Jason bared his fangs. "Oh,is that so?Or am I making it hard for you?" Great,now he was scared of what freaky power was supposedly in him now.

Glitch sobered again. "Ironhorse was a friend of mine," he murmured. "He was the first to denounce the false king, and after him, more followed his example. Were few in number, and weve been reduced to guerilla tactics against the false kings army, but we do what we can."

"Youre the resistance the spider-hags were talking about." Puck spoke.

"Spider-hags?" Glitch looked confused. "Ah, you must mean the kings assassins. Yep, thats us. Though like I said, were too small to really strike a blow against the false king. But we can do one very important thing that will keep him off the throne forever."

Jason calmed a bit but didn't wan't to be captive or threatened again. He shifted his weight from his left leg best he could,the pain still strong and there.

Glitch gave Jason an apologetic smile, and snapped his fingers. Movement all around them, as dozens of Iron fey melted out of the shadows. Jason could the cold pulse of Iron glamour, gray and flat and colorless, as they surrounded them in a bristly ring. There were dwarves with mechanical arms and elves with huge black eyes, numbers scrolling across their pupils like glowing green ants. There were dogs with bodies made of ticking clockwork, green-skinned fey with computer wires for hair, and many more. All of them had weapons--blades of iron, metal bats and chains, steely fangs or talons--all deadly to regular fey. Ash and Puck pressed close to Jason, their faces grim, muscles coiled tight as they raised their weapons.

Jason let his wings and tail furl out,trying to stop them from making their usual loud sound of cracking and snapping bones. He bared his fangs though and readied for anything. "Ya' know what,sometimes I wonder if the world could even be calm again." he muttered to himself,his tail twitching as the stinger pulsed in and out,ready to kill whatever he could. And he was ready to shift to protect Puck and Ash.

"You have to understand." Glitch shrugged as he backed away from them, into the circle of fey. "This is for your own safety. We cannot allow you to fall into the false kings hands, or he'll win and everything will be lost. We have to keep you hidden, and safe. Nothing else matters now. Please, come quietly. You know theres too many of us to fight. Even the Winter prince cannot defeat this many."

"As usual, it looks like I have to rescue you and ice-boy from something. Again. This is starting to become a habit," Puck muttered

He shook his head. "No,Glitch.I don't want to go,not unless these two will be left be.Left be and let to be safe.If you only take me,I won't kill you all and smash you to bits." he said,dragon tone on and body ready for a shift if they dared stepped close to the two fey,he put a wing around each of them for safe meassure.

The rebels backed off a step, though Glitch held his ground. "Theres still only three of you," he said firmly. "Not enough to fight us all. Please, we only want to protect you. This doesnt have to end in violence."

Puck was grinning his evil grin, "who says I came alone?"

"You did," called another Puck from a rooftop. Glitchs eyes bugged as the second Puck grinned down at him.

Jason smirked his own smile at Puck's little trick,he let his frills come out as well. "And you think a dragon doesn't have a few trisk under his wing for not getting taken? Glitch,I won't give you an easy time either." He said,more a hiss really.

"No, he won't," said a third Puck from the opposite roof.

"Well, Im sure they know what he meant," said yet another Puck, sitting atop a street lamp. "In any case, here we are."

"This is a trick," Glitch muttered, as the rebels shot nervous glances at the three Pucks, who waved back cheerfully. "Those arent real bodies. Youre screwing with our heads."

Puck snickered. "Well, if thats what you think, youre welcome to try something."

"It wont end well for you, either way," Ash broke in. "Even if you manage to beat us, well make sure to decimate your little band of rebels before we fall. Count on it."