RandomDragon: Bold guess, but we'll have to wait and see! Also, I would love to know who you think Snake Jaguar is! :)
A/N: Merry belated Christmas guys! Sorry this took so long... Christmas happened! lol I am sorry. I will update again as soon as possible. :)
Well guys, here we are: Chapter 10! Stay tuned till the end of the chapter to see if we have met The Walker's civilian form yet!
Hope you guys enjoy! :D
Chapter 10: Burn
Friday, 5:00 PM
"I'm almost done with mine!" a female voice called.
Nya was currently in her room, getting her ninja suit done. After tirelessly working for the past few days, the young artist was feeling quite knocked.
However, beating up bad guys in a badass suit in exchange for losing a little sleep?
It was worth it to her!
All of their designs were basically the same, with a few minor logo changes. They all resembled their element in some way, whether it be fading to fire or crumbling into rocks, maybe even conforming to water, it had something to do with their elemental power. And, of course, they were all their favorite colors.
Kai's suit was a vibrant shade of red, while Cole's suit was a mixture of dark gray and black, with a little bit of brown. Zane's suit was a mixture of titanium silver and regular white, while Jay's was pretty much all blue, and Lloyd's was a mixture of several shades of green. Skylor's suit was orange with maroon red sleeves, mask, and hood. Morro's suit was sleeveless dark green shirt and pants, with ropes to hold on to his logo, and black boots. Chamille's suit was a purple top, pants, and boots, with a dark mauve mask over her eyes. (A.N: Basically the 'Hands of Time' suits, Skylor's 'Skybound' suit, and Morro and Chamille's regular suits.)
And her suit, you ask? It was pretty much all dark silver with aqua blue padding and short sleeves, with black slightly-heeled boots and fingerless gloves. She also had a titanium loin guarding skirt above her sleek pants.
Because although she was awesome, she couldn't fight crime in just a skirt.
"And... done!" she exclaimed triumphantly.
She looked at her vigilante clothing with complete and utter satisfaction, smiling widely.
Working with The Walker, Ninjago's hero... nothing could be a more thrilling experience!
"Now, lets give it a fit," Nya said. "I swear, if it doesn't fit..."
Let's just say we don't need to finish that sentence.
Anyway, the suit fit perfectly. Everything slid into place correctly, nothing making her uncomfortable.
"I'm ready!" she called.
"We are too!" Cole's voice yelled.
Nya eagerly skipped into the living room, and stopped immediately.
Seeing all of her friends in ninja uniforms was awesome.
"Ah! You all look so so so so good!" she said, jumping on her toes.
"Just wait until the bank robbers and burglars get a load of this," Skylor chuckled. "They won't even know what hit em."
"Exactly!" Kai put in. "Now... what do we do?"
"I don't know," Cole said, shrugging.
Suddenly, a vortex opened underneath all of their feet, and they fell through, only to be in the training room.
Along with Ronin, Sensei Wu, The Walker, Samurai VXL, Pixal, and the rest of their suited-up vigilante friends.
"Sorry about that dramatic entrance," Ronin said. "We just wanted the whole gang to be here!"
"It was a requirement that you all showed up," Sensei Wu said. "We need to assign weapons to you all."
"Pardon me for asking, Sensei," Zane said, "but why do we need weapons, when we have elements at our fingertips?"
"Good question Zane," Sensei Wu said. "Samurai VXL, would you please take the question?"
"Absolutely," Samurai VXL said. "You all need to know how to fight with weapons, and not just your elements. Anybody you run into could secretly have the power to take it all away."
"What kinda enemy could do that?" Jay asked.
"It is probably for the better that you all don't ask," The Walker said. "There is quite a lot of shit that goes down in Ninjago."
"I'm not saying you're wrong, but why don't we all just use guns?" Morro asked.
"Because it takes too long to load them. It would also be a nightmare for our expenses," The Walker said.
"And giving teenagers with these powers guns? Someone would be dead in seconds," Pixal commented.
"She ain't wrong," Cole muttered.
"So what do we have to choose from?" Chamille asked.
"Katanas, bows and arrows, and then there's a hammer, and many more things," The Walker said. "Come, we have work to do."
