Unconquered Sun

by Philipp Bogachev

  Fires on dragons were extinguished, only from a tail nozzle clubs of a flame sometimes escaped, but they could be noticed only from quite short distance. They flew silently, gradually swinging the big gold webby wings.

  Of course, from Prinze could not take cover that fairies of "STING" already on a tail. He saw it the mind's eye. He could even tell how many them what distance to them, with what speed they fly, on what animals and even that at them lies in saddle handbags. But all this concerned him a little. Let will only try to attack! It will show them all it is capable of! But no attack existed, and Prinze stopped thinking about it.

  It is a pity that it did not turn out to remain alone with its Perfection this night! It is, of course, big loss in itself. For the first time during all the time after Transformation, they not together. To the prince it became somehow sad and uncomfortable at heart.

  "Well nothing, - consoled itself in Prinze, - but I will prove to her as I love it. All her enemies will be destroyed ruthlessly!" And Prinze completely plunged into pleasant memories of its Perfection and of what he will make with all her enemies when they fall into his hands.

  4.

  On the most northern of Islands of a Cyclops there was a holiday this night. They had a dinner with meat today, and not just meat, and meat delicious - human.

  Mermaids managed to conjure a big storm, and the whole ship hated to mermaids kitoboyev today - whales were one of the most favourite animals of the Sea People - broke at their coast. It happened infrequently now - fairies usually sharp-sightedly watch this area, without allowing to it people.

  Fairies, of course, and were delighted not with destruction of whales, but, as well as in a case with forest hunting, they allowed people to kill whales and to catch fish and oysters on quotas. No more than 10 000 oysters, 5000 large fishes a month, no more than one whale in half a year - on 10 000 people. And the ships of fishermen and kitoboyev always accompanied patrols of "STING". But this time they did not follow. Big war with the Solar Witch was about to happen and all forces of fairies are drawn up there so delicious meat came the way also of a Cyclops.

  On the island huge fires were arranged, on huge a spit unfortunate kitobo (or as they with hatred were called by mermaids - "kitoubiyets") are strung, and the fragrant smell of fried meat stimulated violent appetite at the exulting Cyclops. All gathered. Not only hairy and shaggy giants, but also their less large girlfriends, cubs, little to their measures (each of which was a cut above the adult). From cubs very few people else tried human fleshes - they have to get especially large share!

  And then the neighboring jungle and mountains were announced by knock of the bass wooden drums fitted by human skin and flutes from human tibial bones - the holiday began!

  One by one from fires spits with fried "cheloveka" were removed. An adult Cyclops of their fir-tree from spits directly with bones which so appetizingly crackled in a mouth! For cubs mothers had to shoot flourishes from spits hands and to break off on part that nobody choked. Children with such appetite crackled that old men be touched to got down - they still remembered stories that once tasty human flesh was as available as mutton, and now was necessary to rejoice if at least once in century it is possible to regale on it.

  Cyclops washed down with the trophy wine got from holds of the ships human flesh. Wine got too seldom so a Cyclops quickly got drunk and under a roar of drums and squeal of flutes broke into a dance around fires. They seized each other by shoulders and such snake became, loudly laughing, to jump around fires, highly lifting up the big hairy legs in a step.

  When the horizon began to brighten, the holiday came to an end. A Cyclops carefully trampled the smoldering coals and embracing wives went on the caves. The security guards who remained ashore with envy looked with it following - to them well, they now after such yum-yum and wine will sleep properly, and we here, under this disgusting sun, will sit before changing of the guard!

  However, long it was not necessary to be indignant guard. Their heads became heavy from eaten and drunk so one by one they were tumbled down on the earth and strong fell asleep.

  And therefore did not see how on the horizon where the sky was covered with a pink haze, some moving points appeared. One, the second, third … Also increased in sizes. They flew as pack of black birds, in an equal order, the correct isosceles triangle.

  When they reached the island, the triangle was divided into two parts, and each of them - into three. One group departed further, and the second began to decrease promptly waves. At first one "wave", after it another, and then the third went for calling.

