to find out what happened read the last few post in the first one then post here to contiue: Doppleganger Attack Part 1-2

Shadow was taken hostage. His weapons and armor were remove from him and he was then strapped to a wall with chains. Then he was forced to drink a liquid that kept him from transforming. "Poor, poor Shadow don't think your friends can help you now. They have left you to die here." "No they haven't. I know my freinds will find me and save me." Shadow got angry and came out only two feet away from the wall. "Well your friends can try and save you if they want but we will just send their clone after them and stop them." "Don't under estimate my friends. They are stronger than they look." The sorcerer back handed Shadow in the face for back sassing him.

"It be wise you keep your mouth shut if you want to stay alive longer than you hoped. Now if you excuse me I must prepare for the soul swap. Clone Shadow you may have the joy in torturing him until you see fit, but not to the point to where he almost dies." "But master I am still bonded with this fool." The sorcerer waved his hand and chanted a spell to break the bond. "There now do what you will I must prepare, do not disrupt me for anything." "This is going to be fun." Shadow's clone revealed a bunch of daggeres and other sorts of devices for torture. "I am going to enjoy carving into your chest with this dagger." The clone went up to Shadow and began to slice his chest open little by little. Shadow screamed out in pain. "Thats right scream all you want it is music to my ears."

(there guys how do you like the first post of mine?)

After taking care of the undead by the coast, Caim had some instinct that Shadow had been taken prisioner. Or maybe it was that he overheard some of Shadow's friends saying that. He's not a friend, but I want to be the one who finishs him off in the end. Along with his friends. Yet, I owe him for saving me.

One day, on his search, he noticed an old tower, surrounded by the aura of death. Hiding in a nearby bush, Caim looked at what he was up against. He saw several skeletons, lots of zombies, four Death Knights, and leading them all, was a Dark Paladin, complete with the unholy armor, undead horse, and all assortments of unholy weapons. Why is it always the undead? These are enough to fill a small cementary, and I bet there are enough in there to destroy a city. I had best wait for help, his friends are bound to come.

A dark robed being walked towards the group that guarded Shadow. "Poor, poor Shadow don't think your friends can help you now. They have left you to die here." said one of them as they forced him to drink something. There were only five of them counting the one who had just approached. The one who approached was different in that it was a foot smaller than the others and had its face covered, only its eyes, which were a dark purple shone. "Wait. That one potion alone may not be enough. Let me use mine." the being approached and held his mouth open and leaned close making him drink from a clear bottle, although all that was in it was water. As the being leaned close it wispered into Shadows ear so only the robed figure and Shadow could hear. "You did not think that I would allow you to die without a rematch did you?" the being said and it withdrew, standing next to Shadow, its hands hidden.

Ok. I am tired of waiting. It's now or never! Jumping out of his cover, Caim temporarily had the element of surprise. He used it by slashing through several zombies, and thankfully, these couldn't regenerate. The Dark Paladin looked at him and laughed. "You fool, you idiotic fool. Did you really think that you could defeat my platoon? Before I destroy you, I wish to know your name." "It's Caim, but why does this matter?" "So I can take you prisioner and alert our master that I found some resistance." Caim laughed, then said, "I may be captured, but at least I will destroy your troops!" "That's it! Troops! Attack, but do not kill! This man has an able body, he will make an excellent controlled soldier."

The undead troops rushed Caim. Trying to stand against them, Caim took down several zombies and skeletons with several slashes. Soon, he was wounded, a spear in his shoulder, but he had taken out most of the zombies. The skeletons' bones lay scattered. Taking the spear out of his shoulder, he threw it at a Death Knight, knocking it out. Only the Dark Paladin and three Death Knights remained, although Caim was severely wounded. He was kneeling down in front of the Dark Paladin. The Paladin ordered, "Strip him of all weapons and armor, and give him a Weakening Potion, just in case." The troops did as they were ordered, and Caim was being taken in.

They threw him in a cell, and as they were leaving, the Paladin said, "You are schedualed for Mind Control in three hours. Enjoy your last hours of free-will."

Shadow's clone had left the room and went out side to partol the area quick for Shadow's friends. Shadow was in pain from the cuts he had on his chest and some stab wounds that were administered. "Umbra?" he whispered after drinking the water. "You need to leave here before you get caught wait for everyone else to come." Shadow's clone began heading torwards the room. "Leave now hurry, tell the others I am alright. Hurry leave now." Shadow's clone got closer to the room he was in. The shadow that was emitted from the clone could be seen from the torch light.

(read the first one i finished it.)

Raven walked through the Salquedor Grasslands, Aegis at her side. The white wolf sniffed the ground and growled angrily. Raven turned to it.

"What's wrong, Aegis?" she asked.

There's a weird smell around here, growled the wolf, Smells something like undead...

"Undead?" asked Raven, "We're pretty far away from Dori'ba, so what do you mean undead?"

Chills went up her spine as she remembered that time when she and Kithara had stumbled into Dori'ba accidentally.

