Chapter 56: A Vacation of Disaster Part 2: A Gift From Clan Kryze
Demyx was walking back to the ship Spyro and his friends came in, looking up at it and then back down at the bar of metal Xaldin gave him, wondering why he wanted him to give it to Spyro in the first place and why he said Spyro wouldn't resist going. As was walking into the ship, he had a look around, amazed by how large the vessel was and looking around, he found some of the rooms that the girls would sometimes use when they were in the ship when they travel between worlds, trying to find the sleeping area when he found the three fillies, walking down the hall and into a room, wondering what they were up to. He was about to go in, but a minute later, they came out carrying small trays with glasses of water on them, smiling at how the fillies were able to hold onto the trays while the glasses didn't fall off. He followed them for a bit until they reached the crews quarters, everyone going into their rooms, finding the room Spyro was in as he was reading a tome while waiting for him.
"Wow, this place is massive." Demyx said, getting Spyro's attention. "How do you guys navigate this thing at night?"
"Easy, we turn on a light." Spyro replied, closing his tome. "So, what was it you saw in the forest?"
"Well, I... I saw Xaldin." Demyx replied, surprising Spyro. "He found me and gave me this." Demyx then pulled out the metal bar, handing it to Spyro, who immediately took the bar and stared at it in awe. "He also gave me a set of coordinates, saying something about it but I didn't pay much attention about it."
"It can't be." Spyro said, getting off the bed and running out of the hall. Demyx knew he did his part and didn't need to follow him, but his own curiosity got he best of him and ran after him, following him down the hall and into a room with a lot of machinery and alchemy sets where he set it on a scanner. "AIVA, run a scan on this ingot. I have an idea on what it is, but I need confirmation on it."
The scanner came to life, the dish itself glowing blue in color as a red light went over it, scanning the metal bar as it processed everything it could find and put it up in a hologram, listing what it was and where it came from.
"The steel ingot is 100% pure Beskar." AIVA replied. "One of the hardest metals in the known galaxy."
"That's impossible." Spyro said, taking a step back. "I mean, I knew Ilum was real as I made my lightsaber after getting a Kyber crystal, but, this!"
"Don't know why Xaldin gave me that in the first place." Demyx said. "I got no use for it."
"Because when Beskar is melted down and molded correctly, it can be a near indestructible armor." Spyro replied, getting the Nobodies attention. "But making the armor is the near impossible part. You'd need an entire forge just to make it possible and the knowledge to make the armor in the first place. And unfortunately, there aren't very many Mandalorian forges left and even fewer molds needed." He then looked over to Demyx, a hopeful look on his face. "If Xaldin gave you this, then it means he's planning something with that Beskar. We need to stop him."
"We!?" Demyx said, terror in his eyes. "No way dude, I'm not going up against Xaldin!"
"Well I'm not leaving you with the girls." Spyro replied. "Though you helped us save Fluttershy, I am not letting you out of my sights."
He then took the Beskar steel ingot and left the room, leaving Demyx alone in the lab and regretting following Xaldin's orders, instantly wishing he had just tossed the piece of metal into the sea and taking the consequences instead of having to go with Spyro to this mystery world. The next morning, everyone was outside and having breakfast outside, Demyx enjoying the meal that both Spyro and Applejack prepared as he started to wolf everything down, much to everyone surprise as he was a skinny guy and he seemed to have a massive appetite.
"Geez, ya'll got a bigger appetite than Spyro does sugarcube." Applejack said, Spyro leering at her. "Them organization fellows not feed ya enough?"
"Oh, we get enough to eat." Demyx replied. "But nothing as good as this stuff! I mean, this is by far the best tasting food I've ever had!"
"Glad ya like it." Applejack said, sitting down. "So, what's on the agenda for today?"
"Water Skying!" Apple Bloom shouted.
"How about we explore the island." Scootaloo suggested.
"Oh, oh, what about building some sand castles!?" Sweetie Belle suggested.
"That all sounds like so much fun." Twilight said. "What do you think Spyro?"
"Hey, it's whatever you guys want to do." Spyro replied. "It's as much your vacation as it is mine. But, I need to make a little personal trip off world."
