Housesitting for the Skylanders: Volume 2
The faun stepped out of the taxi, followed by her three comrades.
"And we're back!" she announced. Splat spun around to the others, "This is going to be so much fun!"
"Yeah, because being chased out of the house we were looking after was fun," Drobot muttered. "Can we please not do that again?"
"I suppose we could try to be a little more careful with the television," Splat noted.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Sonic Boom asked impatiently. "Let's get inside! Because this place is probably going to be just as filthy as the day we left it."
They strolled up to the front door and Flameslinger handed over the keys to Splat, "Here ya go, Milady."
"Why thank you, kind gentleman," the faun replied formally, then took the keys and unlocked the door.
"Brace yourselves," Sonic Boom warned. "This place is probably the most disgusting place we will ever see."
The others nodded and they entered the house.
"WOAH!" the skylanders immediately chorused, gazing around at the base's interior.
"This place is so much cleaner than last time!" Flameslinger exclaimed.
"Aww," Sonic Boom muttered. "I was looking forward to getting some cleaning done."
"How about we check the rooms?" Drobot suggested. "Maybe you could clean them."
"Let's see if they've been looked after as much as the living room and kitchen," Splat nodded and led the skylanders to the long hallway.
"Hm," Sonic Boom murmured while examining Spy Rise's lab. "It's very neat and tidy. Maybe we should check Chompy Mage's?"
"YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO IN THERE!" Flameslinger warned them. "THAT MAGE IS A BEAST!"
"So it needs cleaning?" the griffin asked the elf.
"YOU CAN NOT POSSIBLY CLEAN THAT ABOMINATION!" the bowslinger exclaimed. "Now excuse me, I have to go and throw up after seeing that!" He sprinted out the door and away to the bathroom.
Sonic Boom turned to the other two and told them determinedly, "I will clean that room and no one is going to stop me."
The others nodded briskly, knowing that nobody could stop the griffin.
"What about King Pen's room?" Drobot suggested. "It's sure to have feathers everywhere."
"Uhh, I'd rather stay away from that sensei's feathers for now," Splat said nervously. "They almost made me kill Krankcase!"
"Yeah, good point," Sonic Boom murmured. "But I'll get to that room anyway."
"Enough about cleaning already!" Flameslinger groaned as he dashed back into the lab. "Let's have some fun!"
"Yeah!" the others exclaimed.
"Alright, we start with binge-watching Skylander Academy on Netflix," the bowslinger instructed them. "Wash Buckler said he'd leave the password on the couch. After that, we can find and take Knight Light's muffin recipe so we can get some of that baked goodness for ourselves. Then, we'll-"
He was interrupted as they heard the front door open. The skylanders cast questioning glances to each other.
"Fisticuffs…?" Splat guessed.
"But he doesn't enter rooms by opening doors!" Flameslinger pointed out.
The skylanders left the lab and ran into the living room, which the front door came off of. They saw Rattle Shake coming inside.
"When I get my hands on that mermasquid…" the serpent hissed under his breath as he slithered towards the living room.
"Rattle Shake!" Splat exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
That sparked his attention and he narrowed his eyes into slits at them, "What are you doing here?"
"Woah, chill! We're only here because the others are out and about," Flameslinger explained.
"Right, sorry about that," Rattle Shake murmured.
"Where have you been anyway?" Sonic Boom questioned the swapper. "Freeze Blade told us that you've been absent for months!"
"Yeah, all because Wash Buckler abandoned me!" the serpent hissed. "I just caught sight of Fire Kraken and Gear Shot and wanted to say hello! But when I got back to where the Octoclimber landed, it was gone, along with Wash Buckler and Knight Light."
"They seriously just left you there?" Drobot blinked. "Weird."
"Right?" the snake said. "And I'll be having words with Wash Buckler when he gets back."
"I've never seen Rattle Shake this grudge-y before!" Splat murmured to Flameslinger, who nodded, equal confusion on his face.
"Anyway," the swapper muttered, then brightened. "What are you guys up to?"
"Well, I was about to start cleaning," Sonic Boom informed him.
"As always," Flameslinger murmured teasingly.
