A.N: Hey Everyone...I missed the deadline again…*Facepalm* Sorry again, I know you're all getting sick of this so I'm not going to even bother explaining why this is late. So anyway, this chapter is kind LONG which is why it took me so long to write it. Be warned that the climactic battle isn't the best but it was the best I could come up with. Also there be a small parody from one of the Season 5 episodes in here as well.
Dylan: Will me and Brody save the day?!
Me: *ruffles up Dylan's hair* You'll just have to wait and find out.
Dylan: *pouts*
Me: Anyway, here we go.
The Sewers:
Dylan and Brody dashed through the dark corridors of the large sewers beneath New Ninjago City. They were going to stop at nothing to save their friends no matter how great the dangers were, they were going to rescue their friends or die trying.
Dylan peered around a corner to make sure there was no danger down the way they were going. They were following the tracks left by the young snakes' kidnapper, or should I say: kidnappers?
Brody came running up not so far behind Dylan and was panting. He put his hand to his chest just barely being able to breathe.
"Dylan! Wait up, you know I have asthma and can't run fast!" Brody snapped, Dylan looked around once more and then to his wheezing best friend. "Sorry Brody, I forgot." He reached into his backpack and pulled out Brody's asthma inhaler, Brody never went anywhere without it. When Eliza first adopted him, his inhaler came with him. He never really needed to use it but he still kept it just for emergencies. He took two large tokes from it finally letting out a painful sounding cough. He put the inhaler back into the bag and zipped it up. "Let's keep going." He said.
The two friends turned around that corner and down the humongous corridor. They continued to follow the way the kidnappers went. They knew the kidnappers were nearby, they just knew it. After about another ten or twenty minutes of walking they stopped at another opening in the sewers to another corridor that showed nothing but darkness. Dylan squinted to look down that corridor and Brody walked up to him groaning in pain.
"Dylan, can we take a break now my feet are killing me?!" Brody asked, rubbing his sore feet. Dylan shot his friend a dirty glare and said, " No way man! We're ninja and ninja never take breaks!"
"You may be a ninja, but not me!" Brody said, "I'll bet being a ninja isn't all it's cracked up to be! I mean, what do you even get out of it anyway?!"
Dylan gave him a funny look. "Well, for starters, you get an awesome ninja outfit like mine!" He then stood there in the sewer lights making a heroic pose. Brody folded his arms and scoffed.
"Pfft! Big deal!" He said, "Anyone can wear a ninja outfit!" "And, you get to save everyone!" Dylan simply told him, "Still not impressed." Brody said stubbornly, "And you get all the girls." Dylan told him, Brody perked up at hearing that. "Girls?" He repeated, "Oh yeah." Dylan said in a sly manner. "Yeah, still not getting me." Brody said not interested again. Dylan sighed at his friend's arrogance. Then he put his hand on Brody's shoulder and said. "Yeah I guess you don't get it...I guess you just gotta be a ninja to understand the perks of it." Brody gave Dylan an odd look and Dylan returned the gesture with a smirk. The two then looked down the deep corridor again. The corridor was warm, and damp, and dark, and scary. They hoped they would find their friends soon.
"Come on!" Dylan encouraged, the two of them then walked down the corridor and into the darkness. The two friends continued down the corridors of the sewers and eventually saw an ominous light glow in the distance.
"Come on, we must be close…" Dylan said in a whisper, "Dylan, do we really have to go towards the ominous light? It's freaking me out." Brody replied, "We have to Brody. It's either go or lose our friends forever. Now which is it gonna be?" Dylan asked, putting a hand on his hip. "The-the second one…" Brody replied stuttering. "Okay." Dylan nodded, the two went down the dark and scary tunnel and the scary light got bigger and brighter as they got closer. They finally reached the end of the tunnel and peeked inside. The four child snakes were locked up in one large cage and Clouse was standing around while Star was pacing back and forth.
"I don't understand! He should be back by now!" Star complained, "Patience daughter," Clouse said, putting a hand on Star's shoulder. "Just think that you will soon have green ninja as your own."
Dylan gasped. "Star!" He yelled in a whisper. "Star?" Brody shrugged confused, Dylan turned to him. "Star is an old enemy that tried to steal Lloyd for herself. But Lloyd managed to defeat her by sending her to a different realm using Traveler's Tea." He explained, "But, if she was sent to a different realm, then...how did she manage to get back?" Brody asked, "I don't know, I thought some of the realms were inescapable." Suddenly they heard another noise and Dylan whipped around to get another peek into the lair. Luke then came in smiling devilishly.
