Chapter 51
Being Reckless

.:Kai:.

As soon as they arrived at Ninjago City, the place was already a wreck. People of Ninjago were screaming and running around as the large serpent slithered in valleys and streets. Just as Kai was about to ask who have any bright ideas, the ground beneath their feet trembled like an earthquake but it soon was followed by a thundering crash that made the ground shudder harder. A building in Ninjago has fallen. Instantly, he looked to his sister, Violet's sister and Lloyd.

"I want you three to go and get everyone out of Ninjago City. Make sure you go into buildings and get those in there out as well okay?"

"Sure, come on!" And the fiery-personality ninja watched as Scarlett ran towards the buildings while Lloyd jumped in with Nya into her Samurai X Suit.

"Let's see if our weapons have any effect on the snake." He heard Jay spoke up and they saw the Devourer in the corner of their eyes making its way through a valley to the centre of Ninjago where they stood. It was a large space with a park with many tall pine trees loaming over there and a couple of pine cones on the ground. However Jay already dashed to the large reptile.

"Take this!" And bolts of lightning hit the snake. The monster let out a wail before turning away. Kai quickly flipped over fallen trees and stood in front of the snake. His golden sword went up in flames and he thrust it out, blowing fire at the cold-blooded creature. Once again the snake turned away and the ninja of fire knew his brothers will be able to do this.

"What's the plan?" He heard Violet's robust voice from behind. He had to admit, the female ninja's hair made her different. She no longer looked the sweet girl she used to before. With her hair shorter, it made her look more dangerous and cunning. She still looked beautiful even with one side higher than the other.

"I have no idea," he replied, "all I know for sure that it has a weak spot on its forehead but by the way it's thrashing around, we won't be able to strike it. Jay's right…"

"I can try."

"Are you crazy?" He asked with his eyebrows furrowed. "That's just a suicidal mission. Don't bother. You've already been through a lot today." And at this, her face turned into a frown. After all, she has. She lost Sensei Wu, the closest person as a father to her; she has lost the bounty which was her second home after the streets; she have nearly been devoured by the Great Devourer; Zane was nearly gone and finally, her hair have been burnt off although that one isn't a huge factor.

"Let me try. I promise I won't do anything reckless."

"This is reckless! A hundred percent!"

"You've been more reckless than me."

"Says the one who decided to stay in the Bounty when it was about to be eaten!"

"It wasn't my bloody fault that Jay didn't securely attach it to the wall!" She hissed back. The blacksmith knew this bickering was pointless. "Plus I've been a ninja longer than you have so I know how to protect myself."

"Kai! Violet! Watch out!" Kai just managed to hear Zane's voice over the wail of the Devourer and he looked up to see its tail swinging down upon them. Immediately, he grabbed onto Violet and dived to the side, using his body to brace around her. He groaned as they rolled along the ground and when they came to a stop, Violet got out of his arms.

"Thanks for saving me but that doesn't me you need to cushion my fall, a rough tumble won't kill me."

"Are we really going to have this conversation?"

"You started it." The ninja of wind sighed and Kai slowly stood up even though his left leg hurt like hell. He looked up to see the Samurai X Suit dangling inside the Serpent's mouth with a street light post keeping its mouth open.

"Nya, get out of there!" Kai shouted, his voice felt raw afterwards.

"I can't! We're stuck!" And he saw Lloyd tucked in with her inside the suit.

"Where's Scarlett?" He turned his head to see Violet looking around frantically.

"She'll be fine, don't worry Violet." Kai reassured her but then a certain roar brought instant hope into his guts. He looked up to see a beast with a powerful wing span as long as an old pine tree, four strong yet short legs with claws as sharp as Violet's daggers with greyish-white scales. Five heads were attached to the body of a dragon and instantly, Kai knew it was their dragons. But what confused him is why they have merged together.

"It's Lloyd's dragon. His element is Creation which is a combination of our elements. They must have merged together for Lloyd." He heard her muse. The spiky-haired ninja knew she was right, along its tail were emeralds pointing out sharply.

"Well they showed up at the right time." Kai smiled as the dragon took on the great serpent. Once the dragon hit it in the head, the serpent fell towards a building and luckily Nya and Lloyd fell out of its mouth but the glass windows on the fifth floor shatters and the frame bent and before Kai knew it, the building leaned towards one side before snapping off the lower base.

"Move!" He heard Cole shout and the red ninja grabbed Violet's hand and ran as fast as his throbbing leg would allow him.

The creaking and groaning of the building made his heart thud against his chest painfully and loudly. He told himself numerous of times to never look back and just run but curiosity got the best of him and he looked over his shoulder to see Violet's frightened face and a building that was falling towards them, threatening to crush them underneath. He could see the people in the building scared faces and Kai forced himself to look forward and run fast. The ground then shook violently and an ear-deafening crash behind him. The vibration that shot through the vast earth beneath him made the two fly up for a short period of time before they hit the ground again.

"Kai, you're alright?"

"I-I'm fine… You?"

"Absolutely fine; I love it when a building nearly squashed me to death!" She ended up shouted sarcastically. He shakily stood up and he looked around. The centre of Ninjago looked like a mess.

