|| And here we have chapter 5 of Blank Out! AKA "the part where the inevitable happens". ||

Chapter 5

As the sun began to rise over Woodburrow, the Skylanders began to gather around Spyro. Almost all of the Cores had come to hear about their leader's plan to rescue their friends. Wash Buckler was the only Swapper who was there. "Alright, Skylanders," Spyro announced, silencing the team. "I addressed this yesterday, but I know some of you weren't here. So, for those of you who were absent..." He paused and shook his head. "Trigger Happy, Stealth Elf and Jet-Vac are missing."

Before he could continue, the Skylanders started talking amongst themselves. Although most of them were concerned about their friends, there were those who seemed more bothered by how it happened. Some accused Kaos. Others accused Spyro's poor planning.

"Okay, come on guys," Spyro called, grabbing their attention once more. "It doesn't matter how it happened, all that matters is that it did. Now we need to rescue them." Some of them nodded in agreement. "They could be anywhere, so we're going to have to search all over Cloudbreak." Now some of the residents of Woodburrow, including Tessa and Flynn, were joining too. "So, alongside yesterday's patrol..." Sunburn, Whirlwind and Chop Chop stepped forward. "...who wants to help search?"

Hands shot up, most notably Camo's. "We have to find them!" the Life dragon declared. Others shouted agreement.

"Great!" Spyro exclaimed. "Oh, hey Wash Buckler!"

"Hm?"

"Could you see if any members of the SWAP Force want to help?" Spyro asked. "I'm sure Stink Bomb and Free Ranger would be concerned."

"Of course," the mersquid replied. "I'll talk to all of them."

"Thanks. Sunburn, arrange parties of four to scout Mudwater Hollow and Fantasm Forest."

"Yes, sir."

"Whirlwind, could you get a list of every island of Cloudbreak?"

"Anything for Stealth Elf!"

"I can help with that, if you want," Tessa spoke up.

"That'd be great, thanks!" Whirl replied.

"Chop Chop, promise you won't say anything bad about Stealth Elf."

The arkeyan grumbled. "Fine..."

"When Wash Buckler gets back, we'll get a move on. We're burning daylight! Trigg and the others won't wait forever."

Mere moments later, at Kastle Kaos, Jet-Vac was starting to wake up. He stood up and stretched, scratching his back after doing so. He glanced up at the clock hanging on the wall of the small room that Kaos had left him and his friends in. It read 7:43. "Up and at 'em."

He turned his head to find that the two futons lying next to his were empty. Even Trigger and Stealth's stuff was gone. The Sky Baron questioned this, then decided that the others had probably gotten up already. "They're probably fine."

He walked over to his jet pack, Vac Blaster and visor, which were laying in a pile on the ground. He had taken them off when he went to bed. There was a sticky note attached to the pack. He picked it up and read it. "Courtesy of Lord Kaos~" it said. Jet then realized that Kaos' logo was stamped on all of his stuff.

He chuckled. "Ah. The leader's way." He pulled on his gear on and scooped up his weapon. "I should probably look for them anyway..."

Jet wandered into the halls, getting suspicious glances from the Trolls and Greebles he passed. "Lord Kaos is a very nice... and social person," Jet assumed. "Just look at how he lets these people stay in his big castle!"

After checking about every room on the floor he was on and finding nothing, he realized that he was getting nowhere. He grumbled and flipped on his jet pack, heading towards the end of the hallway where he had seen a staircase. Although he did find an elevator next to it. He glanced from the steps to elevator, then decided to take the elevator. He pressed the down button and waited, whistling something random. It made a "ding" sound and the door opened up. A trio of Cyclops walked out, mumbling gossip. When they walked away, Jet took there place. He was joined by an Arkeyan Defender, who looked over at the bird and scowled. The door closed and there was another "ding." And of course, the elevator music sounded familiar.

"Hold on, time out, Skylander!

"There's something up with my drill.

"But you better watch out,

"You'll be down for the count

"When I show you my smashing skills!"

Jet raised an eyebrow. "Odd tune..."

"Ding." The door opened up again. Jet-Vac and the arkeyan stepped out and headed in opposite directions. "Maybe I should just go speak with Lord Kaos... hm?" He stopped in front of a room with the door left wide open. Sure enough, his friends were inside. Stealth Elf was conked out on the couch with the Stump Puppy laying on her stomach and the arm cannon still hooked up. Trigger Happy was sitting on the floor with a laptop and headphones, and a glass of water was sitting next to him. "Ah! There you guys-"

"Shh!" Trigg scolded. He pointed to Stealth when Jet raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, sorry." Jet approached the gremlin, who was taking a sip of his water. "What are you guys doing in here?"

