Post by TheFirstDecade on Oct 17, 2019 19:37:35 GMT
A Serpentine’s Greif: The Black Snake Ninja authored by... — — — TheFirstDecade
...Well, this story may be from my perspective, that being me. Im currently writing this months after the Great Devourer attacked Ninjago City, me and my crew are off fighting Garmadon’s cronies and whatever hijinks the Serpentine are pulling today. Honestly, I dunno whom we’re fighting, it often seems to change alot, but now knowing the Green Ninja in my group is gonna defeat his own father, it reminded me of my own father. Adoptive father. Trust me, I'm not a good writer or story-teller... but I'm sure as heck will spin a yarn like no other, maybe rivaling what Sensei Wu lectures us on.
Oh, excuse me, I forgot to introduce myself and the world I live. I am Venamius Hypnatak, sounds foreign and non-human, does it? My team of NInja call me by the Pseudonym of “Ryen Soto” given to me by my father. Afterall, this may shock whomever is reading this but... I'm not a human writing this piece of amateur literature. I am a Humanoid/anthropomorphic snake being, known as a Serpentine.
Yes, about me more... I am humble to others, yet sarcastic at the same time, I often use said sarcastic remarks and ideas to play with others until I get to them... I’m usually not one to be toyed with, I get irritated very easily. Just don’t get on my nerves or you’ll won’t be seeing things too well... yes, my Serpentine powers do work. Oh, about that, I myself am a Hybrid of Serpentine, a cross between Hypnobrai and Venomari, meaning my parents were from different tribes and that really wasn’t a good thing in Serpenine Society. It’s a rather long and complex tangent that isn’t fitting for the beginning of the story, so i’ll explain that later when I write more deeper, okay?
Anyway, I think I can introduce the world i lived in to the extent of what I can remember, so... here goes nothing...
(Btw, if any of you know what i look like instead of using precious characters to describe myself, here ya go, complete with Current attire, weapon and all that jazz. I’ll explain why my golden weapon looks like that in a later chapter. Prolly the one of few illustrations the publishers will allow me...)
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Prologue —||~~~||— My Beginnings
I cannot remember it clearly... but my father’s tale on how he found me was startling and crucial to me, oh how I was surprised! But from as much as I can remember, heres how it went...
It was the 18th of July, 2011 when my father found me. He told me that I was all alone in a semi-crushed cardboard box with stained and dirty cloth and rags. My father told I was a mess, wallowing in my own waste and the rags and box so dirtied up and wet by the torrent of rain that was falling on that dawn. How he found me was... curiousity. Especially that he hadn’t explored Ninjago City for awhile. Father told me when his Dragon landed in a large City Park, he was told by a mysterious trench-coated man that was shifty as all heck, tipped my locale to him and told him a rare egg had hatched a week or so ago and he gave my newborn-self the abode of the box and rags . He told him he gotten the Egg from around the Swamp where the Venomari had been entombed, he didn’t mention any Serpentine though, which made my Father think i was a baby dragon of some kind.
Being the Earth-loving, black-haired and bushy-eyebrowed man he was, he raced to where I was located, a lone allyway so decrepit and dangerous-looking, a home for many bums and homless alike. He was met with some crooks that wanted to take his belongings, but being the Black Ninja he was, he sent them packing with little effort, Little is an understatement, back then when he was walking among us, he jokes about being sued by those three he pounded. Yeah, Dad had a great sense a humor, but back to what I was explaining...
-last edited on Oct 21, 2019 16:38:54 GMT by ninjagofanmam
Post by ninjagofanmam on Oct 21, 2019 16:38:29 GMT
This is very well written. I've seen you post your past stories and seen a little about your character Ryen Soto. So I'm cerious to find out more. Is this a rewrite of your story about Ryen Soto?
...My father had wandered in the alley for a while, looking for this “dragon egg” he had thought of before he heard a infant crying, well he heard my crying. He told me that he could hear a slight hissing the closer he got to me, but once he saw me, he was flabbergasted to see not a dragon, but a long-thought-extinct species of Ninjagoin (ninjagin?) known as a Serpentine. A lovely snake like me, yay!
But if anything he was absolutely shocked, dumbfounded, insert another synonym here. But if anything... i think he had a certain... fondness to us Serpentine, he told me he liked to read and learn about history, a secret he keeps away from his friends and Sensei Wu. He told me had a small sympathy for the Serpentine due to the original spinjitzu master sealing them away, which i inherited Spinjitzu from my adoptive father thanks to secret training and a big discovery that i can wield elemental powers of Earth... and Genetics. Yes, the thing people study that finds out how we are made up of, DNA, Evolution, Biology, anything that makes up that. That makes up us as beings on this earth.
But anyhow, my dad was at a loss of words anyhow, but once he scooped me up into his arms and unmasked himself, i can vaguely remember his face at that moment, blurry yellow face with a black cloud on his head, but it was a face that’ll take care of me due to liking to a species... i now wonder if father let himself become a sleeper agent or worser yet, directly controlled to my sworn enemy, General Skales, due to this slight love and respect for our species. I found it weird but it angers me so much that he lost his guard to this... but, i still can’t blame him for liking Serpentine slightly...
