Spagonia Restored
It was morning by the time the heroes had gotten their rest in section 13. Sonic, Jade and Sparx were the first ones to wake up since the night to day transformations served as their internal alarm clocks and the transformation process also woke up the dragonfly in the process. Everyone else was still sleeping or either about to wake up.
"Hey guys want to play a little joke to get back at Sasami, Crash, and Spyro for their little stunt in Chun-Nan?" Jade asked the others.
"I'm game kid." Sparx said with enthusiasm "So what do either of you guys have in mind then?"
"I don't know how about something really loud like a boom box playing something annoying?" Jade responded to the dragonfly.
"Here's a good song that's annoying." Sonic suggested "It's called La Cucaracha only it's played on the air horn."
"Alright so let's get an air horn then." Sparx suggested and the trio were about to leave only to find themselves staring into the face of Coco herself.
"Uh Coco," Sparx stuttered nervously "We didn't see you there so"
"What Sparx means is what are you doing here?" Sonic interrupted for the dragonfly.
"Nothing I was just about to take a walk." Coco replied in a poor tone that Jade easily tell that she was lying.
"Coco," Jade began "In all my years I've never heard a lousy excuse as yours for lying."
"The girl's right. You might as well tell the truth." Sonic added while Sparx simply nodded.
"Okay fine," the female bandicoot confessed. "I overhead you about to pull a prank to get back at Sasami, Crash, and Spyro for that wakeup call in Chun-Nan and I wanted to pay them out."
"Well in that case let's get on with this already." Jade said taking charge. So the quartet got some stereos, a jukebox and an amplifier and Coco wired them all together for the big wake up call.
"Okay everything is in place now all we need is a very loud and annoying piece of music." Coco explained.
"Might I suggest La Cucaracha? People sometimes use this for their musical car horns." Jade suggested to the group.
"That might work." Sonic noted "La Cucaracha is loud, annoying and makes a very good wake up tune."
"Okay so let's fire up this bad boy and let the music rip." Sparx added. Coco nodded and programmed one of computers in section 13 to play the tune in 10 seconds only to reveal a look of sudden worry.
"Guys I might have made a miscalculation in just isolating the sound to the sleeping quarters of the base during the programming sequence." Coco responded with a worried tone.
"You make that statement sound like a bad thing." Sonic replied to the genius of the bandicoot family.
"Actually La Cucaracha is going to be played all over the loud speakers in exactly 5 seconds so I suggest hitting the deck." Coco replied to the blue hedgehog hero. The group instantly hit the deck as soon as the car horn version of La Cucaracha started playing very loudly throughout the entire base. All the staff and everyone still asleep instantly jumped up at the noise.
"What is going on here?" Aku-Aku asked over the loud music.
"Is there a disturbing noise made by invaders?" Crunch asked Captain Black.
"No but I believe I know the source of the noise." Captain Black answered and he immediately pressed an emergency switch to silence the speakers.
"Guys I think I might know what happened around here?" Spyro noted as he and the group saw that Jade, Sonic, Coco and Sparx were missing from the bed rooms. The group instantly rushed into the base to find the four of them laughing their heads off at their little joke.
"JADE, SONIC, COCO, SPARX!!!" Jackie yelled "What is the Meaning of this?!!!"
"Relax Jackie that was just a harmless little joke." Coco explained which proved difficult with the stream of giggles coming from her mouth.
"Harmless well you better hope that Uncle didn't..." Jackie spoke as he was about to finish his sentence everyone heard a loud screech only made by one person.
"JACKIE!!!!! WHAT IS THAT HUGE RACKET IN HERE?!!!" screamed Uncle as he made his way into the area where the heroes were located.
"Hear that." Finished Jackie as Captain Black shut down the megaphones through the base.
"Well that was a nice wake up call." Sasami said to nobody in particular as everyone but Jade, Sonic, Crash, Coco and Sparx gave her a glare.
