Chapter 16: All of Nothing

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In the dark of night, a Venomari Soldier flees through the streets of Ninjago City to no avail, as the Ninja corner him in an alley, demanding information on Pythor's whereabouts.

The Soldier reveals that Pythor is on the trail of the fourth and final Fangblade; worse yet, the Ninja are days behind him. The Venomari gloats that The Great Devourer will soon be revived, but his glee turns to panic when Zane points out that the Serpentine will be at risk along with the rest of the world.

Back aboard Destiny's Bounty, the Ninja worry about the Serpentine's progress in the race for the Fangblades.

"I don't get why we're racing" Aria said

The ninja turned to look at Lloyd and Aria who were playing uno together.

"What do you mean?" Jay asked

"Well me and Aria were thinking, why don't we find the Serpentine's inner sanctum-" Lloyd started

"-to retrieve the other three Fangblades before Pythor can return with the fourth" Aria finished

The ninjas looked between the both of them.

"What?" Lloyd asked

"What's with you two?" Cole asked

"We're friends" Lloyd and Aria said together

"Since when?" Zane questioned

"Since they were 2" Garmadon said

"Huh?" The ninja looked at him and then to Lloyd and Aria

Aria and Lloyd lifted their arms to show bracelets that each had half a heart on it that belong together.

"We didn't recognize each other until uncle showed us a picture of us together" Lloyd said

"Uno" Aria said as she placed down a card

"Already!" Lloyd said turning his attention back to the game

"Well that idea wouldnt work, we have no leads on the location of the serpentine's new base" Garmadon said

"Well the Serpentine have been moving underground" Nya said and uses the ship's sonar to scan below the surface

Sure enough, the scan reveals that the Serpentine have dug a massive network of tunnels to connect their individual tombs, and the Constrictai Tomb is currently the most heavily-guarded of all.

"Nice, good thinking runts" Cole said patting their heads

"It's what we do" Lloyd said

"I win" Aria said putting down her last card and Lloyd sulked

With a lead at last, the Ninja, Nya, and Master Wu all move out, with Lloyd, Aria, and Lord Garmadon remaining aboard the Bounty. Later on Lloyd and Aria are walking around the bounty talking.

"No fair why couldn't I go, I've gone on plenty of missions" Aria whined

"We both need to train still, we're not up to the other's level" Lloyd said

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