But you may ask me where i was taken to, well, aboard The Bounty. Held in a rather secret compartment in the flying ship that nobody other than my father held me in, trained me in, fed me in, cared for me in... even though i didn't see as much of him when he went off in missions with his fellow ninja, i was busy taking care of myself, doing my best to show my own sensei how much i can reach my full potential...
I’m still showing him my potential to this day...
...i hope I won’t spoil anything with that last quote, i’d hate to say that he’s still alive today and is still with me when he really is. But ignoring that for now, explaining more.
He soon ran off to find a nearby hospital for me to be taken into, hoping he can explain this very well to the EMT’s and Medics and Doctors and any medical staff, really. He busted into the emergency room a few hours from the allyway i was picked up from which startled the clerks at the front desk, Father told me what he said when he first arrived.
“Hey hey! Someone, anybody know how to take care of a Serpentine Infant?! He’s feeling fairly warm and that isn’t a good sign! I-i’m no father or anything... I don’t wanna be a father..., but I'm willing to protect this kid in my arms!” I was starting to get sick, my crying was louder and more distressed, i was very uncomfortable at that time, but lucky for me, my black ninja father had swooped in just in time. As soon as the medical carts were rolled out, Father told them this.
“Don’t worry, doctors, even though i’ve read up on this long-since-thought extinct species, i know a thing or two how to care for them due to some books and scrolls documenting their cultures, biology, wh-whatever! Don’t look at me the wrong way right now, guys, i know more about the Serpentine than the next guy!” I was very proud of him to when he told me, im very blessed to have him, I wouldn’t be writing this story if he hadn’t saved me... I don’t want to die a death alone... i know i live much longer than a human, but i mature much faster than one. Im only 11-12 years old in a human biological clock when im actually 35 in serpentine years. If anything, if i ever do get to outlive my father, I won’t have that, i’ll die right alongside him. He’s done so much for me for so long, i just don’t want to leave him...
But... others had made him leave me... he did die, and I didn’t get my wish to be right by his side.
I was young (yet mature in a sense) when he died the first time round, and everyone was harshly affected by it, it was absolutely horrifying that what’d i discovered in the same allyway i was born in... i’ll get the story started in the next chapter...
This is very well written. I've seen you post your past stories and seen a little about your character Ryen Soto. So I'm curious to find out more. Is this a rewrite of your story about Ryen Soto?
Thank you, your support is well-appreciated, this is a rewrite, yes, and i did this because i needed a new start instead of ripping off my old material over and over. I do this story impromptu, i write what is given before in a previous post and throw whatever ideas i can based on whatever Ninjago has to offer me.
I’ve spoken enough about my prologue for now, it dragged on a little too much for me. But now we’re at a time i’ve fully matured (in quite a short timeframe) we are here, out in the more suburban parts of Ninjago City, where I was wandering alone, looking for a guy named Lou. I’ve heard from conversations from the ninja that Lou is my father’s father. I was interested in meeting him for the first time, since i was busy making sure no more serpentine intervene in Spin Harmony’s performance outside the stage during that day, man that Triple Tiger Sashay was pretty awesome for my Father to pull off!
But wandering alone in semi-empty streets and roads, i wore my father’s black hoodie he wore when he met his father, hand-me-downs are pretty nice to say the least. I at least hoped to make a good first impression with him... even if Lou is kinda obsessed with dance, music, things that, like my father, sucks at. But if i can at least pull a “friendly serpentine” vibe, then he won’t go running the moment he opens the door to meet me. But i still wondered what he may say to a person like me, a adoptive son to his biological child.
But it finally arrived to his home, father gave me Lou’s address. I hesitated to talk up to the doorstep, but I remember what my father said to me before i left off The Bounty; “Just make sure to say something about yourself being his son’s child, Ryen. I know it may be pretty tense at first, but if the rest of my freinds warmed up to you well, Dad will do the same.” His words were pretty trustworthy, i trust them with all my heart. Anyhow, i walked up to the door, gave it a few hesitant knocks and also rang the doorbell which made a nice musical ring to it, all digitized acapella.
I waited, twiddling my thumbs in my clasped hands (yes, fingers do exist in a Lego Minifigure’s “clamps”). I was visibly sweating in stress, my eyes wide, i wanted to make a great first impression to Lou so much, i kinda felt like I wasn’t a snake to begin with at all. My confidence struggled to rise... and my Biorhythms soon felt a body coming to the door on the other side...
Oh dear god what am i getting myself into...?
...then the door opened and i saw him. It was pretty anticlimactic at first...
It took him a few seconds to register who i am, and amazingly...
“Ooooh so this is what my proud child’s child is! Your name’s Ryan, Rowan, right...?” I was speechless with my jaw agape. It was absolutely insane he didn’t just throw his arms up, scream, and slam the door in my face! I stammered and stutter, trying to find my words before he spoke up again.
“Well well, come inside, dear. I’m actually excited to meet probably the only friendly Serpentine in existence! Im actually impressed by my son’s knowledge of your kind, sir.” He said so warmly, he already was becoming homey for me, fatherly to me as well! Well would i be considered a Grandchild of sorts? Anyway, i was let into his middle-class abode, his home was pretty swell. Plenty of musical-band-related trophies and rewards of his music group of “The Royal Blacksmiths” adorn a cabinet and wall in his den. Even the Fang Cup poster was there, at least we knew it was the Constrictai Fang-blade.
