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at the top of my lungs.
    The dragon turned its head and saw the problem. With a roar,
it dove down toward the creatures. Picking them both up by its tail, the dragon
flung them into the air. They landed at least twenty feet away. The dragon was
between the mother and baby, and the two green things. The creatures screeched
and made a strange gargling sound in their throats. More and more green beasts
ran to join the two who were now beginning to charge the dragon. It looked like
there were at least twenty running at it. I jumped out of the truck and started
running through the parking lot to help.  I didn’t know how I could help, but I
had to try. But, before I could take two steps, a hand shot out and grabbed my
ankle sending me sprawling on the pavement. It was my old friend Booger.
    A fresh pain hit my chest as I slid across the asphalt. I
could hear Booger running at me from behind as I skidded down the parking lot.
My chest was now a raw mess and the wind had been knocked out of me. I lay
there waiting for the next attack from Booger, when the dragon roared. I looked
up to see the most amazing thing.
    The dragon had raised its head back as a jet of red flame
left its mouth. It sprayed the flame at the charging green things like a stream
of water shooting out of a fireman’s hose. The entire hoard of beasts that had
charged the dragon caught fire. They squealed and screamed running into each
other. At first they ran around trying to beat the flames out, running in all
different directions. But then something pulsed from the portal and, as one,
they ran for it, jumping into it and disappearing. There was a strange high
pitched humming sound as they disappeared. When all of the ones the dragon had
caught on fire had gone in, the humming stopped. I lay there in stunned silence.
Spots were in front of my eyes from the fire the dragon had created. To my
right I heard a voice.
    “Whoa,” said Booger.
    He was standing next to me amazed too. I looked over at him,
he looked up at me, and with a growl, he jumped on top of me, his feet twisted
into freakish claws. I kicked at Booger knocking him off of me. I managed to
get a good punch at his face and my hand went into his mouth. I felt a few
sharp teeth break and when I pulled my fist back. I could see smoke coming off
of my hand. The skin on my knuckles started to burn as I watched the flesh of
my hand bubble and melt away. Booger knocked me down and barked a command at
the remaining beasts left in the parking lot. Through the haze of pain I could
see them all charging in my direction. I kicked at Booger, hitting him in the
face where the cigar burn was. He let go of me and leaped back, holding his
face and glaring at me.
    I scrambled to my feet and faced my attackers. Behind them,
flying low, was the dragon coming at them, hopefully coming to my rescue. Its
flight looked a little wobbly. That burst of fire must have taken a lot out of
it. It reared its head back ready to let out another fire burst. The red flame
shot out of the dragon's mouth. It shot over the heads of the creatures, heading
straight for my face. I threw up my hands to cover my face. I knew this wasn’t
the healing fire of before. This was an angry fire of battle. This was going to
hurt.
    I had closed my eyes waiting for the worst. I could hear the
roar of the fire as it hit me.  But there was no feeling of burning. Maybe he
missed me. Opening my eyes, I was taken by surprise by what I saw. The fire had
engulfed my hands. I felt the heat from the fire, but I could see that my hands
were unburned.  My hands were protected from the fire. The flame was red and
had a weight to it. I was dumbfounded by the flame burning on my hands without
damaging them. Just like the fire in the tunnel, this had healing qualities as
well. I could see my hands healing from the damage of Booger's acid spit. It
was like watching a burning candle in reverse. Within seconds my hand was
healed, the damage from Booger's spit was