Spyro meets Pyro
Chapter 27: The Great Escape and Pyro's Fate
Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Pyro was matched up against the dark titan of fire Volaxus. The battle started out with both sides countering blow for blow. Pyro and Volaxus released everything trying to overpower each other. Finally Volaxus pulled out his trump card Nuclear Darkness. Everyone thought it was the end for the dragon king, but thanks to a well placed strategy, Pyro turned everything around and came back as Cosmic Pyro. The dragon then gathered all his power and using his new ultimate move Super Nova Blazing Dragon Strike, he ran Volaxus through and claimed his victory. Now we join Spyro and the others as he says that Pyro had plan to escape. Will this plan succeed, read and find out. Please leave your reviews and tell me if you have any ideas for my fanfic.
While Pyro was being taken away to the healers Spyro and others gathered together to go over Pyro's escape plan.
Star however was confused about this, for she Sparks, and Flare had been left out of it. The white dragoness then asked, "What do you mean escape plan?" "Pyro found a way for us to get out of here?" The purple dragon nodded and said, "He told us about when he came in, and explained his entire plan before he went out to fight Volaxus."
Sparx then said, "Well don't leave us in the dark, spill it! How are we going to get out of this death trap?" Cynder held up her paw and said, "Quite Sparx, we have to be careful about what we say, and how loud we say it. Remember we're being watched."
The yellow dragon then looked over to the gates and saw the wolves standing guard. He swallowed and said, "Alright I get it, so what was Pyro's plan anyway?"
Spyro then said, "He only told me a small part of it, that involves me and Razor. Razor has the full plan memorized."
The grey dragon stepped forward and said, "Ok here's how it goes. On his way here, Pyro saw a secret passage frozen over with ice. He then used his thermal vision to check it out and saw that it was actually an underground chamber that will probably get us out of here."
Candice then asked, "Whoa, whoa wait a minute, Pyro had his collar on, so how could he have used his thermal vision."
Spyro then said, "Since Pyro and I have more than one element inside us and a large quantity of energy, we can use our elements in small fluxes to do small tasks; these fluxes are so strong and short the collars don't pick them up. Using his thermal vision is one of his easiest tricks and doesn't take a lot of power."
Star then asked, "Wait, if the passage is frozen, how are we supposed to get through it? Even if we do manage to get through the ice wall we'll still have these stupid things on."
Razor nodded and said, "Don't worry, Pyro and I thought of every detail of this plan. Look up there." Everyone looked up to see the ceiling was melting, they then looked around to see that the whole ice fortress was melting as well.
Candice then asked, "What's going on?"
Conner then said, "It was the fight. Pyro and Volaxus's fight must have done damage to the ice in the colosseum." Flame then followed up by saying, "I'm not surprised, they're both the most powerful fire dragons I've ever seen."
Razor nodded and said, "That was Pyro's plan to deal with ice covering the entrance to the passage. His battle with Volaxus was a battle between two fire titans. Pyro used his fire and Volaxus's fire to spread heat throughout the entire complex. The heat would thin out or melt the ice wall, which would give us access. That is where we're all going to meet up once we escape. As you can see the plan is working so far."
Stella finally spoke up and asked, "Ok I have two questions. One how are we supposed to meet up there? And Two how are we going to get these collars off so we can fight back if they come after us?"
Razor nodded and said, "Yes, I was leading up to that. Pyro's taking care of the collar problem as we speak." Star couldn't help but feel a little uneasy as Razor said that. The grey dragon then continued, "And we thought of a way to we could meet up with each other. So here's the rest of the plan."
It took Razor at least 10 minutes to explain Pyro's plan. They all know what to do and now all they can do is have faith that this plan will work.
After a while, one of the wolves came to get Spyro and Razor to take them back to their cells. As the wolf stepped through the gate he put on their collars and began to direct them back towards their cells.
On their way out Razor turned back and nodded to the others getting nods in return. On their way back Spyro and Razor exchanged glances and nodded to each other.
As they walked Spyro kept checking the walls for the opening his brother had spoken of. As the two dragons rounded the next corner he spotted their target. He also noticed that his brothers plan had worked perfectly; the passage had ben melted at least half way through.
The purple dragon then turned to his grey scaled companion and nodded. Receiving the signal, Razor then looked up at the ceiling and saw the melting stalactites. He then nodded back to the purple dragon and two prepared themselves.
They both took one more step and waited for the wolf to do the same. As the wolf took another step, Spyro stopped, jumped backwards, and used his tail to sweep the wolf's feet out from under him.
The wolf then fell forward and Spyro tackled him. The purple dragon tried his best to keep him pinned down, but with his strength reduced to only a third of his usual strength, he was having difficulty. Now it was Razor's turn to make his move.
While Spyro was holding the wolf down, Razor jumped off the wall, and used his long razor sharp tail blades to cut the biggest stalactite he could down. As it fell, Razor picked it up with his tail, and ran over to Spyro.
The wolf had finally managed to reach behind him and tossed Spyro to the ground. It then took hold of his throat and began to strangle him. Spyro summoned all his strength trying to keep the beast from squeezing the life out of him. He looked behind the wolf and smiled. The wolf turned his head to see the grey dragon thrusting the point at him.
With one swift motion, Razor stabbed the wolf threw the neck, and it was done. Spyro gasped for air as he regained himself and stood up. He then looked at the wolf who was now bleeding out on the floor. Razor then said, "Ok that's phase one done."
Spyro nodded and said, "Yeah, now we just wait for the others to be brought this way and free them one by one. Hopefully by then Pyro will have the controller for these stupid collars and we'll be able to get out of here. I hope he's ok."
The Infirmary- 15 minutes after Pyro's Battle:
Pyro was lying on a bed in the infirmary recovering from his battle. He was in absolute pain, but thanks to red crystals given to him he was starting feel better. He then looked at near by clock made of ice and saw that it had been 15 minutes.
The fire dragon then thought, 'Alright if things are going according to plan, Razor and Spyro should be done and are waiting for the others to be brought to their cells. Now it's my turn.'
The fire dragon got up and began to stretch himself out. He then heard an all to familiar voice say, "You shouldn't be moving around too much you know."
Pyro turned over to her and said, "Thanks for the hint, though I'm surprised that you care about me." "Well my master and I do have plans for you, but I can't help but feel bad for you. You did take quite the beating out there."
Pyro shivered remembering the deadly battle he had just been in. He then replied, "I guess you're not as bad as I thought." Glacia's eyes widened and she said, "Don't be ridiculous, I just want to make sure nothing bad happens to you or Malefor will have my head."
Pyro then looked down at Glacia's wrist and saw a silver bracelet studded with gems of different colors. As he examined he realized it looked exactly like the collars.
Glacia saw him eyeing it and said, "Like it, this little bracelet is what keeps you and your friends in line. With this I can make sure your friends don't go anywhere, but… you're not wearing yours are you?"
Pyro looked down at his neck and saw that she was right, the wolves hadn't put it back on. He then looked up to see Glacia walking out the door, she then said, "You can follow me if you want."
Pyro looked up at the sun and figured it had at least been 15 minutes since he passed out. He then thought, 'Spyro and Razor should be in place by now, so I have at least 40 minutes to get that bracelet and meet up with them.'
The fire dragon jumped off the bed and began to follow his host. As he followed he saw that she had led them to room with a large door. Above the door was the symbol of ice, that looked like it was ancient. Glacia opened the door and said, "This is my room, you may come in if you want."
Pyro followed her inside and was awed at what he saw. The room looked very much like his own back in the dragon city, a room fit for queen except everything was either blue or white. Behind him was a large bed either fit for two teenage dragons or one adult dragon. There was a large window that was as wide as wide screen T.V. that showcased the beauty of this frozen land. There were also a dresser to his right with a lot of jewelry on it, he figured it belonged to Glacia. To his left he saw a few weapons that probably either belonged to her or the wolves.
As he turned his attention back towards the dresser he saw a silver bracelet that looked very similar to the one she was wearing. An idea popped into the fire dragons head and he was about to put it into action.
