"There it is, the tower," Garmadon whispered, as they all hid in the forest behind some bushes.
They saw a large field of grey grass and a tower of six stories that stood in the middle. Ultra Dragon growled, but he stood back as the others prepared themselves.
"Be prepared for anything, and stay together," Sensei Wu said, as the others agreed.
Then, once Lloyd took a few steps outside of the bushes, an arrow was launched and striked the ground right next to his leg. The others gasped, as Lloyd's eyes widened at how close the arrow was to his foot. Then team one looked up as they heard shouts.
"Look! Over there!"
"Is that one of them?!"
"I think... OH SNAP! It's the Golden Ninja!"
Suddenly, four parts of ground around the building opened up and four large black vehicles came driving out. There were also other people who were running out from the building and within the forest. The four black vehicles were trucks; two had large crossbows, and the other two had cannons. The rest of the people on the floor had multiple weapons likes swords, knives, bats, spears, nunchunks, and ... bricks.
"Well I guess they were prepared for us, eh Sensei?" Flare said with a smirk, as Sensei Wu signed and said,
"Then we must fight."
The ones who were hidden in the bushes stepped forth side by side with Lloyd in front of them.
"Then if it's a fight they want, it's a fight they get," Lloyd said, as he nudged his fist into his hand.
Everyone readied themselves for battle: Flare with her Shadow Scimitar, Raven with her Water Staff, Sensei Wu with his Spear Stick, Garmadon with his Spear Staff, Violet with her two daggers, Nya with her Samurai Long Sword and Star, Kerri with her hook blade sword, and Lloyd with his Golden powers.
"Let's GET THEM!" One of the minions yelled out, as the others ran over and drove the cars toward Team one.
"NOW!" Lloyd yelled out, as Team One charged forward.
"NINJAGOOO!" Lloyd, Raven, Flare, Garmadon, and Sensei Wu yelled out, as they used spinjitzu towards the minions.
Lloyd's tornado was gold and green, Raven's tornado was a light purple, Flare's tornado was orange and dark grey, Garmadon's tornado was a medium purple, and Sensei Wu's tornado was gold.
"SAMURAIGOOO!"
"VAMPIREGOOO!"
Nya and Violet yelled out, as they both ran forward and jumped towards the enemies.
"I WILL GOOO!" Kerri yelled out, as she attacked some of the minions.
During this clash, Ultra Dragon stepped out from behind the bushes and roared out towards the tower. Some of the vehicles drove towards Ultra Dragon to subdue him, but he whipped them with his tail and blew ice at them.
On the top floor of the tower, Lucy stood within her room with the ball and chain hooked to her leg. The two guards stood near the doors, as Lucy just looked down at her hands in front of the window. Lucy signed as she thought of her sister, her people, and Ultra Dragon.
'I hope I get to see them soon,' she thought and then heard a loud roar.
Lucy's head popped up, as she immediately looked out the window and stood up. The two guards went over towards the window as well. Lucy gasped when she noticed a battle taking place and
"Ultra Dragon?" Lucy whispered, as she looked at the magnificant white beast freezing some of the minions.
The two guards were speechless, as Lucy smiled widely and jumped up and down the best she could since she had a chain.
"My Best Friend! My Best Friend! He came back for me! He came back! Oh my gosh, he returned to save me! Look, he brought his friends!" Lucy said, as she held both guards with her hands on their shoulders.
"Look at them! Look! Look!"
BAM!
Lucy took both guards by the sides of their heads and smacked them together. The female guards knocked out cold on the floor, as Lucy reached for the key in one of their pockets.
"Thank you miss," Lucy sang, as she unlocked the chain on her leg and backflipped.
"Time to Go," Lucy said, as she looked at the door and cracked her knuckles.
"Since they blocked the vent, I'll have to go down the front door. This should be soo fun," Lucy said with a smirk, as she ran forward and flying kicked the door open, as it smashed on the floor.
"Oopsie, a little too hard. All well," Lucy shrugged, as she ran down towards the staircase to the next floor below.
