Chapter 9 – There's a Fangpyre in the junk yard!
The ninja, the girls, and Wu were traveling down a desolate road in the middle of the desert as the sun just barely began to rise for dawn.
"Anyone want to tell some stories to pass the time?" Kate asked, breaking the silence. No one replied as they looked at each other.
"I-I suppose I could tell a story from my past," Zane softly volunteered.
"Ok then, what'cha got?" asked Jay. Zane sighed before answering.
"Well, my story is about the memories of my life—or at least what small memories I have left. I don't recall my childhood, all I can grasp is me being the age I am now, and at that time, I remember waking up in a tree," Zane explained.
"A tree?" Kai asked slowly.
"As odd as it sounds, yes, a tree, but it was actually a home—and also a lab—in the disguise of a tree, and the tree was located in the forever freezing forest known as Birch Wood Forest. After I woke up there, I left the lab, left the tree, and walked and walked until I luckily came to a little village located in the cold north," Zane went on.
"And the lake from which I saved Zane from was in the village," Wu added.
"But, life there didn't make things better—people in the village would make fun of me, telling me I was…" Zane continued, but then his voice trailed off.
"You were what?" Cole pressed on.
"Inhuman," Zane was reluctant to reply. There was a moment of silence now.
"Guys look, there's a light off in the distance. Think it's a junk yard, and maybe thee junk yard Lloyd and the Fangpyre are headed for?" asked Cole.
"I hope it's not, because if that's the only speck of civilization in the middle of nowhere, it's definitely my parents' junk yard," Jay said with worry.
"Thanks for that very short story Jay, now let's go!" said Kate. The others began to pick up speed, but Jay and Nya were at the back of the pack, leaving Jay some private time with Nya.
"So, hey, Nya, we've known each other for a while-," Jay began, but Nya cut him off.
"Three days," Nya cut in.
"Um, yeah, so, I was wondering…" Jay began again, but talking to the girl he like made him get a bit choked up.
"Yeah?" asked Nya. Jay sighed in defeat that he couldn't talk to Nya.
"How's you're wound?" Jay asked sadly.
"Oh, it's fine—and Jay, if you like me, and you want to ask me out, that's fine. Of course I'll be your girlfriend," Nya replied. Jay's face would heat up at this.
"What, how'd you know—AHEM, I mean…" Jay said quickly.
"Kai told me everything," Nya said flatly.
"That brother of yours is a jerk," Jay complained.
"I know, and I couldn't agree more," Nya said, and with that, the two chuckled. Suddenly Jay and Nya both accidently walked up to Kai who had stopped walking and sized both of them up as he glared at the two. Nya and Jay's laughing slowly and awkwardly died down.
"Uh…" Nya merely said, while Jay tugged on the collar of his ninja suit. Kai scowled at them for another moment before sighing and looking away.
"You two are lucky Kate talked me into this before—so I'll let you off with a warning—and I'm talking to you Walker," Kai said softly yet harshly. With that, Kai turned and walked away, leaving Jay and Nya to themselves again.
"Yes, officer," Jay whispered, but loud enough for Nya to hear, so she giggled and that made Jay smirk. Nya and Jay then continued on as well, and caught up with the others.
Lloyd and the Fangpyre were in the same desert terrain as the ninja, but not in the same spot, though they were now looking at the same light source the ninja were heading for.
"That's it, this is the place—'Ed and Edna's Junk' is what I think it's called," Lloyd said to Fangtom.
"Hmm, ssssuch a very-ssstupid name-but asss long asss vee're-able to find ssssome-machinery-vee vill be pleassssed," Fangtom explained.
"Oh, don't worry, I saw plenty of gadgets when I passed by here," Lloyd said with a smirk.
"Good," both of Fangtom's heads whispered. It was silent as they continued towards the junk yard, but then Lloyd looked up at Fangtom confused.
"Hey, Fangtom, just out of curiosity—how did you get two heads?" asked Lloyd.