"Sasami now is not time for joking." Volteer explained "We have work to do."
"Well that was an interesting wakeup call around here but enough about that. Volteer has a point. According to the Gaia Manuscripts that Uncle and I have been researching there is a Gaia temple located right in Spagonia itself." Professor Pickle added as he made his way into the base.
"Then do we have to head to the Spagonia University itself?" Jackie asked only to get wacked in the head by Volteer's tail again.
"Thank you Volteer. As professor was saying," Uncle continued where the professor left off. "Temple is in town of Spagonia not located near the University of Spagonia."
"So let's go." Coco replied only to be stopped by Aku-Aku.
"It's not going to be that easy for the temple is probability guarded for starters." The benevolent mask explained.
"Let's not forget that we still don't know the location of the other half of the key for the temple." Tohru explained.
"Actually I think the key might be located right near the entrance to the temple guardian gate." Sasami theorized.
"The girl might be right." Sparx said. "Look what happened last time back in Mazuri the key should be right there."
"Well in that case we better get going." Jade said and on cue Sasami, Crash, Coco, Sonic, Spyro and Sparx all gathered round as Aku-Aku teleported them to Spagonia France.
Once they arrived at their destination the heroes instantly found the town to resemble a cross between London and Paris which happened to be near a river.
"Whoa I never knew this place actually existed before." Jade said amazed that she hadn't heard of this town before.
"Well you have to understand that when the temples were first discovered the town founders probably were the first guardians and they didn't want evil to find the locations of the temples. That's why they aren't on any map." Coco explained.
"What about the village we found in Mazuri Africa? We found that." Sasami explained.
"Only because Voltaire the librarian told us where the Professor was and Uncle created a locator spell to find him." Spyro said and as if on cue a large shadow started to form 15 feet from them and they noticed something from the sky. There was Volteer flying in with the librarian Voltaire on his back with an mp3 player listening to Front 2 Back by Xzibit.
"Volteer what are you doing here and what is that racket?" Sparx asked the lightning guardian once they landed.
"Well right after you left Professor Pickle instructed me to go get Voltaire the librarian and let him know the professor is safe at section 13." Volteer explained.
"I take it that there's more right." Sonic asked.
"Indeed." Volteer confirmed handing Jade the Chi-O-Matic. "You left the Chi-O-Matic behind and Uncle told me to bring the device to you and I'm also supposed to tell you that Uncle thinks the other half of the temple key is somewhere in this city but you'll need to use the tiger talisman power of balance to find it."
"The Tiger Talisman," Jade asked in shock "No offense but the last time I remember that caused my uncle Jackie to split into his light and dark sides and the power probably might just do the same to me."
"That's what the chi wizard said too but Professor Pickle thinks that the power of spiritual balance may lead you to the location of the other half of the temple key." Voltaire explained after listening to the large yellow dragon during the flight.
"Well in that case Jade use the tiger talisman power to find the key. I'll teleport back to Chun-Nan and have Cyril meet you at the location of the Temple of Gaia when you are done restoring this piece of the planet." Aku-Aku explained and with that he left for Chun-Nan while Volteer left for Paris.
"Well gang lets go." Jade said and with that Coco handed her the key. Jade then focused the power of the Tiger talisman which caused the tattoos on her arms to turn into the shape of a white tiger. The key started to glow and lead Jade and the heroes into another part of town which led them to another teleport pad only this one was like the last day teleport only this one had the number 3 in the center of the sun. Right next to it was another teleport pad that was like the crescent moon pad only it seemed inactive for the moment.
"Well unless that the talisman powers are jammed." Sparx commented "we have a winner kids."
"Sparx now is not the time for jokes we have work to do." Spyro said and with that everyone except Coco and Crunch who opted to wait for them when they got back, headed for the teleport pad with the sun on it. Once they were on the group got warped to another location within Spagonia that seemed to be comprised of various buildings found in an English style building plan. The group also noticed that the path to the area was comprised of rooftop tiles.
