Chapter 3: The First Wave.
Daybringer finished his last bit of egg and stood. He turned to leave but decided to talk with the purple dragon, Spyro, was it? As he turned to Spyro, he stood up and burned his plate like everyone else had done and walked over to the entrance facing the W.E.O., which was the on on the left from the entrance where Spyro and Cynder had first entered. Daybringer watched him for a moment, before running over to him. "Hey. Spyro is it? You seem a bit down." Spyro said nothing as the W.E.O. Fired at a random point in the city, probably at Beam. "Nothing, it's just that…" Spyro glanced at Cynder, still eating. "Cynder is so beautiful…" Daybringer nodded, he understood, Personaly, he thought Cynder looked like Shadow Storm, not exactly, there was some difference, Cynder's horns for example, she had like what? 6? Shadow had 4. "Everyone thinks that of their loved ones." Daybringer said, almost defensively. "There's you daily lesson in the mind." Spyro nodded absentmindedly. "Mmm..." Spyro mumbled. Daybringer looked at him a bit more before asking, "So tell me about this war, how did it began?" Spyro rubbed his neck and said, "It's kind of a long story..." Daybringer smiled, "I literally have all day." "Ok, first, there were only 2 purple dragons ever born, Malefore, and I. According to a prophesy, I was destined to defeat Malefor." Daybringer nodded and listened as Spyro continued.
Shadow Storm lay his side on the floor of the top floor of the tower. His eyes slowly opened, what time was it? He looked out at the city, it looked as if the sun was still high in the sky, glittering like a ball of gold above the world. "How long have I been asleep?" he asked the empty room. "2 hours, 26 minutes, and 53 seconds." a ghostly, metallic voice said, Shadow Storm was on his feet in a flash. The voice continued, "I hope those hours, minutes, and seconds were comfortable." something dropped from the ceiling, it was made of metal, it had 3 legs arranged in a tripod and stood upright, it had 2 arms, the left held some kind of blue blade that crackled with electricity. The other arm had a long cylinder attached length-ways, the end sticking out was open, a green glow came out. The torso was large and a bit triangular, it also had no visible mouth. But what stood out most was its head, it was slightly spherical, and with two glowing eyes. It also had a tail with a strange device on it, it was attached to a wide cylinder, the device was sort of squareish with a nozzle on the end. There was also a tiny flame on a metal bar directly in front of the nozzle. "Because they will be your last." As soon as it said this, there creature swung its blade at Shadow's neck, but Shadow was ready, he jumped backward, avoiding the blade as it swiped the air in front of him. The metal creature took a step back, and raised his other arm, "Ever seen a gun before?" the creature said as the green glow intensified. Shadow was curious, but the word "gun" made him feel uneasy. He waited a second, a green ball of light shot out of the cylinder. Shadow sidestepped just in time as the ball smashed into the wall behind him, creating a dragon-sized hole. The creature growled in frustration, "Hold still!" it yelled as it fired 2 more balls at Shadow, both of which he dodged, "I have to destroy that gun thing, I can't keep dodging forever." Shadow thought. The creature tried to stab Shadow and shoot him at the same time. Shadow avoided the gun blast, but the blade caught him in his left back leg, the blade went straight through his leg, instantly cartelized the wound, and zapped him with electricity, "AHHHH!" Shadow screamed, he grabbed onto the creature's arm and pushed its arm back out of his leg, The creature laughed, enjoying Shadow's pain, then it looked at the tip of its blade and asked, "Why is your blood black?" Shadow took this moment to pounce on it, he clawed and ripped it until it stopped moving. Shadow stopped, still crouching on it, suddenly he heard a hissing, he turned around to see the creature's tail in his face, the weapon hissing, "Game over." the Creature whispered, suddenly, flames shot out of the nozzle of the device on its tail, Shadow stopped for a second, then started laughing, the metal creature, stopped burning him and asked, "Why are you laughing and not dead?" Shadow stopped laughing and looked at it, "I'm a dragon stupid, I'm resistant to flames." "Really? But I'm pretty sure you aren't resistant to this!" The metal creature raised its other arm, the one with the gun. There was nothing Shadow could do to avoid the blast. But just before the blast killed him, Beam smashed up through the floor, and vaporized the creature's head with his Plasma Beam. The arm fell down, limp, and lifeless. Beam smiled triumphantly. Shadow looked down at where the head had been, Some clear liquid spilled out of the torso, it was very cold water. Shadow jumped off the metal creature. "What was that thing?" he asked Beam, knowing that he would probably didn't know the answer. "Its dead now, we better warn the others." Beam said, disappearing down the stairs at full speed.
