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Chapter 28: Portal Master On The Scene!
LOCATION: NEARBY STORE ISLAND
The scene opens to reveal that after parking the Airship near a fancy building structures: we see Flynn, Cali, Hugo & Tessa exploring to discover this place seem like a fancy place. It seem to hold a lot of stuff, just about anything one could buy was here.
"Wow, this place sure is fancy being out here?" Flynn commented off in looking around this place.
"Yeah but question is, who's running it?" Tessa raised an eyebrow to ask a question everyone was thinking about.
"That would be me…" Then entering the scene was an Unknown race male creature with tan brown fur, light grey eyes, & had on a red with yellow line feature performer outfit & top hat with a gold & silver style cane.
"YOU!?" Cali glared her eyes out at who would show up of all times.
"That's right, Pandergast the Magnificent! And I know why you're here." The guy introduced himself for all those that need a reminder. "There's been word out that the best Skylander is hurt, & might not make it. So you can to acquire a means to heal her, & I have just the thing you need." He suddenly pulls out a strange tiny glowing sphere orb the size of his palm. "These things are ingredients mix together by some juice by the Fruits of the Tree Of Might, & can be yours….for a fair price?" He issued off to say while showing off a sly smile.
"A Fair Price? You just wanna scam us?" Hugo raised an eyebrow to glare in knowing this guy's character.
"Well seeing as how the Skylanders have ruined my shall we say…fine business trend & profit deals, this seems like a fine compensation?" Pandergast shrug off to comment how he's trying to run a business since the Skylanders have pretty much; wreck his old businesses.
"Hey-hey now, lets not be stingy! Here!" Another voice was heard before something was tossed that was a little sack pouch bag which Hugo caught.
Suddenly without warning, everyone saw who entered the room. It was a Werewolf species with tan light brown fur with his hair comb into a ducktail style, & orange color eyes, & wore orange pants, a tan light bronze color leather jacket & wore golden medallion with red ruby jewels.
"Hey Sal! How's it going?" Flynn waved off to happily greet someone they know is a nice guy.
"And what's inside this?" Tessa asked in not knowing what they been given.
"Awoooo, what else…special made Fruit Orbs. The new product that using them Fruits can not only heal any wound, but renew one's strength to it's prime along with a month's feeling of food: plus make one stronger." Sal howls a bit while explaining what it was he gave the gang; a medicine to help their ally.
"Hey now! What are you doing?" Pandergast asked off in sounding upset at what the werewolf was doing.
"Awooo, chill mate, I'm the Main Bean Daddy of this event! Bean Daddy, Awoooo!" Sal issued off as he was howling with excitement.
"You can't just GIVE Away our 1st new product!?" Pandergast snapped off in seeing this was gonna ruin them to give away a powerful item.
"Listen mate, nobody's gonna trust you unless you got someone who's good in bringing in a crowd. And giving these out as a sample product will get more customers to fly in." Sal issued off to simply state that what the guy needs, is something to convince folks of the good stuff.
"Wow, I never thought you do business with this guy Sal?" Cali exclaimed in being somewhat surprised, & a bit relieved since it's Sal they are talking to.
"Ehh, he asked for my help & said on our grand big opening day he let me sing. And you know how I love to sing out to a crowd." Sal shrug off to simply say in how they came to work together.
"Kinda like your twin brother Wolfgang?" Flynn pointed off in how the 2 were pretty much into singing.
"Aw man, now that was just harsh mate, real harsh on my mellow." Sal moans in feeling bummed out suddenly.
"Well it was great to see most of you again. But we gotta go!" Tessa stated in knowing they have to quickly get moving.
"Well take care." Pandergast replied off to say in hoping to not lose anymore business after Sal's interference.
Then without warning, Sal snatch the sphere orb from the guy before he could swallow it.
"Hey there mates, catch!" Sal issued off as he was seen tossing another orb over to those leaving.
"Hugh?" Then Flynn turn only to yelp as he just caught the tiny sphere orb. "Oh wow, another one of these! Thanks a lot!" He smiled in thanking the guy for giving them another one of these Fruit Orbs.
