Disclaimer: Own American Dragon Jake Long, Jackie Chan Adventures, The Legend of Spyro, Crash Bandicoot and Sonic Unleashed I do not. Characters created by Luiz4200 I do not own. Speak like Yoda from Star Wars I sometimes do. Thank you that is all. Author's Note, This is going to be the start of a series of 4 acts with each act filling up one chapter titled Haley and the Guardians which take place during the main story.
Haley and the Guardians Act I
Fire Training and Visiting Holoska
The heroes were just waking up after they had arrived back from the Island of Draco and got some sleep. Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril, and Terrador slept outside in the main room since the doors in the base were too small for them to fit through. Shaoran, Rose, Trixie, Spud, Jake, Haley, Mei Ling, Ring, Margareth, Jade, and Sasami slept in one of the guest rooms while Crash, Coco, Spyro, Sparx, Sonic and Crunch slept in another while Aku-Aku, Jackie, Uncle, Captain Black, Tohru, and Professor Pickle were discussing the location of the new Gaia Temple just as the Guardians were waking up. Mr. Lee was called back to China due to the nightmares causing trouble in the magical realm and one of his duties as the Chinese Dragon was to keep the balance between the human and magical worlds so he had to return while Lao Shi and Sun Park stayed behind at Section 13.
"Professor Pickle," Jackie asked, "Even if the Gaia Manuscripts say that a Temple is located in what is now Holoska Canada how are we supposed to get there?"
"Since the temple is based in Canada," Professor Pickle responded, "I believe that there should be a dragon guardian that can help us up there."
"Unfortunately the Canadian Dragon was slain which means that whoever is going will be without a local dragon to help them." Lao Shi explained just as the kids showed up.
"So where's the next temple?" Jade asked hoping to kick some butt along with the rest of her new friends.
"The next temple is located in Holoska Canada." Volteer explained, "You are to place a Chaos Emerald in the temple at once."
"That shouldn't be much of a problem considering that I don't make mistakes in anything." Haley said proudly much to the annoyance of her brother. "I could easily complete the assignment so let me handle the case."
"On the contrary Haley you won't be going on this mission." Ignitus explained to the young dragon girl, "Jade, Sasami, Jake, Rose, Mei Ling, Ring, Margareth, Shaoran, Spyro, Sparx, Sonic, Crash, Coco, and Aku-Aku will be the ones going to find the Gaia Temple."
"Tell me again why you're sending a couple of Huntskids up there with a team of dragons when the dragons could possibly get slain by little miss ninja and her friend?" Trixie asked referencing Rose and Shaoran only for Terrador to answer.
"Trixie I know you do not trust them but I've seen how they can handle themselves." The Earth Guardian explained, "While their actions against the magical community are cause for some hostility I judge others not on their looks, species, or their past actions but by how well they fight and based on what I heard about them during the trial and from Jake and Mei Ling, Rose and Shaoran are such warriors and that is why I trust them with this mission."
"Great job Terrador." Sparx commented sarcastically, "Now if anyone asks who let the slayers in they'll just say that the Earth Guardian says that we fight well and that we are skilled warriors."
"Sparx we'll talk about this later when we get back." Spyro said to the dragonfly, "Right now we have a temple to activate and a piece of the planet to restore."
Jade, Sasami, Spyro, Sparx, Jake, Rose, Margareth, Mei Ling, Ring, Shaoran, Crash, Coco, Sonic, and Aku-Aku left for Holoska with the Chi-O-Matic while Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril, and Terrador had a few words for Sun Park and her student.
"Ms. Park we'd like to have a few words with you about Haley." Ignitus said as the guardians and the Korean Dragon moved to another area of Section 13 so as not to be over heard by the rest of the team.
"Sure but what is this about?" the Korean Dragon asked, "Is Haley not doing her best according to your standards?"
"On the contrary she's doing well as a dragon in training but her pomposity, arrogance, and pretentiousness is odious to the extreme." Volteer continued. "To put it bluntly, she acts a lot like Cyril most of the time."
"Sun Park, as you know the guardians feel that Haley is becoming terribly obnoxious despite the fact that her intelligence is almost equal to that of Volteer's and her mouth is almost as quick as the Electricity Guardian's tongue when pointing out somebody's faults." Cyril added slightly offended by the last part of Volteer's sentence, "However we feel that there is one thing that Haley needs to learn in order to become a skilled dragon."
"So what exactly are you saying?" Sun asked the Guardian Dragon Elders, "Am I doing a poor job as a dragon master?"
"Actually you're doing a good job as a dragon master but you have not taught Haley any sense of humility." Terrador concluded, "So therefore we will train Haley in not just fire magic but in electricity, ice, and earth magic. The training that we give her is going to help not only focus her powers but to teach her a sense of humbleness in the face on any accomplishment."
"I understand and I do agree with the lessons on humility." Sun agreed, "However I've only seen Haley breathe fire so that will be a difficult task to accomplish."
"Perhaps I can assist with that." Uncle said as he walked over to Sun and the guardians with Haley following him, "I can use my magic to allow you to share a portion of your chi with Haley allowing her to use some of your elemental powers."
"Wow, I'm actually going to train with the Guardians?" Haley asked in surprise.
"Yes Haley, You will be training with us to learn not only element training but also to learn the art of being humble." Terrador spoke for not only himself but for Ignitus, Volteer, and Cyril.
"But how am I going to learn how to breathe electricity, ice, and earth when I've only been able to breathe fire?" Haley asked the group.
"As I said earlier, I can use an element transfer spell which will allow you to breathe electricity, ice, and earth." Uncle explained and while he was preparing to do the spell Haley had one more question for him.
"Uncle are you sure you know what you're doing transferring some of the elemental power of the guardians?" Haley asked only to be wacked by one of Uncle's fingers.
"Of course Uncle knows what he is doing. Uncle is a skilled chi wizard." The elderly wizard said and without any more questions Uncle began to perform the spell. For a moment Sun, Haley, and the Guardians could see a stream of energy appear from each of the guardians in the form of dragons and those energy streams suddenly floated around Haley until they were absorbed by the little dragon girl.
"Haley I recommend that you dragon up to see if the spell actually worked." Volteer suggested and the little dragon girl wasted no time in turning into her dragon form. Once in dragon form, Haley took a breath and was about to exhale fire but instead of fire she exhaled lightning much to the amazement of the Guardians.
"It appears that the element transfer spell was successful." Uncle noted after seeing Haley successfully breathe electricity.
"So it would seem Uncle." Cyril added, "But just to be sure I suggest that Haley try to breathe ice."
Haley closed her eyes and took a deep breath and focused her mind on breathing ice not knowing that Jackie Chan was walking towards her, once she exhaled she breathed ice which accidently resulted in her turning Jackie into an ice block. Captain Black, Lao Shi, Tohru, Professor Pickle, and Crunch all stopped what they were doing and went to check up on the martial artist/ archeologist of the group. Ignitus used his fire breath to thaw Jackie out before anybody noticed what had happened.
"Uncle what is going on?" Jackie asked after the Fire Guardian thawed him out, "Since when can a dragon other than Spyro breath, earth, fire, ice, and lightning?"
"Since the guardians want to train me in learning the different elements." Haley said thinking she was done talking but Terrador cleared his throat which was Haley's cue to continue speaking, "They also wish to teach me some humility as well."
"Are you sure you that the four of you know what you're doing giving an eight year old that much power?" Sun Park asked the guardian dragons for the Korean Dragon was worried that the extra power might cause the lessons of humility to backfire.
