Chapter 6:
Lloyd's POV:
Ok. We have a new villain who would do ANTHING to get power and has Crystal plus, we need to get Crystal back in under a week for her birthday. Ok we don't NEED to get Crystal for her birthday but it's high on the priories list because 1) you want's to spend their birthday while captured and 2), Cole will go BALISTIC if we don't get Crystal back as soon as possible and I thought Cole gets mad when someone eats his cake (unless it's Crystal of course), so I DO NOT want to see him mad about Crystal.
Crystal's POV:
Who is this? What does he want with me? Who was that other ghost? I hope Cole and the others come soon. I was locked up in a cage in some stinky, wet cave.
"Who are you and what do you want with me?" I asked,
"You've asked that for the 1 000 000th time now!" he shouted,
"Who are you and what do you want with me?" I asked again,
"If I tell you, will you shut up?" he asked,
"Maybe." I said and just looked at me mean like, "Hey, maybe is better no."
"I am Archie. The next dominator of Ninjago. I'm on a quest to gather every piece of power I can get my hands on and I need you to do that." Archie told me,
"Why?" I asked,
"You wouldn't understand." Archie said,
"Why?" I asked again,
"Because you're a kid and kids won't understand." Archie told me and he looks like he's getting very annoyed,
"I'm sure I can understand." I said,
"Well you see, there's a legend that there's a special child who was powers that only one can control who is not the child. So I plan to absorb you powers to use for myself." Archie said,
"So I have powers that no one knows of?" I asked,
"Yep." Archie said,
"But I can't use them if I did know about them?" I asked,
"Yep." Archie said,
"And you're going to steal them from me?" I asked,
"Yes." Archie said,
"So you're stealing from a 5 year old?" I asked,
"Yes." Archie said and I started giggling,
"What's so funny?" Archie asked,
"You're stealing from a 5 year old." I said slower,
"COME ON! THAT MAKES ME SOUND WEAK!" Archie shouted and I laughed,
"Wait. Will I survive?" I asked,
"I don't know nor do I care." Archie said. Cole please hurry.
Zane's POV:
I've never seen Cole so distressed before. I can understand given the consequences but still.
"Are you ok Cole?" I asked,
"I'll be fine once Crystal is safe." Cole explained,
"Don't worry. We'll get her back." Kai reassured,
"It's just. How did I not see that there was a fake Zane? I should've known." Cole stated,
"We all make mistakes." Wu explained,
"But I can't make mistakes if it's with my sister. I promised mum that I wouldn't let anything happen to her and look what happened." Cole exclaimed,
"We all makes mistakes when it comes to siblings. Trust me, I've had my fair share. But in the end, we always get them out of trouble." Kai explained,
"Plus, we're ninja. We always save the day." Jay exclaimed,
"I kinda know how you're feeling." Morrow mumbled,
"What do you mean?" I asked and that seemed to catch the others attention, "Was I he only one to hear what Morrow said?"
"Yeah." Jay said,
"Morrow said that he knows what Cole is going through." I explained,
"How?" Nya asked but Morrow remained silent,
"I don't wanna talk about it." Morrow finally answered,
"How are going to find Crystal?" Cole asked,
"Is there any way to track her?" Lloyd asked,
"No. She has no bit of tech on her to track." Cole explained,
"Maybe there's another to track her." Nya suggested,
"Like how?" Kai questioned,
"Like…I don't know. Her energy? Her sprit?" Nya guessed,
"There's one way but I don't know if anyone here knows how to do it." Morrow suggested,
"What is it?" Cole asked,
"This technique that Garmadon told me about." Morrow started,
"Why were you talking to dad?" Lloyd questioned,
"I get bored and Garmadon knows some pretty cool things." Morrow explained, "Any way. He told me about this technique that allows you to locate someone's sprit. I can't do it but maybe someone here can." Morrow explained,
"Did Garmadon demonstrate?" I asked,
"No." Morrow answered,
"You're talking about the 'Sprit Book'." Sensei said as he walked out,
"Yes Sensei. That's what Garmadon called it." Morrow replied,
"It's not a technique. It's a special book." Sensei explained as he handed Morrow an old looking book. The book had a brown leather cover with gold symbols and a ruby in each corner.