"What, why?" Scootaloo asked.
"Demyx showed me something last night and I want to go and check it out." Spyro replied, everyone looking to a very nervous Demyx. "Don't worry Scoots, I'll be back. And when I get back, I better see you made the best sand castle out of everypony else."
"You bet!" Scootaloo said.
The three fillies got off the table and ran to the beach, laughing and giggling as they ran to the beach to play, the Mane Six looking to their friend and then to the Nobody, feeling worry for their friend.
"Don't worry, we'll be there and back." Spyro said, hoping to make them feel better. "I've been on more dangerous missions than this. We'll be ok."
"Well, alright sugarcube." Applejack said. "Ya'll make sure ya come back safe and sound, ya hear?"
"Yes ma'am." Spyro said, saluting her and giving her a goofy grin, making them laugh.
"Ya goofball." Applejack said, everyone getting up from the table.
As the Mane Six were walking to the beach to relax some more, Spyro and Demyx walked to the ship, the Nobody nervous and wanted to turn and run away, but Spyro kept using the Force to make sure he didn't run away. As they reached the ship, they both heard what sounded like hooves running towards them, turning to find that the crusaders had caught up with them.
"Girls, what's wrong?" Spyro asked. "Do you need your homework?"
"No, we want to give you this." Scootaloo said, reaching behind and pulling out a bracelet made from seashells. "We made this for you. A sort of good luck charm so you can come back."
Spyro couldn't help but smile, picking up the seashell bracelet and examining it, finding there were a lot of different kinds of shells on it, big ones, small ones, round, straight, all sorts of different shells were on it. He put the bracelet on and turned his wrist around, looking it over as he kept smiling, kneeling down and hugging Scootaloo, the two of them happily hugging after being given something she made with her friends. Demyx didn't understand what was going on, but did know, unable to feel anything from what was going on, he turned to head into the ship, but felt a tug on his coat, looking down to see Sweetie Belle was tugging on his coat.
"What is it little pony?" Demyx asked.
"We made one for you as well." Apple Bloom replied, Sweetie Belle spitting Demyx's coat out as they brought one over to him. "Even though you might be with some bad guys, you're actually pretty nice."
"Yeah, so we made one for you as well." Sweetie Belle said. "Because you're our friend too, even though we only met yesterday."
Demyx couldn't understand why the fillies would make one for him, reaching down and picking it up and looking at it, almost identical to the one Spyro has, putting it on and wondering what benefit came with it, but felt nothing. He didn't want to hurt their feelings, so he knelt down and smiled, hugging the fillies as he thanked them for making it for him, letting them go just as Spyro set Scootaloo down and allowed the three fillies to run back to the beach, laughing along the way just as Spyro walked up the ramp with Demyx close behind. The two then went to the cockpit where Demyx told him the coordinates for the world Xaldin got the Beskar from, the ship lifting off the ground as it flew back into the air, getting above the world surface just as the engines charged to jump to warp space, a tunnel of light's and colors opening up and went through, Demyx holding on for dear life as they went through, only letting go when everything felt stable.
"Geez, is this how you travel all the time?" Demyx asked. "Give me a corridor any day."
"You get used to it." Spyro said, turning his seat to face him. "So tell me Demyx, how'd you like the gift my sister and her friends made you?"
"Well, it's alright." Demyx replied, looking at it. "Don't understand the purpose of it though. It would have been rude of me to just toss it away right in front of them, so I accepted it to make them happy."
"So, you accepted it to make them happy?" Spyro asked, smiling at the Nobody. "Are you sure you don't still have a heart?"
"Think what you want, but I don't understand the importance this bracelet has." Demyx said, looking up at the prince. "I mean, why give me such a useless piece of trash anyway?"
"Because it's a symbol of friendship." Spyro replied, confusing Demyx. "When someone makes you something, putting their heart and soul into it, it means they consider you their friend. And by accepting it, you just became their friend." Demyx then looked down at the shell bracelet again, wondering what he meant. "As their friend, they put their trust and faith into you, knowing you'll do the right thing."
A moment later, the alarm rang out, letting them know they had arrived at their destination, coming out of warp space to see a world were it was missing a third of its surface, scattered into asteroid like chunks of rock floating around.
