Chapter 2
Spotted
Evan's kneeled down on the forest floor and picked up a fallen leaf and was shocked at just how much it felt like earth's foliage. He stood up and looked at the world around him feeling a odd sense of safety with the alien world around him and his team. Rick looked at his motion sensor on his heads up display and lifted his rifle to the left while he backed up behind a large oak tree "two unknown signatures to our left at eleven o clock" he said over his radio softly while the others took positions behind whatever cover they could find. Evan's lifted his rifle towards the two contacts but hesitated once he saw what the signatures were "a..are those what I think they are?" Asked Kyle in a shocked tone of voice. "Dragons? but that can't be right...they are just myths! fairytales we tell our kids." Said rick while he watched the two dragons in question move near them but still aware the odst's were there. Evan's saw a flash in his mind as he felt like he knew the dragon's in front of him one being a dark blue with a ice blue under belly and the other a dark green with a lighter green underbelly. The odst's stayed as still as they could while the dragons walked closer talking amongst themselves "still Navon you don't need to get worked up over it you saved Spyro's life during that battle with Malefor I know he's grateful for it." They heard the dark green dragon say in a light tone of voice in surprisingly the same language that the odst's spoke the dark blue dragon now known to them as Navon sighed softly as he looked up at the clear blue sky above them. "I know Starla I know it's just I feel like I put him in danger if I hadn't been there at that point he wouldn't have..." he was suddenly stopped by the dragon next to him as they put their paw in front of his mouth. " If you hadn't of been there he wouldn't be here right now and he has you to thank for that. Even Cynder is thankful that you were there we all are so don't put yourself down." Starla said softly as she nuzzled her head under Navon's snout causing him to smile and put a paw around her. Evan's looked up as they heard the soft flapping of wings coming from above them and saw it was another pair of dragon's one a bright purple with a yellow underbelly and the other a black with a pinkish underbelly. "Are we interrupting something here?" they heard the black one say with a soft laugh under their breath. Navon and Starla looked up with smiles on their faces as the two other dragon's landed next to them. "Spyro Cynder! there you guys are!" Starla said with excitement and hugged Cynder and Spyro while Navon walked over and hugged them also. Kyle gripped his rifle tightly as he watched the dragon's before him acting nothing like the books and stories of home said they did. He was astounded at how civil and friendly they were towards each other and not trying to kill each other like he always envisioned how they would. He was also surprised at their height easily being as tall as a spartan or elite Evan's looked at his squad unsure of what to do for the first time in his life he moved his hand telling them to move back as quietly as they could they all nodded to him as they started to slowly move away from the dragons in front of them. Cynder smiled at Spyro while she caught a bit of movement in the corner of her eye and turned her head to look right at Kyle with a shocked look on her face "um guys what in the name of our ancestors is that!?" Cynder yelled as she pointed her paw at Kyle "shit we've been spotted sir!" Kyle said loudly while the other odst's looked back and saw the dragons coming towards them. "Don't just stand there Kyle run for it lets go!" Evan's yelled as he ran but was suddenly knocked onto his back by the sudden swipe of a black tail and noticed he had an axe against his neck he looked around to see the other's were being pinned by other dragons they hadn't seen sneak up on them. Kyle tried to get a grip on his rifle but had his arm pinned down by a gray colored dragon and looked up to see pale blue eyes staring back at him through his visor. Evan's looked over to his right as he had a black dragon with an orange underbelly holding an axe tail blade over him ready to strike him down if he tried to escape. "Okay who are you and what are you?!" Cynder said as she walked up to Evan's in a hostile manner as he was suddenly jerked onto his knees by the black dragon above him but he stayed quiet while he stared into Cynder's green eyes. "That is not your concern" Kyle said suddenly as he was sitting on his knees with his hands in the air being watched closely by the gray dragon that loomed over him like a dark cloud. "I didn't ask you alien!" Cynder shouted as she came over and swiped her paw across his helmet knocking it off him and onto the ground below exposing his sun kissed light brown skin and shaved head. Kyle looked up at her and just smiled while he looked at her with his light brownish eyes that had a look of you don't scare me in them even though inside he was freaking out. "W...we come in peace we arrived earlier over you're planet and were sent down to recon it and get in touch with the local inhabitants we don't mean you any harm." Evan's suddenly said while looking back towards Cynder who came back over to him in a hostile manner but was suddenly stopped by Starla with a raised paw. Cynder looked at her with a what are you doing expression as Starla moved over to Evan's and stopped in front him "your voice sounds familiar will you please remove your head armor." Starla asked in a calm tone Evan's nodded and moved his hands and removed his helmet and set it on the ground then looked up at her with his light gray eyes. "Cerus? do you remember me?" Starla asked as she quickly recognized his light gray eyes Evans just shook his head "I have no idea who that is dragon but that's not my name my name is Evans" He said while he looked at her like she was half crazy. Starla took a step back and looked over at her friends and fellow guards "we should take them back to warfang for more questioning." Said Starla softly while the other dragons around the odsts nodded and stood Evans and his men up and slowly escorted them towards warfang while Starla picked up Evan's helmet and carried it with her as she followed the group back to the dragon city. They lead them slowly through the city gates and through the back alleys of the city towards the dungeons and pushed them all into a large cell big enough to hold two full grown dragon's then left to decide how to proceed with the situation. Kyle sighed loudly as he slide down one of the cells stone walls and rested his arms on his knees "great this is perfect first contact with an new alien species and we get put in a jail cell?! like what the hell!" Kyle yelled loudly in frustration. Evan's shook his head slowly while he laid on one of the many large pillow's around the cell floor "keep yelling Kyle I think they will set us free if you keep doing that." Rick said sarcastically as the sun started to set slowly in the outside world outside their jail cell Evans closed his eyes and let sleep over take him just glad that first contact didn't result in his death but he knew that this turn of events was only the beginning of something much larger. Evan's was jolted awake but the sound of the dungeons door being closed and the soft click of claws heading their way "rise and shine apes"! he heard a dragon say as it stepped into view of the jail cell. He saw a red dragon with a yellow underbelly and red eyes standing there staring at them as it opened the cell door and looked at them. "One at a time you will leave if you try anything I will cut you down." The red dragon said in a light but hostile tone of voice "Flame stop pasteurizing the prisoner's and bring them to the west wing for questioning." Said another dragon down the long dark torch lit hallway lined with other cells. Evan's stepped out and noticed the other dragon was the black and orange one from earlier in the day whose name he had yet to learn. "yeah yeah Raven don't get your tail in a bunch." Said Flame in a playful tone of voice while the odst's slowly made their way down the dark lit hall being lead by Raven in the front and Flame behind them. Evans was going to say something as he opened his mouth but decided it was best he didn't he followed Raven down another brighter lit hallway but was suddenly stopped when Raven stopped next to a dark brown door and opened it to reveal a much older light blue dragon with a dark purple underbelly sitting in a fairly large room behind a medium sized table looking rather annoyed at having been woken up from his slumber just moments earlier. Raven looked at Evan's and pushed him into the room in a surprisingly soft manner not roughly like he was so used to. "This is the ice guardian Cyril he will be the one questioning you apes you will show the upmost respect when speaking to him and only speak when spoken to do you understand?" Raven asked Evans in a calm tone but had a sense of authority behind it. Evans nodded slowly showing he understood what was told to him and he walked farther into the room a s he heard the door shut behind him and he looked up at the ice guardian who smiled slightly and placed a paw on the table. "So shall we begin?" said Cyril as he looked at Evans.