During the battles, Flare was using her Shadow Scimitar for the first time. She realized that she could manipulate the shadows of others and used them to grab hold of her opponents feet or trip them. She was also able to spin upward in the air while the shadows on the floor followed her upward in a spiral towards her blade, and then she would stake her scimitar into the ground, which would send the shadows gathered in her scimitar outward, and send the surrounding enemies flying away. Flare also would slash with her blade and send out a Shadow slash that would hit her opponent and temporarily blind them or they will hallucinate.(Kind of like the Venomari Venom but it's much darker so it's hard to see what's coming to get you.) One other thing Flare could do is actually sink into the ground and travel as a shadow, and then pop up and attack her opponents with shadow strikes. (Like how Cynder attacks with her shadow power in Dawn of the Dragon.) Flare can even use basic attacks like a back kick or a flip front kick and enhance them with her shadows so that it would hit her opponent with double the damage.
"WOOOHOOO Man! I'm smoking hot right now! YAYYA!" Flare yelled out in delight, as she shadow kicked her opponents and they went flying off onto more minions.
Raven was fightng at another side and she was testing out what other abilities she might have since she became the Purple ninja. Raven used her Water staff to attack, but she didn't know how to use any other power she might have.
'What else can I do?' Raven thought, as she continued to fight with her staff.
Then she looked and saw that Sensei Wu was fighting not too far from her. He was using spinjitzu and smacking some of the minions away, but Sensei didn't notice that an archer guy was standing behind someone and was aiming for him right in the heart. Raven's eyes widened, as she noticed the archer guy's target and she smacked a few minions out of the way with her staff. Then, when Sensei Wu stopped his spinjitzu for a moment, the archer guy released the arrow straight towards him. Raven gasped, and when Sensei Wu looked, he saw the arrow heading towards him, but he knew he wouldn't be able to dodge it in time.
"NNOOO!" Raven screamed out, as she moved her hand forward and then
WWOOOOMMM!
Suddenly, an almost invisible sound wave had bursted forth from Raven's hand, as it went forward at full speed and knocked the arrow away, as well as anyone who was standing around it. Raven's mouth dropped open, as well as everyone who saw what happened, which was Sensei Wu, the archer guy, and a few minions. After a moment of silence, besides the others fighting, Raven closed her mouth and looked at her hand.
'A sound wave,' she thought, as she looked back up at Sensei Wu, who looked at Raven, surprised.
Then the minions snapped out of it, but they were more nervous to fight with Raven and to even try to hurt Sensei Wu. Raven then thought, as she looked towards her staff,
'Water.'
Then she remembered when she used Auria's wind fan against Ryan,
'Wind.'
Next, she looked towards her hand,
'Sound.'
Finally, she looked towards Flare, who was fighting with her new shadow powers and thought,
'... could I?'
One of the minions grew tired of standing around and he jumped up to hit Raven with his normal staff.(Haha, normal staff ;) ) Lloyd turned around in that moment to check on Raven after he shot an enemy away with a golden energy ball.
"Raven!" Lloyd yelled out when he saw normal staff guy trying to attack her, as he jumped up and started running across the minions heads towards her.
"Raven! Above you!" Sensei Wu called out, and then Raven closed her eyes.
When the minion attacked downward, suddenly Raven disappeared, and the minion hit the floor. Lloyd jumped down off the other minions with a puzzled expression, as well as Sensei Wu, the normal staff guy, and the other minions around there. Suddenly, Raven popped up above the ground and sent the surrounding minions and normal staff guy up in the air, while shadow claws slapped all of them around. Raven back flipped and landed on the ground after her attack. The minions were bewildered, Sensei Wu was stunned, and Lloyd just stood in shock. Raven looked at her hand and thought,
'Shadow... I can use four elements. What else can I do?'
The other minions grew fearful of Raven as they stepped back, not knowing what other powers she may have. Kerrie was watching as well not too far off in amazement. Raven looked up and noticed the fear the minions showed.
'They're afraid of me. Just like... just like when I ran away. Almost every place I went to, when people would find out I was part Black Mambian, they became afraid. They ran away, or they told me to leave... only a fewkids weren't afraid because I was a kid like them, and some adults. But mostlyeveryone was afraid,and I was left alone...'
