Assault on the Temple Part 1
Spyro and the others headed around the back of the temple hoping that there was still a way in before they would get completely cut off. They reached the back buildings that would lead back to the temple but a metal ball crashed down on the high podium splitting apart revealing a group of sinister apes. Among the many smaller ones one ape of human peered over podium to see the purple dragon and two humans standing close him along with a twinkling dragonfly.
Hey, ugly ape guy!" Sparx called out hooting like a monkey. "Now that we exchanged pleasantries, can we fight? Or at least you can fight and ill watch."
Adir shook his head at Sparx's idiocy. Hardly every time they get into a dangerous situation he always watch's instead of helping out and stays at a safe distance. Nothing will ever change with him.
"The Purple Dragon and the Dragon Samurai." It snarled pointing his massive sword down at them signaling the other apes to leap from the podium and attack.
"Lets do it!" Rai roared pulling out his two swords from behind his back. He had trained for the last few weeks in the dojo for this. It was time for pay back against the creatures that enslaved him and his family.
"Remember your training, Rai!" Adir pulled out his sword and stood firm awaiting for the first ape to close.
Spyro struck first unleashing a streak of flames upon two apes that were for the first to get within range surprising both, Rai and Sparx.
"You got your powers back!" Sparx cheered watching as the two apes, Spyro flamed screamed as the flames consumed them.
Adir leapt forward and slashed one ape and sliced through another that tried to jump on him and shot a fire ball at another.
"You got yours too?! Wow Adir!" Rai cheered finally after hearing the stories from his brother about having the powers of the elements he was very eager to see it for real but he had no time to admire his brothers returning power as one smaller ape ran towards him with its fists balled up.
Rai saw it coming and readied his two swords. Recalling one training method of letting an opponent use its momentum and then turn it against him, Rai stepped out of the way of the ape just before it could hit him slashed his swords through its back killing it. His first true kill and it excited him.
"I got him!" He cheered but another ape ran at him and, Rai was too busy celebrating to notice. Adir gasped seeing the ape about to strike and shot another fireball blasting the ape away from his brother.
"Rai stay focused!" Adir yelled fighting two more apes as one raised its hand up at him, Adir knocking it down with left cross and another came up behind him and the young warrior knocked it down with a roundhouse before firing flames from his hands at one more.
"Sorry!" Rai apologized and charged into the fight. He remained vigilant as, Spyro struck from the air giving the two humans cover as they fought on the ground. Adir easily fought back the smaller apes along with his brother. Rai had learned well in his training and was proving admirable.
The Last ape standing was the leader whom Spyro and Adir quickly finished both shooting flames from the sides onto it.
Rai along with, Spyro and Adir had won the fight but the battle was far from over. Looking at the sky above they could see Dreadwings flying in all directions. Some carrying metal balls that were bombs or carrying more apes in. They had to get moving hearing explosions coming from the forest. Every explosion could mean the temple was taking a beating and the occupants inside could be in more danger.
They headed through the buildings some of them were falling apart not due to the attack but having been abandoned for sometime due to previous raids the interior was falling apart piece by piece. Some of the floor gave out which had the group leap over what was left of the floor and fought more apes that entered through the building.
Once they made it out back they were met with more opposition. The Apes were swarming all over the forest. This attack meant they were trying to retake the temple with so many on the attack.
"There's too many!" Rai panicked seeing over two dozen apes most of smaller size as some larger ones along with one much bigger than them all growled and snarled at them before letting out a battle cry.
Spyro knew that taking so many on at once at normal time would be a great risk it was time to use what he learned in the dream realm. When focused all of time slowed to a near standstill around him. Adir and Rai were in stances ready to face the apes though, Rai's face showed concern.
The Purple Dragon with time slowed down attacking a good number of the apes and killed them before they could move a few feet. Once again he gained the admiration of Adir and Rai who just watched as, Spyro managed to attack the apes when they still were a distance away.
However they were not going to be distracted and ran towards the apes now less than number. Adir and Rai cut through them staying close to each other so they could watch out for the other. Using teamwork they curved around each other knocking and cutting down any ape that came close.
Spyro assisted them further knocking one of the larger apes into the air and sent it hurling into a group of smaller ones.
