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In the forests of Chima to start the day, Laval races through the trees on his speedor thinking of resent events, everything from the sudden involvement from the serpentine to more resent surprises, like the entire gorilla tribe going on a rampage against the crocs. He races through the many twist and turns of the forest, until he stops when he notices a familiar lone stranger approaching. Looking on in awe Laval can't help but exclaim, "ShadoWind?" Taking notice of the young lion, ShadoWind points to the rest of the forest at the side. Taking a moment to understand the racers meaning Laval says, "A race?! Well, I don't know if I should..." he begins before starting his engine and getting a head start, "MEET YOU TO THE END OF THAT PATH!" he cries out as he laughs. However, it doesn't take long for ShadoWind to overtake Laval and become first, earning a surprised "huh?" from Laval.
Nearing the canyon ShadoWind continues in front and Laval at the back, until suddenly, rocks from above block Laval's path. Laval slams the brakes and screams as he hits into the rocks and falls off his speedor. ShadoWind turns around just before he's trapped with another rockslide. From above, Cragger cries out to his assembled troops, "FIRE!" he commands as multiple ravens and crocs fire away at ShadoWind with lasers and nets. Luckily ShadoWind makes it out of the dust by driving up the cliff and flying above Cragger and his men's heads. Seeing this Laval calls out in equal parts worry and awe, "SHADOWIND!" Cragger goes after him but is hit by friendly fire and caught in a net. "Hey!" he cries in indignation before he is electrocuted thanks to the net being electric. Laval watches ShadoWind fly away, "Woohoo! go ShadoWind!" he cries before he goes to catch up to him.
Cragger tries to get out the net, "Ugh! How could you miss him?! How come the only one captured IS ME?!", he screams as he's electrocuted again. Crooler sighs at her brother's actions, "Don't worry brother, we'll destroy them, you just need to take a deep breath." she says holding Cragger's arm as he gets out of the net. Dusting himself off, Cragger sniffs, then sneezes, causing him to back up into the jet and roll down while getting a major electrocution. Crooler sighs again, tired of her brother's continuous failures.
That night, deep in the forest, a secret meeting takes place. In their designated meeting area, near where the Outlands meet the rest of Chima, the five serpentine generals and the crocodile princess meet.
"If we don't stop this ShadoWind there is no way ANYONE in Chima will EVER win a speedor race again." Crooler informs the assemble members, who look between each other while noting their head in agreement. "My brother tried, but failed, as usual. Not surprising since he couldn't even beat a bunch of monkeys in his own swamp!" she said furiously.
Looking at her, one of them, Skalitor approached, "We don't disagree with you Crooler, we're just a little confused. Why are you telling this to us?" he asks. "Isn't it obvious? I can't count on Cragger to get anything done. I need you snakes to disrupt the upcoming speedor and steal all the chi in the Lion's Temple!" "Huh? Is that so?" Skales answers from the back, looking at her with his pearcing red eyes. Noting the glare, Crooler reached behind her for something, "Oh! And did I ever show you, this amazing plant I found in the swamp?" she shows them a strange flowering plant with purple leaves and a bulbous bloom, a persuader plant! Narrowing his eyes Skales slaps the plant away, "GET THE THING AWAY! I hate plants!" he cried out. "How can you "hate" plants?" Crooler asked in confusion. "I JUST DO! now what about Cragger?" Skales reiterated, but in reality, he was merely apprehensive towards the conniving croc. "Uhh... We'll tell him about our plan, eventually. But this is too important to risk him messing it up again." she said with finality.
Having heard her piece, Pythor calls for the serpentine generals to huddle together and whisper towards each other. Turning around, the Anacondrai king replied, "You're in luck my dear, I'm sure we can help you betray your brother Crooler. You see, we where already plotting to commence with our plans to conquer Chima!" he told her with glee. Continuing with what their leader had said, Acidicus spoke, "Things have become hectic in our lands, we cannot longer wait for an opportunity to precent itself." Next was Skales turn to speak, "It is partially the reason we even called for this meeting, we had hoped to have the full support of your tribe. But it seems that no longer is the case!" Noting his subordinate's tone, Pythor quickly retorted, "Their cooperation is unneeded, so long as we have you with us. You already control your tribe, your brother's time in the throne is already numbered!" he said confidently, not noticing the expression on Croolers face. The twin voices of Fangtom were the next to be heard, "We already possess the equipment for a full-scale attack! We just need a way to distract them long enough to get them there." He informed the crocodile princess.
