Nuclear crept through the city quietly, his mission was foggy but his mind was set on it nonetheless. His father had simply told him to blend in with the inhabitants of the city. He was supposed to gain their trust and then betray it by telling his father everything they would tell him. Nuclear didn't like the plan, but he had to go along with it. If he didn't his father would get mad at him, and he knew from experience that his fathers anger usually result in broken bones and crushed spirits.
Nuclear took small looks around the town to notice details. His father had taught him that easily noticeable things almost never presented a threat. He also learned from experience that the little things that you have a hard time noticing are often the biggest threats. Yet as he looked around the city he found neither, almost no signs of life except the occasional snore. It was a safe bet that most of the inhabitants in the town were asleep.
Nuclear never slept, even when he hatched from his egg he couldn't sleep. He never knew why, but he believed it was because he was always on his guard. He was hatched alone in the forest and almost immediately was attacked. He managed to injure the creature that attacked him biting it's arm as it reached to grab him. He remembered hearing the shriek, but he couldn't remember the face because his eyes were closed. When dragons first hatch their eyes remain shut for a few days before opening up. Even today Nuclear felt a surge of pride when he remembered his first victory.
Soon he reached a large building with a door that looked like it was made of wood. Nuclear had never seen a door before, until then he'd only seen caves with large holes to walk into. He didn't grasp the concept of why a door was needed. Insulation may have been an issue, yet in all the caves he had stayed in he would merely light a fire to keep warm. He himself was an earth dragon so lighting a fire was a tiny bit difficult for him to do, but he was able to do it.
He knew by his instincts that he had to enter the building, and to do that he had to get past the door.
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Ember woke up with a jolt when she heard the noise. It was extremely loud and repetitive, like a drum beat being pounded on the ground. The noise appeared to be coming from the first floor of the building she and Spyro lived in. She and Spyro lived in the resistance headquarters with most of the other high ranking soldiers. Yet tonight most of the resistance was on a mission, so it was just her and Spyro. Spyro appeared to hear the noise and reacted to it without opening his eyes.
"Quiet down Ember" He said lazily with stirring too much from his bed. As if on cue the noise stopped and Spyro continued to sleep. Ember wasn't too convinced that the noise was harmless and she began walking downstairs to investigate the noise.
Soon she reached the entranceway, the place she had believed the noise came from. Sure enough she found that the door had been completely destroyed by what looked like spikes, spikes that came out from the earth.
Ember quickly concluded that the door had been destroyed by an earth dragon who knocked a little bit too hard. But earth dragons were moderately rare, the only earth dragon she knew was Terrador, but he left for the mission with the other dragons. Plus the earth attack was too small for Terrador to have made. The earth attack would have had to be made by someone more her size.
"Excuse me madam" A voice said from behind her, Ember quickly turned around and held back a scream. Behind her was a dragon, just a small bit larger than her and maybe a bit bigger than Spyro. He was a dark green colour and had a very unique wound in the center of his chest. The dragon smiled warmly.
"Excuse me, but do you think you could spare a small bit of room for me?" The dragon said in an odd voice. He spoke with a small bit of rasp mixed with a small bit of gruffness. Yet his voice was mixed with happiness and warmth that made Ember trust the dragon. She honestly believed that even though she had just met the green dragon that he could be trusted. The resistance headquarters had a lot of room, so she could let the dragon stay for a bit. And a thought at the back of her mind actually wanted the dragon to stay.