Flashwing didn't know what she was feeling. Trigger Happy was a complete maniac and got on her nerves with every passing minute. Voodood was one part stupid, another part illiterate, and last part somehow a genius. Despite having very little grammatical capabilities, he led the group of wonder villains quite well. Villain? Is that what I am? Flip Wreck was the only one she felt comfortable talking with. He was calm and had the best super power any Skylander, good or bad, could have; the ability to shut Trigger Happy up. However with all the strange characteristics of the oddball group, Flashwing found herself growing attached to each of them. It was a strange feeling and she discovered it to be one of her least favorite feelings, especially for Flip Wreck. For him it felt stronger than the other two.

And that's why she hated herself for heading to their rescue.

It was the strangest thing. Voodood had woken the other three up at dawn to get an early start on their trek. Flashwing had asked where they were even headed, but Voodood did a poor job assuring her he had everything under control after saying a simple "Place we supposed to be". Flip Wreck hopped out of the pond and yawned while rubbing his eyes. Trigger Happy was already hyper after waking up. He flailed his guns around and cackled.

"Boom boom boom! Let's get a move on slow pokes! YEEEHAAAA!"

Suddenly they heard a rustling in the bushes around them. Trigger Happy jerked his head to the noise. "Oooh, looks like breakfast! I'M GONNA SHOOT IT!"

Flashwing immediately felt something wrong in her gut. "Trigger Happy wait!" But before he could stop, the little gremlin ran towards the bushes. The creature that made the rustling appeared and grabbed Trigger Happy. It only took a moment for her to see who it was. It was a small creature that was completely dark, like a silhouette, except for a yellow outline that covered its body. Its eyes were bright white and void. It looked exactly like Trigger Happy; a doppelganger. The dark Trigger Happy ran back into the woods with her accomplice over his shoulder.

Flip Wreck was completely dumbfounded. "Was there two of them-" his voice was immediately muffled. When Voodood and Flashwing turned to him, they saw a blue silhouette that looked exactly like Flip Wreck covering his mouth and holding his arms behind his back. The doppelganger head butt the water Skylander in the back of his head knocking him out cold.

Voodood drew his axe. "Voodood destroy bad whale!" Before he could charge with that battle cry, another axe on what looked like a zipline burst from the forest and caught Voodood's own weapon. The axe quickly flung back into the woods, successfully disarming the orc. Voodood's eyes widened. "Axe! NO!" he said and then ran after his weapon.

Voodood and a knocked out Flip Wreck being carried by his doppelganger disappeared into the forest at the same time, leaving Flashwing alone in the small clearing, completely silent and Flashwing had to take a moment to assess what had just happened. I'm gonna have to save those idiots, aren't I? She sighed and ran quickly into the forest.

After a couple yards, she realized she had not seen any of her companions nor the doppelgangers. Desperate, Flashwing slowed down to catch her breath. Over the weeks she trained at Enigma's HQ, she quickly discovered she was more tactical rather than strong or fast like most Skylanders. She remembered one thing that Ka-Boom had taught her. Earth Skylanders were the best trackers as they could all sense vibrations in the ground. She closed her eyes and put all of her thoughts at her feet. Almost immediately, she sensed a pair of feet which she assumed was Flip Wreck's kidnapper. Then suddenly she sensed two more pairs of feet. One of them made short stubby hops; the other seemed to be the fastest, like an Olympic runner. Trigger Happy and Voodood she thought.

At that thought, she took off running again, finding herself worried for her new friend and the two buffoons. She sprinted for a good minute, dodging low tree branches and hopping over thorny bushes. Tiring out quickly though, she skidded to a halt and breathed heavily. Angered at no sight of any of them, she decided to try one of the things she failed constantly in training. She focused again on the ground and found the three sets of feet running ahead of her. Then she focused hard, eyes closed intently. She focused until her eyes felt like they would pop into the back of her head. Finally, her feet shifted into the ground with a jolt and the three pairs of feet stopped immediately. She sensed that they were all close to each other about a mile away. Not too far, okay Flash, just run like your friends are in danger, because, you know, they are she thought as she dashed ahead.

The closer she got, the louder she could hear her friends' cries for help.

"GYAHH, FLASHWING HELP! I'M HOLDING ME! BUT IT'S NOT ME! I'M SO CONFUSED!" she could hear Trigger Happy yelling.

Flashwing finally pushed past a few bushes into a large clearing. It shifted from green forest to a ring of desolate brown dirt. Flip Wreck was hoisted onto his doppelganger's back. His eyes were closed and she saw him breathing very slowly. Before she could save him, Dark Flip Wreck flung the whale onto the ground. Trigger Happy's doppelganger had his tongue sticking out. It had a firm grip on Trigger Happy who was trying to tug away from him. Voodood had already gotten away from his alter ego and had decided to fight it. The purple silhouette simply stood there, blocking all of the orc's attacks. Flashwing scanned the scene and realized her power worked. All three of the doppelgangers' feet were stuck to the ground by a crystal that she had summoned. "Voodood, get over here, you aren't doing anything!" Flashwing said. The orc took notice of her and his purple alter ego grinned evilly at him. Voodood stepped back and met Flashwing at her side.

