Pythor's Revenge by Meredith Rusu

Author:Meredith Rusu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

The doors to the Serpentine village opened slowly.

“Skales, my long-lost friend,” crooned Pythor. “How good to see you.”

Pythor stood at the entrance to the underground tunnel home of the Serpentine. After the battle with the stone warriors, all the snakes lived a peaceful life down here, far away from the surface dwellers.

“What do you want, Pythor?” Skales hissed. “We’re not accusssstomed to visssitors.”

“My, my, is that any way to treat a guest?” Pythor slid past him and into the village. “Especially one who comes bearing gifts?”

“I didn’t think we’d be ssseeing you again.” Skales followed him. “Not after Massster Chen and his Anacondrai warriors attacked Ninjago City.”

“Pish-posh.” Pythor waved away the comment. “Those were fake Anacondrai. I am the only real Anacondrai left. And when I happened to come across a rather unique commodity, I said to myself, ‘Pythor P. Chumsworth, who should you show this rare treasure to first?’ Naturally, I decided my fellow snakes should have the honor.”

“We’re no longer interested in the riches of the ssssssurface dwellers,” said Skales. “We live as a peaceful society now.”

“Really?” Pythor flashed a toothy smile. “You wouldn’t be interested in, say, a sneak peek of the BorgWatch?”

“Did someone say ‘BorgWatch?’ ” a little voice cried out from behind them.

A young snake approached them. He bore a striking resemblance to Skales.

“Skales Junior!” Skales yelled at his son. “You sssshould be home with your mother.”

“But Daddy, I’ve been reading about the BorgWatch.” Skales Junior whipped out a copy of Tech Times magazine. “This article says the BorgWatch is going to have a built-in video game application that lets you play Snake Attack in 3-D!”

“Smart kid you’ve got there,” said Pythor. “He clearly understands the importance of what I’m offering you.”

More and more snakes began slithering over. They surrounded Pythor, Skales, and Skales Junior.

“If he hassss something to sssshow us, let him ssssshow us,” hissed a Hypnobrai.

“Yesssssss,” a Venomari added. “I, too, would like a sssssssneak peek of the BorgWatch.”

“All right,” Skales finally said to Pythor. “What is it you have that is ssssssso important?”

Pythor slid up onto a nearby stone wall, clearly relishing the attention. “Ladies and gentle-snakes, I present to you the first-ever, never-before-seen, I-am-definitely-the-first-one-to-be-revealing-this, look at … the BorgWatch Thermodynamic Temperature Gauge!”

With a flourish, Pythor held up the temperature gauge high for all to see.

The crowd murmured.

“It’ssssssss a toothpick,” called out the Hypnobrai.

“No, no,” insisted Pythor. “I assure you, you snakes are the FIRST to see this exclusive look at the BorgWatch Thermodynamic Temperature Gauge. Courtesy of me, Pythor P. Chumsworth.”

The murmurs turned to confused rumbles.

“But what doessssss it do?” a snake asked.

“Ah, an astute question,” Pythor said. “Allow me to demonstrate the power of this amazing body temperature control system. Observe.” Pythor turned his attention to the metal toothpick. He looked at the top. He looked at the bottom. He tapped it.

“Hmmmmm,” he said. “Well, if it had a display screen, I’m sure it would be easier to understand.”

Unimpressed, the snakes began slithering away.

“Wait, wait!” cried Pythor. “Don’t you see? This will revolutionize the way we live! Look, it’s reading my internal temperature now.

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