Hello fellow readers and writers! This past week or two I've noticed my story is being favorite and added to alerts by other authors :D I'm so flattered that anyone cares about my hard work; it's nice to be appreciated now and again. Anyways it's time for the next chapter, I hope you like!
The two dragons and the whole team dragged themselves back to base badly sore and wounded but somewhat happy that after all these months they finally won a round against the BLU team. The walk back seemed hours longer than before because they were all so tired. The sun was about to set when they got back, the minute the team got through the door they all raced for the fridge to grab beers before anyone else. Spyro and Cynder dragged themselves through the door and sat down on the nearest bench. The minute the sun set the forts lights came on automatically, Sparx came down to the exit door and saw Spyro and Cynder on the bench, sore and worn.
"Are you guys alright?" He asked secretly worried.
"We're tired Sparx." Was all Spyro could say.
The team sat down and opened their beers and proceeded to get drunk and pass out for the night. Spyro than remembered what had happened to the Engineer and decided to tell the Soldier about the death of his colleague. He slowly got up and walked for the cafeteria, leaving Cynder by herself to sleep. He finally reached the cafeteria and saw soldier drinking beer and shoving his fifth hotdog into his mouth while playing rock, paper, scissors with the Scout. They both moved their fists up and down and after three or four shakes changed the form of their hands into different things. Scout got scissors and Soldier somehow made a Sherman tank out of his. Scout growled and raged at the helmeted psycho.
"What is your major malfunction brotha?" Soldier sneered.
"What? Tank beats scissors!" he said confused. Scout just blew raspberries and walked away instead of attempt to explain what the Soldier was doing wrong. Spyro slowly approached Soldier who was playing with his hands trying to form an artillery cannon.
"Excuse me Soldier?" he said grimly. Soldier turned to the purple dragon.
"What do you want? It better be good or I will personally rip your horns off of your cold dead carcass and mount them on my wall!" He said but with no intent to actually do so. Spyro than got what he wanted to say out.
"I'm sorry but…..Engineer is dead. I tried to save him but it was too late, he was killed by a Spy." Soldier looked at Spyro wide eyed. Spyro looked down shame, he knew Soldier was shocked and probably really mad. Than all of a sudden Soldier started laughing.
"What are you talking about you stupid dragon?" he laughed. Spyro tilted his head to the side.
"What do you mean? He is dead!" Spyro replied.
"He is? Oh, well watch this than! Hey Engi! Get your ass in here!" Spyro watched as Engineer came out of the control room and walked up to Soldier.
"What is it?" he asked the Soldier. Soldier turned and grinned at the wide eyed, shocked, and completely confused purple dragon.
"Numb nuts here thought you were dead…..permanently." said the Soldier. Engineer smiled.
"Aw shoot, you didn't tell him 'bout the Respawn machine did ya?" Engineer said a little disappointed at the Soldier.
"No I didn't, mostly because I don't care to say anything to him." Spyro finally snapped out of it and asked Soldier a question that was making his head ache.
"What is the Respawn Machine?" he asked. Engineer tipped his hard hat up and wiped the beads of sweat off of his brow.
"It's a machine the first Engineer built long ago, when one of us dies, it triggers the machine and it creates an exact clone, we remember everything that happened right before we died, so we don't suffer any memory loss. It won't affect you and your girlfriend though since you ain't from 'ere." Explained the hard hatted worker. Spyro was amazed that the engineer was standing right in front of him.
"I'm happy to see your back Engineer, I must go and tend to Cynder now, Goodbye." Said Spyro practically out of breath from his last battle.
"All right, see ya later Spyro." Replied the Engineer. Spyro walked back the way he came and found Cynder still asleep but on her back. She was kicking her legs up in the air as she must have been having a nightmare. Spyro sat down beside her and wrapped his wings around Cynder's small form to comfort her past her nightmare.
Cynder's Nightmare
Cynder ran through a dark forest away from something she feared….. Malefor. She turned and ran behind a tree hoping to lose the roaring sound and heavy footsteps. She looked out from behind the tree to see if he was there, but their was not a dragon in sight. She turned back only to see Malefor staring at her. She panicked and ran the other way only to run into something else she was newly afraid of, the BLU team heavy. He grabbed her by the neck and began to strangle the life out of her yet again. She tried to scream but his grip was too tight, Malefor got closer and closer to her, she knew she was done for, suddenly a flash of light blinded the heavy causing him to drop the dragoness, he rubbed his eyes and looked around as a blur went by him again, this time impaling the fat man through his chest killing him. Cynder turned to Malefor again except this time Spyro appeared beside her.
"We can do this Cynder…together. " He said. Cynder smiled and got closer to him. She roared and turned once again to Malefor.
"I don't fear you anymore!" She roared. Malefor backed up terrified and roared as he faded out of her dream, and her fears. She turned to Spyro and nuzzled him.
"I love you….."
Cynder woke up, from her dream and sat straight up. She saw Spyro sitting beside her with his wing over her. She leaned in and nuzzled his well-built chest.
"Thank you Spyro." She said. He looked at her puzzled.
"For what?" he asked. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"For saving me again" She continued nuzzling him again. Spyro smiled and stroked the back of her head with his paw gently.
"I love you Cynder, with all my heart and soul." Spyro said with much confidence.
"I love you too Spyro…until the end of time?" She replied.
"Yes, forever…." He replied to her. They both embraced each with as much love as both of them could show each other. They locked their lips together in such a deep passion that no one could ever match it in a thousand years.
Just a few feet away Sniper was peaking around the corner smiling. He went back around the corner and sat down.
"Heh, young love, something I 'avent seen in a bloody long time." He said to himself. The Sniper tipped his hat down over his eyes and went to sleep to regain his energy for tomorrow's events.
Sorry this chapter took me so long and I want to thank all of you who have been sticking with me and my story since the beginning. Make sure to rate and review! Thank you, and good day.
