Sonic Vortex: Flame Rising/Part Five

== Part Five ==
An uneasy feeling spread through Cobalt as he watched Varusa and Ashton leave the room. Harper noticed his uneasy expression, "Father had been acting off lately," she said.
Then, from far outside, a loud explosion was heard, and was followed by a sound that shouted, "Lightning Raid!!"
Cobalt's ear twitched, Harper and Mori looking out at the window. "Great Chaos, what now?" He muttered, rising from his chair and walking to the window, as did Harper and Cobalt.
Shadow had shouted for all to help he and Keira battle the enemy, and he was called, Shadow Deimos. The doppelgänger went in and out as a shadow, as he smirked.
Cobalt ran to the nearest door that lead to the front yard. With one beat of his mighty wings, the hedgedragon propelled himself into the air. He went into a dive, clawing at Shadow Deimos, just missing him as he turned into a shadow.
They all battled furiously, clawing, slashing, and using any sort of attack at the doppelgänger.
Cobalt let out a savage roar, smoke starting to billow out between his bared fangs. He took a deep breath, sparks of flame dancing along his teeth.
The hedgedragon glared down at Shadow Deimos, then let loose. Red hot flames slammed against the ground, completely covering the half-demon's shadowy mist.
The fire reached out for Shadow and Keira, scorching the ground and killing the grass and nearby plants.
"Lightning Raid!!" Keira shouted, as the lightning bolt shower started, and shooed Shadow Deimos away.
Cobalt flapped his wings hard, creating a winding gust that put out the flaming greenery. He landed on all fours with a thud before rising back on two legs, smoke still creeping out between his lips.
"We did it," Keira breathed out. "But he'll be back, with his army, most likely."
"It sucks," Cobalt muttered, "My fire didn't even hit him," he complained, crossing his arms and looking at the scorched area around him. "I hope Varusa has insurance on flaming grass," the hedgedragon said sarcastically.
"Well, he might as well go: OH MY FLAMING GOODNESS!! What in the world happened to my tree!!!" Keira said in her best voice as Varusa.
Mori and Harper stared in amazement at the three. More Harper, as she hadn't seen such bright fire and destructive lightning storms before. Cobalt turned back towards the mansion and walked inside, just as Varusa and Ashton walked back into the room.
The varusaburosu noticed his damaged yard and frowned, "Great Chaos, did you have to kill all of the grass?" He said. Cobalt grinned nervously, "Eheh. Sorry about that," the prince apologized.
"No need to be sorry," Varusa said, looking back out the window, "Another fight?" He asked. Cobalt nodded. "Sir," Ashton interrupted, giving his boss a look Cobalt couldn't recognize. Varusa nodded, turning to Cobalt. "We need to talk in private," he said sternly.
Cobalt cocked his brow at this, but shrugged and followed Varusa out of the room. If it's private, why is Ashton following? He thought. Varusa stopped in the middle of the corridor and turned to the hedgedragon, "We have been working on a machine that could extract energy and transform it into a solid form," Varusa explained.
The maroon wyvern took out something from his tuxedo. It was a green glowing orb, taking up Varusa's entire hand. "As shown," he started, "the machine turns essences or energy, Chaos Energy for example, into a solid shape."
Cobalt crossed his arms, "what does this have to do with me?" He asked. Varusa smiled, "we want to test it on dragon fire," he said, "It's perfectly safe," the varusaburosu added.
Cobalt frowned, "I appreciate the offer, but I'd rather not be a labrat. But thanks anyway," he said. Varusa's expression suddenly turned grim, "I'm afraid you don't have a choice," he growled darkly.
Cobalt raised his eyebrow, failing to notice Ashton take out a dart gun. Cobalt yelped when a dart peirced his skin from behind, "Hey! What are you....do...ing..?" His voice faltered, and his legs gave out.
Cobalt hit the ground with a thud, unconscious. An evil smile grew on Varusa's face, "Nice job, Ashton," he said. "Go get Mori," the wyvern turned away, "we have experimenting to do."
Keira sensed a sudden dark presence around Cobalt, and after that, it was gone, and Varusa came back into the room, the angel hedgehog knew that something, was going on. Then, the worse thing happened. Cobalt's aura was gone, and so, she warped towards where Varusa, Cobalt and Ashton went, to only see a lifeless / unconscious Cobalt on the floor. "Oh my gosh!" Keira shouted, and dashed before Varusa and Ashton came to drag Mori to where Cobalt was. "Get out of here!! I'll explain later!!"
Then, with a fusion shard warp, she warped them back to the hedgedragon kingdom, and explained everything to Cobalt's mom, dad, and the rest.
