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Chapter 11: All of Nothing

It was nighttime in Ninjago City.

The ninja and I were chasing a Venomari soldier who was running through the city, most likely trying to get away from us.

At the moment, I was waiting in the shadows located in an alleyway as the others were leading the snake over to where I was. I soon saw a snake-like figure enter the alleyway. As he ran towards me, I made my eyes look like they were glowing a deep red, hoping to scare him a little, and let out a growl. Near me, Kai made fire appear in front of him, lighting up the area a bit, as he walked towards the Serpent. The Venomari then got up and attempted to get away but was blocked by Cole.

"Going somewhere?" Cole asked as we crowded around the snake.

Eveyone pointed their weapons at the Venomari soldier while I bared my teeth, growling at the snake soldier.

"You thought you could joyride through town and not be noticed, huh? Where's the last Fangblade?" Jay asked in a somewhat threatening tone.

"I...don't know what you're talking about." The Venomari said, trying to act dumb.

"You know what it is. The one Pythor's trying to find to unleash the Great Devourer." Kai explained to the "clueless" snake.

"Oh...that Fangblade. Ha ha you're too late, Pythor is already there now. He's probably already digging it up." The Venomari said. "If I were you, I would start preparing for the worst because when the Great Devourer is awakened, there will be nothing it won't consume!"

"Won't that mean it will consume you to?" Zane pointed out.

The snake looked at us in realization.

"Ah! Please, you have to stop him! That snake is crazy! I don't want to unleash the Great Devourer, I'm a snake! Not food!" The Venomari exclaimed in fright.

"Is it really too late to stop Pythor from getting the last Fangblade?" Kai questioned.

"You're days behind him! There's gotta be something else you can do!" The Venomari answered.

We all looked at each other at that.

0o0o0

The five of us went back to the Bounty to tell the others about the information we have received.

"The Venomari's right. By the time we cast sail clear across the other side of Ninjago, Pythor would have already beat us to the last Fangblade." Nya explained as we looked at the screen in the bridge.

"Aw, come on guys. This is the last one! We gotta get it, we got to think of something." Jay said as he looked at the others.

"Hm.." Cole mumbled in thought.

"Hey.." Lloyd said, catching our attention. "All we have to do is just get one Fangblade to stop him, what if we take back the other three? Pythor wouldn't risk having all of them on him. He's probably hidden them while he goes for the fourth." He suggested.

"It's so simple." Cole said.

"Huh, why didn't I think of that?" Kai asked.

"It can't be that easy." Jay pointed out.

"Easy? My algorithm (I think that's the word) suggests that getting the other three is far more dangerous." Zane explained. "Pythor would have undoubtably have them protected by his top generals."

"Finally! I don't have to hold back." Kai said, a bit happy.

"Even if you could steal the other three, you don't even know where they are." Garmadon reasoned.

"He's right. For the past few weeks, there has been almost no Serpentine sightings." Sensei agreed. "How are they moving around? It's like they're ghosts."

"Or..snakes! Bridge, give me a sonar sweep of Ninjago." Nya ordered.

A beeping sound was heard and the screen showed that there were no snakes.

"See, nothing. It's just like Sensei said." Kai said.

"But, what if they're not traveling above ground? They're snakes, right? Snakes burrow." Nya explained and turned to face the screen again.

"Bridge, now, give me a sonar sweep of Ninjago but twenty feet below surface." Nya ordered.

There was another beep and the bridge made a 3-D map in front of us.

"All the tombs have been interconnected!" Kai exclaimed.

"To make one massive underground fortress." Cole said.

"And all this time, right under our noses." Jay said.

"Or rather, feet." Zane told him.

Kai quickly looked around the map. "There! That's the most protected area. The Fangblades must be there."

"Then, what are we waiting for? Nya set the course." Sensei said.

"Already on it. We'll be there by sunrise." Nya said, entering the coordinates.

0o0o0

I was now in my room, sitting on my bed in my human form. The ninja and Sensei were out on the deck. The ninja were training to combat the snake's special abilities while Sensei watched.

