hey guys, sorry it took as long as it did to get this chapter up, I was(and still am) really busy (you know how it is) anyway in this chapter the a dark one will return in a attempt to finish off the dragons (hence the title; the dark one returns)
Chapter 3: the dark one returns
The caravan was just reaching the temple doors when Kyle reached the gate, he landed 5 feet from them. They stopped and one of them came out to greet Kyle. He was wearing armor with similar markings on it as what Kyle was wearing. "greetings!" he said "do not be afraid us, we are on the same side" "well we'd better be, since I'm your captain and all" Kyle said "what? Kyle is that you?!" "in the flesh, or scales, in this case" "how did you..." "no idea, everyone else is like this too, but that doesn't really matter right now " Kyle said" the dark one's forces will be here in the morning and you've a lot of work to do" "yea, sure, ill get right to it" he turned around to his men "alright men!, the dark ones forces will be here in the morning and we have to get this place ready, he'll probably be leading the assault, so we have work quickly, you guys!" he called pointing to half of them "you guys!, start setting up the defenses, the rest of you get the inside, medics you've got wounded to take care of" no one moved for a few seconds, waiting for more instructions "well?! What are you waiting for?, get to it!" they all started and rushed to fulfill their tasks.
(this is at the same time of the paragraph above v )
"I thought you guys weren't partners anymore?" Cynder asked Carly "I said sort of "Carly said. Cynder looked at her with a puzzled look "ah, I can't lie to you" Carly sighed "don't tell anybody, but we started seeing each other secretly a week ago" "why keep it a secret?" Spyro asked "because it might end badly again, so this time we are going to be more careful" "so you don't destroy another county" Spyro said "hey we ALMOST destroyed HALF a county" "how did that happen anyway?" Cynder asked " well to put it shortly, someone found out that we were dating, didn't like that so much" "who's someone?" Carly hesitated and then said "my ex-partner, Jake" and then she went to go find Kyle.
When they found him he was making up a battle plan on a table with a map of the temple on it with his second in command. "there you are" Kyle said as they walked into the room. "we were just about to go over the plan for tonight" "what do you have so far?" Spyro asked "let me start from the beginning" Kyle said "since we figure that they'll probably assault us from the road, we are going to set up most of our defenses there, they'll also probably sent some troops around the back to flank us, so we can't put all our defenses at the road, but we can't cover that much ground so we will have to abandon the back half of the temple and just focus all our defenses near these buildings here." "well, we'll have to move all of the valuables from that area then" Volteer said "right, OK, whatever you want , now lets continue" Kyle said "OK where were we, oh yes, I have troops putting up wooden steaks so they can't just rush up at us, I also have men digging a pit right behind them that we'll fill with boiling water and metal spears to further slow them down." he pointed to four spots on the map" lets put our cannons here, here, here, and we'll put one at the back just in case, and our catapults right behind them, facing the road. We also still need to put our anti air turrets some where" "don't worry about that" Cynder said "we can fly, we'll take them down" "no, we need all the help we can get down on the ground, and the turrets are more powerful than you think" "yea and they also shoot down anything, including friendly forces, so try to stay near the ground" Kyle's second in command said "good point Tony, stay within 10 feet of the ground or you get hit, we'll put the turrets on either side of the courtyard so that they cover most of the temple" Kyle said marking the map with a red marker "also try to stay inside the temple or at least near it because I want this to be mostly a long range battle since they will out number us 10-1, so keep them away from the gates so there's little close combat as possible, if they do get close however, I want us ready for them, Tony I want you and Danny squad just inside the courtyard, tell them to make sure that the cannons or archers don't get killed." "will do" Tony said "alright I think that's good for now, lets get to it!"
once most of the preparations were complete, Kyle, Carly, Cynder and Spyro all went to rest for a few hours before they estimated the dark ones forces would arrive. When Kyle got to the room reserved for him and Carly, he crashed on the bed. "god, I'm so tried, today's been a very long day" "yea, and we've got an even longer day ahead of us, so lets get right to bed "Carly said lying down beside him." not arguing" Kyle said "here, let me help you relax" he started to massage Carly's shoulders. Carly sighed "thanks, just be careful, I'm a little sore from all that lifting" Kyle pulled her closer to him "don't worry, ill go slow" Carly giggled "oh no, not now, you'll just have to wait until the battle is over, besides it'll give you even more of a reason to win tomorrow" "but what if I die, ill never get to be with you" Carly rolled her eyes "you'll make it" "fine you win, it will just make victory...That..."Kyle Yawned"... Much...better" Kyle said as he fell asleep.
