Alyssa's POV
After seeing a black mist surround me, I woke up in a black nothingness, utterly confused. I looked around and saw a figure approach me. In the darkness of the void I only saw her when she was right in my face... Mel...
"Where am I?! And what are YOU doing here?!" I demanded answers. Mel just smirked and looked me over.
"We are in your mind, I came here to talk to you." She seemed content...
"WELL I DON'T WANNA TALK TO YOU! YOU KILLED MY FAMILY!" I shouted.
"Oh, so you admit it..." Mel said with a wicked grin. I stood shocked. I did... Why did I suddenly believe her? As if reading my mind, she answered.
"You had dreams after they died, dreams of them being killed by a woman... The doctor said they were just horror nightmare of the experience, but you and I both know, you had these dreams BEFORE then too... Just like those dreams of fire, before the fire." And as such, realization hit me like a brick. I did have those dreams before, but, what does she mean?
"What are you getting at?" I asked, confused.
"Why my dear, how can you be so blind? You can see the future..." It was that rare moment when things made sense, and yet I understood nothing. Suddenly I realized every big or important event in my life I dreamed or daydreamed about, even some small unimportant things. I couldn't believe I didn't see it.
"Why are you telling me this? And why does it matter?" Mel approached me, a bit too close for comfort...
"You hold more powers than you realize... Powers I can use... But for now I'll leave you be to learn what you are, just know that one day I'll be coming... And you'll be my slave..." Mel moved backwards fast as lightning and grew into a black mist with glowing red eyes. She lunged at me, and I screamed my lungs out.
Suddenly I was sitting up screaming and after finally calming down, realized I was screaming in the real world on a doctor's office like table. People were near me, but I couldn't notice. I was scared stuff in a cold sweat. I stared at the wall barely able to blink as my heart pounded in fear. Thanks to Mel, I woke up a broken wreck, in all sense of the word.
"Alyssa?! Are you okay?" Cole's voice broke into my concentration. "Y-yeah..." I muttered, still shaking. Zane walked forwards. "You seemed to be in some sort of trance or nightmare. Do you know what happened?" I shook my head. "I-I guess it w-was just a d-dream..." Cole looked guilty. "If we had thought of anyone attacking the Bounty, none of this would've happened!"
I frowned. "Toria and I thought of that, Toria keeps all sorts off gadgets in her room if we need to protect ourselves. At least nothing too bad happened." he nodded, but I knew he still felt guilty. "Where are the others?" "Yeah, about that..."
Toria's POV
I stood near the door of the game room, eyes watching the others. Lloyd and Jay were playing video games.
And Kai was still suffering the effects of Venomari spit. "WHY IS JAY PLAYING GAMES WITH A PANDA?!" I facepalmed. "That's Lloyd..." Kai looked at me. "WHY IS THE TOOTHFAIRY STANDING IN THE DOORWAY!?" "Just wait until the venom clears up and you can fight with him all you want..." I muttered to myself.
I looked at the clock, seeing it was about time for dinner. "Who wants to set the table? It's Cole's turn to cook..." the others shook their heads, and I sighed. "You guys make sure Kai doesn't hurt himself..." I went and began setting the table.
Cole's POV
I went to the kitchen, since it was my turn to cook. I saw Alyssa getting out some ingredients. "What're you doing?" I asked, and she jumped slightly. "Just thought I'd cook tonight..." "But it's my turn to cook." she was quiet for a moment, then smiled. "How about I help you cook?" I smiled and nodded. She got out the stuff to begin cooking.
I began heading towards the cabinet for something, when she grabbed my wrist. "What are you getting?" "Hotsauce." she sighed and facepalmed. "I don't think this recipe for shrimp called for hotsauce." "...So?" she sighed again.
She pointed to the recipe. "No hotsauce for this, see?" I sighed and nodded. She corrected me when I needed it, but said I'm a pretty decent chef when I have someone to watch me.
She checked that everything was either cooking or finished. I smiled and watched her as my mind began drifting.
I thought of how I met Alyssa and Toria, how I had saved Alyssa from Snappa, how she had hugged me, how embarrassed I was, but how good it felt.
She smiled and turned around. "Everything should be ready in a few minutes and everything will be done." I smiled at her. "Hey, remember how you hugged me after I saved you from Snappa?" she blushed and nodded. "Well, I've been thinking about it, and..." "And what?"
"I-I think I-I l-like you, a-alot..." she blushed and hugged me like she had done after I saved her. "I-I like you t-too..." I bent down to kiss her, but...
"Uh... Cole?" I looked up to see Zane, Jay, and Kai standing in the doorway. "We were gonna ask why nothing was burning... but we'll leave you alone..." Alyssa and I just stood there awkwardly, when Toria popped her head in. "Would ya two love birds either kiss and get dinner ready or just get the food out here? I'm hungry!" she then headed back to the dining room, but I heard her snickering.
Alyssa let go of me and went around getting stuff ready for dinner, then taking it out to the dining room. I helped, still blushing. We all sat in our places, Nya, Kai, me, then Alyssa on the left. And on the right Jay, Lloyd, Toria, Zane. Sensei always sat at the edge of the table.
"So just when we were about to fight it, this huge mechanical robot-" "Samurai, it was Samurai." Zane interrupted Jay.
"Samu- what?" Lloyd asked. "Samurai, highest level in fighting class. They would serve with honor, and fight with nobility." Sensei explained. "He was a hundred feet high, with weapons coming out of every part of him," Kai said, and we all sighed.
