The New Warfang Chronicle Chp 6
The Invasion
"Well the gang is finally back together." Bolt commented after entering the great hall, "Glad to see that everyone is still here with us."
"Likewise." Cole stated as he sat down with Furox leaning against him.
"Agreed." both Spyro and Cynder stated. The energy in the room felt almost explosive because of the happy reunion.
"So I assume we all have had our own close encounters with Outcast's correct?" Soul asked quietly.
"Is it story time?" A small young dragoness asked Spyro and Cynder startling Bolt.
"Yes it is." Cynder told the little dragon as about twenty-four more young dragons ran in sitting down with the rest of the group.
"What is going on?" Bolt asked a little confused.
"Well while we have been here they have been asking us to tell them about our adventures." Furox commented.
"Who are those two?" another one of the small dragons asked looking directly Bolt and Soul.
"Those are Bolt and Soul remember?" Spyro said kindly, "the two who helped during the Warfang invasion we started into last week."
"Whoa that means you were actually there in Warfang." one of the boys remarked.
"Would you tell us what it was like back then in Warfang?" a small yellow and blue dragoness chimed in.
"I suppose it couldn't hurt." Bolt muttered, "Soul would you like to join in?"
"Why not?" Soul responded while chuckling, "So what would you youngsters like to know about Warfang?"
"How about the invasion?" the same small yellow and blue dragoness asked.
"You sure about that?" Furox asked a little shocked.
"Yes we are all pretty sure." most of the group of young dragons said.
"Okay if you all want to know so badly." both Bolt and Soul said simultaneously a little hesitantly.
(I couldn't get this into just the right view point so I am isolating it so that I can properly tell it.)
("So far we had luck with holding them back. But still they haven't declared their intentions or what they want!" Bolt said with exhaustion evident both in his voice and the way he was acting, "Another long day of fighting and killing on both sides."
"The evacuation is going much slower then I would like." Furox told the group as they reunited in the temple, "Some of the stuck up airheads don't want anyone leaving so they are trying to block the evacuation route. I had to make them move today. Had to threaten them with a blast of fear too finally get them to move so that the evacuation could finally get going again."
"I wonder if that dragoness back at the temple will finally tell Bolt her name since she only speaks to you Bolt." Cole asked exhausted from the fighting that he had done at a large breach in the wall that had risen when the enemy detonated a large bomb, "It is getting worse we may only have a few days before the city gets overrun."
"I wish I was on the front lines with you instead of having to extinguish all the fires that they have started!" Soul said regretting that she couldn't fight side by side with Bolt, "I didn't train for so long just to stand by and hear about the fighting that everyone else has to endure. I want to help you."
"Trust me be glad that you don't have to fight." Bolt commented as the two laid down on the large bed. The violence was so bad that Bolt was relieved that Soul wasn't on the front lines.
"To think that they would blow a hole through the outer wall and then use the hole caused by the golem to get past the middle wall." Soul commented.
About two months ago a strange dragon had shown up in Warfang near death before collapsing at the temple doors. After about a month she finally recovered and joined the group of dragons. She hardly ever talked because she was incredibly shy. However the recent battles had left the entire group drained and exhausted. A few of the remaining dragons had been wounded in the recent intense fighting.
"Is everyone alright?" Bolt asked dragging his wings across the cold smooth stone that made up the walkway into the temple. In the intense fighting the temple had taken a huge beating and very little was actually left standing. And the only view of the city was a painful one.
"Yes I'm fine. Thanks for asking." Phoenix replied, "So do you have anyone that you care about a lot?"
"My best friend Soul. I don't know I have ever said this but she is the most important thing in my life." Bolt replied as the group and Phoenix headed to where they all slept together, "Do you have anyone?"
"No I don't anymore. Whoever those monsters are out there they killed the only one I really cared about." Phoenix told the whole group giving them a substantial shock as she lowered head and lightly sobbed.
"Phoenix we may not have known each other for very long but I consider you a friend." Soul chimed in trying to cheer her up.
"Yeah we all do!" Spyro told Phoenix.
"Yeah! I am really sorry to hear about your loss." Cynder told Phoenix feeling for her loss.
"Come on everyone I have something I want to tell you all." Bolt stated as the group entered the only remaining sleeping quarters.
