"For as long as anyone can remember, Skylands was always protected by the wisest and most powerful beings of all, the Portal Masters. And the greatest among them, was Master Eon. Kind, humble, brilliant, he commanded the Skylanders before you did, and could wield all ten elements." Jet-Vac said. "But they say for every good Portal Master, an evil one must exist too...and that Portal Master, is Lord Kaos, Emperor of the Underg Realm. Unlike good Portal Masters, evil ones do not use Skylanders, instead they use Underg Energy to summon wicked monstrosities and evil creatures most foul."
"But Kaos himself is unique in the way that he is a master of all forms of Underg Energy, so while he did summon Ranborgs to do his work, he's more than capable of fighting on his own two feet and is capable of more destruction than most of his minions." Zap said. "And his goal...is to gain rule over Skylands to plunge it into eternal darkness."
"Master Eon and Lord Kaos have fought for eons, thousands of years of an endless conflict, while Eon always wins, Kaos had a strong will, and never backed down from attacking again and again, often with more firepower." Sora added. "But then again, Eon and his Skylanders have triumphed against him over and over again, Eon was far older and wiser, with Kaos being stubborn and often guided by his anger and recklessness."
"With Eon's wisdom and Kaos' anger, Eon would continue to win until... well ten years ago... Kaos died." Stealth Elf said, making the X-Squad awe at the story. "In our most intense war ever against Kaos and the darkness, we lost so much, but Kaos paid the biggest price, as his body was obliterated right in front of our eyes."
"Their leader gone, the Underg Empire all lost their morale and life force, and the Underg Empire...was gone, we had finally won. But Master Eon didn't celebrate with us, instead he hid himself away, saying he wanted to work on something." Spyro said. "Ten years had passed and while small times villains tried to rebuild the Underg Empire and fill in Kaos' shoes, they were taken care of easily by us, but Eon remained a shut-in, we don't know what he was doing, but no one really seemed to mind as much. since we pretty much lived in eternal peace..."
"Or so we thought, because we, erm, well, we didn't really bother to check the Outlands for anything, and, in hindsight, we should have." Cynder said. "As it turns out, some weirdo named Sergei Kravinoff appeared in Skylands, and he destroyed Cloudcracker Prison, and had his new minions start hunting us, no gloating, no nonsense, he overwhelmed us with sheer skill alone, as well as some advanced technology."
"And while we struggled to defend ourselves against Kraven, he destroyed the Core of Light. The machine that protected us against the ongoing darkness for millennia." Echo said. "And with it, the sources of power, the Eternal Sources flew across the land."
"But the Core was not the only thing we lost, in a twist of fate, Eon suffered the same fate as Kaos, his body was obliterated in the blast. And because we were tied to him, we were weaker than before." Spyro said. "With no Portal Master and no Core of Light, we were boned...we had nothing to fight back with, even if literally everyone in Skylands were to fight back, it would be hopeless..that was until...Hugo went to Eon's home and discovered an old basement he had, and there he had eleven Ancient Portals, the ones Portal Masters of old used, but they had been upgraded to such a degree that they could be used to fight back Kraven. Unfortunately, Hugo, Flynn, Cali, Buzz, even Ermit, all died once Kraven found out, but not before they sent us across dimensions to find heroes to help fight back and save Skylands, and ten years have passed since then."
"So, basically Anubis sent us here to one of Spider-Man's greatest rogues...because you got lazy and didn't check for anything that could cause reality shifting?!" Even said. "DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE WE'LL BE HITMEN TO CLEAN UP A MESS THAT COULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED IF YOU DID A BASIC SWEEP?!"
"Trust me. We desperately wanted to just get back and leave you to your lives, but that would've been impossible. Some of us landed near you, because you have been chosen to be the new Portal Masters, the Portals will react to you and you alone, And it's not just the Portals, in order to repair the Core of Light, we need a Portal Master to collect them, no one else, and you're the only Portal Masters on the planet to exist right now. And, you only represent one element, so like it or not, we need all of you, if we don't repair the Core of Light, your worlds will surely suffer from Kraven's hunt, should he figure out how to open Portals to your world." Jet Vac explained.
"So like it or not, we're stuck saving not only your world, but all reality too if this Kraven dude gets cocky. So...how do we fix this Core of Light?" Jax said.
"As of right now, some of the top geniuses we have are studying the old blueprints for the Core of Light, but from what they're able to gather, in order to repair it, we gotta gather the Eleven Eternal Sources, magical essences that resemble the ten elements, once we do that. Skylands will be cleared of all darkness, then Kraven will be weak enough for us to take him down, before he tries to destroy the Core again." Spyro said.
"The darkness surrounding Skylands will surely weaken the Skylanders, so you will need to accompany the Skylanders on their quests to keep them at full strength, there's no other way. So, we'll need to head to the Isle of Weapons, that's this place, before finding the Eternal Sources, to prepare all of you for the upcoming battles. Thankfully, Kraven's minions can't access here, the ancient magic is too powerful for him as of right now." Chompy Mage said.
