The Electric Dragon
Chapter 6: Plan in Fruition
Spyro flew above the city in no particular direction; he just flew, almost in circles, around New Marais. 'I hope this plan of her's works,' he thought, making another turn in the air.
While he was flying around, it gave the purple dragon ample time to think about the situation over all. Of course, he would save Cynder, but how would they get back home? Spyro still had no idea how they got here in the first place, and the worst case scenario was that the dragons were stuck here for the rest of their lives.
Spyro thought about it for a second; being stuck here wouldn't be all bad. They had friends here who they can live with, plus he and Cynder probably wouldn't need to stay hidden the entire time. The actions they would do can make up their reputation, earning respect from the city. Still, he would miss the guardians and Sparx considerably; They still had no idea if Spyro and Cynder were alive or not.
Spyro would've thought about it more, if a helicopter did not come right behind him. The purple dragon quickly barrel rolled in the air while the copter began shooting its mini-guns. Spyro could only smile as he started to head to the park. 'Good, they finally took the bait,' he thought to himself.
The park was triangular in shape and was being overlooked by a large tower. Spyro landed and waited for the Militia to come to his position. The helicopter stayed over head without attacking him, "Probably calling more men," Spyro concluded.
Soon, they area was swarming with trucks, holding many members. After the trucks stopped, the troops jumped out and started to surround the purple dragon with their guns pointed right at him. "Look-y here, boys!" the man in charge said, "We got our selves a deviant!" he said the last word in distaste.
Spyro looked right at him, brows furrowed and gave a wide grin, "You wish," he said with pleasure.
Suddenly, a car flew through the air, and crashed into the helicopter. Said helicopter started to spin out of control before it exploded in the air.
In the confusion, Cole thunder dropped in a group of Militia and started to take them out with his electricity. Spyro, as well, began fighting the men by first jumping on a troop, knocking him out instantly. He then used his earth powers and summoned pillars of rock that came out of the bottom of many Militia, throwing them in the air. The other members started shooting at the dragon, but he only flew above them to easily avert they're gunfire. While in flight, Spyro breathed large amounts of fire at them, burning them and blowing up many of their trucks.
Meanwhile, with Cole, he was tossing grenades like there was no tomorrow, blowing many people up. The conduit then used his bolts to finish off the stragglers. While in the battle, Spyro suddenly had an idea, "Of course, I should have thought of it sooner," he said to himself.
He made a maneuver midair and went straight for Cole, who was slowly beginning to be surrounded. He landed right behind him, startling him slightly, but when the conduit saw who it was, he didn't waste a second glance. Spyro built up a load of electricity in his throat and breathed all of it out into the conduit. Being shocked did not hurt the electric man, but it surprised him quite a bit. He felt the power surging through him, and he could not contain it. So he did what was best: he released all the energy at once. The electricity arced through the air and shocked everyone in the radius, killing many Militia.
Once they were all dead, Spyro stopped his breath attack and breathed heavily. Cole did this as well, he also turned around slowly, a bit ticked off by the sudden juice. "Next time, warn a guy, 'kay?" he said with a grimance.
Spyro chuckled, "I'll be sure to remember that," Cole rolled his eyes and gave a small smile. This face hardened however when he saw the commander start to stand up. Cole briskly walked to him and grabbed his shirt collar with both hands, and slammed him to the ground. "Where is the other dragon. Talk!" he shouted.
"I'm not telling you nothing, monster," he spat.
Cole raised one of his hands and allowed electricity to circulate through it, he then pointed his arm at the commander, "You sure about that," He said menacingly.
"You can't scare me, dirt bag!" He yelled defyingly.
The conduit grew angry, but then gave a sly smile. "Alright then, I'll let my partner do the talking." He then released the man, and stepped away. Before the man could make a move to get up, Spyro pounced on him and growled like a rabid dog. He bared his teeth, showing the commander how wickedly sharp they were and slowly opened his mouth, as if to eat the man. The man screamed in fear, "I'll talk! I'll talk! Just get this thing off of me!"
Spyro jumped off, and Cole came back and grabbed the man's shirt collar again. This time, he lifted the man in the air, "I'm listening."
"We're holding it at the mansion at the south end of town! That's all I know!" He said desperately.
"Now was that so hard?" Cole asked sarcastically before shoving his fist into the commander's gut and let go of him.
