(This is a solo post unless anyone contacts me in wanting to join)

The cold and snow hit the Himalayas hard. Even the humans who dared to venture here were struggling even despite the oxygen tanks on there backs feeding air to there face and the insulated clothing under there helmets and IBA's. One of the mercenary soldiers stood over the dead body of a reptile like creature and gave its head a good kick. "Damn mutant freaks", his radio call said with a bit of static behind the oxygen mask that fogged up with each exhalation of breath that left the mask in a thick cloud. "Did you see how many armor piercing rounds it took to kill the thing? Peaceful monks my ass, they should just lay down and accept death with no resistance."

"Hey, did you hear me?" The human asked in the sudden surge of wind and snow that he could not see one foot in front of him. Turning around the sudden gust of wind and blinding snow calmed and his eyes went wide at the sight of blood covering everything in a crystalized carpet of red at this altitude. Panting the human soldier turned on the mobile FLIR device built into his oxygen mask. Moving in the low ready position with his assault rifle the human spoke lowly and with each breath a pocket of visible air escaped his mask. "Think you are some hot stuff eh freak. I have hunted your kind all my life. You cant escape me dragon....... come on out you mother fuc".

It was the last thing the human said as a shadowy bat winged like creature came out the blizzard to eat the human alive.

Further in the stone walled monastery others were busy getting a giant reptile like creature under control. "Make sure the helmet is on secure to block her neural pathways!" A human commander barked. "I don't fancy all of us shooting ourselves in the head if she is allowed to be free, keep her sedated." The human mercenary stopped talking to listen to some radio traffic and let out a chuckle. "After all these years it was here you have been hiding Níðhǫggr."

Waving his hand the sedated body of the matriarch that was the leader of this mutant ashram was being dragged away. "Come and get me"..... The commander whispered.

Rico landed like any bird would at the entrance of the stone monastery that dated before Christ was born. He moved with each step of his hind legs in unison with the wing joints of his wyvern form. In the open space of the passages end a human mercenary stood. "So this is were you have been hiding the soldier of futune said.

Rico extended his wing arms with his chest to the ground and took in a deep breath. "Impossible........" He hissed, I ate you.

The human with a clean shaven head making him no different then any military soul on the planet chuckled.

"Yes you did, you ate my right arm, my right liver along with the right side of my rib cage along with my right leg but you know what."

"I have been upgraded, such is the miracle of science."

With that the human showed off his cybernetic arm and leg.

"You might think this whole attack was for some selfish research reason for a greedy company like I use to work for before. But the truth is my employer just wants the best of the best of those that fit the mutation strain of dragons. I think I got what my boss wants. But still..... If you want to prove me wrong I will set your matriarch free and you can take her place as the prey of the rich and famous on a island to be hunted and to have your skull be mounted on a wall."

"Are you the destroyer and eater of the world who chews at the roots of the life tree? Show me why I should let your leader free and take you in her stead."

At that the human known as Slate to Rico charged at him and threw several flat object that stuck to the surface of the walls and ceiling to explode. A battle would erupt on the top of the world were humanity with there science would face off with a mutant. Sadly it would be humanity that won as it always did.