1. Yes! Ha, ha!Copy !req
2. Oh, another wonderful Thursday
at Skylanders Academy.Copy !req
3. And who doesn't love Thursdays?Copy !req
4. Nothing bad ever happens on Thursdays.Copy !req
5. - Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
6. Master Eon—!Copy !req
7. Oh, no. Master Eon!Copy !req
8. He's— he's been vaporized!Copy !req
9. How could this have happened?Copy !req
10. And on a Thursday?Copy !req
11. Friday?Copy !req
12. I should have known.Copy !req
13. Help!Copy !req
14. Help!Copy !req
15. Here are the three suspects, Jet-Vac.Copy !req
16. I found them all loitering
in front of Eon's study.Copy !req
17. We weren't loitering.
We were unconscious.Copy !req
18. A likely story.Copy !req
19. The three of you were found
at the scene of the crime.Copy !req
20. Which means one of you
has done the unthinkable...Copy !req
21. and vaporized Master Eon.Copy !req
22. Wait, what?
- Don't play dumb with me.Copy !req
23. No, really, I didn't hear what you said.Copy !req
24. Yeah, you were facing away from us
when you spoke.Copy !req
25. I said, one of you has vaporized
Master Eon.Copy !req
26. Wait, what?Copy !req
27. Don't play dumb with me.Copy !req
28. Nailed it that time, J.V.Copy !req
29. Now, we're going to get to the bottom
of what happened,Copy !req
30. even if we have to stay here
all day and ni—Copy !req
31. Enough, enough!
I can't— I can't take it anymore!Copy !req
32. I'll talk. I know who vaporized Eon.Copy !req
33. Then who was it, Eruptor? Tell me.Copy !req
34. It was... the monster!Copy !req
35. - I— I'll explain.Copy !req
36. It all started yesterdayCopy !req
37. when Jet-Vac was giving a lecture
on the justice system.Copy !req
38. Open your textbooks to page 87.Copy !req
39. Uh, Jet-Vac, I don't think this book
is about what you think it is.Copy !req
40. I was having trouble
staying awake.Copy !req
41. Not because the lecture was boring—
well, that too—Copy !req
42. but because I had been up all night
watching a horror marathonCopy !req
43. of all eight Undead Invasion movies.Copy !req
44. No wonder you think you saw a monster.Copy !req
45. Those horror movies
got you all scared and jumpy.Copy !req
46. Not true.Copy !req
47. - Ow!Copy !req
48. Don't eat my brains!Copy !req
49. - Oh.Copy !req
50. I went straight home after class,Copy !req
51. - hoping to catch up on some sleep.Copy !req
52. Hello? Is someone there?Copy !req
53. - Oh...! Right.Copy !req
54. I should really use
a more soothing sound as my alarm.Copy !req
55. But that's when I heard the most heinous,
unnatural, disturbing sound of my life.Copy !req
56. You heard Pop Fizz singing
in the shower again?Copy !req
57. No. Thank goodness.Copy !req
58. Maybe a large stray cat got a job
as a door-to-door salesman.Copy !req
59. Maybe the cat
quit his job as a salesmanCopy !req
60. and got a job tiling roofs.Copy !req
61. I couldn't take it.
Something was coming for me,Copy !req
62. so I decided to seek refuge
in the safest place in the Academy.Copy !req
63. Eon's study.Copy !req
64. But as I ran there,
I had the feeling I was being followed.Copy !req
65. No one was following you.
You're always such an overreactor.Copy !req
66. - Yeah? Overreact what?Copy !req
67. You're telling a story.
We can't see what you're remembering.Copy !req
68. Oh, right.Copy !req
69. Well, I just meant I saw the monster.Copy !req
70. Am I crazy,Copy !req
71. or has Kaos actually been doing
a good job as captain recently?Copy !req
72. You are crazy!Copy !req
73. - But that doesn't mean you're wrong!
- Right?Copy !req
74. After that raid
on the Rampant Ruins this morning,Copy !req
75. our hold is literally overflowing
with treasure.Copy !req
76. Goodbye college loan payments!
Hello grad school loan payments!Copy !req
77. Ooh! Except all this pirating
has worked up quite an appetite.Copy !req
78. But think about all the food
that treasure can buy us!Copy !req
79. - Chocolate!
- Rare steak!Copy !req
80. - Shrimp po'boys!
