Quick guide:
'Hello' = Normal talking
'Hello' = comunication on the other side of the line.
"Hello" = In-mind conversation with Inizio or thoughts.
Calli yelped as she narrowly avoided one of the traps the other racers had set, almost losing control over her bike. Lloyd and the dragon where far behind just like the guys were, they had been sabotaged by the school kids. She wanted to stop and help, but the five just yelled at her to keep going.
She was currently fourth place as she entered crash-course Canyon with Ed and Edna being first. Behind her, The pirates and the schoolkids were busy crashing into each-other with The skeletons and the mailman in front of her.
The girl quickly accelerated to pass the skeletons, using one of her knives to puncture one of the wheels, it didn't stop them but it slowed them down enough and from her mirrors she could see the kids taking out the pirates.
'Call, we're back and closing in. Any sign of Lloyd?' Kai contacted the redhead. She couldn't see them yet as she was currently well into the canyon but it was a relieve to hear.
'No.' She answered, hitting the brake to avoid an incoming ram from the mailman. 'I'm sure he'll be fine.' She lied.
'Just kee- Oh no,' The red ninja cut himself off with a groan. 'Garmadon.'
She could hear Jay starting to panic followed by the sound of the engine getting louder.
The redhead growled, she could do nothing to get her friends out of the situation and with her focussed on them, she had no time to react to the Schoolbus that popped up out of nowhere.
Calli narrowly avoided the giant vehicle by swerving to the right and breaking, knocking the back of her bike and her left leg against a rock-face.
'You okay?' She could hear Cole ask after her swears.
'Yeah, just managed to get knocked against a bloody rock. How about yeh all?'
She felt some relief when Lloyd was the one who answered. 'I saved them!' The Green ninja Exclaimed happily.
'Nice job kid, I'm coming on to birchwood forest but i've got no Idea which place i'm in. Yer parents are first though, Jay.'
The blue ninja didn't answer more than a grumble and she guessed the conversation was over.
Once in birchwood she was reminded of how much she disliked the cold, and more specifically snow. By now, the Royal blacksmiths were first, having passed Ed and Edna with her in third place. She didn't really care for the other racers, at least until the skeletons decided it was time for payback.
"Use your shadow-walking!" Calli nearly hit the breaks as Inizio's voice rang trough her mind. She'd not seen that one coming.
'What are yeh talking about!' She was glad that the communication was turned off at the moment.
He didn't bother to explain. "Now!"
Calli took a deep breath and the did as the snake commanded. Once again she was back in the grey world but there was one minor, or rather Mayor difference. This time it seemed that time had slowed down, but it seemed to cost way more energy then the other times and once she had dodged the grapple that the skeletons had fired she had no choice but to jump back.
'What the Heck was that!' She yelled, out of breath. This time, however, the boys had opened the communication and became thoroughly confused.
'Are you alright?' Zane asked.
Before she could answer Lloyd answered. 'The giant snake again?' She had told Lloyd about it after he's caught her after she had one of the dreams again and basically kept pestering her until she had told him what was going on.
'What giant snake?' Asked Jay in confusion.
Cole quickly joined. 'Call, what's going on?'
The redhead growled. "Thanks for that yeh overgrown noodle." She directed to Inizio. 'Nothin.'
'That wasn't nothing.' her boyfriend wasn't bugging.
'Listen, how about we finish this Damn race first and then we'll talk.' The girl hissed, before yelping as she had to avoid the Royal blacksmiths as they crashed into a tree.
'Alright.' It was clear Cole wasn't happy but his attention quickly went elsewhere as the raider passed his father as well.
The ultra-dragon flew overhead, with Lloyd shouting something about a shortcut. The boys had finally caught up with her and the others. At the same time, Nuckal and Kruncha decided to take out the dragon.
Using their grapple to hook the creature's leg and hooked the animal to a tree, forcing it to crash into the ground.
'Lloyd!' Calli cried and was about to hit the break.
'I'm fine, just win the race!' And with that he broke off the communication.
'Damnit.' Calli cursed under her breath but didn't stop, Lloyd was right, there was too much at stake.
The whole race was turning into a mess. Whilst the boys where in first place, it had taken a whole lot of nonsense to get them there. The police and a handfull escaped serpentine had joined the race. Garmadon had shown his face in the Black Bounty and they had to get gas from Ed and Edna... Whilst driving. Jay had used her bike for extra support whilst he went to get the tube from his father at the same time, the serpentine decided to get payback and it was left to Kai to steer the giant Raider on his own and for Cole and Zane to fight them off.
