Ninjago: Snake Poison Arc (1)

Chapter 6: Can of worms

The ninja were scattered around the bounty, busy with their daily tasks when Lloyd burst into Anna's room.

Anna had just finished a shower and was drying her hair with a towel. She slipped into her ninja gi, her hair still wrapped up, when Lloyd appeared at the door with a grin.

"Hey, Anna. I just saw Kai putting pink dye in your shampoo. He said it was just a joke, but, you know... who knows?" he teased.

Anna forced a tight smile. "Thanks for the heads-up. Now, can you please leave my room?"

As Lloyd exited, Anna pulled the towel from her hair. Her normally blonde locks were now a vivid shade of pink. She stared at her reflection, her eyes narrowing.

"I'm going to kill him," she muttered under her breath.

Down the hall, the other ninjas were already at each other's throats.

Kai yelled at Cole, "You couldn't just be happy with the top score! You had to rub it in my face!"

Cole shot back, "Do you know how long it took me to build that? Three days, Kai! Three days!"

Jay jumped in, "It's an unspoken rule, Cole. You don't touch another man's robot!"

Zane, holding up a pink gi, sighed. "How am I supposed to strike fear into anyone wearing this?"

Just then, Anna stormed into the room, fuming. "Kai, why on earth did you put pink dye in my shampoo?"

Jay blinked. "Whoa, why are you holding a—um, Anna, calm down."

Her eyes blazed. "Calm down? Calm down?! First, you invade my room without permission, then you mess with my shampoo, and you expect me to be calm?!" she shouted. "I'm calm. Now, please explain why!"

Before Kai could answer, Sensei Wu slid open the door to reveal Lloyd laughing with a pile of pranking supplies at his feet.

"YOU DID THIS?!" the ninja all shouted in unison.

Cole began, "Boys, I get first dibs on—"

Wu cut him off. "No dibs. I set him up for today's lesson. I wanted to show you the destructive power of humor and how jumping to conclusions can lead to trouble. Did any of you think to find out if the accusations were true?"

"Uh, no offense, Sensei, but let me jump to this conclusion: today's lesson is lame," Cole said.

"Yeah, why can't you teach us to paralyze an enemy with one finger? Or find out if a man is lying by the twitch of his nose?" Jay added.

"Because not all lessons are about fighting, and I misplaced my lesson book," Wu replied.

Anna walked up to Lloyd and took it from his hand. "You mean this lesson book?" she handed it to Wu.

"It was the perfect plan until you had to show up and mess—" Lloyd started, but Cole promptly closed the door in his face.

Then Nya's voice came over the PA system. "If you're done fooling around, I could use you guys on the bridge. We still have a snake problem. Over and out."

Kai sighed, "It's one thing to let the son of your nemesis live with you, but having my sister here? I mean, come on, I thought this was supposed to be a ninja headquarters."

Nya's voice came back on the PA. "You do know I can hear you, right? Over and out."

Kai looked down, embarrassed, as Anna smirked. "Busted."

The ninja made their way to the bridge, where Nya stood in front of a map. "Last we heard of Pythor, he stole the Map of Dens from Lloyd and is now on his way to open the last two Serpentine tombs."