Well I got an interesting review, which was the only review for last chapter. Pardon my language for this you don't want to hear it just skip this paragraph. I know I might have pissed some people off with killing Ember, but to send a review that just says 'I hate you' is complete bullshit. If you have a problem with what someone writes tell them what you don't like, not just that you hate them (lord of hate). For those who hate me will be surprised how much hate and revenge I can send their way. That is why my signature is 'Wear anger as your armor, wield revenge as your blade, and carry darkness as your shield.' I have utilized these three as much as possible in life against those who hate me and let me tell you it works. You may say that I am like the Sith in Star Wars, I have learned that there is a dark side not of the force or stuff like that, but of yourself and I have learned to harness it. Through this control I have established many connections across the internet, several contacts are pros at getting into places they should go. I'm open to criticism, but not the bullshit like, I hate you, I hate this story, I hate the ending, and such.
Ok, now that I got that out of my system, this chapter is long than the last so enjoy and please R&R.
Chapter 7: For the Mission
A week after Ember's death the Aquamarine Brigade and Spyro were in the far reaches of the north. They again had found the Shadow making its way further north. The Shadow in the last day seemed to be fading out a lot less. Ray concluded that it is because they were getting closer to the source.
It was early in the afternoon when Rosa, Rex, and T9 appeared, blocking their path.
"You have got to be kidding me," Sunflare said, "At least Twilight isn't here."
"Well it's nice to see all of you as well," Rosa said.
"You guys are just going to lose again," Pika replied, "You might as well leave now."
"Hey brat, you want to start something?" Rosa asked angrily.
Ray stepped forward and growled, "You pick a fight with one of us you get to fight all of us."
"Aw," Rosa said, "How sweet. You have the giant scrap metal sticking up for you."
"Scrap metal this!" Ray roared as he fired a pair of missiles at Rosa.
T9 destroyed one with his lasers while Rex swung an arm at the other, knocking it off course before detonation.
Rosa began laughing cruelly and said, "You have no chance of beating us like that."
"That's only a small taste of what I got," Ray replied, "Sunflare take everyone on and find the Shadow's source. Finish the mission."
Sunflare stood in front of Ray and said, "No Ray like you said pick a fight with one of us you fight all of us. We work as a team."
"But the mission requires us to break apart for a short time," Ray informed, "I'll find you when I'm finished here."
"You are a horrible liar you know that?" Sunflare said with a sigh, "Shouldn't you have a program in that computer of yours that helps you lie?"
"No, but my computer figured that this is the most effective method," Ray stated.
"What do your instincts say?" Sunflare asked.
"The same thing," Ray replied with a smile, "I'll be able to hold them off until you finished the mission. This sacrifice is for the mission and must be done."
"Ok," Sunflare said, "Take care. It was a pleasure having you in the Aquamarines my friend."
"The honor is mine to serve under you," Ray responded, "You are a great leader. I'm glad we found a way to use Malefor's gifts to us for good and against his will."
"I am too," Sunflare said.
He quietly told the others it was time to go and that Ray was staying behind. Everyone followed Sunflare except for Pika who went up to Ray.
"Ray what are you doing?" Pika asked.
"Buying you time to finish the mission unhindered," Ray replied.
"Ray don't do this," Pika begged, "We can take them on together and we'll finish them off quickly."
"Don't worry about me," Ray said, "I can take these guys on my own."
"I know," Pika stated, "But I'm just worried that something will happen and I won't see you again."
"You will," Ray encouraged, "I'll be joining you when I'm finished."
"Well just in case I have something to tell you," Pika said hesitantly, "Ray…I…I…love you."
Ray was slightly shocked to hear this since he felt the same way about her, but before he could respond she locked lips with him.
She broke the kiss and ran after the group as Ray stood there watching her leave, tears flowing from Pika's eyes.
"Did that really just happen?" Ray thought.
"Aw how cute," Rosa said, "The robot has a heart."
Ray glared at Rosa, which caused her to take a step back despite her cocky attitude. Ray deployed the hard translucent metal that served as eye guards. They like the rest of his armor were tinged blue. The visual systems activated and the eye guards began glowing.
T9 stood in front of the others and was preparing to attack when Ray stood up on his hind legs and stomped on the ground while he drove his claws into the ground. Immediately the ground violently shook and large sharp spires of rock began to shot up out of the ground. Rex and Rosa were forced to take to the air to escape the deadly rocks.
T9 remained on the ground since his armor was able to take the punishment of the rocks. T9 began to eliminate some of the rocks with his lava cannons, creating a path to Ray.