"Then I woke up in that metal...house." Spyro finished speaking and looked out at W.E.O. as it fired into the dome. "I see." Daybringer said, he looked out down the road. "Beam." He said as he flattened himself against the wall. Beam stopped in front of the door way and said, "Shadow Storm was wounded by some kind of machine. More are coming." Daybringer stared. He had never heard Beam speak and not when it was distorted by his speed. Beam turned to Creator and Touch. "I need you…" he never finished his sentence. For at that moment, one of the machines came crashing though the glass ceiling. This one had a large tube over its left shoulder. Beam could tell it was different because it didn't have a tail, it only had two legs, arranged side by side, and it's voice was completely metallic, "Protocol 1-X.6 completed." the creature said as it stood. "Order 57-X.6 A39 is in effect. Carrying out Order 57-X.6 A39." the creature stood, almost as tall as Daybringer, it turned to Daybringer. "Lifeform 5 XX-S 9Z detected. Order 57-X.6 A39 states destroy all Lifeform 5 XX-S 9Z." It said as it fully turned to face him, make a strange whirring sound as it moved. "Enacting Order 57-X.6 A39." The creature said. Instantly, it sprang into action, jumping up and to the left, firing its gun in midair. Beam noticed the blast was blue, not green, were they being attacked by two enemies? Daybringer had no warning, but he managed to dodge it by falling onto his back. Beam quickly fired a burst of wind that caused the creature to spin in the air, landing on its head. This usually killed whatever he had shot his wind breath at, it would kill an ape easy. But the creature stood, unfazed. "Protocol 2.A79-G is being requested. Protocol 2.A79-G has been enacted." It charged at Spyro, jumping up, blade raised. Spyro dove forward and under the creature as it landed where he had just been standing. Beam jumped on it behind, "What are you? What do you want?" he asked it as he shoved it into the ground with a clank, "Protocol 0.1 being requested. Protocol 0.1 has been enacted." the creature said in its strange, alien, metallic voice. It suddenly stood up, completely ignoring Beam as he slid off. "We are the B—" the creature was suddenly blasted across the room, semi-exploding as it smashed into the opposite wall. "We have come here to destroy you," One of the three legged ones said, standing in the middle of the road. "And that is all you need know." The creature continued, faking a cheerful mood. "But, for simplicity reasons, you can call the one that is now burning on the other side of the room, Bs, instead of the two legged metal creatures. And instead of calling ones like me the three legged metal creatures, you can just say: As. Ok? Ok." nothing happened for 10 seconds as the A just stood there, drumming its large metal fingers together. The A looked up and said, "I'm not attacking first." Then it fired a energy ball at Beam saying, "At least not with melee." Beam slipped to his back to avoid the energy ball as it flew over him, exploding as it hit the B that had just managed to stand up. The ball hit beside it, blowing a large chunk out of its side, ice cold water spilled out. The B went limp and fell forward. Spyro shot a couple of Earth missiles at the A, they all hit it, but deflected off harmlessly. "Really? Rocks against metal?" The A asked Spyro before firing in front of him, blasting him backwards. Spyro ears rang, his vision blurred for a second. The A jumped on top of him, forcing the breath out of his lungs, he felt something break inside of him, "I've always wanted to try this." the A said shoving the flamethrower on its tail into Spyro's mouth, Spyro was still trying to get air in and couldn't close his mouth. "You may be fireproof…to an extent on the outside, but what about on the inside?" Spyro's eyes widened. Suddenly, a blade stabbed through the A on top of him, freezing cold water spilled onto Spyro'a chest, making him shiver violently. "Who are you? I can't see you." For the first time, the A felt scared, he couldn't see or sense his attacker at all. A claw hooked