"Ugh, why did I bother seeking your help?" Pandergast groans in seeing that Sal has done it again.
"Beats me mate, probably because I'm a successful business type?" Sal shrug off happily to comment a response.
"Well see you later." Cali replied off to say this to Sal.
"I'm glad we did it. Now lets hurry up & get these things over to Unity, posthaste!" Hugo issued off in knowing they need to quickly get going.
Soon the Rescue Team returns to the airship they parked before having it take off. And as the Mabu group left, Pandergast & Sal watch their 1st customers leave.
"Ugh…another day, another customer gone without paying in full. Oh yes, what is a Bean Daddy anyway?" Pandergast signed from feeling exhausted from that dealing before asking Sal what he meant about a Bean Daddy?
"Eh I'm don't know much mate? But speaking of beans, lets make us some Skylands Chilli! Awooo!" Sal shrug off to simply say while changing the subject to have something like chilli.
The Rescue Team's airship continues to fly off high above in the sky just as the sun was rising for a new day: & hopefully a chance to help save the life of a friend.
BACK WITH THE DEFENDERS TEAM
The scene opens to show that morning had already come. And by the hidden cave area, Buzz was seen sleeping near the entrance.
"Hey Buzz, rise an shine!" Then Mags was seen coming to gently wake the old Mabu up.
"Ugh, hugh!?" Buzz yelped upon waking up to look outside; seeing morning has already come. "Wow, I can't believe morning has already come. I'm getting too old for late night watches." He yelped in seeing what the time was; he slept through the whole thing.
"We're all tired out." Mags stated as the Flynn Brigade was slowly waking up one by one. "How ye doin' there Unity?" She turn to ask: but the still & closed eye Unity didn't respond.
"Hey now Unity, wake up!" Buzz issued off to ask off; but there was no response.
"Unity!?" Mags yells out in fearing the worse when…
"Hey…what's all the racket? I'm still alive, okay?" Unity lightly crack a weak smile in trying to display that she was still alive & kicking a bit.
"Ah, hugh….well don't mind this old commando! I was just checking. After all, there's No…sense guarding someone who's already dead." Buzz signed with some relief to crack a smile to make a remark off against someone almost scaring them.
"That's right…mrruuhm…mruhmm…" Unity lightly replied off as she groans & moans a bit; still feeling very weak.
"Woah take it easy." Bling spoke in seeing the girl was still not feeling well.
"Right, no need to talk now." Captain Bam concern to state the fact.
"Don't worry, we got you cover." Colonel assured the girl that they will help out.
"I'm just hoping the threat doesn't find us anytime soon to put that to the test." Buzz stated in wishing to not learn if that was true or not.
"Hmmmm…." Mags lightly hums to herself as she was worried as much as the others. "Where are ye fellas? Unity really needs yer help here? Hurry!?" Mags muttered this within her mind, worried that time was almost up.
During this time, the Armored Squadron flew up to assemble themselves after having perform another search round.
"This is ridiculous! I think she's Dead!" Dore remarked off that the search is pointless if the target is dead & won't be coming back.
"As if it matters what HE thinks!" Neiz remarked off that what Dore thinks is no concern. "What matters is what Lord Kooler Thinks!" He issued that as long as their lord says the target still lives; they must continue the search.
And back with the Mabu Rescue Team, they were still trying to make progress to reach the others. Course the airship was showing signs of slowing down & unable to maintain it's current speed.
"Come on Flynn, we need to keep going. We're almost there." Tessa asked that they hurry up if they wanna get back in time.
"I'm trying, but this is the most we've got!" Flynn issued to say as everyone felt the Airship was a bit unstable like it could drop at any second.
"Looks like we push the engines too much? The energy cells need a boast." Cali checked the system of the airship, it's running low on power.
"Where can we get more energy fuel out in the middle of nowhere?" Hugo asked in thinking there was no way they can find a recharging station, the island they are going back to had none.
