Outside:

"You won't defeat me!" Kerrie shouted, as she threw seven crystal spears at Marcell and Lucy, who dodged and deflected the spears.

Kerrie had cuts on her arms and shoulders with a diagonal cut on the bottom of her left cheek, and a deeper wound on her right calf. Lucy had a cut on her left shoulder, and a few cuts on her legs. Marcell had a cut across her right cheek with cuts and scratches on her left leg, and a deeper cut on her right arm. They were fighting brilliantly, deflecting and dodging, as the others watched anxiously.

"Kerrie, your freaking done! Your leg is jacked up pretty much and there's no where to run!" Marcell said, as she was walking towards Kerrie while deflecting crystal shards that were heading her way with her dagger.

Kerrie grit her teeth with furrowed brows and narrowed eyes, as she kept throwing shards at Marcell. Then Kerrie decided to use her trump card, since Marcell was closer towards her, while Lucy stood a few feet behind her towards her right. With a dark grin overcoming her facial expression, Kerrie lifted her arms up and four crystal shards rose up around Marcell in a square shape. A circle of crystal began to form and spin around Marcell's ankles, as she looked at it in surprise. Lucy recognized the technique, as she gasped and started running straight towards her sister.

Sensei Reine cringed when she recognized that Kerrie was going to use the Crystal Prison on Marcell with Lucy trying to save her. She brought forth a small metal baton that extended long, and she was going to run to attack Kerrie. However, Terrin grabbed her shoulders to prevent her from doing so.

"Don't go. Let them handle this," Terrin said, and Reine protested,

"But Terrin, I can't let that happen to them t-too."

Reine held back the tears slowly accumulating under her eyes, as Terrin wrapped one arm around her waist and leaned the side of his head on her own.

"I know, my dear Reine, but I believe she can do it," Terrin said, as they watched what happened next.

Lucy's grip on her staff tightened as she ran towards Marcell with water swirling around her, while Kerrie sent crystal shards at her. Marcell turned and saw that the shards were heading close to Lucy, and she yelled,

"Get back Lucy!"

However, Lucy ran quicker as her eyes narrowed and she yelled, "I won't let her HURT YOU!"

Lucy's eyes glowed golden cyan, as the swirling water 'flowed' immediately towards her, and she became the embodiment of water:

Her hair turned into blue-colored water, while the rest of her body became cyan-colored water. She wore a cyan-colored scarf, that had multiple shades of blue on the ends, and a white belt across her waist. Her feet flowed outward like roots, and shot forth water to help her move quicker and keep her afloat, and stripes of water flowed from the sides of her hands and arms.

In awe of such magnificence, Kerrie and Marcell's jaws dropped, as did everyone else.

"Her Full Potential has been fully realized!" Sensei Wu said, with a smile.

"She did it… I'm so proud," Sensei Reine said, as a single tear rolled down her cheek, while Terrin gently caught it.

Lucy rose her hand upward, as Marcell was wrapped in water around her waist and hoisted up from the crystal trap, which stopped the crystal from forming any more into the prison. Then Lucy surfed straight to Kerrie without having to use her staff, as she grabbed Kerrie by the collar and lifted her a few feet in the air.

"You will no longer hurt my family or friends! Take your defeat..." Lucy said, as she let her Water Staff suspend in mid-air, while she balled her hand into a water-intensified fist.

Kerrie gulped, as Lucy pulled back her fist and let it bounce forward right to Kerrie's face while saying,

"AND DRINK IT!"

Kerrie went flying back straight onto the double doors of the Dark Tower, as her whole back hit right on it, and then she fell down on the ground, leaving a dent in her shape on the doors. She groaned a bit, as she temporarily knocked out, and the crystals around the area disappeared into the ground. A momentary silence followed, and then the cheers of the Ninja allies filled the air as the Lizarians started backing away slowly.

However, Lucy turned towards the Lizarians, as she raised one hand up, and they were all wrapped in large water-formed hands. She closed her hand into a fist, as the water-formed hands instantly crushed the Lizarians into nothing more than shadows that disappeared. The hands seemingly melted into the ground as they disappeared, while Lucy finally planted her feet on the ground.

