Chapter 33
Hung Up

.:Violet:.

As it turn out, Lloyd wasn't in Ninjago City but she found his footprints and then bus trails with tires like snake hide. Which means that Lloyd walked in disguised as a snake because if he struggled then she have seen dragged marks.

Now, she was at Ouroboros which she was sure was still underground unless Pythor found it so he can unite the tribes. She was flying above the ground in her vehicle on invisible mode. The structure was like a maze in a shape of a circle. There were so many stone alleys and walls. She knew Pythor would see her soon so she landed her Wind Glider just outside of the city.

Being sneaky and quiet, she ran through the city and jumping behind walls when serpentine would walk past boasting about a fight. Once she arrived at the centre, she realised it was a fighting arena. In the middle of the tall stands where the snakes are sitting, there was a large circle region with sand on it and flat stones lay out in a swirl.

She cursed when she saw that in each stand, there was a mixture of snakes from different tribes which means Pythor had succeeded in uniting the serpentine. But her lavender eyes spotted a lone, black figure in a cage. She looked closely to see Lloyd was curled up in a ball with his hood drew over his face. Silently, she walked along the outskirts of the stand and made her way towards Lloyd.

"Violet, is that you?" She heard him asked quietly when she was behind a pillar that was behind Lloyd's cage.

"Yeah, just hang on for a minute." She whispered and she grabbed a dagger from her waist and started to cut at the rope that held the hatch closed. "What are you doing here?"

"I saw the serpentine getting onto a bus saying that they have found this place so I disguised myself as a snake but I ended up getting captured last night. Pythor is now king of the whole serpentine." Lloyd informed her and she nodded.

"You could have waited for us and just let us deal with it." She told him softly. Finally, the rope gave out and she opened the hatch and she held a hand out. "Come on, let's go. Your uncle is very worried."

"Okay… Violet, behind you!" Instantly at this warning, she got another dagger off her belt and turned around to come face to face with the Constrictai General.

No words were exchanged except for the sparks that flew from her daggers contacting his golden staff. But slowly, Violet could feel her arms tremble when the General slam his staff onto her small daggers. He was stronger and there was no doubt about that but whenever she tried hitting the spots he leaves unprotected, his strong tail would shoot out.

Once again, he brought his staff down and Violet could feel herself walking backwards. She turned her head to see the Constrictai General was pushing her towards the centre of the arena. She quickly looked at Lloyd who was being forced back into the cage and then a roar of cheers came from the crowd from above.

Her arms gave out and with the staff's momentum, she fell back and the staff hit her chest, preventing her from getting up.

"Look what we got here, a little ninja without his team." The snake sneered and she chuckled. She would surely surprise him with the fact that she's a girl. She's sure that only Pythor and Skales know about her being a female ninja.

"But a General that is unable to have control over his own tribe because let a lone survivor of one tribe to rule all?" She questioned back with a brow raised but she doubt he would see it with her mask on.

"That's none of your business!" The snake snapped.

"Well then it's none of your business of why I'm alone."

"First of all, I didn't ask you why." He hissed and she smirked. Hopefully she can distract long enough to catch him off guard. She was about to shoot another word when a purple head entered her field of vision.

"Hmmm, you would help me for sure." Pythor sneered and his scaly hand grabbed the scuff of her gi and lifted her into the air.

Violet gulped as the Constrictai snake felt her body and removed all of her daggers. She didn't like that one bit and her bow and arrows were taken away as well. She was tossed onto the ground in a heap. When she went to sit up, hands grabbed hers and tied them behind her back. They then wrapped more rope around her stomach and waist before gagging her. She was then forced on her feet and she turned her head to see an awfully long rope trailing behind her.

How come she couldn't defeat the Constrictai General even though she had killed many Constrictai snakes? A frown entered her face when the word 'kill' echoed in her mind.

Two snakes were on either side of her, gliding her to the statue of the Great Devourer. She watched as the snakes thread the end of the rope into the open mouth of the statue and then they pulled. The rope around her stomach tightened and her feet were no longer touching the floor as she was helplessly being hauled up. Then they stopped and tied the end to a pole so she remained hanging in the air.

"I give you, the purple and pathetic ninja!" Pythor roared and cheers spread from the crowds of snakes.

Her hands tried to slip out of the rope but they were too tight. Her stomach ached from the ropes and her jaw was getting sore from the gag in her mouth. She felt defeated.

Maybe it was a bad idea to come and save Lloyd by herself. Why did she have to be so stupid and get herself caught in this mess? If she had waited for the others to go then there would have been no problems at all. She couldn't even control her element if she's tied like this.

Now she wanted someone to rescue her or even just to talk to her. Scarlet was gone and the boys are too stupid to possibly think that the snakes have found Ouroboros.