Lou sat me down on a couch in this den and sat down with me, he did give his looks to his child though... he inhaled and signed and soon had a look of confused worry.
“So, Ryen... uhm... i know it’s our first time meeting eachother, my son’s adopted child. I-it’s impressive Cole found you and took care of you for so long. He sat me down in this same spot and told me alot about you and your relationship with eachother and the Ninja. It’s so...” He paused and looked away with a frown and looked back at me with a happy look, “...so heartwarming and heroic that he gave your unique self a chance in this world. We can obviously thank his knowledge in your species. It makes me think why us Humans and Serpentine fought long ago... don’t you think, Ryen?” Man this guy knows his son’s stuff, he’s a changed man indeed.
“Yes.” I said, “I can only wonder why we fought in the first place... Cole-er, Father told me that, although theorized, Wu and Garmadon may have cuased these wars in the first place due to some Viper Tribe leader or someone named Mambo kinda didn’t like these developments...” I said, Lou nodded and looked content.
“Yes.” Said Lou, “I Wonder.”
We both were silent, staring at eachother, i felt a bit unnerving myself, but i just couldn’t shake the feeling that something had happened to my father. I broke the staring contest as i winced and shuddered, closing my four orange and red eyes, Lou looked deterred too.
“Oohf... why did a sudden chill come over me...” He said quietly to himself, I shook my head and look back at him with eyes of intent.
“Lou, tell me, why did you think of your child as a carrier of your skill when he was destined to become an elemental master himself? You didn’t seek that within him. Neither this the Marty Oppenheimer School didn’t see that within him too. Did you think he would be a good dancer or singer... er, barring that talent show or whatever it was a few days ago...” I said in a somewhat stern tone, Lou looked slightly miffed and his eyebrows furled into a confused offended look.
“Well, i wanted Cole to follow in my footsteps when contracted my debilitating disease! I didn’t think he was gonna become a ninja of master of some sort! Why, i wanted to spank that child for telling me he ditched his school all together and abandoned my ideals! I could’ve—“ Of course i was short-tempered and didn’t like what he was saying about my father... so i did the only logical think a Serpentine could do and Hiss loudly whilst grabbing the frontal scruff of his suit and looking him right in the eyes. I was this close to using my hypnotism abilities on him.
“Don’t talk about your son, MY Father, like that... it’s rude, demeaning, and disrespectful to how great of a man he is now... how dare you belittle a child you raised...” I’d growl once more before letting him go and leaning back, huffing. Lou looked paralyzed by that, he blinked and didn’t say a word. I looked at him more and sighed in embarrassment. I hate it when my anger issues get to me, i have yet to control them to this day... but one thing’s for sure, adrenaline is one heck of a drug that really boosts my fighting and Spinjitzu.
I soon thought i overstayed my welcome in his home, i grunted and got up from my seat and soon walked over to the den’s entrance before stopping and sighing...
This is very well written. I've seen you post your past stories and seen a little about your character Ryen Soto. So I'm curious to find out more. Is this a rewrite of your story about Ryen Soto?
Thank you, your support is well-appreciated, this is a rewrite, yes, and i did this because i needed a new start instead of ripping off my old material over and over. I do this story impromptu, i write what is given before in a previous post and throw whatever ideas i can based on whatever Ninjago has to offer me.
Well I left the home as soon as I could, I didn’t want to risk getting in trouble for what i had done to the poor old man. I scared him straight and I didn’t mean to... well guess it’s time to hit the road and head back home, it’s getting late, and I hustled out to a certain spot in Ninjago City where the boys will come pick me up and put me back on The Bounty.
The skies were all a bright orange to sky-blue gradient, as shadows loomed over me, street lights coming on prematurely. These tall skyscrapers were nothing more than semi-featurless black monolithic rectangular shapes with dim lighting coming from them. I hope i was gonna make it, pushing past people whom were not scared enough to see a Snake running by...
Then, something else in my mind hit me as it was another reason why i left; a grocery run. I hissed to myself and facepalmed before nimbly twirling a 180 on my left foot and heading off to a establishment thats fairly known for it’s pro-Serpentine stances. I knew the manager and staff there, and some regulars that come there every now and again. It’s obviously a very welcoming small shop run by a family that like Serpentine history and such, i was obviously a BIG deal when i came around first time after getting kicked out of so many shops and malls. I think it was called “Slytherin’s Serpentine Shoppe” or something like that, they closed down not long after The Great Devourer got nailed by Lord Garmadon.
Wherever they were, situated in a small alleyway thats cramped and dirty, their neon snake-colored sign was an obvious... er, sign that showed they were Serpentine Freindly. How heartwarming.
But when i came by to see it, i could soon see people screaming and running out of the building for some reason, it kinda scared me and i soon came running to see what the commotion was about. Soon i ran into the manager of the establishment, literally. We collided and soon looked at eachother, both wide-eyed and confused.
”The heck is going on, Miles?!” I shouted sternly.
”I c-can’t be-live it! Th-they r-really came back!” He stammered and panted.
”And the Jamanakai Village attacks didn’t warn you?”
”Th-they’re attacking my shop, please do something, Ryen!”
Well I left the home as soon as I could, I didn’t want to risk getting in trouble for what i had done to the poor old man. I scared him straight and I didn’t mean to... well guess it’s time to hit the road and head back home, it’s getting late, and I hustled out to a certain spot in Ninjago City where the boys will come pick me up and put me back on The Bounty.
