Ok, this was a very interesting level.
But first....
Spyro and Cynder had been caught off guard by the rough voice that was unmistakable.
"Terrador!" They both yelled.
The Earth Guardian stood before them, also with the Guardians Volteer and Cyril behind him. They all possessed a serious look on their faces.
"Oh boy...," Sparx said. His lower lip trembled slightly.
"What in the Ancestors' name have you been doing in here you two?" Terrador demanded.
"Wait, we can explain...," Spyro pleaded.
"What sort of odd contraptions are these?" Cyril asked. "I don't we've ever seen things like this before."
"How fascinating!" Volteer looked in awe.
"Volteer..."
"Right, sorry Terrador."
"You two have a lot of explaining to do," the green dragon said. "Where did these vile things come from?"
"They're not dangerous," Spyro pleaded. "We just found these left at the temple gates. They're a gift."
"Who sent them?"
"We don't know," Cynder said. "It came with a note with instructions on how to use them and that was all."
"Whoever sent them said they congraduated us for defeating Malefor," Spyro said. "We just figured that was all and it was just a gift."
"To be completely honest, we don't even fully understand these things ourselves," Cynder pointed out. "But together these objects let us play a pretty fun game."
The Guardians looked confused.
"A game? What kind of game?" Cyril asked.
"Is there any critical thinking or deductive reasoning involved by chance?" Volteer asked.
"Well...the game is actually about...us," Spyro said.
"What do you mean?" Terrador asked.
"Yeah, this is where it gets confusing...," Sparx said.
"Apparently someone or something caught everything we did and put it into this game," Spyro explained.
"And they put in everything," Cynder said. "All of the events from when we were released from the crystal on..."
"So your telling us that you two are playing as yourselves?" Terrador asked.
Spyro and Cynder nodded in response.
"Interesting..." The Guardian thought for a moment, then looked at Volteer and Cyril. "Why don't we discuss this in private?"
"Yes, yes. Absolutely," Volteer agreed.
"Agreed. We must converse about this predicament," Cyril said.
"Spyro. Cynder. Wait here until we return," Terrador. The Guardians left the dragons and Sparx alone with the PS2 once more.
"Great! Thanks for tattling on us Hunter!" Sparx yelled into space. "Can't keep a little secret..."
"I don't think Hunter told them, Sparx," Spyro said.
"We have been doing this for a couple of days now," Cynder agreed. "I think they would've noticed us missing eventually."
"Yeah, whatever," Sparx said.
Spyro and Cynder looked at the machines.
"Well, we might as well keep playing while we wait," Spyro suggested.
"Yeah, it would be a waste not to," Cynder agreed. They procedeed to watch the next cutscene from where they left off.
The army was traveling under the city of Warfang in order to intercept the Destroyer before it completed the circle. Spyro was troubled.
Ignitus told Spyro that everything would work out. He also believed in how Spyro was destined to do great things and bring about a new age of peace.
Spyro was still doubting himself and how he should be any different from Malefor.
Ignitus: Because I know you, and your heart would not allow it. Here we are.
"Ignitus was right," Spyro said. "I was able to do what he thought I would do. If only he was here to see it..." He lowered his head.
"He is here, Spyro," Cynder said. "He's watching us right now. (A.N. He probably is! lol) I think he'd would find this game amusing."
"Cheer up man, you've got gamin to do," Sparx said.
"Yeah, I guess so..."
The party saw the oncoming Destroyer coming in the distance.
Sparx was messing around as usual, 'killing' it with his fingers.
Sparx: Gotcha, gotcha....Take that...squishy squishy.
Cynder: Keep it up, Sparx. I think it's working.
Spyro: Cut it out, Sparx. Now's not the time.
Sparx: It's never a good time.
Spyro and Cynder just watched and could only laugh at the poor dragonfly.
"You would mess around at the worst time wouldn't you...haha!" Cynder laughed.
"Oh, Sparx! Heheheheh!" Spyro said. "Always breaking the tension!"
"I know," Sparx said while shaking his head. "Someone had to keep you two afloat..."
Terrador: How long until it crosses the belt of fire?
Ignitus: We might have until midday...maybe less at that speed.
