"He's not here, I already told you Jason!" Night Shift muttered.
Stink Bomb continued to bang on Eddy's door. "You don't know that! Eddy! EDDY! YOU HAVE TO SEE SOMETHING!"
"Jason, someone's going to call the police if you don't quiet down" Ignitor told him.
"The car isn't here, the lights are all out, I am pretty confident Eddy is not here" Night Shift said again.
Stink Bomb looked up at the nearest window. "Okay, so if he's not here, and not at Kyle's house, then where could Eddy be?"
As if on cue, Ignitor's phone rang. The fire knight picked it up and put it where his ear would be. "Hello?"
"Kyle! KYLE IS THAT YOU?" came an almost robotic yet goofy voice.
"Eddy? Where are you?" Ignitor asked. He then heard a sharp slicing sound on the phone. "What is going on?!"
"Say, you wouldn't mind coming to GameStop, would you?" Wind-Up asked.
"We're kinda getting our butts handed to us, and get this, by Trigger Happy and Flashwing" Wind-Up said into the phone.
"Wait, now Flashwing is there?" Ignitor spoke into the phone.
"Hold on, what do you mean 'NOW'?" Wind-Up said confused.
"Hang in there Eddy, we'll be there soon!" Ignitor said and then hung up.
Wind-Up sighed as another crystal flew over his head. Hiding behind the smoldering remains of a yellow Volkswagen Beatle was not where he saw himself being today. He thought by now he'd be on the phone bugging Kyle with a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos on his lap. But instead he and Isabella who had become Whirlwind were fighting a rogue Flashwing and Trigger Happy.
"Eddy! Would you mind helping me out?!" Whirlwind called from the battleground. Wind-Up peered over the car and saw Whirlwind somehow dodge a barrage of golden coins and crystals. Wind-Up hopped up and held his arms forward. His hands went into his arms and his new arm cannons fired machine gun toilet plungers. One of them stuck right on Trigger Happy's face and another clipped the side of Flashwing's wing making her get stammer backwards.
Whirlwind got on her hind legs and blasted Trigger Happy with a thunder cloud. Flashwing put her wings on the ground and Wind-Up felt something sharp poke his foot from the ground. He side stepped as a crystal summoned up where he was standing. He ran all over the place dodging all the crystal shards. He finally was able to stop when Whirlwind shot Flashwing with a rainbow bomb.
Flashwing grimaced and then smiled. "Alright, you win this round, but you're gonna miss this pretty face while I'm gone. Let's go Trigger Happy!"
Trigger Happy moved his face to the origin of the sound. He was still tugging on the plunger that clung to his face. The two tumbled away into the darkness of night.
Wind-Up stood there. "Wait, was that it?" he asked.
"I suppose so…" Whirlwind replied. She took a moment to take in the surroundings. A flaming car, deserted parking lot with no sign of parents, or bystanders for that matter, and there was still the lingering fact that she had just become a Skylander.
"What the crap happened here?!" came a voice. Wind-Up turned around to see an Ignitor, a Stink Bomb, and a Night Shift standing in front of them.
Wind-Up reared back and ready himself to fight again. "So what do you guys want now?"
Ignitor looked at him confused. "Wait, Eddy?"
Wind-Up dropped his arms down. "Kyle?"
Whirlwind looked at Night Shift. "Mason?"
"Bell?" he asked back.
"Jason!" Stink Bomb said to include himself.
Ignitor rose his arms. "Okay, okay, okay, so we are all Skylanders right?"
"You don't say" Wind-Up said sarcastically.
"Oh shut your yapper" Ignitor scolded. "Personally I think we are who we are for a reason. I mean, the other Skylander sightings have been of them, er, us doing bad things like robbing stores and attacking random cars. But I'm pretty sure we aren't going to do those things."
"…well" Stink Bomb spoke.
"You're an idiot" Night Shift warned.
"Anyway, we need to figure out what we're going to do. I have no idea when we'll get our human bodies back, but until then I don't want to be standing around while evil Skylanders are taking over the country. Agreed?" Ignitor said
The other four looked at each other and then nodded back at Ignitor.
"Alright, then it's settled" he remarked.
There was a couple moments of silence. Jason opened his mouth after a few seconds. "So now what?"
Flashwing and Trigger Happy tumbled over into a nearby woodsy area before crashing into some trees and then lying down.
"Ugh, I wish I were still human" Trigger Happy said.
"Well we're not, and if you want it back then we're just going to have to go back and fight" Flashwing said and then looked at her wing that was scratched up from the battle. "Just, you know, not right this moment"
A tree limb from above shook slightly and leaves fell on top of Trigger Happy. Flashwing looked up and peered into the branches. "What was that?" Trigger Happy asked before being shushed by Flashwing. She heard a wushing sound from behind and she turned jerkily. Suddenly she was tipped onto her back and felt a knife by her throat. She cleared her throat nervously. "Hmm, hello"
Flashwing felt her neck be released. She turned around to see a green elf in brown leather garments around her chest, legs, and mouth. "Who are you?"