The skies were all a bright orange to sky-blue gradient, as shadows loomed over me, street lights coming on prematurely. These tall skyscrapers were nothing more than semi-featurless black monolithic rectangular shapes with dim lighting coming from them. I hope i was gonna make it, pushing past people whom were not scared enough to see a Snake running by...
Then, something else in my mind hit me as it was another reason why i left; a grocery run. I hissed to myself and facepalmed before nimbly twirling a 180 on my left foot and heading off to a establishment thats fairly known for it’s pro-Serpentine stances. I knew the manager and staff there, and some regulars that come there every now and again. It’s obviously a very welcoming small shop run by a family that like Serpentine history and such, i was obviously a BIG deal when i came around first time after getting kicked out of so many shops and malls. I think it was called “Slytherin’s Serpentine Shoppe” or something like that, they closed down not long after The Great Devourer got nailed by Lord Garmadon.
Wherever they were, situated in a small alleyway thats cramped and dirty, their neon snake-colored sign was an obvious... er, sign that showed they were Serpentine Freindly. How heartwarming.
But when i came by to see it, i could soon see people screaming and running out of the building for some reason, it kinda scared me and i soon came running to see what the commotion was about. Soon i ran into the manager of the establishment, literally. We collided and soon looked at eachother, both wide-eyed and confused.
”The heck is going on, Miles?!” I shouted sternly.
”I c-can’t be-live it! Th-they r-really came back!” He stammered and panted.
”And the Jamanakai Village attacks didn’t warn you?”
”Th-they’re attacking my shop, please do something, Ryen!”
Get em' Ryen!
Nice recent story parts.
And well, i need to watch the First Ninjago Season more to get my bearings more. But don’t worry i’ll keep em coming.
Well I left the home as soon as I could, I didn’t want to risk getting in trouble for what i had done to the poor old man. I scared him straight and I didn’t mean to... well guess it’s time to hit the road and head back home, it’s getting late, and I hustled out to a certain spot in Ninjago City where the boys will come pick me up and put me back on The Bounty.
The skies were all a bright orange to sky-blue gradient, as shadows loomed over me, street lights coming on prematurely. These tall skyscrapers were nothing more than semi-featurless black monolithic rectangular shapes with dim lighting coming from them. I hope i was gonna make it, pushing past people whom were not scared enough to see a Snake running by...
Then, something else in my mind hit me as it was another reason why i left; a grocery run. I hissed to myself and facepalmed before nimbly twirling a 180 on my left foot and heading off to a establishment thats fairly known for it’s pro-Serpentine stances. I knew the manager and staff there, and some regulars that come there every now and again. It’s obviously a very welcoming small shop run by a family that like Serpentine history and such, i was obviously a BIG deal when i came around first time after getting kicked out of so many shops and malls. I think it was called “Slytherin’s Serpentine Shoppe” or something like that, they closed down not long after The Great Devourer got nailed by Lord Garmadon.
Wherever they were, situated in a small alleyway thats cramped and dirty, their neon snake-colored sign was an obvious... er, sign that showed they were Serpentine Freindly. How heartwarming.
But when i came by to see it, i could soon see people screaming and running out of the building for some reason, it kinda scared me and i soon came running to see what the commotion was about. Soon i ran into the manager of the establishment, literally. We collided and soon looked at eachother, both wide-eyed and confused.
”The heck is going on, Miles?!” I shouted sternly.
”I c-can’t be-live it! Th-they r-really came back!” He stammered and panted.
”And the Jamanakai Village attacks didn’t warn you?”
”Th-they’re attacking my shop, please do something, Ryen!”
I shook my head in disbelief that Miles here, a freind of mine whose really into my species and pretty much outcasted by the rest of society here except for the others that ran out of the place, didn’t get the news two or so weeks ago. I’d then look to the rest of the remaining occupants running out before I held my head up high, flipping over the hood on my black sweater on my serpent head, pretending i was like my father before me. Sure i had no weapon, but lucky for me, my hand to hand is on point, and my Serpentine Powers ready to be used. I soon took the pose of a ready runner.
“Ninjaaaagoooo!” I shouted out at the top of my lungs, before sprinting right off into the store that was being attacked, a place of my nostalgia if living a short current existence counted for anything... hearing the faint cheering of Miles behind me. I’d soon bust through the doors and soon bust through some poor scale-faces whom were unlucky to be in front of those doors! I’d throw two of them off my arm onto the old tiled floor, i’d look around and see all four Serpentine Species (barring Pythor since I didn’t meet him yet) making a mess of this place. I’d growled loudly, absolutely not happy to see a place that was so special to me be defaced and ruined like this, i’d soon hissed harshly to get all of their attentions! They stopped what they were doing and all turned their heads to face me, the hooded figure in question.
I took a fighting pose and undone my sweater’s hood off of me and proclaimed, “Serpentine! I have come to berid you of my friends’ establishment! My place of refuge and equality in this city! Leave now, or be beaten back by my Father’s Prowess he bestowed unto me!!”
A few seconds of silence... before all these snakes just bursted into laughter at me, pointing and hissing my way. That reaction floored me before one cheeky Fangpyre spoke up.
