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Chapter 25: The Beginning of the End Dragon Realms, Uncharted System March 11, 2204 0924 Hours Dragon City of Warfang

Yahade ran with Sondohwa as they dashed through the halls of the Dragon Temple, trying to find an exit. They hadn't encountered any Marines... or too many other creatures... they were using side passages rather then main routes to get around. As they heard footsteps getting near they decided to stop.

"I saw that they were keeping a captured AGIS fighter in a makeshift hanger up ahead... we can use it to get out of here..." Sondohwa said silently to Yahade who used his captured Human rifle to slap a new clip into the weapon.

As the footsteps went away they trotted through the halls until Yahade saw a platform outside their area, an AGIS Lakador fighter sitting on the platform, ready for take off. Hopefully it had a full compliment of fuel and was ready to fly off.

They would have to hurry to reach the platform and take off without Human anti aircraft batteries shooting them down. Nevertheless, this was going to be hard just getting to the aircraft, it being on the other side of the area.

"Let us hurry... I can smell Humans approaching..." Sondohwa said.

"Do not shoot recklessly Sondohwa, we need stealth, not a higher kill count." Yahade' said silently and the other Lakador gave him a frown.

They moved silently through the hallways, seeing a few Dragon's or a Cheetah or Mole roaming the halls. They'd stop, watch and then soon after make a dash for the opposing hallway and they'd make their way to the fighter sitting on the platform.

As they reached the outer hallways bordering the pad Yahade' stood up and looked around, unfortunately, a Marine guarding the fighter saw this.

"Look, over there!" He yelled.

"Contact!" Another yelled.

The twin sounds of rifle fire split the calm and bullets pinged off of their spot.

"Damn Humans!" Sondohwa said before firing his energy pistol, grazing a Marine and scoring hits along the stone floor. The two Marines took cover behind stone blocks and returned fire.

"Fire you damned fool!" Sondohwa snarled at Yahade'. Yahade', being a superior officer to Sondohwa growled at his statement before raising his captured Human assault rifle and firing off a short burst, causing the one guard to take cover.

The two Lakadors continued to fire back, one of the guards yelling as his arm took a bolt of dark energy and he fell over, grabbing at the wound. The other took immediate cover and fired blind shots at them before reloading.

"This is our chance..." Sondohwa said as he stood and charged at the reloading soldier. As the Human saw this, he panicked and dropped his clip, trying to reach for his side arm when Sondohwa pumped a round into the soldier's chest, the Human's armor melting at the point of impact and the Human yelling from the pain or the rush of the moment, Yahade' couldn't tell.

Sondohwa raised his pistol to finish them off when Yahade' put a hand on his shoulder to half get his attention and half stop an unnecessary massacre.

"Over there, we've got trouble!" Yahade' said as he motioned to a large group of Cheetahs and Moles running over, arrows flying at them and swords drawn for a fight.

"Onwards, no time to waste!" Yahade' said as he pushed Sondohwa towards the fighter and reluctantly the Lakador boarded along with Yahade'. Soon the aircraft flared its engines and flew into the air, its two passengers taking in a sigh of relief and hoping that they could get out of there safely.

As their aircraft flew, anti aircraft batteries opened up. Bullets and missiles streaked towards the aircraft and the alarms blared inside the cockpit.

"Oh no! They've got us!" Sondohwa snarled as he continued to fly, the enemy weapons drawing near. Yahade' shut his eyes, hoping to avert the oncoming enemy weapons and focused on hope and trying to drain out fear.

A loud BANG caused him to open his eyes. They were still alive? How?

"We dead?" He asked.

"No... something caused those missiles to explode... we are safe... for now..." Sondohwa said with a grunt.

As they flew, they didn't notice that a black shield covered them, the missiles having hit that and not the fighter itself.

March 11, 2204 0952 Hours Marine Drop Ships Inbound to Target Alpha 223- Mandobar City

It had been several days since the initial landings, Marine forces had been spread thin across the 'Realms', trying to isolate regions of possible threats. The main force had been sent through the mountain pass to the fields of Mandobar while others were sent on recon missions, some looking for the missing Charlie and Kilo Companies of the 72nd but coming up with nothing.

Was just another recon mission... at least to the Marines and Army Infantry of Theta Company. They were dispatched to the ruins of a city known as 'Mandobar' to the Dragons and check out reports of possible Lakador activity. To Private Jonathan Lorain, this was his 3rd recon mission that week.

