Rise of the Snakes: Charlie's Story

The Snake King

"Okay, Lloyd." Charlie said as she sat at the table with the ninja and her brother. "What do you do when a Serpentine attacks?"

"First, I'll stomp on his tail." He said fiercely. "Then when he turns, a thunder clap to his ears. Then when he's stunned, I'll disarm him."

"To late," Cole said. "He's already hypnotized you and now you're under his control."

"Or he's already put you in a squeez." Zane said.

"Or spit on you with his hallucinatory venom." Kai shivered. "Trust me, bad stuff."

Lloyd groaned. "Uncle, what's the best way to stun a Serpentine if you don't know what kind they are?"

Wu came in with a box. "Sadly, it was the Sacred Flute you five carelessly lost."

"Hey, no, no, no," Jay said. "We didn't lose it. Pythor stole it."

"Whatever the case, without it I fear we have nothing to comabt their powers. We may have prevented them from uniting in the past, but they will try again, and one day they will be stronger."

"Don't worry." Cole said cheerfully. "I've almost reached my Full Potential, and when I become the Green Ninja, we're not gonna need a magic flute." He looked at Charlie who rolled her eyes playfully.

"You're gonna be the Green Ninja?" Kai asked. "Hahaha, don't make me laugh."

"I thought it was decided that I was destined to become the Green Ninja." Zane said.

"Oh!" Jay said exasperated. "The only thing we decided about you, Zane, is that you're weird."

The ninja started arguing over it and Charlie was about to break it up when Lloyd did.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's in the box?" He asked Wu.

Wu opened it. "Your new uniforms."

Each ninja grabbed theirs with delight. Charlie's was purple with leather armor over her chest, a thick cloth around her waist, and gold armor on her shoulders.

"Whoa! They've got, like, armor." Jay said.

"I love the gold highlights." Kai said.

"Battle claws!" Cole said.

"The material is really light and breathable." Zane said.

"It looks really strong." Charlie said.

"Oh," Lloyd said a little sadly. "Nothing for me?"

"Um." Wu quickly looked around for something as Lloyd's eyes lit up. "You get, uh, the box." Any hope in Lloyd's face was quickly extinguished. Charlie felt kinda bad but she couldn't dwell on it as the alarm went off. She ran over to the monitor to look.

"Sorry to break up the moment, boys, but a small faction of our slithering friends are stirring up trouble at Mega Monster Amusement Park."

"Amusement Park?" Lloyd asked, the joy returning. "Can I go? Can I go with you, please? Let me make things up. I can help."

"I'm sorry, nephew." Wu said. "You will stay here, where it's safe."

"Oh, ninja get all the fun." Lloyd pouted.

"What you say, guys?" Jay asked with a smirk. "Time to try out the new merchandise?"

"All right." Cole said. "This new stuff feels like it'll really protect us."

"Yet, provides more mobility." Zane noted.

Charlie walked to the edge of the Bounty. "You wanna strut your stuff on the catwalk, or get down to that amusement park so we can go on some rides?"