The mothership, which was usually quiet, became a place filled with curiosity as Allan and Jose were giving Cynder a tour of the Atlantis. First they showed the hanger or docking bay of the mothership, which took an hour with Kent, the mechanic asking many questions and taking pictures with a broken camera. Then Jose showed her the dorms, or rooms of everyone on the ship. She noticed the three empty dorms.

"Are these the guest rooms?" she asked Jose. He turned to Allan who let out a small sigh.

"Actually those were rooms of past teammates. Sadly they decided to go solo" he answered. Cynder nodded in agreement and followed Allan to a small area with two doors. He opened one which revealed a dorm with four small beds with a cabinet for each one, and one bathroom.

"This is the guest room. Sorry it's not your type" Jose said scratching his back. Allan closed the door and lead the two over to the Space-Line room, which featured the massive window showing the purple hazed planet. Cynder quickly ran over and gazed out the window staring at the Realms in awe.

"I never thought to see it look so beautiful" she said in a whisper. Allan looked over at Jose and stared at him insecurely.

"And that's why I didn't buy the satellite dish" Jose rolled his eyes and walked into the door that lead into the briefing room.

"Hey Cynder, we're heading to the briefing room. Want a look see?" Allan asked the dragoness. She slowly turned her head, nodded, and followed. The two walked through the metal door and walked down the empty neck of the ship.

"So… why is this so long and pointless to get to the next room?" she asked the pilot. He chuckled and continued to look straight on.

"My Grandfather sorta stole this idea from another group of mercenaries from another system of planets." He replied. Cynder laughed back as they finally passed another metal door that slid open, revealing the rest of the team and the main controls of the ship. Allan led Cynder over to the metallic robot who was still twitching from the lack of funds. Roburto bent his head to see the black dragoness.

"Greetings. I-am-ROB-N-U-S-1-2-8-or-Roburto-for-short. I-control-the-ship-and-the-bridge" he said in his monotone. He lifted his head and continued to monitor a screen while still twitching. Next, Allan walked over to Erick who was underneath a control panel, tinkering with the broken parts.

"Cynder, this is Erick Baron, our computer and weapons specialist" Erick tried to move out but was startled and smacked his head on the ceiling of the control panel. He laid silent while Allan shook his head in disappointment. "this happens every time we have visitors" he joked. Cynder smiled and saw Lucario playing with his guitar. He stopped and walked over placing the instrument on his back.

"Nice to see someone new, I'm Lucario" he said pulling out a paw. Both Cynder and Lucario shook paws and continued to chat, while Allan tried to help Erick up.

"Come on Erick, wake up. I know you faked it this time, because lizards freak you out" he lightly slapped Erick's face. The blonde pilot woke up with a stroke of embarrassment down on his face.

"I did it again, didn't I?" he said trying to stand up. Allan slightly nodded his head and got up and found Daniel asleep. J.J. turned his seat around and rolled his eyes.

"Hey gramps! Wake up!" he shouted at the veteran. Daniel quickly woke up and noticed Cynder and Allan snickering at the drool on his face.

"Very funny. So… this is the dragon you brought aboard" he said pulling out a pair of miniature glasses. "what's your name?" he asked a tad louder. Erick who didn't hear the first line spoke first.

"Erick"

"Not you dummy! The dragon!" Daniel replied in frustration. Cynder faced the mentor pilot.

"My names Cynder" she said proudly. She sat down near a soft cushion area around Daniel.

"Hmmm…interesting" he said stroking his chin. The dragon cocked her head, a tad confused.

"What's wrong?" she asked. Daniel began typing holographic buttons from his control panel. A large flat screen with a set of dates appeared on the holo-screen. After clicking a few dates, a stopped and turned around, facing Allan and Cynder.

"Did you have a mother with the same name?" he asked staring back at the screen.

"No. I was…uhh…" she stopped talking and froze from the question. Allan marched up and looked at the screen and then faced Daniel.

"What are trying to prove? She's evil or something?" he said looking at the many incidents from six years ago and far back.

"She might be"

"WHAT!?" the entire team yelled. Roburto ignored by muting his hearing device. Allan faced Cynder who had an extremely sad and guilty look on her face. A tear was beginning to fall off her cheek.

