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Skylor Chen…
That was her name…
Amber…
That was her power…
That was who she was…
Skylor Chen, the Master of Amber…
That's what people saw her as…
From the other Elemental Masters…
To her younger brother Chad…
But Skylor knew that she was more than that…
Because there were two forces that didn't just see her as the Master of Amber…
One was her father, Chen.
Chen tricked both the Elemental Alliance and Serpentine into a war. He tricked the Elemental Masters into competing, wanting to steal their powers for a spell to turn his followers into Anacondrai. And he used Skylor as a last resort.
He didn't care for Skylor…
…he only cared for himself.
That was one of the forces.
But the other…
The other was much more kinder.
The other force, were the Ninjas…
They were Elemental Masters as well, and were victims of Chen's trap. However, thwy knew better than to trust him…
Because they were a team.
They gathered allies to stop Chen.
And one of the members of the Ninjas, was Nya Smith… the Master of Fire.
She developed a friendship with the Red Ninja, who even thought of her powers being helpful to the Ninjas.
And despite the fact that Skylor was her father's spy, Nya still gave her an offer of joining the Ninjas.
And that offer was the right thing to take after stopping Chen.
Because now, Skylor Chen had one more thing known about her…
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…and that was the fact she was the Orange Ninja.
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On the Destiny's Bounty…
Skylor's training had just begun.
To test out her powers as a Ninja, she saw five of the Ninjas on the deck at a harbor. And they all knew what Skylor had to do.
The Master of Amber plans on using their elements within her training.
First was Jay, the Master of Lightning. In which Skylor used Lloyd's power of Wind.
The Orange Ninja summoned a gust of wind to use as a shield from the Blue Ninja's lightning bolts. Until she saw the opportunity strike Jay with a gale.
After that, she grabbed Jay. And now got control of Lightning, to fight against Cole, the Master of Earth.
Any rock that Cole summoned. Skylor broke them through every bolt she struck, which caused a bit of broken rocks to get the Black Ninja in the eyes.
Next, the Master of Amber touched him to get the power of Earth. So that she could fight against Zane, the Master of Ice.
Using that power, she forged a rock into a wall to block Zane's powers of Ice. And summoned a rock for her to jump on and lightly strike the White Ninja on the back.
Which caused Skylor to gain the powers of Ice. To face off Nya, the Master of Fire.
Any fireball the Red Ninja threw, the Orange Ninja extinguished it with a ball of ice. Which gave the Master of Amber an opportunity to freeze Nya's legs solid.
After that, Skylor touched the Master of Fire. And used them to fight against Lloyd.
The Green Ninja used Wind to extinguish any flame the Orange Ninja shot. However, Skylor got the upper hand when Lloyd quickly dodged a surprise attack… mainly due to the fact that she competed in the Tournament of Elements.
And with that, the Orange Ninja's training was finished for the day.
“Well done, Skylor.” Sensei Garmadon commented. “Your training has gotten quite well.”
“Thank you, Sensei.” The Master of Amber responded.
It's been 3 days after the Master of Amber joined the Ninjas.
And things were going well…
Especially since Skylor have gotten closer to the Ninjas.
For starters, Nya was very easy to bond with, not just with the fact that she talked to the Master of Fire whenever she had the chance. And the two developed a friendship of wanting to protect those who needed to be protected.
Zane easily accepted Skylor, despite that he never got the chance to fully interact with her before and after he got his new body. He was very understanding of the fact that Master of Amber felt guilty of helping her father, and easily forgave her.
Jay was quite loud and funny. He was curious about Skylor's powers. As he always asked questions like 'How long can your powers last?', 'What happens if you touch two people who have different elements?', or 'Are there limits to the power of Amber?'. He was quite curious since he was basically a huge fan of inventing things.
Skylor knew that Cole was the most serious member of the Ninjas. Namely because that he trained very hard to become the Master of Earth. Of course, he also had a big appetite to when it came to food from Mr. Chen's Noodle House, which was now run by the Master of Amber's brother.
And speaking of which. Lloyd was very reminiscent of Chad, according to the Orange Ninja. Despite that the Green Ninja becoming mute thanks to her father. Skylor felt very comfortable with Lloyd, as he saw that Skylor was also a victim to Chen's plans. Because the Master of Amber was forced to do her father's dirty work. Still, the Ninjas gladly accepted her as a teammate. As much like the Cheerleader, the Master of Wind wanted what was best for those like Skylor.
Then there was Kai, who was VERY happy to have Skylor as a Ninja. Even though he hadn't awakened his powers yet, Kai had a bit of a crush on Skylor, and there was a good reason. The Master of Amber wasn't just a skilled fighter. Because with her power of Amber, any of the Ninjas she touches will temporarily have their power. Wondering if that two elements will be better than one. Plus, he really loved Skylor having her hair down.
Then there was Samurai X, Lloyd's old Samurai Armor turned Exo-Suit. It was very noble for them to call the Master of Amber, 'Lady Skylor'. Not only that, but they’re were a skilled fighter through their programming.
Of course, there was also the Ninjas' Sensei, Garmadon, who had the power of Destruction. And he immediately made Skylor VERY happy. Because not only he was a father, but he was a father figure to the Ninjas, especially towards Skylor after what she and Chad had to go through. Although, it was odd for Garmadon to tell Skylor not to talk about Darkley's…
And last but not least was Morro…
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…who was the only one Skylor had to interact with.
However, she did get some background information about the Silver Ninja.
Skylor had to admit that it was surprising that the leader of the Ninjas wanted to be evil like his father in the past, unaware that Morro was destined to be the Silver Ninja. Which played into a part of the Serpentine being released from their tombs.
However, he only intended on releasing them, rather than a large snake that made Wu evil known as the 'Great Devourer' that the Serpentine once worshipped before learning how destructive it was. Which was proven in an old newspaper article she found, which was submitted by Morro.
Not only that, Morro purified his father, by defeating an evil entity known as the 'Overlord'. Who was also known as the 'Platinum Master', to which why the Serpentine worshipped the Great Devourer, unaware that it was created by the Overlord.
That last part was very similar to Chen, tricking both sides of the Elemental Alliance and the Serpentine Tribes into fighting against each other in a war.
