Hey everyone, sorry for the wait! A combination of me being busy and the holidays were the reasons for the delay!
Now our two favorite dragons have to fight the golem...again. Several of you have said this part sucks. You know what, you're right...
It didn't take Spyro and Cynder long to eat and get back to the PS2. For some reason, they just had to keep playing. It was just that exciting.
"Thanks for not touching it, you guys!" Cynder said.
"No problem," said Hunter, who shot Sparx a look. "I need to speak with the elders, so I'll leave you for now."
"Are you going to tell them about this?" Spyro asked. "I'm not sure they would approve."
"No, I won't."
"What are you looking at me for?" Sparx asked. They were all shooting him the look. "Ok...maybe I told Hunter, but still..."
Hunter left the three alone.
"Ok, now what?" Spyro asked.
"Let's see if this game can refresh our memories," Cynder said. They resumed from their last cutscene.
Game Spyro and Cynder were relieved at their victory.
Mole: They're retreating!
The army was being forced back. The Elders are fighiting them off with their powers. Spyro, Cynder, and Hunter go and observe the scene.
Hunter: This is odd.
Cynder: Why are they retreating when they were so close to taking the city?
Sparx: 'Why are they retreating when they're so' Who cares?
Hunter: I feel it too. Something's not right.
Spyro: They're turning around! Look!
Spyro and Cynder looked at each other in horror. "Oh...no!" they both said in unison.
"What?" Sparx asked.
"You don't remember," Spyro said.
"No."
"Watch," Cynder said.
Out of the depths of the earth, the golem reappared. The look of horror on Spyro's face says it all. It let out a mighty roar and had it's sights set on Warfang.
"Ooooooohhhhh!" Sparx exclaimed. "I'm gonna hide behind you guys now!"
Sparx: Hush little baby...don't say a word. Mommy's gonna buy you...a big monster wants to kill me.
Spyro and Cynder could only grin and shake their heads at the dragonfly.
"What? I bet you it wasn't funny then!" Sparx yelled.
The golem dived underground towards the city. The earth quakes beneath the city.
Cynder: It's in the earth beneath us! All of you run! Run!
The moles retreat at the golem's presence. It emerges in the middle of Warfang and begins to wreak havoc. It also uses some of the city walls to remake it's arm and hand.
The four elder dragons are flying in the sky, planning their attack.
"Hey! Hey! The big guys make an appearance too! Cool!" Sparx said.
"Sparx!" Cynder yelled.
"What?"
Spyro looked and saw Ignitus for the first time on the television screen since his death. He looked down in sadness.
Cynder took his hand. "Are you ok?"
Spyro shook his head no. "This is going to be hard."
"I know."
Soon Spyro heard Ignitus's voice for the first time since they had defeated Malefor.
Ignitus: Cyril! The city is burning! See what you can do about it! Volteer! Try to distract it's vision! Terrador, follow me! We'll attack it head on!
The Elders sprang into action. It shifted back to their game counterparts.
Hunter: Spyro, Cynder. Go and find shelter, leave us to deal with this.
"Some faith in us," Sparx said. "Although why couldn't we have hidden then? That thing scared the crap out of me!"
Spyro had a look of determination in his eyes. He wasn't going to run.
Cynder: What are we going to do?
Sparx: What do you mean 'What are we going to' Didn't you just hear Hunter?
Spyro: We're not leaving! We can stop this!
"At least this time we won't actually fight it," Spyro said. "Thank the ancestors!"
"Sparx, will you ever stop mimicking me?" Cynder asked.
"Ehh....nah!"
"You're a jerk!"
"Love me or hate me!"
The first thing they had to face was several axe-wielding enemies. Spyro and Cynder found them slightly more difficult than grublins. They used mainly poison and fire bombs on them, taking them out quicker.
"Look out for their axes!"
"Right!"
"Whoa!" The golem's tail had come out of nowhere and had slammed into them, causing their characters damage.
"Watch out!" Cynder yelled.
"I don't remember this many enemies," Spyro said.
"It must be a part of the game," Cynder said. "We would've been done by now if there were less."
"True."
Wave after wave came after them, but they managed to defeat them all. They pushed down the bridge and moved foward. One of the Elders greeted them.
Cyril: Spyro! This way quickly! Or ignore me at your own peril, whatever.
"Whatever you say big man!" Sparx yelled.
From out of nowhere, the golem's tail swooped down on Spyro and Cynder. Luckily, Cyril used his ice power to slow it down and allowing them to move on. Unfortunately, the tail eventually stuck the Elder, sending him into the courtyard.