"Wow." Demyx said. "What is this place?"
"Concordia." Spyro answered. "It's the moon that orbits the planet Mandalore. One of the only two worlds that has Beskar mines."
"Man, it's beautiful." Demyx said, looking to Mandalore and scowling. "Unlike that world down there. It looks like a desert planet."
"That would be Mandalore." Spyro replied. "Due to an intense war between Mandalorian tribes and the Jedi order, it completely destroyed all the agriculture on the planet. Because the two factions didn't understand each other, the two sides had a series of battles and conflicts with one another, resulting in the loss of millions and the destruction of Mandalore's ecosystems as they mined for the one metal that lightsabers can't cut through, Beskar."
"So that's why you're worried?" Demyx asked. "Because he'll make what, armor out of this metal."
"Afraid so." Spyro replied. "Madalorian armor made from pure Beskar is near indestructible. Lightsabers can't cut through it and neither can Keyblades. The only thing that can cut through Beskar is a Beskar weapon and those are extremely rare, heck, nonexistent even. It can also be melted by lightsabers, but only if they remain in contact with it for a certain period of time."
"So, what's the plan anyway?" Demyx asked. "Go down there and destroy all the mines?"
"Not that simple pal." Spyro replied, pulling up a diagram of both Concordia and Mandalore, all of Mandalore in red while most of Concordia was also red, but one area. "All the mines on Mandalore and most of them on Concordia are controlled by the Galactic Empire, only one seems to not be under their control."
"Why's that?" Demyx asked.
"Don't know." Spyro replied. "From what I can tell, it's been abandoned for quite a while. The perfect place for Xaldin to get some Beskar."
Without waiting for Demyx to say anything, Spyro flew the ship towards Concordia, being careful not to be noticed by Imperial TIE Fighters that were patrolling the air, staying in the clouds while being evasive when the TIE's did find them, much to Demyx's dismay as he held on for dear life. After some time, they finally managed to reach the abandoned mine, finding it was no longer abandoned, but was in fact operational and already had some crates outside.
"Well, well, well, looks like it's not abandoned anymore." Spyro said, standing up. "And it looks like it's fully operational."
"That's bad." Demyx said. "Bad for you that is."
"Zip it." Spyro said. "Come on, let's check it out."
"Dude, I'm not even supposed to be here." Demyx pointed out. "If I'm seen with you, it's over. I'm nothing but dust and a dusk."
"Calm down, we're only going in to check it out." Spyro replied, getting out of his seat. "And then we'll blow it up."
"WHAT!?" Demyx said, Spyro dragging him out of the ship.
As he dragged Demyx out of the ship, they then walked to the entrance to the mine, walking in to find that the structure itself was previously destroyed, but was rebuilt in a hurry. As they walked, they then heard foot steps coming towards them, so they his behind some pillars and peaked over the edge of the beam, finding there was a group of Dusks escorting a cart full of unrefined Beskar in it, realizing they were on the right track. The pair then followed them to where they were going, dodging guards as they came by and moving through the darkness until they reached they destination, a massive conveyer belt that crushed the boulders and metal, a large magnetic slate used to sift through the dirt for the metal they needed, dropping them in a smelter and pouring the molten metal into molds, letting them cool until they turned into Beskar ingots, stamped with the insignia of the Nobodies instead of the Empire.
"Oh boy." Spyro said, he and Demyx moving behind the nearby wall. "This is bad. If Xaldin is harvesting this much, then-"
"Work faster you slugs!" Larxene said, getting their attention. "We need this stuff harvested and processed quickly! We need this stuff now!"
"Larxene?" Spyro asked. "What is she doing here?"
"Is she and Xaldin working together?" Demyx asked, equally as confused. "Why would they be working together?"
"I'm not so sure they're working together." Spyro said, using the Force to snag another ingot of Beskar, pulling the one out he got. "Look, see? These ingots have different insignias. The one you got from Xaldin has the emblem of the Empire while the one they made has your emblem. I think Xaldin grabbed a random one and brought it to you to draw me here."
"But why?" Demyx asked.
