(Kai's POV)
A few months later
Everything had calmed down after the run in with that Lloyd imposter. It came to the point where we decided to start freeing the serpentine from the overlord. Unfortunately it was a lot easier said than done. There were several times where we were nearly caught. Our last mission was to stop a truck filled with dark matter from entering the city. Cole had gotten locked in the truck and it nearly went over a cliff. Fortunately, I managed to get Cole out in time. I had a few cuts and scrapes while he got minor cuts and a broken arm, but hey, at least we lived.
"I told you to get out of there." I sighed, shaking my head.
"Yeah yeah. You were right, hothead." Cole replied. "I wish I could train.."
"Don't worry sensei will make you train twice as much after your arm heals!" Jay joked.
"In the meantime the rest of us should be training." Zane stated.
"Lets train guys." I sighed as I walked to the training room.
Suddenly the whole dojo shook making us nearly fall.
"Ugh! I am done with earthquakes!" Jay shouted, looking at the Earth Ninja.
"Hey, don't look at me." Cole laughed.
"We can look into it later. Let's just train." Maybe it will just go away on its own?
We get to the training room where Misako, Garmadon and Sensei Wu are talking.
"Sooo, did we miss anything?" Jay asks jokingly.
"Actually, we were just talking about the six of you." Misako said and gave Sensei a nod.
He nods in reply. "We will be away again but this time we are taking Skales Jr with us."
"What? Why me?" The young serpentine asked, peeking out from behind me.
"We've been searching for serpentine who escaped the Overlords attacks and found a small village with both serpentine and humans working side by side." Garmadon adds.
"Wait… are you sending him away?" I asked cautiously.
Sensei shook his head, "We feel he would be much safer out of the city. He has also learned much with us he can share with the people of the town"
"But I don't want to leave…" Skales jr stated. "I want to stay here."
"You do not need to decide yet, it will just be about week." Misako reassured him.
"A... a week?" The young serpentine looked at me and I gave him a thumbs up.
"If there really are more serpentine not being controlled you might be able to find your mother too." I gave him a smile.
He looks down for a moment then runs over giving me a tight hug. "I'll go but I still want to come back."
"As Misako said, You don't need to decide yet. We just want to give you the option." Garmadon added.
Skales Jr lets go and turns to them. "When are we leaving?"
Sensei Wu looks at his invisible watch. "Right about now actually. The dragon is waiting for us outside." He heads to the door followed by Garmadon and Misako.
"Oh.. Well.. goodbye for now guys." Skales Jr smiled and ran after them.
We said our goodbyes as the dragon took off and wished them a safe flight.
A Few Hours Later
I sat upside down on the couch watching whatever was on TV, turns out that one of Nya and Jay's favorite TV series still aired. Granted there was nothing new but, hey, that's what reruns are for right? Zane sat on the floor nearby laughing every so often at really odd times and Cole sat on the other side of Jay, glaring boredly at the TV... and occasionally me. I figured it would be a good idea to take a break from training and relax. Well, that and Cole wouldn't stop complaining and grumbling about not being able to work out.
Nya and Jay were both at the edge of their seats as the main characters on screen dramatically confessed their love for eachother.
"Haven't you guys seen this episode fifteen times or something like that?" I sighed under my breath but loud enough to be heard.
"This series is worth the rewatch." Jay stated.
"I still don't understand how they couldn't see that those two were the same person from the moment her name was dropped." Cole shook his head.
"Cole, that was revealed a few episodes ago. just let them have their happy ending." Nya laughs.
Zane stops laughing for a moment and turns his head, just his head, to Nya. "If I recall this episode correctly, Nya. Are they not attacked at the end?"
"Spoilers! Shhhh!" Jay nearly shouts.
"The episode is months old!" I shouted back and facepalm.
Jay looked ready to go on a rant when the whole dojo shook, causing the tv to flicker before going black and the lights along with it.
"He's taking our TV shows now too!?" Jay shouted at the top of his lungs."Great! Just great! Now what are we supposed to do with our spare time?"
"It appears as though the power for the whole city has been turned off and redirected somewhere." Zane added.
"Hmm... I'm honestly surprised the power didnt go out sooner... he must have been saving it for something..." I mumbled.
"Like what?" Cole grumbled. "We already took out most of the factories they have kept rebuilding over and over. What else could he possibly be doing?"
"How the heck am I supposed to know?" I sighed. "Zane, Do you think you can track down where all that power is going to?"