"The message has been sent, soon the ninja and the serpentine will know of our plot." He evilly grinned. Dylan's eyes widened and then suddenly filled with fury. "Luke." He hissed through gritted teeth.
"Excellent Luke," Star said happily, "Now all we have to do is wait."
"I gotta go in there." Dylan said still furious with Luke and Star. "Dylan, don't do it." Brody told him, grabbing his arm. "It's too risky." Dylan looked at his best friend and ripped his arm away. "I know." He replied. He slipped into the lair stealthily. Luckily for him he managed to duck behind a rock before Star, Luke, and Clouse could see him. "Dylan No." Brody whispered, then while the three villains weren't looking, Brody slipped into the lair and behind the rock next to the one Dylan was behind.
"Dylan, are you crazy?!" Brody hissed from behind his rock. "Yeah maybe I am crazy." Dylan replied, "But we gotta save Junior and his friends." They both looked to the cage. Junior and Boulder were standing sadly leaning against the cage while Scalene and Ivy sat on the floor of the cage looking sadly at the ground. Dylan picked up a small pebble and tossed it towards the cage hitting it with a clank. The four snake kids looked up to see Dylan and Brody behind their rocks. Dylan gave them a silent 'shush' signal and the four snakes nodded signaling them that they understood to keep quiet. Dylan then snuck up next to the cage and tried to get the lock to unlock. Brody just continued to watch from a distance as Dylan struggle to get the lock open.
"Dylan…" Brody whispered, "Dylan…" He whispered again. "Almost...got it…" Dylan whispered back, suddenly Brody ended up slipping in a sewer puddle and falling flat on his stomach with an "Oof". This immediately got Star, Luke, and Clouse to look in his direction. They saw Brody out in the open and were astonished to find someone like him here.
"What?!" Star shrieked, "An intruder?!" Luke yelled confused. He then heard a small gasp and looked over in the direction of the cage and caught Dylan red handed trying to open the cage.
His surprised look instantly switched to mischievousness. Which, of course, isn't good when it comes to people like Luke.
"Well well well, if it isn't little Dylan." Luke said evilly, "Luke." Dylan said eyeing Luke angrily. "So nice to see you again my boy, I must say you couldn't have some at a better time." Luke said,
"What do you mean?" Dylan asked,
"That is not important. Do tell me, how are your mother and the Green Ninja?" Luke asked, he finished the sentence with an evil chuckle that instantly sent a chill up Dylan's spine.
"Yes I heard about their little...split up...and I also saw how torn up one is without the other…" Dylan's look of anger then began to switch to slight fear.
"I wonder how Master of Voids and the ninja will react, when I take their little storm maker!" Then two Anacondrai cultists came up from behind and grabbed Dylan by his arms. Dylan struggled to break free but to no avail. "Dylan!" Brody yelled, suddenly two more cultists quickly nabbed Brody.
"Let...Let us go!" Dylan demanded struggling, "Yeah! Our moms and the ninja will come and stop you!" Brody yelled in agreement.
"Don't worry boys, we have seen to it that they will come." Clouse said smiling evilly. Luke then turned to two more ex Chen followers. "Change the message, tell the ninja that know that we also have their "young ones"." He ordered, the two each gave him a karate bow and walked away out of the lair. Both Dylan and Brody struggled to break free of the men's' grips, but it no use, they were just too strong.
Eve's Apartment:
"Good to see you're up and about again, Eve." Eliza said smiling, Eve was now finally up and about despite still feeling guilty after what happened at the reception over a week ago. Since Dylan and Brody were out anyway and Eliza had just come back from a long day of shopping, she decided that it would probably be nice to just have Eliza over for some time without their sons running around the house. Eliza was sitting on the couch while Eve was fixing up some coffee in the kitchen for the both of them.
"Yeah, it feels great to be up and at it again instead of just laying in my bed all day." Eve replied, she poured the freshly brewed coffee into two cups and brought them both to the living room and handed one to Eliza. "Thanks." Eliza smiled, "Mhm." Eve nodded, Eve then took a seat on the couch next to her and sipped her coffee and set it down.