Meanwhile, I was looking down at the object in my hands.

It was the purple hood/cloak.

I stared at it for awhile. For the past few days, I felt as if someone was watching my every move. I just couldn't help but think about it.

Suddenly, Nya's voice was heard through the loudspeaker.

"We're arriving at the Mountain of a Million Steps. You all might want to see this."

I sighed and put the purple hood/cloak to the side and changed to my wolf form before exiting the room.

"Look at all those piles of dirt!" Jay exclaimed.

"What are those snakes up to?" Kai asked.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Lloyd yelled as he made his way down the stairs.

"This is not your fight. The Green Ninja is too important for a future destiny." Sensei explained. "You shall stay with me."

Nya then came with her Samurai suit and landed on the deck.

"Well, he's gonna have to look out for himself because we made room for you." Nya said, gesturing to a seat on the left shoulder of her suit.

"Well, you said you were concerned that you couldn't keep up so Jay and Nya rejiggered the design so you could come along. Well, what do you think?" Kai explained quickly.

"I think.." Sensei said as he dropped his staff and quickly headed over to Nya. He jumped and landed on the seat. "Shot gun!" He let out a small chuckle.

Garmadon walked over to the group. "I will stay back with Lloyd." He said.

I sat down by Lloyd's side, signaling that I would be staying as well.

'As will I.' I thought.

"I don't enjoy saying this but, Good Luck." Garmadon said.

0o0o0

The Ninja, Sensei Wu, and Nya had left leaving me, Lloyd, and Garmadon back at the Bounty.

Garmadon had went to the Bridge while I stayed with Lloyd on the deck.

We sat down in front of each other for a moment.

'I'm glad you're back Lloyd.'

Lloyd smiled. "Yeah, I'm glad to be back to."

'Did those snakes hurt you?'

Lloyd shook his head. "No, they didn't."

'Good...those snakes are going to pay for what they did...'

Lloyd let out a small laugh. "I'm sure they will. Come on, I'm going to go check on my dad. Why don't you come with me?"

I nodded and got up. We both headed to the bridge.

Inside, we heard a female computer voice. "Transferring files." It spoke.

Lloyd let out a gasp. "You're stealing?"

Garmadon also gasped and turned to face Lloyd.

"Dad, my friends are risking their lives to save Ninjago and you go behind their back to gain an advantage?" Lloyd asked.

"I'm sorry, but I can't help it. Every since the Devourer bit me, evil runs through my blood." Garmadon tried to explain.

"You've left me for so long, where did you go?" Lloyd asked.

"Son, there are places in this world void of any good. Dark places." Garmadon said.

"Is that where Sensei found you?"

"You know how I've always wanted those Golden Weapons, in this place it will allow me the power to possess them."

"But, why didn't you take me with you?" Lloyd asked sadly.

"Every boy has a choice to grow up to be...whoever they want to be. I never had that choice because I was bitten. Evil runs through my veins. But you still have a choice, you don't need to be like me, Lloyd. Your uncle has a plan for you. And thought it may be to stop me one day, we have to follow our own destiny. After I help the ninja stop Pythor, I need to leave again..."

"Then why don't you just leave now?!" Lloyd told his father in anger.

"Lloyd.." Garmadon said, trying to reason with him.

"No really! Go back to whatever evil place you came from." Lloyd said.

I couldn't help but feel bad for Garmadon.

Just then a sound could be heard from the screen.

"Operation stealth was a total bust. We're gonna need reinforcements." Nya said. "Is anyone there?"

Garmadon took a step forward, trying to help but Lloyd pulled him away.

"We don't need your help And we don't need you here." Lloyd said. "Maybe it would've been better if you hadn't come back at all."

"If that's the way you feel..." Garmadon said sadly as he exited the room.

All I could do was watch him leave with a sad look on my face.

Lloyd then walked over to the controls.

"Uh..um.." He said and began pressing random buttons, triggering a few things.