"All right, this is just another recon mission, should be pretty clear but recon Raptors spotted enemy armor around the city and we're being sent to check it out!" A Sergeant in the troop bay said as the other Marines remained vigilant and waiting for the drop ships to land.

The drop ships sailed over the lush foliage of the valley, the ruins of what might have been a proud city coming into view. The shattered stone and wooden city passed under them as the two drop ships put down in a courtyard, a large tower partially collapsed into the area.

"Go, go, go, pile out!" The Marine Sergeant said and the soldiers disembarked the aircraft and formed themselves as the two aircraft flared their engines and flew up into the air, going off into the distance.

"This is Echo 3-3-7 we'll stay on station for extraction, over."

"Copy Echo, we'll be through this sector in 30 minutes, approx!" The Sergeant replied.

Lorain checked that his weapon was fully loaded and ensured the sighting was accurate as the other soldiers kept a vigilant look, smoke be scattered around the area as well from the departing aircraft.

"Alright, let's go!" As the Sergeant said this, the two squads mobilized and started moving, the two teams of 5 grouping together and walking towards a walkway scattered between two large buildings that had been pulverized from something.

"Jeez, wonder what destroyed this place, huh?" One of the Marines said as they walked.

"Probably from that Dark Master that the dragons seem to be so fearful of. Seems to be a lot of history here..." The Marine Private was right. The city they were passing through seemed to hold a lot of history. Shattered pottery, bones and pieces of armor lay in the rubble, suggesting this once sprawling city was a victim of a Military disaster on a large scale.

Lorain wondered if this was the fate of Sirus... the Colony had been lost to the Lakadors... who knew when they'd retake it if at all.

More dust blew through the city and there were many plants and vegetation growing through the cracks in the buildings and all over them. This city had been abandoned for more then 100 years, possibly 200. It definitely looked that way. The place was a total wreck.

"1st squad, let's check out the view from that tower, the others, scout out the base and form a fire squad." The Sergeant instructed.

Lorain looked over to Webster, his buddy, who was in 2nd squad. Lorain, being in 1st was going with the others to the tower while Webster stayed behind to form the fire squad at the base. The tower in question was a large stone tower that rose from the ruins of the city and had plants and vegetation hanging over the sides and growling along its length. It had a perfect view over the ruins.

2nd stayed at the base while 1st started moving up into the tower's entrance hall, the room looking like it had once been a lavish palatial suite, now reduced to rubble.

On the far side of the entrance there was a flight of stairs leading up, the soldiers maneuvered to it and started their climb up the steps. They climbed flights of stairs and had to stumble over broken sections. By the time the sunlight from the missing roof shined upon then, Lorain's hands and feet were exhausted from the climb.

The squad finally climbed over the fallen rocks that had once been the roof and stumbled onto the balcony overlooking much of the ruins.

The city that the Dragons referred to as Mandobar was large, even larger then Warfang. Much of it was split into two districts, the lower and higher. They were in the lower but were moving to a courtyard in the higher for extraction. The passage into the higher was easily visible, sets of large staircases that lead to the main streets and highways leading to the cities center- and a large crumbling building Lorain took to be the Palace or Governing building.

Lorain could even see the landscape, the fertile plains to the West and in between them, an enormous sinkhole with what looked like a city floating above in the clouds. To the south was the mountain range and the Temple and volcano beyond.

"Don't see any Lakador activity, let's move out, we're heading to the extraction point." As they started back, Lorain caught a glimpse of the two Nighthawks they came in with circling over the city and making a pass over the forests. Everything seemed so calm...

Something else caught his eyesight however... it was an aircraft... a Lakador aircraft! And it was approaching fast!

1032 Hours Ruins of Mandobar

Yahade' and Sondohwa were in the AGIS fighter, streaking towards a large city of ruins.

"Why aren't we heading back to the ship?!" Yahade' demanded.

"The ship is in a tight spot... was overtaken by those creatures... "

"But I thought we were pulling the ship from the surface!"

"They still got into its inner workings and caused it to slam into the bay. We've salvaged most of our equipment and arms but the ship is sinking into the waters. Supreme Commander Huvunes wants to capture these ruins to use as our new Command Post. After that we are going to capture that Human ship and use it to escape this infernal world. Huvunes says that whatever was here is now not important and we need to return to Imperial controlled space. For that we need a working vessel..."

"Damn it..."

"We have to make haste, to ensure our path out of here... Orantaus wants you to head the 223rd Imperial Regiment into battle against a small recon force of Humans in the ruins of Mandobar. The remnance of the forces are moving up the pass and will move in shortly to take the ruins."