"How… did you find out?" Allan asked with rage. Before Daniel could answer, J.J. got up and faced Allan with the same anger.

"Cause she's…"

"Wrong color and not human!" he said to J.J, who quickly walked back. Daniel leaned his chair and pointed at the many statistics on the holographic screen.

"I hacked into a library somewhere down around the Realms and saved all sorts of data about the planet. It's amazing that the 'C' area was mostly about…"

"I get it! Is this true?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes…but I was possessed! A puppet to that Dark Master! You have to believe me!" Allan faced Daniel and faced the green screen.

"Look under 'D" he said. Daniel nodded and searched for many areas in "D". Daniel backed his head and blinked rapidly at the results.

"Great Scott she's right! According to a mythological chapter, a 'Dark Master' possessed a young hatchling and used 'her' own will to attack a normal sized Realm. From the book 'Myths', by a Ignitus, copyright last year, blah blah blah" he said.

"Ignitus wrote a book?!" Cynder exclaimed with a surprise expression. No one asked, while Allan and Daniel sighed in relief. The screen closed all its applications and showed the planet again. This time one area was beginning to clear up, the same location Allan, J.J, and Jose landed.

"On to new business. Thanks to your actions, the force field has gotten stronger" Jose turned his chair around and pulled both hands out, doing the "thumbs-up" hand gesture. Daniel rolled his eyes and continued.

"Unfortunately it makes it more difficult to pass through. So you'll have to fly through more Force Rings to temporary deactivate the shield. Second, there's still a whole mass supply of these 'Dark Gems' that are spreading across rapidly…"

"And we take them out, right?" Jose answered quickly. Daniel nodded and continued.

"Fortunately there is someone who knows everyplace, every Realm on this entire planet. There's only one problem"

"Just tell us who it is and we'll find him" Allan replied ambitiously.

"That's the problem, there's no one that knows the place by the back of their hand, or paw, or whatever" Daniel said with a disappointing sigh. Allan and Jose shook their heads.

"Wait. I think I might know someone who can!" Cynder said tugging on Allan's leg.

"Any idea who it might be" J.J. replied sarcastically. She rolled her eyes and faced the blank screen.

"A very close friend named Spyro. He's practically a hero everywhere! He saved me from the Dark Master." Allan faced Daniel who quickly typed up the name. Immediately he found the residence and location and exact coordinates.

"Roburto, save that information" he ordered the robot. He beeped while the read rectangular eye blinked.

"Location, Dragon-Village. Coordinates-2-8-7-5-3-4-5-6-5" he replied saving the digits in his memory.

"You should get going since there's still light" Daniel recommended. Allan nodded and carried a sleeping Raichu out of the sliding metal door, while Cynder and Jose followed. J.J. sat alone with Erick, Daniel, and Lucario staring at him with impatient looks.

"All right, all right I'm goin" he said avoiding getting thrown out. He picked up his backpack and walked out the metal door.

"Sometimes I wonder why I asked him to join." Daniel said to himself.

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In side the docking bay, Kent was dozing off a deep sleep still with his oxygen mask on. Allan placed Cynder and Raichu in the back seat. This time she felt more comfortable about flying.

"The bags are located near the…"

"I don't think I'll need them" she replied back. Allan shrugged and climbed in the cockpit, pushing the routine buttons. The entrance opened up, unable to wake Kent up from his sleep.

"Think we should wake him Jose?" Allan said over the white headset. There was a small stream of laughter before there was a reply.

"Let him learn on his own." He replied back.

"Okay. Your call" Allan said in a carefree attitude. Finally the ship hovers in mid air while the engine and gravity diffusers begin to ignite.

"Ruther's online. He'll tell you how many rings you need to fly into" Daniel called over the intercom. Kent, only moved a little on his side from the loud speaker. A huge wave of fire burst through the three Arwings. Jose's ignited a massive flame that struck Kent in his sleep, as soon as he woke up.

"What the… AAAAAAHHHH!!! I'M ON FIRE! QUIT LAUGHING YOU IDIOTS! I'M ON FREAKING FIRE!!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. Kent rolled over screaming and panicking. "oh my god I'm gonna die! My life is definitely not like the movie Star Fox!" he continued to panic even though the fire was gone. J.J. quickly jumped out with a mini extinguisher and fired a round of cold foam covering the mechanic.