"Well then, let's hope this Kraven guy has the best fit in town, or else I'll have to kill him on sight." Drakus said, then, as Chompy Mage teleported them there, and Drakus walked up to a pit in the middle. "So, weapons guy, wake up, ya hummock!"
Then, a pillar of light surged out of the pit, as a giant leviathan made of solid light appeared. "Hear me, little one," the leviathan hissed. "Doom calls to you, now, tell me who has summoned me."
"That's Drakus here, now quit the charade, Levialumus, we spoke two weeks ago!" Chompy Mage said.
"Oh, CM! Sorry, I totally forgot you were coming over. Yeah, tourists really love that whole vampire talking or whatever. So. how's Gulps, still kicking?" The leviathan, apparently Levialumus, said, his voice now sounding like Keith David.
"You better believe it, anyway, we brought the Portal Masters." Chompy Mage said.
"Kids, monsters and adults? Huh, I imagine someone looking more fitting for the job, but I love the idea of Kraven getting his butt handed to him by a bunch of misfits." Levialumus said. "But nevertheless, I can sense their soul-types. so I've got the perfect weapons for them."
"Great, now can we get on with this?" Cell said.
"Duh! Of course I can! Stand back and watch how a pro summons yer weapons!" Levialumus said, as he flew into the air and started spinning while chanting in tongues as a pentagram appeared in the pit as a scythe (for Sabrina), chainsaw sword (for Bonehead), gauntlets (for Stiffany), mech suit (for Bubbles), katana (for Konata), musket (for Tanya), kusari-gama (for Megumin), trident (for Taisho), switchblade (for Ace) and minigun (for Powder) appeared in front of them.
"Oh ho ho, now this is power!" Powder said, chuckling as she spun her gun around as the Portal Masters grabbed their new weapons and headed out.
"So, what can you tell us about this Furesto person, Lucifer, you flinched when Soda Leech said his or her or their name." Drakus said, as Lucifer realized he was found out, and sighed. "Y'know how you humans believe in the ideas of heaven and hell in your mythologies and religion? Well, if the Underworld is hell, then the Celestial Continent is heaven." He started pacing back and forth. "The people of the Celestial Continent were entirely virtuous people; goody-two-shoes who followed all of the rules and wanted everyone else to do the same."
"So they could possibly turn someone into a giant knight monster?" Drakus blinked. "Just because they're a model citizen?"
"Well, not necessarily. They have to show flaws; weaknesses. That's what the Celestial Continent intended to remove," Lucifer added. "First, there's Valen; the Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude. He likes turning the weak, wimpy, and scaredy-cats into super-strong, super-dangerous Seinarumis. The other three Cardinal Virtues are Ailurus, who manages Temperance; Justine who, as you'd expect, embodies Justice, and Furesto, who bequeaths people with Prudence. Keep that in mind."
"Eh… the only one that some of us really understood was Justice," Seryu blinked with her eyes as tiny as specks.
"Ugh…" Lucifer groaned and shook his head. "One makes you brave, another makes you stop overusing stuff, the third is the ultimate courtroom judge, and the last one makes you use your head, and that's the one we're gonna have to face, that make it any easier for ya?"
"Wait Mags, if Cloudcracker was destroyed, there's no telling who else may be on the loose. We need to figure that out as soon as possible." Jet-Vac explained.
"Well, we could always ask the Stone Heads at Know-it-All island, they know everything." Cali said.
"They may even know where Chelsea and Mine landed." Akamei said.
Tatsumi groaned. "I can understand that, but do we really have to team up with the Jager's number one Psycho? I don't want us hitting off with her."
"You just leave Seryu to us." Mystle said. "That girl knows justice, all right, and it's the type we like."
"Then from here on, Night Raid and Skylanders are a team." Najenda said. "Akamei, Tatsumi, Chelsea and Mine will support and stop whoever this Kraven is. Our first stop, Know-it-All Island."
"You think Chelsea and Mine will be there?" Tatsumi asked.
"Who knows where they are, and when they will appear." Jet-Vac said.
"So, you're saying we head to this mountain, dress up stupid and hope for the best?" Megafin said, after having heard that they'll find the Eternal Source of Air there. "That is the dumbest plan I ever heard, and I planned to disguise a heist at a mall as a shopping trip."
"Hey, say what you will, we got some digs!" Birch said, as she drew all over... something that resembled a table as Simon spray painted all over the walls, watching his tally go up with everything he painted over.
"Ay! Yo! No! No! Stop it!" A voice said, as a man in a black hoodie and sweatpants with a spray nozzle for a head appeared from behind a door. "Come on man! Not the coffee table!"
"Stop it, fool boy. Can't you see that you are interrupting this new perfetto body from getting used to its new job as Alina-Sama's newest model? Now, stop harassing us and be prepared for the onslaught of heroes that will arrive at this pantano." Alina Gray said, as she painted over the walls. The reasons for her being exempted from having to wear a costume was because she vehemently refused (and unlike Kuroto, who was forced to by Kronos, Alina had some backbone, and even started threatening people when they tried to convince her), and also because according to Kiko, Alina was 'so damn terrifying that she could come dressed as a teddy bear, and still find a way to make therapists go up a tax bracket'. And so, in stark contrast to all the costumes around her, Alina was dressed in her magical girl outfit, which was about the furthest thing away from a scary costume.
