Two weeks. It has been two weeks since Ember and Spyro were captured and forced kill other creatures of all sorts of shapes and sizes, every single day. Naturally they have grown tired from the countless fights they have been forced into, but on top of that they have been starved and their wounds barely healed. They're lucky to have made it his far. In their time of confinement, however there bond as friends has grown stronger. Spyro would say that there bond is as strong as his and Cynder's.

They sat in there cage, sleeping off last night's battle when the door at the end of the hallway opened up and out came six Rhynocs, each carrying a spear in hand. They approached the cages, and slipped two spears in-between the bars. Then one of the spears men reached out his spear and stabbed into both Spyro's and Ember's side, enough to wake them up from the pain, but not enough to cause a serious injury.

Both Ember and Spyro jolted awake from the intense pain they felt. Ember slowly began to rise, only for the Rhynoc to poke her once more with his spear in hopes that she would rise more quickly, causing her to yelp in pain.

Spyro on the other hand, was already on his feet and had one of the spears in his jaws, trying to wrench it away from the Rhynoc, only for the second spears men to jab his spear into Spyro's side deeply, forcing Spyro to release the spear.

"We suggest you check those desires right now, because you lizards won't be getting out, no one has, no one ever will," said one of the Rhynocs.

When the two dragons were finally up, the Rhynocs opened their prison cells for them to come out. Still keeping their weapons ready and alert for any stunts the two may pull.

"Get moving," one Rhynoc yelled as he kicked Spyro hard. Spyro did not flinch but he did growl a little.

"Move it bitch!" yelled another Rhynoc as he kicked Ember hard to the ground. Ember growled loudly at the Rhynoc before standing back up and walked with Spyro as they were escorted to the gate. Once at the gate, the Rhynocs left them to get the gate opened. As the gate was slowly opening, Spyro and Ember looked at each other.

"Are you ready for this?" Spyro asked Ember with concern.

"I'm scared," Ember answered with a slight hint of fear.

"Just stay close to me,"

Finally the gate opened and the two dragons enter back in the arena, there like always they heard the crowed cheered loudly as they entered. At the far north at the center was a large private throne section. Sitting there as always, was Ripto with his two bodyguards Crush and Gulp standing on each side.

"Welcome!" Ripto announced to all the viewing Rhynocs who cheered wildly. "What a glorious day this is! Ripto looked at all his viewing spectators. "Today we'll be having a special fight. Today, we will have are so far surviving contestants, the Purple Dragon along with the Dragon Princess, vs. a champion of these gladiator fights," Ripto announced.

The crowed went crazy in excitement as they roared proudly.

"Last week these two dragons were able to beat our former current champion, but let's see how well they'll fare against a veteran champion. I give you…Crush!"

Both Spyro and Ember were taken by surprise at the sudden announcement. They had to fight one of Ripto's bodyguards now. Last they checked, Crush was a monster in fights as the memories of seeing him dominate one of Ember's elite bodyguards still was fresh in their minds.

The crowd cheered even more widely, going as far to chant Crush's name as he readied his multi spiked club and growled in excitement.

"The rules are quite simple. Last man standing lives, everyone else dies!" Ripto announced.

Almost Immediately Crush jumped into the arena, his landing sending a forceful shockwave that sent Spyro and Ember flying away from each other. Crush ran towards Spyro and tried to smash him with his multi-spiked club. Spyro rolled out of the way. They turn back towards each other and Crush attempt to crush him again only for Spyro to do a dashing slash with his claws. The slash had little to no effect thanks to Crush's armor.

Crush merely growled and slammed his club on the ground multiple times to try and hit Spyro. Spyro continuously dodged, rolled, or jumped out of the way of the many strikes Crush delivers. Eventually, Spyro leaped onto his club, ran up to Crush's face and leaps towards him. Crush saw this and swatted Spyro away like a rag doll.

Before Crush could continue, Ember flew up and bit one of Crush's legs. It did not hurt Crush, and instead it just made him angry. Crush turned his attention to Ember as she flew backwards and growled at Crush. Crush merely roared violently towards Ember and runs after her. Ember only flew out of each of his strikes, and tries to deliver counter strikes on the unprotected areas of Crush's armor. However it was a little easier said than done because Crush was a vicious monster and refused to let Ember get close to him.

