Creepy Citadel
The JTeens followed T-Bone and the Thompson Twins down the stairs to the Creepy Citadel. T-Bone was holding the Skeleton Key with his head attached to the key.
"Here we are everyone." T-Bone said, "The Creepy Citadel."
"So how do we get the Eternal Undead Source from here?" Ice asked.
"If I remember correctly first you enter the castle," T-Bone said, "Then fight your way past the monsters and ghouls inside and if you play your cards right the Eternal Undead Source should be ours."
"Sounds simple enough," Hsi Wu said, "Unless you count all the monsters and who knows what else is guarding the thing."
"Wow His Wu," Chrissie said, "You're learning."
"Anyway allow me to get the gate." T-Bone said as he placed the Key into the Keyhole and twisted the key unlocking the gate, "Well Good Luck and I'll be right behind you. And by that I mean right out here guarding the entrance."
"Thanks for the help." Colleen said, "We'll take it from here."
The Portal Masters entered the Skeleton Gate where Water Skylanders were at their strongest. Colleen Summoned Slam Bam to supplement Zap as they took the lead in this area.
"Be careful everyone." Colleen advised, "These ghouls could attack at any time."
So the group all cautiously made their way through the Skeleton Gate being very careful not to be caught off of guard as they arranged puzzles. They ran into some ghoul archers and spiders but they had little trouble. Some of the puzzles they solved include light lasers and energy crystals but with Chrissie helping they were able to lower the bridge to get into the citadel.
The team then ran into the Main Gate where they ran into a Shadow Knight and lock puzzle. They also found that Skylanders of the Undead Element were stronger in that zone so Ice summoned Hex as Colleen sent Slam Bam back to the Ruins. Thanks to Chrissie's brains and Tech Powers the group was able to solve the lock Puzzle within seconds.
"Somehow I get the feeling that things are now going to get a little tougher." Ice said as he, Hex, and Cynder were blasting their way through enemies while Rose and Sara covered the rear.
"Gee Ice what gave that away?" Rose said, "Could the fact that the enemies are starting to show up more frequently be a sign?"
"Rose knock it off?" Cody said using his earth powers on the enemy since there were plenty of stones for him to work with. "Ice has a point. Now that we've already recovered five eternal sources Kaos is going to be pulling out all the stops."
"I'm well aware of that," Rose retorted as they entered the Goblin swamp where Colleen and Zap once again took the lead as they made their way through the area. "I'm just saying that we all already know that."
The group said nothing more as they got past the goblin swamp. The JTeens occasionally made comments on how Froggo would be right at home in a place like this. They eventually ran into some spiders but Zap easily zapped the spiders making short work of them.
"After you my lady." Zap said as he cleared the way for Colleen and the others to pass through.
"Thanks for the help Zap." Colleen said as they continued walking.
"No problem Colleen." Zap said as the team entered the Gallery. "Oh boy we should let Cynder and Hex take lead in this zone."
"Then leave this to us." Hex said as she, Ice, and Cynder took the lead in destroying the enemies they ran into as they continued fighting their way through the citadel.
"These Undead punks don't quit." Ice said as he continued tossing fireballs at the shadow knights.
"What did you expect?" Cynder commented zapping some of the spiders, "They're Undead Ghouls. They've got nothing to lose."
So the team said nothing more about the topic as they continued zapping the enemy while they entered the Grand Ballroom of the castle. They solved another puzzle where they found themselves at the Undead Gateway where the teleport pad awaited. Without any hesitation, the group all teleported to what appeared to be a giant venus fly trap made of stone where they saw the Eternal Undead Source.
"Alright Kaos, Show yourself." Cody demanded, "We know you're here."
On cue Kaos' Giant Floating Head appeared and he began to taunt the heroes.
"Well well well! I guess you thought you were just going to walk in here and take the Eternal Undead Source -eh? WELL YOU THOUGHT WRONG!" Kaos bellowed.
"We won't let you get in our way Kaos." Hsi Wu said, "Now scram before we unleash a can of kick ass on you."
"Fool! You're going to pay for meddling in my plans and for your insolence," Kaos Yelled, "MINION!"