And fortunately, he got what he deserved when the ancient Anacondrai Generals dragged him and his followers into the Cursed Realm…
…but with a cost.
Sensei Wu.
He had to be banished to the Cursed Realm to stop Chen's cult.
And the sacrifice…
Well…
It left Morro quiet for a while.
So Skylor had to say something.
“Has anyone seen Morro?” The Orange Ninja asked as she cleaned up the training grounds. “He hasn't shown up.”
“Yeah… this is the 3rd time he missed training.” Cole responded. “It's not like that of him.”
“Cole's right.” Kai said as he came to check onto the Ninjas. “Usually Morro is the first one to train. Second if he didn't get a good rest.” He commented. “Kinda odd that he's not here.”
That's when Lloyd wrote something and showed it to the Ninjas.
'Morro's not in the mood to train.'
'In fact he's not even on the Destiny's Bounty.'
Everyone but Garmadon widened their eyes.
“Really?” Jay questioned. “He's not on the Bounty?”
Lloyd nodded.
“Then… where is he?” Nya asked.
Lloyd shrugged his shoulders, unsure of where his cousin was.
“Me, Skylor, and Lloyd will find Morro.” The Master of Destruction stated. “We'll be back.”
And with that, Skylor summoned her dragon, for which the Garmadons hopped onto. As the dragon took off.
~
Meanwhile in Ouroboros…
Morro just got himself some noodles, and slowly ate them.
It's been 3 days since his father's departure…
And…
And Morro didn't know how he should feel.
The sacrifice Wu made…
It just…
It just made him feel… uneasy.
On one hand, it saved Ninjago from another Serpentine War. And putting a stop to Chen and his cult.
But on the other… Wu was dead. He sacrificed his own life to save all of Ninjago.
Sure, Zane did the same when defeating Revodrol… but the Master of Ice wasn't technically dead. He was in need of a new body.
Still…
The fact that his father was gone haunted Morro.
It made him feel… isolated.
Morro remembered how he wanted to be evil like Wu, unaware that he was the Silver Ninja destined to fight him, which would then lead to the Ninjas learning from him.
And now… they'll never get to learn from him any more.
All of this, it just… it just bothered—
“Morro?”
The Silver Ninja snapped back into reality as he turned to face three concerned faces.
His uncle, who called his attention.
His cousin, who was busy writing something.
And his new teammate, who looked nervous.
“Oh… hey.” The Master of Energy quietly greeted.
Lloyd wrote something to show his cousin.
'Morro, are you ok?'
“Not really…” the Silver Ninja responded.
“It's about your father, isn't it?” Garmadon asked.
Morro nodded.
“I know that his sacrifice greatly affected us… especially with you.” The Master of Destruction responded. “All of us miss him dearly considering who he is and who he was.”
“My father.” Morro answered. “I can't believe that he's still… gone.”
“So do we…” Skylor responded. “I guess you weren't in the mood to train.”
“Not… really… I didn't feel like it…” the Silver Ninja responded. “Is that bad, Uncle Garmadon?”
“Of course not, Morro.” Garmadon reassured. “You don't have to train, if you don't feel like it.” He explained. “What happened to us was a lot we had to endure.”
“Yeah… it was.” The Master of Energy responded.
The mood immediately became quiet as Morro continued eating his noodles.
Skylor saw how quiet Morro got…
…it was pretty tragic.
She may not have known the Ninjas at the start, but she has developed a bond with almost all of them.
Only Morro was left remaining.
So Skylor figured it would best to start a small talk.
“So… uh… I noticed that your hair streak is different.” The Orange Ninja commented as she looked at the orange streak in Morro's hair. “Looks pretty good.”
“Thanks…” the Silver Ninja responded softly. “I thought I would make you feel welcome.”
“Well… I do like the color.” The Master of Amber replied with a smile. “And I can see that you're having some of Mr. Chen's food.”
“I am…” Morro answered. “It's a new dish Chad made.” He stated. “He calls it the 'Mambo V'.”
“Mambo V?” Garmadon asked with a raised eyebrow in confusion. “Chad named that dish you're eating, 'Mambo V'?”
“It's a working title.” Morro replied. “Chad figured that since the Serpentine finally got the peace they wanted, he decided to name some of the recipes after some important Serpentine members—”
But before the Silver Ninja could finish.
He immediately realized something.
His uncle had a concerned look.
“Uncle… is everything alright?” The Master of Energy asked.
“I am… it's just… I was quite surprised that Chad would name one of his recipes after that Hypnobrai King.” The Master of Destruction responded with shock.
Lloyd then wrote a question.
'Do you know about him, Dad?'
“I did…” Sensei Garmadon responded. “Many years ago, when Wu and I were children, we were imprisoned by Mambo V's forces.”
The three Ninjas gasped.
“Did Mambo V really do that?” Skylor asked.
“He did.” The Master of Destruction responded. “The reason why was that we crossed the Serpentine Valley.” He explained. “He and our father, the First Spinjitzu Master had an agreement to when it came to those who Serpentine and those who weren't.”
“An agreement?” Morro questioned.
“Yes, neither the Serpentine nor humans were allowed to enter within each other's territories.” His uncle responded.
“Did you break out of prison?” Morro asked.
Garmadon took a deep breath in and out.
“Well… we got some help.” He told is nephew. “However… I think it would be wise to leave that part out until later, since Wu had passed.”
The three Ninjas immediately looked at each other and agreed that it was a fair thing to do.
“Seems reasonable.” Morro commented. “So… what happened?”
“Let's just say that he got his throne back.” Garmadon answered.
After that, the mood was quiet once again.
The four just stared at each other, unsure of what to do.
“So… uh… Morro—”
“Do I want to go back to the Destiny's Bounty?” The Silver Ninja interrupted the Orange one, with uncertainty. “I… I don't know…”
Lloyd then wrote something.
'We're not going to force you, if you don't want to come.'
Morro tried to find an answer.
“I… I don't… I… is it ok if I need some time to think about that choice?” Morro asked.
“Take all the time you want.” Garmadon responded as Skylor summoned her Elemental Dragon again, for her, Lloyd, and the Sensei to get on and took off.
Leaving Morro to himself.
Morro stared at his noodles. They were still warm enough to eat, so he ate them in quiet.