I don't know. Don't ask me, growled Aegis, You're a shapeshifter. Smell it for yourself.

"Fine," said Raven, concentrating. The form of a wolf was something she was familiar with already, making it easier for her to shapeshift. She turned into a white wolf, just like Aegis.

Lowering her nose to the ground, she sniffed. The scent of dead and rotting flesh met her nostrils. It did smell a lot like undead.

"Well?" asked Aegis. When she was in wolf form, he was able to talk to her normally and vice versa.

"Definitely undead," she growled in reply, "Let's go."

Aegis nodded and the two wolves ran towards the Ancient Tower. True enough, the tower was surrounded by undead. The two of them crouched low in the bushes.

"Stay here," said Raven, shifting into eagle form. She flew above the group of undead. If she had been human, she would have smiled. There were certain perks to being a shapeshifter. One of them was being able to get anywhere unnoticed. She wasn't about to go and challenge the undead. This time, stealth was the key.

She alighted on a window and tried another form. This time, it was that of a mouse. She scurried along the hallways of the tower before coming to a door. A man was walking down the hallway. Her ears twitched as she picked up voices coming from the room beside her. The door was open a crack and she scurried inside. Inside the room, a black-haired woman was bent over an injured man who was telling her to leave. She scurried behind a jar as another man approached...one who looked exactly like the injured man. For now, she was just going to watch and see what was going on.

((sorry...it's really long))

Kithara ran as fast as she could away from the group of undead. For some unknown reason, her legs brought her to Salquedor Grasslands. She was surrounded by undead everywhere and from where she was standing, she could already see the tower.

"Solar wind." she casted.

Seeing the zombies fall one by one, she rushed to the tower. She opened the door silently and observed the place--there was something very wrong. She decided to go out but opening the door, she could already see mobs of undead outside.

"Looks like I have to stay here for awhile." she thought, "Wait, are there people in here?"

She heard voices coming from the other room and footsteps coming nearer. She rushed behind the wall and peeked to see who it was. Was it going to be a danger?

The little angel soared majestically through the skies, his wings riding the wind. A happy and content smile sat upon Anesuri's face as he flew, for he was indeed in good spirits. It had been a good day. He had done quite a bit of traveling as well, reaching the grasslands at this time after having been in the Ered Annon Mountains just yesterday. He had made good time, for he was quite the speedy little flyer. Now, he was resting his wings, coasting on the waves of wind. Constant flapping caused fatigue, though such had been creeping upon him anyhow. Anyone would have been tired, and Anesuri considered the grasslands to be a good place to stop. Though grasslands might not have been the correct name for this area, for the terrain was beginning to turn into a more rocky element.

Now Anesuri looked down, scouting for a good place to rest. As his eyes glanced forward, he caught sight of a large tower just ahead. How had he not seen that just a minute ago? He shook his head, realizing that he was a bit more tired than he had a first realized, and continued to the tower. This would be his resting spot for tonight. As Anesuri continued forward, he began to think it strange that he was seeing little black dots on the ground. Being as curious as he was, Anesuri began to fly downwards to get a closer look. Soon he was able to recognize the dots as living people. He wasn't sure if he would be welcome by them or not, but it seemed as if they were guarding the tower. And so, Anesuri flew a bit lower.

"Agh!" Anesuri suddenly yelled out as he felt pain in his right wing. An arrow was embedded within his snowy feathers, and red droplets were beginning to escape from his blood system. Unable to fly properly, Anesuri hit the ground with a loud 'Thud', and immediately fell to his knees. He folded his wing so that the arrow was within reach, and struggled to slowly pull it out. However, before he could even budge the arrow, he felt a terrible pain in his head.

Sometime later, Anesuri opened his eyes to see another being nearby him. The angel's vision was a bit blurry, but he could see metal bars in front of him. As his vision cleared, he could see that a man was near him, and the two of them were trapped within a cell.

"Wh, What is this?" Anesuri blurted out, "Where am I?" His eyes were wide as he looked around; his head still aching a bit. "What's going on?"

"it's my curse that's done this to him" though Malisaro "it will be me who will free him"
He walked up to where several undead were guarding something, they turned to looked at him and charged, fools. Malisaro raised his arm and in the blink of an eye they were hit by a rolling river of magma.
"Do not underestimate me" said Malisaro walking past the melting bones.
He walked up to he door of the tower and walked straight through the wall next to it, ahead was a long dark corridor with several gruesome decorations.
"Shadow!" He called "where are you?"
He turned at a noise drawing his sword.
"Who's there?"
Somebody rushed past Malisaro in the next room wgich was evidentall an ajoining corridor.
"This is getting silly" he said sheething his sword and carrying on the way he was.
He came to a set of asemantium oors, they looked impossible to open, but Malisaro walked right through them and ascended a spiral staircase into a long cold dungeon, he could hear voices from the other end.
"Shadow!?"
He heard movement behind him and whipped about sword drawn again and this time lightning was sparkling up the blade.