"Do not worry. We are masters of a different element." Terrador answered, "Haley will be in good hands and we will do our best not to allow her power to go to her head."
"I hope you're right Terrador." Jackie said after Ignitus had given the martial artist/ archeologist some hot chocolate. "Perhaps you could teach my niece some humility when she gets back from Holoska."
"We'll be sure to look into that later but for now I had best train Haley in the element of fire and since she already knows a little bit from Sun Park then that will be useful for the lessons ahead." Ignitus said and with that he, Sun, and Haley headed for a firing range since the Fire Guardian could not train her in Section 13 and the Korean Dragon was officially the one supposed to be overseeing Haley's training in the way of the dragon as instructed to do so by the Dragon Council.
"Do you think letting the guardians teach Haley humility is a good idea?" Captain Black asked the group once Haley left with Ignitus and Sun Park for the firing range, "I'm worried the Dragon Council may find out what they're up to."
"Relax Haley will be fine. Now let us turn our attentions to the Gaia Temple located in Holoska." Professor Pickle said, "I can only hope the young ones are handling things up there in the frigid climate."
Speaking of the climate up in Holoska, to say that things were chilly was an understatement. Shaoran, Sasami, Rose, Crash, Coco, Aku-Aku, Sonic, and Sparx were starting to feel the cold weather and they weren't even the ones doing the flying. Jake, Ring, Mei Ling, and Jade were starting to feel the effects of flying in dragon form in temperatures below the freezing point of water. Even Margareth and Spyro were starting to feel the cold which was surprising since the former was from England which was known for cold weather while the latter had been to Dante's Freezer which was also known for having a freezing climate in order to rescue one of the Guardian Dragon Elders being held prisoner up there.
"Hey Maggie, are we there yet?" Sparx asked as he was sitting on Margareth's head while the named dragon was carrying Crash Bandicoot who in turn was holding Aku-Aku in his hands since the wooden mask could get blown away by the chilly winds.
"No Sparx we are not there yet so please show some patience and please don't call me Maggie." Margareth answered politely to the dragonfly who was now perched on her head. "I would prefer if you called me Margareth since that is my name."
"Are we there now?" the dragonfly asked Mei Ling who was flying with Shaoran on her back.
"No Sparx we are not there now." Mei Ling answered with a hint of bother that she had been interrupted in her conversation with her boyfriend.
"How about now guys?" Sparx asked the American Dragon who was carrying Rose on his back.
"Yes we are." Jake said to the dragonfly with a hint of sarcasm.
"Really, are you certain?" Sparx asked again to be sure.
"No we are not there yet!" the American Dragon yelled with annoyance. "Just chill out, how in blazes Spyro manages to put up with you is beyond me Sparx."
"Jake we're close to Holoska right now so chilling out is not exactly a good choice of words." Sasami said from her perch on Jade's back. Jade had opted to take her dragon form at the age of her future self to carry Sasami and Coco which left Ring to carry Sonic the Hedgehog.
"Sasami's right Jake, we can't just lose our heads in this weather." Ring said to Jake, and to Sparx she added, "Sparx you must learn to be patience and relax. We will arrive in Holoska when we arrive."
"Wow that was a good speech." Sonic commented to the young dragon girl, "Now if only you had a way to heat up the place. I'm starting to feel the cold weather and I don't want to end up as an icicle."
"Perhaps I can be of assistance Sonic." Sasami said concentrating which caused her crystal hair beads to turn orange which caused orange energy to circle around the group. "The spell I just casted will keep us warm until we restore Holoska."
"That's a relief and speaking of Holoska we're here." Jade noted and the dragons began to make their decent towards the little village in the area.
Once the dragons landed they returned to their human form after they let their passengers off of their backs. The group took the time to walk right to the village which for some reason looked desolate. The heroes started to wonder where everyone went.
"This place looks like a ghost town. Seriously, who'd be stupid enough to live in a cold climate such as this anyway?" Sparx commented only to see Margareth glare at him for that comment. Sparx immediately shut his mouth not wanting to get the daughter of the English Dragon mad at him.
"Sparx lets just find somebody who knows where the Gaia Temple for this continent is already." Spyro said, "The sooner we find it the sooner we can restore this piece of the planet and check in with Ignitus."
"Speaking of Ignitus I wonder how he's doing training Haley." Margareth commented to the group.
"He's probably putting her through her paces by now Maggie." Sparx said once again forgetting that Margareth didn't like being called Maggie.
Speaking of Ignitus, he and Haley were over at the firing range with Sun Park providing support since they could not test her fire power over at Section 13. Ignitus had agreed to let the Korean Dragon attend the training so she would be assured that he wouldn't push her to the point of crying. Right now the Fire Guardian was pleased with what Sun Park had already taught her when practicing against standing targets but now they were testing her fire breath on moving targets.
"Haley I see that you've mastered burning targets at the training grounds but now let us see what you can do against moving targets." Ignitus told the young dragon as he summoned up some dojo dummies. Haley began to chase after the dojo dummies from the dragon temple which was the closest thing to actual flesh and bone that Ignitus could summon. Once Haley had one in range she burned the dummy to pieces and did the same to the other dummies within the set time limit.
"That was a good start Haley." Ignitus complimented, "But remember, we're here to teach you humility so you are to do that 249 more times to understand humility and the training required to master the fire element."
Haley went back to flaming the dummies and doing the same training segment 249 more times and was looking quite worn out by the time she was done so Ignitus allowed her to rest for 4 minutes.
"Ignitus I understand that Haley is training in the elements." Sun Park said to Ignitus, "But how is making her do each exercise 250 times going to teach her humility?"
"Haley always said that she doesn't make mistakes." The Fire Guardian explained, "I had her perform this segment of the fire training 250 times to prevent a single lucky shot from allowing her to take victory. In total I will have her do the next test 250 times and then have her practice the fire fury 250 times."
"That would mean that you would have her train in the fire element 750 times Ignitus." Sun answered then she asked, "I know you want to teach her humility but are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"As a guardian dragon and a master of fire I know what I'm doing." Ignitus said then noticing that Haley was finished with her 4 minute rest added, "Haley your rest is over, it's time for you to learn the secondary attack in the art of fire."
"So what's the secondary attack?" Haley asked the Fire Guardian who summoned up some dojo dummies.
"The secondary attack allows you to shoot out a fire ball at the enemy. If done correctly the results can be quite effective and explosive." Ignitus explained to the young girl who was taking mental notes, "In this test you are to shoot out fire balls at the dojo dummies."
"That shouldn't be a problem." Haley said with confidence as she made her way to the center of the training grounds, "Bring it on."
"There's one other thing you need to know." The Fire Guardian added and with that he summoned a wall of fire around Haley. "You are to do this test while staying within the elemental circle."
"Like I said earlier, I can handle it." Haley answered and true to her word she launched multiple fire balls at the attacking dojo dummies while staying within the elemental circle.
"Well Ignitus it would seem that Haley has cleared this test as well." Sun noted after seeing her student roast the last of the dummies.
"That she has Sun but remember anybody can do this perfectly with luck on the first time." Ignitus explained, "So to prevent Haley from passing with a single lucky shot she will repeat this test for another 249 times."
"Do you have anything else to teach me Ignitus?" Haley asked as she prepared to step forward only to notice that the elemental barrier was still up. Turning to her dragon master she asked, "Ms. Park, why the elemental barrier is still active is confusing since I complete the test do you know what's going on?"
"Like Ignitus said before Haley." Sun explained, "To prevent this test from being completed by a single lucky shot you are to practice 249 more times."