"Oh, that isss easssy-and thissss ssstory isss true-vhen a Fangpyre bitesss hissss own ssself-he growsss a ssssecond head," Fangtom replied. Lloyd's eye brow quirked as he took this in.
"Ok—that's kind of trippy," Lloyd said slowly, "and one more thing, what's the Fangpyre's special powers?" Lloyd continued.
"Vell, if vee are able-to sssink our teeth-into a human-our venom beginssss-to change them," said Fangtom.
"How?" Lloyd asked, but at the same time, they just got to the entrance of the junk yard.
"Tell you vhat-you sssseem very-eager to learn-sssso instead of-telling you-I'll show you-next time I sssee-another human-deal?" asked Fangtom.
"Alright, fine," Lloyd replied.
"But know thisss-Lloyd-vhen our venom-getsss in a-human'sss immune sssysssstem-they go through painful changessss-sssome that may be too painful-for you to witnessss," Fangtom warned. Lloyd didn't answer, he only walked into the junk yard.
The junk yard was in a large circular shape that was fenced in by an old tall wooden fence with barb wire, but there was still a large opening that wasn't gated. There were scraps, old and rusted machines and tires everywhere, and even a small trailer at the far end of the yard. Big bright white lights were surrounding the yard and small colorful plastic lights were strung up on the livable trailer. Lloyd or the Serpentine following him didn't pay mind to the trailer, all they did was evilly smile at their resources. The Fangpyre began to bare their two front long, white and thin fangs.
"Feed-my fellow Fangpyre!" Fangtom announced to his tribe. The Fangpyre all spread out through the piled up scraps of metal and machinery.
"Come Lloyd-let's look at our-veapons," Fangtom said as he placed a clawed hand on Lloyd's back and gently pushed him so Lloyd would follow him further into the junk yard.
"Weapons?" Lloyd asked with confusion. After the snakes disappeared into the garbage, an elderly man suddenly opened the trailer door and walked out.
The man had pale skin, grey hair, was about five feet tall, and wore dark green grease and oil stained trousers with a blue under shirt and big boots. The man's blue green eyes whipped around his junk yard with concern.
"Ed, what is it dear?" a soft woman's voice in a Canadian accent came from the trailer. The owner of the voice came from a woman that was a few inches shorter than the man, or Ed; she had brown hair in a bun, wore blue jeans, a big brown leather jacket that was fuzzy on the inside, a white shirt underneath and red scarf around her neck, and she also wore big brown boots as well. The woman had a few grey hairs as she walked to Ed, who was clearly her husband, and adjusted her glasses over her blue eyes as she approached Ed.
"Sorry Edna, I could've swore I heard something, eh," Ed said to his wife named Edna, he also had a Canadian accent.
"Oh Ed, you haven't been the same since our only son ran away—come inside and have some coffee to ease those nerves, eh," Edna said sadly. Ed sighed and followed his wife back into the trailer, and shut the door.
But little did the old married couple know the sound of the door shutting got the attention of a Fangpyre. The Fangpyre squinted his white eyes with black slit pupils and hissed as he whipped his red tail and flicked his black forked tongue.
At the gates of the junk yard, the ninja, Wu and the girls have just arrived.
"Oh, this is totally my parents place," Jay said with worry.
"Unfortunately, this place was in the same direction Lloyd and the Serpentine were headed," Zane added.
"But, come on Jay, what are the odds that brat would lead those snakes here? So I wouldn't be as worried," Cole said with a chuckle.
"Wait, hold on a second—if this is your parents' place, did that mean you were born in a junk yard?" Kai cut in and tried to hold in a snicker.
"My parents lived too far from a hospital, ok?!" Jay exclaimed angrily, causing everyone to laugh. Suddenly, everyone realized Nya wasn't in the group.
"Where's Nya?" asked Kai. Everyone looked around, until they heard knocking.
"Hello?" Nya's voice was heard from the direction of Ed and Edna's trailer. Turns out, Nya was at the trailer's door and was knocking at it. Everyone looked at Nya, but Jay looked like he was about to be sick.
