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The Spyro Chronicles Ch. 23

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Chapter 23: The Betrayal
Dragon Realms, Uncharted System
March 10, 2204
1746 Hours
Grand Hall of the Gale Palace

“Spyro, where are you going?” Cynder asked.

“I need some fresh air real quickly, I won’t be long.” After saying this, Spyro retreated from the feasting hall, walking outside to where he saw Wagner standing as well, going to sit on the railing with a disassembled M74D assault weapon.

“Why are you out here?” Wagner asked, fiddling with his rifle as he held the barrel up.

“I could ask you the same question.” Spyro said in reply. Wagner shifted a bit on the railing as he checked his rifle barrel once more.

“I don’t know… something just doesn’t feel right. Can’t shake a feeling.” Wagner said as he whipped more grime from the inside of the barrel.

“I just needed a bit of fresh air.”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“Yeah… but I’d rather eat, not smell it and die of hunger…” Spyro said with a chuckle.

“I know what you mean…” Wagner said with a chuckle as well. Wagner finished the maintenance on the rifle and locked its pieces back together with a few reassuring clicks.

“This place… it’s so strange the Dark Master hasn’t touched it.” Wagner said while looking out once more. While they sat they saw a few Marines sitting with them, though only two of them, looking out over the city.

Suddenly a new sound caught their ears, that of shuffling footsteps approaching the Grand Hall…



“Our Master is here!” A servant proclaimed. At that moment Macaban walked through the doors and sat down at the head of the long table. The others in the room quickly took their seats, Sarah sitting near her father with Cynder next to an empty seat.

“Let the feast, begin!” He said and the soldiers and dragons within the group started to chow down on the food. Suddenly the doors burst open and Grublins, Orcs and other soldiers dashed into the room, weapons at hand.

“You are all under arrest… for treason against the true lord…” Macaban said.

“Father?! What is going on here?!” Sarah proclaimed as she was grabbed from her seat by two Orcs.

“I’m sorry Sarah… I should have told you sooner… but now you know… you only need to side with us... to be spared this…” Sarah looked at her father with shock. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing! Her father was in league with the Dark Master!

“I’ll never submit to that evil dragon!” She yelled out. Her father sighed.

“I’m so sorry Sarah…” He said. The other Marines tried to fight the Orcs, but they lacked any weapons or armor of any kind and were all captured immediately.

“Pathetic!” Krypto called out as he smashed Orcs and Grublins against the wall, not willing to give up.

A few more figures entered, those black clad soldiers from before Warfang and from the Mandobar Pass. They pointed their weapons at Krypto and blasted him into the wall. He hollered aloud as he hit the wall and slumped to the floor.

Aaron and Zephyr sprung into action, only go get kicked into the wall by the overwhelming number of enemy soldiers. The Guards cornered Cynder, Roxy and Tom in a corner, denying them any way to attack or defend themselves.

Sarah let a torrent of tears flow down her face as she was carried away into the group of Marines being chained together. This was the worst day of her life… she never imagined she would be betrayed… by her own father! It was horrible…

She kicked and screamed as the Orcs carried her away, not wanting to except the harsh reality of what was unfolding before her very eyes.

“What the hell?!” Spyro said as he saw Orcs and other soldiers charge into the Grand Hall.

“I knew something was up…” Wagner said as he slapped a clip into his rifle and looked to the other Marines who drew their side arms, lacking rifles.

“Go get every Marine you can find! Get battle ready and hold a position in the courtyard!” He ordered. They nodded and ran off to find other Marines not caught in the trap.

“Cynder!” Spyro called out but Wagner grabbed his tail.

“There’s too many, we need another plan!” He said. Spyro sighed and nodded.

They ran along the walkway running along the side of the building. They could see the courtyard where the Nighthawks were perched. The Marine squad on current duty was in open engagement, firing upon Guards and Orcs dashing at them. They had to hurry though. There was no way a squad of 5 could hold out forever.

“We have to help them!” Spyro said.

“We need more help, there’s no way we can fight off an army that large by ourselves!” Wagner said.

“What do we do?!”

“I need to call for help, my radio is on my helmet and it’s in our room! We have to get there!” Wagner said once more while checking their six.

“Well let’s get there!” They dashed down the halls to the rooms, finding the hallway crowded with Orcs, Marines being tied up and tossed aside and other curious palace residents being treated the same by the Orcs.