"What is it Bolt?" Soul asked as she was curious about what he had to say.
"I want you all to make a promise cause I don't think we are going to able to hold out for one maybe two more so we all need to make a promise." Bolt said slightly shocking the others.
"Alright promise." Breeze commented.
"Right promise." Darkra and Venoma replied.
"You know us of course." Spyro and Cynder said in unison.
"I will!" Phoenix almost yelled. For the first time the entire time she had been here she was finally smiling.
"Either today or tomorrow Warfang is going to fall. I will try to slow them down with your help Soul." Bolt said as he turned his head to look at her, "Furox you need to get everyone at as soon as possible. Once everyone is out we all need to get out of the city."
"Let me help you slow them down!" Phoenix commented her voice much stronger.
"Excuse me I need to go do a few things and then I'll be right back." Bolt commented as he left the room.
"You need to talk to him." Phoenix commented as both she and Soul watched him leave the room.
"Yes I know but I just can't find the right time to." Soul replied a little disheartened.
"Right now might be the last chance." Phoenix remarked finally causing Soul to make up her mind.
"Alright I might as well. I will be back as well a little later." Soul remarked as she walked out of the room and down one of the few remaining hallways to the only remaining balcony that overlooked Warfang. The cities other two districts had been completely obliterated. Raging fires cast constant amber colored light over the temple. The temple had also taken a massive beating from the constant attacks and only a few rooms were intact much less useable. Walking out onto the balcony Soul immediately spotted Bolt sitting down gazing at what was left of the once great city of Warfang. Soul walked over and instead of immediately talking she just sat down beside him and waited for almost an hour before finally.
"We can't win." Bolt muttered as Soul leaned up against his side, "There is just no way to win this."
"Bolt stop talking like that. You just haven't been the same since the guardians were defeated. The Bolt I knew was never this depressed and bottled up on the inside. Come on just talk to me." Soul whispered into his ear just before Bolt began to pull away and then stopped gazing into the sky as if deep in thought.
"Soul there is something I need to say." Bolt remarked as he shifted his softened gaze back to Soul.
"Bolt I also have something I need to say." Soul whispered, "But you go first."
"Soul ever since we met that one day so long ago we have been the best of friends however ever since this war began I have always wanted to tell you how I really felt but finding the words for this has been perhaps the hardest thing in my life. We hardly get to see each other and it is killing me. I wanted to tell you how I really ever since you were taken. I was scared that I was never going to see you again. I finally feel that now is the best time to tell you how I truly feel but I will wait until you have said what you wanted to say." Bolt replied smiling.
"Bolt I have always felt safe with you around cause I know that you would do anything to protect me. You have been like a big brother to me and whenever you are around I feel safe. But for the last six months you have felt like far more than a brother. You are someone I could trust with my life and my feelings. You have saved my life twice and I am forever in your debt." Soul said quietly the amber light cast an amazing color cross her scales.
"I love you." Both of the dragons said together.
Just then a series of massive explosions tore through the weak spot in the wall.
"DAMN not now!" Bolt yelled jumping into the air using his wind element to do what he called a tornado jump.
"What about the others?!" Soul yelled as she launched herself into the air only to encounter the shockwave of another massive blast that shook the entire remains of the temple and shattered the only remaining window.
"I think they know!" Bolt yelled back as smaller explosions erupted around the hole in the wall leveling a few of the remaining buildings.
"We have to slow them down!" Soul almost screamed as the two dive bombed the hostiles flooding through the hole in the wall. Halfway to the horde the two dragons noticed that the rest of the group had caught up except for Furox who broke off from the group towards the only remaining escape route in the ruins of Warfang.
"Hold them back as long as you can but don't try to be a.." was all Bolt said before a massive bolt of lightning screamed through the air and struck Soul dead on, "SOUL!"
"You get her out of here Bolt the rest of you run!" Phoenix yelled catching the entire group off guard.
"But..' was all Spyro could get out before Phoenix turned around with eyes that said to please do what she said. The eyes of a dragon with nothing left to lose.
"Alright it is what you want just don't die on us!" Bolt yelled as he dove down managing to catch Soul midair.
"No promises!" Phoenix yelled as she cart wheeled through the air unleashing massive orbs of fire. As each one impacted the ground they unleashed rivers of rolling fire that hugged the ground and burned with intensity unlike any other. The rest of the group headed straight for the temple to gather their few belongings. As Bolt glided into the temple he slowly slid Soul off his back onto the bed.
