The next morning, the male ninja were enjoying their rest as they slumbered in their new beds of their new home; that is, until somebody forgot that teenagers thrive on sleep.
Gong! Gong! Gong!
"Evil doesn't sleep and neither should you!" their mentor announced, bang a gong he had found on the ship.
The four others in the room groaned and pulled their blankets or pillows over their heads.
"If you want to reach your full potential, you must treat each day as an opportunity!" Sensei Wu told them as he finished up his gonging, "Ani already has since the crack of dawn."
At that moment said female ninja stepped on a rotten plank above their heads and fell through, screaming, and landed face first on the bedroom floor.
"I'm okay!" she declared and jumped up at once.
"Okay, okay, we're up," Kai yawned as he slid out of his bed and hopped to the floor, like the other three boys.
Kai walked to the window on the other side of the room and asked their mentor, "If you want us to reach our full potential, shouldn't we get a full night of rest?"
He pulled on the cord for the window blinds but they just fell to the floor.
Cole stretched and cracked his back, moaning, "You call that rest? I think my back has more lumps than the mattress!"
Jay walked to the sink and took out his toothbrush.
"We were up so late, talking about how cool it is to have a new headquarters, I guess we lost track of time," He was saying as he turned on the faucet.
Sand leaked out, instead of water, on the toothpaste, but Jay was too busy talking to notice.
"Ever since the Serpentine burned down the monastery, I'm just glad we have a roof over our heads..."
He started to brush his teeth, but tasted the sand and immediately spat it out.
"Uhg, and on top of that," Kai added, "When we did go to sleep, Ani's snoring kept waking us up."
"I don't snore!" Ani shot back.
"Dude," Jay interjected, "You sounded like a hibernating bear with a sinus congestion!"
"Yeah well, you guys also spent a good half-hour interrogating me about my life," Ani reminded them, the memory fresh in her mind.
Flashback
"Okay look, we're sorry for treating you like a traitor; we like you, we really do" Cole said from his bed, "It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that, well, there's a whole lotta things we wanna know but you need to tell us now."
Ani groaned and sat up, propping up her head pillow behind her, "You know what? Fine, go ahead; ask away, I've got nothing to hide."
"How did Sensei and Garmadon find you?" Kai asked.
"The latter of the two found me in the middle of nowhere, during the winter, and for some reason decided to take me in. Things were perfect for three years until he decided that it was more fun to be a dark lord and betrayed us. I've been training under Master Wu ever since."
"What is your last name?" Zane asked.
"Honestly, I have no idea what my first name is. I abandoned by my real family a long time ago."
"Separated?!" Jay's jaw dropped, and then he decided to change the subject a bit, "How long have you been living in the monastery?"
"Since I was very little, three, I think."
"Do you have any memory of your real family?" Cole questioned.
"I remember my mother a bit, but all I really have of them is this," She answered, showing a brown necklace she was wearing, "Which was around my neck."
"What is it?" Kai asked.
"I don't know, but I had it forever."
"Okay, ah, maybe we'll ask more 'bout you later," Jay decided, seeing the sad look she had.
Ani turned over and tried to sleep.
"Yeah, sorry if we upset you," Cole responded.
Zane, who was more awake than the others, turned to Sensei Wu and asked, "What is our lesson today, Sensei: Mastering the strike of the scorpion? Or perhaps the great… Oh!"
He crashed through the floor, sending up wood splinters and dust, making him cough. The other four teenagers gathered in behind him.
"I think today's lesson will be... chores," the elder said.
"Chores!?" The five cried in unison.
"Do we look like maids to you?" Cole sarcastically asked, crossing his arms against his chest.
"Ninja fight, Master," Ani protested, "They do not clean."
"In order to respect ourselves, we must respect our new home, and where we are from. And this place is a long way from becoming a ninja headquarters. I expect things to be spotless when I return," Sensei Wu turned to leave, but turned when he was in the doorway, added, "And put your backs into it."
Gong!
Cole helped Zane out of the hole in the floor.
"Ugh, this place is gonna take forever to clean and fix up," Kai groaned.
"Unless we put more than our backs into it," Jay suggested, a mischievous smile on his face, "Huh?"
All the ninjas smiled in realization.
"Ninjaaaaa-Go!"
Cole, now in uniform, began to whip around the room, picking everything up as he passed.
He spun out of the room and off the ship, and deposited the junk with a sign labeled: Garage Sale.