“Prowess?! What Prowesssss?! You’re nothing! An abssssolute misssstake!! Go home, Hybrid, you don’t belong in any tribe!”
Now i hope that Snake wished he was never born after he said that.
”Y-you... you think im absolutely WORTHLESS?!?” I’d hiss out in agony at that statement, it empained me so hard to say that, the Fangpyre replied a simple ‘Yes’. That straw broke the camel’s back so hard...
I’d unleash a heavy yell, soon charging at that snake with everything i had, and soon in a split second, i tackled that poor snake so hard, i could literally hear his chest snap, i could feel his Biorythm spike in sudden pain, which actually hurt me too. I’d landed from the wild charge, and the snake literally went through the back wall, leaving a hole where he impacted. I never think i may have killed someone in my life, but, I believe that was my first impression on dealing death, and in such an uncontrollable rage too. I’d panted and recovered from my pain, staring down the rest of them in the room. They all looked absolutely horrified at what i had done to one of their comrades, they underestimated me...
From my vision, it was bathed in blood red, and it stemmed from my Venomari Half when they go into an uncontrolled rage. I’d could only soon perform my father’s Spinjitzu, not shouting the typical “Ninjago!” To it, and one by one, the Snakes whom didn’t get out of my way, faced a severe world of pain in my part. I could hear their screams in terror and fear, and its embedded into my mind to this very day, i’ve lived knowing the fact i mortally harmed, and caused trauma and never-ending chronic fear of me...
A few more minutes blurred by, and by that time, the ones that didn’t get severely hurt by my enraged spinjitzu, had fled for their lives... now there were just slight writhing bodies on the floor of the store and plenty of collateral damage i’ve done too. It had only been by the time i calmed down and realized what i’ve done. Hyperventilating, i turned round to see Miles, just standing there, the human’s face just looked so freaked out that i cuased all of that in a short amount of time, the red blood cleared from my vision and could only nod to him before i fell over and blacked out...
This was so terrifying to me in a way, I... I never thought i would do so much harm than good, even if it was saving for a friend...
Post by TheFirstDecade on Oct 26, 2019 21:37:41 GMT
I blacked out for a reason, all that sudden realization and that hard hitting coldness that emanated from me... and the combined pains from all the snakes’ Biorhythms too... d-dear god, why did i have so much trouble writing all of that down?! Well... it’s over now... it haunts me and has never left me. Even when i told my father about that, he was silent with internal horror, that blank distant stare he gave me when i woke up back in the sleeping quarters of The Bounty when i told him that. My Biorhythms felt all his fear and worry for me, i felt his muscles tense up and such... then all relaxed.
But he just gave me a sheepish smile and shrugged it off... saying i was doing a good deed for a freind of mine, another day of kicking serpentine butt he told me... how in this world can you not shrug off me killing someone?! How can you not ignore that?!
Well... in the meantime, i had managed to figure out why all the Serpentine tribes were there in that store. They were gonna be united underground in the subway and sewers by Pythor. I could hear some of them say that when i was on my rampage in that snake store, i hope Miles is still omay after that...
But it was my speaking out that i had told the rest of the Ninja, Nya, and Wu about it, even the lil pipsqueak Lloyd too. They decided to forgo getting to the Toxic Bogs and Thousand Step Mountain, the two tomb settings of the Venomari and Constrictai respectively, and just raid the staging grounds outright. I knew they were headed into danger and they may not come back, but at least theres rumors to spread to pur advantage thanks to a Lesson from Wu. Man that old guy really can teach old ninja new tricks. I have Level of respect for him, but not as heavy and honorable as my father...
But at least we’re gonna take the fight to them directly and maybe ahut down their plans of unleashing The Great Devourer... But that night we entered into the City, will be a night i’ll never forget, a day of defeat, a day of death...
It was the Night of the planned attack. We Ninja were to go into the underground to stop this tribal unity meeting that was lead by Pythor and the Four other Serpentine Generals. I was determined to really make my stride here, and I asked constantly if i was gonna be a member of this mission. Wu was on the fence of my decision, he didn’t want me to go, but didn’t try to stop me. Kai, Jay, Zane and my Father were all in agreement for me to join. I was obviously the voted majority, Wu was a bit surprised but allowed me to go. My father was proud and he hugged me in happiness. I felt more happy than him.
Kai spoke up about me, “So Ryen, are you ready to go kick some snake butt? Im sure as heck im ready!” He said with such a smile of anticipation, I nodded and looked to the others.
“Well, if you guys can gimme a ninja suit and a Scythe like dad’s, im sure as heck ready to give them snakes that wronged me of my lineage and esteem... i’ll show them the power of a Serpentine Hybrid like they’ve never seen before!” I hissed out, growling. Jay walked over, that blueberry child is always a target for my teasing and sarcasam, hah...
“Then what the heck we waiting for guys!? Let’s go!” He shouted out, doing those stereotypical hooo-waahs and Hi-yahs and other weird vocalizations which obviously seems stupid to do that when Ninja are supposed to be stealthy... why is Blue considered anstealthy color in the first place?!
“Ahem, didn’t i say i needed—“ Soon the Pink Ninja (snrk... Zane’s Gi got so messed over by Lloyd...) handed me a scythe Father used before he got the Golden Scythe of Quakes. I’d take it from him and bow as a gesture of respect.