"No! No! No! Don't! What's the matter with you?! See, when I do it, you know, it's what I do. My stuff looks good. You, you're just, you're just making a mess." The man ranted.
"Can y'all shut up?! I'm trying to play something!" Kuroto said, as he was playing on the TV they bought and was playing Buzz Lightyear on.
"So, what can you tell me about this Zurg guy you want us to recruit?" Simon asked.
"Oh, you wanna know? Zurg is a powerful evil emperor with dark powers, heavy weaponry, and an army of robots under his command," Kuroto explained. "He's peak evil and exactly the type of guy we need for this team. He's also got a couple henchmen who might be useful for us too."
"Oh, so what do we need to look for?" Codi asked.
"Tall, purple, wears armor, his mouth doesn't move a lot." Kuroto said, as he dragged the members in the room inside the game, as Park Avenue immediately covered his head with a hood, as they ran into the castle. Zurg was sitting on his throne as another man in a purple and red space suit stood before him loyally.
"Ah, Darkmatter, you have returned," Zurg bellowed at his subordinate. "I crave good news! Did you attack the freighter?"
"Yes, Evil Emperor Zurg," Warp Darkmatter replied.
"And did Buzz Lightyear rush to the rescue?" Zurg asked.
"Uh, yes," Warp answered
"Um... hello!" Harpy said, waving coyly at Zurg and Warp.
"And was Lightyear victorious?" Zurg asked, continuing as if he hadn't even heard them.
"Why is he ignoring us?" Xone asked, as Zurg and Warp continued their conversation.
"It's a pre-recorded cutscene," Kuroto answered. "Those two are just lights and pixels."
"The power should work on them all the same," Megafin said. "Is the spare worth acquiring as well?"
"Warp Darkmatter?" Kuroto asked. "Yeah, he's a badass. Tough as Hell boss battle too..."
"Hmmm," Birch wondered, getting ideas, and soon Zurg and Warp were both engulfed by a purple and silver mist that had radiated from the Vita-shurikens lodged in them.
"In case you didn't notice, that box does some amazing stuff," Warp said. "Maybe I could use a box like that."
"Darkmatter, it's a box of doom," Zurg replied. "It's not for you. FOR YOU SEE, IT- Umm, wait a sec. I'm sorry, who are these intruders in my palace?"
Warp turned around and the metal hand attached to his robotic arm switched out into a cannon. "Whoever they are, they're about to eat laser!"
"Oh please, like evil space overlords actually talk like that," Kuroto said with a roll of his eyes.
Warp fired a blast of laser at Birch, but she simply ducked under, with a big shit-eating grin.
"WHAT?" Warp asked with a gasp.
"Hmm, didn't see that coming," Zurg mused.
"Emperor Zurg, I am Kuroto Dan, Jet-Black President and God of Games," he introduced.
"Oooh, fancy title, alright, stand down, Darkmatter, I wanna hear this," Zurg announced.
"What? They break into your palace and you wanna just hear them out?" Warp asked. "Have you blown a circuit?"
"You, shush," Zurg ordered before turning back to Kuroto. "You, keep talking."
"Thank you," Kuroto nodded. "You, my dear Emperor, are but a figment of this constricted world of data. You have been given a chance at real life thanks to the generosity of the Vita-shurikens. It is to us you owe your existence."
Zurg and Warp both looked at Kuroto like he was pulling a fast one on them.
"Alright... Good to know," Zurg said. "My Hornets are going to destroy you now, 'kay?"
"Now hold on," Kronos interjected. "This...is a prison that Star Command created. Those LGMs made it so that you would be trapped in an illusion of your own past, forced to constantly repeat the same events over and over again. We're here from the outside world to set you free."
"THOSE PESKY RANGERS!" Zurg growled. "I'LL VAPORIZE EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!"
"Count me in," Warp agreed. "Buzzy boy's gotta go."
"Fortunately, Star Command was destroyed years ago," Birch explained. "Buzz Lightyear died with it."
"WHAT? Lightyear's... dead?" Warp asked, feeling a variety of conflicting emotions over the news.
"CURSE YOU BUZZ LIGHTYEAR FOR DYING AND NOT LETTING ME DESTROY YOU!!!" Zurg shouted at the ceiling.
"Are you done yet?" Circe asked.
"Yeah, I think that'll do it," Zurg shrugged.
"Unbelievable," Princess said. "This is what passes for an evil emperor in this world? Some lucky upstart could obliterate this fool's empire in a microsecond."
"Nuh-uh!" Zurg insisted.
"Yes they could," Circe replied. "Because they might not be a pompous blowhard."
"Yeah, well, I know you are but what am I?" Zurg countered.
"Okay, that's enough," Harpy said.
"There's still a great big galaxy out there to conquer," Kuroto said. "We're out to conquer it, and could use your expertise to help them out."
"Oh very well, I'll show you how to do it!" Zurg declared.
"As long as I get a nice paycheck, I'm in," Warp seconded.