Kai kicked open a door and he and Zane jumped in. The two looked around, and then Zane took out his shurikens and threw them to the wall farthest from them. The shurikens stuck in the wood and ice formed around them, freezing the room in seconds. Kai pulled his sword from his back. The gold caught on fire and Kai touched the sword to the icy walls. The frost melted instantly.
The two ninjas yelled, "Ninjaaaaa-Go!" and spun around the room, melting the ice and cleaning up the room.
Jay walked up to a large sheet covering a wall of machinery. Cole and Kai sat behind him, working to fix a smaller machine. The blue ninja ripped off the sheet, then took his nun-chucks out and spun them around. He struck the giant machine with his nun-chucks, and it came to life. Lights turned on in every room. The two behind Jay noticed this and high fived each other, apparently thinking they had turned the electricity on.
Out on the deck, Zane, Kai, and Cole were struggling to open the sails. Ani stood behind them, watching their progress.
"Ninjaaaaa-Go!" she yelled and spun into a tornado of pure energy and blew the all the dust away.
Sensei Wu and Nya walked into the room that had the most noise coming from behind it. Five figures were in the room, four playing a video game and the last laying on her back.
"What took ya so long?" Kai turned away from the screen with a grin.
"Wow!" Nya marveled, "This place looks... amazing! You guys did all this?"
"Hey, this is our home," Ani remarked, "We must respect it to respect ourselves."
"And ninja don't just fight, Nya," Cole said, "We clean!"
"You have exceeded my expectations," Sensei Wu complimented, "But, can you keep it?"
Nya walked to one of the windows and looked out. A broken-looking car was driving its way towards the ship.
"It looks like we're about to have some visitors," she observed, "And loud ones at that!"
Jay turned to her with a frown on his face.
"Oh, it's my parents!" he moaned, then warned, "Please, if they start yapping, just don't get 'em going, okay, they don't know when to quit! And if you start talking, then they'll start talking, and suddenly, half the day is gone before you know it, and it's not even…"
"We get it!" Ani interrupted, "They talk a lot!"
"Cherry doesn't fall far from its blossom..." Kai muttered.
Outside, the car stopped in front of the ship, bumping into the junk pile Cole had put outside.
The driver said to the woman sitting next to him, "Take a note, Edna: either better brakes or a better bumper."
He looked to the front of the car and took off his cap and goggles.
"Oh! Would ya look at all this great stuff!" the man exclaimed, "They can't just get rid of it! Heh, we should've brought the trailer, Edna!"
Edna took off her cap as well and scolded him, "This ain't a flea market, Ed! We're here for Jay!"
Ed closed his eyes and put a hand to his ear asking, "What was that? Didja take the note?"
"I'm writing it down, Ed."
"Mom! Dad!" The two turned to the ship and saw a teenager dressed in blue was walking down a ramp on the side of it.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, hoping they didn't notice his please don't embarrass me tone.
"Oh look, it's my baby boy!" Edna cried as she stood up, joy on her face, "It's been so long since we heard from you!"
"Ma, I called you two days ago!" Jay frowned.
The six others on the ship gathered behind him.
"Well, it's not soon enough, son!" Ed said as he and Edna got out of the car and walked to the lad, "When are ya coming out to the junkyard? Ya say you're comin' and… and ya don't."
"Dad, do we have to talk about the junkyard in front of my friends?" Jay moaned, embarrassed.
"He hates when we tell people he was born in a junkyard," Edna smiled.
Edna then spotted Nya and forgot all about Jay.
"Ooo, and who are you?" the woman asked, "You are so cute! You're just my son's type."
Jay groaned, "Mom!"
"It's a pleasure meeting you," Nya said, "I'm sure if you want, Jay can give you the tour. He worked very hard on it."
"We'd love a tour!" Ed and Edna cried in unison.
Jay put a hand to his head and sighed.
After showing the lower deck, the nine entered the bridge. Jay had added more since the last time anyone had been in there, which was only yesterday.
"And this is the bridge," Jay announced as the group of nine stepped in.
"This extends into a periscope," He hopped to something sticking out of the ceiling and pulled it down, "This tells us what's going on in Ninjago."
He spun it around and jumped to a machine sitting on a nearby table, "And this... if a Serpentine's not giving us the answers we want, and we're up late at night…"
"A neural communication device to read their minds?!" Edna asked in excitement
"An audio appliance to make 'em talk?" Ed asked.
"No," Jay's replied, "A cappuccino machine."
He put a cup under the spout and pushed it down, making coffee come out.
"Amazing, son!" Ed smiled, "We're so proud of you."
"Why don'tcha tell 'em about the button?" Cole walked to a button on a pedestal and pointed it out.
"Heh-heh-heh," Jay pushed Cole's hand away and whispered, "It's not ready, yet."
"Oh, what's the button?" Edna looked excited.
"He's working on a special defense system," Zane said.
"Something every ninja headquarters needs," Kai added.
"But knowing Jay," Ani groaned with her eyes closed, "It'll end up becoming a self-destruct switch."
"NO!" Jay snapped; Ani just blinked.
"Really?" Ed walked to the pedestal, "What is it really? Oh, can I help?"
"No!" Jay pushed his father away gently, "It's okay! I don't need your help, Dad. Let's just leave it alone."
Then, he raised his wrist to his face and said, "Hey, look at the time!"
Ani raised an eyebrow. He was going with that?
"You need to get back before its dark," Jay continued, pushing his folks towards the entrance of the bridge, "I told you, there's dangerous Serpentine out there."
Ed sighed, "I... suppose we could get back."
"Edna, it was a pleasure hearing about Jay's first potty time," Cole smirked and walked over to them, putting a hand on Jay's shoulder.
"Oh, if you thought that was good, wait till you hear the story about the time I caught him kissing his pillow!" Edna replied.
"Please don't," Ani begged.
Edna reached up to pinch her son's cheek, but he pushed her hand away.
"Snakes, Ma!" he said, "Snakes!"
"Okay, we're going, we're going."
Ed and Edna walked out the entrance, the rest of the group following.
Ed started up the engine for the car.
"So, you promise to come to the junkyard and visit your mother and father?" Edna asked quickly.
"Yes, I promise," Jay exasperated, "But only if you leave. I don't want you to get hurt. It's getting dark. Ah... your headlights are working, right?"
Two intensely bright beams of light came from the front of the car, making everyone groan and cover their eyes.
"Eh heh," Ed leaned back against the leather upholstery. "Like 'em? I used a little extra juice!"
The lights flicked off and Ed pulled away saying, "Bye son! I couldn't be more proud!"
"And bring Nya, with you, will ya?" Edna turned and shouted to her son, "I can see why ya like her!"
"Mom!" Jay moaned.
"Now that they have left," Sensei Wu said, turning to Jay, "perhaps Jay can teach us the art of... kissing... pillows."
It was enough to make everyone but Jay and Ani laugh, the latter of whom buried her head in her hands and shook it. Jay just groaned and stalked onto the ship.
Ed and Edna sped along on the road. They were unusually quiet.
"I don't think he's coming, dear," Ed sighed, breaking the silence.
"Stop it, Ed," Edna smiled, "He's coming."
"Ah... he doesn't need us anymore. I just have to... remember that. Eh, write it down for me would ya?"
"Oh... lights, dear. It's getting dark."
"Right!" The road in front of the car grew bright, "Thanks, sugarplum."
Deep in the woods a few miles away, Lloyd trampled through grass, dead, leaves and rocks. He held an unrolled map in one hand, and a flashlight in the other.
He came to a cemetery-like place and, without a second thought, walked through the entrance.
"It's not scary," he mumbled to himself, "Um... maybe just a little... But, I like scary! Yeah... That's it... I'm the son of the Dark Lord! I love the dark!"
As Lloyd talked, he walked deeper into the cemetery, turning around occasionally.
"Why, I eat this stuff for breakfast!"
Something snapped. Lloyd looked up and yelled. He frantically shined his flashlight in front of him, and felt his heart calm down. It was just a tree, nothing else. He resumed his walking.
"I'm gonna make those Hypnobrai pay for betraying me. I have to find the Fangpyres. If there's anything a snake doesn't like, it's another snake."
He stopped in front of a giant tree in the center of the cemetery.
"Here! By the mutated tree! I found it!"
Lloyd knelt and swiped his hand through the mist, waving it away. The mist cleared, revealing a stone floor with many designs, the largest being a snake with two heads.
"Soon, the Serpentine will know who their master is!" he said, "And it will be I, Lloyd Garmadon!"
Thunder rumbled the entire place, and Lloyd cowered and yelled again. He opened his eyes and pushed a button on the floor. The double-headed snake design flew into the floor, and many red and white things popped out. Lloyd yelled for the third time and tried swatting them away. His flashlight went out. Hissing rang in the boy's ears and he turned around sharply. A two-headed Serpentine holding a golden staff like Skales' own hissed and shook his head.