Just when she gave up all signs of hope, the whirring sound of a machine was held by her ears. She wiggled her body so she could turn around and saw the Robot Samurai coming. She smiled at the thought of Nya rescuing her, she was way smarter than the boys including her brother and Violet was grateful for that. She even heard Lloyd exclaiming but of course, the young boy didn't know it was Nya.

But hope left her again when something came skyrocketing towards the Samurai suit and once it made contact, the robot was trapped in a tangle of ropes and it fell from the sky like a ball of fire. Violet winced when she felt the rope digging painfully into her hands and her stomach but she kept her eyes on Nya's suit as it helplessly tried to untangle itself.

Too late, snakes were already on it and dragged the contraption underneath one of the stands and closed it behind bars. Violet dropped her head and just let herself hang.

"What's wrong little ninja, feeling pathetic?" Violet wiggled her body towards the statue and saw Pythor had climbed and looked down at her from the mouth.

"Oh that's right you can't talk now. Didn't you say your team is stupid? Maybe they won't find you here." A crackle of laughter came from his long neck.

She watched the Anacondrai snake grabbed her rope and pushed it outwards. She felt herself swing in the air and Pythor started to swing the rope violently that she crashed into the statue. Pain flared in her side and with a small whimper from her lips, she decided to close her eyes and let hope find its way back into her soul.

.::.

Seconds stretched into minutes and minutes stretched into hours. Violet's throat lust for water and her wrists feel bloody and raw from the rope and her stomach feels like it has been crushed. The heat was unbearable as well and even though the suit was breathable, she felt like she was a roasted chicken ready to be brought out of the oven.

The snakes continued to snake with each other and Violet looked down to see the five generals talking with each other. Violet looked at Lloyd who was curled in a ball on the ground with his eyes on her, probably hoping she have a plan in her head but she doesn't.

But she saw something white, black and blue running behind the stands. She wanted to turn herself around but her stomach hurts too much and she was sure that if she swings anymore, the rope will snap and she was at least twenty metres off the ground and the fall would hurt a lot.

"Psst!"

Violet craned her head up to see Kai in the mouth of the devourer. She couldn't believe the guys actually found them. She wanted to smile but her mouth protested against it. She felt herself being raised higher as Kai pulled the rope and she was glad it hasn't caught any of the snakes' attention.

Then she felt strong arms carried her into the mouth. It was fairly small and cramp so Kai placed her on his laps and his concern eyes met her's.

"Are you alright?" He asked and she nodded. His hands moved the gag and she sighed with relief. He then cut the ropes around her stomach and waist before doing her wrists. But she could feel her body go weak and her body leaned into Kai's. Slowly her eyes closed once again and this time, her brain shut off the world.

.:Kai:.
Later That Night

Kai's body ached as he collapsed into his bed. So many things happened that day and it seemed his body was abused the most out of everyone's excluding Violet.

Violet fell unconscious which meant that he had to carry her down without hurting her and get himself seen but it seems that that wasn't accomplish. Then they had to fight the Samurai and he had to take care of Violet while fighting. He found out that dodging a sword and jumping over things are much harder when you have a girl in your arms.

Then the arena tipped and he had one hand to hold onto the spikes and another arm holding Violet's body. It was a great thing that her body was small compared to his since it made it easier to carry her but he didn't want to hurt her more. Being hung up for hours should be enough of body punishment.

Then the Samurai was faking to fight them. Honestly, Kai already hated the guy and yet, he saved them. How humiliating it that? And let's not forget that the Samurai is his sister and he wasn't the first one to realise that, it was Violet! He was disappointed of why she didn't say anything. Once Nya told him that she made Violet keep it as a secret, he understood.

But landing in sand after the Samurai Suit went crazy; his back was the payment for that. He had to curl his body around Violet's to make sure she didn't break a bone when they hit the ground although he was glad that Nya did got their weapons for them but they didn't get Lloyd.

Kai turned his head to the door to see Cole, Jay and Zane entering. Jay was laughing, probably at something he said.

"Kai, are you alright? You look really worn out." The red ninja heard Cole asked and Kai answered with a groan.

"Just sore."

"Why are you sore?"

"Because you guys didn't have to carry Violet everywhere and brace her when we fell from the Samurai suit."

"Ohhh."

Ok, not a great ending but I hoped you like it! Thanks to: leggolover101, zane'sfangirl25, CarlyShi208, Mystery girl, LightningDanino23, Mihoshi 2.0 and the guest for reviewing. And guess what? Violet's true potential is coming up soon. I aim it to be within the next 3-5 chapters. Sorry if updates are taking longer, I sprained three fingers during training so I had a bit of struggle to write.