"OH CRAP, I DON'T WANT TO KILL ARBITER, I'M SUPPOSED TO ONE DAY KILL YAPFLOP! NOOOOO!" Jabjab released controls and covered his eyes, not wanting to see elite bits all over the place. The Banshee was still on a direct path towards Thel. Taking a few steps back, Arbiter prepared to do something drastic in order to stop the rogue attack craft. As it got even closer, he got into a crouching position, preparing to pounce onto it.
"All right, c'mon then, let's see what you got!" he dared the covenant craft. It's piercing engine noises echoed through the street, causing some moles to look outside their business stores to see a grunt flying a Banshee that's going to ram into the Arbiter. When it got into his range, Thel Vadam pounced onto the right wing of the craft before it was able to splatter into him. If it did, the mighty Arbiter would be a mighty road kill...from an aircraft.
"Argh! bloody grunts! you give them a job, AND THEY TRY TO KILL YOU FOR IT!" Thel was barely holding onto the left wing of the aircraft. It climbed up towards the clouds, once Arbiter grabbed hold of it.
The inhabitants of the city looked up at this spectacle. The Banshee was soon going to get way to high and the fall will be fatal, but Arbiter took no chances. Whilst being battered by the force of the wind caused by the Banshee's speed, Thel began to pull himself towards the body of it.
"I think I killed him...jeez!" Jabjab still didn't uncover his eyes, so he didn't know the Arbiter was holding on tightly and even didn't know the fact that they were more than 15,000 feet in the air.
The strong willed Thel was not going to let height get the best of him. He released one hand to grab onto a part of the body. He took the risk of getting his other hand to fully hold on. Suddenly, the Banshee started spinning out of control, while it was still ascending.
"OH, I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD!" he felt like he was going to throw up from all this spinning. He was about to upchuck with the throbbing leftovers of a meal coming about to out of his gapping mouth, but he swallowed down and had was left with a disgusted taste in his throat.
"Blargh! Gargh!...that didn't go down well!" he remarked the unwanted taste in his mouth.
This event has caught almost everyone's attention now. They were all looking up in the sky, watching what could happen to Arbiter, Jabjab and the Banshee. The hunters didn't laugh at this. Instead, they stood there watching the moment unfold, like living statues. Yapflop recovered from his fall and did the same thing everyone else was doing, looking up in the sky, watching Thel and Jabjab go through this traumatizing experience. This even caught Shin's eyes, gasping at the situation the two were in. Shock, awe, surprise and stun overshadowed the city.
"Is this part of the sangheili's plan?" a mole asked his friend at Shin's area.
"If it is, can it be any more productive?" the other replied back
"Hmm, maybe" the first mole stroked his chin, thinking if this really is going to help the fight the Brutes...really?
In the air, Arbiter was getting sick and tired of going higher. Anymore altitude that could be gained will send both him and Jabjab out of the atmosphere and into the depths of space.
"Ah, what the hell, the grunt almost killed me anyway" Thel grumbled. He grabbed the back of the Banshee to open the cockpit of it, revealing little Jabjab, who uncovered his eyes to see why the driving seat was so chilly. He saw the supposed dead Arbiter right in front of him.
"Arbiter! you're ali-" the green armoured grunt was cut off by Thel grabbing his left leg.
"You runt, I put you in charge of something and you try to kill me, you might as well spend the last of your hours in freefall. Out of the Banshee!" Thel demanded and pulled Jabjab out of the cockpit and sending him completely into the air.
"AAAAGGHHH! WHYYYYYYYYYY?" Jabjab's screaming voice faded as he descended through the clouds, disappearing from Thel's sight.
"Eh, somebody's bound to catch him" he thought. Vadam regained controls of the Banshee and finally got it to stop spinning.
"Phew! thank the lords that's over...now, I wonder how that grunt will survive a fall from this height?" Thel wondered. He literally hijacked and threw out Jabjab, probably causing his death, but hasn't grunts survived these kind of things with an idiocy beyond comprehension?
"I might as well check to see if he survives, if he doesn't, well...he's dead, but if he does somehow, he's still in big trouble for what he tried to do" Thel had high hopes that Jabjab would survive, it's a fact, grunts can survive almost anything, except for being shot at. Yapflop has survived numerous falls that could potentially kill a human or an elite, but yet, the orange grunt has survived all those, who's to say Jabjab can't. Arbiter descended the Banshee through the clouds, trying to get back to ground level in one piece. Jabjab though, was going to get back to the ground much faster.
"WHY DID HE DO THAT? I DIDN'T MEAN TO RAM INTO HIM...AAAGGGHHH!" the little green grunt kept on screaming throughout his fall. His voice echoed down to the city, and everyone could hear him.
"Who's making that racket?" an old mole demanded to know. He looked up to see a little dot falling through the air, out of the clouds. Jabjab was going to crash into the city, and with enough force, there would be nothing left of him in the end.
"OH GOD NOOOOOO!" he yelled.
"Hey, that's a grunt up there, he will die from that level of height!" Shin shouted out. The crowds began to be concerned. The screaming eventually reached Spyro and Cynder, who were keeping an eye on the moles who were working on armour sets, in the blacksmith, for everyone. This room was quite dark, but lit up by fires and other small hot areas. Jabjab's screaming then caught the young dragon's attention.
"What the? what's going on out there?" Spyro opened the door to look outside. He saw a few moles looking up in the sky, watching the grunt fall to his death. Cynder also came out and noticed the little green grunt. He was going to crash into where they are. He was right above the blacksmith.
"SOMEBODY SAVE ME!" the green grunt screamed. Cynder's eyes widened in shock.
"Is it just me, or is there a grunt falling through the air?" she was at a loss for words, stunned to see a grunt high in the air
"PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO DIEEEEEEE!" he was now out of the clouds and fully visible to everyone on the ground. Even the cheetahs noticed and they too were just as stunned.
"When grunts fly..." Meadow mumbled.
"He isn't flying, he's falling damn it! Somebody help him!" Hunter shouted out. Looking back at Jabjab, it was apparent that Thel was wrong. He won't survive the fall. Someone had to save him, but does anyone have the ability to save Jabjab and carry his weight all the way down?
"Ung, I'm going to regret this" Cynder grumbled. She took off into the air and went to save Jabjab herself.
"Don't kill yourself trying to save him Cyn" Spyro warned her, but she didn't hear him.
Trying to predict Jabjab's speed, Cynder increased her height to just get below Jabjab's course of falling. She u-turned around and increased her speed using her wings. She was getting considerably closer to Jabjab. Everyone suddenly knew what Cynder was doing, she was going to try and catch Jabjab in mid-air.
"NOOOOOOOOO, AAAGGHHH-OOF!" Jabjab's screaming was cut off when Cynder grabbed him with her two front paws, not extending her claws otherwise, hurting the grunt. She grunted when the black dragoness felt his weight. Unlike what the elites think, Jabjab was considerably heavy, almost as heavy as Spyro when she carried him.
"Argh, your freaking heavy!" she could hardly keep hold of the little grunt. Her balance in the air almost went out of control from the weight Cynder was carrying.
"Agh! agh...uh...who...huh? you?" Jabjab opened his eyes to see he was in the arms of the dragoness, barely holding him.
"Yes, me! hold onto my neck, It feels like you're going to slip out of my paws!" she told Jabjab. In order to keep his life, the grunt did as he was told and held onto Cynder's neck with his grunty arms, but this meant having his face right against her chest. At first, he thought it would be a bit disgusting having his face against another creature, but apparently, he kinda liked it.
"Mmm, you're chest is so nice and warm" he complemented her and snuggled against it whilst she was carrying him back down, almost falling asleep. She shook her head and rolled her eyes in annoyance. His skin and mask felt cold on her magenta chest but that's probably why he snuggled in...or it's just the cold air.
"Blacky caught Jabjab, YAYYYY!" Yapflop cheered and jumped for joy. The hunters were kinda actually hoping that Jabjab was going to die, it would have been one less grunt to worry about but they think some of Cynder's potential might have gone to waste by saving him. They could grumble, unhappy that Jabjab is still alive.
"Good job dragoness, brilliantly executed!" Shin happily commented on Cynder's unexpected rescue mission, surprised to see that she rescued the grunt when no one else tried to. Tarscar ran to where Cynder was supposedly going to land.
Spyro was so proud of her. Cynder was starting to become the saviour of these worldly beings. She stopped the Brutes from killing Arbiter, carried the purple dragon to the forest whilst he was injured and just now, saving an impudent grunt's life. He couldn't be any more happy for her. Cynder was landing back at the blacksmiths. She gently placed the grunt on the ground before landing herself. She sighed in relief, happy that she doesn't have to carry Jabjab's weight anymore, which hurt her back. Jabjab though, was unhappy that he couldn't feel that warmth from her heart anymore, instead, he was freezing his backpack off.