"Look at Sensei's beard," he whispered to me. "It's moving like snakes." I shook my head and Nya faceplamed.
"When does this Venomari stuff wear off, it's gettin' annoying." Toria said. Kai slammed food onto his face, and she snickered. Jay, Zane, and Lloyd just looked at him weird.
"Okay, don't let this mysterious Samurai cloud what's really important," I began. "The four Serpentine tribes have been unleashed, and if Pythor can unite them, the legends state that some Great Devourer is gonna consume the land, and-" "Great Devour?" Alyssa asked. "I don't know, but it's one can of worms I don't wanna see opened."
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't opened the first hatch, none of this would've happened." Lloyd said as he rested his chin on his hand. "We cannot change the past, but we can effect the future," Sensei said. "At least we have the sacred flute in our possession."
"Yeah," Jay coughed. "About that..." "Pythor... sort of.. stole it." Zane said, rubbing the back of his head. "The last sacred flute, gone?" Sensei asked. He sighed. "You four, are Ninjago's last hope." the alarm began going off. "Cold vision must've caught something! That means the Serpentine are near!" Nya said.
"Oh no, Ninjago city," I asked as we ran to the bridge. "How many are there?" "Looks like all of them." Kai said. "Pythor must be trying to unite them." Zane stated.
"Go, we mustn't let the five tribes unite!" Sensei shouted as we ran to our room for our ninja suits. "NINJAAA-GOO!"
we all did Spinjiztu. Kai spun around until he fell over, still in his PJs. Zane looked at his pink ninja outfit and sighed. "I must get this taken care of."
"Don't worry, it'll wear off soon. For now, you're coming with me." Jay said, pulling Kai up. Kai and Jay jumped off the Bounty, Kai screaming like a girl. I jumped off, and Zane followed. Jay pulled out his nunckucks and made them into the Storm Fighter.
I turned towards Zane. "I love the smell of ground hurtling towards you in the middle of the night!" I changed my scythe into the Thread Assault, and Zane turned his shurikens into the Ice Speeder.
We landed in a back ally. "Ninjago City... Amazing." Zane said. "I've heard stories of this place... Biggest city in all of Ninjago." Kai said. "I always wanted to come here." Jay stated.
"I always dreamed of one day being on a billboard here." I said. "Me too." said Jay. "Yeah, I did too." Kai agreed. "Uh, but may I remind you. Where are the snakes?" Zane said.
"We should be standing in the middle of a massive Serpentine gathering." we heard a slight rattle, and turned to see it coming from a sewer grate. "Ehn, I hate snakes..."
We jumped into it, seeing snakes from the tribes arguing. "That's a lot of snakes." I said. "What're we gonna do?" Jay asked. "I have an idea," Kai said. "Follow my lead." we ran after him.
Pythor continued his speech as we got in position. "That sounds like a great plan, but you know the HYBONBRAI will screw it up." Kai said. "Who sssaid that?" "Those buck teeth can bite my rear end." Jay whispered. "Hun?" "I bet the Venomari have been drinking their own venom." "All that digging must've given them dirt for brains."
"What's going on? Why am I losing them?" I ran to catch up to the others. Suddenly, I felt the ground fall beneath me. I screamed in surprise.
Zane's POV
I saw the ground under Cole and Kai fall, leaving just Jay and I. We began running at top speed, when three Constrictai came up and grabbed Jay. I turned towards them. "RUUUN!" I began walking towards him, when more Constrictai came up and chased me.
I ran into a tunnel and saw a part of the wall that stuck out a bit. I pressed myself against whatever was behind it and held my breath. They walked away, and I turned around to look at what I was in front of.
It was a pink ad, and I looked at my suit, letting out a small gasp. I snuck back, hearing the snakes still arguing. I saw Mezmo open a door, revealing the others.
I swung over head on a rope. "Look, a pink ninja!" Chokun shouted, pointing to me. "GO PINK NINJA GO!" I kicked Pythor and Skales from their perch and cut the others free.
"Now, let's get out of here!" the serpentine chased us as we swung to a tunnel, and we ran at top speed as they followed. "Let us, blow this popsicle stand, ninjaaa-gooo!" I shouted as I formed Spinjiztu,
"Popsicle stand, ha ha, I like it!" Jay said. I stopped spinning and pulled out my shurikens. I covered the walls and floors in ice. I threw them forwards and caught them as they came back, turning them into my Ice Glider.
Cole, Kai, and Jay all jumped on behind me, and I started off at full speed as the serpentine ran after us.
Kai's POV
The Venomari spit had finally worn off as I sat down with the others. "You know, weather it was in a lesson book or not, we used the destructive power of rumors to out advantage." Cole said. "And now the serpentine are further away then ever getting their act together." I agreed.
"Y'know, I don't think we would've gotten out of their it hadn't been for Zane." Jay stated. "Don't thank me, thank Toria. If it hadn't been for her 'laundry skills', we all would've been found." we all laughed.
Just the, Toria walked in. "Here Zane, it took my twenty loads, but your suit's no longer pink." Lloyd stood up from the table, "And to show that I'm sorry, Cole, I got you can of nuts!" he said, pulling some out as Toria smirked.
"Yeah, don't think I don't see what this is. When I open this a bunch of snakes are gonna pop out, right? No thank you." we walked over to the fridge, he opened it, and a bunch of rubber snakes lunged out at him.
"Gah!" everyone but Cole laughed, and Toria fist-bumped Lloyd. Alyssa walked over and held out her hand, which he took, and pulled him up. He soon began laughing along with us.
