Here it is guys! Jay's awful plan. This chapter is defiantly my longest yet. OVER 4,000 WORDS! That's the most I've written for one chapter, hands down. Lots lots of different POVs going on. A whole ton of fighting too. So those of you who like fighting sequences, you should enjoy this chapter. I think this is the first chapter where you really get a feel for some of the mysteries and secrets behind what's happening on the front lines.
And now my sister's snoring weirdly again. Man, I'd throw something at her if I could... :/
Jay's Plan
"Ok, is everyone ready?" Cole asked after they had gone over Jay's plan several times.
None of them liked the plan that much, but it was the only apparent solution. It was only to give them time to escape anyway, for these other ninja had already made it clear that they wouldn't be beaten easily, and they were in no shape for a fight.
"We're ready," Zane nodded, although no one saw through the thick, stuffy darkness of the supply closet.
"Nya, are you sure your alright with this," Kai asked his sister, concern in his tone.
"Kai, I could kick your butt in a fight any day, I think I'll be fine," Nya reassured him.
Kai blushed a little at the thought. Lucky for him, Nya didn't see in the gloomy darkness.
"Do you think the plan will work?" Lloyd asked Cole, having growing doubts about the plan.
"Most likely, not," Cole answered plainly, not caring if he sounded rather blunt. "But it's the only plan we've got, and once Zane can send a transmission to the falcon, we can alert sensei, and get out of here."
"This is defiantly our worst plan," Lloyd sighed, kicking the the wall with impatience.
"Worse then crashing through the roof of Darkley's," Kai agreed.
"Hey, that was kind of fun," Jay argued, "I mean, yeah, most of my plans almost get us severely injured - maybe nearly killed - but that's why I'm not in charge around here."
"Everyone, gather by the door," Cole ordered, ignoring Jay's ranting. "Weapons ready?"
"These really aren't weapons, they're more like fake weapons we threw together in five minutes out of anything we could find in this closet," Lloyd pointed out.
"Yes, well we really don't have time to care about those little details, and I've already got enough on my mind right now aside from weapons," Cole muttered, not appreciating Lloyd's comment.
The ninja and Nya gathered near the door. Cole raised his makeshift scythe, and prepared to bring it down on the door.
"Three... Two... One!"
The ice ninja paced around the heavily demolished bank, keeping on high alert incase any threat towards their mission happened to be lurking in the shadows. She had become very accustomed to darkness, for that's where evil thrives, but even if it seemed trustworthy, a new surprise may be just apron them. The ice ninja learned all this from her sensei. After he found her, he promised to teach her the all the secrets of Ninjago.
She'd learned the stories of how light defeated the dark long ago. But it was a cowardly victory. The first master of spinjitsu split the great land of Ninjago, separating the dark from the light. The people of Ninjago continued to thrive on the light island, for they believed the darkness was gone forever. They were wrong.
The darkness wasn't gone. It was merely; delayed. When five ninja came to the dark island, in search of a man who had been driven mad by evil, and a desperate search for power, the darkness began to rise once again.
The man found her sensei, and insisted that they form a partnership, and conquer Ninjago together. It wasn't a bad idea, for the man was a good leader for the stone army, but he did have one major flaw.
The man had a close relationship with one of the ninja, the green ninja specifically. The man happened to be his father, and was too close to his son for her sensei's liking. Though it was stated in the prophecy, the man refused to defeat his son, and allow darkness to thrive once again.
So, naturally, her sensei did what had to be done in order for darkness to take over. He took over the power crazy man, and assumed the position of destroying the green ninja. From there, he brought darkness to the light island.
But those rude ninja who refused to accept that they'd been rightfully beaten, returned to Ninjago city. Her sensei did whatever was possible to destroy them. He turned the stone army loose, he set the city's population against them, he even successfully turned some of the ninja, and one ninja's sister evil.
How that green ninja still beat him, was beyond her. Luckily, he wasn't destroyed. Her sensei managed to live on in the shadows of Ninjago, though he was incredibly weak.
As for the green ninja, he got everything. He became "the ultimate spinjitsu master," a title that stung the ice ninja whenever she heard it said aloud. He got a golden dragon, when he already had four (or maybe it was one. Did each individual head count as a separate dragon?) dragons that seemed pretty strong, and couldn't already do anything that this new dragon could. He even got his father back. Not a drop of evil still in him. That foolish man who let his family get in the way of a battle that goes centuries back.
Though he'd lost everything, her sensei didn't give up. He developed a new plan. He found four girls, and trained them as ninja. He told them that they must destroy the other ninja. The ice ninja was devoted to bringing down her opposite, and letting the darkness take over Ninjago once again.
Her sensei failed to mention any details however about these ninja. What they knew was they were five boys. They were under specific instruction not to touch the green ninja, but only the the ninja of the same element as their own. One of them had a sister who lived with them on what sounded like a giant flying ship. Not any names, or what they looked like were ever mentioned, but what did that matter? The ice ninja knew that when she found the other ice ninja, she would destroy him. For it was time darkness ruled the land of Ninjago.
The ice ninja turned back to her companions, and watched from afar as they interrogated guests who didn't make it out with the rest if the crowd on what they knew about the ninja. Why did no one seem to know anything about the ninja? Her sensei hacked the bank's email, and made sure that they were on the list. He even checked to confirm that they'd be here tonight. Everyone in Ninjago knew about the ninja, so why weren't they letting anything on?
The ice ninja went back to pacing the shadows, checking to see if any trapped guests weren't already spotted and/or interrogated. Did the ninja escape in the crowd? Surely the "heroes" of Ninjago wouldn't leave all these civilians trapped in the bank. Maybe they were hiding...
But the ninja of ice didn't have time to finish her train of thought. A loud bang and crash sounded from the other side of the room. The ninja of ice spun around, instinctively pulling a shuriken, spinning it with her fingers, ready to aim.
As the dust in the air cleared away, there stood six... Ninja? They looked like a bunch of crafty little six year olds who'd been messing around in the recycling. They'd wrapped themselves in toilet paper in what must've been some attempt at makeshift gis. One held a broomstick with a... Stapler at the end? Was that what that was? One had just a broomstick, which must've been a sword or something. Another held what must've been shurikens that had been cut out of card board. The fourth had two paper towel tubs connected by a paperclip chain. The other two didn't have weapons, but looked ready for a fight.
Their gazes were full of seriousness, but that just made the ice ninja collapse in laughter. She didn't, for that would be incredibly unprofessional of her, and her sensei warned her about not taking threats seriously. Even if they were... That.
"Who the heck are you?" growled the earth ninja, who began pacing towards them.
"We're the ninja you're looking for," the one with the broomstick sword narrowed his eyes, stepping forward as if to seem threatening.
"You're kidding right?" the ninja of lightening raised her eyebrows, sounding as if she was struggling to keep her laughter down.
The ninja held a firm gaze, not showing any sign of backing down.
"If you are the ninja," the fire ninja approached the ninja with the broomstick sword. "How come there are six of you? Last I checked, there were only five."
One of the ninja without a weapon diverted their gaze. The ninja of ice saw hesitation growing in his - or her. It was possible that this was the ninja's sister, though she wasn't technically one of the ninja - eyes.
The fire ninja stepped towards him - or her - and eyed this sixth ninja suspiciously. "Who are you?" she asked this sixth ninja.
Before they could answer though, the fire ninja found herself with a broomstick pointed at her throat.
"Back away from my sister," growled the ninja. So it was his sister.
The fire ninja met his threat, bringing her sword to his broomstick. The two began to duel, everyone around them watched intently. What struck them all as peculiar was that neither ninja seemed to land a hit. Every move seemed perfectly matched on both sides.
Finally, the fire ninja backed the ninja with the broomstick into a corner. She raised the sword tip to his throat, her eyes brightening with the easy victory. Suddenly, the other ninja did something unexpected.
"Ninja... GO!" he cried, and suddenly turned into a flaming tornado.
"They are the ninja," the fire ninja gaped in surprise.
"Get them," the earth ninja cried, and charged at the ninja with the odd looking scythe.
A wicked smile spread across the ice ninja's lips as she charged at the ninja with the card board shurikens. She smiled at the thought of beating up toilet paper ninja. This was going to be fun!
As the others engaged in the fight, Kai continued battling with the fire ninja. This time, using every once of his elemental powers as he could.
He understood this was diverting from the plan majorly, but it's not like he could just let the fire ninja have at his sister. Nor could he explain the plan to her. As long as Zane got the transmission sent to the falcon, everything would be fine.
The fire ninja soon met him with an equally large tornado, and threw herself at Kai. The two collided with such force, they were sent flying in opposite directions. Kai flew into the wall with a deafening thud. The fire ninja fell on Lloyd, who growled with agitation, and threw her off.
As Kai gathered himself to his feet, he spotted the fire ninja still struggling to get up. Trying to seize the moment, Kai channeled his elemental powers through his sword, and slowly it began to glow a fiery red.
The fire ninja finally stumbled to her feet. Her gaze quickly fell on Kai, and she charged at him. Kai raised his sword, and swung it down, cutting through the air like a knife. From the broomstick, a large orangey red fire ball flew out towards the fire ninja.
She managed to dodge it, but just barely. The fire ball singed her red and black gi, leaving sooty black marks in certain areas. Unfortunately, the fire ball had a worse affect on Kai.
Being that the sword wasn't an actual sword, and was only a wooden broomstick, it couldn't take the heat, and burst into flame. The flame glowed bright and hot, causing Kai to drop the sword in fright. But the flame was spreading fast, and being covered head to toe in toilet paper made him practically a walking match.
The fire quickly jumped to his hands, burning through the toilet paper, strait to his skin. Kai's eyes grew wide with fear as he frantically looked for a solution. Having no bright ideas, he began to rip the un burnt toilet paper off his arms, in a desperate hope it would prevent it from spreading to the rest of his body. As the toilet paper that was already up in flames turned to soot, it revealed burned, blistered skin underneath.
The fire ninja smiled at Kai's fail to send her up in flames. Kai glanced down at his sword to see it was still burning strong, and getting anywhere near it would most likely lead to a similar event to the one that just recently occurred, only it would most likely be much more drastic.
He tried to grab a chunk of plaster to hurl at her, but as soon as he touched anything, a severe pain surged through his fingertips, making his hands and arms virtually useless. As the pain consumed him, Kai collapsed to the ground, his vision growing blurry, and head spinning like a top.
Through blurry, half closed eyes, Kai could just make out the fire ninja preparing to throw a fire ball his way. Right when it was about to be launched, something - no - someone collided with the fire ninja, bringing her crashing to the ground.
"This is what you get for picking on my brother," growled a voice, that immediately struck Kai as familiar.
"Nya," Kai whispered hoarsely.
"We got your back," Lloyd reassured him, joining Nya's side.
Kai smiled slightly, before his vision became even more blurred, and he blacked out.
The ice ninja sent one of her shurikens flying at her opposite. It's sharp blades cut through the air with ease as it sailed towards its target. At the last second, the ninja with the card board throwing stars slid to the side, narrowly avoiding what almost struck his chest. The shuriken instead wedged itself into the wall.
No, thought the ice ninja. She only had two shurikens, and she couldn't afford to lose one. Her opposite decided to advantage of her mistake, dropping his card board cut outs, and pulling her shuriken from the wall. He looked quite pleased with himself for confiscating a real weapon, which deeply angered the ice ninja.
The ice ninja transformed into a giant icy whirlwind, and barreled after the other master of ice, a deep hatred towards him building up inside her.
"Thief!" she screeched as she bowled him over.
Something happened when she collided with him though. The ice ninja felt herself suddenly lose control over her spinjitsu. Her opposite was sent flying into the rubble as her tornado of ice became increasingly large. Large to the point where she had lost all control, and was spinning aimlessly through the rubble, and bits of fallen ceiling.
Finally the spinning ceased, and the ice ninja found herself with her face flat against the wall. Only one word could describe the sharp feeling coursing through her nerves. Ow!
As the ice ninja peeled herself away from the wall, through a dizzied gaze, she spotted her opposite stumbling out of the rubble. Pulling her other shuriken from her gi, she prepared to throw it, but the other ninja was too quick. Before the shuriken left her fingertips, the shuriken he stole pinned her sleeve tightly to the wall.
After several frantic, but fruitless attempts at freeing the shuriken - and herself - something caught her attention. Instead of going to help out his buddies, or beating on her some more, her opposite stepped out onto the middle of what once was the dance floor. He reached to open a panel in his arm, pressing some buttons as if he might be typing a message. Wait- he did what?!
The ice ninja watched him closely, deciding that learning her enemy's behavior, and using that against him in the future was more important than continuing to fail at escaping. However, she couldn't quite wrap her head around over the fact that he had a panel in his arm. Could he be a robot? Her opposite was defiantly a mysterious character, that was for sure.
Seeing that he wasn't doing anything other than whatever it was that had to do with that panel in his arm, the ice ninja began to look around, and observe the rest of the battle. She had to crane her neck, and thrust her chest forward in order to get a good look around though.
The ninja who had a sister and carried the broomstick around was in a heap on the floor. His sword was next to him, completely ablaze. Blisters, and burn marks went all the way up his arms, any toilet paper that was once there was gone. Luckily it looks as though he got the fire under control before he became a human torch.
He was defiantly unconscious, maybe even dead. No, she decided. If he was, his sister would be bawling over him like a baby. The ice ninja knew she would do just the same if her sister was dead.
The two ninja without weapons - the green ninja, and the other ninja's sister - stood defensively in front of him, fending off her companion, the fire ninja. She looked as though she was trying not to harm them though. She must've remembered that their sensei said they mustn't harm the green ninja. She wondered so often why he wanted that, but she never questioned his authority.
The ninja with the nunchucks appeared to be having a lightening battle with the other ninja of lightening. It looked pretty intense, for the lights around them were flickering rapidly. Those two were producing enough energy to power the whole city. Neither of them looked as though they had much control over it though. Lightening kept striking at different metal objects around the room. The ice ninja only prayed that the lightening wouldn't prey on the shuriken pinning her sleeve to the wall.
Why couldn't they control their elements? First, the ice ninja lost control of her spinjitsu. The ninja passed out in the corner probably had not intended to burn himself like that. Neither of the lightening masters seemed to have much control over the lightening. What in Ninjago was going on?
The earth ninjas seemed to be having similar troubles. The other ninja seemed to have broken his scythe, and had resorted to his fists. Their blows were very poorly aimed, and it appeared that they couldn't control how much strength went to each hit.
Suddenly her opposite shouted something across the room to the other earth ninja. The ice ninja soon realized what they were up to. Her opposite, the robot, must've been trying to communicate with someone, and judging by the hint of triumph in his tone meant he succeeded.
The ice ninja felt a new rage burn through her, giving her a second wind. Without a struggle this time, she yanked the shuriken out of the wall. Her opposite starred at her, wide eyed, sensing her anger.
The metal shurikens became so cold, they burned at the touch. The ice ninja threw them both at her opposite. One went sailing over his head, but luckily it doubled back, unlike the other time, and aloud itself to be caught easily. The other landed just at the other ice ninja's feet.
A sheet of ice began to spread fast across the floor, which surprised the ice ninja, for she hadn't intended that to happen at all. The ice ninja watched with satisfaction as fear began to creep it's way into her opponent as he backed away from the fast spreading ice. Before long, the ice had caught up with him, and he had to be careful about where stepped if he was to avoid it.
For a second, he hesitated before placing his foot down. What he didn't know was that the ice spread so fast, it was already where he planned to place his foot. The ice caught the ninja off guard, causing him to slip, and fall on his back with a thud.
The fast moving ice began to travel up his foot and lower leg, fixing it in place. The ninja was paralyzed by fear, unable to move, or try to chip away at the ice.
The ice ninja smiled with a feeling of satisfaction. Who knew this would be so easy?
Cole paced around his opponent, waiting for the right moment to strike. His makeshift scythe had broken early on in the fight. Though he felt a slight disappointment, he wanted more than anything to have his good old scythe back.
The earth ninja took another swing again, but it was poorly aimed. Cole managed to catch the scythe, and with all his might, he pushed it into her. The earth ninja fell over, but managed to keep a hold on her scythe.
"You know," Jay called from fighting with the lightening ninja. "If they were dressed as zombies, or vampires, this could be Halloween."
"Jay, not the time for a joke," Cole rolled his eyes, preparing to take another blow.
"Hey, I'm not good in a crisis," Jay retorted, Cole couldn't help but agree with that remark. "The least I can do is try to brighten the mood."
"Cole," Zane cried from across the room.
Cole blocked a few more blows from the earth ninja before responding. "Yeah?"
"Transmission sent," he shouted back with a triumphant tone.
Cole was relieved to hear this. Though they decided in the plan to avoid fighting, that was impossible now. But before he could reply, the lights began to violently flicker again.
Different sections of the room started lighting up, and going out. All of a sudden, every light in the room was on. It was blindingly bright in there. But just as quick as they came on, they went out.
Out of the corner of his eye, Cole saw Jay collapse. The other lightening ninja must've finally gotten the upper hand.
"Lloyd," Cole shouted through the intense darkness. "Help Jay."
"Got it," Lloyd called back, leaving Nya and Kai to check on Jay.
Oh no, Cole thought. They couldn't keep the fight going much longer. They'd already lost Kai and Jay. Lloyd and Nya wouldn't be able to hold up much longer. Zane looked ready to collapse. Cole wasn't even sure how much longer he could keep going himself.
As he tried to keep up with his opponent, Cole noticed a thick sheet of ice was beginning to cover the floor. Between dodging blows, and sending a few of his own, Cole spotted Zane trying to avoid the ice which was now hot on his tail.
Cole watched in slow motion as Zane lost his footing, and fell to the ground. The nindroid looked utterly terrified, unable to move. Cole was about to give the order for someone to go help him, when he realized there was no one left.
Cole took a step back before delivering another blow. Suddenly, a chilly, icy feeling engulfed his foot, and slowly crept up his leg. He looked down to see what was happening, and just as he feared, ice and frost was beginning to encase his left leg.
He shivered in fear as it reached his knee, and continued to climb upward. However, a sharp blow to the stomach managed to break the ice. The earth ninja, which for a split second he almost forgot about in his panic, brought the scythe to his torso, leaving a nasty gash in his side, and sent him flying over near the dance floor.
A sharp pain filled his side as the toilet paper became sticky with oozing blood. Cole felt as if he could hurl as the pain gripped him tighter, and he became increasingly dizzy. We're done for, he thought hopelessly.
Just as his vision began to fade, a search light shone done through the gaping hole in the ceiling. The bounty.
"Retreat!" cried one of the other ninja, but he had know idea which one it was.
As the bounty came nearer, Cole felt a happiness he'd never felt before. But as soon as the good feeling came, it was gone, and he blacked out.
Wow, that was crazy! Poor ninja. Sometimes I feel bad for putting them through so much pain. Then I remember it's going to get worse. This is a dark story. I'm a dark writer. I have dark thoughts. That's actually probably a good thing. It'd I had bright thoughts, then that would mean there's a flashlight or something stuck in my brain. That would be bad.
Any ideas for who this sensei is? Yeah, it's pretty obvious, but lets have some guesses. I'll let you know it the next chapter if you're right.
MoonBlazer: That'd be great, just PM me.
Until the next chapter! Gosh, stop snoring already! It's really annoying!