"Kai! Violet! Are you guys alright?!" They both turned their heads to see their fellow comrades running towards them.

"We're fine." The ninja of fire replied as he gripped his sword tighter.

"Come on, have more faith in us. A building like that can't kill us." Violet grumbled and then a wail from their dragons alerted them. They all turned their heads to see the Great Devourer's head colliding with the belly of their dragon.

"No!"

Once the dragon was in the air from the momentum, the Devourer's tail came out of nowhere and hit the dragon on the side and it crashed in the earth in front of them.

"That's it. I'm going in."

"No you're not!" Kai hissed as he managed to grab hold of her upper arm.

"Kai, I can't stand people getting hurt in front of my eyes when I know there's a chance of lethally injuring it! Please! Seeing those people die in that building makes me damn scared for what would happen if we don't stop it now! Look at our dragon!"

"I can see that and you think you can just somehow magically lethally injure it? The dragon is bigger than you for crying out loud!"

"I'm the only one here than can turn invisible, fly and be as swift as a cheetah. I'm the only one that can make it to that weak spot or probably shot it from a safe distance away. I rather risk my life is it means to save all of these innocent lives that are dying Kai!" She shouted and she was right; Kai could see fear written on those gorgeous lavender eyes and the way she stood.

"I don't want to lose you…" He muttered with defeat.

"Trust me, a snake as big as that can't kill me." And just before he could say something back, she ripped her arm out of his grip and flew up in the air.

"Violet!" He shouted but she turned invisible. "You bloody reckless girl…"

.:Violet:.

She hated the fact that kai couldn't rely on her at all. Of course Violet knew she wouldn't try anything that would risk her life but seeing those people with terror on their faces made her scared. Not for her own life but for theirs. All these people who were just enjoying their peaceful lives are being slaughtered from a snake she and the boys have failed to keep underground.

She flew directly towards the snake. Even though she was scared, she wasn't backing down, especially not when they were so many people counting on them. But it seemed the Great Devourer could see her through her invisible form. She took off the charm and stared right into those bright pink eyes that reflected her face. The serpent didn't do anything but stare at her. Then it slithered around her with its head observing her body, as if it was deciding if she would be his next meal.

"You will not hurt anymore innocent lives!" She shouted and instantly, a strong breeze picked up around her. It wasn't as strong as she would like since she was still slightly weakened from the nearly-devoured moment but nevertheless, the wind picked up making her trap inside a vortex with the Great Devourer. She could no longer see past the fast spinning wind and the snake slowly got attached. It's body spun round and round then at last, she extended her arms out as quick as a flash and the vortex disappear, throwing the snake to the ground at an angle which would make it hit and slide along it. She softly lowered herself back to the ground and took a deep breath. She looked to her left and saw the snake struggling to get up from its recent beating. Its head though snapped in her direction and the serpent glared at her. She gulped and the snake suddenly sprang into action and slithered towards her.

Fear settled in her stomach and she turned her head away, looking to the ground, and she threw her arms over her head. Her breathing patterns became erratic as well as her body shakily uncontrollably. When she heard a loud thud, she dared to take a look and she gasped –either in delight or surprise- when she saw a barrier surrounding her body. She flinched when the Great Devourer tried banging into it against and this time, she felt the force of the hit against her arms.

"Over here you over-grown worm!" She heard Kai's voice through the barrier and the snake's head snapped in his direction. When the snake left, she removed the barrier and looked around. It seemed the park's grassy fields were turned over; trees have fallen over with their roots sticking out. She looked at the buildings near by to see most were damaged and a couple have fallen over with smoke and sparks exiting.

"Violet!" She heard Lloyd yelled out and when she turned around, she felt small arms squeeze around her stomach.

"L-Lloyd?"

"Don't you dare ever do that again! You've scared me… I thought it was going to eat you like it did to Sensei Wu…" She looked down at Lloyd who had now buried his head into her stomach and a soft smile was placed upon her lips. She wrapped her arms around him when she felt tears running through her ninja gi.

"This is the third time I'm saying this but a snake like that can't kill me that easily." And this earned a teary laugh from the young boy. She didn't know what but a warm feeling swept over her body and entered the pit of her stomach. Violet wondered if this is a feeling of protecting a younger brother because she doesn't want to lose him; she wanted to make sure he stayed away from all forms of harm. When the purple ninja pried her eyes away, she found that the Great Devourer slithered away from the centre of Ninjago City. "Lloyd, where's Scarlett?"

"She went to get people out of buildings… I'm sure she's fine."

"That's good to hear. Come on, everyone is regrouping near the dragon." She replied softly and she gently pulled the young boy away from the hug. They both walked to the other four ninja and immediately, Kai stormed off to her. "Go to the others, I think I got a lecture coming up."

"Alright, have fun." She saw a small smirk playing on the Green Ninja's mouth as he walked away. She stood still and waited for the yelling to begin but instead she found her being crushed in his arms.

"Don't do that again."

"You know you're the second person to do that."

"Who beat me?"

"Lloyd." And she laughed when she heard him groan about being beaten to her by a kid.

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