So... Just a bit of heads up... This was a weird Episode, both to watch and to Write. Mostly because after the beginning, it just jumps from here to there and it's got some weird moments...*Cough*Wrecking Ball*Cough* Anyhow... Hope you Enjoy.
Calli had decided to sleep in for once. The events from yesterday had finally take a toll on her. That was however, until Sensei started smashing a Gong to wake up the boys. Yelling loudly.
The ginger pulled her pillow over her head with a groan. Deciding to bunk with the boys had their downs. The room Nya slept in was too small to house two people so Calli decided to make a hammock in between the two bunkbeds.
"Of all the days I decide to sleep in, he barges in like that." She grumbled and jumped on the floor, feeling the cold wood under her feet.
"Okay, Okay! We're up." Kai grumbled as he jumped out of the bed. "But if you want us to reach our full potential, shouldn't we at least get a full night's rest?" He opened the blinds, only to have them fall on the floor.
Cole scoffed. "You call that rest? I think my back had more lumps than the matrass." Calli tried not to laugh as Jay agreed with his friend.
The Blue ninja tried to brush his teeth only to have sand to come out of the faucet, too bad for him, he didn't notice. As Jay was choking on sand and toothpaste, Zane was actually active this morning. Happily asking about today's training, until he sank trough the floorboards.
Sensei grinned behind his beard. "I think today's lesson will be… Chores."
"Chores!?"
"Oh, quit ye'r complaining." Jay jumped as the now fully dressed girl suddenly appeared behind him.
"When the heck did you get dressed… and shower for that matter."
"Just did but I didn' shower, used some oils Nya found." And with that she walked out of the door. It turned out, the black-haired girl was already waiting to drag her away.
The boys decided to heed sensei's words and decided to put more than just their backs into cleaning. Cole used his Spinjitzu to clear out most rooms and toss all the stuff outside. Once that was done, Zane completely froze the room and Kai melted it to clean most of the grime and sand from the walls and ceiling, Lastly, while the others made some last adjustments and fixes, Jay used his powers to power the whole ship.
When the girls and Sensei walked back into the room at the end of the day they found the ship clean and the boys playing their computer game. Calli whistled. "I dunno if I should be impressed at the fact ye cleaned in a couple of hours or annoyed at the fact ye always use me to do your chores."
Kai just laughed. "What took you so long?"
"You really cleaned all this?" The black-haired Girl asked, impressed.
"Ninja don't just fight Nya, they clean." Calli grinned as she leaned her arms on top of Cole's head, she was pretty sure he just quoted Sensei word for word.
"Hmm," Sensei grinned, amusement in his eyes, "You have exceeded my expectations, keep it up."
Nya walked to the window and Calli knew why, there was a vehicle riding through the desert. She had heard it for a while now, but it only now entered the hearing distance for the rest. The vehicle sounded rickety, old and was headed this way.
"It looks like we're about to have some visitors." Nya noted. "And loud ones at that."
Jay groaned, earning him a curious look from everyone. "It's my parents." He sighed. "Please, if they start yapping, just don't get them going okay? They don't know when to quit and if you start talking, then they start talking and then suddenly half the day is gone before you know it and-" WE GET IT!" Kai interrupted the Blue Ninja with a shout. "They talk a lot."
"Apple doesn't fall far from that tree." Calli giggled softly, hiding her unease with the sudden visitors.
The car parked against the trash Cole had thrown out with a crash. Everyone was looking on from the deck, All but Calli, who found herself way to uncomfortable with family deals.
"Mom, Dad." Jay greeted, less than enthusiastic. "What are you doing here?"
His mother stood up. "Look! It's my baby boy! It's been so long since we heard from you!"
Jay resisted the urge to groan embarrassedly. "Ma!" He whined. "I called two days ago!" His father just laughed.
"Well, It's not soon 'nough son. When are you... eh... coming out to the junkyard? Y- ya say you coming and ya- ya never do."
"Dad." Jay whined. "Do you have to talk about the junkyard, in front of my friends?"
Edna smiled warmly, not at all understanding what he meant. "He hates it when we tell people he was born on a junkyard." Then she spotted Nya and started gushing. "Ooooh, and who are you! You are so cute! Just my sons type."
Jay looked like he could sink trough the ground and the others did their best not to laugh. Nya wasn't fazed, greeting the couple in a friendly manner, inviting them on a tour. It was this point that the brunet boy gave up.
The Walker's were very interested in the destiny's bounty, especially the bridge. It was there they had met Calli, who was in there toying with a notebook she got from Nya. After that the girl stayed at the other side of the room at all times. It wasn't that she disliked them, she disliked the physical contact.
"Why don't ya tell them 'bout the button." Cole grinned, pointing to the button in question.
