"The secret cove is just ahead." Tessa said. "Home to the Ancient known as the Flashfin."
"Huh. Interesting." Flynn said as a fish in a water bubble swam by. "I thought it'd be taller." He then noticed the little guys. "Hey, little fellas, you're kinda cute for fish. Have you see this Ancient Flashy-Humza-whatsamaisit?"
"Can you believe it?!" Tessa said. "We get to see the Ancient Flashfin in person!"
"Yeah, well, it's still just a big fish, right? It's not like a fish with laser beam eyes or something."
As the Water Skylanders finished teleporting, Gill heard a loud beastly moan. Then, he saw it.
"Woah. THAT'S the Flashfin himself, huh?" He said. The giant creature smiled at the Skylanders, before its eyes narrowed.
"Uh, why is it looking at us like that?" Punk Shock asked.
"I don't think it's us." Rip Tide answered, pointing with his swordfish. "LOOK!"
Everyone did, and they saw a massive fleet of Greeble ships circling above the Flashfin!
"INCOMING!" Zap yelled as the Skylanders took cover from an aircraft's fire. Gill returned fire with a harpoon in the engine, making the ship crash-land!
"Oh no! Tessa and Flynn are in trouble!" Wham-Shell pointed out, seeing that a Greeble aircraft was pursuing Whiskers.
"Uh, guys?" Thumpback gulped. "What's Mr. Flashfin doing?!"
Suddenly, the Flashfin let out a bellowing roar and sent out electric currents that destroyed the aircrafts!
"Well, whaddya know?" Flynn gasped. "He DOES have laser beam eyes!"
"Uh oh. LOOK!" Wash Buckler said. The team saw Greebles putting up some devices with strange crystals in it. The devices began to hum.
"Flynn, if Kaos is behind all this, what does he want with the Flashfin?" Gill asked over the Farspeaker.
"Possibly another complicated plot to take over Skylands or DUCK!"
Gill saw Whiskers dive as another aircraft zoomed towards where the bird once was. The Skylanders then saw the devices zap the Flashfin!
"What's happening?!" Wham-Shell asked. "Are they trying to corrupt it?!"
"I don't know, but we better stop it!" Gill said. "Come on!" With his command, the Water Skylanders raced off to save the Ancient Elemental!
Along the way, the team fought a bunch of Grumblebum Thrashers (Those guys were pure ugly!), Life Spell Punks, and Grumblebum Rockshooters. Free Ranger and Hoot Loop, who had come for assistance, teleported through enemy lines, spun enemies until they were dizzy, and knocked them out cold. Gill even had to fish out piranhas so that they would stop popping tube bridges (albeit it being weird for him) to help a fellow Gillman called Snagglescale.
"By the way, I have no idea who this Kaos guy is, but I'm pretty sure he's bad news." Wash Buckler added. "I mean, the others and I have been away for a century!"
"Oh, I bet you will. Eventually." Gill responded.
Soon, Gill had to help Snagglescale navigate the waters on a tube-like boat.
"Well," Snagglescale said. "You seem to be a fine fighter. You remind me of the good old days in the arena. Yessiree, I was the reigning undefeatable champion, never lost a fight. I got to a hundred wins, but the scoreboard couldn't go that high, and I was forced to retire. I also heard of how important the Flashfin was from my grandpappy. He said that the Flashfin 'kept things from getting fishy' round these parts. In fact, he said a lot of things about a lot of things, and some people say I'm just like him. But nosiree, I know when I need to keep my mouth shut when I need to keep my mouth shut, that's me, the strong silent type. And that's it. I'm done talking, not one more word, I've said what I needed to say. I've started talking and now I finished it, it's all over, just like that."
"AND YET YOU STILL KEEP BLABBERING!" Gill shouted, having gotten annoyed by the fact that Snagglescale just wouldn't shut up. And by now, they had reached a locked gate.
"Huh. Looks like one of them gears is gone. Should be one up in the fishing shack." Snagglescale said. "Once you've gotten it, I'll meet you back at the boat."
"I swear, if he goes Captain Chatterbox like that again…." Gill grumbled as he trudged off.
After retrieving the gear (along with getting more to open more gates), the Water Skylanders arrived at the Gillman Village, which was under attack! Quickly, the heroes rushed into action! After the village was freed from the Grumblebums, the heroes continued forward until they heard something.
"HALP!" A Gillman yelped while running like mad. "MAH BOGHOG'S GONE MADDER THAN A STARVIN' PIRAHNA!" Shortly after, a seemingly evilized Boghog charged after the poor fish. Seeing the crystals on the creature, Gill got an idea.
"Shoot the crystals!" He ordered as he opened fire. Tricking the Boghog into charging into a wall to stun it, Rip Tide shattered the last crystal with a mighty swing of his hammerhead, de-evilizing the creature. With no time to waste, they needed to stop the Flashfin from sharing the same fate! Finally, they were able to get to the crystals surrounding the Flashfin.
"Okay, team, you know what to do!" Wash Buckler ordered. "Destroy those crystals to stop the corruption!" Quickly, the Water Skylanders rushed into action! Thumpback smashed through enemy defenses and crushed the crystals with his anchor, as Gill Grunt used his own to crush another. Wash Buckler sliced the third crystal to bits, while Zap, Wham-Shell, Punk Shock, and Rip Tide concentrated their full power on the last one! Once all the crystals fell, the Flashfin was freed! It moaned in happiness before rapidly spinning and teleporting away. That's when Gill got a transmission from Spyro.
"Guys, something just happened to the Flashfin statue!" He said over the Farspeaker. "I'm not sure what you did, but it worked! Now get back here."
"Roger that. Grunt out."
And with that, the team headed back to base.
…
"Well done!" Rufus congratulated. "Thanks to you, the Ancient Flashfin and its magic has been returned to Woodburrow! In fact, the Chieftess has said that there is enough magic to summon a friend of yours! She told you all to meet her by the airdocks."
"Thanks, Rufus." Spyro said. "We'll head there right away."
Once they arrived, the Skylanders saw the Chieftess around eight floating pillars, one elemental symbol on each. She was practicing some kind of magical spell.
"So, you've taken up magic arts or something, your majesty?" Spyro asked.
"More than that. I have found a way for you to contact Master Eon."
"MASTER EON?! He knows what's happening?!"
"Yes. However, I will need your assistance, as I am not strong as I once was."
"No problem. Guys, with me."
Together, Spyro, Gill, Trig, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Cynder, Jet-Vac, and Terrafin channeled their elemental energy and completed the summoning. The pillars formed a bridge to an ancient portal, and from that portal, the spirit of Eon himself emerged!
"Greetings, Skylanders!" Eon said. "I have heard of your adventure here in the Cloudbreak Islands, and that you have had the SWAP Force join your side. Word has also reached me that Kaos has yet another diabolical plan to conquer Skylands: one that involves the corruption of four ancient beings!"
"Well, we already saved one of them." Spyro replied. "But we have no idea where these 'Evilizer' thingies are coming from!"
"There might be. Recent news in the Rampant Ruins states that dark crystals known as Petrified Darkness have been discovered in the local dig sites. If these crystals are the source of the corruptions, then the production of the Evilizers must be halted, before the other three Elementals fall before their power!"
"Then that's where we're going!" Spyro said. "I'll take a team with me and head there! Hopefully Tessa knows where it is!"
As the Skylanders left for Rampart Ruins, Eon smiled.
"Good luck, Skylanders. I know that you have not failed Skylands even once. You WILL thwart this new plan, I am sure of it."