Meanwhile, Blaze had flown his staff to the nearby forest, and they all hopped off onto the ground.

"Don't worry, Blaze," AJ assured. "We'll get them back. Right guys?"

"Right," Stripes agreed.

"What?!" Crusher stared at them in shock. "Are you guys seriously thinking of going back?!"

"We have to, Crusher! Those are our friends!" AJ tried to reason.

"No, no, NO!" Crusher shook his head repeatedly. "Have you SEEN those petrified witches?! I am NOT risking it!"

"Crusher, PLEASE don't make this difficult," Blaze said with a huff.

"ME?! Maybe if you hadn't told us you and AJ were witches to begin with, we wouldn't be here, in the forest, in a magical world full of crazy people, our friends in cages, and my best friend some sort of owl monster!"

"Either way!" Blaze snapped. "I'm not losing my friends to that so called emperor like I lost my brother!!"

The suddenly air tensed at that. Crusher was taken back by the snap, from the red truck's rage or his words, he couldn't tell. AJ looked concerned while Stripes looked confused and worried.

"Your… brother?" he turned to his friend. "You have a brother…?"

"Had one..." AJ sighed.

"His name was Dynamite," Blaze hissed, trying to hold in the tears. "Belos… he… he attacked us years ago… killed him in front of me… I… I never had a chance to save him…"

"Oh Blaze... I'm so sorry..." Stripes said softly, hugging the trembling red truck.

Crusher, on the other hand, looked horrified.

Could it be…? No, it couldn't.

But it was. He said it himself. His brother… the name was so similar…

He had to risk it.

"S-Spitfire…?"

Blaze blinked through the tears in shock.

No one knew his true name.

Not even AJ knew.

There was only a very limited few who did.

His mother...

His aunt...

His cousin…

And his brother.

Could it really be him...?

He turned to the dark blue truck, eyes still teary as he spoke.

"D-Dynamite…?"

"Yeah..." Crusher couldn't hold back the tears. "it's me..."

He closed his eyes and twirled his tires, causing lightning blue magic to appear as it surrounded him, shifting his form into a teen white pale skin, pointy ears and dark blue hair that went down his shoulders.

"It... it is you!!"

Blaze zoomed towards him, his own magic surrounding him and shifting his form into a teen with tan skin, pointy ears and fiery red hair that curled up. He reached the other and took him in his arms as much as he could.

"I thought you were dead!" Blaze sobbed. "Where were you?! What happened?!"

"Belos… he rose me from the dead," Crusher explained with a shudder. "He kept me in his castle… tortured me… chained me up… used my magic to get what he wanted…"

"Oh my Titan, brother... I'm so sorry!" Blaze held him tighter. "I missed you so much! There hasn't been a day that I haven't thought about you..."

"Same here," Crusher said with a tearful smile. "But Belos… he said that you were dead… that he killed you…"

"Oh, Dynamite, no..." Blaze wiped his brother's tears. "I always blame myself for not getting to you in time..."

"And I've blamed myself for not being able to save you," Crusher chuckled. "We ARE related, aren't we?"

"Of course," Blaze giggled. "I understand now why you didn't wanna go in there. I'm sorry."

"It's alright," Crusher sighed. "but you're also right. That's our friends in there… and we can't let Belos hurt them,"

"So... will you come back with us to save them?"

Crusher nodded. "I will,"

"Great!" Blaze beamed. "Let's go!"

"Wait, Blaze," AJ stooped him. "What's the plan?"

"Yeah, we can't just go in blind," Stripes agreed.

"Right," Blaze sighed. "Forgot we need one,"

"I've got one," Crusher spoke up.

"Great! What is it?"

"We split up," he said. "You all can go front and distract Belos while I go from behind and get our friends out,"

"Good plan," Blaze agreed. "Let's do this!"