"Did Garmadon tell you how to use it?" I questioned,
"Yeah. He said that we need an item that's special to the person that we're trying to find,
"Would a person work?" Jay asked,
"A person?" Kai questioned,
"Yeah. Cole. He's special to Crystal." Jay explained,
"I doubt a person would work." I stated,
"Hang on. I know what to use." Cole exclaimed as he ran to Crystal's room and came back with a geode with pink crystals ((if you don't know what a geode is, it's a normal rock on the outside but it has crystal on the inside and they're really pretty)).
"Why a geode?" Lloyd questioned,
"This geode is really special to Crystal because it's from mum and she reckons it represents the both of us. I'm tough like a rock and her name is Crystal." Cole explained,
"Ok. Now place it here." Morrow instructed as he opened the book to a page where on one side of the book, it was plain and on the other was a map on the world. Cole placed the geode on the plain page and after a minuet, a pink dot appeared on the world map.
"Found her." Morrow exclaimed,
"That's where she is?" Cole questioned,
"Yep." Morrow answered. I took note of Crystal's location as Cole took back Crystal's geode.
"Thank you Sensei." Morrow said as he handed the book back to Sensei who nodded in reply.
"Let's get going." Cole demanded,
"Hang on Cole. We have no idea what this guy is capable of nor how to beat him." Lloyd explained and Cole let out a big groan in response,
"Lloyd's right. It would be foolish to run into battle without a plan of attack." I added,
"But, HE HAS CRYSTAL!" Cole lashed. He was really losing his temper.
"Maybe there's someone who knows Archie." Kai suggested,
"How are we meant to know who knows him? The only person who we know of that knows Archie is Morrow." Jay explained,
"Sensei. Do know any thing about Archie?" I asked,
"I'm afraid not." Sensei replied, "Pixal. Is there any records on Archie?" I asked,
"Searching now…nothing." Pixal answered,
"There's not even any records?" Jay asked,
"Negative." I answered,
"We'll find out more if we go find Crystal." Cole exclaimed,
"He's right. We'll get to know more if we go and find out what he's like." Kai agreed,
"Ok. We'll go, but we need to stay out of sight and Cole, I can't guarantee we'll get Crystal this time round we'll get her." Lloyd explained,
"We're getting her this time round." Cole stated,
"I said we can't guarantee. Not that we're not." Lloyd explained,
"What's the plan?" Nya asked,
"Morrow, you coming?" Lloyd asked,
"Only if all of you guys are ok with it." Morrow replied,
"Good because you'll be an advantage. Ok. Here's the plan…" Lloyd explained the plan, "Everyone knows what they're doing?" and we all confirmed, "Good. Let's go."
"NINJAGO!" we all cried before summoning our dragons and flying off.
Crystal's POV:
Archie was working on some sort of machine thingy. It was huge and it was made out of metal but it wasn't shiny. On one side, there was a seat with a bar across it with a big metal upside down bowl on top of it and on the other side was a tube, which was connected to an amulet.
"What's with the amulet?" I asked,
"I can't directly absorb your powers. They have to be moved to an object." Archie said.
"Why?" I asked,
"Because it just won't work if I try and directly absorb your powers!" Archie yelled. I'm really scared now. I'm so scared that I started to cry, "Why are you crying?" he asked but it was really mean,
"I-I'm s-scared. I-I w-want m-my b-brother." I said as I was crying,
"Well stop crying! I'm trying to work." Archie said,
"But I want my brother." I said again, still crying,
"Well, I don't care so just stop crying!" Archie yelled but that made me cry more,
"You're mean." I said,
"I'm going to go for a walk because I have a headache from your crying and when I return, you have wanna of stopped crying!" Archie yelled, "Gees. Who knew that kidnapping a kid would be so hard?" he also said but really quiet but I could hear it. Cole PLEASE hurry!