"Get us there as quickly as possible then!" Yahade' said to Sondohwa. The fellow Lakador complied with flaring the fighter's engines as it flew towards the city. Yahade' could see the tanks and other vehicles moving into the city from a northern approach. Yahade' caught sight of a Human drop ship in the distance, flying over the forest. The drop ship was sure to have spotted them.

"Let's move with haste, the Humans are near..." Sondohwa said.

Sondohwa flew the fighter and landed the AGIS on a rooftop on a street, a large tower in the distance, just down a few streets from them. They disembarked and walked down into the shattered roof of the building, walking into the ground level and onto the street where a few Lakadors were already waiting, a tank going down the road nearby.

"Field Commander..." One of the other Lakadors bowed before Yahade' and presented him with a pulse rifle. Yahade' accepted it and nodded as he lead the soldiers down the road to follow the tank.

They were going to clear this city of anything that might oppose them.

1042 Hours Ruins of Mandobar- Alpha Sector

"The target is down from us a few hundred meters... keep going!" The Sergeant said to the Marines as they dashed down the walkway and through the shattered remains of the city.

Lorain checked his surroundings, paying careful attention to the rubble beyond for any hostile targets. Suddenly the Sergeant held up his hand, the signal to stop. They ducked down behind a fallen pillar and that's when Lorain saw them.

A strange Orc stood in a nearby walkway, hissing something as it picked up a stone and looked it over, smelling it and tossing it away, taking wiffs from the air.

This Orc was very different from the ones they had fought. It had special dark armor covering it and looked more dangerous and more refined, having a little bit different form of anatomy to it then the previous ones they had seen. Bringing up the rear there was an icon clad soldier, armor decking it out. The creature resembled the Orc but was more built then tall and looked more like an infantrymen then what the Orc was, which seemed to attack from a distance with arrows or energy blasts.

Though some had carried swords before, not something like these new soldiers. The Marines cautiously watched them as they roamed around for a bit before they wandered off to another walkway, the Sergeant ushering them on once more and Lorain looking over to the walkway they had gone to find that it lead nowhere... the path the creatures had taken was a dead end.

They kept going until they reached a collapsed building and climbed it to see a number of Lakadors engaging a group of Orcs, the Orcs smashing through them and a few soldiers in pure black armor- those drones- making short work of the Lakadors there.

"Looks like they're getting their ass kicked..." A Soldier said as they watched.

"No time to waste, we've got to get to the extraction point and report these Lakador patrols. We're out of radio contact..."

The Marines at once got up to go towards the extraction zone, them nearing the stairs leading to the upper courtyard. As they arrived at the stairs they caught sight of dead Lakadors lying everywhere, killed by energy blasts or stab wounds.

"C'mon, we're not that far!"

As they climbed they found the path to their EZ was blocked by fallen debris. Undeterred, they walked down a secondary path through a few broken buildings until they reached another courtyard where more pilled rubble lay, but was passable. They walked over to climb when an Orc spotted them and roared, Grublins, Orcs and a Drone or two popping from the ground or otherwise teleporting in to do battle with them.

"Crap!" One of the Marines said as the charged them.

The air was immediately filled with bullets, M74D fire cutting down a few Orcs immediately while a few Grublins got passed and leapt onto the Human soldiers, trying to rip their armor off.

Lorain saw a Marine by him get swept off his feet as one such Grublin grabbed him and Lorain grabbed his rifle and smacked the creature off like he was holding a bat before firing a short burst into the creature and killing it.

One of those large soldiers swung at him and Lorain fell to the ground as he tried to dodge, another Marine getting a shot and firing a shotgun blast, blowing the armor off and two others firing Submachine Guns into its back.

Two Marines were stabbed through the stomach and tossed aside as the fighting raged, more and more coming and the two Drones firing blasts of dark energy and blowing a Marine into a wall.

"Covering fire!" The Sergeant yelled but was hit by a blast of energy and fell silent to the ground.

Suddenly a hail of gunfire, arrows and other weapons hit the oncoming attackers and sent them into the ground or otherwise tumbling lifeless to the ground. Lorain and the others looked up to see a full squad of Marines standing above on the fallen rubble, dragons and other species with them. It was Charlie Company.

1058 Hours Rally Point Great Conjuncture, Lakador Armed Forces

Yahade' lead the soldiers through, the Lakadors firing at any of the Orcs and Grublins that got in their way.