Haley sighed and went back to launching fireballs at another set of attacking dummies wondering just how this is going to teach her humility if she was just training 750 times. She then thought of what Spyro had to go through and if he ever had to deal with the fire element before going to save one of the guardians from a cold climate.
Speaking of cold climates, the heroes were already at the entrance stage of Holoska which consisted of 3 warp pads at the other side of a lake of freezing cold water. The heroes could see that the warp pad in the center was red which obviously meant the way to the temple was through that pad but they also notice that the teleport pad to the right was glowing in a yellow orange light and had the number 4 in the center of a holographic sun which meant that half of the key to the temple was on that path. Sparx was the first to speak up about the situation and notice that a hologram of half of a Gaia Key was present on the teleport pad.
"Well guys unless that things broken we have a winner." Sparx noted and without any more questions the heroes made their way to the teleport pad.
"Hold it. I recommend that you dragon up before we go." Jade said to Jake, Mei Ling, Ring, and Margareth and with that the named dragons turned to their dragon forms.
Once everyone was on the teleport pad they all found themselves in the middle of the Holoska Tundra.
(Sonic Unleashed OST Cool Edge Day begins to play)
"Alright everyone," Sonic yelled as the heroes began to race along the tundra. "Here We GO!!"
Sasami, Jade, Spyro, Sonic, and Sparx raced along the tundra while Jake, Ring, Mei Ling, and Margareth were flying as fast as they could with their passengers which ended in the group deciding that Jake would be carrying Rose, Mei Ling would be flying with Shaoran, Ring would be taking Coco which left Margareth to take Crash and Aku-Aku. The bandicoot was doing his natural thing of belching and speaking gibberish which only the wooden mask could understand.
"Guys look out." Sparx yelled as he saw some robots on the tundra. Sonic and Jade boosted through the robots easily turning them into scrap metal.
"Great job you 2." Shaoran complimented, "But there are still some more robots out there."
"No problem, Let me handle this." Sasami said and with that when the robots came into view she boosted into them.
"Nice work but what about the apes?" Sparx asked. The heroes were about to ask but they saw that apes had already started to gang up along the path way. Jade and the dragons took the lead and roasted the apes turning them into spirit gems that Spyro and Jade easily absorbed.
The heroes who were running along the trail were finding how difficult it was to keep their balance on the icy pathway. Sometimes they almost fell into some pits but the dragons pulled them out before they were lost forever. Eventually the heroes noticed that there were some snowboards along a half pipe like section of the trail to the Gaia key.
"Hey look snowboards." Sasami noted as she Jade, and, Sonic hopped on to the aforementioned snowboards. The heroes preformed great skill with the snowboards. Sometimes Sasami would perform a stylish trick whenever she hit a ramp. This continued for a few minutes before Sparx saw something that gave him reason to worry.
"Guys you're running out of solid ground." Sparx yelled in concern. Sasami, Jade, and Sonic saw that they were indeed running out of ground and that a big stretch of water was between them and the next pathway.
"Guys I'm afraid to say there's no way they'll make that." Margareth said and just as the snowboarding trio found themselves close to flying off a cliff.
"You got that right Maggie." Sparx added, "It would take a miracle to help them."
Sparx and the dragons were starting to worry about the safety of the trio when a giant whale popped out from beneath the surface of the water. The whale created a surface for Sasami, Jade, and Sonic to snowboard across.
"Thank you Mister Whale." Sasami said as she, Jade, and Sonic snowboarded across with the dragons and their passengers all staring in confusion of what just happened.
Once the trio made it to the end of the tail the whale propelled them upward to where a bump in the road forced Sasami, Jade, and Sonic to discard their snowboards.
"Scales I was starting to like that." Sasami said as the group continued on.
"Don't worry we'll take you snowboarding with us when we're done saving the world." Jake called out to the aqua haired girl.
The heroes continued on their trek across the tundra defeating enemies that get in their way and eventually found themselves racing along an ice path that seemed to crack behind them. The heroes notices another set of snowboards after traversing across some more ice fields
"Hey guys, feel like more snowboarding?" Sonic said to Jade and Sasami whom hopped on the boards.
The trio shredded through the half pipe section of the Holoska Tundra with Sasami performing stylish tricks that could rival some of Jake's best moves. Eventually the group found themselves in the location of half of Gaia Gate Key and once the trio of Sasami, Jade, and Sonic hopped off the snowboards and grabbed the key.
(Song ends followed by Sonic Unleashed OST Stage Clear which ends)
"Well folks we have half of the key so now what?" Sparx asked, "Shouldn't we find the temple right now?"
"Well the good news is that I'm sensing the temple is close by Sparx." Sasami answered "The bad news is that this route is blocked so we'll have to find another way in to the temple."
"That shouldn't be a problem." Jake commented as the group started to walk over to the teleport pad which would take them back to the location of the entrance stage, "We find the temple, place a chaos emerald on the pedestal hidden within said temple and restore the piece of the planet easily."
"That last part of placing the emerald in the temple is easy." Spyro responded to the American Dragon, "Getting past the temple guardian is the hard part."
"So how much trouble could we run into asking the village elder to let us get to the temple?" Shaoran asked not knowing about the previous challenges the team faced getting to the previous temples.
"It is not as easy as you think young one." Aku-Aku explained to the former Chinese Huntsboy, "From what I heard from the Guardian Dragon Elders, Spyro had to fight some sort of monster to rescue each of them from captivity. From Crash and I went through trying to save his sister we had to fight one of Cortex and Uka-Uka's goons to get information on where Coco was being held. There were also times when we had collected five crystals to either save the world from Cortex's wrath or imprison a group of destructive masks known as the elementals that wreaked havoc across the planet many centuries ago." (Authors Note: I'm referencing Crash of the Titans, Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped, and Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex in this explanation so if you haven't played those games yet then I apologize if I ruined the endings for anyone. Thank You that is all.)
"You think those masks were trouble Jackie and I have dealt with worse." Jade said to Aku-Aku, "We had to fight Tarakudo, his nine Oni Generals, and 9 different tribes of Shadowkhan. Tarakudo used to terrorize the land before the 8 Demon Sorcerers were defeated years ago. His reign came to an end when the spirits of his generals were imprisoned in masks and we had hard work to defeat them after we had foolishly gathered the nine masks in the vault of Section 13."
"Perhaps we can compare travel experiences later guys." Sasami said once again acting as the mediator, "Right now let us get back to the village and rest up because some of us are quite worn out from all that flying and running and I have a feeling that the other teleport pad won't activate until nightfall which won't be until a few hours."
Accepting this explanation the heroes find the teleport pad which warped them back to the village. Once the group was back at the village they were surprised to see just who was waiting for them.
"Volteer what are you doing here?" Spyro asked as he saw the Lightning Guardian and he wasn't alone for he was accompanied by Haley Long standing to his right and Trixie Carter and Arthur Spudinski standing to his left.
"More importantly," Jake added, "Why did you bring Trixie, Spud, and Haley up here?"
"Jake, the elders and I have received some bad news in the form of Councilor Omina paying another visit to Section 13." The Electricity Guardian explained, "She regretted to inform us that Councilors Andam, Kulde, and Kulkulkhan have been captured by the forces of darkness due to them being ambushed at their habitation to fight off Dark Gaia's Minions. Councilor Omina was the only one who wasn't called back to her indigenous lodging to fight off a horde of invaders which was how she arrived to tell us that in the first place."
"How did that happen?" Rose asked completely shocked at the news, "I thought the Dragon Councilors were well trained warriors and last time the Huntsclan captured them that took place on Halloween night where I almost slew Councilors Andam and Kulde and then Councilor Chang to become a full fledged member of the Huntsclan."
