The Lost City of Arkus
In the Lost City of Arkus the lander flew with the Arkeyan Sorceress Queens and the JTeens minus the Sky Demon to the landing point in the Lost City itself.
"So this is the Lost City of Arkus? Although wouldn't it now be the Found City of Arkus?" Flynn asked before continuing, "I'm betting this whole joint is filled with all sorts of weird and mysterious traps and dangers the likes of which we've never ever seen!"
"We get it Flynn you just get your ass back to the ship," Reina told Flynn, "We'll take it from here."
"Everyone else move it!" Rita snapped as they began making their trek through The Beginning of the End where Skylanders of the Magic element were stronger forcing Colleen to call upon Spyro, Voodood, Pop Fizz and Ninjini to lead the attack.
"Do you think we'll be okay in the Lost City of Arkus?" Pop Fizz asked, "You heard what Flynn said, this place is filled with traps the likes of which we've never seen before in our lives."
"Pop Fizz, I've been here before and so have the other Giants when we had our final battle with the Arkeyan Robot King," Ninjini said as they entered the Elliptical Arena where Skylanders of the Magic Element were stronger, "So this is a piece of cake for me and the other giants but then again it's been 10,000 years."
"Either way we better stay alert," Spyro said fighting some Trog Wanderers, "There's no telling what Arkeyan Robots or other enemies we may run into this lost Arkeyan City."
"Well I know one thing for certain. The Arkeyan Robots are gonna be on the attack so we should go with the Axe First, Questions Later approach," Voodood suggested slicing up some more trog wanderers with his axe.
"Then let's get to it," Ice said, "The sooner we get to the palace the sooner we can stop Kaos."
The heroes were carefully making their way through the area fighting enemies in their path until they arrived at the Hazard Path where Skylanders of the Earth Element were stronger which forced Cody to summon Bash, Terrafin, Flashwing, and Crusher to lead the attack.
"Alright it's crush hour," rusher said brandishing his hammer and bashing Arkeyan Robots.
"I'm gonna enjoy this. I was the top boxer back in the day before becoming a Skylander," Terrafin said cracking his knuckles before jumping into the fight and bashing more Arkeyan Robots and Trog Pincers.
While Terrafin and Crusher were bashing and crushing robots, Bash and Flashwing were fighting back to back against the incoming enemies and so were the JTeens and the Arkeyans Queens.
Back at New Camelot the governors were watching all of this via the viewing stone and they were pleased at how Reina and Rita were running the show and hwo they put the honor of the Arkeyans before anything else and how their sisters were put in hot water.
"We don't have to worry about Queen Rose and Queen Sara butting into our affairs for a while," Ventus said from his seat in the throne room, "Queen Reina and Queen Rita berated those two severely and they even stated that if they stand in our way of restoring honor to our race again they'd be stripped of all their powers and banished from Skylands until the end of creation."
"And that's only used when we really want to send a message to all of Skylands and this universe," Aqua added, "Speaking of which we now officially rule this entire universe and all of Skylands."
"And by we Aqua means the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire has officially taken over all of Skylands and we practically rule over all of earth now," Terrador said, "And anyone who opposes us even once will be beaten down to a pulp and so will their entire families for always and eternity."
'just like we're torturing that lizard Shendu and his entire family until the end of creation," Flora sneered shifting the viewing stone to show Shendu's eternal torture as well as his entire family's final and permanent punishments before shifting the viewing stone to the brat pack and their families punishments, "And let's not forget our stance on bullies or anybody who even helps or stands up for a bully, we'll eliminate them right on the spot and very brutally too."
"Well you'll be happy to know that king Drake is pleased with the eight of us and his sisters Reina and Rita," Techno said, "Though he's been displeased with Rose and Sara's actions so he's considering putting them on probation and stripping them of all their powers except the ability to summon the Skylands to battle for 130 days to teach them not to dishonor the family or our people or else he'll banish them from Skylands for good!"
"Now that is the leadership we need in this empire," Kira said, "There is a reason we all followed King Drake for this long and we trusted his decisions in sentencing those who have dishonored us and our people once and for all. Why do you think we like it when he's here?"