"Commander, there is word of a nearby Dragon Settlement, shall we attack it?"

"No need. We will drive them out with our presence... no need to massacre them..." Yahade' was gambling. He hoped that the dragons or other native species would abandon these ruins if the Lakadors moved in with a massive army but the bulk of their forces were still to the North and South of this ancient city.

If not... well he didn't look forward to the 'if not'. But... some things in life were unavoidable...

They moved towards their own rally point nearby, hearing gunfire in the distance and Yahade' knew Human forces were in the area.

"Commander, there are reports of a large dragon creature approaching from the West! The Dragon's blown through our recon flank and is nearing the city!"

"Let us hurry then, we need to reach the rally point if we wish to muster enough forces to face this foe!" Yahade' said in response.

They dashed down the pathway through and quickly found a group of creatures- the Orcs and Grublins- blocking their way to the main rally point.

They took cover behind stones and opened fire, dark energy and energized crystals flying at the creatures and they let out a hiss of pain before falling over dead.

"Let us move onward!" A Lakador exclaimed and once more they passed the fallen creatures and moved to the gathering Lakador force just ahead.

1124 Hours Unknown Dragon Settlement

"Thought I'd never see another Human..." One of the Marines in the other group said as he shouldered his rifle and the rifle clanged as it hit against the sword also strapped to the soldier's side.

The Marine from Theta held out his hand.

"Lance Corporal Jacob Simmons." He said.

"1st Sergeant Michal Reyes." The Soldier across from him said, obviously the commander of the Marines from Charlie.

"The hell you guys been, Dyke's been combing the surrounding area for you guys." One of the Marines next to Lorain asked.

"We hit the ground around here in our escape pods and were stuck here after radio contact was lost. We couldn't reach anyone so we stayed here and met up with the locals who gave us food and water. In return we aided the defense of their village."

"How many of you are left?"

"We've got about 15 Soldiers left, with maybe only half with a rifle with ammo. Everyone else is using swords or other weapons they can get their hands on."

"You're Company had 104 Soldiers in it!"

"It's been a long week or so... plus most of the Company is still missing..."

"Well we need to radio for an evac... we'll ask for more to get you airlifted out of here too."

"Well... we'd love to... but we promised to protect the village."

Lorain and the other Marines from Theta looked around.

The Settlement was crawling with Dragons and many other various species. To be honest only a few Dragons resided in the settlement. Many were small creatures that looked almost incapable of protecting themselves from the Orcs or Grublins. The Dragons that were there looked young, maybe a few adults there but many looked in their young or teenage years.

The settlement was a group of makeshift huts built out of the surrounding ruins, some buildings even repurposed for homes. The Marines there looked very battle fatigued and most of their armor and uniforms were tattered, cracked or torn. They had sure been through hell in the past few days.

"Well we need to report back to Dyke, the radios are choppy and the drop ships will swing around in a bit to pick us up." One of the Marines explained.

"These people have nowhere to go... we can't just ditch them..."

"Sergeant! Creatures approaching the main gates!" A small squirrel looking creature atop a tower exclaimed.

"Hostiles! Form defenses!" The Sergeant said and the Marines and a few warriors gathered their weapons to form a defense. The main gates were made of wood, stone and vines and was positioned just ahead of them. The Soldiers took up positions atop and prepared themselves.

"It's Lakadors sir!" As soon as Lorain heard this, he and the other Marines leapt to the ramparts and looked over the small wall, sure enough seeing Lakadors running down the road towards them.

"Open fire!" As the word came out, the Marines and Guards fired arrows, charged arrows and rifle fire at the oncoming Lakadors, hitting many and scattering the others as the small squad charged and went into several directions.

The remaining Lakadors broke off and fled away from the scene, the Guards howling triumphantly at the sight.

The young dragoness watched the Humans walk back off the ramparts that had been so hastily constructed and she sighed sadly as she leaned into her mate who sat beside her. They were so young, but were in love with each other. Ever since they were hatchlings they and their families had been on the run from the forces of the Dark Master until they finally came onto this ancient Dragon City of Mandobar and settled in. Their parents had long since vanished afterwards and they were stuck here with the others who's lives were so hammered by the Dark Armies. Even after Spyro, the legendary purple dragon who's actions still remained that of myth at the time had defeated the Dark Master and his armies, he rose again- more powerful then before.

