5 days have passed since the battle at Mount Malefor, the City of Warfang and it's citizens were all trying to get used to idea of 'Apes' being within the city. None agreed or liked the idea of it, they wanted them out or either dead.
Most of the UNSC Personal were still in Warfang's Infirmary recovering from the most recent fight. Most of them have healed very well but not all were so lucky. Among the UNSC Forces there was 18 KIA, 15 of them were killed at the battle of Mount Malefor while the rest died in the Infirmary from blood loss or of their wounds.
The soldiers that were released soon after during that 5 day period went with The Captain and talked to the Guardians about there reservations in this city. Surprisingly it was actually going very well.

Spyro did not like this at all, he became rude and hateful to The Captain and to whoever that was 'human'. He even said things that no one heard him say before, this shocked everyone yet worried them greatly. He even took a violent actions to some of the straying UNSC Personal which led to other populace to do the same. This was not good for anybody that had affiliation with the human forces. Some dragons were injured when they did this which led to the populace to think things, like that newly apes attacked them. Rumors and stories filled the city, no UNSC Personal were safe alone or without a proper guard unit yet it didn't matter.

The Captain and Lt. Martinez worked out a place for everyone to stay. They soon found a part of the city that was demolished and abandoned, Only 21 buildings remained. Most were small, about the size of a small house or a small apartment complex. 6 of the those 21 buildings however where very large.
One looked like a hanger area which would be good for vehicles and supplies. Now as for the other buildings there will become an armory, communication center, war room, and a HQ.
They even had the idea to combine some of the buildings to make a more efficient enough base, the rest of the buildings will become barracks however. They even had many tents and recon buildings that they brought with them to use as well along with large amounts of equipment.

They decided to start moving equipment there once they made the deal. They were happy that they are staying inside a fortress city but the populace did not like them one bit. This place may be heavy protection but it wasn't exactly safe at all.

The Guardians did not get a reply back from the Candidate of Convexity yet which worried them slightly. This particular Dragon knew things about the Convexity and Darkness that most dragons and even Cynder couldn't know what he knows, all except for Malefor of course. He wasn't an ally at the beginning of the war either but defected later on. He still hasn't been forgiven by the people but the Guardians have, like they did for Cynder but he was willingly to join Malefor back in the war though.

-Warfang Main Infirmary-

The Infirmary was dark and silent, the only activity inside Mole nurses, doctors, and a few UNSC Medics and Corpsman. One of the nurses was checking 116 for any new wounds or if he was stable. She moved 116's head around for that wound he received on his head from the Captain knocking him out days before. To her surprise It was gone like it never happened but she wanted to be sure. She saw a little slit in the back of his head and out of curiosity she reached for it. Suddenly 116 jumped up with a gasp and grabbed her arm nearly crushing it. He was sweating and wide eyed as if he had a nightmare.
She cried out in surprise and pain, everyone snapped towards the source of the sound. 116 was sitting straight up breathing heavily, not realizing his actions. He looked around confused, he did not recognize the surrounding area but he saw some of his men and women bandaged up and resting. Some were awake and looking right dead at him like they have seen a ghost. 116 heard some whimpers, he looks over to see that he was crushing a Mole Nurses wrist, he let goes.
"I'm so sorry madam...I had one heck of nightmare...I didn't hurt you did I?" he asked concernedly, he really hoped he didn't hurt her. She suddenly ran out of the infirmary crying her eyes out. Some of the other nurses ran out after her. All eyes were set on him and he felt it. He looked at everyone in the room and they all quickly went about with their own business again.

'Hmmm I don't see Cynder, guess she recovered' He said to himself hoping he was right. 116 was still in his armor from what he see, he looked for his helmet. He saw it, it was on the nearby counter. 'How in the hell is this bed holding my weight' He said looking underneath his bed to see lots of stone reinforcements, he smiled 'oh...that's how'.
He continued to look around, he found where Private Janson was, he was sound asleep in a bed but with a massive cast on his leg. 116 wondered what happened to him till he saw something out of the corner of his eye. When he looked his heart was practically broken, Body Bags and many of them.
This struck him hard, he didn't want another death on this world but with this being such a hostile place, he expected something like this was going to continue happening.