“Damn it!” Wagner said as he fired his rifle, hitting a few Orcs in the plain open and cutting them down. He ceased fire as Spyro charged ahead, biting one Orc and tossing him into the wall, allowing Wagner another shot. He took the shot and opened fired another burst, hitting more Orcs.

Spyro rolled to the side as an Orc swung a sword at him, grabbing his sword and shattering it with one swift motion. He then used his tail to knock the Orc onto its back and he fired an Earth Blast, the shotgun-like blast breaking the creature’s rib cage and killing it.

“Clear down!” Wagner yelled. The Marines held themselves to the floor as Wagner swept the room with gunfire, finishing off the rest of the hostiles in the hallway.

As the smoke cleared, Spyro went forward and bit the rope restraints on the Marines’ harnesses, freeing them. They got up, rubbed their wrists and ran into their rooms, fetching their armor and weapons. The civilians dashed off, unsure of what to do.

Wagner dashed into his room, grabbed his armor and helmet and clicked on his microphone.

“Hello, this is Wagner, is anyone there?!”

He only got static in response.

“Damn it this is useless!” He threw down his rifle in frustration, sighing as he picked it back up and made sure his gear was on right.

“So… what now…?” Spyro asked.

“I… I don’t know… I just don’t know how we can fight all those creatures off…” He said in reply.

“Well then we’re just going to have a jail break… you in?” Spyro asked.
Wagner nodded. They ran down the hall, the newly armored Marines behind them lugging their weapons, their clips still not loaded yet.

They ran down the halls back out to where they could see the courtyard. The Marine squad was still there, firing from inside the troop bay and trying to fend off the Orcs who were pinned down behind a few fallen pillars. The Dragon Guards charging were either dead or had fled the scene.

“Some dinner…” A Marine muttered.

“We’ve got no time to waste; we’ve got to get to those trapped in the Grand hall!” He said as a few of the Marines fired short bursts at the Orcs pinned down behind the pillars.

As they neared the sealed doors to the grand hall, there were numerous guards in front of the door.

“You’ll never be able to plow through all those guards…” Wagner said. Spyro smirked at him.

“Stay here, we’ll distract them. Once we draw their attention get in there and we’ll try to get in the back and aid.” Wagner said while motioning the Marines to move in another direction.

“Good luck.” Spyro said as he saw Wagner nod and lead the Marines away. As they left Spyro sat and watched the guards stand about. The doors to the Grand Hall opened and more of those drones and Orcs walked out with the Marines in captivity, Cynder, Aaron, Zephyr, Roxy, Tom and Krypto held in chains that were clasped to their neck, binds on their arms glowing purple. Spyro growled as he saw this. He couldn’t bare to see his friends like this.

He heard distant thumps and the guards snarled and ran towards the source of the sound, letting their guard down on the Marine and dragon captives. Spyro chose this time to strike. He dashed forward, cutting down the first orc which was guarding the prisoners, tossing him aside just as the others grabbed their spears.

“Spyro?!” Cynder asked as she saw him, trying to move but the binds seeming to sap her strength.

“Cynder!” Spyro said as he blew a fire ball at a guard and kicked another aside, making his way to her. Once near her he used his paw to shatter the chains. They dangled down and Cynder grasped at her neck where the brace had once been. Before she could do anything else, however, Spyro planted a kiss on her lips, rubbing the back of her neck and releasing her from his grasp. She smiled at him warmly but was brought back to as more of the guards rushed them.

“Get the others!” He said. She nodded and went to shatter the other’s bindings.

“Quickly, get to the rooms to get your equipment!” One of the Lieutenants called out. The other soldiers quickly made their way towards the rooms to grab their weapons.

Cynder had just released the others from their bindings in time for Spyro to toss a trio of guards into the wall, preparing a fireball for two rushing drones.

“Let’s show these guys how to fight!” Aaron called out as she pulled off the muzzle guard that kept him from using his breath attacks. The others assisted Spyro and dashed forward, blowing them back into the hall and or off the sides of the railings.

“Where’s Sarah?” Spyro asked as he noticed she wasn’t there.

“Her father had her taken in a different way, we don’t know where she is!” Cynder said as she walked up.

“We have to find her, come on!”

“Look, contacts coming up the sides!” A Marine yelled. True enough, there were enemies pulling themselves up along the edges of the island.

“We’ll hold ‘em off!” Lieutenant Buckman said as he cocked his rifle and fired a trio of shots, causing an Orc to fall on the ground, dead.

The Marines set up along the railings and fired their rifles as the others ran down the stairs to the side and up to a second level above them that served as a balcony overhang.