Raven's arm cringed towards her mouth, as she remembered the fear she brought to people because of what she was, and thought,
'I wouldn't hurt anyone! I'm not a monster. I'm not a beast, but... I didn't have the powers I have now. What am I then?'
Raven stepped back, as she started to feel fearful of what her answer might be.
'What am I?' Raven thought, as she took another step back.
Then she felt a hand placed on her shoulder, as she looked up and saw Lloyd, who had a concerned expression on his face.
"Lloyd," Raven said in a low voice.
"Raven, what's wrong?" Lloyd asked, as Raven looked away and then back at Lloyd.
"I... I... Lloyd... am I... scary?" Raven asked in a low, almost shaky voice, as Lloyd looked at her a little confused and replied,
"What? Scary? Why would you say that?"
Raven looked down at her hand and then looked at the other shaken minions. Lloyd followed Raven's gaze and then he understood what she meant.
"Raven, your not scary. Your good, and kind, and beautiful... on the inside and outside," Lloyd said.
"But... there are people who are afraid of me because of what I am, and now... from the power I have," Raven said sadly, and Lloyd felt sympathy for her as he thought,
'People ridiculed me because of who I was. Unlike my father, they didn't fear me... but when I became the Green ninja and gained my powers, then people acknowledged and respected me. But even when Raven became the Purple ninja, people are still afraid of her, and she's so much more than what others see. She's not only partSerpentine... she's human... and she's my... my...'
Lloyd's eyes softened, as he looked at Raven and said confidently, "Raven, I don't care what anybody thinks. I don't care what anybody says. I don't care if they fear you or not. They don't know who you are and how good you truly are on the inside... and that's too bad for them, because I know who you are, and your not bad, and your not scary. Your beautiful, your special, and your my girl... and if any other people or serpentine don't like it..."
Lloyd turned around and protectively stood in front of Raven towards the minions.
"Then they'll deal with ME," Lloyd said in a deeper tone, as he held golden, concentrated energy in his hands, which made the minions back up and some of them started to run off.
Raven was surprised by Lloyd's words, as she processed them in her mind. (She's not a robot, I just used the word 'processed' because it makes sense.)
'He doesn't care what others think or say. Like... how my mom and dad don't... and my friends... my new friends... even Ultra Dragon and Pearl. They don't care about whatI am, they care about whoI am... and I care about them too. They love me, protect me, and take care of me... No one else's opinion matters. I have my family and friends. I don't need others approval. I have them and myself...that's what matters... and I have Lloyd,' Raven thought, as she stood up straight and held her hands up in front of her.
A new confidence and reassurance grew inside of Raven's heart, and she stood tall and bold, as she thought,
'I will not be afraid of what others think or of what I am or of what the future may hold. I will not be afraid! I am who I am, and I will not let anyone tell me differently.'
Raven closed her eyes and she spoke, as the minions, Lloyd, Sensei Wu, and all the others looked towards her,
"I am the Purple Ninja, and I know who I am! I know my destiny! No matter what others think or say, or what the future holds... I am Raven Via Azure, the Purple Kunoichi! That's who I am!"
Raven's hands began to illuminate in an assortment of purple hues, and then they started to concentrate around her hands. Raven stood with both hands glowing with purple energy, as she jumped up and held her hands across her chest. Then she sprang open her arms to her sides, as waves of purple power spreaded out from her palms across the grey grass and the people around her. The minions were pushed back, while Lloyd stood in place, and the grey grass around Raven turned green and vibrant, like if the grass was revived from it's grey despair. Lloyd was stunned, as he looked at Raven's display of power.
"Wow," Lloyd said, as he continued to look at Raven, as her eyes were actually glowing purple.
The others of the good group looked at Raven in surprise and amazement. After Raven's power started to cease, she slowly descended back down on the ground. For a moment, she was about to fall over, but Lloyd caught her in time. He held her up with her arm on his shoulder.
"Raven," Lloyd said, as Raven looked up at him and smiled.
"You said m-my girl. Did you really mean that?" Raven asked kind of weakly and happily, as Lloyd smiled and replied,
"Yes. I meant every word."
At that point, the others had gathered around them.
"Raven, that was awesome!" Nya said.