"Because he' a quick and decisive leader," Shasta said as the viewing stone showed the heroes making great progress through the Lost City of Arkus as they rotated Skylanders depending upon the areas they entered, "Just like his father King Ryan, he stripped Phoebe of her powers and approved of Agatha's decision to make Karen the Phantom Arkeyan Queen before handing the throne over to Kira. He wasn't afraid of eliminating anybody who dishonored the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire, even his free magician friends or that idiot who dared to oppose and betray us to the darkness, serves the ass wipe right if you ask me. King Ryan personally named his son Drake to take his place as Emperor of the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire and to rule with quick and decisive thinking."
"Yes and that quick and decisive thinking is why we like King Drake as much as we liked King Ryan and more than we like his four biological sisters and two adoptive sisters who Queen Reina and Queen Rita told us about, and don't even get me started on his cousins or the rest of the family," Celestia said before continuing, "His relatives would've ran the empire into the ground or made thing even worse. Thank god King Ryan named Drake to be his heir and the true King of the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire otherwise we'd be screwed right now and thank god we governors have our seats for life otherwise we'd be thrown off if we made choices that angered our own people or the public to the point of voting us right out of power and voting in somebody who would get revenge upon us."
The other seven governors all shuddered at what Celestia brought up knowing full well that their positions were inherited from their parents or in Kira's case her aunt due to the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire bylaws and that they could not be voted out of power under any situation whatsoever even if the decisions they made were ones that were for the empire as a whole.
Over in the Lost City of Arkus the Arkeyan Sorceress queens and the JTeens arrived at the Grand Imperial Palace located in the Reflection Locking Mechanism area. Chill, Zap, Slam Bam, Gil Grunt and Thumpback were resting after fighting enemies in the Downhill Challenge Zone since as Water Element Skylanders they were stronger in that area while Chrissie handled the Laser puzzle.
"Kaos is expecting us, "Gil Grunt said, "There's no way around it. The Arkeyans are geared up to kill him and destroy all of Earth if he hides out on there just like they destroyed all of Avalon and everyone on it."
"Well Gill Grunt may have a point," Zap said, "Kaos has been very cunning and difficult to defeat before but now that Malefor's standing behind him he'll be even tougher to defeat in battle and one thing we know for sure is that he's not going to mess around. Thumpback what can we expect to face when we go after Kaos?"
"Expect the power of the Iron Fist of Arkus to allow Kaos to summon the swarms of Arkeyan Robots," Thumpback said as the JTeens and the Arkeyan Sorceress Queens unlocked the entrance to the Grand Imperial Palace, "The Iron Fist of Arkus was forged with the power of the Eternal Magic Source and the Eternal Tech Source so we can expect Kaos to summon a machine that creates good magic and dark magic. There are more powers the Iron Fist of Arkus has that we don't know about so we should be ready for the worst."
"Great work Skylanders you may now enter the Grand Imperial Palace but I must warn you, all who have entered never come out," The Weapon Master said, "In fact it is probably best if I transport all of you back to your ship so you can prepare for a long stay. I will summon you all back here when you are ready to face Kaos."
Back on the Dread-Yacht the team geared up for the final battle with Kaos that would decide the fate of not only the Arkeyan Robot Empire, the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire but all of Skylands. The Arkeyan Sorceress Queens were discussing battle plans when a portal opened up and from it emerged the Sorcerer King himself and flanking him were the cousins of the Eight Arkeyan Governors, all geared up and ready to fight Kaos and his minions.
"I'm sure we all know why King Drake and the cousins of the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire's eight governors are all here," Hugo stated as Drake himself had Flannery and Marlon flanking him along with Roark and Kayleigh backing him up, "Kaos has made the situation so bad that the Sorcerer King has come to fight Kaos himself and he's even brought the Governors' cousins with him."
"And there's somebody else I brought with me on the ship," Drake said as Ayumi arrived.
"You brought the most gung ho of the Mystic Arkeyans with you?" Reina asked, "What were you thinking by doing that big brother? Ayumi has a shoot first ask never approach in battle?"
"We need all the help we can get at this point sis," Rita retorted, "Kaos has the Power of the Iron Fist of Arkus so he has all the resources of the Arkeyan Robot Empire at his fingertips. In plain English we're in for a fight to the death."
The JTeens sighed knowing full well that Kaos would stop at nothing to take over all of Skylands and maybe all of creation in the process and they also knew that once everything was all said and done the Arkeyan Empire would seek revenge for all the dishonors committed against their race at any cost.