Back with the others (Verpentine and Vampires):
"Ssso what do you think about poissson applessss?" Tempura asked Skalidor.
"Eh, it'sss pretty cliché, but what about a poissson orange? No one would sssee that coming in a ssstory," Skalidor replied, and Tempura nodded.
"I do think that poissson grapesss would be better. Multiple targetsss," Serpana said.
"That sounds good, but a poison cherry tart would be even better," Andrex said.
"Technically, that's not a fruit," Luna said.
"Yeah, but who could resist a good pastry?" Andrex asked, and the other Verpentine and Vampires agreed.
As the Verpentine and Vampires stood talking to one another, Marcell stood on a large, mossy rock to watch over them. Pythor slithered next to the rock where Marcell stood on, and he said,
"You know, you don't have to watch over them all of the time. You should take this time to relax."
Marcell looked towards Pythor and said, "I know. But I want to make sure that they'll be okay."
"You've done enough watching over. I can take over for awhile if you'd like," Pythor said, and Marcell looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"You? Being generous? That's a little too odd no?" Marcell asked, still with a raised brow, and an added smirk.
"I feel generous this morning," Pythor said, and he mumbled under his breath, "Especially after just surviving last night."
Marcell chuckled and waved her hand, as she turned around and said, "Fine, fine. Thank you very much dear. You have scales of gold."
Pythor chuckled in amusement, and watched as Marcell headed towards the others. Then he hopped up on the mossy rock, and stood looking out for the others.
'It's quite interesting, how Marcell knows me so well. But it shouldn't be a surprise to me, since I know her fairly well-… Something's not right,' Pythor thought, as he swiveled around and looked out towards the forest.
Then he heard a small rustle, and he barred his fangs towards where the noise came from. After a moment of silence, and a soft wind passed by, a pair of glowing eyes with a blue band around them appeared from behind the bushes. Pythor's eyes widened in surprise, as more pairs of glowing eyes with other colored bands around the eyes showed up. Pythor backed up a bit, when he saw the creatures slowly emerging from the forest.
"M-M-Marcell!" Pythor called out.
Then a voice echoed in the air of a sinister laughter, as the Verpentine, Vampires, and Marcell immediately stood up and looked around.
"There!" Bronze called out and pointed just above the trees where the creatures were coming from.
On the tip top of a tree near the center of where the creatures were coming from stood Kerrie with her arms crossed and a wide, devious grin on her face.
"You!" Marcell said in slight anger, as she recognized her face from the projection when the Falcon was destroyed by the evil woman.
Kerrie laughed and said, "Ah, hello Vampires, Serpentine, Viporeons. Nice day huh? Oh, and what's even nicer than to be beaten down by the Lizarians!"
Kerrie gestured to the Lizarians that continued to emerge from the forest, as they rivaled the number of Verpentine and Vampires.
"Now, shall we get this party started? Or should one of us make the first blow?" Kerrie asked with amusement, as she slapped her hands together.
Then Marcell swipped her hand where Kerrie was, and two small blue-handled daggers shot from Marcell's sleeve towards Kerrie. However. Kerrie was able to block the daggers with a crystal shield. She took down the shield when the daggers bounced off of the crystal and headed down to the floor.
"First strike. Now it's OUR TURN!" Kerrie exclaimed, as she jumped forward and slid on a crystal path she formed in front of her, as she moved through the air towards the group of Verpentine and Vampires.
"BRING IT!" Marcell also exclaimed, as she ran forward and pulled a retractable sword from her side pocket and it stretched out long and sharp.
The Verpentine and Vampires, as well as Pythor, ran towards the Lizarians to fight, as the Lizarians did the same towards them. Marcell led the Verpentine and Vampires, as Kerrie led the Lizarians in an awesome battle.
Raven:
"No," Raven said in surprise, as she backed up.
"Aw, don't hurt my feelings," Darkness said with a sly smile, as he was walking towards Raven.
Raven was backing up, but then she realized that she was stronger than before, and that she could fight back. That was really her only option at this point. She took a few steps forward and stood in a fighting position, as Darkness stopped walking towards her.
"Well well, your so much braver now, aren't you? That's great, I'm so proud," Darkness said in a taunting voice, which made Raven furrow her eyebrows.
"Oh... I see determination in your eyes. Well, if you so insist to fight..." Darkness said, and he turned his back towards Raven.
After a moment, Darkness said, "Then let's begin!"
Darkness immediately turned around and shot a black and red blast towards Raven. She was able to jump up with her sound power, and use a sound shield when Darkness also jumped up to attack her with a black, smokey blade. The blade hit the shield and stood there for a moment before bouncing back, which pushed Darkness back too. Free falling, Raven used a wind slash, with her hand, towards Darkness, which he was able to deflect with his black blade. Then they both flipped backwards and landed on the ground. The black blade disintegrated, and Darkness charged towards Raven with concentrated black and gray energy in his hands. Raven also charged energy into her hands, one hand with shadow, and the other with sound. Although Raven never really did that before, with the adrenaline rush, she was able to hold it steady. She ran towards Darkness, as both of their hands came into contact. Waves of energy radiated from the contact, as Darkness and Raven were trying to push the other back into submission.