Trigg took off the headphones. "She insisted on learning how to use the cannon," he explained. "It took forever, but she mastered it. Then she passed out where she is now."

"What about you?"

"Not tired," Trigg replied, looking back down at the laptop and clicking on something. "And I can't practice my moves with elfie over there sleeping, so I'm watching instructional videos instead." He turned the computer so Jet could see.

Jet smiled a bit. "Ah, so she can fight now?"

"Yep," Trigg responded with a nod. "She's ready. I'm ready."

"And most importantly, I'm ready!" Jet added. "Those Skylanders don't stand a chance."

Trigg closed the laptop and set it aside, then picked up his water and stood up. "What should we do?"

"Talk to Lord Kaos, I guess," Jet guessed. "I'm sure he has something for us to do."

Trigg glanced over at Stealth Elf. "I suppose we should wake her up then, huh?"

"I suppose," Jet concurred. "Is there a polite way to wake someone up?"

"Screw polite." Trigg lifted the dog off of Stealth and set it on the floor. It rubbed it's nose, sat up and yawned, then looked up curiously at Trigger Happy and Jet-Vac. The gremlin then proceeded to poke Stealth in the stomach. "Wakey wakey."

"Mmph," she grumbled. "Five more minutes..."

Trigg snorted. He glanced back at Jet, then poured his water over the elf's head.

"Gah! I'm up! I'm up!" Stealth exclaimed, springing up off the couch. "...and soaked. Did you really have to do that?" Trigg shrugged with a smirk across his face.

"Sorry for the rude awakening, Saki," Jet apologized. "but it's time to face the day!"

"Can't we face the day in another two hours...?" Stealth complained. The dog padded next to her and scratched it's ear with it's hind paw.

"No," Trigg growled.

"We have to wake up early, just in case Lord Kaos has a job for us," Jet reminded her. "Now let's get you dried off."

Stealth sighed. "Alright..."

"Blaster, get a towel."

"Why do I have to do it?!"

"Because you're the one who dumped the water on her."

Trigg grumbled and left the room. Jet rolled his eyes and turned back to Stealth. "Okay, now let's get that thing off your arm..." he began.

"No!" Stealth cried, causing Jet to flinch. "I-I like this thing! It makes me feel... powerful!"

Jet stared at her questioningly, then shrugged. "Alright, whatever floats yer dinghy," he said. "but don't start thinking you're stronger than me."

"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it, Silv!"

Jet facepalmed. "Really? You're calling me that, too?"

"I got yer freakin' towel," Trigg growled as he returned. "Take it!" He flung the towel at Stealth Elf's face.

She grumbled as it fell down over the Stump Dog's head. "Thanks."

Jet shook his head as the puppy whimpered and pawed the towel off of itself. "Nice."

Stealth took the rag from the dog (who tried to play tug-a-war with it) and dried herself off. "So, what's the plan?"

"We agreed to go see what Lord Kaos has for us," Trigg informed her.

"There's an elevator down the hall," Jet noted. "I'm pretty sure it opens up right into his throne room. It plays really weird music, though."

"Let's take that, then!" Stealth threw the towel at Trigger Happy and scooped up her dog with her one good arm. "

"Rmph," Trigg growled. Jet chuckled as he took the towel and chucked it onto the ground.

Whirlwind approached Spyro and Sunburn to find that they were pacing in time. Back and forth. Back and forth. Nervously, back and forth. Spyro stopped and Sunburn almost ran into him. "Whirlwind, status update," the Magic elemental demanded.

"Camo's party returned from Cloudbreak Core," Whirl stated. "He said there was no sign of them."

Spyro sighed. "Are you sure we sent them to every island?" he questioned.

Whirl tipped her head. "Well..." she began. "There was this tiny, unmarked island that Tessa told me about..."

"And you didn't tell us?!" Sunburn exclaimed.

Spyro bobbed his head. "Sunburn, get Chop Chop. Whirl, ask Tessa for directions to the island. That's where we're going."

"Yes, sir."

Jet-Vac, Trigger Happy, Stealth Elf and the Stump Dog stood in the weid music elevator.

"It's the Chompy Mage, yo, and it's Christmas that I love,

"There's presents, bells, even Mistletoe.