“Thanks for reading my mind, weirdo. I preciate’ it.” I’d thank Zane, he’d replied back. “It is an honor to help diversity grow in the face of discrimination and decay.” Whatever the robot says, i’m fine with it. (Yes, this story was made way after the discovery of his cybernetic prowess.)
I’d then look to my father with a smile, holding his old weapon tightly in my scalie hands. I’d then preform some fighting moves my father taught me, and it was on point from my training, impressive and as flashy as his.
But how the way Sensei Wu was looking at me... he felt like something terrible was gonna happen, an event that he had tole me a week ago, something about a bad thing happening to my father and me taking his place becuase im so much alike him... well, i hope what he was saying isn’t true. I hope to god this wise man doesn’t jinx me.
Soon after showing off, the Ninja donned their balaclavas, and i downed my black hoodie’s hood on my head, i’d smiled and ran out the door of the bridge of this flying ship i live on and we head to the deck below, above the glowing wonderland of Ninjago City at night. A bright shining, twinkling of a proud powerful city that held so much economic and cultural and... whatever it is known for! Now that out feet were atthe edge of a pretty long fall, Kai shouted the typical sign of “NinjaaaaGOOOO!!!” and the five of us leapt off the edge and skydived into the City. I held onto my father tightly as we hit Terminal Velocity in a minute of falling, soon, he unleashed his Golden Weapon vehicle, the powerful 4x4 Tread Assault. And we shared the same cockpit of the vehicle as it fell to the Earth faster.
I’d could see everyone’s Vehicles (aside from Jay’s) soon all race down the side of a building in an exhilarating rush. I felt the G’s hit me, forcing me against my seat. Heart racing, body sweating.
“WWWOOOOOHOOOOOO~~!!! THIS IS SO EPIIIIIC!!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, my father replied, “Fasten your seatbelt, son, we’re gonna make a hard landing!” I’d did what dad asked and fastened it tightly, in a few short seconds, the Tread Assault soon landed with a harsh BANG and jolted me slightly, soon the flash of Golden Energy blinded me for a second before the Vehicle vanished in that light back into it’s scythe, i’d landed on my feet and cheer wildly. “Oh my god, i so want to do that again!”
Everyone else landed around us and flashed out of their vehicles and chuckled. “Like father like son i spose’...” Kai said to himself looking at me and dad. This night was so great already, i hope this big battle we’ll get into won’t be out last.
Us five walked out of an Allyway in a crowded small street, i looked up to the familiar skyline i usually saw. Knowing this City is my birthplace, it felt kinda home to me... even if i was an abandoned egg. But i managed to Hatch and survive for as long as i can until Father showed up. The Black Ninja looked up at the glowing skyline with a slight smile, his face looking mellow and relaxed, he sighed and nodded to himself, remembering that time he found me.
“This is great.” he said, “The city i found you in, the place where i know you the best...”
Kai turned to Father and raised a brow. “huh, whaddya mean, Cole?”
“The City i found Ryen in, alone in a box wallowing in his filth and such... i feel sorry for the snakes that left his egg in this city...” The Black Ninja said with a remorseful look, Jay and Zane looked to him, and I was obviously wandering around away from them.
“I dunno whats with you and your like for the Serpentine, Cole, but, it’s kinda disturbing a bit.” Jay said condescendingly, Zane added a possibility of why i wes left behind, “Maybe becuase Ryen’s Parents knew they had created a hybrid, suggesting that the Serpentine look down upon Hybrids, thus didn’t want to have the public fallout.”
Father turned to Zane and nodded. “I’ve read that up in some old scrolls detaliling Serpentine Society, it even said that Hybrids cannot use their parent’s powers.”
“But didn’t the Serpentine like, fight amongst themselves alot?” Kai said.
“Sure, yes, they did, but... there were alot of inter-tribal marriages that were made in secret... and such marriages were often subject to harassment or even punishment by death. It’s... kinda scary thinking how Ryen survived but his Parents may have not...” Father said, pushing a thinking pose.
Then the Blueberry piped up, yapping, “Yadda yadda yadda, history is boring, kicking snake butt is where it’s at!”
“But learning our ancestors history had made us think whom was gonna become the green—“ Zane said wisely before being interrupted.
“Shut up, Zane! Nobody asked you!” That made me chuckle...
But soon, my wandering made a discovery, seeing some lonely snakes hop down into a manhole. I turned and hissed loudly to garner attention...
"Yo, guys over here!" I shouted for them as they turned to my hiss. "We got the way to go right here, these manholes over here. The Serpentine are headed underground, well, not like we've discussed this already but c'mon!" I said with a rather proud tone to my voice.
"Alrighty, son! Let's get going!" Father shouted out and unsheathed his Scythe of Quakes, the rest of the ninja gave off that familiar Battlecry before running o me as i held the heavy steel disk which felt like a paperweight to me. All four ninja jumped in and i soon followed suit, man this will be a pretty intense stealth mission, but if we were to pull off the rumor shenanigans that happened this morning or so, it'll be a breeze.
Welp, in the subway system as we had trudged through alot of ugly sewers for nothing, but we managed to get to our destination which was a Subway round house, filled with all four tribes of what was of them. I eyed the top of the train cars, seeing the generals conversating with eachother, and soon the familiar purple Snake known as Pythor slithered up to them and spoke to them, i could tell he was a bit stressed by all of this, trying to unite the tribes...