Rai breaking off from, Adir engaged the second large ape deflecting each blow of its sword with his own. Having the advantage of holding two weapons, Rai quickly pierced through the chest of the ape with one of his swords then cutting its head off with the other making him feel a bit grossed out but as he recalled what the Earth Guardian Terrador told him once during training. "One must never worry about the grotesques of battle when engaged in it. Do what you can to destroy your enemy and move on to the next fight."
Spyro and Adir together engaged the largest ape. It swung its massive sword at them both dodged out of the way. Adir leapt over the massive ape delivering a slice on its head making it howl in pain and turned onto the young warrior. With its back turned however it left itself open and, Spyro shot forward using a comet dash knocking the ape forward towards, Adir who then thrust his sword up to the chest of the ape piercing its heart killing it instantly.
"We're doing great!" Rai beamed getting a taste for battle. Adir couldn't help but smirk a bit along with, Spyro glad to know that despite what, Rai endured it was not bring him down. Sparx however flew up to them.
"Yeah, yeah great kid but don't forget we got a temple to save?" He reminded.
"Yeah!" Rai calmed down and headed into another building that would lead closer to the temple as the rest followed. As they ran through the rubble inside they could hear something past the explosions outside and the screeches of the Dreadwings in the sky.
"Hey! Do you hear that?" Spyro said stopping short of the way out which the door was still shut.
"What? Explosions? Screams? Screeches, What?!" Sparx grumbled sarcastically.
Spyro glared at him as, Adir and Rai kneeled next to the dragon. "Listen." Spyro said putting a wing to his ear. Adir and Rai and Sparx remained silent so they could hear out what the dragon was picking up.
The Group listened walking towards the massive door so they could hear and if enemies were close they would not find them for a moment. Once right at the side of the door standing out of the way if the door were to suddenly swing open they heard something beyond the exploding sounds and the howls and screeches they heard the sounds of fighting. Apes no doubt but they seem to be fighting something or someone.
"What is that?" Adir said leaning more towards the door then he heard the yelling from what sounded like a female. He gasped getting in front of the door and shot it with a fire ball shattering it. Outside was a large group of apes along with two vicious reptilian looking dog like creatures all advancing on a lone human who pointed a large tipped spear at her attackers. There were many dead apes surrounding the area showing she had put up a fight but she was being back up into a corner and no doubt she would be killed once they step up their advance.
"MOLLY!" Adir screamed leaping up into the air shot down flames from his hands onto the group of apes breaking them apart. Spyro and Rai attacked as, Sparx hung back. Adir landed on the ground and powered through the apes and narrowly dodged the reptile hounds. Adir tried to swing his sword at them but they were too fast.
The Apes were dealt with at ease but the hounds continued to be very evasive. They would charge past the group and circle around them. They were fast but, Spyro used his ability to slow time to regain the advantage and killed them both knocking one into a statue nearby and pierced the other with his horns.
Once the threat against them all was over Adir and Rai ran up to, Molly who was looking over her arm that had a cut on it.
"Molly! What are you doing out here?!" Adir practically screamed at her. It was enough that, Rai was out in the midst of the fight with him and, Spyro but he was out with them for a reason but, Molly it was unknown. He noticed the cut on her arm. "Are you okay?"
Molly took a few breathes before reaching into her pocket and pulled out some red crystal pieces and applied it to her arm which healed within an instant. "Yeah, I'm fine. I was out her looking for you both." She said.
"Why? We thought everyone was sleeping when this attack happened?" Rai said
"Yeah!" Molly nodded. "We all were until explosions around the temple woke us all up. We all ran to see what was going on and saw Dreadwings in the sky and apes everywhere. The Guardians went out to defend the temple and everyone else grabbed weapons and took positions within the temple. Uncle Jim and Sid I know went to the balcony where, Ignitus went and Mom and the others are still in the bedding quarters for safety. I was heading to gardens but found the entrance was blocked and then I realized all of you were missing along with, Cynder. So I head out through the other passages that lead outside to find you but I got ambushed and chased by dozens of apes. I managed to stay ahead until they had me surrounded here." Molly explained very relieved that she found her brothers and friends though, Cynder was the only one still missing.
