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Chapter 24: The Lurker, Part 1.
Squawk! SQUAWKKKKKK!
Lion-o then shot up upon hearing that sound, quickly grabbing The Gauntlet of Omens and racing outside his tent. He saw Tessa near the birds which were panicking for some reason.
"Easy, Easy." Tessa said calmly as she petted their beaks gently as the birds started to calm down.
"What's happened?" Lion-o asked as the rest of camp woke up from the sudden commotion.
"I don't know, Something spooked them..." Tessa said as the birds slowly gone from squawking to soft chirping. The rest of the ThunderCats and Skylander Team joined them.
"What's going on...?" Wash Buckler yawned. "You Know I sleep a heavy twenty..." At that precise moment. The Riding Birds became riled up again, causing the group to be drawn towards the sound of rustling bushes.
"Everyone, be on your guard..." Lion-o said drawing his sword. The group then became ready for battle, as the rustling came closer...Until, out from the depths of the forest came-
...A chompy.
The group then lowered their guard realizing the false threat. "Aw, Man! It's just a chompy playing ghost on us." Fire Kracken said lowering his weapon. The green mouth then stared at the group before walking off.
The group then disbanding, about to go back to bed. Except for Lion-o who watched the forest carefully for any other threats.
Thud.
Tessa's ears perked up upon hearing something. Lion-o felt the ground move a little. He then quickly looked at bird's water bucket.
Thud.
The water ripple a little. The rest of the group felt the ground move this time as well. Lion-o then saw a pair of red eyes peered out from the forest. Suddenly, the moon above became blocked by clouds, limiting his field of vision. Suddenly, he heard the trees being torn apart as something roared and began to charge Lion-o and Tessa. It was so dark! the two couldn't see even their own paws. "Lion-o!" He recognized that voice calling his name, It was Chill. The ice knight Skylander. Suddenly he felt a cold breeze and heard a loud thud against solid glass, Followed by a painful beast like groan. Lion-o had guessed that the ice elf had created an ice wall to shield he and Tessa. He then recovered his senses before he heard Tygra yelling. "Fire Kracken! Give us a light!"
"Get ready for the big one!" Fire Kracken replied through the darkness, suddenly, a spark of light flashed in the darkness, followed by a hissing sound. Suddenly, the Kracken shot high into the air, screaming with joy as he did, and exploded into a patterned firework of dazzling colors. The Beast that Attacked Lion-o and Tessa roared in pain from the bright light and quickly retreated into the forest. One of the fireworks landed on the out campfire, lighting it back up again.
The moon began to show itself, much to everyone's relief. Lion-o looked around and saw that an ice wall was surrounding the camp, courtesy of Chill. An excited scream filled the air before Fire Kracken landed right in front of Lion-o. "...THAT WAS AWESOME!" Fire Kracken yelled arms raise. Having enjoyed the ride he sent himself on.
"Good thing the twins weren't here." Lion-o said due to the danger they were in.
"Looks like sleep isn't an option tonight," Panthro said approaching the three. "As long as that Lurker is out there."
"Lurker?" Lion-o asked at Panthro's calling of the creature. "Well, that's not a bad name, Since we didn't get the chance to see it."
"OooooooH...A mystery." Fire Kracken said excitedly. He then pulled out a detective hat and begun to speak in a sherlock accent. "The game is afoot! Watson, roll out the suspects!" Panthro then released an annoyed grunt.
Ignoring Fire Kracken's game. The ice walls had melted. Zoo Lou and Slobber Tooth had gone to investigate the edge of camp. Zoo Lou was intrigued by the foot-prints the creature left behind. "Any luck identifying our Lurker?" Lion-o said approaching the two.
"These foot prints...I don't recognized these. I seen every creature in Skylands, but not one made a footprint like this... " Zoo Lou said standing up.
"Hey, Wait..." Lion-o said looking at the set behind the one Zoo Lou was examining. "These footprints...They look exactly like a lizard's from Third Earth!"
"What does that mean?" Panthro asked walking up the three followed by the still roleplaying Fire Kracken.
Fire Kracken chuckled before starting. "Why, It's elementary my dear Watson-"
"My name is not Watson." Panthro growled.
"The culprit..." Fire Kracken started. "Were two lizards holding a battering ram! This explains why they only came out during the dark, case close..." He finished, feeling proud of himself.
"That's not logical."
Fire Kracken thoughts were popped when he heard Cheetara's voice. "What?"
"The footprints are different on the upper legs, The five misshaping toes in the second set indicates that's it's not footprints but handprints. Meaning..." Cheetara said but stopped in the middle to let Fire Kracken fill out the blank.
"Meaning, the lizard on front was holding the battering ram up with his feet?" Fire Kracken said sheepishly.
"No, Silly!" Tessa said laughing. "It means the lizard was walking on all four legs."
"But I never seen prints these big before..." Cheetara said observing the prints. "Not to mention the dark magic I sensed."
"What?" Lion-o asked wanted to confirmed what Cheetara was saying.
At the moment Panthro realized what Cheetara meant. "Are you saying Mumm-ra sent another demon to kill us!?"
"That explained why it hated Fire Kracken's show," Tygra said looking at the campfire. "All of Mumm-ra's creations Hate strong burst of light, Just like he does."
"So, wait." Wash Buckler said clarifying. "Are you saying, that a bloodthirsty demon is hunting us, waiting for the right time to keelhaul us all!?"
"So to speak." Zoo Lou said calmly.
"Oh, In that case..." The octopus that went inside his group's tent, a few minutes later, he came out holding a pair of suitcases. "Well, It was nice knowing you all! Have fun getting slaughtered." He bluntly said before heading towards the forest, he was then stopped by a fierce roar. That made the salty pirate turn right around, dropped both his suitcases and sat down on a log and stare into the campfire.
"One thing for sure. We can't stay here." Lion-o said before realizing. "The SparkFruit tree! We can use it's light to find our way in the dark sky!"
"That won't work Lion-o." Tessa said sadly. "Riding Birds only fly during the day. They're too tired at night..."
Lion-o then thought before remembering the roots that connected to the forest. He then began to form a risky plan, it was a longshot, but it could help them get to the tree AND draw the creature away from camp. "Everyone. I have a plan." Lion-o said as the group huddled together as a pair of red eyes watched carefully.
To be continued in part two. please review.