"Bolt what are you doing?" Soul asked weakly surprising Bolt. He had not expected her to recover so quickly from the lightning bolt.
"I have to help Phoenix. She is out there fighting them all on her own. I will be back." Bolt said as he turned to leave a massive pillar of fire erupted screaming over a mile into the sky, "Phoenix where have you hidden that kind of power?"
"She is fighting to protect us!" Soul retorted as she struggled upright surprising Bolt even further, "She is by far the most powerful fire dragon I have seen."
"She still needs the help!" Bolt almost yelled. Just then a electric dragon landed with a snarl.
"Damn my bolt of lightning didn't finish her off!" the obviously female dragon snarled. She was almost the exact same size as Soul.
"YOU YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HURT SOUL!" Bolt demanded yelling at the top of his lungs infuriated.
"If you mean the one keeping me from having you all to myself then yes but I will never use her name!" The dragoness barked back.
"You….monster….how dare you!" Bolt growled shifting his position to keep Soul out of the line of fire.
"Get out of my way!" the electric dragoness growled in a low threatening tone which would have gotten any other dragon move but Bolt didn't even flinch.
"Tell me your name!" Soul growled back hell bent on finding out the name of the attacker.
"My name is Tesla. Remember that name girl it will be the last you ever hear!" Tesla yelled back angered. Just then Bolt locked his crimson eyes with Tesla's golden eyes and she almost took a step back in fear when she saw the fury seething under the surface of those eyes.
"You attacked my closest friend and from the sound of it you want to claim me as some sort of prize. Girl the offences against the two of us you have committed are going to cost you dearly!" Bolt growled the rage and hate in his voice thinly veiled behind fury and anger.
"Bring it on but I will not lose!" Tesla shot back before unleashing another bolt of lightning which Bolt blocked by raising the ground in front of him blocking the massive bolt which still destroyed the barrier flinging small stones all over the room.
"I won't let you hurt any of my friends especially Soul!" Bolt yelled surprising Tesla as he unleashed a razor sharp wind blade which impacted the wall behind her shattering the entire wall with a single blow.
"Well looks like you have been keeping something a secret from me!" Tesla said while giggling with happiness.
"What is with her? She is the most twisted dragoness I have ever seen." Soul whispered to herself still managing to catch Tesla's attention with those words.
""Don't ever call me that you freak!" Tesla growled but then she yelped as she dodged a savage assault from the ground as jagged spikes tore the floor apart. However just as she leaped Bolt blasted her mid air with a ball of compressed air blasting Tesla outside the temple and out of sight.
"Soul grab your things and I will grab mine…" was all Bolt said before he wheeled around and forced the earth to rise blocking most of another massive bolt of lightning however this one plowed through the wall and dealt Bolt a glancing blow before dissipating.
"Again you block my attack why? I don't want to hurt you Bolt." Tesla said laughing like she was possessed.
"Because you are going to hurt someone I love." Bolt retorted his wings completely numb from the bolt that had hit.
"You deserve better than her see is…" was all Tesla was able to say before a massive lance of ice ripped forward almost skewering her, "What was that?!"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Soul growled her body almost motionless.
"You scum!" Tesla growled back.
"YOU PSYCHO TRASH!" Bolt roared catching Tesla off guard with the amount of anger and hate in his voice. Soul actually shivered slightly hearing Bolt like this.
"What?!" Tesla shot back a demented smile on her face.
"NO MORE!" Bolt roared again becoming enveloped in a green glow of pure elemental energy.
"WHAT…" was all Tesla managed to roar back before a small orb of green energy formed in front of Bolt and shot straight at her like a bullet from a gun. Rolling to the side there was less than an inch between Tesla and the pulsating green orb as it shot out into the ranks of the enemy detonating with a brilliant green flash and a massive explosion which caused a massive earthquake throwing Tesla across the room.
"This ends NOW!" Bolt roared as another of the orbs formed but just before he shot it at Tesla something went wrong. Bolt didn't know what had gone wrong all he knew was that suddenly he felt much weaker and his earth element wasn't responding to his will.
"Not now!" Soul whispered horrified.
