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Chapter 26: Face Off - Armored Squadron
LOCATION: THE OLD TREE OF MIGHT SITE?
The scene opens to what was the old Tree Of Might site where there were other trees & rivers running around after like return from the Skylander's last mission. And at the sight during a sunset motion, we see a camp site was set up with tents & a camp fire which was cooking some pots boiling some grub inside.
"Well the rice is almost done. And the stew looks good." Cali smiled in commenting on their effort in what they were cooking.
"Right. All we need is Unity to bring us back some fish & we'll be good & ready." Buzz commented off happily as he was seen mixing the soup that had chop carrots & potatoes.
"Well I don't know what it is about camping, but the food always tastes Great!" Flynn smiled off as he, the Flynn Brigade, Cali, Hugo, Tessa, Buzz, Mags & Whiskers were gathered around in preparing a nice meal.
"I think we're gonna need a little more wood if we're going to keep this fire hot?" Mags pointed out that if they wanna keep the fire going, they need more firewood as fuel.
"Well, what do you say Hugo? Wanna bring us some firewood?" Tessa smiled in asking the little Mabu if he like to help out.
"Well alright, I'll try?" Hugo responded in hoping he can do something. "Um, Bling…can I borrow you for a minute?" Then he looked to thinking maybe a little help from an Imaginator, might make the job a little faster.
"Well sure thing little buddy." Bling smiled off to say in not minding to help at all.
Then nearby a stack of logs was seen, as Hugo points at them while instructing Bling in what he needs. The next moment, Bling was seen using his sword to help chop down the long log into equal size firewood pieces as they stacked perfectly together.
"Oh yeah! Now that was AWESOMELY done!" Captain Bam smiled in giving some awesome comment to his fellow brother on a good job.
"Right, probably coulda done better myself." Colonel proclaimed as he had a weapon blade to almost rival that.
MEANWHILE
UNITY'S FISHING SPOT
The scene shifts towards an open lake spot that seem very peaceful. Then popping out of it was a giant fish as it was wiggling around wildly. Then in truth it was revealed that beneath, Unity had the giant fish by the tail as she held it up like a prey capturing a predator.
"Haahh…Well you're a little on the Small size, but perfect for making Sushi. I been itching to try me something like that." Unity smiled in praising a little of her catch & what her camp buddies will make with the fish of this size. "Hmmm?" Then suddenly without warning, her expression change to a serious warrior face.
From afar, 3 flash blurring figures were seen on the move, they were Salza, Neiz & Dore. Unity was looking around her surroundings, feeling as if an evil presence was nearby.
"What's this…enemies…but I defeated Kaos? There shouldn't be anymore roaming Doomlanders for miles away?" Unity muttered under her breath, trying to determine what this situation was that left her uncertain. "Hugh! They're nearing our Camp Site!?" She gasped in sensing where the unknown enemy was heading.
AT THIS TIME
AT THE CAMP SITE
Meanwhile back at camp, we see Hugo & Bling carrying some collected firewood that was chop over to the others.
"Few…okay you guys….we got the firewood." Hugo signed in feeling relieved they gotten some firewood.
"Heh, with a little help from Flynn ye mean?" Mags laughed off in making a joke who Hugo got to help with the hard stuff.
"No…from his lookalike!" Hugo protest in trying to say the 2 are not completely alike; somehow or another.
Suddenly at this moment, some tree leaves were heard rattling as they fell off. That caused Bling to respond in having felt something was off.
"That's great you guys. Bring it on over." Cali issued off to await for more firewood to help keep the fire going to cook their meal in a pot.
Then a nearby puddle of water was ruptured without warning while no stone was tossed. That caused Buzz, Colonel, & Captain Bam to react with a firm expression, as if sensing something was off. At the same moment, Whiskers was reacting to make wild bird squawk calls.
"Hey, what's wrong with your bird Tessa? I was just about to relax over here?" Flynn asked in feeling like the sudden noises was causing him to not feel as comfy as he was before.
"Shhh…" Cali then hushed Flynn as her eyes looked around.
"Oh come on Cali, don't shush me out? The bird made the noise?" Flynn protest in feeling like he was in trouble while Whiskers continued to make bird squawk sounds.
"You guys, be quiet. Whisker senses something isn't right?" Tessa alerted the others as she tries to calm her bird down; her animal companion was really on edge, but why?
At this moment, the background began to play "Seven Years" by American Pearl during this suspenseful moment. Everyone at the camp site felt on edge, as if something was near, but they couldn't make heads or tails of where it was; or what it is for that manner. But behind Hugo & Bling, they never noticed that a sly smiling Dore was right….BEHIND THEM!?