With that, everyone walked out of the room, following The Walker. Lloyd was last out, but something stopped him.
"Lloyd?"
He whipped around, throwing his hood off in the process.
There was Garmadon.
"Dad?!" Lloyd exclaimed. "I-Is it really-"
"No, son, it isn't," Garmadon said. "I am a figure made in your mind. However, it is my thoughts that are interacting with yours."
"But how?" Lloyd asked.
"I couldn't tell you, for you wouldn't understand," Garmadon said. "However, there is one thing you must know."
"Yeah dad?" Lloyd asked.
"Son," Garmadon began.
There was a pause.
"I am-"
Suddenly, Lloyd's eyes became moist, and he rubbed them as fast as he could. But when he looked up...
Garmadon had disappeared.
"Lloyd?" Samurai VXL called out. "You coming?"
"Uh..." Lloyd muttered, "Y-Yeah, I'm coming."
With that, Lloyd pulled his hood back up, and raced to catch up with the samurai.
However, there was one thing he didn't know.
The security camera...
Mr. E had hacked into it, and had seen everything.
Mr. E knelt down in his room, on a lowered desk of sorts. On said desk were knives, shurikens, and other equipment. In his hand was one of his blood red katanas, and the other contained a brick he was using to sharpen said sword.
He needed to be ready... if what the footage showed him was real, his team would be preparing to clash with another team.
That team...
He needed to stop it, make it crumble and fall at all costs.
And what better way than to turn one of their own against them?
Lloyd was the obvious choice, since they already planned to kidnap and corrupt him.
But he also considered any of them good choices, especially a certain few he recognized...
"Hey. Bad time?"
Mr. E stood up, looking in the reflective glass of his sword, only to find Snake Jaguar standing in the doorway.
"No, but what do you want?" Mr. E asked sharply. He wasn't in a good mood.
"Sounds like it is," Snake Jaguar muttered. "Anyway, I saw the footage. We need to send a warning out. That we are coming for him."
"Like what?" Mr. E asked. "What would get his attention?"
"I could do a number of things," Snake Jaguar said. "I could just go right for him, it would be quickest."
"No, we can't do that," Mr. E said, turning to face Snake Jaguar. "We need to lure him out."
"You do realize that's not gonna be easy, right?" Snake Jaguar said. "I mean, if you're gonna kill him-"
Mr. E snapped, throwing a knife directly past Snake Jaguar's head, and the blade buried itself in the wall.
"I am NOT going to kill him," Mr. E firmly stated.
"Then what the hell are you gonna do?" Snake Jaguar asked.
Mr. E sighed. "I'm just going to make him wish he was dead."
"I see," Snake Jaguar muttered.
"Anyway, I have a plan to get his attention," Mr. E said. "Come, look at this."
Snake Jaguar walked over, and looked at the piece of paper next to one of Mr. E's knives.
"Its just an address," Snake Jaguar muttered.
"For one of Ninjago's busiest marketplaces," Mr. E replied. "If we cause some ruckus there, surely they'll notice."
"All of the S.O.G.?" Snake Jaguar asked.
"All of them," Mr. E said, grabbing his swords.
Mr. E and Snake Jaguar then walked out, ready to gather up the biker gang.
"Listen up people!" Mr. E exclaimed, walking into the break room, where his teammates were. "We've got our first mission since regrouping!"
"Killow likes that!" Killow exclaimed.
"Where are we ransacking?" Luke asked, temporarily facing away from his doughnut.
"We aren't ransacking, we're destroying," Mr. E chuckled.
"While all of this sounds awesome, love," Ultra Violet said, "what is the full purpose of this?"
"We need to lure out Lloyd Garmadon, and set him straight," Mr. E said.
"What's the purpose?" Chopper asked.
"You all will see," Mr. E said, a smirk on his face underneath his biker helmet.
And with that, the Sons Of Garmadon prepared themselves for their first mission.
What a time it would be...
6:00 PM
The ninja had now chosen their respective weapons.
Kai had chosen the dual katanas, Nya had chosen the spear, Lloyd had chosen the scimitar, Jay had chosen the flail, Cole had chosen the hammer, Zane and Skylor had chosen the bow and arrows, Morro had chosen the sword, and Chamille had chosen the "Jade Blade".