"Ooh! Ooh! But first, I have a deliciously EVIL addition to the team to get," Zurg declared. "After all, Darkmatter and I were just talking about his box."
Zurg cackled wickedly and dramatically with his arms outstretched towards the ceiling.
Ink Blotch chuckled at the laughter. "Are you going to tell us who we're getting or are we just supposed to wait for you to stop laughing?"
In the center of the Star Command science bay, a blue force field kept a black coffin-like box under lock and key. The box sparked with red lightning and opened slowly and dramatically as fog billowed out of it. Then, as slow and dramatic as the coffin itself, a figure rose from within: a triangular robot dressed in a large, billowing cape. The robot grinned and hissed once it was free of the box.
"Hear me, little one," the robot called out to another robot across the room. "NOS-4-A2 calls to you."
NOS-4-A2 began to glow green as he was irradiated by darkness, and he suddenly had a will of his own and an awareness of someone lingering behind him.
"Trust me, I've played this level," Kuroto said. "That's not gonna work out for you in the end."
"Who are you?" NOS-4-A2 asked suspiciously before noticing the two most familiar to him. "Evil Emperor Zurg. What is the meaning of this? I was programmed to destroy Star Command. Why have you interfered?"
"Change of plans, NOSy," Zurg announced. "Star Command, as it turns out, is no more. This area is nothing more than a digital prison that our enemies created to trap us in memories of our past!"
"A digital prison, is it?" NOS-4-A2 asked before spreading out his red bat-like wings. "Mmm, yes, I can feel it! It IS just ENERGY!"
NOS-4-A2's entire body sparked with lightning as the area around him blurred and the pixels composing the video game were consumed, leaving only blackness. The energy field holding him back was gone, as was the black box itself.
"Okay, now that is somebody we need," Alina chimed in.
"Be careful," Megafin warned. "Too much of that, and we'll all be trapped in a prison of nothingness."
"Very well," NOS-4-A2 said as he stopped consuming the energy surrounding him. "And to whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?"
"Kuroto Dan, Jet-Black President, God of Games, and commander of Deadlight," he introduced. "Zurg has already agreed to ally himself with the cause, and he indicated that you would be interested in joining as well."
NOS-4-A2 scratched his chin in contemplation before nodding. "I suppose there's little left for me to do here."
Zurg laughed wickedly. "TEAM ZURG RIDES AGAIN!"
"Actually, it's the Shadow Hunters," Kronos asserted. "You three are part of a team, and that's us."
"Oh please, don't make me laugh," Zurg sneered. "You're nothing but a human!"
"One, I'm a Psychosian, and two, we set all three of you free and Kuroto vouched for you in the first place," Kronos reminded them. "You owe us big time."
Warp scoffed. "And we're oh so very appreciative, but now that we are free, there's just one tiny question..." Warp's arm cannon was pointed threateningly at them. "Why exactly should you lead us?"
The rest smiled and watched, not interfering. Kronos gulped, before he put on a fierce poker face and knocked Warp's arm out of his way.
"Because I was the one who personally killed him in the Star Command raid," Kronos boasted. "Tell me, did any of you ever land a fatal or even a near-fatal wound on him, huh? I personally shot that man down til he bled out."
Zurg, Warp, and NOS-4-A2 all exchanged a nervous glance, and Warp put his weapon away.
"Sorry chief," Zurg apologized. "I never meant to ruffle your feathers. Of course we'll follow your lead!"
"Indeed so," NOS-4-A2 agreed. "Smashing work, by the way. My programming contains much data about Buzz Lightyear. Zurg certainly believed him to be a force to be reckoned with... then again, I always figured Zurg overestimated the space ranger."
"Oh please, you don't know how ANNOYING he is!" Zurg bellowed. "Trust me, Buzz Lightyear was the most grating meddlesome thing in the whole UNIVERSE!"
Kuroto held the skeleton key aloft as it began to glow with dark magic.
"There it is, just what we waited for," Kronos announced with a grin.
"Is that supposed to do that?" Zurg asked.
"Yes," Alina nodded. "We now found a part of the key to controlling this world... and even beyond."
Warp cringed at that addition. "Yikes. Triggered."
"Now then, assuming that my associates have achieved their part of the plan..." Ink Blotch began.
She waved her hand and a Corridor of Darkness opened for the villains to proceed through.
"...It is time to enact the coup de gras."
"Welcome, welcome, to my Ultimate Hunting Lodge." Kraven said from his chair in a giant mansion.
"Enough with the games, man. What is it you want with us?" asked a hyena with a saxophone that resembled a spinal column, Edvard.
"Your guess is as good as Sheep Puppet and mine, Edvard." said a mage in purple, unusual clothing with a puppet on his right arm, Sheep Mage.
"Well spotted, my compatriot! All I wish is to offer you all my protection within my new lair, complete with camouflage. Show them!" Kraven said.
Zurg then pulled the lever as the mansion became invisible to all, making it seem like nothing was there.
"Pretty ingenious, is it not?" Kraven asked as the Sheep Mage looked at his puppet who shook his head yes.