"You'll have to use more than wordssss to unite the tribesss, Pythor..." I could hear from Skales, me and the boys up in the rafters of a upper level catwalk looking from below. Skales was right after all, the murmuring from the crowds below was proving his point a little. Hmph, probably the only thing i'll ever agree with him...
But i felt a small disturbance in my force, and something wasn't right, as if we five were detected. I felt Pythors take a glance at us from above, it didn't seem like that from afar, but he know knew we were all here, but that sneeky serpent kept his mouth shut for now. Well, guess it's time for us to start spreading these destructive rumors like Sensei told us.
Kai motioned for all of us to take places so we can speak out of turn. I'd grinned and stayed here as Father told me to to overwatch if anything bad will happen so i'll be an early warning... Pythor soon cleared his throat and the crowds of snakes quieted down...
"Ladies and gentlemen, friends, enemies... and enemies whom pretend to be our friends..." I can hear the crowds giggle and chuckle from that. "...I welcome thee to a beginning of new history for us!" he said out in a loud stentorian voice, I'd look down at him, seeing the four generals behind him, looking over their tribes, i was most anchored to Acidicus and Skales though, i watched their every slight bodily movement they made. I'd grit my fangs at them and sharpen my gaze, i could feel their biorythms of their beating hearts and expanding and contracting lungs, i could feel their blood flow through their bodies... it was slowly getting to me, their genetics, my genetics. Many genes alike, powers alike. This is what the Element of genetics can do to me, I get so spaced out detecting how their body works it slowly harms me.
I'd crack, wincing in slight pain, stifling a groan. I felt the Venomari and Hypnobrai general's heads turn in my direction, but lucky for me i ducked down out of sight just in time... Skales got suspicious an nudged Acidicus to look closer in that direction. I'd breathed heavily but quietly, i could feel them staring at me, one wrong move and i'll jeopardize everyone. I focused back on Pythor's speech to calm me down.
"...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..." I heard him say, growling at the end. The snake crowds cheered up and soon i could hear another voice pop up in the background, one of my comrades.
"That really sounds like a great plan, but uh... you know the Hypnobrai will screw it up!" I smirked and tried to stifle laughter from that it was a struggle. My back peaked out from behind my cover, and Skales and Acidicus noticed, they snarled and looked to Pythor.
"Those buck teeth can bite my rear end!" I heard another of my comrades spike off, "I bet they're drinking their own venom!" another voice sounds off, "All those digging must have given them dirt for brains!" Dear god i'm so immature! I couldn't help it but soon rise from my cover, bursting into laughter...
Well... i screwed up BAD...
Yeah... im immature as i was raised by guys in their late teens and early twenties, don't get me wrong, but those zingers just got to me at such the WORST time i think i've been in... but they were so freaking funny! My laughter echoed in the area, the ninja froze up and looked at my direction, the crowds were silent and looking at me and Pythor looked surprise at my appearance as i kept laughing, Skales and Acidicus on the other hand...
"Good GOD what is that-... that... that monsssstrossssity?!" Skales shreiked out. "What in the Dark Realm is HIM?! L-LOOK AT HIM!!" Acidicus added, my laughter soon died out as i caught my breath and i panted and wiped my brow, i huffed... then i realized i jeopardized my comrades...
"Oh... o-oh... u-uh..." I stammered and looked at all the snakes that saw me, they looked a bit mortified and offended at my appearance, soon i could see Kai at the opposite wall. He. Looked. Livid. Father on the other hand... he looked mortified as to what was about to happen, i'd soon felt something approaching me, Constrictai burrowing under to me and my friends, i hissed out and shouted. "Guys, look out! They're coming to get you!!" I said, soon jumping over the railing, landing on the train cars where the Four Generals and Pythor stood, the purple snake gasped and soon tried to run away like the coward he was.
"Oh great, Ryen blew our cover! Cole, why should we trust him since he's a freaking SNAKE?!" I heard Jay shout out as i charged to chase Pythor, soon Acidicus and Skales got in my way and i ended up tackling into them, they grabbed me and soon tossed me out. I'd hissed and growled and stood up to look at them face to face... probably the first time meeting these two like this.
Father grunted and looked at the standoof between me and the two generals, "Gah! Son, get away from them, this isn't you're fight we got to--WUAGH!!" He said before suddenly being pulled underground, i'd gasped and hissed loudly. "Alright, guys, sorry if i did this to us, but uh, yeah we gotta get out of here!" I said before suddenly being grabbed by the Shoulder from Skales... i turned to him and growled...
Skales Turned me round and looked me deeply in the eyes, I was caught off guard and struggled in his tight grip on me, Acidicus was also there, eyeing me down in the same way. I’d be soon grasped by both and we struggled for a bit before i was took down flat on my back, i hissed and writhed out. “GRAH~!! G-get the heck offa me y-you b-big—“ I shouted before being interrupted. “SSSSSILENCCCCE HYBRID!!! Your kind shouldn’t live!” Skales said, and without warning, the Venomari General spat into my four eyes, i’d hiss loudly in pain and scream out.