“We saw them take her up some stairs, she should be on the upper levels of this place!” Cynder said as they climbed, Roxy firing three arrows in quick succession and causing a trio of grublings to twirl in mid air and fall to the ground.

“We need to hurry then!” Spyro said and noticed a pair of fallen Marines lying ahead of them. This was the path that Wagner was going to flank around by. He must have hit a lot of trouble. This wasn’t good.

“Wait for us! We want to help!” Karson said as he and Allison ran up to them.

“Well let’s hurry, they have Sarah captured!” Spyro said as he turned to face the two Humans. They caught up with them and Karson undid the Shotgun he had on his back and cocked it once. Allison only had a side arm but frost floated up from her hands as she powered them up.

They continued onwards until they reached an entrance leading into the structure, passing through lavish hallways and many specially designed suites. As they continued they came across another fallen Marine and they could hear footsteps above them.

“We’re close!” Karson said.

A roar diverted their attention as an Orc and Drone shuffled down a narrow staircase and spotted them.

“Show ‘em up!” Aaron said as he flapped his wings and blew darkness at the Orc, making it collapse into the staircase. Karson fired his shotgun and the Drone was put down in a similar manner, the buck from the shotgun shattering its crystal-like skin.

They moved on up passed the two bodies and ran up the staircase until they reached another villa room, a few pieces of furniture lying against the walls and two Orcs standing guard. Upon spotting them they were immediately taken down, one by Krypto’s large claw and the other by Spyro’s and Allison’s well aimed ice shards.

They passed them up and went deeper into the structure, hoping to find Sarah in time.

1801 Hours
High Tower

Sarah lied down on the floor, her mind lost in thoughts. She couldn’t believe this was happening. The Orc guards had locked up the Dragon guards and had taken her up to a higher level of the palace with her father’s wishes.

“Sarah… you must understand…” He said. She whimpered her denial to his statement.

He sighed.

“Sarah, I did this for our people… if I had not have agreed to this the Dark Master would have led his forces against us and this city would have fallen long ago… “

She continued to look at the floor in disgust of her father.

“I agreed to this so our city would be safe… safe from the clutches of the Dark Master… “ As he said this he sighed and turned to leave. More guards appeared and snickered to themselves as they undid spears and approached the defenseless Sarah, one kicking her before chuckling and Sarah let out a pained groan.

“What is going on, what are you doing to my daughter?!” Macaban asked as he walked back into the chamber. The guards snarled and knocked him to his feet.

“Guards help! This isn’t what we bargained for!” He said as he threw himself back up.

“Too bad…” One of the Orcs said in a throaty voice.

They returned their attention to Sarah as she lied on the ground, kicking her and laughing as they did so.

Without warning, the wall near to them blew open and a grey dragon pulled himself through the opening. With a swipe of his tail he threw the Orcs of their feet and stomped on them. The lifeless Orcs lied on the ground and the grey dragon turned to look at Sarah who looked up at him and looked into the dragon’s eyes.

A nearby BANG caused them to turn their attention to what was happening outside the room. Sarah got to her feet with her father and looked outside to see two Orcs and three Drones get tossed to the other side of the room, Spyro’s muzzle smoking as he approached.

“Where’s Sarah?!” Karson asked as he cocked his shotgun once more.

“She’s safe! She’s right here…” Macaban said.

“I should have never trusted the Dark Master…”

“Don’t worry daddy… we can fight them off…” Sarah responded to her father.

It was at that moment that the grey dragon made himself known to the others and they noticed him at once.

“You! You’re the one from the Burned Lands and from Warfang! Who are you?!” Spyro asked.

The dragon didn’t reply. Instead, he flapped his wings and broke through a nearby wall and flew off into the sky.

“Well some hello…” Zephyr commented.

As the dragon left the room shook violently.

“What the…?!” Spyro asked as the building lurched and they slid on the floor as the island lost its balance.

“Something must be disturbing the life force of the islands!” Macaban yelled.

“The what?!” Aaron asked.

“The force that keeps these islands suspended above the world!” Macaban yelled as he picked himself up.

“Where might that life force be?!” Karson asked as he held himself to the floor as the building violently rocked again.

“It is at the base of the island, the lowest level of this castle…”
“How do we get there?!”

“There is a passage, under the main courtyard!”

“That’s where we’re headed then!” Spyro said.