"Get up you sissy. I can't believe you were afraid of fire. You need to bathe to avoid getting burned. You have enough oil on you to create fuel for a candle!" he said throwing the extinguisher at the mechanic. He felt embarrassed and walked to a bathroom to change and wash for the first time in two weeks. J.J. hopped back in his Arwing and closed his window.

"Man, can we go? Today!?" Jose said impatiently. Allan sighed and charged out of the metal entrance, this time without hearing the scream of Cynder behind him. Nearby they could see an asteroid belt, which guarded a long range of Force Rings. Allan increased his speed and flew into the belt. Suddenly a "ping" sound appeared from his headset.

"Allan, this time you need to flight through more rings to deactivate the shield. Flight through three Force rings to lower the force field." Another "ping" sound was heard over the headset.

Asteroids and meteors were in every direction. Instead of dodging, Allan fired rapidly at every meteor he ran into. One after another, huge chunk of rock was destroyed as they passed through. Soon they made it to another pile of asteroids heading towards them. They were avoidable which made J.J. and Jose fly ahead, approaching a Force ring. Suddenly a shot of laser fire trickles near Allan. He easily dodged the shot and fired a Nova bomb back at the rock. Five Foe ships appeared behind the rocks and began firing rapidly. J.J. fired his twin lasers behind them which scattered the squadron. Jose joined him as they chased one.

"Try not to get shot. I want to at least die somewhere in the Realms" Cynder said sarcastically looking cautiously out her side of the window.

"We're not going to get-ACK!"

"What?! What!?" Raichu panicked. Allan laughed as he charged in on the first ring. Jose was near him trying to shoot down another enemy fighter.

"C'mon man! Hold still and let me shoot ya!" he said angrily. J.J. swooped out of nowhere and blasted his target, shooting it down.

"Dude! What's the big idea!?" Jose yelled over his headset. He fired a warning shot near J.J.'s prey which fell easily.

"What's your problem?" he asked in a fake insecure tone. Allan sighed and passed through the first ring. Another one was near which was surrounded by a trio of large battleships.

"What?! Are they that desperate!?" Jose complained. Allan saw the ring behind the middle battleship. More fighters were approaching on his radar which was glowing red rapidly.

"Holy…we're entering a Foe defense sector!" he yelled. The other two just jaw dropped and noticed five large objects approaching them.

"Incoming enemy missiles!!!"

"Crap! Shoot em down!" The Jose and J.J. attacked two of them while Allan fired rapidly at the other three. J.J. shot down his and began shooting another one. Allan managed to shoot down the other two leaving the last one to Jose. Even with the damage he gave it the missile self-destructed near him almost getting Allan and J.J.

"Ahhhhh!" he screamed in terror. His nose was burned off and so was a piece of metal armor. "duuuude…why do I feel wet down below?"

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"Did we get 'em?" asked an apelike creature with a tall white helmet with the letters "SC" in red. In front of him was a Foe lizard beginning to panic as he launched the last fighter from their docking bay.

"Not yet sir" he replied. The ape walked down a hallway with a stern look on his face.

"Deploy my Rock Crusher. Keep firing private" he ordered and left the control room.

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"Your making this look easy" said Cynder as she held her breathe and beginning to shake. "Have…have you ever been shot down?" she asked hoping he would say no.

"Yes, but that was sort of a kamikaze strike. Besides, that old one couldn't do what this baby does" he replied back firing a Nova bomb at one of the battleship's bridge area. The vessel began making releasing energy and fell downwards while small bursts of explosion are being unleashed. The same went with J.J. who took down everything defending his prey before firing heavily at the exposed and defenseless battleship.

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"Commander!!! WAHHH!" one lizard screamed inside.

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With the last two gone Allan, Jose, and J.J. fired an endless stream of laser fire at the bridge. The lizard from earlier was shot in the in multiple areas and fell while everyone inside screamed as the ship sailed downwards.

"Was that it? I took a little scrap of paint and metal and that was it?" Jose complained over the headset. Raichu poked Cynder to get her attention.