- Children's hopes and dreams.Copy !req
81. - What? I'm on a diet.Copy !req
82. What's wrong, Cap'n?Copy !req
83. Depressed thinking about how long
it's gonna take to count all that money?Copy !req
84. I just don't get it.Copy !req
85. My father's so stressed out
looking for the Island of Arkus,Copy !req
86. I thought I'd cheer him up.Copy !req
87. But do I get a thanks after sending him
all the treasure in our hold?Copy !req
88. No!Copy !req
89. You sent all our treasure to your father?Copy !req
90. All of it! And not a single word
of gratitude from him!Copy !req
91. Crazy, am I right?Copy !req
92. That treasure was our meal ticket.Copy !req
93. Literally.
We were going to use it to get meals.Copy !req
94. If we don't buy some food soon,
I'll get hangry.Copy !req
95. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry!Copy !req
96. Listen to you all,
talking about paying for food.Copy !req
97. We're pirates! We take what we want!Copy !req
98. If it's so easy, Captain,Copy !req
99. why not put your lack of money
where your big mouth is?Copy !req
100. Looks like there's an island down there.Copy !req
101. Why don't you go
and "take" us some dinner?Copy !req
102. With pleasure.Copy !req
103. Avast, ye foolish landlubber,Copy !req
104. and quake in fear
in the presence of Captain Kaos.Copy !req
105. - Uh, who?
- That's right, the Captain Kaos.Copy !req
106. And I've come to claim
your flock of sheep to feed my crew.Copy !req
107. - So hand over those fluffy filets!Copy !req
108. You don't wanna eat my sheep.Copy !req
109. - I don't?
- Nah, pirate captain like you?Copy !req
110. What you really want is treasure.Copy !req
111. That's just what the pirate manual said!Copy !req
112. - Did you read it, too?
- Uh... yeah.Copy !req
113. And hey, treasure can buy a lot of food.Copy !req
114. Way better-tasting food
than some mangy sheep.Copy !req
115. And what's the one thing
a pirate captain needs to find a treasure?Copy !req
116. I think I'd like to phone a friend.Copy !req
117. A treasure map.Copy !req
118. To find a treasure,
you need a treasure map.Copy !req
119. Tell you what. Because I like your style,
I'll make a deal.Copy !req
120. You leave my sheep alone,
maybe throw in that pirate hat,Copy !req
121. and I'll give you the treasure map
to end all treasure maps.Copy !req
122. This map will lead you straight—Copy !req
123. To Arkus!Copy !req
124. - Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme!