This had in turn lead to The Jalopy to crash but as thanks Jay had grabbed a piece and stuck it to the hood so they would finish as well in some sort of way.
By now the only ones left were the five of them and Garmadon.
Calli was somewhat behind the others. her gaze went towards the giant ship occasionally to make sure Garmadon wasn't pulling any stunts which she was sure he'd do anyway, but nothing could have prepared them for what the man would do.
She heard him yell something to the raider and moments later the road cracked and broke apart. Leaving a giant Chasm in the middle of the road.
Both the raider and the bike came to screeching halts.
'That's cheating!' Jay called out.
Zane assessed the situation. 'It is impossible to cross that divide.'
Kai on the other hand reversed a few meters. 'This ain't over. Calli, you in?'
The redhead raised an eyebrow underneath her helmet. 'No, i'm going to find lloyd.' not an exact lie, She just had no intent of falling down the hole should their plan go south.
'Alright.' The red ninja gripped a handle an accelerated. 'Everybody hang on!'
Jay's eyes widened. 'You do know we're heading straight towards that cliff, right? You're sure that's a good idea.'
'I haven't had time to think it through.' Kai shrugged. 'What was it sensei said? You gotta have trust.'
Cole whacked him on the head with the nearest object he could find, which turned out one of Jay's comics. 'Yeah in each other! Not in miracles.'
The red ninja ignored him and the sting from the hit. 'Alright Nya, Don't fail us now.' He muttered under his breath and yanked on the handle.
There was a lot of mechanical noise and a few moments later the compartment detached itself, turning into a jet. The other three quickly used their spinjitzu to get onto the roof of the jet, leaving the rest of the Raider behind.
With the jet they quickly caught up to the Black bounty, as the two vehicles entered the city for the last stretch of the race. Ending in a Photo-finish.
The jet landed on the ground with a thud and the crowd went wild, Cheering for the ninja to win.
'Ladies and Gentleman! we have a winner!' All eyes went to the screen to see who won. It was very close but the headlight that Jay grabbed from his parents Jalopy sealed the deal.
They had won.
'Yes!' Jay cheered. 'I knew it would bring us luck.'
Garmadon growled in protest. 'No! That's not fair! That wasn't even a part of the vehicle in the first place! It's not even street legal! My ship was-'
The man got cut off by another voice. 'Your ship?' Garmadon turned to see Lloyd and the dragon standing on top of the Black Bounty. Calli leaned against her bike next to it keeping up her attitude despite her hurting leg.
'I think this belong to us, don'tcha?' The girl followed the green ninja's statement as officers closed in on Garmadon.
'Alright, you're coming with us.' One officer told him but before anyone could react a bus filled with serpentine blocked the way.
Skales scoffed as he opened the door and garmadon dashed inside. 'Look who needs who now!' and before the doors had even closed, the bus drove away.
Nya sighed as she and the others joined her and Lloyd. 'Somehow, I don't think that will be the last we're gonna see of him.'
Calli nodded but didn't answer further as she watched Dareth dance around in amusement.
'We did it! We did it! We saved the Dojo.' He grinned before setting down the trophy filled with money. He took a quick run-up and then dashed towards it. 'Cannonball!' He cried and landed full force in the giant trophy.
Calli and the others laughed along. Yes, for now they had achieved a small victory.
Quick tip... write down all the names of your Oc characters... I forgot Inizio's because i hadn't written for such a while... eheh.. oops.
Also Calli's ability changed somewhat, or it can be used in another way. It's a bit akin to the Witch-time ability from Bayonetta (For those who don't know. You're probably a bit too young for that game..) basically with a lot of energy use she can slip into the shadows and dodge one attack. For the one attacking it seems more like teleporting whilst she gets into the shadow.
anyhoeties as you can see, this is somewhat on the short side for the simple reason of I didn't want to use dialogue too much for the fear it would become exposition... Thus this one wraps up a bit clumsily... sorry guys. on the other hand I just wanted to get to the next chapter xD (Which is child's play)
Anyhow, Onto the review.
MightyShipper: Don't worry, just that was enough to make my day :)
I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter.