Okay guys, so here's the second chapter. And there will be more coming, so stay tuned! Let me know what you think in the reviews. :)

Green With Envy

The Forgotten Ninjago Episode

Chapter Two: Mission Success?

Wildwood Forest was quiet except for the sound of occasional wildlife and the hum of four vehicles racing across the trail. The four ninja rode on their golden weapon vehicles: Zane on his ice motor bike, Kai on his fiery bike, Cole in his gray-colored car, and Jay in his electric jet zooming overhead. They were communicating through the built-in walkie-talkies.

"I see them up ahead" Cole was saying, his voice slightly muffled through his ninja hood.

"Alright, so remember: stick together and conquer" Jay said, pumping his fist in the air.

"Umm, isn't that normally 'divide and conquer'?" Kai asked.

"Uh, no, Kai. Don't be ridiculous." Jay stated.

"No, I'm very sure that 'divide and conquer' is an expression used when one…"

"Zane!" Jay snorted condescendingly. "Come on dude, don't you know a joke when you hear one?"

Zane frowned from behind the windshield of his ice bike and tried to shake off the stinging he felt.

"Remember their weak spots." Zane remarked, switching the subject. The frozen vehicle jumped over a fallen log and landed hard on the forest foliage.

"Yeah," Cole grunted as he vaulted over the same log in his car. "Fangpyres have an armored back, but their underside is still soft."

"No, that's the Constrictai tribe, Cole." Zane interjected.

"Oh yeah, right." Cole corrected himself. "Constrictai, I knew that."

"The Venomari fight with their teeth and the Hypnobrai hypnotize you with their eyes, so if you cut either of their heads off, you're fine."

"Ewww, that's gross, Jay."

"Haha, I mean just aim for their feet. Or tails. Whatever they're called."

"The point is," Kai interjected, "We know what the serpentine are like; we've battled them before." The fiery vehicle sped ahead of the others and quickly approached the Serpentine's secret base in Wildwood forest. The other vehicles sped after Kai.

The four figures stopped at the edge of the clearing, their vehicles shrinking into golden weapons as the ninja flipped out of them. Kai led the way to the top of a boulder where they could have a good view of the wooden serpentine construction. Zane began calculating a plan in his head. They were outnumbered about fifteen to one, but if they managed to sneak past the security guards at the ramparts they could probably… His train of thought was interrupted when, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a flash of red. "Kai?" Zane muttered, leaning over to see the fire ninja rushing ahead to the front gates, completely oblivious to the guards stationed there.

"Dude!" Jay hissed, "he probably doesn't realize that there are security guards there." The blue ninja scrambled forward as Kai yelled and charged directly at the gates. Cole sighed and darted towards the gates as well. Zane shook his head. So much for stealth. Guess they would have to improvise.

Soon the ninja had caused quite a ruckus and were in the thick of battle. Everywhere Zane looked he began calculating. Hypnobrai. Activate falcon vision and continue fighting from an aerial view. Constrictai warrior at approximately 34 degrees west, stab quickly and retract shuriken. Chances of victory for him and his friends: 36.7 % chance. Chance of survival: 7.468%. Zane felt his shuriken throwing arm stumble at the disheartening statistic. Immediately, Zane was caught off guard and felt a sharp pain sear through his leg. He yelled and tried to fend off a wincing Fangpyre warrior. Fortunately, the ninja had updated their ninja gi a few days ago with a special fabric that made its wearer immune to venom. However, the fabric did not stop fangs from puncturing the skin.

"Chance of survival: 2.5%!" Zane gasped as serpentine warriors nearly overpowered him.

Suddenly Zane felt the thrashing of snake-like claws and fangs cease and heard a grunting noise as the Hypnobrai, Fangpyre, and Constrictai were cleared from his path. The white ninja took the hand that was offered to him as the red ninja pulled him to his feet. "Zane, what happened?" He heard Kai mutter under his breath. Zane caught his breath "I—I'm sorry. The statistics were—" "Stop thinking about statistics for once! It's distracting you from the task at hand: to be the strongest." Kai sped off. The ice ninja watched him as he ran with a raging scream to mutilate some more snake men. Zane shook his head. That wasn't the mission. It was to retrieve the serpentine staffs for sake keeping, but Kai had complicated their chance of a quiet mission. First Jay, now Kai. What was up with his friends? They seemed… so distracted. They would never hurt him this way. Zane turned to slash a Venomari and back flipped into a Constrictai, knocking him down. And even if they did hurt him, they would always come back later to apologize, he told himself. 100% of the time. What was wrong with them? Zane felt a lull in the fight as a thought occurred to him. What if nothing was wrong with his friends? What if something was wrong with him? After all, Jay had pointed out that his sense of humor was sorely lacking, and Kai mentioned that all of his calculating was simply distracting him. What if?… Zane threw both of his shurikens at a Constrictai warrior and let his thoughts drown out the sound of the battle.

Later that evening the four ninja were on their way home with the serpentine staffs. Turned out that Kai's rash-headedness had payed off, for they were able to get to the staffs while the serpentine were confused with all of the chaos. Jay thanked his lucky stars that they never ran into Pythor while there or else things might have looked a lot different. The Anacondrai general and the other tribe leaders were away searching. Though what they were searching for remained a mystery to the group. The way back to Destiny's Bounty remained oddly quiet as the four traveled in their spinjitzu vehicles. Jay couldn't stop thinking about how Cole had lifted six snake warriors at once and threw them down during the battle while he could barely lift one. Zane was mulling over all of the times in the past where his calculations and figures had prevented him from being the most efficient nindroid he could be. Kai wondered if he had proved himself in the battle and risen to the challenge. If he had shown to the others that he was the strongest; as strong as the green ninja, in fact.

Cole simply sat confused in his car.

"Gosh, it's so quiet."

No one responded.

"Hey Jay, got any new jokes?"

Silence.

"Um, am I missing something?"

He asked, slightly ticked off.

"Only everything." Zane answered without wavering his eyes. Cole did a double take. Did Zane really just say that?

"I'm just thinking." Jay said quietly.

"About how awesome I was during the fight? I mean, did you guys see how I totally got us those staffs single-handedly?" Kai smirked. He pulled out a pair of his shades and looked in his rear-view mirror.

"You didn't retrieve the staffs single-handedly, Kai. It was a team effort."

Kai ignored Zane and squinted at his reflection. This should be the face of the green ninja. He thought to himself.