- Ah-ah-ah!Copy !req
125. The hat?Copy !req
126. Pleasure doing business with you.Copy !req
127. Ah...!Copy !req
128. As I was saying,Copy !req
129. I managed to evade the monster
and make it to the library.Copy !req
130. So there I was,Copy !req
131. courageously hiding
under Master Eon's desk, when...Copy !req
132. Now where did I leave that?Copy !req
133. Oh, pshew. Silly scaredy-rock,
it's just Master Eon.Copy !req
134. Oh, it's you.
What are you doing here?Copy !req
135. And that's when I saw
what had happened to Master Eon.Copy !req
136. I didn't want to get vaporized myself,
so I ran to get help...Copy !req
137. where the monster was waiting
to knock me unconscious.Copy !req
138. Oof!Copy !req
139. A monster?Copy !req
140. That's the most ridiculous thing
I've ever heard.Copy !req
141. Well then, Stealth Elf—
if that is your real name!Copy !req
142. You know it is.Copy !req
143. Her story checks out.Copy !req
144. If it was not Eruptor's monster
who vaporized Master Eon, who was it?Copy !req
145. It was Spyro!Copy !req
146. - Ooh!Copy !req
147. Twist!Copy !req
148. And as you'll finally see on page 478,
crime does not pay.Copy !req
149. I'd say the real crime
is how long-winded this textbook is.Copy !req
150. Now, Eruptor's story
wasn't too far from the truth.Copy !req
151. But he left out one key detail.Copy !req
152. The so-called "monster"
was already in our midst.Copy !req
153. - Ow!Copy !req
154. Don't eat my brains!Copy !req
155. After being attacked by Kaossandra,
I was already on high alert.Copy !req
156. In fact, I could barely focus
on anything Jet-Vac was saying.Copy !req
157. Does no one listen to my lectures?Copy !req
158. All I could think about
was protecting myself at any cost.Copy !req
159. Which meant it was time to train.Copy !req
160. - Hup! Hup! Hup!Copy !req
161. Yah!Copy !req
162. Agh! Hyah! Hyah!Copy !req
163. Now this is where
our stories diverge.Copy !req
164. The bloodthirsty creature
Eruptor thought he heard?Copy !req
165. Yeah, that was me doing target practice.Copy !req
166. I know what I heard!Copy !req
167. And there wasn't any "large cat"
on the roof, either.Copy !req
168. Unless you count my leaping tiger kick.Copy !req
169. I can't take it anymore!
I don't wanna be undead!Copy !req
170. He really needs to start
watching romantic comedies.Copy !req
171. And that's when I saw Spyro,Copy !req
172. lurking suspiciously
around the Team House.Copy !req
173. My gut told me something wasn't right.Copy !req
174. So when he followed after Eruptor,
I decided to follow him.Copy !req
175. The "shadowy figure"
chasing after Eruptor?Copy !req
176. Yeah, that was Spyro.Copy !req
177. Well, to be fair, my complexion
is a bit on the dusky side these days.Copy !req
178. I followed him into the Academy,
nervous as to what I might find.Copy !req
179. Have no fear, your captain is here!Copy !req
180. Feast your eyes on this!Copy !req
181. That better be a receipt
for all the takeout you ordered us.Copy !req
182. Nope! Even better.Copy !req
183. It's a map! Eh...?Copy !req
184. We sent you down there
to rustle up some grub,Copy !req
185. and you brought back
a measly piece of paper?Copy !req
186. Oh, it's not just any piece of paper.
It's a map to Arkus!Copy !req
187. Which happens to be the place
my father is searching for.Copy !req
188. If we can find Arkus for him,
then I'll finally win his approvalCopy !req
189. and he'll reward us
with anything we desire.Copy !req
190. Including food!Copy !req
191. I guess it wouldn't hurt
to have an evil sorcerer in our debt.Copy !req
192. Mostly so I can get out of debt.Copy !req
193. All right, we're in.Copy !req
194. But if your map don't lead us
to fame and fortune,Copy !req
195. and most importantly, food...Copy !req
196. Then we'll be eatin'
somethin' else instead.Copy !req
197. Yeah...
- Let's get him...Copy !req
198. - Like what?
Like you.Copy !req
199. Ah!Copy !req
200. If I had a stomach,
it would be growling right now.Copy !req
201. I had just gone inside the Academy,
looking for Spyro.Copy !req
202. And that's when it happened.Copy !req
203. The same blast that Eruptor heard.Copy !req
204. I knew in my gut
that something bad had happened.Copy !req
205. But what I wasn't prepared for
was to see who was behind it.Copy !req
206. Spyro?Copy !req
207. Ugh!Copy !req
208. And that's all I remember.Copy !req
209. I've been sensing a dark presence
at the Academy for a while now.Copy !req
210. And as much as it pains me to say it,Copy !req
211. all of Spyro's strange behavior,
his new look and powers,Copy !req
212. the way he sent me off with Captain Flynn
when I started getting suspiciousCopy !req
213. with the fact he somehow knew
I was being attacked by Kaossandra—Copy !req
214. It all leads me to one conclusion.
Spyro vaporized Eon.Copy !req
215. Oh, man, Elf. You are too much!Copy !req
216. That was a riveting little ninja tale,Copy !req
217. but I gotta say,
the ending was kinda weak.Copy !req
218. Two thumbs down.Copy !req
219. That's still a thing, right?
With the thumbs?Copy !req
220. Spyro, what are you talking about?Copy !req
221. Dude, I'm innocent!Copy !req
222. You know me.
I could never do something like that.Copy !req
223. Well, Spyro, if you're so sure
of your inculpability,Copy !req
224. perhaps you'd like to give
your version of what happened.Copy !req
225. Hmm. I thought you'd never ask.Copy !req
226. Eruptor and Elf
had this part right.Copy !req
227. Jet-Vac was giving a lecture,
and it was bo-ring.Copy !req
228. Why do I even bother?Copy !req
229. But I wasn't trying to shoot
Jet-Vac with a spitball.Copy !req
230. I was trying to get rid of a saboteur.Copy !req
231. He was clearly still sore after losing
the Protector of the Year award to usCopy !req
232. and had to be stopped.Copy !req
233. Ow!Copy !req
234. Don't eat my brain!Copy !req
235. Needless to say,
Jet-Vac wasn't thrilled.Copy !req
236. So as punishment,
he assigned me janitorial duty.Copy !req
237. But in case you've forgotten, I'm a hero.Copy !req
238. Punishment or not, I still had to performCopy !req
239. my usual daily quota of awesome
and selfless deeds.Copy !req
240. Ugh!Copy !req
241. Shh!Copy !req
242. What can I say?Copy !req
243. - Heroism never sleeps.Copy !req
244. - Ahem—!