Ray was prepared for this since he had a pair of missiles ready to fire at him. T9 was close enough now and he fired his missiles. Both missiles flew at the metal dragon and exploded against his metal hide. The smoke from the missiles clouded T9's vision, but not his sensors.
Ray leapt through the smoke before T9 could respond from the sensor's warning. The metal dragons clashed. Ray stabbed his claws into the chest plate of T9. The metal claws punched through and found the flesh below also damaged his lava cannons. T9 roared in pain as he felt this.
Ray pressed harder causing T9 more pain. T9 swung his claws to drive him off and managed to cut through part of the armor on the side of his upper jaw and cheek area. Ray withdrew his claws and slashed at the punctures and created a large rip in the armor. Ray quickly charged an earth blast and fired it into the hole in the armor sending highly concentrated earth energy slamming against T9's exposed scales. T9 fell to the ground due to the strength of the blow.
Rex dove at Ray and landed in the small clearing of smooth rock. Rex immediately broke a piece of the sharp rock nearby and held it in a manner that told Ray he planned to stab him with it.
Rex approached him and swung the rock spire at Ray. The rock hit him and threw him only a few feet and the rock had shattered as it connected with Ray's armor. Ray had recovered fairly quickly only to have Rex charged into him and Ray was knocked back to the ground. Rex raised a large foot to try to crush Ray, but Ray activated his jets and his metal wings swung out from the resting stop and the jets in his back below the wing's resting spot shot fire out of the nozzles, propelling Ray out of the way of harm. Ray aimed towards the sky and put on a burst of speed gaining the distance he required, once far enough he turned around and dove at the spot where Rex was. The twin, three-barreled missile launchers extended from under his chest and he fired a salvo of missile, six in total. The missiles pulled away from Ray quickly as he prepared another round of missiles.
The missiles crashed into the ground around Rex throwing fire and rocks everywhere around him. Rex roared as he hit with both. Ray fired off another round and was only several hundred feet from Rex. Ray passed over as the second wave of missiles exploded causing Rex more harm. Ray directed himself towards the sky again. His radar picked up two objects closing in on him quickly from behind. Ray looked back and noticed that they were missiles launched from T9. He dodged the first one and destroyed it with a blast of earth energy, the second he slashed at with his claws which exploded.
His computer sent a message into his mind saying, "Energy levels are approaching 70%."
"Crap I'm using energy too quickly," Ray said to himself.
This warning caused him to miss the warning from his radar. Rosa crashed into him sending him into the ground. Ray got up and looked at his attacker and was shocked to see Rosa now twelve feet tall with massive fangs and great feathered wings. Her eyes were glowing red with power. Ray noticed a bag on the ground a ways away. His sensors scanned it and revealed that the bag held some unusual stones called Hade's Stone. The information displayed stated that Rosa consumed one, which transfers the massive amount of vile energy that fuels her ancestor's ancient body transformation, which was called Draconica Vampirius.
Rosa roared and swung her massive claws at him. Ray was unable to evade such a swift attack and the claws sliced through his armor. Ray was surprised. Only T9 was able to get through his metal hull since they were made of the same metal. He quickly fired another six missiles off. These missiles exploded against Rosa's body and she let loose a terrible shriek of pain. Ray continued by charging an immense blast of earth energy, which he released as Rosa stood up, throwing her back and few yards. Ray fired more missiles at her causing another shriek.
"Energy levels down to 60%," the computer warned.
Rosa leapt forward covering the distance quicker than Ray was expecting and was cut again at the same spot, his right side. He roared and bit down on her arm. Rosa's tail sweep around and struck him, freeing her arm from Ray's bite. She lowered her head to glare at him. Ray smiled and two small barrels extended from his shoulders and he fired a burst of small needles from each barrel. The needles struck her face and neck causing her much pain, but also a great amount of rage.
Rosa shot a stream of black mist at Ray. The black mist enveloped him and Ray found that his sensors where unable to penetrate the mist. He was blinded.
"Energy levels down to 20%," the computer said.
"What?" Ray thought, "How can that be?"
"Energy levels at critical levels, 10% remaining," the computer stated.
"No, I can't shutdown," Ray thought, "I must see her again!"
He quickly created a cyclone around him and the black mist was blown away.
Ray struggled to stay on his feet, but failed. He fought to keep his head up and finally it fall to the ground. His eyes were starting to close and he felt the last of his energy leave him.
"Pika," he whispered before everything went black.
"He dead?" Rex asked.
T9 came up and did a scan for any heart, computer, and mental activity.
"He is," T9 stated.
Rosa roared in victory and took off flying towards the direction where her enemies headed.
Pika stopped as she felt her heart pain. The roar of Rosa's victory came next.
"Ray," she whispered as tears formed in her eyes.