"With the halls decked out, it's really quite a scene

"Did you happen to know that it's

"Why I wear green?"

Trigg raised an eyebrow and exchanged glances with Jet-Vac. "Christmas music?" Jet shrugged.

Meanwhile, in the throne room, Kaos was doing what he does best- cackling. "It's perfect, Glumshanks!" the dark Portal Master exclaimed. "Those amnesiac Skylosers will do all the work for me! Provide an Air source, capture that annoying dragon, everything Glumshanks!"

"I know, sir!" Glumshanks said. "You, uh, really are a genius."

"Heh heh. I know."

"Lord Kaos!" Kaos and his butler turned to see Noodles storming in, holding a piece of paper. "I... I just received an update from the... Cyclopses..." he panted.

"Eh?" Kaos questioned. "Make it quick. I don't have time for this."

"Skylanders!" Noodles cried. "All over Cloudbreak! On every island!"

Kaos blinked. "Every island?"

"Every island!"

Kaos paused, then gave a toothy grin. "Their leader, the purple dragon. Which island is it on?!"

Noodles took a breath. "I figured you would want to know that..." He held up the piece of paper. It was a map of Cloudbreak. "See that teenie-tiny island right there in the corner?"

Kaos raised an eyebrow. "Yes...?"

"That's where the dragon is going!"

The human swindled the map. "This is even better than I thought... Glumshanks! Find those three brain-drains and bring them here!"

"Of course, sir!" Literally the moment Glumshanks turned around, the Skylanders walked out of the elevator. The Troll blinked. "Found them."

"G'morning, Lord Kaos!" Jet exclaimed.

"That was fast," Kaos said. "Well, how nice that you're up. I have a very special mission for the three of you."

Trigg snickered. "And this is why the first thing we did is come to you. What's the mission?"

Kaos handed the map to Jet-Vac. Stealth and the dog (which was on her head) leaned over his shoulder to see. "See the island in the top left corner?" Kaos asked.

"The teenie-tiny one?" Jet questioned.

"Yeah," Kaos said. "You're going there."

"Eh?" Stealth said with a raised eyebrow.

"Why are we going to a tiny place like that?" Trigg asked.

Kaos smirked. "Because, that's where the Skylanders' leader is!"

There was gasping. "The Skylanders' leader?!" the trio exclaimed in a perfect three-part harmony.

"They're really excited!" Glumshanks whispered.

"Yes!" Kaos said. "Your mission is to go there and capture him!"

As the trio excitedly started talking amongst themselves, Glumshanks pulled Kaos over for a quick conversation of their own. "Sir, are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, what if seeing those Skylanders again... well, y'know... recovers their memory?"

"Please, Glumshanks." Kaos rolled his eyes. "There is absolutely no way that's going to happen."

Glumshanks sighed. "Whatever you say, sir."

"So when do we go?" Jet asked. He was obviously trying to act cool while in reality he was shaking with excitement.

Kaos chuckled. "Well, whenever you want!" He frowned. "Right now, preferably."

"Now! Now is good!" Stealth exclaimed.

"I'm gonna show those twerps who's boss!" Trigg growled. "Of course, you are, sire."

Kaos' frown turned upside down. "Glumshanks, get the ship."

The Dread-Yacht came to a slow, careful landing. Which pretty much means that Flynn wasn't driving. Actually, it was Spyro at the wheel. Flynn was reading a magazine. Sunburn was playing with the music box to get his mind off of... well, y'know. Whirlwind and Chop Chop were staring at the ground below them. "We're here," Spyro called.

"Oh, good for you," Flynn said, clearly paying very little attention. "I'll be right here. Good luck... uh... finding yer friends, there."

"Thanks, Flynn," Whirl said as she bounded onto the island. "C'mon, boys!"

"It's too bad we don't have some sort of communication system," Sunburn said as he and Chop Chop followed her off of the ship. "I mean, how are we supposed to know if the others find them? And how are the others that aren't at Woodburrow supposed to know that we left?"

"Maybe Drobot could create wrist communicators?" Chop Chop suggested.

"Yeah, with a video screen!" Sunburn concurred. "But how would the image and sound be sent?"

"Control tower?"

"Nah, maybe just a smaller building with a big antennae! Or a satellite dish!"

"Guys!" Spyro exclaimed. "Let's go!"

"Right, sir."