"Hey I know, let me take one of those things." Tessa issued to say as she opens the pouch sack to take a single Fruit Orb out.
"Wait! What are you?" Hugo yelped in not liking the unexpected surprises.
"When Whiskers gets exhausted, she needs food to get reenergized. So maybe this will help the ship too. Here goes." Tessa stated in knowing that if they feed a creature food to feel charged up, then giving something that can reenergize an airship should do the same trick.
Suddenly Tessa drops a single Fruit Orb down the energy fuel compartment for the airship. At 1st nothing happened, but then without warning…the engines started to purr before bursting out flames. This caused everyone to hold on tight as the airship was zipping at much faster rate then usual.
"WOAH NELLY! We're REALLY Picking Up Speed Now!" Flynn yelped with a wide grin in liking how fast his ship was going now.
"Well it certainly did the trick?" Cali stated in seeing this really helped them out.
"Right, now we're good as new." Tessa issued to say with a smile as Whiskers cheered of their new fast speed.
But back with the Armored Squadron, something began to happen with their scanning equipment: they picked up fast movement.
"Hugh!?/Got Them!" While Dore & Neiz were surprised, Salza exclaimed with a sly smile as their scanners picked up something & knew: it was their target.
"Boy gang, I bet'cha you never imagine the old girl could fly this fast, did you?" Flynn commented to praise as the airship was going so fast it's like a dream.
"Yes, but aren't we going too fast?" Hugo asked in feeling they should be going slower then this top rated speed: the enemy might notice them in a super fast noisy airship.
"Relax, we'll be there before anyone notices." Flynn smiled in assuring his worrying friend to not take things so seriously.
"So…Going somewhere little Mabu?" Then something was overshadowing the Mabus from above as Salza's voice was heard making a remark.
"Hugh!? Uh-Oh!?" Tessa yelped in seeing what was hovering above them: Kooler's Armored Squadron.
"The boasted energy must have alerted them of our presence?" Cali stated in realizing they just jump the gun big time for the toughest enemy to show up when they are so close to finishing their goal.
"Flynn! Do Something! We Have To Get Out Of Here! QUICK!" Hugo issued with a panicky tone that they gotta get as FAR from these dangerous enemies as possible.
"I'm On It! Nobody's Gonna Match the Best Pilot In All Of SKYLANDS!" Flynn issued to say as he tries to push the airship to the maximum flight to escape.
"Let Them Have It Salza! Hahahah!/HAhahahah…Oh Yeah! Nehehehah…" Dore was heard issuing this while Neiz laughs off arrogantly as the armored squadron was still catching up to those escaping.
At this moment, the background started to play 'Falling Down' by Breaking Point when the action event started to play.
"HRuuuagh! GAAAH!/POSSshh…" Then Salza whirls his right arm before pointing his index finger that fired an energy beam shot.
"Ka-Boom!" Suddenly that attack impacted the Dread-Yacht "Woooah! ABANDON SHIP!" Flynn yelps out to panic while giving the orders as they are spiraling out of control.
Cali & Hugo took the 1st lifeboat out, but Tessa rode Whiskers to grab the airship's mast to hold it steady from falling.
"Hurry Flynn! Get out of there!" Tessa alerted their friend to escape while he can, but…
"HRUAGH-GRUGH!/KICKvhmm…" But then Dore flew in to kick Whisker off & release the airship.
"Woooah-NELLY!?" Flynn was heard screaming as the Dread-Yacht plummets towards the ground with the pilot still aboard.
"FLYNN!" Cali called out as she & Hugo saw their friend not get out.
"HIii-Yah!" Then Niez swoops in to almost karate chop the Mabus on the boat if Hugo didn't move the thing to evade. "HIYAH!/Punch!" But then Neez counterattack that knock their boat upwards.
"Triple Kick!" Then Dore delivered a kick motion that sent the 2 Mabus in a small boat upwards in a twirling motion.
"HUAGH!/Punch!" That's when Neiz grip his hands to bash the now broken boat to knock the Mabus down.
