Ninjago: The Purple Ninja - Book 2

Seabound: Chapter 1 - A Big Splash

Farmers were tending to their crops near their village. Three big black trucks sped past the farmers, who perked up at their arrival. The trucks park in a large clearing, and the drivers - low level street thugs - hop out of the trucks and back at the back of the truck in the center of the clearing.

"All clear, boss!"

The truck door slams open. A woman in her thirties and wearing a suit with two combustible tanks strapped to her back and flamethrowers strapped around her wrists hops out of the truck. She was wearing dark red lipstick, and her make-up and spiky hair were the same shade. She had goggles hanging above her eyes.

She looks around the area and groans. "What am I doing out here? "I hate the country. I'm a city girl," She grabs a henchman by the collar of his hoodie."New rule! From now on, we only commit crimes in the city! Unless they pay triple."

"Uh, they are paying triple, Mrs. Demeanor."

That was enough to piss her off. "It's not Mrs. Demeanor. It's Miss Demeanor!" She activates the flamethrower on her right arm and blasts a torrent of fire at the henchman that said her villain name incorrectly. "How many times do I have to say it?"

The henchman ducks, and his bat catches fire. He pats and blows the fire out to prevent the fire from spreading. She snaps her fingers. "Sorry, Miss Demeanor."

She groans again. "Why'd they want to meet out here anyway? We're in the middle of nowhere!" In the distance, Kai, Jay, Lloyd and Katarina were disguised as farmers pretending to tend their crops. There was no doubt they were listening in on the conversation.

Another henchman shrugs. "Probably so those nosy Ninja don't find us."

"Too late for that!"

Lloyd lifts his head up. He pulls off his farmer's disguise. Kai and Jay follow suit, and Katarina reveals herself after using her Elemental Power of Form. They pull out their weapons, and point them at Miss Demeanor threateningly.

"The Ninja!"

However, she was ecstatic that the Ninja had showed up. "Ooh, I've been waiting for this! I've worked so hard to make it to the top. And it's actually happening!"

The Ninja got out of their fighting stances and gave each other confused looks. "Oh, wait, wait, wait, I had a line for this. Oh yeah," She points her flamethrowers at the Ninja. "I've got a warm welcome planned!"

The Ninja dodge the torrents of fire with ease. She backs with a smile on her face. "Get the trucks out of here. You four, get the ninja!" She hops on top of a truck and stomps on it, signaling it to get away from the Ninja, who had already beaten the thugs with ease.

"I don't get it. Why do we fight common thugs so often?" Jay wonders aloud.

Miss Demeanor laughs. "So long, guys. I hope our paths cross again." She blasts another torrent of fire from atop the truck, forcing the Ninja to duck.

She smirks while she takes off her goggles. She looks behind her when she hears a revving of the Rock Cycle in the distance. She growls. "How's this? Too soon?"

 She bangs her foot down on the roof of the truck, telling two of the trucks to get in front of the one she was on. Cole's Rock Cycle blasts the trucks out of the way, destroying the trucks in front of him. However, she activates her flamethrowers and sends a couple blasts of fire towards Cole's Rock Cycle, forcing him to duck out of the way. 

The truck going towards him wasn't stopping, and he moves out of the way to avoid being hit by the truck. The truck drives past him with Miss Demeanor on it. "Nice try, ninja! You almost had me!" He groans and looks down on the ground. His eyes widen by not how much of it there was, but that the trucks have been carrying it the whole time.