"Alright, you all look prepared enough with your weapons," The Walker said, standing in front of his apprentices.
"Uh... were you thinking about doing a field test?" Ronin asked.
"Not until tomorrow," The Walker said, looking at Ronin.
"Yeah, you might wanna take a look at this," Ronin said, handing The Walker his phone.
The Walker took Ronin's phone into his prosthetic hand, and looked at the video and article.
"My god," The Walker whispered.
"What is it?" Kai asked.
"Ronin, get us a portal as close as you can to this marketplace," The Walker said, handing him back his phone.
"I can get us to a nearby roof," Ronin said.
"Good enough," The Walker said.
"But we haven't even had any training with these weapons," Nya said.
"Well, consider this your training," Pixal said. "This attack looks pretty bad."
"Let's go!" Ronin said, opening the vortex.
With that, the vigilante team ran through the vortex, and onto the rooftop.
It was like pure chaos.
"We need to help the civilians, and stop whoever is making all of this chaos," Samurai VXL said.
"You, Ronin, Kai, Chamille, Lloyd, go after the rioters," The Walker said. "I'll go too. The rest of you, get the civilians to safety."
"Why do they get to have all of the fun?" Cole asked.
"Because I said so," The Walker said.
The Walker then launched a cable arrow to a lamp post, and used his bow to grapple down. The rest of the team followed short, and quickly split off to try and tame the chaos. Currently, Jay was rushing over to help a trapped civilian.
"Please, help me!" the kid called, looking to be about 14 years of age.
"Hey, don't worry buddy, we're here to help!" Jay said, removing the broken crates on the kids back.
As he helped him up, the kid suddenly started laughing. He then proceeded to punch Jay in the face.
"I know! I'm Chopper Maroon, proud S.O.G member," Chopper said. "I want to kill you."
"Not cool dude!" Jay exclaimed, pulling out his flail.
"You know what else isn't cool? That outfit!" Chopper screamed.
"You just want me to toss a lightning bolt up your ass, don't you?" Jay asked.
"No," Chopper said. "I want to put this wrench right through your-"
He was cut off by a bullet planting itself in his left leg. Chopper fell to the ground, weakened severely by the shot.
Jay looked up...
And there was Kumail.
"Kumail?" Jay asked himself softly.
But Kumail had already made his departure before Jay could talk with his other-realm brother.
Chamille, however, was running over to where she thought she heard screaming.
And her ears didn't deceive her.
However, what she heard wasn't real screaming.
When she got there, all she saw was Snake Jaguar.
"Finally, I get to meet you," Snake Jaguar said. "The name's Snake Jaguar. Pleased to meet you. Mr. E has said much about you."
"I would be honored," Chamille said, "if I knew who this Mr. E was."
"Oh trust me, you will get to know him," Snake Jaguar said, drawing his sword. "For now, its just me and you."
"I'll gladly kick your ass instead," Chamille joyously stated.
And with that, the two charged at each other in battle.
Needless to say, Chamille was not as skilled a fighter as was Snake Jaguar.
He was easily able to counter every move she made.
Every punch. Every kick. Everything.
Finally, he got her in a position where her arm was twisted, cutting off her breath.
"Y'know, I could swear you were trained by The Walker," Snake Jaguar said. "You don't look like it though."
He finally delivered a punch to the back of her head, knocking her out.
Suddenly, there was an arrow that planted itself in the ground next to him. He looked up, and there was The Walker.
"Ah, you again," Snake Jaguar muttered. "So nice of you to join us."
"Really? If you think that, unhand my ally, and let us talk," The Walker said.
"I would, but your other ally, Lloyd, might need to talk more than you," Snake Jaguar said.
The Walker slowly processed what that statement meant, and quickly tried to contact Lloyd, but got no response.
"Now, if I were you, I would go help the rest of your team," Snake Jaguar said. "But, then again, I ain't you."
The Walker didn't hesitate to fire a cable arrow towards where he heard his team calling for help, even though it thoroughly irked him to leave Chamille at the hands of Snake Jaguar, and only God knew what the heck had happened to Lloyd.
