Song Of Hope: This was the chapter I was excited to do! I hope you guys all like the turn of events in here, just like how much I loved writing it! Sorry it took so long, I kept rewriting and rewriting it, just to get the right feel. Also I've been working a lot lately. R&R

The first morning in their new home was a most beautiful morning. There was not a cloud in the sky. It was so peaceful, until Sensei Wu opened both the ninja and the kunoichi's bedroom doors and started banging on a gong.

"Evil doesn't sleep and neither should you," he said with that obnoxious, morning person voice. Everyone was making noises of irritation as Sensei Wu kept banging the gong, with Zane sleeping soundly right through it. "In order to reach your full potential, we must greet each day as an opportunity!"

"Would it be bad to sand blast my sensei," asked a sleepy and irritated Sam, tightly clutching the Tonfas of Sand she'd slept with as she eyed Sensei Wu from her bunk underneath Bree.

"Yes," answered Bree, groaning and jumping off of the bunk above.

"Okay, okay," said Kai in an irritated and defeated tone, "we're up." He looked back towards Zane. "Well, most of us." Cole groaned and sat up, sliding off his bunk.

"Seriously, why can't I be as heavy of a sleeper as Frosty?" Sam, obviously exhausted and in a zombie like state, came into the room and just pulled on Zane's ear.

"Ow, ow!" Instantly, Zane was awake. She muttered something and then walked back out, going pasted Sensei Wu to get back to her room. Kim stretched and cracked her back.

"Ugh, I'm so tired. What time is it even?" Sam looked outside.

"Barely even 7, judging by the shadows." Kai groaned upon hearing that.

"Ugh! Sensei, if you want us to reach our full potential, shouldn't we at least get a full night of rest?" He went to open the blinds and they fell off. Cole stretched, trying to get the kinks out of his back.

"You call that rest? I think my back has more lumps than the mattress!" Rose went to the mirror to put on her make up. It stayed there for a bit, but then one of the supports broke, and then the other, and then the mirror crashed onto the sink and shattered before the larger pieces fell to the floor and shattered everywhere. She screeched.

"Glass! There's glass everywhere! Where are my shoes?!" The girls all grabbed their shoes and Kim tossed Rose hers. Jay went over to the sink to brush his teeth.

"We were up so late last night, talking about how cool it is to have a new ninja headquarters-"

"And kunoichi," interjected Kim as she walked by, making Jay roll his eyes.

"Whatever, ninja/kunoichi headquarters," he put the toothpaste on the brush and turned on the water, which only spat out some strange green dusty substance, "I guess we just lost track of time. Since the Serpentine burned down the monastery, I'm just glad we have a roof over our heads," he started to brush his teeth and then spat out the toothpaste in disgust, sputtering. Kim had gotten a broom and dustpan and was starting to sweep up the broken glass.

"Yeah, a roof over our heads is great, but I'm excited that there was an old quarry nearby that we could make into a good dragon's keep! Steel looked so happy!" Zane was doing stretches.

"What is our lesson today Sensei? Mastering the strike of the scorpion?" He started to turn towards the door, "Or perhaps that," he jumped up a bit, but then went straight through the floorboards. Sensei Wu looked at all of this destruction going on and stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"I think today's lesson will be chores." All of the ninja and kunoichi rushed to the door, short of Zane, who was stuck in the floor.

"Chores?!"

"Ninja fight Sensei," said Cole with an annoyed voice, "we do not clean."

"And kunoichi," the girls chimed in. Rose crossed her arms.

"Why do you guys always forget about our name? We're not ninja. We're kunoichi." Sensei Wu sighed.

"Before a fight breaks out, may I tell you why I am asking you to do chores?" They all stopped and looked at him. "In order to respect ourselves, we must respect our new home, and where we are from, and The Destiny's Bounty is a long way from becoming a proper headquarters for Spinjitsu Masters. Think of it as a baby's first bath." Bree smiled fondly.

"I remember my baby sister's first bath! It was adorable!" Sam rolled her eyes.

"Yeah but I doubt it's going to be anything like this!"

"It may not be, but it is far more important," said Sensei Wu wisely. "Now, I'm going to take Nya and Kyria into town to help me retrieve some supplies. All of our clothes, blankets, and other such pieces of furniture are gone, so we need to replace them. I want this place spotless when I return. And put your backs into it! Perhaps if you all behave well, I shall bring some video games for you to play with on your down time." He hit the gong one more time before walking away. Cole went and helped Zane out of the floor while Rose pushed her way into the room, completely dressed, one hand covering her face, one hand holding her make up bag.

"Out of my way! Our mirror's gone and I need to do my make up! Until I'm done, nobody look at me!" The boys just shrugged and let her use their mirror. "I mean it, not one of you looks until I've finished putting on my make up!" She started doing her eyeliner. Cole looked over at her sideways, so he didn't see her face.

"Rose, I'm sure you're plenty pretty without the make up." She took her compact and started doing her blush.

"I just like wearing make up," she said with a glare. "It's a form of self expression, not necessarily just beauty." She finished up with some lipstick and stood up straight, smiling. "There, now I just need my sealant." She pulled out a can of a makeup setting spray and closed her eyes, spraying it at her face. The boys looked on in shock as the other girls, now ready and dressed, filed in.

"Does she do this every morning," asked Zane, leaning over to Bree, who nodded.

"Yep. You get used to it. Once that stuff's sprayed on, nothing can get it off. Seriously, she has another special mix just to get the sealant off so that the make up doesn't ruin her skin." Sam looked around.

"This place is just as dusty as our room." Kai groaned, looking around.

"It's gonna take forever to get this place cleaned up!" Jay's face lit up with an idea.

"Unless," he started, "we put more than just our backs into it, eh?"

In one of the rooms, Cole used his Spinjitsu to quickly gather up a variety of useless junk, carrying it outside and leaving it with a Garage Sale sign. All over the ship, Zane was freezing rooms while Kai was melting the ice to carry away all the dust and cobwebs. Jay found some old stuff that looked like ancient technology. He got excited and started messing with it, updating it to relatively modern technology, including using some of the old parts to rebuild his gaming system. Sam and Kai worked together to make new windows for the ship, while Kim and Rose worked together to make new wooden boards to replace the old, rotted wood. Then, they all pulled to lift the sail up so that Bree could use her Fans to blow all the rest of the dust away.

Once Sensei Wu returned with Nya and Lin, he saw that they were all playing a video game, although Rose did not look anywhere near interested. Sensei Wu and Nya were pleasantly surprised, while Lin looked indifferent, now in a black t-shirt with a green star and a flowing black tattered skirt, with purple underneath the tattered parts. Sensei Wu was carrying a lot of shopping bags. Kai heard them coming in and smirked, turning to face them.

"What took you so long," he asked smugly.

