The Key to Dragons Chapter 10
BAM! The Golem slammed its hand onto the ground as Luke, Cynder, and Spyro jumped out of the way.
The hand remained there after the attack. Luke looked and remembered the pattern of the golem from earlier.
"Guys! Attack the hand!" Luke intoned. Spyro and Cynder attacked with Ice and Wind while Luke struck with a several hit combo before finishing the attack with a Magna Splash attack. The Golem brought its hand back in pain. Luke could tell it was working. The Golem reared its head back before unleashing a huge fire breath like attack on the trio.
"We're doomed!" Sparx said as the attack was about to be launched. Spyro and Cynder stood in the direct path of the blast.
"REFLEGA!" Luke said as he blocked the attack, jumping in the way of the streaming blast of fire. The fire easily gazed off of the sphere shape shaped shield with no damage done to them. Spryo and Cynder looked astonished at what Luke did.
"Nobody hurts my friends." He said as he dispersed the shield.
The Golem retaliated in a blind fury of rage. It punched again with Luke gracefully dodging it. Laughing to himself, he was making a game out of this.
Continuing on, he waited for the perfect opportunity. Right when the Golem punched he dodged the punch and only to have Cynder and Sparx attack it with Spyro freezing it with Cynder breathing a dark fire on it.
Luke got ready to attack but was stopped when he saw a dragon flying towards the Golem. The dragon was green and Luke knew instantly who it was.
"Terrador!" Luke yelled. The 4 looked as he then started spinning with his wings tucked over his head.
The Golem swiped and missed as it tried to fend off the dragon. BAM! Terrador crashed through the Golem's head and before flying back around strike again. Now flying straight, the Golem launched a huge fiery blast at the Dragon. Taking the blast head on he flew up before losing strength and falling towards the ground.
"Terrador!" Luke cried out in horror as he saw his friend fall.
"NO!" He yelled with tears streaming down his face. Luke looked back as he saw what had just happened.
"No! You were only trying to protect the ones you cared about and you failed. Now if I don't stop it we'll all die! I won't let him hurt anybody else! I.. I feel it slipping! Darkness! Darkness!" He kept repeating that word in his thoughts.
Luke could feel himself changing. He recognized that feeling anywhere. His body was steadily being forced onto all 4's, Black started to overwhelm his body, he steadily became more angry and hateful.
"No, why now! Not Now! Anytime but Now!" he cried.
Spyro and Cynder watched in fear as they saw the transformation taking place. Sparx cowered behind Spyro.
"What's happening to him?" Sparx asked.
Cynder knew exactly what was happening. Luke was being overtaken by Darkness.
"I never knew!" She said quietly.
"DARKNESS!" Luke intoned. He now was on all 4's like an animal. Black covered his entire body, claws extended from his hands, and he was now more nimble than ever before. He had entered Anti-Form.
Although this time it seemed much more powerful than when he did on Fastoon. As a matter of fact it was.
"HRRR!" Anti-Luke said as he charged the Golem. Anti-Luke jumped straight out off of the platform at the Golem. Luke latched onto the Golem's neck. Boom! A huge explosion got unleashed as Luke unleashed a pulsing Dark radiance of energy through the Golem's body. The Golem roared back in pain as it took damage from the attack.
Then before Anti-Luke could see it, the Golem grabbed Luke with its hand and threw him towards Spyro and the others. Luke crashed into the ground and laid there motionless.
"Luke!" Spryo cried as he ran up to him. Looking at him, they 2 dragons saw he was reverted back to normal and unconscious.
Ignitus then came flying down from the sky with fire flying from his mouth as it hit the Golem. The golem then turned as it took the attack. A crack formed on its head as it exposed the darkness emanating from the golem. Ignitus then came flying back around to unleash another attack but the golem was prepared this time.
Reaching out with its hand, it smashed Ignitus with his hand away from it. Ignitus then crashed down and into the city below.
"Ignitus." Spyro said as he saw his friend fall.
"We have to stop it. If we don't do something now it will destroy everything." Spyro said.
"Watch out!" Cynder warned calling out to him. Spyro barely dodged the fist in time with the Golem's hand being lodged into the ground.
Spyro noticed that this was their chance get a direct attack on the golem and finish it off.
"Follow me!" Spyro told Cynder. Doing so the 2 jumped onto the Golem's hand. The Golem then swung its hand up in the air violently with the Dragons on it.
"NOW!" Spyro commanded. The duo jumped up and landed on the upper forearm of the Golem.
Crawling up the arm they saw its other hand reaching for them. "Spyro!" Cynder warned Spyro. Fully aware to the attack, the duo launched themselves into the air out of the Golem's grip. Landing on the head, the Golem now realized what they were trying to do.
Spyro and Cynder jumped off above the head and were now gliding. Spyro and Cynder got into what appeared to be like a nose dive. The two started spinning together with their wings tucked over each other much like Terrador was doing earlier. "Draco Meteor!" The 2 intoned as the crashed towards the Golem. The Golem looked up just in time for the attack to crash into it.
