Yes, I know, sorry that I posted this so late today, I'm a terrible person. Enjoy.
Ellie arrived at Isaac's location with Cynder and saw the terrible destruction of the area; there were several dozen casualties from mostly the fires and being crushed by falling rubble. Any survivors that were found were either escorted to a safe area by the city's guards or needed to be medically evacuated. Ellie rushed over to Isaac, who was crouched by an Earth dragon and was applying pressure to a large hole in the middle of her neck, likely because of a sharp board that impaled her. "What do you need me to do?" Ellie asked.
Isaac turned his head to face Ellie while he kept his hands on the injured dragon. "I need you to find someone that can help this dragon so that we can go to the gates!" Isaac shouted so the background noise wouldn't drown out his voice. He looked back at the dragon that was crying in pain and in fear of dying.
Ellie tried not to notice the blood that ran in-between Isaac's fingers and down the neck of the dragon; it gave her some unwanted memories from the Sprawl. She took off to find someone who could help them. Ellie looked around to find Cynder but realized that she ran off to meet with Spyro right when they arrived. Another tower to her left that was beyond the temple walls, fell when a boulder hit it's center. 'This place is falling apart.' Ellie thought.
Sweat was running down Isaac's back and arms underneath his RIG as he tried to keep as much blood in the dragon as possible. The green dragon stared at the engineer who was trying to help her with tears in her eyes. "Am I going to die?" she whimpered.
Isaac debated in his head what he should tell her; he wanted to comfort her but he knew that her chances were slim, depending on how deep the wound was, and the fact that she is talking is proof that the gash didn't reach her windpipe. "You're going to be alright, we're getting help for you right now." Isaac said in as calm of a voice as he could manage due to the surrounding environment. "My name is Isaac; what is your name?" Isaac said, trying to get her to take her mind off of her wound.
"My name is Nova." She said in a weak voice.
Isaac heard a soft screeching sound coming from in front of him. He looked up and immediately regretted it; Nicole was casually leaning up against a wall as though nothing was happening. She got off of the wall and started slowly walking past all the guards that were running rampant throughout the court yard while saying. "Don't lie to her Isaac. Go on, tell her how is going to bleed out in a little while and there is nothing that you can do to save her from dying, like with me. You had no control over any of our deaths and yet you still blame yourself. You try to conceal all of that guilt from everyone but soon it will all spill out just like the blood of the one that you're trying to save as we speak." Nicole walked up to Isaac's side and slid her hand along the top of his plasma cutter his plasma cutter. "You have the ability to end her suffering; wouldn't you like to have that same luxury in your final moments?" She knelt down next to Isaac and spoke into his ear, "Wouldn't you like to not have to suffer like all of those back on the sprawl?"
Isaac ignored her words and tried to focus on saving Nova's life. He knew what Nicole said was true, he could end it for her right now but he also knew that she still had a chance to live. He turned his head to the left but Nicole wasn't there anymore. He turned back to the dragon and said, "I will make sure that you live to see another day but you must try to stay with me."
It didn't take very long for Ellie to be able to find someone to help her. She ran up to three guards that just got done helping move a patient, and had them follow her to Isaac's location. The guards set a large wooden strip that was similar to a stretcher, next to the wounded Earth dragon and prepared to transfer her to the board. Ellie watched Isaac put the dragon into stasis to slow down the bleeding while he let one of the guards take over his position and move her onto the wooden board.
Ellie watched each of the guards take a corner of the board and carry the dragon off. Isaac turned to Ellie and unhooked the javelin gun that was attached to his advanced RIG, and handed it to her. Ellie took the weapon and swung it over her shoulder with a sling that was attached to it. Once Ellie's hands were free, Isaac handed her all of the ammo that went to her line gun and javelin spear and even gave her about forty plasma energy for her plasma cutter. Ellie loaded all of her weapons and said to Isaac, "Let's get going."
Isaac equipped his pulse rifle and loaded it. "We can go out through the north side of the temple wall and head to the main gates from there; from what I was told they haven't breached it yet but for all we know, that may change by the time we get there." Isaac said. Ellie nodded in confirmation as she equipped her plasma cutter. They ran towards the temple wall where one of the undamaged gates were at and ran through it. They both hoped that they were going to be able to make it in time to support the troops there but they knew that they had to be prepared for anything.