Kai's POV:
I feel Cole's pain. When I lost Nya when I 1st became a ninja, I was so stressed out. I hope we find Crystal soon. We were now flying on our dragons to the location that showed on the map,
"How much further?" Cole asked, not looking back,
"Approximately 10 km." Zane replied,
"We should think about finding a spot to rest for the night." Lloyd stated and he's right, it's starting to get dark,
"If you guys want to, go head but I'm finding my sister." Cole stated,
"But we have to stick together." Zane protested,
"But he could be doing ANYTHING to her right now!" Cole stated. I don't think anyone has ever seen him so stressed.
"Cole. I know what you're going through. Remember when we 1st started? When Nya got kidnapped? I just wanted to truck on until I found her but we do need to rest. I know it's hard to rest when one of the people you love most is in danger but it's smarter and safer to rest so we can gather as strength as we can so we can protect them." I explained,
"Well hurry up. The sooner we land, the sooner we can get Crystal." Cole sighed,
"There's a clearing below us." Nya pointed out,
"Good. We'll camp here for the night." Lloyd instructed and we landed.
Morrow's POV:
I feel Cole's pain more than the others may think. I had a sister when I was little, before Sensei found me. When I was 4, I lived with my mum, dad and my little sister Mary. Mary was 2 years younger than me and she was my best friend. One morning I woke up to Mary crying and when I went out of my room, I couldn't find mum or dad anywhere. I was worried about Mary so I went to her room and since I was a strong kid, I picked her up out of her cot and held her and she stopped crying. Mary had black hair and green eyes like me. I held Mary as I looked all around for our parents but they were nowhere to be found and then I found a note on the dinning room table. I could read pretty well then and so I read the note.
'Morrow,
We're sorry. We can't look after you and your sister anymore. It's up to you to look after the both of you. I know you're only 4 but we have no choice. We just want you 2 to know that we absolutely love you both with all our hearts. We know you'll both do amazing things. You must understand we do love you both but we have no choice. We love you both so much,
Your forever loving mum and dad.'
I may have been little but I knew that it was up to me to raise Mary into the best life ever, somehow. I stuffed the note in my pocket and I looked at the door and there were 2 backpacks sitting on the ground. One had my name and the other had Mary's and on the top of them, there was another note.
'Take these and run when you hear a man at the door. It's for your own safeties. Mum and dad.'
I looked in them and they were both filled to the top with supplies for me and Mary. I closed them and focused on figuring out how to survive. We couldn't go to a friend's house because I didn't have any then all of a sudden, I heard 2 pairs of giant footsteps stop at my door,
"This is the house?" I heard a voice say,
"Yep. Come on. Let's get the kids and get out of here." I heard another voice say. I knew what to do. I grabbed mine and Mary's backpacks that our parents packed for us and ran out of the back door. I ran into the woods that we had at the back of our house to my secret tree house. The only people who knew about my tree house was our mum, our dad, me and Mary. I opened our packs and took a closer look at what was inside. There were clothes, food, bottles and nappies for Mary and a picture of the 4 of us all together. From then on, it was just me and Mary. I had no idea how I did it but I managed to raise us both until I was 7 and Mary was 5. Life was hard, we had to scrap food out of bins, had no roof over our heads and only had 1 outfit each and we were lucky if it fit.
"Morrow. What happened to mummy and daddy?" Mary asked me one day while we were trying to find some food,
"I don't know. One day, when you were 2, I woke up and I couldn't find them anywhere. All they left was a note and a backpack for each of us full of stuff for us." I explained and it tore me to tell her that.
Then that day I wish I could take back, whatever the consequences might be. One day, we woke up and all was normal until Mary wouldn't stop coughing.
