A/N: Hello there! Time to race…vroom vroom. Also, RandomDragon? The timetravel one will be interesting for the both of us… I still don't know how I'm gonna do that one…

Eh… I still have ONLY ONE MORE CHAPTER BEFORE I HAVE TO FIGURE THAT MESS OUT?! Where did the time go!? Uh… that is going to be a very interesting chapter. Once we get there…which will be sometime this week…

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except any OC name drops that might happen!

Chapter Four: Crash goes the Car

I fought to close my eyes, even as horror filled me. I still wouldn't mind knowing why Sensei decided that the best way for Lloyd to prepare for the responsibility of being the green ninja was by doing a handstand while holding the rest of us up by his feet. Truthfully, we looked like an upside down pyramid in my opinion. I glanced down to see a single bead of sweat slip down the kid's face. He was doing pretty good for this being entirely unorthodox. Just then a wrecking ball…looked like a giant ball on a chain, came crashing through the wall. Startled, Lloyd tipped over, dumping all of us. Dareth ran up to the construction crew, fuming slightly.

"Hey! You're not to start tearing down until tomorrow!"

I sprung back up first, quickly making my way over to him. "Tear down the dojo? Why would you do that?"

One of the crewmen scoffed loudly, pushing his hard hat up slightly. "He's fallen behind on his payments. Unless he can pay up the fifty thousand dollars he owes. Darnagom Enterprises wants to buy this place to build a Frisbee golf course."

Zane promptly snapped his head up worry crossing his face. "Darnagom is an anagram for Garmadon."

"Wait…do you mean that Dad is trying to close the dojo down?" Lloyd widened his eyes in fear.

I scratched the top of my head, worry dancing in my eyes. "That…actually makes sense. He wouldn't want you to reach your full potential…and that can't happen until you've had some training. If we can't train you due to lack of space, then he automatically wins."

Nya, who had been helping us train Lloyd today, suddenly pulled a poster out of her pocket. "Hold on, tomorrow there's some kind of race. The first place prize is one hundred thousand. If we can when that, we could save Dareth's dojo."

Jay immediately flung his hands around, alarm flashing across his face. "Whoa whoa whoa! This is the Ninjaball Run you're talking about! Everyone knows that it is the biggest…most dangerous race in all of Ninjago! Were you raised under a rock!?"

I flinched alongside Nya at that comment. Nya hurriedly shook her head. "Try a village that makes Jamanakai Village look like a giant city. Everyone found the harvest to be extremely exciting. A girl can only weed a garden so many times before she gets sick and tired of it."

A soft oh escaped Jay as he quickly ducked his head in embarrassment. Cole scratched his head, peering at the paper. "You know? I think that we can make this work. If we enter in the Ultra Sonic Raider…and the kid can use it as practice to fly the UltraDragon."

"Looks like we might be able to save your dojo Dareth." I commented, even as I wondered exactly how dangerous could a race be…

…

I checked everything in my section of the vehicle, double checking that everything is in working order. The race was to start in a couple of minutes, and I already have a bad feeling that some of our competition was not going to let us when, no matter what. We were going up against our old mailman; he somehow added turbo boosters to his bike, The Royal Blacksmiths; they were singing, Ed and Edna, Captain Soto and his pirates; really nervous about those guys, our two favorite skeletons, Gene and Brad from Darkly's….and the rest of the school. Nya stood next to the Ultra Sonic Raider explaining about a new feature that she had added, but we couldn't hear a word she was saying over the engines.

"What did you say?!" Cole yelled over the engines.

Nya glanced back to the announcer, before turning back to face us. "I have to go! The race is about to start! Good luck!" She then left, hurrying to the stands.

I rolled my eyes at that. She was scared about how we'll react about the change she made. Honestly, it was her idea in the first place. We just made it a reality.

"Cole! The gas! The race is starting!" Jay suddenly screeched as our competition shot across the starting line.

Cole slammed down on the gas, only for the Ultra Sonic Raider to fall apart…literally fall about. Someone had removed the screws holding one of the tracks in place. Jumping back out, we scanned the disaster, annoyance flashing through us. Lloyd turned the UltraDragon around, worry dancing in his eyes.

"Do you guys need help?"

"No! Go race kid, only one of us have to cross the finish line to save the dojo!" I called back, sending him away quickly.

Now we get the fun job of fixing the tracks.

