Glumshanks woke up with a slight fever, but that wasn't what bothered him. What bothered him was a stone that was in his hand. It was tiny, but it had a peculiar symbol on it, one that only he would be able to understand in his current position. He was in a cell, surrounded by members of the Dark side of the Dual Force in other cells, and he was alone and unsure of where his master, Kaos was. The only thing he was certain of now though, was that Kaos and Harmony were looking for him, and that somehow, Kronos was alive. Glumshanks frowned at the symbol on the stone. It was his symbol. He knew what it would do, but he was afraid. He was afraid of what the others would say, of what they'd do if they knew. Then he thought of the determined look on Kaos' face when he said that he was trying to find him.
He gripped the memory stone in his hand and concentrated on absorbing the powers it held, remembering what he had been told by his master, and the hope that it brought him. He felt himself no longer sick and filled with energy, both light, and dark. It was just a part of his nature. He was Dark Life, he was the leader of the light side of the dual force, and he was the guardian of Kaos. He'd be darned if he was going to let some crazy old lady keep him and the dark half of the Dual force in cells for the rest of their lives.
The stone crumpled into dust as he finished absorbing the energy that his original master had placed in it. While he didn't have his armor, one could not call Glumshanks, or rather, Dark Life, useless. He smiled darkly as he started towards the door of his cell where he knew the others could hear him best. "So… who's all up for breaking out?"
"You can't be serious." The Dark Dual Force members all laughed as they reached the edge of their own cells. Glumshanks managed to get a good look at the lot of them before giving off a devious smile of his own.
"I'm as serious about that as I am that Master Kronos just talked to me in the Dreamlands." This got everyone to shut up. Trolls shouldn't know about the Dreamlands, but they were unaware that their favorite punching bag was actually another Skylander, much like they were. "So, are you in? Or should I just escape, get Lord Kaos, and then try to convince him to come back for you all?"
"You really think you can break out of here?" Glacial Stone asked with disbelief.
Glumshanks was still smiling as he felt his former energy returning to him, his Skylander powers were starting to awaken once more, and he was more than happy to have something to test them out with. "I might have learned a few things over the years that could come in handy here, that's for sure." He looked at one of the guards that were too stupid to understand that they should report it when the prisoners were talking about escaping to their mistress. "Hey, you there, the guard with the keys on his belt."
The guard in question, though not the stupidest, was pretty close to it. He followed basic commands… really basic commands… he looked around, and pointed to himself for confirmation. Glumshanks nodded with a smile. The taller troll signaled the guard to come closer. He was doing a simple magic trick with his hand.
"Want to see something pretty cool?" He smirked as he showed the dumber troll a magical orb that was forming in his hands. The dark Skylanders were staring in shock at this. "Keep your eyes on the orb." The troll guard was already hypnotized by the small glowing sphere of forest green power. Other trolls started to get closer, wanting to know what the tallest knew. Once he had the attention of all the guards, he let out a deep breath and prayed to his old master that this worked. He pressed his hands closed with the energy leaking out and knocking out all the guards. He looked at the fallen guard with the keys to the cells. He was the closest guard, just like he had planned. Glumshanks smiled widely as he picked up the keys and started unlocking his cell door like he was just opening a door to get the mail.
He started whistling a jaunty tune as he walked over to the nearest cell and it's occupant. The leader of the dark Dual Force, Blazing Death. Blazing Death just looked at the troll like a madman as he unlocked the cell and then proceeded to unlock the others. The only thing that Blazing Death could say at this was "What just happened?"
"Hmm?" Glumshanks smiled as he glanced towards his counterpart, the leader of the dark half. "Oh, well I just thought we could all use some fresh air and that these guys could go for a nap or something." He could almost feel like his old self, like Dark Life, now that he had regained some of his old powers thanks to the memory stone, and with the danger that he was currently in without the aid of any of his masters.
Glacial Stone, Dark Mage, Blazing Death, Aqua Light, and Techna-air all looked at the tall troll with shock in their eyes. He had done magic… he had done MAGIC? How? Trolls were all of the tech element, not of the magic element! They were inventors and innovators, even if they were idiots! They were not able to knock out an entire squad with sleep magic or whatever the hey Glumshanks had just done.
Glumshanks rolled his eyes. "Dark Mage could have done that too if he tried by the way. Or are you having trouble with your magic?" He was now slightly concerned.
Techna-air, the air and tech member of the Dual Force's dark side, managed to shake off her shock first. She looked like a steam punk woman with an air blaster and the ability to fly. She took off her golden goggles to wipe them clean, revealing her silver eyes before she placed them back on. "Our cells were blocking out our Skylander powers and should have blocked you from doing anything as well. How the heck did you do that?"
Glumshanks rolled his honey-brown eyes as he dragged the unconscious guards into his own cell while disarming them. He placed their armor in the cell that had housed Dark Mage while also placing the weapons into Glacial Stone's old cell, thoroughly disabling the weapons as they quickly became waterlogged. "Got it, you never tried putting your hands outside of the cells. As for the how, that's a basic trick I learned when I first… I wanna say when I was first created, but I'm still unsure of how I came to exist… huh…" Glumshanks shrugged. "Oh well, whatever. Point being, if there's anything I've learned from being a servant troll to Lord Kaos, it's that a Skylander always has to think of a backup plan. Now, are you five just going to stand there looking at me like idiots, or are you going to find your weapons? That would really be useful right now." Glumshanks looked at the armor that had been resting against the wall opposite of the cells and placed a hand at each of the symbols that represented him. In a flash of dark green, the armor disappeared.
The other Skylanders were stunned. Glumshanks, a servant troll, was doing magic… Techna-air just raised her hands in the air as a sign of surrender as she went to find her air blaster. The others weren't that far behind her. Glumshanks just smiled and took a deep breath as he sensed what other magic was already available to him. 'I'll try to meet you half way, lord Kaos… unless you manage to find my gear and summon me, hehe.'