Hi, I'm TRikiD and I like warm hugs. I can thank ML-Awesomeness for giving me the idea of the big surprise in this chapter. Read on if you want to live and find out.

Chapter 2 – Under our spell

The Green Ninja of Creation and his girlfriend were trapped in a flaming rainforest, and the fire was only getting worse as it burned a path to get closer. But that wasn't the worst that could happen; suddenly a huge tree that was completely on fire fell to the ground and toward Lloyd and Kate.

Kate and Lloyd gasped when they saw the flaming tree fall after them, so they went in different directions causing the tree to fall right between them.

The tree and the flames burning it were too large, keeping Lloyd and Kate apart.

"Lloyd!" Kate shouted over the flaming tree. Lloyd got as close as he could without being burned.

"We need to go around! Run until you get to the cliff and meet me there!" Lloyd shouted firmly.

"But what about the necklaces?!" Kate exclaimed. The enchanted black crystal necklaces Pythor put on Lloyd and Kate's necks still remained; both were still stuck working in unison.

"Then just stay as inward as you can, and be careful!" Lloyd replied and ran off until Kate could no longer see him through the fire and smoke.

Kate reluctantly turned and ran off as well. But as Kate ran the magic shackle keeping her and Lloyd connected began to appear, and so did the purple electric magnetic line; keeping the necklaces link. Kate continued to run, but she suddenly tripped and fell over a tree root sticking out of the ground. But when Kate flipped herself back over; she saw that it wasn't a tree root, it was the long snake tail of Skales, general of the Serpentine tribe known as the Hypnobrai.

"We're back. Do you remember me?" Skales asked darkly as he towered over Kate. Kate was about to get up and run away, but the long snake tail of Skalidor, general of the Constrictai Serpentine tribe, quickly wrapped his strong tail around Kate's neck and even gagged her with his massive, black scaled, clawed hands. Kate was panicking inside, but she didn't want to show an old enemy that she was scared, so she remained as physically calm as possible. Suddenly the other tribe generals, Fangtom of the Fangpyre, and Acidicus of the Venomarai, both slithered out from the dense tropical forest plants and glared at Kate.

"You caused the fire," Kate said matter-of-factly.

"Sssssssmart little girl we have here, boyssss," Skales announced to the generals. Skales looked at Skalidor and nodded, giving Skalidor the signal to tighten his tail's grip on Kate's throat. Kate was breathing uneasily.

"We thought…you disappeared…since you…didn't…show up…during the…return…of the Great…Devourer…" Kate said between breaths as she tried to pry the tail from her neck, but to no avail.

"You humansssssss really are sssstupid. After a while, when we were alliesssss with Pythor, our trusssst for him decreasssssed. Sssso we didn't help him. Thesssssse whole yearsssss we've been hiding in the sssity. We were glad to find that Pythor wasssss eaten and killed," Skales explained.

"Why…are you telling me…this…?" Kate managed to breath.

"It'sssss ssssimple, my dear," Skales began as he slithered up to Kate and looked her right in the eyes with his hypnotizing red ringed eyes, "we want a ssssspy," Skales chuckled as his eyes began to twirl in a hypnotic way, and Kate couldn't look away from Skales' captivating eyes. Kate remained silent and still for a moment before she closed her eyes.

"What is it you need me to do, master?" Kate asked in a slow and dull tone. Skalidor pulled Kate's head toward his face as he grinned. Skalidor pulled Kate's ear up to his mouth and he licked the side of Kate's face.

"We want you to keep up a little act. All you have to do issss gather information. And when we tell you to—you will kill them," Skalidor hissed with a smile into Kate's ear.

"Yes, my masters," Kate said softly as her eyes remained closed.

"Then get out!" Skalidor boomed and he tossed Kate's body like a rag doll. Kate was flung a good few yards before she landed. Luckily, Kate landed out of the fire that was burning everything. Kate grunted when she hit the ground, but she shook it off as she slowly stood up.

"Kill them," Kate said to herself as her eyes finally opened. Kate shook her head and saw an opening leading out of the forest and to a cliff. Kate ran until she was out and at the edge of the cliff; over looking miles of white clouds that kept the ground below invisible.

Kate's necklace continued to be visible, as well as the purple line, and the line lead a few yards to Kate's left. That's when Lloyd shot out from the forest and saw Kate. Lloyd ran up to Kate, causing the line and the shackles to disappear. When Lloyd reached Kate, he wasted no time in hugging her, and Kate hugged back, but she didn't look as happy to see Lloyd.

"I'm glad you're ok," Lloyd said with a smile.

"Yeah, me too," Kate said softly. But a sudden boom sound from the flaming parts of the forest caused the hug to end, and Lloyd and Kate stared at the large black smoke cloud rising from the forest.

"Damn. I'm the Green Ninja of Creation and I don't know how to control the others' elements yet. I wish I knew how to manipulate ice—like you," said Lloyd.

"Whoa, hey. I didn't make the ice heal me; the ice healed me on its own. And plus, I've absorbed their elements, and I don't know how to use them either," said Kate, "did you happen to run into who ever caused the fire?" Kate questioned.

"No," Lloyd replied.

"Neither did I," Kate said softly, but—I did see the Serpentine," Kate continued. Lloyd's eyes went wide.

"What?! Did they see you? Was Pythor there?" Lloyd asked with worry.

"No, I didn't see Pythor. But the other four generals were there. I was smart enough to not be seen," Kate replied. But a sudden loud roar emitted from the clouds below the cliff. A large lump was moving rapidly through the clouds and toward Lloyd and Kate. The object causing the lump flew up with its large pair of green scaled wings. Yup, it was Titan. Titan didn't really grow by much, but he flew on toward his rider and Kate, and he was even wearing a large leather saddle. Titan landed next to the young adults and lowered himself so Lloyd and Kate could mount. After Lloyd was mounted he reached a hand to Kate and helped her up. Kate smirked as she took Lloyd's hand and sat behind him as she wrapped her arms around his torso.

"Take us to Ninjago City, Titan!" Lloyd exclaimed happily. Titan wasted no time in obeying his rider, so he opened his wings and took flight as he once again flew into the clouds and out of sight.

Uh-oh...but wait a minute. Isn't Kate blind? I guess you'll all just have to keep reading to find out what's going on with Kate.