TBD Chapter 12 C.C.M.

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Chapter 12

City Center Mayhem

Spyro and the others had been at Warfang for sometime now and they had easily been able to get a room for Demex to stay in. Fira refused to leave him and stayed by his side as he slept, unable to understand why he had blacked out. He had been asleep for hours now and they wondered if he would ever wake up.

Spyro and Cynder hadn't stayed with Demex like Fira had. They, like the sole purpose of their journey, attended the annual dragon gathering. They were surprised at the sheer amount of dragons that actually attended. There were about a thousand dragons at the venue, ranging from children to elders. They were currently in the city centre, being bombarded by questions and praise, mostly to Spyro. The guardians were at another side, chatting with a couple of elders. The two were lost in the ocean of rainbow colors. Not wanting the spotlight, the two made their way to a corner of the area, to escape the crowd.

"Do you think Redd being here is a good idea?" asked Cynder.

"Well as long as he remains incognito, will be fine." said Spyro as he scanned the room for Redd. He saw Redd easily because his armor was a good beacon. He saw him, standing in a corner like a post.

"Don't you think we should check on Demex to see if he's awake?" asked Cynder.

"I agree, but let's get out here first." replied Spyro.

The two began trudging their way through the crowd, determined to get out. Navigating through the dense crowd was hard as the crowd moved as well. Cynder had to hold Spyro's tail in order to keep track of him as they trudged. Spyro kept trudging but stopped as his head collided with another head.

"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking." the dragon apologized.

"It's okay, I wasn't either…" said Spyro as he looked up to see who he bumped into. "…Flame?" he asked looking at the orange dragon in front of him. The dragon in front of him looked up and smiled.

"Spyro! Long time, no see!" exclaimed Flame, giving his friend a bear hug.

"Nice to see you too, Flame." squeaked Spyro as his friend's bear hug was a tight one. Cynder whom, was behind Spyro, recognized the orange dragon.

"Small world eh?" she asked him.

"Quite small." replied Flame, letting go of Spyro.

"How are you two doing?" asked Spyro.

"Well, me and Ember are doing quite fine, if I so myself. She's over there, catching up with her friends." he pointed to a corner of the room. Spyro looked to the corner and sure enough, he saw the pink dragoness talking with a few other females.

"How about you two? You two are a couple now, am I right?" he asked them. Spyro and Cynder blushed equally.

"I haven't even told you yet…and you guess it correctly. What was the giveaway?" asked Spyro. Flame shrugged.

"There's none. I always knew at the back of my mind, that you two were perfect for one another." answered Flame.

"Thank you." said Cynder to him.

"Hey, aren't you guys like three now in the Temple? Where's the third dragon?" asked Flame.

"Dragoness; and we are actually four now. Her name's Fira and she decided to stay with Demex." answered Spyro.

"Demex? Who's Demex?" asked Flame. Cynder smiled to him and started explaining Demex's story to Flame in a summarized version.

"Oh… he's quite lucky then but I hope he wakes up soon." remarked Flame. Cynder nodded

"I've noticed that the guardians had another dragon with them earlier. Dragon in red armor; who is he?" asked Flame.

"Oh that's Redd. Another new member of the Temple." answered Spyro.

"Oh…" said Flame.

"Well, we have to go now. We have to check up on Demex if he's okay." said Cynder.

"Oh sure; it was nice talking with you again. See you later." said Flame.

"Likewise." replied Spyro.

After saying goodbye the two then continued onwards through the crowd.

'I have to get out of here…If I don't I'll blow my cover.' thought Redd as he stood his ground at the side. He then moved through the crowd and successfully made it to the exit paths of the venue.

"Hmmm…What am I going to do now?" he asked himself. By mere luck, he saw Spyro and Cynder walking; towards him.

"Hey, where are you two going?" asked Redd.

"We're going to check on Demex and Fira, want to come?" asked Cynder.

"Yes please." said Redd with relief as he was finally getting out of there. They were about to go when they saw a cobalt blue scaled dragon walking towards the venue.

"Is that… Demex?" asked Cynder unsure of her statement.

"I think so." answered Spyro. The dragon looked like Demex but there was something different about him. He wasn't sure but he thought it was the aura that was different. It gave him a bad feeling. Nevertheless they acknowledged him as Demex.

"Hey Demex, feeling better?" asked Redd as he placed his paw on Demex's shoulder. Demex's reply was a growl but didn't respond.

"Are you okay?" asked Redd, looking over the cobalt-blue dragon.

There was still no reply, only growling, which the three of them failed to notice.

"I think you shouldn't be here Demex, you should get some restttt!" cried Spyro as he was suddenly hit by an invisible force, making him fly and hit the wall hard.