"And who…" the first head said
"…May I say released us…" the second said.
"…From our captivity?" the first finished.
Lloyd cowered yet again and said, "Ll-Lloyd... I r-released you to make the Hypnobrai pay for betraying me."
He picked up the map and held it up so the snake could see it.
"Hypnobrai?" the second mused.
"Those hypnotizing deceivers," the first hissed.
"It will be…"
"…Our pleasure!"
"Oh... good!" Lloyd smiled, all traces of fear dissolving now that everything was going how he had hoped it would, "I'll lead the way. And after that, there's some ninja I want dealt with."
"Sounds like…" the first head murmured.
"You know…"
"…What you want!"
"But, the Hypnobrai are strong…"
"… And we are few in numbers."
"We need…"
"…Reinforcements!"
"What'd you have in mind?" Lloyd asked.
The snake heads hissed gleefully.
Ed and Edna pulled up to their junkyard, Ed and Edna's Scrap 'n Junk, though the second "s" temporarily shorted out. Ed parked the car next to their trailer and turned on the lights.
"Home sweet home," Ed said as he and Edna pulled off their caps.
They climbed out of the car and Ed picked up a toolbox, walking to a large robot-like machine.
"And, back to the grind."
"Oh sweetie, you've been working on that thing day and night!"
"Well, ya never know when Jay may show up!"
"Oh, you're right. Ya never know!"
Edna walked into the trailer and Ed began working on the robot. Suddenly, Ed heard something whistle past him. He stopped welding the metal and pushed up his mask.
"Uh, Edna?" he called to his wife, "Was that you?"
Edna opened the trailer door and shouted, "What, Ed? Are you hearing things again?"
"You turned on the security alarm before ya left, didn'tcha, Hon?" Ed asked as he became worried.
Edna frowned and walked to the power grid. She flicked on a few buttons but nothing happened.
"Must be broken," she said.
And everything turned off. The entire junkyard went dark.
"Whoever's there," Ed warned and then cupped his hands around his mouth, "My son knows Spinjitzu!"
Something hissed behind one of the junk piles and a shadow appeared on the wall behind it.
Ed dropped his things and ran to Edna, who said, "What is it? Why are the lights out?"
"Call Jay, Hon!" Ed said frantically, "Someone's broken in!"
"How 'bout we wait 'til he calls you!" The couple turned and looked up.
A small boy dressed in black on the roof held up their phone, the twisted cord split. A double-headed, red snake holding a golden staff stood next to him.
"Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
"Ed!" Edna said worriedly.
"Be strong, Edna!" Ed said, "I won't let them hurt you!"
"If we plan…" the first head said.
"…To attack…" the second head continued.
"…The Hypnobrai…"
"…We must grow…"
"…Our army!"
"And, uh, how do we do that?" the boy asked the snake.
"Let's just say..."
The snake's four white eyes glittered evilly.
"…We Fangpyre bite off more…"
"…Than we can chew."
"Have at it boys!" The first head yelled.
With vicious hisses, more red and white snakes, this time with legs, poured out from behind the junk piles. They crawled onto various broken vehicles and sank their over-sized fangs into the metal. Green venom spread from the puncture marks, and with many blasts of venomous smoke, the vehicles became alive, with fangs, eyes, and tails.
"My creations," Ed gasped, "They're turning them into…"
"An army?" the first head finished.
The couple gasped and turned again.
"You are correct," the second head said, "But we can also…Turn people, too."
Ed and Edna held each other in fear as Fangtom drew his fangs nearer and nearer.
Back on the ship, Jay was working on the button.
"Sure got a lotta junk piling up," Kai said as he and Zane walked past Jay, "If only there was a place where we could get rid of it."
"If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus," Jay snapped.
"Hi, Mom and Dad," Cole spoke behind Jay, holding a phone to his ear, "Of course, I'd love to visit, what kind of son would I be if I didn't want…"
"Hello?" Jay interrupted him, "Again, seriously, I'm tryin' to work here."
"Jay's right, he has more important things to do than waste whatever time he has left with the good people that brought him into this world, raised him, cared for him, and loved him unconditionally on an occasional visit," Ani sarcastically agreed, picking up a pencil from the table she was sitting on and started doodling on a sheet of paper, then revealed her true thoughts, "Jay you are the biggest moron in Ninjago. So what if your parents are embarrassing. You're lucky to have parents that care so much about you and your well-being! You have no idea what some people would give to..."
