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Spyro and Cynder both exited the cave. Once they left the cave Spyro got a strange sense of relief over him but it was accompanied by a terrible cutting pain from his back from the cuts made by the spikes.

"Gah!" Spyro yelled into the air and then collapsed onto the ground from the pain. Cynder caught him just before he hit the ground. She lifted him back up until he stood on his own again.

"Are you alright Spyro?" She asked with a worried face. He gave a nod as an answer and they kept on walking until the cave was out of sight. Spyro soon started running despite the pain and Cynder was having a hard time keeping up. He now had a fueled hatred for Escora from capturing Cynder and causing him so much trouble. Cynder now looked even more worried than ever.

"Spyro, are you sure you're alright? You don't look like your normal self." Cynder stated. Spyro glanced at her quickly before turning away.

"I am going to find him and kill him!" Spyro said. He added emphasis on the last part and Cynder took a step back when he said it. Spyro soon ran off as if Cynder wasn't even there. Something was different about Spyro and she didn't know if she liked it.

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Meanwhile Ignitus, Sparx, and the warriors had been looking all over for Spyro. They were starting to get very doubtful as to whether or not he survived. Thalus looked over to Ignitus once they landed somewhere in the forest.

"Ignitus, I know that Spyro is a good friend of yours but it has been hours and we have seen no sign of him. Chances are that Escora got to him. Heck, at this point he could be anywhere. He might have even made it as far as our… Oh no." Thalus paused with a look of horror on his face. Then he hit himself in the head.

"Ugh! Why didn't I think of that before?! I know where Escora is heading. He is going to our spaceships!" Thalus exclaimed. Both Sparx and Ignitus had a puzzled look on their faces. What was a spaceship?

"If he reaches them, he could leave the planet and escape to wreak havoc! We have got to find him." Thalus continued. Ignitus shook his head at this.

"No. We need Spyro so he can fulfill his destiny! We need to-" Ignitus was cut off by Thalus.

"Ignitus! Face it! He's dead. Right now we need your help to find and capture him before he can crack the coded password and activate our ships." Ignitus closed his eyes tightly and looked down. He couldn't convince Thalus so he decided to go with him. They flew off toward where the spaceships had landed. They passed over several clearings including the one where the warriors first found them. Ignitus looked down at this spot in memory and it was because of that he spotted something moving down there. It was small but its unique color made it visible.

That color was purple.

"Spyro? Spyro!" Ignitus yelled with excitement as he had found the young dragon. Altanius had also seen the purple dragon and he dove down to get him.

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Spyro spotted the flying party up above him and he saw several of them come down to meet him just as Cynder finally caught up with him. Soon they all landed down in front of him.

"You're alive!" Sparx yelled in happiness. Thalus walked over to him and kneeled down in front of him.

"Spyro, I am pleased to see that you managed to beat Escora at his own game but we have to get moving. I have a plan to capture him but it will require all of your cooraporation. You see, we had this plan from the beginning but it wouldn't work unless we got help. We are going to make a portal from your world to our world. We will need to get Escora into this portal but in order to make it we need time. I need you all to distract Escora and fight him until the portal is ready. Can you manage that?" Thalus explained. Spyro simply nodded his head for a yes.

"Very well. There is no time to lose!" Thalus said as he jumped up and flew back towards the group of spaceships.

It took them a while to get there but once they did, they found that Escora hadn't reached them yet. All of the warriors breathed a sigh of relief. They could set up the portal without Escora attacking them. They all got to their positions and they took out some odd looking devices. They then took out a sharp looking blue crystal each and they inserted it into their devices. Once they did though, all three of the spaceships exploded in a deadly spray of smoke, fire, and shrapnel. Out of the smoke Escora jumped onto Thalus and punched him into the dirt.

