Chapter 49
Too Many Gone Moments

.:Violet:.

She should have known Sensei Wu would detach their compartment from the one Pythor's in and the worst part is that he went to deal with him alone. It's not that she doesn't believe Sensei Wu can do it.

"My destiny is to face Pythor alone. Your destiny is to look after Lloyd."

She remembered him clearly say as they parted. And now they were stranded in the middle of the desert waiting. The compartment sat in the middle of the road and Violet was sitting where the other compartment should be. Her legs dangled over the floor and her hands played with the string that came loose from the stitching of the hem of her ninja gi shirt.

"He's going to be alright." She heard Kai's voice next to her but she didn't bother to look at him.

"I know that but we shouldn't be waiting here. What happens if Pythor gave the Fang Blades to someone else and the snake releases the Great Devourer?" She asked as she bent her back so her chest was against her thighs and her arms hang loosely. Her fingers then went to play with the bottom of her pants.

"But we clearly saw Pythor with the blades when he was driving. I'm sure Sensei Wu will be able to get them." Kai reassured her but she just gave out a heavy sigh. She's good at waiting but she hated waiting in suspense.

Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass alerted Violet but when the broken bus jolted, she fell forward. Thankfully Kai was next to her to prevent her from falling off. She quickly stood up with Kai and they both poked their heads out to the left side of the bus and saw an anchor had shattered the window and planted itself in the rows of seats. Violet's eyes looked up to see the Bounty in the air above them. A small smile played at her lips. She then looked back down to the road to see it going past them at a fast speed then the bus jolted once again and they were in the air. Violet quickly pushed her way through the broken sliding doors and into the compartment that had the anchor. Now instead of it being stuck between the chairs, it was scraping along the roof and slowly towards the window. Being swift like the wind, Violet stood on two seats and she held onto the anchor to prevent it from going out of the window and dropping them. She watched as the bus flew through the air and she knew they were going to Ouroboros. Once again, the anchor moved and she pulled it back but it kept sliding to the window. She quickly lifted her legs up and placed them against the wall and used the muscles in her legs to help her to pull the anchor back.

"Violet, there you are!" She turned her head to see Kai in the compartment.

"A little help please?" The ninja of wind grunted.

.:Kai:.

The ninja of fire gulped as he and the others made it to the centre of Ouroboros. In some parts of the middle of the arena, it have crumbled away to reveal a dark abys but that was until he saw two large, pink eyes staring at him. He quickly looked around that the abys also released a green gas in the air that made his throat inch and his eyes water. He then saw Sensei Wu holding Pythor by the neck.

"You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer! Go ninja! Run!" Sensei Wu shouted. Was this what meant by leaving? He knew he wasn't the only one affected by this, everyone else was already feeling sad but he could tell Violet was shaking.

"No Sensei!" He heard Violet screamed but a head poked from the crumbling ground and Kai grabbed Violet's arm and moved her back a bit. Then the Great Devourer raise from the ground and kept raising. It's scales were a dark olive green with a little bit of yellow here and there. A bright triangle was positioned over its head and its glowing pink eyes made him shiver. Two long fangs pointed out of its mouth as well. It reached to the clouds before it snapped its head down and let out a loud hiss and its tongue flickering in Wu's and Pythor's direction. Then it came down and ate them. "No!"

Kai quickly grabbed Violet around her waist as she tried to run towards to snake but he knew if he let her go, she would be eaten too. He already lost his sensei and his parents, he was sure he didn't need to lose her too. He flinched when the Devourer's head snapped their direction and he picked up the thrashing Violet and threw her over his shoulder.

"Put me down! I want to kill it!" She screeched but he ignored her fists banging on his back and he ran towards the Bounty where Lloyd and Scarlett were waiting for them. He quickly looked over his shoulder to see Jay, Cole, Zane and Nya following him but also the Great Devourer.

"Run faster, it's gaining up on us!" He shouted at the top of his lungs and already he felt his throat go raw. He continued running forward and when he looked back again, Jay tripped over. Mentally he face palmed and Kai wondered how Jay could trip at a time like this.

"Hey! Wait for me!" He shouted but it didn't take long for him to catch up.

"Kai, put me down!"

"Only if you promise to run and just help us escape the Devourer first. There's no point in fighting it now."

