𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕥𝕫𝕦 ~ L. Garmadon

10: Prison Break-in

"I can see Ninjago!" Lyra called. 

Of course, her voice was still too quiet for the other Elemental Masters to hear, so Lloyd, who was flying beside her, had to repeat what she said.

They were all on their dragons, swooping down to catch the wind and propel themselves forward. They were a beautiful rainbow of glittering power. Lyra had already committed the scene to memory so she could paint it later.

"Chen and his Anacondrai army have a day's start on us," Lloyd reminded everyone. "Be prepared for anything and everything."

"How did we lose so much time?" Kai asked. 

Skylor was behind him, arms wrapped around his waist. It was so cute, Lyra knew she and Skylor would be talking about it later.

Along with hundreds of other things, like why she betrayed us.

"You know, you took an oath to never leave a man behind," Darreth said from behind Zane.

Lyra wasn't sure what she thought of the self-proclaimed "Brown Ninja." He was weird. And egotistical. But at the same time, he was funny. In a totally accidental way, yes, but still.

"And we're not all quick learners," Jay added. Nya was behind him. "Mastering your power to create Elemental Dragons takes time."

"Well, we're running out of that!" Nya yelled. "There's Ninjago City. Hurry!"

"Hurry's my middle name," Griffen said, using his power to quickly soar ahead of everyone else.

Everyone else followed suit, and, before long, they were flying above the city. Pedestrians looked up in awe as they passed.

"Remember, whatever happens, we're stronger united!" Lloyd shouted. 

Lyra nodded. "We fight as one!"

"Let's do this!" Jay screamed.

They swooped lower, navigating around buildings. People gasped, watching the group.

They all landed on top of separate roofs.

A woman made eye contact with Skylor. "Serpentine!" she shrieked.

The crowd started to scream and run. It was absolute chaos. Lyra watched as a child tripped, only to be picked up by their older sibling and dragged into a nearby store.

"I wish I sstill had the power to change." Skylor buried her head in her hands.

Lyra watched as her sister tried not to cry. She didn't know what to do, what to say. She and Skylor were never the most vulnerable, and they rarely comforted each other. It didn't help that the two of them had become so different over the past week. 

Maybe a hug would help? Or would it make everything worse?

"You have changed," Kai told her. "You're with us now."

Thankfully, that seemed to make Skylor feel better.

Thank you, Kai.

A horn honked from beneath Kai's dragon. A tiny old lady stuck her head out the window of her magenta car. "Could you be a dear and move your dragon? Thank you, young man."

Lyra jumped off her dragon as the lady drove away, landing next to Lloyd and Garmadon.

"If we're the firsst oness they've sseen, where'ss Chen, and why hassn't he attacked?" Garmadon wondered aloud.

"We have to get you and my sister off the streets," Lyra decided. "Before we alarm everyone."

"I agree," Lloyd said. "Everyone else, stick together and watch over the people!"