Protectors of Pandora

Chapter 54 ~rivalries~

“Your majesty, the mesopithicus is here.” Charr said. “Bring him in Charr.” Cinder said “Yes m’am.” He said. He left the crag and returned with Caesar, Oak, and the Chief. “Brought your little bodyguards I see, amusing.” Cinder said. Caesar ignored her, “Can we get down to business.” He said. “Hmm fine…” she said. “do you have any artifacts.” Caesar asked. “One, yes.” Cinder said vaguely. “And the other two?” Caesar asked. “Oh they’re with the fasolasuchus and the magmasaurs.” Cinder said. “THAT LYING LITTLE-” Cinders laughing cut Caesar off. “Of course she told you she doesn’t have one (more laughter) she’d never give away her prized possession, why do you think I don’t have it yet. as for the fasola, the only reason we don’t have his is because the coward hid it in the dunes and if we kill him we’ll never find it.” Cinder said. “So how do we get the artifacts?” Oak asked. “You tell me, apes, I’m not the one that requested an audience.” Cinder said. Caesar thought for a moment, and like always thought of a plan.

The pandorans were back in the dunes, the wyverns went to get the artifact from the magmasaur queen, the inside of the volcano is too hot for anyone else. Lagoon and Stainly went ahead to the red obelisks. “So what exactly are we doing here?” Jaxz asked. “I’m going to challenge that giant iguana to a duel, winner gets the artifact.” Bones said. They saw the dust cloud of the fasola coming towards them, it breached out of the sand when it was about ten meters away, it looked at Bones grimly, “Y o u…” he said. “You…” Bones snarled. “Why have you returned.. if you don’t remember this didn’t go well for you last time…” the fasola said. Bones glared at the fasola, fury in his eyes, “I challenge you, winner gets the artifact.” Bones said. “Only if it’s a death match.” The fasola said. “Uh, if he kills you how will you tell us where your artifact is..” Caesar said. The brutes both looked surprised. “Oh.. right… I’ll go get it.” The fasola said.

“Why are we helping them m’am?” Charr asked. “Because Charr, we need to go home.” Cinder said. “But, we were banished, we can’t return!” Charr said. “I RULED HALF OF THE WYVERN KINGDOMS! do you think banishment can stop me!” Cinder said. “Of course not m’am it’s just-” “JUST WHAT…” Cinder said threateningly. “Just, your brother-” “IS A FOOL! the kingdoms could have reunited, but he decided to turn on me, they banished us here! Why? Because they didn’t like the idea of me ruling?! I offered them Lordship, but no, they had to be Kings and Queens and leave me in this dust!” Cinder said. Charr decided this was a touchy subject and stopped talking. The two were walking through one of the magmasaur tunnels, them, and every other wyvern in Cinders ranks. “Q- Queen Cinder?!” A magmasaur guard said. “Step aside underling, I wish to speak with your Queen.” Cinder said. “The Matriarch doesn’t want to see you, wyvern!” The guard said. Cinder lifted her talon, all of the fire wyverns near her opened their mouths and their throats glowed orange, the guard knew that if she closed her palm they would fire, he stepped aside. The wyverns walked out of the tunnel and into a massive cavern, it seemed most of the volcano was hollow, the cave was mostly molten lava and rock, there were huge crystals made of sulfur and ruby, it was an entire city made of the reddish stone, and all roads led up to a massive throne. there the Magmasaur Queen sat. It was an epic sight, but it only made Cinder miss her home more. The Magmasaur Queen sat on her throne, and watched Cinder and her clan walk through her kingdom, the magmasaur citizens watched the wyverns too, but more out of fear or amazement Than Rivalry and hatred. When Cinder Reached the top the Magmasaur Queen said, “why are you here…” “I have a proposition.” Cinder said. “And that is..” “I take the artifact of the crag, and in exchange, we leave this world.” “Leave… how do I know you’ll keep this promise.” “You’ll have to trust me, Queen to Queen.” “Ha! Queen? I’ve heard stories of how you got here, your own people banished you, you are no Queen, you are the leader of a barbaric tribe of war criminals!” Cinder’s mouth began fuming with blue fire. The magmasaur chuckled, “What are you going to do? Burn me? I am a magmasar.” She said. Cinder blasted blue-hot flames at the Queen, she laughed at first, but the flames grew hotter, they destabilized her magma, it was too hot, even for a magmasaur, the Queen screamed and exploded into shards of rock. “Y e s…” Cinder said. The magmasaurs who were watching the argument backed away fearfully. “Anyone else?” Cinder said. Charr stood behind her, with a slight grin. “Now, how many more of you must die before I GET WHAT I WANT!” Cinder said.

The fasola returned, with the artifact of the gatekeeper in claw. “Winner takes the artifact.” He said. “Remember the plan.” Caesar said to Bones. Bones nodded. “Time to die.” The fasola said. They both roared and charged at each-other, Bones struck first grabbing the fasola by the neck and throwing him aside, the fasola shrieked and then sank under the sand, it swam around bones, turning the ground into quicksand, Bones Roared ferociously, and leapt at the fasola, grabbing it by the tail and stopping it from creating the whirlpool, it lashed back around at Bones and clawed him in the face, Bones let go of his tail and the fasola lunged at him, it grabbed onto Bones’s side, latched on, and clawed at him, Bones’s eyes glowed orange in rage, he reached his head around and grabbed the fasolas leg, he threw the creature off on the ground and then lunged at it’s neck, -CrAcK-

The others cheered and Bones stood on the fasola and roared, then stepped of and breathed heavily, he calmed down and his eyes returned to normal, he walked over to the artifact, and pulled it out of the sand, walked back to the others and put the artifact down in front of them.

The Wyverns and the Pandorans met up at the red obelisk, Stainly and Lagoon were there waiting for them when they arrived, Cinder walked up to the pedestal, Charr and her trusted general walked behind her, carrying the artifacts of the crag and the destroyer. Jaxz held the artifact of the gatekeeper as he flew above the others. “Put the artifacts on the pedestal.” Cinder told her advisors. They did, and Jaxz followed suit. “Now, everyone get onto the pedestal unless you want to say here.” Caesar said. The wyverns rushed to get onto the pedestal, it was a tight fit with all the wyverns and Bones, so the others floated above the wyverns on Lagoon. Cinder reached her talon over the control button, she pressed it and everything faded away.