Chapter 9: Life And Death

As a result of the horrors before her, Skylor almost burst into tears.

But when she noticed Clouse holding a sword to Sensei Garmadon's neck threateningly, she swallowed the wail of dread that had risen in her throat.

"What do you want with him, Clouse?" Skylor snapped.

"Choose your words carefully," said Chen's second-in-command playfully… though he had a slight edge in his tone. "Your brother chose to defy me, and look what happened to him."

Slowly, he pointed to the corner of the room, and Skylor really did burst into tears. "Kai!"

It was, indeed. But the greeting was not joyful, because Kai was in no condition to even say hello to his young sister.

Blood gushed from the center of his chest, and every minute or two he would gasp in pain, then go back to a series of harsh, shallow breaths.

Skylor glanced up to face Clouse. "What did you do to him?" she shrieked.

Clouse chuckled, "It's quite simple, really."


Kai was roused from his catnap by a scream of terror from the other room. "What the…"

Tiredly, he threw his blankets aside and marched over to the door. But when he opened it, all he could see were groups of Elementals chatting downstairs, oblivious to the calls for help that weren't there anymore.

"Oh…kay." Kai mumbled to himself. "Maybe this is just in my head…"

The Master of Fire cautiously stepped back into his room, but when he did, he realized it was completely dark. "Okay, this is getting weirder and weirder."

"Look out, Kai!"

But before he even process who was calling out to him, he felt a sharp affliction in his chest.


"Well, one thing led to another… and a sword went through Kai's chest in the end."

As Chen's second-in-command finished his story, Skylor gasped and stared at Clouse with a look of pure rage and horror. "You stabbed him?"

Clouse smirked. "Yes, you can say that. And if you go anywhere near him, the sensei gets it."

Despite the empty threat, Garmadon managed to protest, "Don't listen to him, Skylor! You must save Kai!"

"No," said a voice that everyone was surprised to hear, especially in this fatal, life-or-death decision. "I'll be… fine. I never thought I'd s…say this, but you need to help Sensei… Garmadon first. It's our only h...hope of surviving this tournament of… death." Kai shuddered. He sounded so… feeble; it was sickening.

Great. What do I do? They're both sacrificing themselves for the other… and neither of their arguments makes sense in a situation like this.

As Skylor struggled to make a choice, the other ninja dashed in, looks of despair on their faces.

"Maybe you should've come sooner, like, a lot sooner!" Skylor scolded.

Nevertheless, they worked well together. While Cole and Skylor took care of Kai, Jay and Lloyd fought Clouse for Garmadon until he finally decided to retreat.

"Dad! Thank goodness you're okay!" Lloyd exclaimed, delighted.

Garmadon shook his head shamefully, "I may be well, but I know for sure Kai isn't."


So, again… that happened.

That took FOREVER to write! I continuously got distracted by YouTube and Ninjago episode 36. TOO AWESOME FOR WORDS, for any of my readers who haven't seen it.

Wow. I feel completely different about Ninjago now that this chapter's up. Welp, it happened anyway!

Sorry about my weirdness today. I'm sick and I feel TERRIBLE right now. But Supernatural is so worth it.

I shall see you soon, my children! Goodbye! :D

-HiroKaiMarc