…

"Ok…now that we are off for real this time…can I ask you a question Jay?" Cole shifted gears effortlessly as we left the city behind and entered the desert.

Jay shrugged from where he was sitting, looking right on the bored side. "Sure thing. Go right ahead." Jay waved at him to continue.

"What is up with your bucket list?!" Cole just about screeched.

I immediately perked up, curious about what Jay had to say about it. Jay cleared his throat nervously, glancing back and forth between all of us. "Well…you see here, when I was younger I had two things total on my bucket list. Then when I met Sensei and started my ninja training…I kinda decided my bucket list should include things that we might get ourselves into saving the day. So, any trap I could think of went on the list." Jay paused, glancing over to where Zane was sitting in the back. "Once we learned that Zane was a nindroid, I added a few other things to the list. One of which was being in a dark tunnel where the only light source was Zane himself."

I promptly shook my head at him. "Soo, basically I am hearing that you add things to your bucket list that makes sense with the way your life is headed at the time?"

Jay smiled weakly as he nodded his head in affirmation. We all looked to each other…just in time for Zane to yell at Cole to keep his eyes on the road. My eyes widened in horror upon noticing that the Pirates had crashed into a pile of rocks. A minute later a loud explosion ripped the air as a cannonball shot past us, missing us by a mile.

"Guys! Dad's here; and he's shooting cannons at you!" Lloyd cried out through the com system connecting us to him.

"What?!" "Wonderful!" "Can this day get any worse?!" "If we remain calm…who am I kidding!? Zane's not calm! Panic!"

I somehow managed to reach over and whack Jay, while at the same time trying to figure out who said what.

"Can you guys speak on at a time? I only understood what Jay said…" Lloyd guided the UltraDragon overhead.

"I'll let you know when I know what each of us said. I'm not entirely sure what I said even was…" I grumbled as I called back to him.

Zane pushed a couple of buttons, allowing us to attack Garmadon back. "Perchance if we team-up together, we can help each other across the finishing line?"

"Sounds good to me." We all responded in unison to what Zane suggested.

…

I ignored the death looks everyone was giving me. I turned the heat up to full blast. The terrain we just entered was Birchwood Forest…and I had no desire to turn into a living Popsicle again. My teeth were already chattering from the cold.

"Kai…it's too warm in here. Can you turn down the heat?" Jay whined as he wiped sweat off of his forehead.

Zane suddenly flicked a switch, a proud smile crossing his face. "There. How is that Jay?"

Jay sank back in his chair, relief flashing across his face. "Much better. How did you do that?"

Zane shrugged, a wry smile crossing his face. "I asked Nya to fix the air conditioning and heaters in a way that will give each of us our own central airs. Unfortunately, she hasn't had time to give everyone controls. I am the only one that can control them…besides Kai. She said she'll work on it some more after the race." Zane paused, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Also…I believe none of us want Kai to freeze to death."

Murmurs of agreement rippled through us upon hearing that. I sighed as I realize that this means I won't have to battle everyone on what the temperature should be anymore. Now then…if I could just stop shivering!

"Guys! Lloyd's out of the race!" Cole yelped loudly as he pointed out where the UltraDragon and Skeletons were tangled together.

"G..g..g..r..r..r..e..a..t..t..t..t its down to just us to save the dojo…" My teeth chattered loudly, making it harder to understand me than usual.

…

Seriously? How many places does Ninjago have that is cold year round!? First Birchwood Forest, now Glacier Barrens. Whoever planned this track must want me to freeze to death. Soo so cold! Rubbing my hands together, I blew onto them in an attempt to warm myself up.

"Oh no!" I wanted to strangle Cole…I really did. Someone should make a rule that when in this race…you're not supposed to say that. Cause it meant that something is wrong.

"What's wrong?" Zane ignored the panic that Jay and I were going into.

"We're running out of gas!" Cole responded.

Jay immediately sucked in a big breath. "Didn't Nya refill the tank to the maximum at the starting line?"

"Yes! But the tank is too small to hold enough gas to get us to the finishing line! We need to refill!" Cole responded loudly.

I pressed a hand against my ear, wondering why he was still yelling. "Cole? We're right next to you…no need to yell."

Cole promptly blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry, forgot. But, we seriously need more gas."