- Anyway...Copy !req
245. after an exhausting afternoon
of saving the day,Copy !req
246. it was time for my janitorial duty.Copy !req
247. I can't take it anymore!Copy !req
248. I don't wanna be undead!Copy !req
249. Normally,
this would've given me pause...Copy !req
250. but Eruptor had been acting
like a scaredy-catCopy !req
251. ever since watching
all those horror flicks.Copy !req
252. You try watching all eight
Undead Invasion movies in a row!Copy !req
253. Eruptor, they only made one
Undead Invasion movie.Copy !req
254. You just watched
the same movie eight times.Copy !req
255. Now that I think about it,
the plots did seem rather recycled.Copy !req
256. Oh, don't mind me.Copy !req
257. I was just in the middle
of trying to clear my name.Copy !req
258. Sorry.Copy !req
259. Contrary to Elf's story...Copy !req
260. I wasn't going after Eruptor,Copy !req
261. I was heading back
to the Academy to clean.Copy !req
262. - And I wasn't lurking, I was limping.Copy !req
263. I mean,
kudos to all the janitors out there.Copy !req
264. It's tough lugging around
all that equipment!Copy !req
265. And I wasn't mopping up evidence.
I was just mopping.Copy !req
266. Man, those hallways are filthy.Copy !req
267. And It didn't help that Eruptor
left a trail of gravel behind him.Copy !req
268. Again, I was scared!Copy !req
269. Anyway, that's when I heard the blast.Copy !req
270. I leaned down to clean up my mess,
and when I looked up...Copy !req
271. Ugh!Copy !req
272. Yep, I was knocked out
just like the others.Copy !req
273. And like them, it was at the hand
of some kind of shadowy figure.Copy !req
274. I don't know who vaporized Master Eon,
but it sure wasn't me.Copy !req
275. Well, I'm at a loss.
At least one of you is lying.Copy !req
276. And yet my lie detector inexplicably says
you're all telling the truth.Copy !req
277. True.Copy !req
278. Which is true?Copy !req
279. That they're all lying,
or that they're all telling the truth?Copy !req
280. Yes.
- I really despise this thing.Copy !req
281. If only there was another way
to get to the bottom of this.Copy !req
282. Actually, there is!Copy !req
283. I installed a new hidden camera systemCopy !req
284. after Eon kept complaining
that someone was stealing his lunches.Copy !req
285. - Why didn't you say that to begin with?
- Uh...Copy !req
286. Because I'm the one
who's been stealing his lunches.Copy !req
287. He makes the best tuna salad.Copy !req
288. I don't get it.Copy !req
289. It should be right here.Copy !req
290. Maybe it's one of those
trendy new invisible islands.Copy !req
291. Eh? Eh?Copy !req
292. Eh...?Copy !req
293. - Look!
Where?Copy !req
294. - I knew it! It's Arkus!
- Yeah!Copy !req
295. I can't believe it. I got what I wanted.Copy !req
296. So that's what it feels like.Copy !req
297. I like it!Copy !req
298. From now on,
we're going to be living large!Copy !req
299. Me, larger than the rest of you,
obviously.Copy !req
300. Father's going to be so impressed.Copy !req
301. Eh...?Copy !req
302. Hey, hey. Welcome to Arks R Us.Copy !req
303. - How you nice folks doing today?
