Kai, Cole, Zane, and Jay had just dismissed their vehicles, when the Serpentine came.
"It's them again, the NINJA!" One of the serpents called out.
"Yeah, it's us again," Kai said, as he readied his flaming sword.
"And we mean busniess," Jay said, as he readied his nunchucks.
Cole and Zane also prepared themselves to fight. The Serpentine looked towards one another, and then they pulled out their weapons which consisted of black daggers, spears, chains, ball and chains, slingshots, and swords. After only a few seconds of a stare down, the battle began. The ninja were fighting with the Serpentine all around them, but it wasn't hard for them to keep the Serpentine back.
"WooHoo! Just like old times huh?" Cole said, as he swipped away a group of Serpentine with one Earth strike.
"Yes, but this is even better," Zane said, as he froze the ground and lifted up his hand, which made ice pillars shoot upward and send Serpentine flying up.
The sound of engines and boosters were heard as it disappeared.
Suddenly, each of the girls landed in front of each of the guys. Flare landed in front of Kai, Christa landed in front of Cole, Auria landed in front of Zane, and Nya landed in front of Jay. The girls did NOT look amused. The guys each took a step back from the girls, as did the Serpentine.
"What the? Flare what are you doing?" Kai asked.
"Don't 'what are you doing' to me Kai! What on Earth are YOU doing? Fighting the Serpentine FOR NO REASON," Flare said, with her hands on her hips.
"What?" Cole asked, and Christa replied,
"You guys didn't even have to fight the Serpentine."
Then Auria added, "Your actions were unnecessary, the Serpentine work under Marcell."
"We know that," Jay said.
"If you guys DID know that, then you would have also known that all we had to do was tell them that we have Lucy with us. We wouldn't have needed to fight at all," Nya said.
The guys then looked towards one another, dumb founded. The Serpentine looked towards one another in surprise.
"They have her sissster?" One of the snakes said to another.
"The princessss, they ssssaved her?" Another snake said.
"What'ssss going on here?!" Everyone turned to see Skales slithering towards the crowd of Serpentine, Ninja, and samurai.
When Skales spotted the ninja, he said, "Oh great. It'ssss you guyssss again."
Then Kai said, with a little annoyance, "Nice to see you too."
Skales just glared at Kai. Then the other Serpentine leaders came.
"What are the ninja doing here?" Skalidor asked.
"And the Ssssamurai girl?" Acidicus asked.
"And who are thossse girlssss?" Fangpyre asked.
Auria stepped forward and said, "We are kunoichi who have teamed up with the ninja. My name is Auria, the one in yellow is my sister Christa, and the one in orange is Flare. We are princesses of our respective lands. We wish to see Marcell, we have brought her sister Lucy."
The Serpentine generals looked towards one another, and then back towards the kunoichi.
"You are princessessss," Fangpyre said.
"And kunoichi," Acidicus said.
"It'ssss nice to meet you princessesss," Skalidor said, as the girls nodded.
"Sssso you have found princessss Lucy. Where isss she?" Skales asked.
"She's back on the Bounty," Cole replied.
Then the sound of running footsteps was heard, as they turned to see Lucy running at full speed past them, with Raven and Lloyd trying to catch up to her.
"SISTER!" Lucy yelled out as she continued to run on.
The Ninja and Serpentine watched in surprise, as the Princess of the Vampires continued to run with the Golden Green Ninja and Purple Kunoichi following.
As Lucy continued to run with Lloyd and Raven next to her, she skidded to a hault, which made Lloyd and Raven do the same.
"What is it?" Lloyd asked, but then he felt a presence somewhere around them.
"Someone is here, but I can't see them," Lucy said a little nervous.
Raven looked around, as Lloyd realized who the presence belonged to.
"Lucy, Raven, get behind me, it's him," Lloyd said, as Lucy and Raven did as instructed by the Golden Green ninja.
A chuckle was heard, as eyes had appeared not too far in front of them, and then the body appeared.
"-Gasp- He came from thin air," Lucy said amazed.
"No. He can turn invisible," Lloyd said in a low tone.
"Hm, what's the matter Lloyd? Have you forgotten my name?" Pythor said with a grin.
