Wu and P.I.X.A.L come into the room to see a pile of luggage in the middle of the room. Aria stood off to the side with her arms crossed.
"What is the meaning of this?" Wu questions
"We're off on our quest, remember? To hone our Ninja skills" Lloyd replies
"How long are you going for?" Wu asks
Jay shrugs "I dunno. Day or two?"
"Just like you always say: Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it" Cole says
Wu shakes his head "I never said that"
Jay sticks his head in Wu's face "Ha! And you say we never listen!"
"I never said that either" Wu sighs
"You kinda do," Aria comments
"Master Wu, perhaps this is an opportunity to field test the new joint tactical vehicles" P.I.X.A.L suggests
"Oh! What new joint tac-wha?" Kai questions confused
P.I.X.A.L. opens the shoji doors to the living room. The Ninja watch as she produces three shurikens and throws them at a target. The target lifts up, revealing a button. P.I.X.A.L. presses it and the T.V. moves down to reveal a hidden door. P.I.X.A.L. scans her hand to start the elevator.
"Did anyone know this was here?" Lloyd asks
Cole looks at him "No"
"I didn't even feel any construction," Reika shrugs
"Ugh. Nobody tells me anything" Kai complains
"We've been working on it for the past six months" P.I.X.A.L sayd "You were playing video games"
The group enters the new secret base.
"Whoa!" the ninja shout in amazement
Jay grabs Lloyd and shakes him "We have a secret base!"
"We have multiple," Aria says
Nya points to the Land Bounty "What's that?"
"It is a heavily armored, six-wheeled mobile command vehicle. We call it the Land Bounty" P.I.X.A.L replies
"Dibs on the cycle!" Cole shouts running towards it
Jay looks at the vehicles "Hmmm..."
Kai runs to one "I got the red one!"
"You want red," Reika has a fake look of surprise on her face "who would've known?"
Lloyd, Zane, Nya and Jay get on the Land Bounty
P.I.X.A.L looks at them "Each vehicle is equipped with an operations manual. Please be sure to thoroughly read—"
The Ninja zoom out on their vehicles.
P.I.X.A.L stares after them "...did they even bring the luggage?"
Wu rubs his head "Aria maybe you should go after them"
"Already planned that" Aria sighs "Let's go Reika."
"They took all the vehicles though," Reika says "How are we going to catch up to them?"
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Beohernie dives a bit in the sand and starts coming towards the Ninja.
Cole looks back at Beohernie, stumbles over a rock and falls "Woah"
"Cole!" Jay shouts
"Oh-oh. My guzzler!" Cole shouts
Lloyd shakes his head "Forget it! Run!"
Cole gets up and starts running. The soda guzzler disappears into Beohernie's mouth.
"Don't look back, Cole! Trust me! Just run!" Lloyd shouts
Cole jumps on his motorcycle.
Jay gets on the Land Bounty, he looks to see the Beohernie gone "Eh, where is it? Where did it go?"
Kai stops his buggy and looks out. Beohernie appears behind the Land Bounty.
"It's... under us. Get us out of here, Zane!" Lloyd shouts
"Hold on, everyone!" Zane starts up the engine and tries to get away but it isn't moving fast enough
"Give it more gas!" Lloyd shouts
"The engine is at maximum acceleration" Zane tells him
Beohernie starts dragging the Land Bounty backwards.
Lloyd wails "Hooolddd onnn"
"To whaaat!?" Jay shouts
"Eh. Uh, Cole. Kai! We need help!" Nya shouts
"How do you work this thing?" Kai questions looking down at his bike
They hear a roar in the sky as Aria approaches with Reika on her back. Reika shoots an arrow at Beohernie making it stop and change target to the girls. Aria roared fire at it, making it shriek and tumble to the ground.
"Thanks girls!" the ninja shout
Beohernie leaps into the air back onto its feet
Kai laughs woridly "Haha... Oh, I think he's angryyy..."
Beohernie gets ready to charge at Kai.
"It's gonna charge. Get out of there!" Lloyd shouts
Kai pulls the lever to move backwards, with Beohernie pursuing him. Aria swoops down and knocks the Beohernie on it's side again allowing Kai to get farther away. Aria looks at Lloyd and roars.
"Ok thanks!" Lloyd shouts to her, the ninja stare at him confused, he looks at them "What? I'm picking up on dragon. Aria says we need to get out of the sand, their's a giant rock up ahead. If we can make it to those rocks, we might have a chance"
Nya nods "It's worth a shot, if the engine holds out" she calls on her radio to Cole and Kai "Guys, there's some rocks due north. Head for those, okay?" Cole signals her, letting her know "ok, on three. One, two, three!" They head out, Beohernie leaps out of the sand and chases them "Here he comes!"
Aria swoops down and knocks the Beohernie on it's side once again, she roars and the Beohernie gets back up and leaps at her. She quickly dodges and roars. She blasts fire at it and it shrieks.
"Aria! Reika!" Lloyd shouts "Come here!"
Aria flies over to the ninja who made it to the rock with the Land Bounty half destroyed. The ninja were all standing together on the rock, they move back as she lands. Reika jumps off as Aria turns back to her human form.
Jay sighs "This is the worst quest ever"
They hear a distant roar. The ninja look around to see 3 Beohernie's circling their rock.
"Well.." Reika turns to the ninja "this ain't good."
Lloyd nods "This is really, really not good"
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The Students of Garmadon
FanfictionAria Lord is the daughter of Empress Layla and the Overlord. She is known to her mother and the citizens of Ninjago as the unwanted princess. Unwanting to see her daughter's face, Layla sent her off to live with Lord Garmadon, who taught Aria about...