"So, how's life for you and Brody?" She asked, "Okay, I finally found a job." Eliza announced, "Really? That great Eliza!" Eve grinned brightly, "What do you do?" "In a waitress now at this super fancy restaurant, I forget the name but it seems like a nice job and it pays well." Eliza explained,
"What about your relationship with Cole? Is that going anywhere?" Eve asked, Eliza blushed and looked down at the floor and smiled. "What?" Eve asked smiling, Eliza smiled and held up her left hand which bore a gorgeous diamond ring. Eve gasped and clasped her hands to her mouth.
"Oh my god! Cole PROPOSED?!" Eve shrieked , "Yep, and...I accepted." Eliza smiled, Ece could see in Eliza's face that she was clearly happy. Her face was literally glowing with excitement.
"Aww Eliza!" Eve said happily, she began to cry and Eliza did too. The two friends hugged and then Eve asked, "Did you tell Brody yet?"
"Not yet, but we're going to tell him tonight," Eliza said. "He's going to be so excited!" Then she paused, there was an awkward silence. "So, have you decided on what to do about Lloyd?" She finally asked,
Eve was silent for a minute. Those last few days she had a lot of time to think. Dylan's scolding made her think a lot about her choices and how lucky she was to have someone propose to her. She also knew that it was stupid to let Lloyd slip through her fingers. She had to make things right, she had to talk to him and apologize.
"Yes, I decided that I'm going to apologize for what happened and maybe pick up our relationship again and just go from there." Eve responded, Eliza nodded. "Speaking of which, it's getting pretty dark out do you think the boys are okay?" Eliza asked, "Don't worry Eliza, my Dillie can hold his own. They should be fine." Eve replied,
But then the two were startled by a knock at the door. Eve got up and went to answer it only to find a videotape on the doormat outside in the hall. Eve picked it up and dusted it off and examined it closely. Eliza walked up to her and saw the tape in her hands.
"What is it?" Eliza asked, "I don't know." Eve replied, she took the tape inside and popped into the VCR. It was quiet for a minute and the two friends could see nothing but black on the screen. Suddenly the screen went static for a minute and then cleared to show the floor and was lifted up to show Dylan and Brody both tied up and surprisingly calm.
'Mom.' Dylan said over the tape, Eve and Eliza both gasped at the sight of their sons tied up.
'Mom, me and Brody are stuck in the sewers beneath the city. If you're watching this then I'll let you know what's going on. Luke is back, and he's brought a few old friends. Me and Brody aren't the only ones they captured, they also managed to nab Scales Junior and Scalene along with a couple of our other friends. They're gone for now but we have very little time to finish this message before they come back. Mom, you and the ninja gotta save us.' Dylan said seriously, Eve was in complete shock, she slowly shook her head in denial. This wasn't happening, this couldn't be happening!
'Save us mom, save us.' Dylan said, then the screen instantly went static again and turned black. Both girls were stunned, Luke was back?! It what did Dylan mean when he said Luke brought friends? None of this made sense.
"Oh no, this is bad!" Eve said in a scared shaky voice, "We have to call the guys, we need to get help!" Eliza nodded, Eve handed her the phone. "Here, phone the guys, I gotta get my necklace." Eve instructed, Eliza nodded again and dialed while Eve ran into the hall and into her room. Eve entered her room and hastily reached for her Realm Necklace on her nightstand where she always kept it. Her eyes widened. something. Eve panicked and ran out of the room and back into the living room where Eliza was just hanging up the phone.
"It's gone!" Eve said breathing heavily in and out, "What's gone?" Eliza asked, "My necklace! The necklace I got when I found out I was the Aether ninja!" Eve yelled, "What?! Where did it go?!" Eliza asked, "I don't know! It wasn't where I left it his morning!" Eve cried, Eliza then grabbed her arm. "Eve there's no time! We have to go now!" She said, and with that, they were both out the door.
The Boarding School:
"Guys!" Eliza yelled, as they ran in through the door to Staff Quarters. The guys looked at them in panic. They were already suited up and had their hoods pulled up over their heads.
"Great you're here." Nya said, she looked pretty worried as well.
"So wait, Luke's back?" Jay said confused, "But, he's gone, we saw Eve banish him." Cole said, "He may had been banished, but that doesn't mean that he couldn't somehow return. Certain realms have certain rules. The realm Eve sent him to must have had a way back." Zane explained.
"What do we do?! Eliza asked, "My baby is down in the sewers! He and Dylan could get hurt! I can't lose my baby!" She then began to cry and Cole comforted her.
"We'll get them back," He told her. "I won't let anything happen to those two."