And now, his team was surrounded by the other three S.O.G. members. Mr. E had been the one to take Lloyd, and Chopper had been the one to take a bullet to the knee.
"Unhand my team!" The Walker yelled.
"Should we, boys?" Ultra Violet asked.
"I don't know," Luke said. "Killow, what do you think?"
"Killow thinks... Killow and his friends should destroy them!" Killow exclaimed.
"While I am supportive of that, Mr. E kidnapped Lloyd," Ultra Violet said. "Our work here is done."
"Eh, she's right," Luke muttered. "C'mon Killow, let's scram."
"Killow wants to beat someone up though!" Killow protested. However, he grabbed the other two S.O.G. members, and jumped away.
"What happened to Lloyd?" Skylor asked.
"I... don't know," The Walker said solemnly.
"Well, where's Chamille?" Morro asked.
"She was kidnapped," The Walker said. "We need to regroup."
"He's right," Zane said. "We're vulnerable like this. We need a plan and time to recuperate."
And with that, even though hope seemed lost, the ninja wouldn't give up.
It was their first night out in the field.
And dammit, it wouldn't be their last.
11:00 PM
"He's coming to... make sure you don't spill any info."
Lloyd's eyes were heavy, and his entire body hurt all over.
When he opened his eyes, however, he noticed he was strapped down on a chair. And he was shocked to see...
Mr. E and Snake Jaguar.
"I didn't expect such a fine job," Mr. E said, chuckling. "You're good Snake Jaguar."
"I know," Snake Jaguar said.
"What the... where am I?" Lloyd asked, his vision hazy.
"Wakey wakey eggs and-oh, never mind," Mr. E muttered.
"Who are you people? Where am I?" Lloyd asked, now a bit more fierce.
"I'm Mr. E, and that's Snake Jaguar," Mr. E said. "Also, we brought Chamille here too."
"WHAT?!" Lloyd yelled. "How could you?!"
"Zip it, shorty," Snake Jaguar growled.
"At ease, Snake," Mr. E said, putting his hand out. "We mustn't frighten our guest."
"Yeah, like that hasn't been done already," Snake Jaguar muttered.
"What do you people want with us?" Lloyd asked.
"Why, to be your main adversaries of course!" Mr. E exclaimed, as if it were obvious. "We don't want to kill you either... but we can't guarantee no scratches."
"Torture me all you like, you will never get what you want, no matter what it is," Lloyd growled ominously.
"Oh, trust me," Mr. E said, "we will get what we want."
"You could at least tell me," Lloyd said.
Mr. E was now smiling underneath his biker helmet. "Leave us, Snake Jaguar."
Snake Jaguar nodded, and walked out of the room, leaving Lloyd and Mr. E alone.
"Please... just don't hurt Chamille," Lloyd begged. "I'll do whatever you want... just leave her ALONE!"
"Well then, here's what I want you to do," Mr. E said. "Look at yourself in my visor."
Lloyd did so, and cringed. He had been given quite the beating. A black eye was already starting to form, and blood had crusted around his nose and cheeks.
"Now, does it hurt more? To see yourself like that?" Mr. E asked.
"Kinda... why are you doing this?" Lloyd asked.
"To show you what you need to become," Mr. E said. "Exactly one week and one day ago, I told myself that you would become exactly like me."
"Ha, give up on that," Lloyd smirked. "I will never be like you."
Mr. E chuckled, "Think what you will, we are already similar in so many ways..."
Mr. E then slowly raised his hands, and removed his biker helmet.
Lloyd felt his breath get stuck, and almost felt his heart stop beating.
"Now, I assume you get my point," Mr. E said. "I say we are already similar..."
There was a pause...
"Because I am you. I am Lloyd Garmadon of Realm-16."
Well, there ya go! Mr. E is indeed Lloyd of Realm-16!
But... we still have to answer one question: Have we met The Walker's civilian form yet?
Well, it's time to say it...
Guys... As of Chapter 10...
WE HAVE OFFICIALLY MET THE WALKER'S CIVILIAN FORM! :D
However, how did he appear? Picture? Real life? Hallucination? We shall find out soon!
Until then, Merry belated Christmas! Hope to see you all in the next chapter! :)