Chop Chop was finally getting used to living in a world where there were giants and humongous air ships that shot cannon balls, but this, this was a whole new level.
Chop Chop didn't even believe there were lions as big as this "Lenguin". But here in front of him was the massive creature that called himself Otis. Roller Brawl just scooted next to him and shut his gaping mouth.
"You said he was a friend, yes?" Otis asked. Chop Chop just about fainted from the words coming from the penguin head's beak.
"Yes, yes he is. I promise." Roller Brawl said.
After some awkward silence Otis remarked, "Can he speak?"
"Hey, this is how I reacted, remember?" Roller Brawl defended.
Chop Chop finally cleared his throat. "So you're a, what was it again?"
"A Lenguin". Otis replied.
"Riiiiiight." Chop Chop sighed. Only I could get into this mess, he thought.
"His wing is broken, so I've been coming here every day reading to him for entertainment until he gets better." Roller Brawl said.
The story seemed a little connected. "How long has his wing been broken?"
"About two months now." Otis said. "Should get better soon."
"That explains a lot." Chop Chop turned to Roller Brawl. "You know, practically everyone thinks you are doing some evil stuff since you come here without telling everyone."
Roller Brawl shrugged. "Let them think what they think. I'm a Skylander and I know it so why should I try and prove it with all this chivalrous talk and being a hero in front of everyone."
"You mean like Ignitor?" Chop Chop said, remembering the old fire knight speaking to him.
Roller Brawl spoke in a mocking voice while raising her arm as if she were holding a sword, "For honor and glory!" Chop Chop and Roller Brawl laughed. "Besides, if people found out about Otis here, he would probably be taken by Drobot and Double Trouble to do all sorts of experiments, Spyro would try to make him a Skylander too, and he couldn't be the free creature he wants to be."
"I am just not a fighter. I prefer flying around finding apple bushes to eat, scaring the sheep, that sort of thing. However I haven't flown in months! It is very unfortunate." Otis commented.
Chop Chop nodded. After that, Roller Brawl started reading some of her books to Otis and Chop Chop just sat there listening and thinking. He wondered how such a caring person such as Roller Brawl was thought of as a mysterious and creepy girl by everyone. He thought about how he was going to get home and how the real Chop Chop treated others. At the moment, he didn't like the previous Chop Chop and how he could've been so mean to Roller Brawl. Chop Chop, the current one, really enjoyed her company.
As Roller Brawl finished a chapter out of "The Adventures of Blobbers" Chop Chop noticed that the sun was starting to go down. Chop Chop then realized something. "Umm, Roller Brawl, how are we going to get back up?" Chop Chop said.
Roller Brawl looked at Chop Chop, and then past him to the setting sun. "Yeah, I guess we should start heading back to the ruins now."
"Really? I was really getting into the book. The author uses such exquisite detail." Otis complained but nodded his head, letting them go.
"Ok, Chop Chop, walk towards the edge and face the sky." Roller Brawl said.
"Uhh, what for?" Chop Chop asked sheepishly.
"Just do it!"
"Ok, ok, ok." Chop Chop grudgingly stepped to the edge and looked towards the setting sun. He just started to admire it when he felt a great whomp on his rear and he was kicked over the edge. He immediately got scared and started screaming when he noticed the bottom of the island had a small platform sticking out of it with a blue shimmering pad. When Chop Chop reached it, he instantly shot straight back up, past the cliff with Otis and back onto the top of Perilous Pastures. He tumbled into the ground and laid there, still feeling the adrenaline of the bounce pad. Roller Brawl gracefully landed next to him. Chop Chop sat up and rubbed his sore butt. "Was kicking me really necessary?"
"Just call that payback for your previous self" Roller Brawl snarked.
"Well seeing as how much that hurt, my previous self must have been an idiot" Chop Chop said still rubbing his rear in pain. Roller Brawl giggled.
"Don't worry, you're nothing like him. You're much better" Roller Brawl said.
"Flattering," Chop Chop remarked.
The two started heading back, but before they reached the bridge that led back to the ruins, Chop Chop spotted Dino-Rang and Snap Shot running towards them. They were panting and had terror in their eyes. When they reached Chop Chop and Roller Brawl, they spoke at the same time in stuttered breathes. "Attack… Too many… we can't do it… I wanted PIE!"
