This has to be one of the longest chapters I've ever written! *hiding in a tree on the computer with the reviewers*
Kai and Jay: *searching right below us*
Jay: *looks up* There they are!
Crud!
Kai: Let's burn the tree! Then they'll have to come down!
Dixicorn: Have you lost your mind?!
Kai: Maybe. *starts to light a fire but gets stopped by an arrow whizzing by his head* What the?
cjsylvester: Let the author and the reviewers go! *prepares another arrow*
Jay: Why should we?
Cjsylvester: *looses arrow and pins his shirt to a tree* Want to ask again?
Jay: No.
Kai: Stay out of this!
Well while that fight is going on read and enjoy!
Chapter 7 season 2 episode 1
Rise of the snakes
Alex's POV
It had been 2 months since the whole breaking Kai's ankle and fracturing his wrist thing. His ankle and wrist had fully healed by now. I had done my morning training and was now in my room laying on my bed, trying to think, but the boys shouts from their video game kept me from doing so.
"Fire strike!" I heard Kai shout. "Oh my gosh, is that the greatest move you've ever seen?!" I got up annoyed.
" I just had to have a room that was right next to the game room, didn't I?" I thought as I walked to the game room.
"Stop trying to do it yourself, we need to attack as a team!" Cole said. I was now in the game room, looking around in disgust. The place had pizza boxes and pizza on the floor and the boys acted like it was normal.
"I thought you guys learned your lesson of not training last time I came in here," I said. They didn't reply and I honestly thought about zapping them.
"Zane! Why are you wasting your special attack on me?! You have to save it!" Jay said. I face palmed. "Fantastic! I'm out of lives!" Jay said in a annoyed/sarcastic voice.
"Are these guys ever going to learn?" I wondered as Sensei came in the room.
"The lesson is on and I am getting the hang of it!" Zane said. Boy does that guy talk weird. I face palmed again and noticed Sensei walk over to the plug.
"Ok, now!" Cole said and five seconds later the tv went black. I saw Sensei holding the plug and held back a laugh. All the guys groaned and complained. I smacks Kai on the back of the head to get him to shut up.
"Why would you do that? Why?" Jay said upset. Kai looked at me with a glare, then he realized I was was there.
"Oh hey Alex, when did you get here?" He asked. I just rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to Sensei.
"Just because Lord Garmadon escaped through a vortex, doesn't mean he won't return for the golden weapons of spinjitzue!" Sensei said.
"But Sensei Wu, ever since he's been gone Ninjago has had nothing but peace," Zane said.
"Yeah, peace is boring! There's no one to save, there's nothing to do!" Jay said in a whinny voice.
"We can train tomorrow!" Cole said and laid down on his back.
"Never put off tomorrow what can be done today!" Sensei said and I shook my head in agreement. Cole grabbed a slice of pizza.
"Well, I was gonna eat this pizza tomorrow so if that's the case," he said and was about to eat the slice when Sensei kicked it out of his hand.
"No pizza for you! In order to reach your full potential you must train!" Sensei said and I laughed at Cole, who was now glaring at me.
"Uh, remember when we did a little thing called the Tornado of Creation? I thought that was pretty insane," Kai said.
"Oh you five have nearly scratched the surface of you full potential! There are so many secrets you have yet to unlock! You haven't even begun to tap into the powers your golden weapons hold," Sensei said and I saw a pizza slice on Kai's sword that was starting to make a sizzling sound. All of the boys were either laying on their backs or stomachs bored. Cole sat up and grabbed his scythe.
"You want to talk secret powers? Check this out," Cole said. He took his scythe, used it to pick up the tv plug, and plugged it back in the wall. They all cheered as they started to play again. Sensei pulled on his mustache in frustration and I face palmed for the third time.
"Don't worry master, we will be ready when Lord Garmadon returns," Zane said and Nya came running in.
"Guys! Lord Garmadon! He's returned! He was spotted approaching Jamanikai village!" She said. Sensei looked worried as she spoke. The guys got up and started tripping over each other. I ran out the door and got on my dragon as fast as I could. The guys joined me a few minutes later. Cole hoped on Rocky, but dropped his scythe. Jay tried to flip onto his dragon saddle, but went over it and landed flat on his face. Zane managed to get on his ok. Kai checked his saddle and then got on.
"Um, can I help?" Nya asked.
"Sorry sis, where we go danger abounds. This is a job for the ninja," Kai said and made hand gestures as he talked. He then bent down to pick up his dragons reigns, by couldn't reach them. "Uh, little help?" Nya smiled and handed Kai his reigns.
"Hurry up slow pokes!" I yelled. I had already taken off and was flying through the air.
"Hey! No fare!" I heard Jay yell and the flapping of dragon wings behind me. I used wolves hearing to listen in on what Sensei and Nya were saying.
"Will they ever reach their full potential?" Nya asked.
"In time. Maybe a long time, but in time," Sensei replied.
"Alex is probably closer to it than the guys," she said.
"Hmmm. Alex has great potential, but a dangerous power. I fear for what her future holds," Sensei said. I frowned and stopped using my wolf hearing. "How does Sensei even know about that?" I thought as we flew through the air in complete silence. That is, until Cole broke it.
"Just like old times, eh Rocky?" He said patting the back of Rocky's head.
"Do you guys believe what Sensei said about unlocking our full potential?" Kai asked and I slowed down so we could all be flying side by side.
"Yeah, he may be onto something. I mean since we got these golden weapons it's not like we've ever had to use them. I wonder what they can do?" Jay said, taking out his golden nunchucks.
"I for one look forward to the future. If there is more for us to accomplish, let it be," Zane said, bringing Sensei's words back to my mind.
"I don't know about you, but is anyone else a little excited about battling Lord Garmadon again? I've been looking forward to trying some new spinjitzue moves; could be the perfect opportunity," Cole said, spinning in his seat for emphasis.
"What about you Alex? You've been silent this whole ride," Kai said.
"I just have a lot on my mind," I replied. I didn't even bother to look at him; I just continued to steer my dragon looking straight ahead.
"Like what?" Cole asked. He was now flying next to me and so was Kai.
"Well-" I started, but stoped myself. "You wouldn't understand."
"How do you know if you don't try?" Kai pushed.
"Because it's nothing you guys deal with and there is a very small amount of people who do understand," I said. There was silence and Jay, being the goofy boy he is, decieded to brake it.
"Well, as much as I like silence, I perfer to keep away from the awkward. So..." he trailed off.
"So what?" I asked and I could tell he had a devious smile underneath his mask.
"Ha ha! Race you!" he shouted. I smirked under my mask and we all sped up. We moved in circles, upside down, and other ways you can imagine. Finally we came up close to a village.
"Jamanikai Village," Kai said in awe before looking at the rest of us. "First ninja there wins!" I dove down in front of the other guys and landed perfectly. With the other guys I could tell if it was a crash land or not. I just knew that snow went flying everywhere.
"Ha! I was first!" Kai shouted in a victorious tone.
"No! No one was was down before me!" Jay retailated.
"My feet were down before yours!" Cole said to Zane.
"You are all disillusioned, it was clearly me," Zane said. They all seemed to be in there own world forgetting all about their fifth ninja.
"You all touched down at the same time!" I screamed and made them look at me.
"How do you know?" Kai asked, narrowing his eyes at me.
"Because I landed first and watched you guys crash land!" I said. I was really frustrated with these guys.
"Hey! We didn't crash land!" Jay said defencively. I pointed to Ashes, who was standing behind me, and then to there dragons, who were either on their back or side, panting. "Ok, so maybe the landing was a little rough." he admitted and I rolled my eyes at him. Our conversation was interrupted by screams coming from the village. We ran through the front gate and took out our weapons. Everyone had gone into their homes or shops. There was a big shadow castes on a mountain that was right behind the village. Maniacal laughter could be heard from the shadow. I held back a shudder and got into a fighting stance. As the shadow got closer, it got smaller and something didn't seem right.
"Stay sharp fellows, whatever happens never let your guard down," Kai said. I didn't bother correcting him this time. The voice of the laughter started changing and I was the first to put away my weapons. "Alex! I just said never let your guard down!"
"Look," I said and pointed back the shadow. The person it belonged to was a kid, ten or eleven years old, wearing a black hoodie with a bone rib design on it and black pants and shoes.
"It is I! Lloyd Garmadon!" the kid said and jumped up onto the fountain. "I demand all the candy in town! Or else!"
"Lloyd Garmadon? I thought we were suppose to be fighting Lord Garmadon?" Jay said confused. Everyone had put away their weapons by now.
"It's his son. Looks like he escaped his boarding school for bad boys again, and to think we could have been doing spinjitzue already!" Cole complained as we walked towards Lloyd, punching the air. The towns people had come out of their shops and were surrounding the fountain he was on. Truthfully, I was glad it wasn't Lord Garmadon. This would be a lot easier and the thought of that guy gives me shudders.