He then turned to her and said, "Well this is very nice, pretty roomy." Glacia jumped onto her bed and said, "Thank you, but sometimes I think it's a little too roomy." Pyro turned to her and said, "You mean you feel alone?"
Glacia made cocky smile and said, "I'm a warrior I don't need others to cling to like everyone else. I've always been alone, that is until Malefor found me and invited me to be his general. Now I serve a higher calling and have all these wolves who answer to my beck and call."
Pyro couldn't help but feel sad for her, he knew what it felt like to be alone like that, but he was saved from his loneliness by his friends and family. Pyro then said, "You know you don't have to be alone. You could let this go and live with the others in Warfang." Glacia rolled her eyes and turned away from him. Pyro then thought, "Or you could come with me and live in my city."
Glacia's eyes shot wide as she heard this and she turned back to him. She then asked, "You would really do that?" "It's my job to help any dragon or dragoness I can." he replied with a smile on his face. Glacia looked like she was actually considering it.
She smiled and said, "Oh very funny. Make a false promise and then trick me once you get what you want. You know you don't have your collar on right now. You could just overpower me and walk out of here."
Pyro looked at her with a look of disappointment and insult as he climbed onto her bed. He then began to make his way towards her. Glacia stood there perfectly still, but as he approached, her body began to shake in fear. She then thought, 'I wonder if he's back at full strength yet. If he is, then I'm in trouble.'
Glacia backed up until her back was against the head of her bed. The dragon king stood before her and looked the dragoness right in the eyes not showing the slightest hint of emotion. He then lifted his paw towards her and Glacia prepared herself. He then surprised her by, reaching his paw behind her back and pulling her into a kiss.
The ice dragoness's eyes shot wide as this happened. In reaction she tried to force him away, but his strength held her in place. Glacia pushed against his chest trying to pull away but finally the effect of the kiss hit her and she stopped struggling.
As she began to kiss him back she felt the full sensation wash over her. She felt the passion and warmth from him, as he pulled closer to her, deepening the kiss between them.
The kiss lasted for at least a full minute and Glacia found herself being lost in it. As he finally pulled away she looked deeply into his eyes, which were glowing with a new light that made her feel safe and comfortable.
Pyro then said, "I don't know who hurt you in the past, but I'm not going to. My only purpose is to protect my people and lead them. That includes you." She then looked down and asked, "How can I trust you? Whenever I trusted someone they'd either betray or leave me."
Pyro held her close in a warm hug and said, "Everyone has their own trials in life they have to go through, that includes dealing with others that can't be trusted. But that also means that you must learn to choose those who won't do that no matter what and to let others help you if they can."
Glacia smiled as she heard these words. She then leaned against his chest as she said, "Then please help me. I've been in pain for a long time, please just… please make this pain go away."
As she spoke these words Glacia could barely believe she had said them. This was the first time she had ever shared her true feelings with anyone. She then began to feel something new in her heart.
She began to feel a warmth wash over her as she leaned against Pyro's golden chest. She then began to hear the sound of his heart beating and thought, 'This sound, it-it's his heart. It so… soothing. The beat is steady and strong, yet gentle at the same time. I can feel my body relaxing as I listen, I might just fall asleep. I could listen to it forever.'
Pyro took a deep breath and thought, 'Even if I have to leave soon, I can help you right now, just like I would help any others of our kind who are in pain because of those tyrants, but for now I can at least take your pain away.'
Pyro stepped back and lay Glacia down on her back. The ice dragoness looked up at the fire dragon standing over her and smiled at him. Pyro smiled back, leaned forward, and kissed her again.
Glacia felt her pain melting away like the remnants of a snow storm that had finally been touched by the light of the sun. She felt a new as the dragon on top of her began to cross tongues with her. As she felt his warm tongue cross with hers, she placed her paws behind his head and pulled him closer, she didn't want this moment to end.
Back out in the Colosseum:
Spyro and Razor were positioned in the hallway out of site and were waiting for the wolves to bring the others down. Razor looked over to his purple partner and said, "They should be coming any second now. How long until Pyro supposed to show up?"
Spyro thought for a minute and said, "Another 25 minutes at least, he should be have the key to these collars by… hold up someones coming." Razor and Spyro hid quickly and peaked around the corner looking to see who it was.
As they watched they saw that it was Conner and Stella who were coming this time. They both got into position and prepared to attack. Spyro looked up and made sure the stalactites were ready as well.
As the wolf stepped into position Razor spun threw an ice block up at the stalactite above the first wolf, who was holding Conner, and made it drop. The spike dropped right into the wolf's head killing him in one strike and alerting the second wolf who was holding Stella.
Before the wolf could react Spyro jumped on the wolf's back and stabbed the ice spear through the wolf's chest. He used the strength at his disposal to hold the wolf's muzzle shut as it tried to scream and howl for help. Finally the wolf's life ended and Spyro dropped him on the ground.
Conner smiled and said, "Right on time. How much longer till the next wolf comes?" Razor remembered the time exchanges and said, "The last group should be coming in 5 minutes. We need to be ready when Pyro comes."
Stella then said, "I'd ask what's next, but I can guess that we don't need to know the whole plan. So what do we do?" "Right now, all we have to do is to wait here and set the others free. Then it's all up to Pyro, however I think these will come in handy for our part." Conner answered while holding up a sword he had gotten off the wolf's body.
Stella then asked, "So what's Pyro doing anyway?" Razor smiled and said, "He's courting the keys away from our warden as we speak." He then looked up at the nearby tower where he was sure Glacia stayed.
Back in Glacia's Room:
Glacia was all heat as Pyro pleasured her in her room. She couldn't stop her moaning as he licked her neck and messaged her body with his warm paws.
Glacia then moaned out, "Ahh, Pyro this feels so haaah, I… I've never felt this way before." Pyro smiled as he continued. He then took hold of her paw and dragged his tongue up her arm making her moan out loud.
"Haaaaah, Pyro that feels so… nha good. Please don't stop." Pyro felt impressed with himself that he could make her feel this good from the smallest of actions, but now was not time for his ego.
Pyro's dominant control allowed her to have this wonderful experience, however this also left her oblivious to the silver bracelet on Pyro's wrist.
As he reached her paw, he took hold of her wrist and dragged his tongue back down, up her shoulder, and into the nape of her neck making her moan even louder. Glacia was so wrapped in pleasure that she didn't notice the fire dragon slip the control bracelet off her wrist.
As she was still writhing the fire dragon took hold of her paw and held it. He then brought her into another kiss, which made her close her eyes so she could enjoy it.
As he stopped they were both breathing deeply and were out of breath. Pyro then said, "I should probably go. My friends will probably get worried." Glacia nodded and said, "I wish you could stay." He nodded and said, "I know, but my heart already belongs to Star, and I will have to return to my city when this battle is over."
Glacia and Pyro sat up and the fire dragon made his way off the bed and towards the door. A wolf came in and placed his collar and began to lead him out of the room.
Before he left he turned back to Glacia and said, "Glacia, no matter what happens, you should remember everything I said. I never lie, and I don't plan to start anytime soon."
Glacia then thought for a moment before he left and said, "Pyro, a word of advice. Malefor is good at getting what he wants. He's changed in the years he's been gone, and he wants all of you to get stronger."
Pyro turned to her with a confused look and asked, "Why would he want that? From what I've been hearing of his plans, that sounds a bit counterproductive. So what's his end game?"
She answered quickly, "He wants this to be a challenge so he'll feel like he's earned his victory and that he is the true ruler of this world. But right now all Malefor is after… is you."
Pyro's eyes widened as he heard this. He turned his head back towards and gave her a warm smile as he said, "Thank you… ice princess and remember I never tell a lie… from my words or my actions."
Glacia was a bit confused, but smiled as he left, while failing to see the devious smile on the fire dragon's face as he left with the wolf. Pyro looked at the position of the sun and thought, 'Looks like I'm right on time. The guys should be done saving the others right about now. And I have what I came for.'