Now they had suffered almost daily attacks from armies of foes that sniffed out their tiny settlement. It wasn't long after the armies returned that these new creatures- the Humans arrived. Most were beaten and in need of medical help or food. The Dragons and other creatures in the small settlement agreed to take them in and feed them, if they provided aid in the form of helping to defend from the forces that so threatened them.

It had been two weeks now and the attacks had gotten really bad. They had lost a lot of their numbers to attackers and soon there would be little hope for their settlement. They would most south to Warfang... but the trek was long and dangerous. That, and the fact that Warfang wasn't in any better condition.

The young blue dragoness sat down and looked at her mate. The red dragon sat beside her. His name was Skyline. She giggled of all the times she and he had had moments together and she knew he was thinking the same thing. They had bee together... for a long time now. Ever since their original families vanished.

Her own name was Ingrid. She sat in the grass as her wavy blond hair was tossed about by the wind and her scales felt the cracked rock beneath. She hadn't heard much about this city's past, but she knew that it used to be a major city- bigger then Warfang. Though that was during the time of the Dark Master. The city was probably destroyed during his reign, though by what exactly, she didn't know.

She watched the Humans for some time before she heard her mate speak up.

"So... more Humans I guess... huh?" He said, chuckling a bit. He had always been a bit... 'uneasy' around them. Maybe it was because they were a new species to him. She didn't know why, he just always seemed a bit unsure and uneasy around the Human combatants. She didn't have a problem with them. However she did wonder just who they were and where they came from, they had never made that clear to them in their stay with them.

"Yeah... I guess so..." She giggled slightly, her voice carrying a French accent as she spoke.

She sighed as she watched them leave the ramparts and get replaced by the usual mole and dragon guards. The few Humans left were low on 'ammo' as they called it and were going to be of little use apparently. She frowned. Life had been a bit easier since they arrived, she just hoped they could someday reach Warfang to the south and things would be better for them... she hoped.

"We need to move out; reach the extraction zone." A Marine said as he tapped Lorain's shoulder.

"Right, maybe we can get Dyke to fix you guys up with a few rides." Lorain said.

"I already said we can't leave these guys. They want to head south to 'Warfang'. But so far this city has proved so hostile we can't even leave without falling under attack by those damned Orcs or Grublins. They're everywhere and we're low on ammo."

"I understand but maybe we can do an airlift and get all these guys to Warfang. That's where we are headed anyway."

The Marine 1st Sergeant from Charlie rubbed his chin.

"Yeah alright. I'll speak with their leader, but we have to move fast to get them all out."

The Marines smiled as they heard this, knowing they'd get to leave this little patch of hell as some of them referred to it. It wasn't so much the locals making it hard, it was the local hostiles that continuously pounded them day in and day out.

Half an hour later the Marine 1st Sergeant returned.

"He says they'll do it, but he still doesn't understand how we are going to do it. The dragons can fly but everyone else is being moved on the drop ships. However we have to get these guys to a good spot to get them all extracted at once and not leave stragglers."

"How about the LZ we were going to in the first place? It's not far from here and it's a large enough courtyard to fit several Nighthawks at once!" A Marine from the recon group exclaimed.

"Right, everyone is already packing their gear, we'll move out in an hour or so. I sure hope you're right..."

"Let's hope. We need to scout it first, we'll radio with the clear, recon group, on me! We're going back to the LZ to clear it!" The Corporal from the recon group said. Lorain shot a glance to Webster who shrugged and they hefted their gear as they dashed out of the secure settlement and back into the destroyed city streets of Mandobar.

From the rooftops, Yahade' watched the Humans leave the settlement. He had been separated from Sondohwa during the brief encounter with the Humans and he sighed as he heard grumbling from his remaining men. He knew he'd have to intersect those humans and that large courtyard ahead of them was the best place to do it. With a few hand motions he ushered his remaining Lakadors down into the streets and towards the courtyard beyond.

However when they reached that courtyard they saw that Grublins had already occupied it and dashed at them.

"Destroy that filth! Open fire!" Yahade' ordered. The soldiers wasted no time in doing so.

The Marine recon group moved through the rubble, having spent the better part of half an hour doing just that. Suddenly they saw a large group of Grublins and Orcs attacking a group of Lakadors in the courtyard they were heading to.

"Shit, we've got company!" One of the Soldiers said.

"We've got to punch through, keep going!" Reyes ordered as he slapped his back against a rock as energy bolts began to fly over their heads. The others ran and ducked behind fallen debris as more energy bolts flew over, Lorain doing the same as he lifted his head to return fire, loud TATs accompanied by falling shell casings.