"It may be good, but fat load of good it did Soda Leech. And you know what else? I don't like this place's smell." Edvard said. "It almost smells like.. What is that, way too much makeup?"
"I do agree, Edvard. As a chef of great renown, I know bad eggs when I see them. P-U P-U! But I do like Kraven's plan." said a creature with an egg for a head, Doctor Mignon.
"I vote we keep the chair, ditch the creep." said a silver floating head with a coal black hood, Aeron, as she ganged up on Kraven.
"Wait! The smell isn't coming from him." Edvard said. "I smell makeup."
"You must be kidding, no one with an exceedingly high amount of scented makeup could possibly get in here." Zurg said.
"Yeah. Let's just get rid of this guy, I don't like the way he's been hiding in that 'hunting ground' of his, seems major suspicious." Aeron said.
"Remember, I freed you!" Kraven said.
As they were, the door on the other side creaked open and a new figure in armour stepped forward. They were wearing silver as well and had a coloured glow, but that glow was sea blue and there was an octopus motif on his chest, with a large metal tentacle running down both arms and both legs, with more tentacles dangling down the other side. As the Light Element of the Night Hooligans came forward, he stopped before the basin and bowed before their peers.
"Furesto. Good to see you again," mentioned Edvard as he walked over to his comrade's side. "How was Skylands? Was it as good as you hoped?"
"And none of it any less dangerous for the unprepared," Furesto replied, speaking in a man's voice, almost sounding like a weary ship captain as he looked between the Night Hooligans and Kraven. "In any case, Vicky spoke to me and brought me here. She mentioned something about the Skylanders returning and told me to keep my prudence as high as possible?"
All of a sudden, the hideout door flew open again as a dog dressed like Jason Voorhees mixed with a miner, Crystallon, entered as he bowed. "The boss is here."
"Alright, twerps!" Shouted a commanding voice as a woman came into the room, her skin was grey, her hair jet black, and she wore a beat-up looking hat, a striped shirt, and patched up overalls, with a metal peg with a skull decal on the bottom. She also has a patch over one of her eyes. "Don't think of us as ungrateful, Kraven. You and that Deadlight group may stay, but you will be following my plan to bring Skylands to its knees! And it will be...solid gold!" she said, grabbing a bottle of vodka, turning it to gold as she and the other Night Hooligans laughed.
"Um, guys?" Warp said. "I should probably mention this, but there were two unusual 'Skylanders' at Soda Leech's location."
"Unusual? What d'ya mean?" Edvard said.
"Have a look for yourself." NOS-4-A2 said, showing the images of Tatsumi and Akamei.
"They're humans. I know their kind before." Edvard said. "I was human once, before I transformed into my hyena form."
"Humans or not, we have to be very cautious around them." Furesto said.
"No worries, this was just a small fluke. One victory doesn't mean danger." Kuroto said.
"You're wrong. These two hold very powerful weapons, especially that boy." The image showed Tatsumi yelling and transforming into the Incursio armor.
"That's… a Teigu?!" The snake in a mech suit, Venomquake, said in shock.
"You know about this?"
"I do. The Teigu are very powerful and legendary demons sealed in weapons that were lost to the winds of all realms. Very few mortals can wield them. Get rejected, and suffer the consequences. The demon that boy has is known as Incursio. And the girl has one of the most powerful of them all, the personal hitman of Satan himself, the One Hit Kill, Murasame." Venomquake explained.
Everyone at the table gasped.
"Venomquake, you're pulling our legs! Well almost all of our legs, Aeron doesn't have any." Wolfgang said.
"Hey!" Aeron shouted.
"Anyway, it's basically impossible for a bunch of kids to wield weapons that are that dangerous! If so, then they must prove what they can do! Show how powerful these Imperial Arms are! Show me how worthy they are to be hunted!" Kraven demanded.
"He is really itching to die." Edvard said, as Kraven smiled at what he said.
"Exactly why I'm doing this, every night I dream of my last moments. My body lying beneath my ancestors sky, in a field fertilised by their failures. Their tears fall from the stars as fires consume my corpse for I have done what they could not. Only an equal may taste my last breath. And may they send my soul back to the quiet depths of hell." Kraven explained, as everyone in the room stared at him in shock.
"Erm, well regardless, he still has the resources we need for my own plan. With the power of Traptanium, there will be nothing that can stop us.' Black Fang Vicky said, laughing nervously, trying to act like the guy who saved them didn't say that he literally only did so because he wants their help in finding an opponent capable of killing him.
As the villains discussed, Edvard turned to the scent. "I'm sure I smelled something other than this creep in here, but-" Edvard began.
"Enough with the scent! We have more important things to do!" Black Fang Vicky said.
The Hooligans went to their own devices, while a cat above with red fur loomed over them.
"Whew. If he had caught on, I'd be dead, again. But come to think of it, why am I alive? Is this one of those reincarnation deals or what?" she pondered. "Eh, no biggie."
The shape bounded out of the base and came into the light and reverted to a human form. Chelsea has come back from the grave and is now in Skylands.
