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No, Pinkie Pie, don't come in here, and I don't want a cupcake! I seemed to have broke my Pinkie Pie promise for making later chapters longer. My readers, you are my last hope. Save my from this pink murdering equine, please!


Chapter 9 – Spill the beans, Rattla

"What did the thief look like, ma'am?" Kai asked a, by the looks of it, shocked old lady as she clutched her purse close to her. He and the other ninja, along with Kate, were aiding the lady because she was nearly robbed.

"Ooh dear, he was very odd looking. He was some scaly, alien thing. And he went down the ally," the elderly woman said, in a southern accent too, shakily and pointed down the ally they were standing beside.

"And, what did he steal?" Kate asked slowly.

"Uh, what? Oh, he didn't steal anything?" the lady began with a chuckle, "my purse is always empty. I just carry it around because it's my comfort abject, dear," she continued sweetly, but the others gave her a look of concern.

"There's something wrong with you," the childish Jay pointed out, getting him a slap upside the head by Cole.

"Do not worry, Madame. My colleagues and I will see if we can pursue the thief," Zane said calmly.

"Thank you, dear," the old lady said and walked meekly away.

"You know, she sounded just like my grandma, Kathy," Jay said with a grin, but then realization hit his face, "wait a minute," Jay continued.

"Are we going after the Serpentine we thought violated that lady, or are we just gonna sit here?" Cole cut in. No one said anything as they all made their descend down the dark ally. The sun was setting over Ninjago, so the ally wasn't really lit up in the first place.

Lloyd was trailing behind; he was dragging his feet and hanging his head. Something was obviously on his mind. Something was obviously bothering Lloyd.

"Why are you so quiet, kid?" Kai asked, as he, along with the others, noticed Lloyd's silence.

"Sorry. I-it's just—I never thought I'd see my mom, and I didn't even know she was alive. All this time she was out there. Could she have known where I was this entire time? And if she did, would she have wanted to find me?" Lloyd asked softly.

"Lloyd, we've all gone through family drama before. I'm sure this is no different," Kate said softly.

"Shut up!" Kai exclaimed, making everyone stop and glare at Kai, "you hear that?" Kai asked quietly. Everyone listened and heard the rattling snake tail.

"That's a Hypnobrai's rattle tail," Lloyd pointed out. Lloyd was right because from behind a pile of garbage bags, a Hypnobrai that was covered mostly in white scales and had a big white hood, jumped out of hiding and sprinted toward the other end of the ally. Everyone else sprinted after the snake, but Cole was just a bit faster than the snake, so he was first to catch him and pin him down.

The Hypnobrai was pinned down face first against the black-top ground, and Cole was straddling his back, while holding the snake's arm in a position in case it needed to be broken. They were going to get answers out of this one. Everyone scowled down at the snake, who was no breathing heavily and whimpering.

"What's your name?" asked Jay.

"R-rattla," the Hypnobrai called Rattla replied. Kate suddenly took out a small gun, but she wasn't aiming at Rattla…yet.

"If you don't give us any information, you'll go on your merry ways with a broken arm. Now, you can walk away and live with a broken bone—but you certainly can't live with a bullet through your brain," Kate said and cocked the gun. Rattla's breathing was becoming more rapid as his red ringed eyes became wide.

"I'm not telling a bitch like you anything!" Rattla said as he suddenly put on a game face and hissed while baring his fangs.

"You're pushing it," Cole grunted as he pulled on Rattla's arm, but not enough to break it. Rattla grunted in pain.

"Ok, ok. Garmadon isssss alive," Rattla admitted, making everyone, especially Lloyd, surprised, "he took the golden weaponssssss and made them into a new and more powerful weapon. Callsssss it the Mega Weapon. He usssssed it to create the Grundle," Rattla explained. Everyone looked at each other and back at Rattla.

"What's he planning now?" asked Kai.

"I'm not talking anymore!" Rattla said angrily. Cole looked up at everyone. His eyes saying, "Can I do it now?" so everyone looked away; giving Cole the opportunity to bend Rattla's arm backwards enough so that it finally snapped and broke. Cole got off of Rattla and Rattla cried as he rolled onto his side and looked at his poor broken arm.

"Alright! He usssssed the Mega Weapon again to make a bizarro-ninja team to fight againsssst you ninja," Rattla cried, "pleassssse, jusssst let me go. I won't tell him I told you anything," Rattla pleaded between sniffles. Everyone looked at Kate, but she was staring into Rattla's eyes.

"What was that you called me? A bitch, right?" Kate asked, and suddenly shot Rattla in the head without warning. Blood and pieces of Rattla's head went flying. Sure it was brutal, but none of the boys were surprised at Kate; suddenly Kate shook her head as she threw the gun at Rattla's dead body and stomped out of the ally.

"I-I'd better go with her. You guys just go back to the dojo," Lloyd said quietly and ran after Kate. So the ninja and Lloyd went their separate ways. It was quiet for a few moments as the ninja walked down the sidewalk.

"You think what Rattla said back there was true? Are we really going to fight bizarro versions of ourselves?" Jay asked with worry.

"I highly doubt it," Cole said flatly.

"Yeah, and besides, if the rest of the Serpentine never had much of a spine, just like Rattla, then there's no way they'll survive my fire power," Kai said while getting too cocky. The other three glared at him.

"We are a team, Kai. All four of us are powerful; even if there is an 'I' in 'ninja'," Zane pointed out. Kai scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"But still, clearly Rattla was telling the truth. Garmadon did create the Grundle. So it is possible that he used this 'Mega Weapon' to make evil versions of ourselves to destroy us. So I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to keep my eyes peeled," Cole explained firmly.


Pinky Pie's still at the door...*squeak of fear*I've barricaded the door, I should be safe for now...I still could use some help, readers! Anyway, you could probably tell by now that Kate's a bad ass.

It's me...

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