Back with the others:
Spyro and Razor had finally managed to set the others free and they were all waiting for Pyro to arrive. As they waited Razor noticed that Star seemed distracted and upset. Razor then walked up to her and asked, "Star, what's wrong? We have to stay focused on what we're doing."
Star shook her head and said, "It's Pyro… I saw everything that just happened. I saw everything that he did… with her." Razor made a surprised look and said, "Star look I know what you're thinking, but you have to understand that Pyro did all this so we could escape before anyone else had to fight. It was the only way."
Star shook her head and turned away from him.
Everyone got quite and as Spyro said, "Shhh guys someone's coming. Get into position." With that everyone hid and prepared to attack. Everyone watched as the one who rounded the corner was the one they were waiting for; Pyro had finally showed up.
As they rounded the corner Pyro caught the scent of his friends and smiled. He then stopped and wolf said, "Keep moving dragon!" The dragon king turned around and said, "I don't take orders, especially from some flea bitten mutt!. And especially since I have the advantage here."
The wolf then asked, "Advantage?" Before he could even blink, a sword pierced him through the chest and he dropped dead. As the wolf's body fell, it was revealed that Conner had delivered the killing blow.
Spyro then asked, "Did you get what you were looking for?" Pyro held up his right wrist and said, "I got it alright." Pyro then pressed one of the switches and just like that collars unlocked and fell off their necks (pretty lucky huh).
The fire dragon then said, "Ok everyone the passage is just up ahead. Our powers should return in a few minutes so let's go." Everyone followed close behind as the fire dragon led the way.
Back in Glacia's Room:
Glacia was still enjoying the feeling of happiness that had been washed over her. She then couldn't help but feel this way knowing that someone, especially someone so strong actually cared for her.
One of her wolves who was named Slade who was her right hand, best warrior, and advisor spoke up, "Lady Glacia, I highly doubt it was a good idea to let such a powerful enemy get so close to you. However I suppose your body would disagree."
Glacia rolled her eyes and said, "Slade, Slade, Slade, I highly doubt there is any reason to worry. After all, if there's a problem I can always prod them." Slade then said, "I think you'd keep that fire dragon around for your own personal reasons."
Glacia smiled and said, "I uh... We need him alive anyway. Malefor has plans for him. So I better not catch you trying to touch him." Suddenly a wolf came running in and yelled, "Mistress, the dark master and the ape king our on their way. They're sent word that they're doing the ceremony today."
Glacia eyes widened and she said, "Very well. Prepare to invite them inside." "Uh mistress, theres also one more thing." "What is it?" The wolf swallowed and said, "None of the wolves who were escorting the dragons to their cells reported back."
The ice dragoness shot up and thought for a minute. She then looked at her wrist and saw that the bracelet on her wrist was the wrong one, and her control bracelet was gone. She then said, "That conniving lying little… (no matter what happens, you should remember everything I said. I never lie, and I don't plan to start anytime soon)… no he meant every word, but he had to do what was necessary for his friends."
The wolf then asked, "What was that mistress?" Glacia erased her smile and said, "Nothing, tell Malefor what happened and ask for his help. Slade send the wolves out through the fortress and find them as fast as you can."
Both wolves left at full speed while she smiled to herself. She then thought, 'I don't know why, but deep down, I'm hoping you can get away Pyro.'
Back with Pyro and others:
Pyro had led the others to the entrance and their powers had come back to a small degree.
The fire dragon then unleashed a small fire stream and melted the entrance. He then cautiously stepped inside and found a stone staircase. He then said, "Everyone follow me and be careful, we have no idea how old these things are. Candice, Spyro once were all through re-freeze that wall. We don't want them following us."
Flame then thought to himself, "He thought this all through in the time he saw to the time of his fight. Man Malefor is going to be sorry when meets him."
Sparx then said, "You know I kind of wish I was still a dragonfly right now. At least then we'd have some light." Flare giggled at that comment and said, "That would be pretty useful, our only personal lantern."
Star looked jealous as she saw those two getting along so well, which reminded her of how damaged her relationship was now.
Ember then said, "Glad to hear you cracking some jokes again Sparx, but he does have a point. Even with our night vision I'd feel more comfortable if we had a light." Pyro activated a low stage nova mode that light up the passage way as they kept moving.
Candice smiled and said, "That's better, now we better hurry up and get out of here before those wolves get smart and catch up to us." Finally the group of dragons reached the bottom of the stairs and found themselves in a large cavern.
Stella then asked, "Where are we?" Razor took a look around and said, "I'd say this is some underground cavern used as an escape route or to transport supplies. It probably had other uses, but right now we need to find the way that leads to the outside."
Star then asked, "Yeah, once we're outside we can keep flying and kiss this hell hole goodbye! So how do we find the exist?" Pyro looked over at Star and wondered why she was being so hostile and pushy. It was obvious to him that something was bothering her, but he couldn't tell what.
He stepped close to her, but she gave him a death glare and he backed off. She then stepped closer to Razor and asked, "So Razor have any ideas?"
He then thought, "I have one. Everyone cover you're ears and get ready." In response everyone used their wings to cover their ears as Razor took a deep breath. The psychic dragon then gathered all the psychic energy he could focused it into his throat and let out a very high pitched roar!
Everyone watched as the roar created a blue wave that seemed to travel along the cave walls heading down in that direction. As the waves traveled farther down they began to echo and bounce down the different caves that were down there.
Finally the wound waves returned to their origin, giving the psychic dragon every detail about the underground passage ways. As Razor's brain analyzed the waves he finally found what he was looking for.
He then said, "The exit is about 90 degrees north of here and up a large stone stair case. After that we cross a bridge and it's a straight shot outside through a small cave." Pyro smiled at hearing the good news. He then turned to the others and said, "Alright everyone, let's get out of here!"
With that everyone began to make their way down the cavern.
Back with Glacia:
Back in the ice fortress Glacia's soldiers were bringing her master to her quarters. She herself was pacing back and forth in her room, waiting for either her master to burst through the door, or for her wolves to come telling the whereabouts of her prisoners.
As she began to make another pace, she felt her master's presence, he was here. Suddenly the door flew open and she looked up horrified at the sight of him. Malefor had come to Dante's Freezer.
The titanic purple dragon had also gone through a transformation thanks to the power of Aikis. Thanks to his master's new power had become an even more powerful force. His three horns on his head, his claws, and his spikes had turned a dark black. His scales were covered in ancient markings that were dark purple. Finally the symbol of convexity along with a few new markings were on each of his legs. He had also grown bigger and more muscular as well. He looked like an unstoppable force of destruction, and he was.
The dark master looked down at his general and asked, "Glacia, do you thing you could explain to me how it was that the prisoners escaped?" Glacia lowered her head and her body as she said, "No I cannot master. It seems they set some escape plan into motion and managed to pull it off. I sent my wolves to find them, but they haven't brought me back any word of their current location."
Malefor stepped closer to her and lifted up her head with his claw, forcing her to look him in the eye. This action made her blood run cold, and she felt like he was staring into the depths of her soul, just so he could rip it out.
The dark master then said, "I must say Glacia, I'm very disappointed, however I suppose I cannot blame you. You are still young and learning, not to mention when it comes to brains, your wolves wouldn't stand a chance against those dragons."
Suddenly a new voice spoke up and said, "Malefor sir, I'm afraid we have to hurry and find them."
Glacia looked behind him Malefor to see it was Sterns who had spoken, and Gaul was standing right next to him. If both of them were here it could only mean trouble. Glacia then asked, "Where is general Jones?"
Malefor petted her head and said, "Oh he's preparing the well of souls, which means we need to hurry and find our guest of honor." Gaul then said, "Sir, a thought just occurred to me." Malefor turned to his fellow general and asked, "Yes Gaul."
"Even if we do find out where they've gone, I highly doubt the wolves or the apes we brought with us will be enough to restrain them, especially not the one we are after." Malefor then said, "We could go after them ourselves, but we need to save our strength for the ceremony. So the only question is, who do we send to catch our little friends."
Sterns smiled evilly as he said, "I believe I can answer that. You see ever since we arrived, General Jones and I figured that as our ranks grew those dragons would only get stronger. So we decided to make something that could bring all of them down. Take a look outside."
