Chapter 19: Heroes United
Cheetah Village…
Dylan Foutler…
Dammit! Just as we were about to finally win Zenith over, the apes come barging in and suddenly the whole place turns into a warzone! A big old dance was raging through the Cheetah Village and everyone had a partner! Dean, Kevin, and Jess all morphed the instant the apes started attacking people and found themselves fighting for their lives along with everyone else. Thank god these suits increased our fighting prowess, considering how badly our last fight went with the apes we'd be dead within minutes otherwise!
But man, that didn't mean the apes weren't giving it the old college try! They seemed to be big fans of swarm tactics, coming at you in waves of angry fangs and claws. Thankfully, one well placed kick or slash with my sword was enough to take them out of the fight. That being said though, I wouldn't be lying if I said I really wish they hadn't brought every ape and their brother to this little raid of theirs. The numbers were starting to become too much to keep up with, how the hell the cheetahs had managed to survive this long was a mystery and a half. "Elemental Power! Blazing SLASH!" I called out as I sent a wave of fire right at a charging horde of apes, taking out a sizable chunk of them.
I don't know how many elemental attacks I wanna use here, it was easy to lose track of the cheetahs in the sea of apes and I didn't want to end up accidentally roasting one of them alive. But unfortunately the apes weren't exactly giving me very many options here. "Do you stupid monkeys have nothing better to do?!" I couldn't help but ask out loud as I cut down ape after ape.
I had long since lost track of Zenith and his father in the crowd, not good since Zenith wasn't in the best of shape thanks to his powers getting all out of whack and he happened to be the main target in this little attack the apes were currently conducting.
Meanwhile…
Zenith…
Containing the excess power of my morpher was difficult, if I wasn't careful, it would destroy me. But I had bigger problems to worry about right now. I should have guessed my actions would make the apes desperate eventually. And an attack this bold reeked of desperation. Apes weren't hard to figure out, they desired power above all else, deny them power long enough and they'll dedicate themselves to your destruction. How they found out I was a cheetah from this specific village was a mystery, but I had a few theories. None of them were relevant right now, as I was far more concerned with defending my village from these heathens.
Apes weren't exactly known for being smart, dedicated? Yes. Smart? Not even slightly. There's a reason why Malefor traded them for Grublins during the final stages of the previous war. A smart creature would have tried to catch me unmorphed, knowing how well I'd managed to fend them off in my ranger form before. But as I said, apes aren't smart. Instead they settled for flinging themselves at me and hoping for the best. Each one easily fell to my blade just as they always had. "Grave! I know you're out there! You want to face me? Well here I am! Come and face me!" I challenged the ape general. I knew if I could take out Grave the other apes would panic and flea like the cowards they were.
And did Grave ever accept my challenge, coming out from nowhere and slashing me diagonally across the chest. My armor got most of it but he did manage to cause a few sparks to explode from my suit. "You should have seen this coming Purple Ranger! We would only tolerate you foiling our raids for so long, and now you will pay with the lives of your people!" he snarled.
"You will gain nothing from this attack, Grave," I said, "It will end the same way as every other encounter we've had," I said before charging my saber with Aether. "Elemental Power! Aether Slash!" I called as I slashed at the ape with it's Aether magic. However Grave dodge rolled out of the way just in time.
To make things infinitely worse, the morpher's power once again began to overwhelm me, forcing me to my knees with sheer, raw, pain. Grave noticed this almost immediately. "It's a burden, isn't it Purple Ranger?" he asked me. "All the power of a Purple Dragon at your claws… power your body is clearly not meant to wield," he laughed.
"I will not be lectured about ill gotten power from the same race that tried and failed at a power grab against the Dark Master," I spat. "Sure took a long time for you to revert back to your natural states, didn't it Grave?" I asked before he suddenly backhanded me.
"You're hardly in a position to judge me, cheetah," Grave growled as he picked my saber off the ground. "Now, I think it's only fitting you be slain by your own weapon," he said with a sinister grin. The overwhelming power was keeping me from moving, otherwise I would easily disarm him and take him down like I've done a thousand times before. Dammit… this can't be how I die!
"Forget it Grave!"
Suddenly, out of nowhere a streak of green rammed right into Grave, knocking him down. The Green Ranger stood in front of me, catching my saber which the impact had knocked out of Grave's hands. "Didn't your mamma teach you not to take things that don't belong to you?" he said before handing the saber to me. "How are you holding up?" he asked me.
