Skylanders: Shrink Squad

Ch. 12 Introduction

A dark shadow begins to loom over the Academy. Sharpfin and Mags look up at it and gasp. Mabu all throughout the Academy grounds look up at the sky in fear.

The Ultimate Ultimate Weapon flies up over the Academy. Flying the colossal machine is the mist clone of Flynn. He fires up the reactor and presses the 'fire' button. "Boom."

The Ultimate Ultimate Weapon begins to spin as energy gathers.

"Stop gawking!" Sharpfin grabs Mags and runs for his ship. He throws her on to it and starts to fire it up.

Tessa and Whiskers land on it. "What about the others!"

Sharpfin grunts. "Everyone for themselves!"

The Brain rushes onto the ship at this moment.

"Then what about the rift key!" Tessa asks.

The Brain's eye widens. "It's still in the study!" He turns and flies back towards the Academy.

"No!" Sharpfin yells. "Bloody bollocks! We don't have time!" He kicks the ship into gear and flies off.

The Ultimate Ultimate Weapon reaches its peak and a great laser blasts down from it, hitting the academy and all of its inhabitants. All of it begins to shrink further and further down until all that's left is a miniature snow globe with the Academy inside it.

Mist Flynn flies down on a sky ship and grabs it. "Righty-o!" He laughs. "Next stop, Woodburrow!"

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Flynn, Cali, Buzz, Glumshanks, and Kaos fly up to where the Academy would normally be.

"Clouds," Cali breathes looking at the empty sky. "It's gone."

"Dusty dynamite! We're too late!" Buzz curses. "Now what are we s'posed to do?"

"We could regroup and talk to the others?" Flynn suggests.

"What others?" Buzz groans. "They're likely gone with the Academy."

"Uh, no. They're flying right at us."

"What?" Buzz whips around and spots Sharpfin's ship coming right towards them. "Boomsticks! They made it out!"

Sharpfin's ship pulls up beside them. Ropes are tossed over and they are tied to be docked to one another.

Tessa, Mags, and Sharpfin all cross onto the Dreadyacht.

"You made it out!" Cali exclaims.

"Aye, but not all of us." Sharpfin says. "Brain went back to get the rift key only to go down with the academy. We're back to square one, even with this little twerp." He gestures towards Kaos.

"Hey! Nobody calls me..."

"Can it you bald headed buffoon!" Buzz interrupts. "We ain't got time for squabblin'! The way I see it, we need to invade this Ultimate Ultimate Weapon and get the Academy back. So long as we don't have that rift key, there's no way for us to stop the spreading darkness!"

"Uh, fat chance at that one-eyed geezer," Kaos laughs. "The Darkness rebuilt my Ultimate Weapon with an impenetrable force field surrounding it — A classic evil doer trope, I might add. But nothing gets in, nothing gets out."

"Then we'll find a way to destroy it." Buzz growls. "We can't just let this Ultimate Weapon AND the mist continue their rampage throughout Skylands! At this rate, the Darkness will be released twice as fast!"

"That's no easy task there, Buzz." Mags chimes in. "I gotta good look at it as we were flyin' away and lemme tell ya, ain't nothin' breaking it down easy. That shield is nigh impenetrable. And they played it smart. No exterior way to bring it down."

"Then we'll come up with something else!"

"What about the Trolly Shroud?" Flynn suggests. "It's supposed to allow its wearer to pass through anything. Walls, doors, uh, other things you might want to pass through. Could work on a force field."

Buzz groans. "We need something quick. Something that can get us in before The Darkness breaks free. We don't have time to chase down myths."

"Um, actually, it's not a myth." Glumshanks interrupts. Everyone's eyes fall on him. "The Trolly Shroud was found long ago, actually, by the Troll Kings. It's passed down every generation from king to king."

"So you're saying we could go borrow it?"

"Uh... maybe not borrow, but perhaps steal?"

All of the heroes share a look. "Well, I don't see any other options, compadre. So I guess we're just gunna have ta steal it."

"Finally!" Kaos exclaims. "A non-boring plan you Sky-losers have come up with!"

OBJECTIVES:
1 Star:
- Break into the Troll Palace
- Steal the Trolly Shroud

2 Star:
- 2 Soul Gems
- Treasure Chests 7
- Hats 10
- Winged Sapphire
- Legendary Treasure

3 Star:
- No Lives Lost
- Speed Run
- All Areas Found
- Enemy Goal
- 3 Star Shrink Zone
- All Ten Elemental Realms

ENEMIES:
Mace Major:
Small trolls with large maces. They charge up and smash their maces down in front of them.
- Easy: 250 Hp, 32 damage
- Medium: 328 Hp, 44 damage
- Hard: 430 Hp, 62 damage
- Nightmare: 564 Hp, 74 damage

Blaster Trolls:
Small trolls with blaster guns that charge up shotgun blasts of damage. Fire out 10 blast pebbles that deal 9/19/25/30 damage each. They spread out in a forward cone of damage.
- Easy: 175 Hp
- Medium: 228 Hp
- Hard: 297 Hp
- Nightmare: 387 Hp

Grenade Generals:
Small trolls dressed in armor that will hurl grenades. They bounce around for two seconds before exploding for heavy damage.
- Easy: 175 Hp, 50 damage
- Medium: 228 Hp, 65 damage
- Hard: 297 Hp, 77 damage
- Nightmare: 387 Hp, 97 damage

Trollverines:
Medium sized trolls that have wolverine claws on their fists. Wind up and do large slash damage.
- Easy: 350 Hp, 41 damage
- Medium: 410 Hp, 56 damage
- Hard: 480 Hp, 71 damage
- Nightmare: 562 Hp, 83 damage

Trolling Thunders:
Trolls within a rolling tank rust will fire off slow going, seeking missiles.
- Easy: 600 Hp, 65 damage
- Medium: 756 Hp, 75 damage
- Hard: 953 Hp, 100 damage
- Nightmare: 1201 Hp, 115 damage

Sewer Trolls:
Mutated trolls that are highly aggressive and carry broken pipes in their hands. They move around really quickly and will dash back and forth before coming in for a charged up attack.
- Easy: 300 Hp, 33 damage
- Medium: 369 Hp, 50 damage
- Hard: 454 Hp, 69 damage
- Nightmare: 569 Hp, 84 damage

Troll Assassins:
Trolls dressed in camouflage with blow darts in hand.
- Easy: 100 Hp, 22 damage
- Medium: 137 Hp, 35 damage
- Hard: 188 Hp, 46 damage
- Nightmare: 258 Hp, 59 damage

Trolly Knights:
Large trolls that wield a great sword and great shield in each hand. Holding up the shield, they take no damage from the front unless they go to attack. They wind up and deal heavy damage with their great sword. Want to attack them from behind.
- Easy: 500 Hp, 57 damage
- Medium: 640 Hp, 76 damage
- Hard: 820 Hp, 86 damage
- Nightmare: 1050 Hp, 105 damage

Troll Giants:
Extra large trolls that move at slow speeds and raise their fists up above their head before bringing them down for a heavy slam.
- Easy: 750 Hp, 62 damage
- Medium: 878 Hp, 76 damage
- Hard: 1028 Hp, 88 damage
- Nightmare: 1203 Hp, 100 damage