~
Back at the Destiny's Bounty…
Skylor told the Ninjas where Morro was.
“Morro was in Ouroboros?” Kai asked. “And he hadn't come back?”
“Yeah, he still misses his father.” Skylor responded.
“Is that why he didn't come to train?” Jay asked. “Why didn't he tell us in the first place?”
“JAY!!!” Cole shouted.
“What?” The Blue Ninja responded innocently. “He should've told us about where he is!”
“That is true, Lord Jay.” A voice said. “Lord Morro should've told us about where he was.”
Everyone turned to see Samurai X.
“However… we need to remember that Lord Wu sacrificed his life to stop Chen.” They reminded.
Lloyd responded by nodding and writing.
'Yeah, Morro needs time to process what happened.'
“Lloyd's right, Morro still misses Wu.” Zane commented. “So we have to give him time to grieve.”
“Yeah, what choice do we have?” Nya reminded. “He misses his father.”
“Nya's right, Morro needs all the time he needs.” Skylor pointed out. “It wouldn't be right to do so.”
“I suppose we can let him process things.” Kai commented. “I just hope that he comes back whenever he has the chance.”
~
Speaking of which…
Morro was still in Ouroboros.
He finished his Mambo V, and stared at the evening sky.
The Silver Ninja sighed sadly at what had happened.
It's been 3 days since his father was gone.
Gone.
Just… just gone.
It wasn't just the fact that his father was gone.
It was his father, regardless of whether he was a Lord, Sensei, or whatever.
Sure, Morro never saw Wu when he was growing up, but that didn't mean anything.
Morro wanted to be evil like him, unaware that he was the one to defeat his father.
Not only that, but Morro also freed his father from the venomous influence of the Great Devourer.
Resulting in the Master of Creation to be their ally…
…and now that ally was gone.
All what Morro could do was just think about what had happened.
And someone took notice of it.
“Morro?”
The Master of Energy turned to see that it was Skales. And that he was with the other Generals.
“Ssssstill misssss your father, huh?” The Hypnobrai asked.
“A lot…” Morro mumbled. “And I know that you're going to say that his sacrifice saved the entirety of Ninjago.” He sighed. “So you don't have to remind me on that.”
“Actually we came here to let you know that if you don't want to head back to the Ninjasssss, you can ssssstay with Ssssskalesssss' family for a while.” Acidicus stated. “That or you can live with Pythor… wherever he isssss.”
Everyone just stared at the Venomari General.
“What? Sssssomeone had to bring him up!” He justified.
“Well… is that why you came here to tell me that?” The Silver Ninja asked.
“Yeah, we figured that you needed sssssome time to yourssssself.” Skales explained.
“I… I suppose I can… uh… I-uh…”
Morro tried to find an answer.
“If you don't want to, I don't mind.” Skales responded.
“I… I need some… I need some time.” Morro responded as he summoned his Elemental Dragon Andrew, and took off.
~
Later…
Morro road onto his dragon in the sky…
Wu's sacrificed left a massive impact onto Morro's mindset.
He couldn't even find the proper words or responses.
Other than just he needed some time.
What was wrong with that?
“What's going on with me?” He asked himself. “I know that what Father did was meaningful but… I… I can't get it off of my mind.” He said. “Maybe… maybe it would best if I should—”
*SLAM!*
But before Morro could finish, he crashed face first into a mountain, causing Andrew to disappear.
After that… Morro lost consciousness.
~
As night fell…
Skylor and Kai stared at the deck of the Destiny's Bounty.
“Morro hasn't shown up yet.” The Honorary Ninja commented. “I guess that he's taking a lot of time that he needs.”
“Do you think he'll arrive tonight or tomorrow?” The Orange Ninja asked.
“I don't know… but… but I don't want him to get into trouble behind our backs.” Kai responded.
Skylor shot a confused look.
“That's an… odd thing to worry about.” She commented.
“Well… to be fair, it is reasonable.” Kai explained. “You see… back when the Serpentine were attacking, Morro wanted to help us, but we didn't want him to get into trouble.” He recalled. “Nya wanted Morro to follow me and help him but… I… I didn't want him to and—”
“He got captured by the Serpentine?” Skylor guessed.
“Yeah… I… I felt pretty bad for what I did.” The Honorary Ninja admitted. “I didn't even mean too… it was reckless of me to do that.”
“It kind of was.” The Master of Amber bluntly stated.
“Ok, that was a fair response.” Kai responded.
“But that won't mean you won't learn from it.” Skylor reassured. “You've learned from your mistakes, and that's what mattered.”
“You think so?” Kai asked.
“Lloyd told me that Morro learned from his mistakes when it came to releasing the Serpentine.” Skylor recalled. “Namely because that he was well… 'misguided' as Sensei puts it.” She added. “Sort of like… me.”
“Hey, it's not your fault.” Kai responded. “You knew that it was wrong to be used as a last resort for your father, and you told us how to get the powers of the Elemental Masters back.” He recalled.
“Yeah…” Skylor chuckled.
Suddenly…
“Lady Skylor, Lord Kai, you're wanted at the bridge.” A voice called.
It was Samurai X.
“What's wrong, Samurai X?” Skylor asked.
“I don't know, but whatever it is… we're wanted.” The Exo-Suit explained.
the two then followed them.
~
At the bridge…
“What's going on?” Skylor asked as she, Kai, and Samurai X entered.
“We're trying to find Morro.” Cole responded.
“He hasn't returned from Ouroboros?” Kai asked.
“We thought that Morro would be back here…”
“…but the Ninjasssss sssssaid that he didn't return to the Dessssstiny'sssss Bounty.” Fangtom explained.
“Skales said that he offered him to stay at his place.” Jay added. “But Morro said that he needed time.”
That made Skylor and Kai worried.
“Do you think he's been captured, Sensei?” The Honorary Ninja asked with worry.
“I don't know, but we have to find him.” The Master of Destruction responded. He then turned to Samurai X. “Samurai X, can you locate where Morro might be?”
“I wish I could, Lord Garmadon.” Said Samurai responded. “But the chances of Morro being far from us are high.” They answered. “I can only scan the premises that are big as Chen's Island.”
Lloyd wrote something.