"I gotta find out more about these guys. One of the guards did say there were some stone heads somewhere with info on these guys. But where was it? Oh yeah! Know it All Island. Just gotta hitch a ride and I'll be there no problem." she said. She spotted a troll air ship leaving.
"Hurry! The Skylanders are on their way there." a hunter shouted.
"Bingo." Chelsea said jumping onto the ship. She then overheard the conversation.
"Boss wants us to capture Incursio and Murasame for a test of their own strength. Stay sharp, and don't let that girl hit you with her blade."
"Incursio and Murasame?" Chelsea questioned, and then went wide eyed. "That means Akamei and Tatsumi are here too. So I wasn't the only one back from the dead. Well, Tatsumi anyway."
The airship flew over the island as a light came forth from the sky.
"We got a new Skylander, incoming!" a troll shouted.
"Shoot it down!" another said before the shape split into two and rammed the ship, Chelsea leapt off as the orbs and landed to see a golden lion with a red shield and a cyborg dinosaur with a helicopter pack.
"Bringing the heat!" the lion said.
"Dino Might!" the dinosaur followed.
Chelsea stared at the two Skylanders. "Well, that's weird, but awesome! So, you're Skylanders."
"Correct. My name is Wildfire, and this is Chopper. And you must be Chelsea, the user of Phantasmagoria: Gaea Foundation."
"What? How do you know about my Teigu?" Chelsea asked, shocked by his guess of the Imperial Arms.
"Jet-Vac has been giving us some information about them, along with this woman, with grey hair and smokes a cigarette."
"Boss is here too? It's like a Night Raid reunion in this place." Chelsea said.
"I guess if you're here for Intel, and so are we. We were just summoned, so let's meet up with your pals and ours." Chopper said.
"Like your reasoning, but first…" Chelsea said, as she turned into a giant snake. "Let's have a little fun."
"Holy stone age!" Chopper exclaimed in shock. "How did she do that!?"
"It's the cosmetics case. That's her Teigu's powers." Wildfire explained amazed by her transformation.
"Gaea Foundation, it lets me turn into whatever I want, with the same skills too." Chelsea explained.
The three moved into the island and saw a Stonehead, but then fell into a Pit Trap, where a shark-like beast was staring down at them.
"A Tube Shark!" Wildfire said.
"Hah, do you want to talk to this little friend?!" Tube Shark said. He jumped into the pit and shot his air blasts. All three easily dodged and Chelsea rammed into him so hard, he slammed into the wall.
"Wow. Not a bad skill." Chopper said.
"Well, thanks for that." Chelsea said. Suddenly a flash of light appeared, followed by a vortex. Tube Shark was immediately picked up and sucked in.
"What?! Am I getting sucked into a vortex?! But sucking stuff is my JOOOOBBBB!!!" Tube Shark said as he was sucked in. "Ha! Do you think you can trap this big fish?" Tube Shark said, as he tried to hit the trap, only for his hands to stick to the wall. "Okay then, I think my hands were stuck here, it looks like I'll have to stay here for a long time."
"Another villain trapped and on our side. Sorry about the suction." Wildfire said.
"No prob. Now lets see what our stony friend has to say." Chelsea said as she turned back to normal as the three jumped up to the Stonehead who turned to them.
"I know why you're here. You want information on the main bad guys. I tell you about Sheep Mage." it said.
"Okay, what is it?" Chelsea said getting a notepad.
"Sheep Mage like to dance.
He also like to sleep.
But the thing he likes the most.
Is turn everyone to sheep."
"Uh-huh, why?" the redhead asked.
Several Apexes appeared dancing an Irish jig, as Chelsea immediately pulled out some daggers.
"Those…" Chopper said. "are Apexes. I got this."
He fired missiles from his copter pack, then jumped into the air and spun his rotor into them, defeating them.
Chelsea whistled. "Now that was some skills you pulled off."
"Thanks. Now, best to be careful around them, and try not to turn into one of them." Chopper said.
"Not to worry. I won't be easy to catch. But, I don't get what that rhyme was. It didn't make any sense."
"They're always like that." Wildfire said. "Now, let's find more and get to the others"
Chelsea smirked. "Finally. I've been itching for a good fight."
They made it to the main road, where they saw the others.
"You mean the Stonehead with Sheep Mage's intel was already spoken to?' Even asked. "By who and why?!"
"Looks that way. These Stone Heads go silent when spoken to. Which means we ain't the only ones going for the Doom Raiders." Snap Shot said.
"Always the analytical one, eh Snap Shot?" Wildfire said jumping in front of him.
"Wildfire! As I thought. Well, my skills are thanks to my fellow Crocogators." Snap Shot said.
"And mine from my Fire Claw Clan." Wildfire said.
"Hey, I just noticed this, but all of you have a different color Traptanium weapon." Tatsumi said.
"Nothing weird. The color symbolizes which element we belong to. My weapon's a bow and arrow, Wildfire's got a shield, and Gearshift has her... well, gear, I suppose." Snapshot said.
"Which I can convert into dual swords whenever I so wish." Gearshift said.
"Akamei! Tatsumi!" Chelsea said coming down with Chopper.
