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Okay, so I am VERY sorry about how long this took to come out. Something else I do on Saturdays changed times and school is heating up and since school comes first, I haven't had any time to write. So again, very sorry about this. But enough babble! We begin our hunt for the Undead Source plus extras today!

"Ghost Roaster, what did you do?" Eon asked the ghost eater. Shortly after returning the Eternal Tech Source to the Core of Light, a strange door had opened up and it didn't take a genius to realize that it had something to do with the supernatural.

"Why am I always the one blamed for when things go wrong!?" He protested as he crossed his arms. "I have been standing next to you this whole time!"

"Perhaps we should still go take a look?" Jet-Vac offered.

"I may be a great general, but when it comes to the supernatural, I am O - U - DOUBLE T - OUT!" General Robot declared, causing everyone to turn to him. "This is my last HU-rah! Good luck with war, soldiers!" With that, he scurried off.

"The general might have the right idea," Hugo noted before shaking his head. "On the other hand, the spirits of the Undead don't cross over unless they are severely disturbed. Perhaps we should investigate. That noise is coming from the beach."

"Understood," Hex replied with a nod. She led most of the other Skylanders down to the beach, Chop Chop keeping his shield up in defense of the Portal Masters. Upon arriving, a large door adorned with a skull opened up and out came….a skull.

"BOO! Haha!" The skull cackled as the door closed behind him. "Uh, in case you weren't hip to it, that's how we skeletons say hello!"

"Not all skeletons," Spyro joked under his breath as he nudged Chop Chop, who merely glared at him.

"Nothin'. Huh," The skull noted as he looked around at the blank stares he was getting. "Well, it figures. Not much of a skeleton right now. Seem to be missing a bone or two or 204 more like. HA! Anyway, can't seem to find my body right now. Heh. Embarrassin', I know. By the way, I'm T-Bone."

"Hi!" Sky was the only one to greet him. Everyone got the feeling T-Bone was trying to nod at her.

"Heard you making a ruckus up here. Loud enough to wake the Undead. HA! Little afterlife humor there." T-Bone joked. No one laughed. "Wow. Tough room. And you think I'm DEAD." He then noticed the crowd. "Hey, you guys are Skylanders, ain't ya!? Ohhh. You know, I could really use some help finding my body. What do you say, huh!? You want to help me find the rest of me?"

"Very well," Eon said with a nod.

"AWWW! Thanks a MILLION, bub! Y'know, I'd shake your hand, but, ha ha, I think mine is out there somewhere," T-Bone admitted. "Never mind. If we just follow the dotted line here that should help! Don't worry about me, I'll just put me together as we go!"

"Where did that dotted line come from?" Sky asked, pointing at said dotted line.

"Let's not question it," Stump Smash said for everyone. Thankfully, most of T-Bone's pieces were scattered around the beach, meaning it was pretty easy for the Skylanders to collect all of his pieces.

"Ohhh yeah, baby!" T-Bone cheered once he was fully together, even doing a little happy dance. "Feels good to rattle 'em again! Cha-cha-cha!" Hugo then walked over.

"Uh - no offense, Mr. T-Bone - but I can't help noticing that your head would make a perfect receptacle for the next Eternal Source. You wouldn't happen to have an extra head, would you?" He asked. T-Bone stopped dancing and turned to him.

"Hmmm. Lemme see. Extra head…extra head…Course I don't have an extra head!" The skeleton deadpanned. "Sheesh! The living. Can't live with 'em, can't…oh," T-Bone had completely forgotten how many other living beings were present. None of which seemed very pleased with him. "...Nevermind." He then remembered something, causing him to turn back to Hugo. "Actually Chubs, I could tell you where to find a pretty good one. Not as handsome as mine, of course, but you know. Actually, it's more like a mask. Would that work?"

"Perfect!" Hugo eagerly declared. "And you can take the Skylanders there?"

"Well…seeing as how you did help me recover the rest of my body, I suppose I could help you out," T-Bone declared.

"Alright!" Ghost Roaster cheered. "Be nice to head back to my old eating ground!"