"Fine." She snapped and he quickly placed her ground as he ran. Once they got to the Bounty, Violet hovered in the air and she extended her hand. He grabbed it and she swung her arm over, throwing him onto the decks. He groaned as the impact took the air out of his lungs but he rolled over but ended up having Zane land on him.

"S-Sorry Kai."

"It's alright." He wheezed and they both got up before Cole came flying at them and knocked them back down. "Violet, throw Jay somewhere else!"

.:Violet:.

"Violet, throw Jay somewhere else!" She heard Kai yelled and this deeply confused her. She quickly looked up and saw that Cole had landed on both Kai and Zane. She smirked slightly but never the less, she grabbed Jay and threw him onto the decks. It would take the guys a while to climb up the Bounty but they didn't have time for that since the Great Devourer was catching up. But she couldn't get over the fact that Sensei Wu was gone, eaten by the Great Devourer. The man that brought her off the streets and helped her to become the person she is now is gone. She quickly flew onto the decks and run into the bridge and surprisingly, the boys were already in there. She wondered if it took her that long to get in there.

"You know, objects in mirrors are closer than they appear!"

"I'm working on it Jay!" Nya shouted and Violet could already tell it was chaos in there. Suddenly, the Bounty sped forward and Violet lost her balance for a bit but she regained control and she looked around. Nya was at the steering wheel with Scarlett and Lloyd whereas Kai and Cole were looking out of the window and Zane and Jay looking at the screens. She walked over to the steering wheel.

"Where's Sensei Wu?" She heard Scarlett asked and the younger sister sighed.

"He's gone… Eaten by the Great Devourer." Nya answered for her as she turned the wheel.

"Woohoo! Take that you stupid snake!" She heard Kai yelled out in triumphant but Violet narrowed her eyes to see a lump mobbing underneath the sand.

"Nya, make a sharp turn now!"

"What?" But it was too late, the Great Devourer shot up from the sand and Violet helped Nya to turn the wheel faster.

"We need to go faster!" The purple ninja heard Cole yelled out.

"But we're going as fast as we can!" Nya shouted and Violet quickly ran to the controls of the side of the room and tried everything to make the Bounty go faster. "I'll try to get to Crashcourse Canyon."

"But the probability of us getting there is less than eight percent-"

"Never tell me the odds!" Nya shouted at Zane.

"We're losing speed!" Lloyd then shouted and Violet looked up to see they were indeed slowly down.

"There's too much weight on the Bounty, we need to throw some stuff over board!" Nya shouted and instantly Violet frowned and she looked at her sister who mirrored the same look. The boys ran off but she stayed in the bridge.

"But won't throwing stuff overboard will make the Devourer bigger? It'll just eat it and grow bigger." Violet asked her sister when they were in the corner as Nya demanded she needed to concentrate.

"That's what I thought…"

"Should we tell the boys?"

"Maybe just a couple of stuff will be fine. It's not like it'll be faster just because it's bigger."

"Alright." The sisters ran down the stairs however it appeared Cole already figured it out.

"Don't throw anything else over board!" But it was too late, the Devourer ate the fridge that fell and instantly, its olive green scales were shredded off and replaced by greenish-gold scales. Suddenly, the Bounty took a sharp turn and Scarlett and Violet bumped into the rails. The purple ninja looked around to see they have made it to Crashcourse Canyon.

"Go back into the bridge!" Scarlett shouted and before dragging Violet back into the bridge. Unexpectedly, the tail hit the Bounty and knocked it out of the air. She could remember hearing glass breaking along with the others' screams.

"Abandon ship!" She next heard Nya screamed but her vision but obscured with bright lights as something fell onto her back.

Then she registered that the heavy computer screen from the bridge fell on her and knocked her to the ground. A sharp pain went through her ankle and she looked behind to see her foot have gone through the floor boards and she winched slightly. Then, the Bounty hit the ground and the edge of the screen hit the back of her head. Once again it pushed her against the floor. She looked up weakly and saw Jay fly out of the window while rush Scarlett and Lloyd out of the bridge. Kai, Cole and Zane were nowhere to be seen. She looked around and saw her Golden Bow on the ground and her arm shakily reached out to grab it.

Once she clasped her hand around the cool gold, she placed the end on one corner of the screen and she lifted it up which ended up putting more weight on her legs. Once it was high enough, she was about to crawl out when the Bounty hit the ground again causing the screen to fall off and drag her weapon along with it. But then she felt the Bounty fall to its side and she would have fallen to the side if her foot wasn't stuck. She ended hanging upside down with her chest against the floor boards. She pushed her hands in front of her chest and tried wedging her foot out. Once it was out, she felt the Bounty being lifted into the air and she tumbled down to the window at the back of the bridge.

She groaned and went to stand up but she gasped when she saw large teeth bite through the bridge. Violet stumbled to the wall and away from the teeth. She could feel her courage running away with fear settling into her stomach. Her heart rate went faster at the thought of the Great Devourer. Then a sickening crackle alerted her that the Devourer's teeth had fully hacked the bridge, leaving the part she was on to fall. Gravity shifted and Violet's body was flung up into the air and crashed agonizingly to the roof of the broken room. Her heart rate increased and she looked around to see the room was slowly falling apart. The remaining items floated as if time stood still and the wooden floor boards loosened and hit her body. She closed her eyes and waited for the impact.

When it came, instantly the crackling sound of wood break entered her eyes and her body was tossed around like a rag doll. The splintering wood poked everywhere on her body and many cries of agony left her lips. The pain was unbearable and no words could explain the pain she was experiencing. She wanted it to end. When it did, crushing weight had placed itself on her and once again she groaned with agony. She was also in too much pain that her element have suddenly vanished. The dust and sand that lingered in the air entered her lungs and she coughed violently; this caused her chest to constrict painfully. When she opened her eyes, she could see darkness stabbed by a couple rays of light filtered in by the broken wood planks. When she focused her vision onto the ray of light, she could see the air around her was heavily drowned in dust and sand.

"Violet!" The mentioned ninja's ears perked up at the mention of her name but it sounded desperate. She then felt pieces of wood poking into her skin and she winced in pain. When Violet tried to move from the wreckage, pain would shoot up in a spot where the wood is poking so she laid there with her limbs in uncomfortable position.

"Help…" She said in a quiet voice but it ended her coughing.

"She's in here, alive!" She heard Lloyd yelled out from outside of the wreckage. She then heard their voices getting louder and clearer. It wasn't long before she heard the wood creaking. But she grimaced in pain and she knew it was because they were moving the pieces far too quickly. Then suddenly a loud groan from the wood alerted her and then, she heard the wood tumbling and the weight on her body increased. A pained wail came from her lips.

"Violet!"

"Be careful please." She hissed and closed her eyes, trying to blink back the tears of pain. Then slowly, the weight came off her body and when she opened her eyes, she could see the boys' faces as they removed more wood.

"Violet, how bad are your injuries?" She heard Zane asked as she saw him threw another plank of wood away. She tried wiggling her toes and fingers realising they were fine and least of her concerns. Her arms and legs didn't feel broken although the ankle that was caught in the floor before throbbed but nothing broken.

"Nothing broken… Although I feel like crap…" She groaned. Suddenly, the dust and sand in her lungs cleared and she sighed with relief, knowing that her body was recovering slowly.

"We'll get you out soon Violet!" She heard Jay shout out and she nodded while closing her eyes. She must have fell unconscious for a couple of seconds because when she opened her eyes again, she found herself being cradled close to a chest. A man's chest since it was flat but she could feel the muscles underneath the skin.

"K-Kai..?" She asked softly.

"Violet! Don't ever do that again!"

"Do what again? It wasn't my fault the scene fell on me…"

"I mean scaring the shit out of me! But oh my god, I'm so glad you're alright."

"Kai, don't tell me you're about to cry." She laughed softly as he buried his head into her neck. She softly lifted a hand to comb her fingers in his hair to calm him down.

Ah! I'm so sorry for the longish wait! (It felt like super long for me!) I've been out of sorts for the past few days. I'm having a sleeping problem and I'm able to get more than 6 hours of sleep everyday although last night I had 8 which is good. Because of this, my eyesight have been straining, I couldn't think straight and homework was killing me! So I hoped this chapter was okay. I couldn't 100% stick to the episodes since it was getting boring for me so I decided to spice some things up. Anyway sorry about the swearing, I just thought Kai would swear at a time like this.

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