"Demex-"said Cynder and Redd at the same time, but was cut off as they received the same treatment. Cynder hit the same wall as Spyro whilst Redd was crashed into a different wall.

Delnok couldn't believe what he had just done. He just sent two teenage and one full grown dragon flying into the air and crash into a wall. He knew for a fact that he wasn't the one that did that. It was them.

'Why...why can't I control myself...It's as if...as if…'

'We told you. We are your masters now. You will do whatever we want you to do.'

Delnok's eyes widened as he the words sunk in. It was true; he had fallen prey into and had become possessed by the Dark Elements.

'Now…make us proud.'

Delnok suddenly felt a strange power course through him. He could only describe as one thing; Dark Energy. He felt his mind get wrapped in a thick haze of wanting nothing but chaos. He was losing the control of himself. He had to fight it but he was rather weak at the moment.

"I'm sorry…"

Redd watched as Demex's body suddenly started shaking violently. Then without warning, the cobalt-blue dragon's body suddenly exploded into a thick black cloud. This caught everyone's attention at the gathering. Everyone turned their heads to see, just in time, a black dragon with blue colored streaks at the side with blood red eyes emerge from the thick black smoke.

'Uh-oh' was all Redd could think off before the unthinkable happen.

It was as if the air around them, exploded. There was a bright flash and everyone suddenly got blown away by a strong gale of winds. Bodies flew everywhere as they got carried by the strong wind current. Spyro and Cynder looked to their left as they saw Redd's body get flung and hit the wall behind them, his armor giving the wall a dent.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Spyro, shouting over the chaos.

"He's being possessed by the Dark Elements! The same with me, only this time the elements aren't holding back." replied Redd. Cynder looked around. The fury attack was subsiding and all he could see were bodies everywhere. Luckily though, there wasn't any blood…yet.

"We have to get him out of here, there's too many civilians." said Cynder.

"Not a problem." shouted Redd as he stood up. Spyro was surprised at how fast he moved with all that armor on him. With a kick of his legs, he catapulted himself towards Dark Demex, whom wasn't expecting it. Redd opened up his arms, and caught Dark Demex before he could escape.

Spyro watched as Redd caught Dark Demex, and the two of them flew up high into the sky. By this time, the guardians finally got their bearings and made their way towards Spyro and Cynder.

"Who the heck released a fury attack!" boomed Terrador's voice

"It's Demex, he's being possessed by the Dark Elements." said Cynder. The guardians looked at them like they couldn't believe what they have just heard.

"Listen, we have to get the civilians out of the City Center, because this is going to be the main battleground-Whoa!" exclaimed Spyro.

Redd's body suddenly crashed into the ground, making a small crater. All of them ran up to the crater to see Redd climbing up out of it. Suddenly there was a voice that echoed through the City Center.

"You are all going to DIE!" shouted the voice maniacally. Spyro looked up to see that it came from Dark Demex, whom was circling the area.

"*Cough* *Cough* such power…I did not know that the Dark Elements could do that." said Redd looking at Dark Demex with a mixture of horror and awe. He coughed then spat at the ground below, his spit containing a mixture of blood and saliva.

"Neither did we." said Volteer. Spyro turned his head and saw the rest of the crowd was coming to and was looking at Dark Demex.

"Cyril, you and the guardians evacuate the citizens from this area. It's too dangerous here." ordered Spyro.

"Agreed, c'mon lets go." said Cyril to his fellow guardians and the trio began herding the citizens out of the city center.

"Damn… we're going to have to take him out." said Cynder somberly.

"Yes… that seems to be the case. Be careful you two, I can't watch out for myself and you two at the same time." said Redd.

"Don't worry, you watch our ass, we watch your ass." said Spyro with a grin.

Redd smiled. "Agreed."

The three of them spread their wings and began flying towards the rampaging cobalt-blue dragon. They all looked surprised as they see two more dragons, follow them up in the sky.

"It seems you need help." said Flame, coming up behind Spyro. He smiled.

"Just like old times." said Ember following after Flame.

They closed in on Dark Demex whom was looking at them with a smirk. As they got near, he reared up and roared.

"DIE!" he bellowed. Dark Demex reared and charged at them. The four of them successfully broke formation, but Redd didn't have time to evade as he was hit, head on.

"Redd!" shouted Spyro as he saw the armored dragon get taken down by Dark Demex.

Redd tried biting Dark Demex as he grabbed his tail with a strong grip. Slowly, but quickly gaining speed, Dark Demex spun around. Redd was helpless to do anything as Dark Demex spun him around faster and faster. Once he reached a satisfying speed, the dark dragon released the tail and sent Redd smashing into the ground with the devastating attack.