Meanwhile below us, Jay, Zane, and Kai were fighting off these huge hoarde of serpentine, they all were worried about me and my father. They shouted his name and they didn’t get a response. But they fought and fought, Pythor whom was invisible during all this, was watching with a smile of evil. Back to me, i struggled with my vision being all morphed and bended and refracted, it was so disoriented it made me sick, soon Skales smoothly glides one of his eyes over me and his tail conducts it’s signature rattle, and soon his eyes began to swirl...
“Look deeply Ryen... for i have wanted to sssssee you for ssssso looonnng...” He said out in such a rather mesmerizing tone, i’d grunted and tried to break my concentration but this acid trip im having with the spit in my eyes... oh it made it all the more worse. It hurt my head so much, but now, i felt myself slowly losing my control, it was all getting more blurry... until i heard a signature battlecry of “NINJAGOOOOO~!!” before Skales was suddenly swatted away by a tornado of lighting, i’d gasped and Acidicus backed off of me. He huffed and soon turned tail and fled!
Jay came from the Tornado of electricity and looked at me. “Alright, im sorry if im annoyed at you and all for blowing our cover, buuuut, WE GOTTA RUN AWAY!!!” He squawked, and picked me up, my drugged vision still a trip and a half of hallucinations of weird things... but in a panicked rush to retreat, Kai and Jay hopped onto Zane’s Ice Motorsled thing and we all took off...
But we have left someone behind, i thought... someone important...
This all was such a rush of panic, we had to leave before we were all overwhelmed. My vision was still plagued with Venomari Venom... but i realized something of my own stature; im not immune to my halve’s powers, they can still affect me! B-but whatever the case, we left without a second thought...
That Night once we all arrived back at The Bounty, Kai did a head count to see who is present...
“One, two, three, four... u-uh... u-uhoh... wh-where’s Cole?!” He said in surprise. “Wh-what?! W-we’ve left someone behind?!” Jay shouted back. “We’ve must’ve been too overwhelmed by all those Serpentine Attacking us. We were trying to look for him, but our situation was utmost bleak, we had to leave without a second thought...” Zane analyzes the issue, Kai butted in. “B-But we left Cole back there! Wh-who knows what the Serpentine will do to him!”
“W-worst y-yet, WHAT WILL SENSEI THINK?!?” Jay shouted in pure panic, and Kai and Zane socked his shoulders. “Let’s calm down guys, we may be a man down, but at least we have Ryen with us, he may know where he is!” Kai said reassuringly but it wasn’t helping... we were all worried... but me mostly. I mean, they didn’t look to me with concern. And i’d real What had happened.
“N-no! We didn’t leave him behind did we?!” I hissed out, “NO, W-WE HAVE TO GO BACK!!!” I said stentorianly. The other three huffed and held me tightly. They were trying to calm me down, Kai grunting. “D-don’t worry Ryen, h-he’ll be able to free himself, h-he knows how to deal with Serpentine like you!” I couldn’t have taken much offense before throwing the three off of me.
“IF NONE OF YOU WILL HELP ME THEN GOD KNOWS I WILL!! YOU BREAK MY TRUST AND I’LL BREAK YOU!!!” I’d hiss out in staunch anger. They all looked a slight bit afraid but they got up and dusted off their suits and sighed... i’d only angrily walk back to my sleeping quarters and slammed the door shut with a rumble. I’d soon rest my head in bed with a sour look to me. I will go out to find my father and what had happened to him... but to only discover cruelty that had been done to him... and the heavy burden of becoming the Black Ninja... in the next chapter.
But before i end it off here, i have an anecdote to share. What my dreams were of. In those times as i slept, dreaming of what had happened to my father, worrying heavily about him, i could see in the darkness of the black void, two snakes, a Hypnobrai and a Venomari. Both looked like Generals due to their physical appearances. I also noticed the Venomari was a female judging by it’s body too. I could see them holding hands, mouthing out words with no voice. They looked as if they were sharing vows of some sort as by the look of their faces... they looked sad and worried. They kept on talking before i saw the Venomari woman slither away to get something.
I watched the lone Hypnobrai looked round, a long frown on him. He then turned to my direction but had no reaction as if I wasn’t there... but he felt something and slithered over to me, i’d gulped and backed a bit away, he looked alot like Skales but i could soon hear his mumbling, something that his name was... Slithraa. He said he was afraid that his child may now hatch at all...
Wait a second... th-the Venomari woman and this Slithraa... a-are they...?
N-no, they cannot be my actual biological parents, th-theres no coordination! B-but... the Venomari came back holding an egg, it looked strikingly similar to what my adoptive father told me it looked like. The Hypnobrai Slithraa came back to the Venomari woman and gave her a remorseful kiss, it sort of... empowered me, the love between them could be detected by their Biorhythms, their hearts were beating as one. It was absolutely remarkable I still had no idea if this dream was a message of things to come, or a sign of the past... but i could barely hear them say, “what should we name our hybrid...?”
It struck me hard right there, i’d yelped and it clicked. The two snakes heard something when i yelped and looked around alert and worried, they could only hold their hands and slither away at speed, holding their egg together. I’d hissed loudly and soon began to chase them, but no matter how far or fast i ran... they eventually faded back into the darkness... abandoning me...
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I've seen you post your past stories and seen a little about your character Ryen Soto. So I'm cerious to find out more. Is this a rewrite of your story about Ryen Soto? 