(Sonic Unleashed OST Rooftop Run Day begins to Play)
"Well you should know the drill by now. Here…We…GO!!" Sonic remarked and with that the group shot out like a pack of rockets out across the rooftops of Spagonia. Racing across the rooftops wasn't easy considering the fact that they were racing through a city instead of the wide open savannah or the Great Wall of China but they made the best out of the current situation.
"Guys we've got company." Sparx yelled and everyone saw a pack of ape soldiers in the way so Spyro and Jade instantly fried and roasted them with lightning and fire attacks respectively turning the ape into sprit gems as usual. Once the apes were clear the group saw a bunch of robots in their way. Sonic instantly took lead and boosted through them absorbing the chaos orbs they left behind but another group of robots was standing in their path. Jade instantly took them out and absorbed the chaos orbs they left behind. The gang found themselves racing along another section of the area and they found themselves staring down a pack of Spikes and Rhinorollers so Jade and Crash instantly took the lead and beat down the mutants turning them into mojo orbs. This continued for quite a few minutes eventually reaching the large clock tower where the gang found themselves racing up one side and down another side of the big clock tower which resembled big Ben from London. Jade, Sasami, Crash, Sonic, Spyro and Sparx all stared in awe at the many rooftops below them but before they could take in anymore of the sights gravity suddenly caught up with them and forced them downward to a rail that lead to the eastern part of the city. Once back on the ground the heroes raced through even more city streets which were filled with apes, mutants, and robots all of which were taken down by Spyro, Crash, and Sonic in that respective order with help from Jade and Sasami in the process thus clearing the way for the heroes to race to the city square where there were even more robots were waiting but this time Spyro fried them with his electricity while Jade used the comet dash to roast said robots to ashes only to run into more of the ape soldiers whilst they were racing along the home stretch. Crash took on some of the apes with a tornado spin attack which surprisingly didn't make him dizzy only to run into some Spikes and Stenches. Sonic took care of the Spikes and Stenches with a boost attack and were reduced to mojo orbs which cleared the way for the heroes to reach the goal ring which was near the entrance to the bay.
(Song ends followed by Sonic Unleashed OST Stage Clear)
"Well that was fun. Let's do that again only without the robots, the apes, and the mutants." Sparx noted.
"I never thought I'd say this Sparx but for once I agree with you." Spyro noted. "Those robots were brutal and hard to fight. I miss battling the Dark Master's forces. I don't know how Sonic deals with fighting robots all the time."
"Well Crash seemed to have gotten a head ache from trying to beat down those apes that you seem to fight and the thing is that he had to work harder to defeat them." Sonic commented "I even had my hands full with the mutants that Crash usually battles from time to time and that's saying a lot considering that I'm actually starting to miss battling the robots."
"Well we all shouldn't complain let's just get the key, go to the temple and restore this piece of the planet." Sasami said while holding the other half of the planet key in her hands. Then taking Jade's half, she joined the 2 halves into a whole key.
"Hey one question, Isn't there going to be a robot guarding the temples or something?" Jade asked Sasami.
"Listen kid." Sparx said. "After the last 2 temples we visited the others are bound to have something guarding them. We got ambushed by Eggman in Mazuri by a robot in the day and we got burned by a Phoenix in Chun-Nan at night."
"Sparx is right." Sonic noted. "Whatever is guarding the temple is bound to depend of the time of day."
"Enough of the technical stuff already, let us get this show on the road." Jade commented and with that the group headed back onto the teleport pad and warped right to where Crunch and Coco were waiting for them.
"Hey kid how did the mission go?" Crunch asked once the heroes returned to where they had originally teleported to the rooftop run stage.
"Well I haven't had that much fun since visiting my old friend back in Hong Kong while my Uncle Jackie, Uncle, Tohru, Captain Black and I recovered an Aztec Skull from a criminal organization hunting magical creatures with help from some dragons and their human allies." Jade explained to the muscular bandicoot.