A cloaked figure grabbed Malisaros wrist and whirled him around, "QUIET FOOL! SHADOW AND HIS CAPTORS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE!" the figure hissed in a wisper. He let Malisaro go, throwing a cloak over him. 'This is a better disguise than walking around in the open." The robed figure lowered its hood revealing a lupine who should be familiar. It was Migan, Umbra's partner and bodyguard. The lupine motioned for Malisaro to follow him, and he replaced his cloaks hood.

"I don't actually need acloak to hide myself" whispered Malisaro before turning invisible "you can still follow my scent right? I take it Umbras here too then"
He walked quietly down the corrdor looking about for naything suspisious.
"If Umbra's here then I might stand more of a chance of finding Shadow, where is he?"

After setting Spyro down by a wall, Darkfire looked around at his surroundings. He was in some sort of temple or something it seemed, and there was plenty of dark energy in this area...not to mention, whereever that portal had taken him, he at the moment was in an empty room off to the side of one of the corridors. Either the sorcerer had moved fast to another room, or the portal had thrown him off-course somewhat...whatever the case, he'd find that sorcerer and do whatever he had to do to force him to reveal how to transfer a soul, which is all that he really was, to a new body. As for Shadow, well...he'd have to take care of himself this time, he'd already saved him more than enough times in the past.

Leaving Spyro there, Darkfire walked out into the corridor, only to be immediately greeted by that clone of Shadow, the one the sorcerer had created. That must mean that Shadow himself had to be nearby, and thus likely the sorcerer as well, so he couldn't pass up this opportunity to use things to his advantage. "Well, if it isn't the sad little clone of the man I've already had to save twice before," he called out to him, smirking evilly. "I hope you'll be so kind as to take me to where that cowardly sorcerer creator of yours is, and now. Otherwise, I'll be forced to be somewhat less...peaceable..." he continued, holding his hands down to his sides, both of which seemed to suddenly ignite in small balls of intense blue flames.

Luppina was close to tears her lover had dissapeared and not left a trace.
"where are you shadow ?" she screamed unhappily.
her feelings were telling her he was in trouble her resolve hardened as she explored the area desperatly trying to find her little friend pining madly.
"please dont be dead...." she cried madly and desperatly.

Malisaro ran through the dungeon still invisible when an echoing laughter filled his ears.
"Who's there?" Malisaro whipped round becoming visible once again and looking about "who's there?"
"Welcome to your death Malisaro"
"Who are you?"
"In case you didn't know Shadow made a pact with me, his blood, and I give him his voice, now I need his body"
"Show yourself coward!"
"why would I dirty my hands on a wretch like you? Allow me to introduce my latest and greatest creation"
A shadow grew infront of Malisaro and began twisting about and formed into a masked drow.
"You!"
Malisaro stepped back drawing his blood sword, his clone mimicked him.
"What...You?..No"
"He is so obideant, he will follow my every command, unlike you"
The clone ran forewards, its sword flared with fire and lighting and it slashed at Malisaro who leaped backwards.
"It can do everything I can do can it" he muttered "now I wish I'd never convinced myself I have no weakness"
He ran at his clone but it leaped back and trust at him, the sword just glanced of Malisaro's rune armour as he dodged to the side.
"So, you're me are you? Poor you"
He ducked and cast lightning bolt. the clone cast redirxt spell and the lightning missed.
"Fast reactions" muttered Malisaro parrying another attack "typical"
He steeped back and cast earthquake, the clone leaped into the air and a black phoenix burst from its hand, Malisaro summoned his own and the two clashed in mid air in a frienzt of flaming swipes.
"Same spells, same moves, now I know how Shadowcaster feels"
He cast redirect spell on a light ball aimed at him and it crashed into a pillar causing part of the cieling to collapse, Malisaro used telekinisis and threw the rubble at his clone who did the same, Malisaro blocked the rubble with his shield.
"Damn, this is annoying" he snarled "I summon the anti arcane aura!"
The anti magic field swept through the corridor preventing any magic from bieng used.
"That's better" said Malisaro and ran forewards slashing at his clone who deflected every blow.
It leaped back and threw two daggers at Malisaro, he caught them and threw them back, his clone ducked his two but was punded in the chest one after the other by Malisaro's two. It fell back bleeding. Malisaro let his sword go limp and retrieved his daggers.
"Not that much of a copy" he said "if it's not immortal"
He turned and walked awya cancaling his anti magic field, when he'd wlked 20 paces he heared a whizzing noise, he turned and caught and arrow flying at him but screamed with pain and lightning coarsed through his body, he fell to his knees, his vision got suddenly blurry.
"Good move" he gasped "wish I'd though of that, hmm, technically I did"
He collapsed unconsious and the clone dragged him away.

(Yep, the only person who can beat Malisaro is himself, ironic huh?)

