Ignitor
Ignitor was surprised how easily it was to jump through the rift. It also surprised him how easy it was to trust Chop Chop and his team, especially after his own father, Paul Reiche, creator and owner of Toys for Bob the company that made the Skylanders games told him that his virtual world was real. He believed him; how could he not after fighting enemies from that very game on Earth and even fellow Skylanders like Flashwing and Flip Wreck who apparently joined their group.
The rift that enemies were swarming out of was assumed to be the gateway to Skylands, the real Skylands, no fake plastic portals or anything. And rather than jumping into it, the rift sucked them in. How many of them were there now? After Hank, err, Prism Break left, there was eight, and then the five actual Skylanders which he still didn't know how that worked, so that made thirteen of them? It was an odd number but apparently Stealth Elf, Flashwing, and Flip Wreck weren't part of the great prophecy. Ignitor felt like he was in a cheesy sci-fi movie about weird creatures and a great prophecy. Never the less, the events of the past week couldn't tell him otherwise.
As soon as Ignitor finished this thought, they reached Skylands and were faced with a greater amount of enemies than the ones arriving on Earth. We should've seen this coming, this is where the division is, Ignitor thought.
A large blue chompy dove at him which Ignitor swiftly cut away with his flame sword. "I think we need to get out of here!" he shouted over the roar of the army in front of him.
"Agreed, let's move!" Chop Chop replied. The group ran around the enormous army, only having to push back some of them as they were all occupied with invading Earth.
The group ran for what seemed like hours until finally they reached the ruins. Ignitor had no idea how he got there, but he blindly followed Chop Chop since it seemed like he knew where he was going. He stared at the ruins, and it was exactly how the game portrayed it. The Core of Light in the middle, the beach with two ships on the lower level. He could see the Arkeyan Weapon Master next to the great chain. Diggs was working on the train on the railroad. He could even see the Clam-Bot on the beach resting patiently. It was calming and peaceful, two things he hadn't experienced in a long time.
"So what's the plan?" Wind-Up asked. Ignitor looked at him.
"Umm, I'm…I'm not sure. This is a lot to take in." Ignitor sighed.
Chop Chop chuckled. "I know the feeling. Aside from these four guys, I was also a human, but at this point I think I'm more Skylander than human."
Ignitor and his gang stared at Chop Chop confusingly. "What do you mean?"
"Well, before all of this, the invasion, the divide between Skylandes and Earth coming together, I was a human and I came to Skylands through a weird vortex thing. I became Chop Chop, except unlike you guys, I wasn't the real thing. The real Chop Chop ended up being evil and betraying Skylands. Luckily he wasn't a very good fighter and now he works for the Skylanders again" Chop Chop pulled out a tiny black crystal. It sparked up as a similar robotic voice faintly shouted.
"This is crap! I've been fighting way longer than you! You just got lucky!" the tiny crystal with evil Chop Chop piped up.
"Uhuh, you tell yourself that." Chop Chop said as he put the crystal away.
"Anyway, Eon told me about what was going to happen, but to go to Earth I had to go to the Sacred Tomb of Sacred Masks to keep my Chop Chop powers before I went. Although it still confuses me why I still changed into a human."
Roller Brawl tapped his shoulder, "If you recall, you actually kept your powers, just as a human"
Chop Chop shrugged. "I guess that makes sense"
Whirlwind scoffed "Excuse me, please continue. I'd like to make sense of this"
"Right, right, anyway, so we went on this crazy adventure and got to Earth where we had to stay as humans until you guys got to the Toys for Bob facility. Paul, your dad I presume?" he pointed at Ignitor "He told us when you guys were near. Somehow he was able to communicate with us while he was imprisoned."
"What? My dad was captured?"
Flashwing nodded. "By Enigma. He seems to be the Skylander that's leading the charge on Earth"
"So then who's leading the charge here in Skylands?" Snap Shot chimed in.
"We don't know" Flip Wreck said.
"Okay, so past that, past everything that all of us have gone through, what do we do now?" Ignitor asked.
Chop Chop smiled. "Well, we have a friend that owes us a favor. And if we're going to turn all the evil Skylanders on Earth good, we're gonna need the Illuminator."
Wind-Up coughed, "You mean the one at Winter Keep"
"That's the one. Pop Fizz, can you contact them?" Chop Chop spoke to the gremlin.
"Already on it!" Pop Fizz said. He pulled out a walkie talkie. "Heyo! Teryl, Daryl, you there?"
After a couple of seconds of static, a voice responded. "Teryl here. We saw the rift and we are already on our way."
"Good, we're gonna need the Illuminator" Chop Chop said into the walkie talkie.
"Ooo, it'll be difficult to convince the rest of the elves but if we're gonna need it we'll always up for it" Teryl spoke back.
"Hey is that Chop Chop?" a squeaky voice said from the walkie. "Hey guys! It's me Phil! Tiny says hi too" Phil said followed by a low growl"
Ignitor, Wind-Up, Whilrwind, Stink Bomb, and Night Shift sat there in confusion.
"Who was that?" Night Shift asked.
"That was our friends. Phil and Tiny are a Lava King and Flame Imp. Teryl and Daryl are frost elves, Martin and Gizmo are really old Skylanders, Gizmo is the Grizard, and you should know Jet-Vac, Drobot, Boomer, and Terrafin. They are also helping us out" Snap Shot explained.
Ignitor rubbed his hand on his forehead, or at least, where his forehead would be. "Wow, this is…well, saying a lot would be an understatement"
"Would pie help?" Pop Fizz offered.