"What plan shiny one?" he asked.

"Yeah! Like how am I gonna get out of this?! It's the snow cone incident of '05 all over again!" Trigger Happy struggled against the grip of his dark captor.

Flashwing hopped over to Flip Wreck still on the ground and helped him up. He was shaky, but was able to hop up. He looked the most beat up out of the three of them.

"They came out of nowhere and I tried to fight back" Flip Wreck struggled to breath.

"Hey hey hey, I got it covered" Flashwing told him. She took aim at the dark Trigger Happy's arm and shot a crystal from her tail. It hit its forearm and it finally let go of the gremlin.

Trigger Happy hobbled over to the other four, rubbing his arm. "Thank goodness, that guy was annoying"

"Just like small yappy one" Voodood said.

Flip Wreck mustered out a chuckle. "Oooh, burn"

"Whatever let's just get out of here and save our furry behinds!" snorted Trigger Happy.

Flip Wreck wrinkled his nose. "Woah, just hold on, there are three doppelgangers. Where's the forth?"

Flashwing noticed it as well. "Yeah, where's mine?"

Suddenly, the crystals on the doppelgangers' feet exploded with a burst of energy that seemed all too familiar to Flashwing. A dark silhouette with a brown hue and bright white eyes crashed down next to the others.

"Wow, that was right on cue" Trigger Happy.

"Oh just shut up and get ready to fight" Flashwing complained and steadied herself for the battle.

"Four on four, fight each other!" Voodood said.

"What does that even mean?" Trigger Happy asked obviously confused.

Flip Wreck sighed. "Fight your doppelganger bud."

"OOOOOOOOHHHHHH" Trigger Happy said and immediately pulled out his golden guns from…somewhere (Flashwing made a mental note to ask him where he kept them). The little gremlin started firing at his doppelganger who pulled out his own and fired back. Each bullet collided with the other and fell to the ground.

Flip Wreck unsheathed his sword and shield from his back and ran towards his doppelganger. He brought it down on his dark alter ego who somehow managed to block it with his arm and then kicked Flip Wreck in the stomach, pushing him back. The whale heaved out a short breath and regained his composure. He brought his shield up and charged Dark Flip Wreck. The alter ego made no effort to dodge, but instead grabbed the top and bottom of the shield once close enough and then flung Flip Wreck over his head and onto his back. Flip Wreck threw his shield at Dark Flip Wreck from his back and the silhouette bent backwards to dodge. Flip Wreck pushed himself up and then attempted to head butt the alter ego. Dark Flip Wreck held a hand out and stopped him dead in his tracks. Flip Wreck smiled and held his hand out. The shield that was on the ground grew a spout of water from the center and returned to Flip Wreck, which promptly slammed into the back of the dark Skylander in the head. It grunted and then summoned his own sword. He swung upwards hard, colliding with Flip Wreck's chin making him tumble backwards.

Voodood studied his doppelganger for a few seconds before striking. He swung across the left hard with his axe which was deflected promptly by the handle of the dark purple Skylanders own weapon. The orc used his own momentum being swung by the deflection to sweep the leg. The doppelganger hopped and dodged the attack. Voodood who was turned around and confused how that had not worked was then kicked in the back by his counterpart and fell to his knees. Angry, Voodood turned around and lowered his axe and made the blade fire from the handle. The doppelganger took the projectile straight in the gut and grunted. Voodood smiled happily, content with the minor victory, but it faded when the orc realized his counterpart had caught the blade and stood firm. The dark Voodood then threw the blade back. The orc caught off guard was nailed in the face with his own weapon. The projectile had such momentum that Voodood was flung into a nearby tree and became stuck.

Flashwing was having difficulty with her doppelganger. After firing a few crystals at it that were merely bounced off its crystal hard armor, she soon realized small attacks would not damage this thing at all. The dark brown doppelganger simply stood there as if already knowing this. Flashwing needed another approach, a different strategy. She saw Voodood stuck in the tree, Flip Wreck on his back, and Trigger Happy in an endless firing war with the dark gremlin. She realized that no one would win against their own doppelganger. Flashwing then directed a crystal this time at the dark Trigger Happy, hoping to give Trigger Happy a moment to get in on his dark counterpart and that's when her plan formed.

The crystal struck dark Trigger Happy in the head making him tumble backwards. "Trigger Happy, use your machine gun on the dark Voodood!"she ordered.

Trigger Happy stopped firing and panted. He turned to the dark Voodood and obeyed, bringing his guns together. To two golden weapons connected with a click and then like a Transformer expanded creating his signature golden machine gun. He hopped up to the trigger and fired. The backfire made his legs fly behind him. The dark Voodood attempted to dodge the bullets, but was too slow for the rapid firing. He was decimated by the golden coin barrage and fell.

