Music to the Max

5 - "Welcome to the Jungle"

They got up and after another hug they looked around them. "Okay," Nya narrowed her eyes. "If I were an idiot like Lloyd, where would I go? Probably to the Bounty so I could tell Master Wu about all my mistakes and repent like a Christian would their sins to God."

"Um," Leah blinked, "What happened while I was down?"

"Oh, sorry," Nya winced. "Lloyd got the Ultimate Weapon, actually fired the dang thing, and summoned a giant monster that destroyed all our mechs! Garmadon's taken over as you probably already figured out. What was Lloyd thinking? I can't believe he went against Master Wu's orders like that. Oh, he's gonna hear it from me. Now the giant monster's wandering around Ninjago City like it owns the place!"

A yelp came from around the corner of the roof and Nya and Leah carefully made their way over. There was Skylor, balancing precariously on the edge. "Oh yeah," she glared over at them, "Stand there like a bunch of startled starlings like I'm not about to fall off, will you? Would you mind helping?"

Leah ran over and pulled Skylor away from the edge. "How'd you get up here? It's not like you're a ninja."

"Haha, that's what you think," Skylor rolled her eyes. "What, nobody else is allowed some form of martial art training that lets them climb up things? Pfft, no way. I've been learning that kind of stuff since I was eight. You guys are so incompetent without your mechs. So," she looked over Leah's shoulder at Nya, "You've got to be Nya."

Nya frowned, "Yeah, I'm Nya. Nice to see you, Skylor. Other than bragging about how you're so much better than everybody else, what're you here for?"

Skylor flipped her dark red hair over her shoulder. "Just so you know, I saved Leah's life. Maybe you should be a little more grateful. And I'm here because you can probably use all the help you can get- considering how well you failed against Garmadon."

"Just stop it!" Leah threw up her hands. "Can we please not fight? How about we go find the others, Nya? Skylor, you can head home to wherever your home is. And since you're apparently such a great martial artist, you should be able to take care of yourself."

Their classmate crossed her arms. "No way am I going back to my foster home! I'm going wherever you're going. There's nothing you can do to stop me. This city needs somebody useful who's not going to make everything a million times worse like the Green Ninja."

The two ninja exchanged glances before Nya heaved a sigh, "Fine, you can come with us. We better head back to the Bounty. The others are probably waiting for us. Sigh, we're going to have to explain to them why you're tagging along. Well, come on then. Let's stop wasting time and get outta here."

The three girls made their way down the building and onto the pavement below. From there they headed to the south-west end of Ninjago City, where the docks were. After about three blocks they ran into Cole and Jay, both panting and looking very alert. Jay beamed when he saw them, "Oh, thank goodness you guys are okay! Wait, uh, why is Skylor with you guys?"

Skylor shook his hand, "It's complicated, and we'll explain once the whole ninja team is together. So, you're Jay and let me guess, you in the black ninja suit is Cole?"

Cole nodded, "Uh-huh. So, why are you not making fun of us or something?"

"Why would I want to do that? I don't believe I've ever done that."

Kai suddenly appeared behind Cole and Jay. "What up? Besides Lloyd destroying Ninjago with the Ultimate Weapon. Gosh, why did he have to do that? He couldn't just have let Garmadon take over without making things a quadrillion times worse."