Thinking of her current options, Crooler spoke, "I believe I can help you with that, but you must promise me that my tribe will remain unharmed. That is my only condition! Do we have a deal?" she asked the gathered serpents. With a low hiss, Pythor slithered towards her with an arm outstretched, "Agreed. But we'll need some help with this! someone who's "really" good at causing trouble."
"Just leave it to me." Crooler said, with glee in her eyes.
Outside the Lion Temple a new day begins, and with a new day, comes a new character. While the crowd talks amongst each other, a sly fox known as Furtivo sneaks to all the racer's speedorz and causes mischief, escaping the crime scene just in time as the racers return.
Bezar the beaver sees Eris with his gizmo gacker (engine) and runs over to her, "HEY! THAT'S MY SPECIAL GIZMO GACKER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH IT?!" Surprised, Eris responded, "Huh?! How'd that get here? And what happened to my weapon?" she asked. At the same time Bladvic was snoring with Gorzan's groovy gooper in hand, Gorzan jumping exclaimed, "Dude! You bummed my groovy gooper!" Watching the chaos before him, Razar spoke outload, "A thief? Ha-ha. Well at least we are safe my friend," he says while showing Razcal the thief's code book, which he places on his speedor, "The thieve's code! It says we don't steal from each other." He declares loudly, before Furtivo steals it without him knowing. Noticing the book was gone, Razar leads out a frantic screech, "HEY! SOME THIEF STOLE OUR THIEVE'S CODE!" Back with Bladvic and Gorzan, the bear was trying to explain himself, "I was just sleeping. I don't know how that got there!" Gorzan doesn't believe him and walks away, meanwhile Furtivo walks over to Bladvic, "Keep an eye on those apes. I hear they're gonna get back at you by putting banana skins all over the track to make it super slippery." he tells the bear. "Really?" was all Bladvic said before Furtivo walks over to Gorzan, "I heard the bears are gonna coat the track with honey to make it super sticky." the sly fox informs him. Surprised and outraged Gorzan responds, "No way dude! That's so bogus. I knew they were up to something!"
Further down the yard, Cragger is standing by his speedor when Crawley and Crug approach. Rushing up to him Crawley is the first one to talk, "Rumor has it the beavers are "fixing" the ramps, so they'll win." he tells his king. Intrigued Cragger asks, "And where'd you hear that?" "From a very reliable fox" Crug answers, while fiddling with a strange object on his hands. From the back, Furtivo smiles as he slings into the shadow. Not noticing him, Cragger continues talking to his men, noticing the strange object in Crug's hands, "What's that your holding, a strange flute?" Taking notice of what Cragger had said Crug answers him, "Oh. This thing? I got it from the raven's stand, they said it's sacred." He says in awe as he tries to play it. "A sacred flute! Don't be ridiculous, the only thing sacred about that thing is have bad it sounds!" Cragger says as he tries to cover his ears. "Wait a second, almost got it." Crug told him as he managed to get the hang of the flute. Playing a surprisingly pleasant melody, Cragger quickly falls to his knees, his eyes briefly glowing red as he tries to block the said. "Ah, give me that!" he yells as he grabs the flute, "This thing is giving me such a headache, I don't even remember what I was doing." he says to himself.
Back with the other racers, the tensions have reached a new tipping point, as everyone begins to accuse each other. "THIS RACE IS RIGGED!" Bezar yells. "These cheaters are not your friend my friend!" declares Razar with certainty. "Dude, they tried stealing my gear, why not the whole contest?" Gorzan says, referring to the bears. Even Skinnit was suspicious, as he says, "Something STINKS about this race!" stopping to sniff himself, "and it's not just me!"
As the chaotic chatter continues, Furtivo leans by Rogon, trying to bring him in to everyone's discord, "Everyone's cheating for real." He says to him. In response, Rogon only says, "Cool! Should be a fun race then." Confused by this Furtivo asks, "uh... you're not worried...?" "Nah, it's all good bro." fellow rhino Rukus tells him.