"Wow," said Nya in appreciation, "this place looks amazing! You guys did all this? I didn't even know there was a TV or a gaming system here!" Jay smirked.

"That's cause I made them!" Kai and Sam elbowed him while Kim actually got up to whack him in the back of the head. "OW! Okay, with a little help." Cole looked at Nya, smiling.

"Ninja and kunoichi don't just fight Nya, we clean!" He turned back to his game.

"You have exceeded my expectations," said Sensei Wu proudly as Lin pulled out a bag of candy. "Niece, where did you get that bag of sweets?" She giggled.

"I stole them." He frowned.

"Lin Alexandria Garmadon, you will return those candies!" She started shoving them all in her mouth and Sensei Wu snatched the bag away. Nya looked out the window and heard a horn honking, confused.

"What's up with that horn? It's so… loud!" She narrowed her eyes at it. "They're in a car that looks like it was made out of spare parts!" Jay groaned.

"Oh, it's my parents," he whined. "They must be here to visit! Please, if they start yapping, just don't get them going okay? They don't know when to quit, and if you start talking then they'll start talking, and then suddenly half the day is gone before you know it, and it's not even-"

"We get it," said Kai loudly, cutting off Jay, "they talk a lot!" He turned towards Rose, nudging her slightly. "The cherry doesn't fall far from its blossom."

Outside, the couple bumped into the junk pile that Cole had made. They were both wearing brown hats and goggles, and smiling brightly.

"Oh, take a note Edna," said the man, "either better breaks or a better bumper." He gasped when he was all the stuff out there and threw off his hat and goggles, showing his white hair. "Oh, look at all this great stuff! They can't just get rid of it!" He nudged his wife. "We should've brought the trailer Edna!" She threw off her hat and frowned, revealing her brown hair, wrinkles, and pink rimmed glasses.

"This ain't a flea market Ed! We're here for Jay!" He cupped his hand to his hear.

"What's that? Did you take the note?" She sighed and took out a notepad and a pencil.

"I'm writing it down Ed." The group came out of the ship, with Jay in the front.

"Mom, Dad," he said, trying to look happy, "what are you doing here?"

"Oh look, it's my baby boy," said Edna excitedly, throwing her arms up in the air. "It's been so long since we've heard from you!"

"Mom," he said in an annoyed voice, "I called you two days ago." Ed started laughing.

"Well, it's not soon enough son," he said, jumping out of the car and walking over to Jay, Edna following behind him. "When are you coming out to the junkyard, ey? You say you're coming and then uh ya don't!"

"Dad," he said in a lowered and irritated voice, "do we have to talk about the junkyard in front of my friends?" Edna just gave a casual wave of her hand.

"He hates it when we tell people he was born in a junkyard." She noticed the girls. "Oooh, and who are all of you? Which one of you precious girls is Jay's girlfriend?" The girls all blushed in embarrassment as Edna focused on Nya. "Oh, it must be you young lady! You are so cute! You all are, but you've got a different kind!" Nya blushed and smiled while Rose looked downward. "You're just my son's type!"

"MOM!" Nya smiled a bit.

"It's a pleasure meeting you." Lin moved out from behind all of them, slightly irritated.

"Why are we all out here," she whined, "it's too hot!" Ed and Edna looked at her and smiled brightly.

"Oh, you are so adorable!" Edna knelt down a bit and smiled at her. "Hi there, my name's Edna! Oh, you're so cute, have a candy!" She handed Lin a butterscotch candy. Lin looked in surprise at the candy, her eyes moving back and forth between that and Edna.

"You're just gonna give me candy for being cute?" Ed nodded.

"Well, you're just so gosh darned adorable!" Sensei Wu moved in between them.

"Perhaps you should not give her candy." Edna raised an eyebrow.

"Why not? Oh, I always wanted a little girl," she smiled and looked over at Jay, "but we were always so happy to have Jay in our lives! Oh," she started digging in her pockets, "I think I have baby pictures somewhere!" Jay stepped forward, trying to save himself.

"How about we do a tour," he exclaimed desperately. "I know how much you guys love tours!" They both looked at him excitedly.

"A tour?!"

He brought them up to the bridge, which, thanks to Kim, Sam, and Kai, had a bunch of high tech things in it, such as a large screen with a scanner built in and other ship controls. Lin was following them and getting candies periodically from Edna.

"And this is the bridge," said Jay, soon gesturing to a periscope, "this extends into a periscope," he jumped up and pulled it down, looking through it, "this lets us know what's going on in Ninjago," he let go and walked over to a small machine, "and this, if a Serpentine's not giving us the answers we want, and we're up late at night-"

"A neuro apparatus to read their minds," said Edna excitedly, cutting him off.

"An audio appliance to make them talk," asked Ed with enthusiasm.

"No," answered Jay, shaking his head as he put a nearby cup under it and turned it on, "a cappuccino machine." They both went "ooo" at that.

"Ha ha, amazing son," said Ed proudly. "We're so proud of you!"

Cole walked over to a big, shiny red button and gestured towards it.

"Why don't you tell them about the button Jay," he asked, smiling. Jay laughed nervously as everyone started to pile into the bridge.

"It's not ready yet Cole," he replied, glaring and putting his hand over the button.

"Ooo, what's the button," asked Edna excitedly as she gave Kyria another piece of candy.

"He's working on a special defense system," said Zane. Sam nodded.

"Unlike anything we've ever seen in all of Ninjago," she folded her arms across her chest, smiling, "according to him at least."

"Something every ninja and kunoichi," said Kai, before any of the girl could interject, "headquarters needs," he finished, purposely trying to oversell it.

"Really," asked Ed, his interested peaked as he leaned down to look at the wiring. "Can I help?" He went to touch it, but Jay gently grabbed his dad's arm.

"No," he said all to quickly, "it's okay!" He let go of Ed's arm. "I don't need your help dad." He patted the stand where the button rested gently. "Just leave it alone." He saw the time on the monitor. "Hey, look at the time!" He started gently pushing away Ed and Edna. "Don't you need to get back before it gets dark? I told you, there's dangerous Serpentine out there." Bree nodded.

"He's… kinda right actually. We don't know what we'd do if you guys got captured." Lin looked at Edna sadly.

"You guys are leaving?" Edna patted her on the head gently.

"Oh, don't worry dear, we might just pop in again sometime soon!" Lin smiled at the thought as Cole came up behind Jay and place his hand on Jay's shoulder.

"Edna, it was a pleasure being shown Jay's baby butt. And I think we all enjoyed hearing about his first potty time!" Edna smiled brightly and went over to hug Jay.

"Oh, if you thought that was good, wait until you hear the story about the time I caught him kissing his pillow!" Jay gently pushed her away.

"Snakes Mom," said Jay urgently, his arms up in the air, "snakes!"

"Oh, alright," said Edna as she and Ed started walking away. "We're going, we're going!" They all followed them to the car and watched as they climbed in. Luin looked at them sadly.