Malefor, Gaul, and Glacia all looked outside and made surprised faces. Glacia then asked, "W-What are they?" "They are our latest invention. Not only are they capable of fighting the dragons, but they can also defeat them. Jones and I call them Sentinels. I only brought five… I think I could have left two back at the mountain."
Malefor smiled and said, "I am very impressed, send them." Sterns was about to hit the switch, but just as he was about to, Malefor interrupted and said, "Oh and Sterns, make sure you leave them alive. Besides our guest of honor tonight, we still need them for the prophecy."
Sterns nodded and smiled as he hit the switch. Sterns then turned to Gaul and said, "Have the teleportation gem ready. I'm sure this won't take long. Oh and Glacia, you will be joining us, won't you?"
Glacia smiled uneasily and said, "Why yes of course, as I I'd miss the ceremony." Sterns smiled and walked past her. Once he was out of sight Glacia's face went to one of worry.
Back In the Caverns:
The group had made their way up the stone stairs Razor had mentioned and were now crossing the bridge. Pyro led the way and watched as each of his friends walked across the bridge. He then looked at Star and saw she was still wearing the same infuriated face as earlier.
The fire dragon decided to see what was wrong and fix it. As he walked over to her she gave him the same death glare as before, but this time he didn't back down.
Pyro then asked, "Ok Star, what is your problem. I thought we worked past this whole thing earlier." Star snorted smoke as she said, "You know I did too… but apparently I was wrong!"
Pyro was confused beyond normal standards and asked, "What are you talking about?" The white dragoness shook her head and said, "Pyro, I saw everything you did with Glacia after your battle." Pyro's eyes shot wide and his face went to a look of shock as he heard those words.
Pyro then said, "Listen Star, I had to do that so I could get to the…" "I don't want to hear your excuses! There could have been another way, you just didn't think hard enough!" she yelled cutting him off and getting everyone else's attention.
Pyro then said, "Star, please listen to me. I know you must feel hurt, but I'm telling you that meant nothing. I was just trying to help everyone escape." She shook her head and said, "Of course, for everyone else's sake you go locking lips with another dragoness. If you truly cared if I was hurt you would have found another way to get that stupid bracelet!"
Pyro was in complete disbelief at what he was hearing. He tried to get another word in and said, "Star, look I-I was just trying to get us out of there, before another one of us had to fight! I didn't have time to think of another plan. I never wanted to hurt you!" She then screamed at him, "Well that is exactly what you've done! I can't believe I ever felt guilty about what I said when it's obvious all you care about is living up to your legacy as king!"
The dragon king felt his heart breaking with every word, and he just couldn't find the words to say anymore. Star then said, "I don't know what I ever saw in you to make me think I could love you. But I know one thing now. And… it's that I don't anymore!"
Pyro stood there as if someone had just shot him as the words left Star's lips. She walked past him and the others and walked through the exit. Pyro stayed in place like a statue as the tears came to his eyes. His one and only love had broken his heart right then and there and he couldn't do a thing about it.
Everyone watched him as he stood there as looks of sadness came to their faces. The dragon king had been struck speechless and emotionless. There was no anger, no confusion, and no drive to fix things, all there was, was pain.
Razor walked over to him and placed his paw on his best friend's shoulder, but Pyro pulled away and said, "Just leave me alone for a bit. Take the others out of here, I'll catch up in a bit." Razor wanted to argue, but he knew that this time being alone, was the best option for his friend right now.
Razor turned around and began to walk away as he said, "Let's go everyone! We have to get out of here now." Spyro then asked, "What about Pyro?" "He's going to catch up in a bit, let's go." Everyone took second glances as they all turned around began to make their way towards the cave exit without him.
Just as they were about exit the cave, they all suddenly heard Star scream from outside. Each of them began to rush outside and Pyro snapped out of his depression to see what was going on. As they all made their way outside they were met with a strange and horrifying sight.
Before them stood 4 large robots that stood at least as tall as an adult dragon. Razor then asked, "What in the name of Tartarus are those things?" Conner then said, "I don't know, but I'm willing to bet that they're here to stop us."
Cynder then said, "Well what do you say we smash the dark master's new toys before they do what they came here to do." Sparx then said, "For once, I agree with what Cynder said. Let's bash these bots!"
Pyro began to examine the machines and suddenly got a bad feeling about fighting them. Pyro then thought for a minute. 'Those things look familiar. Wait a minute, I remember now, when I hacked into Jones's data base. These things were made to hunt humans with mutated DNA, but Jones and Sterns reengineered them to hunt dragons! None of them are back to full strength yet. If they fight now there's now way they can win.'
At that moment it was as if time slowed down as Pyro yelled, "STOOOOOOP!" But it was too late, his friends had already engaged them.
Razor attacked the one farthest to the left while the other took on the other four in groups of two. Razor used his psychic power to increase his speed and attacked the robot from the side. In a flash he jumped from the left straight at the titanic robot.
As Razor closed in, the robot turned his head and looked dead at him. Then before the psychic could react he was grabbed by the throat and held out in front of the titanic machines. The robot began to crush his throat as he struggled against its grip.
The metal titan then pulled its fist back and delivered a powerful punch to Razor's torso. That one blow was enough to knock all the wind out of the young dragon. Before he could recover the titan pulled him up and slammed him into the ground. It then pulled him out, tossed him into the air, and as he came down, it punched him into the side of a nearby mountain.
The others attacked their respected Sentinel in unison, and with no fear in their minds. Spyro was with Cynder, Sparx with Flare, Conner with Stella, Candice decided to help Razor, and Star went in to provide cover fire for everyone from the sky. Seeing that the Centennal was about to attack him again the ice dragoness used her ice breath to freeze it in place.
She then leaped forward smashed it down with ice tail attack. Continuing her combo the ice dragoness spun around attempting to deliver ice punch, but just as she swung her fist, her metal opponent caught it.
Candice just stared disbelief as it happened. She then tried to pull away from it, but it was just too strong. Suddenly the Sentinel before her lit itself on fire and tightened its grip on her wrist. Candice screamed out in pain as her wrist was crushed and burned.
The Sentinel then lifted her up took hold of her side, which also began to burn on contact. The ice dragoness once again screamed as the metal monster took burned her side, then before she could find a way to get free the metal monster crushed at least four of her ribs. Candice's screams echoed throughout the iced land.
The machine was about to attack again but was blasted in the face by fire-ball and dropped the ice dragoness on the ground. The ice guardian tried to muster her strength, but just as she tried to get up, the sentinel kicked her in her stomach with unbelievable force and sent her crashing into a stone wall near the cave entrance. Candice was knocked out cold and lay there unconscious in the snow.
The sentinel then looked to the sky to see Star flying over head blasting the other sentinels why her friends fought. It decided to get rid of her. The sentinel then activated it's canon inside its head and fired directly at her.
Star was so busy helping the others that she didn't even notice the beam coming in. She was hit dead center in her back and slid across the ground back towards the cave.
Sparx and Flare charged the Sentinel they had in their sights with blinding speed. Flare attacked by shooting three fire balls at the metal monstrosity before her, while Sparx circled around with his lighting speed to attack from behind.
The lighting dragon leaped into the air and tried to deliver a lighting kick with his back paw, but before he made contact, the metal titan shot its hand backwards and stabbed Sparx with large metal claws. Sparx roared out in pain, but before he could do anything the sentinel tossed him to ground.
At that moment something inside of Flare snapped and the fire dragoness charged in and attacked. She covered her fist in flames and tried to punch the metal monster in the face, but just like Candice, it caught her fist very easily.
As it held her fist, the man made machines body began to shine as ice crystals emerged all over its body. Flare watched as ice began to cover her paw. She cringed as the ice climbed up her arm and the metal monster crushed her paw.
The fire dragoness knew she had to act and called upon her strength. She summoned her inner fire and blasted the mecha-monster in the face with a fire-ball making it let go. The machine shook off the attack and attacked again. Flare looked up to see it trying to punch her into the ground.