"Oh no," Jay sighed. The door came open, and Ed and Edna smiled at Nya.
"Well, hello there, young lady, can we help you, eh?" Edna said from behind Ed.
"Well, actually my friends and I came here to-," Nya began with a smile, until Jay came in while running.
"Hey, mom, dad, long time, no see!" Jay cut in with enthusiasm but while putting on his best fake smile, and even stepping in front of Nya. "Run away," Jay whispered through seethed teeth.
"Say what?" Nya quickly whispered back.
"Jay, is that you?" Ed asked with a smile s he and Edna quickly stepped out of the trailer and up to Jay.
"Oh, yes it is! Ed, it's our baby boy, eh!" Edna said as she hugged Jay and practically crushing him and making him blush.
"Mom...choking...not breathing," Jay said in a hoarse voice.
Edna squeezed Jay one last hard time before letting him go, and then eyeing Nya.
"Oh, and is this your girlfriend?" Edna continued, but Jay was waving his hand in front of his neck to tell her to stop, but to no avail, "oh I can already tell she's a keeper, such nice looks and kindness, eh," Edna went on.
"Um, y-yeah, I-I guess you could say we're an item at the moment," Nya said meekly.
"Luckily," Kai's voice came in from behind. That's when Ed and Edna, obviously Jay's parents, noticed the others.
"You some of Jay's friends, eh?" asked Ed.
"Well, technically, we are more like his metaphorical brothers," Zane said softly.
"And metaphorical sister," Kate added while shooting Zane a glare.
"And I am his and his brothers' sensei; my name is Wu," Wu said and stepped forward, "I apologize for the intrusion, but we feared that you and your junk yard might have been in danger—a group of an ancient race and my nephew, who chose to follow a darker path, claimed they would be coming to a junk yard, and we wanted to make sure it wasn't yours."
"Well thank you for making sure we were safe, eh," Ed thanked them.
"And especially for bringing momma's boy back, eh!" Edna said as she began to ruffle up Jay's hair with her hand. The ninja, even Kate, Wu and Nya began to snicker at Jay. Jay instantly shot a death glare at them all and they stopped snickering and looked away to act as if nothing happened.
"I will admit, that was very easy to find humorous," Zane whispered.
Kate, and no one for that matter, didn't know that a red and black scaled Fangpyre tail was rising up fro behind her. And before anyone knew it, the tail whipped around Kate's head and gagged her mouth. Kate tried to pry the tail from her mouth, but to no avail, and the tail pulled her down onto her back. The THUD from Kate falling caught everyone's attention, but not before the long tail began to drag Kate into the dark corners in the junk piles, and she was gone.
"Looks like they did come here," Cole said as he grabbed out his Scythe of Quakes.
"Who, eh?" Ed and Edna both asked with a little fear.
"The Fangpyre!" Wu replied with firmness, "spread out and find her, the Serpentine are smart enough to find any good nook or cranny to hide in," Wu instructed.
Everyone went in different directions, but Jay looked at his worried parents.
"It's ok, you two stay here, I'll be fine," Jay reassured his parents as he took one of their in one of his hands. Jay let go and ran off into the dark junk piles.
Kate was still being dragged by the long tail until the owner of the tail, Fangtom, stopped when he slithered up to the fence. When Fangtom stopped, he flung Kate like a rag doll up against the fence. The impact made Kate breath hoarsely and cough. Kate tried to stand up, but just as Kate got meekly up on her feet, Fangtom used his long tail again and wrapped all around her, from her ankles to her shoulders, keeping her immobilized.
"You sssee, Lloyd-vee musssst keep our prey-immobilized-so that the venom-can eassssily flow through the immune sssysstem-vithout being rushed," Fangtom explained. That's when Lloyd came from the shadows and up to Fangtom.
"Why wouldn't you want your venom to move quickly, wouldn't it just make the process go quicker?" asked Lloyd.
"But that isss the problem-our venom isss different-and mussst-take itsss time," Fangtom replied.