"Uh, give me all your candy or I'll release the Serpintine on you!" Lloyd said and took out a can. He popped the lid off and out came rubber snakes. He laughed, but stopped when the villagers started throwing vegetables at him. "No way! I asked for candy not vegetables! I hate vegetables!" He dodged some trash and vegetables before getting pelted by a ton of them.
"He's gonna have to do better than an old bed time story to scare people," Kai said, picking up a rubber snake and shooting it through the air.
"The Serpintine are real Kai, they are not something to joke about," Zane said.
"Serpintine? Real? We're talking about the ancient race of snake people who once ruled Ninjago and were supposedly locked underground?" Kai said with dissbelief.
"Sealed in six different tomes to ensure that the warren tribes don't unify and exact revenge on those who put them there!" Jay said fearfully.
"It was an old wives tale to teach kids not to poke our noses where they don't belong," Kai retorted.
"It wasn't a wives tale. They're real," I stated and Kai looked at me.
"Seriously? Don't you think it's a little suspicious that no ones ever found one of their tombs?" Kai said.
"That's because you'd be a fool to look for one! If there was anything I hated more than dragons, it's snakes," Cole said as he and Jay grabbed the kid. They stared carrying him and I just walked next to Kai. "Don't worry folks. We'll take care of this. Nothing to see here."
"Ah! Bow down to your master or suffer my wrath! I'll give you to the count of three! One! Two!" Lloyd said. I rolled my eyes.
"What are we going to do with him?" I asked.
"Spank him?" Kai suggested and I silently giggled.
"Two and a half!" Lloyd said. A few minute later he was hanging from his black cape on a sign. We were all laughing. "Ah! You just made me your nemesis! Mark my words! You'll pay for this!" Zane took his mask off, walked over to a candy stand, and bought some candy. He gave some candy to each of us and I flipped off my ninja mask, hidding some behind my back. What? Just cause I was laughing doesn't mean I didn't feel sorry for the kid or don't have feelings.
"Next time try paying for your candy," Cole said.
"Crime doesn't pay muchacho. You can take that to the bank," Kai said. I only nodded.
"Mmm. Cotton candy," Jay teased and ate some of his cotton candy. A few memories came to mind.
Flashback
"Do you have some money you could spare?" girl asked some teenage boys.
"Well, we've got money, but we're not going to waste it on someone like you!" The first one said.
"Yeah! Why should we give you money when we can spend it on something actually important!" The second said. The two looked at their friend expectantly.
"Y-yeah. W-what they said," the third said, but he sounded unsure.
"See you later, loser!" The first one said and all three walked of, leaving the crying girl. The third one had compassion on her and lied to his friends so he could go back to her. Seeing her crying broke his heart. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder and she looked up at him.
"L-look. Sorry about those guys. They can be real jerks sometimes," he apologized. The girl whipped her nose with he sleeve.
"T-then why are you friends with them?" she asked. Her voice was shaky from the tears.
"Honestly, I don't know why," he answered. "Why do you let people pick on you?"
"Because I know that one day they will be judged for their wrong doing. Job 20:19-22 states, 'Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.' And Job 20:27,' The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him." she quoted.
"Wow, that's some heavy stuff," The kid said.
"My mom used to read a different verse of the bible to me every night," she said and pulled out a small, slightly charred bible. The boy frowned, then smiled and held out his hand.
"My name's Cameron, what's yours?" he asked.
"My friends call me X," she said and took his hand. He helped her to her feet.
"Well then, X, let's get you something to eat," Cameron said and X smiled.
Present
"Alex! Youhoo!" Jay said, pulling me from my thoughts. I shook my head and blinked.
"What?" I asked.
"You zoned out," Cole said.
"Sorry," I mumbled.
"Is there something wrong?" Kai asked.
"No, just looking back at my memories," I replied. He didn't look convinced, but I gave him a reassuring smile. He shook his head, but dropped the subject.
"We should be heading back to the monastery. Sensei will be expecting us," Zane said.
"You guys go ahead. I need to get a few things," I said, glancing at Lloyd. He gulped, but the others didn't notice.
"Ok, see you later," Cole said.
"Bye!" The other three said and waved. I waved back. I waited until I couldn't see them anymore, then turned to Lloyd. He whimpered a little, expecting me to hurt him. Instead I jumped onto the roof the sign was attached to and got him down.
"Why'd you do that?" Lloyd asked.
"Because I know what it's like to be laughed at and misunderstood," I said and handed him some candy. He looked at me in disbelief.
"Uh, thanks?" he said questioningly before taking the candy from my hand.