The impact that resulted caused all dragons in the area to cover themselves with their wings as debris of rock and dust spread over the area. Dark Demex slowly descend back to the ground and then move towards the impact zone. The others were still in shock as to what happened, which made them stop in their tracks. Cynder and Ember were the first to break from the trance and realized that Redd was going to die, if he wasn't dead yet from the attack, if they didn't stop Dark Demex from getting to the impact zone.

All was silent as the dust around the impact zone began to settle. Dark Demex approached the impact zone with a murderous glint in his eye. He peered down the crater and saw Redd's body, bloodied up and badly bruised. His armor was nowhere to be found, as it disintegrated from the impact, as it took much of the force. His purple scales were now shining brightly under the sunlight.

Dark Demex slammed his paw onto Malefor's (I will now refer to Redd as Malefor, since he is no longer wearing his armor) neck, slowly choking him.

"See Malefor, you are nothing without us." came out the Dark Elements voice. "It's time for you to die now." and he lifted him up with ease, making him choke even more.

The citizens who were still in the area, stared flabbergasted at what was transpiring. They couldn't believe their eyes. A purple dragon was currently being choked by the dark dragon. They looked up in the sky, and they saw Spyro flying. Looking back at the impact zone was another purple dragon. There can only be one purple dragon…unless…. gasps emanated throughout the City Center as they realized who was being choked.

"Is that Malefor!" asked Flame to Spyro. Spyro ignored him as he saw Cynder and Ember go into a steep dive towards the impact zone. Cynder flapped her wings harder. She knew from the distance and speed she was going, she wasn't going to make it in time to stop Dark Demex from choking Malefor but she had to try.

Malefor felt the life get sucked out of him. He could see his vision slowly blur at the edges as he ran out of oxygen. He was going to die if no one did anything. He could see at the side Cynder and Ember flying towards him, but from their distance, they wouldn't make it.

Just when all hope was lost…

Dark Demex's lost footing as his head was pelted…with a shower of ice shards. He was forced to let go of Malefor in order to take some cover. Malefor crumpled to the ground, coughing and wheezing, but nevertheless alive. Everyone turned their heads to whom had shot the ice shards and they were surprised to see who it was.

It was Demex who shot it, standing next to him was Fira.

"If that's Demex, who's that dragon!" asked Spyro landing beside Demex, completely confused. Beside him was Flame.

"That's my brother, Delnok." answered Demex.

"Oh… that explains the similarities." said Spyro.

"We have to take him out, or he'll kill everyone here." said Fira.

"No…We have to take the Dark Elements out." corrected Demex.

"And how?" asked Flame.

"Spyro's convexity breath." answered Demex. "You used that on Cynder, maybe it'll work on my brother." Spyro nodded.

"But you have to hold him in place. Convexity is very hard to use and in my current state, I can only use it once per day. We can't afford to miss." said Spyro in a dead serious voice. Everyone nodded.

"Let's do this." said Fira.

The four of them lunged at Dark Delnok whom jumped a few feet back. Cynder and Ember arrived at the impact zone and, Ember being reluctant at first, took Malefor's body out of the area, and came back after they deposited him to the side. The six of them growled at Dark Delnok, whom growled back. The situation was now getting out of hand for Dark Delnok since he was clearly outnumbered. He needed to get out of here and the Elements took this option, even though they didn't want to. Using all his spare energy left within him, Dark Delnok began summoning himself a flash portal. It only needs to charge up for 5 seconds then it can be activated.

Dark Delnok's eyes examined his six enemies; two legendary dragons, three fire dragons and…an ice dragon.

4…

His eyes stopped as he scrutinized the ice dragon. It took him a while to recognize the ice dragon but when he did, the dark dragon froze in place.

3…

The boys were circling him when the girls noticed the action. Moving in perfect sync, Ember, Cynder and Fira lunged at Dark Delnok, tackling him to the ground.

2…

Dark Delnok and the three girls rolled on the ground, the girls, trying to pin the dark dragon.

1…

They successfully do it with, Ember, Cynder and Fira pinning Dark Delnok to a wall. Cynder noticed that Dark Delnok was grinning smugly.

"What are you smiling about?" she asked angrily.

"This." replied Dark Delnok.

0.

There was a bright flash, where Demex, Flame and Spyro had to cover their eyes with their wings. The flash subsided and they slowly uncovered their eyes. Demex looked towards the wall where he last saw the four before the flash. Instead of seeing the girls cornering his brother to the wall…there was just a smoking, charred wall, the dragons completely gone.

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