"Spyro! Cynder! Wake up!" Tony yelled, storming into their room "one of our patrols spotted the dark ones forces, they'll be here any minute!" startled Spyro and Cynder woke up "ug, god, don't you know how to knock" "oh, right" Tony walked out of the room, closing the door. Knock knock knock. "come in?" Cynder said, confused. Tony ran into the room "Spyro! Cynder! Wake up!" he yelled "one of our patrols spotted the dark ones forces, they'll be here any minute!" "really?" Spyro said "really what?" Tony asked "nothing, alright well be there in a minute" "OK" he said and ran out of the room. When they got to the courtyard, Kyle and Carly were already up, and helping with the last few adjustments to the defenses. Carly saw them and rushed over "hey your finally up, T.D.O's forces will be here any minute and we are finishing getting ready " "T.D.O?"Spyro asked "the short form I made up for the dark one, because his name is a mouthful to say, anyway there's some armor in that tent over there for you guys, it'll help protect you against T.D.O's dark magic" she pointed to a tent in the middle of the courtyard. "OK, thanks" they went into the tent and on two armor stands on the left side of the tent was two sets of white armor with green and gold symbols decorating them. When Cynder tried to put on her armor, it started to burn her."ow!" she yelped and dropped the chest plate "what is it?" Spyro said "the armor burned me!" "its probably just hot form sitting in the sun for too long, here ill cool it down for you" he used his ice breath and cooled it down. "try it now" Cynder tried again and the outcome was no different. "ouch!" Cynder shouted "hhhmm" Spyro puzzled picking up the helmet. "its not hot" "then how come it hurt me?" "I think I know, Carly said that this armor would protect us against dark magic right?" "yea" "so what if its doing just that, except its not protecting you, its protecting itself against you" "oh, right uh, I guess that makes sense" Cynder said sadly. "I guess Ill just have to cope without it then" "hey its OK, its not your fault" "I know" Cynder said "lets go see if they need our help out there"
Just as they got out of the tent someone yelled "enemy spotted!" "hold fire until my command" Kyle shouted back "here They come!" Spyro and Cynder ran out to the front lines and got their first real look at their enemy. Stampeding toward them were goblins, Shadowrunners(hounds made of pure shadow) ogres, trolls, apes, Dreadwings, and a few other beasts that they didn't recognize, among them there were other dragons and even some humans dressed in black armor. "wait for it" Kyle said. The horde was 50 feet from them now.45 feet.40 feet. "almost there" 35 they were 30 feet away Kyle yelled "NOW!" immediately boulders, cannons balls, and flaming arrows lit up the sky. Most of the beasts in the first wave were either flattened, blown up, or nailed with several arrows and those that didn't, impaled themselves on the wooden steaks or ran into the pit. The second wave was a little more wary of the steaks and pit but were still cut down by the archers, and after a few minutes Kyle ran over to Spyro and Cynder.
"they've about to over run our defense in the back, go help them" then a ogre burst through a wall. "excuse me" Kyle said before flame charging at the ogre. a second before hitting it he jumped, hitting in the chest and then when it fell over he used flame claw and stabbed it in the eyes. He jumped off of it. "go! We've got this under control." they ran off to the south barricade. When they got there it was too late the last defender was just killed by a ape as they turned the corner. "nnnooo!" Spyro yelled upon seeing the scene blasting it and every other thing in the room, disintegrating them instantly with his fiery breath." over doing it much?" said a familiar voice "who said that?!" Cynder asked "I did" said Jake, stepping out form the shadows "who else is there?" Spyro tried to blast him but dodged and returned fire with a fireball. "Spyro deflected it, and tried to blast him again, this time instead of moving, Jake blasted a dark energy beam at Spyro. The two beams hit right in-between them with a explosion of power that shook the ground. Jakes beam slowly overpowering Spyro's, eventually Spyro's beam was completely overpowered and Jakes beam hit him full on in the face. Spyro went flying across the room and slammed into the wall. "Spyro!" Cynder yelled. She ran over to him and helped him get up. "I see the tales of you power are true, but I'm just a little stronger it seems" "you'll pay for that! " Spyro said "not if my master kills you first!" Jake threw a black pearl at the ground. It smashed into a million pieces and a black cloud of smoke rose up from it, the cloud grew larger and larger until it formed into the dark one. "We meet at last, Spyro" he said " the dark one!" "oh so you've heard of me?, how touching" Cynder blasted him with a dark fire ball. It bounced off him harmlessly. The dark one chuckled. "really?, I'm the lord of darkness and you use a dark fire ball against me?, here I thought this would be at least a little challenging" the dark one eyes glowed brightly for a second and Cynder reared up in surprise as she was covered in dark energy and then fainted. "Cynder!" Spyro shouted "your turn" said the dark one. "not!" Kyle yelled, he came flying out of the hall and head-butted the dark one sending him a few feet backward. "you!" the Dark one roared "I thought I killed you!" "you really thought that measly attack would kill me?" Kyle said. "measly?!, I'll show you measly!" the dark one yelled and tried to blast Kyle with a beam of dark energy but Kyle just moved to the side a little and the beam went flying past him and blew up the wall behind him. "I think you just did" Kyle said. The dark one screamed in anger and launched himself at Kyle. As they fought, Spyro checked Cynder to see if she was OK and then turned to watch the fight just as Kyle got hit really hard and flew across the room and smashed through a wall and was covered in rubble. for a few seconds nothing moved and Spyro assumed the worst, until he burst out of the rubble and went back to fighting as if nothing happened.