"Wait for the boss to come, that'll shut them up" she giggled a tad before Jose was screaming from a pair of missiles. A new voice was being heard over the headset.

"I cannot allow you to go any further." Said the voice. Immediately a large machine appeared over Allan's Arwing. The vessel had a massive shield that had lasers in the middle, along with the weak point.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Galaxicous, Supreme Commander of the Dragon Realm invasion." Cynder sprang up to Allan's shoulder where the headset was and drew rage and hate all over her face.

"How dare you ruin my home and my life with your intent to rule over everyone I care about! If I could just be my adult form for just ten minuets I'll…"

"Do what? Enough of this. Let's see what you got." The shield began to spin showing a green glow from a small area. Allan immediately fired at the open area and damaged the shield. Soon the shield began moving clockwise, exposing another spot. J.J. charged in and missed fired, hitting the shield which never took any damage. Instead it fired back a powerful green glow, slow enough to evade.

At the last second the spot blew up into a tiny explosion. Moving the shield again. Allan fired another round of laser fire which only attracted a little from the shield. The area died out which launched the shield at Allan. He barrel rolled out of the way easily and faced a deep hole in the released ship.

"Your more cunning than I thought. How about…this!" the hole became another exposed spot, but became protected by a string of blue and white electricity. Allan again barrel rolled the fire which practically stayed in the middle.

"Blast! I have to recharge!" Galaxicous said pounding his hand into the control panel. Allan held his fire and released a red bolt of energy at the core. The bolt of energy barely damaged the core while another electric attack was beginning to form. Quickly Allan boosted in front of the core and fired rapidly before the second. The bolt was ready to fire it's wave at him.

"Are you out of your skull?!" Cynder yelled ducking under the seat. At last, the bolt suddenly was disabled with the core gone as well. The ship though wasn't self-destructing.

"Well played. I'm no match for you" Galaxicous said in his snooty monotone. "I admit defeat" J.J. flew over the vessel and waited for him to fire back. Cynder still full of rage stared at Allan.

"Are you going to listen him?! After what he's already done?!" Allan pulled up his index finger which meant "wait". Galaxicous turned his ship around which showed a pair of two empty slots. They lit up and fired four missiles at Jose and J.J.

"If this does NOT WORK…" he fired a pink ray at Allan's fighter trying to make it impossible to defeat him. He somersaulted to avoid the ray with it's up and down motion. "hurry you stopid piece of crap! Murder that human and that dragon!" he yelled insanely at his ship. Allan fired a Nova bomb at the exposed spots destroying one and critically damaging the other.

"This is for your planet, Cynder" Allan said in a whisper. He launched the largest weapon the ship came with… one Omega-Type A guided missile. It struck the middle of the ship that destroys the exposed area, and practically destroying everything else.

"No…no…NOOOOO!!! I CAN"T BELIEVE I LOST TO THIS SCUUUMM!!!" The ship exploded into a massive red and white blinding circle. Fire and electricity was released everywhere, burning metal part where scattered at everything.

"Enjoy hell you scumbag" Allan whispered in anger. Cynder stared at the last piece of metal burning from the Supreme Commander's vessel. Her rage began to die down with a great sight of relief. She looked under the seat to see Raichu hiding under the seat.

"The bad guy's gone. You can get up now" she said sarcastically. Raichu grew a streak of embarrassment on his face trying to get up.

"Everyone alright? Respond back"

"I'm alright Allan. J.J.'s got everything covered" J.J. replied acting cool in a selfish way. Jose flew his over near Allan's Arwing.

"See my ship? Does it look okay to you!?" Jose yelled angrily over his headset.

"Hey that's a famous line in my game Star Coyote!" Raichu replied laughing. His comment was heard over Jose's headset.

"Real funny Raichu! How would like to be my first meal when we land?!" he asked in even more anger. Allan chuckled and aimed his nose from his fighter at the last ring. He charged in and passed it, allowing the ring to spin and lower the visible force field. "Dang man. I thought that was it for us" Jose said sighing and calming down on his headset. The trio charged in towards their next location…Dragon Village. Cynder smiled and laid back as they began vibrating and turning into a large ball of fire in the atmosphere.

"I can't wait to see Spyro. Its been six years" she closed her eyes and began to daydream.