"And we were just heading over to the TV," Splat said.
"Well, that's a bit dull, don't you think?" Rattle Shake told them. "That's just everyday stuff!"
"Well, there's not much else we can do," Drobot pointed out, and the serpent just shook his head.
"You guys haven't seen the entire base, haven't you?" he asked them.
"Well, no but-" Splat was cut off.
"You have got to see the attic!" he exclaimed, grabbing the faun's hand and dragging her to the pantry.
The others followed and Rattle Shake opened the door, to reveal a small space with a few pillows and blankets, along with a ladder.
"The pantry isn't where Knight Light gets his ingredients," the serpent said, and the skylanders cast questioning glances at each other. But before they could ask anything, the swapper began climbing the ladder, and motioned for them to follow. He climbed up out of the hole and waited for the others to join him. "Welcome to the attic," he introduced them when they eventually made their way up to him.
They gazed around at the pitch-black room.
"I can't see anything," Drobot said, squinting.
"Me neither," Splat seconded.
Rattle Shake sighed and muttered under his breath, "Am I seriously the only one here with night vision?" He reached for the light switch. The lights flickered on.
"WWWOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHH!" the skylanders gasped as they took in their surroundings.
A fraction of the room was taken up by a massive fridge and a colossal pantry.
"A third kitchen?!" Sonic Boom breathed.
"Yup," Rattle Shake said proudly. "And also, when Spy Rise crashes through the roof, this is where he goes!"
"How does he know which part of the base to crash into?" Splat asked.
"Look down," the serpent instructed, and they saw that they were standing on what looked to be a window. "It's a one-way window. Which means whoever is up here, can see what everyone is doing, at all times."
"Creepy, but cool!" Flameslinger said. "I didn't even know you guys had an attic!"
"I didn't either until I followed Spy Rise up into the roof in secret that one time," the swapper told him. "Now, sometimes I come up here to stalk the others." His eyes widened as if remembering something, then shuddered and murmured, "I have seen things."
"OH," Drobot said sympathetically. "That is unfortunate."
"Indeed," he murmured wistfully.
Suddenly, the five skylanders flinched due to a loud crash from below them. They instinctively glanced down into the one-way window they were standing on and saw a wooden monster with a giant fist stomping towards the television in the living room.
"Fisticuffs!" they exclaimed.
"Let's drive him out again!" Flameslinger said, already making his way to the ladder back down to the pantry.
The others followed and they rushed out to the living room.
"HALT YOU VILLAINOUS FIEND!" Rattle Shake hissed dramatically, backed up by the others, and then cackled, "Ha! I sound so heroic! Don't I guys?"
Flameslinger gave him a thumb-up enthusiastically and he turned back to the evilkin.
"I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE GONE FOR THE DAY!" Fisticuffs growled in frustration.
"Think again, you over-sized shrub!" Splat mocked.
"Prepare to go down," Sonic Boom snarled.
The wooden monster let out a furious roar and swiped his massive fist at Rattle Shake, but he dove over it and lashed his tail at him. Fisticuffs stumbled, but easily regained his balance.
"Hold your ears on!" Sonic Boom yowled a warning, then let out a piercing scream, which blew the beast back, the wood scraping against the carpet.
But unexpectedly, Fisticuffs bellowed, "ASSIST ME BROTHERS! HELP ME RID SKYLANDS OF THESE SKYDORKS!"
Suddenly, Krankenstein and Scrap Shooter burst through the walls beside him.
The skylanders' eyes widened.
"More of them?" Flameslinger panicked.
"Don't back down!" Drobot snarled. "Protect the TV!"
Scrap Shooter launched numerous enflamed barrels at the skylanders from his hand-cannons.
Sonic Boom stood forward and deflected them back at the evilkins with a screech. Flameslinger charged at Krankenstein, who managed to grab a hold of the elf and hurl him at Drobot, sending them clashing into each other.
Splat launched numerous shots of paintballs from her staff, while Rattle Shake blasted him from the other side with venom shots. The evilkin roared in frustration and clamped his fist around Splat and hurled her aside. He turned to face Rattle Shake and furiously tried to grab him, but he slipped out of the way.