While Isaac and Ellie were busy trying to get Nova evacuated, Spyro and Cynder met each other and flew to the main gates to fend off the attackers. Several of the city guards were at the entrance of the large golden gate, trying to keep it closed. Spyro and Cynder landed in front of the gate and saw how much the moles were trying to keep it closed. Despite all of their efforts, the gates slowly pried open and allowed them to have a clear view of some of the apes. Spyro and Cynder ran to the entrance and used their elemental breaths to keep them from entering the gate. The gates slowly opened wider for each passing second no matter how many of the apes that the dragons would kill. Spyro and Cynder were starting to get concerned because they knew they would have to get some green spirit gems soon to recharge their elemental breaths.
After about another minute, one of the small apes were able to squeeze through the gate and kill one of the moles by slashing his throat with his claws. Cynder charged the ape and impaled it with her horns in the chest; she knew that the attack collapsed its lungs. Another three apes were able to jump through the opening, but were easily killed by Cynder using a combination of her tail blade and ramming them into the gate.
Spyro ran to the entrance once he was out of elemental energy to help Cynder. One of the larger apes was trying to fit through the door; Spyro was about to attack it until a large wall of ice froze the entire opening to the gate. "I can see that you two are doing just fine." Vandal said as he walked up behind Spyro and Cynder.
Spyro face Vandal and said, "Thanks for the support, but that ice won't last very long; we need to seal the gate and make sure that they don't open it again." Spyro thought for a moment about what their next move should be. "Vandal, were the apes able to get over the walls anywhere else?" Spyro asked.
"That's part of the reason why I'm here." Vandal answered. "Do you know where Isaac is? I need his assistance with helping us with our cannons."
"Yes, I saw him a little while ago; he was at the temple but he is going to be here in a little while." The dragons snapped their heads to face the gate when they heard a loud crack go up the front of the wall of ice. The frozen wall didn't last as long as Vandal expected it to hold up; it slowly chipped away piece by piece and fell to the ground. The apes on the other side of the gates were trying as best they could to break the sheet of ice; a few seconds later, they finally broke through. Several of the small apes charged through the hole in the ice before Vandal was able to put up another layer of ice. They charged the dragons to by time for the next few apes to squeeze through. The dragons engaged the apes and killed them quickly and with ease.
The guards left the fighting to the dragons and tried to slow the flow of enemies by trying to keep the gate as closed as they could manage. Another five smaller apes pushed through the gate followed by two larger apes. The dragons engaged them before they were able to kill the guards that hindered their progress. Vandal charged at one of the larger apes and was about to kill it until its left arm was shot of by some kind of blue projectiles, He skidded to a halt just before the same ape's head was shot off as well. Isaac and Ellie ran past him and killed any apes that passed through the gate. "You stole my kill!" Vandal shouted jokingly to Isaac.
Isaac put the apes that tried to breach the gate into stasis and shot off their limbs while Ellie helped try to keep the gate closed. "Bitch about it to someone who cares, I need you, Spyro, and Cynder to close that gate while I hold them off!" Isaac shouted back. He fired another fifteen pulse rounds into the crowd, killing two more apes. The gate slowly closed with the extra support from Ellie and the dragons pushing the gate while Isaac gave them suppression fire. 'Who the hell left this damn gate unlocked?" Isaac thought as the gate slammed shut and was locked.
A few of the guards collapsed from having to push that gate for so long. "What if the lock doesn't hold?" One of the moles called out.
Vandal walked up to the large gate and fired a blast of ice at the lock and up along where the two large doors would meet. "That will hopefully hold better than the last one." Vandal said. He turned to face Isaac and said. "Isaac, we need your help at the western wall; some of the cannons malfunctioned and we need your assistance."
"Lead the way." Isaac said.
I belive that it is time to ask something that I've been thinking about for a while; what would you reader like for Isaac and Ellie to have as a fourth weapon once they arrive onto, (wait for it...) the USG Caliber (which I'm introducing in the next chapter) Please leave your answer or any questions that you may have in the reviews or pm me.