Meanwhile, Jet-Vac, Trigger Happy, Stealth Elf and the Stump Puppy were watching them from behind a bush. "They don't look evil..." Stealth quietly observed."

"Who cares," Trigg growled. "Let's spring these punks."

"Don't we need a plan of attack?" Stealth said.

"You deal with the phoenix, Saki," Jet instructed. "Blaster, take the arkeyan and the... er... pegasus. I, the leader, will take the liberty of capturing their leader."

Trigg snorted. "Who lost their memory and put you in charge?" he challenged.

"I did."

Trigg grumbled at this.

Stealth Elf and her dog exchanged glances in determination. "Okay, little guy," the Forest Elf said. "I'm gonna give it my all. I'm definitely not the strongest here, and... well, the phoenix guy looks scary." The dog tilted it's head. "But... I'm just gonna give up like that, just because it's scary. Will you help?"

The dog gave a small bark and licked her hand. She laughed. "Thanks!"

Jet set up his blaster and aimed it just in front of the search team. "I'll fire a warning shot," he said. "While they're distracted, you two get behind them. Don't do anything until I come out."

"Yes, sir," Stealth replied with a salute.

"Don't call him sir!" Trigg exclaimed. "You'll only encourage him!"

"Saki, if that blaster isn't firing, I want it charging."

"Yes, sir."

"Oh c'mon, what did I just say?!"

"Blaster, you're the strongest one, that's why you'll be dealing with two," Jet informed him.

Trigg blinked. "And suddenly I'm okay with you being the self-proclaimed leader."

Jet smirked. "Now let's do this."

An air blast fired in front of Spyro, causing him to leap back. "What was that?!" Whirlwind cried.

Sunburn scratched at the mark that the blast had left on the ground. "It looks like it was fired from a... Vac Blaster!"

Whirlwind and Spyro exchanged glances. "You don't think...?"

"Believe it." They turned around to see Trigger Happy and Stealth Elf, and a dog.

"Stealth!" Whirl exclaimed. She lunged forward, but Sunburn restrained her like before.

"Hold up, Whirlie girl," he said. "Something's not right."

"What?" Whirlwind questioned. "What do you mean?"

Sunburn clenched his teeth. "Trigger Happy is wearing sports tape and Stealth Elf has a machine on her arm."

Whirl stared at their friends for a moment, then stepped back. "You're right..."

"Don't. Move." They looked up to find that Jet-Vac was dramatically lowering himself to the ground. Veeerrryyyy slllooowwwlllyyyy. "By decree of Lord Kaos," the Sky Baron declared. "Public enemy number one- the Skylanders –-will be taken into custody and left in the hands of the executioners."

"Kaos has executioners?" Spyro questioned.

"Yeah!" Stealth exclaimed. "Today we'll put an end to your doings, miscreants!" Her dog howled in agreement.

Trigg's ears folded back and he gave her a weird look. "'Miscreants?'"

"Word-a-Day Calender!" Stealth pointed to her dog, which was holding a calender marked "MISCREANTS" in it's jaws.

Trigg facepalmed.

"Seriously?" Jet sighed.

"Ah-HA!" Chop Chop cried. "I knew it all along! She is a double agent! But Jet-Vac and Trigger Happy? You should be ashamed of yourselves."

"Chop Chop, they're being manipulated," Spyro told him.

"Oh. She's still a double agent!"

"Give it a damn rest!"

Jet turned on the vacuum function. "I have literally no idea what you're talking about," he said. "but that doesn't matter. You two? Get 'em." Trigg and Stealth (and the dog) leaped in front of their respective opponents. Stealth shot in front of Sunburn's feet and Trigg somehow managed to grab Chop Chop and throw him at Whirlwind. Jet confronted Spyro with a snort. "Alright, dragon; we can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

"Funny, Jet," Spyro laughed. "I was just about to say the same thing." He shot a trio of fire balls at Jet, which he swiftly avoided with his pack. After landing, he fired an air shot at Spyro, but missed by a mile. The dragon then charged head-first at Jet, ramming him into a tree. "Mess with the dragon, you get the horns."

Jet rubbed his beak. "Oy vey." He fired another air shot, which actually hit this time, and corkscrewed into the dragon.

"Come at me, arkeyan," Trigg growled with a hand taunt.

"I'd rather fight the Drow," Chop Chop complained.

"Of course you would," Whirl sighed. "Let's just knock them out and take them back to Woodburrow... maybe Hoot Loop can fix them."