'Then we'll have to use the falcon.'
“Already on it.” Zane said as he ran to get the falcon. “Find Morro for us, my friend.”
Falcon then flew off to find Morro.
“I hope that Morro's ok.” Nya said with worry.
“I hope so too.” Sensei Garmadon responded. “We'll have to find him tomorrow.”
“And we're coming too.” Skales chimed in. “We're going to let our tribesssss know.”
Everyone stared at the Hypnobrai General.
“What? I need to get my mind off of Chen'sssss Anacondrai-Obsssssesssssed cult!” Skales pointed out. “I am ssssstill disssssturbed by it!”
Everyone immediately agreed with that.
~
The next day…
“Ow…” Morro muttered as he got up.
He woke up with intense pain in his head.
That crash into the tree almost felt like he broke his nose.
He had to get up…
But as he was about to…
“GAH!” The Silver Ninja shouted.
A massive jolt of pain struck him.
“Are you ok?” A voice asked with concern.
“Yeah… I'm—”
The moment Morro responded…
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…the Master of Energy immediately stopped and saw who he was speaking to.
It was a woman, who had a concerned look on her face.
She had messy black and white hair, which covered her left eye, with her right eye being dark red.
Her clothing looked… aged to put it at best.
The most notable features of the woman's clothing were the ripped black pants, the tattered white apron, the gold trimming that faded, and the dark red top that looked ripped.
But there was something that gave Morro an odd look…
The woman had three scars on both her upper and lower arms.
All what the Silver Ninja could do was look at her.
“Are you ok?” The woman asked. “You had a very bad fall.”
“Yeah… I'm fine.” Morro replied. “I just… uh…”
The Master of Energy then noticed that he was in an old cabin of some sort. And that he woke up on a bed.
“Where… where am I?” He asked.
“You crashed into a mountain, and I found you.” The woman responded. “I took you into my cabin to see if you were bruised.” She explained. “Thank the First Spinjitzu Master that you're ok.”
“Oh…” Morro responded. “Well… thanks for checking up on me… uh—”
“San.” The woman greeted. “My name is San.”
“Morro.” The Silver Ninja introduced himself. “Where am I?”
“You're on Trinity.” San answered. “I wanted to see if your dragon was ok… but I couldn't find him.”
“Don't worry about that… I can summon him since I'm an Elemental Master.” The Master of Energy responded.
“Elemental… Master?” The woman responded as she tilted her head.
“Yeah… I'm the Elemental Master of Energy.” Morro explained. “Why did you bring that up?”
“I'm an Elemental Master too.” San responded.
“You are?” The Silver Ninja asked.
“Of course, I am the Elemental Master of Blood.” She responded.
Morro shot an odd look, and took notice of the scars on San's arms.
“Oh don't worry, I don't use my scars to manipulate my blood.” She reassured. “Plus, it's not how I got those scars.”
The Master of Blood demonstrated that by pulling out a blood bag. She removed the cap and manipulated the blood out of the bag and manipulated into it taking form of a humanoid.
The blood… human… thing waved at Morro as it made an odd, yet benevolently squishy sound.
After that, San manipulated the blood back into the blood bag and closed the cap.
Morro widened his eyes.
“Woah…” he muttered.
“Yeah… quiet impressive, isn't it?” The Master of Blood spoke.
“Kinda…” The Master of Energy responded sadly.
San took notice of it.
“Is everything alright?” She asked.
Morro took a deep breath in and out.
“Not really.” He responded. “It's been 3 days since my father passed. And… well… it made me think about it.”
“Oh…” the Master of Blood responded. “Do you… do you want to talk about it?” She asked.
“I don't know…” Morro responded. “I just… I just need to get mind off of it.” He said as he left the bedroom.
Leaving San to look at the Silver Ninja with worry…
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…unaware that someone was watching the two.
~
Meanwhile…
The Ninjas, Kai, Garmadon, Samurai X, and the Serpentine managed to locate where Morro was…
Apparently he was on some sort of rocky island far from Ninjago.
And to prepare themselves for whatever they'll have to run into, the Ninjas got new uniforms.
They were made out of leather, had black gloves, but each one looked unique to the Ninjas.
Cole's black gi was sleeveless and it made him look strong.
Nya's red gi looked athletic and flexible.
Jay's blue gi had goggles and some pockets to make him look inventive.
Skylor's orange gi was also sleeveless and she had a dark red belt.
Lloyd's green gi had short sleeves and had golden accents, and he wore a backpack.
And Zane's white gi had slight light blue accents.
“Alright, so Morro must be somewhere on that Island.” The Orange Ninja said as she looked at the island in the distance.
“I hope so.” Kai chimed in.
“If we're lucky, Morro might find usssss.” Skales wondered.
“Either way, he's on that island.” Nya said.
And speaking of which, the Destiny's Bounty arrived onto the island…
~
As everyone got off of the Destiny's Bounty…
Everyone saw how big it was…
“So this is where Morro must've been.” Nya commented as she and the others looked around.
Samurai X looked around at the island as well.
That's when Lloyd walked up to them, and wrote a question.
'Did you scan where Morro might be?'
“I did, Lord Lloyd.” They told the Master of Wind. “However, there is a small problem… I can't seem to pickup where Lord Morro is.”
“So we'll have to find him.” Sensei Garmadon stated.
“But how?” Jay asked as he walked around. “Judging by the island, Morro could be—”
But when he leaned his back against a rock, he had unknowingly activated a switch, which revealed a hidden staircase that lead downstairs.
“…anywhere.” Jay finished.
“Woah… talk about deja vu.” Skylor commented as she looked at the secret entrance.
“We'll have to split up.” Garmadon stated.
First, he turned to the Ninjas.
“You go explore what's inside there.” The Master of Destruction instructed. “The rest of us will explore what's on the island.”
“Yes, Sensei.” The Ninjas responded.
And with that, the group divided into their respesctive groups.
~
Meanwhile with Morro…
He looked around at the cabin.
He made it to the living room…
…which was due to his current situation.
So all what he did was just… well… wander slowly within the cabin.
And San took notice of it.
“Morro, is everything alright?” The Master of Blood asked.
The Master of Energy just sat down on the couch, he didn't even bother to respond.