"Promise you'll visit again?" Ed smiled and nodded.

"Of course we'll come back!" Edna looked up at Jay.

"So you promise to come to the junkyard and visit your mother and father?"

"Yes," said Jay annoyed, "I promise, but only if you leave." He started to take on a concerned tone. "I don't want you to get hurt! It's getting dark. Uh, your headlights are working, right?" Ed switched them on and they blinded the whole group.

"Ah heh, you like em," asked Ed. "I used a little extra juice!" He flipped them back off and started pulling out. "Bye son! Couldn't be more proud!" Edna turned around to yell over to him.

"And bring Nya with you, will ya? I can see why you like her!"

"Mom!" Finally, the Walker parents drove off into the distance.

"Now that they have left," said Sensei Wu, "perhaps Jay can teach us the art of," he tried to hold back a chuckle but he couldn't, "kissing pillows." He laughed a bit as everyone but him and Kyria joined in the laughter. Lin was still looking at Ed and Edna leaving sadly while Jay just groaned at Sensei Wu's comment.

As the Walker parents ripped down the road, Ed looked back sadly, then turned back towards the road.

"I don't think he's coming dear," he said.

"Stop it Ed," said Edna smiling, "he's coming!"

"No, he doesn't need us anymore," he sighed, "I just have to remember that." He turned back towards Edna. "Right it down for me, would ya?" He winked as Edna rolled her eyes.

"Oh dear!" She looked out at the road and saw it wasn't being illuminated. "Lights dear. It's getting dark." They flicked on.

"Right! Heh, thanks sugar plum!"

After dinner, Lin was getting dressed in her pajamas to go to bed. Her room was rather plain, but there was a noticeable star shaped green nightlight in the room. She was just starting to climb into bad as heard a knock on her door and turned towards it.

"Yeah?"

"Lin, it's me, your uncle." She looked back between the door and the bed, soon getting back out of it.

"Come in." He came in, the hallway light illuminating the room further. He looked at the nightlight.

"I never knew you didn't like sleeping in the dark." She looked embarrassed, but then started to laugh.

"Afraid of the dark? Me? I am the daughter of Lord Garmadon! I love the dark!" She started to laugh, but after seeing her uncle's look, sighed. "Yeah, I-I'm scared of the dark…" She hugged her arms. Sensei Wu walked into the room and sat on the side of her bed that faced the window, patting the spot next to him. She jumped up to sit next to him.

"I've noticed that you seemed rather sad when the Walkers left. Why is that?" She looked out the window.

"I-I thought it felt nice to be doted on. Nobody treated me well at Darkly's, and I don't remember my mom or dad. I know who my dad is though and he'd always send Cruncha or Nukal over to the school with messages from him, so I knew he cared about me. But my mom, I never heard anything from her. I don't even know her name. It was… nice to have a mom like person here to dote on me and Jay's dad acted how I always kinda of imagine how Dad would act if he were ever around." She looked up at him. "Uncle, to be bad, do I have to hurt people like Jay's mom and dad. They were both so nice to me for no reason." She looked down. "I-I don't wanna hurt such nice people." He smiled at her.

"There are many people like them in the world Lin. And yes, on the path of evil, you end up hurting them. You cannot be evil while also sparring people from pain." She looked back out the window, at the moon. Then, she got up and started walking around, a look on her face that said she was having an existential crisis.

"Uncle, I've been living with you guys for a long time now, at least for me. Everything's so different here than at Darkly's. And it's all just so weird to me!" She threw her hands up in the air. "I mean, at Darkly's, being bad was everything, and they always used my dad as an example! They always used him as a standard as to how evil everyone should be!" She looked down as she kept walking, Sensei Wu's eyes never leaving her. "And then, I came here, and everything changed for me. Even when I'm bad, you still care about me, when everyone was out to get each other at Darkly's. You guys are so kind to me, and it makes me think differently about everything. I actually felt guilty for stealing that bag of candy earlier, but we were taught that feeling bad about doing bad things wasn't what evil masterminds did." She sighed as she sat back down next to him, staring at her lap. "And then the Walkers came and they were even nicer. And they weren't just nice to me because I'm their niece. They were just… nice to me to be nice. You say that to be bad, we have to hurt people. I mean, I know when Lloyd unleashed the Serpentine, I said it was okay to hurt people because we're bad, but now I'm confused. I guess what I'm trying to say is… is… I don't think I wanna be bad anymore, but I also don't want to disappoint Dad. He's everything Darkly told me I'm supposed to be." She looked up at him, an expression desperate for guidance on her face. "What am I supposed to do Uncle?" Sensei Wu smiled brightly and put an arm around her shoulder.

"Lin, if you don't wish to be evil, then your father should support you, regardless of what Darkly's has told you. You must always remember that your life is yours, and your choices are yours alone. Whether you choose to be good or evil is up to you to decide. All I can say is that you do what you think is right, or rather, what is wrong should you choose to go down that way. Never have any regrets about the path you choose." He smiled and patted the top of her head. "Now go ahead and brush your teeth before you go to bed. You don't want to get cavities." She groaned, but got up and headed to the sink.

"Alright." He started walking out the door.

"Good night Lin."

"God night Uncle." He slowly closed the door.

Later that night, Lloyd was going through a foggy cemetery with a flashlight, holding a map. He was shaking with fear as crows cawed for a distance.

"It's not scary," he said, trying to reassure himself. "Okay, maybe just a little, but… I like scary, yeah! That's it." He turned around and started walking backwards so that he could see if anyone was trying to sneak up behind him. "I'm the son of the Dark Lord! I love the dark!" He turned back around, heading to the center of the cemetery. "Why, I eat this stuff for breakfast!" Suddenly, his flashlight shown upon a tree that looked like two snakeheads and he screamed. Once he realized what it was, he smirked, looking back down at the map. "I'm gonna make those Hypnobrai pay for betraying me! I have to find the Fangpyres. If there's anything a snake doesn't like, it's another snake!" He looked at the location of the Fangpyre tomb on the map before comparing it to where he was. "Here, by the mutated tree! I found it!" He pointed the flashlight down at the symbol of the Fangpyres. He got on his knees and started pushing away the fog, trying to see the tomb's symbol more clearly, revealing a two-headed snake, baring its teeth. "Soon, the Serpentine will know who their master is, and it will be I, Lloyd Garmadon!" He stood up dramatically as a bolt of lightning struck, making him yelp in fear. Once the lightning stopped, he looked down at the ground and found a button, which opened up the door to let a multitude of red and white Serpentine come out, making Lloyd scream in fear as he dropped the map and threw his hands over his head. He looked up and saw a red, two headed Fangpyre with a tail, holding a staff identically to the Hypnobrai staff, but with a red anti-venom instead, with a different symbol on it.

"And who," said the head on Lloyd's left.

