"Man, I really hope the Academy has a medical bay." Gill Grunt said as Cali was piloting Flynn's ship to their next location. They still didn't know what the Doom Raiders wanted with all that Traptanium, so Mags had suggested they pay a visit to her hometown in Rainfish Riviera. She had an "Information Squid" that might tell them what they needed to know.
"Same here, fish fighter." Wash Buckler said. The Water Skylanders, accompanied by Blastermind, were all going on this mission. "All we can do is hope Flynn heals in time. I even thought that this was BUZZ'S ship, not Flynn's!"
"Wow. You weren't kidding when you said there was a storm!" Cali said.
"Yep." Mags. "Been pouring like this ever since the Rainfish showed up."
"Speaking of which, how big is that Rainfish?"
"LOOK OUT!"
The giant fish lunged at the ship, with Cali having the dodge at the last minute as the fish submerged.
"THAT big!" Mags answered.
"Was that the Leviathan?!" Gill gasped. "Oh man, I do NOT want to get eaten by THAT again!"
"Speaking of which," Wash Buckler asked Mags. "This thing ate YOU, right? How did you escape?"
"You, er, don't really want to know, to be honest." Mags chuckled.
Cali landed the ship and Mags and the Water Skylanders disembarked.
"So, you've got a pirate problem, eh?" Thumpback laughed. "No problem. I eat pirates for breakfast."
Wash Buckler only glared at the whale.
"Oh. Sorry."
While fighting Pirate Chompies and Pirate Henchmen, the Water Skylanders also fought against the pirate Brawlrus. Deflecting starfish bullets, Wham Shell fired back his own before whopping the walrus with his mace. Giving the Portal Master the all-clear, Wham Shell watched as a Tech Portal opened.
"What is this, some kind of vortex?" Brawlrus asked. "Well then, vortex hooooooooo!"
One impact later, Brawlrus realized that maybe he shouldn't have jumped in like that.
"What is this trap, some kind of trap? I've never been in a trap before! Been lost in tubes for some reason, but never a trap!"
"Well, looks like your pirating days are over!" Wham Shell taunted. "Unless…."
"Well, I guess the writing's on the wall here. Brawlrus is going good!"
As the journey continued, the team also fought a mind-controlling villain: Masker Mind.
Blastermind knew that he was immune to the control, so he mostly took the charge. Using his physic power, avoiding telekinetic bursts and ultimately beat the puppeteer. Then, a giant grey Undead Vortex opened!
"HEY! You're not supposed to use magic against MEEEEEEEE!" Masker Mind yelped as he was yanked inside. "If I'm guilty of anything it's caring to much, and possessing a lot of people, but is that really so wrong? Wait don't tell me! I can read your mind!"
"Oh, you can?" Blastermind smirked. "Well then, what am I thinking right now?"
Total silence.
"Eh, well I suppose I can get in to being good. Get it? Get into? Haha, I like that one!"
The portal closed as the team continued onwards. After rebuilding bridges, dropping pirates into the water, retrieving cheese, finding a sub, and hearing about a game only played in a dream, the Skylanders were almost near the Information Squid!
But first, they had to deal with one last pirate: Brawl and Chain!
Thumpback took this one. Chains and Anchors were swung, as the whale dodged reeling shots and spin attacks. He finally managed to knock the pirate off the boat as a blue vortex opened and pulled him out.
"My true love will always be the sea!" B and C yelled as he was yoinked into the trap. One big crash later, and the pirate found himself locked up!
"Oi!" He called out. "Where'd you take me to? There's something fishy about this place... and by that I mean not enough fish!"
"Isn't it obvious?" Thumpback chuckled. "You're inside Traptanium! It's impossible to escape!"
"Oh, I get it!" Brawl and Chain's voice rang out. "Lock me back up inside Traptanium, huh?! Well, it's not gonna hold me THIS time!"
A few shaking noises were heard, then something falling to the ground.
"Oh wait, yeah I guess it is."
"So what's it gonna be? You one of us now or not?"
There was silence. Then, the Water Vortex closed.
"I'll take that as a 'yes'." Thumpback guessed.
"Hey, I think I can see our squid guy!" Wash Buckler pointed with his sword.
Suddenly, the Rainfish leaped out of the water and ate the net with the squid inside!
"And now I don't."
"Well, I guess we're going fishing." Gill Grunt said. "As weird as that sounds for some of us."
Heading over to the nearby crane, Gill was able to fish out the Rainfish, head inside its mouth, and get the squid out!
"Whew! Well, I'm glad THAT'S over with!" He sighed. "Alright, back to the Academy!"
…
"Alright, Mr. Information Squid." Spyro asked. "Why does the Doom Raiders need so much Traptanium?"
The squid began to shake and rumble.
"Psst, Mags," Spyro whispered. "What's it saying?"
"Wait a minute." Mags realized. "That doesn't sound like MY Information Squid…"
And suddenly…
POOF!
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The team gasped.
"RED ALERT!" Spyro yelled. "KAOS HAS FOUND THE ACADEMY!"
Aw man, I can't believe I just fished a Dark Portal Master from a giant fish's maw! Gill thought. Hey, does this Information Squid even EXIST?!
"Hello, fools," Kaos said. "Ahem, I mean, friends. It is I, Kaos. But fear not. I'm not here to destroy you as I have tried to do many times in the past."
Spyro didn't let his guard down. This could be a trap.
"No, no." Kaos continued. "This time, I am here to heeee…..haaaaallll…..hiiiiiiii…help you! That's right, help you."
"ENOUGH WITH THE GAMES, PIPSQUEAK!" Spyro roared. "I know what you're trying to do, and I am NOT buying it!"
"Look," Kaos stated. "I don't like this anymore than you do, but those stupid Doom Raiders are a problem for BOTH of us! Trust me."
"Trust you?!" Spyro said. "Give is one good reason why we should do that!"
"Well, it's simple." Kaos said. "I'll start by helping you find out exactly what that ridiculous floating freak head, the Dreamcatcher, is up to. What do you say, team?"
Kaos held out his hand. Spyro eyed him cautiously.
"Does he know what the Doom Raiders want with the Traptanium?" Gill whispered.
"SHH! I don't know!" Spyro hissed back. "But I AM certain of this. Whatever Kaos is plotting, it CAN'T be good." He turned back to Kaos. "I'm keeping an eye on you. From now on, I'm not leaving this Academy. So you better not do anything stupid!"
"Well, I know THIS isn't stupid." Kaos said. "In fact, I believe I know EXACTLY where Dreamcatcher should be…"