“Still thinking about your father?” She asked again.
“Pretty much…” the Silver Ninja sighed. “I don't know how I should feel about the situation I'm in…”
“Why would you think that?” San asked. “Did it have to do with whoever your father was?”
She wasn't wrong.
It had to do with the fact that Morro was Wu…
However, people knew him as both 'Lord Wu' and 'Sensei Wu'.
Besides, San didn't look like the type that caught up onto recent events, considering that this island called 'Trinity' was pretty far from Ninjago.
Although, Chen and Clouse knew about the Master of Creation turning over a new leaf.
So maybe San finding out about Wu was possible?
Or maybe it wasn't.
Either way, all what Morro could think of was…
…oh who was he even kididng, he couldn't think straight!
Still… the Master of Blood already knew that Morro misses his father…
But that answer had to arrive.
So Morro took a deep breath in…
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…and answered.
“My father… is… or rather was… Lord Wu.” Morro stated. “He now went by Sensei Wu… and now he's gone.”
After that, Morro sighed heavily and awaited the response…
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…it was then immediately unexpected to Morro.
“Do you miss him?”
~
Elsewhere…
The Ninjas looked around at where they were after walking down the hidden staircase.
Wherever they were… it had to lead to wherever Morro was.
Too bad that it was hard to figure out where to go in the dark.
So Skylor grabbed Nya's hand, and the two emitted flames from their hands to light the way.
“So… where do you think this would lead us?” Skylor asked.
“Besides wherever Morro is.” Cole quickly stated as Jay lowered his hand.
“Well, whatever the case is… we have to find out.” Zane stated.
And with that the Ninjas continued forth.
~
Meanwhile…
Kai, Garmadon, Samurai X, and the Serpentine Generals came across an odd site.
“Ssssso… why isssss there a rock here?” Acidicus asked as he and everyone else came up to a rock which was covered in lots of grime… like a lot of it, to be exact.
“I have no idea.” Kai commented. “Sensei, you got any ideas?”
“Other that it's odd placement or that it needs to be cleaned?” The Master of Destruction responded. “No.”
“I think I might have an idea.” Samurai X chimed in.
“What is it?” The others responded.
“Well… after scanning the layout of the island, I believe that this rock is used to mark the center.” He stated.
“Ok, that's believable.” Kai commented. “Still… it doesn't explain where we are… or what this place is called.” He stated. “Plus, no sign of Morro.”
“Be patient, Kai.” Sensei Garmadon stated. “We will find Morro, or he'll find us.”
Suddenly, the seven heard a loud rustling noise.
“Um… Sensei? Was that Morro?” The Honorary Ninja asked.
“I don't know… but I hope it was…” The Master of Destruction responded, trying to keep his cool. “I'm unsure of whether we should investigate it or not.”
“Isssss going for the latter an option?” Skales asked. “Becaussssse I already overcame what Lloyd did to me.”
The rustling noise was heard again.
“Let's investigate some place farther from this area…” Garmadon quickly stated as they immediately left…
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Speaking of Morro…
He was still stunned by San's response.
Then again, he was still grieving, so the question was justified.
“Do you miss your father, Morro?” The Master of Blood asked with concern.
“Of course I do.” The Master of Energy responded. “He's still my father, regardless of who he is known as, he cared for me.”
“Do you want to talk about it?” San asked. “We don't have to, if you don't want to.”
Morro could only give an uncertain look.
He felt uneasy telling her that information.
“I… I don't know…” the Silver Ninja stated. “I just… I just need some… I don't know what I want.” He sighed as he buried his face into his hands.
“But I do…”
The Master of Energy turned to see the Master of Blood, who comforted him.
“You want to find a way to process through your father's passing.” San stated. “And the reason why you don't know what's going on, is that you're trying to find an answer to your problem of Wu's passing.” She explained.
“I suppose so…” Morro responded. “I just need to get mind off of it for now.”
“That seems like an option you can take.” The Master of Blood responded.
“I hope so…” The Silver Ninja replied. “I guess… I just need some fresh air.”
“Fresh… air?” San responded with widened eyes.
“Is that a problem?” Morro asked with worry.
“Of course not! It's not a problem.” The Master of Blood responded. However, her face then slightly faltered. “However… I do have to say that… you might want to be careful on Trinity, this place… might be dangerous.” She warned.
“Got that.” Morro stated. “I'll try to avoid any form of danger.” He said as he left the cabin.
“I hope so…” San replied back. “Because I have this sense of dread that something might happen…” she muttered as she looked outside the cabin's window…
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Back with the Ninjas…
They continued walking down the strange hallway that they were in.
“Where are we even going?” Jay asked. “It better be where Morro is.” He mumbled.
Lloyd sighed and wrote something for the Blue Ninja.
'I don't know where we're going, Jay.'
'All that I do know is that you discovered the secret entrance.'
“Ok, fair point.” The Master of Lightning responded. “But Morro could be anywhere! And the possibilities of him being here are high!”
“We don't know that yet, Jay.” Zane responded. “Besides, you were the one who discovered this secret entrance.”
“On accident!” The Blue Ninja replied. “Look, I just hope that Morro is here, and safe from harm and—”
“JAY!!!”
“Ok! Jeez!” The Master of Lightning shouted as his name was mentioned.
“Look Jay, I understand that we all want to find Morro.” Skylor responded. “But Morro could be anywhere.” She reminded. “So if he's not here, he can look for him elsewhere.”
Suddenly, the Ninjas arrived at what appeared to be some sort of door that was slightly open.
It was wooden and looked pretty old… like… REALLY old.
“Anyone thinks that Morro's in there?” The Black Ninja asked.
“Only one way to find out.” The Orange Ninja responded as the six entered.
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Inside…
The Ninjas saw that the room they were in was what appeared to have a lot of shelves, filled with bottles that had small multicolored crystal-like rocks inside them.
The six were in awe at what they had seen.
So Lloyd had to write something.
'Where are we?'
“I have no idea, Lloyd.” Skylor responded. “But judging by where we are, we're probably in some sort of shelving facility for these small pebbles.” She said as she grabbed a bottle of small white and red rocks.
“Skylor's right.” Jay chimed in as he climbed up a ladder, and grabbed a bottle filled with brownish green rocks. “Whatever is inside these bottles must be—COLE LOOK OUT!!!”
