Motherly Mayhem

After getting through the defenses of Kaos' Fortress, the Dog Stars reached the throne room and found his mother sitting down in the chair like she was waiting for them.

"Welcome dearies, I was expecting you. Oh don't worry about your friend, my pet will keep her entertained while we have our little chat." Then, a huge purple monster appeared behind Tessa and tried to attack her. But she started to hold out on her own.

"Tessa!" Cleo was about to fly up there and help her, but Mac stopped her.

"Cleo stop! We have bigger fish to fry."

"Mac's right, we've got bigger problems right now." Kaos' mother then got up and started walking closer to the portal in the center of the room.

"I'm not one to fight Kaos' battles, but really? Failing to take over Skylands after so many tries, I just had to see what the problem was and now I see it's been you all along." As she was walking, so did the Dog Stars to keep their distance. They stayed on the opposite side of the portal.

"You didn't really think Kaos was the strongest Portal master on this side of the darkness, did you?" (laughs) "You may have defeated my son, but I AM a Dark Portal Master and my power knows no equal!" She lit up a couple of torches behind her and then went back to her throne.

"First, I shall take care of you and I'll take all of Skylands for myself." (To herself): "Sorry Kaos, you had your chance." (To the Dog Stars): "Now, prepare yourselves for a battle you will never forget!"

She then blasted them all back to the entrance of the castle. She then appeared in the same room with them and her portal was located directly underneath her feet and it was floating with her.

"Dog Stars, get ready!"

K.C. took on Free Ranger's powerful blades, Clifford utilised Ignitor's flame sword, Cleo used Star Strike's powers, T-bone utilised Rip Tide's swordfish, and Mac took on Zoo Lou's powers of summoning animals.

"Let's see what you have learned. Raise the cages, unleash the beasts!"

"Scatter!" K.C. commanded. Immediately, all of the evilized beasts that the dogs encountered were revealed. Cleo took to the skies with sugarbats on her tail. On the ground, Clifford was tackling Kangarats that were violently landing on him from the air, but the sword helped provide some defense. Bog Hogs were charging at Mac from different sides to attack, but when he dodged them he countered only to hear another behind him. He didn't have time to get out of the way, but T-bone pushed him out of the way.

"Thanks for the assistance T-bone."

"Anytime, Mac. Anytime" T-bone then charged at the beast and slashed at it with the swordfish. He then circled around the beast, slashing at it from different directions. Once the last of the beasts were taken care of, the Dog Stars turned their attention to Kaos' mother.

"You think you've won? This is just the beginning!" Then she disappeared, leaving an evil laugh in her wake.

"Hey! I was just getting started here. I haven't even warmed up yet!" Cleo yelled

"Maybe, you'll still get a chance."

"Are you onto something, Mac?" K.C. asked taking note of Mac's tone.

"Yeah, be right back" Then, he flew into the portal left behind by Kaos' Mother and when he got in...

"What the-?"

"How did you find me here? It's not possible!" She then left the place with Mac soon to follow. When he got out, he was back in the arena with the others. The entrance of them appearing caused 2 green crystals to fall down from the ceiling.

"Mac!"

"There she is!"

"How did you find her?"

"That portal leads to a hidden area. She was using to hide from us and make us think she was gone."

"Now you shall witness the power of... THE DARKNESS!" She then casted a dark and powerful beam right for the Dog Stars.

"Look out!" K.C. ordered. The dogs took off in different directions. Mac, Clifford, and K.C. hid behind one crystal while T-bone and Cleo bid behind the other. When the beam hit the crystal K.C., Mac, and Clifford were hiding behind, it absorbed it and fired it right back at her. Then, the doors to the next room opened up.

"Very clever, but I'm done toying with you all."

She flew to the next room to prepare herself. The Dog Stars flew to the next room and the fight continued. They faced the same evilized beasts and some screeches, chillydogs, and Snowrollers. They also faced a few members from the audience. When they were dealt with, Kaos' mom disappeared again.

"Time for a strategic retreat!" Then, she was gone.

"I'll get her this time!" K.C. commanded and flew into the portal to chase her out.

"Found you!"

"No, no more! Stay away from me!" Then she flew out and K.C. in hot pursuit. Green crystals fell from the ceiling, but the Dog Stars had a plan. When the beam was fired, the Dogs took off into the air. They all sticked together as they flew around the room and then flew in front of a crystal which absorbed the beam and fired right back at her. She then flew away to the throne room. When the Dog Stars followed her all the way to the throne room, they saw Tessa and the greebles. They also saw the big one; Bubba Greebs. He came to the balcony and threw small greebles to attack the dogs. Eventually, he threw a bundle of dynamite.

"Hey what's this?" Clifford asked. He picked up the dynamite and got an idea. He used fire breath to light the fuse and threw the bundle directly at Bubba Greebs. It exploded on him and knocked him down to the lower area. However, a shockwave formed from the impact of the landing and was headed for the Dog Stars. Once they dodged it, they attacked Bubba Greebs until he recovered and hopped back up to the ledge. They repeated the process until he was defeated.

