A/N: A lemon in here, and this is leading up to the next chapter which will be the final one for this story. Another thing, if any of you readers are good artists and have an account on Deviant Art then draw a picture of Gravidal and Lynthia and put it up, if you can and want to.

Gear Up

He awoke to the sound of laughter, fluttering in from the other room. He groaned as his eyes slowly fluttered open, wanting to rest for a few more minutes. Using his paws he felt his stomach, a strip of white bandages were wrapped around his stomach and chest, the same went for his arms and legs.

He looked around, he was in a room, a room that was colored purple. The sheets and the covers were the same color. He looked to his side, there lie Lynthia, still sound asleep. He looked over the side of the bed, his pants and gun lay there. He slid his legs out from the bed and sat up, as he did he heard Lynthia groan and stir as her pillow left.

He looked at her, she slept so peacefully, and the realization that he had almost lost her sunk into him, and he sighed. He loved her, so much in fact that is she died he would follow, just so they could be together in the afterlife. The love that they shared was beyond that of normal, he was fearful of even leaving the room without her.

He looked towards the door as he heard footsteps, he looked under the door and could see a pair of purple hind-paws. The door slowly opened, as it did Gravidal stood and watched as it swung inward. There in its place, stood Spyro, wearing a pair of black pants, he gazed at Gravidal. Gravidal gazed back, and before he knew it he and Spyro were hugging.

Spyro went to yell for the others when Gravidal stopped him and shook his head, indicating that he wanted to be alone. Spyro nodded as he stepped in and closed the door, granting them their privacy. When the door clicked shut Gravidal spoke, "Spyro, I need you to get my the things that I left here, I need her for tonight, I will brief everyone once Lynthia wakes up."

Spyro again nodded as he left the room, the sound of his door opening and shutting could be heard. While he was gone Gravidal went over to the bed and lied down next Lynthia, there he rubbed her stomach and whispered, "Soon my love, soon you will be carrying our children." He smiled at the comment, when he meant soon he meant today, he was going to mate with her on this day.

He looked back at the door as it opened, first through the door was the muzzle, then the body and Spyro. In one hand Spyro carried an M14, in the other was a leather case and a small bag. He placed the bag by the side of the bed as well as the rifle and case. He then left the two to themselves, for he knew that they wanted privacy and he was more than happy to grant it to them.

When Spyro had gone Gravidal rolled over the bed and onto the bed, there he picked up the rifle and sat cross-legged on the floor. Once there he started to take apart the M14, then he started the task of cleaning each part then putting it back together. When he was done he placed the rifle across his lap and admired the shine that it now had. He reached over and pulled the case closer. He clicked the side latches and opened it.

Inside of the case was a scope, silencer, and three colors of paint, green, blue, and purple. He grabbed the green paint and brush that was beside it, then he began to paint the metal of the rifle, he painted it green, then he overlapped it with the blue. When the blue went over the green it made a dark turquoise. He smiled at the fine paint job an d the cleaning job that he had given it. He pulled out the scope and silencer, he cleaned them both then put them back into the case. He noticed that there was a strap for the rifle underneath the silencer, he pulled it out then put it on the rifle, the strap fit perfectly.

He sighed as he stood up and made his way over to where his pants lay, there he picked them up and pulled out his pistol. With the pistol in hand he walked back to the case and rifle and sat down, he then began to outline Lynthia's name, then he placed the word 'Mate' underneath her name. He grinned at the sight. He put the pistol down and looked into the case again, there were no more items so he placed the paint and brush back inside of it and re-closed the case, with that done he placed the rifle over it and stood up.

He then bent down and grabbed the rifle and case then walked over to the wall adjacent the bed. There he placed the rifle against the wall and set the case next to it. He made his way back to the bed, once he was at the bed he reached down and grabbed the plastic bag. He stood back up and looked inside of the bag, inside were two small velvet cases. He pulled them out and set the bag on the floor. When the bag touched the floor he opened the cases, both held a necklace.

The necklaces had a magnificent design, two dragons faced each other, their bodies were away from each other while their heads were pressed together and their tails intertwined. They were in the shape of a heart, and in the middle of the heart, clutched by both dragons, was a gem or jewel. One had an emerald while the other had a sapphire. The one with a sapphire he placed on the bed, while the one with an emerald he closed.