The former fire general rolled to the right dodging the punch. She then created a fire whip, lashed it out, and wrapped it around the sentinels neck. She then slid between its legs, pulled as hard as she could and flipped it onto its back.
Flare then leaped into the air and tried to finish it off, but as she reached over it, its face opened up and blasted her dead center in her chest, sending her flying back. She landed hard on the ground as her body smoked in the ground.
Spyro and Cynder moved in on their sentinel and moved as fast as they could. Cynder disappeared into the shadows while Spyro charged forward. The sentinel charged at Spyro full speed and transformed its arm into a giant spear.
In reaction Spyro wrapped himself in an earth sphere and rammed the mechanized monster into the side of the mountain. In retaliation the sentinel smashed through the rock sphere and grabbed the purple dragon by his horn.
As it tried to attack him, Cynder appeared and from the shadow of the mountain and shot it in the face with a blast of fear making it let him go. She then summoned her shadow claws and slashed it across its chest making stumble backwards. As she tried to do same thing with her left claw, the sentinel grabbed her and began to glow white. Before she could react the sentinel flashed and blinder her.
Spyro had finally recovered from his blow and attacked the one hurting his mate. The purple dragon leaped into air and tried to dive at it, but as he did the sentinel smashed Cynder into him, and smashed them both into the ground.
Razor tried to stand, but as he did the titanic machine was already on the attack again. Reacting quickly he pulled his head back and shot a psychic beam into its chest, sending it flying back away from him.
Pyro was about to go in and help his friend, but he then remembered something else. He then thought, 'Wait a minute, 1,2,3,4? Wait a minute the data said every squad has at least five, so where's the last one?"
Back in the fight Spyro had just been kicked across the ground by one of the Sentinels but managed to flip himself back onto his paws while Cynder went in for another attack. The purple dragon then glanced over to his brother to see he was looking for something. His eyes then shot wide as he saw one of the machines standing in the tunnel directly behind him.
He then yelled out desperately, "PYRO, BEHIND YOU!" The red dragon turned to his brother as he heard what he said. He then began to turn around, but just as he did all he saw was a giant orange beam heading right for him.
With no time to react Pyro was hit point blank and sent flying across the battle field. The sentinel closed in and began to scan him. As it did it said, "Target Pyro identified, commencing capture process."
The sentinel held out its arm and suddenly four large claws shot out and stabbed themselves into his front shoulders and into his back. Pyro roared out in pain, but it wasn't over yet. The sentinel raised him, held him out in front of him, and suddenly sent an electric current into him making him howl out in agony. It then took hold of his head and pulsed the electric current through his brain making him pass out.
The sentinel then took its claws out of him and held him by his waist in its arms. Spyro then looked over and yelled, "No, let him go!" Before he could get up and act the sentinel activated its rocket jets and flew over to the tower.
Spyro was about to get up, but just as he tried, he was shot down by a one of the sentinels and knocked aside. The purple dragon's vision began to fade as his brother was take away from him and his team was knocked out all around him, and finally the world went black.
2 hours later:
The sound of groaning was all around as everyone began to regain consciousness, and recover themselves. Spyro was the first to stand up and asked, "Is everyone alright?" Everyone sounded off and called back to him, all except one.
Razor then looked around and asked, "Hey, where's Pyro?" Everyone began to scan the area, but no one could see him. Star then said, "Maybe he went ahead to scout out the area or something."
Spyro shook his head and said, "No, he's not here." The white dragoness's eyes shot wide as she heard this. She then asked, "W-What do you mean, he's not here?" The purple dragon then said in a bitter tone, "They weren't trying to recapture us, they were only after Pyro. After they knocked us all out they took him back in there."
Everyone gasped as they heard this. Razor then used his psychic power to scan the minds of everyone who was still in the fortress, desperate to find his friend. As he finished his sweep he said, "He's not here! Glacia's not here either!"
Candice then asked, "Then where the heck are they? Where did they take him?" Flame then got everyone's attention and said, "Uh guys!" Everyone turned to fire guardian and saw what he was looking at. In the distance they could see the beam from the well of souls blasting high into the sky.
Star then asked, "You can't possibly think he's there. It would have taken at least a day to get there from here, and that's only if you fly at top speed the whole way." Flare then said, "Actually it's not. Thanks to Jones and Sterns we've been able to do a lot more things with crystals thanks to their science. Earlier when I was still working for them, Sterns had managed to use the fury crystals raw power as a teleportation crystal. That's probably how they got there so fast."
Conner then said, "But I don't get it, why take Pyro, and why take him there? What do they want from him that they can't get from the rest of us?" Flare then said, "I think I know what he's planning to do. Cynder you remember what he did to me and you right?"
With that one sentence everything became crystal clear. Star then said, "No, he can't. It won't work, Pyro's mind and body are filled with his ancestral energy. That energy is infinite and can't be destroyed, Malefor can't corrupt him."
Ember thought for a moment and she thought of something. "What if Malefor's not after Pyro, but the ancestral energy itself." Razor shook his head and said, "That won't work either, that power belongs to Pyro's family alone. He is the only who can…" Razor's eyes suddenly shot as wide as they would go and then shrunk to a size that can't be described.
Razor then said, "I can't believe I didn't think of this. How could I not see this until now?!" Cynder stepped next to him and asked, "Razor, what's wrong? What are you talking about?" Razor then said, "Ember was right, but it's not Pyro Malefor's after, and it's not his ancestral energy he wants either."
Flare then asked, "Then what is he after?" Razor then said, "He's after Frauxus!" Everyone's eyes shot wide as those words left the psychic dragon's mouth.
At the Mountain of Malefor:
Pyro had begun to stir and as he fully awakened he wished he had stayed knocked out. The dragon king had found himself locked into the floor by black chains pulsing with darkness. As he scanned his surroundings, he saw that he was in a room filed with weapons, apes, and crystals of all colors.
Pyro then looked around himself to find he was locked down onto some kind of alter with stranger symbols all over it. He then looked past his feet and saw a purple glow below him. He then thought, 'Now I know where I am. I'm back at that mountain where we fought Gaul."
He then remembered how he came to be here. Those giant machines called Sentinels attacked him and his friends and beat the living crap out of them. He also remembered how one of them knocked him out after the rest had beaten the others. The question is, why keep him alive, and why bring him here? Oh wait that's two questions. He laughed as he could even make a joke under the circumstances he was in.
Suddenly the doors in the front of the room opened and a dragon Pyro had never seen before stepped into the room, though he already knew who he was. The purple dragon before him was accompanied by Sterns and Glacia.
As the purple dragon walked in he sat down in front of Pyro and smiled at him. He then spoke in a voice that sounded powerful, "Welcome young Pyro, so glad you could join us for our little ceremony. I suppose you are wondering why you are here."
Pyro then replied, "Good guess. You know Malefor, from what I've heard you don't seem like the merciful type so I'm guessing you have some kind of plan involving me. If you wouldn't mind explaining."
The dark purple dragon chuckled and said, "Pyro, you are a very intriguing dragon. If perfection ever did exist, you would be the closest to achieving it. You're strength, power, and combat abilities are like nothing I have ever seen before. And just look at what you've done in the short time you've been here. You've learned our worlds method of fire easily, you've become the new vessel of Solaris's power, and you've defeated my fellow Generals repeatedly. If I said I wasn't impressed, I'd have to brand myself a liar."
The dragon king chuckled and said, "Coming from one so powerful and experienced, I feel honored receiving such compliments. However I suggest you find some better company to keep. One such as yourself shouldn't interact with such heathens." Glacia reaped back in shock at receiving such an insult.
Sterns growled and stomped up to him as he said, "Listen you little red lizard, I suggest you watch your tongue…" He then grabbed him by his throat and said, "Or I'm going to make sure the last moments of you're life will be agonizingly painful."
Pyro stood there not showing a single sign of pain or fear, and his face showed he was not impressed. He then replied, "My life is already painful because I have to be in the same room as you. I guess you can feel tough when I'm chained down and can't defend myself. Then again, you humans always act tough in those situations."