"I'm trying to help Nya, just hold on." Lloyd said.

I got up from my sitting position and walked over to Lloyd.

'Lloyd, I can try to help you.'

"How? You have paws, not hands!" Lloyd exclaimed.

'I...actually do..'

"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked as he looked at me.

I closed my eyes and changed to my human form. When I opened them, Lloyd had a shocked and surprised look on his face.

"Y-You're a human?!" Lloyd exclaimed, clearly surprised.

"Yes, I have always been but I just kept it from you guys. Now, we must try to find a way to help the others." I quickly explained.

Lloyd nodded and went back to pressing random buttons while I looked around.

After a few minutes, Lloyd suddenly ran out of the room.

"Lloyd! Where are you going?!" I yelled but received no answer.

I sighed and went over to the controls and tried to figure out which button did what.

Moments later, Lloyd came back into the room wearing the Green Ninja Gi.

"The Green Ninja is here to save the day!" He announced and ran over to me, pulling up his hood in the process.

"Nice outfit Lloyd..." I mumbled.

Nya's voice was heard. "Lloyd? Garmadon? Jade? Is anyone there?"

"It's me Nya! I'm here with Jade, but my dad...left. How are you guys holding up?" Lloyd responded.

There was no reply, just static.

"Hello? Hello?" Lloyd asked.

"We're fine, but we're a little...held up at the moment. Our weapons have been taken and we're locked in cages." Nya explained the situation.

"And Pythor's back with the fourth Fangblade!" Cole stated.

"Lloyd, where did your father go?" Zane asked.

"I told him to leave, he was trying to steal secrets.." Lloyd answered. "My dad's going back to where he came from, but don't worry. I'll save you!"

"You're not ready Lloyd. Your destiny is too great to risk." Sensei reasoned.

"I'll, I mean, we'll get you out of there in a jiff!" Lloyd said, remembering I was there.

Lloyd headed over to the weapon's closet and tried to get a weapon but all the weapons fell onto him. "Ouch.."

"Lloyd! Are you okay?!" I exclaimed, running over to him.

"Yeah...I'm fine.." Lloyd mumbled.

I quickly took the weapons off of him and put them back into the closet.

"Thanks." Lloyd said.

I nodded. "Come on, let's go rescue them." I said and ran out of the room to get my purple hood/cloak.

0o0o0

Lloyd and I were now climbing up the side of the mountain. Well, I was climbing while Lloyd was doing...whatever he was doing.

"Ninja roll!" Lloyd yelled as he rolled.

I shook my head and sighed.

"Lloyd you have to-" I began to say.

"Woah!" Lloyd exclaimed as he fell down.

"Ninja recover!" He said as he got up.

"Ninja roll!" Lloyd said once again as he rolled downhill.

"Lloyd you have to be careful." I said in a slightly irritated tone as I was following him.

"Got it!" He said as he climbed down a rope.

"No...you don't." I mumbled as I climbed down the rope as well.

We walked through a tunnel and stopped when it ended. Lloyd and I looked down to see what was going on. That's when we spotted the others.

"Okay. Lloyd, I'm going to make my way down there while you follow. Okay? Stay silent." I explained as I quietly ran downhill.

I was running down, making sure none of the snakes daw us when something had collided with me. It was Lloyd.

We tumbled all the way down until we landed...right in the middle of a crowd of snakes.

"That...wasn't part of the plan..." I muttered as I got up.

"I really got to grow into the thing." I heard Lloyd say as he got up. He then turned to Pythor. "Well, we meet again Pythor! Unhand the ninja or suffer humiliation against the Green Ninja." He said confidently.

The snakes began to laugh.

I rolled my eyes even though you could barely see them.

"Oh yeah? You and what army?" Pythor teased.

"Uh...how about my army of fists?!" Lloyd said, trying to be confident, and began punching the air in front of him.

The snakes began to laugh again.

"Or this army!" A voice said.

I looked up to see Garmadon with an army of skeletons!