Struggling for things to say Furtivo begins, "What if I were to tell you..." he starts before he sees Rogon drawing his and Eris's heads inside a heart on a stone tablet, "uh... the eagles are uh..." But before he could continue, Rogon interrupts him, "You mean Eris?! Don't tell me she's cheating too! She's perfect." Capitalizing on the situation Furtivo continues, "Really? Well, I heard she has a crush on you!" he tells him. "She does?" Rogon asks as he walks around happily, "I knew it! Didn't I tell you? This is so incredible. I can't wait to tell her I love her-" he says before he speeds off before Furtivo stops him, "Woah! Hold on! This is a "secret" crush. You need to keep it quiet." He tells him. "Okay. I get it. Shh!" Rogon tells him in understanding, "Just keep her safe, in the race!" Furtivo tells him. "Oh, don't worry. I'll CRUSH anyone who tries to crush my crush!" he declares as he runs away, leaving a satisfied Furtivo to marvel at the situation, "Nice! I'm counting on that."
Making his way to the starting line Rogon walks over to Eris and stares at her awkwardly with a bit of a chuckle. Eris awkwardly chuckles back before asking, "Rogon, is something wrong with your eye?" Rogon just continues to chuckle as he circles a confused Eris.
As the celebrations continue, Lagravis commences the race, "Welcome citizens of Chima! To the monthly race for the golden chi" he announces as the golden chi does its work and makes the land into the ruthless race of ramps. Taking to the air once again Equilla begins his role as announcer, "And the golden chi chooses the ruthless race of ramps!" Looking at the chosen track, Cragger pondered, "A ramp race? You need wings to win one of those." he said while looking at Eris who is with Laval. Leaning into Laval, Eris asks her friend, "What's gotten into Rogon? He keeps making these weird faces at me."
Looking to his side Laval has a peek at the stone tablet's drawing and came to a realization, "I think he may like you." he tells her, causing her to break into nervous laughter. "What? Are you serious? Oh, come on Laval! You don't know what you're talking about!", she says while chuckling nervously. Looking from afar, Gorzan mistakes the conversation, "Woah dude! Even Laval and Eris are freaking out." Thinking of what he was told earlier, Bladvic prepares for what's to come, "This race is gonna be baaad! I've gotta prepare." He says as he runs over to some more bears of which Gorzan sees, whisperingto them he says, "Bring over the beehives, with the extra sticky honey." Having seen everything, Gorzan whispers to himself, "I totally need banana skins dudes!" he says as he rushes away.
At the starting line the tensions are getting higher, Gorzan and Bladvic growl at each other, Razar chuckles mischievously, Laval just sighs, while Eris hides herself from Rogon using her wing, he however only laughs as he stares at Eris with a lovey dovey side. From above Equilla prepares to commence, "All the riders are ready!" he announces, causing Longtooth and Leonidas to start the race and the riders to go forward.
Not missing a beat, Equilla begins his commentary, "And... they're off! hitting the track with unexpected fury and force." he says while the crowd was cheering. While the crowd cheers, the gorillas begin to hoot away and throw a whole basket full of banana peels onto the track. Noticing this, Equilla is quick to mention it, "What's this? Banana peels?" Skinnit and Bezar had been the first to fall, making Equilla address the crowd, "It looks like the rumours are true. This race will be a dirty one!" Just as he said this Skinnit tries to push his speedor back up and it ends with some banana peels flying right for Equilla, making him panic as the banana peels land on him.
Soon after, Eris loses her balance and screams when she nearly crashes. Seeing this Rogon springs into action, "Eris?" he says before he turns her the right away using his speedor, "I'LL SAVE YOU!" he cries out. Seeing this, Razar bangs into Rogon and meets Eris, "SORRY! ONLY ONE BIRDS WINNING THIS RACE MY FRIEND!" This makes Rogon growls as he crashes into Razar and sends him swirling circles. At this Equilla rapidly announces, "There goes Razar!" just as Eris jumps a ramp. From behind Rogon cries out, "FLY LIKE THE WIND MY LOVE!", causing Eris to look at him in confusion while the crowd cheers.
Meanwhile, back near the temple, Furtivo approaches a shadowy figure, "So, how'd I do?" he asks eagerly. The figure slithered forward, revealing the long and slender form that was Pythor, he response to the little fox with a wide grin, "Your work is supreme, Furtivo. I'm glad we hired you." Pridefully, Furtivo responds, "Hey! Confusion, mistrust, deception. That's my speciality! And the best is yet to come." He tells him before he goes away.