On cue an evil Undead Minion appeared, it looked like a purple version of Ghost Roaster.
"Okay what is that?" Ice asked as the team and the Dragon Skylanders all prepared for a fight.
"That's Ghost Roaster." Spyro said, "He's a wandering specter and his attacks include a skull charge and a chain whip."
"Kaos probably summoned an evil version of him as one of his minions." Drobot said.
"Then in that case we better avoid and evade him." Sunburn suggested, "Then we can strike while he's vulnerable."
So the heroes all avoided and evaded the Evil Imp's attacks while striking back. The Dragon Skylanders all blasted their elements on the Ev
"BAH! He means nothing! You still won't be leaving the land of the Undead! Ever! –Again! Kaos yelled before bellowing, "I SUMMON - MY EVIL UNDEAD SPELL OF DESTRUCTION!"
"Evil Undead Spell of destruction?" Cody asked.
"If this is anything like Kaos' other spells then this should be easy." The Sky Demon commented.
"Don't get cocky," chrissie advised. "This spell could kill us."
Kaos summoned a torrent of laser patterns to try and eliminate the heroes. The patterns were short and quick and the team survived them.
"Is that the best you got Kaos?" Rose taunted.
"Huh. No matter," Kaos said, "Plenty more where that came from.."
"This can't be good." Colleen stated.
"How about another Evil Undead Minion to round things out!" Kaos taunted in a questioning tone before summoning a purple skeletion Warrior with a Sword and Shield.
"Okay what is that?" Drago asked since none of the JTeens saw Chop Chop before.
"That's Chop Chop." Sara replied, "He was created from Arkeyan Technology and undead elements. He's a skeletion warrior that is very good with the sword and shield."
"Looks like Kaos gave him the best of both." Ice observed. "So how do we fight this guy?"
"Wait until his shield is lowered and then we strike." Camo said as they dodged the Evil Knight Minion's attacks. Camo and Bash provided interference while the JTeens inflicted damage on the Minon. They avoided and evaded the Evil Knight Minion's attacks. Together with a lot of teamwork they managed to bring down the evil minion.
"You may be wondering why I'm laughing." Kaos taunted.
"We'd like to know what's so funny Kaos." Drago demanded.
"BECAUSE – I know you can't keep this up." Kaos retorted, "SOON – you will make a mistake – and then this will all be over!"
"That's what you think Kaos." Spyro retorted at Kaos.
"We'll kick your butt." Zap added.
"NOW! I – KAOS- SUMMON MY PARTICULARY EVIL UNDEAD SPELL OF TOTAL DESTRUCTION!" Kaos bellowed before summoning the spell.
Kaos' spell summoned up lasers using the power of the Eternal Undead Source. The Lasers this time were moving in random patterns. The spell lasted much longer and the lasers seemed to be much longer this time but after some dodging the spell stopped.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. I'm still laughing here." Kaos taunted, "Now you face an even more powerful Evil Undead Minion."
An evil version of Hex appeared and began tossing a torrent of skulls at the heroes. But having seen what Hex could do Rose and Sara easily avoided and evaded the attacks and ran interference while the JTeens and the Dragon Skylanders all teamed up and blasted the minion.
"Oh come on?! Really?! Really?!" Kaos questioned before bellowing. "FINE! I didn't want to do this. SCRATCH THAT! I TOTALLY WANT TO DO THIS! NOW – I SUMMON MY ULTIMATE EVIL UNDEAD SPELL OF COMPLETE AND UTTER DESTRUCTION!"
Another undead spell appeared and this time it appeared that Kaos was going all out on the heroes. He summoned up constant lasers in random patterns. Some of the lasers were damaging the team and some of them missed the team. After what seemed like a few minutes to half an hour the lasers stopped.
"WHATTTT!? but how can this be?" Kaos' screamed, "You are NOTHING! SPECS! WORMS! INTERLOPERS!"
"Right keep telling yourself that Kaos." Bash taunted, "You're just cocky."
"And now you're about to become EX-INTERLOPERS!" Kaos bellowed again, "Because there's no way you can stand up to all three of my minions and my ATTACK!."
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Kaos shouted as he saw his minions defeated and the team avoid the spells.