"You almost killed 3 Dragon Councilors and yet Terrador says he respects you and Shaoran as warriors?" Margareth asked Rose then speaking to both Rose and Shaoran, she added, "By the Ancestors what was the Earth Guardian thinking when he said that? More importantly what was Ignitus thinking letting both of you go with the rest of us on this mission? Does the Fire Guardian even know the trouble that you have both caused in the past?"
Sasami had heard enough and did what nobody expected her to do and slapped Margareth right the face for that last comment. Everybody else was shocked for they never expected to see Sasami do something like that.
"Margareth listen to me." Sasami said firmly to the daughter of the English Dragon, "I know you don't trust Rose or Shaoran at all but that is no excuse to start commenting on Terrador's judgment or Ignitus' judgment for that matter. Ignitus and Terrador both feel that Rose and Shaoran have changed and they've done enough to prove they would not harm other magical creatures so would you please do us a favor and shut the hell up before I tell the Dragon Council what you said about the Fire and Earth Guardians."
"Sasami that was brave of you to do that. Crude as Cyril would say but very brave. However we do not have time for this." Sparx said once everyone got over their shock, "We need to find out what happened to the councilors."
"Actually Volteer, Trixie, Spud, and I know what happened to the rest of the Dragon Council and that's why we're here. Uncle's locator spell said that one of the councilors is being held in Canada and Ignitus thinks that that the councilor in question is being held here in Holoska." Haley answered and with that she produced a red overnight bag which contained a red jacket and a red, blue, and yellow headband which Aku-Aku and everyone who had seen the Dragon Council after capturing several dragon slayers back in Hong Kong during the quest for the Aztec Skulls instantly recognized.
"That's Councilor Andam's headband." Aku-Aku said shocking everyone present. "What I don't get is what is that doing here? I know Councilor Andam would never lose something like that. I should know since I was friends with the African Dragon ever since his childhood days and the day he first became a member of the Dragon Council."
"Well that is where the trouble begins." Volteer began to explain and with that the heroes all moved to the camp and once the team carved some seats out of the snow and ice, Volteer began to explain everything that happened so far while Team Dragon was in Holoska.
Flashback Begins.
Ignitus, Sun Park, and Haley were still at the firing range and the sun was due to set within seven hours. Ignitus had begun to teach Haley the Fire Fury which would allow one to eliminate multiple hostile enemies in one shot. Ignitus and Sun were currently observing Haley defeat the smaller dummies while she was still struggling to unlock the Fire Fury. After the previous 249 attempts Haley still was having trouble with the Fire Fury.
"I'm sorry Ignitus." Haley apologized to the elderly Fire Dragon, "Sun told me never to let my anger get the better of me."
"Haley once again this is not your fault." Ignitus explained to the young dragon girl, "The Fire Fury is not to be activated through anger. It requires you to focus your fire power and then release it all at once. Now please try one more time."
With renewed confidence Haley fought the smaller dojo dummies to build up energy for the Fire Fury. Once she had defeated all the smaller dummies the medium dojo dummies showed up and Haley used the fire breath and the fire ball attacks she learned in the previous tests of the fire element to defeat them. Once the large dojo dummies appeared Haley had built up enough fire power and unleashed it in an inferno that eliminated everything within a 10 foot radius of herself while surprisingly leaving both the Korean Dragon and the Fire Guardian unscathed.
"By the ancestors Haley, You have mastered the fire element." Ignitus said to the young dragon girl, "Or at least this set of fire elemental abilities. There are several others but for now you will practice this set until you have completed training in the other elements."
"Ignitus has a point." Said a new voice which turned out to be Volteer the Lightning Guardian, "You must learn the other elements first before learning the second set and you must learn humility as well, but now we have an even bigger problem."
"Volteer what are you doing here so soon?" Sun asked, "Are you here to train Haley in the lightning element?"
"Actually there's no time for me to do that right now." Volteer explained "Captain Black sent me to tell you that we're needed back at Section 13 at once."
The quartet wasted no time heading back to Section 13and when they arrived they saw that Councilor Omina had returned to Section 13 with a serious expression on her face. Everyone else was worried as they were not expecting to see the Dragon of Atlantis back so soon.
"I've returned with Ignitus, Haley, and Sun as you asked Councilor Omina." Volteer said "Now could you please tell us what is going on?"
"Councilors Andam, Kulde, and Kulkulkhan have been captured by the forces of darkness." Omina explained much to the surprise of most of the group except for Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril, and Terrador.
"How did that happen?" Captain Black asked, "I thought the Councilors were tough enough to fight off the forces of evil as a team."
"Exactly right Captain Black. As a team the Councilors are nearly invincible but pick them off one at a time and then we're in trouble especially since it's only a matter of time until Dark Gaia is complete." Cyril said. "I fear that whatever Malefor has planned for them is obviously going to be a repeat of what happened to us."
"What do you mean by a repeat of what happened to you guys?" Jackie asked the elders.
"Remember when we told you how Cynder was corrupted by Malefor's power?" Ignitus asked everyone. Everyone present nodded in confirmation and then Terrador picked up where Ignitus left off.
"When Cynder was under Malefor's power she sought to bring the Dark Master's sprit back from the Portal of Convexity which served as his prison." The Earth Guardian explained, "In order to open the portal only a dragon born in the year of the dragon could accomplish the task but she needed a lot of power to open the portal."
"What does that have to do with you four anyway?" Jackie asked only to be smacked on the head by Uncle's fingers.
"Jackie, don't interrupt the Guardian Dragon Elders." Uncle lectured then turning to the Guardians he said, "I'm sorry please continue with the story."
The Guardians were annoyed but decided to let Cyril continue the explanations as Volteer would be likely to confuse everyone with his electric tongue and explanations would be harder without Spyro to translate.
"The power of the guardians was the only thing that could break the seal on the Dark Master's prison." Cyril explained, "Cynder held each of us in tortured captivity with Volteer being held on Dante's Freezer to generate the first of the required crystals, myself having been taken to Tall Plains and held captive in the local shrine of the Atlawa tribe to create the second crystal, Terrador was being held on Munitions Forge, an island dominated by Mount Boyzitbig, an unstable volcano where Cynder was using him to create what we at the time thought was the last of the crystals needed to open the portal of convexity."
"If Cynder only needed three of you then why was Ignitus captured in an attempt to power a fourth crystal?" Captain Black interrupted only to get wacked by Uncle's fingers.
"Please do not interrupt the elders." Uncle said then turning to the Guardians he added, "I'm sorry for the second interruption."
"Captain Black does make a valid point." Councilor Omina commented, "If Cynder captured Ignitus then she probably wanted to be sure she had enough power to unlock the Dark Master's Prison. My guess is that since Dante's Freezer, Tall Plains, and Munitions Forge were already liberated through Spyro's efforts she moved the Fire Guardian to another location to complete her final preparations."
"The Dragon of Atlantis is right." Volteer confirmed after hearing Councilor Omina explain the events that happened to Spyro and the Guardian Dragons before Cynder's capture of the Fire Guardian. "Ignitus was the final piece to Cynder's puzzle and once that last crystal was powered the portal would open. In a last attempt to stop Cynder, Terrador sent Spyro to Concurrent Skies, a dark and foreboding place where hope went to die and where Cynder used to live when she was working for the Dark Master. Terrador was certain that Cynder's Fortress was where Ignitus was taken to power the last crystal needed to open the portal of convexity."