He clutched the necklace close as he picked up the other case and crawled into the bed, there he gazed at the sapphire, watching how it resembled his eyes. He lie there, staring at the necklace, then he closed the case and placed the both inside if the bandages that were around his stomach. He extended out an arm over Lynthia and scooted closer. He placed his head behind hers and took in her scent, the scent of his soon-to-be-mate. It was heavenly, it was intoxicating. He closed his eyes as he lie with her, happy to be holding her in his arms. He wrapped her tail with his, then he fell into a deep slumber, a broad grin across his face.

Spyro opened the door as quietly as he could, he looked at the two sleeping, and he knew that if they were not already, they were going to be mates soon. His thoughts drifted away from his brother and Lynthia becoming mates, Who was attacking them, and why. He could not answer the question, he knew not what his brother had been doing when he came down the highway with about half a platoon of soldiers.

They were highly trained, which made him think that somehow he knew the leader of this small army, then it hit him, the only dragon that ever wanted to kill them all, the only dragon that could ever build a small army in a short amount of time, "Gorgone". His eyes went wide in shock, he could not help but fall onto his knees as though he had been stabbed in the back. He coughed as he tried to stand up, it could not be, Cynder had killed him, he had watched her shoot him in the head.

He saw Cynder come around the corner , she just dropped to her knees when she saw him on his, she quickly stood up and ran over to him. "Spyro, what's wrong? Please tell me, what is wrong?"

He sputtered then licked his teeth, "Gorgone, he's back, he alive!"

"Spyro, I shot him in the head, he can't be back."

"Did you recover the body, I thought not. He is alive, and he is up to his old tricks. Only Gravidal and Lynthia know what happened, they will tell us when they awake, I just wish that we could find out where they were at and what they were up to. Cynder, I am so worried about them, I want to know what is going on."

Cynder sighed, and her eyes wandered to the door that opened to her room, the room that Gravidal and Lynthia were in. Slowly, it opened, only to reveal Gravidal and Lynthia, they were holding each other up, not wanting to let the other go. It was more for support than love at the moment. She looked at them, then back to Spyro. She motioned for the four of them to continue to the kitchen table.

Before they could take a step Flame and Ember emerged from Flame's room, they looked at Gravidal, then Lynthia, then Cynder. Cynder motioned for them to stay quiet, while Gravidal motioned to Ember for a large parchment of paper and a pencil. She nodded and ducked back into the room that she had just emerged from.

Shuffling could be heard inside as she went digging through things. While she was searching for the paper the five dragons made their way into the kitchen. Once they all had a seat Spyro turned to his brother and sighed, a single tear rolled down his face. "What were you two doing? Why was Gorgone chasing you, what did you do?"

Gravidal sighed as he said, "We had best wait for Ember, because then I can show you what we tried to stop, what we saw, and by now it may be too late." He looked over to Lynthia, a worried expression in his eyes, she looked at him the same way.

Ember entered the kitchen, she placed the paper on the table and handed the pencil to Gravidal. He then began to draw, he drew the room where he was being held, he drew the helipad where they escaped, he drew the ventilation system, he drew the entire layout of the mountain base. When he was done he placed the tip of the pencil in the main room where the conveyer belt was. "This is where the tanks and guns are being made. Now I am calling this Operation Blackstrike. The fate of the world rests in our hands, let's not let them down.

"There will be four steps to this operation, four objectives. Objective one, infiltrate the base under means of stealth. I would prefer we not shoot any hostiles. Objective two, locate the three main parts of the factory. Objective three, place the satchel charges. Objective four, extract. I will explain in further detail each objective. First I have to ask, any questions?"

Flame cleared his throat, "We will try to maintain stealth the entire time right?" A nod was his response, "Then what happens is we have to engage targets?"

Gravidal put a claw to his chin and tapped it, "Well, the only things that we can really do is hide the bodies before anyone else can see them. That sounds simple enough. Everybody agreed?"

'Ayes' were heard all around. He smiled before he continued, "Here is what we are going to do. Flame, you and Ember will be Alpha's I and II. Spyro and Cynder will be Dragonsmoke's I and II. While Lynthia and I are Delta's I and II. Females are I and males are II, everyone agreed on this?" They all nodded their heads.

Gravidal used the pencil to point to the map. He circled lightly around an entry hatch, and the other was the main door, which was slightly larger than the first. Here he pointed with the pencil, "This is the main gate, we must avoid it at all costs. There are two mg gunners and a sniper, the sniper uses a thermal sight, day and night." He shifted down to the smaller circle, "This is where Lynthia and I escaped from. There were only four guards on duty when we exited, it is a small pillbox, we can use it to access the ventilation shafts.