"Are you alright Sir" A Corpsman said coming up to him. 116 looked at him but before he could say anything he saw that the soldier had a bandage around his neck, his wrist was also in a cast.
"Yeah I'm fine but how did you get those wounds" he asked the Corpsman. He wanted to smack himself for even asking that question because he already knew.
"Oh these sir...I got a broken wrist from the Volcano Battle and this gash on my neck from being hit by a flying human body in courtyard in this city" he said with a chuckle but he was clearly still in pain and didn't like remembering it.
"Why are you still on duty?"
"I wanted to be on duty sir...I begged the Captain to be on duty...it's my job to help and treat others. And since this is a first contact situation, we have to act our best and do our best to have a good impression Sir" he said with an enthusiastic way.
116 nodded and patted him on the shoulder with a smile "Well carry on Corpsman" he said to the him, the Corpsman smiled. He went back to whatever duties he was doing before. 116 sat there looking around some more until he found Six's body. He was lying on the bed still in his armor on a nearby table with lots of extra supports. 116 stood up and walked over to Six, he looked down on the Spartan 3.
116 moved his head slightly and looked in ports of his helmet, no holo-chip was seen. 116 was shocked to see that Athena was not in there. He looked around anxiously, worried to death.

"You looking for her aren't you" a unknown but familiar voice said. 116 turned around to see that it was The Captain standing with a Holo-Chip in his hand. 116 smiled at The Captain and he chuckled in the response. He threw the holo-chip to him, he caught it. He looked at it for sometime, it was in good shape.
"So do you want a report Sir" he asked 116, 116 just nodded as he got up and grabbed his helmet. The Captain walked up to him, snapped to attention, and gave him a salute. 116 went to attention and returned it, after that they both went back down from the salute.
"As you were Captain, Report!" he said to The Captain in a military manner.
"Sir! We have reservations for everyone thanks to the Guardians and we have already move a quarter of the supplies to our Vacation Home, you where also taking a nap for 5 days and-"he paused and swallowed " I have to sadly report that that we had 18 KIA" he said and this nearly tore a hole into the Spartans body on how he felt with just hearing it "but that is not the only thing Sir...for some odd reason 5 of those listed KIA are missing" 116 looked at him sternly.
"What! Where are they Captain" He said very seriously to the Captain. The Captain kept a straight face but he didn't like these kind of moments.
"We don't know Sir...they disappeared when you had that fight between Noble 6 Sir!", 116 remembered now, the fight he had with Noble 6. Six nearly killed him but something happened, he could not remember what it was either which slightly confused him.
"Is that all Captain"?
"Um no Sir..." he sighs "there was an incident with some of the populace...well actually three of them".
"What kind of problems are you talking about"?
"Well Sir...the populace throwed stones at some of our troops and injuries were small but what happened next was bad...some of the dragon populace attacked them claiming that they are Apes and should be killed on site...that led to nearly three KIA Civilian Combatants...and that dragon 'Spyro'-was the cause of it" He said, 116 instantly knew Spyro was going to be one hell of a problem.
"116 I think that's enough to report for now Captain...I'd like to finish moving all our equipment to the place we are all staying at. Our Vacation Home you put it" he said putting his helmet on. Everything came up and showed his armor specs, everything was green yet it some to be a bit buggy. "Oh captain...do you know where the dragoness 'Cynder' is...did she recover alright" he asked the Captain. He wanted to go find Cynder and apologize to her about their first contact situation and how it went wrong.
"Sir she was not let out yet...She is still out cold." he said pointing at a shut curtain room. 116 looked at it and sighed, he walk inside the curtain room. He saw Cynder on the bed, 116 knew this was not natural for anything to be out this long, he was highly worried that she was in a coma. He walked out back to where the Captain was.
The Captain nodded and he turned around walking down the halls to exit the infirmary. 116 looked at Athena's chip, he just looked at it. He inserted the chip into his helmet ports and he felt the familiar cold rush to his spine.
"It's good to be back" Athena said happily.
"It's nice to have you back...I hoped you liked your break" he said with a smile.
"Uh yeah I had a wonderful time" she said sarcastically "I was stuck with Martinez and the Captain worrying about you, 115 and Noble Six as well" Her image came on his HUD, it wasn't a pleasing look "Don't you ever worry me like that ever again! Don't you dare do it again!" she said sternly. 116 just stayed silent, he wasn't going to say a word. "Oh, you didn't know what I recorded in his blood and brain levels...beyond a humans I know that" she said being loud but concerning.
"What do you mean...we got another Section 35663 or something different?"
"Maybe or something different...something we never encountered before. Have you asked 'Him' about this yet or has he been silent as a mouse the entire time?"
"Yeah he has been quiet...I will ask him later. We have stuff to do at the moment."
"Yeah...stuff to do" she said being a smart-ass. 116 was not angry at her, she had the right to act this way. He feared that Six would become a something else. 116 looks over to the same Corpsman that asked him if he was ok.
"Hey Corporal!" he called him seeing his rank on his armor, he ran over to 116 "I want you to keep your eye on that Dragoness 'Cynder', 115, and Six...make sure they get very good care. Call me if anything happens ok...this is your mission and no one can tell you different ok...you're in charge of them" he said to the Corpsman handing his com code which only few ever got.
"Yes Sir I Will!" he said but before he took off he said "Oh and Sir...115 is in that room over there, he is doing very well...I will say give him a few days he will be out but it will be a week for him to actually going back to full combat duty. The Corpsman took off to Six and checked him.