"You are going to PAY DEARLY FOR THAT!" Tesla roared. Bolt was downright shocked by what happened next. Suddenly the temperature dropped drastically which meant only one thing.
"NO YOU WILL PAY!" Soul roared back with as much hate and rage in voice as Bolt's. Soul unleashed every bit of icy powers she still had in herself. The icy blast blasted Tesla straight through the wall and blasted her far beyond the walls of Warfang.
"Soul that was incredible!" Bolt exclaimed still wakened by whatever had happened with his earth element.
"We have to go." Soul whispered weakly as she tried to put on her pack.
"Here let me help you." Bolt commented as he slowly walked over to Soul, "Come on."
"Let's go already!" Phoenix said startling both Soul and Bolt.
"Your back?!" Bolt said startled and glad to see that aside from a shallow cut along the side of her face that was releasing a small stream of blood that Phoenix was okay.
"Yeah hurry there isn't much time left before they get here!" Phoenix shouted as she unleashed another massive firebomb that screamed through the air before smashing into the ground and exploding with immense force.
"Right!" Bolt said as he felt his earth element return but it felt off. If he had time to think about it he might have noticed what was wrong. After launching into the air the three dragons took only a few moments to fly down the entrance to the underground ruins.
"You two keep going! And seal the entrance behind me!" Phoenix yelled catching the two by surprise.
"But what about you?" Soul asked back startled and afraid of the answer.
"I will be fine I am going to delay them just a little longer." Phoenix shot back turning her head and smiling, "I'm going to be fine."
"If you say so. Just make sure to get out of there!" Bolt yelled as the doors began to quickly close.
Just before the doors closed Bolt made a move to use his earth element only to be meet with pain unlike any other. It actually felt like he was about to tear in half trying to keep the doors opened. Phoenix noticed what was happening and the extreme pain in Bolt's eyes. Just before being overwhelmed Phoenix jumped through the small gap before Bolt was forced to release the doors. Using his earth element had never hurt like that before. Looking up he noticed a massive shelf of loose rock. This time when he tried to use his earth element he felt the bone in his left front paw snap. The sharp and excruciating amount pain was overwhelming. The loud snapping sound caught the attention of both Soul and Phoenix.
"What did you do?!" Soul yelled involuntarily tears streaming down her face as Bolt collapsed onto his side writhing in agony.
"The rock." Bolt whispered managing to point out the particular spot to them both.
"Don't try again it might kill you this time!" Phoenix snapped angry but concerned at the same time, "You don't want to kill yourself just trying to get away do you?!"
"Collapse the shelf." was all Bolt could manage to force out before nearly fainting when another wave of excruciating pain raced through his body.
"Why?!" Soul asked tears still streaming down her face.
"Stop them…..from getting…through!" Bolt yelled as loudly as he could which wasn't louder than a whisper.
"Alright!" Phoenix yelled jumping into the air and getting as close as she felt was comfortable before beginning to bombard the loose and massive shelf of rock with as much fire as she could.
"Come on get up!" Soul almost yelled her nerves raw, "Come on we need to get out of here. Just lean on me and we will get out of here."
Just then the shelf shifted slightly causing a large boulder to wrench free under tremendous pressure from the rest of the rock bearing down. Bolt looked up to see the boulder was going to land on both him and Soul. Summoning every bit of power he could instead of using his earth element to deflect the boulder he launched a massive razor wind blade hoping to either smash or slice the boulder in two. The boulder sliced into two and just barely missed them both. Now everything was starting to go dark.
"Bolt! Stay with me!" Soul yelled sounding like she was a million miles away her voice was so quiet that Bolt barely even heard it.
The continuing darkening felt nice the pain he was under was fading away to nothing. So many thing didn't seem very important. That was until he heard Soul crying. Now he couldn't let it continue.
"Soul I am not going anywhere!" Bolt whispered causing Soul to smile even with tears still streaming down her face.
"Bolt don't ever do that to me again!" Soul said quietly as she careful helped Bolt to his feet and then the two began walking towards the exit. Almost a minute later they heard a massive rumble followed by the sounds of a massive rock slide. However Bolt heard something the others seemed to be missing. A slight electrical hum in the air and he paled realizing what was about to happen. Just then the massive blast of electricity threw and shattered the rocks blowing open and a massive bolt of electricity hit Phoenix flinging her through the air. Phoenix hit the ground like a limp ragdoll and then rolled to stop. The worst part was that it appeared that she wasn't even breathing.
