Darkness bleeds: part 6
Spyro tried chewing on the rope to at least break himself somewhat free, tasting the gross hairs as he gnawed on the rope as much as possible.
“Come onf..” he murmured to himself, somewhat muffled. He chewed and chewed and chewed until he could feel his teeth start to ache. “Agh, shit!” He winced before hearing the doors slammed open, turning his head to the figure.. oh. It was just the undead portal master.
Kira grabbed a chair before walking to the dragon, placing it in front of him and sitting down, legs crossed. “I need you to tell me something.”
“Why? You kidnapped me.” Spyro quickly snapped back.
“Look, I just wanna ask a few questions.” They uncrossed their legs, leaning forward slightly. “That alright?”
The dragon just stared. “You kidnapped me, and you now expect me to answer whatever you ask me?” The portal master shrugged and nodded, making him groan out of annoyance.
“Hey, it’s not anything too big, I just wanna know some things about Eon and that other girl.” She replied, watching the dragon think what she meant by ‘other girl’.
“Other girl- You mean Sagittarius?” He raised a brow. “Hate to break it to ya, but she’s not into girls who kidnap dragons-“
“It’s nothing like that!” Kira blushed in embarrassment. “And I’m enby.” They mumbled.
“Cisgender, transgender, doesn’t matter, she’s not into the whole kidnapping thing.”
“Would you quit it? I just got my ass chewed out for ‘taking too long’ at the academy place, okay?” They crossed their arms. “Now, can I ask some simple questions?”
“Yeah sure, just don’t expect nice answers.” Spyro answered, an expression of sass on his face.
Kira sighed. “What’s Eon like?” She asked, watching the dragon hum as he thought of how to answer.
“Kinda confusing at times.” He shrugged. “A good guy, an awesome dad, just wish he’d tell us the truth about Strykore and how his whole cult deal came to be.” This answer made the portal master scoff.
“It’s not a cult! We’re gonna help the universe by cleansing it of all its wrong by releasing the darkness.” This defense from Kira made Spyro raise a brow again.
“Oh really? Tell me then, how does Strykore know that the darkness won’t just kill everyone?”
“Dont question him like that, it’s disrespectful.” They groaned. “You know what, different question, about that life portal master-“
“Sagittarius.”
“Right, her.” She shrugged. “What’s exactly is all of her abilities?”
He scoffed. “You seriously think I keep track of that?” He questioned, his tone sassy and genuine. The portal master in front of him just groaned.
“Just tell me what you do know then.” They snarked back.
“Well, she’s pretty good with vines and healing herself… I guess she’s good with making flowers grow faster?” He shrugged.
“.. That’s it? That’s all you know?”
“She also shoots those magic orb things-“
“EVERY PORTAL MASTER CAN DO MAGIC ORB THINGS!” She yelled, almost falling off her chair as she darted up.
Kira panted, still frustrated as she looked at the dragon, who was kinda just taken aback by how loud that was. She sighed and sat back down, annoyed.
“.. You got some serious issues, huh?” Spyro asked genuinely.
“Oh shut up.” They snapped, crossing their arms as they rolled their eyes. “Why doesn’t Eon talk about lord Strykore?”
The dragon rolled his eyes, shrugging again. “He never even told me he had a brother, how the hell should I know?”
“Kay.. how many more portal masters are with you skylanders?”
“None other than just the two.” He mumbled. “It’s not like there’s much other portal masters anyway. There’s like, five that I know for a fact are even living.”
The undead portal master groaned in annoyance again, feeling as if this conversation was going no where. (Okay so I can’t write big dramatic moments I’m just trying to get to the stuff I WANT to write)
“Look, I don’t know what the hell you’re tryna do here, but it’s not working.” Spyro smugly remarked, only confusing her.
“I’m just curious about the what Eon and that other girl is like, is that so bad?” This reply made the dragon roll his eyes and scoff again.
“For the last time, the ‘other girl’ is Sagittarius. And the person who just kidnapped me is asking questions that have nothing to with this plot- You know, why didn’t Strykore just go to Eon himself since he wants to see him so bad?”
“It’s not that simple.”
“‘Not that simple’.” He mocked. “You ever consider that there’s a reason why the darkness is trapped in the first place? Or why Strykore is actually so set on setting the darkness free?”
“I told you, it’s rude to question like that!” They snapped back. “It’s to help Skylands, I’ve told you that already!”
“ If Strykore really wants to help Skylands, them how come every time he sends people to do something, there’s nothing but destruction left?” He yelled, stunning her into silence.
They wanted to say something back, but she couldn’t say much to defend themself. Kira knew that they couldn’t doubt the fact that their little club here had left all kinds of destruction. I mean, look at what Moneybones did. Sure, Kira never killed out of malicious intent, but it doesn’t erase that she has killed people. She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the door open again, seeing Scar.
“Um.. am I interrupting something?” He asked, feeling awkward.
“.. no. Not at all.” The portal master shook her head.
“Okay then. Strykore wanted me to grab Spyro for a quick little ransom message to send to Eon, so I’m just gonna take him if that’s alright!” The elf picked up Spyro, who tried to squirm his way out of the ropes, demanding to be put down, only for the elf to cheerfully exit the room, dragon over his shoulder.
Kira was left to deal with their thoughts.. was he right? Was the darkness actually gonna help or make things worse?
Mod note: this was absolutely nothing but filler oh my god
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