Stench of Hellfire

And then the foliage parted and the dragon's head peered through. Each of his three eyes was the size of Fred's head, and all three scanned the ground, searching for humans.

Easy there Fred ol' boy, Fred told himself, his hand shaking as he reached for his sidearm. Go for the eyeball, yeah, that'll piss him off for sure. Steady now.

"I can smell you, human." the dragon said in a low, menacing rumble. "In one breath I can strip all the flesh from your bones."

"Well, in one shot I can take out one of your eyes." Fred said. "That would spoil your appearance at various social functions, uh, like cocktail parties and such."

Calm down, you're babbling, he told himself, but the dragon seemed to consider his words. "What do you want, human worm?"

"Tell me. Tell me why you're attacking humans. Who do you take orders from? It's not Ho Chi Minh, is it?"

The dragon chuckled smokily. "Who my master is, is no concern of yours, maggot. But as for why I attack humans, I will gladly tell you. For millenia has this world been upheld by the four pillars, four unspoiled elemental essenses that kept our world lush and verdant and pure. The true races dwelt in harmony, and freely shared the fat of the land. But then out of nowhere came this pathetic human scourge, this debilitated, filthy, pale-necked race. Like a scourge they came, these humans, and..."

Then Billy flew up screaming, straight outta nowhere, and lobbed a frag- grenade down the dragon's mouth. It swallowed it in surprise, then leaned back as if to breathe fire, and promptly burst into chunks with a loud pop. Bloody red dragon meat rained from the sky.

"Yee-haw! Did ya see that shot?" Billy hooted as Fred jumped down.

"Impeccable timing, Weston." Fred grinned. "Although if you had waited a few more minutes I could've gained valuable information on this land's culture and history."

"Bah." Billy said. "We should roast us up some of these dinosaur chunks, el-tee. Lizard makes for great eatin!"

"Perhaps you could wait to eat until we checked out that village and spoke with the locals?" Fred suggested.

"Aw, but I'm hungry now..."

1. Fred pulls rank on Billy to get him moving.
2. Fred suggests they might meet native girls in the village, and Billy takes off running.
3. Fred agrees that they deserve a break and a hot meal.

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