Only One Can Remain ► Ninjago [REWRITING]

| XXXVIII | Failed Mission

*No POV*

Red and Skylor stayed with Misako and Nya in the cave, as they couldn't attract attention to the people. The remaining Ninja rode to the prison, Scarlett this time with Kai as Garmadon was with his son.

"Sorry I had to hitch the ride with you," she said with a small smile. "I got kinda lazy, and you can't exactly tell, but that was a tiring ride to Ninjago."

"Nah, don't worry about it," the fire ninja answered. "But does transforming still weaken you?"

"Not really the transformation part... just the fact that it was for such a while, I wasn't used to it. I'll be okay, though."

"Good. We can't have one of us down."

Garmadon stared up at the prison once they all landed. "Kryptarium Prison... home to Ninjago's worst of the worst."

"I don't get it, who's gonna help us here?" Cole questioned.

"If one must learn how to fight a snake, one must talk to one first," Wu answered.

The guard, seeing Wu with his binoculars, let them all in. Then the warden held the key, waving to them as he knew them all, and walked down the hall.

"Sorry I had to confiscate your weapons. Here we try to foster what I call, an environment of encouragement!"

However, the irony was that he pressed one button, all the wrecking balls closing into the wall and the laser beams disappeared. Every small portion he crossed, he had to press a button to close all the traps.

"That's... ironic," Scarlett mumbled with crossed-arms.

Once they all walked into the cells, the familiar prisoners began banging on the bars. There were skeletons, to which the warden casually spoke back.

Then there was Captain Soto, who shouted, "Pajama Men! And... Pajama Girl."

"Easy Soto, I'm the captain of this ship!" The warden laughed.

Soto looked to Scarlett, bringing her in by the sleeve with his hook. "It is because of you I lost my right-hand captain."

"Oh, you wouldn't believe—he's a snake now," she responded with a small giggle. When his eyes widened, she continued, "My brother's a little crazy. You should be a little glad I stole him from you."

She then released herself from Soto's grip, finding Lloyd and even Kai waiting for her. Once she caught up with them, they found her smirking.

"What was that all about?" Lloyd asked.

"After being kidnapped and almost thrown off the plank, it was nice to show Soto his place."

"Never thought I'd hear that type of confidence out of you," Kai said with a chuckle.

Scarlett only smiled. "Well, I've been hanging around a lot of new people."

The three caught up to the others as the warden was continuing to speak. "Ninja ain't popular around these parts, considering you put most of them behind bars." He chuckled again. "But who you're looking for, he hates Ninja the most! Last cell on the left."

They all entered, seeing the small white snake in a little house. Lloyd popped his head in, unable to control his grin, and said, "We need your help."

And the only true remaining Anacondrai, Pythor, screamed his little scream, jumping. "Help you? The Ninja? You fed me to the Devourer, defeated every army I've aligned with, even forced me to swallow your shrinking pill! Haven't you done enough damage to my diminishing ego?"