Chop Chop raised his hands up in a 'slow down' motion. "Woh, woh, woh, one at a time."
Dino-Rang finally spoke. "It's the ruins, Kaos has an all-out attack on us. He's starting to capture Skylanders!"
Roller Brawl stepped in. "Wait what's going on?"
"Why would you care?" Snap Shot panted. "You just run away all the time."
"Snap Shot, she's cool. You just have to get to know her." Chop Chop said. He turned to Roller Brawl. "But we have bigger problems. Ready to fight?"
Roller Brawl nodded. "Time for some stress relief." She jumped up, clicked her heels in midair, and two razor sharp blade saws popped out of the bottom of her feet. "Let's go!"
The two of them ran across the bridge towards the ruins. Snap Shot and Dino-Rang stayed in place breathing heavily.
"You two go on ahead." Dino-Rang said.
"They've already left, Dino-Rang" Snap Shot.
Dino-Rang lifted his hand in the air a bit. "We'll catch up!" and he immediately collapsed on the ground.
When Chop Chop and Roller Brawl arrived at the ruins, Chop Chop couldn't believe his eyes. Batterson's Café was on fire, trolls were banging away at the Core of Light while the Core was zapping them from the giant crystal on top. The trolls just kept coming though and the Core was sputtering in response to each blow from their monkey wrenches. He could here sounds coming from the beach. Chop Chop and Roller Brawl saw Skylanders and other Skylanders that had dark bodies and had glowing white eyes fighting each other.
"What? Kaos brought the Nega Skylanders?" Roller Brawl exclaimed, clearly with surprise in his voice. "This is not good." Chop Chop also spotted some Chompies and a green hooded figure waving a giant stick with one hand and a Chompy puppet on his other. "And the Chompy Mage is here. This gets better and better."
"What do we do?" Chop Chop asked.
"We go protect the Core of Light. Those trolls destroy it and darkness will cover Skylanders and we'll have to rebuild it, again." Chop Chop nodded and pulled out his sword and shield. Roller Brawl put her spike-covered gloves on. They ran to the core and immediately started knocking away troll after troll. Chop Chop swung his sword left and right, whacking any troll that attempted to get in his way. He spotted a troll with a metal mask pull a pin on a grenade with his teeth and lobbed it at the core. Chop Chop jumped up, hit the grenade with his shield in midair towards an oncoming wave which blew up in their faces. He then landed on the ground while plunging his sword deep into the ground which made bone brambles erupt from the ground and chase the troll that threw the grenade. It quickly caught up to him and hit him to the ground knocking the troll out cold.
Congratulating himself in his head, Chop Chop turned around to see an orange troll right in his face about to blast him with a humongous gun. Just as it was about to fire, Roller Brawl skated up to him and kicked the troll with the blade in her foot. She looked at Chop Chop.
"Now you owe me." She said. Chop Chop sensed something and pushed Roller Brawl to the side and right behind her was a troll with a spiked mace who swung it right where Roller Brawl was. Chop Chop took his shield and rammed into the troll. The troll flew backwards knocking a few others down with him. He turned to Roller Brawl who was on the ground. He reached his hand to her. She took at and Chop Chop lifter her up.
"No I don't." Chop Chop remarked nonchalantly as if that whole thing never happened.
Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in Chop Chop's chest. He looked down and a glowing sword was poking through his chest plate. The sword went back and Chop Chop fell to the ground on his knees and he twisted over onto his back, holding the giant hole in his chest with his hands.
Chop Chop looked at the figure that stabbed him. It was him. It had the same body, but instead was outlined with a glowing dark purple, and was completely silhouetted on the inside except for his eyes which were neon white.
He was only able to see the other Chop Chop smash Roller Brawl with his shield knocking her out before Chop Chop passed out.
Chop Chop woke up to Dino-Rang dumping cold water onto his face. He was next to the Core of Light which was still firing a laser into the sky. At least the darkness won't spread, Chop Chop thought. He looked to his right to see Snap Shot dump a bucket of water onto Roller Brawl. She shot up, swinging her arms furiously at nothing. She then opened her eyes and started breathing heavily.
"What happened?" Chop Chop said wearily.
Dino-Rang spoke softly. "The Skylanders were all captured. Almost all of 'em. It doesn't matter though. Kaos won."