Jay said, getting annoyed, "Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha. I know what you're trying to do."
He stood up and faced the four, "Okay, okay, look, I might have promised to visit my parents..."
"Might?" Ani glared, cocking an eyebrow.
"But, there's a lot of stuff on my plate!" Jay finished.
Nya suddenly opened the door to the bridge and walked through it.
Jay noticed her, then wiped the oil and grease off his face and said shyly, "H-hi, Nya."
"You gonna visit your parents today?" Nya asked as she stopped walking by the ninjas.
"Oh! Uh, s-sure am!" Jay stuttered, "Just about to leave!"
"Tell them I say hi!" Nya requested and left.
Ani, Kai, Zane, and Cole gave Jay a dirty look. Of course he would do anything for Nya.
"What?" Jay spread his arms, "So my plate's not that full."
Ani snorted angrily, then walked up to him, and jabbed her finger in his chest.
"You don't even know what you got!" She said between her teeth.
Jay tugged on Wisp's chains, "Agh... uhn... come on, Wisp! It'll be a quick visit!"
But the dragon refused, looking a bit under the weather.
Jay noticed and ceased tugging, saying, "Just in and out, nothing more."
Then Sensei Wu walked up to Jay, holding a large thermometer in his hands.
"Hmm... It's just as I suspected. The dragons are molting," the old man was saying, making Jay drop Wisp's chains, "They are shedding their scales."
"What does that mean?" Jay asked.
"Every adolescent dragon goes through a transformation before it becomes an adult..."
Wisp snorted in agreement.
"…We must allow them to migrate east to the Spirit Coves, for their transformation," Sensei Wu continued, as the rest of the ninjas, and Nya came over to the two, having heard part of the conversation.
"Will we see them again?" Jay asked.
"It is hard to say," the elder answered and looked up at Wisp, "But we need to allow them to follow their path."
"Rocky's going east?" Cole asked; he stopped walking and let the other four keep going, then walked to his dragon.
He hugged the dragon's muzzle and begged, "Say it isn't so, Rocky."
Zane fondly patted Shard's nose. Kai and Nya walked to Flame, and Ani rubbed her cheek against Blast's.
"Well…" Jay rubbed the back of his head and came to Nya, "I guess I gotta go on this long walk all by myself. Sure would be nice to have company."
Nya nodded.
"Of course we'll go, buddy!" Kai looked over Flame's muzzle.
"I could use a break!" Cole joined them.
"Better than chores," Ani shrugged.
"All you had to do was ask," Zane said.
Jay, for the second time in as many days, put a hand to his head and sighed.
Flame, Wisp, Blast, Shard and Rocky flew past the group of seven trudging along the road. Sensei Wu was playing his flute; Cole looked up at the rapidly fading shapes of their dragons and frowned.
"Hah..." Jay sighed, "Of all the days to lose our ride."
"That flute," Zane interjected as he appeared at the old man's side, "You never told us why it's so special."
The sensei stopped playing and lectured, "Long ago, there were many flutes, created to combat the powers of the Serpentine and drive them underground. But, over time, Ninjago's forgotten its ancestors' wisdom..."
As he spoke, two birds flew above the seven.
"…And now, this is the only one."
Suddenly, Sensei Wu whipped around and began playing it again, startling Jay for a moment. The two birds landed on a nearby rock.
"I get the lesson," the blue ninja said, brushing past Ani, "Respect your elders or suffer the consequences. Boy, you guys are layin' it on thick."
Sensei Wu chuckled, "Perhaps you are only hearing what you need to hear."
Jay stopped walking. In front of him, the entrance to Ed and Edna's Scrap 'n Junk stood dimly.
"What is it?" Nya asked and halted beside Jay.
"It's quiet..." Jay pulled on his hood, "My family's never quiet!"
He began running to the junkyard, everyone following him.
They gathered in a little section of the junkyard where the ground wasn't covered in junk. The seven were absolutely silent.
Then, Ani motioned to Jay, "The broken fridge."
The blue ninja nodded and ran to said fridge. He kicked up at the metal pole blocking the door and opened it. Inside, his parents, chained and duct-taped.
"What happened?" Jay asked frantically, "Who did this?"
He took the tape off his mother's mouth. Small fangs protruded from her gums.
"Oh sssssweetheart," Edna said, "Ya came!"
Jay then took the tape from his father, who also had little fangs.
"Oh, ya gotta get outta here!" Ed said, "It's the sssssnakes!"