"Excuse you?" Whirlwind asked.
"Pie? From Batterson's Café? He has the best pies, and Ghost Roaster works there" Pop Fizz replied.
"Wouldn't Ghost Roaster be on Earth, turned evil?" Ignitor pondered.
Chop Chop thought about this and then pointed towards Darklight Crypt. Next to the skull covered building was a small hut with "Batterson's Café" on the top of it. "If that were true, I think the hut would be destroyed"
"Also I'M RIGHT HERE!" a crazy cackling skeleton appeared instantly making Stink Bomb jump and go invisible. "And did I here you guys say you want pies?" Chop Chop nodded. "Well as much as I would love to make pies and meet your new friends, I can't! Batterson has gone mad and won't make pies! And when I tried to get him to, he attacked me. He's got this wild look in his eye. Also he's gone all purple and he's got pink crystals coming out of everywhere!"
"So what you're saying is he got evilized?" Ignitor asked.
"Evilized! Yes, that's the word I was looking for" Ghost Roaster said.
"I'm not even gonna ask how" Ignitor sighed. "Wind-Up, come on, we're taking care of this"
"Sure thing man!" Wind-Up said.
"You guys, get some rest, we've had a long day" Ignitor told the rest of his team. They all nodded and laid back in the grass.
"You sure you don't want back up?" Chop Chop asked.
Wind-Up turned to him and looked shocked. "We just took out an entire group of enemies on Earth. One evilized pie maker shouldn't cause too much trouble"
Chop Chop nodded and let them go.
Ghost Roaster followed behind the two. Ignitor stopped for a second. "Uh, I think we're good just the two of us."
"Oh I'm not coming to help you guys" Ghost Roaster cackled. "I'm going to make sure you don't break anything. Batterson makes anything like that come out of my paycheck!"
With that, Ignitor and Wind-Up entered the café. It was relatively quiet except for some rustling coming from the kitchen in the back. The dining area was completely empty so the two decided to go to the back.
"Man, why didn't we have something like this on Earth" Wind-Up said out loud.
"We did, Eddy, we just never went because we were too busy playing video games" Ignitor said.
"Oh right." Wind-Up said. "Man, I haven't been called Eddy since this whole thing started. Thanks Kyle"
"Of course man" Ignitor said. In the back corner of the kitchen was a small purple rodent, that could only be the evilized Batterson, stirring away madly in a bowl.
"In with der flour, stir it thoroughly, make der pies, MAKE DER PIES!" it mumbled.
Ghost Roaster tapped on the table in the middle of the kitchen. "Hey buddy, you making pies?"
The molekin turned and Wind-Up then knew what Ghost Roaster meant by the wild look in his eye. A tiny pink fire blazed in Batterson's eyes. It pierced his metallic shell making him shake in a small fear.
"Only a molekin, only a molekin, only molekin" he told himself. His instincts made him duck as a pan flew over his head violently. Ghost Roaster caught the pan and placed it gently on the counter.
"Okay Batterson, we just need to hit you a lot of times until you are de-evilized, right?" Wind-Up said.
"NO PIES FER SKYLANDERS!" Batterson screeched and through another pan which clanged off of Ignitor's armor and fell harmlessly to the ground.
Ignitor chuckled and turned to Wind-Up. "I told Chop Chop we could handle this." The fire knight was interrupted by a pan whacking him in the face with such a force, Ignitor flew into the wall of the kitchen making a dent in the building and a smaller one in the armor.
Batterson leapt on top of the table with a mechanical whisk in his hand. He spun the handle vigorously while belting a battle cry that sounded like Gill Grunt's singing. He then dove at Wind-Up, tackling him to the ground.
"GAHH! ROBOT DOWN! ROBOT DOWN! GET THIS WEIRD MOLE OFF ME!" Wind-Up shouted while Evilized Batterson whipped Wind-Up with the whisk.
"Take that you stewpid Skylander!" Batterson shouted in between strikes. This small molekin fighting these two powerful Skylanders made Ghost Roaster cackle. "Do you think this is funny?!" Batterson leered at him.
"N-no sir!" Ghost Roaster said and then fled the kitchen.
Ignitor looked dazed from being shoved into the wall. "Al-alright you dumb rodent" Ignitor stopped to rub his head in pain. "N-now you're g-gonna get it!" He dove at Batterson, but completely missed and skidded on the kitchen floor.
"That's it, get off me!" Wind-Up cried as his arms transformed into cymbals and he banged them together. The soundwaves made Batterson's head buzz and vibrate. The molekin stuttered backwards and fell down. The evil purple energy seemed to start disintegrating off of him, but not all of it.
Ignitor got up from the floor. "Hey, that seemed to work, Eddy, bang your cymbals again"
Wind-Up nodded. He clashed his arms together multiple times, the loud crash erupted the room in the loud noise and Batterson covered his ears in pain.
"So loud! Sterp it!" he shouted as the purple energy evaporated off him completely.
Ignitor staggered forward, his head ringing from the cymbals crashing. "G-great job, W-Wind-Up"
Batterson, fully recovered, sat up. "Oh my aching head" he saw Ignitor and Wind-Up standing above him. He got up smiling. "Tank you fer freeing me! I will make you pies right now!" Then he noticed the pans cluttering the floor as well as flour, eggs, and different cooking liquids spilled all over his kitchen. He started grumbling again and shouted. "GHERST RERSTER!"
The ghost Skylander entered the kitchen and sighed. "I know I know, it's coming out of my pay check"