I cautiously took the saber from the Green Ranger, still on the fence on if I trusted these other rangers yet. "The energy is getting harder to contain, I don't know how much longer I can endure it," I explained.
The Green Ranger nodded, "Then I guess we're gonna have to take this loser down quickly!" he said with clear confidence in his voice. Battle was something to be taken very seriously! But this ranger was making jokes and throwing around childish insults at his opponent! It was so bizarre.
Grave forced himself back to his feet, "There are more of you?!" he questioned when he saw the Green Ranger standing by my side.
"You bet there is!" Green Ranger said. "Four more if you wanna be specific!" he added. "Speaking of, you're up Kevin!" he then added before the Blue Ranger bounded over us.
"Elemental Power! Frozen SLASH!"
Grave was caught completely off guard by the attack, ice covering his body the second the attack hit it's mark. The Blue Ranger landed softly in front of his now frozen victim. Mockingly observing it like one would a fine piece of art, "It's not my best work, but I do like the bold statement it makes," he said before Grave suddenly shattered his icy prison.
"That… was unpleasant!" he roared before grabbing the still quite surprised Blue Ranger by the throat. "I'll snap your neck like a twig for that you little runt!" he snarled.
"Uh, guys? A little help?! Monkey's kinda mad!" Blue Ranger said as he struggled to get free from the ape general's grip.
The Green Ranger quickly rushed to his friend's aid. "Hang on Kevin!" he said as he changed his weapon to an alternate form. "Earth Ax, blaster mode! Fire!" he called out as bursts of earth magic shot out of what used to be the Axes handle. The shots landed, one hit his abdomen, the other his right shoulder. The blasts caused him to lose his grip on Kevin, who fell to the ground.
The Green Ranger returned his weapon to it's ax form and took advantage of a distracted Grave, scoring a series of three slashes with his ax, the final one sending the ape spiraling to the ground in a sea of sparks. The Green Ranger then helped Kevin to his feet. "You okay?" he asked.
Kevin nodded, "Nothing hurt but my pride," he replied.
However, I noticed Grave getting up while both rangers were distracted. "He's getting up!" I called out, the Green Ranger noticed too late and got hit with a nasty slash across his chest. Kevin quickly sprang into action, attempting two slashes with his lance, but Grave blocked both before tripping the Blue Ranger up with a quick kick to his right shin, which sent him straight to the ground.
Dammit! He was going to kill them! Without even thinking I rushed Grave with my Saber, cutting right into him with a series of vicious slashes. "I've had more than enough of you!" I snarled as another heavy slash landed, once again downing the ape general. I could still feel the Aether energy threatening to start overwhelming me again. But, despite my differences with the other Power Rangers, I wasn't about to watch them die to the likes of General Grave. I pointed the tip of my saber at Grave's throat. "Yield," I commanded him.
Grave just glared at me. "Not a chance!" he said before smacking my saber away and mule kicking me right in the midsection, knocking me to the ground. "How long do you think it will take before that power eats you alive?" he asked me. "I don't have to win this fight Purple Ranger, I just have to run out the clock until your own powers destroy you from the inside out!" he said.
"That's assuming you even last that long!"
Suddenly the red and yellow rangers both came from seemingly out of nowhere and attacked Grave two on one. Grave was skilled, but even he couldn't fend off two rangers at once and eventually the Red Ranger managed to send him to the ground with a horizontal slash.
Soon all four rangers stood between me and Grave. "Give it up Grave, you can't beat all five of us!" the Red Ranger said. "Call off your army and leave while you still can!" he then ordered the ape.
But I knew Grave too well to think he'd listen, he was too fixated on getting his revenge to think of anything else, including his own life. "Never! I'll kill each and every one of you!" he roared defiantly before charging the group.
"Alright guys, get your strongest attack ready!" Red Ranger ordered the others.
"Elemental Power! Raging Inferno Slash! Final Attack!"
"Elemental Power! Ultimate Blizzard! Final Attack!"
"Elemental Power! Terra Blast! Final Attack!"
"Elemental Power! Thor's Wrath! Final Attack!"
All four attacks combined into one, all four dragon elements mixed into one thunderous attack that hit Grave harder than anything he had ever felt before! He screamed as the elemental magic tore through his armor like a hot knife through butter. Leaving him in only his loincloth and now singed fur. The four rangers all turned their backs to him and struck a dynamic pose as the ape general fell to the ground with a loud thud.