  One of a Cyclops, having moved in a dream, ran a cheek on a stone and woke up. It opened the only eye on a forehead and … his huge thick-lipped sharp-toothed mouth revealed, not in forces to publish a sound. Directly on it, promptly decreasing, five most real dragons sparkling at beams of a rising sun - with protruding green eyes, oshcherenny toothy mouths from which puffs escape flew, waving the huge wings, only for some reason these dragons were not black or green, as usual, and gold.

  But to ask a question why it so, the Cyclops could not any more as all five dragons at the same time let out on a long stream of a fetid flame and all ten Cyclops of protection in a flash turned into the golovn flaring from legs to the head, and then the Cyclops wildly cried from terrible pain …

  5.

  - Your Highness, we fly up. To the purpose - one and a half miles, - the passionless mechanical voice reached in Prinze's head.

  It brought Prinze out of a pensive state. He looked down and saw that fog already almost dissipated, engaged dawn, below the galaxy from five islands distinctly looks through. Silhouettes of three distant islands were lost in a foggy haze on the horizon. The first two could be considered distinctly. It were quite big pieces of sushi, everyone miles on fifty in the diameter. In the center of each of them the mountains which grew with the jungle were seen, is closer to the coast, in the lowland - a continuous carpet of dense tropical vegetation.

  The thermal sensors which are built in the Mask indicated the security guards disappearing in thickets.

  - The captain, you see the purpose?

  - Yes sir, your Highness. The purposes are found and will be destroyed as soon as get to defeat radius.

  - Perfectly. Telepatiruyte of Z-002 that conducted the division on other island, and we will be engaged in it. We are divided into three squadrons, we will fry waves. When we burn everything - we will begin disembarkation. The task is clear?

  - Yes sir, your Highness. I start execution.

  Through couple of moments the triangle began to be reconstructed in two columns. One of columns, led by Z-002, flew further, to other island, and the second with a leader in the center began to be reconstructed on the fly to three lines with accurate intervals. Attack there began the first line.

  Z-001 squeezed out the lever to the full, and "dragon" sharply began to descend. The island began to grow in the sizes promptly. In green material of the jungle the small red figures given by Mask thermal imagers began to turn in huge, in five human Rostov, monsters with the only eye on a forehead.

  - Purpose within reach, your Highness.

  - Yes the destiny of all enemies of its Perfection, the captain will comprehend them. Fire!

  And at the very same time the hand of Z-001 pressed the bright red lever to a limit. The mouth of a dragon vomited a long tongue of a flame from a gold womb and the Cyclops lying in thickets in a flash turned into the burning golovn. With wild shout they jumped and began to run and ride on the ground in a vain attempt to extinguish the flame which captured them, but already in a couple of minutes powerlessly plummeted to earth. Soon from them there will be no ashes left even - draconian fire not a couple usual - it reduces everything to ashes.

  But it was only the beginning. Neither the captain of Z-001, nor other soldiers, stopped a terrible fiery stream any more. Dragons flew and burned everything that only came across to them on the way. The continuous carpet of a liquid orange flame covered all area of
the island, the first wave of ognenosny dragons was followed by the second, for the second - the third.

  The jungle burned, sheds with sheep and cows burned, the grass burned, even stones and sand burned, the big lake together with fish evaporated … All island turned into the flaring furnace. Unfortunate sheep and cows who managed to run out from shelters, having broken the burning doors horns, burned down with wild we howl directly on the run. Even those who ran in sea water burned down even under water - draconian fire could not be put out also water. The same was created on other island.

  Three lines of dragons made three calling three waves serially and islands on which the lowing cows were grazed until recently, parrots and monkeys cheerfully stirred, beautiful tropical butterflies flew, turned into burned deserts, the lifeless, black, covered with the melted-off crust of the melted gold, even sand and stones were gold here.

  At last, when the leader left dive for the third time, Prinze heard:

  - 100% of vegetation and moving objects in open part of the island are struck, your Highness.

  - Perfectly, the captain, for a telepatiruyta - we prepare a landing in caves. We pass into a cleaning phase. I will personally head attack.