"You must be Chelsea, all right. Coming back from the dead hasn't weakened your skills a bit." Jet-Vac said. "Welcome aboard!"
"Man, am I glad you're back, Chelsea. Mine's here somewhere too." Tatsumi said.
"So we came back from the dead to help Akamei with this place. Why does that not surprise me? Ah well, can't change what's done." Chelsea said.
"You haven't changed a bit." Akamei said, smiling.
The group advanced and fought off the troll forces, coming across another stone head.
"I tell you about Aeron. When time is for sleep, or that is what it seems. But she will make you face nightmares of her designs, even while you dream your dreams." the stone head said.
"Freaky, and I saw her up close. She's only a head." Chelsea said.
"Seriously?" Tatsumi said in shock.
"That means you were close to the Night Hooligans base of operations." Gearshift said.
"Yeah, and it looked like they were gonna hit it off with that Kraven guy, but when you two were mentioned, well, Kraven just called you kids and now wants to hunt us down. The other Hooligans think we're not a threat, except that Venomquake guy. He knows about our weapons." Leone said.
A stone head then floated down. "I tell you about Venomquake." it said.
"All right, talk about service." Leone said.
"His machines are deadly, mad like a virus. His goo very acidic, his mind never tires."
"None of these rhymes are making any sense.' Tatsumi said.
"Venomquake is insane, he has acid and is always thinking." Akamei said, reinterpreting the rhyme. "Aeron, despite being a head, has the ability to steal nightmares."
"You're good at this." Tube Shark said. "Too bad you won't last much longer."
A raven then flew in with an aviator cap on it. "Time for you to take a spin, Skylanders!"
Gyroven! (Air Trap)
"Ha! It's just a bird with a funny looking hat!" Leone
The bird squawked as dozens of smaller birds with propeller hats flew in.
"Yeah it's funny…. Until he sicks Buzzer Beaks on you, they swarm like a bunch of bees." Chopper said as the Buzzer Beaks advanced on the group.
"C'mon! Tag me in!" Soda Leech said.
"And how is that gonna help?" Tatsumi said.
"Just do it, he's good for this situation!" Snapshot said.
"Alright, nothing ventured, nothing gained! Get out here, Soda Leech!" Chelsea said as the blue trap glowed.
Summoning...Water!
Open The Tide!
Sink The Land!
Flood The World!
Water!
Soda Leech then appeared. "I don't know what that was, but if you can't eat em'...join em!"
He charged the Buzzer Beaks and stabbed them with his knife, then ate a couple more.
"Whatever that was, it sounded awesome!" Tatsumi said. "Let me try! Tube Shark!"
A blue orb trap appeared.
Summoning...Water!
Open The Tide!
Sink The Land!
Flood The World!
Water!
"Where is that even coming from?" Tatsumi asked.
"I remember a legend about some sort of watch that makes those exact same sounds when calling out spirit creatures." Jet-Vac said.
"If only we had met someone like that back home." Akamei said.
Tube Shark and Gulper were tagged back with the other Trap Masters.
"You weren't kidding when you said they would fight on our side." Tatsumi said.
Akamei then looked at Gyroven, who was fighting with dual pistols that shot feathers at everyone. "One more should do it. Sheep Creep!"
Summoning….Life!
Life In Green
Sing Your Love
All We See
Life!
Sheep Creep blasted Gyroven with corks and left an opening for Tatsumi.
"Bye bye, birdie!" Tatsumi said knocking him out, as a barrier enveloped the bird.
Gyroven Defeated!
"This barrier is not the boss of me! Oh wait, yes it is..." Gyroven said, tapping on the barrier, before a vortex opened up. "Consarn it! I knew I shouldn't have followed you to the islaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand!!!!!!!"
"Gotcha!" Tatsumi said as a Troll Tank appeared.
"Looks like they're bringing in the big guns now." Buzz said. "Good thing I packed bombs. Just throw it at the tank and anything else, and walk away as if nothing happened."
They tossed the bomb and made the tank explode. They then found another stone head after.
""I tell you about Edvard. His jaws are sharp and poisonous.
He cackles up at the sun.
It's doom for those who listen,
When he plays his deadly tune." the stone head said.
"Deadly music? From a werewolf?" Tatsumi said.
"Yeah. Edvard's a very well known musician cause he discovered the most deadly notes known to man, literally, the Death Note: a sound so symphonic that it can cause a heart to stop." Jet-Vac said.
"And Mignon is even worse." said a human with antlers and forest clothing.
"Whoa! Where'd you come from!" Tatsumi said.
"Tatsumi, meet one of our Life Trap Masters, Bushwhack." Wildfire said.
"Axe to the Max!" Bushwhack said.
"Little on the nose, since you're holding a giant green axe." Chelsea said.
"Never even parted ways with it. I used to be from a race of ancient tree elves from the Arcadian Timberlands till lumberjack trolls came by." Bushwhack said.
"So you kicked their asses to protect your home, kinda badass." Roman said.
"And he became a trap master just like that. Eon always finds Skylanders if they perform heroic duties." Snap Shot said. "For instance, Wildfire was chosen because he protected his clan from a Flame Scorpion with his shield."