"AAaugh!?" Cali gasped from falling from so high up.
"GOT'CHA!" Then Tessa rode Whiskers to catch Cali by her hand.
"HAaaaahhh!?" Hugo was seen screaming as he was plummeting…
Then at that moment, Dore was the one who caught Hugo by gripping his left hand on the Mabu's forehead.
"HUGH!?" Cali & Tessa gasped in seeing Hugo was caught.
Despite the situation, Hugo had his eyes closed as he kept the sack poach close to him as if for dear life.
"Hugh? Hey, what'cha got in the bag there little Mabu?" Dore hums in being curious of what Hugo was clutching to his chest. "ARrrhhh…Give It Here!" Then he tries to wrestle the Mabu's little arms to open up.
"NO…NEVER…!?" Hugo protest as he grits his teeth, trying to fight with all he's got to not let what can save Unity fall in the enemy's hands.
"Alright. That's It! Your going Bye-bye, Mabu!" Dore sternly remarks off in having had enough of Hugo's action to curl his body to keep the sack safe. "Urrrgh! I call this my CAN OPENER ATTACK!" Without warning, Dore started to increase the squeeze grip pressure on Hugo's head as he was gasping in feeling what was happening.
"Hah…Haaaaah!?" Hugo was gasping as he widen his eyes in fearing; this was the end for him.
"HUGO!?" Cali & Tessa called out in seeing Hugo endanger.
"Little Buddy!?" Flynn was seen rowing in a life boat after escaping the airship crash only to witness Hugo's life in peril.
Everyone saw Hugo's eyes begin to whiten & his body almost go limp: he wasn't gonna survive at this rate.
"PUSVhmm…/BAMMvmmm!/GWAAAAaahhh! Then without warning a bright energy explosion erupted behind the enemy, causing Dore to scream in pain & let go of Hugo.
"DORE!?" Neiz called out in witnessing his squad buddy was injured.
"Urrrgh….Arrgh!? Who 'Did' THAT?" Dore after recovering from an aching burn mark on his armor, he turns to glare at who attacked him.
"That would be Me?" A voice was heard from nearby who did the deed as a glowing staff levitated Hugo over to the others: the rescuer for the Rescue Team was the firm cross arm new Portal Master - King Vision.
"A Portal Master…From Earth?" Salza responded in surprise to see a creature not of Skylands was here.
"Why Isn't that FOOL On His OWN World Where He BELONGS!?" Dore remarked off in why King Vision was not on his own world to show up here.
"Kaos Sealed The Connection." Neiz explained the short brief version to answer that question.
"Oh! Oh Yeah, Yeah?" Dore replied back in trying to just now recall that.
"Ah…King Vision?" Hugo sheepishly smile with relief as Flynn set him on his lifeboat as Cali & Tessa rode Whiskers to their spot.
"IT'S ALL OVER FOR YOU, PORTAL MASTER! YOUR GOING TO DIIIIE!" Dore gripped his right fist to shout off that the New Portal Master, will soon perish before them.
"Not likely…I've seen 'You' Fight." King Vision remarked off to say this as if taunting how these guys fight; hardly a challenge from what he's developed & experience.
"I'M GOING TO RIP YOU APART! ARRRRAARRRrughhhh!" Dore yelled off in anger in having been teased before making a battle cry to charge raging blindly at the target. "RUURRGH-NRRUAAGHH!/PUNCHTRrusvhmm…" Then during a slow fist throw, all he punched was the robe cape but no sign of his opponent who disappeared. "Hugh…AH WHERE'D HE GO?" Dore realized something was up, but then King Vision appeared above in a flash. "Hugh!?/POW!/GRUUAGh-AHHhh!?" Then King Vision delivered a low elbow jab that knock the enemy downwards just before Neiz shows up to fight him. "WAAaaughh-AAahhhhhh!/CRUSHpovhmm…." Then the Mabus yelped as Dore flew down pass them before he crashed into the ground.