The armored man unsheathed his arm blade and prepared to stab him, but had his arm pulled back as Malefor called out, "Enough Sterns, go and recharge the Sentinels, while Jones programs them for the war. I'll explain why we need Pyro?"
Pyro smiled and said, "Bye, bye lackey." Sterns turned his, but continued to walk out the door.
Malefor laughed as he replied, "You have nice manners, for one so young. Although I can see how your grudge against the humans would drive you to say such things." "Of course, dragons are creatures of quality. I wouldn't dream of ever working with such despicable beings ever in my life. Dragons however can look past their differences if need be, right Glacia?"
The ice dragoness blushed as she remembered what happened earlier. Malefor laughed again and said, "Ah and a wise mind as well, you truly are a great dragon." Pyro then said, "Now that the formalities are taken care of, can we get to the part where you tell me why I'm here?"
Malefor nodded and said, "Of course. You see my young friend, since you've arrived this war has not turned out of our favor. We need something to tip the war and put our plans back on track, that's where you come in."
Pyro raised a brow and said, "You know there's no way I'd ever leave my brother or my team." The purple dragon nodded and said, "Oh believe me, I know just how loyal and strong willed you and your brother are."
Glacia watched as her master continued to speak to the chained fire dragon, "However it's not you I am after. I'm after the one inside you… I believe you call him Frauxus." Pyro's eyes shot wide as he heard this, but he soon composed himself. He then said, "I can see how you'd think that would work, but Frauxus lives inside me. You can't get to him without corrupting me, and that won't work."
Malefor laughed as he said, "Oh I know better then to try and corrupt you, I'm just going to focus on the essence of Frauxus himself. We're going to use the well of souls to increase the power of Frauxus until he's powerful enough to manifest out of your body."
Pyro's face then went to one of worry and he began to put two and two together. He then said, "And once he's fully manifested, his dark energy combined with the power of the well of souls will syphon off my life force and…"
"Give Frauxus a body and soul of his very own. He'll be every bit as strong, powerful, and skilled as you are and with power of the well of souls, his abilities will surpass yours completely. I'm sure he will make a fine General in Aikis's army. Now if you don't mind, Glacia and I have to attend to our troops and keep an eye out for your friends. It wouldn't be a proper farewell without the guests of honor being here to bid their friend goodbye."
Pyro looked down as the news hit him and rocked inside his skull. He was going to be responsible for the defeat of his friends and the destruction of his world. Glacia looked at him with pity and her face was one of sadness as she left the room."
Back with the others:
Razor and the others were flying full speed towards the mountain of Malefor, desperate to try and reach their friend. Spyro then said, "We're not gonna make it by the time of the eclipse if we keep flying this speed!"
Cynder flew next to him and said, "We have to try, if we don't make it there we're going to lose Pyro forever!" Conner then said, "THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I'M LOSING MY BROTHER AGAIN! Everyone get close to me now!" Everyone listened to the raging lighting dragon and got as close as they could.
Conner then began charging his electric and lightning elements making his body spark and pulse with energy. Flame then asked worriedly, "What exactly are you doing?!" Stella then yelled, "There's not time to think about it, just trust him and stay close!"
The lighting dragon had finally finished charging and focused all the lighting into his right paw. He then shot a pulsing lighting sphere forward in front of them. Before anyone could react, the sphere expanded into He then yelled to the others, "Everyone go through now!"
Obeying their comrades words all of them flew through the gate at full speed. As they did all of them suddenly felt their bodies surge with power and before any of them could even blink they all shot off like rockets.
They all watched as everything around passed by within milliseconds, as their destination came closer and closer into view. Finally the effect of Conner's technique wore off and they began to slow down. The surge they felt died down and they saw that they were only about an hour away from the mountain.
Sparx then asked, "What the heck did you do?!" Conner turned to him and yelled, "I call that the 'Lightning Jump!'. I combined my lighting and electric elements to create a gate that would execrate our electrons. After that the lighting would easily flow around us and carry us to our destination at super speed."
Razor then said, "Good work Conner, now we actually have a chance at getting their in time. Let's just hope to the divine creator that they don't try anything crazy before it's time!"
Spyro then called out, "Alright everyone full speed ahead!" With that all of them gave it everything they had and increased their speed. Star was flying exceptionally fast fearing that she was responsible for this. She then thought, 'Pyro, please, please be safe. If anything happened to you I… I don't… just hold on until we get there.'
Mountain of Malefor:
Pyro was sitting on the alter perfectly still not bothering to struggle against his restraints. He had given up and just waited for them to return and get it over with. His spirit had been broken to a point where he just couldn't fight anymore. His body had been beaten to a pulp in mindless battle, his mate hated him, and soon he would be non-existent.
A noise suddenly caught his attention and he looked up to see Glacia standing in the door. The ice dragoness finally walked in with a look of sorrow on her face as she walked up to him.
She then said, "Pyro, I… I'm sorry about all this. I wish this didn't have to happen." The fire dragon shook his head and said, "To each their own, right? Besides it's not your fault this happened, and there's nothing you can do about it. Besides, I've got nothing left to fight for."
Glacia face went from sad to just plain devastated. She then surprised him by leaning upward and locking maws with him. Pyro's eyes shot wide as he felt her kiss him as passionately as she could. The fire dragon then closed his eyes and kissed her back.
As they separated the captive fire dragon asked, "Why'd you do that?" "It's the least I could. I just thought I'd give you one last pleasure before this happens." she said with a look of pity on her face. The dragon king smiled and said, "Thank you, I really appreciate the kindness."
At that moment the doors flew open showing Malefor, Gaul, Sterns, and finally Jones entering the room. Malefor then asked, "Glacia what are you doing here?" The ice dragoness quickly replied, "I-I was just talking to the prisoner master. Seeing what his last thoughts were."
Malefor smiled and said, "Well that's enough of that. The eclipse is upon us and it is time to commence the ceremony." As he said this an ape called out, "My king, we've spotted the dragons heading this way. Shall we prepare our defenses?"
Gaul smiled and said, "Yes, but only send half our troops down, we wouldn't want our guests missing the main event of the evening. Now, shall we?" The others smiled and stepped closer to the alter to begin the ceremony.
Pyro watched as all them held up their hands, and paws toward him. He watched as they began to glow with dark purple energy and focused it towards the alter. Finally all their eyes shot open and they all released a powerful black and purple beam at the bound dragon king.
All the dragon king could think of was how painful this experience was. It felt like someone had stabbed a sword into him with jagged edges and now each and ever edge was ripping him apart as the sword was drawn back out.
As the pain continued Pyro continued to roar and scream out in pain. The three generals smiled as they heard his pain filled screams, and watched him writhe in pain. Glacia however winced and turned away as she saw this.
Pyro grunted and gritted his teeth to try and bare it, but the pain of this was just too much, and he just couldn't stop screaming. Suddenly he felt something in his center begin to build. Using what little strength he had he looked down at his chest and saw that it too was beginning to glow a black and purple color.
Malefor, Sterns, Jones, and Glacia continued to pour their dark energy into him until the energy inside Pyro began to fully rise. They all watched as the dark energy finally took shape and formed a sphere on the dragons chest. Pyro screams had become more intense, as he clawed at the stone alter beneath him and gritted his fangs.
Finally the pain stopped and Pyro collapsed onto the alter. The dark generals had stopped their blasts and watched him lie there and take in his deep breaths.
Malefor smiled as the sphere on Pyro's chest was still visible and was now pulsing with power, Frauxus had been awakened. The dark purple dragon then stated, "Now all we need is the eclipse to activate the well and the ritual will be complete."
Suddenly a human male soldier burst through the door and yelled, "Sir, I'm here to report!" Jones stepped forward and commanded, "Go ahead soldier!" "Sir, the dragons are half way up the mountain and have taken our more than third of the forces you sent to stall them, sir!"
Gaul then replied, "Well, that was quite fast of them. They must have fully recovered from their fight with the sentinels." Sterns stepped next to his fellow general and said, "Oh it's not just that, they're all desperate to save their most powerful player. I believe they've figured out what we're trying to do, but if they're only half way up, they'll never make it in time."