"Whoa hoo Raven, you got some power there eh? Nice," Flare said.
"That was exemplary Raven," Garmadon said.
"Your powers are growing Raven, and you've done well for your first time using such amazing powers. Well done," Sensei Wu said.
"Very impressive," Violet said.
"That was amazing Raven! Your getting so much stronger, and in such a short time. I feel older now," Kerri said.
Raven looked at the others with a smile and she said, "Thank you, all of you."
The others turned around when they heard shifting behind them. The minions stood a couple of meters away, weapons drawn, and ready to fight.
"Great, they still want to fight. You Guys STILL Want To Fight?!" Flare said annoyed with her arms outward half-heartedly, as the minions still stood their ground, although they were nervous.
"OHH SNAPPLES AND BACON! COOL LIGHTS!" -Someone yelled out
Everyone turned towards the tower to the random voice yelling out, and they saw a young lady standing there with jet black hair with two pink and two light blue streaks that went from the sides of her head down with the rest of her hair. Her hair went past her shoulders, although the pink and blue streaks were a little longer. She had bangs that just reached her eyes and slightly curled in and up. She wore a black sweater with blue lining on the pockets and a silver zipper. She had dark blue capri pants with black shoes that had a pink, horizontal strip across them. (Her clothes are a bit different from last time but not a major change just color.) She looked at everyone with a smile planted on her face, as they just looked at her shocked and confused.
"What's up?" Lucy said, as she waved.
"She... how did she escape?" One of the minions said, as Team One gasped.
"That's Lucy?" Nya said.
"She's... much more cheery than I expected since she's been locked up as a prisoner," Flare said.
Lucy put her hand above her eyes, as she saw Team One and noticed Lloyd, Nya, Sensei Wu, and Garmadon since she was able to peer into Ultra Dragon's mind and see them with him.
"Oh, HEY! You Guys Are Ultra Dragon's Friends Right? And You, Golden Guy! Your His Master!" Lucy yelled out, as she smiled widely.
The others looked towards one another, and then back at Lucy.
"Uh, YEAH! And You Must Be Lucy?" Lloyd yelled back, as Lucy nodded and yelled back,
"Yes I Am Lucy! Very Nice To Meet You All! And the others too!"
Lucy continued to smil,e as the others nodded back. Lucy gasped when she saw Violet and yelled out in happiness,
"OH MY GOSH! VIOLET IS THAT YOU MY FRIEND?!"
Violet raised up one hand with a smirk and yelled out,
"YES IT'S ME! IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU TOO PRINCESS!"
Then Lucy turned towards her right when she heard a roar of joy, as she gasped when she saw Ultra Dragon running over to her.
"Buddy!" Lucy said, as she ran over to Ultra Dragon with arms spread wide, as Ultra Dragon ran over to Lucy.
Then Lucy jumped up and landed on one of Ultra dragon's heads. She hugged that head, as she jumped on each of his other heads and petted him.
"Oh how I missed you buddy!" -Lucy
Then Lucy jumped on his sattle and petted him on his back and said,
"You came back for me."
Ultra Dragon purred, as Lucy stroked him.
Then one of the minions said, "Get them now!"
The other minions raised their weapons towards Lucy and Ultra Dragon. Team One was going to jump in, but Violet stood in front of them with her arms out towards her sides, and said with a smirk,
"There's no need to worry guys. I recommend we let Lucy and Ultra Dragon have their fun with their old friends."
Team One then stood back, as they saw that Lucy and Ultra Dragon were grinning.
"Come on boy. Let's play," Lucy said with a smirk, as Ultra Dragon snorted in agreement and hissed at the minions who started to step back.
"Get em Boy! IIIIII YAAHH!" Lucy yelled out, as Ultra Dragon stood up and each head prepared to attack with their element.
"RUUUUNN!" The minions yelled, as they tried to run away.
"Shoooot... NOW!" Lucy said, as Ultra Dragon shot out each elemental blast.
"Awesomeness is what we are, and we are awesome near and far," Lucy sang, while the minions ran from the fire and lightning, were smacked by rocks, and frozen by ice.
They finally saved Lucy, but is the trouble over yet...?