Shadow's clone sensed someone has breached the border and he went back outside. "Well if it isn't Darkfire. I am suprised you were able to get here so quickly and yet with an injured fighter as well." the clone began to laugh. "You can't possibly win against me." The clone held up his arms and more undead showed up. "You see here I can summon as many of undead as I want. This place is crawling with souls that is why we came here." The clone gave an evil smirk. "Now my undead army attack."

Shadow was in the room pulling at the chains trying to get loose. "It is no use I can't get free. I am too weak for the moment." The sorcerer showed back up in the room through a small dark door he created. "So how is my new vessel doing?" "You won't get away with this. I can promise you that." "Lets just see then, becuase from the looks of it I am almost finshed with the preperations." he chanted a small spell and cast lightning and shocked Shadow. "UrrrAhhhhh!" "Sorry couldn't resist the urge." laughing absurdly. "Yeah right." breathing heavily. "Don't die on me now. If you do I will just have to use one of your friends in the dungeon." "What have you done, you monster!?" "I'll just say Caim stuck his nose where it didn't belong. HAhahaha." Then the sorcer just vanished through the dorr once again "I will kill you no matter what."

Spyro woke up alone and lying down, he pushed himself to his feet. His ribs were still broken and very sore but his magic was replenished by the sleep. He cast around. He wasn't on the eastern coast anymore he walked up to the tower and remembered what had happened.
"Shadow?"
He walked up to the tower door and placed one hand against it, Shadow had been sukced up by a portal, and he had tried to fight a clone of him in a very weak state. But where were the rest? Darkfire and Azami were nowhere to be seen. He gazed up at the door.
"Easy come easy go"
He burnt the door down with a blast of fire from his mout and walked inside following the smae path as Malisaro. He walked for several minutes until he though he heared swomthing behind him, he whirled around and found himelf face to face with Spyro clone mark 2.
"Hello Jimy boy" it said slyly.
"Well at least it's making jokes now" muttered Spyro "What do you want this time?"
"You dead, duh"
"Of course" Spyro rolled his eyes "why didn't I guess"
The clone Spyro drew its sword and lunged at Spyro, Spyro blocked it and span round attempting to hit his clone with his tail, it grabbed it and slammed him against the wall which cracked.
"Bull's streangh" it laughed "now I'll give you the pleasure of breaking your other ribs"
"Yoyr jokes are worse than mine" said Spyro getting up.
"I wasn't joking" said the clone, its eyes gleamed with malice.
"Oh boy"

Riku showed up above the tower in his dragon form. "I sense something terribly wrong her." Riku landed on the ground and looked at the tower after changing into his human form. "I sense that my brother is here." Riku slowly walked up but before reaching the steps he heard some comotion going on a bit farther away. Riku walked around and saw who he thought was Shadow. "Brother it's you." The Shadow clone spun around and looked at Riku. "Who are you?" "Wait a minute your not my brother. Who are you and what have you done to him." "Oh you mean the weakling Shadow. My master is going to swap their souls so he can have a healthy body again." "Not if I can help it." Riku pulled out his weapon. "Mind if I help you get rid of this copy cat?" lookeing at Darkfire.

"Oh waht fun this is going to be."

Spyro was thrown through the wall and crashed into the one opposite and slid down it, he pushed himself back to his feet staring at his clone which stood triumphant.
"Go on" he said "kill me"
"It'll be my pleasure"
The clone smiled and flew at Spyro, but Spyro raised his amr and grabed it by the throat.
"What the?!"
Spyro's eyes had gone from red to black.
"You shall not hamr my son" said Spyro in his father's voice "you shall not harm one hair on his head"
Spyro threw the clone back through 5 walls and he flew outside crashing into the undergrowth and going opn for a bit more before digging his claws into the ground and coming to a halt.
"Impossible" it said "Spyro's father is dead"
"I am very much alive"
He trapped the clone in a column of fire and frazzled it, Spyro's eyes then turned red again and he collapsed over unconsious again.

Sitting alone in his cell, Caim was getting more and more worried. In a few minutes, they are going to make me a drone soldier. I will probally get to attack Shadow and his friends, but I won't have the satisfaction of finishing them off myself. A few seconds later, a cell guard and several bodyguards came to Caim's cell. Opening the door, he said, "It is time. Come with me.

Caim obliged, and was soon being escorted through several halls, filled with the cries of prisioners. When they stopped, they were in a large circular room, with a circular indent in the center. The troops led Caim into the center, then ran outside it. Soon, a mage entered, and said to Caim, "Caim! You shall now serve our master! For as long as he lives, you will be at his side, crushing all of his enemies! Total Mind Control!" A huge light filled the room, and when it left, the guard said, "Caim. You now serve our lord. Here is your equipment back. There are intruders in the tower. It is your job to kill them." "Yes, master." The guard gave Caim's equipment back, and when he got it on, Caim started in search of the intruders, his mind totally under the Tower's troops control.