"May I say released us," continued the head on Lloyd's right, a higher pitch than the other.

"From our captivity," finished asking the first head. Lloyd kept looking at them nervously.

"Uh, Lloyd. Lloyd Garmadon, s-son of the Dark Lord!" The two heads looked to each other, an obviously displeased look on their faces. Lloyd gulped and picked up the map once again. "I released you to make the Hypnobrai pay for betraying me." Their expressions changed.

"The Hypnobrai," asked the head on the right.

"Those hypnotizing deceivers," said the left head accusingly.

"It would be-"

"Our pleasure!" Lloyd smirked happily.

"Oh, good! I'll lead the way! Then after that, there's some ninja I want dealt with!" He rolled his eyes. "And kunoichi. They always yell at me if I forget to call them kunoichi! What is a kunoichi even, other than a girl ninja? Oh, anyway, then after that, we're gonna break into Darkly's Boarding School for Bad Girls, torment the teachers, and bust my sister out of there!" The two heads smirked.

"Sounds like," started the left head.

"You know-"

"What you want."

"But the Hypnobrai are strong," said the right head wisely.

"And we are few in numbers," continued the left one.

"We need-"

"Reinforcements." Lloyd looked confused.

"What'd you have in mind… uh… what's your name? Names?"

"We are," replied the right.

"Fangtom." Lloyd smiled.

"Nice to meet you General Fangtom! But, uh, how do you plan on getting more for your army?" They only smiles and made hissing sounds as they showed off their teeth.

Ed and Edna were finally driving back into the junkyard. Ed bumped the car into a street lamp that actually turned on after being hit.

"Home sweet home," said Ed after taking off his hat. Edna smiled and nodded, taking off hers as well. Ed got out of the car and grabbed his toolbox, heading out to what looked like a giant junk statue. "And back to the grind." Edna smiled and started heading into a trailer.

"Oh sweetie, you've been working on that thing day and night!" He laughed.

"You never know when Jay may show up!" She raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't you say you thought he wouldn't cause he doesn't need us anymore Ed?" He cupped his hand to his hear.

"What's that Edna?" She laughed.

"Never mind dear! I'm gonna see if we have some leftovers in the fridge!" She closed the door to the trailer and turned on the lights as Ed finally got to the statue. He pulled out a blowtorch and grabbed some nearby metal to start welding onto the statue. Suddenly, someone ran behind him, loud enough for Ed to hear it. He stopped welding and lifted up his helmet, looking around.

"Uh, Edna? Was that you?" Edna opened up the trailer door.

"What Ed," she asked, shouting so he could hear her. "Are you hearing things again?" He turned off his blowtorch.

"Uh ya, say, ya turned on the security alarm before ya left, didn'tcha hon?" She stepped out and went to a box where there was a switch. She kept switching it on and off while nothing happened.

"Uh, must be broken!" Suddenly, the lights in the junkyard started turning off.

"Whoever you are," called out Ed, cupping his hands around his mouth and glaring, "my son knows Spinjitsu!" He could see the shadows of snakes and hearing their hissing as he ran over to Edna, who just looked confused.

"What is it? Oh, why are the lights out?!"

"Call Jay hon," ordered Ed in a panicked voice. "Someone's broken in, and I don't think they're human!"

"How about we wait until he calls you," came Lloyd's voice from the top of the trailer. He held up a disconnected phone and started laughing evilly as Fangtom stood next to him. Edna started shaking in fear.

"Ed!" Ed gently took her in his arms.

"Be strong Edna!" He glared up at the two. "I won't let 'em hurt you!" Fangtom turned towards Lloyd.

"If we plan," started the left head.

"To attack," continued the right.

"The Hypnobrai-"

"We'll need to grow-"

"Our army!" Lloyd still looked confused.

"And uh, how do we do that? You never really explained it on the way here or when I asked you in the cemetery. You just… kinda kept hissing and showing off your fangs as if that was supposed to mean something to me."

"Let's just say," said the right head.

"We Fangpyres bite off more," continued the left.

"Than we can chew." Lloyd smirked as he if actually understood what it meant.

"Have at it boys and girls," called out the left head. Fangpyres started coming out from everywhere, from behind junk piles, from inside junk piles, everywhere. They started biting anything that was remotely functional, making it turn into a Serpentine version of itself. Ed looked on in horror.

"My creations! They're turning them into-"

"An army," asked the left head.

"You are correct," said the right head.

"But we can also-"

"Turn people too." Ed and Edna hugged each other tightly as Fangtom bared their teeth, the other Fangpyres closing in on the frightened couple.

The next day, Jay was working hard on the button when Kai and Zane walked past him, holding junk.

"Sure got a lot of junk piling up," Kai said loudly. "If only there was a place we could get rid of it." Jay looked up and glared, a smudge of oil on his left cheek.

"Do you mind," he asked in an annoyed voice. "I'm trying to focus!"

"Hi Dad," said Cole as he walked pasted Jay, pretending to be on the phone, "Of course, I'd love to visit! What kind of son would I be if I didn't want to?" Bree elbowed Rose.

"Gee Rose, I sure would love to, you know, visit my parents." Rose nodded.

"Yeah, it'd be great to know where they are." Jay rolled his eyes.

"That's just laying it on thick. We're trying to save Ninjago here, aren't we? I promised to visit my parents, I know, but I don't have the time for it right now! My plate is totally full!" Kim and Sam just looked at each other.

"Do you have any idea why they're being so pushy about Jay visiting his folks," Kim asked.

"I'm not sure," answered Sam. "Kai and Zane and Bree I get since they have a lack of parents. I know Cole has his father, but I know nothing about his mom and Rose I know absolutely nothing about." Suddenly, Nya walked in on the bridge. Jay smiled brightly, a love struck puppy expression on his face as he wiped away the oil spot on his face with his glove.

"Hi Nya," he said in a dreamy voice.

"You gonna visit your parents today," she asked.

"Uh huh, sure am," he said enthusiastically. "Just about to leave!" Nya smiled.

"Tell them I say hi!" As Nya walked away, the ninja and kunoichi glared at him.

"What? So my plate's not that full!" Lin peaked her head in.

"Did I hear that Jay's visiting his parents?" Jay nodded.

"Uh, yeah. Why?" Lin squealed in excitement.

"Can I come?! I promise to be good!" They all looked at each other.

"Good," asked Sam, looking back at Kyria. "You've never promised to be good for anything!" She made a pouty face at Jay.

"Please?" He sighed.

"Fine, but one wrong move and I'll Spinjitsu your butt home!" She smiled brightly and cheered.

Outside, where they had made the makeshift dragon keep, Jay was trying his hardest to pull his dragon out of his spot while everyone watched.

"Ugh, come on Wisp," he whined. "It'll be a quick visit, just in and out, nothing more." Lin pouted at him.

"In and out? Can't we stay for dinner?" He glared at her.