"WHAAAAAT?!?!" Amber roared, seemingly making the ground shake. The hedgedragons around her and Pyrite shuffled nervously at the queen's outburst. "That flaming-flying platebrain kidnapped my baby!" She screamed. "Amber-" Pyrite started, before the orange hedgedragon hissed, "Don't 'Amber' me! Varusa took my little pumpkin. Send everything we have at him! Burn the mansion down! Kill that kidnapping son of a-" "AMBER!" Pyrite roared. The she-male took a deep breath and sighed, "I'm sorry," she apologized, tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes.
"He's safe now," Keira grumbled. "I took him here..."
"Hmph," Shadow grumbled and looked like he was deep in thought.
"If Cobalt is here, then where is he?!" Amber panickingly stammered. Cobalt was nowhere to be seen.
"He's....." Keira, paused, and cursed. "Shoot, he's still in there..." 
Then, Keira took off running, along with Shadow and Harper, to save Cobalt.
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Harper skidded to a stop at the front door of the D'Era Mansion. She peered through the eye hole, and saw no one. Why would Father do this? She asked herself, opening the door and stepping inside.
Keira busted in, and sensed if there were any auras nearby. Once it was clear, all of them dashed to find Cobalt.
No matter where they looked, Cobalt wasn't anywhere in the mansion. Harper put her hands on her temples, "If I remember correctly, Mother built labs under the mansion," she said. "I haven't been down there myself, but their has to be a way to the labs from here."
"We can't bust in like that, we need a tactic," Shadow said, as he followed them.
"True," Harper agreed, "Father might be suspicious if he found me lurking in the labs. So I'm not going to be much of a spy."
"We just hide, listen, and attack," Keira explained, showing her tactic. "That way, we might as well get Cobalt safely."
Harper nodded, feeling a twing of guilt. By doing this, I'm betraying my own father, she realized, frowning. Rescue Cobalt first, feel guilty later, she told herself.
The black diablos heard footsteps echoing down the hallway, "Hide!" She hissed, darting behind a nearby table.
"Okay," Keira whispered.
A deep crimson scorpion came into view. She wore some kind of gas mask on her muzzle, her yellow eyes darting around, making sure no one was following her.
Courtney, Harper recognized the scorpion. The arachnid walked over to a nearby wall lamp. She grabbed the handle and pulled it. The wall creaked as a hidden door opened. Courtney stepped into the elevator, Harper catching a glimpse of the scorpion's eyes staring directly at her as the door closed, and the lamp popped back into place.
"You know her right?" Keira asked Harper telepathically.
"Courtney is the leader of 'The Arachnids,' a mercenary team that consists of her, two scorpion twins, a centipede, and a spider," Harper explained.
"Right," Keira muttered. "If we need help, I'll just send in my team then."
Harper walked over to the lamp and pulled it. The walls parted, once again revealing the elevator. The black diablos held the door for Shadow and Keira.
"Thanks," Keira thanked Harper, as she pulled out her communicator, and typed to Team Nightshade X, in case anyone attacked.
The elevator door closed, and the trio started to descend. Harper caught the figure of a camera out of the corner of her eye. She frowned, unbuckling her belt and wrapping it around the camera. The black diablos jerked, tearing the camera of the wall and letting it fall to the ground.
Keira took down some of the cameras with her electro-telekinesis, and Shadow used Chaos Spears, damaging them. They kept on moving without a sound, and spotting cameras on the way.
Harper darted behind a corner as two scientists passed by, before continuing down the corridor. She went into a lone room, and gasped. In the middle of the room was a large machine that looked like a furnace. It had blue-tinted window that peered into the machine, churning energy swirling inside. Connected to the machine was a conveyor belt that lead into another room. Chained to the floor was Cobalt, his ears pinned against his head, and his arms and wings bounded, and his ankles chained.
Keira pondered of how to save Cobalt, and so, when no one was looking, she used her electro-telekinesis to lift Cobalt's chains, and try to break them. But she failed.
A transparent tube was covering Cobalt's muzzle, taking his fire essence and transporting it into the machine. His golden eyes were drained of color and life. He slowly looked at Keira, then back down at the floor, silent.
Harper huffed and dashed forward, fiddling with the chains. She let out a surpised yelp when she felt something grabbed the back of her shirt. "What do you think you are doing?" Mori snarled, lifting the black diablos off her feet. "Lemme go!" She screamed, trying to bash the mutation in the face with her tail.
Keira had tears in her eyes, as she blasted the machine, and set Cobalt free, Shadow then grabbed Cobalt, and warped back. Cobalt was given the healing spell from Keira before that. Keira fought Mori, with Harper helping, as the two screamed attacks randomly.
Mori snarled and slashed at Keira, knocking Harper aside with his tail. Varusa's words echoed through his mind. If you kill my daughter, I will never forgive you. The mutant hedgehog let out a small growl, then spat a white liquid at Keira.