(((OOC: man I hate when that happens))

Umbra stood straight and even faked a laugh as Shadow was hurt, [color=purple]'Hurry up Migan we dont have much time. I dont know how long Shadow can hold up. She felt the anger surge but quickly put it out, this was not the time to fight back against the demon in her. "I asure you "Master" he will not die on you" she said mockingly. The sorcerer nodded, apparently he thought that she was mocking Shadow instead of him.

Migan nodded, and beconed for Malisaro to follow him. He led him through a few hallways, "We will find Shadow. Follow me We do not have much time." he said as he turned the corner where he stopped suddenly as Caim walked past him. He resisted the urdge to growl and tear Caim limb from limb. "They have taken him. He now obeys the tower." he said as he led Malisaro ahead, towards a room. He opened a door and walked in. "We have to take the long way around. We may end up seeing a few of your friends."

Shadow hung from the wall like a sowrd and sheild ornament. He then noticed Caim was here and he saw him walk by. "Caim!" Shadow hollered. He looked to the door as he walked by. "No that couldn't have been him. I must be hallucinating now. Man this really sucks. My body is about to be taken control in a few minutes." Shadow looked back at the ground and flashed back to all the battles he had been in with his freinds.

"Hello Shadow are you ready to change places with me." Shadow looked up and saw the sorcerer standing in a red robe with a golden outline. "My frineds will figure it out if you switch bodies with me." "I wouldn't be to sure about that. You see only our souls and memories change, but evrything else will stay the same." The sorcerer put his hand up and unlocked the cuffs to his hands and feet. Shadow droped to the ground becuase of weariness. "Get up Shadow I know your stronger than that." "Your right."

Shadow pushed himself up and tackled down the sorcerer. "See ya later sorcerer." the sorcerer spat out blood from being knocked down and saw Shadow heading to the door. "Fool you think you can escape me." Shadow was able to reach the door but was then hit in the head by a stone the sorcerer had moved from the wall and knocked Shadow unconsious. He then fell through the door way and saw Caim slowly walking down the hall and then said "Hurry guys my time is almost up." and was out cold.

Umbra tied part of her rope to her chakram holding the other loosly in her hand. "ACTUALLY ONE PERSON WILL KNOW AND THE OTHERS WILL BELIEVE HER!" shouted Umbra as she threw off her cloak and wrapped it around the sorcerer. She grabbed Shadown and threw him over her shoulder and gave a sharp whistle. She then ran towards the window with Shadow on her back. She smashed it and the part of the rope that was not appart of her home-made grappling hook and wrapped shadow to her. She stood on the sill and waved, "Smell ya" she said as she free falled out the window. As she fell the rope kept Shadow with her and she threw up her chakram after passing a pillar sticking out of the wall. The chakram caught and they stopped with a jolt. Umbra pushed back the demon who was continuously trying through this whole experience to take over.

Migan and Malisaro were waiting behind a hidden door, he was no longer in his robe and could smell the impatience in the still invisable malisaro. He was growing restless as well but this had to be planned carefully. He perked up when he heard the sharp whistle. Migan threw the door open and came in on all fours instead of two, which made him faster, "LETS GO!" he cried as he watched Umbra jump through the window. He shook his head at the ideas she came up with but that was not important. He got ready to fight, using smell to distinguish the false from the real.

Caim was slowly walking down the hall, intent on finding the intruders. His memories, thoughts, even feelings were under his superior's control. He had thought he had heard a crashing of a window. Go, and find the source! The voice in his head commanded. Obliging, Caim started running through the halls. "Halt!" Commanded a guard, "You are without the proper guard armor!" He threw to Caim: Dark plate armor, a bone helmet, Steel Boots, dark plate gauntlets, and dark plate leggings, with a Elven Saber as a weapon. The dark plate armor had a black cape with it, to symbolize Caim's rank, Guard.

After getting the armor on, Caim started down the halls again. Eventually, he found the source of the crash, the room where Shadow was being kept. The sorceror was lying on the ground, and some strange beast was on the ground. Taking out his saber, Caim said, "Beast, leave this tower or suffer the consequences!"

((OOC) All of this new stuff will only last for a little bit. They are to show Caim's rank. His armor is weaker than the real things, and the sabre is also weaker. So, basically they are all weakened!)

The sorcerer ran over to the window where Umbra had jumped with Shadow over her shoulder. "Stupid girl. I will get my new body any other way." As Umbra was going down the side the rope started to break and snap from the combined weight. Shadow was still out cold, but deep in his mind he was trying to find his way back to consiousness.

Malisaro didn't remember what happened, he had been fighting a copy of himself and blacked out, the next thing he knew he had been left in a stone corridor.
"Wierd" he though to himself "what is wrong with that copy"
He heard several yells coming from nearby and ran out of his hiding place drawing his sword.
"Why did the copy leave these with me?"
He followed the source of the noise until Caim and Migan came into view.
He glared at Caim.
"Get away from Migan" he said "you know perfectly well what I can do to you...What the hell is wrong with you?"
Caim definatly wasn't himself. Malisaro ran forewards casting lightning bolt and shot a thunder attack at Caim.
"Where's Shadow?"
Several footsteps sounded behind Malisaro and he turned around, he was cornered between Caim and his copy.
"You're too much" he said "why did you just leave me and not finish me off"
The clone raised its hand and a crack spread towards Malisaro, he dislidgeed a large rock underneath him and used it to glide upwards away from the attack.
"I'll deal with you later"
Malisaro blasted a hole in the wall and leaped out after Umra and Shadow.

