Nova was in her room working on a change to her mask so she could turn the robotic voice changer on and off when wearing it, since so far, she never activated it besides that one time with the treehouse. She wasn't up for people asking questions on how it could change her voice, and she liked to keep some secrets to herself.
Nova was about to test it out when she heard someone walking around whistling, and soon enough the sound of Kai shouting.
"Cole!"
"Huh, sounds like Lloyd is already on the move with his pranks." Nova shook her head until she heard a knock on her door.
"Yes?" Nova answered confused, until she saw that it was Lloyd. "Shouldn't he be checking up on Cole?" She thought.
"Hey Nova, I just wanted to let you know that I saw the guys cleaning or fixing up some kind of broken dragon plushie, while whispering something about not telling you. Anyway, you didn't hear this from me. "Byeee." Lloyd told her before quickly leaving.
"... I'M GONNA KILL DOES MOTHERFUCKERS!!!" Nova shouted, not even thinking about it being a lie.
*Some time later. Down below, the ninja and Nova are arguing with their accusers.*
"You couldn't fucking just be happy with the top score. You had to rub it in my face, asshole!" shouted Kai to Cole.
"Do you know how long it took me to make that? fucking Three days. Three days!" shouted Cole to Jay.
"It's an unsaid law, okay? You don't touch a man's robot!" shouted Jay to Zane.
"How the hell am I supposed to strike fear in this?" said Zane, showing Kai his ruined ninja suit. "It's pink!"
"How could you fuckers break my plushie!! That thing was a very important present I was given!!!" Nova yelled at them with pure rage, as her blue eyes were slowly turning purple.
Master Wu enters as they argue with each other before opening the bathroom door, where Lloyd was hiding, and he laughs evilly. The ninja and Nova soon find some spices that he used to ruin Cole's soup, some tools he used to damage Jay's robot and the detergent he used to ruin Zane's ninja suits, and some scissors along with matchsticks he used on Nova's plushie.
The ninja let out a gasp. "You did this?"
"Boys, I get first dibs on. . ." said Cole as he goes up to Lloyd to punish him.
Wu quickly stopped Cole. "No dibs. I put him up to this for today's lesson. I wanted to show you the destructive power of rumors and that jumping to conclusions can only lead to trouble. Did you ever think to find out if the accusations were true?"
"Uh, no offense, Sensei, but let me jump to this conclusion: today's lesson is lame." said Cole.
"Yeah, why can't you just teach us to paralyze your enemy with one finger, or find out if a man is lying by the twitch of his nose?" said Jay.
"Because not all lessons are about fighting. And I misplaced my lesson book." said Wu.
Nova just saw red and went for the attack, but the ninja quickly grabbed her while also looking a little worried at each other.
Kai finds a lesson book sticking out of Lloyd's back pocket and swipes it. "You mean this lesson book?"
"It was the perfect plan until you have to show up and mess everything up—" said Lloyd before Cole closes the door on him.
"If you're done fooling around, I could use you guys on the bridge. We do still have a snake problem to attend to. Over and out!" said Nya over the speaker.
"It's one thing to let the son of your nemesis along with a scary kid live with you. But having my sister here? I mean, come on! I thought this was a ninja headquarters." said Kai.
"You do know I can hear you. . . over and out!" said Nya, still over the speaker, as Kai slaps his head before the ninja go to the bridge. "Last we heard of Pythor, he stole the map from Lloyd and is now on his way to open the last two Serpentine tombs." said Nya.
"Ugh, don't remind me." said Lloyd in a remorseful tone.
Nova glared over at Lloyd. "Don't think I'm gonna forget what you did to my plushie." She said with her eyes already back to normal.
Lloyd gulped as took a few steps away from her.
"Pythor's our most dangerous threat. If he finds those tombs before we do, with his intellect and all four tribes unleashed, there's no telling what he'll do." said Wu.
"But those tombs could be anywhere. Without the map, we might as well just throw darts at a map." said Jay.
"Good idea. Why don't we?" said Nya as she throws two darts at a map. "These are the two locations of the Hypnobrai and Fangpyre tombs."
"Show off." said Kai.
"And this is Pythor's tomb." She places another dart on the map. "After many hours of ruminating on why the tombs were placed in these three precise locations, I discovered a secret pattern. If you notice, all three are in line with the ninjago symbol for serpent."
"So the last two tombs must be here and here. Ah, you are so smart." said Jay.
"Ah, was there ever any doubt?"" said Nya.
Nova gave a small smile. "Aww, I love the Jaya ship." She thought.
"There's little time. Kai and Jay, you head to the Venomari tomb. Cole and Zane, you take the Constrictai tomb. And take this. You might need it if you run into Pythor. Good luck, ninja." said Wu.
"What am I gonna do?" Nya asked.
"Yeah, what are we gonna do?" Lloyd asked.