Her form returned to normal, as she gently shook her head to ease her mind. She turned to everyone and rubbed the back of her head with a big grin and said,

"Hee hee. That was pretty fun."

Marcell ran over to Lucy and almost tackled her into a hug. She raised her sister up, as Lucy's legs waved in the air while the two sisters were laughing. The other vampires ran to Lucy and Marcell, as they cheered and clapped with happy tears rolling down their faces. Marcell placed Lucy back on the ground, as she high-fived and hugged her Vampire people.

"Aw guys. I'm just glad your all okay," Lucy said to her people.

"Alright, alright, that's enough hugging and whatever," Marcell said with a smile, as everyone calmed down, while the Vampires wiped their faces of their tears.

"Lucy!" Silva's voice called out suddenly, as everyone turned to see Silva running towards them.

"Silva. What are you doing here? Your hands..." Misako said, as she noticed that only one of Silva's hands were bandaged, but she looked fine.

"I'm fine. I need to get up that tower. My son is up there! I can feel it!" Silva said, as she came to a stop a few feet away from the vampires.

"-Gasp!- Ryan. I'll take you up there now!" Lucy said, and she jumped up as she brought up her Water staff to her feet and surfed forward.

Silva jumped up behind Lucy, as she planted her feet on the staff and held onto Lucy's shoulders.

"Be careful Sis!" Marcell called out, as Lucy surfed upward with Silva to the tower.

"I will Sista!" Lucy called back, as she continued surfing around the tower to get to the opening where she first escaped from.

As everyone cheered Lucy and Silva on, Sensei Garmadon looked towards the tower doors. His eyes widened when he noticed nothing, as well as King Terrin when he noticed the same thing. Sensei Reine looked back at Terrin when she felt the arm he held around her waist stiffen. She looked where he was looking, as her eyes narrowed and she removed herself from Terrin's grasp. She walked over to the area in front of the tower doors, as she saw that no one was there.

"She left..." Sensei Reine said, as she saw no trace of Kerrie, besides the dent in the double doors of the tower.

"Guys, are you okay?" Nya asked, as Sensei Reine turned around and saw that the Vampires had their hands on their heads and were shaking.

"Something is… weird," Marcell said, as she shook her head a few times, but the dizziness wasn't leaving her mind.

"They're… reverting back," Terrin speculated, as the others stood back, while the Vampires were changing.

In the Tower:

Lucy and Silva entered the tower, as they stood near the upper-half of the spiral staircase. They started to ascend, but they stopped when Lucy couldn't take another step forward and was breathing hard.

"What's the matter Lucy? Are you alright?" Silva asked, with concern.

"I feel… funny..." Lucy said, as she was swaying in a small circle while placing her hands on the sides of her head.

Lucy knelt down on one knee, as Silva was about to approach her but she stopped. A translucent shadow rose up from Lucy's body, as it stood floating above her. It looked similar to Lucy, although it was all dark and it's eyes were red rings with pearly-white fangs. Silva looked at the translucent shadow in confusion, as it looked up at her and closed it's eyes with a sad smiled. As sudden as it appeared, the shadow disappeared into nothingness. Lucy shook her head, and she looked up while blinking a few times. As Lucy slowly lifted herself up, Silva snapped out of her surprise and helped her stand up.

"Lucy, are you okay? I don't know what that shadowy thing was but… oh my… Lucy, your hands, your face… your not pale anymore," Silva said, as she examined Lucy's hands and face.

Lucy examined her hands, as she felt more alive and could breathe much better.

"Oh my gosh… I'm… I'm human again. I'm really human again!" Lucy shouted with delight, as she hugged Silva and lifted her up while spinning around.

"Yes that's wonderful child, but please put me down!" Silva said, with a half-smile, and Lucy set her down.

"Sorry, I'm just so happy! HA HA! I'm back to life! Yay! -Gasp- I need to tell Ryan! -Gasp!- We need to get to Ryan! LET'S GO!" Lucy said, as she grabbed Silva by her arm and shoulder and started running up the stairs so fast that Silva's feet weren't even touching the ground.

The Vampires are humans again! And the tower climb is almost complete! But are the Ninja prepared for what Ryan is going to reveal?

As for the one who asked about Lloyd and Raven before… well… maybe there will be a surprise later… ;)

See ya soon. :D

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