"Mabus! What Are You Doing? Get Those Orbs To Unity! And Hurry!" King Vision was heard instructing the Rescue Team while fighting off against Neiz in evading his punches & kicks super fast.
"Right, we'll be right back!" Tessa responded as she tie a rope around Flynn's lifeboat before signaling Whiskers to fly off: unaware that Dore recovered to overheard everything.
"Urrrgh…OH YEAH! THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK! Urrrugh!" Dore snapped off loudly at those thinking they can getaway as he flies off after the Mabu group.
"Hmm…MABUS!?" King Vision dodged one attack only to notice that the Rescue Team was being chased.
"POWFrusvhmmm…" King Vision moves away from Neiz to get some distance before he fired a magical energy sphere shot from his hand.
"Heeeh!" Neiz smirked off before he did his head retraction move as the blast missed his head before re-extending it out. "HAH! You Missed Me!" Neiz remarked off that the guy couldn't hit him so easily.
However while it might seem like King Vision missed the target, the true aim was heading directly for Dore pursuing the Mabus.
"He Was Aiming For DORE, you Idiot!" Salza snapped out loud at Neiz for not realizing what the opponent was planning all along.
"Hugh?" Neiz turn around to look back, but… "Urrgh! Urgh-AAurgh!?" Then King vision moved in to delivered a kick move that knock the enemy off.
"HUUUGH!?" Suddenly Dore turn around to notice at last, King Vision's energy blast was coming at him. "ARrugh-AArugh…Nooooh!? Urrgh-Urrugh!?" Dore tries to fly away to escape from it, but the energy blast was following his every move. "MOVE IT!" Then he went pass the Mabu Rescue Team which surprised them as they also saw the energy attack following not far behind. "STOP CHASING ME!?" Dore shouted off as no matter where he went, the energy attack was closely sticking to him.
We soon see that King Vision managed to deal a critical blow that knock Neiz & Salza back & away from him for a moment. Then the new Portal Master focused his hands in a certain movement, as if performing a remote access to his attack.
"AH-GRUUAGH!" And soon we see the energy attack coming below before Dore tries to block it with his bare hands. "URrGH! DARN IT!…I-I-I Can't…Nrrrgh-Urrgh…" Dore groans in struggling to stop the attack, but it was too powerful, it was overwhelming his might before… "KAPOWWVvvhmmmm…/GRUUAAAARRrrrahhhh!" He was seen screaming as the explosion enveloped him until his entire being evaporated…
All that was seen was a large explosion of flames in the air as scatter bits falls to the ground. Tessa was seen having Whiskers fly & pull the Mabus in the lifeboat away at what occurred.
"Dore…?" Neiz looked back in having witnessed Dore's destruction. "YOUR DEEEAD! ARRHH-NRRrhhnn…./TRisisis-Trizizi…" He snares off at the Portyal Master for what he's done: as he used his guns to channel a purple electricity around them.
We see that King Vision & Salza were still in the middle of their battle in duking the other out. Until without warning Salza backs off, as the young Portal Master looks at what the other enemy was plotting.
"HAVOC!/PUSSSvvhmm…" Neiz shouted as he fires off a purple electrical bolt attack at the target.
"TRRiizizizvhmmm…/GRUH-ARRUGH!?" King Vision made a loud yelping cry when completely enveloped & was feeling electricity surging throughout his entire body.
"Excellent Neiz!" Salza replied off in seeing Neiz caught the Portal Master off guard. "Finish him off! I'm going after those Mabus!" Salza issued to order that Neiz finish the Portal Master while he chases after those that got away.
"Right!" Neiz replied off in hearing that to follow through.
"And Neiz…make it hurt." Salza muttered under his sly evil expression: to hurt the one that dare to get in their way with no mercy.
"Yes! I bet your feeling pretty 'Stupid' about now?" Neiz hovers closer to inspect the aching Portal Master who's suffering under electric surges. "Steam Friend Portal Master, how Yummy?" He remarked in seeing this guy will be fried like an overcooked meal.