"Volteer if what you're saying is true then our problems are going to be much bigger." Professor Pickle said once everyone let what the Lightning Guardian had said sink in. "I believe that Eggman and Cortex are going to try and harness the power of the Dragon Council to power a magnet to try and restore Dark Gaia."
"That is what the guardians and I also think." Ignitus said to the group then he directed himself to Haley, "Haley due to the nature of this emergency, you'll have to rescue the Dragon Council before the crystals can be powered. I sense that one of the councilors is being held prisoner in Holoska."
"Good plan Ignitus except there are 2 problems." Tohru pointed out, "We don't even know where they are and we don't even know where they're being held prisoner of if one of them is being held in Holoska for that matter."
"Don't forget that Susan is going to have your heads if she finds out you're sending Haley up there alone." Lao Shi added, "Besides does my granddaughter even know what is waiting for her in Holoska?"
"Relax we're not sending Haley up there alone." Terrador answered, "Trixie, Spud, and Volteer will assist her."
"Tell me again why we're going with little miss perfect and the resident thesaurus?" Trixie shot back to the Earth Guardian only for Volteer to answer.
"I'm going with you because I know the perils of a rescue mission in a cold climate." The Electricity Guardian explained, "I also have a good idea of which of the Councilors is being detained in Holoska and where in Holoska they're being held."
"Just let me do a quick spell to see which of the Councilors is being held up there." Uncle said and with that he performed a locator spell to see which of the councilors was being held in Holoska and to the shock of the group the screen the group was standing in front of suddenly showed Councilor Andam being held captive in some sort of temple.
"Well we now know which of the councilors is being held prisoner in Holoska. Now the only problem is that since there are no maps of the locations of the Gaia Temples how do we find Councilor Andam?" Spud said only to be wacked in the head by Uncle's fingers.
"Did you forget that I'm a chi wizard?" Uncle responded to Spud, "I can create a locator spell that will lead us to Councilor Andam."
"So just do that already so we can get on with this." Trixie said only to be whacked in the head by Uncle's fingers.
"Uncle cannot finish the locator spell without personal item belonging to Councilor Andam." Uncle screeched again this time to Trixie, "That is the key ingredient in the locator spell to find him."
"Would this be of any help Chi Wizard?" Councilor Omina asked and with that the Atlantis Dragon produced 4 overnight bags each of which was a different color and each of which contained a different colored jacket while some of them contained headbands. Noticing the group staring at her the Atlantis Dragon added, "I figured that something like this might happen so I packed up some spare Council Robes worn by each of the current members of the Dragon Council in the event that a Locator Spell was needed to find any of us."
"This is perfect. This is just what I need to find and locate each of the Councilors." Uncle commented, "Now which bag has personal items that belong to Councilor Andam?"
"I believe this might be the one you seek." Cyril commented to the red bag and with that he pulled out a red jacket like the one worn by the African Dragon in human form. Once Uncle casted the spell he added some magical powder to the jacket which folded itself back up into a spare overnight bag that the Chi Wizard carried with him. He also added some of the locator spell onto the headband and placed the item into the bag for extra insurance.
"This spell will activate once you get to Holoska. It will guide you to where Councilor Andam is being held." Uncle explained to the rescue party which consisted of Volteer, Trixie, Spud, and Haley. "Now find him before the forces of darkness drain his powers and dispose of him."
"One more thing," Councilor Omina added, "You must inform Jade and her friends of what happened to the Councilors in the event they see you up there."
"Yes Ma'am." Trixie, Spud, and Haley all said in unison. "We'll do our best."
"Good luck with your mission Volteer." Terrador said once Haley, Spud, and Trixie all hopped on Volteer's back. With those words the Electricity Guardian flew off to Holoska.
End Flashback
"Nice flashback Mr. Volt." Sparx commented as he and everyone else started to stretch their legs after sitting down on the chairs made of ice. "So that explains what's been happening so far. Well we would love to go and rescue Councilor Andam but somebody needs to restore the planet before Dark Gaia's restored."
"Well guys don't look now but the sun is about to set and you know what that means." Trixie said, "Transformation into dragon or werehog forms."
True to Trixie's word, the sun began to set and Sonic and Jade took on their werehog forms while everyone else with dragon powers took on their dragon form for the duration of the night. Haley was shocked as to why everyone suddenly decided to dragon up at the same time which Spyro explained to the young girl about Dark Gaia and the effects on the world as the group began to head for the entrance stage.
"Okay so let me see if I got this right." Haley said as the group was heading back to the teleport pads to access the second route to the Holoska Gaia Temple, "The reason that all of us who have dragon powers are in dragon form right now is because a creature known as Dark Gaia was given a premature wake-up call by Dr. Neo Cortex which in turn caused Jade to look like a Werehog and the dark energy that infected her affected Sonic turning him into a Werehog as well."
"Great work little genius." Sparx commented, "I thought that Volteer was the smart one given the fact that he speaks using big words and I can't understand what he says most of the time yet Spyro can understand every word he says."
"Thanks for the compliment but there's more to the current problem." Haley responded, "Jade somehow absorbed the talisman powers of Shendu and now she's got all of Shendu's powers at her command along with the ability to use Crash Bandicoot's ability to jack mutants created by Cortex's science and Uka Uka's evil magic and now she suddenly gained the power of the Sprit Gems which give Spyro the ability to breathe multiple breath weapons which is possible by the fact that as a purple dragon he has more power that all the other guardians combined letting Jade wield as much power as Spyro while the rings and Chaos Orbs normally absorbed by Sonic which give him his super speed have now given her that same power."
"That's the short version Haley but yes." Sasami answered, "Spyro does have the ability to use multiple elemental breath attacks, Crash can jack mutants and put them under his control through Aku-Aku's power, Sonic can harness the power of the Chaos Orbs and rings in battle, and Jade can use the combined powers of Spyro, Crash, and Sonic respectively."
"I can safely say that our dragon forms are preventing us from being possessed by Dark Gaia at nighttime." Haley continued on with the explanations, "Too bad I cannot say the same for anyone whose generation the dragon powers skipped or for our human allies such as Trixie and Spud or those filthy slayers such as Rose and Shaoran. Honestly I don't understand what my older brother and Ring's older sister see in them anyway."
"Finally somebody else here actually has a brain besides Margareth regarding the former slayers." Sparx interrupted and he saw that everyone except Margareth, Crash, Coco, Rose, Shaoran, Trixie, Spud, and Haley all gave him a hard glare. Even Volteer was beginning to get annoyed with the comments that came out of the little dragonfly's mouth which was ironic considering the fact that Ignitus thought that the Electricity Guardian talked a lot. Sparx was about to say something else but Volteer beat him to it.
"Sparx right now I suggest you hold your tongue." Volteer said to Sparx, "I've got enough trouble keeping Haley from letting her pomposity, arrogance, and pretentiousness get the better of her but trying to keep 4 dragons from roasting you is probably difficult even for Sun Park and she's the voice of reason around here."
"Hey guys, there's the teleport pad to take us to the location of the Temple of Gaia." Margareth said then she saw that Volteer had a different expression on his face, noticing this Rose directed herself to the Lightning Guardian
"Volteer what's the matter?" The former Huntsgirl asked, "Are you worried about the perils that await us?"
"As you know there are going to perils that you cannot even imagine on the path to the Gaia Temple." Volteer explained to the group as a whole, "Unfortunately the teleport pad some of you are going to takes us to the Gaia Temple and not to the Temple of Ice where Councilor Andam is being held."