Darkfire looked to the other person that had approached, and shrugged, allowing the fire to recede from his hands. "Knock yourself out, as they say...I just picked up what I've been looking for," he said, having detected a slightly familiar scent from back by the coast...specifically, the sorcerer. Ignoring the clone for now, he rushed off down the corridors, leaving the Shadow clone and whoever that other person was there. He was close...closer...there he was. The one that could possibly get him his own body. Standing rather stupidly, in his opinion, on a windowsill. Of course, there was another person nearby, who seemed to be allied with the sorcerer, wearing dark armor though looking familiar enough. Caim, if he recalled correctly, from back in Lomedor...well, if he was going to fight, then that was his problem, but he was after the sorcerer. Then came Malisaro not long afterward, who jumped out of the building after a short confrontation, if it could be called that...and it seemed Caim's clone was still around, too, but that still wasn't his concern as he looked to the sorcerer.

"Looks like I finally found you again...now before you force me to destroy any more of your pathetic little followers, I believe you have something I want: a way for me to have my own body. And if you don't give it to me, well...I don't really think I have to say," he said, reforming the intense blue fire around his hands and smirking slightly. He nearly always got what he want, whatever he had to do to get it.

Spyro woke up and suddenly found that his ribs had healed themselves.
"What the hell was that" he muttered to himself "I don't remember a thing"
Spyro pushed himself to his feet and suddenly discovered he was not in the corridor fightting his clone any more, he was outside and there was a pile of ash nearby him.
"Don't tell me I lost control of myself again"
A flash of a man flared in Spyro's vision for a second but then it was gone. Spyro retracted his wings and turned back into his full human form and looked about.
"What's happening to me?" He looked up at the tower and noticed Umbra swinging from a rope above him. Seconds later Malisaro dropped down past her.
"This is too much"

Umbra and Shadow were free falling at about 50MPH, as they fell she felt stupid that she could not get them out of this mess, The demon began laughing at her in her mind. "This is just too good, I am sorry but you were so stupid to think that you could save your friends." Umbra shoved the demon out of the way and tried to concentrate. She pulled out her dagger and rammed it into the stone, it slowed them down but did not stop them. She held onto her dagger with everything she had, when suddenly a green aura surrounded them and suddenly they fell again, right on the floor of the room they had just left. Umbra held her head with her free hand, her dagger in the other. The sorcerer had surrounded them with his guards and warriors, they had grabbed Umbra and cut her from Shadow dragging her and him away from each other. "Take them to the other room, I will deal with them both at the same time. It will be fun watching her and Shadow suffer." She grew angry and shoved back at the demon who was trying to gain control, but as the demon faded back into the darkness so did another peice of her as well. They dragged Umbra and Shadow to another room and shut the door behind them.

Caim! It is your job to guard the two prisioners! You will be given several elite soldiers to help. Go! Caim walked up to the door that Shadow and Umbra were in, and stood there, ready to defend the door even if he has to die. A group of heavily armed soldiers entered, and they assumed their posts. One stood by the broken window, another by the hallway out. Two of them stood by Caim, and the last one stood in the other hall out. Together, their barrier was almost impossible to pass.

Shadow had finally woken up from being knocked out cold. "Oh...owww. What is going on." Shadow had finally opened his eyes fully and noticed that he was strapped to a table and Umbra was chained to a wall out cold.

"Darkfire I have no need to deal with you. I will not give you a body of your own. I can sense that you have another spirit living within your mind for a reason. Now leave me be I have my own matters to attend to." The sorcerer put his hand up and teleported Darkfire into the middle of the forest. "Clone Shadow." "Yes master." "Make sure he doesn't come back. I do not want to be interupted for anything now." "Yes master. I will do as you say." The sorcerer left and teleported back up to the room where Shadow and Umbra were.

"Ah...I see you are awake." Shadow looked at the sorcerer with an angry look. "What have you done to Umbra?" "I have done nothing she is only sleeping. I have broguht her up here so she can see your downfall." The sorcerer walked over to Umbra. "Wake up...It is time to watch your friend change places with me." "Don't touch her!" The sorcerer went to a table with a bunch of candles, a spellbook, and a small cauldron. "It is time for the ceremony to begin."

Riku was on the ground. "I don't have time to fight this wanne be Shadow." Riku sheathed his weapon and charged at at the clone Shadow with great speed. "Secret Jutsu...Earth Crumble." The ground beneath the clone began to give and then in a blink of an eye, it fell down a hole. Knowing it wouldn't kill the clone it gave Riku time to search the tower for the real Shadow. "Hold on brother I am coming to find you." he siad to himslef.