Malefor smiled and said, "Now, now let's not count them out just yet. I believe they'll be here right on time. After all, they all are working towards a common goal. Soldier do you have anything else to report." "Yes sir, all six dragons are currently heading up the south entrance. Many of our soldiers are being wiped out by their power. If they continue at their current pace they should arrive in 7 minutes or less, sir!"
Malefor smiled as he said, "That's good, these dragons sure don't dissapoi… wait did you say six?" The soldier replied, "Yes sir, we count six dragons heading this way. You can see them on this monitor."
Everyone looked at the monitor and saw the soldier was telling the truth. Jones then said, "There should be seven of them, so which one is missing?" Glacia scanned them and said, "It's the psychic grey scaled dragon. He's not with them."
Sterns then asked, "That dragon is a master strategist, it was probably him who figured out our plan. If he's not with the group, then he must using them as distraction so he can do something else with us seeing. The question is, what is it?"
Razor-South Side of Mt. Malefor:
Razor was sneaking through the hidden tunnels above the soldiers as his friends continued fighting their way to the main chamber. As he crawled another five feet, he finally found what he was looking for and smiled.
What he saw was a large steel door, guarded by at least four guards. Razor used his psychic power to slowly levitate down. As he did he began to hear the the guards talking with one another. Guard 1 said, "Ha, did you see the video the sentinels brought back, those dragons finally got what they deserve."
Guard 3 then replied, "Hah, hah you've got that right! Those dragons finally got their butts handed to them." Guard 2 followed up, "Yeah, as long as we've got these babies, those overgrown lizards don't stand a chance." Guard 4 then ordered, "Alright that's enough! Don't forget we're still soldiers and we're on duty. We can't let those dragons get in here!"
"Like me?" Razor called from behind.
Guard 4 turned around and answered, "Yeah, like him, so stay sharp!" As the soldiers finally realized what he had just said, "He turned around only to be punched in the face and knocked out."
Guard 2 tried to shoot him, but as the bullets came him, Razor simply grabbed them with his mind and stopped them in their tracks. He then held up his paw and flexed out his fingers sending the bullets back at the guard and the other two.
After that the psychic dragon made a cocky smile and blew on his claws as he said, "Man I'm good. Now to get to work!" The psychic dragon then used a psychic pulse to blow the steel door open and sent flying.
As the doors opened or were opened, Razor saw the sentinels. He then looked over at a monitor to see that they weren't even half way charged. He began to scan the room and found what he was looking for. He found a generator that seemed to be their power source.
The psychic generals eyes narrowed on the generator as his psychic power began to rise. The generator was covered by a light blue glow as the telekinetic energy began to wrap around and grip it.
Razor then lifted up his right paw, which made the generator rise into the air. Once it was high enough Razor began to close his paw as the glow around him grew brighter and stronger. As his fist closed the generator began to slowly compact as it was crushed.
Finally the psychic dragon closed his fist and destroyed the generator. He was about to leave until he looked at the monitor. He decided to get into the data base and find out some secrets they could use to their advantage.
Pyro shared his complete memories with Razor, and given his ever evolving mind he easily became a master of technology.
As he hacked into the database he found data files marked with strange symbols. As he began to click amongst them be found data on the sentinels and on each of his friends. Feeling it was the best action to take he began deleting everything they had on him and the others, as well as the dragon city.
As he scanned through more files he suddenly found something that caught his attention. It had a strange word that he had never heard of before. The word was Gias." Razor began to read the file and as he did, a smile came to his face.
Finally he turned off the computer and began to make his way towards the main chamber of the well of souls, and to his king. As he ran he began to see soldiers heading his way. He smiled as he thought, 'These guys just never learn. Don't worry guys this will only take a minute, maybe three at the most, but don't you dare let Pyro die!"
Back in the Main Chamber of the Well of Souls:
Sterns's question was soon answered ass a panicking soldier came running into the chamber and yelled, "SIR, the sentinels, the chargers have been destroyed and the guards we had in that area have all been wiped out!"
Jones laughed and said, "Well played, psychic dragon. Well played in deed. All soldiers fall back and evacuate to the entrances and exits, get all gear ready, and prepared to drive the dragons out!We'll deal with them, once they arrive here."
The soldier solutes and yelled back, "Sir!" Jones then looked up and said, "Only one more minute to go and we will finally be rid of this dragon forever."
One Level Below the Main Chamber:
Spyro and the others were making their way to well of souls as fast as they could while taking out as many soldiers as they could.
Spyro then yelled back to his friends as he punched a soldier out of his way, "Everyone keep moving, we're almost there! Just keep fighting!"
Cynder used her shadow claws to slash the soldiers out of the way, while also slipping into the shadows of the that could be passed. She then used her fear to send a whole wall of soldiers flying. She then turned ahead and kept running.
Flame and Ember used combination fire moves to break through the many soldiers that came at them. They used their combined fire streams to blow the soldiers away and apart. They then used their comet dashes to burst and blast past them with incredible speed.
Candice, Sparks, Flare, and Conner used combined attacks to get past the soldiers and didn't bother taking the time to defeat them. Candice used her ice beam to freeze the floor, making the soldiers slip and fall over each other.
As more soldiers came from behind, with guns in hand, Flare used her fire breath to melt the ice, and let Sparks and Conner electrocute the water, knocking the pathetic gun slingers out.
With that the dragons continued their charge to save their friend, and brother.
Razor had finally made his way back and yelled, "Pyro's directly above us, everyone gather up. Spyro, use an earth pillar to smash through the ceiling!" The purple dragon smiled and yelled back, "I hear ya!"
The purple hero gathered his earth power and with one giant stomp he smashed his paw on the ground creating an earth pillar that smashed to the upper level. Once it was made everyone jumped and flew through the whole.
As they all reached the next floor they were met with the sight that was disturbing. In the main chamber they all saw their most despised enemies lined up in front of Pyro, who was only semi-conscious, covered in burn marks, and had a strange glowing dark purple sphere on his chest.
Malefor was the first to speak, "Well Spyro, Cynder it's been a long time. I must say I am very impressed with both of you. You have grown strong while I was away."
Jones then looked behind the two dragons Malefor addressed and said, "Ah Razor, Conner how nice to see you two again. Razor I saw your match with Darkseid and I must say I am impressed. It seems you finally managed to break out of your weakness."
Razor snorted and said, "It seems you haven't broken out of yours however. Still relying on petty tricks cowardly actions. At least now your fighting with creatures who know a thing or two about honor."
Sterns grunted and said, "Why you pathetic lizard." "What's the matter Sterns? Can't sit with the fact that you and your friends suck as bad as you always did?"
The two dragons growled at their enemy, but Spyro's growl subsided as he said, "Malefor, I'm only going to ask once. Give Pyro back to us, now. You can't win, we've got you outnumbered and the sentinels are shut down."
Malefor laughed out loud as he replied, "You've also grown confident. Let me explain one thing Spyro, you may think you have the advantage here, but you do not. I commend you for defeating Sterns and Gaul, but now you face all four of us, which will not be as easy as you may think."
Cydner growled as she said, "Easy or not, he's our friend. We'll go through all of you if it means protecting him, you hear!"
"Oh I hear you loud and clear Cynder, but in the end all of your efforts have been waisted." Malefor said with an evil toothy grin on his face. Spyro then asked, "What do you mean by that?" Malefor looked toward the alter and said, "Because in five seconds you'll have nothing left to protect."
Everyone looked toward the alter where Pyro was on and watched as a giant white light flashed over head. They watched as the well of souls increased in size from the eclipse, blasted up from the volcano, and engulfed Pyro in its light.
As the young fire dragon was suspended directly in the center of the beam, the sphere on his chest began to flash. The beam then increased its density causing Pyro to scream out loud in pain. The lights of the beam began to flow into the dark sphere and Pyro's screams became louder as his life force was slowly being ripped sucked away into the sphere.