"Nya, I need you here to make sure Lloyd doesn't get into any more trouble, and look after Nova too, and make sure she doesn't enter the kitchen." said Wu.
"Yes, Sensei." said Nya, annoyed.
"Let's go, boys. We got some snakes to club." said Cole.
Wu sighed. "Where are you, Pythor. What are you up to?"
*Some time later on the deck.*
Nova was on the deck trying to do spinjitzu, but just couldn't get it right.
"Come on, it looked so easy when watching the show on a screen." she mumbled, frustrated and tried again.
She ended up falling down on the floor. "Aagrh!! come on!" She shouted in anger.
"What are you doing?" Lloyd asked, walking over.
"I'm trying to do spinjitzu, but I just can't get the hang of it." said Nova as she sat up, crossing her arms. "The ninja makes it look so easy and simple."
"Oh, I see." said Lloyd, looking at her before holding out a hand for her to take."Well, I'm not a ninja nor my uncle, but I'm sure you'll get it in no time." He said with a soft smile.
Nova blushed a little as she took his hand and let him help her up.
"Well, thanks.....b-but don't think I'm gonna forgive you for what you did to my plushie." She said, pouting a bit.
Lloyd rubbed the back of his head. "Oh yeah, about that, I lied." He said, before pulling out the plushie, it didn't look at all broken or anything he had mentioned.
"I didn't think you would react that bad to it, but I'm sorry that I lied to you." said Lloyd.
Nova looked at him before taking back her plushie and holding it close, happy to have it back.
"Okay, I forgive you, this time." She said, looking at him.
"So now I have a question." said Lloyd.
Nova looked at him confused. "What question?"
"Why did uncle Wu tell Nya not to let you enter the kitchen?" Lloyd asked.
Nova looked at him before giving a shrug. "I don't really know, but for some reason I seem to have bad luck when I'm in a kitchen." She explained.
"How can you have bad luck in a kitchen, unless you are very, very bad at cooking like Cole." said Lloyd with a small chuckle.
Nova giggled a little. "Well, if you're up for it, you're welcome to see my bad luck in action now while none of the adults are watching." She said with a mischievous smirk.
"Ooh, sneaking into the kitchen to see your so-called bad luck, oh I'm in." said Lloyd, matching her mischievous smirk with his own.
And so both kids carefully snuck down the hallway over to the kitchen.
They looked over their shoulders, making sure Wu and Nya weren't showing up before they finally entered the kitchen, closing the door behind them.
"So, how does your bad luck work exactly?" Lloyd asked, looking over at her.
Nova gave a shrug. "Hard to say, really." She said before there was a sound of an explosion from the sink.
"Well it's started." Nova said as if this was a normal tuesday for her.
"What the fuck, damn, your luck is bad for a sink to simply explode without any reason." said Lloyd.
They soon began hearing footsteps.
"NOVA!"
"Shit, we better run." Nova quickly took his hand, not noticing his blush, as they ran out of the kitchen and towards their shared room to hide from Wu and Nya.
*Some time later, where everyone is gathered around the dinner table.*
"So then, just when we were gonna bite it, this huge mechanical robot—" Jay was explaining.
"Samurai. It was Samurai." said Zane.
"A Sama-what?" said Lloyd, confused.
"Samurai. Highest level of warrior class. They would protect nobility and serve with honor on the battlefield." Nova explained to everyone's surprise, most of all Lloyd, as he looked at her as if she had grown a second head.
"What? I was reading a lot before I joined the ninja." She told him.
"He was a hundred feet high, with weapons coming out of every part of him." said Cole as Kai whispered to him. "Look at Sensei's beard. It's moving like snakes."
"When is this Venomari spit supposed to wear off? It's starting to get annoying." said Nya.
"Okay, don't let this mysterious Samurai cloud what's really important. All the Serpentine are out, and if Pythor can unite them, the legend states some Great Devourer is gonna consume the land and—" said Cole.
"Great Devourer?" said Nya, confused.
"Oh, that motherfucking big snake, fuck you Overlord for screwing with Lloyd's family." Nova thought with a grumpy look on her face.
"Whatever it is, it's a can of worms I don't wanna see open." said Cole.
"Unh, it's all my fault. If I hadn't opened the first hatch, none of this would've happened." said Lloyd.
Nova patted him on the back to comfort him.
"We cannot change the past, but we can affect the future. At least we have the Sacred Flute in our possession, so—" said Wu before being interrupted.
"Yeah, ahem. About that..." said Jay, a little nervous.
"You guys lost it, of fucking course you would." said Nova.
"Language, Nova." said Wu.
"Pythor sort of stole it." said Zane.
"The last Sacred Flute gone?" said Wu as he sighs. "You four are Ninjago's last hope."
*The alarm turns off.*
"Cold vision must have caught something. That means the Serpentine are near." said Nya.
"Oh, no! Ninjago city?" said Cole.