Umbra groaned. That wack on the head was a little more than nessissary. She opened her eyes, she was strapped to a wall, even more than Shadow was. She looked left and saw candles, to her right was a caldron, infront of her was..."SHADOW!" she struggled against the chains that held her. "Don't bother struggling. You won't be able to pull the trick you did before." he said turning around to her and walked up to her, "But do not fear little one. After I switch with Shadow, you will be placed under the control of the tower... As MY PERSONAL bodyguard." He said and turned back to the table. "It is time for the ceremony to begin." He said as he opened the spell book, "Keep your eyes on your friend." He said.

Migan threw two of the guards out the broken window. "Umbra! Shadow!" he cried as he tried to follow them but he was thrown back. He growled and slashed four of them, he put his nose to the ground, "Umbras smell is faint but Shadows is strong. He grabbed Riku and went the opposite direction that he was about to go. "Your brother is this way." he said dragging Riku behind him.

Malisaro summoned a Phoenix and landed on its back, he watched Umbra disappear.
"This is getting really annoying"
Her flew up to another window and leaped through it slicing the head off two guards as he leaped through into the corridor, he looked about him. His mark glowed and he recoiled slightly from pain.
"I'm coming to get you Shadow" he said "I swear on the grave of Elxaira"
He ran down the corridor and came up to a wooden door, problem was Caim and two other gurads were there aswell. Malisaro turned invisible but he knew they had seen.
"Dman" he said "there's gotta be another way in. Damn you Malisaro" he told himself "are you a sorcerer or what?"
Technically Malisaro was a warlord but he was still extrememly powerful with spells. He sidled up to the door, crept passed Caim and walked trough it using his phase abitlity. He held his metal mouth shut as he watched what was going on, the sorcerer was about to perform the ritual to swap bodies with Shadow. Malisaro crept over to Umbra and gave a reasuring "sshh, it's me"
He drew a dagger and cast flame blade on it and attempted to cut through the chains.
"What happened?" he whispered "you just vanished"
The dagger was doing no good and sooner or later a flame flying by itself was going to attract attention. Malisaro put it away trying to think. Then a flash of memory went through his mind.
"That's it"
He reached into his belt pulling out a phoenix feather.
"Hold still" he said and blew on it.
The feather acted like a blow torch and Malisaro was able to cut through Umbra's straps.
"You alright?" He said.
The feather dropped to the floor now useless.
"Thankyou Phoenix" muttered Malisaro.

(I've been meaning to use that ever since stormy night)

Caim was about to open the door, to see if anything had happened. He had thought he had heard someone sneak past him, although he wasn't sure. He asked his supiriors if he could, and they said that he could, because they noticed a presence too. The mind control was stronger now, so strong, that Caim did absolutly everything the mage ordered, and was restricted to only remembering who everybody was, nothing of his past.

Opening the door, the first thing that Caim noticed was a phoenix feather on the floor. Looking up, he saw that Malisaro was there, and he had burned off Umbra's restraints. "What the heck are you doing! Did you really think you could sneak past our battalion?" The other two door guards were in there as well, one with a flail, and the other with a prision whip. Both were high ranking, with masterwork plate armor. Kill the drow and Umbra, but our master needs Shadow. Pointing his sabre at them, Caim said, "Did you think you were getting out of this prision alive! I doubt it!"

(Best I can do, could somebody maybe give a short summary)

Shalura landed outside the tower and folded her wings behind her, she walked up to the tower and several skeletons leaped out in front of her and where imediatly hit by her holy spell.
"I'll have to save that till later" she muttered to herself.
He walked up to the doors and noticed they were burnt. She pushed them open and looked inside. She ran down a black corridor and up a spiral staircase looking about.
"Where is everybody" she muttered to herself "if my dove is playing wild gose chase with me I'll..."
She ran up the stairs and suddenly saw herself standing infront of her, she stepped back with a slight scream.
"What on earth?"
The copy drew a staff and leaped at her, she drew her own and blocked its attack.
"Who are you?" She asked "what are you doing here?"
It leaped at her again and she teleported aside.
"Hah" she said "didn't think of that one did you?"
The copy mimicked her and hit her from behind, SHalura fell forewards but leaped to her feet and transformed into a white tiger leaping at the copy which turned into a black tiger and coutnered her, then crashed onto the floor tearing at each other.