Suddenly Lloyd looked at Kate again, and realized that's who Fangtom captured.
"Wait, you're going to bite her?" Lloyd asked with worry, "oh geez, that sounded so wrong," Lloyd continued under his breath.
"Vell, you vanted-to sssee the changesss-and now I-vill show you," Fangpyre explained, and bared his long fangs at Kate, and she cold tell they were inches from her face. Lloyd shook his head, and put his hand between Fangtom and Kate, stopping Fangtom from biting her.
"Wait, don't do this to her, let her go," Lloyd pleaded. This made Kate's eyes go wide and caused her to gasp.
"And vhy vould-I do that?" Fangtom asked as he flicked his back forked tongue at Lloyd. Lloyd was at a loss of words for a moment, but then he smirked.
"Because wouldn't you rather get good fighters, like my Uncle Wu, or the ninja on your side, instead of this stupid girl?" asked Lloyd. This made Fangtom's two heads look at each other, but then look at Kate as he slowly unraveled his tail from around Kate, causing her to fall to her knees.
"You are-very right," said Fangtom.
"Kate, where are you?! Are you back here?!" came Jay's voice that wasn't too far from where they were hiding.
"Hmm, perfect timing—ok Lloyd-I vill-let her go-but next time-I von't-let my prey get away," Fangtom said darkly, and slithered towards the direction of Jay's voice. Now Lloyd was left with Kate, Lloyd quickly went to Kate's aid and helped her up.
"I'm sorry...my name's Lloyd, by the way," Lloyd said quietly.
"Name's Kate, and one more thing," Kate said as she stood up and looked at Lloyd.
SLAP! Kate slapped Lloyd across the face, and glared at him.
"Um, ow!" Lloyd yelled at Kate.
"That was for setting them free, letting them capture me, and for calling me stupid," Kate said angrily.
Lloyd quirked an eye brow while still looking angry and lightly shaking his head. But suddenly Kate grabbed the collar of Lloyd's shirt and pulled him towards her so they locked lips. The kiss only lasted a mere few seconds until they broke apart. Lloyd was shocked while Kate just stared at him with a soft look.
"That's for—convincing him to let me go," Kate said softly, but with that she took out her bow and an arrow head. "This never happened, kepeesh?" Kate asked, getting serious again. Lloyd rapidly nodded, but Kate couldn't see, so she began to lose her patience again. "Kepeesh?!" Kate repeated louder.
"Ok, yes," Lloyd quickly replied. Kate soon began to speed walk away from Lloyd and kept her bow and arrow pointed down as she left Lloyd, and Lloyd watched her in awe. After Lloyd couldn't see her anymore, he shook his head and got angry.
"Stupid teenage hormones," Lloyd grumbled.
In the clearing of the junk yard where Ed and Edna stood, Kai, Cole, Zane and Nya ran back to the clearing.
"You guys couldn't find her either?" asked Cole.
"Negative," Nya replied.
"N'yet, and I just can't see how Jay had a happy child hood in this trash heap," said Kai.
"There was no sign of her that I could see," said Zane.
"So, you couldn't find her, huh?" Kate's voice came from behind everyone. Everyone turned and smiled to see Kate.
"Kate, you're alright. How'd you get away?" asked Nya.
"Well," Kate began as she looked away, looking for the right lie, "you should know by now I can protect myself," Kate said with a smirk.
"Touché," said Nya.
"But I think something is keeping Wu and Jay," Kate pointed out.
"Hey, she's right, where are they?" asked Cole. Suddenly a shriek of pain was heard from the left of them.
"My guess—that way," Kai simply said as he pointed finger in the shriek's direction.
"That sounded like Jay, eh," Ed said with worry.
"Oh, if it is, please make sure my boy is alright, eh," Edna pleaded with tears welling up in her eyes.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Walker; we'll make sure he fine," Kate said as the other three ninja began to run to the source of the sound, but Nya stayed.