"Dad!" Lloyd yelled.

"Lloyd! You helped me realize I do have a choice. If there is anyone who going to threaten Ninjago, it better well be me." He said.

"The skeleton army? Why would they fight beside you? You betrayed them and Samukai long ago." Pythor questioned.

"Because everybody hates snakes!" One of the skeleton said, causing the others to laugh.

"Attack!" Both sides ordered and then the battle soon erupted.

I attacked some snakes while defending Lloyd. I followed him as he made his way over to a lever, setting the others free.

"Told you we'll save you!" Lloyd told them as I continued to defend him.

It was only a matter of minutes before I noticed that the ninja had gotten the Fangblades and were now leaving.

"That was quick.." I mumbled as I picked up Lloyd and ran over to the others.

"Jade! What are you doing?!" Lloyd exclaimed.

"The others are leaving and this was the quickest way to get out of there." I explained.

Lloyd let out a small groan. "Okay but can you at least let me go?"

"Fine." I said and stopped, letting Lloyd go.

I waited for him to run ahead before following.

0o0o0

All of us made it to the Bounty. I hadn't realized that I was still in my human form by the time we got to the Bounty.

I was on the deck, on my way to my room when I was stopped by a voice.

"Who are you?" I heard the voice ask.

I turned around to see the four ninja looking at me. Luckily, I still had my good over my head so they couldn't see who I was.

"Um...uh.." I said, unsure what to say.

"What are you doing here? How did you get here? Are you a spy?" Jay asked, his eyes narrowed a bit.

The others slowly took out their weapons.

"N-No..I'm not a spy. I just..uh.." I said, looking towards the ground which suddenly became interesting to me.

"Jade." I heard Sensei's voice and looked up.

We made eye contact for a moment before Sensei nodded.

"Wait, Jade?" Kai asked, looking over at Sensei.

I sighed and pulled down my hood, revealing my face. I looked at the ninja and gave them a small smile.

"Hold on a minute. Sensei, Jade is a human?" Cole asked, facing his mentor.

"Yes." Sensei said as he walked over to my side. "This is what makes Jade a special companion of mine. She is able to turn into a wolf and a human."

I nodded.

"But, Sensei, how is this possible?" Zane asked.

"Jade here is a protector. A protector is, as you can guess, someone who protects someone or something. But Jade is a different type of protector, she's an elemental protector. She protects those with elemental abilities and has a set of abilities to do so. It just so happens that she was made to protect you four and Lloyd." Sensei explained.

"Wait, that means that you were the one I saw in my dream along with the Green Ninja." Zane said in realization.

"Woah, that's so cool! We can finally talk to you now! What's it like being a wolf?" Jay exclaimed in excitement.

I chuckled. "It's pretty fun."

"Cool! What abilities do you have?" Jay questioned.

"Why don't we discuss this inside?" Sensei asked.

"Sure." I said and headed to the bridge.

0o0o0

After a an hour or so of talking and answering Jay's questions, we decided to have a little party in celebration of getting the Fangblades.

So, we were now in the bridge dancing, talking, and just having a good time.

I smiled as I watched the others dancing. I leaned against the wall as I watched.

"Hey, why don't you go and dance with them?" Nya asked.

I gave her smile. "No thanks."

"Alright then." Nya said with a slight shrug and walked over to Lloyd who had entered the room.

I smiled, I finally didn't have to hide my human self to the others anymore. I could finally talk to them and be myself around them...


I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Looks like they finally found out Jade's secret. SO sorry if you didn't like this chapter or if you felt that it was rushed. Anywho, yay! They have retrieved all the Fangblades! :D Thanks for the cookies Darkrainbow! :D And I agree, I thought it would be one of the four ninjas XP Wait, you broke your Ipad, Blade the Changewing?! Wow..uh... Anyways, yeah...Until next time! :D

Question for all of you: If Lloyd WASN'T the Green Ninja, who would you think would be the Green Ninja? Why?

(I feel like this is becoming a regular thing...)

~AI