"Be glad I'm taking you at all." Sensei Wu walked away from Wisp, holding a giant thermometer.

"Hm, it's just as I suspected," he said, looked up at Jay. "The dragons are molting. They're shedding their scales."

"What does that mean," asked Jay, looking back up at Wisp, then back to Sensei Wu.

"Every adolescent dragon goes through a transformation before it becomes an adult," said Sensei Wu plainly, while Wisp looked down at Jay with a nauseated expression. "We must allow them to return east to the Fire Temple so that they can return to the Dragon's Keep, where they will reach the Spirit Coves so that they can complete their transformation." Jay looked at Sensei Wu sadly as the other ninja and kunoichi started coming over after seeing that Jay hadn't left yet, then looking sad as they heard what Sensei Wu had to say.

"Will we ever see them again," he asked, looking up at Wisp.

"It is hard to say," answered Sensei Wu, "but we need to allow them to follow their path."

"Rocky's going back to the Dragon's Keep," asked Cole sadly before going over to his dragon and letting it nuzzle him. "Say it isn't so Rocky." Kim went over to Steel, a tear in her eye.

"I don't want you to leave," she said, rubbing Steel's nose. "I'm gonna miss you." Jay sighed, but then saw an opportunity as Nya and Kai went over to Flame. He rubbed the back of his head, smiling.

"Well, I guess I gotta go on this long walk, all by myself," he said. Lin pouted up at him.

"Hey, I thought I was coming!" He rolled his eyes.

"You don't count, you're 9."

"I'm 11," she proclaimed indignantly. He rolled his eyes, but then returned to Nya, the love struck expression on his face back.

"Either way, it'd be nice to have company," he said slightly flirty, stretching out the last word, "close to my own age." Nya smiled and nodded, but then Kai, knowing exactly what Jay had really meant, smiled and leaned back so Jay could see him from behind Nya.

"Of course we'll go with you buddy," he said cheerfully.

"I could use a break," said Cole as the other ninja and kunoichi started walking over.

"Sounds like fun actually," said Rose, stretching. "It'd be nice to visit someplace new."

"All you had to do was ask," said Zane as Jay face palmed and sighed.

As they walked, they could see the dragons flying away while Sensei Wu played his sacred flute. Cole and Kim watched them sadly, with Cole putting a hand on Kim's shoulder as she wiped her eyes. Jay just sighed, looking down.

"Of all the days to loose our ride!" Zane walked up behind Sensei Wu, looking intensely at the sacred flute.

"That flute," he started, "you've never told us why it's so special." Sam nodded.

"You also never told us how it works to cancel out their powers. Is it magical in some way?" Sensei Wu stopped playing and held it up a bit.

"Long ago there were many flutes, created to combat the powers of the Serpentine and drive them underground. They were all made out of a special kind of wood from a tree that grew in a very specific part of Ninjago. Over time, Ninjago's forgotten its ancestor's wisdom, and now this is the only one. Not long ago we could've created more, but that once near forest like area has now been developed, and with advancement, so too happens the demolition of nature, and the loss of the trees meant the loss of more flutes. Now this flute is one of a kind, all because of people forgetting their ancestors and destroying them with carelessness." He started deliberately playing it in Jay's face, which made him very annoyed as he tried to wave it away, walking in front of Sensei Wu.

"I get it, respect your elders or else suffer the consequences." He turned away from Sensei Wu. "Boy, you guys are laying it on thick." He kept walking, but then stopped, a worried look on his face as Sensei Wu chuckled.

"Perhaps you are only hearing what you need to hear." Nya came up next to Jay, a little worried due to his body language.

"What is it," she asked.

"It's quiet," he said, a guarded look now on his face. "My family's never quiet!" He threw on his zukin and ran into the junkyard, while everyone else just looked at each other before throwing on their own zukins on. Sensei Wu looked back at Lin, who looked a little scared.

"What happened to Mr. and Mrs. Walker?"

"I don't know Lin, but stay behind me," he instructed. She nodded and stayed behind them as they all ran into the junkyard. Jay listened carefully and heard the muffled shouts of his parents coming from a broken refrigerator. He kicked open the door and saw his parents in there, struggling against chains while having their mouths duct taped.

"What happened," he asked in a panicked voice. "Who did this?!" He ripped the tape off of his mother's mouth, showing off two pointed white fangs.

"Oh sssweetheart, you came," she happily exclaimed. Jay quickly ripped the tap off of his father's mouth.

"Oh, you've gotta get outta here," his father proclaimed in a worried voice. "You shouldn't have come, it'sss the sssnakesss!" Sensei Wu's eyes widened ask he recognized the symptoms.

"The bite of the Fangpyre," he said. "Once they sink their teeth in, their venom can turn anything into a serpent, or any living creature into a Serpentine!" Ed and Edna jumped out of the fridge. "It's only a matter of time before the full transformation is complete!" Ed looked behind him and saw that he was starting to grow a tail. Soon, A large amount of Fangpyres ran out from behind a junk pile, soon followed by a serpent wrecking ball, with the face on the ball staring at the ninja and kunoichi. Cole had an uncomfortable look on his face as everyone pulled out their weapons.

"Uh, is that wrecking ball staring at me," he asked. It started swinging back, then swiveled and started heading towards them. All the ninja and kunoichi jumped away, with Sensei Wu and Nya both grabbing Lin and pulling her out of the way, but Ed and Edna were frozen in place.

"DUCK," cried out Jay as he grabbed his parents and pulled them out of the way, the wrecking ball crashing into the now empty fridge.

"Ah, thanksss ssson," said Ed as Jay got off of him.

"Lloyd," said Sensei Wu angrily as he finally spotted the young Garmadon responsible on top of a pile of tires.

"Hello Uncle," said Lloyd, smirking as Fangtom joined him, not seeing Kyria at all as Sensei Wu gently pushed her behind him. "Looks like we're not the only family reunion!" Ed and Edna started backing up, but still glared up at him. "I'm glad you brought the ninja! Oh, and the kunoichi. You guys always yell at me if I forget that part!" The girls looked back and forth at each other, and then up at Lloyd.

"This is only the fourth time we've met," said Sam. Lloyd rolled his eyes.

"Whatever! Either way, I could use some help taking out the trash," he said as he started his evil laugh. Lin stepped out from behind Sensei Wu.

"Lloyd," she asked, looking up at him with a confused expression. He gasped and looked down at her.

"Lin," he replied with equal confusion. "What are you doing here? I thought you were at Darkly's!"

"I broke out of there ages ago," she said, "and I tried to take down Uncle, but I didn't know he had students, so I ended up losing." She remembered how she had, 100%, been taken down by Nya, without any involvement from Sensei Wu. "I was forced to stay with them." Lloyd's eyes lit up.

