Citizen Zero.

Sir Josh and Lord Fred trek on down the tunnel to the left, and come to a disturgingly familiar place!

"What the . . . . ." sputters Josh. "This is the way INTO the stupid dragon's lair!"

Josh is about to turn and . . . . berate Lord Fred's keen sense of direction, when he hears Fred give off a rattling gasp. Then there's the sound of a body hitting the ground. Josh turns in shock to see Fred is laid out on the floor. Efforts to revive the fallen knight prove useless, for Lord Frederigo D'Honaire proves to be QUIET deceased! In fact, even as a bewildered Sir Josh looks down at yet another Fred corpse, the corpse is turning a horrible shade of black . . . . nectrotized flesh! The stench is horrible!

"Good GOD!" gasps Sir Josh. "What happened?!"

"Looks like he's caught the Phage," a female voice says. "Well, that answers one question about what'll happen if a certain fox changes back to normal!" The voice sighs.

Josh spins and finds himself looking down at a rather plane looking woman in worn travel clothing. The woman has a look of weariness in her face.

"Who are. . . . . what happened?!" Sir Josh shouts, shaking the woman. The woman looks annoyed, and Sir Josh suddenly finds the HE is being held . . . . in the scaley mitts of a red scaled DRAGONNESS! If Josh hadn't already relieved himself before stepping out of his prison cell . . . . his britchs would have been soiled!

"The name is Malachi, rogue dragon." the dragonness says in an even, clipped voice. "And I don't know where you've been, but there's a disease that has struck low a large portion of the world's human population. The cause of it all . . . . is almost too fantastic to believe.

"But there is one thing I'll ask you to do before I let you go, human," Malachi growls. "I'll thank you to NEVER shake me like that again!"

The dragonness drops the frightened knight. Sir Josh . . . . .

1. Screams and runs away!
2. Asks what the dragonness is talking about......
3. Asks if he's skipped to yet ANOTHER storyline!
4. Something else?

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