Chapter 27
A Hissing Ride

.:Violet:.

Violet swore at herself when she realised she left her bow and daggers at the bounty along with her ninja suit. The boys were smart, they got their uniforms –well they never take it off- and they have their weapons. She felt defenceless. When Jay unlocked his bitten parents, the Fangpyre snakes came out with snake-turned vehicles.

"Nobody happens to have daggers here do they?" She asked but nobody answered, too busy keeping their eyes on incoming snakes. "Move!" She shouted but nobody did, their attention was sudden taken when the wrecking ball smiled at them. With her wind element, she pushed everyone to the side before she dived herself. This resulted her with a mouth full of sand. The wrecking ball smashed into the sand.

"Lloyd!" She heard Wu shouted and she turned her attention to the young boy on top of a mountain of car tires.

"Jay, we need to get the staff back if you want to save your parents before they turn into snakes."

Violet drowned out the rest of their conversation and kept her eyes on the wrecking ball.

"Everybody move!" She shouted again and she dived to the side and everyone else did when the ball hit the ground. "Anybody squashed?"

"No!" They replied back. She nodded and she reached over in the pile of junk and found a long metal pipe. She quickly ran to the upcoming snakes and she hit them in the head, knocking them out. She quickly looked to the other boys. She watched as Jay skilfully dodged the wrecking ball. Zane, Kai and Cole were handling the snakes while Nya and Wu were working together with the sacred flute. She was surprised at Nya's skills when it came to hand to hand combat.

Her hand tightly squeezed the pipe and she slid across the sand, going between the snakes' legs. She got up quickly and swung around, hitting the snake in the head. She then dealt with another snake. He was far more skilled than the others; he held two swords in either hands. She waited for him to make the first move. It ended up neither of them did since another snake snuck up behind. She flipped backwards and she slid her leg between the other snake's legs and tripped him over like she did to Cole. She turned around just in time to see the skilled snake heading towards her. She ducked down and hit him hard with the metal pipe.

She was about to deal with another snake when she felt the ground beneath her very feet tremble and she looked to the left to see a large robot ninja with nunchucks chasing the boys. She sighed and flew up to the head. The robot stopped and tried squatting her off but she ducked. She held the pipe tightly before pushing it into the neck and she could hear the wires snapping. The robot stilled and she looked down to see the nunchucks fell out of its hand and then it fell. She flipped off and dusted her hands. She looked up again and assessed the fight. Jay had managed to take control over the wrecking ball and the three other boys were fighting the snakes. She looked at Lloyd who seemed awfully scared.

"Retreat!" He yelled. She wouldn't allow him to leave this time. She quickly flew up to grab Lloyd by the arm but the bottom bit of the golden staff –which was very pointy and had pierced through her skin- hit her arm and she let out a startle cried.

"Nobody touches Lloyd!" The one of the General Snake heads hissed. She then realised that she was defenceless without her weapons. Violet looked down to her feet to see a spanner underneath her feet. She quickly kicked it up into her hand.

"I'm allowed to touch Lloyd." She snarled lowly and she quickly whipped out her arm and hit one of the two heads. The general snake hissed and she looked back to Lloyd who had wide eyes. "Don't worry Lloyd; I'm not here to hurt you." She told him softly. "Why don't you come with me and your uncle?"

"Because I am Lord Garmadon! And I'm not going with any girls!" Lloyd shouted. She sighed and forgotten about the snakes surrounding them.

"First of all, your father is Lord Garmadon. If you continue to stay with these snakes then they'll hurt you. I know this Lloyd; I have a connection with the future and its best if you take this opportunity to come with us." She didn't want to tell Lloyd that a voice told her to protect him but she needed to come up with something convincing. The connection with the future was the best she got.

"How do I know you're not bribing me?" He asked, his voice was less commanding and almost filled with curiosity.

"Why would I? Once these snakes reunite, they'll trap everyone underground including you because they hate humans Lloyd. Even if you happen to rule the world, what would you do? Eat every piece of candy because they'll all be finish and who will make more since all candy makers are trapped?" She quizzed him and she dropped the spanner to appear less… frightening.

"That's true but I can always just force the candy makers to make lots and lots before the snakes trap- wait, they'll trap me?"

"Yes they will, please Lloyd. You're a sweet kid; I can tell so why don't you come with me?" She asked and she looked at his bright, forest green eyes. They looked to the left of her and his head nodded.

Violet quickly turned around to only get a sharp and sizzling pain across her cheek. She stumbled backwards and her hand cupped her cheek.

"You bloody snake!" She yelled towards the general but both heads smirked back. She saw her blood dripping from the pointy, bottom end of the staff.

"I'm not stupid, you are!" She heard Lloyd called behind her. She looked back quickly to see he didn't pose any threat to hurt her at the moment so she looked back to the general.

"Here, let's make a deal. You can give us Lloyd or your staff." She offered and she dropped her hand from her cheek to see blood on it.

"I don't like both options." The right head snarled.

"That's the point." She said. "I'm pretty sure Lloyd isn't much use to you and your staff is pretty important."

"The young boy released us and we'll worship him until he backstabs us but a young and idiotic boy like him won't do such a thing." The left head hissed at her.

"Alright then, give me your staff." And she held out her hand.

