Chapter 8
Elijah awoke to see Flashwing gone, he sat upright and without thinking, put his mask on, Spidey then went and grabbed some cereal from the hotel and walked out to find the others staring in the sky, "hey guys, what's up?" Spider-Man asked while munching on his cereal, they pointed upwards into the sky, and when Spidey followed the direction, he saw what they were pointing at: a red sky, with a giant floating castle in the air, surrounded by surges of electricity, "huh, that's new" Spider-Man spoke calmly as he felt a buzzing in his waist, he looked down and lifted up the torso slightly TK find his Spider-tracer tacker was buzzing madly, he took it out, and saw that the signal was coming from the castle, "um guys...my tracker is going nuts" Spider-Man told the others as they glanced at it, "how much you wanna bet that's where Cynder is?" Spidey asked as they all looked at each other, then they nodded in unison, now they could save Cynder.
The group nimbly and stealthily made their way up into the castle, (granted, Flashwing did carry Spider-Man up by the claws) as they entered silently, they saw it all: Grublins, Orcs, Apes, Drow Elves, Chompies, Spell Punks, pretty much every monster ever in the Skylands, "woah, that's a lot of guys, how should we proceed?" Spidey asked the group as they considered their options, "I have an idea" Spyro suggested as he whispered it into Spider-Man's ear, "ooooh...wait a minute..." Spider-Man was stopped as Spyro initiated the plan, "wait, what!?" Spider-Man was pushed into the crowd of enemies, "okay, I guess we're doing this, go find Cynder! Hiyah!" Spider-Man exclaimed as he kicked, punched, and whacked with his staff, "be careful!" Flashwing called out as Spider-Man easily dodged a blow and returned it swiftly. "Now, Cynder, which room could you be in..?" Spyro mumbled as they looked throughout the various layouts within each room, each were evenly spaced and such. Just then, they noticed an open corridor, almost calling to them, "that's...convenient" Spyro pointed out as they made their way through the corridor, until they finally entered a large courtyard (sound familiar?) "I'm getting the sense that this was..." Whirlwind was cut off as they were surrounded by blue fire, "a trap" the four of them said in unison (including Sparx) "ah, hello, Spyro, I see you noticed my new mountain, I hope you enjoy the view" Spyro looked upward and saw a figure he wished was never living, the dragon landed swiftly outside the blue fire, "it can't be..." Spyro's utter shock overwhelmed him, "oh, but it is, Spyro" the figure...was Malefor.