A loud honking sound suddenly came from our left side. Looking, we spotted Ed and Edna racing beside us. "Let us give you a hand! We have plenty of gas to spare!" They hollered over the roar of our engines.

"Aren't you racing against us?!" Jay questioned his parents.

"Yes! But we heard that you're doing it to save the dojo!" Edna hollered back.

I quickly went through our options. "Jay! The only way this will work if we transfer the gas while we're racing!"

Jay nodded his head, before climbing out, jumping over to his parents car. He had barely connected the two tanks with a pipe when the serpentine showed up, attacking us. Zane and I quickly climbed out, hurrying over to help Jay get the gas without having to fight off the serpentine. I didn't stay outside to help for long however. Zane very quickly sent me back in due to the fact was shivering to the point of being useless in the fight.

...

"Ma! Pa!" Jay rushed to the now crashed car, checking on his parents.

"We're fine son. Just wish we could have seen the Jalopy cross the finish line." Edna sighed as she looked over the wreck before her.

"Jay! Come on! Garmadon is getting ahead of us!" Cole cried out, anxiety flashing across his eyes.

"Comin!" Jay yelled, before turning to his parents' car. Jay quickly took a piece of their car, before murmuring something to them. He then rushed back to us, sticking the piece on the front of our vehicle. "Let's go!" Jay cried out as he leapt into his seat.

…

I widened my eyes in horror, wondering if anyone else noticed what Garmadon had just done. A loud thud echoed out as Cole punched the dashboard in front of him. "No!"

I glared at the large divide preventing us from crossing the finishing line. The only way out would be if Nya's new upgrade could help us cross this new obstacle. Reaching through our bond, I quickly contacted her.

Nya! Quick! What does that new switch do?!

Kai, calm down! It…makes the Ultra Sonic Raider breaks off into two pieces. The big piece stays put while the second smaller piece, with all of you inside, sprouts wings and flies for a short distance before turning back into a car.

Thank you…wait. Small piece?! You did hear that I have claustrophobia? Right?

I built it before that happened. Sorry. Just close your eyes.

I shook my head as I reached for the switch. "I'm gonna pull the switch Nya added."

"What!?" All three of my brothers yelled out. Zane continued in a semi-calmer state. "Kai, we do not know what that thing does. We should wait till Nya has time to…Ahh!" The last part was due to the fact I had flipped the switch. Immediately I screwed my eyes shut, refusing to look as the Ultra Sonic Raider skyrocketed. I curled my fingers into my armrests, digging my fingers into it. I flinched as the vehicle touched down, skidding to a halt. Silence fell as we waited with baited breath. Was the unexpected fast ride over with now?

"THE RESULTS ARE IN! THE NINJA WIN! BY WHATEVER THAT IS!" The race announcer announced loudly, bellowing with excitement.

Startled, I snapped my eyes open to find that Zane had already opened my door to prevent me from freaking out. Springing out, I turned to look to the front of our vehicle…to see the piece from Ed and Edna's car sitting at the front. The finishing line was behind us, the Black Bounty dropped anchor right in front of us. Garmadon came storming over, anger flaring in his red eyes.

"They shouldn't be allowed to win! That isn't even a part of their car! They added it on during the race!" Garmadon screeched as he threw a perfect little fit.

Still fuming once he realized that the judge wasn't going to give in to him, he turned to head back to the flying ship. Only to freeze when Lloyd neatly landed on top of the ship. "I think this is our ship."

Police zipped across the finish line, one of them pulling out a megaphone. "Lord Garmadon! Put your hands up! You're under arrest!"

Garmadon took several steps back, looking around frantically for a way out of there. I quickly ran up to him, determined to stop him from fleeing, when a serpentine bus screeched to a halt next to him. Scales opened the door, a hiss escaping him. "Get on if you want out of here!"

Garmadon leapt aboard and the door very quickly hissed shut. Tires squealing, the bus took off quickly.

"Wonderful. Soo, anyone want to go out for dinner?" Cole shoved his hands into his pockets.

We all quickly shook our heads at him while laughter slowly, but steadily, grew. Nya snuck up behind me, quickly giving me a swift hug.

Yep. We can definitely do this.

A/N: Done! Ok….so umm, yeah. I guess I probably should be figuring out how I am going to do the Time travel episode with this head-canon. Actually, I have two different ideas bouncing around in my noggin…

Really like the one that involves Dareth. Might use that.

Till next time!

SkyTalon