The storm had gotten worse as Spyro got nearer the mansion. He was on a nearby bridge, that went past the mansion, when he saw beak run out into the alleyway. Spyro had an idea. He aimed his gum at Beak's chain and waited for a lightning strike. When one did come, he fire his gun. The bullets destroyed the chain. Beak looked up at Spyro for a moment, breathing heavily and making growling noises. He then shot his head in the direction of a window and charged towards it.

In the room, Elora and Shelia were sitting on a couch, wearing their red dresses. The soldiers were sitting on different chairs in the room. Jerry stood up when he heard Spyro's gun.

"What was that?" he asked suddenly.

"Lightning" replied Flap, in a careless tone.

"I heard something" said Jerry

"Look, I'm telling you it was probably lightning or the wind". said Flap.

"It sounded like a claymore to me" said Jerry, who was looking increasingly worried.

"Alright, I'm going to the toilet" said Flap, getting up from his seat. He walked up to the girls and said "Girls, keep an eye on him will ya". Flap then walked out of the room.

"Those pills" said Shelia "I think I'm feeling their affect. I can feel them going down their back". Shelia then turned her head to look at a faun soldier, who was called Melvin.

"What happens if Agent 9 get's killed?" she asked him. "If Agent 9 get's killed, do you become the commander then?" Melvin just smirked. Shelia then turned to look at Jerry.

"I don't think Sam's coming back" she said to him "I think he's been killed".

"Shut Up!" snarled Jerry, who walked past the two girls and looked out a window.

"If their not back by now, they're bound to be dead" Shelia continued.

"Look, I said shut up!" said Jerry

"Shelia" said Elora, looking at Shelia.

"They're dead. And your gonna be next". Jerry looked at Shelia, with a worried/angry look, and stared back out the window. Melvin, who was leaning against another window, also turned to look outside. The girls turned their attention to Melvin's window. Then they saw something horrible.

There, up against the window, was Beak's face. His eyes were bright red and he was looking at Melvin. Before anyone could react, Beak smashed the window open, with his hand and pinned Melvin to the floor. Just as beak pinned Melvin, Elora dragged Shealia into another room.

"We can get out of here. Don't stay with the them. Stay with me" Elora said to her as she dragged Shelia down a corridor.

"Don't worry. I feel fine, really" protested Shelia.

Back in the living room, Melvin was still pinned to the floor, trying to stop Beak infecting him.

"GET HIM OFF ME!" Melvin screamed. Jerry fired some bullets in the air, probably trying to warn everyone else. Just as Jerry stopped firing his gun, Beak let out a spew of blood that went all over Melvin's face.

"HE'S CHOCKED! HE'S CHOCKED" Screamed Jerry, causing Beak to look at him. Jerry tried to reload his weapon, but was so scared that when he tried to, he dropped the bullets on the floor. He then threw his gun on the ground and ran. Beak let out growl as he got off Melvin and ran after Jerry.

Elora and Shelia opened a door, that led outside, and were almost outside when Flap and another soldier, named Bill, stopped them.

"OY!" Flap shouted at them "Where the fuck are you going, eh?! What's all the fucking shouting about!?".

"HEEELLLP!" someone shouted behind Elora and Shelia. Everyone looked to see Jerry running down a corridor to the kitchen. Behind him, making growls and hisses, was Beak.

Everyone stood still for a moment. Then Flap looked at Bill, expecting him to do something. "Well don't just stand there, you idiot. Get after him" Flap shouted at Bill, giving him a push as Bill ran after Beak. Flap then looked at the girls. "You two!" he shouted at them "In the house, move!".

Spyro looked through the kitchen window to see Beak run down the steps. As Beak entered the kitchen, he stopped and looked around, letting out heavy breaths. He then ran around the table, knocking over a chair as he did, and stopped at the window. Spyro quickly hid behind the wall before Beak could spot him. Beak let out more heavy breaths as he looked around the kitchen. He didn't know that Jerry was hiding in one of the kitchen cupboards. Jerry knew that if he made even the slightest sound, Beak would discover and kill him.

Then, Jerry heard the sound of feet. Coming down the stairs was Bill

"Come on" he shouted at beak. Beak let out a loud growl as he turned to face Bill, who loaded his weapon.