"I don't know." Spyro said, getting a bad feeling the more he thought about it. "The more I think about it, the less I'm liking it."
A moment later, they heard what sounded like footsteps, thinking it was more Nobodies, they immediately moved into the shadows again and waited for them to pass, hoping they weren't spotted, but instead of it being Nobodies, it was three Mandalorians sneaking through the cavern and tunnels until they reached where they were and looked to where Larxene was at, ordering her subordinates to make the Beskar faster and walking away to do something. Both Spyro and Demyx looked out, looking at them and finding their armor was the same color with an owl on the shoulders, meaning they were of the same clan and were working together.
"Seems we found where the Empire's been getting a majority of the Beskar." The leader said. "And we now see who it is behind operations here."
"What are our orders?" The guy next to their leader said.
"We set the detonators in the mine and on the ship outside." The leader said, surprising them both. "That's probably how they will transport the Beskar to the Empire. We need to destroy it before it leave."
"Did they say they're going to blow your ship up?" Demyx asked, whispering to Spyro.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Spyro whispered back.
He then crouched down and moved slowly towards them, being careful not to say anything or make any noise as he approached, watching as the leader started to pass out what looked to be explosives to her companions, giving them their orders.
"You know what you need to do?" The leader asked.
"Yeah, I got them." The male Mandalorian replied. "I can handle this."
"Then get going and destroy that ship." The leader ordered.
"You not going to do that missy." Spyro said, getting their attention.
They then drew their weapons, but through the Force, Spyro pulled them all away and to where Demyx was, spooking them as they stared at him in shock.
"You're... a Jedi." The leader said.
"Yes and I'd appreciate it if you didn't blow my ship up." Spyro said, bringing their weapons back to them.
"Wait, the ship outside that looks like a giant lizard head is yours?" The male Mandalorian asked. "That explains a lot."
"What are you doing here?" The female Mandalorian asked. "Why are you here?"
"Same thing as you, stop the Nobodies from mining the Beskar." Spyro replied, instantly confusing them.
"Nobodies?" The leader asked, taking her helmet off to reveal she is a woman with red hair. "I think we need to back it up a bit."
"I agree." Spyro replied, walking up and sitting next to the wall. "Names Spyro. Spyro VanVickle."
"I'm Bo-Katan Kryze." The leader replied. "This is Koska Reeves and Axe Woves. We're clan Kryze and members of the Nite Owls." They then heard footsteps from behind, eveyrone looking to the hall and seeing Demyx sneaking up to them, sitting next to Spyro. "And who's this kid?"
"He's Demyx." Spyro replied. "He's a Nobody, but don't worry, he's with me."
"There's that word again, what does it mean?" Axe asked.
"It's what those things are down there." Spyro replied, everyone looking down at the small army of Nobodies. "Empty husks of their former selves after loosing their hearts to the Heartless."
"Heartless?" Koska asked.
"Too much to go through, not enough time." Spyro replied.
"He's right, we're wasting time." Bo-Katan said, looking over and seeing the crates. "They're taking the Beskar outside. We need to intercept them."
"We'll stop them." Koska said, tossing and catching her detonator. "I'll start placing them in the assigned locations."
"Right and in the mean time, we'll get the crates and move them where?" Axe asked.
"My ship has a cargo bay in it." Spyro said. "We can put the Beskar in there and then find a safe place to set down for a while."
"I like this guy already." Bo-Katan said. "Let's get going."
The four of them went down the hall and moved back to the entrance they took, waiting for the Nobodies to bring the Beskar outside and when they came out, their saw the Dragon's Crest, instantly going on high alert, but when they heard something behind them, Bo-Karan got ready to fire her Blaster, but Spyro lunged forward with his Keyblade, instantly taking down the first one while the other three dispersed, slowly approaching Spyro as he got into a battle stance. The first Dusk tried to kick him, but Spyro blocked the attack, dazing it before striking it a few times and destroying it, dodging another attack before dealing a heavy slash that destroyed it in a single strike. The final Dusk slowly approached, gauging the best way to attack, but Spyro just raised his blade and flames started to swirl at the tip of the blade, getting the attention of the two Mandalorians as he spun around, swinging his blade and releasing a fireball at the Dusk, instantly incinerating it and surprising the two Nite Owls.