Drobot sent lasers streaming through the air at Krankenstein, but Scrap shooter stood in the way and cancelled them out with his barrels.
"YOU MAKE MONSTER CRANKY!" Krankenstein roared furiously, and charged at the dragon, who managed to leap out of the way.
Sonic Boom landed in front of the evilkin and screamed, sending him hurtling into the wall.
"A little help over here?" Flameslinger called, as he struggled to fend off Scrap Shooter. Splat immediately joined him.
Meanwhile, Rattle Shake swept his tail at Fisticuffs, who swiped him with his fist in return. But the serpent launched himself over him and blasted the evilkin with venom.
"Give up already!" the swapper spat impatiently.
"I WANT THE TV!" Fisticuffs roared. "SO GIVE ME TV!"
"When will you get it in your wooden head?" Rattle Shake hissed. "We're not giving you the TV!"
"DEBATABLE!" the monster bellowed.
The swapper rolled his eyes and dodged out of the way of his fist, then swept his tail at the evilkin's tiny legs, tripping him over.
"HEY!" Fisticuffs yelled. "THAT WASN'T NICE!"
"Just go away already!" Rattle Shake groaned. "Now I know what these guys have to deal with when they housesit here."
"GIVE MONSTER AND FRIENDS TV AND WE LEAVE!" Krankenstein demanded loudly.
"Once you get better grammar you can have it!" Splat laughed.
"THIS IS JUST HOW MONSTER SPEAK!" the evilkin roared. "MONSTER OFFENDED!" he charged at the faun, who easily dodged out of his path.
"Just give us the TV, see?" Scrap Shooter ordered the skylanders.
"NO!" they yelled at him.
"Well I guess we failed, see," the evilkin turned to the others.
"BUT MONSTER WANT TO TEACH SKYLANDERS LESSON!" Krankenstein argued.
"We'll just come back another time, see," Scrap Shooter reasoned.
"FINE," Fisticuffs growled. "WE'LL BE BACK, SKYDORKS! EVILKINS, OOOUUTTT!"
With that, the three evilkins crashed another hole through the hole and disappeared out of the base.
"Phew!" Sonic Boom panted. "I thought they'd never leave."
"Luckily, they didn't get to the television this time," Flameslinger said.
"Good job guys," Rattle Shake congratulated them. "Thanks to us, only two-thirds of the base is destroyed."
"WHAT THE FIRE VIPER HAPPENED IN HERE?!" Wash Buckler's voice boomed as he and his team entered through the front door.
"Rattle Shake!" Freeze Blade exclaimed, skating in front of the others. "You made it back!"
"Well, duh," the serpent hissed. "I didn't die, y'know. But it's good to see you too."
Wash Buckler blinked and shifted nervously. Knight Light leaned over to him and murmured, "Awkward…"
"Uhh… Welcome back, Rattle Shake," the mermasquid greeted.
"Yes…" the undead swapper narrowed his eyes at him. "Good to be back."
"Great job once again guys," Dr Krankcase said to the four skylanders. "I'm guessing Fisticuffs gave you trouble again."
"Not just him," Splat told him. "Scrap Shooter and Krankenstein too. It looks like they're working together now."
"Great," the doctor huffed. "Now we're gonna have to keep an eye out for three evilkins."
"Well, thanks anyway," Knight Light told the skylanders gratefully. "Our television would have been toast if you hadn't been here."
"Our pleasure," Splat replied. "Rattle Shake helped us out too. He's a cool guy. You should be grateful to have him by your side."
Knight Light and Dr Krankcase exchanged a doubtful look.
"Right," Krankcase muttered.
"Well, anyway, we should be going," Sonic Boom said.
Flameslinger glanced out the window and shrieked, "YES, WE REALLY SHOULD, BECAUSE THE EVILKINS ARE GOING AFTER MY TAXI!" he turned to the others frantically. "RRRRUUUUUUUNNNNNN!"
With that, the four skylanders darted out the front door and down the street after the three evilkins.
"Well, they were certainly off in a hurry," Chompy Mage remarked, and Puppet nodded.
The End.
Written by Uni.