"Are you ok Mary?" I asked,
"No. My throat hurts, my nose is blocked, my head hurts and my chest hurts." Mary answered,
"Maybe we can find someone who can help." I suggested because sometimes, some people were so nice that they would sometimes help us. We searched and searched and Mary was getting worst and worst until she collapsed,
"Morrow." Mary whispered, she could barely talk,
"Mary! SOMEONE HELP ME! PLEASE!" I panicked when a couple ran up to me,
"What's wrong?" the man asked me,
"It's my sister. Something's wrong with her." I sobbed. I was scared. The woman placed her hand on Mary's forehead and she looked scared herself.
"She's really burning up. We need to get to the hospital now." The woman instructed the man. When she said 'hospital', my body went into full panic. The woman picked Mary up and the man grabbed me so I could keep up and they ran to the hospital. Some time later, the man and woman walked up to the seat where I was sitting.
"Hi." The man said,
"Hi." I replied,
"What's yours and your sister's name?" the woman asked,
"I'm Morrow and my sister's name is Mary." I explained,
"I'm Maya and this is my husband Ray." Maya introduced,
"Is Mary going to be ok?" I asked and they looked at each other with their faces filled with concern,
"I'm sorry Morrow, Mary hasn't gotten much time left, but the doctor said that you can go in her room for her final minuets." Ray explained and it literally felt like someone had ripped my heart out and had squashed it beneath their foot a million times. I got up and went to Mary's room where she laid on a white hospital bed,
"Hey Morrow. The doctor told me." Mary explained,
"I'm so sorry Mary. I failed. I was meant to look after you. To raise you to do amazing things but look at what's happening." I sobbed as I hugged my sister and she hugged me back,
"Morrow. We're siblings. No matter what. We'll always be together. I love you." Mary said with her final breath,
"I love you too." I whimpered as the doctor checked her pulse,
"I'm sorry. I'm sure you're a great big brother." The doctor said and I tightened my grip on my sister, held her as close as I could and bawled my eyes out until I accidentally fell asleep from exhaustion. I woke up to a gentle hand gently shaking me,
"Morrow. Wake up." A soft female voice said and I opened my eyes to see Maya and my…dead sister still in my arms and when I saw Mary, I started to bawl my eyes out again,
"It's ok sweetie. You did what you could." Maya explained gently and I hugged her. I didn't even care that she wasn't my mother, she was the closest thing I had to a mother. The next day Maya and Ray came with me to Mary's funeral, a day I thought I would never have to experience.
"Morrow. You need a home right?" Ray asked as he knelt down to me and I nodded, "How would you like to stay with us?" he asked,
"I'd like that. Thank you." I answered and gave him a big hug. For the next couple of weeks, I lived with Maya and Ray in a blacksmith shop until one day when I got kidnapped. I don't remember what happened but what I do remember is waking up in an ally way and back to where I was except without my sister until I was going through the bins at a monastery when Sensei Wu found we and trained me to be the master of wind. That's also why I was disappointed when I wasn't the green ninja because I thought I would have enough power to bring my sister back, find out what happened to our parents and find Maya and Ray. While these memories were coming back to me, I must've been crying a little bit because I snapped back into reality when Nya placed her hand on my shoulder,
"Are you ok Morrow?" Nya asked,
"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks." I replied. I've never told anyone about my sister so no one knew except for Maya and Ray, if they are still around.
"Are you sure because you're over here crying." Nay explained,
"Just some memories that are coming back to me." I explained,
"Wanna talk about it?" Nya asked,
"No thanks. I don't like telling anyone about it." I explained,
"Ok, but I'm here if you change your mind." Nya stated,
"Thanks." I responded as she walked back to where Kai was. Call me crazy but Nya and Kai remind me a lot of Maya and Ray. Maybe they know them.
Hope that last bit wasn't too sad (cos I nearly cried like twice while writing it). Sorry if I made you cry. HAVE A GOOD ONE!