"Then this means we better get back now! The Temple could be swarming by now!" Adir fretted for if the others were still in the temple and the attack was still going on there's no time to lose.
"Agreed." Spyro nodded. "Lets go!"
"Wait! Where's Cynder?" Molly asked seeing how she was not with them. Sparx flew up to her with a smile.
"Oh she packed her bags and left. Oh well good riddance I say." Sparx chattered still glad that the black dragon who nearly killed them all was gone despite the others not so happy about her running away due to the guilt she felt over what she had done and mostly being, Sparx giving her the cruel reminder.
"What?!" Molly couldn't believe it. She may have given Cynder the dark stare and reminder as well but soon she began to realize it was not Cynder's true doing that caused her to be enslaved for a year and near murder of her brother, Adir.
"We will go over about it later but first let's get back to the temple!" Adir said running after, Spyro who took off with Sparx following, Rai gestured for Molly to follow and she did glad to know she had found who she was looking for but felt a little worried for, Cynder. She never did apologize for treating her so horrible these past few weeks and she may not get another chance if something were to happen to the black dragon.
They continued to make their way back to the temple. Many of mushroom forest was laying in ruins like most of the structures around them. The Apes were relentless in their assault they meant to kill everything in the temple and lay waste to all around it. They were wasting no time. The Forest had become a battlefield every step, Spyro and the others took there were more apes, their new pets which, Rai called "Death Hounds" and even some of the Dreadwings from above came down to join in the attack on them.
Spyro and Adir handled the heavy hitters being with their returned fire abilities and with their experience it was best they took on those they handled before while, Molly and Rai kept to slaying apes. Molly had grown proficient using a spear. It was her weapon of choice in training due to her time as an athlete in school from years of gymnastics' and pole vaulting. Molly would pierce and thrust the bladed end of the spear in her foes and would knock any others to the side with the blunt end. Like the rest of her family that spent time in the training dojo gave her proficiency for battle and in this fight it was a sense of vengeance to repay the horrid creatures for what they did to her and all her family. They took their old lives away and now it was time to take their lives and they will not get a second chance.
As they continued to trek through the mushroom forest through more empty buildings the fight kept getting more intense. Each encounter was met with heavy opposition. The Apes number didn't seem to dwindle. They may were getting close to the temple taking the long way around but it seemed to be a battle of attrition.
"Man, how many are there?!" Rai cried piercing another ape through the chest as they continued to fight yet another squad of apes with two more squads being dropping from metal balls in the sky by Dreadwings.
"Just keep fighting, Rai! We gotta push through!" Adir called shooting at a Dreadwing in the sky with a fire ball to prevent it from landing and assisting the apes.
However another Dreadwing flew down and dropped a metal ball that turned out to be a bomb between, Molly and Rai knocking the far back from each other.
"Molly!" Spyro and Adir gasped as they heard the explosion and turned to see that, Molly was blown into a mushroom knocking her near senseless. Rai however was lucky and only got launched back a distance but didn't hit anything. Seeing how Rai was okay, Adir and Spyro ran up to, Molly as the apes were about to take the advantage coming up to the downed girl ready to take her life.
Adir and Spyro stood in front of, Molly to protect her as she was trying to stand back up but her legs were wobbly and her ears were ringing so loudly that she couldn't make out any other sound. Sparx flew next to her to check over her and saw that she was okay and remained close to see if there was something he could do but there wasn't much for a dragonfly to assist with other than try to motivate her back to her feet.
The Apes were gaining on the duo with their numbers so many, Spyro could not fly or thus leave himself open and, Adir was on the defensive deflecting one strike after another but they were being pushed back towards, Molly and like before with her they were being backed into a corner.
Luckily for Rai the apes were interested in gaining a downed enemy along with having the chance to kill the ones who are of the sacred prophecy. Rai shook himself to get the stars out of his eyes standing back up. He noticed, Spyro and his brother and sister were in trouble He looked down and realized that his two swords were not in his hands having lost them when was blasted aside. He was weaponless but he looked back at his family and friend seeing how they just got backed up into, Molly who managed to finally stand.