Everyone began to rush in to try and save him, but the generals stood in there way. Spyro then yelled, "Move, Now!" Malefor laughed and asked, "Now Spyro is that any way to ask for a favor?" "I wasn't asking, I was telling. Move now, or I'll move you!" the young purple dragon said angrily.
Cynder stepped next to him and yelled, "That goes for all of you!" Sterns then said, "Well it won't matter, not unless you think you can get past us and free him in 15 seconds."
Everyone turned to the alter as the beam continued to drain his life force and increase the size of the black sphere on Pyro's chest.
The sphere then separated from his body and began to change shape. Everyone watched as golden transparent line leading from Pyro's chest, began to enter the sphere.
Star instantly knew what it was and said, "That golden energy is Pyro's soul." Everyone gasped and once again tried to rush the alter, but before they could, Malefor lifted up his paw and slammed it down creating a powerful purple shockwave that blew all of them away.
The young dragons were blown back against the wall, and struggled to stand up again. Spyro growled and stood his ground against Malefor.
Conner then yelled, "Just hold on a little longer bro, we're coming!" They all stood up and prepared to attack, when they suddenly heard Pyro scream, "NO!"
Everyone made a look of surprise as they heard this. The dragon king then continued, "You all have to get out of here now! You can't beet all of them, and you can't save me! Leave now while you have the chance!"
Flame then yelled, "No, we're not leaving you! We can reach you, just hold on!" The fire dragon shook his head and replied in a sad tone, "No Flame, it's over for me. I can already feel my life beginning to fade. I don't have much time left."
Flare then yelled, "Pyro, don't say that! We can do this, we can save you, just like you saved me when I was here!" Ember followed up by saying, "Yeah, Flares right, you've fought your way through everything they've thrown at you! You can't just give up now!"
Razor then yelled, "Pyro common you can survive this. You're a survivor, a warrior, a king! You can't just give up now! Please just don't give up and we won't give up!"
Pyro shook his and said, "I'm sorry Razor, but this time I'm beaten. I've got no power, and… I've lost my will to fight. I know you all think of me as your best fighter, but you're going to have to do this without me. Even I can't fight against death, but listen to defeat lenitnes you need speed and numbers."
Spyro then yelled back, "Pyro… no you, you can't just give up. Your city needs you, Warfang needs you, our team needs you,… I need you. Please just try."
Pyro smiled to his brother and said, "Spyro everyone, I'm glad I got to meet you, that I got to come here, and have the experiences with you. I wouldn't trade them for anything. From now, you all will have to fight with the power you have, and that we gained together. No matter what, never give up the fight to save your home! No matter how strong the darkness is, the light will always be there, you are that light."
Star finally spoke, "Pyro, Pyro please… you can't… you can't just give up. I know what I said, but I… I… you can't leave me like this, how am I supposed to live with myself. You're my light, I need you!"
Pyro turned to his mate and said, "I'm sorry Star, but I guess my light has finally gone out, but you should know that I still love you, and I always will."
Star's eyes teared up and her tears began to flow non-stop down her cheeks. She just couldn't believe that this was happening.
The dragon king took one final breath and said, "The prophecy said you'd need my power to win this war! Now take it and continue to fight to protect the dragon realms!"
Pyro's body lit up in rainbow fire before different balls of fire shot off and entered the bodies of his friends. They all felt their bodies surge as his power entered them and fused with their own.
Pyro then continued to speak, "Remember my words, you all must continue to fight. You are the light that will shine the way to tomorrow. No matter as long as you never give up, THE LIGHT WILL PREVAIL!"
The well of souls suddenly fluxed again and began to surge with power. It beamed down on Pyro as began to rip the remnants of his soul out of him. He then thought, 'No… this is... I have to…'
As the well of souls continued to drain him, he screamed in agony. "Nrgh, ahhhh haaaaaaaaaaa! Aaaaauuuuuuuuugh! Hmph! Nrrrrghhhh! Huuuuh! NRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
With that last scream a golden beam exploded from the center of Pyro's body as the purple beam flashed and exploded as well. The two explosions created a shockwave sending everyone back.
As they all regained themselves and stood back up, they all looked toward the alter. As they did they all looked in shock and disbelief, while Malefor and the other generals let devious and evil smiles come to their faces.
There on the alter stood Fraxus. Razor then said, "No, NO, it can't be!" Fraxus then opened his eyes and took a deep breath. He then began to look around with his black and purple eyes.
Fraxus then turned to Razor and said, "What's the matter old buddy? I'd almost think you weren't happy to see me." Conner then said, "It's really him, they really did it."
The jet black dragon then looked over to the large purple dragon standing to his left and said, "You are Malefor I presume?" Malfore nodded and said, "And you must be Fraxus?"
The new dark dragon nodded and replied, "I am. I can't thank you enough for destroying my other half and setting me free. I know your plans for me and all I can say is… I'm in."
Star looked upon the black dragon with utter disbelief and said, "No, this… this can't be possible. It can't be you."
Fraxus then turned to her and said, "Aww, what's the matter 'snow flake', not happy to see me? Or is that you miss your mate already? Oh wait I forgot, he's wasn't your mate anymore was he?"
Star began to growl at him, but soon stopped as he stepped down from the alter and made his way towards her and the others. The dark fire dragon then said, "And to think, all this happened because you didn't have faith in your mate. Instead you stuck to accusations you thought you saw and cased his feelings aside. Oh how truly tragic for my other half."
The white dragoness then asked in anger, "What are you talking about?" He then turned to Glacia with a sly grin and asked, "Glacia, may I?" The ice empress replied, "It'd be cruel not to tell her now."
Fraxus laughed evilly and said, "You see your little friend Flare back there shared her darkness with Pyro, so he wouldn't fall victim to being corrupted again, but what started as an act of kindness quickly backfired. After he came here to save her, he got into a fight with Gaul. While they were fighting Gaul stabbed him with a blade that enhances someone's dark side and pushes it to the surface. This made Pyro easily corruptible to anyone who had the same darkness."
Star began to put everything together and said, "No, no, no that can't be. Then everything, everything that happened…"
"Was because of Glacia, and with that color on Pyro couldn't use any of his powers to resist it. Also everything you 'saw' him do with Glacia was actually me. I took over his body and had my fun. What can I say, I just couldn't keep my hands off her."
Glacia couldn't help but blush at those comments, but quickly composed herself as she saw her master smirking at her.
Star felt her heart shatter as she realized that everything she had done out of jealousy and fear was all wrong.
While the white dragoness was still in shock everyone else began growling as their enemies stood before them. Malefor then turned to the Fraxus and said, "Welcome, General Fraxus. Together we shall reshape this world the way we see fit."
The new general replied, "General Fraxus, that has a nice ring to it, but uh what do we do with them?" Malefor turned to them and said, "If they're smart, they'll take this chance to leave after all, we wouldn't want to crush them the way they are now."
All of the dragons on Spyro's team were growling and digging their claws in anger. Spyro himself then stopped as he heard more soldiers coming in of all kinds. He then thought, 'If we start fighting now, we waste a lot of time. Not only that we'd have to face all five of them plus the sentinels.'
Spyro gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, we have to get out of here!" Conner turned and said, "What?!" "Look we're outnumbered and outgunned, we don't stand a chance. We have to leave now! We'll get another chance, but if we fight now we all die. We can't let Pyro's death be in vein."
Everyone was hesitant, but they knew the purple dragon was right. Spyro then yelled, "All right let's go!" Everyone took flight flew through the top of the volcano and into the air. Spyro then said, "We'll be back, and you will pay for this."
Malefor smiled a toothy evil grin as he said, "I'll be waiting, young dragon."
Finally Spyro flew out of the volcano as fast as he could to catch up with the others. He looked to his friends and each of them was shedding tears. It wasn't long before he too let tears flow down his cheeks.
The had lost one of their one today, a teammate, a partner, a mate, a brother, a friend. As they flew through the night sky, the full moon shined upon their scales lighting their way. Through the calm silence of the night all of their combined spirits bid farewell to their friend, "Goodbye Pyro. We will never forget you."