"What the fuck you gonna do now!" he shouted, pointing his gun at beak. Beak stared at him for a second then charged towards Bill. Bill was just about to fire when he heard the sound of running feet to the left of him. He turned to see an infected Melvin running towards him.

"Melvin!" Bill shouted. Before Bill had a chance to fire, Melvin launched himself onto Bill and pinned him to the floor. Beak also ran to Bill and tried to strangle him. Spyro looked from behind the wall and heard Bill screaming. He then saw Beak and Melvin grab Bill and throw him into the table, where they continued beating and strangling Bill. Jerry only whimpered as he heard his friend die. Finally, Spyro ran from the window.

The girls were being led upstairs by Flap.

"Come on. Up. Up!" he shouted at them. At the top of the stairs a Scorch guard ,named Merrill, was waiting for them. "C'mon" he shouted. The group reached the top of the stairs and into another long corridor.

"Defend these stairs with your fucking life" Flap shouted at Merrill. Shelia broke away from the group and started walking away from the corridor.

"Shelia" Elora screamed, desperate to try and get her to come back "Shelia". Shelia disappeared in the darkness of the hallway.

Jerry made slow, ragged breaths. He didn't know if Beak and Melvin had left the room. He finally plucked up the courage to open the door. He looked out of the door and saw Bill's dead body on the floor. He finally got out of the cupboard and ran out of the kitchen. He was almost near the back door when he ran into a knife attached to a gun. Holding that gun was Spyro. Jerry gasped as he looked at Spyro. Loud roars and growls filled the room as Beak and Melvin were still running around. Spyro took one last look at Jerry and then ran off into the living room. He ran into another room where the stairs were. Only moments after he left the living room, Beak and Melvin ran into the room. They stood there, breathing heavily. Then they ran towards the stairs.

Agent 9 walked through the rain to the back door, where he saw Jerry lying.

"S-S-Sir?" gasped Jerry, who tried to stay alive "Shush" said Agent 9

"Is it…..over? Jerry managed to say "It is for you Jerry" said Agent 9. Jerry then stopped breathing. Agent 9 got up and walked back outside.

Shelia walked into the upstairs bathroom. She saw a photo on the ground. She picked it up and looked at it. It was a photo of her and Moneybags in Sunny Beach. It was taken a few months before the infection broke out.

Spyro ran up the stairs, three at a time. When she was about ten steps from the top, he shouted "Shelia?".

Shelia heard Spyro call her name. She turned round and it was good that she did because on the wall ,opposite the bathroom door in the corridor, she saw Melvin running down the corridor towards the bathroom. Shelia looked to her right and saw a mirror, that stood on wheels, in the corner. When Melvin entered the bathroom he looked round and couldn't find anyone. He let out a growl as he looked behind him and saw his reflection in the mirror. He slowly moved towards it, breathing heavily. Shelia was hanging onto the top of the mirror and her legs were just above the bottom of the mirror. She was sweating a lot. Afraid that Melvin will look behind the mirror and see her and kill her. After a few moments silence, which all that could be heard was the distant thunder and lightning, Melvin let out a loud growl and ran from the room. Shelia sighed in relief and set her feet back down on the floor.

Spyro was still searching frantically for the two girls. He ran to the end of one hallway and found himself in another. He ran down the second hallway. As he did, he opened a door and shouted "Shelia?". When he reached the end of the second hallway, he opened the door and shouted "Elora?". he then ran halfway back down the way he came and then opened a bedroom door and looked around. He then saw a bed to the side of him. He grabbed it and pulled it in front of the door. When he pulled the bed in front of the door, he looked up and saw Merrill lying down with his gun in his hands.

"I haven't got any bullets!" he stammered "I haven't got any fucking bullets".

Just as Merrill finished speaking, the door burst open and Beak stuck his arm through the gap between the door and the wall and tried to grab Spyro. The bed stopped the door from opening fully, so Spyro quickly ran towards the window and opened it.

"Don't fucking leave me" cried Merrill. Just as Spyro turned to look at the door, the door burst open completely and Beak and Melvin rushed in. Spyro quickly climbed out of the window, as he did he heard Merrill scream as Beak and Melvin attacked Merrill. Spyro ran across a ledge that led to another section of the house. He stopped outside a window and saw Elora , still in her red dress, getting dragged into the room by Flap, who was shouting "Move. Move!". Spyro looked up and saw a pipe to climb. He climbed it and reached the window that went into the attic. Elora and Flap looked up at the ceiling as they heard something enter the attic. Spyro could see the two through a small hole in the corner of the room. Flap then grabbed Elora and pulled her into the next room. He shut the door and dragged Elora towards the window.

