Season 9, episode 3.

Words: 2K

The four Ninja are being cornered, with Kai, Zane and Y/n ready to use their elements. 

"They are Masters of Elements! A week's rations for the Hunter who brings them to me in chains!" Iron Baron exclaimed, making the Dragon Hunters smirk while nearing the Ninja.

"I count ten." Kai whispered.

"I count fourteen." Y/n whispered back.

"There are fifteen." Zane stated, making Y/n stiffle a laugh.

"Yeah, well, you two were always better with math. You with us, Jay?" Kai asked the Lightning Ninja, turning to him.

"We're totally outnumbered. They have weapons and we don't, I haven't eaten all day, not to mention showered in a week. Do you see there are kids in this audience? This level of violence is far too much for them to handle, let alone me!" Jay rambled, screaming.

"Back to normal." Y/n said, shrugging.

"Good. Now that our secret's out, let's lay down some heat!" Kai fired some fire towards a group of Hunters, knocking them down. Zane froze some hunters, as Jay shot some lightning at two others, who dodged, which made the lightning hit another hunter. Y/n made some hunters fly out the arena, making Jay chuckle at the sight.

Kai got caught by a chain, and was being pulled towards the one who shot it, but Zane froze it so Jay could break the chain, and Kai quickly regrouped with the others.

"Is the crowd cheering for us or rooting against us?" Kai asked, screaming.

"Ha! Does it matter?" Jay questioned.

"Yes. Yes, it does!" Kai exclaimed.

The crowd was cheering loudly, "Heavy Metal! Heavy Metal!"

A figure - Heavy Metal - jumped down from Iron Baron's throne, with mask and all. The other dragon hunters, who were holding chains, paused and looked at the figure.

"Uh, I think the crowd likes him." Jay hesitantly stated.

"Or her." Y/n added, sighing. Heavy Metal took out a sword, made out of a bone, as the other hunters started closing in on the ninja again. Kai tried to hit some hunters with his fire, but the bone sword attracted his elemental power. Jay, Y/n and Zane did the same, but their powers didn't go anywhere else than the sword. They gasped, confused. Heavy Metal placed the sword in the ground, while slowly walking towards the four.

"The sword.... It attracts our power." Zane stated, as Y/n was glancing at the hunters around them. The four start doing Spinjitzu, but that was quickly over when Heavy Metal tied them up in chains, making the crowd go wild.

From afar, Cole, Wu and Morro were watching, with Morro wanting to run in and help the ninja, but Cole held him back.

"We can't help them now." He whispered, pulling both Wu and Morro back.

The Ninja are placed in the Dieselnaut, with Kai pulling on the bars every now and then.

"So you aren't Oni after all, but have trained in the arts of the First Spinjitzu Master." Iron Baron scowled, glaring at the four, and with Y/n glaring back.

"You've heard of him?" Kai asked.

"I've heard his legend. The coward who ran away. To—What was it called? Ninjengo?" The Baron asked, making the Purple Ninja laugh.

""Ninjengo". It's called Ninjago." She corrected, shaking her head while chuckling.

"Do you know how to get us back?" Jay asked.

"No. But even if I did, I have no interest in helping you when there is so much you Ninja can do for me here." Iron Baron smirked.

"Where are you taking us?" Kai questioned.

"Don't you know power attracts power? We're hunting dragons!" The Baron exclaimed, making the ninja look at each other worringly.

"Hey! Wasn't our ship?" Jay pointed at a part of the Bounty. The Hunter with the part, smirks in the Blue Ninja's direction.

"Gas up the Dieselnaut, Muzzle." Iron Baron demanded, and Muzzle mumbles. "Quit your jibber-jabbering. Stop looking at me that way, Arkade! You can fly by yourself in that getup, Jet Jack. Chew Toy, is that what you're wearing?" Iron Baron was complaining while walking away from the Ninja.

"Ah, he's always in a mood before a hunt, worried that today might be the day he comes across Firstbourne." Heavy Metal said to Arkade.

Morro, Cole and Wu climb onto a vehicle.

"What do you think you're doing?" Daddy No Legs asked the three, suspicious.

"Uh, we've been asked to lend a hand." Cole said, smiling innocently.

"Didn't I hear you three are from the Dangerbuff clan?" Daddy No Legs questioned.

"Yup." Morro spoke.

"Well, then I refuse to hunt with either of you, because no Dangerbuff I know can shoot a hole in the ground." DNL crosses his arms and turns away from them.

"Then stay at home, tinsel toes, 'cause the boss says they need all the hands he can get. And legs." Wu motioned to his own legs, making DNL leave.

Everyone went to their own spots, and Iron Baron joined a heli, "To the hunt! To the hunt!" He exclaimed, as they flew away with the Dragon Hunters following him.

The Hunters tie the Ninja, with chains, on a two posts, Zane and Kai on one, the other one with Jay and Y/n.

"Hope you're comfortable." Iron Baron spoke, looking from Ninja to Ninja.

"Not really, honestly..." Y/n muttered, tugging on the chains.

"Whatever you have planned for us, we'll never help you hunt Dragons." Kai spat at the Baron.

"Hmm. I beg to differ." He turns on a device, making the chains lit up and causing the Ninja laugh. Kai's fire activates.

"He's triggering an Elemental reaction." Zane said.