"Did one of those dragons by any chance happened to be related to the dragon guardian of china?" Sparx asked.
"Actually yes why do you ask Sparx?" Jade answered to the yellow dragonfly and she couldn't believe what she heard next.
"Well from what Ignitus told me." Spyro began. "Your old friend's mother and father were killed at the hands of the Huntsclan."
"Are you talking about the group that hunts down all magical creatures and wants to destroy them using the Aztec Skulls?" Sparx asked jokingly. "Sounds like a pack of clumsy bounty hunters to me."
"Trust me young one the Huntsclan is no joke." A new voice replied and the heroes spotted the source of the voice which was a yellow dragon that looked exactly like Volteer except that he had yellow thunder bolt patterns on his horns and his tail was in the shape of a thunderbolt.
"Volteer what are you doing back here so soon?" Sasami asked shocked that Volteer was already waiting for them when she just saw him leave minutes ago.
"First off I'm not Volteer. My name is Aladdin." The Volteer look alike answered.
"Okay Aladdin why do you look like Volteer and what are you even doing here in the first place?" Sasami asked the dragon elder.
"Well to answer your first question, I'm Volteer's twin brother though I'm younger than him by 1 minute." Aladdin explained "as to why I'm here. The world dragon council is concerned about the human world knowing about the magical world with Dark Gaia released from his slumber in the planet."
"Figures considering that they also knew about Shendu and the Book of Ages and judging by their reactions about the latter it was a real shock to them that the book actually exists." Jade explained to Volteer's twin brother.
"Sounds to me like the council just needs to chill out. We can handle this." Sonic replied.
"Sonic is right. We can handle this so tell the old guys the Spagonia Temple will be activated in a matter of minutes." Sparx replied and before Aladdin could answer the heroes had already activated the teleport pad which would take them to the location of the temple.
"If they cannot restore the planet and stop Dark Gaia then all is lost." Aladdin said to himself just as he was about to fly back to the Island of Drago to inform the council of dragons not knowing that somebody overheard every word he said.
Meanwhile the heroes had just arrived at the bay where there was a long pier that seemed to serve as the entrance to Spagonia for anyone coming by sea.
"Well we're here at the temple's approximate location so where's the temple guardian?" Sparx asked as he and the heroes started racing along the wharf but they didn't have to wait long.
(Sonic Unleashed OST Boss Battle Day/ Eggman Boss Begins to Play)
"Does that answer your question Sparx?" Coco asked as a huge metallic fish shaped robot leaped out of the water and glided alongside them giving the heroes a clear view that it was being piloted by 3 robots before turning about to face them.
"All systems go. Proceeding to combat mode level one. Activating primary weapons." The head robot said in a monotone voice and with that the robot started firing lasers from both sides at the heroes. Jade, Sonic, Crash, Coco, Crunch, Spyro, Sparx and Sasami all did their best to avoid the laser attacks.
"Jade is it just me or is that barrier stronger than the last one?" Sparx asked as he and the gang noticed that the shield was indeed stronger. Before they could inquire more on the subject they had to dodge as the Egg Devil Ray's lasers started to form into a windmill blade like pattern trying to keep the heroes from getting to the machine while attacking them at the same time. Spyro fortunately saw an opening and fired a barrage of ice spikes and fire balls at the robotic fish. The robot then recalled its fin laser cannons back and tried to fire bullets at the heroes which kept the heroes from attacking. Once again in between firing bullets the mechanical Devil Ray fired lasers at the group but the heroes dodged from side to side staying in between the twin laser cannons. Jade took the initiative and boosted right into the cockpit causing her tattoos to turn into a rabbit and an ox respectively giving her the speed and strength necessary to smash the robot and send it into a tail spin.
