Rescue the Chieftess
Over in Kaos' fortress Kaos and Malefor were looking over the locations of the four ancient elementals.
"Thanks to my powers and Malefor's experience and ability I was able to learn the locations of the four ancient elementals," Kaos said, "And I plan to evilize them so that when they do their magic act they'll fill the volcano with darkness and spread it across all of Skylands."
"And in case that doesn't work I've taken to filling the volcano itself with petrified Darkness," Malefor said.
"But what if the Arkeyan Sorcerers use the Eternal Dragon to undo the damage?" Glumshanks asked.
"Way ahead of you," Malefor said, "I sent the Shadowkhan out to locate the dragonballs before the Arkeyans do."
"Which leaves us free to focus on the ancient elementals themselves," Kaos said, "And I say we should go with an all-out invasion."
"Bad idea," Malefor retorted, "We should use a more subtle approach."
"He's actually right," Glumshanks said being able to speak his mind more with Malefor present, "The previous all out invasions draw too much attention and Malefor tried the invasion thing and it ended up with him being sealed in the underworld."
"Well since you're so smart Malefor you lead the next task," Kaos said, "I've got ancient elementals to find."
Kaos then left to go do just that.
"Kaos is terribly stupid and over confident," Malefor grumbled, "At least his mother Minerva has more sense than he does."
"For once we agree on that Malefor," Glumshanks said, "So what are you going to do?"
"For now I'll let Kaos do as he pleases and then wait for Minerva to show up then when she does show up I'll attack and if the Eternal Dragon Shows up then ill use it."
"But you are aware of the safeguards around Genghis that'll prevent him from granting you a wish."
"I'm aware of this and I'm already making plans to get around that. In the meantime I just sensed that our enemies are going to Cascade Glade. My guess is that they're going to rescue the Chieftess and some of the Elder Town's folk but they'll be in for a bit of a surprise."
Meanwhile in Cascade Glade the heroes were already at the Luau Lagoon where Skylanders of the Air Element were stronger.
"This the place," Rita said, "Whirlwind take lead."
"Consider it done," Whirlwind said as she and Chrissie took leader with Free Ranger guiding.
"So far everything seems to be going okay," Hsi Wu said, "But where is Emperor Drake?"
"He'll be here," Sunburn said, "Ceremony Tradition states that the Arkeyan Sorcerer King is not to show up with the Imperial Guard until all the four ancient elementals are together."
"Why is that?" Colleen questioned.
"If you must know it was done by King Cyrus the First, The First Emperor of the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire," Swarm spoke, "The Arkeyans wanted a back up plan in the event that something like this happened and they didn't want their own Eternal Dragon Corrupted."
"Sounds like they're trying to cover their bases," Drago said.
"That's right," Cynder said, "Considering that the Arkeyans Rule all of Skylands."
"And don't you forget it," Rita stated, "Emperor Drake's watching as we speak and he probably knows by now about all the dishonors committed against the empire." "And while he does care about the family he has to ensure the safety of the Empire as well," Sunburn stated.
"I bet he's probably holding a war meeting in the event that Kaos does do an all out invasion of the Cloudbreak Isles," Cody said, "So far the Arkeyans are a War driven civilization."
"But they only attack if they're the ones that have been dishonored and only then if the offense is huge like dishonoring one of their leaders or the offense that caused them to enslave the entire universe and eliminate all of Avalon and it's rulers," Spyro reminded bringing up Shendu's final punishment.
Little did anybody know, Emperor Drake was watching everything in New Camelot and he was holding a conference about the situation regarding the Cloudbreak Isles and Skylands and had invited the Arkeyan Generals and invited some of the Dragons to attend too and he even invited Adinda of the Mystic Arkeyans.
"Air Chief Marshall Sora your report?" Emperor Drake asked.
"Thank you Sire," Sora a Wind Arkeyan Sorceress with blonde hair with blue high lights and wearing a sky blue Air Chief Marshall's uniform said, "I've sent my best Wind Arkeyans to find the four ancient elementals and unfortunately they've found Bat Shadowkhan in their way. My guess is that Malefor is using the Shadowkhan to tail my troops into leading them to the elementals."
"Thank you Sora," Drake said, "Imperial General Lamorak you spent much of your life among the people of the Cloudbreak Isles and you are one of the only few among us gifted enough to have actually been able to communicate with them. Where would they go to rest every 100 years?"
"It's hard to be absolutely sure your highness but from what I can gather the places are very hard to find and locate," Imperial General Lamorak said, "Only the Chieftess and I knew where to find them but I fear that Malefor tortured the information out of her which means that all of Skylands is in danger."
"Indeed," Drake said, "General Byron what is your recommendation?"
"I recommend that we also take a look at what happened the last time when your father Emperor Ryan was ruling the empire," General Byron, an Arkeyan General of the Gaia Arkeyans and Roark's Father spoke, "The last time the eruption Ceremony happened the place was attacked by fire vipers and Kaos' Mom, Minerva. The failed attack forced the Arkeyans to guard the place full time and it also left shards of prettified darkness in the area."
