Attack of the Pyro Vipers

The **Attack of the Pyro Vipers** (also known as the **Snaketastrophy** and the **Siege of the Monastery**) was a huge attack-like battle from *Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*. It deals with the Ninja trying to fight off a group of ancient Serpentine who are attacking Ninjago City and are powered up with Kai's fire elemental power. The battle takes place in the first half of Season 11 and ended on the episode, "Vengeance is Mine."

## History

### Background

It all started a thousand years ago during the time of the First Shpinjitzu Master and before the Serpentine War. There was a truce between both the humans and the Serpentine issued by the First Spinjitzu Master and the Serpentine leader, King Mambo. But it was a fragile peace which stated under law that humans were forbidden form entering the lands of the Serpentine and that the Serpentine were forbidden from entering the lands of the humans. But one day back when both Wu and Garmadon were kids, Wu decided to go into the Serpentine Valley because he was tired of always going to the lake to swim. Even though Garmadon didn't want to go in the Serpentine Valley, Wu made him go anyway claiming that no one would know and that they would just take a quick look. However, when they got to the Serpentine Valley they saw the Serpentine building pyramids but then were immediately captured by Serpentine guards who brought them to King Mambo at his pyramid. As punishment for breaking the law and endangering the truce, King Mambo had Wu and Garmadon thrown into the dungeons for the night but they were soon visited by a young Serpentine girl named Aspheera. She was a sorceress in training who offered to help free Wu and Garmadon from the dungeons and asked that in return that they would promise to teach her the secrets of Spinjitzu. When they promised, Aspheera freed them and they both ran back home in the night. But when they got home the First Spinjitzu Master was making two magical scrolls that could grant the power of Forbidden Spinjitzu.

Although Garmadon wasn't going to keep the promise made to Aspheera, Wu felt he should. So Wu decided to secretly teach Aspheera Spinjitzu and in return, Wu made her promise not to use it for evil. Over the past few days and weeks, Wu taught Aspheera the secrets of Spinjitzu and they both started to become friends which Garmadon later found out about. One day however, Wu found out that Aspheera broke her promise and used her knowledge of Spinjitzu to overthrow King Mambo, take over the Serpentine Valley, and march on the lands of the nearby human villages which forced the humans who lived there to clear out. Realizing his mistake, Wu went to Garmadon for help and they decided to stop Aspheera by using the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu which increased their elemental power when they touched them. Wu and Garmadon then snuck back into the Serpentine Valley at night then they took out some guards and went into the pyramid where Asphera was planning to conquer Ninjago and rename it after herself. They later confronted Aspheera and fought off both her and her followers using the power of the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu. Eventually, they defeated them all but soon the power of the scrolls began to corrupt them for a bit until they both let the scrolls go. After King Mambo was restored to his rightful place as King and restored the peace, he decided to punish Aspheera entombing her magically in the pyramid until her sins were forgotten. When Wu visited Aspheera in the dungeons she begged him to help let her out but he refused. This infuriated Aspheera who believed that Wu betrayed her so she declared him a "Treacherous Deceiver" and vowed revenge. The First Spinjitzu Master then got angry at Wu and Garmadon for using the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu so he took them back and hid them somewhere where they could never find them.

Years later, the old Serpentine who lived in the Serpentine Valley died out and their remains were mummified and were either placed inside the pyramid with Aspheera or found and taken to the Ninjago museum. The Serpentine Valley then became known as the Desert of Doom while the pyramid that held Aspheera was left to be buried in the desert sand. The Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu were eventually found by a man named Clutch Powers who donated them to both the museum and the Explorer's Club. In the present day, the Ninja had become lazy and soft after the Oni's Invasion so they all decided to go on a quest to get back into shape. So they decided to help Clutch Powers explore Aspheera's pyramid in the Desert of Doom after hearing a new report about his discovering it. When they arrived at the Desert of Doom on their new vehicles and the Land Bounty and dealing with a giant desert scarab beetle named Beohernie for, they met up with Clutch Powers and prepared to enter the pyramid. With the help from Clutch Powers, the Ninja explored the pyramid then after solving a mysterious puzzle they accidently freed Aspheera who was imprisoned inside the pyramid's tomb. She wanted to find Wu for betraying her but the Ninja didn't know who she was talking about since she only identified him by his nickname the Treacherous Deceiver. The Ninja tried fighting her off but Aspheera defeated them and stole Kai's elemental power of fire which rendered him unconscious. When the Ninja tried to stop her, she overpowered them using Spinjitzu then and chained them to a wall then when she got out of the pyramid, she made lava come out it which blasted Clutch Powers away and created a giant fire snake named Fire Fang to go to take her to Ninjago city and get revenge on Wu.