"Well this is great! Then once I take down the ninja-"

"No Lloyd," she exclaimed, holding out her arms as if she were trying to protect them. "Don't you dare hurt them!" Lloyd looked at her with hurt and confusion, while the other ninja, kunoichi, and Nya looked confused.

"Is she… protecting us," asked Jay.

"I don't know…" said Cole, "but I think I like where this is going!"

"W-What do you mean no," Lloyd asked, trying not to cry. "C-Come on, we're the best evil duo that the world has ever seen!" Lin looked down, then at her Uncle. He just gave her a smile and a nod, and her expression became determined.

"Lloyd, I don't wanna be evil anymore," she declared. Everyone short of Sensei Wu, the Fangpyres, and the Walker parents gasped. Sensei Wu looked on at Kyria proudly as Ed and Edna just looked at each other in confusion at how such an adorable, nice little girl was evil in the first place. "I wanna be good! I used to like being bad, but then I met the ninja and the kunoichi and Nya and the Walkers. I saw what good was being like, and you know what? It looks great! I don't have to steal my candy! I get warm hugs, even when I'm bad! I get lots of affection and warmth, and just, being good is so much better than being bad! I can't be bad with you anymore Lloyd… I'm sorry, I just can't…" She sniffled and looked down as Lloyd's face filled with betrayal.

"But Lin… how… how could you betray me like this?!" He sniffled, wiping away the forming tears, his expression turning from betrayal to anger. "You're not my sister anymore!" Lin gasped in shock.

"Lloyd! How could you say that?" Lloyd just glared at her.

"How could you say that you don't wanna be evil anymore? You may as well not even be a Garmadon! Evil is in our blood!" He pointed at the group angrily. "ATTACK!" Nya looked over at Jay.

"If we want to turn your parents back," she said as she gestured at the staff Fangtom was holding, "then we need to get the antivenom in the staff!"

"Second dose," cried out Cole as the wrecking ball came back at them, "hit the dirt!" Everyone jumped out of the way, with Sensei Wu having to grab a stunned and silent Kyria out of the way. Kai's hand went to his Sword as he looked at his sister.

"Easier said than done sis," he said as he pulled out his Sword. "We're a bit outnumbered." Kim smiled and took a fighting stance, holding the chain of the chigiriki against the staff of it.

"Yeah, but they're outmatched," she said as she ran in towards them. Jay pulled out his Nunchaks, glaring at the incoming Fangpyres.

"Nobody messes with my family," he declared as he ran into battle, jumping up into the air and then slamming down his Nunchaks, zapping the nearby Fangpyres and sending them flying. The wrecking ball started swinging towards him, but he just leaned back like he was limboing and let it fly over him. It hit a garbage pile right by a street lamp and got stuck on said street lamp.

Everyone else followed him into battle, shouting out as they started their Spinjitsu and bulldozed over several Fangpyres. Another group of Fangpyres surrounded Sensei Wu and Kyria, so Sensei Wu pulled out the Sacred Flute and started playing it, making the Fangpyres hiss in pain. Nya jumped in and kicked one in the face, sending him flying. She then hit another below the belt, making him fall down, and then punched another in the face, knocking him over and then grabbing him by the feet, spinning him around until she let go and sent him flying. She smirked as she ran over to the two of them.

"You know Sensei, I think we make a pretty good duet," she said smugly. Suddenly, loud rock music started playing from a boom box Lloyd had brought.

"Young nephew," shouted out Sensei Wu, "must I teach you who's side you should be on?!"

"Sorry Uncle," said Lloyd as he turned up the volume, "can't hear you!" A Fangpyre sneaked up behind Lin and bit her, making her cry out in pain as Edna hit the offending Serpentine with a frying pan.

"Lin," said Sensei Wu with concern as she fell over, catching her before she could hit the ground. Ed looked at Edna proudly.

"Way to go Edna!" Nya looked at the bite mark and saw the red venom in the wound, seeping into Lin's system.

"She's been infected! I don't know if there's enough antivenom in the staff for all three of you!" Lin smiled a bit, accepting her fate.

"It's okay! Use it on Jay's parents! I'll be fine!" Nya just looked surprised.

"Seriously, did we end up hitting an off button for your evil?"

"NINJA GO," shouted out the boys, as the girls said "KUNOICHI GO," at the same time. They started up their Spinjitsu and sent several Fangpyres fleeing in fear. Three of them turned a corner and saw that giant statue Ed had been making. They all smirked at each other as the idea crossed their minds, and they jumped on it, biting it in various places in order to speed up the transformation process. The ninja and kunoichi stopped their Spinjitsu just before the turn due to the shaking ground, only to see the statue of Jay come around it, holding up its giant nunchaks threateningly.

"Gah, what the heck is that thing," asked Jay as he prepared to possibly fight it.

"Uh," said Ed nervously, "it was supposed to be in your honor son! But, do you like it," he asked hopefully. It started to swing the nunchak down.

"Thanks, but no thanks," said Jay as he started to run away. The nunchak hit the ground right behind them.

"Speed up if you don't wanna get crushed," shouted out Kim.

"Like we're just gonna run towards it and try to fight that thing," said Cole angrily as he turned towards her. As soon as he turned his head to face forward again, he saw the wrecking ball heading back towards them. "Oh, why'd you have to be born in a junkyard," he complained at Jay.

"I know," Jay replied, "tell me about it!" The wrecking ball swung at them again and almost all of them jumped out of the way, but when the dust settled, there was a blue clad person missing.

" 7," counted Sam in confusion," what happened to number 8? Where's Jay?" Bree squinted at the wrecking ball.

"Is he… seriously doing that," she asked.

"What's he thinking," asked Kai in a worried and angry tone. Jay waited for the wrecking ball to reach the peak of its swing and then jumped off, landing on the roof of the actual vehicle part. He climbed down and kicked out the Fangpyre in the drivers seat before jumping in, looking at a dashboard with a face and long fangs. The dashboard narrowed its eyes at him as it hissed.
"Let's see if I can work this," he said as he grabbed the right fang and pulled on it.

Cole held his Scythe with both hands, holding it above his head as the nunchak of the serpentine statue swung down towards him.

"H-Hey Kim," he said, turning to her, "a little help here?" She nodded and ran in, the chain against the Chigiriki as she got behind Cole, helping him push up and throw the massive nunchak away, throwing the statue off balance. Jay took advantage of it and hit the statue, knocking him into a pile of tires. Jay got off the wrecking ball and went over to the others, where Cole glared at him. "Hey! Kim and I had it totally under control!" The giant statue started to get up. Kim held up her Chigiriki.

"I've got this! Just buy me some time," she ordered. They all nodded and let their backs face her as she focused. She opened her eyes, glaring at the statue as the metal of the junkyard started flying towards it, melding and hardening together to make a thick, metal shell around it. Once it was encased, it beat against the metal shell, but it didn't even dent. Kim smiled proudly, but then started wobbling a bit. "I… did it…" Kai heard the shakiness in her voice and turned around to grab her just as she fell.