I had never seen anything like that before, an attack that powerful, a group so well coordinated as to unleash their strongest magic all at once. It was clear these four were quite used to working with one another. Anyone who knew anything about combat knew that these were clear signs of battle hardened warriors. I had thought they made up Malefor's return in an effort to convince me to surrender my morpher, but it had become clear that they indeed told the truth, and had been battling Malefor for quite some time.
Every ape in the village stopped the second they heard Grave's body hit the ground, all of them starred in stunned silence, even my fellow cheetahs were in awe at how easily the Power Rangers had dispatched the ape general. Kevin flashed his lance at the remaining apes. "Boo!," he said, causing all of the apes to scramble away with their collective tails between their legs. Like I said, cowards.
The cheetah warriors proceeded to chase the remaining apes out of the village as victorious cheers sounded from their throats. I noticed General Grave begin to stir, somehow he managed to survive that attack! But all five of us quickly surrounded him. "Your apes have abandoned you, Grave," I said. "You can't take five Power Rangers and an entire cheetah village by yourself, especially not in your condition, if I were you, I would run," I said.
Grave slowly got up, realizing I was right and he had lost this battle. "This isn't over! We'll be back! I swear it!" he said before scampering out of the village, completely humiliated.
I unmorphed after I knew he was out of sight before turning to the other rangers. I looked to my morpher, knowing what the right thing to do was. I went to undo it but the Red Ranger stopped me. "Zenith, we don't want the morpher," he said. "We want you," he added.
I shook my head, "I'm not worthy," I said, "Father was right, I was wrong to use my powers for such selfish reasons… I don't deserve the power this morpher holds," I said.
The Green Ranger put a hand on my shoulder, "There's nothing selfish about wanting to protect the people you love," he told me. "That's why we do what we do, to protect those we love along with the rest of the world," he explained.
I don't understand, wasn't their whole argument that I was being selfish for just using my power to protect my village? "But… you said-" I began before Kevin suddenly put his finger to my snout.
"It was short sighted, not selfish," Kevin corrected me. "Come on man, you saved me and Dean's butts back there, even though your powers were tearing you apart, if that doesn't earn you a spot on the team I don't know what will," he said. I didn't even think about it at the time, but Kevin was right, it was pretty courageous of me to come to their aid in the face of being torn apart by my own powers. I just wasn't willing to allow Grave to kill them like that.
The Yellow Ranger nodded, "Come on Zenith, you're one of us, even if you don't even know it yet," she told me.
I thought about it for a long time, mere hours before this I wanted nothing to do with these people, but now here I was… seriously considering joining their team, to involve myself in their war with Malefor.. The decision was an easy one to make… "I accept," I said. The four rangers cheered and welcomed me to the team. Giving me pats on the back and shaking my hand like I was their best friend who just came back from a long journey.
I then noticed my father approach me. I ping of guilt stung my heart as I remembered how angry he was when he learned I had stolen the Purple Morpher. "Father… I'm sorry I lied to you, I-" I began but father didn't let me finish.
"Son, you don't need to explain yourself to me," he said. "As short sighted as your decision was, I let my anger get the better of me, you were just doing what you thought was right," he explained.
"I've decided to join them, Father," I said. "To help stop Malefor," I clarified.
Father let a smile creep up his lips, "I knew your noble heart would win out in the end," he told me before embracing me in a tight hug. "I know how hard it is for you to leave our village unprotected, but you're making the right choice, and I'm proud of you," he said.
I hugged my father back, "Do you think mother would be proud too?" I asked him.
I felt my father's nodding head rub against the fur of my neck, "I know she would be," he said. "As I know she looks down upon us now with a smile on her face and love in her heart," he sobbed a bit before releasing me from his embrace and turning to the Red Ranger. "Take care of him, despite his stubbornness he's a noble cheetah at heart, you won't find one better than he," he told the Red Ranger.
Red Ranger nodded, "We're happy to have him sir," he said. "I promise we'll bring him back to you once this is all over," he added with a respectful bow of the head.
Which father returned, "I know you will," he said before turning to me. "Good luck my son, and may your ancestors guide your blade, strong and true," he told me.
Noble words, but I easily read in between the subtext. "I love you too, father," I said with a smile. With that, I said my goodbyes to my fellow villagers, and just as we were about to leave.
"Good day Cheetahs of Avalar!"
Everyone stopped to see an elder fire dragon land softly on the ground behind us. His scales were a bright red, his head fins were a fiery yellow and quite thick, as was the large goatee that jutted from his chin. His wings were yellow and tattered from age. "Sorry I'm late, I sometimes have a hard time remembering where your village is," the dragon laughed. I knew who this was, this was Flame, the Fire Guardian. My father had dealings with him in the past, but what he was doing here I had no clue.