The Marines continued to open fire as the Grublins drew near. Lorain caught a sight of Lakadors making their way to cover across from them and he motioned over to another Marine to follow him as he went to flank the Lakadors taking cover next to them. The Marine in question took a bolt to the chest and fell over dead and Lorain forced himself to roll behind a fallen rock and raised his rifle to be greeted by a Lakador doing the same to him.

The two stared at each other, rifles raised and ready to fire at each other. They stayed in that stance, having each other dead to rights but nobody taking the shot. They stared into each other's eyes, Lorain staring into the strange reptilian eyes of the Lakador.

Without warning, a Grublin attacked them both, laughing a chill laugh and swinging an axe at them. Lorain and the Lakador ignored the fact that they were both enemies and Lorain hit the creature with the butt of his weapon, knocking it into the ground, the Lakador growling and finishing it off with a burst from his weapon.

As the creature writhed on the ground, they looked at each other once more, staring into their eyes again. The realization came to mind and they both turned their weapons to the Grublins, firing at them instead of each other.

The other Lakadors and Marines began to ignore each other in turn and started to fully focus on the Grublins, cutting them down under a hail of gunfire and energy fire.

As the courtyard cleared, the soldiers turned their attention towards each other.

Lorain and the Lakador spotted each other once more and looked at each other.

"Truce?" Lorain asked.

"At least until we clear these creatures, truce." The Lakador responded in perfect English.

Lorain smirked. He didn't know what to be more surprised by. A Lakador accepting peace, or one that could speak perfect English.

"Let us clear this courtyard of vermin!" The Lakador proclaimed and the others roared in approval. The other Marines looked at each other and shrugged.

More came out of their hiding places and the Marines and Lakadors took position and opened fire.

"These filth shall not last!" Another Lakador said.

"Stay down you son of a bitch!" A Marine said. The two looked at each other as if the other was crazy, but continued to fire their weapons.

"Filthy Humans... I can't believe you'd call a truce to them..." Sondohwa said as he approached Yahade'. Yahade' huffed and continued firing. Sondohwa snarled and turned, a large Orc standing before him and swinging a sword. Sondohwa roared and brought his weapon to bear, the weapon being knocked out of his hands and he snarling up to the beast as the sword was swung at him again.

Before the sword made contact however, the Orc cried out in pain and fell over, dead. Behind him stood Lorain, pointing his rifle at the back of the creature's head. Sondohwa snarled at him and picked up his weapon.

"Filth..." He snarled. Lorain huffed and went on to combat the Grublins again.

As the last of the Grublins fell, the area grew calm once more. The sky had turned a dark shade of black as thunder cracked in the distance. The Lakadors and Marines looked at each other. The truce should have been over. The enemy defeated. However, nobody shot at the other. They just stood there, looking at each other, waiting for the other to act first.

Before anyone did act however, the ground began to shake and the sky churned with black clouds.

"Oh I don't like the looks of this..." Webster said as he peered at the clouds.

"What the hell's going on...?" Another asked. Lorain stared at the sky, as did the others as a laugh split the air. The evil laugh lasted for a minute, shaking several of the Marines and Lakadors to their cores.

"It has begun..." A deep and evil voice said.

As he said this, the structure in the center of the city split open, the main building collapsing into a crevice that had opened up. A beam of purple light fired out of the ground and into the clouds, punching straight through and causing a shockwave that knocked everyone to their feet.

"What the hell is going on?!" A Marine exclaimed as he got up. The light shot upwards sky high, illuminating the scene and several screeches bellowing through the area were heard. They all caught sight of a silhouette. It was that of a dragon. It was the Dark Master. The dragon flew onwards towards the west as the light shot upwards. "What in the world is happening?!" A Lakador proclaimed.

"It is the end of existence!" Another said.

"Steel yourselves! Whatever this may be it cannot stop us!" Yahade' said to his men. Lorain looked up at the beam with awe. What the hell was it?

"It has truly begun..." A new voice said. Everyone turned to see a figure with hair flowing from a ponytail and silver armor that shined in the purple light. His sword sat in a sheath by his side as it swayed in the wind erupting from the beam of evil. The others stared at him in awe until one soldier had the courage to speak.

"Who the hell are you...?" The Marine Corporal said.

"I'm a friend, here to help. You may call me Blazer."

They all looked at him with confusion.

"Come, follow me." He instructed.

End of Chapter 25