"Me neither." Jay said agreeing, "Me three." Zane said, "Me four." Lloyd said confident, Eve's cheeks began to flush with shame and humiliation. She knew she was going to apologize to him but now was not the time. Not when her son's life is at stake.
"So, what's the plan?" Jay asked, everyone thought for a minute, until Cole spoke up. "Dylan says it's only Luke, the Preeminent couldn't have survived being sent to another realm. We should be able to defeat him."
"Yeah, but Dylan said that he brought some some old friends. Who do we know who could possibly have betrayed us?" Jay asked, the group went silent.
"The snakes?" Cole shrugged, "No, Luke has Junior and Scalene too." Eve said, shaking her head.
"Then who else could it be?" Nya asked, everyone thought hard for another minute and then Lloyd's eyes widened. "What is it, Lloyd?" Eliza asked, "We have to get to the sewers...Now!" Lloyd yelled, he then ran out of the room and the others instantly followed.
They ran through the streets of New Ninjago City. It was now officially dark outside and the city's lights were just coming on. They dashed past people on the sidewalk accidentally hurting them in the rush and then having to apologize for bumping into them. After a few minutes they finally arrived at the manhole in which Dylan and Brody went through earlier. Eve, Eliza, and the ninja knew that when Dylan and Brody went to go visit the snakes, they would always go down this hole. Lloyd pulled off the manhole and tossed it to the side.
"Come on, we don't have much time." He said, they each climbed down the ladder and entered the sewer. It was dark.
"Gah! I still hate the dark!" Jay said frightened, suddenly Zane's eyes immediately brightened up and they were all able to see.
"Oh, thank goodness. I thought I was gonna faint." Jay said relieved, Cole rolled his eyes. "Let's go." He said annoyed, they began to search through the sewers searching high and low for the boys and the snake kids. After an hour of searching, the gang was about ready to give up.
"Didn't we already come this way?" Nya asked, "No, we couldn't have we've been walking for hours." Eve replied, "No, I know for a fact that we've passed that rock before." Zane said, pointing towards a rock.
"GAH! WE'VE JUST BEEN GOING IN A BIG CIRCLE!" Jay yelled, "Wait! What are those?" Eve asked, pointing ahead of them. There they saw footprints on the ground. Lloyd walked over to the footprints and looked at them closely. He looked ahead and saw them go down another tunnel.
He straightened himself up. "This way." He said seriously, they all went down that tunnel and continued to follow the exact same tracks that Dylan and Brody followed earlier. The tunnels were pitch black by now and Zane's glowing eyes weren't doing much anymore.
"Ow! Watch it!" Jay hissed, "Sorry, I can't help it! It's so dark in here!" Cole retaliated, "Quiet!" Lloyd yelled in a whisper. The two ninja stopped fighting. They continued on going through tunnel after tunnel. Until they saw light.
"What's that light?" Nya asked, they grew closer to the light.
"That must be his lair." Cole said, the reached the end of the tunnel and peeked in through the entrance. There was no one there.
"Luke's gone," Lloyd announced. "Let's find the boys and get out of here." They snuck into the lair and looked around. No one was in the lair, not even the kids.
"Where are they?" Eve asked, "This doesn't make sense," Eliza said confused. "They were here."
"Well look who it is." A voice said, this startled everyone and they all turned to look towards one of the higher levels of the sewer. Then they saw a person walk into their view on a catwalk type platform one level above them. It was Luke.
"Hello ninja, we meet again." Luke said evilly,
"Luke." Eve said with venom in her voice, "It would seem so."
"Where are Dylan and Brody?!" Eliza demanded, with the snap of his fingers, one of the Anacondrai cultists pushed out a large cage. Inside it was the missing Serpentine kids along with Dylan and Brody. He picked up the large cage by a pole and dangled their cage over the edge.
"Dylan!" Eve yelled, "Brody! Oh Brody my baby!" Eliza shrieked,
"What do you want with us?!" Cole asked forcefully, "Isn't it obvious, ninja? I want revenge, I want to take over this land as my own! and this time, I will make sure that no ninja gets in my way!" Luke laughed.
"But, how did you do all of this?" Eliza asked, "It was very simple really," Luke said, "First we kidnapped those filthy Serpentine kids, then I had my minions make a ransom tape using dummies we made of the kids, and then sent it to your apartment. The idea was to get you to walk right into a trap. Dylan and Brody actually getting kidnapped wasn't part of the plan, but when they both decided to play hero and attempt to save these Serpentine kids, their capture only made the plan better. Now I can get rid of all of you!"