"Never!" This time, both heads snapped in unison. Violet quickly focused her senses on the wind and tried creating a current around them. Scarps of junk where picked up and flew around them. The gust of wind increased and Lloyd's black hood fell off, her hair whipped her in the face and the general covered his heads. She darted forward and went to grab the staff.

The Fangpyre general saw this and yanked it back. She quickly turned invisible and she heard the startle gasp from Lloyd.

"I still can see you!" Both heads shouted. She quickly popped out and she picked up a wooden plank and hit the right head squared in the face. Both heads hissed. She was about to strike him again but she felt a tug on her shirt.

"Are you serious about the snakes going to dump me?" Lloyd asked her. She can't tell if he was buying the general some time or he was really considering joining their side. She ponder on this for a couple seconds and when she opened her mouth, something hard smashed into her stomach and a cry left her lips as she doubled over.

She felt her strong wind faded away to a small breeze. Her stomach was still sensitive from her last beating with Cole. She groaned and an arm wrapped around her stomach. Next, she felt pain exploding on her side and she fell, tumbling down the hill of scrap metals and other old furniture. Each corner or edge dug into her skin and hitting the bone.

Once she did hit solid ground, her body flared up in pain. It wasn't the sharp type of pain but the dull aching one. The only sharp pains she would feel was the cut on her cheek and her arm and a gash on her left leg. She slowly sat up and she looked back to Lloyd and the general both hoped onto a helicopter that must have waited for her element to calm down.

She quickly looked down at her skin. They were either covered in dirt or purple bruises and swallow cuts. She quickly inspected her gash on her leg to see a shard of glass protruding out. She quickly yanked it out with a hiss. She threw it away and she looked around to see the rest of the snakes retreating. She felt her strength return to her and all the dull pain faded. The stinginess of her cut on her cheek and arm felt like it was burning but she paid no attention to it. Her leg was fine although it became a dull pain.

"Violet!" Her head snapped to the side to see Wu rushing towards her but he wasn't looking at her… almost like he was trying to avoid looking her way. "What were you thinking?"

"I-I had to get Lloyd and the staff sensei… I just made a bigger mess." She sighed and looked down to her hands which nested in her laps but she could see that her shirt was shredded. A crimson blush entered her cheeks and she quickly wrapped her arms around her chest.

"Stupid snakes…" She heard Jay sighed in the background and she could see him and the others walking towards them.

"Oi! Don't look!" She suddenly heard Nya yelled out with authority and she jumped in front of Violet with her arms extended.

"Thanks Nya." Violet thanked the younger girl.

"Why? What's wrong?" She heard Jay whined. Violet quickly turned invisible so she wouldn't have to worry about anyone seeing her bare chest.

"My clothes got destroyed." She told them all bluntly and she stood up with a small groan from her lips. She heard a troubled sigh and she turned her head to see Kai taking off the top part of his ninja gear before he chucked it where he last saw standing. It hit her on the face and it made contact with her cut and a hissed escaped her lips.

She muttered her gratitude and quickly pulled the shirt over. It was fairly big and went past her hands and the bottom just went past her shorts which weren't destroyed. She looked back to Kai who actually had a pink tint to his cheeks… Maybe he's no longer mad at her. Her purple eyes travelled to his chest and he luckily had a white singlet but she would see the taunting muscles underneath and his buff arms crossed over his chest.

She quickly went out of her invisible charm and nervously moved up the sleeves.

"Kai, she looks hotter in your top than you when you're wearing it." She heard Cole chuckled and she and Kai both sent him a glare whereas Wu shook his head disapprovingly.

"You guys, this isn't important. We need to get the staff to turn Jay's parents back to normal before they become snakes permanently." She told everyone. She knew Jay would be beyond devastated if his parents turned into snakes. It would mean he would be parentless and she knew what it felt like to be parentless.

"That's right… MUM! DAD!" Jay suddenly yelled and went to the caravan that his parents took refuge in.

"But how, our dragons are gone." Cole sighed grumpily and she saw Zane nod his head.

"Wait; there is still a way to get the staff. Part of reaching your own true potential is understanding your weapon's potential. Once it is in tune with a focused heart, its secrets and powers can be unlocked."

"Sensei, this isn't the time to be saying riddles!" Cole grumbled and he started to pace back and forwards.

"No you douchebag, in other words, our golden weapons are vehicle themselves." She told them and she shuffled uneasily on the spot. She looked back to the caravan to see Jay exiting with his parents.

"Aw, I don't want to ride this like a broomstick." She heard Kai muttered and she clenched her hands trying to resist the urge to face palm.

"Jay," Wu called out, "focus on unlocking your potential and let your heart guild you. Since you're the ninja of lightning, image you're taking flight… I suggest doing this over there."

Jay walked over to the big spot Wu pointed and he breathed in before exhaling deeply and closing his eyes.

"If required, try flicking your weapon." Wu instructed and Violet watched carefully as Jay twisted his nunchucks above his head before flicking it in various spots. She could see strikes of lightning lighting the air and a bright orb started to surround Jay. She closed her eyes from the brightest but she opened them when she heard an engine roaring. H-He did it.

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And I'm so glad that everyone is alright with this story being over 100 chapters, to be honest, I'm enjoying writing this story, I actually have done 5 more chapters but I haven't proof read them yet.

Oh, to answer some questions, Violet's dragon will also merge with the others since they all become Lloyd's dragon.