- You?Copy !req
304. So what kind of ark
are you in the market for, huh?Copy !req
305. Avoiding a flood,
or just weekend use?Copy !req
306. Oh!Copy !req
307. I see you got our flyer!Copy !req
308. Flyer? You said this was a treasure map!Copy !req
309. Let me see that.Copy !req
310. - This wasn't a treasure map at all.Copy !req
311. It was
a viral marketing campaign!Copy !req
312. This is definitely not
going to impress Father.Copy !req
313. Well, Father's Day is coming up,Copy !req
314. and nothing says "I love you, Dad"
like a refurbished ark.Copy !req
315. Why don't you just take a look
at the showroom in the back?Copy !req
316. We warned you what would happen
if you didn't come through this time.Copy !req
317. One way or another, a wolf's got to eat.Copy !req
318. Whoo-ee!Copy !req
319. You boys sure don't know
what you're missing.Copy !req
320. For their grand opening,Copy !req
321. the ark store's got a whole barbecue
set up around back!Copy !req
322. We've got two servings of every animal.Copy !req
323. Mmm...Copy !req
324. Kaos would have tasted
gamey, anyway.Copy !req
325. Plus, all those
little bones you'd have to pick out. Ugh!Copy !req
326. Aw, you got lucky this time, Cap'n.Copy !req
327. But like my auntie always said,Copy !req
328. there ain't always gonna be a barbecue
to get you out of trouble.Copy !req
329. Your aunt always said that?Copy !req
330. Yeah, she was an odd woman.Copy !req
331. Wise, but odd.Copy !req
332. Hey, I'm on TV.Copy !req
333. Now, we'll be able to see
how we were all knocked un—Copy !req
334. —conscious.Copy !req
335. At least we can close the book
on that mystery.Copy !req
336. Sorry.Copy !req
337. But we still don't know
who vaporized Master Eon!Copy !req
338. Look, there's a shadow.Copy !req
339. It must be the assassin!Copy !req
340. Jet-Vac?Copy !req
341. How could it be?Copy !req
342. Why, I don't even remember
being out last night.Copy !req
343. A criminal mastermind so diabolical,Copy !req
344. he doesn't even know
he's a criminal mastermind.Copy !req
345. I suppose there's no denying it
in light of this evidence.Copy !req
346. I guess I'm the one
who vaporized Master Eon.Copy !req
347. - Vaporized who?Copy !req
348. You're alive.
- I can't believe it.Copy !req
349. - So good to see you.
We thought you'd been—Copy !req
350. Oh!Copy !req
351. Oh, I can't even say it,
the thought is too unbearable.Copy !req
352. Thank goodness.
Where have you been all this time?Copy !req
353. Down at the lake.Copy !req
354. I went out late last night
for a moonlight swim.Copy !req
355. Invigorating.Copy !req
356. That explains why his robe
was on the ground.Copy !req
357. Indeed.Copy !req
358. But when I got there, the mosquitoes
were out in full force...Copy !req
359. so I returned
for my military-grade bug spray.Copy !req
360. It's lethal in large doses.Copy !req
361. And that's when I ran into Jet-Vac,Copy !req
362. caught him wandering about,
sleepwalking again.Copy !req
363. How did you not know you sleepwalk?Copy !req
364. Probably because I'm asleep at the time.Copy !req
365. Wait, wait, wait.
But what about the pile of dust?Copy !req
366. Pile of—? Oh!
Oh, no, no, that's not dust.Copy !req
367. I must have tracked some sand
back in with me.Copy !req
368. It gets everywhere.Copy !req
369. Another open-and-shut case
for Detectives Hugo and Jet-Vac.Copy !req
370. Now that whatever nonsenseCopy !req
371. has been going on
in my absence is settled,Copy !req
372. we can all return to the beach.Copy !req
373. So, who wants to do my back?Copy !req
374. Hey, I guess I owe you an apology for...Copy !req
375. You know, the whole,Copy !req
376. accusing-you-of-vaporizing-Master-Eon
thing.Copy !req
377. Oh, that. Yeah, forget about it.Copy !req
378. I don't know what's wrong with me lately.Copy !req
379. Kaossandra told me to trust my instincts,
but... I guess they were wrong.Copy !req
380. Again.Copy !req
381. Look, we all make mistakes. Even me.Copy !req
382. Like yesterday,
I was so tired that I brushed my teethCopy !req
383. with Pop's zit cream by accident.Copy !req
384. Though my teeth have never looked
so clear, clean, and under control.Copy !req
385. Thanks for understanding.Copy !req
386. - Friends still?
- Always.Copy !req
387. - You heading to the lake?
- Uh... yeah, I wi—Copy !req
388. I'll meet you there.
Just gonna hang back a minute,Copy !req
389. see if there's any more of Master Eon's
famous tuna salad in the fridge.Copy !req
390. Strykore, what are you doing?
Someone could see you.Copy !req
391. And they will be dealt with.Copy !req