"Hugh! LOOKOUT BEHIND YAH!" Mags yelped to alert of an enemy directly behind their allies.
"CHOP!/URRGH!?" Suddenly before Colonel & Captain Bam could draw their weapon to fire, they were karate chop in the back neck areas that caused them to yelp.
"What The…GUuagh!?" Then without warning, Hugo yelped as he was sudden reacted strangely before seemingly looking tired as he dropped his weapons while Bling….was knock unconscious too.
The Flynn Brigade was completely knock unconscious to hit the ground & the only other noise was the sound of firewood dropping.
"Nighty-night! Heheheh…" Dore's voice was heard as he was seen having done a pinch onto Hugo's back neck as he then gripped the Mabu's shirt to lift him up.
Whiskers yelped as did Flynn, Cali, Tessa & Mags while Buzz glared at this unwelcome newcomers that dropped out of nowhere.
"Hugh? This little Mabu was the one that Defeated Kaos?" Dore huffs out to think Hugo was the one that defeated Kaos, seems laughable.
"Give me a break. His fighting power is below the weak standards." Neiz remarked off in how strong Hugo was & it's pitiful as Dore began to wiggle the Mabu around his shirt.
"A pitiful level especially when being knock out so easily." Salza was heard remarking Hugo being weak as he was seen sampling the camp site's cooked pot meal. "He! These guys can cook?" He issued off in having tasted the meal, & it's not bad.
"Hmmm…Hmmm, Hmmhmmhmm…." Dore continued to wiggle Hugo on his shirt like some play toy as he woke up.
"AAahhh! Stop it! Let Me Go!?" Hugo yelped in freaking out from the ill treatment he was enduring.
The others watched as these new enemies were just doing what they want, heck even Dore was twirling Hugo around without a care as he was freaking the little Mabu out.
"Oh boy, I think we gotta go & ah…get some reinforcements here?" Flynn stated with cautious concern in seeing their dangerous situation.
"Smart move, but I don't think these guys are gonna just let us pass?" Buzz narrow his eyes in seeing that getting out from under radar, is gonna be dicey.
"Woah easy girl…" Tessa tried to calm Whiskers who seem ready to fight except they don't stand much a chance.
"Hey!" Then a voice was heard from a distance; everyone from friend & foe saw Unity running along the river puddle before stopping to see what was happening.
"Well! What do we have here?" Dore remotely asked off in sarcasm of who shows up to act like a hero.
"My name is Unity. These are my friends." Unity introduced herself very firmly against those she believes are hostile.
"Hmmm…Unity?" Salza wipes his mouth from the meal he ate from the camp to toss the pan & spoon away. "This is the Imaginator that defeated Kaos!" He issued to state that Unity was the one they came to find.
"You don't say?" Dore exclaimed with a smug expression in seeing they found the target & quite quickly to boot. "Let's Kill Her!" Dore issued off to say as he tossed Hugo across as he crashed against some nearby tents which Cali & Tessa help dig their friend out.
"Yeah! I wanna kill the One who Beat Kaos!" Neiz issued off all excited to fight against someone who could defeat Kaos.
"Defeating Kaos was a feat of futile luck." Salza issued off to move Dore aside to remark about the hero's victory feat; as a mere fluke. "You'll be a prestige kill for us!" He made a sly smile in seeing that destroying this Skylander will be easy.
"So then, who are you guys anyway?" Unity glared her eyes at who she had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting.
"WE ARE…" Then Neiz, Dore & Salza began to speak in a union chant while making battle poses. "KOOLER'S ARMORED SQUADRON!" They made strange battle stances before making a team pose after announcing who they are. "RAARUURRghhh!" Then without warning, they all charged off to attack the hero.
"Great! There goes our Camping Trip!?" Unity remarked off that now a time for relax camping just got turn into a battle.
Unity leaped up to fly in the air with the battle cry following of Kooler's Armored Squadron.
"Hey! Look out there Unity!" Mags called out from below with worry as everyone was seen carrying the Flynn Brigade & Hugo away from the site.
Now Salza, Dore & Neiz let off battle cries before they began to fight. Unity was seen dodging their fist shots, leaping over them, & dodge a kick. Then as they were charging in, Neiz shouted as he tried a karate chop but Unity blocked with her right arm. Then Dore threw a right punch which Unity blocked with her left hand, & she used her left knee to block Salza's kick attack.
"AAaahhh!" Then Unity unleashed a strong magical aura as she repel her attackers away from her.
"Come on my fellow pals, you gotta wake up!" Flynn was seen trying to wake up the Flynn Brigade, but they were still out like a light.
"So…We found one that Knows how to fight?" Salza made a sly smile remark about how Unity is capable of fighting off against them.