"well he's strong ill give him that" Spyro thought to himself "little insane, but strong." Kyle seemed to be wining but then the dark one slashed his side, reopening the wound he had obtained earlier. "aahh!" Kyle shouted and fell to the ground. " this time, I'll make sure your dead!" the dark one shouted and went to finish him off" half way through his swing he was hit by a lightning arrow in the didn't do much but allow Carly enough time to drag Kyle out of the way. Tony, the one who had fired the arrow, kept shooting the dark one with arrows with a variety of enchantments. Ice arrows, flaming arrows, lightning arrows, some arrows even had barbed edges with poison on them. "hey guys" Kyle said, half delusional from the pain. "how yah' doing?" " he's lost a lot of blood" Carly said lifting him up. He already had a pool of blood around him(by the way just in case you miss-thought something, Kyle's wound is about as big as your forearm). "Where's that medic I told to come with us?" "right here" he said and when right to work on bandaging Kyle up. "hey your the guy who fixed me up last time" Kyle mumbled. "sir please hold still so I can help you" the medic said. "Spyro, do you need any immediate medical assistance?" the medic shouted over the noise. "not really!" Spyro shouted back "but Cynder needs some help, she just lying there, her breathing is faint!" "be right there!" the medic said. "just need to finish patching up Kyle" "I'm all out of arrows!" Tony said. "alright let me take over" Carly said and went to fight the dark one where Kyle left off. "we need some backup!" Tony said "not anymore!" Terrador said dive bombing the dark one. "get back, let us deal with him!" Volteer said. "the guardians!" the dark one cursed "no matter, I can take you three weaklings with two paws tied behind my back!" "how about four!" Terrador said and then the dark ones paws started to sink into the ground. "what?!" the dark one said "that's not what I meant!" "then try this!" Cyril yelled and froze him solid. "are you all alright?" Volteer asked Carly while the dark one struggled to break free of his icy prison. "no, Kyle wounded badly, Spyro's hurt, and Cynder, I don't know what happened, but its not good" she said. "alright then go help them, we can handle it from here" just then, the dark one's ice cage cracked, shuddered, and exploded sending ice shards flying everywhere. " how dare you freeze me, you insolent worm!" the dark one screamed at Cyril. Volteer electrocuted him, causing the dark one to shake uncontrollably. "aahh!" he yelled. When it ended the dark one stood up "my turn" the dark one snarled as he ripped his feet out of the ground, and a huge smoke cloud filled the air. a bolt of black energy shot out of it that hit Cyril on the shoulder. "take cover!" Terrador yelled as many more bolts started to shoot out in every direction. When the barrage ended, the dark one stepped out from the cloud. "your aim has much to be improved" Volteer said " this coming from lighting boy" the dark one said. "lightning boy?, you can't talk to me that way, I am a guardian and deserve-" Volteer was cut off as the dark one used the same power he used on Cynder on him. "Volteer!" Spyro yelled as the guardian fell. " well he's annoying" the dark one said "what did you do to him, and Cynder?!" Spyro demanded " didn't you know about my power?" "you didn't!" "oh but I did" "noo!" Spyro yelled in anger "ill kill you for this!" then Spyro's started to glow and his scales turned a much darker shade of purple. "what in the world?" Cyril wondered. Spyro blasted the dark one with a beam of energy, and after a few seconds of that, the dark one looked like a burnt piece of bacon. " I guess I'll retreat for now, but don't forgot about me, I'll be back, soon!" and the dark one backed up into the shadows his red eyes glowed out for a moment and then faded.