"Where are you going?" came a voice that was mad and happy at the same time.
"Tesla what does it take to get rid of just one insane dragon?!" Bolt snarled before yelping as he lost his balance. Fortunately Soul caught him before he hit the ground with his broken leg.
"I don't know but you are right. She is insane." Soul commented keeping her eyes locked on the electric dragoness in case she tried anything funny. However when Tesla got closer Soul saw that she only had one wing. The other had been completely torn off leaving a bloody stump where it was.
"I am very angry with you sweetie." Tesla said half laugh and half death threat.
"Uhg what does it take to kill one dragon?" Bolt whispered beyond annoyed and irritated.
"What was that?" Tesla asked sweetly which would have fooled any other dragon but it couldn't fool Bolt and Soul. They had seen her nasty side.
"Go to hell." Soul said straight to Tesla not only catching the electric dragoness off guard but also Bolt as well who was by far the most shocked by what Soul had just said.
"WHAT!?" Tesla roared once she got over the shock of what the ice dragoness had said.
"You heard me. Bolt doesn't love you he loves me." Soul growled back. She had heard enough from Tesla.
"YOU…" was all Tesla got to say before getting interrupted.
"You heard her and it is true." Bolt forced out the exhaustion he felt beginning to recede and being replaced by something else. A power that was bubbling to the surface of his mind faster and faster.
"Don't say that it isn't true and you know it!" Tesla almost seemed to be pleading him with that sentence.
"We have to end this now." Soul stated as a blue glow began to envelop her as a whitish glow enveloped Bolt and the two began to float into the air in a sphere of glowing light. After about ten seconds of floating upwards the sphere of blue and white light stopped and began to expand. Within seconds the sphere had swelled to three times the size it had been then it suddenly stopped before imploding to the point Tesla could once again see Bolt and Soul however what she saw for the split second she did was absolutely terrifying. Their eyes were glowing the color of the element each was about to unleash. Which meant only one thing. Before the true horror could set in Bolt and Soul unleashed a twin fury.
The twin fury was tearing the entire environment apart. A vortex of wind and ice. An ice tornado. Tesla and the troops around her were being sucked towards the insanely destructive attack. The roof and even the floor of the cavern which were more then capable of deflecting a fury were beginning to crack and tear apart becoming projectiles in the vortex. The massive walkway was also tearing apart under the power of the attack. With every rock that tore free it smashed and grinded against the rest of the chamber quickening the destruction. Now the entire cavern was shacking from the immense power of the attack.
"Retreat! Next time I will make you see my way sweetie!" Tesla yelled before managing to run out of the cavern as the entire roof of the entrance began to groan and creak under the assault of the ice tornado. Almost a full minute later the entrance caved in blocking the entrance with the weight of the mountain. Finally the destructive attack ended.
"What was that?" Soul asked stunned by the incredible power of the attack they had unleashed.
"I don't know but I feel a lot better not as good as before my leg was broken but it doesn't hurt anymore. Where is Phoenix?" Bolt asked looking to where she had landed.
"She isn't there! I hope she wasn't sucked into our attack!" Soul exclaimed.
"Well come on we still have to get moving. I don't want them to find the exit before we get out and it is too late to worry about Phoenix. I just hope that she got out before we used that move." Bolt commented bringing up a frightening point.
Almost 5 minutes later the two reached the exit just as the sun began to peak above the horizon.
"So which way?" Soul asked unsure of where to go.
"Where ever the winds take us." Bolt responded as the two jumped into the air and flew off into the distance.)
"Wow that is one heck of a story." the dragonlings exclaimed amazed by the events they had just heard.
"Yeah and would you look at the time." Spyro added noting how far the sun had moved. It had been morning when Bolt and Soul had begun and now it was closer to evening.
"Thank you!" the small dragons said as they left the Great Hall.
"Wow I haven't been this exhausted in a while and all from just telling a story." Bolt commented feeling fatigued.
"I know what you mean. However it is nice to finally be able to relax." Soul added in as she leaned against Bolt enjoying the fact that she didn't have to worry anymore.
"Tell me about it." came a familiar voice.