Academy Chronicles: Rise of the Skylanders
Chapter 14: Putting the Pieces Together
With the decision made that the book Madoka found is the key to figuring out LOSE's plans, me and the others made our way to where we met Eon to discuss how Alter-Ego's source code relates itself to these "Elemental Foundations" apparently found in Skylands' underground.
Two group discussions in one day. That has to be some kind of record for me. Not even I had two trials in the same day back in my days at Hope's Peak… thank god; I wouldn't have been able to take that much death in a single sitting.
…Yet I let my entire world down thanks to the Liberators.
I smack my head quickly to cease the doubtful thoughts I've been having since I got here. I just hoped nobody noticed m-
Before I could even finish my own thoughts, I felt a hand brush along my head. I turned to see Kyoko looking at me, her gloved hand slightly moving away now that she got my attention.
She didn't say a word, but I can tell through her eyes that she's asking "what's wrong?"
I simply turned away, looking at Spyro as he stepped up, trying to act like nothing is of any concern.
…Although knowing Kyoko, I'd have to open up sooner or later. I just had to delay the inevitable for now.
"Alright Hugo, what am I missing here? What's so special about that book?" The dragon asked from within the gathering circle we seemed to have formed.
"Spyro," Hugo began to explain. "You know what happened with the Light and Dark Elements a while back? How they were hidden for years?"
I speak up, already confused.
"What do you mean, hidden Elements?" I asked.
"Oh, right… you don't know anything about Skylands history, do you?" Tails asked me, which I replied with a simple shake of the head.
Tails steps forward, directing himself to Kyoko and I.
"You see, the Skylanders for the longest time had this weapon known as the Core of Light. When it was destroyed by Kaos years ago, the blast was so powerful; two of the ten Elements of Skylands that were banished into completely different realms!" The fox explained.
"I see…" Kyoko said, nodding in understanding.
That's more than what I can say, but I'm trying to catch on.
"Then, later, an explosion of equal power also caused by Kaos when he destroyed a near unbreakable prison shook the foundation of Skylands to its core, releasing those lost Elements from the ground!"
Hugo then continued from there.
"Exactly, not bad for a Skylander from another plane of existence," He complimented.
Tails smirked and walked back to his place to give Hugo some room.
"…Anyway, after that eruption of elemental energy, Mabu scientists and magic experts began to trek down to the deepest depths of Skylands to see what else lurked underneath. Their recordings were hidden in this book!" Hugo said, tapping on the hardcover journal.
"They thought they could find more hidden elements… but rather, they found something else…"
He then began to flip through the pages before stopping perfectly on a specific page.
"After investigating an abandoned Arkeyan manufacturing facility, where they create their warriors, a crew of investigators found a mechanism leading them deep within the core of the island. There, they found what seemed to be an endless source of all kinds of Elemental energies. Historians claimed that this unstable resource was able to infuse Magic and Tech into their skeletal warriors…"
Master Eon looked down at the book to get a good look at this, himself.
"A keen eye, Hugo. It appears that there is an island in Skylands whose foundations carry a gateway to limitless elemental powers…" Eon said.
Just then, something clicked in my head. I had to speak up.
"Hang on, so people back then could just take that power and put it into warriors?" I asked.
Hugo looked up at me from the book and nodded. "Well, yeah, essentially…"
Kyoko stepped forward. "Then we have to find that island. LOSE is definitely there."
Spyro looked at Kyoko. "Hm? Why is that? Like you said, it has to do with some sort of code they stole?"
Sayaka then jumped into the conversation.
"Yeah, a very dangerous code. A code that can create digital warriors."
"Warriors who can take physical form and hop between here and the digital world." Homura continued.
"Warriors who destroyed Makoto's world!" Madoka added.
Yeah, it makes sense. It's all coming together…
…And it's making the pit in my stomach all the more heavier.
"…They're going to make Elemental Liberators." I heavy-heartedly concluded.