Spyro walked through the attic until he came across a door that led into the room where Flap was holding Elora captive.

"Move. Move. Mooove" he was shouting to Elora. When they were up against the window he said to Elora "It's just you and me now darling. But don't worry. I'm gonna get you out of here. Then we're gonna find a nice little fucking place somewhere. Just you and me. And we'll live happily ever after, eh? I just need a moment, alright? I just some freaking thing-"

Elora looked and saw Spyro jump down from the attic and run towards them. Flap stopped talking because Spyro grabbed him round the neck and pulled him away from Elora. Flap fired his weapon at Elora, trying to kill her. Spyro grabbed the sides of his head and whacked it against the wall. Flap tried clawing Spyro at his eyes, but Spyro shacked his head to move Flap's hands and continued to whack his head against the wall. He then pulled him away from the wall and onto the floor. He then started strangling Flap. Flap gasped for breath as he screamed in pain to try and get Spyro off him.

Elora watched all this in horror. She then saw a machete on the room's bed. She picked it up.

Spyro had finally strangled Flap. He then stood up and turned to face Elora, who was shaking holding the machete. They both looked at each other for a few seconds and then Spyro walked towards Elora. Elora almost ran towards Spyro, raising her machete. Spyro stopped right in front of her and Elora held her machete right in front of her. Spyro breathed heavily and then said "That was longer than a heartbeat".

Elora slowly lowered her machete. "Spyro?" she quietly said. She then dropped the machete and embraced Spyro in a kiss. Elora sobbed as they kissed. Then the door to the room opened, but the two did not notice, and Shelia ran in and hit Spyro over the head with a bottle, that smashed.

"Ow" Spyro groaned as he rubbed his head.

"Shelia, it's OK" said Elora "He's not infected

"But I thought he was biting you" said Shelia

"I was kissing her" Spyro said sharply "You stop-"

"It's a long story" interrupted Elora. Just then a loud roar of the infected filled the mansion.

"We need to get out of here" said Elora "c'mon".

The group ran outside to the cab, that was parked outside the mansion by the soldiers not long after Spyro and the girls arrived. Shelia got in the driver's seat and Spyro and Elora where going in the back. However, as Spyro opened the back door, he and Elora saw Agent 9 staring at them with a gun in his hands.

"You killed all my boys" he said to them. He then aimed his gun at Spyro and fired. The bullet hit Spyro in the stomach, sending him backwards into Elora's arms as she caught him.

Shelia put the cab in reverse and drove towards the mansion front door.

"SHELIA!" Elora screamed

"Shelia, Shelia" said Agent 9 who looked behind him and, illuminated in a flash of lightning, saw Beak running towards the cab. Agent 9 quickly turned round. "Shelia!". Shelia continued to have the cab in reverse until it was a few feet from the mansion front door. Agent 9 sat still for a moment. Then he heard Beak's hands hit the glass. Beak then smashed it and grabbed Agent 9 and pulled him out of the cab.

"NOO! NOOO! NOOO! NOO! ARGH NOO! NOO! NOO!" screamed Agent 9 as he tried to get away from Beak, who was now pulling him back inside the mansion.

Shelia drove the cab back towards Spyro and Elora.

"Get in" said Elora, who helped Spyro inside the cab.

As the group got inside the cab, they heard Agent 9 scream "NOOO! NOOOO! NOO! NOOOO!" Beak looked at Agent 9's body and then turned round to look outside and let out a roar as a flash of lightning illuminated the mansion.

Shelia drove up the driveway until she saw the gates locked.

"Their locked" said Shelia to Spyro and Elora "The gates are locked!".

"Just fucking do it" groaned Spyro. Shelia drove full speed into the gates. The cab broke through, but the impact of the cab hitting the gates sent Spyro and Elora onto the cab floor.

"We need to find a hospital" said Elora, who was looking at Spyro with a worried look.

"There's one in Glimmer city" said Shelia, who drove the cab in the direction of the city.