"Ugh…Huh?" But suddenly, King Vision ceases to display expressions of pain & suffer with a sly cocky smile: as if he's completely fine!?
"Hugh!?" Neiz yelped at what he saw such hidden tricky before King Vision grabbed his head. "GRYAAAR-AARRHHHHH!?/THROOSSPopvvhmm…" Then Neiz screams for without warning his own electrical attack goes directly onto him & completely fries his entire being.
Soon when it was over, Neiz's body was nothing but a smoking burn crisp for not being able to withstand his own power.
"HUH! HUH!/POWfruvhm-POWfruvhm…" Then after releasing the destroyed Neiz body, King Vision fired off 2 energy attacks heading directly for Salza.
"Hugh…WHAT THE?!/THospvhm-Thospvhm…" Salza saw what was coming to stop his pursuit to knock the energy attacks away from him. "Neiz! I Thought You…/KICK!/UAAGH!?" As he was remarking what Neiz was doing, King Vision appeared out of nowhere to dealt a kick blow. "Punch! Punch!/Ugh!/KICK!/GRUUAGH!?" Then King vision delivered more punches & kicks that knock the stuffing out of Salza. "HRUGH-HRUGH-HRUGH-HRUAAGH!" Then while spin back flipping to recover, he fired off several energy shots before ducking down.
"BOOM-BOOM-BOOM, BOOM-BOOM…" Each of those energy shots exploded after a while, but King Vision managed to fly away before the said attacks hit him while following after Salza.
We soon see Salza was flying through the forest of trees, as if trying to lose the Portal Master he's fighting. At that moment, the background music reaches it's conclusion at this time.
"Hugh!? No Way?" Salza suddenly gasped in seeing King Vision had managed to catch up & find him. "You….DIIIIEEE! HRUUAGGH!/THOUSSvhmmm…" Then without warning, Salza channels to fire a powerful energy shot from his left hand.
"KABLAMVvhmmm…" A large explosion erupted at this moment covering almost a section of the forest of trees from when Salza's attack made contact. From afar, the Rescue Team saw what happened to reflect on their close calling.
"Man oh man, that was close." Tessa exclaimed in how close that was they got out of there.
"Too close…we almost lost Flynn & Hugo back there." Cali stated in almost fearing what would have happened back there.
"Ugh…I thought I saw my life Flash before my Eyes?" Hugo cringed in shivering at having seen much of his life up till now. "Every waking moment, was my fear of Sheep?" He stated that he's been afraid of sheep most of his life.
"Well in mine, I probably say it's enchiladas, can't get by without those tasty treats." Flynn commenting off with a little prideful smile.
"You think Portal Master King Vision is alright?" Tessa asked in not sure if the new Portal Master should handle everything alone.
"We saw how he handled his own against a 1000 Doomlanders, Master Eon taught him well. Let's just focus on getting Unity what can help her & then join in." Cali issued off to remind the others to not worry & focus on the objective ahead.
"Ugh…I hope it's not too late?" Hugo stated in almost fearing if they were late.
"Don't worry little buddy, I think it's smooth sailing from here." Flynn issued to say in having a little positive attitude.
Tessa has Whiskers fly off to reach where the Team Defenders are located at. The scene fads out here, but the mystery of what is going to happen next; might just turn the tide, but in who's favor…?
NOTES: Much of the chapter is a reference playout from Dragonball Z: Cooler's Revenge film.
Pandergast & Sal are both characters from the Skylanders series.
Well now thinks are truly about to heat up, & here's what we got. Just when the New Portal Master has everything under control, he's attacked to leave Salza to follow & destroy the sack of Fruit Orbs. The Flynn Brigade fight the enemy off, but are not a match & the worse faith befalls them. But in that moment, Unity appears completely healed & just in time to fight the most powerful & Ultimate Doomlander of all times: Kooler. It seems Unity is capable of holding her own, but what happens when Kooler reveals an ace he's been saving: a transformation! What will happen & what state will our hero be in? Stay tune, the suspenseful drama continues later on next time…