"Actually Kate...why don't you stay here and look after these two? They could use the protection, and we wouldn't want you getting captured gain, ok?" said Nya.
"Ok," Kate sighed. Nya then left and caught up with the other ninja.
"Edna, if something were to happen, I want you to head for the helicopter I repaired and get away from here," Ed said firmly.
"Oh, Ed," Edna wept as she hugged Ed, and Ed held his wife. Kate watched sadly at Ed and Edna's embrace, and then she licked her lips. Little did they know, that hiding behind the trailer, that Fangtom's two headed second in command Fangpyre was watching and listening. The two heads looked at each other, and smiled evilly.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" the right head asked, and not in a vampire accent like Fangtom.
"Only if you're thinking about that crane with a wrecking ball I ssspotted," the left head replied.
"Ooh, a wrecking ball, even better, let'ssss go get the other Fangpyre and tell them what we've dissscovered," the right head said, with that, the two headed snake disappeared into the darkness of the junk piles.
Wu and the ninja and Nya ran into a big dark corner in the yard, al least it would be dark if one of the big lights surrounding the place wasn't shining down on the spot.
"I could've sworn I heard it from here," Kai said as no one moved and they waited. Their waiting paid off when Jay's helpless body was flung from a dark corner, but he was thrown towards Cole, so he crashed into to Cole and they both fell to the ground.
"Ouch, dang it Jay!" Cole snapped as he sat up and shoved Jay off of him.
"Oh, suck it up you two," Nya said angrily as she extended a hand to both of them, they took a hand and she pulled them up.
"Jay, what happened? We heard you shriek," said Wu.
"Yeah, like a girl," Kai added.
"I was just looking for Kate when a Fangpyre attacked me," Jay explained.
"As weird as it sounds—did he bite you?" asked Wu.
"Uh, n-no, h-he didn't," Jay stuttered. Suddenly there was the sound of Ed and Edna's shrieks. But before anyone could say anything, Kate came running in, and she panted before she could speak.
"Guys—we've got a problem," Kate breathed. Pretty soon, everyone was running back towards Ed and Edna's trailer, but they were shocked to see the old married couple wasn't alone.
There were two Fangpyre with Ed and Edna, and each had their tails wrapped around the couple's wrists, as if they were wearing hand cuffs. Kate grabbed her bow and two arrows, but before she loaded two arrows, she stared at them. At the same time, Lloyd was hiding and watching Kate and the others from a fare distance. Kate stopped looking at the two arrows and carefully loaded them into her bow, but not before the two Fangpyre holding Ed and Edna finally bit them on their wrists.
"No!" Jay cried in horror. The two snakes laughed at the two as they grunted in pain.
The veins in their neck, arms and even legs began to become visible as dark purple liquid would seep through the veins and travel throughout their bodies. Kate pulled back on the arrows and closed her eyes.
"You've never shot more than one arrow at once, but you've got to try, Kate," Kate said quietly to herself.
"C'mon Kate," Lloyd quietly cheered. Kate's eyes snapped open, and she shot the arrows right towards the Fangpyre and Ed and Edna's direction.
Lucky for them, Ed and Edna's wrists were tied together by the Fangpyre's tails and were held in front of their bodies. So when the arrow heads came flying towards them, each arrow struck the tip of the Fangpyre, causing them both to scream in pain, as their tails no longer had a grip on Ed and Edna, and the tips still wrapped around their wrists just barely held on, but they managed to brush the ail tips off.
"Mom, Dad, are you ok?" Jay asked with worry.
"We're fine, sss-sssson," Ed replied in a raspy voice.
The venom was acting fast, Ed and Edna's tongues have already turned into black forked snake tongues, and they flicked their new tongues like snakes.
"Their elderly bodies don't have strong immune systems, which means the venom will only travel faster through them!" Wu announced.
Suddenly loud creaking and scraping metal sounds were heard high up. They all turned to look up at a very big and old crane. The wrecking ball attached to the crane was large, and was put on top of a junk pile so it would swing down and hit anyone. But now there were a few Fangpyre atop the same junk pile and pushing on the giant wrecking ball so it would come off the pile.