"Ooo," Sparx exclaimed. "That's gotta hurt!"
"They sure took a beating!" Spyro said.
Their game characters expressed concern, but they had to move forward. Another Elder, Volteer, came to their aid.
Volteer: Hold on! I'll get you out of there.
He flew around golem, trying to distract it.
To their dismay, another wave of axe-wielders attacked Spyro and Cynder. Once again, they used their powers (electricity and fear) to take them down quickly. They also had to use physical attacks to preserve mana.
Spyro and Cynder were deep in concentration, which they needed to do.
"Man, you guys are in the zone," Sparx said. He waved his hand in front of Spyro's face.
"Sparx! Stop! You're gonna get me killed!"
"Wow..."
After several waves, the door blocking their was blasted down. Game Volteer was to thank for that.
Spyro: Volteer! Their characters hustled up to him.
Again, the tail of the golem swooped down and knocked over another building, which almost landed on the game dragons.
"Is it just me or does that tail have a mind of it's own?" Cynder asked.
"If it did, we probably would be dead," Spyro said.
Game Spyro then exclaimed that they had to hustle forward in order to save the inhabitants. The real ones couldn't agree more. After a quick save, they moved forward.
This time, the golem itself stood in their way.
"Oh crap! Here we go again!" Spyro yelled. He clung his controller hard.
"I'm going to enjoy this the second time around," Cynder said.
"How are you guys gonna beat that thing?" Sparx said with his body trembling.
"Same as last time, aim for the crystals..." Spyro said.
They made their characters fly one level upwards. The hand that still had crystals flung down into the ground, barely missing the game dragons.
"Hit it!" Spyro said. Their characters beat up on it until the golem retreated. It kept coming with that hand, with Spyro and Cynder having to dodge it. Whenver it was down, they wailed on the crystalized hand. Eventually it was stunned, and it lowered it's head.
"Quick, we have to attack it's head like before!" Cynder yelled.
"Right behind you!" Spyro replied. They fhurried and flew upwards to the next level and wailed on the crystal on the right side. When it was destroyed, the golem wailed in pain.
Unfortunately, it wasn't done yet. As it was about to strike once more, the Elder Terrador came to Spyro and Cynder.
Terrador: Look out!
Terrador curled into an earth missle and flung himself through the throat of the golem, causing it great damage. Unfortunately, the golem answered back with its fire blast. Terrador fell from the sky, with Spyro and Cynder watching in horror.
"Ouch," Cynder said.
"Terrador is pretty tough, he can take a lot," Spyro said. "All right, let's keep going Cynder!"
"Ok."
The next part of the battle began. The golem's fire breath blew the dragons backwards, but they managed to hold there ground and stay on the level. It tried to slam into them once more, but the game dragons dodged again.
"You want some more?" Cynder yelled. She and Spyro pounded on it's crystalized hand once more. They kept up the same strategy and waited for it to attack with it's hand, fighting back when it landed.
"Wow, this doesn't look that hard!" Sparx said.
"It's nowhere near as hard, in fact it's kind of easy when you think about it!" Spyro said to Sparx.
Like before, the golem lowered it's head after enough damage had been done.
"Go, go, go!" Cynder exclaimed. They hustled up and pounded on the crystal on the left side of the golem's head. When it was destryoed, the golem retreated upwards.
"Aww...running away?" Sparx said. "Get em guys!" Spyro and Cynder moved their characters up the vines to the side after it, moving to a cutscene.
At the top of the building, Ignitus swooped down to help Spyro and Cynder. He blasted fire at the golem and dark sparx began to fly out of it. Ignitus charged again. This time, the golem used it's buidling arm to attack. Ignitus wasn't ready and was hit hard, sending him hurtling to the ground. Game Spyro looked on in horror.
"Ignitus...," Spyro said with his head down.
"He'll feel that one tomorrow," Sparx said.
Spyro: It's up to us, if we don't stop it now it'll destroy everything!
Cynder: Alright! I'm with you!
Sparx: Why? Why do I keep going along with this?
Cynder looked at Spyro. "I'm with you once more, you ready?"
"I was born ready." Spyro and Cynder held each other's hand for a moment, then gripped their controllers hard.
"Now what?" Sparx asked.
"We use the same strategy," Spyro said. "Attack the hands."
"This thing's going down!" Cynder exclaimed.
The golem attacked with both hands this time, but they could still hit the bare hand.
"Be careful now!" Sparx said.
