The Serpentine had suffered a great defeat. With the Fangblades taken by the ninja and their leader's sudden disappearance, the Serpentine were left shaken. Someone must gather the remaining loyal ones and make sure that Pythor's plan can be fulfilled.
When the chaos had ended and the last of the Skeletons had been routed, an eerie silence fell on the underground lair. The fighting had left its mark across the floor, with abandoned weapons littering the ground, together with wounded and exhausted Serpentine warriors. What should have been an easy fight, had instead ended in a pyrrhic victory for the snakes. They had been left battered and filled with a sense of defeat. With their full force behind them, they should have been able to take on the Skeleton army with no problems. And they would have, if not for the fact it had been a surprise attack, which the Ninja had aided in when they got freed.
Skales slithered across the battlefield, trying his best to assess the damage. No matter how the result looked, they had still won in the end. And yet he couldn't help but feel like something was wrong. As he looked around, it became clear that this unease came from the fact, that there were far fewer Serpentine than before. None had run after their fleeing enemies, and none had left before the battle started. But still, their numbers were far too few. This was why he felt an almost irrational amount of relief when he saw his fellow Generals, huddled together near the center of the lair, next to the vat of venom where the Fangbaldes had been kept. They hadn't come out of the battle unhurt, but they still stood tall with pride, as expected of them. It was only when Skales came closer, that he saw the weary looks on their faces, which told a different story.
"Where isss everyone?" He hesitantly asked, scared to hear the answer.
"They're gone, the cowards!" Hissed Skalidor, standing with arms crossed and staring at their remaining warriors with a mix of pity and contempt.
"Gone? What do you mean they're gone?!" Skales exclaimed, slamming his staff into the stone floor.
"Some left during the fight, others did soon after," Acidicus explained with a detached, melancholy tone.
Before Skales could ask further, Fangtom moved closer and interrupted him.
"We're guessing since we lost the Fangblades-some of our comrades decided the fight had already been lost. They probably used the-tunnels to leave, and are now spread across Ninjago. Well, everyone except these ones." He said, before nodding over to the other Serpentine, who had slowly started helping each other up and were waiting for new orders. Skales looked at them with newfound worry, as he realized that their leader wasn't here to guide them.
"Maybe we should have left as well." The Venomari General bitterly stated, earning the attention of the other three. "After all, Pythor has abandoned us, so why should we-"
"He hasss not abandoned usss!" Skales almost shouted.
"Oh really, then where is he?!" Skalidor mockingly asked.
"While we are licking our woundsss, Pythor isss busy taking back the Fangbladesss from those meddling Ninjasss asss we ssspeak!"
"Is that-so? How do you know?" Fangtom questioned the Hypnobrai, and Skales could already see the doubt spreading to even his own friend.
"He told me himself, under battle." He started to explain, remembering back to the helplessness he felt as the fighting raged around him. "Pythor believesss that the Ninja will take the Fangbladesss to Torchfire Mountain, to destroy them in the volcano'sss flamesss."
"Destroy them? Is that even possible?!" Skalidor remarked, looking to Acidicus for an answer.
"I haven't properly studied the blades mind you, but I would guess their so-called indestructibility still wouldn't save them from the heat that is contained in that mountain. If you were to destroy them, it would be there." The Venomari told them, and while he may have wished to abandon all hope, he couldn't lie that what Skales said made sense. His words seemed to be enough to convince both Fangtom and Skalidor, who sighed with a strange mix of disappointment and relief.
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Skales x Pythor: My Loyal Number Two
RomantiekWhile most did believe that Pythor and Skales were somewhat close, no one quite knew how close they actually were. And neither did anyone know how they ended up together, or how they fell apart. But most of all: what were they to each other?