"Now that Tessa's captor has been eliminated, time to take out the real threat here." Mac said.

"You can't defeat me in my own castle, I am the most powerful Dark Portal Master."

Just then, Kaos' Mom appeared only to disappear right afterwards.

"I'll get her out!" Clifford said and quickly flew into the portal to chase her down.

"Impossible! You can't do this to me!" She and Clifford then left and re-entered the room. She fired another beam, but this time there were no crystals to use. So they scattered and avoided the beam as best as they could. When Tessa came to the room, she knew she had to help. She looked around and saw a mirror in one spot and a dagger in another. She then got an idea.

"Hey Cleo!"

"Yeah?" Tessa grabbed the dagger and pointed to the mirror. She then threw the dagger at the mirror's frame. Cleo saw what her plan was, so she threw one her fans at the mirror and both weapons knocked it down by cutting the chain holding it. When the boys saw what they did, they all went and hid behind the mirror. The beam soon followed and when it hit the mirror, it did more than bounce back. It also pulled Kaos' mother towards it and right inside, thus trapping her.

"What have you done?! I can't get out!"

"Yes!"

"Alright!"

"Way to go guys!"

"Mission accomplished!"

"High paw!" T-bone insisted. All the Dogs did just that and Clifford went to retrieve Tessa. She, Clifford, and Flynn came through the doors.

"Wow, you guys sure fixed her. KA-BLAM!" Tessa said

"Yep, she's not getting out of there anytime soon."

"Kaos, Kaos can you help mother dear?" She pleaded, but he wasn't even within earshot to hear that.

"Yeah, where is the little twerp?" Flynn asked. He got his answer when a hologram of Kaos was projected from the portal.

(evilly laughing) "Hello stupids. While you were busy wasting time with her royal motherness, I've been filling the entire volcano with petrified darkness. Making it the ultimate evilizer of ultimate evil DOOM! Soon, it will be a matter of time before the volcano erupts and cover all of Skylands in darkness!"

"KAOS, you put your own selfish desires ahead of your mother? You really are my son, I'm so proud!"

"Well, that's not weird at all." T-Bone whispered to Clifford and he simply just shrugged his shoulders.

"Yes, yes thank you. Enjoy your mirror prison of oblivion, mother! And don't worry Skylosers, I'll come back and crush you when I'm all powerful." Then, the hologram flashed a bright blinding light as Kaos evilly laughed away.

"We have to hurry to the volcano and stop him." Tessa said

"Dog Stars, let's settle the score with him once and for all." K.C. sternly ordered

"Right"

"Agreed"

"Let's do this"

"You bet"

So everyone left the throne room and headed back to Woodburrow. Soon they took Flynn's ship and headed for the volcano.


"Hurry Flynn, the volcano could erupt at any minute!"

"Usually, I like to fly away from an eruption but that's just me."

"And me." Sharpfin added

"Just hurry!"

Meanwhile, inside the volcano...

Kaos and Glumshanks were filing up the volcano with petrified darkness crystals.

"Uh, Lord Kaos. I think we have enough."

"Nonsense, fool! I can't take any chances. I need to make sure this volcano is thoroughly evilized before it erupts!"

Just then, the magic started to surge and build up. Cracks were forming in the volcano. At the same time, Tessa, Flynn, Sharpfin, and the Dog Stars arrived.

"Are we too late?" Tessa asked

"Hurry Glumshanks, add the last piece!" Which he did, but then the huge stack of crystals started to topple down and it was going to fall on Kaos. He tried to make a run for it, but he couldn't outrun the pile of crystals. Then, he got crushed underneath the pile.

"Oh boy" said a worried Glumshanks. A couple minutes of silence went by as Glumshanks fell down a series of ladders. When he recovered, he heard Kaos. He turned around saw what had happened to Kaos. He was a purple giant with the power of darkness in his body.

(evil laugh) "Yes, yes! I can feel the darkness flowing through me. Prepare yourselves fools, to meet your un-imaginably evil DOOM at the hands of SUPER EVIL KAOS!"

"Whoa, he's big." T-bone said worried

"We've all seen big back home, T." Cleo said hand gesturing towards Clifford who didn't seem fazed by it one bit.

"Regardless of his size, Kaos needs to be stopped."

"If we all fight together, our chances of winning should be a decent amount." Mac said

"Let's not worry about calculations and go for it." K.C. said

"I'm ready if you guys are" Cleo said showing off her fan.

"Count me in." T-bone said lifting up Gill Grunt's harpoon gun.

"Don't leave me out of this." Mac said and readied finger guns like the giant Bouncer.

"I'm not being left out!" Clifford included with a bow and quiver full of fire arrows like Flameslinger.

"All right Dog Stars, let's do this." K.C. sternly said and powered up lightning bolts like Lightning Rod. They all looked up at Kaos and he stared back down at them. The final battle was about to begin.

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review.