Jay laughed it off before glaring at his friend. "It's not ready yet." He hissed.
"OH! What's the button do!" Edna asked enthusiastically.
"He is working on a special defence system." Zane explained.
"Something every Ninja headquarters needs." Finished Kai, fist in the air.
Ed directly wanted to know more and offered to help. Jay directly shot him down in a pretty rude manner. Earning him a pointed look from Calli and Nya. He ignored them, even going so far as to usher them out of the door.
"Ah. I s'pose we could get back." Ed sounded defeated. Cole stepped forward towards the pair, trying to make them feel better, and to tease his friend some more.
"Edna, it was a pleasure hearing about Jay's first potty time." That did the trick. His mother brightened up and moved towards her son.
"If ya think that was cute, you should hear about the time I caught him kissing his pillow."
"Snakes ma... SNAKES." Jay warned, interrupting the tale before it could start.
"Okay." She told her impatient son. "We're going, we're going."
Everyone walked the pair out.
"So, you promise to come to the Junkyard and visit your mother and father?" Edna asked as her husband turned their vehicle around.
"Yes." Jay sighed. "I promise. But! Only if you leave, I don't want you to get hurt. It's getting dark." He paused for a second. "Eh, your headlights are working, right?" After he had asked he kinda wished he didn't. His father turned them on, blinding everyone looking at the car.
Ed let out a short laugh. "Ya like'm? I used a little extra juice." He turned them off again and reversed the car to turn. "Bye son! We couldn't be more proud!"
"And bring Nya with you, Will ya? I can see why you like her."
"Mom.."He sighed, hoping the earth would open and swallow him up and buried his face in his hands.
And with that the Walkers were out of earshot for all but Calli, who could still faintly hear the passing conversation as the others teased their friend.
The following day, Calli woke up with an uneasy feeling in her mind. It wasn't unusual, but it usually meant there would be trouble today. Currently she was sitting out of the way, discussing one of Nya's blueprints with the said girl. After finalizing all the details, Nya put them away again.
Jay was tinkering with 'the button' and the rest was cleaning out some last-minute junk. "Sure is a lot of junk piling up." Kai said as he passed the Blue ninja, Zane next to him. "If only there was a place we could get rid of it.". Jay scoffed, taking the bait. "If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus." Cole was next, having a fake phone call.
That did it, Jay turned around with a sarcastic laugh. "I know what you're trying to do." He scoffed. "Okay, l-l-look I might have promised to visit my parents. But there is a lot on my plate. Hey Nya" Calli snickered as jay now only noticed the girls.
Nya smiled. "Are you going to visit your parents today?" She asked.
Jay stuttered in response. "Sure am, just about to leave." Calli grinned, Nya would be able to get jay to do everything.
"Well, tell them I said hey. Me and Call have a lot to do today." The ginger raised an eyebrow, what happened with done for the day?
"We do?" Nya didn't answer and just dragged the girl along again. "Wha? Ey!" the last protests were cut off by the door closing.
The other three gave Jay a look. "What?" The blue ninja asked, another look. "My plate is not that full."
Just a couple minutes later, Jay was trying to get Wisp out of the shelter that they had built for the dragons, however, the usually playful dragon refused to get up. "Come on Wisp." He groaned, pulling the rains with great effort. "It'll be a quick visit, just in and out, nothing more." The lightning dragon still refused to move from its spot.
"It is as I suspected," Said Sensei Wu as he walked towards the pair, a large thermometer in hand. "The dragons are molting, they are shedding their scales."
The Blue Ninja gave him a confused look, "What does that mean?"
"Every adolescent dragon goes through a transformation before it becomes an adult, we must allow them to migrate east, to the spirit cove for their transformation."
"Will we see them again?" He asked as the others walked out to meet them.
Sensei thought for a moment before giving his answer. "It is hard to say, we need to allow them to follow their path."
"Rocky's going east?" The sadness was clear in Cole's voice as he asked the question. Calli put a hand on his shoulder. She knew how much he loved that dragon. Each ninja walked towards their dragon, Nya joining Kai with Flame. "Say it isn't so Rocky." Rocky nuzzled the Black Ninja. Calli smiled as she petted the giant lizard.
"I might not like flying ya, but I'll miss ye anyway." The girl told the earth dragon with a sad smile as the animal pushed his head towards her. "Ya overgrown lizard." With that she said her goodbyes to the other dragons, taking over Wisp as his Ninja walked towards Nya, giving not so subtle hints about wanting her to go with him to visit his parents. Sadly for him, Kai didn't get the hint.
"Of course we'll go, buddy!" He exclaimed. Cole and Zane quickly agreed. Jay sighed, this would be a long day.
