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TLoS: World at War Ch. 18

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Dempsey woke up to find himself laying on a wooden floor and looking up at a wooden ceiling.  Groaning, he slowly pushed himself up and winced as his head was aching.

"Oh, my head.  Where am I?"  Dempsey looked around and saw that he was in a prison.  The door entrance was barred off by metal bars.  

"Finally up?"  Dempsey turned his voice to the question and saw that Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen were standing in the same cell.  Nikolai was the one that asked the question.

"That is not good.  It means I have to listen to this fool talk."  said Richtofen.  Dempsey just sighed and walked over to them.  Takeo had caught Dempsey as he almost collapsed from the pain.

"Get off, I can do this myself." grumbled Dempsey and Takeo let go. "Where are we?"

"If your little brain hasn't figured it out yet, you stupid American, we are in a prison." replied Richtofen.

"I can see that, Kraut.  Why are we here?" growled Dempsey.

"How should I know?  All I remember was being attacked by these monsters and waking up here."

"Hmmf." was all Dempsey said.  He reached for his gun, then realized it wasn't there.  He also noticed that the other three had their weapons taken away as well.  The only thing they had on were their uniforms.  He started to speak again, but stopped when he heard singing.

"Swing low sweet chariot.  Coming for to carry me home."  Dempsey groaned as he realized that the voice was Sparx's.  

"Sparx, must you do that?" asked a voice that Dempsey knew belonged to Spyro.  Dempsey walked forward to the cell entrance and did his best to look out.  He saw nothing, but from the sounds of it, they were in the cell next to his.

"Well maybe I do 'must I do that'!  You know, it might be crazy enough to work." replied Sparx. He then went back to his singing, "Come on Spyro.  Put that sorrow behind you and clap your hands with me. Let the joy come pouring down, rain on me and you."  Spyro sighed and shook his head as he walked around his cell.

"Shut your fucking mouth, you damn bug." growled Dempsey, covering his ears.  Spyro, excited and relieved the humans were alive, ran to his cell entrance and tried to find them.

"You there?" asked Spyro.

"Yeah, I think we are in the cell next to yours." replied Dempsey.

"Alright.  Now what about Zoidius?"  As if on cue, a groan could be heard from the cell infront of Spyro's.  Zoidius stood up and staggered to the entrance of his cell.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" the black dragon asked.  He saw Spyro in the cell infront of him and relief poured right through him.  "Spyro, thank the Ancestors you're alive!  Where is Dempsey?" Zoidius asked as he realized the humans were not in the same cell.  

"We're here Zoid.  We just can't see anyone." called Dempsey.  Still, Zoidius did his best to see if he could try and find them.  He couldn't, so he just lied down where he was and put his head onto his front paws.

"We need to find a way out of here." said Spyro.

"How?" asked Zoidius.

"We'll find one. Don't worry." Spyro answered.  Zoidius looked around his cell and shuddered.  The last time he was a prisoner, he was in a cave as a slave.  He remembered all of the tortures he took and the shrieks of the other prisoners...

"You okay Zoid?" asked Spyro, seeing that something was disturbing Zoidius.  Zoidius was startled back into reality.  He opened his mouth as if to say something, but closed it back up and turned his head.  "Come on Zoid.  Tell us what is bothering you."

"I...I can't." whimpered Zoidius, putting his wings over his head.  "The memories are too painful for me to discuss."

"Zoidius, don't let the past bother you.  It will distract you from the future.  Maybe we can help you." This time, the response came from Takeo.  Tears started to flow from Zoidius's eyes.

"You can't help me!  No one can help me get rid of my past! I can't-" Zoidius was then interrupted by Dempsey.

"You fucking selfish bastard.  You don't think we all have pasts that haunt us?  Listen Zoid, we will do our best to help you, but we can't do that if you keep shutting us out."  This surprised Zoidius, as he was not expecting that from Dempsey.  Sighing, he took the wings from his face and furled then back to his sides.

"Alright, I'll do my best..." answered Zoidius.  "Spyro, you were not the only survivor of the raid on the temple that night. There was another."

Spyro was about to say Cynder was the other survivor, but Zoidius spoke first.

"Me." Spyro stared at Zoidius in shock.  

"YOU?  You were also part the clutch that night?" asked Spyro, his eyes wide.  Zoidius nodded.

"They stole my egg and took me to the Well of Souls.  They at first thought about corrupting me, but decided they needed the manual labor more than another dark servant.  I remember,  that all the time I was digging for gems and every night, they chained me so I wouldn't escape."  Zoidius gained a little bit more confidence as he spoke.
      "One night, I was working in the mines, when one of the ape overseers began to yell and beat me.  I couldn't control my anger and I killed him with my tail blade.  They then chained me to a wall and shocked me through the night as punishment.  I..."  Zoidius paused, deciding whether or not to tell them about his curse.  He decided not to and continued with his story.
      "Anyways, one time I tried to escape, but the black demon Cynder had caught me."  Spyro looked very displeased at Cynder being called a demon, but Zoidius didn't notice and continued, "She clawed at my face and that is the scar you see. Ever since I tried to escape, she kept a very close eye on me, but she couldn't do it all the time.  It was also there in my slavery that I discovered my plasma."  Zoidius stopped for a moment and looked depressed.

"What happened next?" asked Takeo.       

     



   
I'm going to continue Zoidius's story on the next page, but if you want the complete detailed version, go to :icon123gardian321:'s profile.

Im just making it shorter so it would fit.

Also, I was listening to this while writing this. Check it out

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GeneralEisenhower56's avatar
well an interesting and good story