  At this time fire began to die away promptly. Burning the victims very quickly, it, without finding itself food, quickly also dies away.

  Line Drakon dived again, pilots stretched to the levers opening belly hatches.

  - Your Highness, we marked patrol of "STING". It in two miles to the North. What orders will be?

  - I know, the captain. They hung at us on a tail from the very beginning, I felt them … Undertake nothing. Its Perfection did not allow us instructions to contact them. They will not attack. A Cyclops is enemies of Community.

  - Understood you. Telepatiry another. We fly lower. The landing will be let out in a couple of minutes.

  The leader promptly approached the earth. At last, when it already flew at a low speed in only thirty steps from a surface, Z-001 pulled on itself the yellow lever, belly hatches opened and gold golems with boards, fiery swords or beam tubes on the fly began to jump out of them directly, and after them - "bugs", on the run letting out beam tubes of larger caliber from "armors".

  Having emptied the gold bellies, gold dragons departed towards caves to smooth out them before approach of a landing. "Bugs" were built to two lines and went forward, behind them, hiding for yellow humpbacked armors, went, having closed by growth boards from head to foot golems. The prince jumped off from a leader and departed by air, having overtaken the coming army. Then he landed and, having waved a fiery sword, headed attack.

  Through Mask openings the Prince saw how dragons flew up to caves, like huge dragonflies hanged in air and filled in with three long streams of a liquid flame each of caves. Whether enemies of its Perfection took refuge in depths of caves whether got their flame - it is unknown. In any case, it allowed a landing to come nearer freely on distance about three hundred steps to caves.

  Having made the business, dragons were sharply developed towards the sea, releasing space for those who will smooth out caves. Paratroopers with Prinze at the head passed to run.

  But when to caves there was some one hundred steps, suddenly in wide mouths of caves - to 7 human Rostov in the diameter - a Cyclops with huge stones in sharp-clawed paws seemed. Faces them were distorted from rage, smeared with soot, on their bodies severe burns were seen. They let out wild cries and shook by stones over the head.

  "Perhaps, they are full of determination to battle, - Prinze thought. - Well, it is better for those".

  Only Prinze thought of it as a Cyclops began to throw boulders in the coming soldiers. One of stones fell directly before Prinze, other Prinze stopped directly in air and rejected aside.

  Stones began to fall in increasing frequency. Probably, almost all adult members of the tribe were connected to fight. Now they could be noticed not only in mouths of caves, but also at tops of mountains, in crevices, on footpaths. The most real stone rain began. Ten golems were crushed soft-boiled, some - are seriously damaged. But to stop approach, they, of course, could not.

  Golems-shchitonostsy behind whose backs all others hid came forward. The big gold boards as rackets, they easily beat off the falling stones. Other golems hid behind armor backs of "bugs" to which stones could not do serious harm. It significantly reduced losses.

  And then "bugs" and golems opened such heavy fire with luchemet that all main weapon emplacements of the opponent were soon suppressed, golems without miss shot, hitting the mark - in the only eye of a Cyclops on a forehead. The survived mountain monsters were hidden in caves again.

  The prince, of course, could kill also one all Cyclops, without the mechanical army. However mission on the Island pursued the aim not only to show physical, but also command skills of Prinze of a military leader. Golems could cope with a Cyclops, it also allowed them to do it, was able at the telepathic level operating their actions. He ordered to shchitonosets to do one, to shooters - another, correcting their fire, regulated the speed and fire of "bugs". For use of the physical abilities, Prinze knew, still time will come. Where golems will be powerless, it also will prove in all the power!

  Having reached mouths of caves, paratroopers, having included small lamps on the helmets, went further, generously watering with the pulsing beams any moving target even if it was only the bat. It was clear that a Cyclops hid in the depth of caves and now they should be smoked on one from there.

  - Your Highness, - the familiar mechanical voice of Z-001 was distributed in Prinze's head. - We have problems here. From the sea comes up a set of some objects. What you will order to undertake?

  - Wait, I go to you. Do not undertake anything yet!