Back to the race, Equilla eagerly announces the new developments, "Wow! This race is heating up!" he says with gusto. Trying to keep things civil, Laval tries to grab everyone's attention, "Okay everybody! Let's "try" to keep this at least a little fair." Unfortunately, it falls on deaf ears as Cragger goes up a ramp with Laval and pushes him away from being straight, "fair enough for you?" he says tauntingly from the other side. Keeping on top of things Equilla announces what's happening, "Laval looks to be in trouble." he says with some concern. Fortunately, ShadoWind enters the race and helps Laval to get back on track, driving with the young lion for a bit. Laval is left stunned as he watches him drive off and easily becomes first place. Continuing with his job, Equilla eagerly announces the exciting new turn of events, "Holy Cavora! It's the mystery rider ShadoWind! Coming out of nowhere to challenge for the lead!" Unbeknown to him, three bears continue to cover the road with the extra sticky honey, ShadoWind having no problem getting past it. Unfortunately, things are not as smooth for Cragger, screaming as his wheels get stuck in honey and he falls on the ground. To further escalate things, multiple beavers came to aid in working on a loopty loop ramp while, "We'll fix em! Fix em!" they chanted in unison as they continued to work. Looking on in intrigue Equilla asked, "What are the beaver's up to now?" The answer soon came to him when Eris screams as she goes up and down the loopty loop, reacting in time Rogon quickly made her way to her, "On my way my love!"
Back on the bleachers, the discord of the day had finally made its way to the crowd. Crawley "IT'S NOT OUR FAULT! YOUR TRIBE CHEATED FIRST!" Crawley yelled at Eglor. "No! You cheated first you cheater!" he retorted. Walking between them Grumlo spoke, "Mallow please... I will crush you!" the elder gorilla rapidly said. Retaliating, Balkar the bear added, "You're not crushing anyone!" he said as he pushes Grumlo. Soon after a giant fight between tribes started amongst the crowd. Watching them from the shadows, Pythor and Crooler watched, "That fox is amazing. Look! The fans are furious! The race is in chaos! Everyone's distracted!" Pythor said impressed. "The perfect time to raid the lion's temple and steal all, of the chi." Crooler said as she looks at the temple, where Lagravis comes running out with some lions.
Back on the race, Crawley and Crug growling further up the road place a big rock in the middle of the track. ShadoWind gets past the loopty loop easily, much to everyone's amazement. Laval followed as he drives next to ShadoWind, "Thanks for showing me the way through all that junk. Now it's my turn to show you!" he said as he speeds up. Turning his eyes back to the front and is surprised to see the rock, crashing into it and causing his downfall in the mud. "Ooh! That's gonna hurt!" Equilla commented from above. ShadoWind parks by Laval to check on him, silently. Laval stands up and looks towards the masked racer, "You saw that coming. Why didn't you say anything?" he asked, a little annoyed. ShadoWind simply drives off with no answer given, leaving Laval behind to think, "Oh yeah. I forgot; you don't speak." He reminded himself.
As the race continued things had only gotten more hectic, the race being in total chaos, only two others remained except for Laval and ShadoWind. Rogon seeing an obstacle up ahead, plugs a chi and demolishes it before slowing down to drive next to Eris. Looking at her with a lovestruck expression he said, "That's not just chi in my chest. It's my heart, beating for you Eris!" Not knowing how to react, she simply said, "Uhh... thanks? I think." ShadoWind goes past the finish line, Equilla announcing his victory, "And the winner is, ShadoWind! Again. Not that anyone seems to be paying attention." He says as the scene bellow had devolved into a fight as the whole crowd battles each other with wooden boards now.
"I CAN'T STAND THAT EAGLE ANNOUNCER! And you look just like him!" Crawley said enraged, only for Eglor to retaliate with, "No I don't! Crawl off scale face!" Belkar pushes against Grumlo saying, "We would've won if you didn't slip us your slippy skins!" while Grumlo pushes against back yelling in disbelief, "Honey, for real? I mean... dude!" he says in outrage. Razcal chases the beavers with some other ravens while yelling, "FIXING THE RAMPS?! WE'LL FIX YOU!" Through all the chaos, ShadoWind goes up the stairs without any casualties to get his prize.
