Music, Metal, Water, Air

A/N: Last chapter guys. Sorry, but this thing had to end sometime. So, here it is. WAIT! I forgot about the winners of last chapter's question! If you don't remember, it was something like: what TV show did I "borrow" the avatar idea from? The winner(s) is/are: No one. Um, okay then. Some of you said the movie Avatar. At least you tried. Well, it's TMNT which stands for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I'm guessing none of you have even HEARD of it if you don't know. It came from the 2003 series, if you cared. Anyway, here it is!

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NINJAGO!

Chapter 9: The End

We won. Did we? We may have lost two comrades, and Lloyd lost his father. Elle was a traitor and the Serpentine still live. Then again, that's why we live, isn't it?

Tabby sighed. Once they had gotten back on Destiny's Bounty, all of them had been checked over for injuries, and Jay, June, and Cole were all hooked up to life support, or something. Tabby hadn't paid much attention to what it was; she just knew that her friends were in trouble. Kai had a nasty scratch on his arm and was currently sitting by June's bed, ignoring orders to go rest. Zane and Faith were both in shut down to recover, so no one worried too much about them, yet. Kat had a broken wrist, but no other severe injuries. Lloyd had a broken ankle, so he stayed in bed most of the time. Tabby herself had gotten bruised and scraped up enough to be assigned bed rest for the next day or so. She stayed by Cole's side, just as Kat and Kai did with June and Jay. Meanwhile, Elle was in a high-tech prison cell Jay made a few weeks ago.

Jay recovered within the next day. He had been conscious most of the day before, so he was expected to live. And live he did, along with annoying Kat nearly to death. But, with her being a very annoying person herself and all, she managed not to die. Or go mad. Kat and Jay talked constantly. It hardly bothered the other two, just because they were always lost in thought. They never moved, except to go to the bathroom. They were given a tray of food when everyone else ate, but they didn't eat much. They were seriously depressed.

Cole was next. He woke up three days after Jay and the others had mostly recovered. Now, it was all June. Her vital signs stayed steady, but she seemed to be in a coma. Now, Kai and June were the only ones in the medical ward. When he was sure that no one was near, Kai cried. He cried and begged and sobbed for June. He would murmur in his sleep, "Wake up June, please wake up, I need you, don't leave me," and no one knew what to do about it.

One night at dinner, the topic of June came up. "She'll be fine. Trust me when I say that girl is strong. Her body just needs time to recover," Kat stated confidently with her mouth full of mashed potatoes. "I'm just glad those were already mashed," Faith said as the others laughed. "But, in all seriousness guys," Jay stopped laughing and the kitchen was silent. Jay was serious. This was bad. "What if she doesn't, you know, make it?" The room was silent, again. Elle could hear their conversation from her cell. Hmm. What if she doesn't…

Kai heard too. No, she will live. She will live. She will live. He repeated the chant desperately in his mind before dozing off into a fitful sleep once again.

After Jay had said that, Lloyd shoved his chair back loudly and walked back to his room. The team had been told that Lloyd and Elle's training had caused their minds and bodies to age, so that was why Lloyd was older. Sensei Wu had told them after everyone had been taken care of, and then went into his room and didn't come out for weeks. He still hadn't come out. Every once in a while, Sensei Lee would go in and meditate with him. When she returned from the first time, she told the ninja that he was trying to reach June, but was unsuccessful so far.

The next day, Lloyd woke from another nightmare. I killed him, was Lloyd's only thought as he changed and went out for early training. The only other person training at 5:00 a.m. was Cole. He was working on getting his strength back up after the fight. "Hey Lloyd," Cole greeted, stopping in the middle of beating the crap out of a worn punching bag, which resulted in the thing flying back towards him and knocking him over. Lloyd nodded and walked over to his own little corner while Cole muttered angrily, got back up, and punched the bag again. Lloyd shook his head. Cole had gotten a hotter head after the fight, and seemed to be trying to replace Kai. Kai still hadn't left June's bedside.

Lloyd's thoughts drifted to Elle as he started a simple series of punches and kicks. I wonder if she regrets forcing me to kill, or betraying us, or hurting my sister. His kicks were getting faster and stronger and he was slowing moving away from his corner. I mean, yeah, she was totally evil at that point, but everyone has some sort of guilt alarm in their head right? What's it called? Your conscience! Yeah, everybody's got one of those… He kept going, harder and harder... Does she feel sorry for what she's done? Maybe I should ask- At that moment, Lloyd slipped on something and fell onto the deck a few feet away from Cole. Said black-clad ninja walked over and helped Lloyd up. "You okay buddy?" Cole smiled. Lloyd nodded and said softly, "I'll be back soon."

