Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago.
Chapter 10: Reunion
Cuchilla's POV
I jumped onto then Venomari's back and aimed right for his neck. He let out a small, surprised shriek before falling down. The other two snakes quickly turned to me, giving Lucine the chance to grab her dagger and stab the Fangpyre. He went down slowly, but I was busy dealing with the Hypnobrai to put him out of his misery. The Hypnobrai was swifter and more accurate than the other two. He swung his sword with great power, almost slicing my ear off a few times.
I soon saw a pattern in his attack. He didn't have a good defense. If I was with my pack, or at least in a group or with a partner, he would be easier than a fly to kill.
Lucine, if only you could understand me. I thought in vain. I saw another dagger laying a short distance away from me. If I could just, no, that's crazy! But, I really have no other choice. I argued with myself as I dodged attacks.
I launched towards the dagger, turning human in the air. As I had thought, the snake dove after me. I grabbed the dagger, and turned to stab him just in the nick of time. I stood up, pulling the dagger from the snake. I looked at Lucine, clearly terrified.
"Lucine," I began.
"Lu…Lupe? H-How? W-Wha?" speechless, as I expected, she stuttered. I tried to approach her, but she gripped her dagger tightly and aimed it to me. "D-Don't come anywhere near me."
I put my hands up in surrender, then dropped my dagger. The fight going on behind us didn't matter at all.
"Lucine, just move the dagger. Its me, its Lupe. I can explain…"
"Explain what? I think an explanation is more than appropriate." by now, she had inched forward and I had inched back. I noticed a Constrictai sneaking up behind her.
"Lucine…move, now." I tried to warn her.
"No, not until you tell me whats going on." the snake raised an axe above his head, ready to strike.
"Move, Lucine, now!" she didn't move at all, aside from the slight trembling from confusion and fear. "Sorry."
I reached into my jeans pocket and pulled out a sharp rock. I had a feeling that it would eventually help me. Before the snake could kill my sister, I ran forward, pushed her aside, knocking her down, and stabbed the snake with the rock as forcefully as I could.
I knew the Contrictai's skin would not fail to a small rock. Yet it caught him off guard and he dropped his axe, it landed inches away from the then balled up form of Lucine, trembling in utter fear.
I grabbed the axe as the snake tried to regain control, and swung it at him with full force. That was the end of him. I dropped the axe and turned to face Lucine.
"Lucine, Lucine, hey, hey, its Lupe, I'm your sister. I'm not going to hurt you. I swear." I tried to calm her down.
"Where's dad?" she asked, still frightened.
"I don't know, let's go find him." Before she got up, I added, "I'm going to turn back into a moon wolf. So don't freak out. I'm still the same sister you always knew, just a different appearance. Alright?"
"Look out!" she yelled before a Hypnobrai cut my head off. I pushed him down, though it didn't disarm him. I turned wolf and aimed for the throat, but he blocked his neck with his spear.
I clawed at his arms and legs, eventually his spear left his grip. I turned human, grabbed it, and speared him. I turned back to face her.
"Let's go, I'm getting you out." I told her. "Grab a dagger."
I took the spear with me, and she grabbed her dagger. We weaved our way through the fighting, trying to avoid as much of it as we could. We eventually made it to the ninja.
"Kai, Kai!" I got his attention.
"What?" he asked, not moving focus.
"I need to run real quick, I'll be back soon." I yelled back.
"Alright, we might bail soon, there's a lot of them."
"Tell me about it." I turned to Lucine. "Come on, follow me and keep close."
"I will," she told me.
I led her towards the hole in the wall leading to the outside. Because of the fight, no snakes guarded the exit. We swiftly made our way out of the cave and into the night. Once we were out of the snake pit, I started wondering why Lucine was in the Overworld.
"Lucine, why are you here?" I asked.
"'I go where my people go,' that's what you said." she answered.
"I didn't mean into a suicide mission. The skeletons have a good chance of beating the snakes, but the ones in the cave aren't all of them, they're only a third." I told her.
"So, what should I do? I don't want any skeletons getting hurt."
"Leave it to dad. He'll know what to do." I told her.
"Alright, I will." I could tell she was still worried, but I hopped she would calm down a bit more.
"Come on, let's get you back to the Underworld." I walked towards a portal area, but she didn't follow me. "Lucine?"
"Lupe, what are you?" she asked.
"What do you mean? I'm still your older sister."
"Yeah, but, a…a-an animal." she said hesitantly.
"A moon wolf. Its a long story." I told her.
"Whats that?" she pressed.
"Ask Wyplash, he should know. If he doesn't, I remember some books in the Underworld. Just never call a moon wolf a werewolf, ever, not even me. It…it enrages us. They are our age-old enemy." I sighed. "Anyway, its far beyond dark out. I'm changing again, because its easier for me to navigate in the dark as a she-wolf, just follow me."
I turned wolf again, and sensed Lucine's tense and hesitant nature. I huffed, then started slowly walking back to the Underworld.