Hi everyone. Did you miss me? Sorry I haven't been able to update for a while, I just had a brief case of Writer's Block, but now I'm ready to start writing again. So let's get started.
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Ch. 8 It's Good to Have Friends.
Sensei Wu was calmly meditating in his room within the Garmadon monetary. He seemed calm and collected, the steam from his erne slowly flowing. Everything was peaceful Wu had attained inner peace. That is until the door was opened and he now had a guest.
"Sensei, I can't just sit by and do nothing." Nya spoke up. She was wearing her blue and red water ninja robe.
"It is always best to knock first." Wu stated, not even opening his eyes.
"Sorry, but I have to help them." Nya said
Wu sighed as he opened his eyes and slowly stood up. "Nya, the ninjas are more than capable of handling whatever this mysterious threat is."
"Really? Do I have to bring up Morro?"
"That will not be necessary." Wu said quickly
"I can help though, I mean I already unlocked my true potential. True, I still haven't summoned an elemental dragon yet but…"
"Nor, are you an expert on Spinjitsu like your brother." Wu added
"Whatever. The point is, I can still help them." Nya said rather sharply "We don't even know what they're up against, and you envisioned them all fallen in battle, so excuse me if I'm worried for my brother and my friends."
"I understand your concern, but we still need someone to look over Ninjago. I am sorry."
Nya sighed as she turned around and left the room. Wu wasn't too far behind as he saw Nya exist the monetary and go outside.
"Well that went well."
Wu turned to his older brother, who was just leaning on the wall, having heard everything that was said.
"It seems your time in the Cursed Realm has not dulled your dry sense of humor, brother." Wu spoke to Garmadon
"Somethings never change." Garmadon replied. After the defeat of the Preeminent, Garmadon was able to escape the Cursed Realm, much to everyone's joy (especially Lloyd, Wu, and Misako)
"But you are aware she'll still try something rather rash." Garmadon said, getting serious.
"And I'm not sure we could stop her even if we wanted to." Wu replied "She's much like her mother, so stubborn."
"Women often are." Garmadon said
"Better hope Misako didn't hear that." Wu joked. Both brothers laughed
"I guess I better call the other Elemental Masters, just in case Ninjago is threatened while our ninja are away." Garmadon said as he went inside.
Wu was glad to know that the current generation of Elemental Masters kept in contact with each other, and are doing what they're predecessors never could, stick together. Though Wu's expression became somewhat saddened, as it was almost all the Elemental Masters.
You can only save those who want to be saved. Wu remembered, Morro's last words. Morro had given Wu the Realm Crystal after that. The old sensei was comforted by the fact that in his first student's final moments, he did something right.
Somewhere else in Ninjago was a wanderer. He was wandering the outskirts of New Ninjago City, but this was no ordinary wanderer. It was the last of the Anacondrai, Pythor.
The White Serpentine has been wandering the landscape ever since Chen's defeat. He was unsure of what to do know. His whole life, all he'd ever known was fighting and conquest and after all this, everything, what was he supposed to do? So he continued to wander and will keep wandering until an answer would come to him.
"Pythor". A mysterious voice called out to him.
"Huh? Who's there?" He spoke out.
"Pythor"
"I am in no mood for games, whoever you are reveal yourself." Pythor demanded
"You know who I am. You once worked beside me and helped me to become the Golden Master."
Pythor's eyes went wide with surprise "The Overlord? I thought you we're destroyed." He said as he looked around for any sign of him.
"I am evil incarnate, I can never truly be destroyed"
"Where are you?"
"I am speaking to you telepathically, even with only a fraction of my powers restored I still have the strength for this. As for where I am, I am no longer in Ninjago but another realm."
"Another realm?" Pythor questioned "I heard they exist but…"
"Pythor, you we're once my greatest ally and I am in need of your assistance again. Will you join me? I know you have been searching for your purpose, but you already know it. Unlike your ancestors you live for conquest, you seek domination. Will you join me again? Will you fight for me? So that you may finally have your purpose fulfilled?"
Pythor smiled evilly, this was his answer he had been looking for. "I thought you'd never ask. So? How can I help?"
"I am certain that despite most of my forces being destroyed, there still exist some factions of them."
"Of course." Pythor responded
"Good. I want you to gather them and find the Realm Crystal, use it to come to me and you will have your purpose of conquest, and your revenge on those insolent ninja."
"I will have it all done in a jiffy, my dark lordship." Pythor lightly bowed, despite being the only one there. "Uh one question, what is the name of the realm you are in?"
"Corona"
Nya walked through the streets of New Ninjago City. She passed by the park statue of Zane that was erected as his memorial after the Golden Master's defeat. She wondered why it was still up, with Zane being alive and all. But that wasn't why she was here.
Nya had passed the most popular chain restaurant in all of Ninjago. She looked up and smiled. Chen's Noodle House, this was why she came to the city, she was looking for her friend.
Nya had just came up to the roof of the restaurant and was greeted by a small gust of wind to her face. This was no ordinary wind. Nya smiled when she caught sight of Skylar in her orange ninja robe. Skylar was twirling her hands and forming a ball of wind. She then thrusted her arms forward and sent a gust of wind across the roofs nearby, and accidentally knocking a few antennas off.