"Remember the rules, Ghost Roaster," Eon reminded him.

"I know, I know. No eating nice ghosts," He grumbled as he crossed his arms.

"Skull mask…skull mask," T-Bone was scratching his skull in hopes of remembering the location as he led the Skylanders and Portal Masters deeper into the Land of the Undead. "I know exactly where it is…I think. If you think about it, it's kinda redundant having a Skull Mask in the Underworld. You know - WHO'D WEAR IT! HA! -We're all skulls! Kinda silly. Ooookay! Should be fine. Just as long as we don't run into any spiders." As if on cue, a spider dropped down next to him. "WAAAAAAAHHHH! Sorry, bub! You're on your own!" T-Bone then took off running, the spider hot on his tail.

"Spiders…lovely," Hex grumbled. With the Life Skylanders sitting out once again, the team was somewhat lacking. And, of course, there were spiders everywhere.

"Why are spiders so bad?" Sky asked. She didn't like spiders, but why would Hex hate them so much?

"Simply put? They breed quickly and also explode," Gill Grunt explained, beating Hex to the punch.

"Yay…" Sky trailed off. Maybe she should have just stayed on topside.

"Still, we don't have a guide," Terrafin grumbled.

"It's not like we can't find our own way through," Eruptor pointed out before puking up some lava on a nearby spider. "LAVA BARF!"

"Eruptor's right!" Spyro pointed out as he flew to the front of the group. "We're the Skylanders! We don't need T-Bone! We're perfectly fine by ourselves!"

"Well put, Spyro," Eon commended the young dragon before pointing his staff forwards. "Onwards, Skylanders!" With that order, the Skylanders all rushed forward, with Eon and Sky hovering near the back. No one brought it up, considering that they were in dangerous territory.

"Hey dad?" Sky asked. Eon smiled. Another reason he enjoyed remaining in the back of the group with Sky was because he loved her questions. It was enjoyable getting to impart wisdom that wasn't in a school setting.

"Yes, Sky?" He answered.

"...How come Aurora doesn't get to come with us?" Sky asked. "I mean, she's older than me, but you always make her stay home. Why?"

This caused Eon to flinch. He did have his reasons for keeping Aurora home, but he couldn't outright tell Sky it was because she lacked powers that Sky happened to possess. That was a feud between the girls just waiting to happen. But at the same time, if he didn't say anything, Sky would no doubt keep asking, meaning that the secret would be out sooner than later. In the end, he took a moment to compose his thoughts before speaking. "You are aware that you possess the powers of a Portal Master, correct?"

"Yeah," Sky replied as she rocked back and forth on her heels.

"Well, as I have told you before, you require field training for it. Aurora…" Eon took a deep breath before speaking again. "Aurora doesn't have those powers, so I feel like it would be safer for her to remain home."

"Oh…okay," Sky seemed to understand, much to Eon's relief. He also didn't want to say anything about the other reason he wasn't bringing Aurora along: He had already forced one child into the fight against the Darkness.

He wasn't about to do the same to both of them.

"So….many…spiders…" Zap grumbled as he did his best to shake spider webs off himself.

"You said it," Ghost Roaster agreed. Spiders were disgusting.

"At least we found the Mask!" Sky pointed out, pointing to said mask, which did cause some of the Skylanders to smile a little.

"We still need to get it back to the exit," Bash pointed out, causing everyone to groan.

"Allow me," Eon said as he raised his staff to the sky. In an instant, everyone is back at the entrance, where T-Bone was waiting.

"Heeyyy. I'm impressed," The skeleton admitted. "You actually got the Skull Mask? Not bad for a pack of mostly living-types. You might smell kinda funny, but you're alright. Hey, sorry about before. It's just, you know, spiders like to…steal my bones. Long story, tell it over some ribs."

Upon making it back to the Core, everyone was relieved upon seeing the mask easily slot itself into the machine. No one was quite sure what it was doing, but they knew it was good, considering that the eyes were glowing.

Or maybe that was a bad thing.

Next time, we head for the Undead Source! See you then