"We will!"
Like before, their characters had to dodge it's attacks. When they could, they landed a few hits on the golem's hands, steadily lowering it's health.
"We have to be patient," Cynder said.
"Right." There were a couple of times where their heatlh was dangerously low, but they got their characters to the red crystal in time.
Soon, it got to a point where the golem fell back, then forward. A circle flashed on the screen.
"Now what?" Cynder asked.
"I got it." Spyro pressed it and both of their characters were on it's arm.
The scene cut to where it flung them, but they both pressed the button in time to where they hung on. Then, the golem tried to ram them into a wall, but again they were ready and pressed another button in order to avoid. Finally, their characters ran up it's arm, then pressing several more buttons to get on it's head.
"Press that one, hurry!" Spyro said.
"I'm trying, i'm trying," Cynder replied. They the square button hard enough to bust it open a rock on it's head, revealing the crystals beneath.
"Nice work," Sparx said.
"We're not done yet." Neither was the golem.
Not only did they now have to dodge it's arms, but several comet like shards coming from it's head. After a quick healing, Spyro and Cynder prepared for the final wave.
"Let's finish him off!" Spyro yelled.
"He's going down!" Cynder added.
Again, they waited patiently, applying blows to both arms while steadily lowering it's health. The next several minutes were hard pressed.
"Just a few more shots..." Cynder said.
"Come on..." Spyro said. They were hammering their controllers so hard that they got wet from the sweat.
"Don't die on me, Spyro!"
"You too, Cynder!"
After what felt like forever, it finally put it's hand down for good.
"One more time!" Sparx yelled. "Take it down!"
Game Spyro and Cynder once again were led by their counterparts throught the interactable cutscene.
"He's not actually falling for it again, is he?" Sparx asked.
Once they destroyed the crystal on it's forehead, it was all over.
"Yes!" Spyro and Cynder fell backward from exhaustion. Even though they hadn't actually fought the golem again, it had still taken a lot of effort to beat it again in the game.
"You did great, Cynder!"
"You too, Spyro!" They shared a quick kiss before the next cutscene.
The golem let out one final howl before plummeting to the ground in defeat. The moles gazed at it's dead body in shock
"See ya!" Sparx yelled. "And stay down!" Spyro and Cynder rolled their eyes.
Spyro and Cynder looked down from above in victory. Spyro then turned around and saw the Elders come.
Spyro: Ignitus
Ignitus: Young dragon, you never cease to amaze me. (Spyro looked down in agony once more.)
Terrador: We never lost hope you would return. Ignitus made sure of that.
Spyro: I should have come back sooner. I let you all down. But that won't happen again.
Ignitus: Spyro, you've done more than anyone could expect of a dragon your age. What matters now is that you're here, and what's more, you've returned with your companions.
Cynder: Well, it's not I've really had much of a choice in this matter, seeing as how we're stuck together.
The chain glowed on Spyro and Cynder's necks.
Ignitus: Interesting. This device is foreign to me. Mason, what do you make of this?
The mason looked it over. 'Never have I seen such a thing. It has the mark of evil.
Ignitus: Likely crafted by Malefor himself. I fear that we shall not be able to remove it.
Cynder: What?! But there has to be a way!
Spyro: How can we fight back if we're made to fight like this?
Ignitus: Spyro, Cynder you've done well to make it this far. Despite this... Do not view this chain as a hindrance. ("He's talking you you Cynder!" Sparx said. "Shut up!" she replied.) but allow it to reminder of the bond you two share. Your destinies are now intertwined. And that thought as a hopeful one!
Spyro and Cynder looked at each other. Ignitus then shot a look at a not so happy Sparx.
"Cynder, it wasn't that bad was it?" Spyro asked. "Being chained together."
"Well...let's just say you're the only person who I'd want to be chained too."
"But at the time..."
"I was shocked, Spyro. I knew that you'd continue on to your destiny, I just didn't figure I'd be apart of it."
"I...I understand."
"Spyro, I'm not saying I didn't care for you then."
"I know you did."
"Do you think Ignitus knew that we loved each other?"
"I don't know, maybe. He knew we cared about each other, that I know for sure"
"Aww...enough with the sap talk!" Sparx said. "I want to see more action!"
"Sparx...," Spyro said coldly.
"What?"
He and Cynder shook their heads at him. Then again, they did want to continue as well...
WHEW! What a long chapter! Anyone who read through that i give props to. I need a break....
Next time, our heroes will relive the ruins...oh joy...