### The Battle

Before Aspheera eventually reaches Ninjago city she sends out an army of giant fire Elemental Cobras who arrive in the form of fire balls from the sky and attack the city. P.I.X.A.L. tries to fight them off as Samurai X while Clutch Powers arrive at the city and tells two paperboys named Nelson and Antonia about the Ninja being trapped in the pyramid then goes to the hospital. So Nelson and Antonia ride their bikes through the city and past the Elemental Cobras to get to the Monastery where they inform Sensei Wu about the Ninja who later informs P.I.X.A.L. Back at the pyramid, the Ninja escape from their chains on the wall while the pyramid is filling with lava but are still chained together. When they try to escape the pyramid the lava starts rising fast and even resurrects the mummified Serpentine from their sarcophagi magically, transforming them into fire powered Serpentine called Pyro Vipers. The Ninja are able to escape the pyramid but its now surrounded by lava but then P.I.X.A.L. arrives, rescues them, takes them back to the Land Bounty, and cuts their chains just as Kai wakes up. They then ride the Land Bounty and their vehicles back to Ninjago City along with P.I.X.A.L. so they can stop Aspheera. While the Elemental Cobras continue to attack Ninjago City, Aspheera later arrives at the city with Fire Fang to direct them to find Wu. She then finds out about the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu at the museum and decides to go there to get the scroll so she can use it against Wu when she finds him. She later captures Gayle Gossip the reporter along with her cameraman, Vinny and has them take her and her army to the museum while at the same time have them broadcast her attack on the city along with her goal to find Wu. The Ninja then arrive at the city and fight off the Elemental Cobras which destroys some of them but Kai can't do anything without his elemental power. The Ninja then go to museum to stop Aspheera except for Kai who decides to stay behind but a young boy named Jake decides to go and help out in his place, forcing Kai to go anyway. When Aspheera arrives at the museum, she looks for the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu in the Serpentine exhibit but it wasn't but she revives her old advisor, Char. The Ninja arrive at the museum too and overhear Aspheera looking for the scroll so they manage to find it before she could. When Lloyd gets it his elemental power is increased but soon lets it go then Aspheera arrives and both her army and the Ninja fight over the scroll. Lloyd then gets the scroll again and uses it to fight off Aspheera but she gets it and puts it on her staff then uses it to defeat the Ninja and revive more mummified Serpentine as Pyro Vipers from their sarcophagi at the museum. Aspheera then leaves with the Pyro Vipers and send three Elemental Cobras to take care of the Ninja but Jake arrives to try and protect the Ninja then Kai arrives to save Jake and uses the fire sprinklers to defeat the Elemental Cobra with help from Zane.

As both the Pyro Vipers and the Elemental Cobras attack Ninjago City, Aspheera enjoys the fear but still desires to get revenge on Wu by using the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to banish him to the most forsaken place in all of creation and since the scroll ounce belonged to Wu Aspheera uses it to find him by having Fire Fang track his sent. After the Ninja leave the museum they decide to split up with Jay, Cole, and Kai going to find out more about Aspheera and who she's after from the Serpentine while Lloyd, Nya, and Zane will try to slow Aspheera down and get the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu back. Lloyd, Nya, and Zane eventually find Aspheera and try to slow her down to get back the scroll with Nya distracting her by fighting off some of the Pyro Vipers and then her and Fire Fang while Lloyd sneaks up behind Aspheera to get the scroll. It works as first but when Lloyd and Aspheera fight over the scroll again, Lloyd gets beaten. Lloyd and Nya then prepare to fight off the Pyro Vipers but Zane arrives in his ShuriCopter and makes and ice wall to block out Aspheera and her army then saves both Lloyd and Nya. Meanwhile, Jay, Cole, and Kai go into the sewers to find the Serpentine but eventually get captured by them. After being brought to Skales they ask him about Aspheera and the person Aspheera is after called the Treacherous Deceiver so Skales takes them to the Serpentine library where Acidicus tell them Asphhera's legend which claimed that she was betrayed by an evil boy who used the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to corrupt her. Jay, Cole, and Kai deduce that Garmadon is the Treacherous Deceiver so they go to Wu to tell him about both Aspheera and Garmadon being the Treacherous Deceiver but Wu reveals to them that Aspheera isn't looking for Garmadon she is looking for him. After telling them about his past with Aspheera, Jay, Cole, and especially Kai express their anger over Wu's actions. But then Aspheera arrives and starts attacking the Monastery with her army as they approach it. Soon Jay, Cole, Kai, Wu, and P.I.X.A.L. realize that in order to stop Aspheera they need the other Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and realize that Clutch Powers was the one who found them after they were hidden by the First Spinjitzu Master. Cole then tells Lloyd, Nya, and Zane about Aspheera attacking the Monastery and Wu being the Treacherous Deceiver. He also tells them about their plan to use the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and how Clutch Powers might know where it is. Back at the Monastery, Jay, Cole, Kai, Wu, and P.I.X.A.L. fight off the Pyro Vipers using water canons and rubber shurikens but Aspheera uses the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to destroy the weapons and has Fire Fang break down the Monastery door. Which forces Jay, Cole, Kai, Wu and P.I.X.A.L. to retreat into the hanger bay while the Pyro Vipers search the Monastery for them which prevents any of the Ninja from getting out. So P.I.X.A.L. comes up with a plan to fight the Pyro Vipers using new mech P.I.X.A.L. is building called the Titan Mech which Jay, Cole, and Kai help build so it will be ready. Meanwhile, Lloyd, Nya, and Zane visit Clutch Powers at the hospital and ask him where the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu is which he reveals is at the Explorer's Club but he can't help them get because of his broken leg. Back at the Monastery, the Pyro Vipers find the entrance to the hanger bay but P.I.X.A.L. is about to stop the elevator from coming. Wu then decides to go to give himself up to Aspheera but Kai convinces him to stay so they can all fight her and the Pyro Vipers together.

Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers then manage to get down into the hanger bay level and Aspheera has the Elemental Cobras ram into the door to the hanger bay to get it open. While Jay, Cole, Kai, and P.I.X.A.L. continue working on the Titan Mech so they will be ready to face the Pyro Vipers until Lloyd, Nya, and Zane get the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu. Nya, Zane, and Lloyd arrive at the Explorers' Clube to get the second scroll but the snooty club members won't let them without membership which takes a long and hard process to get. So Zane tries to get in while pretending to be Clutch Powers but Clutch's membership had been suspended, forcing them to sneak in the the Explorer's Club to try and steal it. But they eventually end up getting caught so they run from the club members while at the same time face all the dangerous artifacts and bugs in their collection. They are able to find the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu which was attached to another staff and take it back to the Monastery in both the ShuriCopter and the Land Bounty. Back at the Monastery, Aspheera continues to try and break down the door to the hanger bay by having the Elemental Cobras ram into it. Jay, Cole, Kai, Wu, and P.I.X.A.L. then get a call from Nya telling them that she, Lloyd, and Zane have gotten the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and are on their way back to the Monastery. But Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers are just about to break into the hanger bay so Jay, Cole, Kai, and Wu hide in the vents but P.I.X.A.L. stays behind to finish working on the Titan Mech while Lloyd, Nya, and Zane race to the Monastery at full speed. Aspheera is able to break down the door and get into the hanger bay after having all the Elemental Cobras attack at ounce. Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers search for Wu and the others but Jay sneezes in the vent which allows Aspheera to find them. But then P.I.X.A.L. fights off Aspheera using the Titan Mech with Jay, Cole, Kai, and Wu helping her out by fighting off the Pyro Vipers. However, Aspheera fights by using her magic to move the underground rocks in the hanger bay which damages the Titan Mech then Aspheera uses the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to damage the Titan Mech by destroying it's arms. This allows the Pyro Vipers to capture Jay, Cole, Kai, Wu, and P.I.X.A.L. but then Lloyd, Nya, and Zane arrive with the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu. Lloyd, Jay, and Cole each try fighting Aspheera by using Spinjitzu with the second scroll but both the Ninja's and Aspheera's Spinjitzus were evenly matched since they both had the scrolls. Kai then tries to use the second scroll but without his elemental power it was useless in his hands. Aspheera then destroys the whole Titan Mech using the first scroll but then Zane gets the second scroll and uses it defeat Aspheera and the Pyro Vipers by freezing Aspheera. However, When Wu asks Zane to give him the second scroll, Aspheera is able to get her arm free and use the first scroll to try and blast Wu but Zane pushes him out of the way, gets blasted instead, and was now gone.

### Aftermath

After Aspheera's defeat, she was stripped of her fire power and imprisoned in Krpytarium Prison within Garmadon's old cell. Wu then visited her and talk about how she destroyed Zane but Aspheera revealed that she didn't destroy him but banished him to another realm known as the Never-Realm which she was planning to do to Wu as a way to make him suffer worser than how she suffered. When Wu told the other Ninja, it led to them going to the Never-Realm to find Zane thus leading to the Liberation of the Never-Realm. Aspheera would later return in the Crystastrophe since her attack on Ninjago is what caused the Overlord to return.

## Belligerents

### Ninja

* Wu
* Lloyd
* Kai
* Jay
* Zane
* Cole
* Nya
* P.I.X.A.L.

### Pyro Vipers

* Aspheera
* Char
* Pyro Destroyers
* Pyro Slayers
* Pyro Whippers
* Elemental Cobras
* Fire Fang

### Other

* Clutch Powers
* Antonia
* Nelson
* Dareth
* Jake
* Police Commissioner
* Gayle Gossip
* Vinny
* Explorer's Club
	+ Cecil
	+ Percy
	+ Smythe
	+ Underhill
	+ Explorer's Club Security Guards
* Skales
* Acidicus
* Serpentine Guards
* People of Ninjago City

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