"Give up now. The five will not be defeated. They cannot be" the elf said.
"The five who?" Trigger Happy asked from under the tree.
"I have a message for your master" she said ignoring the gremlin. "Tell him that no matter the place or time, he cannot win this war." With that, the elf leaped into the trees and dashed away.
Flashwing stared where the elf had left. "What was that about?" Trigger Happy shrugged in response.
"Sparkly dragon. Is you?" came a gruff voice. Voodood appeared from behind another tree. He was followed by a beluga whale holding a two-by-four in one hand and what looked like the wheel of a boat in his other.
"Who is that?" Trigger Happy wondered out loud.
Voodood looked at Trigger Happy. "New guy."
"Umm, hello, I'm Flip Wreck. Pleasure to meet you" Flip Wreck told the other two.
"Master say you not doing job good. We here to beat up flame man and others." Voodood said.
Flashwing shrugged in defeat. "I can understand that. We had our butts handed to us. But I'm just confused why he'd send a new guy to help."
"I-I promise I won't get in the way." Flip Wreck stuttered nervously.
"I just don't want my rear end on fire again." Trigger Happy mentioned.
"Oh, fires are no problem. I can control water!" Flip Wreck offered.
"Welp, he has my vote. What about you, Flash?" Trigger Happy said.
Flashwing leered at the smiling Flip Wreck. "No use arguing with the boss. I don't think I have a choice."
Flip Wreck hopped up and down. "Wooh! Yes! This is great, oh thank you, I won't let you-"by the time Flip Wreck was done talking, he saw Flashwing, Trigger Happy, and Voodood walking away already. "Oh, whoops, wait for me!"
Kaboom watched them from the monitor. He put his face in his hands. "Oh boy." He looked at another monitor. A group of Skylanders stood in front of a tall building. "Toys For Bob" hung from a sign over them.
"How are they coming along?"
Kaboom jumped and turned in his swindle chair. "GAH! Ah, boss, geez next time I might accidently punch you in the face" after noticing his boss glare at him under his hood he added, "But, after thinking I don't know if I will"
"And the four?"
"Just met up with them. They're headed to the base as we speak." Kaboom explained.
The boss stared at the monitors behind him. "Keep watch on the blue one. He gives me an…odd feeling"
Kaboom turned towards the monitor. "The little whale guy? Boss, you may think he's harmless, but I've seen the kid fight. He's got potential."
The boss started to walk out the door. "That's not what I'm worried about."
Ignitor, Wind-Up, Stink Bomb, Whirlwind, and Night Shift sat in the parking lot for over an hour thinking of what to do next. The light coming from Ignitor was warm and kept them lit well.
"Do any of us know how to hack into a police radio?" Stink Bomb offered.
"I might" Wind-Up said.
"Even still, I'm pretty sure that's illegal and that's not what we're going for." Whirlwind chimed in.
At that moment, again, Ignitor's phone rang. He pulled it out and looked at the caller ID. "Ok, where are you even putting that? You're entire body is made of fire." Wind-Up asked.
Ignitor looked up at him and shrugged. "Skylander magic? Anyway, I don't recognize the number"
"Answer it" Night Shift said"
Without arguing, Ignitor pushed the button and held his phone to his ear. "Hello?"
"Hello? Kyle?" the phone spoke.
"This is him"
"There's no time to explain for me. Look, I can help you guys out, but I'm not in really the best position right now" at that moment he heard the sound of what could be a lazer beam, and then an explosion. "I'm sending Sparx over and he bring you to me. I could use your help with this stupid mutt Hot Dog. GAH, BEES! Just get over here ASAP! We have a lot do discuss, if I don't get blasted" then the guy hung up.
Ignitor looked at his phone in confusion and then put it away.
"What was the explosion?" Whirlwind asked.
"Explosion," Ignitor said and then added, "I hate that that sounds normal for us now."
Suddenly a small light glimmered in front of them. It fluttered about.
"Ooooh, pretty. I want to touch it." Wind-Up said mesmerized.
"Woah, hands off dawg!" the light spoke.
Ignitor said. "Oh, wow, perfect timing Sparx"
"Naw man. This is my job. Follow me fellas" Sparx spoke.
The firefly was surprisingly fast for such a small creature. Jason had to take a few moments for laughing at how Wind-Up waddled everywhere.
"Well at least I don't smell like a steaming pile of poo!" he retaliated while waddling even faster.
Eventually, Sparx led them into a dark warehouse. From the outside, they all could feel the ground shake beneath their feet.
"So the guy who called us is in there" Stink Bomb wondered.
Sparx turned around. "Geez, I thought the loud noises and the ground wobbling would be a dead giveaway."
"Well, at least our adventure is continuing" Ignitor tried to encourage.
"With how random this night has been?!" Wind-Up piped.
Night Shift's face scrunched. "I am sure you use the word 'adventure' very loosely"