"You let them go!" Eve demanded, Luke just chuckled evilly. "Silly Evie, It's not up to me to let them go." He said,
"Why not?" Eliza asked, "Because it's up to me." A female voice said, the gang was taken aback by the sudden voice. Then they were shocked to find Star and her father appear out of the shadows next to Luke.
"Star?!" Eve said surprised, "I knew it was you, Star!" Lloyd yelled, "You let them go!"
Star gave out and evil giggle as well just like Luke did with his evil laugh. "Oh Lloyd, there's only one way to save them," she said. "Be mine."
"Never!" Lloyd yelled, Star snapped her fingers and the Anacondrai Cultist lowered the pole and began to swing the cage back and forth, inside Dylan, Brody, and their friends screamed for their lives.
"It's slipping." The Cultist said, ending the sentence with an evil chuckle. "What's it going to be? Lloyd, will you be mine for all eternity?"
"Star, Lloyd will never love you! He loves Eve and no one else!" Eliza scolded, "Seize them!" Star bellowed, pointing at them. Suddenly, from all around, ex-Chen followers came spilling out from all directions. Eve pulled her ninja hood over her head as well as di Eliza. Even though Eliza wasn't an elemental descendant, the gang thought it was more than fair that she should have a ninja suit just like everybody else. Eve's suit was still it's dark purple violet while Eliza's was a bright cyan color. The two friends began to fight alongside one another and take down all the ex-Chen followers. Meanwhile the other ninja weren't having much trouble taking them down either. Jay just shocked them with lightning, Cole just used his earth powers, while Zane and P.I.X.A.L used their ice abilities.
"They're winning! They're winning!" Star yelled, "Not for much longer." Luke said looking at something in his hands.
Lloyd climbed up the pipelines that were down in the sewer to try to reach the cage. The captured children saw him coming and were immediately relieved that they were going to be saved.
When he finally reached their cage, he asked them to make sure they were there, all okay and accounted for.
"Are you okay, Dylan?" He asked, "Yeah, thanks Lloyd." "I'm sorry that I ruined what happened between you and your mom." He apologized, "I know you expected her to accept." "That's okay Lloyd, you didn't ruin anything." Dylan smiled, Lloyd began to build up golden power in his hands and was about to shoot it at the lock and break it when someone immediately jumped in the middle of the cage and Lloyd's power and his power struck a shiny object in the person's hand. The golden power bounced off and struck a few of the still brawling ex-Chen followers down below. It was Star.
Despite her being evil, Lloyd was worried he physically hurt her. He knelt close to her to see if she was okay.
"Star?!" Lloyd said confused, "Why did you do that?!" Star chuckled, "I was saving your life, silly." She said, in a kind of giggly tone.
"Save me? Save me from what?" Lloyd asked, "From the life that you almost had." Star said, "My dark magic also grants me the ability to see the future. If you would've broken that lock, Eve would've taken you back, you two would be married, you would have to deal with the responsibilities that come from taking care of Dylan. I know you don't want that, you want me. ME!" She said.
"You can't just force someone to love you, Star! That's not how the world works!" Lloyd explained to her, Star pushed Lloyd away from her and then built up dark magic in her hands and then began to make the wire holding up the cage break. The kids screamed again.
"Wait! Star! You don't have to do this!" Lloyd said, Star turned to face him angrily, "You broke my heart, Lloyd! All my life I have never been loved, until I met you. You were the only friend I ever had in my whole life. I never had friends before you. You were the only one who ever supported me, the only one who ever treated me as if I were family. My own father ABANDONED me when I was only one year old!" The wire suddenly broke a little bit more, the cage was now just barely still being held up. "I had never met someone who had so much in common with me and actually wanted me around them. All I've ever wanted in life...was to be wanted…" Then she closed her eyes and a tear trickled down her cheek.
Lloyd was stunned, and Dylan was too. They both thought that Star's whole "revenge" fantasy with Lloyd was just petty jealousy. But really all along, she was just a poor lonely soul who was brought up wrong, and as a result of that she made bad decisions in life. They knew it wasn't going to be easy, but they knew there was still hope for her.