itself into the A's… neck as Cynder said, "A demon with a vengeance." then she ripped back with her claw, causing more icy water to spill onto Spyro, making him shiver again, and the flamethrower to pop out of his mouth, Spyro pointed frantically to his throat, unable to breathe. Cynder saw and pushed the still not dead A off of Spyro. Spyro sucked in as much air as he could as he lay there, his chest hurt badly from the impact of the A landing on him. He then noticed why everybody else in the center hadn't done anything to help, they were all stuck behind some kind of invisible barrier. Daybringer walked up to it, looked at it for a second, then hopped over the barrier into the center. Creator banged his head against the table lightly several times, obviously annoyed that they didn't try that. Soon, everyone jumped out, Moonshine noticed Spyro and ran over stopping a minute to claw at the A on the ground. When she reached Spyro, she ran a paw across his underbelly, causing Spyro to giggle, which earned him a look from Moonshine that was half annoyed and half confused. She pulled her paw away, cleared her throat, and said, "He has 3 broken ribs, which is an uncommon thing to happen to a dragon because our ribs point at the ground." "Is that what you were doing?" Cynder asked, a slight accusing edge to her voice. Moonshine shoot her a confused look. The A on the floor laughed, his voice distorted, "Hahaha, ha. You primitive creatures, fighting over the same male, even the humans were less primitive then you." Moonshine and Cynder both blushed madly. "No, I wasn't, I was just checking to see if any of his bones were damaged, not like stroking him or… wait, humans?" Moonshine said, very confused. The A gave a weak shake of the head and answered, "Nah, they're unimportant. All you did was steal their planet from them and kill them all... Actually that was our fault." The A laughed a final time before its eyes went dark. Cynder was still blushing, Moonshine had stopped while listening to the A about humans. Spyro found it hurt to speak and that his throat was parched, he tapped Cynder on her shoulder with his tail, trying to get her attention. Cynder turned to him and said. "What's wrong Spyro?" Spyro made a drinking motion. Cynder nodded, understanding. She ran over to the serving table, but was stopped by Sun Lighter, who handed her a cup with water. "Here you are." she said handing it to Cynder and whispering, "One love potion." Cynder looked at her doubtfully. "I doubt it." Sun Lighter smiled and confessed, "You're right, it isn't." Cynder gave her a suspicious look before turning and running back to Spyro. "Here you go." she said, handing it to him. Spyro nodded in thanks as he drank it. He closed his eyes as he did, when he finished, he opened them staring at the ceiling, his throat felt much better, and he could speak again. "Cynder?" he croaked. "Yes Spyro?" Cynder asked? Spyro breathed in to speak but it was forced out of him in a gasp, Shadow Storm had appeared in the doorway, he had a bit more then a leg wound. His shoulder was visibly pierced, and a double gash was situated on his side. "I have an idea... It's a bit weird, but I know it will work" he moaned in pain. Everyone stared at him in shock. How could one dragon take so much damage to his body and survive! "The W.E.O., if you set it to target those metal creatures, and dial up the Anti-Matter, you could create a weapon." Shadow nodded as he collapsed, surrounded in a black cloud. Everyone else didn't seem to worry, Spyro and Cynder noticed. Creator noticed everyone was looking at him. "What?" he said. "I'm not the technician around here!" His head swiveled exactly 90° and he said, his voice sounding more confident, cheerful, and another that Spyro and Cynder couldn't quite tell. "I am. Or Biosphere, either one." His head returned to its previous position and said, "Yeah right." Cynder shook her head, "This place is so strange. Everything about these people are strange, they live in metal houses, they have dangerous powers, and their response to hygiene is a energy beam, if I remember correctly."