  The prince turned to the closest senior officer, Z-007

  - Continue cleaning. The order - to destroy all without the rest. It is clear?

  - So, precisely, your Highness, - Z-007 saluted.

  The prince was developed, upraised hands and promptly flew to the coast, and Z-007 waved a hand, and shchitonosets carefully went forward, trying not to lag behind the "bugs" who drove in caves. After them sword-bearers with fiery swords, and then - soldiers with beam tubes went, watering with beams each crack, each niche in a cave.

  Meanwhile Prinze already flew up to the coast. There really something wrong was created. The sea terribly stormed, huge waves rolled on the burned coast and broke against stones, the sky tightened black clouds, lightnings began to shine, burst a thunder. In the middle of the sea the huge big fish, in tens times more of the largest whale, with a mouth in which not one ship could go in, covered with long sharp teeth emerged. On a green scaly back of the big fish the beautiful tall woman with long green hair in short, to knees, a green dress sat. Near it - several tens same zelenovolosy young women and zelenoborody men. And hundreds and hundreds of same beings swam up from all directions - on dolphins, killer whales, sea turtles, cachalots. Generally, the Sea Confederation was going to strike really …

  As soon as Prinze appeared ashore, he landed and began to wait. And he had to wait not for long:

  - Who dared to encroach on the territory of Sea Confederation so defiantly?! I ask you who you are?! Answer! And by what right such nightmare is created here! - the high pitched and strong female voice reached hearing. In unison to it the boundless Sea threateningly began to rumble.

  But instead of the answer Prinze waved a hand and twenty five gold dragons at the same time departed towards the Sea Queen.

  But far from it! The sea Queen whispered something to the huge big fish, and that instantly plunged into the sea abyss, the same was made by hundreds of her servants so fiery squall did not do any harm to the Sea People. But once dragons began to gain height at the exit from dive, the sea became agitated even stronger, and from bottomless depths on a surface the huge creature came up. Her horned ugly head with green eyes of a lizard looked really is more frightening, the huge mouth, with a diameter of ten human Rostov, was covered huge, in human growth, with te
eth. Prinze an eye as he a sea monster in powerful blow of horns brought down five dragons flying the last at once did not manage to blink. Dragons lost balance and failed in water, having forever disappeared in sea waves. The rest nevertheless managed to fly up in air and they were already going to go for the second calling, but Z-001 received the mental order of the Prince:

  - The captain, you take away dragons on the island. To you not to cope with sea monsters. It is my fight. Continue cleaning of caves.

  - As you will order, your Highness.

  And dragons, having gained sufficient height to be impregnable for a sea dragon, a harmonous chain departed towards sushi. The prince, having again upraised hands, exactly as it is done by the diver before a diving, came off the earth and departed towards to the Dragon, on the run taking out from "pocket" on a hip two black subjects from which fiery edges blazed.

  The sea Queen Laura already emerged on a surface and with surprise looked on it never seen it before the soldier. Weigh chained in the gold polished armor, with a long purple raincoat behind shoulders, in a continuous helmet with a purple plume and tightly to the gold mask covering the face, with two ardent swords in hands it seemed some ancient solar deity which arrived here to manage the terrible court.

  - Who are you, the solar stranger who?! - delightfully Laura cried. But the stranger did not answer it, continuing to fly directly towards to a sea dragon.

  Dragon, having admitted it is closer, sharply threw out a long neck with oshcherivsheysya a mouth forward, intending to swallow on the fly the impudent opponent who in comparison with it was that a mosquito before a boa. And … it managed it!

  But here the most interesting also began!

  Suddenly the Dragon shuddered all over, still, still, still. From his mouth blood streams began to flow. The dragon stridently began to squeal and began to fight the head about water, and then - about the coast until last time without having moved, was not thrown out on the burned turned black land as it is done by sick whales. Its belly suddenly broke up also from it, all in some chartreuse rubbish, there was, indifferently, a gold soldier with two swords in hands. Only the plume of its helmet and a raincoat faded and an armor turned black here and there.