Flame looked over the four Power Rangers, who mind you, hadn't de-morphed yet. "And I'm assuming these are Spyro's Power Rangers?" he asked.
The Red Ranger nodded, "Yeah, I'm guessing you're that Guardian Swiftfoot mentioned was coming?" he said. What? This was the first I had heard of this! I guess father forgot to tell me amid all of the excitement going on around here today.
Flame nodded, "Fire Guardian, Flame at your service," he introduced himself. I knew little of Flame despite my father's relationship with him and the other Guardians. But I did know from stories that Flame wasn't exactly the most formal dragon, according to father, most of the dragons were shocked he was chosen for the honor at all. "When Chief Prowlus told me the Power Rangers arrived in his village, I just had to see them for myself, and I must say, you do not disappoint," he said. "So, what are you guys underneath those outfits? Cheetah? Moles? Please tell me you're not apes," he then questioned.
The four rangers all looked to each other before they all simultaneously powered down, revealing their true forms. "Humans, actually," said Kevin.
Flame didn't know what to make of these bizarre creatures, "Hoo-Mans?" he questioned, the word being clearly alien to his tongue as well as mine. I honestly didn't know what their race was called either until this point. "Interesting choice, but I'm not one to question Spyro's judgment," he then said before lowering himself closer to the ground. "Well, hop on, the other Guardians are waiting," he said.
The Red Ranger turned to me, "Come on Zenith, you're a ranger too," he beckoned me.
Flame's eyes widened, "Swiftfoot's cub is a Power Ranger too? Prowlus said there were only four," he questioned. I chose not to waste words, instead showing him my morpher, "Oh… well alright then," he said before one by one we all hopped onto Flame's back.
Riding a dragon was a rare honor, they were usually pretty reluctant to carry passengers. But I guess Flame felt this was the most efficient way to transport us to Warfang. However I noticed the humans weren't exactly bracing themselves. "You guys might wish to hold onto something." I warned them.
Yellow Ranger quickly grabbed onto one of Flame's back spikes while Kevin just raised an eyebrow, "Why's that?" he asked before Flame suddenly took off. The force from the takeoff caused Kevin to flop onto his side.
"That's why," I said simply, earning a laugh from the red and green rangers. Kevin just grumbled as he picked himself back up. "I don't think I've quite gotten all of your names," I said, knowing that it would be far simpler to work with them if I knew their real names.
"Dylan,"
"J-Jess,"
"Kevin,"
"We met before, remember? My name's Dean?"
How did I forget Dean's name? I guess I was just so annoyed with him at the time I had somehow managed to block it from memory. Being with these four was going to take some getting used to, they weren't like cheetahs, that much was obvious. It would take time for me to truly adjust.
Dylan Foutler…
To say riding on dragon back was an experience would be an understatement. How the hell Zenith stayed calm enough to make small talk I'll never know. It was like being on a roller coaster with no seat belt. I had to try to keep myself seated by grabbing onto one of his back spikes dear life. This was not helped by Flame making no attempts to compensate for passengers. I swear if he does a loop and I somehow survive the fall I'm gonna kill him!
I chanced a peek at our surroundings and saw we were currently flying over a forest. The height we were currently at was more than enough to kill us if we somehow managed to fall off. I wasn't really one to fear heights, I was a skateboarder af4er all and had dealt with my own big drops over the years. But even I felt a bit uneasy looking down from this height.
"So, have you ever been to Warfang?" I asked Zenith, trying to get my mind off this insane dragon ride.
Zenith shook his head, "No, I rarely venture farther than The Swamp," he told me. "But I've heard stories from those who have, they all describe it as a great city with sprawling architecture and teeming with life," he explained.
Should have figured Zenith wouldn't know, to be honest, I didn't know what to expect at this point. What was "sprawling architecture" to a guy who lives in a straw hut? A trailer park? The Suburbs? Detroit? Who knows? Honestly, I was a bit less concerned with the "where" and more the "why". Why was Flame taking us to Warfang? It had to be more than just to show us off to his Guardian buddies.