After the dragons were released, the team made their way towards the Junkyard. Sensei walked in front, playing some kind of flute. The melody made Calli miss her violin. She was walking at the back, behind everyone hands folded behind her back and watching the clouds and the shrinking form of the dragon's going east. She sighed with her head down and quickened her pace to catch up with a sad looking Cole.
"Ye okay?" She asked the Black ninja. She noticed he was looking at the dragons too. He just nodded not looking at her. She put a hand on his shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. This action made him look at her with a small smile on his face.
"I've a feeling you'll see him again. I'm sure of it." While she gave a small smile at the boy it quickly turned into a glare towards Nya, who was only giggling by the time somebody else turned around. Leaving a confused Kai and Cole and a lightly blushing Calli.
"Of all the days to lose our rides." Jay sighed, drawing all attention to him.
Zane however decided to change the subject. "That flute." He asked Wu. "You never told us why it is so special."
"Long ago there were many flutes." He answered. "Created to combat the powers of the serpentine and drive them underground. But over time Ninjago had forgotten it's ancestors' wisdom and now this is the only one."
The curious redhead crept closer, trying to get a better look at the object.
"Okay I get the lesson." Jay interrupted any more discussion between the two. "Respect your elders or suffer the consequences, you guys are laying it on thick." Sensei laughed it off. "Perhaps you are hearing what you need to hear." By now they had reached the gates of the junkyard and Jay stopped, listening.
"What is it?" Nya walked up to him.
"It's quiet." He explained carefully before making his next sentence with urgency. "My family is never quiet." With those words, he put on his mask and ran inside, Nunchucks at the ready. The rest followed suit.
At first glance, there was no-one there. Calli closed her eyes and listened. She could hear muffled cries coming from the back and her eyes fell on a large green fridge. "Jay! Fridge!" The Blue Ninja nodded and ran towards it. The giant door was closed off by a large metal rod, which Jay wasted no time in removing with a kick and indeed inside sat Ed and Edna, bound in chains and duct tape on their mouths.
"What happened." Asked the Blue Ninja as he carefully removed the tape from his mother's face. "Who did this!"
"Oh ssweetheart! You came!" Everyone's eyes widened. Jay's mother had a clear hiss in her voice and fangs. Jay recovered himself quickly and removed his dad's tape.
"You gotta get outta here!" Ed urged "You shouldn't have come, it's the ssnakes!"
Sensei Wu recognized this immediately. "The bite of the Fangpyre!" He exclaimed as Nya helped free Jay's parents. "Once they sink their teeth, their venom can turn everything into a serpent! It's only a matter of time before the transformation is complete!"
"Well that's just great! More snakes." Calli sighed. Kai narrowed his eyes at her. "Says the girl with a pet snake." Before the two could argue more, the sounds of a large machine made everyone look up. Coming towards everyone was a small group of red and white snakes and a large wrecking ball… with a jack o' lantern face… and a snake tail.
The boys jumped into position, with Cole voicing everyone's thoughts, uttering the most ridiculous sounding question they had probably heard that day; "Is that wrecking ball staring at me?"
The said wrecking ball suddenly swung forward. Jay called for cover and nobody needed to be told twice as the group scattered away from the location of impact. The Blue Ninja himself pushed his parents to the ground.
"Lloyd." Calli looked up to see the blonde kid on top of a stack of tires.
"Hello uncle!" the boy called, a little over-dramatic. "Looks like we're not the only family reunion. I'm glad you brought the Ninja, I could use some help taking out the trash." As soon as he started his old-school movie laugh, Calli was ready to claw the kid his eyes out, only to hold back by Nya and Kai.
"Lemme go! That little twerp is the reason I nearly burned alive!" okay, that might have been an exaggeration, but she was still pissed.
"You, Calm down! Jay if we want to turn your parents back then we need the anti-venom from the staff!" Nya called, reminding everyone of the strategy they had used for the Hypnobrai. The staff was in possession of a two-headed red Fangpyre
"Second Dose!" Cole called, interrupting the conversation as he spotted another wracking ball attack. "To the dirt!"
The metal ball with eyes hit the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a lot of dirt in the progress and, as the dust cleared, the group of snake underlings crept closer.
"Easier said than done! sis" Kai called out to his sister, "We're a bit outnumbered!" Jay didn't listen, instead going in Nunchucks flying, yelling; "Nobody messes with my family!" Using his Nunchucks and Spinjitsu to clear the way towards the machine. Sliding under the ball itself, lodging it in the pile of junk behind him. The rest of the team wasted no time jumping into the action. Sensei used the flute and Calli was back to back with Nya, where the youngest girl was kicking and punching it away, Calli was pretending to be Samwise Gamgee, smashing away with a frying pan with a non-metal handle. She didn't like fighting, but her dislike for these snakes was worse.