"Glad to see you keeping your skills up." Skylar turned around and caught sight of Nya. "Hey Skylar, how's it going?" She greeted as she got up onto the roof.
"Hey Nya, things are going real well; restaurants are busy, making a profit…"
"And your skills with wind are getting sharper and sharper I see." Nya noticed. It was by a stroke of sheer luck that this happened. After Chen completed the spell that turned him and his entire cult into Anacondrai, it completely removed her powers over the element of amber. Soon after though, after Morro's defeat she had gained his ability to use wind. Wu believed it to be some small traces of her amber power remained, and since her power enabled her to absorb the other elements, it must have caught some bits of Morro's power that we're floating around and they assimilated into her. Skylar was now the new master of Wind.
"Though that last move you did was rather aggressive." Nya observed, causing Skylar to slightly frown "You angry or something?"
Skylar reached into her robe and pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Nya. The paper read…
Hey Skylar. Sorry to tell you on such short notice but I gotta go somewhere. Sensei got a terrible vision and this could spell trouble. Oh and get this, it's in another realm, can you believe it? I wish I could have told you in person, but I know how busy the restaurant can get, and this is urgent, sorry. Be sure to keep practicing, and you'll be strong in no time….
Kai.
PS, if this realm is nice maybe I could take you there and we can have some fun.
"Oh" Nya said simply when she finished reading
"A note." Skylar began "He goes off to another world and all I get is a note?! Your brother is real hard head. No offense."
"None taken." Nya replied "But in Kai's defense, Wu told them they had to leave immediately, so it wasn't like he had the time."
Skylar sighed, she knew Nya was right, and it wasn't entirely Kai's fault.
"But…" Nya spoke getting Skylar's attention "Sensei didn't say anything about giving him some back up." She said with a wink and a cocky smile.
Skylar had her own cocky smile. "You're gonna go, aren't ya? Despite that he said no."
"You got it sister, and wanna come with me?"
"Do you have to ask?"
The two then left Chen's Noodle House and we're walking down the streets. "Hey Skylar, who exactly is gonna run the restaurant when your not there?" Nya asked
"Got an order for table 3!" Dareth spoke up as he had two trays full of food while he walked through the restaurant "Puffy pot stickers! Anyone?"
Ninjago Museum.
The museum was now closed and two security guards stood in the lobby. Nothing was happening.
One of the guards yawned, "Ah, I'm bored."
"Really?" Guard #2 asked. "Ah me too."
However, the guards failed to notice a door, leading deeper into the museum, slightly open by itself, and close.
Pythor uncamouflaged and took a look in the room he was in. It was decorated with manikins of many of the Ninjas' enemies. There we're some of Lord Garmadon, Chen, Morro, Samukai, The Nindroids, the Serpentine, the Skeletons, and even one of Pythor while he was still purple.
There we're even ones of the larger beasts the ninja faced, a Grundle, the Great Devourer, the Preeminent, and even the Overlord in his dragon form.
Pythor found it flattering that they had monuments to himself and many of the other ninjas' enemies, but he wasn't hear for that.
He looked deeper into the exhibit and to the center of the room; he had found what he was looking for. In the middle of the room, in a mantle covered by a glass case was the glowing Realm Crystal.
The evil Serpentine smiled. "You would think such a powerful artifact would be stored in some heavily guarded security vault. Aw well." Pythor shrugged his shoulders. "Easier for me." Pythor lifted the glass, but as soon as he did, alarms blazed all around the museum, slightly startling him.
"And I spoke too soon." He said to himself.
"Hey you there!"
Pythor turned around and saw the two security guards burst into the exhibit.
"Stop what your doing!"
"Dammit." Pythor grunted. He snatched the Realm Crystal and quickly camouflaged again. The two guards looked around frantically.
"What the…?" One guard spoke
"Where'd he go?" The other one questioned.
An unseen force then picked up the guard and threw him into the manikins, causing them all to fall on top of him. The other one was swept off his feet by the same force. The door opened as the invisible Pythor quickly left.
"Better luck next time boys! Ha ha ha ha!" The evil invisible snake laughed as he exited the museum.
The guard in the manikin pile got up and face palmed "We are so fired." He said as the alarms continued to go off.
Night had just fallen in a local town just outside a certain teashop. Skylar and Nya stood outside and we're talking about some stuff they recently done.
"Jay actually picked a nice restaurant." Nya said
"Wow, guess he can be considerate sometimes." Skylar joked
"Yeah, when he, Kai, and the others aren't too busy screwing around, trying to find out who's stronger or something." Nya added
Both girl ninjas laughed.
They heard a bell ring and saw the door to the teashop open, and Pixal had just walked out.
"Here it is." Pixal said as she handed Nya a teapot. "Traveler's tea, but only enough for one portal, so you'll have to hope the boys didn't already use the last of theirs."
"Thanks a lot for this Pixal, we owe ya." Nya thanked
"You are quite welcome. Now I must return to Cyrus and help maintain Zane's titanium body." Pixal said
"Oh?" Skylar spoke with a smile "Spending some time with your man huh?" She said, lightly elbowing the female robot.