"That is how we will infiltrate." Gravidal stopped himself as he looked at the map, he had seen this layout before. He circled two more areas, one was about twenty yards further down and the other was in the side of the hill. The one in the side of the hill was the sewage system, it would be the least guarded. "This third area, it is another pillbox, Flame and Ember will enter through there. Spyro and Cynder will enter through the first pillbox. Lynthia and I will insert lower, into the sewer system." Lynthia looked at him and nodded as he looked at her.

"When we enter, we must find the three weak points... actually we can eliminate the second objective, we can determine where we need to place the satchels from this map. From the looks of it there are three major room in which we need to plant the satchels, the first being here," he pointed to the conveyer room, "one at this end and the other in the middle." He pointed to both spots on the map.

Spyro pointed to a room with his talon, "What's in there?"

"There, that's the armory where they store the new prototypes. Why the interest in that room?"

"Maybe we should place a satchel in that room."

Gravidal sighed as he looked at the map again, "Wait, I have a better idea. See those two cylinders there? I bet that they are filled to the brim with fuel for the tanks, if we blow that then we may have a chance at destroying the factory. All I have to ask of you now, all of you, is, are you ready to die to stop a third world war?" All heads nodded as everyone stopped to take in a deep breath, "Then let's go and win this war before its starts shall we."

"I almost forgot, there are two lz's, the first is at the bottom of the hill, the second is down through the sewers and about ten miles down the riverbed at the bottom of the hill. The river is dried up, so water will not be an issue. We leave in four hours, so everyone get your sleep." As they dispersed to go to their rooms Gravidal had doubts. I think that I will die today, but I will do so happily knowing that I love Lynthia and she loves me back. I hope though too, that my death will be quick and painless.

Gravidal lead Lynthia to their room while Spyro lead Cynder to the office and Flame lead Ember to the couch, all had things on their minds at the moment. Gravidal lead Lynthia into the room, there he told her to wait. She just sighed and went over to the bed, once there she sat down and stared at the ceiling.

Gravidal went to the other two couples and told them to ignore any noises that they might hear, they all agreed to give him and Lynthia some privacy, Cynder even told him to flip he second light switch to the room. He thanked them all before he went back to the room, once there he flipped on the second switch. The lights dimmed, a second set of lights came on, these ones colored sapphire, as they did they were low enough that you could just make out your paw in front of your face.

Gravidal watched as Lynthia slid the bandages off of her body, letting her breasts flop out and spreading her legs, allowing only him to see, what is rightfully his. He took in the sight before he did the same, unwrapping the bandages. He broke his gaze of her body when he heard the velvet cases strike the floor. He knelt down and picked them up, he opened one, and found it to be the one with the sapphire. That one he held in his left paw, the other in his right.

He extended out his paw and let her take the case, she did and opened it. Her eyes went wide in shock, making her close her legs. He watched as she held the case close, then she took the necklace out and slid it on, it looked beautiful on her, she looked even more stunning. Now all would know that she belonged to him, and he belonged to her. He took out his necklace and slid it on as well, when she saw it she knew what was going to happen next.

He began to crawls up the bed, dropping the case on the floor while she pushed her case off the bed and onto the floor. She again spread her legs as he reached them, he planted a small kiss on her lips before he continued up her body, kissing her mounds and necklace, to finally come to a stop on top of her. He pulled her into a kiss as he member began to lengthen, finally stopping when the head was trying to push into her lips.

She moaned into the kiss at the touch. When they broke apart Gravidal took in a deep breath, "Lynthia," tears started to stream down her face, these were tears of joy. "Lynthia, will you be my mate?" To answer his question she wrapped her legs around his back and pulled him close, making his member spread her lips and delve into their depths. The warmth that assaulted his member was tremendous, he felt like he was in heaven as he pushed deeper into her, feeling her tight walls clench his member.

Lynthia let more tears come to her face, the pain was intense, she had never had anything in there before, but now she was happy to let him be the one to take her innocence, he was the one that she wanted to be mated to. She closed her eyes tight as he slowly went deeper, the pain was starting to go away, but it cam back with tenfold energy when she felt him press against a barrier, her innocence. She opened her eyes and looked at him, his eyes asked, May I? She only nodded and grasped his back, wrapping her tail around his and squeezing as he pulled back slightly then thrust deep forward, all the way to the base, there he stayed as she got used to his member being in her.

When he broke her wall she dug her claws into his back, producing blood. Her tail squeezed his and she felt like she had been hit with a hot poker. His member pulsed inside of her, it felt warm, but she was in pain, and Gravidal knew it. He just froze, letting his pulsing member get a feel for her went insides, the warmth that after today would be touched a lot.