"Your welcome," I said with a smile. He smiled back.
"Why did you laugh with the other ninjas?" he asked, his smile turning into a frown.
"I wasn't lying when I said I was looking back at my memories," I said and he smiled again. Then his stomach growled.
"Come on short stuff, lets get you something to eat," I said and he laughed. "You have to promise me one thing though."
"What's that?" he asked curiously.
"That you'll try to avoid trouble," I said.
"But, I'm the son of the dark lord! I'm suppose to-"
"Hey, I used the word try. You don't have to freak out on me," I cut him off and he sighed.
"Fine, I promise," he said and I smiled again.
"Good, now where do you want to go? And don't say a candy store, that's not lunch," I joked. He laughed and told me where he wanted to eat. I ignored the surprised and angry looks I was getting from the villagers and took him there. He reminded me a little of myself when I was his age, even the blond hair.
"The guys would kill me if they found out about this," I thought as we walked down the street. Lloyd munched happily on the candy I gave him. "Yep, they would kill me."
Kai's POV
We got to the dragons, after twenty minutes of trying to get Alex's attention, and I walked over to Flame. "I wonder what she was getting?" I thought,checked the bag on Flames saddle, and hopped onto him. However my foot hit the bag and made a scroll fall out of it. Zane picked it up and I jumped back off Flame.
"Huh? I don't remember putting this here," I said and took the scroll from my 'brother'.
"That's Sensei's bag. You must have taken it in the rush," Zane said. I opened the scroll as Jay walked up.
"What is it?" Jay asked.
"It's a scroll windbag," I replied sarcastically.
"I know it's a scroll, but what does it say? It's written in chicken scratch," Jay said as they crowded around me (minus Cole and Alex).
"Not chicken scratch, the ancient language of our ancestors," Zane said.
"Can you read it?" I asked.
"Well, I can try," Zane said and started to translate. "This symbol means prophecy."
"Prophecy?" Jay asked.
"It means it tells the future," I answered.
"Course, he-he, I knew that," Jay said. I rolled my eyes and looked back at the scroll.
"One ninja will rise above the others and become the green ninja. The ninja destined to defeat the Dark Lord," Zane translated.
"Ooh! Look! A picture!" Jay said with a small amount of enthusiasm in his voice.
"Dark Lord? Hold on. Do you think it means Lord Garmadon?" Cole asked from his dragon.
"Wait a minute, is that us?" I asked when I noticed the seven ninja at the sides of the scroll. There was a red one, a blue one, a white one, a black one, a pink one, a dark blue one, and a silver/white one, but no yellow. They were surround the green one, each with there own weapon. "Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Like how good I'm gonna look in green?" Jay said.
"Isn't it obvious that I'm gonna be the green ninja?" I said.
"The color obviously soots me!" Jay said back.
"Technecly I am the best," Zane joined in.
"Everyone stop it!" Cole yelled and jumped in front of us. "Remember why Sensei brought us together? We're a team. We weren't meant to see this and probably for good reason."
Alex's POV
I bought Lloyd some lunch and watched him eat it happily. We were sitting at a table outside.
"So, how come you're not at Darkly's?" I asked. He stopped eating and looked at me.
"Well, I ran awa-ah! I-I mean I was kicked out for being so evil! Mwhahaha!" He said and I laughed.
"Whatever you say short stuff," I said and ruffled his hair.
"Hey!" he protested and pushed my hand away. I laughed and then realized that I should head back.
"Well pint-size, I better head back ho- to the monastery. Sensei will be wondering why I didn't come back with the guys," I stated and he frowned.
"Do you have to?" he asked sadly.
"I'm afraid so Lloyd, but don't worry, we'll see each other again," I said with a simi-sad smile.
"Promise?"
"Promise," I said and handed him some money. "Here, get yourself a treat, but don't over due it."
"Thanks, Alex," he said. I smiled and ruffled his hair again. This time he laughed.
"Bye Lloyd!" I yelled as I ran down the street.
"Bye!" He waved and I waved back. When I reached the front gate I saw the guys standing there looking at something. I walked up as Cole jumped in front of the other three. I got close enough to hear what they were saying.
"We weren't meant to see this and probably for good reason," Cole said.
"See what?" I asked. Everyone jumped at my voice.
"How do you manage to sneak up on people like that?!" Jay shouted.
"We're ninja dude. Isn't that what we're suppose to do?" I said playfully.
"Well, yeah, but-" Jay started as he rubbed the back of his head.