Eventually I noticed Flame coming in for a landing, I looked over to see we were headed right for a very fancy looking temple. An open balcony seemed to be his target as he softly landed right on it. "Alright, here we are," he said before we all got off the Fire Guardian's back. "Follow me, the others are waiting in the main chambers," he said before leading us to said chambers. As we walked, I couldn't resist drinking in the scenery, this temple was definitely more elaborate than the one Spyro had us operating out of. It was almost castle-like, complete with banners for each element and even a few murals for good measure. Doorways lined each side of the hallway Flame lead us down.
I noticed someone in one of them, a smaller dragon, about the size of a bear. He was working on something as I could hear the sounds of a wrench cranking. He clearly didn't know I was watching him as he was too wrapped up in whatever it was he was working on.
"Yo Dylan!"
I turned to see Kevin beckoning me, "I'm pretty sure they're expecting all five of us," he said. I just rolled my eyes and joined up with the others. Flame led us into a large room surrounded by those same elemental banners I saw earlier. Three other dragons were in there waiting for us. I assumed that these were The Guardians. You could tell just by looking at each one which element they belonged to.
The Ice Guardian was far more slender then their compatriots, female if I were to hazard a guess. She wore a stern expression on her face that told me she wasn't one to tolerate any nonsense. Her scales were a pale blue with a snow white underbelly. Her head spikes were slicked back, as were her horns which were pure white. She had a line of three icicle-like horns jutting out her jawline. Her wings were blue with white wing membranes that had seen more than their fair share of wear and tear. Her snout was pointed, almost like a beak.
The Electric Guardian looked pretty weak, but was clearly male. His body language gave me the impression that he was the timid type. His scales were a bright, vibrant yellow color with purple markings running from the top of his head all the way to the tip of his tail, like someone had dumped a can of purple paint all over his body. His head spikes were jagged, pointing backwards. He had a small purple goatee on his chin. His wings were purple and jagged, resembling bolts of lightning. His purple horns were smooth and formed a loose "s" shape.
The Earth Guardian was a rather large dragon. I couldn't help but notice him glaring at me with his pine green eyes. His scales were a deep, earthy brown color with a sage colored underbelly. A large green goatee hung from his chin that kinda resembles leaves. His horns were stone gray, big, and curled like those of a ram. His wings were brown with tattered green membrane that, honestly, I would be amazed if he could still fly with them.
Flame stepped proudly between us and his fellow Guardians. "Rangers, these are the great Guardians of Warfang!" he introduced them.
"This is Koria," he said, referring to the Ice Guardian.
Koria just sorta nodded her head before Flame waltzed over to the Electric Guardian.
"This nervous little bowl of gelatin here is Bolton," Flame introduced him.
Bolton looked to us, confusion on his face. "Wh-What are they? Th-They kinda look like deformed, hairless, apes," he commented in a timid, soft voice.
The Earth Guardian snorted, "Surely these can't be the warriors Spyro chose to battle Malefor, they look so weak and frail, especially the yellow one," he grumbled in a gravely deep voice. Jess sorta shrunk inward at that comment.
Flame chuckled nervously, "Sunshine over here is Tremor, don't let him fool ya, he's a big softy," he said before playfully elbowing Tremor, who simply growled. "And of course you know me, Flame," he said proudly.
Tremor turned to Flame, "I want to see it, this "armor" they use," he said. "Did Spyro not describe the morphers as being able to summon some sort of armor, did he not? I want to see proof that these are indeed the Power Rangers," he questioned.
We all looked to each other, morphing for us wasn't so much of a big deal, but Zenith still had difficulties with containing his energy. But, I wasn't about to tell the hulking earth dragon "no", so…
"Dragon's Roar! Ranger Form!"
"Fire!"
"Ice!"
"Earth!"
"Electricity!"
"Aether!"
The Guardians, save for Tremor, stood in awe as they witnessed the transformation. Flame even doing a little clap like an excited school girl.
Koria blinked, "Well, they're colorful, I'll give them that,"
"Where did the purple one's tail go?" asked Bolton.
"Hmph, I expected more," grumbled Tremor.
Kevin seemed to take exception to this, "What? Did you expect a laser show? An opening number from KISS maybe?" he asked before Dean grabbed him by the shoulders and shook his head, silently telling him that picking fights with the giant earth dragon probably wasn't the best idea.
But still, there's one thing that I was getting kinda sick of waiting on, a rather important question. "Look, now that we've all been introduced, do you mind telling us why you guys wanted us to come here?" I asked.
Flame was caught completely off guard, but Tremor's reaction was even more shocking. "You didn't tell them?!" he snapped at the Fire Guardian.
"I… I was going to!" Flame stammered "I forgot okay! Get off my back Tremor!" he protested.
