Ninja Possession {Completed}

Chapter Eleven

A/N: Kay, sorry for goin' AWOL for a lil' while there, I've just been in an epic Harry Potter mood lately and have been writing in there and less in here so here's like a long-ass update for y'all plz don't stab me too fatally like I still have a lotta movies to live to see yet

Also: Lizz can hold her breath for a really long-ass time, like, if the Ninja have breath holding contests for some random-ass reason, she comes in second only to Zane

"Hey!" the dock hand greeted them, "Glad you five showed up! Even with a hundred coins a head, no one was willing to go out there and complete the dock."

Kai made an uneasy groaning noise, "Uh... I don't know.. We have to work over water...?"

The head guy turned around to face the unfinished project, "It ain't the water you you gotta be careful of. It's Strangleweed. Grabs ahold of you, doesn't let go," he turned back to face them, a happy expression plastered on his face, "But I could use a good team! How about it?"

Zane pulled Kai aside, "Just remind yourself, after we complete this, we will be able to buy the scroll!" he rushed over to the dock man, "We'll do it!"

Lizz was out on the dock posts with Jay, Cole and Zane while Kai was in the crane lowering planks down to them all. She was helping ward off Strangleweed with Zane while Cole and Jay nailed in the planks Kai offered, however most of her mental power was being used to ignore Zane's creepily peppy cheering he was using to keep a positive attitude.

All positivity was gone from Lizz the third time she'd been snagged by Strangleweed.

They were on their third dock now and feeling pretty good about it, too, well, Lizz was anyway. At this rate they'd be done and home free by 5. She just happened to be zoning out a bit--as usual--and something wrapped around her ankle. With a small squeak and a splash she disappeared.

Damn it's really dark down here, Lizz's vision soon adjusted to the aquatic life, amazed at all the sea creatures, but she was still an air-breather and was starting to feel uncomfortable under the ever-growing pressure of the water. Letting out a short puff of breath she rolled her eyes and doubled over, attempting to get the Strangleweed to release her foot.

It didn't. And if anything happened, the Strangleweed tightened it's grip and quickened its pace.

That earned a very heavy sigh from Lizz, more bubbles escaping her lips, as she attempted to free herself again. Despite the angry popping of her ears and painful pressure on both her lungs and brain, she kept at it but to no avail. How long've I been down here, anyway?.

Whatever she did was absolutely no use, however when a giant wooden post cut through the water and landed on the Strangleweed, it finally released her ankle. She refrained from taking in a deep breath of relief and kicked her legs, aiming for the surface before she imploded on herself.

When she broke the surface quite a few minutes later she took in a needed breath of air and took hold of a floating plank to keep herself afloat--though she was quite buoyant by herself and didn't need something to help her float--and looked around at the destruction, "What did you idiots do?!" she screeched, reaching up and brushing her soaked bangs out of her eyes.

Cole looked down at her, floating in the water, surprised, "Oh, hey, Lizz. Where've you been?"

She growled and scampered up a sturdy dock post, one that they hadn't built, "Did you not notice that I got dragged halfway down to the ocean floor by freakin' Strangleweed?!" she looked ready to assault Cole. Zane looked apologetically at her from where he was sitting and said something that she could not understand. Lizz shook her head, "What did you guys do to Zane?!" she pressed her shoulder against Jay's and began looking at Zane's open back-panel with him.