wall as a net surrounded his body.

As he hit the wall, an ice block that had a fosillized head fell from the top of the cave and landed on the ground.

Dielab: The head!

He put the crossbow on his back and got up and ran to it.

Mortis: Stop him from getting the skull.

Kaori then tried to kick Dielab but he pulled his scythe and counter attacked and pushed her away with the weapon as she landed on the ground with a fighting stance.

Dielab: I like your fighting spirit.

He then tried to slice her with the scythe but when she dodged it he accidentally hit the wooden fence that blocked the entrance to the cave and then Max, Mortis and Roost Wayne got out.

Roost: Game over punk!

He then punched Dielab as he was sent a bit back.

He then looked at Kaori who jumped and delivered a knee strike to his face and he fell to his knees and stared at the heroes.

Max went to free Colette and Edgar.

Edgar: Alright, we're free.
Colette: That was awesome Kaori!
Kaori: Arigato.

She bowed.

Mortis: Now to take what's ours.

He went to the fossilized head that was inside an ice block and tried to grab it.

Draghar opened his eyes and he got up and grabbed the cube with his mouth and swallowed it.

Edgar: Ewww!
Max: My God, he swallowed that ice cube whole.
Draghar: You'll never get this! You'll never get this! Lalala!

Dielab got up and he opened a portal.

Dielab: Grab the others and leave!

Draghar grabbed Drakor, Zeighar and Dratis and placed them on his back and fled inside the portal.

Dielab: I'll see you next time...

He entered inside the portal and it closed down.

Max: Well they git 4 out of 5 of the fossils.
Edgar: At least we have one.

Then Jozef called.

Max: What's up Jozef?
Jozef: Vishamah just arrived and he stole the legs and ran away.
Max: Oh shit!
Kaori: It looks like they won the fossil war.
Jozef: Also come back to the base, master Lindworm has something to show you.

They were confused.

Max: Alright, we're coming back.

"At the Ordo Drakkonis' side"

They were outside the base and Draghar had his mouth wide open.

Drakor: Hurry up Dratis, I can't smell Draghar's breath.
Dratis: It's not easy without hands you know.
Execumancer: You knoe something, you could've send me to get instead of that insect.
Vishamah: Your recovery shall end in 3.2.1.

Then the bubble popped.

Execumancer: Finally! Freedom!

He then cracked his neck and spine.

Dielab: Hope your happy now, me leading these guys is a pain in the neck.
Execumancer: Tell me about it.
Drakor: Watch your mouth you-
Zeighar: Can I have some doritos?

They looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

Zeighar: What?

Dratis then came out of Draghar's mouth with the skull of the fossil as he was covered in dragon spit.

Dratis: Yuck, he's disgusting from the inside.
Draghar: Try telling that to me face bug.

Vishamah grabbed the piece.

Vishamah: At last! All the pieces are here, now we shall commence the ritual on nightfall!

"At the Beatdown Clan's lair"

The heroes came back and they saw Jozef and Lindworm.

Mortis: So what did you wanted to show us?
Lindworm: This...

The heroes were now shocked, especially Kaori and Max.

OK guys, this was chapter 9.

Peace out!