"Impressive." Bo-Katan said, hopping down. "Though, I don't think a key is the best kind of weapon for a Jedi."
"I do have a lightsaber if that's what you're wondering." Spyro replied, dismissing the blade.
A moment later, Koska came running out with another full crate of Beskar and right behind her, a whole squadron of Dusks came rushing after her. Before he could call his Keyblade, the entire cave blew up, destroying the Dusks and blocking the entrance, leaving behind nothing but dust, causing them to cough, but smile.
"Talk about going out with a bang." Spyro said, making Axe chuckle. "Right, let's get these crates onto the ship."
The three Mandalorians and Spyro got to work moving the crates, Bo-Karan and her allies using the hover function on the crates to move the Beskar onto the ship and into the Cargo bay, heading back out to move more of them, but Spyro was carrying the last two, surprising them with how strong he was and watching as he set the last four crates down. After making sure they were strapped down and wouldn't move, the group then rushed to the cockpit and got into which ever empty seat they were closest to as the ship was taking off, heading into space again just as a small army of Dusks came towards them, too late to stop them just as Larxene walked up, scowling at the vessel.
"How did he find us?" Larxene asked herself. "Doesn't matter. All the Beskar we could get is on that ship and I want it back, NOW!"
As they got out of Concordia's space, flying a good distance away from the planets surface before orbiting the planet itself, breathing a sigh of relief as he turned to speak to his new friends.
"That was more excitement than I cared to have on this vacation." Spyro said.
"Vacation?" Bo-Katan asked. "What do you mean by vacation?"
"I was supposed to relax for two weeks." Spyro answered. "But Demyx got an ingot of Beskar from another Nobody known as Xaldin and a set of coordinates for Concordia."
"Why would he give your friend those items?" Koska asked, getting suspicious of Demyx.
"Beats me." Demyx replied. "All I know is that Larxene is going to be mad."
"Well, whatever the reason, we can't allow them to have the Beskar." Bo-Katan said.
"Well, it does belong to the Mandalorians." Spyro said. "So, maybe you can use it."
"A kind gesture, but I must refuse." Bo-Katan said, shocking everyone.
"What!? Why?" Spyro asked, clearly in shock. "With the Beskar you'd be able to reclaim your home, give all the clans armor to make themselves invincible and fight back."
"But the risk is too great." She replied. "If word that we have pure Beskar got out, the clans would come to get what they need to create armor, but even after they got armor for all the members of their clan, they'd want more Beskar, warring with each other to have all of it for their clan."
"And the Empire would profit from the clans warring with one another." Spyro said, understanding where she was getting at.
A moment later, alarms went off as they felt something hit them, turning to see multiple Nobody ships behind them and closing in rapidly.
"Seems someone wants their Beskar back." Spyro said, immediately activating the shields. "Hold onto your helmets folks because this is going to be a bumpy ride."
Back on Kaua'i island, the Mane Six and the fillies were enjoying themselves, the fillies competing with their siblings to see who could make the better sand castle, Rainbow Dash was in the air napping on a cloud she managed to get while Fluttershy was busy napping under a tree with some of the forest critters she made friends with. Pinkie however was no where to be seen, saying something about hanging out with the weird blue doggie thing, which she must have meant Stitch and had already rushed off to find him, leaving everyone else on the beach while Twilight decided to go for a swim, enjoying the calm blue water, wearing a pair of goggles so she can put her head in the water and see the world under the ocean, marveling at everything as she took mental notes on some of the marine life that she saw. In the forest, Gantu was watching them closely, waiting for a moment to capture the ponies when Xaldin appeared next to him, walking towards the massive whale-like alien, who looked over to Xaldin as he approached.
"I see you've finally decided to join me." Gantu said.
"I do apologize for the delay." Xaldin replied. "I needed to get rid of the human protecting them. He would have been a dangerous opponent for you to fight against."
"I've handled criminals worse than him." Gantu replied, looking to the ponies, pulling out his blaster. "With my net, I should be able to capture those smaller horses with one shot."