CRASH! The broke straight through its head and brain with ease before breaking up and landing on the ground. They looked up and now saw the Golem was defeated. The Golem roared as it was now fatally wounded and dying.
"Grrrha!" The Golem roared. It then lost its grip and started falling towards the city below.
BANG! The monster hit the ground with an incredible force and stopped in its tracks. It not even moved. Looking down at the broken body. Spyro and Cynder could tell it was finally dead.
Sparx came out of hiding and looked at Spyro.
"YOU DID BROTHER! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY BEAT THAT GIANT FIREY FREAK!" Sparx cheered with an insightful happiness. Cynder gave Sparx an annoyed look.
"I helped too if you don't remember? Tinkerbell!" She said.
Sparx was about to open his mouth to say something but stopped as he heard a restless groan.
"Uh…" said a voice coming from behind the trio. Noticing his presence, Spyro turned around and saw that Luke was the one who had barked out of pain. Luke struggled as he got up before collapsing again to his knees.
"You okay?" Cynder asked as she rushed to Luke's side. Luke nodded his head back replying yes. The dragoness and dragon help Luke to his feet and helped him walk a little bit. Luke could tell by the way he was, he probably had some broken bones, a couple of bruised ribs, and maybe even a concussion. Although it didn't bother him to much since he could heal himself partially with a Potion.
"Sparx, reach into my back pocket and pull out a green bottle would you?" he asked. The dragonfly did as instructed and came flying out with a green bottle in his grasp.
"Here." He said letting Luke take grip of it. Luke took the Potion and threw it over his head. The mist descended down upon him before completely absorbing into his skin. Luke could feel the broken bones and ribs mending in his body. After healing the most serious injuries, Luke shifted his gaze to Spyro.
"You 3 did great." Luke said commending Spyro and Cynder's efforts. Luke heard the sound of wings beating. He could tell that one of dragons was awoken.
The quartet turned and could see that Ignitus was the one who was coming by. Spyro and the others walked up and saw the crimson scaled dragon.
"Ignitus." Spyro said with happiness as he lock sights with his friend. Spyro's eyes then started to get a little teary. After all, this had been the first time the 2 had seen each other in over 3 years.
Ignitus looked at Spyro with pride. "Young dragon, you never cease to amaze me." Spyro ran up to Ignitus and jumped into his grip. The 2 were holding each other tight. Spyro felt like he was hugging his father.
"We never lost hope that you would return. Ignitus made sure of that." Terrador said as he landed. Luke then looked at Terrador. He was relieved and happy at the same time.
"Terrador, you're okay. I was scared that you were dead." Luke said running up to the Earth Gaurdian.
"Terrador." He said hugging the closest friend he had at the time. Terrador returned the hug by putting a hand around him.
"Did you really think that would be killed that easily?" Terrador asked.
Luke smiled and savored the moment. Terrador was looking out for him like a big brother would. The 2 were very close.
Spyro and Ignitus then separated and Spyro looked down at the ground in shame.
"I should have come back sooner, I let you all down." He said as he blamed himself.
Ignitus looked down and put a paw on the dragon.
"Spyro, you've done more than what could be expected of a dragon your age." He said.
Spyro looked back up as looked cheered up a little bit.
"What matter's now is that you are here? And what's more is that you returned with your companions."
"Well it's not like I had much a choice in the matter." Cynder said coming up next to Spyro. "Seeing how we're stuck together."
"Well did you get Luke to try to-"
"I already tried that and the Keyblade wasn't able to unlock it. The force that's holding that lock is made out of pure Darkness." Luke said.
"Mason what do you make of this?" Ignitus asked a leading mole engineer.
The mole walked up to the necklace and inspected it. He touched it before looking at Ignitus.
"Never have I seen such a thing..." He said astonished. "It has the mark of evil."
"Likely crafted by Malefor himself." Ignitus concluded.
Luke laughed some to himself before explaining.
"Precisely Ignitus. It was and can only be unlocked by the Dark Master or one other thing that I have as it appears to be." Luke said.
"So you can remove it!" Cynder said with excitement.
Luke then shook his in a low regretful fashion.
"I could remove using the X-Blade but, the risk of doing so with the Keyblade powerful enough to unlock Kingdom Hearts could be too great. If it went to out of control, it could possibly kill you and Spyro." Luke said in disappointment.
"How can we be made to fight like this?" Spyro asked.
Luke then rebuked, "You 2 pulled off some cool moves with the combination of that necklace bounding you 2 together. In fact I think they're endless possibilities to the amount of Limit Breaks you 2 could perform with that."
"Luke's right you 2; you have done well thus far despite this. Do not view this chain as a hindrance, but as a reminder of the bond you 2 now share. Your destinies as well as Luke's are now intertwined, and that thought is a hopeful one." Ignitus said. Spyro, Cynder looked at each smiling before looking back at Luke.
Sparx floated next to Ignitus with his arms crossed. Ignitus looked at the small dragonfly and smiled.
Later that evening….
Spryo, Cynder, Luke, Hunter, Prowlus, Ignitus, Cyril, Volteer, Terrador, and other citizens were walking along the path to the temple to get ready to for Tomorrow.