"Right." Chop Chop slammed his sword into the ground, sending up powerful bone brambles at Trigger Happy. The gremlin hopped out of the way, but soon realized that it was just a diversion when he got blasted with rainbows. Chop Chop stormed at him with his shield, but Trigg grabbed it and tossed the arkeyan into the ground.

"Wakka-pow!" the gremlin exclaimed when he did so. "Hey, where'd that come from...?"

Whirl facepalmed. "You know, you wouldn't be eating dirt right now if you had let go."

"Shut. Up."

Sunburn was teleporting back and forth as Stealth Elf kept shooting at him. "Ugh! Hold still so I can shoot you!"

Sunburn reappeared from a fiery ring. "Yeah, no," he replied. "Alright, no more of this. Don't you recognize me?"

"What's a 'Stealth Elf?'" Stealth questioned, exchanging glances with her dog. "Is that a type of Drow?"

Sunburn rolled his eyes. "Oh, now you're just encouraging him."

"She's a double agent I tell you!"

They stared in confusion for a moment, then Stealth nudged her dog and pointed at Sunburn. It leaped forward and chomped on Sunburn's tail. "Oh, c'mon!" he exclaimed. "You've gotta remember! You're Whirlwind's best friend! You're rivals with Chop Chop! You yell at me a lot when I'm trying to be charming! You came from underneath Treetop Terrace- see, I remembered that time! -and you were trained in ninjitsu for almost ten years!"

Stealth paused for a moment, then shook her head, holding up the cannon and charging it. "No way. Lord Kaos warned us that you were manipulative liars, and now I can see that he wasn't kidding. So if you think that I'm gonna fall for the oldest trick in the book, you've got something coming, buster!"

"Sunburn!" the phoenix "corrected." "Who's ever heard of a phoenix-dragon hybrid named 'Buster?' Wait, that's it!" He shook the Stump Puppy off of his tail and persisted, "I'm Sunburn! You're Stealth Elf! We went on a mission and we both thought we betrayed each other but then we actually didn't... well, that's a story for another day. Remember, when we had to confront that Spell Punk?"

Stealth's ears drooped. "'Sunburn,'" she echoed. "I... feel like I've heard that before..."

"Yes! Yes, you have!" The Stump Dog looked up at Sunburn and tilted it's head. "Remember, our friend Pop Fizz broke your arm! And Whirlwind over there fixed it! Well, she didn't 'fix' it, but she really helped it. We're-"

"...the Skylanders," Stealth finished for him. "Not... bad guys. Good guys!"

"That's right!" Sunburn encouraged, stepping closer.

"I remember... a tornado," Stealth said. "And a destroyed island... a... dragon, I think... with four heads!"

"The Hydra! That's right!" Sunburn nodded his head. "Remember your forest?"

Stealth paused. "Treetop... Terrace..." she remembered at last. "I'm the... guardian."

"Yes! Yeah!" The phoenix hopped a cheerful hop. "We're the good guys! The protectors of Skylands!"

"The Skylanders!" Stealth Elf exclaimed. Then she scowled. "And Kaos... played us... for fools!" She accidentally released the trigger on the arm cannon, scathing Sunburn's feathers.

"Woah! Little too close for comfort there, Stealth!"

"Ah, sorry Sunburn!" Stealth apologized. "Wait... Sunburn! You're Sunburn! Half phoenix, half dragon, and completely annoying!"

Sunburn grinned. "You do remember!"

"I do," Stealth responded with a nod. "And I'm Stealth Elf. The guardian of the forest. A ninja warrior... who should never have a bucket of bolts like this any where near her! Get it off!"

Sunburn flinched, then helped unlatch the cannon from her right arm. "So you remember everything?"

"No, not everything..." Stealth sighed. "It's kinda... fuzzy. But it will come back." She hugged him gratefully. "Thank you, Sunburn."

Sunburn blinked and his beak turned pink. "Heh. You're definitely not quite back to normal. Our Stealth Elf wouldn't dream of hugs."

In slight confusion, the Stump Puppy tugged on Stealth's skort. "Hm?" She knelt down and patted it on the head. "Hey, little buddy," she said. She untied the purple bandana with Kaos' logo from it's neck and tossed it over her shoulder. "Kaos tricked us. He took advantage of us. He's the bad guy." The dog blinked, then barked.

"Um," Sunburn mumbled with a raised eyebrow. "Who's this?"