"Yes, but in the process the rest would come running for a fight." Xaldin replied. "Despite their appearance, they will fight."
"I'm not worried about... wait, I only see seven of them." Gantu said, counting the number of ponies he saw. "Where are the other two?"
"It doesn't matter." Xaldin said. "Once we capture them, the rest will come running to save them. After all, they are friends."
Xaldin was about to walk out, but Gantu pointed his blaster at the fillies, pulling the trigger and a large net shot out of the barrel, missing Scootaloo, but just barely as it took Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, the fillies screaming as the net wrapped around them, getting the ponies attention. When they looked, they saw Gantu pick up the net that had the fillies, looking down to Scootaloo as she ran away, so he aimed his blaster at her to fire another net, but instead, Rainbow Dasgh swooped down and picked the filly up, surprising him as he looked up to see the filly in her forelegs.
"Hey, not cool!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "Let them go now or I'll pummel you!"
"Sorry, but I don't take orders from you." Gantu replied, aiming his weapon at Rainbow Dash and firing, but the cyan mare quickly flew out for the weapons path and avoided it, glaring at the massive alien. "Hm, you're a quick one, I'll give you that, but you can't avoid me forever."
"Hey, ya'll put mah sister down this instant!" Applejack shouted, she and Rarity rushing towards him.
Unfazed, Gantu raised his blaster and fired two more nets, capturing both Applejack and Rarity as they tried to save their sisters. Twilight saw what was happening and swam to the beach, rushing out of the water and charging the massive alien and called her Keyblade, using her magic to hold onto it as Gantu raised his blaster to fire another net, but he saw the Keyblade and his eyes widened in surprise, his jaw dropping when he saw it. Snapping out of his daze, he fired the net and was about capture her, but she teleported out of the way and kept running to him, leaping up and hitting his leg with her Keyblade, making him drop the bag with the fillies in it.
"Ow, she hit me!" Gantu said, pointing his weapon at her. "If nets won't get you, then maybe this will!"
He then fired some plasma at her, the lavender mare running all over the place to avoid being hit, looking over to see that Fluttershy was hiding in the bushes, trying to avoid being spotted, but was found as three spears landed around her, making her yelp and fly into the air to get away, but Gantu saw her and pointed his blaster at her, firing another net that wrapped around her, capturing her as she screamed, landing on the soft sand with a slight thud.
"Fluttershy!" Twilight shouted.
With her districted, Gantu fired another net, instantly catching Twilight Sparkle as she was distracted with her friend, but a moment later, there was a sudden flash and she got out of the net and her nostrils flared, steam coming out as she as she stamped her hoof at the large whale. Before she could charge, a cannon fired and Gantu immediately got a face full of cake and icing, distracting him and looking around to find out who hit him with the pastry, finding Pinkie Pie had her party cannon out and Stitch was in it. She then pulled the cord and Stitch was flying through the air like Superman, yelling out as his fist hit Gantu in the jaw, making him stagger backwards and fall onto the ground.
"Pinkie, Stitch!" Twilight shouted.
"Hang on Twilight!" Pinkie shouted. "We'll get them out of-"
She didn't finish as Pinkie and her cannon were then caught in another net, surprising Twilight as she was about to rush over and and help her, but a net then caught her, but she instantly teleported out of the bag, angering him to the point where he fired his plasma pistol again, Twilight dodging the main projectile, but he then charged and kicked her, knocking her out as she fell to the ground.
"You won't be doing that again." Gantu said, getting up and walking over. "The good doctor said he wanted all of you, but he didn't say in what condition you had to be in."
He reached down to pick her up, but all of a sudden, a rainbow swooped down past Gantu, picking Twilight up and flying away with the unconscious unicorn and the filly on her back, zooming away to get her to safety. Gantu growled at the cyan Pegasus, failing to capture three of them, but settled for what he has right now, picking up the bags that held all the ponies he captured, walking to the forest as he smiled, knowing thye rest will come for them while Xaldin walked up, smiling as he approached.
"Seems you got what you needed." Xaldin said. "Now, about our deal..."
"Save it." Gantu said. "The doctor wants all of them, not just six of them. Until we get the rest, I won't help you get your chest."