"That's Pythor?" Raven whispered to Lloyd, and he nodded.
"Yeah. He's the one I told you about," Lloyd said.
Pythor looked at Lucy and Raven.
"Well, well, what do we have here? Such exquisite young ladies you have there Lloyd," Pythor said, paying extra attention to Raven.
"This is Raven and Lucy. We're here to see Marcell," Lloyd said a little louder, as Pythor's eyes widened and he said,
"Lucy? The Princess of the Vampires?"
Lloyd, Raven, and Lucy nodded.
"Well, why didn't you say so? Of course you can see Marcell. She's in the center ring of the city," Pythor said, as he pointed towards where the center ring was.
Lucy smiled and said, "Yaay! I get to see Marcell!"
Lucy started running again towards where Pythor pointed to.
"Lucy! Wait for us!" Raven called out, as she ran after Lucy.
"Raven be careful!" Lloyd called out.
"So that's Raven, the Princess of the Viporeons. I heard about her from Marcell. I'm curious," Pythor said, as he slithered around behind Lloyd, although he kept his distance.
Lloyd clenched his fist tightly, but then he signed and his hand relaxed. Lloyd turned towards Pythor with a nonchalant expression, that made the large serpentine back away a little.
"I'll tell you this Pythor. You can keep your curiosity to yourself, and you can stay away from Raven, because if you don't I won't hestitate to show you the true power of a Spinjitzu Master. That I can promise you," Lloyd said, in an almost dark tone, as he ran ahead to catch up with the girls.
Pythor watched Lloyd run ahead, as he gulped and thought, 'He certainly has grown up since last time. I better keep my distance, if I still wish to be the last Anacondrai ALIVE.'
Pythor shook his head from a shiver he felt down his spine thinking about that, and then he slithered off, following far behind Lloyd, Raven, and Lucy.
"UUUHHH! How long Marcell?!" Stephen, the black haired vampire and one of the thieves from Ninjago City, said in such irritation.
Marcell sat on the throne with one of her legs crossed over the other, and her hands neatly placed on her lap. Her eyes were closed as she listened to her vampire people's complaints.
"We shouldn't have to do all this work Marcell, especially for someone like Darkness," Andrex, the brown haired mohawk vampire and one of the thieves from Ninjago City, said with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Yeah. We can't keep working for him like this," Lori, the light brown haired vampire who bit Kai, said.
"Marcell, something has to be done. That man is up to no good, and we can't let ourselves get involved like this," Luna, the white haired vampire who attended the Evil Meeting, said.
"There has to be SOMETHING we can do. We can't just sit here and do as he says," Bronze, the blonde haired pony tailed vampire who also attended the Evil Meeting, said.
The others vampires were murmering amongst themselves. Marcell said nothing, but then her eyes shot open and she stood up from her throne with clenched fist, which made the vampires take a step back from her, nervously. Then Marcell spoke in a fierce tone,
"YOU LISTEN TO ME AND YOU ALL LISTEN WELL! THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE LUCY HAS BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGE! AS MUCH AS I WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK FOR DARKNESS, I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO SAVE MY SISTER AS I WOULD HAVE DONE SO TO SAVE ANY OF YOU! SO IF ANY OF YOU THINK YOU CAN FIGHT DARKNESS ON YOUR OWN AND WIN THEN BE. MY. GUEST! Otherwise, SHUT YOUR MOUTHS!"
When Marcell finished, the whole audience was silent, as she signed and sat down.
"That's what I thought," Marcell said in a low and sad tone.
The vampires looked towards one another, and then they all bowed down to Marcell, solemnly.
Marcell looked up at her people, and then she froze when she noticed someone running towards them. She squinted, and then her eyes widened. The other vampires looked up at their queen in confusion. Marcell slowly stood up from her throne, as she walked ahead. The vampires stood up and moved out of the way, as they watched their leader walk just past them. The Vampire Queen's eyes moistened, as she saw her sister running towards her with a big smile on her face and her arms wide open.
"MARCELL!" Lucy cried out in joy, as Marcell started walking towards Lucy, and then she started running with a smile on her face as she cried out,
"LUCY!"