"HRAAAAyygh-AAahhh!" Unity was suddenly charging her magical aura around her enveloped body. "PUssuvhmm…" And fired off 3 shots against where the Kooler's Armored Squadron were at.
"HuuagH!/HIYAH!/HUURGH! WAH!" But Salza knocks one away, Neiz whacks the shot another direction, & Dore withstood it unharmed: this guys are a lot tougher then they appear to still be smiling after taking that.
"HRUUAGH!/PUNCH!" Then Unity charges in to deliver a knee jab into Dore's gut.
"OOoohhh-ARrughh!?" Dore yelped from that painful gut blow; but he recovered. "Hurhurhur…Hurhurhur…" He then restrain Unity from moving from within his strong grip which Unity tries to struggle free.
"Hold Him Still, Kay!" Neiz issued off as he was soaring in to attack.
"Aaahhh!" Unity panicked in seeing the tactic; restrain her to deal a blow while unguarded.
"HIYAH!/KICK!/UUUGH!?" But in the mids of it, Unity managed to slip herself free while Neiz's kick smack against a yelping Dore's face.
"UUrrgh! YOU MORON! WHAT'CHA DO THAT FOR!?" Dore yelled off after recovering to glare at Neiz for having attacked him instead of Unity.
"HIYAH!/PREsssuvhmm…" While Unity barely escaped that, Salza fired an energy attack from behind her.
"HAH!/CLASHvhmm…" Unity just barely got around to hold her hands out to block the attack as it pushed her to ground level. "UUrrgh…RRrrughh…WRAAH!" Then with enough might, Unity launched the energy attack upwards towards those still arguing.
"It's not My Fault! You Should Have Hold Him Tight…HUGH?" Neiz was arguing over the fault was on Dore letting Unity escape, but yelped when he looked down at what was coming.
"THRUSspvhmm…" Then the energy attack went up & seemingly blasted through Neiz's head. When it was over, it looked like the enemy had lost it's head.
"Urgh…Nrrugh!" But in a shocking twist, Neiz had his head pop from underneath as if like he was a turtle with a stretchy neck joint & the body of a turtle. "Thank GOODNESS for a detachable head? Hugh?" Neiz sign with sweating relief, until something made him become wide eye in shock.
At this moment, the background music started to fad off during the situation's course. Then the Kooler's Armored Squadron landed on the ground together. Unity made a 'hugh' response, as if noticing not just the action, but felt something…another presence was near them.
"Aargh!?" Dore yelped with sweating worry in being afraid.
"Hugh! Sir? We didn't expect you?" Salza exclaimed in surprise as he sweated in humbly stating of this sudden occurrence.
There was a single foot stepping across the river water that it's splash alerted someone was near.
"Ugh?" Unity felt a sudden sweating chill run down her spine; as she turn around slightly to see what was there that gave her such a feeling. "Aaah!?" Then Unity gasped from what she saw when she turn around.
For standing over behind Unity a few meters away, the cold emotionless expression was from none other then Kooler.
"This guy's darkness feels like what Kaos uses?" Unity ushers this within her mind while looking fully at the new enemy arrival. "But how? Why do I feel there's more to this guy? This evil?" She ushers within her mind in feeling like she was perplex by not knowing the answer.
Within Unity's consciousness, the Mane Six's spirits observe things from the crystal. And they saw some dark magical aura coming off from the new enemy; & what's worse, they believe to have come across it once before…
"Do you girls…feel that?" Twilight's spirit asked in getting a nervous feeling.
"Darling, it's hard to say no when even in here, we felt it." Rarity's spirit stated with caution in having felt something off.
"Right, this kind of evil magic…it's faint, but…we felt it in our world." Applejack's spirit firmly spoke with concern in what she felt.
"Oh my, then does that mean…" Fluttershy's spirit was about to say until…
"That this enemy might be worse, probably is a yes." Pinkie Pie's spirit cuts off to simply answer the question they already put together.
"We gotta stand our ground, we don't know what this guy's packing!" Rainbow Dash's spirit proclaimed without backing down to know what is gonna be coming next.
Twilight & the others were in agreement while being on high alert, for the evil dark magical energy they detected; they know it's from there world in Equestria Prime. The scene focuses on where Unity & Kooler were in a silent moment of neither making any moves; but the latter waved his tail off as if not showing any caution of what happens.
"Hang in there Unity! The Calvary's On The Way!" Then a voice broke the silence, as Unity flinch to look up along with Kooler's men: & spotted Flynn with a shouting Tessa riding Whisker over to the area.
"What! No You Guys! Turn BACK!? This ISN'T The Best PLACE RIGHT NOW!" Unity yelped to alert her friends of approaching a danger that they can't be near.