Lloyd walked down the corridors of Destiny's Bounty until he was at the entrance to the prison hall. Hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and forced himself down the hall that led to Elle's cell. She sat on the floor, in her innocent-looking blond-haired form. He looked at her in disgust, but before she even noticed him, an alarm rang out in the loud silence. He was gone before she could look.

Lloyd found the others, save Kai and June, in the bridge. Sensei Wu looked over everyone, silently counting. Once he concluded that June and Kai were the only ones that were absent, he cleared his throat and began, "I'm sure you all have been wondering about Elle, and what we are going to do with her. This is what the spirit smoke has showed me." Here, he motioned for everyone to sit down in a meditating pose. Once everyone had slipped into meditation, they were all hit with a vision. They saw the innocent, blond Elle holding hands with the demonic, flame-haired Elle, and they both had strange light behind them. The blond Elle had a yellowish hue glowing behind her, and the other had a black hue. Then, the vision ended.

"So, she has a twin?" Jay asked, completely lost. "No, my student," Sensei Wu shook his head and explained, "Elle is the twin." Tabby spoke up and asked, "So, she's both of them?" Wu nodded. "And this tells us, what exactly?" Kat was so confused. Sensei Wu sighed, but Sensei Lee beat him to answering. "Elle is the ninja of light, and the ninja of darkness." Kat shook her head. None of this made any sense! Jay asked again, "Okay. What do we do about it?" Sensei Wu answered, "We train her."

Weeks passed. The ninja trained Elle, and June didn't wake. Kai didn't stay by her anymore; it was too hard to take it anymore. Now, all of them were beginning to get used to no June, and Elle. Lloyd still hadn't forgiven her, and Kai cut himself off from everyone when they weren't training or eating. One day, Elle harnessed her power, and during training, she took down Tabby and Cole with a couple of energy blasts. Cole was knocked to the ground with a blast of black power, while Tabby was hit with yellow. They got up, shocked, and heard something break. They all rushed to the source, and found that it was from the infirmary.

Once they arrived, they noticed something, strange to say the least. June's body was floating a few inches above the bed, with different colors surrounding her. There was a light blue, dark blue, purple, black, white, pink, red, silver, yellow, and green mist around the whole area. There was a bright flash, in which all the colors flashed before their eyes. When they all had recovered the ability to see, they saw something, unbelievable. It was a miracle. June blinked at them and asked, "What happened? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Now her tone was concerned. Her friends smiled and attacked her with happy hugs and tears from most of them.

Kat, Tabby, Faith, and June were crying, and although Elle had been trying to kill her recently, June embraced her, too. Elle gave her a questioning look. "Sensei Wu explained everything while I was in a coma." Seeing her friends' sad faces, she added, "But I'm fine! See look! Perfectly fine!" To display her health, she slid off the bed and jumped up and down. That made everyone laugh, but it came to a quick stop as Kai walked forward, tears brimming his eyes.

"You're, alive," Kai said slowly, as if this was all just some worthless dream that he wanted to believe. June burst out in tears and they wrapped their arms around each other happily. Jay and Kat looked at each other and grinned. Then, they joined Kai and June in the start of a group hug. Soon, Cole, Tabby, Zane, and Faith joined in, but Lloyd and Elle hung back. Kat glanced back and motioned for them to join. Lloyd walked forward stiffly, but relaxed after feeling his friends' embrace. Elle stood behind as Kat looked at her, and motioned again. Elle ran up and joined them, and they all embraced each other as a team, as friends, as family.

The next day, everything was, different. June was back, but the ninja now had Elle with them. Not only that, but Lloyd was acting strangely after last night. He seemed to train twice as much as the others, and a couple weeks later, the first eight ninja finally looked for guidance.