Lloyd helped her up. She gave him an odd look, he just smiled and told her, "It's still not too late. You don't really want all this destruction, all this chaos. Sensei told us to forgive all foes, I think we can do the same for you." Star smiled but then it immediately switched to a concerned look. "But, why are you even giving me a chance at all? I don't think I really deserve a chance. Remember what I did to you guys? I almost killed you all. How can you even trust me? How do you know I won't just go bad again and turn on you?"
"Star, you used to be a good person, be that good person again." Lloyd said, "You could be good and start all over again. If you join us, then you can be the Lavender Ninja again, you won't have to be this evil empress that no one would never want around."
Star's concerned look turned into a smirk, "You sure know how to persuade people." She joked, jabbing him in his side. "Okay, you got me, I'll help." She said, but then they heard the fighting down below and saw that the gang was still fighting but there tons of ex-Chen followers attacking from all directions.
Jay was still shooting lightning at the followers but it didn't seem to be working much anymore.
"What's going on?! Why are there so many of them?!"
"I don't know!" Cole yelled in response, Zane scanned the entire room with eyes and scanned all of the followers he and P.I.X.A.L were attacking.
"My calculations tell me that the number of threats is rising by the minute." He said,
"But how is that possible?!" Eve yelled, "All of the Chen Followers were left back in the Cursed Realm. How could Luke and Star possibly get them back?"
"Yoo-hoo!" A voice called out, everyone looked up, including Lloyd and Star to see Luke on the catwalk level right above Lloyd and Star's heads. Clouse was with them too.
Suddenly, a large vortex formed in the middle of the ground which caused the gang to run towards the walls and grab heavy objects to anchor them down. At this time, all of the ex-Chen followers were being sucked into the vortex and vanishing.
"A vortex?" Eve said to herself, "But how is that even possible unless-."
"Missing something?" Luke said, Eve looked up and gasped for Luke was now holding something high up in the air in his left hand. Eve could barely see it, but she recognized the object from far away. It was a crystal on a gold chain. It was her necklace.
"My necklace!" Eve called out, "But how?!" "Oh Eve, Eve, Eve." Luke said, shaking his head. "While you were moping over your fight with the green ninja, you made it all the more easier to steal your necklace." Suddenly the force of the vortex caused the cage to shake. The kids inside were being tossed and whipped around.
"I think I'm going to be sick!" Boulder yelled, he looked over at Ivy who had her arms crossed. "Puke on me and you're dead." She said in her sassy teenage voice.
"We have to get the necklace from him!" Lloyd yelled,
The cage continued to shake and suddenly the wire that was just barely holding the cage up snapped and the cage began to fall towards the vortex.
Star gasped and immediately summoned her dark magic and prevented the cage from falling in. She used everything she had left in her and managed to bring the cage back up onto the platform.
"Did Star just save the kids?" Jay asked surprised, "I think she did." Eve replied,
"Star, you saved us. Why?" Dylan asked, "Did you really think I was going to let you fall into that?" Star asked laughing, gesturing towards the raging vortex below. This caused Dylan and the other children to laugh too. "Thanks Star." He said, Star smiled. But then they heard Luke laugh maniacally again. They looked up towards the platform where he and Clouse were still standing.
"Luke has both the Realm Necklace and the key that can open the cage. need to take them from him." Star explained, "But how are we going to get to them?" Lloyd asked, "Leave that to me." Star smiled, she flew up to the top catwalk level using her elemental power of Gravity. Then she blended in with the shadows on the sewer wall and approached Luke and her father. First things first, she needed to get the necklace. She carefully reached out for the Realm Necklace in Luke's hand. Down below the ninja looked like they were going to be defeated, they couldn't hold onto the walls much longer.
"This is it! This is the end! Soon Ninjago will be mine!" Luke yelled happily, Star was just about to grab the necklace out of his hand when Clouse saw her shadow on the floor. Angered he kicked her in her stomach and she fell down to the floor. Luke turned to see what the all the commotion was.
"Luke, I believe we have a little "traitor" in our midst." Clouse said, Star's shadow powers wore off revealing her presence. She was on her knees, her right hand on the ground and her left one pressed against the spot where her father just kicked her.
"Oh, so wittle Star is a hero now? You're no hero! You are unwanted." That was it Star had had it! She was totally going to join the ninja's side now. She kicked Luke in the face and grabbed the necklace out of his hand. He threw a punch at her but she did a flip and he missed. She began to run and he chased her not so far behind.
"Look! Star is stealing back the Realm Necklace!" Eliza yelled, pointing up in Star's direction. The rest of the gang looked up and saw the heroic act Star was currently committing.