And when Cole heard that, he immediately dodged the bottle Jay accidentally dropped as it shattered on the floor.
“JAY!!!” The Master of Earth shouted.
“Sorry!” The Master of Lightning shouted back. “I didn't mean to lose my grip on it!”
“Well, be careful next time!” The Black Ninja responded. “You—”
But before he could finish, Cole and Jay saw what appeared to be vines that had grown where the bottle broke and landed.
“Um… uh… did I do that?” The Blue Ninja asked in an Urkel-esque voice.
“I don't know, but throw me one of those bottles you dropped.” Cole suggested.
“Whatever you say, Cole.” Jay responded as he grabbed another bottle filled with brownish green rocks and threw to the Master of Earth.
Cole opened the bottle and sprinkled some of the rocks in his hand and tossed them, causing more vines to grow.
Everyone widened their eyes.
“Woah… Jay, what are in these bottles?” Nya asked.
“I have no idea…” Jay replied.
“Well, I think I might have an idea.” Cole commented. “Look at the label on the bottle.”
Everyone saw what Cole meant.
The bottle was labeled as 'Petrified Nature'.
That's when Lloyd realized something.
So the Master of Wind wrote his response.
'Petrified Nature…'
'Isn't Nature Bolobo's Element?'
“Lloyd's right, Bolobo's the Master of Nature.” Skylor recalled. “How can these rocks have his power?”
“He's not the only one.” Zane chimed in. “Look at this bottle.” He said as he presented a bottle filled with small teal rocks. “This one is labeled as 'Petrified Sound'. Jacob's Element.”
“And this one is labeled as 'Petrified Form'.” Nya said as she grabbed a bottle filled with small purple rocks. “That's Chamille's Element.”
“Skylor, what bottle did you grab?” The Black Ninja asked.
The Orange Ninja looked at the bottle, and saw that it was labeled as 'Petrified Speed'.
“Mine has 'Petrified Speed'.” She stated. “Griffin's Element.”
“What are these things?” Jay asked.
“I don't know, but we should ask Samurai X if they could scan these.” Skylor responded.
That gave Lloyd an idea. He then wrote something.
“What is it, Lloyd?” Jay asked.
The Master of Wind presented his answer to the other Masters.
'Grab 12 different bottles, I think I have an idea.'
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Elsewhere with Morro…
He began to wander within the premises of Trinity to get his mind off of what was going on…
…of course, that did little to nothing.
In fact, could it even help him?
All what was happening to Morro was that he couldn't even think straight.
Seriously, he couldn't even find the right response.
Every response he could make was either 'I don't know…' or 'I need some time…'.
Morro was so focused on his thoughts, he wondered that he'll end up crashing into something again…
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“Morro?”
The Master of Energy turned to see a familiar face.
It was San. And she looked concerned.
“How are you feeling?” The Master of Blood asked.
Morro just stared with an odd look.
“Morro? Is everything ok?” The Master of Blood asked again.
“S-Sorry… it's just… your hair.” The Master of Energy said as he tried to get his senses back together.
“My hair?” San responded with confusion. “What are you—”
“You have a blue eye.” Morro stated. “It's pretty cool.”
He pointed at San's face, who had her right eye exposed. But now, it was covered. And it showed that her left eye was dark blue.
“Oh, right… sorry about that.” San chuckled. “My hair's messy, so one of my eyes will be covered.”
“Got it…” Morro responded, right before he sighed with a sense of struggle.
“Still thinking about your father, Wu?” The Master of Blood asked.
“Yeah… I am.” The Master of Energy responded.
“Well… did you tell anyone about it?” San asked.
Morro slightly nodded.
“Do some of them count?” He asked. “Because I figured that they would let others know.”
But before the Master of Blood could respond.
“Sorry… it's just… I… I'm uh… I'm not thinking properly after my father's death, aren't I?” The Silver Ninja interrupted.
“What makes you say that?” San asked.
“Well… I don't know how to put it…” Morro repsonded. “But… but there is… a reason why I'm acting like this.” He said.
“What is it?” San asked.
Morro slowly turned away from the Master of Blood.
He had to admit one thing…
Why Morro is who he is…
So Morro took a deep breath in and out…
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“To start off… when my father was known about Lord Wu… I wanted to be like him.”
San widened her eyes.
“Yeah… believe it or not… I was uh… a bit of a manchild to put it.” Morro admitted. “I believed I was destined to be evil, I wanted to strike fear into those who opposed me… unaware that I was destined for something else.”
San carefully listened.
“I was taken in by my Uncle Garmadon, my cousin Lloyd, and the Ninjas.” The Master of Energy stated. “And it turns out… I wasn't going to become an Evil Lord like my father… I was going to become who I am known today…” he explained. “…the Silver Ninja, the Master of Energy.”
“The Silver Ninja?” The Master of Blood commented.
“Yeah… to put it at best, I was misguided.” Morro explained. “Especially since… I did something… something… bad to put it.”
“What happened?” San asked.
“I befriended an Anacondrai known as Pythor.” The Master of Energy explained. “And back then… I thought he wanted to be my friend… only for him to stab me the back and to release the Great Devourer.” He stated.
“Why would you befriend him in the first place?” The Master of Blood asked.
“Well… I wanted a Serpentine army to retaliate against the Ninjas for leaving me hung on a signpost.” Morro explained.
San widened her eyes in horror at what she heard.
“In hindsight, I probably deserved it.” Morro admitted. “But back to the snakes, I had intentions to get a Serpentine Army… but the Great Devourer, that wasn't what I had in mind.” He added. “Especially since that the Great Devourer was the very reason why my father was evil.”
San then shot a worried look.
“Morro… is it ok if I could ask you a question?”
“What is it?” The Silver Ninja asked.
“Do… do the Ninjas care about you?” She asked.
“Of course they do… why?” Morro responded.
“Well… did they apologize for what they did?” San asked.
The Silver Ninja could only give an odd look.
“…are they allowed to?” He asked. “I brushed it off, considering that I was not in the right mindset.”
“True… but… what they did… it was still cruel.” The Master of Blood pointed out. “However… what Pythor did was even more crueler.”