After he knelt over in pain, the conduit arc restrained him, and walked back to Spyro. "Do you know where this mansion is?" The purple dragon asked.
"Yeah, I'll just radio Nix and Kuo of where we're going, and we'll set out." Cole replied while dialing the numbers to contact the other conduits.
Spyro nodded, and waited while the electric man told the women where Cynder was being held. Then they set out to rescue her.
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Cynder came to and noticed three things: First was that she was no longer in a cage. Second, she was chained to a wall by her neck, legs, and tail. She also had a muzzle on her snout. Third, she was in a weird dome-like lab, with tables holding tools and glasses holding potions. Suddenly, the doors opposite her burst open and Cynder jerked her head away from what was around her to focus on the people entering. She narrowed her eyes menacingly to who came in, for Bertrand was here again, but this time he was accompanied by two other men. They both were wearing a white lab coat with goggles.
"I'm glad you're awake for this Ms. Cynder," Bertrand said with cigar still in hand. "I want you to witness every single thing we do to you while also experiencing all the pain we inflict on you. For you see, I need to know more about you. And what better way, then through testing." Cynder flinched at the last few words unintentionally. He then turned around and began walking back to the doors, "She's all yours, gentlemen."
Cynder tried to struggle out of her chains, and even use any of her breaths, but something was hindering them, so she could not break out. She was very frustrated; She hated being in these situations, but it seemed to happen to her anyway. As the scientists got closer to her, the black dragoness backed away as far as she could. It wasn't far enough, however, as one man pulled out a shot from behind him.
"Please, Spyro," she thought frantically, "Find me quickly."
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Spyro suddenly had a shiver while he was flying to Cynder's location. Cole didn't notice as he was traveling by foot via rooftop. Spyro shook his head, and said quietly to himself, "Hold on, Cynder, we're coming."
When they got to the fence separating New Marais and the swamp, the duo regrouped at the gate and waited for Kuo and Nix to get here. They only stood there looking straight ahead, preparing their minds for the upcoming battle.
'Alright, Cole,' The conduit prepped himself, 'Just run in, take out anyone in your way, get to Cynder, and get her out. Just like with Kuo. No problem.' The electric man sighed, 'I can't let Spyro down, I won't let anybody down.' He remembered failing to stop the Beast from destroying Empire City, he also remembered he hasn't even mentioned the Beast to Spyro at all. 'I hope he never has to see that thing; the destruction it can do, the death...' He sighed again, resolving to have Spyro and Cynder back in their own world before the Beast gets anywhere near the city.
'Where are they?' Spyro thought to himself, 'We need to rescue Cynder as quickly as possible; to get her away from that creep, Bertrand. I hope she's alright, but hope isn't enough, we need action. Could Cole and I risk going in without the others? Would it only make things worse?' Spyro ran Scenario after scenario in his mind to find the quickest and safest way to get the dragoness out. Most seemed to fail miserably, but the good ones he came up with involved Kuo and Nix being in the fight as well. "I guess I have no choice then." grumbled Spyro.
Cole overheard the dragon's mumbling however, "you say something?" he asked.
"Uh... nothing." Spyro said hesitantly.
Cole looked at the dragon; when he thought about it, Kuo was right. Spyro really was like him. The way he fights, his determination to protect his loved one, the friendships he makes. They all remind the conduit of himself back in Empire City. Wanting to protect as many people as possible while also protecting Trish was difficult, but he made it work. Until that fateful day...
The conduit heard the disturbance in the air, and turned to see Kuo. She seemed to be out of breath, and with a bit of worry on her face. "Sorry I'm late, got caught up with the Militia; had to lose them before they found out where we were heading."
"It's alright, Kuo," Cole and Spyro said simultaneously. They looked at each other in surprise, and Kuo chuckled, before mumbled under her breath, "Too much alike."
"Anyway, do you know where Nix is?", Cole asked, and at that moment Nix arrived from a whisp of black and red. "Right here, demon."
"Then let's do this," Spyro said, and everyone nodded at that. They all knew what would happen if they failed, Cole especially. It just struck the conduit that he hasn't seen Zeke for a while, but knew that he would be as determined to help as well. Cole gave one finally look of determination before taking out his Amp with an evil grin. "Oh, yeah. We're going to kick some real ass."