It felt like we had been walking forever. For an unknown island, it was a pretty large place.
Nick and Macey were talking about the ocean and how pretty it looked tonight. I tried to tune them out and think about the mission, but the only thing that came up in my head was how I wished that Cole were here.
The moon was high in the sky now. It actually looked kinda pretty out here away from the city lights. I just looked up and watched it as Nick led me to where we would start looking for that temple.
Since I had been so consumed in watching the moon and stars, I hadn't noticed someone creeping up on us. A gloved hand covered my mouth and another arm wrapped around my waist and lifted me off the ground.
Startled, I kicked the person between the legs. I heard a grunt before I was freed. I turned around to see my attacker, huntched over in pain.
Nick and Macey turned around as well. I heard them pull out weapons behind me.
I kicked the guy in the face, knocking him out. I heard someone race towards me.
"Alison, look out!" Nick yelled as another guy, clothed in black, rose his sword towards me. In a flash of orange, Nick swung a golden bow staff at the guy, blocking the sword from hitting me. I watched as the two started fighting, tugging me closer everytime the cuffs were yanked.
I looked over at Macey to see her holding a large gold three-pronged fork and impaling some more black clothed men with it. Her blonde and blue hair was now tied back in a pony tail.
-A Few Minutes Later-
We were heading towards the shore once more.
"Who were those guys?" I asked Ninck as we walked.
"Those were Templars." Nick replied, his voice sounded distant.
"Templars?"
"Have you ever played Assassin's Creed?"
"No." I shook my head as I responded.
"Well, they are the bad guys in Assassin's Creed. Once Kyle left them, he became an assassin. He keeps the symbol from his old mask in a box under his bed."
"Kyle was a Templar?"
"Well... uh... Maybe I shouldn't ha..."
"So Kyle used to be a bad guy?! How can you trust him?!"
Nick's face was as red as Nikki's suit. "Maybe you would understand if you knew him like I do!"
A tear rolled down his face. "He's not like other people. His mother died when he was 5. His father abandoned him a day later. He had to fend for himself for 7 years. After those 7 years, he met me. When I turned 11, he was 13, we found out that my father and brother were dead. We joined the Templars for the safety of my mother. We had done the wrong thing ever since, until we met the ninja, that is."
I looked down at my feet. I couldn't believe what Kyle and Nick had been through. Even though I had been through something similar.
"I-I know how you feel."
Nick looked at me, his eyes were red and puffy. "How? How could you possibly ever know how that feels?"
"Well," I took a deep breath. "My parents were taken from me by Hypnobrai when I was 10. I had to fend for myself for 7 years until I was found by Lord Garmadon. ..."
"Lord Garmadon?"
"Yeah, he was disguised as Sensei Wu when he recruited me and the other Apprentices."
"But Sensei had already been thinking of having the ninja train 'back ups'."
"Yeah."
"Yeah. Sensei hadn't thought of young men and women who had great potential as well but different abilities yet. That was back when Tyler trained at Sensei Dareth's Mojo Dojo."
"Tyler trained there?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"He doesn't seem like the kind to train there."
"Neither do you. But Tyler went there for a different reason. He's had trouble with being trapped in his big bro's shadow. He had started training there to learn to fight and be just as good as Jay, if not better."
"Guys!" Macey raced over to us. "While you two were gossiping, I found an ocean-made cave. You'll never believe what I found inside!"
So we raced to the cave to see what Macey had found. And it was strange!