The New Warfang Chronicles Chp 7

The New Warfang Chronicle Chp 7
Calm Before the Storm

"P-Phoenix!?!" Soul stammered before greeting her with a tad bit more skill, "It is so good to see you again!"

"I should have known you were made of some stern stuff." Bolt chuckled as he rose from his laying position to standing up.

"It is really nice to see everyone again." Phoenix stated a smile on her face.

"It is great to see you again!" Spyro commented glad to see her again.

"Yeah for the longest time we had no idea what happened to you!" Cynder pointed out just happy to see the fire dragoness again.

"Where did Cole and the girls get off to?" Bolt stated noticing their absence from the room.

"They left about an hour ago.  Apparently something came up that they had to take care of." Phoenix told them.

"Alright then so I guess that is it then.  What happened to you Phoenix?" Bolt asked her curious.

"That is a long story but I don’t think we have enough time for that now." Phoenix stated looking out at the sun, "Almost sun down."

"Yeah that it is." Bolt commented, "Where are you staying?"

"I have a place already right next to your home." Phoenix commented back.

"Right I forgot we had already took care of that." Soul stated a little embarrassed.

"It is okay I almost forgot too." Bolt commented feeling absent minded.

"Alright then see you all tomorrow!" both Spyro and Cynder called out the group went separate ways for the night.

Later that night.

"Ah!" Soul whispered as she was stirred from her sleep by a unusually horrific dream, "What does that mean?!"

"Soul?  What are you doing up?" Bolt asked still half asleep.

"Oh nothing I just had a bad dream." Soul stated quietly as she laid her head across the back of Bolt's neck.

"Oh okay.  Just don’t let it bother you too much okay?" Bolt said slowly starting to drift back to sleep.

"Could you please stay awake with me?" Soul asked surprising him enough to cause him to shift his head to look at her.

"Is everything really okay Soul?  You shouldn’t be so wound up?!" Bolt almost felt like he had just demanded.

"It was a nightmare.  Of a battle I think is to come." Soul almost seemed to cry.

"Hey look at me." Bolt said gently waiting for Soul to lift her head enough to look him straight in the eyes.

"I don’t want to talk about it." Soul whispered as she started to turn her head away only to be stopped by a soulful look from Bolt.

"Come tell me about it.  Maybe I can help you get it off your mind so that you could sleep better tonight." Bolt whispered to Soul pulling her head in close so that he could comfort her.

"I just can't.  Promise me one thing?" Soul whispered back.

"And what would that be?" Bolt asked back his voice no louder than a whisper.

"Never let go." Soul said back her voice slightly louder as she hugged Bolt.

"I promise I will never let go." Bolt breathed back pulling Soul deeper into the embrace before both of them returned to sleep.

Early that morning.

"Good morning you two!" Phoenix chimed in a very happy mood.

"Good morning to you too!" Bolt called back.

"Good morning Phoenix did you sleep well?" Soul both replied and asked at the same time.

"Yeah what about you?" Phoenix asked in return.

"Couldn't complain about it." Soul responded happily.

"Same here." Bolt commented seeming almost a thousand miles away.

"You okay?" Soul asked.

"Huh oh yeah I'm fine I was just thinking kind of hard that's all!" Bolt replied with a smile across his face.

"Oh what were you thinking about?" Phoenix asked curious.

"Oh nothing important.  Just a question that has been bugging me of late." Bolt responded.

"Oh really and what would that be?" Soul asked now curious herself.

"Just something minor.  No need to worry yourself." Bolt responded quickly.

"Oh really come on Bolt just tell us okay?" Phoenix asked as the three dragons headed down main street with a large number of shops and bazaars on each side of them.

"Okay okay I'll tell.  I was wondering about the twin fury the two of us pulled off.  I bet the library has to have something on it." Bolt told the two curious dragonesses as he began to look around, "This place must be the heart of the city?"

"Yeah it is." a new voice intruded from the crowd as Cynder joined the group.

"You know where the library is?" Bolt asked quickly eager to find it.

"Yeah it is down that way on the left." Cynder said as she pointed to a road on the right side.

"Thanks.  See you later Soul I will see you at sundown." Bolt told her as he kissed her.

"Alright stay out of trouble." Soul responded.

"No promises there!" Bolt laughed back drawing a laugh from Soul.

"You think he will keep out of trouble?" Cynder asked laughing as well.