"Just a friend I made," Stealth replied, scratching the pup behind it's ear. "A helpful friend."

Sunburn shrugged. "Alright. Now, let's fix Jet and Trigg!"

Stealth and the dog nodded in unison. "Right."

Later, on Kaos' docked ship, the dark lord was sitting impatiently in a throne quite similar to the one at his castle. "Where are they?!" he finally exclaimed.

"I-I-I don't know, sir!" Glumshanks insisted. "But I-" then something beeped. The troll turned and looked at the security monitors. "Welp. Never mind. They're right outside the ship."

"Really?" Kaos asked. "Great! I'll talk to them myself!"

"Wait, sir!" Glumshanks tried to warn him as he walked through the doorway. "They don't... have the dragon..."

"Well, isn't it exactly who I wanted to see!" Kaos used his sly, disarming voice to address the Skylanders. "So, where's my dragon? Er, the dragon?"

"Yeah, the mission didn't exactly go as planned..." Jet-Vac said. Then, without warning, he whipped out his Vac Blaster and fired an air blast at Kaos. It knocked him backwards.

"Gah!" the human roared. "What's the big idea?!"

"We got our memories back, dummy," Trigger Happy said.

"And we don't take manipulation lightly," Jet added. "But since we're the good guys, that's all we're gonna do to you."

"But don't try it again, stupid!" Trigg exclaimed.

"Cut it out with the insults, Trigger Happy," Stealth said.

"Sorry..."

As they left, Kaos stood up and brushed himself off. "Well that's just great." He folded his arms.

"Ah... sir?" Glumshanks quietly approached his master from the ship.

Kaos sighed. "What do you want, Glumshanks?" he grumbled.

"Got their memories back, huh?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

Glumshanks scratched his head. "Well... I think I have something that will make it a little better..."

Kaos growled. "Nothing you could possibly do could make this better, fool."

"I beg to differ," Glumshanks said. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out a white and gray feather.

"Eh?" Kaos questioned. "A feather? A... an Air source!" He snatched the feather from his butler's hand and examined.

"It's the Sky Baron's. I got it from his bed," the Troll explained. "Now you can follow through with your plan, sir!"

Kaos chuckled. "Glumshanks, you're almost as brilliant as me! Now let's go! My brilliant evil plan won't last forever."

As Glumshanks followed him back into the ship, he said, "You know, I specifically remember saying that there was absolutely no way that this plan could go wrong."

"Quiet, fool!"

Back in Woodburrow, Whirlwind and Sunburn were conversing. "It's too bad we had to leave that cute little Stump Puppy on it's island," Whirl said.

"Well what else were we supposed to do," Sunburn questioned. "make it a Skylander? It can't even talk!"

"Well, no," Whirl replied. "But couldn't we have made him a Magic Item?"

Sunburn sighed. "Whirl, we can't make a living creature into a Magic Item."

"I know..."

They stopped short when they saw that Stealth Elf was hitting her head against a tree. Repeatedly. "Hey, Stealth," Whirlwind said with a raised eyebrow. "That's a good way to lose your memory a third time."

"Third time?" Sunburn questioned.

"Oh my god, Sunburn," Whirl sounded exasperated. "she's only told her story to you a thousand times!"

The phoenix yelped. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" he exclaimed. "But seriously, elf girl, what's with the tree?"

"I had a crush on Trigger Happy," Stealth complained.

"Oh." Suddenly it made sense. "Well, it was just a fluke," Whirl assured her. "Don't worry about it!"

Stealth Elf sighed. "Alright, I guess..."

"Sunny! Whirlie!" Trigger Happy called. "Spyro wants to see you two!"

"Excuse me, did you just call me 'Sunny?!'"

"Alright, we're coming!" Whirl called. "See you later, Stealth!"

Stealth waved nervously as they left. "I guess it could have been worse..." She looked down at her hand, then pressed it against the tree. "They could have found out."

To be continued...

|| Pffft.

Well, I can honestly say that this one is an improvement on the last two. However, it still suffers from all of the same problems (poor pacing, predictability, characters who serve no purpose to the plot, etc.), just not as badly as its predecessors did. This story really isn't anything special. It's not complete and utter trash, but it's not a great increase in quality, either.

No wonder nobody cared about this story.

On a side note, there were like, four references to future planned stories in the series in this chapter alone. Too bad none of it mattered in the end. At least most of those stories will carry over to the reboot.

Next time: The Birth of Dark Spyro! ||