Chapter 4: Noticing the Resemblance

They got out of the submarine. While on their way to the main temple, Spyro looked at Cynder and Haos irregularly. Then he approached to Shane and asked:

Spyro: Shane, don't you notice something about them?

Shane raised his sight on Cynder and Haos.

Shane: Other from the black and white, no.

Spyro: They look exactly alike.

Sparx: The only things that make Haos and Cynder a little different are that Haos has thumbs, and larger claws…

Shane: Yeah?

Sparx: And he's white. And his attitude's completely opposite to Cynder's.

Shane: Almost opposite. He's humble on one point, and he's not coward if you meant that.

Sparx: I didn't mean that!

Shane: Then don't use the word "completely".

Haos: Guys, what are you talkin' about?

Shane: *gasp* Nothing! Just… uh… talking a little bit to myself…

Haos: Uh… okay!

Haos walks away and enters the temple.

Spyro: Do you think they're related?

Shane: I think. I'll make a DNA exam to see if they're related.

Spyro: What?

Shane: I need at least one of their scales to see if they're brother and sister.

Sparx: And how are you gonna do that?

Shane pulls out a necklace with a while dragon scale.

Sparx: How did you get that?

Shane: Long story.

Sparx: Will make my head hurt?

Shane: Yep!

Sparx: No, thank you.

Spyro: How will you get Cynder's?

Shane: Good question. You'll be participating…

Spyro: Don't drag me into this!

Shane: *sigh* What about you, Sparx?

Sparx: I'm definitely in!

Shane: Oh, good.

Spyro gets inside the temple. Inside he found out that the devices inside were blown up.

Spyro: What happened here?

Haos: Someone sabotaged the temple. They destroyed everything.

Shane walks in, but as soon as he saw the equipment destroyed, he checked of what's left of it.

Shane: Damn it! They took our contacts, locations, data, everything!

Spyro: It can't be.

Shane: Good thing I copied everything in a jump drive.

Haos: You did? Why didn't you tell us about it?

Shane: Sorry, dude. At least we can still continue with our quest to the temples.

Haos: But they have all info!

Shane: I know. That makes it a little more difficult.

Sparx: Um, so… what do we do?

Haos: We have to move to another location.

Cynder: How about Warfang?

Haos: Warfang?

Spyro: Many survivors are there. I hope they're okay.

Shane: If we get there in time, we might find a few.

Sparx: Then what are we waiting for? Let's move!

They got out of the temple and gone to Warfang on foot, since Shane couldn't fly. After hours of walking, they stopped in a sight which used to be beautiful before the cataclysm.

Shane: Okay, we'll camp out here.

It was nighttime, and all were around the campfire.

Haos: Does anybody have something to kill time?

Sparx: Nope!

Cynder: Nuh-uh.

Haos: *sigh*

Haos was almost about to sleep until he started to sing. Everyone got surprised how he could have the voice. Then Cynder joined in too, but Spyro got even more surprised. He didn't thought that he could have a singing voice. They ended the song.

Sparx: Cynder! How could you sing like that?

Cynder: I…

Haos: Hey, don't be hard with her. That was a beauty.

Cynder: Well, thanks.

Spyro was a little shocked.

Cynder: Spyro? Hey, Spyro!

Shane: Wake up, dude!

Spyro: Huh? Sorry, when did you learn to sing like that?

Haos: Um, Rock Band?

Sparx: What?

Haos: Just a game, never mind.

Spyro: What about you, Cynder?

Cynder: I don't know. The lyrics just popped out of my head.

Spyro: Shane…

Shane was already sleeping.

Haos: Looks like its bedtime. I'll take the guard.

Everyone went to sleep, except Haos. He was watching with a sorrow face to the horizon. Spyro wake up and saw Haos alert and serious.

Spyro: Something wrong?

Haos: Whoa! God, don't you ever sleep?

Spyro: Well, I rarely see you with that look.

Haos: What do you mean?

Spyro: Since I met you, you had a smile on your face regardless of any problem.

Haos: So?

Spyro: So something took the smirk away. What is it?

Haos: *sigh* If I tell you, promise me you're not falling asleep!

Spyro: Okay, I promise.

Haos: We good?

Spyro: Yeah.

Haos: Okay, here goes. I was here once. Years ago, I hatched a year earlier that the others, I was surrounded by eggs. Then this red dragon showed up, smiling, I couldn't understand why he had that smirk. Then the place was attacked, I was trembling in fear. But during the attack, I saw a light, so beautiful I thought it could get me out of that nightmare. But when I got through, I was in the middle of the road; well, at first I didn't know where I was. A car was about run me over, but it stopped, he got out, he saw me and offered his help.

Spyro: Help for what?

Haos: To find my family.

Spyro: Shane?

Haos: Yup. We searched everywhere, but we couldn't find them anywhere. So he then asked me to stay with him and the next day try again.

Spyro: And you did?

Haos: Yeah. The next day we tried again, but nothing. We asked the people, but the people just freak out when they see me. Then he asked me if I could stay for a time with him until my dad arrives, I couldn't say yes because I couldn't speak, I hugged him. I think he took it as a yes, so he took me in, raised me…

Spyro: Like a pet?

Haos: No, more like a father. I… I never thought that a human would risk himself for me. My father never arrived. Then I stayed with him for years 'til today. I have a feeling that I'll be seeing a survivor of my race anytime soon.

Spyro: Why you have so much faith that you'll find someone else of your race?

Haos: I just know!

They both looked at the others sleeping.

Haos: Guess it could be good for a fairy tale. You go to sleep, I'll take the watch.

Spyro: Are you sure?

Haos: Yeah, dude. Have some sleep. You'll need it more than me.

Spyro rejoined the others close to the campfire and fell asleep.

The next day, Shane woke up early and checked his computer to see if there are results. The results were positive. Nobody knew who took a scale off Cynder, but because of that he could know that Cynder and Haos are siblings, more like twins. Spyro wakes up and sees Shane nervous. When he sees the red on the laptop;

Spyro: Um, what's the red color about?

Shane: These two… *gulp*… are twins.

Spyro: What?

The others by the scream woke up.

Haos: What?

Cynder: What is it?

Shane: Um… tell 'em.

Spyro: No, you tell them.

Shane: No, you tell 'em.

Spyro: you made the search, so you tell them.

Shane: But you gave me the idea.

Spyro: Fine!

Haos: What are you not telling us?

Spyro: Shane found out about you two.

Haos: What?

Spyro: You two are siblings.

Cynder: Huh!

Shane: To be more specific, you are twins.

Haos & Cynder: … WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!

Sparx: This is gonna be good.

Haos & Cynder: I can't be the sibling of that! Ow!

They hit each other when they were pointing.

Then Aqua started to laugh, but both looked at Aqua with rage. Then Aqua retreated with a few steps back.

Haos: How could she be my sister if I don't know her much?

Shane: Maybe because you left earlier and she was born lately, I think.

Cynder look at Haos with a little bit of intrigue.

Shane: Don't look at yourselves like that. That's not an excuse for leaving the team. Besides Haos, you had your wish.

Haos: I guess so…

Sparx: Will you stop with the chit-chat already. We have work to do!

Cynder & Haos: Okay…

They continued to walk to Warfang, still the two siblings looked at each other with intrigue.

End of Chapter