"So what exactly are you saying V? Do we have to restore the planet first then save Councilor Andam from whatever Chang has planned for him and the rest of the councilors?" Jake asked while calling the Lightning guardian by the first letter of his name "Or do we rescue Councilor Andam first and then restore this piece of the planet?"
"Actually Jake, your grandfather figured that Chang might be using the Councilors as suspended organic power supplies knowing that you'll rescue them to keep you occupied while Eggman, Cortex, Drago, Malefor, and Uka-Uka restore Dark Gaia." Volteer explained to the American Dragon and the heroes, "That is why Haley, Spud, Trixie, and I are here. We're the ones who are going to rescue Councilor Andam while the rest of you locate the Temple of Gaia and restore this piece of the planet."
"So that means we're all taking the teleport pad to the location of the Gaia Key then." Ring said once everyone reached the lunar teleport pad which now had the familiar crescent moon and the number 4 in the center. "Once we get to the Temple of Gaia then we rescue the councilor from being used as a battery to power a crystal that you believe will be used to bring back Dark Gaia?"
"Actually the teleport pad is only designed to take us to the quickest route to the Gaia Temple and once it activates the pad won't work until you find the other half of the key." Volteer explained, "Trixie, Spud, Haley, and I are heading to the Temple of Ice on a different path."
"All I can say is good luck with your mission." Sasami said once she and everyone minus Volteer, Trixie, Spud, and Haley were on the teleport pad. Once the teleport pad started to glow and begin to transport the occupants to their destination, Sasami then said, "May the ancestors look after you, May they look after us all."
"So Volteer," Spud asked the Electricity Guardian, "Where do we start looking for this so called Temple of Ice?"
"I believe I can help you people with that." A new voice responded. The quartet turned to see a young girl with red hair and was wearing a parka. She also had on boots and jeans and a red shirt with a hood and a blue jeans jacket under the parka and she looked like she was from the Ukraine. "I saw an indigo dragon with yellow spines and red horns and a red flame pattern on the tail flying in the direction of what the villagers believe to be a Temple of Gaia."
"Okay who are you and why did you tell us that?" Trixie asked the young girl.
"My name is Nadilla Taganova but everyone calls me Nadia." Nadia explained to Trixie, "I told you that because the dragon seemed to carrying something in a net that was brown and looked like a dragon."
(Authors note: to those of you who watch the lifetime channel and saw the Human Trafficking Miniseries then I'm going to be referencing some characters from the Mini Series so if anybody who manages the .net site sees this note then please don't remove this story. I mean no disrespect I just needed somebody to tell Volteer, Trixie, Spud, and Haley where to find the temple of ice and for them to see what Chang had done while the rest of the heroes were racing for the Gaia Key for the Temple of Gaia. Thank you that is all.)
"Well then I'm sure you seem like a nice girl and all but what are you doing all the way from the Ukraine?" Spud asked the girl only for her to look down.
"I believe that this is not a good time to talk about that right now." Volteer intervened noticing the girl's look of discomfort on her face the minute Spud asked that question. Trixie, Spud, and Haley looked on while The Lightning Guardian spoke Russian in an attempt to help the poor girl get past what troubled her so much.
Meanwhile Team Dragon and their allies minus Trixie, Spud, Haley, and Volteer found themselves on some ice walking a few feet into the territory.
(Sonic Unleashed OST Cool Edge Night Begins to Play.)
"Hey guys, how's the spell I used earlier still holding up?" Sasami asked as the group walked into the area. The heroes started to walk along the ice and they found themselves fighting only a few nightmares which were easily cleared out.
"The spell is still holding up." Spyro said as the heroes jumped from ice block to ice block reaching a new area. "However I'm more worried about Councilor Andam's safety."
"Relax Spyro; Volteer's got the locator spell." Jade said, "He should be able to find and rescue Councilor Andam with help from Trixie, Spud, and Haley."
"That's good to know." Mei Ling responded, "At least that's one less concern on our part even though I still feel like we need to help him."
"I understand your feelings Mei Ling but remember Volteer is a seasoned warrior." Shaoran commented in an attempt to cheer up his girlfriend, "He should be able to handle this but I'm not so sure about Haley, Spud, and Trixie. I'm not saying that Trixie and Spud are weak but the fact is that they have yet to face the creatures that we are dealing with right now."
"Haley's a dragon what's the worry?" Jake said, "She's probably going to rescue Councilor Andam and earn his praise and rub it in my face like she does with all of her accomplishments."
"That right there is exactly why the Guardians are planning to put her through her paces and teach her some humility." Sparx said surprising the rest of the group. Noticing the stares he added, "Before you ask, I used the Huntsgirl's dream charm to enter the memories of Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril, and Terrador to test the dream charm."
"Okay but why did you do that?" Jade asked, "I could've just used the Sheep Talisman to enter somebody's dreams."
"Isn't that the power of Astral Projection?" Ring asked, she and the rest of the group had already been informed about the Talismans of Shendu by the Dragon Council before they left the Island of Draco after Rose and Shaoran's trial. "Does that allow you to see into the memories of others as well?"
"Well the Sheep Talisman lets one enter somebody's dreams." Jade explained to the group, "The Dream Charm lets you see into the memories and dreams of anybody you've met before or at least that's what I've heard based on what Shaoran told us back when we were recovering the last of the Aztec Skulls."
"Well that makes sense." Coco said "Sometimes memories can appear in the form of dreams so using the Sheep Talisman is possible."
"I don't mean to butt in but can we please focus on the mission?" Sasami said to the heroes.
"Sasami's right we have to restore the planet." Aku-Aku said and with that the heroes began to traverse the hazards leading to the Gaia temple.
Meanwhile Volteer was taking Trixie, Spud, and Haley through the Aurora Snowfields to rescue Councilor Andam. Well more like Trixie, Spud, and Haley were leading the way while the Lightning Guardian was covering the rear carrying a backpack filled with the supplies they needed to save Councilor Andam.
"Can you move any quicker Volteer?" Trixie asked, "Why don't we just fly to the Temple of Ice?"
"Trixie may I remind you that Volteer can't fly all of us to the Temple of Ice is because it's hidden within the valley and it cannot be seen from the sky." Spud explained.
"Let's not forget that Susan Long will have my head if she finds out her daughter was out in this weather without supervision." The Lightning Guardian, "Besides, I'm the only one here strong enough to carry all of the supplies and because of that I cannot fly us all to the temple even if we had to due to the weight."
"Don't' forget Spud," Haley reminded as the group walked past an igloo with a fire around it, "Trixie has to hold the locator spell and you have to keep a hold of the map so that if we get lost we'll be able to contact one of the other Guardians for help."
The quartet of Volteer, Trixie, Spud, and Haley found themselves walking up a ramp and across a bridge which lead them to yet another fire only this time there was a pot of water being boiled. Eventually they found themselves in front of some ice that was blocking their path but Haley melted them with the new fireball ability that Ignitus had taught her earlier. Volteer, Haley, Trixie, and Spud raced along the snowy field where another wall of ice was waiting for them but Volteer easily destroyed it with his tail. Eventually the group found themselves in an open area where they were ambushed by some of Dark Gaia's minions but they easily took them down.
"Hey guys?" Spud asked as the heroes were now traversing through the last part of Holoska's Aurora Snowfields, "How are Jake and the others doing right about now?"
"I'm sure they're doing well Spudinski." The Electricity Guardian answered, "I'm not so sure about Margareth, Rose, Shaoran, and Sparx. One of them is bound to say something stupid by now and I'm not sure Sasami and Aku-Aku can keep the group from falling apart."
"Aku-Aku is a very wise elder and Sasami has shown that she can diffuse and argument with only a quiet word." Trixie responded, "What could possibly go wrong?"