"Oh no!" Rai squealed. He had to do something and ran towards the group of apes advancing on, Spyro and his family. He was without a weapon and he was greatly scared but he wasn't going to let it stop him. He was going to save them! He had to! He once lost his brother once and he wasn't going to lose him again or anyone else.
Within that moment something was awakening inside of him. Rai charged the apes as he felt his body starting to tingle. He felt a surge work its way through his body making his hair stand on end. Despite the sudden phenomenon he was not going to stop. He was going to protect those he loves no matter what.
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY!" Rai screamed letting out a mighty cry gaining the apes attention but when they turned, Rai raised his hands towards him within a small white flash that temporary blinded all who looked at the flash from the boys hands shot a streak of yellow electricity.
All the apes in the way were met with powerful streaks of yellow lightning that bounced from one to the next killing each one within seconds.
Spyro, Adir, Molly and Sparx were dumbstruck by what they saw. Rai had just shot electricity from his hands and just saved them all. It wasn't over as one more ape came up to the boy to avenge his fallen comrades but Rai leapt out of the way and introduced more electric waves onto the ape as it wailed from stinging shocks that eventually killed it.
"Rai…" Adir was the first to say something as, Rai just stood in place breathing heavily not yet taking in at what he just did. "…you just shot electricity."
Rai looked at all the apes he killed to save everyone and then looked at his hands with tiny streaks of lightning on them that faded away. He laughed sheepishly and realized what he did. "Yeah…I guess I did."
Adir came up to his brother and noticed his left hand. He looked at his left hand and realized something else. "Rai, your hand!"
Rai looked at his hand to see that on the back of his hand was a dragon. Yellow in color and shaped just like the mark on, Adir's hand. The Only difference was the color.
"Oh my!" Molly came up to the two boys along with the others .
"Rai I think you may have become what I am…a Dragon Samurai." Adir marveled hardly believing it the others being just as amazed. Sparx's jaw nearly dropped.
"Ah, Buddy! That's Fantastic! Really needed another guy with powers!" Sparx praised glad to know the chances of survival had risen now with another powered individual.
"Adir…" Rai still could not believe it. He hosted his hands high and tried to concentrate again.
"Feel the surge and the power within, Rai." Spyro encouraged. "Allow your power to be unleashed."
Rai took in Spyro's words and out from his hands surged a dozen yellow lightning streaks. "This…is…incredible!" Rai hoped up and down in excitement he actually had the power of electricity now. How fitting since he always had passion for tech and since tech is powered by electricity it was almost like a stroke of luck.
"Congratulations, Rai!" Molly put an arm around her youngest brother so happy for him along with gratitude for saving them.
Sparx though excited as the rest of them flew in front of them. "Uh…guys though as great as this is perhaps we should get back to the temple and win the battle first?" He suggested.
Spyro nodded in agreement. The more time they waste admiring, Rai's new abilities they still were needed. "He's right, lets move on!" Everyone else agreed and together they continued forth though, Rai was still in admirable state over the power he now wielded. He found his two swords lying on the ground near one of the dead apes before catching up with the others.
Soon they finally made it to the side of the temple where the balcony would be the far side of the temple just at the edge of the mushroom forest. However they were halted by another large group of apes along with Death Hounds and a Dreadwing.
The Group engaged the massive horde of enemies. This time they stood a better chance with, Rai's newfound power. With a combination of fire and electric attacks the apes didn't stand a chance. Rai was completely new to having the power but he was turning to be a natural. Much like his brother Adir, Rai managed to handle the power though his hair always stuck up on end each time he used it.
Spyro handed the Death Hounds as, Adir took on the Dreadwing while, Molly and Rai took on the large leader that was the last of the apes there. The Ape blocked, Molly's attacks with its shield but with, Rai's power he managed to send shocks through the ape and left him open for his sister to finish it off. Spyro without using his time ability's had one of the hounds leap towards him and the dragon dodged out of the way for the hound to collide with the other on and while they were down, Spyro ignited them and, Adir leaped onto the Dreadwing and slashed off its rider then pierced the giant bat creature with his sword above its head.
With the last of those that were blocking them finished they now could get to the balcony of the temple and hoped that they were not too late and that the attack had not taken the life of anyone that was still in it or defending it.