Before long, Spyro got back up and horn bashed Crush from behind. This didn't even stagger Crush but it did bent his armor a little. Crush turned towards Spyro and just as he was about to deliver a strike, Ember bit an unprotected area of Crush's arm. Crush merely roared and threw Ember off of him and went after her again.

Before Ember could have a chance, Crush punched her hard and sent her flying to the ground causing serious damage to her. Ember could barely get up from the last attack, her tiredness, injuries, and week starved body was getting the better of her. Crush rushed over to Ember and was going to crush her with his club. However Spyro took flight in the air and flew right in Crush's face and began to slash his face with his claws.

Crush roared in pain and struggled to get Spyro off of him. Eventually, Crush was able to grab Spyro and with one large hand, began to slowly crushed Spyro in his hand, breaking some of his bones a little in the process causing Spyro to roar in pain. Seeing this, Ember ignored her serious injuries and head bashed Crush in the groin. This made Crush drop to his knees in pain however due to him being protected there, it did a little damage to him, and allot to damage to Ember's head.

Furious by this, Crush threw Spyro to the ground and smashed his foot on Ember's chest. Ember screamed in pain as Crush continuously kept on stomping on her. Spyro tried to get up but his latest injuries were too great. In the end, Crush smashed his foot on Ember one more time and Ember blacked out.

"EMBER!" Spyro yelled in deep fear as Crush smashed his foot on her again.

"Stop!" Ripto yelled from his seat. Crush obeyed and looked towards Ripto, meanwhile Spyro tried to rush over to Ember as quick as his injured heavy body would let him.

"My friends, sadly I have to call this match over, apparently the dragons are not in the best of shape, and so their performance is boring us don't you think?" Ripto asked the crowed as they all cheered in agreement.

"So as of now I call this match for Crush, for kicking their asses better then they tried to kick his,"

The crowd cheered wildly and chanted Crush's name. But Spyro ignored the crowed and quickly ran over to Ember, hoping that she was alright. But the guards had other plans, as Spyro was quickly grabbed by several Rhynocs and was taken away to his cell. He struggled as much as he could, but the Rhynocs held him firmly. When they reached his cell, they threw him in and quickly closed and locked the door. Spyro began to panic about the condition of Ember, but he was slightly relieved when he saw the Rhynocs toss Ember into the cell across from him. At least he will be able to see Ember wake up, if she does. Spyro approached the bars of his cell.

"Ember, Ember are you alright right? Please answer me," Spyro called out, hoping she would respond.

Ember did not respond or even move. Spyro became even more worried.

"Somebody help her, she's not moving!" Spyro began to call out to the guards who were walking towards them, carrying their red gems.

The guards however ignored his plea for help, and instead just tossed the red gems into their cells, causing the red gem to shatter when it hit the ground.

Spyro froze on the spot, he wasn't sure if he was scared or furious at this moment. Before he could say anything, the guards left the area.

Spyro began to pace back and forth from his cell, his mind deeply worried about Ember, wanting to know if she is even alive. Spyro quickly shook his head of such thoughts. 'Why would they place her in her cell if she was dead?' Spyro thought, hoping it would calm his nerves a little.

Several hours past, and still Ember did not wake up. Spyro kept an eye on the pink dragoness hoping that she will stir. Thankfully after such a long time, she finally began to wake up. Ember groaned as she slowly lifted herself off the ground, though she felt some relief as a couple of red gem shards absorbed into her scales.

Seeing this, Spyro quickly stood up and said "Ember are you alright?" he asked in a slight panic.

"I… I don't," Ember said in response. "My whole body hurts, but other than that I think I'm fine,"

Spyro wasn't all that surprised to hear that, but he was glad to know that she didn't have any major injuries upon her.

Ember tried moving a little but found that she was pretty sore, but soon noticed that there were some more red gems to absorb.

"Please just take it slow and don't push yourself," replied Spyro with concern.

Ember laid back to rest her sore body but thanks to some of the red gems, she was feeling a little bit better.

"What happened, where are we?" She asked.

"Ripto stopped the fight and threw us back in our cells, you blacked out from Crush's attacks, for past several hours I was worried if you were ok," he answered.