"Remember the plan!" Altanius said as Escora attacked the warriors viciously. Spyro charged for Escora, fueled by his anger. Escora smiled as Spyro got closer to him. He jumped and breathed a shadow beam on top of him. It missed but only by inches and it caused the ground next to him to explode and it showered him in small rocks. As he looked up he saw Escora's fist approaching him quickly but that was when Thalus came in with his glaive and swung it at Escora. He was hit down to the side. Ignitus then released a fireball that exploded near Escora and he was again tossed aside. Escora got up and brought two separate shadows to his hands and formed swords. He then charged at Ignitus swing the swords madly. Meanwhile the warriors had finished setting up the strange devices.

"Keep it going just a little longer! It will take some time for the portal to fully charge." Thalus yelled over the sounds of the battle. Escora glared at him.

"A portal huh? Is that the best you can do?" Escora questioned menacingly. He then focused his attack on Thalus. He took out his glaive and demonstrated his fighting skills on Escora. He managed to dodge almost every one of Escora's strikes with his shadow swords. Escora then used his shadow beam and knocked Thalus off of his feet. He took Thalus's glaive and was about to plunge it into his heart. Cynder saw this and she ran as fast as she could and jumped towards Escora. He curved forward in the air until her scythe tail tip was in front of her. She continued to fly through the air forward until the blade plunged itself into Escora's neck until it pierced out the other end. Escora screamed in agony. He immediately grabbed Cynder by the tail and ripped her out of his neck and threw her as hard as he could into a tree. Spyro's eyes widened in shock as he saw this happen.

"Cynder!" He yelled as he ran over to her. Escora took advantage of this and used his telekinesis to pick up a large rock and he threw that at Spyro. It hit his back and shattered on it. Spyro collapsed behind Cynder. Altanius then threw three throwing starts at Escora. He turned around just in time to see them slash across his chest. He fell down to his knees. Behind him the portal began to come to life. It looked like a blue tornado but it wasn't strong enough alone to suck him in. Thalus got up, picked up his glaive, and stabbed it through Escora's left wing. Escora got up and pulled it out. Ignitus came in and did something new. He breathed out a then stream of magma and severely burned Escora. Both Spyro and Cynder Got up in time to see Escora struggling against the horrible numbers of his enemies. He did get up and created a wave of dark energy that threw Ignitus back several yards before he noticed that both of the young dragons were still alive.

After seeing Escora attack Ignitus again Spyro charged with anger and this time he didn't hold back. He fired an earth shot to knock Escora off his feet, followed by several aerial melee moves. He pulled him down to earth with a lightning strike and then finished it with a rather large fireball. When all the dust cleared Escora was beaten. In the fury of the assault his left leg had been cut off, his right shoulder was crushed, his left wing was just dangling from a little skin and muscle and he had large gnashes all over his body. His body began to get sucked in by the portal. Spyro only watched but then a large shadow hand reached out from Escora and grabbed Spyro. He was pulled in until he was in the grasp of Escora's real hand.

"If.. I'm going to die… I am… taking you with me!" Escora yelled. The warriors rushed to see if they could deactivate the portal but once they got to the devices making it they were each shocked as purple electric arks snapped at each one of them. Escora laughed while he was coughing up blood. Spyro tried to free himself but he was to weak from his last assault to free himself. Escora's foot got inside the portal. Then his leg. Spyro was inching closer to what looked like his doom. Escora only tightened his grip on him with the last of his strength. Spyro looked back at the world just as Cynder flew in and grabbed him and successfully pulled him away.

"Nooooo! *cough*" Escora screamed as the last of his body was taken by the portal. Spyro weakly smiled as Cynder carried him to the ground.

"We're even." She said with a smile. The three warriors jumped into the portal. Thalus stopped just short of it and looked back at Ignitus, Spyro, Cynder, and Sparx.

"Thank you for your help." He said just before jumping in himself. After he went in the portal closed and Spyro collapsed on the ground from tiredness. Just before he fell asleep he weakly said something to himself.

"Your welcome." And with than his eyes closed.

A/N Well that's the end of it. I hope you liked it!