"Kim! Are you okay," Kai asked.

"I'm fine," she said in an exhausted tone of voice. "Quit worrying."

"What's going on," Kai panicked, turning to Sensei Wu.

"She unknowingly tried to access the True Potential of her Weapon without first unlocking it, like breaking down the door instead of using the key," he said as he looked at her work. "It has repercussions. The door needs to be fixed. It's using her energy to restore the imbalance."

"So I'm a bit tired, big deal," she said.

Lloyd looked down at the metal shell and at the knocked out Fangpyre warriors. He quickly realized he couldn't win this fight.

"RETREAT," he cried out. A Rattlecopter came and got Lloyd and Fangtom, while the Fangpyres ran, hopped, and slithered away. Nya ran after them angrily.

"He's getting away with the staff," she said as she chased them before having to stop. Jay sighed.

"Right now would be a good time for our dragons to come back." Ed walked over, now far more green and scaly than he had been before.

"It'sss okay ssson," he said in an attempt to comfort Jay.

"There is still a way," declared Sensei Wu.

"How," said Sam, raising an eyebrow. "Am I just gonna use the sand to blast myself into the sky?" She started rubbing her chin. "Actually, in theory, that could work,"

"Perhaps," said Sensei Wu, "but that is not what I mean. The Golden Weapons have a hidden potential within each of them for far more than the control over their individual Elements. But they also evolve for the times and the needs of their true user. While their fighting forms will not change, if you need something of them, they can turn into just that. If in tune with a focused heart and a dire need, they will do what they need to."

"Uh, Sensei," said Bree, "can you say that in English please?"

"He's saying our weapons are vehicles themselves," said Zane.

"Um… no offense but that's literally the stupidest thing I've ever heard," said Rose. "No offense Sensei, but why would they have the ability to do that?"

"My father was very wise," replied Sensei Wu, "and could see beyond the now." Kai looked down at his Sword.

"Don't tell me I have to ride this thing like a broomstick," he whined.

"Jay, concentrate on unlocking your Golden Weapon," instructed Sensei Wu. "Let your heart guide you! Imagine that you are taking flight."

Jay looked down at his Nunchaks of Lightning and closed his eyes, holding one handle in each hand. He spun it above his head in his right hand, then swung in downward to the left. He lifted up his foot and held it un both hands underneath his legs, then started spinning as he let go of it with his right hand, encased in a ball of blue energy as he lifted off the ground, creating a bright flash of white light. Once the light dissipated, he was in a blue fighter jet. The top of the cockpit lifted up and he looked at it in amazement.

"Whoa! Haha, did I just do that?! This is so cool! I think I'll call it… the Storm Fighter!"

Bree held out her Fans of the Wind, doing a dance as she gracefully moved in a slow circle, moving the fans up and down gently. The wind started to pick up around her and lift her up from the ground. She held her arms up and let go of the fans as they spun in a circle above her. Soon, they descended downwards and whipped up dust all around her. When the dust settled, she was in a glider style jet, far more streamlined than Jay's.

"Whoa," she said plainly. "Talk about a glider! Hm… Gale Glider. I like it!"

Kai looked at his Sword of Fire, then closed his eyes and he held it with both hands, straight in front of him pointing upwards. He then opened his eyes, balancing on his left foot as he let go of the Sword with his left hand and thrust the Sword out to the right, then in front of him. He then pushed his right foot out to the side as he moved his left hand over the blade, fire burning where his hand had passed over it. He then threw the Sword of Fire high into the air as burning ground lifted him up and enveloped him in a bright flash of light and fire. When the light disappeared, Kai was sitting on top of a motorcycle.

"Nice bike," he said excitedly. "Hm, I'm gonna call this thing the Blade Cycle!"

Kim stood up shakily on her own, but held the Chigiriki of Metal in both of her hands. She swung the weight around her, then let it slow down a bit so the weight went around her. She then flicked it to the right, making the chain pound on the ground. She did the four times, and shook what seemed to be the whole Earth. Eight curved metal shards came up from the ground, forming a dome above her. The dome completely encased her, and then started caving in to show her on top of a bike like Kai's, but much more streamlined.

"Best bike ever," she said happily, but tiredly. "What should I name it? Huh, maybe the Metal Menace!"

Zane took both of his Shurikens of Ice, one in each hand as he pointed them in various directions, ice shards growing from the individual points. Soon, he let go and they kept making the ice shards on their own as Zane jumped up and landed on what would soon be the seat. In a flash of light, most of the ice broke off and revealed an ice mobile.

"A rather awesome Snowmobile," he said.

Sam held the Tonfas of Hand, one in each hand. She jumped up in the air and spun around, sending jets of sand flying away in a circle before pointing the stream downward, propelling her up in the air. She then aimed them towards, the sky, sending her to the ground as the sand she created came upwards to meet her, encircling her before completely obscuring her from view. The sand disappeared and revealed Sam on a mobile for sand.

"Nice," she said simple. "I'll call it the Sand Shredder!"

Cole spun his Scythe of Quakes in his right hand on his right side, then swinging it behind his back and bringing it to swing on his left side before throwing it up in the air. He jumped forward, rolling in the air as the Scythe spun above his head. Large boulders came up from the ground and slowly swirled around him, then streamed to pile up underneath him, lifting him up in the air. He grabbed his Scythe and jumped up, then hit it on the pile, and in a flash of golden light, was sitting in a large armored car.

"Ha," he exclaimed, "I'd hate to hurt Rocky's feelings, but I think he's just been replaced! I'm totally calling this the Tread Assault! Cool name huh," he asked, looking at Rose, the one person who had yet to make her vehicle.

Rose rolled her eyes at Cole's statement, but then held the Sais of Flora in her hands. She spun the Sais in them, then threw the one in her right hand at the ground and the one in her left hand into the air. The one on the ground started growing vines that wrapped around her while the one in the sky created a dust of pollen that closed in around her. In a flash of light, she was in an armored car much like Cole's, but far sleeker and with vines all over it.

"Talk about a sleek and slim design," she said. "I'll call it the Forest Jeep!"

Jay's Storm Fighter slowly started to lift off, then shot up into the air after Lloyd and General Fangtom.

"WOOOOOO HOO HOOOOO," he yelled excitedly. The rest all revved up their vehicles, but Sensei Wu walked over to Kim on her bike.

"Kim," he said, "be very careful. You have drained your energy with your attempted use of the full power of the Chigiriki of Metal. Be cautious as you tread." She nodded.

"Don't worry Sensei, I won't over do it!" They all raced off towards the Fangpyre general and Lloyd. Nya looked at Sensei Wu and his Sacred Flute.

"Does your flute turn into anything," she asked. He looked at it and then back at her.

"I wish," he said plainly.