"Anyway, let's move on, our last Stonehead and Villain is waiting at the top." Bushwhack said.
And it was as well as an ending point.
"I tell you about Black Fang Vicky. She desires things like mayhem, and trinkets she can hold. But most of all she desires, all things gold. Until then she is after, the trap master that, makes her heart sing." the stone head said.
"I bet she's even made of the stuff." Tatsumi said.
"She's actually a being made of ink. I did see her turn a bottle of beer into solid gold, though." Chelsea said.
The trolls were easily dispatched by a nearby turret and soon the squad proceeded through the open gate as they encountered a mechanical wolf that sprung from his camouflage and Bushwhack recognized him.
"Mechacyno?!" Bushwhack said, as the wolf laughed smugly.
"Now you fell into my trap, boyo!"
Mechacyno! (Tech Element)
"I'll axe this puppy." Bushwhack said. He swung his ax and hit him multiple times, while also lobbying acorn grenades and slamming his antlers down, as Mechacyno leapt onto him and bit into his arm, trying to tear it off.
"That's one tough puppy." Akamei said.
"Hey, call out the villain you got earlier!" Bushwhack said.
"Alright. Come on out, Gyroven!"
Summoning...Air!
Spin me right round!
Right round baby!
Merry go round!
Air!
Gyroven bombed Mechacyno and Bushwhack ended him with another swipe to the face.
Mechacyno defeated!
"Oh come on! I'll be good! I'll be good!" Mechacyno pleaded, as all of a sudden, he whimpered to a familiar thump of magic as an orange vortex opened up as he was sucked in.
"Is it too late to say I'm SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYY?!?!?!?!" He wailed, as Drakus grabbed the orange hand trap. "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here? Is it because I tried to bite Bushwhack? Come on, I thought he was a Mailman!"
"Well that was fun. I guess those spirit tribes link up to the elements here. We got Charming for Magic, Heartful for Life, Shady for Undead, Tough for Earth, Brave for Fire, Slippery for Water, Eerie for Air, Wicked for Dark, Enma for Light, and Mysterious for Tech." Jet-Vac said.
Back at the academy…
"Okay, I went over the intel you guys got, and my conclusion is… we are in some deep stew here." Mags said.
"Now I know why we all were summoned. We have to find and capture all of the Night Hooligans and save Skylands." Akamei said.
"To think, killers who saved the capital now have to do capture work." Tatsumi said.
"The Skylanders and us are no stranger to these situations, buddy." Drakus said. "They faced Kaos, Arkeyans, Greebles, you name it. We faces a psychotic murder dog from the future, a wiggly squid thing, a notorious thief, and a band of mercenaries."
"Well Night Raid has faced a lot more than that." Najenda said. "But that's not the issue. Now, we must find and capture all of the Night Hooligans."
"I suggest we start with the Sheep Mage since he's the only one who left a forwarding address: Sheep Mountain." Mags said.
"A sheep who summons those little green things? I'd say it's hard to believe if I didn't see his attire or heard his rhyme." Chelsea said.
"If we play our cards right, we can capture all of the villains and the Night Hooligans, including one more we haven't seen from a new element rumored to be out there." Mags said.
"Indeed!" said a distant voice as a floating head appeared before them.
"Eon." Snap Shot said as he and the Skylanders bowed.
"Greetings, Night Raid and X-Squad. I am Eon, once the Portal Master of Heaven, who defended these lands. The Skylanders are my soldiers, and my chosen. So many have played their part, from the Giants, to the SWAP force, the Trap Team, the Superchargers and the Imaginators. Now, you have been summoned from your world and from the dead to help stop Kraven and the Night Hooligans, and you won't be the only ones." Eon said.
"What do you mean, Master Eon?" Cali asked.
"You see, when Kraven destroyed the prison, it beckoned a new element to our side, Radiation itself. And this… is the one who have been summoned to our side so far." Eon said. A silver tank then drove past Eon's astral form, and out hopped a sheep.
"I am Goo-Goo Baa-Baa! A sheep with a very deadly ride!" the sheep said. "Baa-some!"
"A new elements and Skylander? Now that is kickass!" Drakus said. "Plus, Baa-Baa knows how to color coordinate, and silver brings out his eyes."
"Well, now that the ship is done, let's go to the Sheep Mountain!" Bonehead said.
"Well, then, time to start finding where the Eternal Sources are." Jax said. "So, who's up for breaching the laws of this land to find it?"
"Excellent job! I'm quite glad I was told to teach you all I know! You're much more competent than the others I've hired in the past!" The yellow-skinned man with them, Dr. Neo Periwinkle Cortex, said. "But I have so much more to teach you! How to make doomsday weapons! How to command an army! How to crush your enemies under your powerful might and how to laugh evilly like a super genius!" He said, before laughing maniacally, as the X-Squad stared at him like he smoked all their weed as they aimed their weapons at him. "W-Well... commanding an army and crushing your enemies isn't necessarily evil, I guess. And well... you could still make weapons to uhh... help others. And we might not skip the evil laughing lesson."