Chapter 13; Crimson Eyes

Emma's POV (the next day)

I toss and turn until I finally decide to get out of my comfy bed. It is early in the morning and the sun is rising. I walk outside and sip my iced tea which I had just gotten from the kitchen. I do not think anyone is awake yet. I lean on the rails and glance onto the blue water of the ocean and look up to the sky. The white clouds gradually move in the daylight blue. perhaps now could be a good time to practice. I look down at my palm as I form a small luminosity like a star in the middle of my hand. The miniature star lays relaxed in my hand as I try to harness my power. I breathe deeply as I stand there in a meditative state. My eyes widen as I sense something. I turn around while my midnight mane blows in the breeze. I start to dash to the bridge as the bounty's alarm goes off.

I am one of the first to arrive at the bridge. I look to see where the Serpentine where attacking. Zane is the next person to arrive followed by Nya, Cole, Jay Lloyd, and Kai. I grimace as I see the amount of Serpentine attacking Ninjago city. Luckily we where docked in a harbor very close. Nya flies the bounty towards Ninjago city and when we arrive we meet at the deck.

"Wow, there are a lot of Serpentine down there." Jay says looking down the rails.

"Seems like their numbers have gotten bigger" says Kai and the thought of that frightens me.

"No matter what, we must stop them" I say and look over to make eye contact with Zane's ice blue eyes. I think quickly as to why this connection is so strong between us. I turn around and dash out of the deck and onto the streets with everyone behind me.

Kai POV

I dart through the furor and tumult filled streets and use my spinjitzu to attack the serpentine. I punch a Hypnobrai in the face who was trying to hypnotize me and I fight against some Fangpyres. It seems like the multitudes of serpentine are overwhelming. I see in the distance Emma in combat versus Skales and Lloyd using his powers to assault all the serpentine around him. I turn around, dash to a serpentine, and kick him in the side and finally he falls down. I search around me and I cannot find Nya anywhere in sight. I become worried but use my spinjitzu to attack many more Serpentine.

I look around me and analyze the damage the Serpentine have caused to Ninjago city. Luckily it is very early in the morning so not many people have left to work yet. It makes me wonder why they chose to attack at this time. I turn around quickly as there was a Serpentine behind me ready to attack. I continue to use my spinjitzu and assault the many snakes around me. Something about this seems… suspicious.

My spinjitzu leads me near Cece and Cole who are surrounded by numerous snakes. Cece uses a bow to shoot arrows at the Serpentine while Cole and I use our elemental swords. I feel that the Serpentine have become overwhelmed by us but they seem still determined to attack us. I become face to face with the Fangpire general who uses both of his heads to taunt me. I furiously attack him and he fights back. Him and I become apart of a heated duel in the middle of the battle ground filled streets of Ninjago city. What I still don't get is how they got so strong all of a sudden. Before they disappeared around the time we went to the dark island they seemed to be weak in numbers but now they have been granted additional strength. Fangtom finally retreats from our duel and slithers away.

"How did the Serpentine get so strong?" Cole asks.

"Who knows what they did underground I guess…" I suggest. There seem to become less serpentine while we fight. Yet I am having trouble to find a few of the members of our team in such chaos. I can see Anne, Lloyd and Zane but I cannot find Nya anywhere.

Nya POV

In the anarchy the Serpentine have created I find myself very far away from the rest of our team. In this far off area there are less Serpentine then where everyone else is fighting. I throw a blade I had with me and it hits a serpentine. Looking around me, I am surrounded by an overwhelming amount of serpentine. I see Emma near by but I cannot see anyone else. Yet I think if I turn the corner I may see Jay or Kai. I imagine we all have realized the newfound strength of the Serpentine. I believe Emma saw this coming, which was why she seemed so worried the other day. Emma comes closer to me with great worry in her eyes. I think confusedly until I am suddenly stuck down by a Constrictai, I look up to see it is the general. Emma wants to help me but she turns around and is almost tripped by Skales' large tale. I try to get up to help her but I have my own problems. Skalidor holds me in his tight grip as I attempt to escape. I try to relax but Skalidor sees what I am doing. Before I know it I am unconscious from the lack of air.

Emma POV

Shocked and afraid I stand in astonishment to see Skalidor bring Nya down into comatose. A spark inside me declares to save Nya. However I am delayed by this profound battle with Skales. I turn around to face him and I look him strait in the eyes. I stand tall, concentrate, and begin to attack. I bring out two shining daggers and stand in a fighting position. I only realize his hypnotic powers until he retorts by hypnotizing me. I still look into his dazzling and alluring deep scarlet eyes and he looks into my pure sky blue ones. He begins his hypnotism but I still concentrate. As he looks more profoundly into my eyes he steps back in shock. I realize what has happened and I am astounded, he is unable to control me. However before I can retaliate, it is too late. Skalidor comes up behind me and knocks me out cold. I lay on the ground unconscious in the middle of battle.

None POV

Skales looks stunned into Skalidor's eyes confused, but in deep thought while Skalidor is dumfounded by Emma's ability to avoid his fellow General's hypnotism. But alas Skales decides to pick up the unconscious human and follow Skalidor who also has another kidnapped human while the Serpentine retreats suddenly; they have what they came for.