He then walked away and back to his ship, Xaldin scowling at the massive alien as he followed him back to his ship to send them to his employer. In Lilo's room, Twilight was waking up, after being kicked like a soccer ball, sitting up as her head started to throb, still aching from being kicked, but seemed to be ok. A moment later, the floor in the middle of the room opened up, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo coming up with Stitch and Lilo and saw their friend was awake.
"You're ok." Rainbow Dash said, walking over. "You are ok, right?"
"Well, other than a headache, I think I'm ok." Twilight replied.
"Rainbow Dash said you were fighting Gantu." Lilo said. "He's a big stinky head who's going around capturing experiments."
"Yeah, well it seems he's changed targets." Twilight said, her legs wobbling as she stood. "He's captured some of our friends."
"Ah, that's not good." Jumba said, taking the elevator up. "Gantu is probably going to send other ponies to Dr. Hamsterviel. Very bad doctor. Has mind set to conquer entire universe."
"So what does he want our friends for?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, oh, I know!" Pinkie said, her head popping out from a nearby backpack, scaring everyone. "If he's working for this EVIL doctor, he must want to send our friends to him and experiment on them!"
"Pinkie, how'd you escape?" Twilight asked.
"And how'd you get into my backpack?" Lilo asked.
"Amazing, little pink pony has ability to bend the fabric of reality." Jumba said. "If I had time, I'd like to study this."
"Take it from me, you don't want to." Twilight said, remembering what happened to her. "She's too random. But we need to get in contact with Spyro and let him know what happened."
"But we don't have anything to communicate with him." Rainbow Dash said, pulling Pinkie out of the backpack.
"Not exactly." Scootaloo replied, pulling out Spyro's tablet. "I got this from his room just in case. We can use it to communicate with him."
"Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said. "Let's call and let him know what happened!"
"Yeah, about that." Scootaloo said. "I don't exactly know how to use it."
"Ah, for evil genius, this shouldn't be a problem." Jumba said, taking the tablet and opening it. "Has facial recognition, that's good. And it's password protected, might take me a few minutes to get in, but should be able to contact your friend so you can talk to him."
Jumba then took the tablet to the nearby and sat down, getting to work on getting past the security on the tablet so they can call Spyro and let him know what had happened. In the vacuum of space, Spyro was piloting his ship, using different maneuvers to fly around and avoid being hit, the cannons swiveling around and firing at the Nobody ships as it took down several of them before more showed up, taking the place of their fallen comrades as they flew right behind them, firing on the Dragon's Crest, but the shields stopped the laser fire, reducing the shield, but everyone was ok. In the cockpit, Demyx was looking green as he tried to hold onto his lunch, trying his best not to puke while Bo-Katan and her companions were doing just fine, watching as the ships flew over and watching as the vessel they were on destroyed them without effort, but when the screen became red, Spyro immediately took action, focusing on the maneuvers, twists and turns, even a few barrel rolls to deflect some of the lasers, continuing to fly around and avoid the enemy fire.
"Ugh, I think I'm going to be sick." Demyx said.
"Not on my ship you're not!" Spyro shouted, flying straight as the cannons destroyed more ships. "If you're going to puke, puke out the airlock. At least we'll find out if Nobodies can breathe in space."
"I like this guy." Koska said. "But how are we going to shake these guys off us? They're on us like a rancor on their Gamorian."
A moment later, they heard what sounded like more fighters coming in, looking up to see Mandalorian Star Viper fighters coming in from the front, engaging the Nobody fighters and handling them, destroying several squads before they gave up the chase and left, allowing Spyro some breathing room as the fighters flew next to him.
"Lady Kryze, we received your transmission and have brought what you requested." One pilot said, a massive Fang fighter flying next to the crest. "We're preparing docking procedures now. Awaiting orders."
"Stand by." Bo-Katan said, getting up. "We must leave. And you must keep the Beskar safe, so I called in a few favors and brought you something."
She and her companions got out of their seats and walked out, Spyro setting the autopilot and walked behind them, leaving Demyx in his chair, who got up and rushed to the nearest bathroom and let himself vomit in the nearest bathroom. When they reached the airlock, a boarding ramp attached itself to the exterior and pressurized, allowing for air to pass through the hall until it opened up to reveal more Mandalorians, but this time they had several more crates and large pieces of what looked to be molds and a forge, walking in and heading to the cargo bay.