"That's what I thought," I stated and picked up the scroll that Cole had dropped when I scared him. I opened it and saw the pictures and read the words. "Wow, the green ninja," I said and the boys looked at me.
"You can tell what it says?" Kai asked and I nodded.
"How?" Jay asked.
"Lessons, motor-mouth," I said and the other guys chuckled while Jay just glared at me. I rolled my eyes and went back to the scroll. I scanned and realized I wasn't on it. "Wait, I'm not on here."
"What?" Cole said and the guys crowded around me.
"Yeah, look. There's a red, black, blue, white, dark blue, pink, and silver/white, but there's no yellow," I pointed out.
"That's weird," Kai said. I was closing the scroll when I noticed something on the back. I flipped it over and gasped. On the back was a picture of me with the Rytrian symbol for betrayal on my chest.
"What is it?" Kai asked. I looked at him with tear filled eyes. I shoved the scroll into Coles hands and ran to my dragon. I hopped on and quickly flew away, tears flowing from my eyes. I looked at my left arm and saw the purple on my ninja suit had grown a little past my elbow in the past few months. The blue moon was now a crescent moon. I sighed through my tears and remembered what Garmadon said that meant. I really don't want to, but-last time it got out the world was in chaos and I couldn't let that happen again.
"Never again," I whispered. Then said in a louder, choked voice,"Ashes! Speed up!" she obeyed and we went soaring through the air faster than any dragon has done before.
Kai's POV
"What was that all about?" I asked. I looked at the back of the scroll, but didn't see anything.
"I don't know. Come on, lets head back home. Sensei will be worried when Alex shows up without us," Cole said. "Besides we have training to do."
"It's about time I added some fanes to my routine," Jay said hoping onto his dragon.
"Well I could use some exercise," Zane agreed. He jumped on his dragon.
"Yeah, I've got to work on some new moves," Cole said and Jumped on Rocky. They all took off, but I stayed behind for a minute with one thing going through my mind.
"Could I be the green ninja?" I wondered out loud. Then I took off on my dragon after the other guys.
Lloyd's POV
I was walking up a snowy mountain kicking a stone as I did.
"Stupid ninja! I'll show them who they're dealing with," I said. "Except Alex, she's ok, for a ninja." I kicked the stone two more times then heard it hit something. I quickly ran up to see what it was. "Hey, what is?" I said when I reached the stone. It had hit something metal and I tried to wipe the snow away. Then I saw that it hit some kind of big metal door. There was a metal snake that looked like a lever. I pushed it and the ground started rumbling. The metal opened up and some kind of gass came out. The metal kept getting smaller and smaller. I fell into the space between the metal. I landed on some ice and tumbled across the floor. I got up when I finally stopped rolling. I looked around. I was in a cave made of ice.
"You are out of your mind to venture sssso far away from home little one," a serpentine said as it slithered towards me. I began to back away and gasped at the size of the snake. He was blue with yellow and white patterns on him. He had a long tail and he was holding a golden staff that looked like a snake wrapped around a pole and in its mouth was some kind of blue liquid.
"Look into my eyessss. Give up your mind," he said. Hypnotic rays seemed to shoot out from his eyes as I backed away and he came closer. "I will control you." I felt like I was slipping away as he spoke. I was going into a trance, but was brought out of it when I hit something and fell down. The snake seemed to hypnotize itself. I got up and saw he had hypnotized himself using his reflection on some ice.
"No, I will control you from now on," I said.
"What shall you have ussss do master?" The snake asked and bowed.
"Us?" I said questioningly. Snakes began to come out of their hiding places and surround me. "My own army of snakes! Mwhahahaha!"
Alex's POV
When I got back to the monastery I ran through the doors and straight to my room, almost knocking Nya over. When I got to my room I locked the door and plopped on my bed crying. Sparky looked at me from his bed on the other side of my room.
"What's wrong?" Sparky asked.
"I-it's nothing," I said.
"Oh, it's something. Tell me, now!" He said sternly and walked over to the bed. I sighed in defeat.
"The guys found a scroll that tells of a green ninja. I wasn't on the front, but on the back it showed me and you'll never guess what else it showed," I said and Sparky looked at me curiously.
"What?" He asked.
"It-I was marked with the Rytrian symbol," I said and paused wiping my eyes," for betrayal." Sparky looked at me in disbelief.
"Alex! That could mean anything! Maybe you're meant to betray Garmadon," he suggested. I shrugged and looked at him. "Look, whatever it is worry about it later, for now you have a family and a life. Don't let a scroll get you down."