Lloyd was still hiding and watching, until Fangtom slithered up to him from the shadows.
"Vhat are-you doing-you're going to vant-to move," Fangtom said, and grabbed Lloyd's arm in one of his clawed hands. Fangtom dragged Lloyd away from his hiding spot, and at the same time, the Fangpyre have just managed to push the wrecking ball from the pile and it was swinging from the crane's tall neck. The wrecking ball was able to swing until it crashed straight through a giant white light and many sparks flew, and the ball came swinging back into the yard. A Fangpyre had stepped into the cock pit of the crane and looked at the controls. And he bit the controls.
Being a machine and not having an immune system, the venom traveled a lot faster through the crane. In a matter of second, the controls of the crane changed into a vomit green color, and the color traveled up through the crane's neck and wrecking ball and also changed color. The Fangpyre grinned as he put his claws over the buttons and levers of the crane's controls. As soon as the color reached the wrecking ball, the Fangpyre took control of the machine. The snake pushed up on a lever and the crane's neck moved, and so did the wrecking ball. When the wrecking ball was swinging up, the snake pushed a button, but only when the wrecking ball was directly over the ninja and everyone else. So when he pushed the button, the ball dropped and was headed right for them.
"Now's the time to run!" Nya exclaimed and grabbed Kate and lead her away from where the wrecking was about to drop and sprinted while dragging Kate with her.
"Ninja-Go!" the four ninja exclaimed and did Spinjitzu. Thanks to their Spinjitzu, the ninja were able to escape before the wrecking ball came crashing down onto the ground.
"Wait, where's Sensei Wu?" Cole asked after he and the other stopped spinning. Wu was nowhere to be seen. But suddenly harmonic flute music began to play. Everyone was confused when they heard the flute.
"Uh, does anyone else hear a snake charmer's music?" asked Jay.
"Look, up there!" Zane exclaimed. Everyone followed Zane's gaze and saw that Wu was atop Ed and Edna's trailer, and was playing and oddly shaped and old looking flute.
"What's he doing?" asked Kai.
"Um, I know I can't see, but does anyone else notice that the Fangpyre have stopped attacking?" asked Kate. Kate was right. The wrecking ball had stopped swinging. Because the Fangpyre controlling the crane and clutched his ears with his claws as the music came from the flute, obviously he wasn't happy with the music Wu was playing.
"That's what he was talking about," Nya said as she smiled.
"What?" asked Jay.
"Don't you guys get it? That's a snake charmer's flute, but that's no ordinary flute; it must be different because it's specially made for Serpentine," Nya explained.
"Oh, well, yeah, I knew that," Kai lied, trying to sound smart. Suddenly a gust of wind began to build up, and the sand began to drift.
"Guys, look at the sand," said Cole. Everyone looked down, and then looked up in the direction the wind was coming from. But before anyone could move, a helicopter just suddenly rose up from the junk piles, obviously causing the wind and the sand to move. And as the helicopter became visible, the wind picked up harshly and blew sand everywhere. The helicopter looked weird, it was a vomit green color, just like the crane, and the nose of the helicopter had the face of a snake, and the chopper's tail was shaped like a scorpion tail and it coiled. Inside the helicopter, the entire small tribe of the Fangpyre were visible, and so was Lloyd. The Fangpyre controlling the crane ran up to the helicopter, and used its powerful bipedal legs to jump up high towards the chopper, and before he could fall, the Fangpyre aboard the aircraft grabbed him and helped him up. Kate and looked at each other sadly. Wu had stopped playing since the noise from the helicopter was too loud for his flute. The copter turned and flew off into the night.
"Next stop is my uncle's monastery, got it?!" Lloyd shouted at Fangtom over the sound of the copter's whirring blades.
"Yessss-Lloyd!" Fangtom said back.
Meanwhile, back on the ground, the wind had managed to push down the weakened Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Kate heard the THUD from when they fell and rushed to their aid.