"Momentum has swung to our side Ignitus. Perhaps this victory has marked a turning point in this war." Terrador said the Fire Gaurdian. Ignitus looked at Terrador.
"I'd like to believe that." He said uneasily.
Luke had a lot of thoughts racing through his head at the moment. Most importantly of all, Organization XIII.
"I forgot to tell you this earlier Ignitus. But what I've feared has just been confirmed to be true." Luke said to Ignitus.
Ignitus shrugged and looked at Luke with concerned. "The Organization is back and they're working with The Dark Master." Luke said.
Then before Ignitus could answer, a huge dark mist appeared in front of the group. The head of what appeared to be a dragon was in the mist. It was dark and by what Luke could tell evil. Luke had never seen him before but instantly knew who that was.
"Citizens of Warfang Congratulations!" said a Dark demonic sounding voice. "You shall be the first to witness the resurrection of the destroyer, and the end of the world."
"Malefor." Ignitus said shocked.
Luke was glaring down the face. "Now that just leaves…"
"You called for us." Said a faint voice in the distance.
"Look! Up there!" Cynder said pointing to the rooftop ahead of them.
Everybody looked up and saw a dark figure in a black cloak standing there. "It's him!" Luke said recognizing the Organization's Leader.
The figure raised its hands up in the air and 11 other dark portals appeared and revealed the 11 black coats.
Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril, Hunter, Prowlus, and Terrador all looked in utter shock.
Luke glared them down with hatred.
"Luke is that?" Sparx asked. Luke turned his head nodding before looking back up.
"Organization XIII!" Luke yelled out. "Why are you working with the Dark Master when your goal to get your hearts is complete?" Luke demanded.
"Oh my, I thought we could be friends." The voice said.
"Can it Xemnas, I don't take to the sides of the antagonists really easily." Luke intoned.
"Either way, you all are going to witness the birth of a new world. With this one's destruction. Just try and stop it." said another voice that sounded more surfer dude than the other one before. The group of black coats then disappeared with The Dark Master Shadow as well. The ground started shaking and Luke could barely keep his balance.
"Let's go to the ramparts! Quickly!" Terrador ordered. Luke tried getting up and saw a chunk of building falling towards him.
"NO!" he said in fear. Closing his eyes and expecting to die, he saw that he was in fact being carried by Terrador in his tight grip.
"Thank you Terrador!" he said to the elder.
"I don't think I could stand to live with myself if I ever saw you get killed. You're like my son after all." Terrador replied.
The Earth Gaurdian landed at the Ramparts with Luke in his hold. Luke was on Terrador's back riding as he looked out at the Volcano in the distance. The Volcano was erupting with intense fury and rage. There was a huge belt of fire surrounding the erupting Volcano like a shield. Then as it seemed to die some, a huge creature could be seen crawling out of it.
"By our ancestors, what is that?" Ignitus said in shock. Luke shook in fear but didn't show.
"Out of all the monsters I have ever fought, that is even bigger than that torrent I fought in Axiom City on Planet Terachnos." Luke said to himself under his breath.
"The Destroyer has commenced its journey to form the ring of annihilation. Once complete, the Belt of Fire will spread across the surface of this world, completely destroying everything in the process. There will be no escape."
"The Destroyer, but that's impossible." Terrador said uneasily. Luke shivered at the sight of it. Of course he had the keyblade but, he was nothing in size compared to the destroyer.
"Ignitus, I don't understand." Spyro said looking at Ignitus.
"The ancients believe that the Destroyer brings about a new world."
"See that doesn't sound so bad, right?" Sparx asked Ignitus.
"By issuing its destruction." Ignitus finished.
"Oh."
Terrador was having a hard time tracking the creature with his vision. "The Beast moves to quickly, to set out in pursuit would be useless." Terrador said.
"Then we shall wait for it to come back and intercept it before it completes it circles. We must pass underground without Malefor knowing the city has been left unguarded. Besides it's our only hope of getting into position in time." Ignitus explained.
"You got that everyone. We will depart for the tunnel tomorrow morning, at the brink of dawn. For right now, you all need some well deserved rest in order to prepare for battle tomorrow."
"Understood." Cynder and Spyro said back.
Back at the Temple that night….
Luke lay down in Terrador's room next to him.
"That was quite the battle today wasn't it?" Luke said to the Green Dragon. Terrador curled up around Luke.
"It was quite a battle. I'm proud of you Luke. You did a great job completing your quest." Terrador encouraged him. Luke took it in and thanked him.
"It wasn't just me that did it all. Spyro and Cynder were the ones that deserve the spotlight." He said back.
"Either I'm just glad to be near you again, son. I'm glad I got to meet you Luke. You taught me what it feels like to have a child. I've never been the same after I met you. And, I love you son."
Luke felt easy. He now had 3 caring and loving fathers. Alister, his birth father, and Terrador. Of course it didn't matter to him. He had family here too and he took pride in that.
"I love you too Dad." He said back.
"Goodnight." Luke said.
"Goodnight little one." Terrador said.
Luke fell asleep easily under the wing of Terrador that night. Although he was going to meet somebody in his dreams that he probably never would expect to find.