Cynder stood staring at the Destroyer and observing the landscape. Suddenly, a look of determination was etched on her face.
Cynder: Spyro...how deep do you think that canyon is?
Spyro: I don't know. What are you getting at?
Suddenly, Spyro realized it and looked towards Sparx
Sparx: What? What are you looking at? Do I have something in my teeth?
It wasn't Sparx. The two dragons were eyeing the dam in the distance.
Spyro: Cynder, you're a genius!
Cynder: I have my moments!
"Yes, I do!" Cynder said with satisfaction.
Spyro: Ignitus! Can you stall it long enough to allow us to open the flood gate? If we fill the canyon up with water, it may slow it down enough to give us a fighting chance.
Terrador: That may work.
Ignitus: Listen to me! We must prevent that monster from escaping the canyon no matter what the cost! Every moment counts!
Terrador: You heard the dragon! Let's move!
Ignitus (to Spyro and Cynder): We will do all we can to give you time. The rest is up to you.
Sparx: Pss..it's all up to you. No pressure or anything.
Spyro and Cynder started heading for the dam.
Ignitus: Let's hope this is enough.
Sparx smiled a bit. "If I remember correctly, this plan of Cynder's didn't fully work. So all this you guys are about to do are for nothing...ouch."
"Hey!" Cynder yelled. "Are you begging me to hurt you?"
"Well, why don't we play and just pretend we don't know what happens next?" Spyro asked. "Ok?"
Game Spyro and Cynder were flying towards the dam's base...and they weren't alone. Several flying lizard-like enemies were on their tails.
"Crap! Not these things!" Spyro said.
"Argh!" Cynder yelled.
The two found it a little difficult to fight the enemies. Physical attacks did little damage, so they had to resort to other tactics.
Spyro mainly used his Comet Dash while Cynder used her wind tornado to do damage.
It took a little while longer than they were used too, but their characters managed to defeat their foes.
"These things are a pain in the butt," Sparx said.
"Okay, now what?" Spyro asked.
"We opened the lower ones first if I remember right," Cynder said.
"Yeah, I think you're correct."
Their characters flew over to what looked like a long lever. One player would hold it, while the other would pull.
"Okay, I'll pull for once," Cynder said. "This was my plan."
"No arguing here," Spyro said.
"Wait! Wait! We need an orb first! Where was that again?" They flew around to the right of the main platform to find a Shadow Gate.
"Ok, I got it!" Cynder used shadow power once more to go underneath the gate, then pulled down the lever to let Spyro in.
"Want to get the orb too?" he asked.
"Yeah, I will." Cynder's character grabbed one. "Crap..."
"Use the vine walls," Spyro suggested.
"Right." Cynder moved her character around the vine walls towards the main platform. When they both got there, the orb was placed on the pedastle. Unfortunately, this brought more enemies.
"Here we go again," Spyro said. They used their previous strategy from before, this time mixing a few physical attacks from the ground.
"Take that!"
"C'mon, c'mon!"
"Die you little...!"
When all of their enemies were killed, Spyro and Cynder's characters got into position on the lever.
"C'mon me, pull!" Cynder said. Slowly, but steadily the lever moved forward. When they reached the end, it released the water from that side.
"Alright, let's get the other one!" Spyro said.
For the next 6-7 minutes, the two repeated the same process to left plaform on the other side of the base of the dam. They grabbed an orb, rode the vine wall to the platform, placed the orb, and fought off more enemies. This time though, Spyro pulled the lever while Cynder's character held it. The water level rose even higher thanks to their actions. Unfortunately....
Cynder: It's not enough.
Spyro: What else can we do?
Cynder looked at the entire dam in general, then knew her plan.
Cynder: We have to let all the water out, all at once.
Sparx: No, no, no. Here's what we do, 'we let all the water out, all at once. You with me, let's blow this dam this up!
Cynder: Uh oh! Reinforcements!
Spyro: I guess they know what we're doing. We better move.
"Yes, we better," Spyro and Cynder said together.
I decided to make this a two-parter. What will the Guardians decide? Can Spyro and Cynder finish the level before they get back?
Next time: Bringing It Down!