"Well if I know him which I do the problem isn't him staying out of trouble.  Trouble usually finds him!" Soul laughed back.

"That could be a problem!" Phoenix chimed in laughing lightly.

"Indeed it was a big problem for a while but now I don't think it be a problem anymore.  I think we would be safe behind these walls." Soul retorted lightly relieved to be able to finally relax.

(At the library)

"Come on there has to be something on the twin fury in here somewhere!" Bolt complained to himself.  So far several hours of searching and reading had so far turned up not a single clue.

"Maybe this will help." came a sickeningly familiar voice.

"Subzero!" Bolt almost growled but caught himself.

"Hang on I bear you no harm!" Subzero almost panicked.

"And how do I know I can trust you after what you have done to both me and Soul!" Bolt almost shouted but managed to restrain himself keeping his voice level.

"Because I found someone myself.  And I see why you acted the way you did.  She means the world to me." Subzero shout back.

"Really?" Bolt asked intrigued.

"Yeah and also I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for my actions and the harm I caused you two back then.  I was blinded by my anger, greed, and jealousy.  I know I can't undo the terrible things that I did but I just hope you will understand that I'm changed now." Subzero said modestly.  It was quite a shock to Bolt that Subzero the one dragon he had hated for so long would apologize and it was very humbling.

"Your alright in my book." Bolt uttered drawing a shocked look from Subzero.

"But what I did…" was all Subzero could say before Bolt intruded.

"You overcame yourself.  I should learn.  I still harbored a grudge against you until just now.  To see you actually apologize for what you did showed me that even I have room to grow.  So I accept your apology Subzero." Bolt said confidently.

"Alright then.  Here this might have something on it.  The book is pretty old.  Just might have something you…" was all Subzero got to say again before a new voice intruded.

"Did you know that this library was built on a massive underground cave system?" the voice obviously female intruded seemingly from everywhere at once.  Bolt dreaded hearing this voice again.

"No it can't be!" Bolt shot back in nearly a roar.

"What the heck!" Subzero yelped jumping back as green elemental energy gathered around Bolt, "Hey no fighting in here!

"So you have another friend I see.  I am going to take everything from you Bolt!" the voice came again with almost every word laughed hysterically.

"TESLA!" Bolt roared enraged.

"I don't want to get caught in this!" Subzero uttered backing up further as now energy of two different colors arced over Bolt.

"Temper dear." Tesla laughed still out of sight.

"Does Soul even know about her!?" Subzero spit at Bolt.

"Yes she knows about this lunatic." Bolt growled throwing Subzero off guard, "Show yourself so we can end this you crazed lunatic!"

"Not just yet dear.  First I will make you see my way.  Oh yes I look forward to that." Tesla laughed before her voice faded away for good.

"Damn not that deranged dragoness again.  I thought we killed her we unleashed that twin fury so many years back!" Bolt growled irritated to learn the psychopath Tesla was still alive.

"I think I should go!" Subzero uttered as he shot out the entrance leaving the book that Bolt hoped held the information he needed.

"Damn it.  How did she survive!" Bolt muttered to himself picking up the book and heading out onto the street, "And she sounds just as obsessed with me as ever."

"Hey there." a dragoness said, "Have you seen Subzero around here?"

"Oh yeah he left in a real hurry." Bolt replied as he looked over to look at who had just asked that question.  Beside him was what he believed to be a fire dragoness as her colors were various shades of red and amber.

"Thank you and what is your name?  Mine is Comet." Comet said looking over and almost immediately recognizing the gray and green patterns of color, "Bolt?!"

"Yeah.  Don't worry it wasn't because of me that Subzero left in a hurry it was cause he was worried about you." Bolt commented looking straight ahead as the two walked out onto the main road.

"Thanks." Comet responded as she split of to find Subzero.

"Hey there!" Soul said startling Bolt, "Wow you okay?"

"Yeah I was just thinking of something." Bolt responded.

"Anything in particular?" Soul asked as she looked over and to her surprise saw an amazingly serious expression on Bolt's face.

"Something I will explain later if I can find a captain of the guard around here." Bolt responded looking around.

"Oh that reminds me Furox is a captain." Soul commented drawing an interesting look from Bolt.

"Really?" Bolt asked not expecting what he had heard.

"Don't make me repeat myself silly." Soul laughed.  Just the two heard what they thought was a massive explosion as the ground quaked and heaved as if whatever it was the very earth itself feared what approached.