Lagravis meets him in a rush saying, "Congratulations ShadoWind! But we must dispatch from the normal ceremonies today." he hands ShadoWind the golden chi saying, "Here! Golden Chi, use it well, wisely, and so on." He says as he turns around. "Longtooth! Get every lion out here to stop this crowd before they destroy everything!" he orders as he rushes into action. As more lions go to reinforce the rest down below to try stop the angry crowd, Crooler and the serpentine lay in wait, "Now's our chance! Follow me." she says taking the lead. Cragger sees her and yells for her, "Crooler! Where are you going?! It's not safe here!" he says before he goes after her. "Are those the snakes with you?!" he asks as he gives chase.
Unaware of what is truly going on, Lagravis tries to push away a bear while ushering orders at his men, "Move them outside! Away from the fort! We must protect our temple! But it is too late, inside the Lion throne room Crooler and the Serpentine reach the sacred pool and immediately the snakes start collecting. "Grab all the chi and let's get out of here!" she orders desperately, only to be interrupted by Pythor's familiar form. "Crooler my dear, no need to be hasty. This is but a small part of the plan, soon we won't have to worry about anything!" he says eagerly. "Not if the lions manage to sort those fools out, we need to grab as much as we can in case they catch us!" she reputed. "Fine… I suppose one can never be too careful. GRAB AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!" he orders his troops.
Outside the Lion Temple, the fighting continues as Laval and Eris try running through the crowd.
Eris is pushed by a raven, making Rogon sent the raven flying and turns to check on his crush," Are you okay my sweet Eris...?" She chuckles softly at this before answering, "Yeah... but are you sure you're, okay?" she asks with genuine concern.
Back in the throne room, the Serpentine smile wickedly as they plug some chi for the first time. "I feel like I can take on the whole of Chima!" one said, "It's as if nature itself is coursing through my veins!" another shouted, "As if the devourer itself was by my side!" call out a third. As the gathered snakes eagerly flex their newfound power Pythor was more cautious, staring at an orb intensely, as if he could make it tell him its secrets by sight along. "Such an unassuming little orb, but with so much power underneath. I can see why your tribes go so crazy over this stuff." He said exempt mindedly as he slithered towards the throne. Sitting upon it, he gave a signal to his gather troops, without wasting time one of them took a small sack full of orbs and rushed to the lower levels of the temple. A few minutes later, a grand explosion could be heard as the temple shook under its might.
Cragger sees smoke coming from that direction, "Crooler...?" was all that came to mind as hurried toward his sister. Also hearing the sound, Lagravis wondered, "What was that?!" while Laval holds back a gorilla before responding, "I heard it too dad! don't worry, I'll check it out. Eris?" he calls out toward his friend. Eris thinks for a bit and looks at Rogon with a charming face before asking, "Rogon?" Without having to say anything else Rogon responds, "Anything for you, my love." as he charges for the crowd to leave an opening for Laval and Eris.
Underneath the Lion Temple, a large crater now stood, an opening for a grand tunnel had finally been revealed. It had taken the serpentine weeks to make it, but much to their displeasure, they had discovered that the rock below the temple was much stronger than anticipated. And so, the plan was hatched, if they could not dig their way up someone would have to let them in from the inside. Standing in the smoke-filled garage that someone saw, it was an Anacondrai with a double belt, a fanged pendent hanging from his neck, and most distinctive off all, a single blinded blue eye. "Eyezorai, well done!" Skalidor said as he slithered from beneath, Skales fallowing with a bored look on his features. "Where are the others." Eyezorai asked in his gravelly voice. "Fangtom and Acidicus will meet us shortly!" said Skales as he let the troops up. "Do you have the chi." he asked the warrior before him. With a grin, he showed him the bag, "Excellent, well now boys, let blow this place!" Skales answered eagerly. As the troop began to plug the chi, they used the rush of power to blast the surrounding vehicles to pieces.