Ember blushed a little but sighed. "Sorry I wasn't much help today,"

"Hey don't worry about that, you were great, heck you saved my tail a couple of times, I owe you big for that," Spyro answered with a smile that made Ember's blush redden a little more. "Say Ember why don't you get some rest. I don't know what waits us tomorrow, but it would be best to get some sleep before then,"

Ember nodded her head, agreeing to his idea and closed her eyes. It wasn't until a few hours later when she opened them back up when she heard the sound of a door opening. Looking up she saw three Rhynocs walking down the hallway. She got a little excited as it meant that they would be getting what little food Ripto would allow, but as the Rhynocs came closer she noticed that something was off.

As they got closer, she noticed that one of them had an eye patch over his eye. She guessed that he was the same Rhynoc she clawed at his eyes when she first got here. The second thing that she noticed was that they smelt of alcohol and were nearly stumbling on one another.

"Hey where is our food?" asked Ember when she noticed that they didn't have any sighs of food on them.

The Rhynocs looked towards her, and the Rhynoc with the eye patch grew a wicked grin as an idea formed in his head.

"Tonight you are going to have to work for it girly," he said as he walked closer to her cell. Just as he reached her cell bars, he stuck his arm through trying to grab her, only for her to jump back and away from his grasp. Pulling his arm out from the bars, the Rhynoc began to grumble to himself. Then he got another idea in his mind and an even large grin formed on his face. "Hey girl, I will give you food, if you show us your lady parts," he said with a wide grin on his face.

Ember mouth almost dropped to the ground at how disgusting that was. Spyro himself jolted up awake when he heard all the commotion.

Ember closed her legs between them, wrapped her tail around her, and with a snarled face, Ember yelled, "Fuck off you filthy sick pigs! Like hell I'm going to expose myself for the likes of you disgusting horned bastards!"

The Rhynocs smile quickly disappeared. "You don't have a choice in the matter girl, if you want show us, then we will make you show us," The Rhynoc then turned to his friends and they nodded their heads in agreement. They then opened Ember's cell door and walked in.

Ember quickly jumped to her feet and moved back slowly. The Rhynocs shut the door behind them and turn towards her.

"Grab the bitch and hold her down!" Yelled the Rhynoc with one eye.

The Rhynocs all at once try to pounce on Ember but quickly moved away from them. Continually they tried and grab her but she moves too quick for them to even touch her. Whenever they do grab her a little she either bit or scratches them to force them to let go.

"Leave her alone you sick bastards!" Spyro yelled from his cage.

Eventually, the Rhynocs where able to corner Ember at the wall, and the moment she tries to get away, they all grab her at once. Ember let out a shriek. She desperately tried struggling out of their grasp.

"Hold her still damn it!" yelled one of the Rhynocs.

"I'm trying but this bitch won't stay still," yelled the other.

Ember again tried clawing and biting at them, but at this point they're too angry to care about the injuries she inflicts on them.

Getting annoyed with her struggling, one of the Rhynocs grabbed hold of her leg, and bent it until a snapping sound could be heard.

Ember's eyes shot wide open for a moment before she let out a loud high pitched scream in agony. With twisted smiles, they there Ember down on the ground as she cried out in pain from her broken leg.

"About damn time," replied the one eyed Rhynoc.

Ember's mind was slightly dazed from the pain, but she could still make out the site of the three Rhynocs pulling out there man meat. A musk filled the air and it only made Ember's head spin more.

"Oh I'm going to enjoy this," said the one eyed Rhynoc as he began to walk behind Ember. The other two on the other hand began to argue over who would get her mouth.

"Come on man, you know I'm more pent up then you," wined one of the Rhynocs.

"I don't care, I already called dibs on her mouth. Look just go fool around with the purple slut over there," said the other Rhynoc as he pointed towards Spyro.

As the Rhynoc left Ember's cell, Ember felt the one eyed Rhynoc grab her behind. Fearing what is to come, Ember began to struggle as hard as she could with a broken leg.

"Hold still bitch!" yelled the Rhynoc as he tried to align himself.

Meanwhile the other Rhynoc stood at Spyro's cell door.