"Oh it's very possible Kaos." Colleen demanded, "Now hand over the Eternal Undead Source."
"Take the Eternal Undead Source! But I promise you," Kaos bellowed, "SOON – You WILL regret this!"
Kaos vanished as the Eternal Undead Source appeared.
"Well go on Ice." Rose said, "Take the Eternal Undead Source."
"Wait this source is for me?" Ice asked.
"Of course it is." Sara said, "The Eternal Undead Source is meant for you."
So Ice grabbed the Source as it teleported them back to the ruins but not before granting him powers over the undead.
"Skylands is growing darker young heroes. But now you bring the Eternal Undead Source." Eon said as the team was waiting back at the ruins, "Add its power to the Core of Light."
The Eternal Undead Source added itself to the great machine as it caused spirits to rise from the depths of the core of light as they began to surround the core.
Hugo then met up with the team as a fence lowered revealing Diggs standing next to a train.
"Am I the only one that didn't know this was here? I mean honestly…" Hugo said, "There's a train here!"
"That makes nine of us Hugo." Cody said, "Unless Rose and Sara knew about it."
"Don't look at us." Sara said, "Neither me nor my sister knew about this."
"Look on the bright side," Rose said, "At least we get to see Diggs again."
"Did you say there's a train here?" Diggs asked.
"It's standing right behind you idiot," Hsi Wu snapped, "How could you not notice."
"Well that explains the tracks." Diggs said, "I wonder how I could've missed that."
"It couldn't be because he's as blind as a bat could it?" Flynn asked, "That's right. Boom!"
"Hey I can still hear you know." Diggs said ingingantly.
"Either way what brings you back here?" Cody asked.
"Well we Molekin were digging for the Crucible of the Ages. But there was a terrible cave-in!" Diggs said before Hugo interrupted.
"The Crucible of the Ages," Hugo said, "It's the only relic in the world that can contain the power of the Eternal Fire Source. We must recover it at once. Ow!"
"Hugo, focus already" Rose snapped hitting the mole on the head, "Right now we have innocent lives down there to worry about. The safety of the Molekin right now comes first."
"Then we can recover the Crucible in the process." Sara added, before turning to Diggs, "So where are the moles and where's the Crucible of the Ages?"
"The cave in sealed the entrance shut," Diggs explained, "I barely escaped in the process back to the Ruins."
"Well in that case all we need to do now is have Cody use his earth powers on the rocks blocking the entrance." Chrissie said, "Then we can get to the mine, rescue the moles and recover the Crucible of the Ages."
"Leave it to me." Cody said as he walked to the entrance. After a few seconds of concentrating he cleared the entrance allowing entrance to the Tunnels.
"Cody's cleared the entrance." Ice said as Cody walked back to the train, "So can we get going?"
"Let's do this." Diggs said as he took the controls of the train. The JTeens hopped in the passenger car attached to the train as there wasn't enough room for them inside the engine. While the JTeens were in the front of the passenger car Rose and Sara began to discuss about Sophie and Fiona.
"I think its time we confront Fiona about how she treats Sophie." Rose said, "Fiona needs to spend more time with her daughter and less time with that brat Stacey."
"Same here and if she does say its her job as a psychologist to look out for Stacey's best interests then we'll have to remind her that she's supposed to be a mother first." Sara said. "And that as a mother she's supposed to be looking out for her daughter and her best interests."
The Dragon Skylanders noticed that the twins were discussing about the relationship between Sophie and Fiona and wanted to tell them how to handle it but the Dragons also knew that being Arkeyans the Twins wouldn't listen to reason that easily when they feel strongly on a subject and confronting Fiona about her relationship with Sophie was one of those subjects. The Dragons decided to hold their tongues for the time being as they, the Arkeyan Twins and the JTeens all sped into the Molekin Mine to save the Moles and recover the Crucible.
Next Time:
The Heroes enter the mines to retrieve the Crucible of the Ages and save the moles. And Later Rose and Sara show Ice what he can do with the Eternal Undead Source by demonstrating its power. Meanwhile Kaos deploys Glumshanks to slow our heroes down while he makes plans of his own. Who will come out of this cave-in. Read and review to find out.