Chapter 1: Encounters
Zenia continued to walk towards the village. She wanted to learn what that group from earlier was up to. Finally, she found herself at the outskirts of town. Now to find out what they were doing there, Zenia thought. She started down an alleyway in hopes of finding some info. Suddenly, the noise of a crate crashing to the ground was heard. The cloaked girl quickly turned around to see what had caused it to fall, but nothing was there. That wasn't just the wind. Someone's here…
She cautiously stepped over to the overturned box, only to find a ladder leading down into some sort of passage. Zenia then decided to go down and investigate. Carefully, she clambered down the frozen metal ladder and set her feet down on the smooth rock surface. She called out, "Anyone here?"
A response to her question came from deeper in the cavern, not too far from her. "No one but usss."
Three snake-like figures immerged from the darkness. They were none other than a group of Venomari! Zenia backed up a step. Okay, so I'm outnumbered. That might be a problem. She whipped out her pair of silver shurkins. "This one's feisty," one of the Serpentine commented.
"No, I am just simply defending myself," she replied.
Another Venomari shook his scaly head and raised his weapon. "That's beside the point. Prepare to take your last breath, girlie!"
Zenia smiled darkly. "If you insist…"
With precision, she threw her pointed ninja stars at the snakes, successfully knocking the weapon out of one's hand, and bowling another over. The remaining snake scowled at his white-cloaked foe. "I'm not going to let you win that easily!"
He charged at Zenia, she almost instantly regained her weapons, and got into a defensive stance. The Venomari was just about to strike her in the face when she dropped low to the ground, surprising her foe and giving her a chance to counterattack. She lashed out with a sudden rapid low sweep to the snake. "Gah!"
The Serpentine attacker fell on to his back. Zenia felt a bit of enjoyment at seeing this. "Well, it was nice meeting you, but I have to leave."
She dashed over to the ladder before he got up. Skillfully, Zenia climbed back up and sealed the passage with some other boxes. That was close. Now to figure out what the group from earlier are up to. She started down the alleyway yet again, only to have a Fangpyre run past her. What in Ninjago? Just then, she spotted four ninjas, possibly chasing the Fangpyre, heading down the same alleyway. I faced three Venomari, only to have this happen!
She looked to the side, watching as they went past. Zenia tried to move towards the nearby wall so she wouldn't get in the way. Apparently, she didn't move fast enough, because she crashed into the white ninja, accidently swiping his hood off. He quickly told her that he didn't mean to, pulled his hood back on, and then followed after his friends.
Zenia was shocked. The white ninja didn't just have the same name as her brother, he looked just like him! Is it possible? Could he actually be my long-lost brother?