She dodged his random impoliteness, as Keira zoomed around Mori at lightning speed, and she shot lightning bolts everywhere aound Mori. It created a mini thunder-lightning storm cloud, that surrounded Mori, and kept him in place, like a cage. Taking that as an advantage, Harper and Keira dashed away, to find Harper's father.
Ashton was standing infront of a door, a firearm tied to his belt. He was on his phone, not noticing Keira.
The angel hedgehog took out her rifle gun that she stole from G.U.N HQ, and shot down the phone, then hid again.
"Eh?!" Ashton whirled around, frowning. "Who did that?! That phone costs more than your house!" He yelled.
Keira flew up silently, and shot a few more bullets near Ashton. Using the shadows to her advantage, Keira sneaked in while hiding in the shadows. She then took out her communicator, and spoke quietly, "Arci, you can join me now." 
And a few moments later, a lavender colored mink came, and joined Keira in the shadows. "Who are we attacking?" Arcina asked. 
"I'll tell ya quietly," Keira answered, and so, the angel hedgehog explained the whole story to the lavender mink. "Get it?" 
"Pretty much," Arcina shrugged.
A conveyor belt was positioned at the far end of the room, most likely connected to the machine that Keira destroyed. Varusa was facing the conveyor, watching the small orange orbs passing by. He frowned when the conveyor stopped bringing fire essence. "D'Era," a voice boomed. It seemed to be coming from somewhere in the room.
The varusaburosu seemed irritated, "Comet. What have I told you about sneaking up on me while invisible?" He said. An ice-blue chameleon materialized behind Varusa, "I apologize, but we have a breach," Comet replied.
"Who's that?" Arcina asked.
"That's Varusa over there, but I don't know who's the chameleon, but my friend there, is Harper," Keira whispered to the lavender mink.
Harper picked up one of fiery orbs, "Father," she started, "What are these?" She asked. "Harper, my dear, those are fire orbs. Flames in a solid not-guaranteed-to-burn-your-fingers-off-form," Varusa explained. Harper turned the essence in her hand. It felt warm, but not flaming hot like it should have.
"Where did you get these?" The teenager asked. Varusa smiled, "Bought them from Overlanders. These are in surprisingly good condition," he said. Harper had to restrain herself from yelling. Varusa would even lie to his own daughter.
Keira then shot a lightning bolt at Varusa, starting a fight. Arcina backed Keira up, and the two attacked. "Liar!!" Arcina yelled. "You got that from a hedgedragon called Cobalt!!"
Varusa dodged both Keira and Arcina's attacks with surprising agility, "How did you get in here?!" He scowled.
"Skills, Varusa, skills," Keira managed to say in a creepy voice, after coming out of the shadows. "And I'm not alone; I have Arcina here with me."
Varusa sneered, gritting his teeth, "I thank you and treat you with dinner and this is how you repay me?"
"No, I simply didn't eat, I just had tea, and staying here was a big mistake, because you used..... COBALT, right?" Keira continued threatening Varusa. 
Comet stared in awe at Arcina, "Chaos, she's hot," he whispered.
Varusa smirked, "You have to admit, the tea was good," he chuckled, turning towards Keira. "Why do you care about that monster?" He demanded.
"Who? Cobalt?" Keira asked.
"Who else would I be talking about?" Varusa sneered. Harper squeezed the fire orb in her hand harder in rage.
"YOU!! Cobalt is our FRIEND!! NOT A MONSTER!!" Arcina suddenly shouted. "MORE LIKE... YOU'RE THE MONSTER!!"
"I'M NOT THE HEDGEDRAGON WHO DEVOURED MY DAUGHTER!!!" Varusa yelled back, then immediately covered his mouth, turning to Harper. The black diablos dropped the fire orb, her green eyes wide.
"YOU.. MONSTER!!" Arcina shouted, and slapped a powerful slap across Varusa's face, leaving a mark.
Varusa sneered, grabbing Arcina's wrist. "Father," Harper started in a dark tone, "You said Sadie died in a car crash. You lied to me," she hissed. The varusaburosu frowned, sighing. "Your sister was murdered by a hedgedragon," he confessed, looking back at Arcina, his yellow eyes glowing with hate.
Varusa threw the mink across the room, smirking. "But now is not the time to look back on the past," he said. His horns, tail, and wing membranes started glowing firey orange, and his hands lit on fire, burning off his gloves.
"Now," Varusa snarled, grinning. "Are you kids ready to play with fire?"
Arcina stood up with no effort, charged up her aurakinesis, and changed it to elemental mode, and stood in front of Varusa, grinning cheekily. Keira then started the attack, and followed by Arcina.
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