They tried to regain their balance and they managed to move out of the chambers and back down the stairs they had been climbing. Along the way down they caught sight of Dragon Guards fending off the Orcs and Drones from the inside, the battle looking like the Guards could win, but as long as the Marines could hold them off from the outside.

Upon reaching the courtyard they saw the Marines trying to hold themselves upright as more and more Orcs and Grublins stormed the main courtyard in front of the palace.

“Let’s get down there!” Spyro said as he leapt down and rolled to a stop in the courtyard, the others following. An Orc began to madly swing his sword at Spyro as he landed and a quick flick of his tail sent the attacker onto the ground and with another lurch from the island sent the Orc airborne, as well as the attackers.

“This island isn’t going to stay suspended forever at this rate!” Karson said as he held onto his shotgun and fired another shot, a grublin being sent airborne from the blast.

Suddenly the island lurched and they could see that they were beginning to fall.

“We’ll be in free fall if we don’t do something and fast!” Sarah yelled as the clouds swirled around them from their sinking island.

“The passage is beneath the courtyard, beneath the statue of the dragon in the center!” Macaban yelled. There was a statue of an anthro dragon standing in the center of the courtyard, it standing atop a pedestal. The passage had to be beneath the pedestal.

“C’mon, this way!” Spyro said as he went over to the pedestal. The others followed and the Marines continued to fire their weapons as more and more enemy soldiers stormed the island and entered the city.

They dashed to the pedestal and after Macaban muttered something a passage opened up with a staircase leading into the rocky area beneath the courtyard.

They immediately entered.

They climbed down and felt the island shutter and shake under stresses. Finally after climbing for a few minutes they reached a large cavern which revealed that the base of the island was hollow, a large cavern occupying that area. The bottom of the cavern was gone, the landscape beneath visible there instead. In the center there was a stalactite reaching down with a blue crystal that was pointed downwards. However, there was a black gem covering much of the blue crystal and a black beam was shooting downwards. They were also in freefall, the ground growing closer.

“We have to take it out!” Cynder yelled and Krypto, Aaron and Spyro took action immediately.

“Uh oh, we’ve got trouble!” Roxy said as her sword began to glow.

Two large drone creatures pulled themselves up in front of them and smacked Zephyr and Allison into a wall. Tom was about to pounce when the second drone threw him aside.

“Get down!” Karson yelled as he fired a shotgun round into the large creatures, the lead one growling and smacking his weapon away.

“Crap!” He yelled before ducking to avoid the second blow. He unleashed a jet of fire out at them as they drew near and they roared out.

A blast of black hit the lead one and it staggered back, Cynder growling and ready for another attack.

Spyro soared over to the gem, the dark energy keeping him at bay.

“I can’t get near it!” He said. A blast hit the shield and dissipated.

“Can’t just blast it either…” Krypto said with a huff.

Aaron charged a blast of darkness and fired it at the shield, it lighting up to repell. Krypto, seeing this, fired his fire breath at it, causing the shield to weaken.

Spyro soared in and slammed into the shield full force, feeling it give way under his force. He flew towards the crystal and with a single swipe he shattered the dark gemstone and watched the shards be suspended in the air as the island continued to freefall.

“We’re still falling!” Aaron said as he gripped the cave roof.

“Great, now what?!” Zephyr said as he rolled away as one of the large drones swipped at him.

“I have no clue!” Spyro said as he gripped the crystal to avoid being slammed into the roof as the island got closer and closer to the ground.

As he gripped it, it glowed bright blue and a beam shot out and into a large sinkhole beneath the islands, possibly being a mile wide and the same length deep. Spyro saw the beam hit the ground and the island suddenly stopped falling. The drones both fell off the ledge from the force and tumbled towards the sinkhole beneath, allowing the others to stand up and see what had happened.

“Wow… Spyro… how’d you do that?” Cynder asked.

“I have no clue…” Spyro said as he continued to cling onto the crystal.

“C’mon, there’re still some enemies above us trying to invade the city!” Karson called out, finding his shotgun and cocking it. The others, having breathed a sigh of relief in seeing the island began to float slowly upwards nodded.

1823 Hours
City of Gale

“Contacts, right there, right there!” A Marine yelled out as he fired a burst. The Marine phase line set up in the courtyard had fallen, the Marines breaking up into squads and retreating into the inner city. Many had set up on top of staircases and mowed down anything that tried to climb them with the help of the dragon guards.

So far, they were being pushed farther and farther into the city. They continued to retreat and fire bursts at the Drones, Orcs and Grublins as they pushed them up the stairs.