Voodood unstuck himself from the tree and shook his head to focus. Flashwing turned to him. "Voodood, get the Flip Wreck!" He nodded. He lifted his axe above his head and bellowed the weirdest battle cry ever known in the history of Skylands. He leapt over 40 feet to the dark whale and brought his axe down as hard as the orc ever has; part because he was angry, and partly because, wait, no it really was the angriest the Voodood had ever been. Dark Flip Wreck lifted his wheel shield up to block in the incoming blow, but the strike shattered into thousands of splinters. One of them hit the already downed Dark Trigger Happy. Voodood spun around and roundhouse kicked the whale's counterpart straight to the snout sending him flying into a tree and getting stuck just as the orc had been.

Flip Wreck realizing what Flashwing had planned left one final doppelganger unattended for; Flashwing's. He dashed forward with his two-by-four sword and slammed it into the dark Flashwing's chest. It flew upward and Flip Wreck jumped up, ramming his shield into it. Flashwing's counterpart spun around in the air and the bottlenose could spot a couple of places where the crystal armor had cracked. He hopped onto his shield and with a burst of water from underneath, blasted into the air once more. Flip Wreck then swung his sea saw sword across dark Flashwing and the armor cracked even more leaving the doppelganger weak and useless. The two landed on the ground; Flip Wreck with a twist and much finesse, the Flashwing flopped on the ground limp. Trigger Happy lifted up two signs, one with a 10 on it the other with a 0 on it.

"What a finish by the bottlenose but the weird dark Flashwing with quite a sloppy ending. There is a clear winner here" he narrated as if the landing were part of the Olympics.

"Whatever, at least that's over" Flashwing muttered out loud.

Flip Wreck walked over to the crystal dragon. "What I want to know is how you figured out if we fought different doppelgangers we would win. I mean, that was amazing!"

Flashwing blushed. "Oh it was nothing"

"Nothing? We could have been destroyed. You basically saved our lives!"

Voodood simply glared at each of the moaning dopplegangers. He was focused and Flashwing noticed something off about the orc. "Umm, Voodood, what's up?"

Voodood turned to her. "Back at HQ, boss tell Voodood plan for fire knight. Dark Skylanders supposed to fight for us. Dark fire knight made, and skunk and vampire and unicorn and odd toy thing."

"Your point?" Trigger Happy grumbled clearly unhappy that there was more than a simple victory.

Voodood shook his head. "If work for us, why attack Voodood and friends."

Flashwing looked at her dark Doppelganger. They were supposed to help us?

The group confused to no end, Voodood made a decision. He slammed the end of his axe on the ground, "We keep moving. Voodood talk with boss later." The other three nodded.

Waiting impatiently and pacing his evil throne room of doom was Kaos. His stubby legs hobbled around and the arch enemy of the Skylanders stroked his head. "Where is he, that idiot can't do anything right! I should have done it myself! If he gets in the way of my glorious takeover of Earth then I, KAOS, will kick that troll right in the-"

Bursting through the door of Kaos' throne room was his butler Glumshanks. He had a large sack slung over his back. He dropped it on the ground and fell to his knees breathing heavily. Kaos' eyes brightened and he ran over to the sack. "Did you get them?" he said while opening the bag.

Glumshanks gulped and spoke to his master. "Yup, every last Nega Skylander all neat and tighty in those Traptanium crystals."

Kaos dumped the bags contents onto the floor. Eight different types of colored crystals swarmed the checkered tiles. Each one had a small image of a different Skylander. Kaos silently counted each one and frowned once he was finished.

"Is everything alright lord Kaos?" Glumshanks asked. He was sure his master would be grateful this one time.

"Youuuuu NINCOMPOOP! There are some missing!" Kaos complained.

"What? That can't be possible!" Glumshanks assured himself.

"Oh really? Then where is Ignitor's crystal? Or Whirlwind? Wind-Up? Night Shift's? Stink Bomb's?"

Glumshanks examined the crystals looking for the ones Kaos had listed.

Kaos' eyes widened. "Oooooh, I bet that one guy, I am so angry I can't remember his name! The one with the pink buzz cut oh but that guy, I bet he stole them. He is always getting in the way. You know the one, right Glumshanks?"

"Yes sir, I know the one"

"Well, I will not let him get in the way of my conquest"

"Sir if I may. I already sent some Nega Skylanders out to help. Lemme think, Flashwing, Flip Wreck, Voodood, and Trigger Happy."

Kaos looked at his butler. "How do you know their names?"

"Well sir, we have been fighting the Skylanders for quite some time. I think we know the names by now."

"Wow Glumshanks, you're pretty smart" The troll smiled at his master's compliment. "You should use your brain more often" Glumshanks immediately frowned. "Where are those four now?"

"I sent them to fight those Skylanders that the pink guy managed to turn evil, but only for him."

"Ugh, humans, so feeble minded! And to think one of them has been a Portal Master for all these years!"

"Also, I think some real Skylanders are on Earth."

"No not the Skylosers! Why is everyone getting in the way? Is it too much to ask to be the unquestionable ruler and emperor of everything I see. Is it? IS IT?"

"No sir"

"Well it's time that Kaos wins for once! Get the flying fortress ready Glumshanks! I think we should pay Woodburrow a little visit!"