"I don't think this would necessarily count, due to that body being empty and Zane is in a different one, in another realm…"
"Never mind it was a joke." Skylar quickly said.
"Okay, you ready?" Nya asked
"Yep lets do this." Skylar replied.
Nya poured a cup of the traveler's tea and threw it to the ground. A blue and purple swirling vortex opened.
"Be careful you two." Pixal said
"We will." Skylar replied
"It's good to have friends." Nya sighed contentfully
"Yes it is." Skylar agreed as the two female warriors entered the portal and it closed behind them.
Kryptarium Prison
Night had fallen over the prison that held Ninjago's worst of the worst. The prison held hundreds of inmates, including Captain Soto and his crew, at least 10 Nindroids, the idiotic duo of Kruncha and Nuchal, and even a giant Stone Warrior.
As many of the inmates played harmonicas, or banged against the bars of their cells, a guard would pass by and whistle. He passed by a Nindroid's cell and briefly in the back of his eye, caught a bright flash of blue light. He turned around and found the same cell that had the Nindroid in it, completely empty.
"Huh? What the…?"
He saw another bright flash of blue and saw another Nindroid vanish. He turned to another Nindroid, there was a bright flash of blue again, and a blue and black portal opened and the Nindroid was sucked in.
The guard reached into his walkie-talkie "Security breach! We have inmates loose! This is not a drill! This is not a drill!"
Alarms blazed throughout the prison. Many more guards scrambled and ran, while all the inmates began to bang against their cell bars and cheer at the inmates that are somehow escaping.
Despite this, the Nindroids inside their cells all vanish and fall through a small portal. Nothing could stop what was going on here
"What the hell is going here?!" One guard yelled.
He turned around to the massive cell containing the massive stone warrior, who was also banging against his massive, bullet-proof and impervious glass cell, a giant blue and black portal opened behind it and the massive stone warrior fell back through, leaving an empty cell.
"Oh. That's not good." The same guard said.
Several miles outside the Kryptarium, one could see multiple search lights in the air, and alarms whaling.
A massive blue and black portal opened in the air, and the giant stone warrior fell through. He landed on the ground and rubbed his head, while grunting in his native tongue. It turned around and saw the 10 remaining Nindroids around it. All of them we're wandering what has happened.
"Greetings my friends!"
They all turned and saw Pythor holding the Realm Crystal. "It's good to see all of you again." Pythor greeted "I bet you are all wondering why I helped you to escape, the answer is simple, your master has returned."
This got all their attention
"That's right, the Overlord is alive. And he requires our assistance for his magnificent rise to power. So will you follow me? Will you strive to aid your master once again?"
The Nindroids all grunted and nodded, same with the Stone Warrior.
"I'm pleased to here that. Now then, let us go."
Pythor used the crystal to open a large black and blue portal. They entered through the portal and it closed behind them.
It was just about dawn, and neither Gothel, nor the transparent figure of the Overlord had left the perimeter of the tower Rapunzel once lived in.
"I'm not one for being impatient, but when will your forces arrive?" Gothel asked as she sat impatiently on a rock
"You don't have to wait any longer my dear." The Overlord responded "They are here."
A large black and blue portal opened, getting Gothel's attention. Stepping out of the portal was something that she found quite surprising; a large, white, humanoid, snake.
"Hello Pythor." The Overlord greeted
"My mighty Overlord." Pythor greeted back with a bow. "Your appearance is… not quite… what I expected." He said, not expecting to find the Overlord in such a state
"A temporary arrangement I assure you." The Overlord responded
Pythor quickly caught notice of the black-haired woman in the red dress. "And who might this be?"
"A new ally of ours, mother Gothel." The Overlord answered
"Ah, a pleasure to meet you madam, I am Pythor P Chumsworth." Pythor bowed in a elegant form.
"Pleasure's… all… mine." Gothel stumbled, never seeing a Serpentine before.
"And I see you have brought my forces with you." Overlord spoke, turning to the portal.
Stepping out of the portal were the ten Ninjdroids and the giant Stone Warrior. If Gothel wasn't surprised before, she was now. The evil beings then bowed before their master as the portal closed
"Forgive me, my dark lord." Pythor began "I know it's not exactly an army but it was all I could find."
"It will suffice." The Overlord said "Do you have the Realm Crystal?"
"Right here." He said, showing the crystal to the Overlord
"Excellent."
"The Realm Crystal?" Gothel asked
"This my dear…" The Overlord began "Is the key to all of the realms of creation. Once my power is restored, I shall seize it all; all the realms shall bow to me. I may even lend you a realm of yours to rule when this is over."
Gothel smiled at that.
"Ah, the sun is rising." Pythor observed, all the villains turned and caught sight of the sunrise.
"Yes, how ironic. When the sun rises, darkness will soon fall." The Overlord said as looked around him at his allies. "It is good to have friends."
That can't be good. Good thing Nya and Skylar are coming too huh? What will happen next? Find out next time, on Tangled with Ninjas.