"Indeed," Drake said, "Eureka, Bonnie, Buck this is the first time you've attended a war meeting and you three have spent most of your lives among the people of the Cloudbreak Isles. Do you think that adding more troops to the Isles would stop Kaos' invasion?"
"The people of the Cloudbreak Isles are a great people that have hope," Buck said, "They believe that they'll survive anything as long as they have hope and confidence in us and in the Skylanders."
"You're right Buck," Drake said, "We need to discuss what Malefor would do to try and destroy their hope."
"Well if I were Malefor I'd do something to terrify the entire area into doing what he demands," Eureka a yellow dragon smaller than Buck but big enough to carry Bonnie said, "Remember my mentor Elder Volteer said that the Dark Armies did that during the Year of the Dragon."
"And how would he do that?" Admiral Siebold asked, "Malefor would have to do something huge to pull it off."
"Knowing him he'd destroy an entire island or burn a whole village," Bonnie a young girl wearing a brown sleeveless shirt and tights under a small skirt spoke, "Or perhaps he'd destroy the Cloudbreak isles."
"Isn't that similar to what General Malva's Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather Volcanic Arkeyan Governor Sozin did 9000 years ago?" Buck questioned, "He used the power of a comet to wipe out an evil civilization that attacked the Arkeyans before he used the comet's power 100 years after that to finish that war."
"My ancestor did that Buck," General Malva spoke, "And if push comes to shove I may have to use the Comet to attack Malefor and his Shadowkhan Armies head on or at least get my cousin Governess Shasta to do so."
"Let's remember that Sozin's comet only comes once every 100 years and it only shows up seven days after the Eruption Ceremony," Adinda reminded, "However our enemies can do a lot in seven days."
"True and on a lesser note the Earth is still under our control," General Kylie said, "We've got total control over the planet and we've got eyes and ears everywhere so if anybody does insult the Arkeyan Empire we will know about it."
"Excellent news General Kylie," Drake spoke, "General Comet you've been silent as of late."
General Comet, Governess Celestia and Princess Luna's elder cousin, a Cosmic Arkeyan with blue hair and a beard and wearing a five Star General's uniform showing that he was higher ranked than Sora, Siebold and Malva spoke.
"Sire I was simply reviewing everything that's been said and done since we enslaved the earth and sentenced Shendu to his final punishment of Eternal Torture and while the safety of the Isles and Skylands is important we do need to go over the issue of the Dragonballs," General Comet said, "We've been summoning Genghis too often."
"Comet is right sir," Kylie spoke, "The last thing we need is another shadow dragon breakout and loss of the eternal dragon for 100 years."
"True but don't forget we can afford to loose Genghis for 100 years since Genghis did give us life spans to live over 1000 years old," Drake said, "However we have to watch the energy use so we must cleanse Genghis' Dragonballs after each use."
"And there is that new Eternal Dragon that we don't know about in the cloudbreak isles," Lamorak spoke, "I'm the only one among us whose seen it and its dragonballs."
"Probably the only reason why you're among the Imperial Generals," Malva muttered quietly under her breath to Buck who giggled.
"I heard that," Lamorak snapped to Malva, "Let me remind you that as an Imperial General I out rank you Malva so zip it."
"Guys enough," Adinda said, "Let's just resume our tasks. The JTeens and the Swap Force have probably found the Chieftess by now."
The others agreed and decided to end the war meeting for now.
Back in Cascade Glade Reina, Rita, Rose, Sara, Jade,, the Jteens and the Skylanders had rescued the Chieftess and were currently heading back to Woodburrow on Roxanne's back.
"Thank you for rescuing me young heroes,' The Chieftess said, "But we don't have time to waste. Malefor knows where to find the ancient elementals and I'm afraid they are in grave danger."
"Can't we just use the Eternal Dragon to find the Ancient Elementals and move them to Woodburrow first?" Hsi Wu suggested, "Or at least send us to their locations?"
"It's not that easy," Rose spoke, "The Elementals are hidden so that not even the Eternal Dragons can find them. If the Eternal Dragons knew where to find them we'd have summoned one to do just that ages ago."
"And the Dragonballs need time to recharge after each use," Colleen reminded remembering what Eon told her of the Eternal Dragon as they returned to Woodburrow.
"Here we are," Roxanne said, "next stop Woodburrow."
"Thanks for the flight Roxanne," Cody said, "As an earth dragon you seem to be very calm and you look a bit younger than most Earth Dragons."
"Roxanne was Guardian Terrador's apprentice and her techniques were nearly flawless and precise," Rita said, "Drake quickly promoted Roxanne to being Governor Terrador's Bodyguard and she's done very well at it too."
"That's great but we've got ancient Elementals to locate," Chrissie reminded.
"Chrissie's right," Reina said, "If we don't find them first then all of Skylands is doomed."