"Unexpected combat situation, proceeding to combat mode level 2." The head robot in the Egg Devil Ray stated. On cue the Egg Devil Ray started to fire the lasers only this time they started to fire in a up and down pattern. Once the laser part was clear the robot tried to fire even more bullets but this time Crash, Coco, and Crunch each preformed their signature attacks at the cockpit of the Egg Devil Ray and heavily damaged the machine leaving the robot down to only 1/3 of stamina.
"Proceeding to combat mode level 3, Commencing all out attack now." The head robot in the Egg Devil Ray cockpit said as the other robotic pilots activated the weapon systems to full blast. The heroes all dodged the massive laser beam attack that was firing at them which gave the group no room to counter attack.
"Jade, I think I see a weakness but I need Spyro and Sonic's help to exploit it." Sasami yelled to the 12 year old who understood completely.
"Spyro you run interference while Sonic and Sasami prepare to attack." Jade yelled to the purple dragon.
"I'm keeping this metal fish busy so whatever you're planning to do then proceed soon because I'm running out of magic." Spyro yelled in understanding and with that he flew around the lasers and started firing a barrage of ice spikes and fire balls at the robot but unfortunately for him the Egg Devil Ray's combat mode level three mad the robot impervious to fire and ice based attacks and caused him to run out of breath magic but gave Sasami and Sonic enough time to build up ring energy to perform their signature attacks. Spyro wore down the Egg Devil Ray enough for Sonic and Sasami to boost into the cockpit one last time dealing the robot the final blow sending the mechanical fish into a tailspin.
"Ah, I knew this would happen." The pilot robot proclaimed as the Egg Devil Ray shined for a minute then fell down onto the pathway exploding in the process.
"Not a bad toy, but playtime's over, pal!" Sonic stated as the others couldn't help but agree with the blue hedgehog hero.
(Song ends followed by Sonic Unleashed OST Boss Stage Clear)
Once the heroes reached the temple, Sasami did the honors of revealing the temple slot for the chaos emerald to restore the planet and Jade placed another dead emerald onto said slot. After a few seconds the power of this section of the planet restored the blue chaos emerald which caused the power of said emerald to restore this section of the planet back to its proper place thus adding a third lock on the seal of Dark Gaia. Once the rumbling stopped the heroes were greeted with a very shocking surprise.
"Hello there young chaps, I take it that another piece of the planet has been restored?" Cyril the ice guardian asked once they exited the temple. He was not alone because Aku-Aku was floating there beside him.
"Does the fact that we feel like we survived an earthquake say anything?" Sparx asked back to Cyril.
"Fair enough but what exactly are you doing here Cyril?" Jade asked.
"Well I'm to take you back to Section 13 for this is something urgent to discuss and it involves some of your old friend Ring, her sister Mei Ling and their grandfather Mr. Lee, The Chinese dragon who replaced Lao Shi after he left for America years ago and is training Jake Long the first American Dragon." Cyril replied.
"Hey wait how do you know about them and what does this has to do with us?" Jade asked shocked and stunned that Cyril would know so much about her old friends.
"All will be explained at Section 13 now we must hurry and get there at once." Cyril explained.
"The Ice Guardian is right and with three of the Gaia Temples activated I can teleport us right to Section 13's Headquarters in an instant." Aku-Aku explained and with that he warped the group all the way back to section 13.
Author's Note
Whew that was tough. Took me a few days to work out the bugs with this one and a big shout out to my main friend Luiz4200 for letting me borrow some of his OCs and make references to his Jackie Chan Adventures American Dragon Jake Long crossover story An Aztec Skull in Hong Kong which I recommend you read.
Next Time
The Heroes return to Section 13 where Jade gets the biggest shock yet during this quest involving her old friends and the American Dragon and crew. The elders head to the Isle of Draco on a meeting leaving the kids in Section 13 alone. Wild House Party anyone? If anyone has an idea for the wild house party chapter coming up next please review or send a Private Message to me thank you that is all.