Marcell and Lucy ran into each other arms and embraced as tears poured from their eyes. Lloyd and Raven were able to catch up, but they kept their distance so that the two sisters could have their moment. The other vampires gathered close-by, and they also kept their distance to give the sisters their space.
"Oh Marcell! I missed you so much, I felt so lonely in that tower without you," Lucy said, as her body shook from crying.
"It's okay Lucy. We're together now. There's no need to feel lonely anymore. We're together again," Marcell said, as she held Lucy firmly and petted her head, while crying with a smile on her face.
"-Sniffle- I'm so glad to be back with you Marcell," Lucy said, as she stood back to look at her big sister.
Marcell nodded and said, "And I'm glad your back with me Lucy."
Both sisters smiled towards one another, and gave each other one more hug. Then Marcell moved to the side and said,
"Welcome back Lucy."
Lucy wiped her tears, and then she ran over to the other vampires and said,
"My people! I AM BACK!"
The vampires shouted in delight as they ran over towards Lucy. Some of them were crying, most of them were applauding, some of them patted Lucy on the shoulder telling her 'Welcome back,' and some of them were cheering. Lucy smiled brightly, as she greeted her people by hugging some of them and giving many high fives.
Marcell watched as her sister was welcomed back, and then she turned towards Lloyd and Raven. She walked over to them with a serious look, as they looked up a her, a hint of nervousness in their eyes.
"You brought my sister back to me," Marcell said in a stoic tone, and Lloyd and Raven nodded.
Then Marcell immediately hugged both Lloyd and Raven, who were very surprised.
"Thank you, for bringing her home," Marcell said quick, as she let a few more tears escape her eyes.
Lloyd and Raven looked towards one another, and then they smiled as they hugged Marcell back. After separating from the hug, Marcell quickly wiped her tears, straightened up, and said,
"You have brought Lucy back to me. I am eternally grateful, and since Lucy is back with us, now we can take Darkness down."
Raven's and Lloyd's eyes widened.
"Your really going to help us?" Raven asked, and Marcell nodded.
"Are you sure? I mean, Darkness is no joke," Lloyd said and Marcell replied,
"And so are we."
The other vampires gathered behind Marcell, and Lucy stood next to her sister. Lloyd and Raven looked towards one another and nodded, and then they looked towards the vampire army and nodded. Marcell looked passed them and a smirk was planted on her face as she walked passed the two ninja.
"Well well, here you are finally. How's everyone holding up?" Marcell asked Pythor, as he approached her.
Lloyd became serious, as he looked towards the large Serpentine, and Raven noticed Lloyd's sudden change in mood towards Pythor.
"Oh, they're all doing quite alright your highness, besides the ninja getting into a brawl with the other Serpentine," Pythor said, and Marcell just chuckled and replied,
"I'm not surprised by that, considering the history between the ninja and your kind. Are they still fighting?"
"Apparently not. There were some female ninja and the Samurai who stopped them," Pythor replied.
"Female ninja? I know of the samurai," Marcell turned to Lloyd and Raven seeking an answer.
"Oh yes, they're my friends from Aeroplane and Volcanic Lands: Auria, Christa, and you already met Flare," Raven replied, and Marcell said,
"Ah yes, I remember Flare. So the princesses of the three kingdoms have come together. Isn't that something? Well that's good for us."
Multiple footsteps were heard as Marcell, Raven, Lloyd, Pythor, and the vampires looked to see that the ninja, kunoichi, Samurai, and the Serpentine were walking towards them.
"Well look who's here, my favorite person who blew a hole in my kingdom," Flare said with a smirk, as Marcell looked at her with a raised brow and a frown.
"Yes, it's nice to see you again Flare," Marcell said.
"You must be Marcell," Auria said, as she extended her hand politely towards Marcell.
The Vampire Queen took Auria's hand respectfully, and they shook hands as Auria said, "My name is Auria, princess of Aeroplane."
Marcell smiled and said, "Ah, so you're Princess Auria, and yes I am Marcell, Queen of the Vampire kingdom."
Marcell revealed her fangs with a smile, as Kai, Cole, and Jay gulped.
After they released hands, Auria gestered to Christa.
