Crawling Catacombs
T-Bone led the group down the stars to what was known as the Crawling Catacombs. Rose, Sara, Cynder, and Hex all felt a sense of familiarity considering the four of them had been to the underworld before. The Thompson Twins had been there on their own free will and actually played together with some of the Spirits of the Undead when they were younger. Hex had been there and remembered that she had become one of the Undead but she did inflict major damage upon the Undead Dragon King. Cynder herself had been a servant of Malefor and once committed evil acts on his behalf but was atoning for her past by becoming a Skylander.
"Okay here we are." T-Bone Said, "Welcome to the Underworld."
"Great going so where's the Skull Mask?" Drago questioned.
"Well I know where it is." T-Bone said, "But here's the interesting thing. We have a skull mask but who would actually wear it? We're all skulls."
"Good one." Hsi Wu said laughing. "But seriously can you take us there?"
"Sure provided we don't run into any spiders." T-Bone said and as if on cue a Spider appeared causing him to shriek and run up the stairs.
"Looks like we're on our own," Ice sighed, "Let's get moving."
The Team headed into the land of the Undead where they arrived in the Pit of Webs Area. Fortunately Hex and Cynder were stronger in that zone since they're Undead Skylanders. Their first new enemy was a Spider Swarmer which was similar to a Chompy but Hex and Cynder had little trouble with this enemy.
"So Hex, Cynder," Ice asked the two undead Skylanders, "Is this place bringing back memories?"
"Yes and none of them good for the time being," Hex said, "I've been to the underworld before."
"Seriously?" Chrissie questioned, "You've been here before?"
"Yes and quite frankly," Cynder said, "I was raised in the Underworld."
"What was it like?" Colleen asked, and Cynder began telling the Portal Masters about what her life was like serving the Undead Dragon King Malefor.
"Now that's what I call a rough experience." Drago said before adding with an afterthought. 'And I thought my childhood was bad.'
"It was bad actually." Sara said as the continued through to the alchemy lab, "But Cynder now uses the powers of the Undead to help save the world as a Skylander."
"That's right." Cynder said, "Spyro's really helped to make a difference in my life."
"Cynder I just did what was right after all." Spyro said, "Besides Master Eon was the one who made you a Skylander."
"And Speaking of Master Eon I wonder how he's doing?" Sunburn commented.
"I'm sure that he's watching over us and looking at how proud he is of the twins and their friends." Bash said and little did he know he was right.
Master Eon's Spirit was watching over the Portal Masters. Gazing down on them with pride at how far they've come and how the Eternal Sources have selected their wielders.
'Rose and Sara have come a long way since their training,' the elderly Portal Master thought as he observed them, 'And they're now training the new portal masters.'
Back with the team they had finished off some Spider spitters and Fat Belly Spiders and unlocked a few gates that led further into the land of the Undead. Cynder and Hex were the stars of the battle as they used their special abilities to defeat the spiders but Ice was really doing a great job using his fire powers to light up some of the areas that got dark. They then ran into a Gargantula Spider but considering it was like a regular spider. Ice and the two Undead Skylanders had no problem torching it.
"Spiders spiders and more spiders," Hsi Wu groaned, "How much longer must we endure these spiders?"
"Until we find the Skull Mask Hsi Wu," Rose said feeling right at home, "Besides we've got Ice, Sunburn, Cynder and Hex leading the way."
"And Besides I thought you'd like dealing with the Undead," Sara teased, "After all you are a demon sorcerer."
Hsi Wu groaned dreadfully at that remark as the team continued to tough it out through the land of the undead. The group eventually made their way to the Skittering Dark zone where Fire Skylanders like Sunburn were stronger.
"I'll take the lead on this," Sunburn said, "You get some rest."
"Thanks Sunburn." Hex said before Ice teleported her back to the Ruins, "I could use the rest."
So Sunburn and Ice led the party through the Skittering Dark continuing to burn away the spider enemies that came their way. Sometimes they ran into entire pods of spiders and Ice summoned Flameslinger to help them out. But thanks to teamwork and Chrissie using her wind powers to increase the strength of their fire attacks they cleared out all the enemies while finding keys that led to other areas of the land of the undead. Eventually the group had arrived at the Widow's Court.
"Guys this is where Skylanders of the Magic Element are stronger." Spyro said, "Please allow me to take the lead."
"Very well Spyro." Flameslinger said as Ice teleported him to the Ruins "May luck be with you."
"You ready to do this Colleen?" Spyro said as Colleen summoned Voodood.
"I'm ready for this Spyro," Colleen said before turning to Voodood, "Ready to do this Voodood?"
"Axe First Questions later." Voodood said as the three of them began slinging spells, fireballs and swinging steel at the vast spiders. The Spiders continued coming but Colleen, Spyro, and Voodood continued slicing them.
The Rest of the JTeens and the other Dragon Skylanders all helped out with their powers. The battle was tough but using teamwork and playing on each other's strengths they were able to prevail and claim the Skull Mask.
"Welcome back," T-Bone said as they arrived with the Skull Mask, "I see you have the Skull Mask."
"Where in the Underworld were you?" Hsi Wu yelled tempted to break T-Bone to pieces if it wasn't for Rose and Sara holding him back.
"Sorry about running out on you earlier," the walking skeleton said, "It's just that spiders like to steal my bones. We'll talk about it later."
"Let's get this mask back to the Core of Light." Chrissie said as the team walked back up the stairs to the great machine.
"The Skull Mask of Mortalannis, the Philosopher King," Eon's voice said, "The first Lord of the Undead. Excellent."
The Skull Mask added itself into a slot in the Core of Light while deep in the core purple glowing eyes. Shone.
"The Skull Mask fits perfectly," Hugo said as the team met back with T-Bone at the Entrance to the Underworld. "Now we just need the Eternal Undead Source."
"If you're looking for an Eternal Undead Source, I might know a guy porkpie..." T-Bone said to Hugo.
"We're not looking for AN Eternal Undead Source," Cody clarified, "We're looking for The Eternal Undead Source."
"Of course I knew that," T-Bone said, "What other kind is there?"
"So I suppose we can go and get it?" Ice asked.
"Hold it," T-Bone said, "We can't just rush in there. It's being guarded by some ghouls over in the Creepy Citadel."
"Then let's go there." Hsi Wu spoke only for T-Bone to respond to that comment.
"We need the Skeleton Key to get inside." T-Bone said, "Unfortunately some ghouls borrowed it and never gave it back."
"Would you happen to be talking about this skeleton key?" Sara said presenting the skeleton key.
"That's the Key." T-Bone said in surprise, "How did you get that?"
"Sara and I filched it from some ghouls in the Underworld while we were there during our previous visit." Rose said, "So can you take us to the Citadel?"
"Of course I can," T-Bone said, "Just come this way."
So the Team followed T-Bone down the stairs to the Creepy Citadel to recover the Eternal Undead Source.
Next Time:
The Heroes head down to the Citadel to recover the Eternal Undead Source but unfortunately they have another run in with Kaos. Will the Evil Tyrant make the heroes part of the Land of the Undead for good or will they escape with the Eternal Undead Source? Read and Review to find out.