"The bite of the Fangpyre!" Sensei Wu exclaimed, "Once they sink their teeth, their venom can turn anything into a Serpentine!"
Ed and Edna hopped out of the fridge.
"That sounds worse than having to fight a hypnotized ally," the orange ninja remarked, remembering what happened on Lloyd's tree house.
Sensei Wu added, "It's only a matter of time before the full transformation is complete!"
Ed and his wife looked behind them, both feeling a tail trying to pop out.
A sharp hissing sound suddenly rang in everyone's ears. They turned to see a large wrecking ball... with a snake-like face. The Fangpyre were walking by it, letting out hisses of glee. Ani growled; more snakes. Oh, this just kept getting better and better.
The ninjas got into their fighting positions.
"Uh, is that wrecking-ball staring at me?" the black ninja asked.
"Looks like it," Ani confirmed.
The wrecking ball promptly swung around, headed straight for the nine humans.
"Duck!" Jay yelled.
He pushed his parents out of the way as everyone else dove in different directions. A large cloud of dust came up at the wrecking ball hit the ground.
"Thanksssss, son," Ed said when the dust had cleared.
"Lloyd!" Sensei Wu exclaimed.
Ani turned around at the sound of her adoptive brother's name. She looked up and saw the boy smiling evilly and standing next to a two-headed snake. He saw her and waved, causing her to hesitantly wave back, then the boy returned his attention to the others.
"Hello, Uncle and Ani," Lloyd sneered, "Looks like we're not the only family reunion. I'm glad you brought the ninja. I could use some help taking out the trash."
He closed his eyes and raised his hands, giving his "evil" laugh, "Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
"If we want to turn your parents back," Nya said to Jay, "we need the anti-venom from the staff!"
The wrecking ball swung around again.
"Second dose!" Ani warned.
Cole yelled, "To the dirt!"
They scattered again.
"Easier said than done, sis," Kai said, putting a hand on his sword, "We're a bit outnumbered."
The red ninja took his sword out.
"Nobody messes with my family!" Jay took out his nun-chucks and rushed towards one of the Fangpyre.
He leaped in the air and brought the nun-chucks down, forcing the snakes back a bit.
"Ninjaaaaa-Go!" Jay spun into his lightning tornado and rammed into the Fangpyre, blowing them away.
The wrecking ball once again came towards him, but the ninja ducked under it and kept going.
Four more cries of "Ninjaaaaa-Go!" were heard as the wrecking ball got caught in a pile of junk. Kai, Ani, Cole, and Zane scattered the Fangpyre like Jay had done.
Nya kept the Serpentine away from Sensei Wu, who was playing the flute and causing the Fangpyre to halt and cover their ears in pain. Nya was fighting much like the ninja, but with a few of her own moves.
"How'd it go, Sensei?" Nya asked, running toward the old man, "I think we make a pretty good duet."
A sudden blast of rock music caused the three to look up. Lloyd was now standing next to a boom-box, which drowned out the flute with the volume of the music.
"Young nephew!" Sensei Wu yelled, pointing his walking stick at the boy, "Must I teach you whose side you should be on?"
Lloyd just turned up the volume even more, and yelled back, "Sorry, Uncle! Can't hear you!"
Unbeknownst to the three, a Fangpyre quietly crept up to the elder. Clang! The snake got knocked out by a frying pan wielded by Edna.
"Ha!" Ed shouted, "Way to go, Edna!"
"Ninjaaaaa-Go!" The five ninjas cried as they whirled into their tornadoes and scared off a little group of Serpentine behind a junk pile.
While the ninjas followed them, the snakes jumped onto a large robot and sank their fangs into the metal. As quickly as the ninjas turned the corner, they stopped. A large rumbling shook their feet. They looked up, just as a large, green robot appeared behind the junk pile. Its ruby eyes glowed menacingly.
"Gah!" Jay raised his nun-chucks, "What is that thing?"
"It was, uh, supposed to be in your honor, son," Ed fiddled with his hands, "Uh, do ya like it?"
The robot lurched forward.
"Thanks!" Jay yelled, "But, no thanks!"
The four turned and ran as the robot swung its log-nun-chucks down, sending up a dust cloud. They looked back, and then saw where they were running. The wrecking ball had gotten out of the junk pile and now looked at them; a glowing green, venomous aura surrounded it.
"Oh, why'd you have to be born in a junkyard?" Cole shouted.
"I know!" Jay replied, "Tell me about it!"