"Now you be good you hear?" said the drunken Rhynoc only to receive an glare of hatred from the purple dragon. The Rhynoc ignored this and unlocked the door and pulling it open. Once inside, he walked up behind Spyro and lifted his tail up. With a fearsome growl that startled the Rhynoc, Spyro wrapped his tail on his hand and snaps his hand in two. Before the Rhynoc could scream in pain, Spyro turns around and snaps his jaws through the Rhynoc's throat, and tears it to pieces, letting the Rhynoc die from extreme blood loss as it poured everywhere. Once he kills the Rhynoc, Spyro turned towards the other Rhynocs trying to rape Ember.

"That's it, fuck this," yelled the one eyed Rhynoc, he grabbed his spike mace and slammed it hard on Ember's broken leg, making Ember scream even louder and stunning her with agony. Once stunned, the two Rhynocs grab her and get ready.

"I've got a serious case of blue balls your royal bitchness and you are going to take every drop of it after the shit you put me through! The Rhynoc yelled. Prepare for the most wildest ride in your fucking life!"

Suddenly without warning, Spyro appeared from behind the one eyed Rhynoc and tore his balls off with his razor sharp claws. The Rhynoc fell to his knees and roared in deep agony which shocked both Ember and the other Rhynoc. When the one eye Rhynoc turned around, Spyro used his horns to slash his stomach open. Before the Rhynoc could process this, Spyro ripped the Rhynocs horn off and stabbed it all the way through his face through the other end of his head. When his lifeless body fell to the ground, Spyro leapt onto the last Rhynoc and began to tear him apart limb by limb with his claws and teeth. The site horrified Ember a little as she saw a new side of Spyro she never knew existed. He was always so sweet and gentle, now here he is tearing these perverted monsters to pieces. The screams of the Rhynoc wasn't helping because the more he screamed and beg for his life, the more brutal Spyro became. Eventually Spyro killed the last Rhynoc and spat a piece of him out.

Ember then heard Spyro breath heavily as he stood still staring at what he did to the Rhynocs. Almost as if he was disgusted with what he has done, he backed away a bit before turning towards Ember. He noticed her shocked and scared look in her eyes before asking "Ember… did I hurt you at all?"

"No…no you didn't," Ember replied still slightly frightened.

"How bad is your leg?"

Ember tried standing up but the moment she moved her badly broken leg, Ember fell back to the ground in pain.

"It looks really bad,"

"I'll be fine if we can get out of here," Ember answered in between deep breaths.

Spyro quickly thought up a plan to help Ember. "Ember, can you try your best to stand? I need to get under you so, that I can put you on my back,"

Ember was a little shocked to hear him ask this but didn't question him. She stood up as best as she could, baring whatever pain she felt for a few short seconds. Then with the help of Spyro, she managed to lie upon his back. She couldn't help but blush slightly as she laid on his back and felt relieved from the stress and traumatic experience she just witness and almost happened to her.

Once Spyro knew that Ember was secure on his back, he left the cell in search of some way out. They were lucky however as they quickly found a grate in the ground, which they guessed led to some sort of sewage pipeline from the terrible smell coming from it. Lifting up the grate, Spyro was forced to let Ember down first as the opening was too small for the both of them to go down at the same time. Once inside they noticed that it was too cramped in there for Spyro to carry Ember on his back.

They then began to crawl through the sewer, or at least the best they could with Ember limping. It was a hellish place for them. Not only did it smell terrible, but it was so dark that they could hardly see the downwards slope in front of them. Without warning, both Ember and Spyro slipped on the sewer sludge and slide down the tunnel before being spat out an opening and landing in a growing puddle of fecal matter.
As soon as they realized what they were laying in, both dragons couldn't help but puke up whatever food they had in them. Wanting to leave the puddle and the horrifying place behind, they quickly stood up, and once Spyro got Ember back on his back he ran away as best as he could. He ran until they figured that they were far enough away as to not be seen by any patrolling guards or Sentinels. Taking flight, they flew high in the sky looking for some sort of land mark to indicate where they were. As if a blessing from the heavens, it began to gently rain, which washed away some of the sewage waste on them. Though it didn't help much with the smell, they were still glad to be rid of such crap.

They continued to fly until they grew very tired. Finding a cave not too far away they began to land. When Ember landed however, thanks to her broken leg, she stumbled forwards and ended up falling head first into the ground.

Spyro quickly ran up to her. "Are you ok?" he asked concerned.