"I will check." He closes his eyes for a few moments. "It appears to be directed to a rundown factory to the north-east. One that we had destroyed four months ago."
"Well what are we waiting for?" Jay stood up quickly. "I want to watch the wedding scene!" He falls back into the couch. "Aaaand I stood up too fast.. ow my head.."
"Let's go." I stated and turned to Cole. "Oh and Cole-"
"I am not staying behind when I cant even train to pass time!" He snapped.
You must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. Hmm... There goes that plan.. "Actually, I was going to say that since we don't have someone to stay and babysit you you should come with us."
Cole glared at me and Jay tried to cover a laugh, earning a glare too.
I smirked at his reaction. "Everyone get your weapons. We leave in 5 minutes."
They all nod and headed off in separate ways. I gave the blank tv one more look before getting ready too.
The trip to the factory didn't take too long since we basically knew where to go and just followed Zane. Cole was still glaring at the back of my head the whole time but I didn't expect him to change anytime soon. After we got to the factory getting in was a little trickier but we made it without any problems. It helps that stone soldiers are sometimes blind. We sat behind some crates to go over our plan but we stopped talking the moment we heard footsteps and listen.
"Do you think the overlordsss plansss will work? It all seems rather pointless to me." Skales' voice stated.
"Well you've seen the way his plans have gone lately." The constricti laughed. "We'll be lucky to get out of this with our tails attached!"
"We should trust what the overlord has decided. Given the conditions I doubt we'd lose." Fangtom replied.
The hypnobrai laughed. "Of courssse. Like the many other timesss he's been right."
"Hey! Pipe down before we are caught!"
New plan? What are those three talking about?
"So 10 days we meet at the old jail right?-ow!"
The serpentine yells when the others hit him on the head.
"Were you lisssstening?"
"Keep it down, scales for brains. I'm not going to explain to the overlord how the plan failed because of your idiocy!" the fangpyre snapped. "You both are asking for whatever comes your way."
"Ha! I am sssimply sstating facts!" Skales laughed. "How many time have the Overlords planss failed?"
"It is our duty to follow orders. I suggest you start doing that, Skales." Fangtom replied sharply.
Skales grumbled and slithered away with the 2 serpentine.
"I am sensing there is more to what those serpentine said than meets the eye." Zane commented after the snakes voices faded.
"I guess skales never really changed" Jay laughed.
"Well now we know at least some of the serpentine could be on our side."
Cole shook his head. "I still don't trust snakes."
I glared at Cole.
"Skales Jr is a serpentine, Cole" Nya said, the tone in her voice made it clear Cole should stop.
"But he's a kid. He still could grow up to be like them."
"Your future is not determined by who your parents are. You decide what path you shall take." Zane added.
Jay laughs "Exactly! Shouldn't you be a dancer or singer by now if your dad chose your future, Cole?"
He rolls his eyes. "It's different."
"The serpentine didn't want war when we met them in the tunnel." I stated, trying not to loose my patience. "They wanted peace and even were living together in one group."
"I still don't trust snakes."
I roll my eyes back "Look, he's just a kid, Cole. Cut him some slack. Lloyd didn't end up like Garmadon right?
"But Lloyd isn't here anymore, Kai." Cole glared at me and shook he head as he pushed past me. "Let's just get this over with." He walks away, out of our hiding spot.
"Whoa, Who invited the edgy teen?" Jay laughs awkwardly.
Nya puts a hand on his shoulder. "I don't think now's a good time, Jay" she looks at me. "You ok Kai?"
I hesitate slightly but laugh, hoping she buys it. "Pfft, why wouldn't I be?" It's not like one of my friends I worked hard to save is throwing things from the past in my face. I couldn't have done anything to help... Cole knows that...
"Hmm..." She sighs, "Lets just catch up with him"
"I guess you're right..." Doesn't help that he's been so rude though..
"AHHHH!"
"Cole!" We all shout in unison and run to the next room.
A/N: Hey everyone, I'm very sorry for the wait. I've been working on other things in my life right now but I haven't forgotten about this story and the others I have. I was originally going to add more to this but decided I've made you guys wait for longer than I wanted to. That being said I do plan to start updating more often, probably closer to every other week. I'm very sorry it took so long for me to update but I will try to get into a scheduled for it. Anyway thank you for reading this chapter and those of you who read this note. I hope you all have a great day/night!