Back up above, Cragger arrives and sees a group of snakes loading a strang bucky with bags full of chi before they prepare to leave. Skales, who had made his way up, stood beside her saying, "We'll split the spoils once we're back at the swamp!" In shock Cragger turned to his sister yelling, "Crooler! What are you doing?!" Turning towards the sound, Crooler responds, "Oh! Brother! You're just in time!" she says, hints of surprise on her voice. Cragger goes closer furiously asking, "Have you been working with the snakes all this time! WITHOUT ME! What exactly is going on here!" he demands. "Oh... um…", Crooler says trying to come up with something while signaling Skales to mind control him, "Talk to Skales!" she answers him. Cragger shoves him aside, surprising the general, before saying, "NO I WILL NOT! and how come every time we talk, you just turn to someone else? Why have you been plotting behind my back Crooler! Tell me!" he demands from his sister. Strugling to come up with something Crooler blurbs out, "Uh... because... uh... I love you, brother." She tries, not convincing in the slightest. "WHAT?!" was all a confuse Cragger said. Shaking up from his previous fall Skales just yells, "LOOK! WE'VE GOTTA GO! NOW!" "No one's going anywhere!" Cragger says with resolve. Sighing in annoyance Crooler says, "Brother, please. We're about to steal all the chi in Chima, don't ruin it. For once!" she states harshly. Looking slightly hurt, Cragger retaliates yelling, "NO ONE STEALS CHI WITHOUT ME!"
Back outside the temple, the crowd seems to have gotten the upper hand against the lions. Thinking fast Lagravis gives an order, "LIONS! INTO THE TEMPLE! LOCK IT DOWN! NOW!" he says as all the lions immediately go to sanctuary as the lion head closes, everyone on the outside throwing whatever they can. Shaking his head at the event of the evening, Lagravis just said in a sad tone, "This is a sad day for Chima. It may be the last time we have a chi gain race for a very long time."
Back outside the walls, Cragger continued his assault against the snakes, "We had a deal snake! You said we would work together!" Growing frustrated with the fight Skales retorted, "We did, but I'm willing to play a little loose with the rules!" he says while signaling at Mezmo and Rattla, "Just this once." he says with a smirk. No believing him for a minute Cragger retorts, "Just this once?! I have the feeling this isn't the first time you play loose with the rules!" Giving him a smirk, Skales simply says, "Perhaps! But the fact is, there's three of us now, and one of you! And we've already chi'd up." he warns. "CORRECTION!" Cragger says smugly as he looks at Crooler, "THERE'S TWO OF US!" Crooler backs away leaving a disheartened Cragger behind, "CROOLER?! Crooler...?" he calls out as Mezmo, Rattla, and Skales hiss while they march towards him. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" he asks desperately, "I'm winning! for a change." she says with resolve. "WHAT?!" Cragger cries out in surprise as Skales and the others approach, "Let's get this over with quickly!" he says nonchalantly.
Suddenly, Laval approaches with some reinforcements before saying, "Hey! What's the rush?" Annoyed by the constant interruption, Skales just says, "UGH! I'll handle Cragger and the lion, you two take horn face and the bird!" as he gets into a defensive stance. Mezmo and Rattla charge towards Eris and Rogon while hissing loudly, but Rogon hops in front and stops them in their tracks saying, "HEY! NOBODY TOUCHES MY LOVE!" Mezmo and Rattla look at each other confused, Laval tries to clarify, "He means Eris! Not me." But it doesn't help as they are still looking at each other confused. Undeterred, Rogon charges at the two serpentine and bangs them to the distance with his horn.
In the meantime, the battle of Skales vs Cragger and Laval begins, with Cragger growling as he talks to Laval, "I never expected to be fighting with you!" he says, while Laval retorts as he blocks an incoming swing, "Hey! I never expected to find you stopping a chi thief!" Getting caught off guard, Cragger responds, "Uhh, yeah! That's what I was doing, just stopping a chi thief. Trying to help! For uh... CHIMA!" he cries out, Laval joining him as they jump and attack Skales. Cragger momentarily wags his head and goes back to the battle, while Eris is picked up by Crooler and throwned away with a yell, causing Rogon to give chase. Skales continues to battle Cragger and Laval, not having much luck by himself, luckily Mezmo and Rattlar arrive as reinforcements and knock away the two, proceeding to circle them. "THEY'RE TOO STRONG WITH THAT CHI!" Cragger shouts out, while Laval had an idea, "Let's try that move we used to do when we were kids!" Cragger nods in approval, tying his arm around Laval and throwing him at Rattla, taking the hypnobrai down. Laval then grabs Cragger's tail and swings him around, Cragger hitting Mezmo on the way down. Skales gasps in worry, before he smirks as he feels the vibrations on the ground.
From the ticket of the jungle, a fleet of bite cycles and Fangpyre trucks breach through the other side. Swerving through the fields, they surround the heroes as a multitude of Fangpyre and Venomari drop into the battlefield. Wasting little time, the Venomari spit their hallucinogenic venom at any approaching fighter. They quickly collapse in a flurry of screams as their worst nightmares came to life before their eyes. From up above the same Blade-Copter from the attack on the Eagle Spire appeared, leading a squadron of Rattlercopters and blasting away at Laval and Cragger.