“Yeah… it was.” Morro responded. “But I sort of humbled him after beating him up.” He lightly chuckled.
San just stared.
“Is it ok if we focus on the Ninjas?” She asked.
“I suppose, why?” Morro responded.
“Well… I'm just worried about if they care for you or not…” The Master of Blood explained.
“Of course they do, why would you think that?” Morro asked.
“Well… it's… well, I don't know.” San admitted. “You know them more than I do… so… if you trust them, I won't stop you.”
“I suppose that's an answer.” Morro responded. He then took notice of the sky. “I think I should go…” he commented. He then turned to the Master of Blood. “Thanks for uh… speaking to me.”
“No problem.” She responded.
After that, the Master of Energy left…
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After that she then gave them an order.
“Find me the lasst Anacondrai by the name of 'Pythor'.” She ordered. “After that, bring him to me in my workshop.”
The blood humanoids saluted and scattered across Trinity.
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Meanwhile with the Ninjas…
They left the shelving facility with twelve mysterious bottles in their grasp, and palced them in Lloyd's backpack. Each one having a different element.
Wood.
Metal.
Speed.
Gravity.
Mind.
Nature.
Smoke.
Form.
Sound.
Poison.
Light.
And Shadow.
They may not have found Morro… but they have found whatever Lloyd had in mind.
“So… we may not have found Morro.” Jay commented. “But we may have found… uh… why do you want these bottles for Samurai X again, Lloyd?” He asked.
Lloyd responded by writing his answer.
'These bottles contain rocks that have the power of elements right?'
'Well… I figured that me, you, Kai, and Samurai X could work on something for Skylor.'
“Aww! Lloyd! That's so sweet!” Skylor responded.
Lloyd smiled in response.
“Well, whatever it is… I think I can work on it.” The Master of Lightning replied.
Suddenly, the Ninjas heard something…
“Um… what was that?” Cole asked.
The sound was heard again…
It was… odd… yet it was also… malevolent… and a bit… squishy even.
“Um… should we uh… go?” Jay asked. “Like… right now?”
“Agreed.” Cole replied.
The six were about to flee, only for them to run into something…
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In front of the Ninjas were what appeared to be six humanoid-like blobby creatures, completely red, who stopped from running and stared at them.
“Greetings uh… you six uh… red… slime creatures…” Zane struggled to greet.
The six red humanoids just stared.
“I hope that you don't mind but… we're kind of in a hurry.” Zane explained. “So if you don't mind… is it ok if we could pass by?”
One of the red creatures immediately responded by growling and charged towards the Master of Ice, who quickly dodged.
“I'm guessing that's a 'no'?” Jay asked as the red humanoid got up and growled at the Ninjas.
Suddenly, the red humanoid roared at the Elemental Masters.
Which was then followed by the other red humanoids growling.
“Definitely a no.” Jay quickly responded, as he shot a bolt of lightning at one of the red humanoids.
Which immediately lead to the Ninjas into a fight.
“You ready for your first fight as the Orange Ninja, Skylor?” Nya smirked.
“Oh I am!” Skylor responded as she grabbed Nya's hand to gain the power of Fire.
And with that, the Ninjas got into the fight.
Cole used the power of Earth to cause the ground to shake, stunning one of red humanoids.
Zane then used the power of Ice to cause three of the red humanoids to slip and fall. In which Lloyd and Jay used their Wind and Lightning to strike them.
And last but not least, Nya and Skylor worked together by blasting fireballs at the remaining two red humanoids.
After Nya and Skylor looked at each other with determination.
However, the red humanoids won't give up.
“You thinking what I'm thinking?” The Master of Amber asked.
“Oh yeah!” The Master of Fire responded.
“NINJA… GO!!!”
And with that, six tornadoes of Spinjitzu formed and attacked the red humanoids who tried to get up whenever they had the chance…
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“Um… guys?” Jay said. “Look!” He said as he looked at the hallway…
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On the floor, the walls, the ceiling, it was scattered across as if it was paint.
All what Lloyd could write was this.
'WHAT IN THE NAME OF GRANDPA DID WE JUST FIGHT AGAINST!?'
“I have no idea, but whatever it is… I'm just glad that whatever we fought against didn't get onto us.” Skylor answered.
Zane carefully observed the mysterious red liquid, and immediately touched a bit of it that was on the wall…
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“Skylor's right… we should be glad that we didn't get this red liquid onto us.” Zane commented.
“Why's that?” Jay asked.
“Because those red humanoid things we fought are somehow made out of blood!” The Master of Ice exclaimed.
“WHAT!?” The Ninjas gasped.
“Zane, please tell me that you're joking!” Nya begged.
Lloyd immediately took a sniff of the red liquid on the wall. And wrote something.
'Zane's right, those red things were made out of blood.'
“So first Morro goes missing on this island, then we find bottles that have small elemental rocks, and now we got into a fight with… anthropomorphic blood?” Jay asked.
“Apparently we did.” Cole replied. “We should let Sensei know about this.”
“But what about Morro?” The Blue Ninja asked. “We came here for a reason!”
“We'll find him next time, Jay.” Skylor reassured. “Right now, we need to let Sensei know what we found.”
“Right.” Zane responded as he collected some of the blood that was scattered across into a jar.
After that, the Ninjas left…
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Later…
The Ninjas reunited with their allies.
“Skylor!” Kai said as the Ninjas arrived. “Did you find Morro?”
“We didn't.” Skylor replied. “Did you?”
“Unfortunately no.” Sensei Garmadon responded.
“However, we did find two things instead.” Cole stated. “One was that we found some bottles in some room that had small rocks with elemental powers inside them.” He explained as Lloyd pulled out a bottle of 'Petrified Light', in which the rocks were extremely light yellow.
“Lloyd said that he had an idea on what we could do with these bottles for Skylor.” Jay stated. “But as we were leaving, we had a fight with some red… humanoid… slimy things…” He explained. “…which were made out of blood!”
“Jay's right, and I have proof of this.” Zane said as he pulled out the jar filled with the blood he gathered.
Kai, Samurai X, Garmadon, and the Serpentine widened their eyes at what they heard and saw.
“Did you say… 'blood'?” The Master of Destruction asked.
