Here's chapter 2. Enjoy ^u^

Just kidding. You probably won't enjoy. This chapter gets hella dark.

Joey's P.O.V.

I heard Mom running through the house. Suddenly, she threw open the bedroom door and turned on the lights. "Joey, wake your sister," she said in a frantic voice. "Just wake her and run to the basement." Then she was running down the hall again.

Steph was already partially awake from the sudden light change. I gently shook her to get her up, but she was to groggy to move much. I picked her up and grabbed our shoes; I had a feeling we would need them.

At the bottom of the basement steps, I put our shoes on, and Steph finally awoke. "Why are we in the basement, Joey?" she asked quietly.

I quickly made up some excuse to pacify her curiosity. "We're playing a game with Mom. She'll be here in a minute." Just at that moment, Mom came rushing in, holding a long, thin suitcase and a set of keys. She rushed over to a bookcase without any books in it and pulled it away from the wall. "Is that a secret passage?!" I asked in shock.

"Yes, now hurry in here and be quiet." Steph and I ran inside as a crash was heard from the floor above us. Scratchy voices whispered back and forth. Then, there was a sound like splintering wood coming from the basement door. Mom then handed me the suitcase and the keys. Looking my in the eyes, she said, "Dad taught you how to ride his motorcycle, right?" I nodded. "Be careful, and just get as far away as possible. This path eventually leads outside, and once you get outside, do not stop. Just go until you get into the city. Ok?"

"But what ab-"

"Ok?!" she asked more intensely than before.

I took a deep breath, realizing this must be EXTREMELY important, and nodded. A sad smile appeared on her face as she held my face in her hand. "You were always the calm one." Then she kissed Steph and me on our foreheads and closed us inside the secret passage.

Inside the passage - which was surprisingly well lit - was two red motorcycles. I put the suitcase around my shoulder and started one up. "Steph, get on behind me and hold on tight, ok?"

"What about Mommy?" she asked with tears in her eyes.

This was gonna be hard to deal with. "She'll be ok, just hop on." I just hoped she believed it more than I did, because right now I had no clue what was happened on the other side of that bookcase. Steph got on and we heard her scream. Our mother was screaming bloody murder. I froze in place, and Steph started crying.

Suddenly, a familiar voice shouted, "The kids are behind the bookcase! GET THEM!" and I started driving through the passage. It sounded awfully similar to Uncle Derek's voice...

Steph clutched me tighter and cried into my shirt, while just kept going faster and faster, trying to ignore my own tears forming in my eyelids. I heard scratchy-sounding voices from behind us, slowly fading away.

Pretty soon, we were out in the moonlight, speeding towards Ninjago City. We lived on the outskirts of the city, but on this motorcycle, we should get inside the city in a couple minutes. These creepy, snake-like creatures that reminded me of the Serpentine from Mom's story were everywhere. All of them were going towards our home. I braked to keep from running one of them over, and it shot a burning liquid into my eyes.

The next thing I knew, Steph and I were on the ground. I opened my eyes, and clowns were everywhere, and the snakes were nowhere to be found. I screamed at the sight of the clowns; I don't care if they're meant for fun, clowns are SCARY.

I held Steph's arm and closed my eyes. "Steph, Dad taught you to ride his bike, right?"

"A little," she said through her tears.

"I need you to ride it into the city. Can you do that?"

"I'm scared, Joey!"

"You can do this, Stephanie! Just pretend you're here with Dad! Everything will be ok!" I felt her stand and go over to the bike, so I moved with her. Back on the motorcycle, I heard a snake ask someone, "Hey, aren't thossse the kidsss we were sssssupposssed to capture?"

"DRIVE, STEPH, DRIVE!" I yelled. I held her tight as she sped away from the madness. I didn't want to open my eyes. Apparently, whatever that snake spit in my eyes was causing hallucinations.

Soon, the sound of the snakes disappeared, and was replaced with the sounds of Ninjago City at night. I opened my eyes, and the hallucinations continued. I guess I'll just keep my eyes closed forever.

Steph stopped the bike and got off. "Where are we?" I asked her, holding her hand as she led me up a set of stairs.

"Uncle Lloyd's house," she replied semi-cheerfully.

I heard her knock on the door, and then Uncle Lloyd's voice: "Hey! What are you guys doing here so late? Where are your parents?" At the sound of the word "parents", Steph broke down in sobs again. "Oh, um, just - uh, come in guys. Why are you keeping your eyes closed, Joey?"

Aunt Kruthika spoke before I could answer. "I just put the boys to bed, an-" A pause. "What's going on?"

Someone led me to a couch, and I explained everything. Well, as much as I knew. Uncle Lloyd made me drink a tea of some sort, and I opened my eyes to see his face, not a clown's face. Aunt Kruthika had put Steph to sleep on the couch, and she gave me blankets to do the same.

Even after calming down some, my dreams were still haunted by that blood-curdling scream Mom let out earlier.

God, please tell me this was all a dream...

Well, um, yea... Julia was attacked by the Serpentine... who knows if she's dead or alive? Kai still hasn't made an appearance... What's his deal?

I warned y'all it would get bad. But yea. I have nothing to say at the moment.

Review please :)