Overwhelmed
Spyro broke away from the half-dragons halfway to the ground, and they crashed through the treetop and hit thud ground with a low thud. Above him fell the half dragons taken out by Cynder and Ignitus. Then they swooped down through the trees only to be shocked at what they found on the ground.
" wha- where'd they go?" Cynder asked confused as she walked over to the indentations in the ground where the half-dragons had impacted. "No blood, no bodies, no footprints. What is this?"
" These new enemies are going to be troublesome" Ignitus said, carefully scanning the area.
Suddenly five of the half dragons leapt from the treetops and, before any of them could react, crashed down onto them. Spyro hit by one, Cynder by another and Ignitus crushed by the final three.
" ugh…what the?" Spyro groaned as he staggered to his feet, his vision slightly blurred but clear enough to see a half dragon pull a dagger from his loincloth and rush toward him. He spun around quickly to sweep the legs of his attacker but the half dragon jumped forward and slashed deeply into his right shoulder.
" Spyro!" Cynder cried out as Spyro roared in pain, but behind her another of their assailants drew its dagger and thrust in the back of her left leg.
" Spyro Cynder no!" Ignitus roared as he swiped away two of the half dragons with his tail knocking them through a tree. The third pulled out its dagger and attempted an attack from the front but Ignitus simply raised his front leg and brought it down upon his assailant head, swiftly ending it's life.
Spyro and Cynder's attacker quickly turned their attention to Ignitus, suddenly they both began to glow green and from each of them came a thin beam of energy that pierced through Ignitus' front left and back right knees. He roared in pain as his leg gave way under the weight of his body and the two half dragons closed in on him.
They went for Ignitus' neck but were caught of guard by Spyro's electric breath. Then fighting through the pain in her leg Cynder leapt at the half dragons and with a swing of her tail slit both of their throats.
" Damn that hurts" Cynder moaned as she put weight on her leg.
" You two have my thanks but remember, we still have more enemies to deal with." Ignitus warned.
" I don't think we can handle them Ignitus they're too fast." Spyro said as he looked around them.
Then from the trees come three fireballs that rain down on Spyro and Cynder with explosive force, quickly fired by beams of energy one of which pierced through Ignitus' chest and left lung. The remaining half dragons close in on Spyro and his friends as he and Cynder fight to stand but to no avail, Ignitus mobilized as he struggles to breathe.
" got to move…" Spyro thought as the half dragon stood over Cynder and himself. Then as one of them raised it's dagger over Spyro his thoughts turned to Cynder "Sorry Cynder, I guess our time is up".
He closed his eyes ah he prepared for the blade to plunge into him when a cold, near emotionless voice called out, " and you're supposed to be the savior of the world? What a joke."
Suddenly shadowy tentacles burst from the shadow of the trees and wrapped around Spyro's attackers, throwing them into the side of the cliff. Opening his eyes Spyro spotted his savior as he stepped out of the shadows. He also appeared to be a half dragon , but since he had saved him Spyro just stayed where he was and let the new arrival do what he could.