"At least you weren't born in a lab or a cursed temple," Ani stated, "There's a laundry list of things I'd rather fight than something from one of Lloyd's comic books."
The wrecking ball swung towards them yet again. Three shapes flew out of the dust and landed safely on the ground.
Kai looked around and commented, "Uh, wasn't there five of us?"
Ani looked up and pointed: Jay was swinging on the wrecking ball. He stood on the ball of metal, then jumped in a graceful arc and landed on the roof of the control area. He swung down and kicked out the Fangpyre who was controlling it, then took hold of the joysticks. He looked down and scratched his head. A snake face with yellow eyes hissed at him.
"Let's see if I can work this," Jay said as he began to control the wrecking ball.
Cole blocked a blow from the robot with his scythe.
"Don't worry! I've got it!" He yelled as he struggled to keep his scythe up.
Jay suddenly swung the wrecking ball at the robot. It flew into the walking metal, which crashed in another pile of junk. He then got down from the machine and joined the other ninjas.
"I told you I had it!" Cole said, irritated.
Lloyd peered down at the downed robot, and then at the ninjas, who took out their weapons and brandished them threateningly.
"Retreat!" he yelled.
A Rattle-copter flew up to the boy and the double-headed snake. All the Fangpyre and mutated machines ran and hopped away.
"He's getting away with the staff!" Nya cried.
"Gee, Ya think?!" Ani snapped.
"Right now would be a good time to have those dragons," Jay sighed.
"Eh... eh..." Ed panted as he put a hand on his son's shoulder, "Eh... It'sssss okay, ssssson."
"There is still a way," Sensei Wu said.
"How?" Jay asked.
"Part of reaching your own full potential is understanding your weapons' potential! Once it is in tune with the focused heart, its secrets and powers can be unlocked."
"Oh! This is not the time to be cryptic!" Jay snapped.
"He's saying our weapons are vehicles themselves," Zane translated.
"Remember what I said about the full power of these weapons," Ani smiled, knocking on one of her bracelets.
"Don't tell me I have to ride this like a broomstick," Kai frowned, looking down at his sword.
"Jay, concentrate on unlocking your Golden Weapon. Let your heart guide you!" the sensei explained quickly, "Imagine you're taking flight."
Jay looked down at his nun-chucks. He closed his eyes, then began swing the nun-chucks around. Lightning flashed down, and the ninja was engulfed in a pale blue bubble. Everything went white for a moment, and then it just as quickly disappeared. In place of the bubble was a blue and silver jet.
"Whoa!" Jay yelled, "Ha-hah! Did I just do that?"
Kai looked at his sword, then closed his eyes and began swinging it around. Flames spread along the length of the sword and Kai threw it into the air. He rose on a small hill of earth and there was an explosion. When the smoke cleared, Kai was sitting on a large motorcycle-type vehicle.
Ani took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She then started doing martial arts movements very slowly, energy building up around her. Then, a flash of orange light exploded, and Ani found herself in the cockpit of a spaceship-like vehicle.
Zane lashed out into thin air with his shurikens. The small pieces of metal shot out ice that formed around Zane, making a similar shape to Kai's motorcycle. The ice glowed, and with the rev of an engine, it broke away. Zane now sat on his own snowmobile.
Cole whipped his scythe around him. The scythe rose into the air and tendrils of rocks swirled around Cole and his weapon. A large hill of dirt covered the two and with a flash of golden light, Cole's scythe transformed into his vehicle: a high-tech cross between an ATV and a race car.
"Ha!" he shouted, "I'd hate to hurt Rocky's feelings, but I think he's just been replaced!"
Ed, Edna, Sensei Wu, and Nya watched in awe as the four took off on their vehicles, leaving them behind.
"Does your flute turn into anything?" Nya asked the old man.
The elder looked at his flute and deadpanned "I wish."
Something blue shot past the Rattle-copter carrying Lloyd and Fangtom.
"Whoa! What the heck was that?!" Lloyd cried.
"Whoops!" Jay chuckled, "Overshot that a little."
He turned around and headed for the Rattle-copter again.
He lined up the Rattle-copter with the center of the screen and said, "Let's see what this baby can do."
He pressed a button and the jet began to bounce out of control. Fangtom and Lloyd ducked as the jet hurtled over them. Fangtom shook it off, and then looked at his hand.
"The staff!" his second head yelled.
"I got it?" Jay looked at the staff in a daze, "Ha! I got it! Ha-ha-ha!"