At this moment, the song 'Under' by Breaking Point began to play in the background. During the moment in witnessing Unity's reaction, Kooler tilted his head up to notice those coming to 'help' out.
"This Isn't The Best Place For ANYONE Now." Kooler remarked off to coldly say this without a care. "PREsssuvhmmm…" Then without warning, he fired energy beams from his eyes upwards.
"Hugh!" Tessa yelped as Flynn & Whiskers flinch as the attack was heading straight for them.
"HRUgh!/KABOOM!/ARRRRughh!?" Unity managed to fly up quickly to protect her friends at the risk of the attack piercing her backside as she yelped from the burning pain.
"Woah Unity! You've Been Hit?" Flynn yelped as he saw Unity began to spin around in a free spin fall style.
"Gotta Buy Time…" Unity tries to keep herself from falling unconscious as she focused her energy. "HRUAAAH!/PUUSSvhmmm…" Then with her amount of strength, fired a charged blast of energy directly at Kooler.
"TRusvhmmm…/POSfruvhmm…" But then Kooler simply held one hand out to stop the attack & redirected it away from him without making any effort as if he didn't struggle at all.
"Eheh, smoked meat." Neiz made a sly smile as he & the armored squadron saw Unity fell into the river water.
Then as the smoke revealed where Unity fell into the river water, she fell off a waterfall to land into a larger lake area. Tessa & Flynn rode Whiskers down in following behind to dive into the water after their friend.
"HRUUU-AARGH!" Then Kooler responded to his left hand having knock the attack away to launch himself up in the air. " !/PRUUsssvhmm…." Then he was over the waterfall area to clutch his fist together which fired a large bright yellow beam down. "KAPPOVHMmm…" That attack impacted the water to cause a large explosive water reaction. When it settled, Kooler was tying to look around firmly in having made a huge crater that was quickly filled up by the river waterfall. But even after that, Kooler just hovered over the falls in having not found the target he hit & might have escaped down the river.
"Hmm…I can see how Kaos might have underestimated this one?" Kooler exclaimed to speak in his mind from having studied Unity to determine: she is no ordinary opponent. "She's somehow…Different from the rest of the Imaginators? Could she be a Rare kind of Imaginator?" He was deeply in thought to wonder why Unity was different, could she be a different Imaginator who's stronger then most.
"Nice work my lord." Salza replied to comment Kooler as he & the others hover near their lord.
"Yehahaha….3 Skylanders Dead! The Universe is a Better place. Eheheh-Eheh…yeah." Dore was heard taunting & laughing beastly over thinking no one was alive after that.
"They're Not Dead." Kooler remarked off to cut Dore's bragging moment to state the targets are not dead at all. "Anyone who can counter an attack like that after taking the FULL FORCE Of My Death Beam can certainly survive a little swim." He remarked off to remotely state how after having witness such a bizarre feat of strength to attack back; shows Unity is a lot tougher then given credit for.
"You think she's Alive?" Salza asked in not believing what his lord was suggesting.
"She's Alive Alright!" Kooler narrow his eyes to proclaim that Unity was without doubt: still alive. "Find Her & Kill Her!" He sternly gave the order to finish off Unity if ever found.
"Sir!" The Kooler's Armored Squadron responded in hearing & obeying their order: to track down & finish off the Skylander called Unity.
At this moment, the background music cease to be heard after a while. Further down the river, things seem peaceful. But then Whiskers pops out with Tessa & Flynn having haul up Unity. Then as Unity cringed to get her footing, she lost balanced much to shocking her friends.
"Hugh! Hey Unity, you okay? Come on, wake up now?" Flynn panicked in seeing the girl was not active & was out of it.
"Flynn she's hurt, we gotta meet up with the others." Tessa issued to inform the guy about the situation & that they need to help Unity.
"Alright, so do we wing it?" Flynn asked in thinking they can fly out when…
"No, lets stick close to the ground, just in case." Tessa shook her head in knowing they have to play things safe.
With little choice to do things, Flynn & Tessa helped Unity to ride Whiskers as they were gonna try to keep out of sight for a while. Whatever happened just now, the enemy this time might just be far more troubling then against Kaos. And with the strongest Skylander in need of aid, how will they get by…?
NOTES: Much of the chapter is a reference playout from Dragonball Z: Cooler's Revenge film.
Oh boy, things are getting extra heated up. The others try to help keep Unity safe & hidden when Kooler's Armored Squadron begin to hunt for the Imaginator. After surviving a bombardment, the Mabu group meets up where Unity's group is, & decide to plan in finding something that can help heal the strongest Skylander. Will anyone brave such a daring task? Better stay tune to find out…