"You're right Sparky," I said and dried my eyes as he smirked.
"Aren't I always?" He replied and I rolled my eyes. Then I walked outside and watched Nya do the training course.
Third person POV
The guys were right outside the dragon stables.
"So we all agree, prophecy suggest that one of us will become the green ninja and issue will not rest until it is decided," Jay said as they walked towards the steps that lead to the monastery's front door.
"May I suggest a tournoment? the last ninja standing is the best," Zane said.
"And will be declared the green ninja! I love it!" Kai said he did a fist pump. When they walked in the front door they saw Nya training. She was doing pretty well until she noticed them and got hit in the face with the flat side of an Axe. Jay walked over to her and pulled his hood up halfway.
"Hey Nya closer to beating your brother speed record?" Jay asked and extend it a hand to help her up.
"I'm getting there," she replied and took the hand gratefully. "Heard what happened in town. Just a false alarm?"
"Yeah, but going to need the space. Sorry sis," Kai said After he took off his mask. Cole walked over to the weapons closet. He took out some kendo gear and tossed a helmet to Jay, which hit him on the head.
"Two matches, then the winners of each face off for the title. Armor's for our own protection. It's time to see what these babies can do!" Cole said and held up his scythe.
"Hey Nya, want to stay and watch me mop the floor with them?" Kai asked his sister. He was wearing his kendo gear now.
"No thanks, I think I'll just visit Jamanikai village. Knock yourselves out," Nya replied.
"I'll go with ya Nya," Alex said. The guys turned their attention towards her. They had forgotten she was even there. "Bye guys!" Nya and Alex walked out of the monastery doors to ashes and took off.
"Alright, first up. Kai versus Jay!" Cole said. The two ninja took out their weapons. "Ninja-go!" The match began. Cole almost got trampled before he could move, but he's ok. The battle was epic, but Kai won in the end.
"Next up, Cole vs Zane! Ninja-Go!" Kai said and backrolled out of the way. Another epic battle, but Cole won in the end.
"For the prize and the title of best ninja blah blah Ninja-go," Jay said in a disappointed/bored voice. Cole and Kai went after each other and weapons clashed. Cole did a back roll in the air to avoid one of Kai's attacks, then slammed his scythe on the ground. A small earthquake happened and Kai was thrown against part of the training equipment, just not as hard as last time. Jay cheered for Cole, who was smiling. Kai got up an started doing spinjitzue. He was spinning and stopped all of a sudden. He was having trouble holding his sword. He spun again and stopped.
"It's to hot!" Kai said as his sword caught fire.
"it's burning!" Zane said.
"Fire!" Jay exclaimed. Kai did spinjitzue again and after a minute he stopped, but dropped his sword. The fire from the sword spread, forming a circle around Kai and a line to the steps that Jay and Zane were sitting on. They hopped over the flames while Cole tried put them out with his scythe and Kai ran around in the circle, trying to get out without being burned. Sensei came out and saw what's going on. He walked through the fire and picked up Zane's shurikens, tossing them in the air. He concentrated and the shurikens came together. They flew around, spraying water everywhere fire was-that includes Jays behind!
"What were you thinking?!" Sensei said with an angry tone in his voice.
"Uh, we were trying to figure out who was he green ninja!" Jay stuttered. Zane hit him on the back of the head. "Ow! Did I say green ninja? No sorry what I said was, uh, lean ninja. Ugh!"
"You were not suppose to see this," Sensei said as the other two ninja joined them.
"But Sensei! We want to know! Which one of us is the chosen one?"Kai asked.
"None of you! If you don't unlock your full potential!" Sensei replied while walking back towards his room. The ninja following him.
"But my sword! It was so bright! Is this what you meant by unlocking our golden weapons?" Kai asked and Stopped walking.
"You are only at the beginning and the road is long and winding, but yes. If this is what it take for you to train then so be it! But only one of you are near the level of the green ninja!" Sensei said.
"Who is the one near the level?" Zane asked.
"Alex," Sensei answered. This was a shock to them all.
Alex's POV
Me and Nya were about to get some fruit when we saw villagers running and screaming into their homes.
"What now?" Nya asked and I looked in the direction they were running away from.
"Oh no," I said. Nya looked where I was looking. Lloyd came out of a store with a barrel full of candy.
"Take the Candy! Take it all! Muahahahaha!" Lloyd said then out from behind him came Serpintine! By the looks of it they were the hypnobri.
"Looks like someone found one of their tombs!" I said. We quickly hid behind the fruit cart we were at. I over heard two of the Serpintine.