Malisaro looked up and his eyes narrowed.
"Just remember who you're dealing with" he said.
He vanished again and ran up to one of the guards appearing too late for it to react to a light ball fired straight in its face. Malisaro grabbed the flail aimed at him by the other guard and wrentched it from his grip. Malisaro cast earthquake and caused the ceiling above the guard to collapse on top of him, it threw the rubble aside and ran at Malisaro. Malisaro leaped to the side and struck his sword onto the back of the guards head knocking him over, Malisaro then turned to Caim.
"So the sorcerer has possessd you has he" he said taking a step back "looks like I'll have to get rid of you before saving Shadow.
Several cracks appeared in the ceiling above Malisaro and his copy leaped down infront of him.
"Let me guess" said Malisaro "leave me alone because I'm yours?"
The copy said nothing.
"What can't you speak?"
Malisaro reached up and pulled the copy's mask down, underneath the nose was missing and was just two holes in the front of the face giving it a skull like appearance, the side of tis face was mangled, just like Malisaro's true face, but there was a significant differance, the bottom jaw was missing.
"So when the sorcerer created you he didn't put in the artificial part of me did he" said Malisaro "poor fool"
The copy swung its sword up at Malisro's jaw but it bounced off with a loud clang of metal.
"And I though you knew me" said Malisaro.
He put his hand against his copies chest and cast rock missile, the copy was thrown back in a barrage of rocks and slammed against a wall.
"One mystery solved" said Malisaro "now for Shadow"

Caim! Retreat! You stand now chance against him! I have sent our High-Security Guards. They are on route to that cell. Looking around the room, his backup was dead, the clone was either dead or unconsious. "I'll deal with you later!" Running outside, Caim yelled, "Our master orders us to retreat to Shadow's cell! We will make our last stand there! Stop in each of your assigned areas, on every single route there! All of the guards will join us. For our master!" Running along the halls, each guard stopped in certain points. Caim was assigned outside Shadow's door, along with ten of the highest ranking personel in the tower, the red-caped Grand Defenders. Hulking men, with Mithril Armor, a Masterwork Polearm, a Horseman's shield, and basic curative magic. Together, they were nearly unstoppable. Caim, with his meager equipment but lighter armor, was there for fast attacks. Along the entire tower were guards of all ranks, ready to fight to the death. Shadow's cell was far into the tower, near the top.

Getting into a defencive position, Caim readied himself for a mass assult.

Spyro leaped through a window into the corridor and saw the place was crawiling with guards. They turned at him drawing their weopons.
"Great" though Spyro "this is getting harder than I though"
On the floor below him he could hear several roars and the slashing of claws.
"Looks like his pets are out of control"
He looked up at the guards and suddenly a smirk played on his face.
"Good evening gentlemen" he said "who wants fried guard for their tea?"
Spyro blew a fireball into his hand and aimed it at the guards, he waved his arm acroos and the flame tailed creating a flaming arc infront of Spyro which expnaded and threw the guards away.
"That'll teah you to pick on a kid" he said casting bull's streangh.
He ran forewards throwing guards aside and running through them, in seconds he was surrounded again.
"You just don't give up do you" he said.
"We have orders to stop any intruders from getting to Shadow and we intend to keep them"
"good for you" said Spyro "but I'm afraid I'm the wannbe hero type, sorry but I'm going to have to stop you"
A fireball grew between his two hands which he held to his side one over them other (dragon ball Z) and threw a large blast of fire at the guard splitting them into two seperate masses.
"Ha you missed us"
"Wasn't aiming at you"
The fire strike flew leaving a path of destruction in its wake and heading for Shadown's cell door, it was expanding fast and began to fill the whole corridor.
"Well you wouldn't expect me to knock would ya!"
Laughed Spyro drawing his sword.
He was no match for the guards alone but he was still going to keep them distracted till Shadow could get free.
"But that won't stop me" he thoughto himself and ran at the guards.

Umbra noticed Malisaro and did not make a sound , only nodded, as he cut through the chains. As he ran off she tried to follow him. "Ungh" she said as she ran right into an invisible wall, "Entrampment. But I thought you wanted to see your friend switch places with me....Do not bother with the half demon girl, I will deal with her when I am done with Shadow. He said turning around. Umbra kicked at the walls and even used her dagger at it but it was no use, she was trapped. She turned and looked at Shadow, four guards walked in and posted themselves at each corner of the box, carefull not to block her view of the "show" "Let the show begin." the sorcerer said as he opened the book and raised his hands.

Shalura was back in her human form and her copy was stepping back with fear. Shalura looked like she was praying, her hands were together and her eyes were closed, she sounded like she was singing. A wnid whipped up throwing Shalura's hair behind her. A white aura grew on the floor infront of the copy and grew filling the whole corridor with light. Several guards ran round the corner.
"What the?"
The aura formed into a white dragon which whacked Shalura's copy through the wall and fired a burst of fire at the guards.
"Thankyou" said Shalura in dragontalk.
The dragon gave a slight snort saying it was nothing. Shalura ran further up the stairs and notcied Spyro fighting the gurads. Shalura ran forewards drawing her staff and knocking down several guards after casting blur to make herself mush faster. She delevered a powerful and complicated spinning attacks knocking down deveral guards, she leanded in a crowd of them and they all rushed at her trying to overpower her but she leaped into the air using her wings to stay aloft.
"yloh!!!"
White energy pulsed infront of Shalura and fired at the guards blasting a crater in the floor and throwing them aside. Shalura fell to the floor weakened but still on her feet. SHe swayed a bit and looked at the remaining guards.