Recognition showed on Pyros's face as he realized who was holding him.
The weapon in his chest stopped humming as it shut itself down.
Though it stayed open and was currently aimed at Storm's heart.
Pyros's snarled a moment later.
"Using my dead nephew won't help you Lich!!
I can see through your tricks!!" Yelled Pyros.
"It's not a trick, uncle!! It's really me!!" Replied Storm.
"Prove it!!" Replied Pyros.
Storm thought for a moment, before he replied.
"Remember that midwinters feast my father forced you to attend over 80 years ago!!
I was still a child at that point!
You had commissioned a artist to create a metal sculpture that was meant to resemble you!
Your intention was to give it to me as a gift.
But the man had scammed you and the sculpture ended up barely even resembling a dragon at all!
Pyros was speechless.
The cannon slowly retracted back into his chest and the plates sealed shut again.
"S-Storm?!" Stuttered Pyros.
Storm nodded his head in response.
"I must be dead!?
That's how you are standing in front of me?" Said Pyros.
Despite the seriousness of the situation, Storm couldn't help but chuckle.
"No, You are not dead! And neither am I!"
Pyros suddenly embraced him.
They stayed this way for 5 minutes before Pyros finally released him.
"Tell me what happened to you?!" Said Pyros.
Storm began to tell him everything that had happened since he left the Hatching grounds on his mission all those years ago.
His fighting against the kingdoms, how he was reunited with Aurora, his numerous battles since then.
When he got to the part where he had to tell him how they found him in Arcadia, as well as the fight he had against him.
Pyros got understandably upset.
"I'm sorry for attacking you, Storm!!
I had no control over my actions!"
Storm silenced him with a gesture.
"There is no need to apologize uncle!!
It is I that must apologize to you!!
I couldn't come in time to save you!!" Said Storm.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Pyros.
"Listen, uncle! This may come as a bit of a shock!
But you need to stay calm." Said Storm.
Pyros slowly looked down at his chest and noticed the metallic augments for the first time.
He quickly got to his feet and made his way to a nearby mirror.
He gasped as he saw his reflection and what had been done to him.
"There's nothing you can do about these?" Asked Pyros.
The Grans shook their heads.
"I'm sorry, Dragon!
But there's nothing else we can do!"
"Working on these further would kill or maim you!"
"We removed what we could!" Explained the Grans.
Pyros sighed.
"Then I will just live with it!" Said Pyros.
He sounded calm on the outside.
But Storm knew his uncle better than that.
The news had upset him, and he was simply pretending to be unaffected by the news in order to spare Storm from any feelings of guilt.
Storm continued his story and told him of the siege and his battle against the Lich and how it had met it's end.
"Seems like you've had quite an adventure, nephew!
I'm grateful that you managed to avenge what was done to me by killing my tormentor!"
"Kaiden still lives though!" Explained Storm.
"And when the time comes, we will make him pay, together!
But that can wait for the time being!
We have more important things to take care off!" Said Pyros.
"How do you currently feel, Dragon?"
Any pain you can currently describe? Asked the Grans.
Pyros shook his head.
"A dull ache maybe?
But not really, 'pain'?
Mostly I'm feeling cold and 'stiff.'. " Explained Pyros.
The Grans nodded their heads.
"Good, so the pain medicine we've been giving you has been working."
"It won't last though! You'll need to keep taking it or else it will get worse!" Said the Grans.
"For how long will I be dependent on this?!" Asked Pyros.
"The rest of your life, I'm afraid." replied the Grans.
"Uncle? How much do you remember about your captivity?" Asked Storm.
"Not much I'm afraid!
I remembered that I was investigating suspiciously large deliveries of construction and research materials leaving Calderon's holdings and going to an unknown location.
During this time I found out tha...." started Pyros.
He suddenly realized something and quickly became more frantic.
"The Wyrm Tooth mountain dragons!!
We need to find them before they do the same thing to them as they did to me!!" Exclaimed Pyros.
Storm stopped him with a gesture .
"Easy there, uncle!! I've already freed them!"
"Are they..?!"
"They're fine! A little traumatized maybe, but they are completely unharmed!" Added Storm.
Pyros breathed out a sigh of relief.
After Storm had freed them and returned them to Wyrm Tooth mountain to be reunited with their families.
All the surviving members of his father's clan came together and decided to revive their old clan.
They bid their farewells to the Wyrm Tooth mountain clan's leader and thanked him for sheltering them all these years.
Afterwards they all flew out to the Mortis mountains and announced that they had come to join Storm's clan.
They renamed the clan 'The Stormwing clan' in their leader's honor and renamed the Mortis mountains to 'Storm's Peak mountain'.
Storm gave Pyros the news and he was gratified to hear that his family was all safe and close by.
"I'll take you to see them!!
"Aurora, Pyrite and Lapis will be so glad to hear that you're awake!!
But first, I'd like to introduce you to a new member of the family!!" Said Storm.
Before he could do so however, he heard Razor frantically calling his name.
"Storm!! There's smoke rising from the Kitsune settlement!!"
Storm's blood ran cold.
"Have everyone capable of flight meet me at the entrance in 10 minutes!!!
Move!!" Exclaimed Storm.
"Sorry, uncle!!
Seems I'll have to give you the tour some other time!" Said Storm.
"We can talk about it after we return!!" Said Pyros.
"We?"
"I'm flying with you!!" Exclaimed Pyros.
"Absolutely not!!
You just woke up!!
And you haven't had a chance to practice with the new body yet!!"
Pyros snarled in response.
"I am not a hatchling, boy!!
Don't coddle me!!
I will not have my nephew fighting while I sit around at the Hatching grounds.
If you want to stop me, then you'll have to knock me out again!!" Exclaimed Pyros.
Without another word, Pyros rushed out of the infirmary and made his way to the Fortress entrance.