116 looked over at the room the Corpsman pointed out. He walked over to it and looked inside. He saw 115 with the entire top part of his armor off including the black suit underneath. He had slight red on his bandages covering his entire chest, 116 suddenly remembered that Six repeatedly punch 115 in his wound including his body when he had no chest armor on.
He nodded at his friend laying on the bed and walked out of the infirmary. He felt so helpless but he kept his hopes high for his friends. The Captain stood outside waiting inside of a LRV Warthog. The LRV, or the Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, it was a lighter and faster variant to the FAV (Force Application Vehicle or Fast Attack/Assault Vehicle). 116 prefered the LRV more then the FAV but whatever worked was used.

He climbed right in the Hog and they both took off. It was early in the morning and no one was walking about except for Mole guards and maybe some civilians. They were at awe at the sight of the vehicles. The sun wasn't even up yet but the sky was its blue color which made twilight in the sky.
116 knew that pollution wasn't a heavy worry for them being here due to clean tech; Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Nuclear, and Fusion Rectors supplying worlds but there still was pollution in many cases. He was glad this world is not going through the same problems of some worlds that are really in bad condition.

It was not even 10 minutes later when they entered the central plaza were everything of theirs was. All vehicles except for some warthogs were there. There was many mole guards to keep any sneaky hands from taking anything of importance. There was 9 soldiers standing amongst all the equipment, 2 of them were ODST.
They were all talking to a big yellow dragon and a smaller dragoness. 116 knew them both and he was glad to see him than the other Guardians, Cyril was too high of himself while Terrador was a complete rock-head.
116 liked Volteer when he was quiet like everyone else did. The Dragoness was Katrina, she was what to be said as a Storm dragon, a rare species wielding the abilities of storms. From what he heard they can use 2-4 elements at once which is rare for dragons. He respected them, they were actually very understanding then most others in this city.

The Hog stopped and they both hoped out. Everyone was happy that 116 was back on his feet. Everyone cheered and 116 smiled underneath his helmet at the site. Volteer saw him and smiled at him. He rushed over with Katrina following behind him. 116 was now going to get a mouthful now from Volteer. He wished Volteer had a turn off button so bad right now.

-back at the infirmary-

Private Janson was wide awake, he looked around to make sure no one was looking. He slowly got up and place his hands on his leg. He whispered some words as his hands slightly glowed. After ten seconds he stopped and laid back down. He looked back around to make sure no one was looking again and surly enough no one saw. He smiled as his leg slowly began to heal at a faster rate. He decided to do this once every few hours so he can get the heck outta there.
Many things crossed his mind but one name hit the top, "Spyro". He disliked him like a fiery passion, he wanted to get back at him for what he had done. He was even thinking of a way to get him back for this. He smiled as he thought of many ways about it. He suddenly sighed in sadness at his old memories of his past. He shed one tear and he didn't even realize it.