Speechless the Ninja and the Cosmic Legion gather themselves after the Serpentine's unexpected retreat. Zane, Jay, and Kai look concerned and dreadfully worried because they cannot find the two members of the Cosmic Legion they care most about. Realization hits them with a chair as they discover the Serpentine's real purpose. They turn the corner to find the scene of the crime. Kai kneels down to the ground to find what was once apart of his sister's samurai suit. They look down in defeat as they grasp that Emma and Nya are nowhere to be found.

Nya's POV

I wake up alone in a cell in a very dreary place. I remember what happened and panic fills me up to the brim. I move closer to the bars of my cell to see guards along with two Serpentine generals. I grab onto the bars and discovered the shackles around my arms and legs. I notice that they removed my armor and I am left with slightly torn up clothes that where under the armor. I stare loathsomely and ominously into Fangtom's eyes and avoid Skales' gaze knowing what would happen. They whisper things to each other until Skales concludes; very loudly compared to their inaudible whispers that he will hypnotize me to what seemed like to prove that his powers have not weakened, the last part interests me somewhat because it makes me ponder why he would think that. I respond quickly by turning around frustrated, refusing to be hypnotized. I retreat to a corner quickly knowing the position I have been forced into. hearing them door unlock and open and for a second the hopes of escaping race through my mind, however my dreams shatter like glass when I look down to my bind wrists. I sense Skales' approach but I continue to face the corner. I struggle as the wicked snake with the hypnotic powers forces me to turn around to face his horrid crimson eyes. I scowl as I stare into his eyes while my self-control leaves me. Afterwards I lay there prostrate and paralyzed in my sorrow, I think of my brother and beloved Jay. The thought of me being alone paralyses me, dumfounded I wait in my melancholy. A single tear falls down my face and onto the cold ground as I linger and morn to be saved. I hear both Skales and Fangtom leave my presence.

Skales' POV

I slither through the monotonous and haunting place where we are keeping our hostages and I head to the other human who had experienced the rebuttal of my hypnotic powers, who is currently being tested to see if it is only me at fault or if she is a the weakness for my whole tribe. We have sent our most strong willed Hypnobrai to face her. When I enter the place where she is kept Rattla comes up to me.

"None of us were successful Ser." He says nervously, but with respect and fear. I scowl as I look down on him.

"Is this the best we can do? How could this be? How can some weak human be so resistant to our hypnotic powers?" I say frustrated while the scout shivers in fear. "You are dismissed" I say to him and he leaves. I look through the bars and look at her.

"I have a name you know" she says as she dares to look me strait in the eyes. "It is Emma." She says. I look pondering and angry into 'Emma's' eyes, which are a vibrant and pure sky blue. My eyes widen in realization when her eyes reminds me… of her. For a second I cannot help but to lament in my sorrow before I look back to this tortuous human. She sits carefully and looks at her shackles. She looks back up to me with hateful eyes, hateful sky blue eyes. When I stare at them it is almost painful. I think to myself; what is this reoccurring nightmare I have before me?

Without warning she crumbles to the ground mysteriously. She holds onto her head as I stare at her confused and speechless. How do eyes, so strong willed crumble before me. She lays in her own agony; even if I would console her, she has no comfort. She recovers as quickly as her sudden illness came. She turns back to face me at first with dreadful fear which brings me pride because how pitiful she looks, but it also brings me sorrow because of the other side her eyes that reminds me of the one person I once knew. She then quickly refuses to fear me and returns to her anarchist like self unexpectedly before my eyes. I am shocked because of the great sudden irony. She loses control of herself because of an unexpected source.

"Stronger and stronger we go, round and round and around we go." She begins toying with me. "What you seek, you already have" her haunting grin then disappears "UP and DOWN you shall LOOK until YOU find the DARKNESS." She then grimaces and continues "and enemies struggle, yet with turning tables." She comes back to reality. A tear falls down her face but then she passes out and falls down to the cold cell floor. I let out a breath I was holding. I ponder profoundly of what she said and I am confused. I leave her cell wondering why she told me this and what it meant.

None POV

As our heroes return to their dwelling they are forced to face what had happened. They meet in the bridge and search for Serpentine locations. Alas, they find nothing. At nightfall Zane looks out into the night sky looking for the stars. A great uneasiness overcomes his gears as he senses danger in the missed seer's heart. Right before this feeling of pain ends he receives a message. I am dangerous Zane... I do not feel I am limited to reveal simply the secrets of the Cosmic Legion… So if I where to fall into the wrong hands… I could reveal something from the future to anyone… even our enemies… Zane stands in place fearing of what may have just happened. He looks up upon the starless night.

A lot has happened in one chapter hasn't it? Haha... what a chapter! Thank you everyone I never expected so many review so suddenly! Emma, poor Emma... she is one of my favorite OC S... I am a really crazy author! TB-) is story is like over 20,000 words! And I have like 6 more that I having posted yet... oh my! I got a question that I thought of but could not come up with an answer. So far, how do you think the ninja would react if they read this story?

"That ship has rocket boosters?"~ Dr. Julien

ME; *sarcastically* Nooooo… *turns to face the audience*

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