"How many are there?" asked Jay.
"Looks like all of them." said Kai.
"Pythor must be trying to unite them." said Zane.
"Go. We mustn't let the five tribes unite." said Wu.
"Ninja, go!" said the ninja.
"I'm coming too." said Nova, getting up.
"Nova, you're still a kid, you can't even do spinjitzu yet." said Cole.
"I don't wanna sit around and just do nothing, Ninjago city is my home and I wanna protect it." said Nova with a serious look in her eyes.
"No, you are staying here, we can't risk putting a kid in danger on this mission." said Kai.
Nova let out an inhuman growl before stomping to hers and Lloyd's room, very upset. "Fine then, I'm just gonna do it my own way then." She thought.
*Later down in the city.*
Nova came out of the shadows and looked around, while leaning against a wall, as she saw the ninja standing by a manhole. "Bingo."
She waited for a bit after they had gone down before she soon followed right behind, while still staying in the shadows until she joined the ninja watching the gathering.
"That's a lot of snakes." said Cole.
"You don't say." said Nova, catching the ninja by surprise.
"What the-Nova, what are you doing here? We told you to stay back on the ship." said Kai.
"You can lecture me later, can we just focus on the snakes?" She said.
"What are we gonna do?" Jay asked.
"I have an idea. Follow my lead." said Kai.
"And what is with the constrictai and their vice-like grip? Let it go already." said Pythor, making the crowd laugh.
"It's funny because it's so true." said Fang-Suei.
"Heh, but in all seriousness, the reason why I called this gathering is because...the good people of Ninjago imprisoned us in those insidious tombs, and I want to return them the favor." said Pythor as the crowd cheer, but don't notice Kai sliding down a rope from the ceiling.
"That sounds like a great plan, but you know the Hypnobrai will screw it up." said Kai in the background.
"Who said that?" asked Mezmo.
"Those buck teeth can bite my rear end." said Jay also in the background.
"Huh?" Spitta looked around confused.
"I bet they're drinking their own venom." said Cole in the background.
"All that digging must have given them dirt for brains." said Zane in the background too.
"How can we trust the Fangpyre wouldn't stab us in the back." said Nova in the back, while trying not to let out a giggle.
"What's going on? Why am I losing them?" Pythor asked, confused.
Skales looks around and notices Cole. "Ninja! Don't worry, I'll take care of it." The Constrictai grabs Kai, Cole, Jay, and Nova.
"Run!" shouted Jay.
"Aww, come on! This is just fucking bullshit!" shouted Nova angrily.
Skales gasped. ""Language, child!"
"English motherfucker!" Nova snapped back.
"Where did that child learn such foul language?" Skales asked.
*The Constrictai soon comes back empty handed.*
"Did you take care of them?" Pythor turned, looking at Skales.
"All but one." Skales said.
"Search every nook and cranny. If he's a ninja, you'll never find him in plain sight." Pythor said.
"Well, no fucking shit, Sherlock." Nova rolled her eyes.
"Language, kid!" said Pythor.
"English! You fucking gummy worm!" shouted Nova.
"Look, a Pink Ninja!" said Cokun as Zane swung across them all.
"Go, Pink Ninja, go!" The ninja and Nova cheered.
"Unh. Now let's get out of here. Let us blow this popsicle stand. Ninja, go!" said Zane.
"Popsicle stand. Haha, I like it!" said Jay as they escaped.
"You'll have to do better than that to unite the tribes." said Skales, touching Pythor's arm.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!!!" yelled Pythor.
*Back on the Bounty.*
Nova was sitting at a corner with her plushie after having been scolded, she was a little upset but also tired from using her powers.
"You know, whether it was in a lesson book or not, we used the destructive power of rumors to our advantage." said Cole.
"And now the Serpentine are further away than ever from getting their act together." said Kai.
"You know, I don't think we would've gotten out of there if it hadn't been for Zane." said Jay.
"Don't thank me. Thank Lloyd. If it hadn't been for his "laundry skills," we all would've been found." said Zane as everyone laughs and Lloyd comes in with Zane's white gi.
"Well, it took me twenty loads, but your suit's no longer pink. And to show that I'm sorry, Cole, I got you a can of nuts." said Lloyd.
"Uh, haha, yeah. Don't think I don't see what this is. When I open this, a bunch of snakes are gonna pop out, right? Yeah, no, thank you." said Cole as he opens the fridge, only to have snakes pop out. Everyone laughs.
Nova gave a soft smile at this before slowly getting up and going back to hers and Lloyd's room, laying down in her bed. "Why do I keep getting so exhausted when using my powers, Lloyd and the others never got this tired from what I remember." She thought, holding her plushie close to her.
She looked at her hands. "And why...do I get that weird feeling that someone is watching me whenever I'm in the shadows, or in the dark.... I don't like it." She mumbled, before closing her eyes.