"So that's what he means by power attracts power?" Y/n asked, before laughing as a strong gust of wind blew by.

Jay gasps, making his sister look in his direction, "He's using us as bait." This was followed by a laugh, "And it kinda tickles."

"I'm excited to see what tonight's catch brings!" Iron Baron exclaimed.

From afar, the three others are watching, "How are we supposed to rescue them way up there?" Wu asked, looking at Cole and Morro.

"In short, we don't. Not until they're alone." Cole replied, huffing.

"Hmm, why don't you join us, Dangerbuff?" Chew Toy asked, and Cole hesitantly looked at his friends, before making his way to the campfire, with Wu following.

Morro didn't move, he was just looking at the Ninja tied to the posts.

"Morro, are you coming?" Cole whispered, making the boy look at him.

"I think I'll just stay here..." He muttered, before looking back at where he first was looking.

Cole shrugged, before sitting down.

As the hunters were talking, The Master of Earth noticed Heavy Metal was silent and motioned to the blade, "Uh, that's some blade you have there. Crazy how it repelled those powers."

"Oh, yeah? Carved from Dragonbone. From a piece of the Firstbourne." Chew Toy spoke.

"Firstbourne?" Wu questioned.

Daddy No Legs laughs, "Hey, where you been, Dangerbuff? In the belly of Beetlenut?" The Hunters laugh at his remark.

"Firstbourne is the mother of all Dragons. The most powerful in the Realm. No one's ever seen it entirely, but it is said to possess every Element of her beloved spawn. The one prize that's always eluded Iron Baron." Jet Jack explained, before spitting into the small fire.

"Tell 'em, Jet Jack." Arkade exclaimed.

"She took Baron's leg, then his arm, then his pride." Jet Jack added.

"But someone here got a piece of her, didn't you, Heavy Metal?" DNL looked at Heavy Metal, who was sharpening their blade.

"Iron Baron's been searching for her nest all his life. Said she protects there the dragon armor." Jet Jack continued.

"Dragon Armor?" Wu questioned, narrowing his eyes.

Chew Toy chuckled, "Worn by the First Spinjitzu Master. Whoever controls the armor controls Firstbourne. And he who controls Firstbourne can protect us from the Oni." He spit into the fire, with other hunters cheering while agreeing.

"Oni?" Cole muttered.

"When the Oni see me riding on the mother of all Dragons." Daddy No Legs said.

"That will be the day." Another Hunter spoke.

"It's gonna be me, you know." DNL added.

"The Oni? What do they look like?" Cole questioned.

"He's right—" Jet Jack started, but stopped talking as a loud roar was heard.

"Dragon! Don't just stand there, Dangerbuff! Man the turret!" Daddy No Legs shouted.

Iron Baron was looking at the night sky, "Where is she?" A white coloured dragon emerged from the clouds, which were blown away. "There! There!"

"A wind dragon..." Y/n and Morro muttered at the same time, although they were quite far apart. It was like they could feel it.

"Guys, I really don't like this." Kai added, while laughing, because the chains triggered his elemental reaction.

"A Wind Dragon! A good-sized one too. Lay low! Let her come. Wait for it. Wait for it," The dragon blew wind at the hunters, almost blowing them away. When the Wind dragon stopped, Iron Baron demanded the hunters to shoot, "Now!"

"Take a shot, Dangerbuff! What are you waiting for?" Daddy No Legs shouted, manning the turret. Cole and Wu climb into a vehicle, with Morro quickly following. They shoot the chains, hitting the posts the ninja are on, making the posts fall over and freeing them from the posts, but not from the chains.

"Oh, no. My mistake." Cole apologised, hiding a smirk.

"I should've known to never trust a Dangerbuff. Get out of there!" Daddy No Legs exclaimed, and the three quickly jump off the vehicle.

"Now's our chance. Let's get them." The Master of Earth said, running to where their friends are supposed to be.

"She's making a run for it! Follow her!" Iron Baron demanded, jumping onto his helicopter, which took off.

When Cole didn't see his team mates, he looked up, confused, "What?" He sees the Ninja are back in the Dieselnaut's cage, sighing.

"You heard the Baron. Get a move on!" Daddy No Legs yelled, making Cole look at Morro, who was standing behind him now. They quickly went into another vehicle, following the others.

Y/n was looking through the bars of the cage, a sad expression slowly making its way on her face.

"Ha-ha. She's fast as the wind, I'll give her that? We're losing her!" Iron Baron shouted, as Y/n squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting to see this happening.

She knows they can't do anything about it. Apparantly, Kai noticed she wasn't watching and wanted to comfort her. So, he gently sneaked his arms around her, and held her tight. It worked, because she relaxed a bit. They heard the dragon fall to the ground some time later, and the hunters cheered.

Cole, Wu and Morro walked towards the Dieselnaut, as Kai let go of Y/n.

"So tonight wasn't our night." Kai muttered, sighing.

"It wasn't hers, either." Jay added.

"We'll figure out a way out of this. For us, and the Dragons." Cole spoke, motioning to where the dragon was. Morro looked at the Purple Ninja worryingly, but she motioned back that it was fine.

Still alive! School at home is terrible tho. It takes much more time than if I was in school.

This is so short too.

Vote for who you want Y/n to end up with:

Cole: Comment here;

Kai: Comment here;

Morro: Comment here;

See you in the next chapter!