Jay got close to the Rattlecopter that Lloyd and Fangtom were hanging from, but then flew way too far past it.

"What the heck was that," asked Lloyd in a startled voice.

"Whoops, heheh, over shot that one," said Jay sheepishly. As the others slowly got closer, Jay closed in on Lloyd and Fangtom. "Let's see what this baby can do." He tried to gently make it go faster, but then it started flying out of control, the top of the cockpit popping off as he went towards the Rattlecopter. Lloyd and Fangtom both ducked as Jay went over them, but Fangtom felt his hand get much lighter. He looked and realized his staff was missing.

"The staff," called out his left head in a panicked tone.

Jay looked down at his hand in complete and total surprise.

"I got it," he said in disbelief before cheering. "I GOT IT!" He started laughing, holding up the staff triumphantly as his vehicle turned back into Nunchaks on his back. "Uh oh." He screamed as he started to plummet, but Bree's glider got right under him as the cockpit opened and he hit the floor hard. "UNF!" He groaned and looked up at her. "Thanks Bree."

"Don't talk," she said, "I need to focus or we'll both fall!" He nodded.

"Okay, I won't say a word!"

"Good, then start that now!" Bree hit a button. "Let's hope this is the communication button. Guys, we've got the staff! We need to get back to the Bounty so that we can be somewhere safe for Nya to fix Ed and Edna. Oh, and Lin I guess." Cole nodded.

"Got it! I'll relay the info to Nya and Sensei Wu," he said as he pulled out his cell and called Nya. Nya looked at her phone going off in confusion.

"Cole," she asked in confusion. "How'd you get my number?"

"No time for that," he said. "We got the staff. You need to get everyone over to the Bounty so that we can cure Jay's parents. And Lin I guess?" She nodded.

"On it!" She hung up and turned to the Walkers. "Where's your car?" Ed scratched the back of his head.

"The Old Gallopy? Over there," he said. She ran over and turned the keys.

"Hop in, we've got a little trip to make!" Ed and Edna just looked at each other, with Edna smiling.

"Oh, I knew I liked that girl!" They all climbed in and started driving off.

On the way to the Destiny's Bounty, Kim was in front of everyone, speeding there as quickly as she could with Kai right behind her.

"Kim slow down! You're gonna burn yourself out," he shouted to her in a worried tone.

"I'll be fine…" she said weakly as her eyes kept closing, with her repeatedly forcing them back open. "We have to make sure we can get Jay's parents and Kyria to the Bounty so we can… turn them…" Her eyes rolled back and she passed out, her vehicle disappearing as her Chigiriki was holstered on her back again.

"KIM," shouted out Kai and Cole, with Kai racing right past her. Cole stopped right in front of her and got out of the Tread Assault, picking her up.

"Don't worry Kim," he said as he jumped back into his vehicle. "I've got you."

General Fangtom looked down at his army, furry on both of his faces.

"EVERYONE," shouted the left head.

"ATTACK," yelled out the right. The army started to run after the group in an effort to get the staff back, yelling out as they ran.

Soon enough, they were all on the Destiny's Bounty, with Cole carrying Kim and Nya now holding the staff. She pulled the center out of it and looked at the Walkers and Lin.

"Come with me. Once I analyze it, I can fix you guys, and maybe even replicate it so that there'll be enough for all of you!"

Jay broke into the bridge first.

"Man your stations," he said, going over to the button. "We need everyone's help!" Kai looked at the empty spot that was Kim's battle station.

"We can't do it without Kim, and she's out cold!" Lin went over there.

"I can do it jussst asss good asss Kim," she proclaimed, starting to grow fangs and get a snake tongue. "I watch you guysss all the time!" Bree looked at her in surprise.

"Seriously, what's with the sudden change?"

"No time to discuss," said Jay. He rubbed his hands together as he looked at the button. "I've been waiting for this moment," he said as he hit it hard. He waited in anticipation, but nothing happened.

"No pressure Jay," started Rose, "but they're kind of gaining on us!" Nya held out a tray with three cups.

"There, enough for all three of you! The antivenom was surprisingly simple!" Ed and Edna took their cups as Nya went over to Lin and let her grab hers.

"Bottomsss up," said Ed and all three of them swallowed it. They shook heavily and made cries of pain as Ed and Edna glowed with a bright, golden light, but Lin glowed with a silver light. Once they light was gone, they were all back to normal.

"I don't get what's wrong," said Jay as he hit the panel in frustration. "I worked forever on this, it's supposed to work!" Ed came up behind him and tapped his shoulder.

"Ah, son," he said, making Jay jump. "Maybe I can help."

"Dad," Jay said happily, "you're okay!" Ed laughed a bit.

"You're darn tooting!" He leaned down and fixed the wiring, with everyone looking on and smiling. "Ah, that should do it! Now try it!" Jay nodded and hit the button. Everyone looked on in awe as the ship took flight, while Lloyd looked on with total frustration.

"No no no NOOOO," he yelled. He started sputtering as the dust started getting in his mouth.

As the Bounty flew off, Nya lost her balance and accidentally let go of the staff. It flew out an open door and hit a Fangpyre on the head before bouncing off and landing in the ground. The Rattlecopter lowered so that Fangtom could grab the staff.

"These ninja," started the left head.

"They must be stopped," finished the right. Lloyd just groaned.

"Tell me about it," he said.

Later that day, during twilight, Jay went out onto the deck to meet his parents, smiling as Edna held a notepad and a pencil at the ready, but loosely at her sides.

"We'll get you back to the junkyard just as soon as we know the coast is clear," he said. "But stay as long as you'd like. Kyria would love it! And… I'd love it too. It's nice having you here." Ed gave off a soft laugh.

"Take a note Edna," he said, gesturing to his wife and then putting an arm around Jay's shoulders. "Of all our inventions, this one is our greatest." She smiled and threw away the notepad and pencil.

"Oh, I already know dear," she said as she moved in to hug them both. Lin looked on at them sadly from the other side of the ship, in the dining room. Sensei Wu walked in behind her.

"You look as if you want to join in on it," he said. She jumped a bit and then sighed in relief.

"Don't scare me like that," she exclaimed. Then she looked down. "And… it's not that. Well, not just that." She sat down. "Did I really make the right choice? Lloyd's my only brother. It's not like our mom's in the picture. I have no idea what she's like. And Dad's… well, he's Dad. He cares so much about me, and I just threw that in his face, and Lloyd's. Did I really make the best choice?" He smiled and sat down next to her.

"The path to goodness is not the easiest path to take," he said wisely. "However, in the end, it is the most rewarding." He pat her head gently. "You are already on your way there. I hope that you can keep on this path. And even if the rest of your family has abandoned you, I will not." She teared up and hugged him.

"Thanks Uncle…" She sniffled. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her.

"Of course."

Song Of Hope: FINALLY DONE! Okay, this was a great chapter to write! Please leave great reviews!