"I dunno guys, I think we make a pretty good trio." Nya grinned as all the snakes around them were down. Sensei gave a quick nod before addressing Lloyd.
"Young Nephew! Must I teach you what side you should be on." The kid just turned up the radio he had standing next to him.
"Sorry! I can't hear you!" He taunted over the loud music, though Calli doubted anyone other than her heard him. What she didn't hear however, was a Fangpyre sneaking up to Sensei. The sound of a pan hitting him... her?… it on the head, just before it could bite Wu made the trio turn. Edna had snacked him with another pan.
"Way to go Edna!" Her husband cheered her on as the snake fell down on the ground.
Meanwhile the boys were busy ranching the snakes into a corner, only to have it backfire as a large metal statue with Nunchucks walked out of the corner. The normally silver metal was now green.
"What is that thing." Jay cried out.
"Well..." Ed started his answer. "It was supposed to be in your honour, son, but... do you like it?"
The statue jerked forward, taking big but slow steps towards the four.
Jay took a look from the statue to his parents. "Thanks, but no thanks!"
The boys took to running, only to realize they were trapped between a statue that wanted to kill them and a wrecking ball that wanted to kill them.
"Argh!" Cole exclaimed, frustrated and annoyed with the situation. "Why'd you have to be born in a junkyard!"
"I know! Tell me about it." Jay only agreed.
The wrecking ball took another try, they all dodged it, or so they thought. Kai was the first to notice the blue ninja missing. Jay had actually managed to catch a ride on the large Jack o' Ball. Using it to give himself a boost so he could get into the cabin of the machine, using the machine against the giant statue that was pushing his friend into the ground.
"I told you, I had it." Cole told his friend as soon as he joined them.
Lloyd looked at the fallen statue and the Ninja standing next to it. Right now, in his head, he could only do one thing.
"Retreat!"
The Snakes wasted no time in running away, as a helicopter went to pick up the snake leader and Lloyd.
"They're getting away with the staff!"
"Right now would be a good time to have those dragons." Jay sighed in defeat. His father walked up to him, His skin slowly turning green. "It'ssss okay ssson."
"There is still a way." Sensei encouraged the group. Everyone looked at him with confusion.
"How?" Jay asked, a small spark of hope to save his parents.
"Part of understanding your own potential, you must understand your weapons potential, once it is in tune with a focussed heart, it's secrets and powers can be unlocked."
"This not the time to be cryptic!" The blue Ninja yelled.
"He is saying our weapons are vehicles themselves." Zane translated.
Kai looked at the golden sword in his hands. "Don't tell me I have to ride this like a broomstick." Despite the situation Calli couldn't help but snicker at the image.
"Jay!" The said boy snapped his attention to the teacher, "Concentrate on your golden weapon! Let your heart guide you, imagine you taking flight."
The ninja of lightning nodded and focussed. All of the sudden the Nunchucks sparked to life and after swinging it around a couple of times there was a blinding flash and in place of jay was now a small blue plane with the ninja in it.
This gave the others enough confidence to try and do the same. Kai and Zane both ended up with bikes while Cole's had four wheels.
As soon as every ninja had their vehicle ready, Jay took off, the others quickly followed.
Nya turned to Sensei Wu. "Does your flute turn into anything?" The man looked at the object in his hand. "I wish."
Calli and Nya wasted no time conducting the anti-venom to turn Jay's parents back to normal, meanwhile the boys manned their stations. They had gotten back to headquarters as soon as they fished Jay, who had grabbed the staff, out of the sky.
"I don't get what's wrong!" Jay cried, hitting, the buttons casing over and over after it had failed to work. "I spent hours on this, it is supposed to work!"
Ed, now cured, walked towards his son. "Maybe I can help."
"Dad, You're okay!" The blue Ninja smiled under his mask. Ed grinned and looked down to see what the problem was, meanwhile Kai was stressing over the upcoming snakes. "That should do it, now have a try."
Jay smashed the button and at first it seemed like nothing happened when suddenly, the ship jerked and, with a lot of dust behind it, flew upwards. Away from the snakes.
Okay I had to end it at this point... Mostly because it became too long otherwise. I mean it is now al ready 5 pages on word with a 10 point font. I have a longer chapter down the line but i'll most likely split it off into 2...
Anyhow: Onto the Reviews.
It'sYourGirl: Hihi I know you do xD and you're the only one that picked up on that until now. And no problem :)
SweetHeart114: Jup, I basically went like what is the most random name I can give a snake xD my first idea was Noodle but that's just weird xD
Well, I hope you Enjoyed and see you in the next chapter!