Koria rolled her eyes, "How you became a guardian I'll never know," she sighed before turning to us. "Look, we think we may have information Spyro might want to know about," she said.
All of us were a bit confused, but intrigued at the same time. "What information?" I inquired.
Tremor stepped forward, "We think we may know where Cynder is," he said.
Almost instantly the gem in my belt flew out like the cork of a wine bottle. "I-Is it supposed to do that?" questioned Bolton before a hologram of Spyro appeared from it.
"What are you talking about? What happened to her?!" he asked. There was clear desperation in his voice. This wasn't the first time I'd heard Cynder's name, Ignitus mentioned it when he took over my body. Whoever Cynder was, she must have been quite important to Spyro.
All four guardians were kinda surprised to see Spyro again. I guess I would be too if I were them. "It happened shortly after you hid yourself away," Flame said, "She… she didn't take it well, she left to go find you… and we hadn't heard from her since," he explained.
Spyro seemed almost heartbroken upon hearing this, like his heart had just been ripped from his chest and stomped on. "Cynder..." he said to himself before turning his eyes back to Flame. "Why would she do that? I told her what I was doing! What I had planned! She said she understood! Why would she-" Spyro began to yell, someone's gotta stop this before Spyro reaches through the hologram and starts choking someone.
"Dude!" I snapped at Spyro before turning to The Guardians, "You said you think you might know where she is, where exactly?" I asked. I knew I was going to regret cutting Spyro off like that. But I kinda felt like we needed to get to the point before Spyro had a coronary.
Flame looked to his fellow guardians, as if not wanting to tell us. Tremor nodded and Flame steeled himself. "We think the Order of Malefor may have her held captive," he said. "Some of our scouts reported seeing some mages in dark robes transporting a large black dragon a few nights ago," he explained.
"WHERE?! WHERE ARE THEY HOLDING HER?!" suddenly screamed Spyro.
Flame instantly got skittish, shrinking inwardly as the purple dragon screamed his lungs out at him. Spyro, you're not helping! "Th… They were headed for the Catacombs! But we can't seem to get our soldiers in close enough to search them!" said Flame.
Spyro then turned to us, "Go there! Find her! NOW!" he snapped at us before mercifully cutting off the call. I reluctantly picked the gem off the floor, fearing Spyro might return to scream our heads off some more. But thankfully nothing of the sort happened and I was able to stick it back in my belt with no issue.
"Well… I guess we're going to the catacombs, guys," Kevin said.
"Not so fast!" said Tremor, "The Catacombs are heavily guarded, the mages won't let anyone near," Tremor warned us.
"We can handle it," I said. "Besides, I'm pretty sure Spyro will kill us if we don't go soon," I added.
Tremor sighed, "He's just worried about Cynder, they were... very close," Tremor said.
"How close are we talking here?" asked Kevin.
"Kevin!" Protested Jess.
"What?! I feel like it's an important detail!" replied Kevin.
Koria sighed, "They were mates," she said flatly.
Despite wearing a helmet, I could almost see Kevin's face drop when he heard that revelation. "Oh…. Ooooh..." he sounded.
Well, that certainly explained why Spyro flew off the handle. Apparently he had a girlfriend and never told us! I mean, far be it from me to go prying into a dragon's personal life, but this would have been nice to know about beforehand!
Zenith grumbled, "If we're going to go, we should make it soon, my Dragon Spirit is freaking out right now and it's giving me a headache," he said. I still needed to ask him about that at some point.
But we had more important things to worry about right now. "So, What's the plan?" I asked.
A Short Distance Away…
Unknown Dragon…
"One of us Guardians will accompany you, they should be able to get you in close enough to get into The Catacombs, but I'm afraid the rest will be up to you five, with any luck, we can get Cynder, or whoever this dragon they're holding is, out in one piece,"
They found her? Why didn't they tell me? They knew how important she was to me! Tremor's plan had revealed to me where they thought she was, and that's all I needed to know.. I watched as Flame piled those five… things, onto his back and flew them out of the temple.
Without a second's hesitation I flew right after them. The three remaining guardians were all shocked when they saw me fly by. "SOL! NO! WAIT!" Tremor called after me but I wasn't about to stop for anything!
Don't worry mom, I'm coming!
A/N: Well! That escalated quickly.
It seems our heroes are going on a little rescue mission, will they be able to find the former Terror of the Skies? What does the Order of Malefor have planned for her? Is it related to their war on Earth? Stay tuned!