"Mr. and Mrs. Walker, are you alright?" Kate asked with worry as she extended both her hands out to Ed and Edna. Ed and Edna's hand's have already become clawed and covered in dark green scales. Ed and Edna both grabbed Kate's hands with their clawed hands.
"Y-yesss, we're fine, eh," Edna said shakily. But as Kate held onto heir wrists and pulled them up, a light shown brightly between Kate's hand and their arms. Kate suddenly went stiff as her eyes went wide and her eyes began to sparkle again, but she still had Ed and Edna in her grasp. As the light grew brighter, everyone took notice of Kate and the Walkers.
"What is she doing to them?!" Jay exclaimed.
"Do not interfere!" Wu shouted and jumped down from the trailer.
Ed and Edna watched in awe as the dark purple veins slowly disappeared, and the scales that grew on their body faded away into their normal skin, and their forked tongues transformed back to their muscular red tongue again. Their clawed hands slowly became human hands again. Kate's mouth was agape and her eyes wide.
But suddenly, Kate's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she lost her grip on Ed and Edna and lot consciousness. No one was able to catch Kate as she landed on her back on the sand.
"Edna, I-I don't believe it, eh," Ed said with surprise as he gawked at his normal self.
"I know, it's like it never happened, eh," Edna said as she smiled big. Wu was narrowing his eyes as he was listening in on this.
"Cole, could you carry Kate, and her bow and quiver as well?" asked Wu.
"Sure," Cole replied. Cole walked up to Kate's body and removed her bow and quiver of arrows, and swung them over his shoulder. Soon after, Cole picked up Kate bridal style.
"Oh, thank you, son," Ed said to Jay.
"Yes—for being our greatest invention, and saving us," Edna said softly. Jay had to smile sweetly at this. Jay went and hugged his folks, and they hugged their son back of course. Once the Walkers ended the hug, they all began to leave the junk yard, and Ed and Edna waved good bye.
"You are quite a smart one, Nya," Wu said, as he walked up next to Nya.
"Huh?" Nya asked as she looked at Wu.
"You were right about the flute I brought on this journey," Wu said as he grabbed the flute from earlier, and handed it to Nya so she could look at it, "that flute was specially made for Serpentine, unlike other snake charmer flutes, this one is meant to hurt and drive back snakes, not attract them," Wu explained, and eventually Nya gave it back. Wu turned around and noticed Jay was behind the group walking slowly as he worriedly twiddled his thumbs.
"Why are you so worried, Jay?" Wu asked as he walked up to Jay.
"Uh, nothing—n-nothing at all," Jay stuttered. Wu quirked an eye brow.
"Did you lie when you said you were fine?" asked Wu. Jay's eyes widened.
"What?! How'd you know?!" Jay whispered harshly.
"Actually, I didn't until just now—but Jay, you are in deep trouble," said Wu, "and I'm afraid I don't know how to fix your problem," Wu sighed.
"Can't you just play that little magic flute of yours?" Jay asked worriedly.
"No, the flute does not work like that. It is a savior, not a miracle," Wu replied sadly.
"What'll I do?" Jay asked softly.
"For now—keep it hidden," Wu replied.
But back with the other three ninja, and Kate, Kate was still being carried by Cole as Kai and Zane walked beside him. Suddenly Kate hummed in her sleep as she nuzzled herself against Cole. Cole looked down with wide eyes at first, but then smiled.
"Aw, cute kid...almost as sweet as the cake I like to eat," Cole said softly.
"I can agree; she's had an impact on us, making us feel better, and righting our wrongs," said Zane.
"What do you mean?" asked Kai.
"I mean, if it wasn't for her—I wouldn't be alive anymore," Zane said as he frowned.
"Yeah, you're right, she reassured me telling me that Nya would be fine making her own decisions," Kai said as he looked back at Nya who was walking a few feet behind them.
"And though she can't see it—but she's something special," Cole said with a smile while continuing to look at Kate's sleeping body.