"Knowing my brother, something is bound to go wrong by now." Haley commented as the quartet headed into the Ice Floe to rescue the African Dragon.
Every wise being knows over the years that the phrase what could possibly go wrong usually means that something is bound to go wrong and speaking of things going wrong Team Dragon was currently dealing with a pack of Nightmares, Ratcicles, apes, and robots that had appeared out of nowhere once the group had reached the halfway point to the Holoska Gaia Temple. The dragons were using their elemental breath abilities and the martial arts skills taught to them by their masters while the bandicoots were using what they knew about martial arts. Sonic, Jade, and Sasami helped as much as they could by providing muscle and magic while Sparx kept a lookout for new enemies in the air. Eventually the heroes managed to subdue the enemy and Jade used the power of the Horse Talisman to restore the numerous wounds they might have sustained.
"Ouch that was brutal." Jake commented continued their trek to the Gaia Temple, "Who knew those robots could hit so hard."
"Tell me about it." Ring commented as the heroes crossed through chasms in the tundra. "Grandfather always says the perils of being a magical guardian are difficult but I don't think that even he was prepared for this."
"Hey it could be worse." Sonic said in an attempt to lighten the mood, "We could be facing swarms of Shadowkhan Ninjas by now."
"Sonic don't even start on the ninjas considering that we're in the presence of 2 of them right now." Sparx said to the werehog referring to Rose and Shaoran, "In my opinion, it seems that Trixie, Maggie, and I are the only ones cautious enough not to trust them."
"Sparx how many times do I have to ask you politely not to call me Maggie?" Margareth asked noticing that once again, Sparx called her by a shorter variant of her name. "I do not even allow Nigel Thrall to call me Maggie so please respect that."
"Who the hell is this Nigel Thrall guy? Is he a mere mortal who that lazy swine of an English Dragon Guardian was too lazy to investigate the guy's possible magical background?" Sparx responded with all of his arrogance which if one didn't know better would think that line was coming from Cyril. The dragonfly began laughing about that along with Crash Bandicoot until they both saw Margareth shooting a glare at them which clearly said 'If you value your lives you will shut your mouths right now!'
"Crash, Sparx perhaps both of you better shut it before Margareth does anything rash." Shaoran said calmly in an attempt to keep the peace.
"What does that comment about the English Dragon have to do with her?" Sparx voiced to the group only to realize that he had forgotten their adventure in Spagonia, "Oh right I forgot, Maggie is the Daughter of Mr. Thompson the English Dragon."
"Exactly so I suggest that you please shut up." Mei Ling advised to the dragonfly, "The last thing we need to tell the Guardians is how somebody almost got burned alive."
"Hey guys look there's the key." Spyro yelled and true to his word the other half of the planet key was floating right in front of them. The heroes found it strange to notice that there was hardly anything guarding the treasure.
"Well let's get the key guys." Jade said and with that she grabbed the key and joined the 2 halves together to form the Gaia Gate key.
"Guys, I'm getting suspicious." Coco noted, "That seemed a little too easy to me."
"What are you talking about?" Jake asked, "We have the planet key so let's go restore the planet."
"That is what Coco's talking about Jake." Sasami answered, "In the past when we're about to complete our objective which was either rescue somebody or to recover a key something big usually posed one final challenge for us."
"Sasami's right Jake," Aku-Aku continued, "From what Jade told me already, something super strong is bound to be waiting for us at the temple by now."
"Let's not stick around here and find out from the Welcome Committee." Sonic the Werehog said and with that the heroes all raced onto the teleport pad which the heroes expected to take them to the Gaia Temple instead took them to a cavern in another part of Holoska.
While Team Dragon was heading to the temple, Haley, Spud, Trixie, and Volteer were now traveling through the Temple of Ice after exploring most of the structure searching for the path that would lead them to where the African Dragon is located.
"Hey guys remember those stories Spyro told us about the Ice King?" Spud asked the group.
"How could I forget after being held prisoner in Dante's Freezer and having to see Spyro fight off the Ice King?" Volteer commented, "The odds of him actually defeating the sentinel were slim but legends did tell that the purple dragon had plenty of raw power."
"Nice history lesson but what does that have to do with anything?" Trixie interrupted as the group now reached the exit to the Temple of Ice after finding that the locator was pointing to a hidden entrance in a remote part of the temple. "I don't see any Ice Kings around here and besides Volteer already gave Haley some basic hints about the Electricity breath anyway so we can handle this."
"Trixie need I remind you that Volteer may have given Haley some basic hints about lightning breath but he has yet to teach her about the full uses of electricity." Spud reminded.
"Spud has a point Trixie. We don't have the time or the room right now for Haley to learn electricity yet." The Lightning Guardian continued, picking up where Spud left off, "Besides, as far as the Dragon Council knows Sun Park is the one supposed to be training Haley and technically she's supposed to stay in New York. If Councilor Andam sees Haley using electricity he's bound to ask the Korean Dragon what is going on and Haley's Dragon Master will have no choice but to inform him on our plan to teach Haley some humility."
"Well I hope you guys have a plan soon because I see a light at the end of this tunnel." Haley said to Trixie, Spud, and Volteer who turned to see that they were indeed reaching the end of the tunnel.
When the quartet exited the tunnel they noticed a metallic platform that was taller than the quartet though Volteer's head reached just above it. On the platform the group noticed an icicle statue but the statue looked more like a giant purple eel in an ice block but that's not what caught the group's attention.
"Look there's Councilor Andam. Let's save him and go." Spud said and true to his word there was a brown dragon with a light brown underbelly that looked completely unconscious on a platform of ice which surprisingly didn't crack under the weight of dragon. This was of course Councilor Andam the African Dragon but looking at the state he was in now, one would think that one of Eggman's giant robots or one of Dark Gaia's Spawn defeated him.
"Wait a minute Spud." Haley cautioned, "This looks way too easy."
"What are you talking about Haley?" Trixie said annoyed, "Councilor Andam is right over there and I say we get him back to Section 13 and fast so Volteer can apply medical care."
"Haley's right." Volteer added, "Based on previous experience, I have come to the conclusion that something is bound to try and kill whomever attempts to rescue Councilor Andam from agonizing incarceration."
"I'd never thought I'd say this but the chatterbox of the Guardian Dragon Elders actually has a point." Said a new voice which turned out to be former Councilor Chang only she was holding a glowing yellow crystal in her claws and her appearance had changed from the last time Trixie, Spud, and Haley saw her in Spagonia but since Haley had never met the Councilors until the temple reunion in Victoria Falls over in Hong Kong she was confused as to the Dragon of Asia's appearance. "One should take note that things aren't what they appear to be though I must say I'm very surprised to see you again Volteer."
"Wait you know each other?" Trixie, Spud, and Haley said in unison to the Lightning Guardian.
"Of course we know each other." Volteer explained, "Back when each of the Guardians visited this realm on a solo mission we all had to visit the Dragon Council to let them know of our presence."
"Volteer speaks the truth though how he talks often left most of us so stunned he had to repeat everything he said in each of our native tongues." The former Dragon of Asia continued, "I of course felt that there was no need for such useless talking which I found to be one of his flaws which could get him in trouble in a battle but Councilor Omina seemed to have no trouble understanding him."
"Enough talk Chang," Trixie barked to the former councilor, "What did you do to Councilor Andam?"