“Yeah, do you know what they were?” Skylor asked.
“I do.” The Sensei answered. “You must have had a run in with some 'Bloodolls'.” He explained. “Familiars that can only be summoned by a Master of Blood.”
Lloyd wrote his father a question.
'Are Bloodolls evil, Dad?'
“Well it depends on what order they were given.” Garmadon answered. “You must've distracted them, even though you had no intention of doing so.”
“Well… whatever the case was, Morro is still at large.” Skylor responded, right before she looked at the sky which was about to get dark. “And judging by the looks of the sky, best thing to do is to search for him tomorrow.” The Master of Amber said as she and everyone else boarded the Destiny's Bounty.
“Have to agree on that.” Kai replied. “Because Morro could be—”
But before he could finish, the Honorary Ninja and everyone else immediately stopped and saw what was on the Destiny's Bounty…
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“Um… hi?” A certain Ninja in a silver leather gi greeted.
“MORRO!?” The Ninjas exclaimed.
“Were you on the Bounty the entire time?” Jay asked.
“I just arrived at the Destiny's Bounty.” Morro responded in an unsure tone. “Is everything alright?”
“NO!” Kai snapped. “We've been looking for you on this island, for crying out loud!”
“Oh…” the Master of Energy muttered. “Sorry about that… I was just… well, trying to get my mind off of my Father's death.”
“It's ok, Morro.” Skylor reassured. “You needed time to process.”
“Skylor's right.” Zane responded. “Wu's sacrifice did affect you the most.”
Lloyd then wrote something for his cousin.
'We're just glad that you didn't get hurt.'
“Still, you could've told us about it in the first place and we would've understand the situation!” Cole pointed out. “Not to mention that you missed training for 3 days straight!”
“I didn't feel like it!” Morro replied. “And besides Uncle Garmadon said that it was ok for me to not train when I didn't feel like it.” He pointed out.
“It's true.” The Master of Destruction replied. “You've been through a lot.”
“Anyways, the reason why we're here was to find you.” Kai stated. “And now that we found you, we're leaving.”
Morro immediately shot an odd look.
Were they… leaving this island?
It made Morro… upset.
“So I'm going to set the Destiny's Bounty's course back to Ninjago.” The Honorary said as he went to the bridge…
…only for Morro to stop him.
“Morro, move.” Kai ordered.
“No.” The Silver Ninja bluntly responded. “Who said that we're leaving?”
“Morro, we just got back from a fight, and we found you.” Cole pointed out. “We're heading back to Ninjago.”
“Are you serious? Right now?” Morro asked. “I didn't ask for that!”
“We have to.” Zane responded. “You didn't show up at the Destiny's Bounty.” He explained.
“Yeah, because I needed time to myself.” The Master of Energy responded in a defensive tone.
“You could've stayed with Skales' family! We would've understood that.” Cole stated.
“Again, I needed time to myself.” The Silver Ninja defended. “You didn't even ask me if I wanted to leave or not.”
“Whatever.” Jay brushed off.
Morro scowled, as Skylor, Lloyd, and the others gasped.
“We're leaving this island, whether you like or not.” The Master of Lightning responded, causing Morro to be angry. “That decision is final.”
Morro dropped his jaw.
They were leaving this island, immediately?
Without his consent?
Like that would happen.
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“No, what is final, is this…”
“We're…”
“…not…”
“…LEAVING!”
And with that, Morro ran to the inside of the Destiny's Bounty, and an audible 'SLAM!' was heard.
The silence was deafening.
The Ninjas, Samurai X, and the Serpentine just stared in silence.
While Garmadon sighed sadly, knowing that his nephew was having a hard time.
“Woah… that got ugly real quick.” Skales commented.
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Meanwhile, in an underground workshop…
“LET ME GO!!!” Pythor shouted at the four red humanoids who captured him. “UNHAND ME!!!”
“Don't even think about fighting against the Bloodolls.” A voice said.
The Anacondrai turned to see a single blue eye staring at him.
It was San.
“Who are you?” Pythor coldly asked.
“That's besides the point, Pythor.” The Master of Blood responded.
“How do you know who I am?” He asked.
“Well it's simple, you are the last of the Anacondrai, right?” San recalled.
“Of courssssse I am!” The Anacondrai responded. “The lassssst TRUE Anacondrai to be exact.”
“Oh I know…“ The Master of Blood commented. “…and I find it pathetic.”
“Hey! I should let you know that I aided the Ninjasssss into ssssstopping lunatic'sssss tribe of fake sssssnakesssss!” Pythor responded sharply. “Besssssidesssss it'sssss been a few daysssss sssssince I regained my sssssize.”
“Cute.” San responded. “That still won't change anything.”
“What'sssss that sssssupposssssed to mean?” Pythor asked, with his confidence slowing dissolving.
“Well… it means that I find it pathetic that the strongest tribe of the Serpentine is lowered down to one member.” The Master of Blood responded. “But that won't mean that you're weak.” She added as she pulled out a syringe.
Pythor gulped.
“…pleassssse don't tell me that you're alssssso obsssssesssssed with the Anacondrai!” He begged.
“Of course not…” San said with a spine-chilling smile as she approached the Anacondrai…
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“BUT YOUR BLOOD—”
*SLAM!*
But before she could finish, Pythor whipped his tail onto San.
“I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU'RE CRAZY!” The Anacondrai shouted. “The Ninjasssss will ssssstop you psssssychopath!”
And in a quick moment, the Anacondrai had to flee from the Crazy Master of Blood.
But as he was about to become invisible.
San summoned blood out of her scars the moment Pythor was about to disappear, blinding and tripping the Anacondrai.
Pythor groaned in pain, and immediately tried to get himself back up, only for him to be grabbed by San.
“You're making this fun, Pythor.” The Master of Blood said as the blood from scars held onto Pythor extremely tight, and threw him to the side.
“I… I don't intend to.” He managed to say.
“Still confident about it, huh?” San smirked. She then snapped her fingers. “Prevent him from leaving.” She ordered the Bloodolls, who captured the Anacondrai.
“Let go of me!” Pythor ordered as he struggled his escape.
“Oh they will…” San reassured. “But only when I'm done with you.” She said as she pulled out her syringe…
And the moment she pulled it out…
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