"Yea I'm fine, let's just get inside," replied Ember, not caring all that much about how much pain she was in. All she wanted to do was sleep.

Spyro watched as Ember limped into the cave. He wanted to help her so he said, "Ember I'm going to go find some red gems, I will be right back,"

However before he could run off, Ember yelled "Wait!" Spyro did as he was asked and turned around and looked at her with a brow raised. A light blush formed on Ember's face once more as she asked, "Do you think… instead you could stay here with me for a bit?"

Spyro was about to question her, but they he noticed the scared look in her eyes. He figured that after what they went though, she didn't want to be left alone at the moment. So Spyro only nodded before joining her in the cave.

Spyro walked up to her, and laid down next to her. Ember ignored the smell, and got as close to him as possible, enjoying the company he provided. She felt safe for once since they were first captured two weeks ago, and she didn't want him to leave her just yet. Spyro slowly began to like her company as well, but then he noticed that her broken leg was starting to bleed a little. He wanted to comfort her some more, but he knew that she had to get that leg fixed.

Spyro stood up and then said, "Look Ember, I really need to find you some red gems, your leg is in terrible condition and needs to get fixed up before it gets worse," he said in a stern tone in his voice.

Ember glanced at her leg and despite what that she wanted him to stay, she knew he was right. "Alright but please come back as quickly as possible," Ember pleaded. Spyro nodded his head before taking flight once more.

Thankfully he returned shortly caring several long leafs and a few sticks with him.

"I couldn't find any red gems, so I'm going to have to make a cast for you," Spyro said setting the small set of supplies down.

"It's ok," Ember quietly said, she was just glad to have him back again.

After few minutes, Spyro was able to craft a perfect cast for Ember thanks to her help with telling him what to do. Once her cast was on, Ember was able to sigh slightly in relief.

"How do you feel?" Spyro asked concerned.

"I think I'm ok for now,"

A wind suddenly blew into the tunnel, sending a shiver down both dragons' spines. Spyro looked outside the cave and saw that it was still raining, so it would be pointless to go out and fetch damp firewood. A slight blush formed on Spyro's face as a though came to mind. "Hey Ember since all the wood is wet and would make for a poor fire… I think the only way for us to stay warm is if we were to… sleep together,"

A blush quickly formed on Ember's face as well, but she said nothing as Spyro walked next to her and laid down beside her before draping a wing over her. She quickly felt the warm from his body warm her from the cold. Ember however could not bring herself to look at him, as she was really embarrassed by what he was doing so she closed her eyes. Several thoughts ran through her mind, trying to come up with something to do. She knew that she at least had to thank him. Deciding that a simple thank you would be enough for now, she opened her eyes to thank Spyro for keeping her safe though the past few weeks, only to find that he had fallen asleep.

Seeing this she felt the tiniest of a blush form once again on her face. She couldn't help but think about how cute he looked as he slept so close to her. Seeing as he was sleep, Ember felt a little bold, and quickly kissed him on the cheek before whispering in his ear "Thank you,"

Pulling her head back to see if he woke up, she found that he was still asleep, however a smile did grow upon his face, causing Ember to smile as well. She decided wrapped a wing around Spyro to join him in slumber.

Meanwhile back inside the prison area that the two Dragons escaped from. Ripto stands calmly looking at what is left from the three Rhynocs that tried to rape the dragons. It is in that moment his general, General Grendor, walks up to him.

"You called for me sir," Grendor asked.

Ripto looks at Grendor briefly before looking back at the corpses.

"I have a new mission for you, you are to hunt down the two dragons you captured before and bring them back here," Ripto merely responded to his question.

"I have to ask but how did they get out?"

"Poor choice of guards is all I'll say,"

"I apologize sir,"

"No need, if anything, this is exactly what I've been hopping for,"

"I beg your pardon sir,"

"It's nothing, any rate,"

Ripto turns around to Grendor and hands him a vile of liquid.

"If they prove to be too powerful or if they were to get help, you are to use this,"

Grendor takes the vile and looks at it.

"What does it do my lord,"

"It will give you a fighting chance that's all,"

"My dedication is strong my lord, I will not fail you,"

Ripto smirks.

"See to it that you don't,"

Ripto merely pats his shoulder before walking off, his evil smile growing ever bigger and his eyes glowed red.