Suddenly, the jet gave a mighty shake and transformed back into nun-chucks. With an "Uh-oh." and a yell, Jay began to fall towards the sandy ground.
"Jay! You have to concentrate!" Kai shouted.
"I caaaaan't!" Jay shouted back.
"I think we're gonna have to catch him," Cole said, "I got him."
"No, I got him!" Kai swerved.
"I'll get him!" Ani raced.
"He's mine!" Zane zoomed ahead.
The vehicles all collided and disappeared, sending the ninjas up into the air.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!" Jay then landed in a car.
He tumbled into a seat next to Nya, who was driving. Behind her sat he teacher and his parents, the latter two now green, scaly, and equipped with tails.
"Ehe-he..." Jay shook his head, "Nice catch."
"Ooh," Edna said, "I knew I liked thisssssh girl."
"Everyone…" Fangtom's second head shouted to his army.
"… Attack!" yelled his first head.
With loud revs and angry hissing, the mutated vehicles and Fangpyre surged forward. Zane, Kai, and Cole picked up their weapons and Ani was trying to pull an imaginary bowstring, but nothing happened.
Kai shook his sword as the car stopped behind the ninjas.
"Why isn't it working?" he shrieked.
"Your weapon is merely an extension of your mind!" Sensei Wu called from the car, "If your mind is immobile, so is your weapon."
"Oh boy," Ed hissed, "Oh gosssssh, oh golly, oh darn. Get in boysssssh!"
"We need to get back to headquarters!" Jay told Nya as the three other ninjas climbed aboard the car.
She nodded and slammed her foot on the accelerator, the Fangpyre in pursuit.
"Look!" Lloyd yelled, "They're getting away!"
The ninjas, Sensei Wu, Nya, Ed, and Edna ran up the ship's ramp.
"Come with me," Nya said to Ed and Edna, "Once we reverse the venom, we can fix you."
The three ran into a lower room.
The ninjas and Sensei Wu ran into the bridge.
"Man your stations!" Jay ordered, "Everyone!"
He ran to the button. Kai and Ani looked out a window. The Fangpyre were getting rapidly closer.
"Here they come!" Ani warned.
"Jay! We better hurry!" Kai called.
"I've been waiting for this moment," Jay said as he rubbed his hands, then he slammed his hand down on the button but nothing happened.
The other three looked around.
Kai yelled, "They're gaining on us!"
Ed and Edna each took a cup held out by Nya.
"Bottomsssssh up," Ed said before downing the anti-venom.
A pale golden light shimmered over the couple, turning them back to normal.
"Agh!" Jay groaned, repeatedly hitting the pedestal over and over, "I don't get what's wrong! I spent forever on this, it's supposed to work!"
Ed walked up behind him and said, "Ah, son? Maybe I can help."
"Dad!" Jay exclaimed, "Y-you're okay!"
"Heh, darn tootin'," his father replied, bending over and working on some of the wires.
"Oh, let's have a look... Ah-hah!" Ed stood up after a few seconds, "That should do it! Now try it!"
Jay nodded and pushed the button. Everyone heard a loud whistling sound. The ship shook and the roar of a rocket reached her ears. Ani stumbled forward into Nya as the ship somehow flew into the sky.
"No! No! No!" Lloyd cried, only to choke on the ship's exhaust fumes.
Nya stumbled as well and accidentally let go of the staff. It bounced out the room and over the ship's railing and conked a Fangpyre on the ground below. With another roar, the ship blasted off.
The Rattle-copter flew low to the ground and Fangtom picked up the staff from where it had fallen.
"These ninja…" Fangtom's second head hissed.
"…They must be stopped!" the first finished.
"Oh..." Lloyd shook his head, "Tell me about it..."
The ninjas' ship, the Bounty, flew gracefully over the clouds.
"We'll get you back to the junkyard just as soon as the coast is clear," Jay told his parents, "But... stay as long as you like. It's nice, having you here."
"Oh, take a note, Edna," Ed said, putting his arm around Jay's shoulders, "Of all our inventions, this one is our greatest."
Edna threw her notepad behind her and replied, "I already know, dear."
The family then hugged. The old man watched them from a distance then looked at Ani who was leaning over on the railings, watching the sunset. Though her back was to him, the elder knew that she was jealous of her blue counterpart.
Aww, poor Ani, she misses her family. Wonder what happened to them, wait, I don't have to do that, you do. Review to give ideas anyways, I'm open for fresh ideas, really, please review.