-Oh God!!! They're going to reach me!!-
Jill was running along the warm, sandy mounds of the desert. Her reddish hairs were dancing on her sweaty face.
She looked behind herself. A group of brutes giants was following her, whirling their clubs and roaring with savage fury. She cursed, looking at the gold idols that she was carrying in her hands.
"Those are worth at least sixty gold coins" she thought when she saw the small shiny statues in the cave where the desert giants were sleeping into their primitive couches, their fat bellies raising and lowering slowly.
Jill jumped down from her hideout and landed with grace near the treasure. Then she just took the idols and walked stealthy towards the cave's exit.
Unfortunately, she stepped on the hand of a giant, hidden in the darkness of the cave.
And it awoke up.
Suddenly the giant opened its eyes, growling. Jill cursed, and started to run.
And now, the whole band of giants was chasing her, under the hot sun of the afternoon.
Jill stumbled and fell down, leaving the treasure by mistake. The beasts screamed triumphantly. She turned and saw four monsters upon her, sneering wickedly. The girl got up and unsheathed her small sword.
Jill could be a young girl, but none could underestimate her. She was a skilled thief, and even a cold killer, if she wanted it. Nevertheless she has got an amazing beauty: reddish, long hair, blue eyes and a light skin; not too tall, not too small, and a notable but not too exaggerated thinness.
But this was an impossible situation. The giants were bigger and stronger almost three times her. And they were four. A shit, eh?
A giant was going to smash her, but something stopped him. He raised up the head and stared at the desert behind Jill.
And screamed. With fear.
The whole giants ran at the opposite direction, crying and shaking their own arms.
Jill, still surprised, got up and sneered at them. "I need to be less dreadful" she thought, whirling pleased her sword. Then she turned. And froze.
The sandstorms were slightly common in the desert, of course. But try to imagine one of these. And multiply it for one-thousand times.
A enormous tornado was covering the horizon. And it was moving. Moving towards Jill.
Frightened, she looked around: there weren't serious hideouts, just two or three rocks bigger lightly than her. So she crouched behind the nearest stone and closed her eyes, trembling with fear. She could feel the strong wind ruffling her hair and the sand that was covering her feet.
"Killed by wind or buried by sand? My usual luck" she thought with anger.
Suddenly a shadow appeared in the sky and landed in front of her. And she managed to saw a pair of deep green eyes with vertical pupils before she fainted for the shock.
Jill opened slowly her eyes. "What's happened?". She felt tired and lightly stunned.
She got up and watched around. She was into a round cave, big as a small house. There were a water bottle and a tray with dried bread near her. She watched around again, so she throw herself towards the food. She literally gulped all the bread and almost chocked with the water. Filled, Jill started to moving into the cave. There were water bottles and supplies for three months at least. It seemed an hideout, or a refuge. She watched out the lair and froze. The sandstorm was still continuing.: the dunes were high as mountains and were moving as waves into a sandy ocean. The wind was too violent to bear. "I'm trapped here" she thought.
-You're awake- a deep, gently and unmistakably masculine voice said behind her. She turned, frightened. And froze.
He was taller than her, his skin was black as the night and smooth. Though he was dressed with a light cloth suit, she could see that his body was muscular but slender. Behind his back there were two membranous wings, large as his own body. Behind his abdomen he had a large tail.
Jill was sure that this creature could kill her without any effort. Then he looked at his face. It was black as his skin and tapered. His hair were dark and quite long. His horns were quite short and folded back. And she saw his eyes. Deep green eyes. Seeing them, she calmed down immediately: she was sure that he didn't want hurt her.
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she asked, breathlessly.
-I'm Gabriel. Or Gab. How you prefer to call me-
-But... you are a dragon...?-
-Not exactly- he laughed. -I'm a drakonid, that is an union between humans and dragons-
She blinked. An hybrid between an human and a dragon?
-And you are...?- Gab asked.
-Jill. But... What's happened?-
-You fainted when you saw me- the drakonid almost laughed again. -Then I took you here, in my refuge-
-Why?-
Gab looked surprised. -The sandstorm should kill you. I couldn't leave you alone!-
-Mh. Thanks. But...-. She looked feared.
-But?-
-Where are my spoils?-
-Spoils?- he repeated, confused.
-My two golden idols!- she exclaimed.
-I didn't take any idol with you-
She cursed. And he laughed.
-I'm joking! Here they are- he said and took her a bag. She looked into it: the two small idols were both intact.