A surprised Laval yells, "Look out!" as he runs away with Cragger. The Blade-Copter switches its focus to Eris, who is still hurt. But before it can do anything Rogon yells out a loud, "NOOOOOOOO!" as he lets Crooler go and protects Eris from the blast by sacrificing himself. "NO!" Eris yells as she catches Rogon and lets him rest on her wing, "Rogon...?" she asks worryingly.
The Blade-Copter then goes to pick up the Skales and the chi, but not before Cragger goes after them with a determent, "Oh no you don't!" As the copter is flying away, Cragger grabs on the helicopter's rails and kind of makes the weight too heavy, causing some orbs to fall out. Holding onto the rail, he battles Skales who is doing the same thing. From the ground Laval calls out, "CRAGGER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" causing Cragger to notices how high up he is with a startled, "WOAH!" Putting the helicopter in auto pilot, a Fangpyre pilot growls and tries to get Cragger off the rail by stomping on his fingers. Laughing in triumph, Skales continues to battle Cragger, while Laval watches on from the ground shouting, "HOLD ON CRAGGER!" Meanwhile a Fangpyre truck pasts him as Rattla and Mezmo retrieve the lost chi bag. Holding an unconscious Rogon, Eris calls out to her friend, "Laval! They're getting away with the rest of the chi!" Laval goes for the chi but stops to the fact that he needs to help Cragger once he hears the cries of battle. With a startle shout he tries his best to decide, "CRAGGER! The chi..." Meanwhile with one more stomp from the pilot's foot, Cragger falls screaming. Laval immediately goes to save Cragger, plugging a chi and thankfully rescuing him but with a rough landing. Cragger leans up and looks at his sister, "Crooler..." he says softly, while she for her part looks back, feeling kind of sympathetic.
On the throne room, Lagravis and the rest walk on to find an unpleasant surprise! "The Chi is all gone", Longtooth says in udder shock and disbelief. "Its not gone, just under new management!" a mysterious voice says. "Who's there, show yourself!" Lagravis says brandishing his weapons. A sudden figure materializes from the throne, its red eyes looking at the lions with glee. "Pythor!" Lagravis says in shock. "Oh, it seems my reputation precedes me. Good!" the megalomanic serpent replied happily. "Get out from my throne serpent! Your surrounded and outnumbered!" Lagravis states with unshakable certainty. "A yes, you see. A little problem with that. This is my throne and I'm not outnumbered." He says as the entire battalion of Anacondrai materializes in front of them. More snakes begin appearing from the shadows, the entire throne room covered in them.
Outside the temple, Laval and Eris go check on their fallen friends, worry clear on their faces. "Quick, we have to get them inside." Laval tells the others. Helping Cragger to his feet he says, "Come on old friend, we'll help you!" As they near the gates, they're surprise to find them open, "Huh. I could have sworn we closed them?" Laval wonders, "Somethings not right." he says. Handing Cragger to one of the soldiers, he rushes to the inside of the fortress, only to find a full-scale assault from within. Lion clashed against serpents, none gaining the upper hand. Lagravis looks at his son, "Laval! Quick, get out of here! This was all a trap!" he warns him. "Indeed it was, one years in the making. I had my spies scout this place for months, searching for any weak spots we could exploit. But alas, you lions know how to build a sturdy fortress. We needed a way in without being noticed, and this was it! Now you will face the true might of the Serpentine!" Pythor explains as he plugs his own orb of chi. As the energy coursed through him, he began to whack Lagravis with his staff, tossing to the side. Not wasting time, he began to curl his tail around the downed lion and unhinges his mouth to finish things, but just as he was about to eat him, he was knocked aside by a charging Laval, who still had some chi from before. Helping his father up, he reassures him, "Here dad, I got you." "Thanks, son. But I'm afraid we might not be able to win this one, quick to the vehicles we must escape." He orders with his remaining strength. "Escape! We can't do that, this is our home, we have to fight!" he tells his father passionately. "Laval, Chima is our home, and if we fall here, no one will be able to protect it. Sometimes you need to know when to leave to fight another day." Lagravis informed his son sagely. Relenting, Laval nodded as they rushed down to the garage. Shaking off his fall, Pythor glared at the retreating lions, "So they think they can escape, we'll see about that!"
