What? No reviews? I feel empty inside... Well here's the next chapter. Remember: I'll be updating every Tuesday unless something comes up. Time varies on when I remember on Tuesday...
I woke up and rolled to my right, half expecting to see a clock, but then I remembered I wasn't in the orphanage. I pushed myself up and looked at the other beds. The five girls were gone. I guess I got a bit scared and panicked. I scrambled to my feet and ran out of the room, accidently running into a man. It wasn't their Sensei though, his man was different. He had grey hair and carmel colored eyes. He wore a dark kimono. "I'm sorry," I quickly apologized.
"It's all right," the man said, his voice sounded familiar. "I should've been paying attention."
I thought for a moment, nothing came up and I frowned. "Do I know you from somewhere?" I asked. "You seem very familiar."
"Yeah, I use to go by Lord Garmadon, but now it's just Garmadon," he replied.
"Wait Lord Garmadon?" I gasped. "The one that defeated the giant snake in Ninjago City?"
He blinked, as if he were expecting a different reaction. "Yep, that's me," he said.
"Oh my gosh! I'm actually meeting Lord Garmadon! This is so cool!" I exclaimed.
"Seriously?" he asked. "None of the ninja told you to say this, did they?"
My huge smile faded. "Why would they do that? Of course I'm being serious. Everyone at the orphanage idolizes you," I told him, my smile returning.
"They idolize me?" he questioned, for some reason finding it hard to grasp.
I sighed as if I were explaining this to a five year old. "Yes. We look up to you," I said a bit slower. "Well you and the gold ninja of course. You both saved the city from impending doom. You're both really cool!"
"Would you mind telling Kai that?" Garmadon asked.
"Sure. Which one is he?" I questioned.
"The red ninja," he replied.
"Got it," I said. I grabbed Garmadon's wrist and lead him out to the upper decks. I wanted him to see Kai's reaction because apparently Kai didn't like him. I mean, sure he use to be evil, but he save the city from a snake.
The other ninja looked to us as we walked out. "Oh, so you've met my dad," Alex mumbled. "Great."
"It is great!" I exclaimed. "Garmadon's like the coolest person alive! Uh, no offense Lloyd, but I remember more about the giant snake than I do about the giant dragon."
"Wait, did you just use the name Garmadon and the word coolest in the same sentance?" the red ninja questioned, I assumed it was Kai.
"Yep!" I smiled. "Cooler than you, obviously."
"Wow, what does the world come to when Garmadon is considered cooler than Kai," the blue ninja joked.
"Shut up, Jay," Kai snapped. "Garmadon probably tricked her into saying it."
"Nope," I told him. "When you save the city from a giant reptile, then we'll see who's cooler."
"Technically Garmadon never would've been able to defeat it if it weren't for us," the white ninja pointed out.
"Zane's got a point," the black ninja said, crossing his arms.
I thought for a moment. I didn't remember seeing the ninja helping. "Well Garmadon did the cool part," I said.
"Can't you guys just live with the fact that some people think I'm cool?" Garmadon asked.
"We'll just let the matter drop," Lloyd said.
"Echo, wanna watch us train for a while?" Alex asked. "You could learn a thing or two."
"Okay," I replied. Garmadon walked back down to the lower decks. I sat next to the door as the ninja continued their training on some kind of training course. It looked pretty cool too. They made it look so easy.
Alex glanced at me, like she wanted to make sure I was watching. She smirked and turned to Kai. "Heads up, Hothead," she called. Kai turned to her as she clashed her swords against his red one. No one stopped, as if the two fighting in the middle of the course wasn't surprising. Tove for a brief moment paused to face palm. I thought the punching bag that was spinning around would hit her, but instead it passed right through her. I shivered at the sight, just imagining how creepy that must've felt.
I guess Alex and Kai going at it started something because next thing you knew Jay yelled, "Cole, behind you!"
Cole, the black ninja, spun around and put his sword and block Vanessa's bo staff. "Thought I was gonna get you that time, eh," she mumbled. Lillie drew two daggers and flung herself at Jay. He quickly put up his sword in defense. It seemed Tove couldn't resist an all out battle so she turned and faced Zane. Lloyd slipped away and walked over to me.
"Once again, it goes from training course to sparring," he mumbled.
I stood up. "They're not gonna hurt each other right?" I asked, feeling dumb for having to ask.
"Definately not," Lloyd replied. "It's just to see who's the last one standing. Last week it was Tove, the three weeks before that it was Alex, and all the other times it was me."
"Really?" I questioned. "How come?"
"Well, my powers automatically make me the most powerful, but sometimes I get caught off guard," Lloud explained. "Alex has been training to be a ninja since she was, five I think. Then Tove, well you saw her powers right? It's kinda hard to take down an opponite who can go through you. Lillie can do that too but..." I looked up at Lloyd. He didn't finish the sentance not because he didn't know what to say, but because he was too busy staring dreamily at Lillie. The orange ninja glaced over to him, her cheeks turned a bright pink, and then she face planted onto the deck.
"Is there something wrong with Lillie?" I asked, not trying to be rude. "She looks, say eighteen, and yet..."
"Yet you know more than her? Yeah, she doesn't talk about it much," Lloyd said, his mind obviously elsewhere, probably wondering why. "I think it may have something to do with her parents, but I'm not sure."
I watched them with Lloyd for another moment. "Um, I think I'm gonna go talk with your Sensei," I said. "I just feel there's something I need to tell him." I didn't know what I was talking about. It was like my brain was shut down, but my mouth was up and running.
"Okay," Lloyd said. "I'd better join in anyway." He ran over to them as I walked back to the lower decks. I knew there was something important, a connection I felt with the ninja. I just needed to figure it out.
Was that a slow chapter? I kinda just wanted to write something where Echo was getting a feel for what the ninja did. All she knew about them was... That they were ninja. So um... =^_^= (that's a cat face for those who don't know) Review and don't flame!