Chapter 11: The Snake King

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Skales and Pythor are busy digging in the Sea of Sand. Pythor is looking for the Lost City of Ouroboros, said to be the prison of the Great Devourer. Skales is skeptical, insisting that uniting the Serpentine is impossible, but Pythor soon finds a switch under the sand and pulls it, revealing the city.

Aboard the Destiny's Bounty, Lloyd Garmadon is discussing with the Ninja how he would attack a Serpentine. The male Ninja correct him excessively.

"Uncle how would you attack a snake?" Lloyd asked

Master Wu responds with an ancient proverb "oh and Ninja I have new suits for you"

The male Ninja are happy to receive their ZX suits and are ready for a test run.

"What are you all happy about?" Aria asked walking in

"new suits" Jay replied happily

"Here's yours" Wu said handing her the folded material

Aria used spinjitzu to put it on fast "I love it"

"It's cute" Kai agreed

"Aria's the cute one" Cole said hugging her and she laughed.

Nya then comes into the room" Serpentine are terrorizing the Mega Monster Amusement Park"

"let's go" Zane said and the ninja ran out

Upon arriving, however, the Ninja find that the Serpentine threat has been taken care of.

"what, no way" Aria whined

Nya then comes over to them "someone called Samurai X already arrived and handled them"

"their is another hero?" Zane questions

"seems that way" Cole said annoyed

Master Wu then comes out of a gift shop with cotton candy "this Samurai may help you five better yourselves through some healthy competition- oh ferris wheel!" with that he ran off

"competition?" Aria questioned

"yeah, that's a great idea" Cole said

"whoever catches the Samurai first is the Green Ninja" Kai said and the other 3 boys agreed

"why would you want to be the green ninja, what's wrong with being the ninja you are now?" Aria asked

"Well the green ninja is supposed to have great power" Zane said

"and who wouldn't want that?" Jay asked

"me" Aria answered

"what! why not?" Kai asked

"well with great power comes great responsibilities. I'm just a kid, I wouldn't be able to handle all that pressure" Aria answered sadly

Kai smiled and put a hand on her shoulder "I get it don't worry about it kiddio, just enjoy your childhood while you can"

"yeah, you're young, you're supposed to enjoy your life" Jay said

"Don't grow up too fast, we like you like this" Zane said

"Thanks guys" Aria said hughing them

Then the 4 male Ninja set off to find the mysterious warrior. Kai, who is patrolling Ninjago City, drops Lloyd off at the Kiddie Arcade.


"Hey I want to come too" Lloyd whined

"Sorry kiddo but I gotta prove im the green ninja once and for all" Kai said

"Why does Aria get to go" Lloyd asked annoyed

"Because she is a ninja, and you are a brat" Kai answered before speeding off

Later at the Destiny's Bounty the ninja meet up. The boys are complaining about their failed attempts to try and capture the Samurai.

"I'm sure you guys will catch them soon" Aria said setting down a pot of tea as master Wu comes in

"where is Lloyd" he asked looking around

"I don't know, Cole was supposed to pick him up" Kai claimed

 "not me, Jay was" Cole  argued

"no" Jay said

"I am afraid of what might have become of my nephew, Ninja to go find him, all of you" Wu commands

"yes master" They all said and headed out

They head over to the Arcade Kai had dropped Lloyd off at, and watch security camera footage from outside the building, spotting Lloyd putting on a Serpentine costume. Upon discovering his footprints outside, the Ninja use their vehicles and begin to track down Lloyd.

They come upon the gates of The Lost City of Ouroboros, and slip past the guards. They come upon the border of the colosseum and spot Lloyd in a cage beside Pythor, but when  they rush in to save him, they trigger a trap and are locked inside a cage as well, dropping their Golden 
Weapons. 

"next time you should hold onto those tighter" Aria said

"yeah no kidding" Kai sighed

The Ninja are led to the center of the colosseum, and Pythor announces another Slither Pit. Just then, Samurai X is also led out. The duel begins and the Samurai throws projectile weapons at them, but they dodge most of them. 

"I don't like this" Aria whined

"it's ok we'll be fine" Cole said trying to calm her down

"Aria's training is much slower then ours" Zane claimed and Aria nodded

"just stay behind us" Kai said moving in front of her

Pythor makes the game more interesting by tilting the stage and revealing spikes. As the Ninja hang onto Samurai X's exo-suit, he tells them to keep the charade up, and begins flying. However, the suit is too heavy and he ejects himself from the mech, allowing the Ninja to escape safely, much to their anger.

As the exo-suit falls to the desert ground, Zane, Jay, and Cole fall as well, with the exception of Kai, who fell in a different direction. Kai spots Samurai X without his mask, revealing himself to be Nya. 

Nya explains to Kai that she was tired of how much focus was being placed on the Ninja and she wanted to help out in her own way. Kai promises he won't tell the others, and Nya hands Kai the Golden Weapons she secured.

Back at the Destiny's Bounty, Kai explains to his teammates that Samurai X just handed him the Golden Weapons and left.

"that makes no sense" Cole said

"well that's what happened" Kai argued

"ok ok guys no fighting" Aria said

"yes ma'am" they said and the other ninja laughed

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