"This makes no sense General! Raiding an entire town? For sweets?"one questioned the other, who I assumed was the general.
"You will do as I command! Because I hold the staff!" The general shouted back.
"How are we going to worm our way out of this one?" I whispered to myself.
third persons POV
Sensei was in his room meditating before the Spirit Smoke while the ninja were training. Suddenly the spirit smoke showed him what Lloyd was doing in Jamanikai village. He quickly went to tell the ninja.
"The Serpintine are back! Everyone in Jamanikai village is in danger!" He said. The guys stopped their training and looked at him.
"Calm down Sensei, we were just there. It was some kid who says he's-"
"The spirit smoke does not lie! An ancient evil has been released!" Sensei cut Cole off.
"Nya and Alex are there right now!" Kai said.
"Nya?" Jay said. They all took off towards their dragons. This time they all actually got on them right.
"Stay close, stay together," Kai said as they were leaving.
"Would we do it any other way?" Cole said.
Time skip. Jamanikai village.
"Wahoho! I'm never coming down from this sugar high!" Lloyd cheered then the ninja landed in front of him.
"sorry to bust your buzz little Garmadon," Cole started.
"But it's already past your bed time," jay continued. Lloyd turned to the general.
"Get them!" He shouted. The general rattled his tail.
"Seize them!" The general commanded and some Serpintine ran towards them.
"The Serpintine! They're real?" Kai said in shock. Serpintine were surrounding them and hypnotized villagers to.
"It's not just them we have to worry about," Cole said when he saw the villagers. " the whole village has been hypnotized!" Jay began swinging his nunchucks of lightning around. Zane ran up and pulled his arm down.
"No! Our weapon are to unstable! We could do more harm than good!" He said.
"I guess that leave us with RUN!" Jay yelled and the ninja scattered. They all met up at the back of a store. Nya jumped down not long after.
"Nya?" Kai said.
"You're ok!" jay said happily.
"Where's Alex?" Kai asked.
"I don't know, we got separated! I Barely managed to escape, they've hypnotized everyone in town!" She said.
"Mind control? How is that possible?" Jay wondered out loud.
"When you hear them rattle their tails don't look in their eyes! That's how they get you!" Nya said.
"Well what are we suppose to do? First we can't use our weapons and now we've got to fight with our eyes closed? Ha Perfect," Jay said sarcastically.
"The snake with the staff is the general. He's the one in charge. The staff holds the antivenom. If we get that then we can free everyone," she informed.
"Look guys," Kai spoke up. "Let's forget about the whole green ninja thing. Let's make Sensei proud, the four of us. We're a team."
"Now you're talking!" Cole said.
"Oh and Nya, you can be our honorary member," Jay told Nya.
"Gee thanks," Nya said in a sarcastic tone. They all began jumping from rooftop to roof top. Kai jumped down and some Serpintine started to try and sneak up on him. He turned and faced them.
"You wanna play? How about a little Spinjitzue! Ninja-go!" He shouted and began using spinjitzue. He went in and out of using it as he tried to hit the hypnobri. Eventually he just smacked into the wall and fell over seeing stars.
"Okay we're really out of shape," Jay said from a rooftop. Kai stood back up an punched to Serpintine in the face that were trying to sneak up behind him.
"Ha! Consider this a warning ninja! Muahahaha!" Lloyd shouted as he ran away with his wheel barrel full of candy. Zane was on a rooftop close to Lloyd and threw his shurikens at him. The shurikens landed in front of the wheel barrel and ice over. The wheel barrel flipped over when it hit the ice and candy gel out of it. Lloyd was on top. "Ah! My candy!" Zane spinjitzued over in front of Lloyd.
"Sensei was right! Never put off tomorrow what can be done today. We should have dealt with you the first time around!" Zane said.
"Retreat!" Lloyd shouted and the General repeated that. Serpintine started scattering.
Alex's POV
After me and Nya got separated I started kicking Serpintine butt! I can't wait to tell Kai I told you so about them being real. I've been practicing with unlocking my weapon and its really come in handy here. I slashed and dodged as fast as light, until I got pulled into an alleyway.
"Hey! What gives?!" I shouted at the person, but was shocked when I turned around.
"What? No hugs for an old friend?" She said.
"Paxtron!" I shouted and hugged her. She laughed and I pulled back. "I haven't seen you in forever! Where have you been all this time?"
"Oh, around," she answered with a smile. I rolled my eyes. "Actually I've been looking for you."
"For me?" I said quizzically. She nodded her head.
