Fire and Ice, Part 1

Someone yelled, “Incoming!” pushing the team to scatter just as two orange clouds of fire exploded on the marble floor where they’d been standing only seconds earlier. Then two winged serpents—each one the size and length of a city bus—landed on the spot Sam and his friends vacated. Their shiny golden scales reflected the light of the flames they’d breathed onto the ground.

“So that’s what Greek dragons look like,” Jackboot commented.

He was closest to the two horrors, even locking eyes with one of them which was a terrible mistake.

“Oh, no…” Sam noticed how Jackboot had suddenly gone rigid. His gaze fixed on the dragon whose mouth was widening by the second. “Jack!”

He rammed into his friend, tackling Jackboot to the ground just in time to avoid the pillar of fire that would have burned the British-born hero to a crisp.

“Don’t let it mesmerize you again, Jack,” Sam warned.