Chapter Three:
Lloyd yelped as he ducked, barely avoiding an attack from a guy with windswept light brown hair, and electric blue eyes that danced with laughter. He held a pair of nunchucks in his hand, whipping them around over his head as he spun to face Lloyd. Lloyd's attacker was wearing an electric blue sweater with a lightning pattern crisscrossing over it, worn out jeans and dull blue sneakers that looked like they came from a junkyard.
Scrambling backwards, Lloyd looked for a way out of the fight, alarm flooding him. His attacker noticed, and spoke up, desperation and annoyance flooding his voice. "Come on Lloyd! You've gotta concentrate!"
"But Jay! I didn't know you were going to start training right now!" Lloyd protested loudly as he struggled to hold off Jay's frequent attacks.
"Your enemies will never give you a warning before hand. You must stay alert at all times." Zane's voice called out from behind him as his other friends finally arrived on the ship's deck.
"Great… training now includes life lessons. Thank you Zane!" Lloyd sarcastically muttered under his breath.
Zane leaned against the railing watching the fight continue calmly. "You are welcome, Lloyd."
Lloyd groaned as he dodged another lunging attack from the lithe teen in front of him. "I was being sarcastic!"
Jay suddenly changed tactics, sweeping Lloyd's feet out from underneath him. "And you just lost. Pay more attention to your foes than your friends, kid. It will save your life. If I were the Overlord, you would be dead right now."
Kai rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms. "Yeah…but he isn't going anywhere near the Overlord just yet. Seeing as he isn't ready to do so."
Lloyd rolled his eyes, silently wishing that he was stronger…and faster…and maybe a bit more flexible… and definitely more focused. A sharp nudge sent Lloyd suddenly tumbling forward. "Come on, stop with the self-doubt. You're cool and you know it. Now then… who wants to sign up for a tap dancing competition!?" Cole materialized next to Lloyd, rolling his eyes at the young teen.
Jay leaned towards Kai, quickly whispering as loudly as he could. "Remember back when he hated anything to do with dance, or singing…well music period?"
"Haha, I can hear you Jay." Cole glared at his best friend. Jay shrugged, mumbling under his breath about how that was kind of the point.
Cole launched forward, tackling Jay to the ground. "Hey guys, I'm back…why is Cole attacking Jay?" Nya suddenly appeared standing on the gangplank, staring at the fighting boys.
Kai rolled his eyes as he pushed himself off of the railing. "Hey sis. Cole found out about a tap dancing competition and is trying to figure out who he should sign up for it."
Nya rolled her eyes as she easily pulled Cole off of Jay. "Well knock it off. I thought we're playing dodge ball today."
"Yes!"
~Back at a random factory~
The air vent cover shook slightly, before popping out. A minute later, the smallest of the bandits climbed out. Glancing around nervously, he lifted a hand up and knocked on the wall. "Coast is clear, Feu, La glace. You guys can come out now."
The tallest bandit climbed out next, followed closely by the second in command. Nodding his head in thanks, the leader walked off, moving to the large computer set up against the far wall. "Good job Foudre. La glace? Can I have your help over here? Foudre, guard the door."
"Yes Feu." They mock saluted him as they scattered to do their assignments.
~Back at the Dodge ball Game~
Nya dodged the ball that Zane threw, throwing her own ball as hard as she could. A loud thud followed by a yelp of pain told her that she had succeeded in hitting Cole, taking him out of the game. A laugh escaped Lloyd as he flipped across their side of the room, avoiding the balls that Zane and Jay were throwing as hard as they could, trying to get him out. Kai leapt in front of one of the balls, catching it before throwing it back at Jay hard. Jay yelped as he ducked, barely missing the ball.
~Back at the factory~
"Un orage qui parle trop! Why didn't you warn us!?" Feu screeched as he bolted, avoiding the nindroids that were trying to catch them.
"I did! You weren't listening Tête de feu têtue! Back me up here La glace!" Foudre bellowed as he dodged a laser shot at him.
La glace blinked rapidly, worry reflecting in his eyes. "I do not think it will be helpful getting in the way…however, you are right. You did suddenly started yelling our names back there."
Feu shook his head wryly, a smirk crossing his face. "Fine… I should have listened better. Do you have the plans Robot amical avec des mains glacées?"
"Indeed I do Feu. The mission was a success." La glace firmly confirmed.
Foudre dodged another laser bolt, exasperation flooding him. "Don't call it a success yet. Enfant would like us to come back alive with the information."
~Back at the Dodge Ball Game~
Lloyd gulped as he dodged Zane's onslaught of dodge balls, barely avoiding the majority of them. "Can you please throw one slowly so that I can catch it and get a teammate back out into the game!?"
Zane grinned as he lifted two more balls up. "I am afraid that would be a negative. The Overlord will never go easy on you once he figures out who you are." With that, he threw both balls hard. Lloyd easily dodged the one ball, but was slammed into the wall by the other.
"Are you ok?" Kai and the others were by his side within seconds.
Lloyd laughed as he pushed himself up into a sitting position. "Yeah…I'm fine. Just a little hungry. Can we get a snack now?"
"Sure. I could eat." Cole nodded in agreement.
Jay stared at him, rolling his eyes. "Dude, you can always eat. You're a bottomless pit."
Cole glared at him, before Zane cleared his throat. "I did bake several pies earlier for us to share."
"Yes! Zane cooked!"
~One in the morning, Rebel HQ~
"We have more information, on the one bandit." Mr. Borg wheeled himself into the crowded meeting room. "AND you're gonna want to see this." Reaching to the holotable, he typed something in, pulling up his security cameras at all of his locations. Fingers flying, he pulled up a particular video footage. Clicking play, he allowed it to fill the entire screen.
The three bandits were being cornered with nowhere to run, when the smallest bandit suddenly lifted his hands up and shot lightning everywhere, scrambling the nindroids circuits. Mr. Borg paused the video, his eyes blazing. "Not only do we need Spiked hair boy, but that bandit is one of the elemental masters we have been searching for the past several years."
A/N: Done! Hmm, bit more interesting, yes? And oops, someone used their powers on camera. Hope you all enjoyed this!
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