"This is my younger sister Christa, also Princess of Aeroplane."
Christa smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Queen Marcell. Besides Violet, I'd never met a vampire before."
Marcell's eyes widened, as she remembered the Vampire General.
"I was wondering what happened to my top general. Where is she?" Marcell asked.
"Right here!" Everyone turned to see Violet walking towards them, with Dareth following besides her.
Marcell raised an eyebrow while looking at the Brown ninja.
"Your highness, the mission has been completed," Violet said, and Marcell nodded and said,
"Yes, the mission was successful. Thank you Violet."
Violet bowed her head to Marcell.
"I would like to thank all of you for your help in bringing Lucy home," Marcell said.
The ninja, kunoichi, and Samurai bowed their heads to Marcell.
"It was nothing really. Well, I'm sure for them it was," Dareth said, gesturing towards the Ninja.
Marcell turned towards Dareth and said, "Yes, and you are?"
"Well, I am Dareth, the Brown ninja," Dareth said, with his hand on his heart and his head lifted up.
Marcell raised an eyebrow and she said, "The Brown ninja?"
Then Jay said, "That's what I said."
The other vampires giggled, as well as Marcell, and Dareth looked at them confused and asked,
"What's so funny?"
Marcell walked over towards Dareth, and put her hand on his shoulder and said, "It's just that they've never heard of a Brown ninja."
Dareth looked at Marcell in dramatic shock, and then he said, "What? Never heard of the Brown ninja? The one who helped to save Ninjago with my fellow ninja?"
The vampires haulted their giggles, and they looked at Dareth in interest.
"Ooohhh," the vampires said.
As Dareth went over to the vampires to tell them about what happened in Ninjago city, Marcell stood next to Violet and asked,
"Sooo, Dareth. The Brown ninja."
Violet looked towards Marcell, unemotional, as Marcell looked towards her with a smirk and said, "You really know how to pick'em huh Violet?"
Violet gasped and looked away with a light blush, as Marcell just laughed and turned around to the other Ninja.
"So ninja, where's the rest of your team?" Marcell asked.
"They're back at the Bounty, just outside the city," Cole replied.
"They should be here soon," Zane added.
"Well then alright," Marcell said, as she turned to the Serpentine and said, "My dear snakes, prepare some room for the Ninja and their allies."
Then Marcell turned to the Vampires and said, "My dear vampires, go on the look-out. If you see any signs of Silva, Darkness, or any of their people, inform me immediately."
The Serpentine and Vampires simultaneously said, "Yes Your Highness!"
As the two armies rushed off, Marcell led the Ninja closer to center of the city, with Pythor and Violet following behind her, and Lucy walking next to her.
"So Pythor is here," Kai whispered to the other Ninja and Nya.
"Yeah, he really did return," Nya whispered to him.
"What should we do?" Jay whispered.
"For now, nothing. Marcell seems to have control over the Serpentine, and Pythor too," Cole whispered.
"That is the serpent you all spoke of correct?" Auria whispered, as the ninja and samurai nodded.
"He's big, like Anaca," Christa whispered.
"At least the other Viporeons aren't here, that would have been a brawl," Flare whispered.
"What do you mean a brawl?" Kai whispered.
"The Viporeons aren't exactly fond of the Serpentine," Flare whispered.
"It's true. That's why they left the Serpentine tribes a long time ago," Raven whispered.
"But what about your dad?" Lloyd whispered.
"My father doesn't care much about it, but I don't think he would stop the Viporeons if they wanted to fight," Raven whispered back.
"Then it's a good thing they aren't here," Dareth whispered, and the others nodded.
Lucy was watching the others from the corner of her eye. She was able to read their lips and she turned to Marcell and asked,
"Marcell, if the Viporeons see the Serpentine, wouldn't that be a problem?"
Marcell turned to Lucy and replied, "Oh don't fret about that sister. If anything happens, I have the respect and authority over the Serpentine, there won't be trouble. I just hope that the Viporeons are willing to listen, but with Raven I'm sure she wouldn't want them to get into a fight either."
With that said, Lucy nodded and continued walking onward with Marcell.
The siblings have been reunited, and the Ninja Crew have grown by two armies. But is it enough...