The Guards were trying their hardest to engage them, but there so much that they were overwhelmed. The Marines couldn’t hold out and continued to retreat up the stairs, firing their rifles as they ran, short bursts nailing targets and sending Grublins and Orcs tumbling down the stairs.

“We can’t hold out forever Lieutenant!” A Soldier yelled as they ran down a narrow alleyway that had plants running along the passageway’s lengths. Buckman grunted and fired his SMG behind him as he ran.

“We’ve got to get to a defendable position!” Buckman yelled as they ran.

“Sir, over here, a flight of stairs!” A Marine Corporal said and fired a short burst from an M78C. The squad ran up the stairs and three went into kneeling positions and fired their M74Ds and Cs. Orcs and other foot soldiers were caught in the alleyway and tumbled as the assault rifle fire hit them and knocked them down.

“Reloading!” A soldier said and dropped a clip to insert another.

“Oh shit, here they come!” A Sergeant yelled.

“Go!” Buckman yelled as he pulled on the release lever to his gun, trying to un-jam the rifle as a cartridge got caught in the ejection port. As he got the empty round to come out, he raised his rifle and fired a short burst before running up the stairs with his retreating Marines.

They ran to a large passageway joining the main staircase and running to a courtyard, more retreating Marines making their way up.

“Holy shit, look at them come!” A soldier yelled.

“Keep firing!” Another Lieutenant yelled.

“There’s too many!”

“Damn it!”

Suddenly a large dragon threw himself out of a nearby garden and landed near the Marines, a beam of blue energy gathering in its maw and he fired it at the enemy foot soldiers, whipping them off the face of the city. They looked at the new dragon- a large grey one. The dragon looked at them for a bit before flapping its wings and flying over the newer enemies, blowing them away with another blue beam.

“C’mon, let’s go!” Buckman yelled and soon, the Marines were making their way back to the palatial courtyard.

March 11, 2204
1102 Hours
City of Gale, Palatial Courtyard

“Thank you… for all you have done!” Macaban said.

“It was nothing…” Aaron said. The others looked at him and broke out in laughter.

“Thank you for everything… specially you Spyro…” Sarah said as she walked up and kissed him on the head. This enraged Cynder.

“Hey! You little… he’s mine!” She said. Sarah tossed her a playful glance which caused Cynder to huff in response.

Sarah threw her tongue out in defiance and gave Cynder a raspberry which caused her to yell out and chase after Sarah, the dragoness running off as the mad serpent gave chase.

Spyro chuckled a bit and smiled as he saw Wagner being carried by his arms, the Marine Officer suffering a blow to the head during his diversion and being knocked out.

The soldiers were moving back to the Nighthawks, a drop ship already airborne and being sent from Dyke, investigating the radio blackout that the Marines were under.

“Well… our Commander is out of it for the moment but I speak for everyone when I say it was a pleasure to help and just call when you guys need help.” Buckman said to Macaban with his hand extended.

“Oh, we’ll be sure of that… stop by anytime, you’re more then welcomed.” He said in reply and took the Officer’s hand, shaking it.

“Move out when ready Lieutenant, the Colonel wants your unit mobile again.” The Nighthawk pilot sent a message to Buckman and he nodded as he replied and nodded to Macaban who in turn nodded.

“Well let’s get underway then.” Buckman said as he saw Wagner rub his head and stand on his own feet.

“Copy, we’ll move in and report to Dyke once we’ve-“

“Incoming!”

At once, a purple missile streaked up from below and smashed into the tail end of the Nighthawk that had been hovering in the air, sending it in a fury of purple debris and metal.

“This is Delta 5-5, mayday! Mayday!” The drop ship pitched and lost its balance, the ship falling to the depths below and smoke trailing out the end of it as it did so.

“Oh no!” Cynder cried out as she stopped chasing Sarah and noticed Spyro dashing towards the edge of the island.

“Spyro, no!” She yelled. Too late. Spyro leapt over the edge and spiraled downwards towards the falling drop ship, seeing a few soldiers had been jettisoned from the ship and were freefalling towards the sinkhole below, a 2 mile drop awaiting them.

End of Chapter 22
As I said before chapter 22 was so large I had to chop it in half to submit. here's the second half

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GeneralEisenhower56's avatar
wow, another great chapter for a great story. i mean humans make fist contact whit aliens who for some reasons don't like theme and then find the dragon realsm where the aliens and a terestical force want to destroy the world. well really cool