"I don't take orders from pathetic humans, but since you're already here I'll tell you what our plan is." Chang answered back, "I'm sure you already know that Dark Gaia is responsible for all the dragons of the world being stuck in dragon forms at night and that the plan is to use the power of the current councilors to put Dark Gaia's pieces back together. I've already drained Councilor Andam's lightning power into a crystal and soon the power of the other councilors will drained into crystals. Dr. Neo Cortex and Dr. Eggman should already be working on that transmitter to reassemble Dark Gaia by now so I'll take my leave."
"Not if we stop you and put the planet back together." Spud shot back to the Ex-Councilor. "Unless you can stop us from putting the planet back together and stop your plan first. Wait will somebody tell me what I just said?"
"That's easier said than done foolish mortal." Chang answered back and with a blast of flame the former councilor melted the ice surrounding the eel bringing it back to life, "The Dark Moray will see that you don't leave here alive."
With that Chang left with the crystal while the quartet prepared to face down the Dark Moray which let out a deafening roar from its perch on the platform.
(Sonic Unleashed OST Boss Battle Night/ Dark Gaia's Spawn Boss begins to play)
"So does anyone here have a plan?" Trixie asked as the Dark Moray started to fire balls of ice at them. The group dodged before the ice hit and Volteer noticed some generators around the arena.
"I have a plan. Trixie and Spud, You go check on Councilor Andam and see if he's still conscious. Haley since I'm too big to get at the generators effectively you'll have to destroy them using your lightning breath. I'll provide a diversion to keep the nightmares off your back." Volteer delegated and with that the heroes set out on their assigned tasks.
Haley easily shorted out the generators with the lightning breath that Volteer taught her while Trixie and Spud checked up on the African Dragon which caused the force field around the Dark Moray to deactivate allowing Haley to go face to face with the Dark Moray. Haley tried to use the attacks that Ignitus had taught her only to find that the moves didn't work for the electricity breath.
"Volteer what happened?" Haley asked in a panic as she was avoiding the giant eel's ice breath and ice balls. "Why can't I use the secondary attack for the lightning breath?"
"I have not taught the lightning breath or the fury attack to you yet Haley." Volteer explained, "So you'll just have to use what you have learned so far."
So Haley tried to roast the Dark Moray with fire breath only to find that she couldn't get a lock on the Giant Eel. Haley noticed that the there were frozen canisters around the area. She knew from experience that the canisters contained liquid nitrogen which froze on contact but she didn't know how that would help. Fortunately Trixie and Spud noticed this and decided to offer some advice.
"Haley, Try throwing one of the canisters at that eel and then attack." Spud advised and with that the young dragon girl did what Spud suggested and threw a canister at the Dark Moray causing it to freeze in place.
Thinking quickly Haley preformed a series of martial arts moves on the Dark Moray being careful to use the light attacks on the eel while leaving the heavy attacks for last as to not break the statue to early. Once Haley did enough damage to the Dark Moray the ice around the giant eel broke and one of the green glowing spots broke causing the young dragon to fall off the edge of the platform. Haley tried to get back to the dark moray only to find the force field had returned.
"Haley the Dark Moray is not going to be defeated that easily." Councilor Andam said as best as he possibly could, even though Trixie and Spud advised him that he shouldn't try to move in his current state. "You'll have to remove the force field surrounding the eel and to do that you'll have to destroy the generators first."
"Councilor Andam just did me a favor by explaining what Haley needs to do." Volteer commented to Trixie and Spud "But right now, I need to fight off these nightmares, Haley needs to destroy the generators once again and you need an eye on the Councilor's health and make sure he's alright."
So Haley went back into battle and destroyed each of the generators though it took more effort to destroy them the last time while Volteer went to keep the nightmares off her back. Once Haley destroyed the generators again she leapt onto the platform where the Dark Moray was residing. The giant eel tried to slam Haley with its body but Haley dodged and launched a fire breath attack hoping to weaken the Dark Moray. The eel felt some pain but shrugged it off as it continued to try and breathe ice at the little dragon. Haley dodged all the attacks and used her lightning breath to throw another canister of liquid nitrogen at the Dark Moray which caused the eel to freeze on the spot. Thinking quickly, Haley preformed a series of martial moves starting with the light attacks then moving into the heavy attacks as the ice around the Dark Moray broke causing Haley to fly backwards and one of the green spots on its body to burst signaling that the battle was now going to get dirty.
Once again, Haley proceeded to destroy the generators that were keeping the force field active while Volteer used his lightning breath to keep the nightmares off her back. Once all the generators were down and the was gone Haley flew onto the platform to face the Dark Moray only this time the Dark Moray slammed its body on the platform and spun around in a circle in an attempt to try and flatten the little dragon. Haley dodged the attack by flying but she now she couldn't get a lock on the eel to throw any canisters at it. That is until she saw Volteer using his lightning breath to stun the giant eel.
"Haley," The Lightning Guardian called as he was struggling to hold the Dark Moray in place using the lightning breath, "Throw a canister at the dark moray and finish the battle. Hurry up I can't hold him forever."
So Haley did as the lightning guardian instructed and threw a canister at the Dark Moray just as Volteer's lightning power shorted out. As soon as the Dark Moray was frozen, Haley preformed a series of martial arts maneuvers starting with the quick attacks then moving into the heavy attacks. Once the martial arts moves were finished, the Dark Moray's third green spot burst causing the giant eel to fall dead signaling that this battle was over.
(Song ends followed by Sonic Unleashed OST Boss Stage Clear)
"Well I hope you learned something from this battle Haley." Volteer said once he managed to get Trixie, Spud, and Councilor Andam down to the platform.
"Well I learned that using lightning is very different from using fire." Haley said with pride that could rival Cyril's, "I can't wait to tell Jake about how I fought alongside one of the Guardian Dragon Elders."
"Haley what did your Dragon Master tell you about your pride?" Volteer asked to the young dragon.
"Sun told me not to let arrogance get the better of me." Haley answered not wanting to disappoint the Lightning Guardian.
"Right now we better go check on the rest of the team." Trixie advised, "Sasami probably has her hands full by now."
While Volteer, Trixie, Spud, Haley, and Councilor Andam went to find Team Dragon, Jade and the heroes had just defeated a stronger version of the Dark Moray that was guarding the Gaia Temple and were now racing into said temple. Sasami had just revealed the hidden slot using her crystal hair beads while Jade stretched her arm and placed a Chaos Emerald in said slot allowing the planets power to restore the light blue Chaos Emerald which in turn started the rumbling sequence.
"Here we go again!" Sparx yelled as everyone took flight to avoid being shaken up by the restoration of Holoska.
"Now that this part of the planet is restored we should probably check on Councilor Andam." Aku-Aku advised as he led the group out of the temple. "I only hope that Volteer and the kids already found him by now."
"Perhaps we explain all that happened back at Section 13." Said a voice which turned out to be Volteer the Electricity Guardian who standing with Trixie, Spud, and Haley who in turn were joined by Councilor Andam.
"Councilor Andam are you alright?" Jake asked the African Dragon, "What happened to you?"
"Dragon Long, as you can see I'm alive and still in one piece" The African Dragon answered as best as he could, "However, this is not the time or place for explanations."
"Andam's right from what I can tell he probably took a lot of damage." Spyro added, "The best thing we can do is to get him back to Section 13 for some medical care."
"I agree with Spyro." Margareth commented, "The sooner we get back to Section 13 the better because I think Sasami's spell is starting to fade out."
On that note Sasami's spell started to fade and Aku-Aku took that as his cue to warp the group back to Section 13.
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The heroes head to New York where one of Cortex's henchmen is holding one of the Councilors hostage. The heroes now must face off against Cortex's peon and the possibility that Rotwood may find out.