"Ok, I'm confused here." Spyro said. "Why does it look like you're giving me a forge?"
"Because it is one." Bo-Katan replied, surprising him. "Though it is in pieces, I'm sure you'll put it to better use than we did."
"But why?" Spyro asked. "I didn't earn this. We took the Beskar away from Larxene and now you're giving me a forge, why?"
"Because I trust you." Bo-Katan replied, surprising him again. "Sometimes you gotta trust someone to gain trust. And I trust you'll know the best way possible to use what you have." After they finished unloading the forge, Bo-Katan walked to the door, but then turned, facing him before removing her helmet. "Though it is true, I don't know you, but I know character. You could have simply ambushed us, killed us even, but you didn't. You helped us, meaning you can be trusted. But there is one condition I need to ask of you before I leave."
"And what's that?" Spyro asked, staring at her.
"When the time comes, I'll contact you for support." She replied. "Mandalore will need heroes. And I'll need allies. I could use a Jedi to help me."
"Well, if that's the price to have the forge and Beskar, why not?" Spyro replied. "But if I need additional Beskar, I'll go to the abandoned mine we toppled."
"We'd gladly help you to mine it." Bo-Katan said, the two shaking hands. "Just make sure you don't abuse its power."
"You have my word." Spyro replied.
Bo-Katan nodded her head and turned around, walking back to the hatch and putting her helmet on, her companions walking with her through the hatch and into their own ship, both hatches closing as the tunnel between the two ships retracted, the Mandalorian vessels flying away and jumping through Hyper Space, jumping to another location and leaving his ship behind. After looking at the pieces of the forge, he then went back to the cockpit, followed by Demyx after he regained his bearings and sat down in the seat he was in previously, looking pale and tired.
"Now I know why we use the corridors." Demyx said. "Dude, you're way too aggressive of a flier."
"You gotta be when you're being chased." Spyro replied, putting in the coordinates for Hawaiian Paradise. "Well, at least we stopped Larxene. We got the Beskar and a forge. Today might not be so bad after all."
"Says you ya jerk." Demyx said, sitting up. "Anyway, can we go back now? I want to catch some waves before I get turned into dust."
"Keep your pants on ya pansy." Spyro replied. "We'll be in warp space in..." A moment later, a call came in, letting him know someone was contacting him, so he thought it was Master Yen Sid and he was in trouble, but when he answered, it was Jumba on the screen, shocking him. "Jumba!?"
"Ah, friend of 626." Jumba replied. "I managed to get you on device, but was real tricky."
"Jumba, what are you doing contacting me?" Spyro asked, moments later, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and Scootaloo came up, everyone in the screen and looked panicked. "Girls, is something wrong? What happened? Why are you so worried?"
"Spyro, it's aweful!" Pinkie replied. "It's even worse than the time I put a bunch of mints in my mouth and then drank some soda, totally not fun!"
"Pinkie, now's not the time for something random!" Rainbow Dash snapped. "Spyro, dude, you need to get back here now, it's an emergency!"
"Alright, slow down, what happened?" Spyro asked.
"We were attacked." Twilight replied, making his blood freeze. "There was this strange whale thing that attacked us. Lilo calls him Gantu and he captured our friends."
"WHAT!?" Spyro shouted, his heart dropping into his stomach. "Why?"
"We don't know." Twilight replied. "But there were three spears that surrounded Fluttershy and she freaked."
"Xaldin!" Spyro said, venom in his voice. "He'll pay for this!"
"Get here quickly, please." Twilight said. "I don't know what we can do right now."
The call ended and Spyro frantically worked on putting in the coordinates, his blood boiling that his friends had been captured while he was away, now realizing that this entire thing was a distraction so that Gantu could capture his friends. Demyx could tell he was seriously angry and didn't want to get involved, watching as the screens in front of him went from red to blue, allowing the ship to jump to warp space and travel back to the Hawaiian Paradise, hoping he wasn't too late.