Lynthia could feel the pain start to go away, she loosened her grip slightly to allow Gravidal to continue. He pulled out, all the way to the tip, then he thrust back in. The pain that she felt came back, but it was a little less painful, and she could feel a little pleasure in there. He thrust again, making himself moan from her clenching walls and warmth that surrounded his member.

She could feel less pain now, and she felt pure immense pleasure. She moaned as he thrust again, making her feel like the luckiest dragon alive. The pain was much less now, and pleasure started to push the pain out, it now started to feel amazing. Her walls clenched his member as he pulled out, but spread apart when he thrust back in.

He started into a slow rhythm as the pain went away completely, leaving behind only pleasure. Gravidal could feel her warm wall start to spread and adjust to his length, and he heard her moan every time he would thrust deep into her. She pulled him closer as he thrust into her, her insides were on fire, and the feeling of the warmth in her stomach came back, but it was more powerful this time.

He on the other hand could not feel the fire, it was still nothing but embers. He thrust into her nonetheless, as long as she felt good, that was all he cared about. He wanted to please her, but at the same time she wanted to please him. She started to counter thrust against his thrusts, making their hips come together with a loud smack.

Gravidal could tell that she wanted him to go faster, so he picked up the pace a little bit. He started to pound into her, making the bed shake. He wanted to feel her release her juices on his member, he wanted to know that she felt good, and he was going to make sure that it happened. His thrusts went deeper and harder as he went faster, making her moan his name. She started to move faster against him, making their hips collide faster and harder, making him moan her name.

The warmth that was in her stomach went lower, towards her moist area. She could feel her walls clenching more and more, indicating that she was close. He could feel it as well, so he was in a mad dash to the finish. He went even faster, harder, and deeper as he felt her walls clench him more and more. As he did she could not longer contain it, she pulled him closer, making his length stay in her, smashing her breasts against his chest. They stayed that way as she released her juices, coating his member and making it warmer while also providing more lubrication.

He moaned her name as she let go and flipped them over, she was on top. She sat on top of him, his member buried to the base inside of her. She sat on her knees on either side of him, then she looked down at him and smiled. She grabbed his paws within her own, then she started to bounce up and down on his member, now that she had finished it was his turn. He started to thrust up into her, increasing both of their pleasure.

Before too long he could feel the warmth start to blossom in his stomach, indicating that he was getting close. He looked up and into Lynthia's eyes, " Gravidal... please fill me with your seed, I want to be the mother of your children." He just smiled and brought her into a kiss as she started to bounce faster, he joined her, thrusting deeper and deeper into her, bringing him ever closer to the plateau in the mind that would undoubtedly lead to the end of him as a lone dragon, but bring him a family. He wanted to start a family, and he wanted to start it with Lynthia.

He pulled her close, making her stop bouncing, then he thrust deep into her as he went over that plateau in his mind. He felt the warm liquid that was his seed work its way up his member and into her area, filling it up with his seed. Lynthia could feel the warmth that was his seed release deep within her, she loved the feeling, and it made her want to feel it every night for the rest of her life. She waited until his member started to soften and the liquid was taken into her before she got off of him, and lie next to him. He gave her another kiss before he rubbed her stomach, "Hopefully we will be parents. I love you Lynthia."

She smiled at him, "I love you too Gravidal." He got out of the bed and walked over to his rifle, she noticed him do this, she went over and grabbed her pants, inside was her M1911. Gravidal looked over at her and realized that she did not have a weapon. He went over and kissed her on the cheek as he slipped his pants on, then he went out and into the hallway. He made his way over to the office where he asked Spyro for an extra weapon.

Spyro lead Gravidal back to his room, once there he handed him an M8 assault rifle with a silencer. Gravidal thanked him and walked back to his room, once inside he saw Lynthia with her legs spread, staring at him. She gave him a seductive smile before she licked her lips. He handed her the gun which she set aside. Gravidal looked at her, then he went back to Spyro just as he left his room. He asked him how to kiss better, when he learned how he went back to Lynthia.

Lynthia sat waiting for him, she was now on the bed his rifle had the silencer and scope already on it, she was in the mood for more mating. He grinned as he climbed onto the bed and pulled her into a kiss, this time though he ran his tongue over her lips, now knowing any better she opened her mouth and let him inside. He kissed her back. When they broke apart she rolled to her side, he placed an arm around her stomach and pulled her close, then he took his pants off and they fell asleep together, in the others warm embrace.