As the lions rushed bellow toward their salvation, they were met with a grim sight. All around the room lay the broken remains of various craft, from buggies to tank, even speedorz lay broken on the floor. "Our vehicles, what do we do now!" asked a downtrodden Leonidas. To make matters worse, a massive shake befell the room, knocking many of their feet. "An earthquake, now!" Laval said in disbelief. "That's not an earthquake!" Lagravis told him with worry, for he was right, the movement of the earth more closely resembling something borrowing from beneath. But the size of the shaking could only mean on thing, something big was coming. And just as he guessed that something slowly appeared, a massive purple snake with red eyes and spike down its back appeared, the Anacondrai serpent had made an appearance. "They have a legend beast!" they cried out in fear. "It would appear so!" Lagravis said, as he quickly searches for a way out, "There, by the corner! Those vehicles are in good enough condition to drive." He said as he pointed to the other side of the cave, where some boogeys and tanks still remained. There was only one problem, they were on the other side of the serpent! With corage befitting of a king, Lagravis pulled his sword and challenged the massive serpent, "Go! I'll buy you some time!" he said as the others rushed towards the vehicles. "No, dad! You can't take on that thing alone!" he said before he felt a hand by his shoulder. "He won't have to kid; Leonidas take the prince away!" Longtooth said, the old lion preparing to go out by his king, no matter what. "Come on Laval." Leonidas said quickly, rushing Laval behind him. "Just like old times my friend." Lagravis told the old guard, "Just like old times!" Longtooth responded with a smirk. As the two veteran fighters attacked the massive snake, the others rushed to get to safety, including a worried Laval. He watched as his father drove the snake forwards, dodging only seconds before the strike, as Longtooth slashed against its side. Distracted by two opponents the serpent was furious; these puny morsels had no wright attacking it like this! Fueled by anger the snake lunged forwards, but she was sloppy and missed the mark. Taking the opportunity, Lagravis looked for a way out, he found it in the familiar shape of his trusty tank. It was at its side, and banged up, but it would still function. Now he only had to stand it up, fortunately the struggling snake managed to help him. As its tail knocked the tank the right way, he and Longtooth rushed to the tank and drove away from the flaming mess behind them!
They managed to exit just in time as the snake stopped shortly by the entrance of the cave, hissing the assembled masses. Those that had left after the previous attack watched in awe and terror at the sight before them. The lions lay defeated, barely scaping on recks that could barely count as vehicles, while a giant snake laid claimed to their fortress. From above, a load boisterous voice followed, "Citizen of Chima, I Pythor P. Chumsworth am proud to announce that you are under new management around here. We have beaten your defenders and taken over this temple, resistance is futile, submit to us now and we will consider sharing this chi with you. Resist and we see how many it takes before our pet here gets full!" he said smugly, as the rest looked on in fear.
Whispers and mumbles surrounded the area, will Lagravis looked on distraught, a singular phrase escaping his mouth.
"We've failed you Chima."
Back in the forests, Rattla and Mezmo finish loading up a crocodile vehicle with six bags of chi for Crooler to take home. Standing next to her, Skales informs her, "That's your half of the chi." Looking at his side, he notices the glom expression on her face. "Why so sad, you did it, you're now one of the most powerful beings in Chima!" he tells her. Crooler responds, still looking down, "Am I? I destroyed my peoples trust and betrayed my own brother. All at the same time." She states as she walks to her vehicle with a sad look. "You made the tough call. We all appreciated that. Besides, ones we get to the swamps I'll make him forget everything that happened today." Skales says as she hops in her vehicle. Looking back, she responds, "Yeah, but... uh... it feels like... like." she stutters on her words, "Victory?" tried Skales. "Yeah. "Victory" ... she says as she prepares to drive off.
Skales watches her, and gives a knowing smile to his tribemates, basking on what they've accomplished, and what was to come!
Author's Note:
Hello dear readers, we have reached a turning point in this story and because of it I have and announcement to make. I will be taking a small break from this story, that does not mean its cancelled I just need to clear my head from the fatigue of writing. I will continue as soon as I can, I hope you understand. In the meanwhile, feel free to read my other stories and leave a comment so I know what you want, I read every single ne of them. Thanks for the constant support!
See you guys soon!