"Aww! did the trip have to end so quickly?" he moaned.
"Hey, you were killing my back. For something as small as the moles, you're very heavy. Aw, jeez, this is going to hurt for a bit" she slowly went laid down next to a wall of the building. She groaned, desperate to get a little rest from the flight. Cynder sighed and rested her head against the wall, even if it's made of hard stone. Spyro came to his dragoness, laying down next to her and nuzzling around her cheeks.
"Are you alright?" he was concerned for her. She moved strangely since her back hurt so there was a reason for him to be worried.
"Yeah, I'm good. I never thought that grunts would be so heavy like that but c'mon, he must be fat under that armour" she quietly insulted Jabjab, but he didn't hear her thankfully. Just then, Sparx decided to join the young dragons, wondering what was all the screaming about.
"Ok, what...the heck, was all that yelling about, I could hardly get any sleep from it, oh great, now what's happened to the princess of darkness?" Sparx noticed the state Cynder was in. She shook her head, annoyed that Sparx never saw what she just did.
"(sigh) I suppose you missed it then?" Spyro asked the dragonfly, unhappy that the idiot didn't what it was.
"(mimicking Spyro's sighing) YEA! so, what was it?" Sparx repeated his question and crossing his arms at the same time.
"Ung. All right then. Somehow, Jabjab was in the air, falling to his death. No one was going to save him so I took the liberty and saved his behind. I caught him in mid air and he was very heavy to deal with, I had absolutely no idea he would carry that much weight" Cynder gave Sparx the short version of the event. Sparx raised a brow. That must've cleared things up.
"So the screaming was from that guy?...seriously?" Sparx thought. He didn't want to believe that a creature that size would have a voice so loud, it could rival the war cries of enemies. But then again, he was much smaller than the grunt and he has a loud voice too, so it might make sense.
"Right..." Sparx pretended to be serious. Shin arrived moments after the conversation, noticing the grunt was just fine from his experience.
"Jabjab, are ok? have you been hurt?" Shin was quite worried for the grunt, unlike what most creatures think about them.
"Yeah, I'm good. If it wasn't for Bla-I mean...I still can't remember her name, Cundrer, uh...Cyaster, grr, damn it!" Jabjab stomped his right grunty foot.
"Good. Come here then, I need to speak with both you and the dragoness" Shin firmly ordered the grunt. Jabjab got up and followed Tarscar to Cynder. The dragons looked up to meet Shin eye to eye. They both could see the happy expression in the elite's face.
"Shin?" Cynder kindly greeted him.
"Cynder, I'm so pleased that you were able to rescue our grunt from the fall. Although we've seen grunts survive some attacks, besides getting stabbed and shot at, there was no chance that little Jabjab here would be alive at all right now, thanks to you. I'm sure Thel would be pleased that you made this act dragoness" Shin congratulated her. Cynder only respond with a friendly smile.
"Thanks Shin, means a lot to me" she kindly responded.
"Uh, elite, Now that you mention Arbiter, would you like to know how was falling in the first place?" Jabjab asked Shin.
"Of course I would! So how did you?" Shin carefully listened. Cynder, Spyro and Sparx was also intrigued.
Yapflop then arrived right behind Tarscar and Jabjab but ignoring what the green armoured grunt was going to say. Suddenly, everything was cut off by the sound of a Banshee. Everyone turned to see the half sleek Banshee landing gracefully on the ground. The hatch of the cockpit opened to reveal that Thel was piloting it. Shin was confused. Wasn't that the same Banshee Jabjab, Yapflop and some moles were working on to make it more sleeker and more of a capable fighter?
"Arbiter, how come you were driving that thing?" Shin walked up in front of Thel. Vadam looked over Shin's left shoulder to see the grunt he threw out of the Banshee was still alive. Not surprised, he looked back at Tarscar.
"I see Jabjab survived the fall?" Thel pointed out the obvious.
"Yes but with no disrespect, how were able to pilot that thing if the grunts and moles were working on it?" Shin asked, until Jabjab intervened.
"He threw me out of the Banshee, when we were both high in the air" Jabjab gave out a small piece of the event. Shin and Cynder's eyes widened with huge shock.
Decided to put this out, since it was the weekend. It could have been longer, but, ah, what the hell. This ain't one of my best chapters, come to think of it, some of these parts of the story I particularly have no interest but I'll do them anyway. Hope you enjoyed, please review and as always...have a nice day