Calli looked at the scene in front of her with worry. Hands at the ready to pull up a shield the second things went wrong.

Wu, on the other hand, didn't think anything was wrong, calmly pouring his tea.

Jay paled even more than he and the others already had once the balance shifted slightly. 'Sensei, I'm starting to think this was a bad idea.'

'Yeah.' Cole agreed, his body rigid. 'He's just a kid.'

Sensei Wu hushed them. 'In order for him to succeed, we must all trust one another.'

'I still think this is overkill.' The redhead told the man as Lloyd was getting tired of standing on one feet, holding all the others over his head.

From the outside, the girl could hear machinery and vehicles pull up to the Dojo but before she was able to comment on it a giant wrecking-ball slammed into the front wall, sending everyone sprawling to the floor.

Cole, being the most resistant of everyone, was on his feet within seconds. 'What was that?' He yelled, shocked at what just happened. Outside he could see workers looking back at him just as surprised.

Before the workers could even get an answer, Dareth came running from the back, shouting. 'Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! This wasn't supposed to happen until tomorrow.'

'Tomorrow?' The one in charge turned to one of his co-workers. 'Let me see that order.' He was handed a slip of paper that he inspected thoroughly. 'Oh, yeah. My bad.'

'Excuse me! Yeh could've seriously injured or even killed someone, you lousy pi-' Cole slapped his hand in front of her mouth, despite the shared feelings, he knew no-one would appreciate it if she would start spouting profanities.

The worker composed himself the best he could as the girl kept glaring at him. 'Sorry about that. We'll be back in the morning.' and with that, the group left.

Calli glared at her boyfriend, who was still holding his hand in front of her mouth, but he didn't notice, thus she opted to softly bite his hand, trying to keep the corners of her mouth down as he yelped, quickly retracting the appendage.

'Dareth, what was that all about.' The girl focussed on what just had happened.

The man sighed as he picked up one of his trophies. 'Well, I fell behind I'm some of my payments and some developer named Darnagom Enterprises is buying the the entire block to put in some stupid frisbee-golf course. They say if I don't come up with 50,000 by tomorrow, the Dojo's gone.'

Jay frowned. 'But we already lost the Bounty. We can't lose the dojo now.'

Dareth seemed to ignore them and went to wail over his throphies.

Zane studied the letters on the notice he was handed. 'Wait a minute.' He exclaimed. '"Darmagom?" When you rearrange the letters, it spells- 'O Grandma?'

Calli facepalmed at Jay's suggestion, and Kai groaned. 'No, Garmadon!'

'Right.' The blue ninja give a awkward laugh. 'That would make more sense.'

Lloyd's face fell. 'My dad is behind this?' He asked. Calli put her hand on his shoulder giving her friends a worried look.

Dareth looked at Wu. 'Any chance you got 50,000 in that teapot of yours.'

Wu gave him a strange look.

'Did someone say 50,000?' All eyes snapped to Nya as she walked trough the door. Her eyes widened as she took in the damage. Though Jay jumped up before she could ask.

'You didn't happen to win the lottery'

The black-haired girl raised an eyebrow. 'No, but I heard about the Ninjaball Run!'

Calli pulled a face as the others went to inquire about it. She heard about the race before, it was a very aggressive road race with only one rule: there are no rules.

'I thank you, little lady fighter, but you're talking about the most dangerous race known to man. Only the most serious of racers stand a chance.' Dareth told Nya.

'No, the cheaters stand the most chance.' Calli scoffed and crossed her arms. 'This is the only race where skill doesn't matter, only that you know how to drive a vehicle.' There was a small pauze. 'And even that isn't mandatory.'

Dareth gave her a look. 'You've raced before?'

'No but I've seen the...casualties.'

Kai seemed to ignore the girl and once again opted they'd race, turning towards his sister. 'But didn't you just do a few upgrades on our Ultra Sonic Raider? Maybe we stand a chance.'

Calli fumed silently as the boys just ignored her and Lloyd jumped up. 'And I can enter with my dragon. You did say I needed the Practice.'

All heads turned to the redhead who finally caved. 'Fine, but only so i can trail Lloyd should anything go wrong, And i'll need full protection if 'm gonna use me bike.' The boy pouted but otherwise kept silent.

'So it is agreed. You will all enter this "Ninjaball Run" to save the dojo.'

At Wu's exclamation Dareth burst into tears again.

Nya rolled her eyes. 'Are you still crying?'

The man nodded/ 'Yes, but these are happy tears.'

Calli never understood the appeal of races like this. The loud cheering hurt her ears and she had to do her best not to flinch.

Nya had somehow managed to get a biker's suit for her to wear including a helmet. It was all black leather and padded on the most crucial areas of her body. The helmet itself was wired so she could keep in contact with the others and it matched her bike in it's colorsceme.

The boys quickly pulled up in the Ultra Sonic Raider and got out for Nya to inspect the vehicle once more. The Ultra-Dragon landed shortly after with a loud thud, almost knocking over the mailman in the progress. Calli joined them but never let her eyes off her bike.

'You look nervous, Lloyd. You okay?' Cole asked the blond.

Lloyd swallowed thickly and nodded. 'N-n-nervous?' He let out a small chuckle. 'Maybe for you guys.'

Meanwhile, Nya jumped down the large vehicle. 'One final thing: I installed a pretty cool upgrade, so if you're ever in a really tight spot, just pull that lever. What it does-' her voice got cut off when a large modified schoolbus pulled up on the other side. Calli covered her ears with an annoyed expression.

'Alright, the race is about to start! the officials are saying pit crews must take their places.'

Kai tried to understand what his sister was telling him but there was too much noise and she was supposed to get back to the bleachers. As she walked away two more competitors joined the race. Cole's dad and the rest of the Royal Blacksmiths and Captain Soto and his pirates.

'Did my dad enter as well?' Cole asked as he heard the singing.

'Seems like it.' She then turned towards him. 'Imma go back to my bike before someone tampers with it.' She quickly stood up her tip-toes and gave him a peck on the cheek before dashing towards her bike. She could hear Jay complaining about all the competitors from behind her and she could see why. His parents had entered as well and so did Kruncha en Nuckal.

'Wait a minute! It apprears some skeletons have crashed the party. Is that against the rules?' One of the announcers asked his partner.

The second announcer burst into laughter. 'Rules? There's only one rule in Ninjaball Run, and that's to cross the finishline first.' He then went on to explain the course. First was Ninjago City, then to the sea of sand, Crash course canyon to be more precise, then onto birchwood forest and trough the Glacier Barrens and the last part was the Badlands and then back to ninjago.

Calli put her hair out of her ponytail so it wouldn't put any extra pressure on her head and put on the helmet as Lloyd mounted the dragon. They would only get one chance at this.

I'm still alive guys! At least somewhat... In bed with the flu at the moment... Yeey... Ugh.

anyhoeties, my internship and job have been keeping me very busy and i haven's had much energy to write and instead spent my free time drawing...

Onto the reviews:

RPM Shadows: Glad you like it :)

Papillie: I'm glad you like it. I had intended to let them have a sibling relation and i'm glad I finally got to write it.

Well, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter.