DRAGON HEROES

Back with another Dragon Heroes story! We're going to be seeing how our heroes are going to try to thwart Eggman's evil plans! This time, the Nightriders will play important roles here! Let's get reading, shall we?

Torden and Axl's Epic Quest

Chapter 1 – Setting Up Base

"That's it, Scorcher and Cronk, get the cavern nicely swept so we could arrange our belongings."

The Pyre Squad had been searching for a place to reside, and they recently found an uninhabited cave to set up a base for themselves. It had been a while since they encountered Cynder's group or confronted Doctor Eggman for the Chaos Emeralds, but they were certain that once they have completed the base, they would be able to resume what they intend to accomplish for Lord Sardius, even if it meant teaming up with their long-standing enemies for the time being. Ciara rested comfily on her couch while Scorcher and Cronk were busy putting everything where she wanted them to be.

"Come on, Ciara," groaned Scorcher. "We're a team, so we should all be working together in making our secret base look nice!"

"Yeah, what gives?" added Cronk. "How about you stop lazing about and help us out?"

"Oh, quit your bellyaching, you lazy slobs!" grunted Ciara. "I'm the lady, so I don't need to do manual labour. You pathetic slugs are men, so how about you stop acting like a bunch of sissies and show some hustle?"

Feeling offended, yet unable to reason with Ciara, the two dragons continued their work. At the same time, the Pyre Squad were eager to make a call to Lord Sardius as soon as they finished setting up their base.

Eventually, after several hours of hard work moving furniture, appliances, and many other things, Scorcher and Cronk have finally completed the task, and the two dragons sat down feeling very exhausted from the ordeal. Ciara inspected the room and could not be any more satisfied.

"About time you bozos have pulled your weight," she said. "I say this place looks like a proper Obsidian Devourer hideout."

"Do you think the boss will agree with such set up?" asked Cronk.

"I'm pretty sure he might be pleased with what we have done," said Scorcher. "Let's go and contact him for his feedback."

So Scorcher booted up the laptop, then after a few minutes of loading, he booted up the telecommunications app where he found Lord Sardius on the list of contacts, and started the call. After several seconds of waiting, the Pyre Squad received a response as the face of Sardius appeared on the screen.

"Who is this?" he began.

"Good day to you, boss!" said Scorcher cheerfully.

Sardius groaned in an annoyed manner. "Oh, it's you three again," he said coolly. "What do you want now?"

"Well, if you want to know, we just finished setting up our secret base," said Ciara. "It will be an excellent private operations establishment of the Obsidian Devourers' very finest, and we would like to give you a quick glimpse of our place!"

The Pyre Squad waited anxiously while Sardius took a look at their secret base. Unfortunately for them, he was anything but impressed.

"It looks like a child's play room, if you ask me," he said sternly.

"Not to worry," said Cronk. "It just needs a little tuning up. Believe us, boss, we're going to make this base look as professional as ever!"

"I'll believe it when I see it," said Sardius. "But enough about that, for I must ask, have you three managed to gather the so-called Chaos Emeralds?"

Cronk and Scorcher exchanged nervous glances at each other, knowing that they did not have a single emerald in their possession.

"We're yet to get them," replied Ciara. "We promise we're working to the best of our abilities.

Sardius frowned. "It seems to me that you're not putting any effort in your tasks," he said. "And I want to hear that you have defeated this Doctor Eggman character. We can't be able to conquer the planet if there is another one pursuing the same goal."

"No sweat, boss, we'll double our efforts," said Scorcher. "Eggman will be defeated, just wait and see."

"You three better get cracking on the work," said Sardius. "Seeing you continuously fail on your task is making me lose my patience and doubtful that you are the competent agents you claim yourselves to be."

After Sardius hung up, the Pyre Squad looked at each other, sweating nervously.

"So what do you we do now?" asked Scorcher.

"You heard the boss," said Ciara. "We better resume the task of obtaining the Chaos Emeralds and overthrowing the Eggman Empire."

"But how are we going to do that?" asked Scorcher. "Eggman has a huge army of robots, and we'll be toast if we attempt to infiltrate his hideout, wherever it may be."

"That's nothing to worry about," said Cronk. "Cynder and her group are out and about trying to stop Eggman, so we might as well let them do the dirty work for us, and once they managed to get the Chaos Emeralds from him, we'll rob them blind!"

"That sounds like an absolutely brilliant plan," said Ciara. "And at the same time, we can call of the alliance, capture them and bring them to Sardius!"

"What an absolutely underhanded, devious and sinister plan," laughed Scorcher. "I really like that!"

"It's downright evil that it's absolutely delicious!" laughed Cronk.

Just then, the Pyre Squad heard a zooming sound from outside. They hurried to the opening of their cave, and to their surprise, they saw some dragons flying into the horizon. Although they could not see them properly, they could tell that it was Cynder and her friends, especially with the indistinguishable shape of the jet plane next to them.

"Well, I'll be!" beamed Ciara. "It seems we are extremely lucky today!"

"Those dragons must be attempting to stop Eggman," said Scorcher. "Perhaps they're probably trying to find their hiding place to obtain the Chaos Emeralds."

"In that case, let's follow them and see where they're going!" said Cronk. "This is just the opportunity we have been waiting for, and we'll be the ones coming on top once we catch them and nab the emeralds!"

Nodding in agreement, the trio spread their wings and took off in pursuit, eager to carry out with the objective given to them by their boss.

Author's Note: It sure has been awhile since we last saw the Pyre Squad, but now they're back again, up to no good as usual. All the while, next chapter we'll be seeing where the team's heading off to and what sort of mission they are undertaking.