Chapter 2: Investigating the Scene
After rushing off to Ignitus' office last chapter, Spyro and Cynder arrive at their destination. Here we see the briefing of the kidnapping case.
"Okay, here's what we know." Ignitus says, handing a docket of information to Spyro and Cynder.
"Last night, Flare left the party she was attending and started to head home when, according to witnesses, a horse-drawn carriage pulled up alongside her, the occupant of which we think was trying to offer her shelter from the storm, and a few minutes later, there's a flash of light from the carriage and Flare's uniform ends up on the sidewalk." he says, finishing the crime scene report.
"Hmmm… sounds like a real brainteaser, let's head out the crime scene and see what we can find out." Spyro tells his companions
"Wait, have the police cordoned off the site?" Cynder asks Ignitus
"Yes, as soon as we told them the life of who knows how many innocents may be involved, they prepared the scene for your arrival" Ignitus tells his daughter.
"Alright, thanks dad!" Cynder responds.
Spyro and Cynder rush off to investigate the crime scene, and a few seconds later they arrive at the same piece of sidewalk from which Flare was abducted. A few police officers are keeping the area closed off to civilians.
"You guys can head back to base, we've got this covered." Spyro tells the two police officers as they head off, but one stays back to hand something to Cynder.
"Wait, Cynder, you'll need this later in your investigation." The officer who stayed back tells her as he hands her a dossier full of information from other investigations.
"Thanks officer, I'll show this to Spyro right away." Cynder tells the officer in response.
As Cynder arrives at the general area of the crime scene, she hands Spyro the dossier full of information.
"Spyro, one of the officers said we might need this." She says as she hands Spyro the dossier.
"Thanks, Cynder. Before we examine this, let's see what the crime scene has to tell us." Spyro says as he begins searching around with a little magnifying glass, and finds what looks like a scale left over from when the abductor threw the uniform back to the pavement.
"Wait a second, what's this?" Spyro asks as he picks up the scale and shows it to Cynder.
"It looks like a dragon scale, I'd say he's shadow elemental, due to the bluish-purple coloration, and probably in his mid-to-late 20's due to the length at about half an inch." Cynder says, completing her analysis of the scale.
"Well, that narrows down our investigation quite a bit. Thanks, Cynder" Spyro tells Cynder as they wrap up their investigation, due to the area being so small.
"I think It's time we got back to the Academy and examined this Dossier." Cynder says as they start to leave the scene.
A few minutes later, we arrive at Spyro and Cynder's shared office at the Academy, where Spyro is at his desk, examining the contents of the dossier.
"Hmm… these cases all seem similar to Flare's case, four dragonesses age 17 or younger, all wandering the streets at the same time of night." Spyro says, reading the contents
"All four were offered either shelter or a ride to their destinations by a mysterious dragon in a horse-drawn carriage, which lingered on the block for a few minutes, followed by a flash of light from inside the carriage and their school uniforms being thrown onto the street followed by the carriage leaving the scene" Cynder says, finishing Spyro's examination of the case.
"This is totally strange, these four cases are strikingly similar to ours; could they be connected?" Cynder says as one of the Academy Guardsmen enters the room with an urgent message.
"Spyro! Cynder! Another disappearance, conditions are the same as the Flare case! Your needed to investigate!" Says the guard to Spyro and Cynder with enough urgency to startle a crowd.
"Were on it!" Spyro and Cynder say in unison as they rush out the door with the guard.
Spyro and Cynder arrive at the Crime Scene to find probably the largest kidnapping they've seen in their careers. 9 Academy uniforms are laying on the sidewalk, and Ignitus is there, ready to brief Spyro and Cynder on what the heck happened.
"This is probably the worst kidnapping I've seen in my career." Ignitus says as he sees Spyro and Cynder arrive on the scene.
"Ignitus, what happened here?" Spyro asks his long time mentor, who almost died during Malefor's last attack.
"A group of 10 dragonesses were gathered here for some unknown reason, when the same carriage that was seen at Flare's kidnapping. The lone survivor said that she and her friends lost their map to their location, and apparently whoever was in the carriage offered them a ride to their location, 9 of them accepted, and before the carriage left, 9 flashes of light were seen behind the blinds of the carriage, and then as the carriage pulled away, nine academy uniforms were seen being thrown out of the carriage a few feet away, alias where we are now" Ignitus tells them.
"Do we have any clues as to who the kidnapper is?" Cynder asks Ignitus to try and get more information.
"Yes we do actually, there was a little poem left behind by the kidnapper, here it is." Ignitus says as he leaves the scene to let Spyro and Cynder investigate.
"Hmmm… this is probably the strangest clue ever." Spyro tells Cynder as begins to examine the poem.
"'The twin demons crumble in Warfang's bloody frame. When 1500 hours she strikes, I'll never sleep again' You're right, this is strange. What on earth does this mean?" Cynder responds, after reading the poem.
The two begin their examination of the scene as the scene changes to the same toy warehouse from earlier, where we again see Faust talking to Malefor through the mirror.
"You have done well, Faust. You've already collected 14 of the 15 souls needed to release me." Malefor tells his apparent servant
"Lord Malefor, I have seen nobody who has the purest soul of the 15 victims. But I also bear bad news, Spyro and Cynder have been called in to investigate these kidnappings." Faust tells his master, with a tone of regret in his voice.
"What!" Malefor screams at Faust, definitely sounding like he has a bee in his bonnet. "How can you let them be on this case!?"
"I had no way to control their connection to the investigation, Lord Malefor." He tells his master.
"Wait a second, I have a brilliant idea." Malefor tells Faust from his purgatory-like dimension.
"What do you have in store for them, now Lord Malefor?" Faust asks his trapped master.
"You will see when the time comes, Faust, you will see." Malefor tells Faust with a hint of suspense in his voice.
(Screams) This is got to be the scariest part of the whole story! What is Malefor's plan to collect the 15 soul? What is the meaning of the poem?! Anyways, onto lighter matters, If you haven't noticed, there's actually a Justice League reference in this story. If you can find it, your OC, if you have one, will be used in my next drama fanfiction! Good Luck!