Chapter 13: Darkness Shall Rise

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"Serpentine, we've been exiled for the last time." Skales announces to his fellow serpentine "Fear not, I will lead you."

"Lead us? To where? The City of Ouroboros has been destroyed. We have no home."

"You want to lead us so badly, why should we trust you?"

"Because I was the one who told you in the first place not to awaken the Devourer." Skales argues "But no, you listened to Pythor."

"You want a home..."

The snakes gasp as they turned to see Garmadon and the children.

"I'll give you a home." Garmadon smirks

"Lord Garmadon!" Skales looks surprised.

"Forgive me, I haven't been myself lately." Garmadon says as he approaches them "But now that I have the Golden Weapons, it's time that I got back to my roots. If I'm going to rule Ninjago, I know I can't do it all by myself. If you want someone to follow, follow me."

The Serpentine cheer.

"You are to follow me, not him!" Skales shouts, but everyone follows Garmadon.

"You want a home, I give you a home." Garmadon says

The golden weapons glow as Garmadon uses it's power to reconstruct the Bounty. 

"Woah," Aria and Lloyd say in amazement.

" I give you the Black Bounty!" Garmadon announces and the Serpentine cheer.

"Are you really going to follow him?!" Skales questions before pointing at Lloyd and Aria accusingly "When he bring these creepy twins around with him?!"

"Hey we're not creepy," Lloyd comments

"And we're not twins," Aria adds

"Yes you- really?" Skales turns to Garmadon "They're not twins?"

"No. Lloyd is my son," Garmadon tells him "but Aria is Svern's daughter."

"And Pythor didn't tell me?!" Skales looked shocked "but they- they're twins."

Lloyd and Aria grab each other at the same time and stare the other down.

Lloyd and Aria grab each other at the same time and stare the other down

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"I don't see it," Aria says

"Me neither," Lloyd agrees before smirking "How can you compare my good looks to her, she looks like an experiment gone wrong?"

Aria smacks him over the head hard and turns away with her arms crossed. Lloyd holds his head before starting to shout at her.

"Trust me," Garmadon mutters "I couldn't handle them if they were siblings."

"Are you really going to trust them?!" Skales turns to the snakes.

"Rule with me.." Garmadon points the Sword of Fire at Mezmo "or else."

"All hail Lord Garmadon!" the snakes cheer

Garmadon, the snakes, and the children all board the Black Bounty before it takes off. Lloyd and Aria stood at the edge of the ship looking down at the ground.

"We're actually flying!" Aria says excitedly

"This is so cool," Lloyd agrees

The kids turn to Garmadon who was flying the ship in the opposite direction of Ninjago City.

"So, where are we going?" Aria questions

"There is a prophecy that the green ninja will defeat the ultimate evil, in order to stop that from happening we must make it happen sooner." Garmadon explains "So she's not prepared."

"Who's the green ninja?" Aria asks

"You know that girl you saw back in volcano.." Garmadon trails off seeing Aria's annoyed face.

"You're kidding me," Aria says "that foul mouthed, flat chested, wannabe is the green ninja."

"You've known her less time then me and you hate her," Garmadon chuckles "good."

"What was her name again, Reika?" Lloyd questions

"Imma call her bitch 5," Aria says

"Who's 1-4?" Lloyd asks

"The ninja," Aria replies with a smile.

"Of course," Lloyd chuckles

The group soon arrive at the Golden Peaks, the birthplace of the golden weapons. Where Garmadon combined the golden weapons into one. Upon completion, he grabs it and starts to gasp and groan.

"Dad!" Lloyd runs to him "Are you ok?!"

"Yes. In fact, I've never felt more powerful!" Garmadon laughs "Now, to destroy the ninja.. once and for all!"

Aria looks out at the distance "Hang in there dad.."

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