Since I'm going to go and write the Rebooted and Tournaments of Elements, this story is possibly going to be a 200+ chapter story. So, I need your help whether to split the story in half after they defeat the Overlord for the first time or just write the 200+? Or should I make my chapters 3 000 words to possibly cut it done to 175 chapters? Please, I need your help. And I've decided I'll stay with ZaneLoverFan88, thank you for all of your opinions.

Chapter 45
What Should We Do?

.:Violet:.

"I thought you said place would be heavily guarded Zane." She heard Jay whispered.

"Forgive me, even Nindroids make mistakes." Zane muttered back but Violet moved away the group to check out the cravings in the wall. It wasn't long before she heard more footsteps coming towards her. In the corner of her eyes, she saw Cole step forward to look cravings.

"Is that supposed to be us?" She heard Jay asked.

"They should have given me a decent moustache." Cole muttered and she sighed. She tried to make out the cravings to see if there were any clues to go into the secret base. A click was sounded on her left and she just saw Cole finishing dusting off the moustache. The wall was pushed back to reveal a tunnel.

"I-I meant to do that." She heard Cole stammered but she took a careful step into the tunnel.

"Does it look like a trap?" She heard Wu asked from behind.

"I don't think so."

"So what are we waiting for, let's go!" Cole exclaimed and he ran past her. She followed after him with the others in toll. It wasn't long until they reached their destination. This base was much bigger than the previous one and it held a lot more snakes as well. Since the base was fairly deep, they had to take the path that ran along the circular base. Many chains were held from the ceiling and a smell that made Violet scrunch her nose came from the green acid lake. She realised that there weren't any sunlight in the base yet the acid managed to give off some light as well as the green fire torches. In the middle, the three Fang Blades were perched on a staff like object.

"There's too many snakes to deal with at once. I say we travel by shadows." Kai suggested. There wasn't need for any words to be exchange that they all agreed. Violet knew it wouldn't be long until they would get spotted. The walls were a dark grey-green colour and their ninja gi stands out and Nya's X-Samurai Suit is so large they're ought to get seen. If they weren't versing snakes and in a base that didn't have venge stone, she would have tried to cast her invisibility charm on them.

"Ninja!" She heard the snakes shouted across the base.

"So much for travelling in shadows…" She heard Jay sigh softly.

"Lloyd, Scarlett, cooperation stealth mode was a total bust; we're going to need reinforcements… Is there anyone there?" She heard Nya asked through the Samurai Suit but Violet's hand reached over her shoulder and grabbed an arrow. She notched it onto the string and she drew back but she kept the bow pointing the ground. Her eyes kept darting back and forward. There were snakes running up the path and climbing along the sides.

"Forget about them, we need to fight back. Ninja, show them what you got."

And at her Sensei's words, she lifted her bow up with grace and shot. She gasped when the arrow left the bow. It turned invisible. Of course she could see it, there was a slight blur but to everyone else, it would probably be invisible… Except Pythor and the Venomari and Hypnobrai. The arrow lodged itself in the snake's chest and it turned visible once again. Everyone started to fight their way down the path but Violet knew that would cause congestion. She jumped over the sides and landed at the bottom of the base where more snakes' attention was on her. It wasn't long before she heard two more thuds next to her; it was Zane and Jay. With a small nod from Jay, they all sprang into action. Zane slowly made his way to the centre and Jay was near the Fang Blades but she chose to remain around the back. She gracefully bended backwards when a sword came for her neck. She popped out her leg and kicked that snake underneath his chin causing him to fly back into another six snakes. She quickly dropped to the ground and a Venomari tripped over her. She quickly got up and she looked around to see at least ten snakes surrounding her. They weren't moving in though, it was as if they were waiting for what she's going to do. She kept turning around in a circle, making sure none of them sneak up on her when she got her back on them.

But she didn't get attacked from the sides but above inside. She let out a yelp when a snake fell on her. He straddled her shoulders and placed the staff underneath her chin. She tried pushing it away but she couldn't keep her balance. Her feet tried to walk forward but the snake was pulling the staff back therefore making her walk backwards. She tried to stable herself to walk a different direction but the staff kept digging into her neck. With one powerful push, she had managed to bend forward making the snake roll over her shoulders and land on the ground. The staff was then yanked out of his hands and she hit him forcefully in the head. Hold the staff at the ends, she watched as the ten snakes advanced on her. She spun away holding the staff out and she hit each snake in the face, making fall like dominos. Of course it wasn't long until another snake came her way. She only groaned as a response. Since she didn't have enough time to notch another arrow or take her daggers out, she dropped the staff and took out her Golden Weapon. The snake's sword was pushed out and she held her bow out and the sword as caught in the small gap where the bow and the string meet. Violet then twisted her bow and the sword came out of the snake's hand. She flicked her bow up and the sword flew up. She jumped up and grabbed the sword by the handle before bringing it down on the snake. Instead of slicing him, she hit the handle against his skull and the Fangpyre snake collapsed. She looked around and saw that her friends were in a cage and the other snakes were surrounding it. She then realised they probably didn't see her. She went to turn invisible but she then realised she didn't. Then she remembered the walls were made of venge stone, her elemental powers are useless in this environment. Not wanting to be spotted, she rolled along the ground and behind some crates and looked back to her friends.