"Do you really think you can fight me? Your years behind me dear girl," Darkness said.
"Well judging on how long you've been around, you shouldn't even be standing," Raven said.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Your amusing dear child, but your not going to last long," Darkness said with a sly grin.
"I'll last longer than you think," Raven said, as her hands started to glow purple, and Darkness' eyes widened.
Raven pushed Darkness back with a strong wave of purple energy from her hands. Darkness went flying back from the attack, but then he spun around once and planted his feet on the floor as he skidded back a little bit.
"Well, you have gotten stronger. Very good," Darkness said, as he brushed off his right shoulder with this left hand, and added,
"But your missing a few key components if you really wish to hurt me."
Raven signed and said, "I don't want to hurt you or anyone for that matter. Please Darkness, there's no need for all of this. We don't have to fight."
Darkness tilted his head to side slightly with a raised eyebrow, and smiled slightly, as he said, "Tell me Raven, are you willing to come with me? Because unless you are, then I'll have to fight you or your friends."
Raven gasped in surprise, but then she hissed dangerously, as her serpent tongue and fangs were visible. Darkness chuckled with a grin, and then he said,
"Now this is going to be interesting."
Back with the others (Ninja):
"This is awesome! Raven finally mastered her four elements, and now Lucy mastered Water. Soon Raven will be able to use her Silver powers! I really want to see what she can do with them," Jay said, excited.
"I wonder what Silver powers can actually do," Nya said.
"Well, whenever Lucy unlocks her Full Potential, then we'll know," Flare said.
"I'll try my best to unlock my Full Potential guys," Lucy said, determined.
"Don't rush yourself. It's better to be ready then unprepared,' Auria said, and Lucy nodded towards her.
"The Silver dragon... I wonder what it'll look like," Kai said.
"It'll probably be as cool as Lloyd's Golden dragon," Cole said.
"And probably blinding too," Christa said, and the others laughed.
-Rustle Rustle-
Christa's attention was immediately brought towards a group of bushes. Zane noticed this, and he asked Christa,
"What is it Christa?"
The other Ninja turned their attention to Christa, and she replied,
"Someone is watching us."
The Ninja pulled out their Platinum weapons and readied themselves.
"Who's there?" Dareth said, standing in front of Violet, and she looked at him with one eyebrow raised.
A laugh was heard, as a woman with steel-colored eyes stepped out from behind the bushes.
"Silva!" The Ninja said at the same time.
"Yes, hello petty Ninja. Nice to see you all again. It's been awhile huh?" Silva said with a cheeky smile.
"Silva!" -Misako
Everyone turned to see Misako, Sensei Garmadon, Sensei Wu, and Dr. Julien walking towards them.
"Hello my friend. Good to see you too," Silva said to Misako and took a short bow, as Misako looked at her with a troubled expression.
"Why have you come here?" Sensei Wu said, as he, Sensei Garmadon, Misako, and Dr. Julien took fighting stances.
Silva smirked, while putting her hand on her hip, and replied,
"To test out the newcomers of our team."
Scratching and growling sounds were heard, as the lizard creatures that were seen in Ninjago city emerged from the forest, semi-circled in front of the Ninja.
"Oh my..." Dareth said, while the Ninja stood in shock.
"What's the matter Ninja? Never seen an army of Lizarians before?" Silva asked, still wearing her cheeky smile.
"That's what they're called?" Cole asked with Jay's voice, as Flare smacked Jay over the head.
"What? I didn't ask," Jay said, rubbing his head.
"No matter what army you have, they can't stand up to us," Lloyd said.
The Ninja and Lizarians prepared themselves to fight in that moment, but as Lloyd was still looking at Silva with more astute eyes, he saw a hint of deceit cross over them for a moment. Then Lloyd's eyes darted around towards the others, and he realized that two people were missing.
'NO!' Lloyd thought in a quick panic, and then he said to the Ninja,
"Guys, I have to find Raven and my dad, keep them busy for as long as you can!"
The Ninja looked towards him and nodded, as they turned their attention back to Silva and the Lizarians. Lloyd made a run for it towards where Raven and his father had headed to earlier.
"Stop him!" Silva said to a red-eyed lizarian, but when that lizarian tried to fly towards Lloyd, a powerful gust of wind repelled him.
"Don't even think about it," Auria said, as she stood flying above the ground with wind surrounding her feet.
"You want to get in the way? Fine! Attack!" Silva commanded as she pointed towards the Ninja, and the Lizarians charged towards the Ninja, as the Ninja charged towards them.
To fight or not to fight... FIGHT!