"Yeah! I've been trying to get the old gang back together!" She said.
"What? But the gang broke up years ago," I said. Why is she trying to do that?
"I know! But we had so much fun together back then! I really missed those days," she said. I sighed.
"Look, I'd like to help you, I really would, but I'm apart of a team now. I can't just leave them," I told her. Her face grew grim.
"Like you left us?" She asked me.
"That was different,"
"No it wasn't! And you know it!"
"Yes it was!"
"Why did you leave then Alex?"
"I can't tell you!"
"Why not?"
"Because I can't!"
"Tell me why!"
"I can't!"
"Yes you can! Stop hiding all these things from me! Tell me!"
"To protect you!" I shouted. She was surprised at my answer. I looked at my feet. "Everywhere I go somebody gets hurt. Somebody pays the price and its always my fault."
"Alex, I can take care of myself. So can the others. We don't need to be protected," Paxtron stated.
"You don't get it! Something inside of me is growing. It's causing me to hurt loved ones and friends. I didn't want her to get you guys to. That's why I left, and that's also why I can't go back," I told her dimly before jumping on a rooftop and seeing the Serpintine start to retreat. Where are they going?
Third persons POV
The hypnogriph general started to slither away, but Cole came out of no where and kicked the staff out of his hands.
"Go ahead, give me a reason," Cole said and started walking towards the staff that had fallen on the ground. The general slithered away as Cole picked the staff up. He stared at it a minute before looking up from it and seeing Skales the second in command of the hypnobri standing there.
"Look into my eyes," Skales tail rattled as he spoke. "I control you."
"You...control," Cole muttered as he was hypnotized.
"Cole!" Nya shouted and it seemed to bring him out of the hypnotism. Skales was reaching for the staff while Cole was distracted. Nya ran up and kicked Skales before he could get the staff. Cole started walking away in a daze.
"You have the antivenom!" Nya shouted, bringing Cole out of his daze. He looked down at the staff in his hands.
"By golly you're right!" He said.
"Quick the fountain!" She instructed.
"Good idea!" Cole said and ran to the fountain. He stuck the staff in the top of it and a mist formed and spread throughout the village, curing the villagers. Sensei walked up and Alex watched from a rooftop. Kai walked up after grabbing the staff.
"We're sorry Sensei, if we had dealt with Lloyd before he became a problem, non of this would of been necessary," he said.
"Even lessons learned the hard way are lessons learned," Sensei told them. "Tell me where is Alex?" All the ninja were suddenly panicking on the inside. They had forgotten about their fifth member! Alex jumped down from her perch on the rooftop.
"Looking for me?" She asked and sheathed her daggers.
"ALEX!" The boys shouted in unison.
"Where did you go?" Kai asked.
"To fight Serpintine and kick there butts. Oh and by the way, Kai, I told you they were real!" Alex said with a smile. Kai rolled his eyes at her comment.
"A great evil has been released. I fear troubling times may come. This is only the beginning," Sensei said. Zane walked over to them.
"Then we will train and be ready for the Serpintine," he said.
"It may not be Lord Garmadon, but that doesn't mean we won't bring our A game!" Cole added.
"Help us train, help us find our full potential," Kai begged.
"Yeah, teach us the secrets behind the weapons of spinjitzue," Jay begged to. Sensei thought it over.
"There is much to teach. We must return to the monastery," Sensei ordered. They all started walking toward the dragons. Alex looked at a rooftop where Paxtron was looking down at them.
"Hey you okay?" Kai asked. Alex looked at him then back at the rooftop. Paxtron was gone.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said and they ran to catch up to the others.
"When am I gonna get my own dragon?" Nya said.
"Patience Nya, your time will come," Sensei told her. They all hopped on their dragons and flew away. Paxtron was watching them the hole time.
With Lloyd
"Ugh, candy! I need candy!" Lloyd whined.
"The boy set us free," the general said to Skales.
"He is a child! He is not one of us!" Skales told the general.
"I may not have the staff, but I am still your general! Stand down!" The general ordered Skales, who walked away. One hypnobri stopped him.
"You coward! We all know he is under Lloyd's spell! You are second in command yet still you do nothing!" The snake told Skales.
"Now is not the time! I hold the key to destroying the ninja and when I do everyone will see it is I who should be in control!" Skales said. He was looking through Coles eyes at everything going on with the ninja and laughing maniacly.
Cjsylvester: *tying two boys to a tree* Well that wasn't so hard.
*jumps down from the tree with the other reviewers* Thanks guys! I owe you one!
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