"Ooh, can this get any better?" She heard Pythor bellowed with laughter and she poked her head out to see Pythor travelling down the path with a Fang Blade in his hand. "Seriously, you have just walked right into my trapped… Wait, there used to be five ninja, where's your purple friend?"

"She couldn't make it here today since she went to follow you for the fourth Fang Blade, looks like she missed you." Violet heard Sensei Wu lied. At least Pythor won't send out a search party for her but she still needed to make sure she doesn't get caught. She then saw the cage rise as a snake turn the crank to make the chain lift the cage higher. She then spied another crate and she rolled along the ground again. Once she was there, she lifted her head up a bit to see the serpentine stripping them of their weapons and forcing Nya and Wu out of the Samurai Suit. She knew she couldn't save them now; she had to wait for the Serpentine to be distracted and do something else. So she waited.

It wasn't long before the snakes decided to celebrate for gathering the four Fang Blades and capturing the ninja. As the snakes surrounded a pair that was fighting, she took out two daggers and she lodged them into the wall and she climbed her way up. She then realised she had a problem to cross the roof. If she stabbed the roof, her daggers would come loose and she would fall. There was a sixteen meter gap between her and the cage. She tried to get the breeze inside the base to pick up but the venge stone was preventing her from doing so. Violet was running out of ideas and she sighed at the position she got herself into. She angled her daggers to the wall so it was a forty-five degree angle. She stabbed the roof and she started climbing. But since she can't use her legs to support her, her arms already grew sore.

"Violet!" She heard hushed whispers from the cage. She looked down a bit to see the six of them staring at her with their hands on the bars. A low grunt escaped her lips and she tried to quicken her pace. Her hands already became sweaty and it was becoming hard to keep her grip on the daggers. But she made it in time and she placed the now blunt daggers back on her waist. She looked at the gap between the bars. It would be easy for her to go through them but not the others. She guess being small does have its advantages.

"How am I supposed to let you guys out?" She asked quietly and also kept an eye out so no snake can see her.

"You have to let the cage down first and there should be a button to release the bars." She heard Wu informed and she groaned. Did she really climb the roof for no reason?

"Or do you have any gel on you?" She heard Kai spoke her.

"I have hand sanitiser." She replied and threw the small bottle at Kai.

"There she is!" A loud voice boomed in the base and it echoed off all of the walls. Violet looked down to see Pythor looking back up with her and other snakes holding spears.

"Violet run!" She heard Wu shouted and she nodded. Although the thing is that she can't run anywhere. Spears were launched and they made a clashing sound when they hit the cage. Hisses of pain were sounded from inside the cage as some spears went through the bars and probably just got the side of their arms. She climbed up the chain of the cage and she saw the other chains nearby. She jumped from the cage and held on to the chain. It swayed back and forth and Violet found it hard to jump onto the next chain. Just as she was about to jump, the chain she held came loose from the ceiling and she fell down on a couple of snakes. She was about to jump up and defend herself with her daggers when she felt a blade touch her skin. She looked up to see Pythor's beady eyes.

"Ah, so you finally caught up eh?" He asked but she just spat at his face. "Do you know why I like you more than those other ninja? You're more fun to play with. You always fight and always the last one standing but you're always going to get captured by me."

"Go on then, lock me up in a cage but I would still be able to escape." She hissed lowly and she felt hands removing her weapons and binding her arms. She went to thrash but the blade on her neck reminded her Pythor still had her.

"Good point that is why I won't lock you up." He laughed and she felt the blade pierce her skin and she cried out in pain. He didn't make a deep cut though, it was a clean and shallow cut but she could steal feel blood dripping down her neck. "I want her tied up like we were in Ouroboros but upside down!"

"No!" She cried out as Pythor slivered away and she thrashed against the Constrictai's tight grip but each time she moved, her neck stung.

"Let her go!"

"Just put her in the cage with us!"

"Don't you dare hurt her again Pythor otherwise I'll ripe you apart!" She heard her teammates shouted but it was no used. She watched as they lowered one of the chains and tied her weapon onto the same chain that had Kai's. The snakes then attacked the end of that chain to the roped that wrapped tightly around her arms and stomach. Her hands were tied against her back and her feet were stuck together. To make her upside down, they slowly raise the rope a bit before lifting her legs up and attached her feet to the chain. Instantly, she felt the blood rush to her head and with the open wound on her neck, more blood dripped down her face. The chains were raised up and she stayed still, knowing if she move more, then she would feel dizzy and lose more blood.

"Hang in there Violet!" She heard Cole shout out.

"I'm already hanging upside down." She called back but wince when pain soar through her neck.

What do you guys think? Too rushed? Anyway, thanks for everyone who answered to my pen-name problem and I've decided to stick with ZaneLoverFan88 but I still need help to split this story in half or not. Make the chapters longer to 3 000 words? But thanks to DeliciouslyDangerous1, LightningDanino23, GlitterPink950, ElementzGirl7, CarlyShi208, KaiRulesSuckers, Jayfan24, Meh, Mimmy14, legolover101, BrightnessAndDarknessStories, CreepingStalker3 and Deadcowjustice22. That's 13 reviews! Thank you!