Chapter 6: Fights and Bites

A/N For those who don't know, in Spanish, two 'l's together makes a 'y' sound. Also, I was going to save this chapter for tomorrow, but I thought what the heck, I'll just publish it now. Enjoy!

Lupe's POV

Before the stupid snake could bite me, I lunged into a pile of trash, not at all a smart move but it effectively got the snake off.

"Yoyd!" I yelled at Lloyd, remembering how he spelled his name. Lloyd looked down at me as if I was loca, or crazy, and corrected me.

"It's Lloyd, not 'Yoyd'," He said. I was about to talk to him but realized that the ninja had been successful so far with the snakes. Then, the ground started shaking and out from around a bend came a monstrous machine, roughly looking like Blue Jay.

"¿Que es eso?" I muttered, meaning 'What is that?'

I saw the ninja charge at it, but get knocked away with ease. When they landed, the black ninja asked, "Weren't there four of us?"

I saw Blue Jay jump onto the wrecking ball and figured out his strategy. No hay tiempo paraellos. ¡Tengo que Lloyd! I thought, meaning 'No time for them. I have to get Lloyd!'

I looked back over to the tall pile of trash Lloyd was standing on next to a Serpentine general. I felt myself growl and my eyes go blue. I don't know why, but my eyes always changed from meadow green to sapphire, a mixture of sea weed green and deep ocean blue. Anyway, I race up the back side of the trash mountain and came up to the Serpentine from behind. As I took a few steps forward, I knocked down some loose cans and small boxes, some hitting the red snakes below.

The snakes looked up at me and yelled, "General! General! General! Behind you!"

I swore mentally, but prepared to fight. When the two-headed red snake turned around, I took my chance to lash my slowly extending nails at him. I left a shallow gash across his chest, but he then grabbed Lloyd and used him as a human shield. Infuriated, I threw out any bit of profanity in Spanish I could think of at the time.

"¡Tu muy, muy mal Serpentino! ¡Deja ir a mi hermano! ¡Y aléjate de él!" I hollered at him. The snakes and Lloyd looked at me in a confused state, but I didn't care. I growled, and then lunged straight for the Fangpyre's red head, changing into a she-wolf while airborne. The snake dodged me, sending me into the ground below. Getting right back up, with only a few scraps and bruises, I growled again. Before I could attack, I felt a small pain in my back, before the world went dark.

When I woke up, I was back on the ship, in Nya's bed. But, I wasn't a she-wolf anymore; whatever hit me turned my human again. I propped myself up on my elbows, still groggy from whatever hit me. Slowly, the image of Nya came into focus.

"Finally! You're awake!" She said with gratefulness in her voice.

"¿Lo que…lo que pasó?" I asked.

"Sorry, I don't speak Spanish. Do you know English?" She asked.

"Sí, I mean, yes. But only a little bit of English." I answered.

"Good, maybe Zane will translate. I think he knows Spanish."

"What happened?" I asked again.

"Oh, you were hit by a tranquilizer dart. But, oddly, you were a wolf…"

"She-wolf," I corrected her. Seeing her confused expression, I answered, "Sorry, we have a tendency to do that. Go on."

"Anyway," Nya nodded, "You changed into a human, but you were still badly knocked out. So we brought you here, the ninja, Sensei, and I. Jay's parents are here too, but that's only until their house is free of snakes."

"Well, I'm thankful for your help, but I have to go. I promised my father and mother I would protect my brother, who is currently Lupa knows where, and I have to find him."

"Maybe if you stay with us, you'll find him. We never stay in one place for more than a few days anyway, now that we got the Bounty airborne." Nya said.

"Fine, but only for a few days, then I'll have to leave." I answered.

"Well, you seem much better now; I think you should be able to walk normally in about a half hour." Nya said cheerfully. I got off the bed, and to my surprise, could walk fine. "Or maybe almost immediately, come on, let's introduce you to everyone."

As we made our way to the bridge, where everyone had gathered to discuss the Serpentine, I whispered a plan to Nya.

"You sure they'll buy it?" She asked as we neared the door.

"Have they heard me speak English?"

"Fair enough." And she opened the door, causing everyone to turn to us.

"Hello, and welcome to Destiny's Bounty. My name is Sensei Wu. What were you doing in the junkyard?" The old man asked me. I just looked confused.

"¿Que?" I asked.

"Oh, do you speak English?" the old man asked me. I just gave him a look as if he was speaking an alien language.

"Qué estás diciendo?" I asked. After a few minutes of silence, the white ninja spoke up.

"What she said, Sensei, was 'What are you saying?', I do not believe she speaks English." He then turned to me. "¿Hablas Inglés?" (Do you speak English?)

I smiled. "Sí. Pero muy, muy poco." (Yes. But very, very little.)

"¿Se puede hablar Inglés?" He asked. (Can you speak English?)

"Sure." I responded. Everyone in the room, except for the white ninja and Nya, who was giggling at our prank, looked shocked.

"You realized you could've just talked in English before!" A red ninja barked. I smirked.

"Yeah, but as the old saying goes, 'No juzgues a una loba por su piel.' Or, 'Don't judge a she-wolf by her pelt." I said wisely.

"So you're bilingual?" Another old man, who I presumed to be Blue Jay's father, asked.

"Oh no, I'm multilingual. I can speak Spanish, Latin, y English." I told them.

"Anyway, what is your name?" The 'Sensei' asked. I was hesitant to tell them my real name, so I came up with a fake last name.

"I'm Lupe. Lupe Theresa Maria Lopez." I answered. "I'm from Southern Ninjago. Colonia, to be exact." My ancestry was traced back to Colonia, the Spanish speaking segment of Ninjago.

A few hours later, Blue Jay's parents were dropped off at their junkyard they call a home. I was about to go back into the bridge from the deck, but I caught the scent of my brother. It was slightly far away, but very strong. As the moon lowered in the sky, I changed myself into a moon she-wolf to see well. When the ninja were done waving good-bye, they turned around and gasped, then drew their weapons. Normally, I would have growled and tensed, but either I was too lazy to do so or I just found them ridiculous. Most likely the latter.

I snorted, and then changed back into a human. It was then that I realized I was practically invisible in my black jeans and black tank top.

"Where'd she go?" Cole, the black ninja, whispered to his companions.

"Estoy aquí." I said, still crouching on the deck. The ninja tensed again with their weapons. Then Kai, the red ninja, calmed a bit.

"Wait, that voice, Lupe?" Kai asked. I laughed.

"Who else would it be?" I laughed. The ninja put their weapons away.

"Well, its getting pretty late. We should all get some sleep." Cole said.

"You guys go, I'm nocturnal, I sleep during the day. I can't sleep at night even if I tried.

"Then good night Lupe." Kai said.

"Buenos noches, Kai." I whispered.