"Wow, never thought I'd say this but, Go Star Go!" Jay cheered, Star continued to run and dash around the lair shooting beams of dark magic back at Luke. She began to run faster and she thought she was losing Luke, but then suddenly, out of the blue, Clouse teleported in front of her using dark magic and shot some dark magic into her chest. Star winced and cried out in pain and fell to the ground clutching her chest tightly.
"NO!" Everyone yelled, "Star!" Nya yelled, Clouse picked up the Realm Necklace and teleported to look who was now holding on to the cage.
"You're Realm Crystal, Luke." He said, Luke took it in his hand and smiled devilishly.
"Well it's been fun ninja, but we really must take off!" Luke said, he then knocked the cage over still holding on to it the cage was leaning on the edge about to tip over.
"NO! MY BABY!" Eve yelled, "Mommy! Help!" Dylan yelled, sticking his arm through two of the bars.
Eliza began crying and screaming like mad. "BRODY! OH BRODY MY BABY BOY! DON'T WORRY! MOMMY WILL SAVE YOU!"
"Mom! Please hurry! Help us!" Brody yelled, Eve still looked at Dylan who was now completely mortified.
"Dylan," she said. Dylan just looked at her to let her know he was paying attention. "...I love you baby." Eve finished, "I love you too." Dylan replied, then the cage fell off the edge and the cage along with Luke plummeted into the vortex. The kids inside screamed as they went down.
"NOOOOOOO!" Eve yelled, then the vortex burst into nothing and disappeared, there was a calm breeze coming in through the entrance to the lair. Everyone was quiet. The guys were in shock absorbing what just happened. The vortex was gone, the kids were gone, and all that was left was a huge mark left by the vortex.
Eve and Eliza fell on their knees and buried their faces in their hands. They began to sob while the rest of the group remained somber. Lloyd suddenly flew down on a wire and landed feet first in front of Eve, Eliza, and the ninja. He was carrying Star who was unconscious bridal style and the guys along with Nya and P.I.X.A.L were shocked to see her unconscious mixed in with what just happened.
"Star is hurt, we need to get her somewhere safe." Lloyd said seriously, Eliza began to feel an anger rising in her body. Age stood up and walked up to Lloyd and punched him straight in the face. Everyone gasped at Eliza's action, but they weren't mad at her because they knew why she did it."
"That is the least of our problems!" She yelled, "Or sons and four other innocent children have been taken to another world where they can possibly be killed and now we can't just bring them back because Luke has the Realm Necklace and now it is possible that he will return!" Everyone was taken aback by this. They had NEVER heard Eliza yell like that before. Eliza turned towards the entrance and stormed off angrily.
Eve wiped her nose and stood up. She walked over to Lloyd and a consoling hand on his shoulder. He looked at her and she forced a smile onto her tear stained face.
"Don't listen to her, we'll win in the end. Somehow." Her voice cracked at the end of the sentence.
They went to the Stone Army Tomb on the way out of the sewers and explained to the generals what happened to their kids. Selma wept in tears as Scales consoled her. They promised the generals they would get their kids back and the snakes wished them luck in getting Dylan and Brody back as well. They took Star back to Eve's apartment and put her in Eve's only guest room. They knew that if Luke was to ever come back and seek revenge on her as well, she would be safest there.
"Man, I can't believe they're gone." Jay said, he and the other three ninja were sitting at the kitchen table trying to rethink the day's events. Eliza was making a pot of coffee for them in the kitchen when Lloyd noticed that Eve was missing. He went down the hall and found her in Dylan's room. His light was on and she was sitting on the side of his bed softly stroking his pillow wearing a sad look on her face. Lloyd came into the room and sat down next to her.
"We'll get him back," he told her. Eve hugged him tightly and he ran his hand through her caramel almost brown hair. How he missed hugging her.
"...I promise."
Well that chapter took me over a week to write. Now, please don't hate me for this ending, it was an idea that I thought of while I was still writing the beginning of this chapter so yeah. So, Star is a good guy now, can the guys trust her? Will they be able to find a way to get Dylan, Brody, and their friends back? Where did Dylan, Brody, and their friends end up? And will Kai and Skylor return in the next chapter? Find out next time ;) Don't worry, it's not going to be so somber in the next chapter.
Eve: You! What did you do to my Dillie!
Me: Uh oh, bye!
