I am on a roll right now. (Currently chapter five isn't even posted…) Anyway, enjoy!
7. Caught Up in Things
"Rattla wait up!" Echo called. "I've never been here before!" She ran through the woods, following her new serpent friend. She stopped when she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She stopped and turned, curious about what she saw.
"Echo, what are you looking for?" Rattla asked as he walked back to the girl.
"I saw someone," Echo said. She grabbed Rattla's hand. "Come on, let's go see who it is."
"I don't know…" Rattla mumbled.
"What happened to being a feared Hypnobrai?" Echo questioned. She started pulling him through the woods.
"Some people don't get sssscared like you did," Rattla said. "Some people attack serpentine when they ssssee us."
"Well…you may be scary but I'm not. They won't attack me, and they probably won't attack you if you're with me." She stopped when she saw a small shed. "That's weird."
"Let'ssss check it out," Rattla suggested, starting to get over his worry.
Echo nodded and they walked over to it. She looked up at it and knocked on the door. A man with blonde hair and brown eyes came to the door. He was wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans.
"Oh my gosh!" he gasped. "Guys come here."
Echo looked to Rattla, a little unsure now. Rattla just shrugged and looked back to them. Three other men appeared, making Echo feel uneasy.
"Aren't they adorable?" the blonde haired man asked. "Can we keep them? Please! I promise to feed them everyday and make sure they don't run out of water and–"
"Rick, you can barely keep yourself feed and from dehydrating," the red head said. "The answer is no."
"Are you two lost?" the youngest asked.
"Well, we aren–"
"Do you wanna come inside for some cookies?" the black haired man asked.
"Yes!" Echo exclaimed.
"I don't really like cookiess," Rattla mumbled.
"My room has rats," the youngest said.
"Okay, I'll help you with that little…problem," Rattla said. The men let the two walk in.
"By the way," the blonde man said, causing the two to turn to him, "my name is Rick. This is Nicholas, Ryan and Joesph. Cole will be back shortly, he went to go meet up with Samurai X."
"Mhm," Echo said, munching on a cookie Ryan handed her. "So,"—she swallowed what was in her mouth—"who are you guys?"
"We are your heroes," Nicholas smirked.
"Right, the sewing circle," Ryan chuckled.
"That kid was an idiot, do you think I wouldn't be a smarta…alek?" Joesph asked, correcting what he was going to say since Echo was standing there. "We're the rebellion."
"Against what?" Echo asked, eating more of her cookie.
"The king obviously," Rick stated.
Echo looked down. "My dad says there was a time when the king was good, but now…he had to bring Lucas to our place because he said it's safe."
"You have Prince Lucas?" Nicholas gaped.
"Oh, Princess isn't gonna like this," Ryan muttered. "Not at all…where do you live, Sweetie?"
"The desert," Echo replied simple, finishing off her cookie.
"That explains the serpent," Rick mumbled, "but where in the desert?"
"How should I know? I'm seven!" Echo exclaimed. "I just followed Rattla."
Rattla walked out of Ryan's room with a rat half in his mouth. He finished swallowing it and asked, "Did ssssomeone need me?"
"Dude, that was gross," Echo laughed.
Rattla shrugged. "All snakes do it. I've even seen a couple people shove the whole thing in their mouth and then just sssswallow it!"
Echo laughed a little more. "My dad would have a fit with me if I didn't chew before swallowing. I'm sure Zoey would have a long talk with me too!"
"Well you don't have to chew noodless," Rattla pointed out.
"Can we get back on topic?" Joesph asked.
"I thought we were on topic," Rattla mumbled.
"No, you need to tell us where she lives," Rick said.
"Why?"
"So we can take her home, find the lost prince, and save the Kingdom of Ninjago," Ryan said.
"Why do I care about the kingdom of Ninjago?" Rattla hissed. "Why should Echo care? What'ssss happening in the kingdom is your problem, not ourssss! Come Echo, let's go to my ssssecret sssspot." He grabbed Echo's hand and they started for the door.
Before they could reach it, it swun open. A muscular man with shaggy black hair walked inside. "Who is this?" he asked.
"Oh, don't worry, we were jusssst leaving," Rattla said. "Now if you'd kindly move before I make you move."
The man looked past them before stepping aside. Echo and Rattla walked out of the shed. "Why'd you just blow up like that?" Echo asked as Rattla let to of her hand.
"I don't like it when people think the sssserpentine care for their precioussss kingdom. We don't, we never did. We only agreed to sssstop the fighting between uss for our benifit," Rattla explained. "We were far out numbered during the war and decided continuing wassssn't worth the lossss."
"Okay, why'd you say I shouldn't care?" she asked.
Rattle shrugged. "You ssaid you weren't allowed at the kingdom so I assssumed it was becausssse your father was banished."
Echo looked down. "Do you think they'll come after us? The rebellion I mean, they really wanted to know where Lucas was."
"If they do, I'll just quickly learn to hypnotize people sssso they leave us alone," Rattla said.
Echo giggled. "All right then. So…race ya to the kingdom!"
Alex opened her eyes, but that didn't really help. It was pitch black where ever her and Jay were. "Jay," she whispered, "are you okay?"
"Yeah," Jay moaned, "sort of. What happened? What did you push?"
"I don't know," she mumbled. "I just fell and you fell ontop of me. Now get off!" She shoved Jay off her and reached her hand up. She started to sit up, keeping her hand in the air to find the ceiling. She continued until she was standing. "Decent sized room."
"Really?" Jay asked. Suddenly a light came on in the center of the room. "Found the lights!"
Alex looked around. The room was about ten feet by ten feet and six feet high. There was a door in the corner of the room. "Let's go Jay," she said, pulling him along. They started down the hallway and up a staircase.
"Do you know where we're going?" Jay asked.
"Of course not," Alex retorted. "I'm following my instincts."
"Didn't think they taught you instincts," Jay mumbled.
"My parents didn't, but my uncle did," Alex said. She made a right and found a door. She stopped and kept Jay from walking over. "Stay catious, who knows how many soldiers are outside."
Jay nodded and they started over. Alex signaled for him to stop and motioned for him to go on the left side of the door. He slowly walked over and Alex stayed on the other side.
It's now or never, she thought. She slowly and silently counted to three, holding up each finger for Jay to know. One. Two. Three. She turned and pushed open the door.
What do you think will happen next? Seriously, I wanna know what you think will happen. :)
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