"Enter." Jay slapped a hand over Kat's mouth to muffle her surprised squeal. When the others looked at them, Kat shrugged and Jay rolled his eyes. They all came in quietly and bowed to Sensei Wu and Sensei Lee. The lights were off, but the candles in the room were lit. The ninja knelt and Cole asked, "Sensei, and, uh, Sensei, we're worried about Lloyd." He opened his mouth to continue, but Jay beat him to it. "Yeah! I mean, he's right. Lloyd's been acting kinda weird." Kat interrupted Jay this time and added, "He's been training really hard and-"

"Sensei, I don't think that Lloyd likes Elle. At all." Tabby emphasized the last part and bowed head, as did the others, awaiting the answer.

"My students, you are right. Lloyd has not been himself lately. He has been training hard, and I believe it is because of Elle." Kat blurted, "Okay, but why is he training so hard?" The others glared at her before snapping to attention at the sound of Sensei Lee's voice. "We have thought and meditated on this matter, and decided that Lloyd just does not trust Elle." The ninja looked at each other in confusion. "But, she's been with us for like, weeks. How is he not used to her? And who would she be working for?" June asked.

The last part left everyone stunned, until Jay sprinted out, Kat running soon after but she was respectful enough to call over her shoulder, "Sorry! I think we might have an idea!" The other ninja shook their heads, then said goodbye to their masters and left.

The next morning, when everyone except Jay and Kat were eating breakfast, the said ninja burst in and literally fought over the coffee maker. "Mine!" Kat screeched. "No!" Jay wailed as Kat gained the upper hand. She also gained the coffee machine. Everyone at the table noticed that both of the blue-clad ninja looked as if they'd stayed up all night and had completely lost it. She began laughing like a maniac until Jay tackled her and they crashed to the floor, the coffee machine going down with them. The guys and girls at the table laughed when Jay and Kat got up again, covered in coffee.

The two coffee-scented ninja frowned, but it didn't last long. Soon, they were all laughing. Jay and Kat stopped laughing though, and Jay nodded to his partner. She nodded back and yelled, "QUIET!" He smiled at her and she smiled in return. Everyone had shut up and most started glaring, but their eyes moved towards the square device Jay held in his hands now. The two scientists smirked.

Jay began explaining, "This thing right here is known as the Motive Extractor Cube 1200, also known as, the MEC. It will get the truth out of your enemy, or friend, in seconds. It was created in a bit of a rush, but an extra pair of hands helped a bit." Jay smirked at Kat, but she was busy smirking at their silent, open-mouthed audience. "So, who wants to go first?"

Cole twitched slightly; he never liked being the center of attention. "Now, this is how this thing's gonna work. We plug this into this," Jay talked as he worked and plugged a wire into the helmet on Cole's head that came from the MEC. "Then," he whispered something to Cole, who nodded. "This might hurt a bit." Cole groaned. Jay flipped the switch and Cole twitched, and went limp. The crowd gasped; was that supposed to happen? "Don't freak," Kat reassured them, "That's completely normal." She leaned over to Jay and hissed, "Fix it!"

Cole woke up a second later, and a projection leaped out of the top of the MEC. It showed Cole sneaking into the kitchen and grabbing cake out of the fridge, then sneaking away. "So that's why we were out of cake last month. Cole grinned and told Jay,"This thing works like a charm. I bet it's ready to go." Jay grinned then told everyone except Lloyd, Kat, Sensei Wu and Sensei Lee to leave. "Can we try it on Elle?" Jay asked, looking at Lloyd. Sensei Wu nodded. "If it comforts Lloyd, then I approve." Sensei Lee agreed, too. The two spinjitzu masters left, and Elle entered.

"What are we doing?" She asked innocently. Kat sighed, "We need to use the MEC on you. Please, sit." Elle's eyes flashed hurtfully, but she obeyed. They did the same procedure that they'd used on Cole, and the same happened. The projection showed Elle fighting Lord Garmadon and defeating him. The projection went black and disappeared. "You see, my plan was to trick you and Garmadon, in that order. I was gonna kill him, but then y'all came into the picture and my plan sorta, died."

Jay and Kat looked relieved, but Lloyd scowled. "What if your device thingy's wrong? Maybe there's a glitch. How do you know that it's right? Maybe-"At that moment, Elle kissed him. Hard. When they stopped to catch their breath, Lloyd looked relieved. "Do ya believe me now?" He nodded and they kissed again.

"Well, okay then. That was sudden. I mean, one minute they're yelling at each other, the next they're making out. Seriously, what-"Kat grabbed his arm and dragged him out and replied, "Haven't you heard of June and Kai?"

A/N: That's pretty much it. Yeah! I finished my first story! Um, goodbye?