A/N: Hey there! Time for more back in my days…! *clears throat* So, time for us to learn how to call for help without cell service. No, that doesn't sound right. Uh, ignore that.

Well, I guess we could check on Kai's nose… not sure how broken his nose is. Sensei and the others appear to be highly concerned about it though. Technically, I just wanted to beat him up and make the others ask him a 'stupid' question, over and over again. So, yeah… umm, this is the whole Nya has to save them again, and Lord Garmadon comes with the Skeletons to help save them kind of chapter.

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except any OCs mentioned by Kai and Nya whilst they communicate with each other, maybe!

Chapter Eleven: The father in Lord Garmadon rears its head

I skidded to a halt as I glanced back to see Cole had fallen behind. We were chasing down a Venomari soldier that was running amuck in the city. The plan was to corner him in an out of the way alleyway. Zane and Jay should hopefully be there waiting for us to chase the culprit towards them. I turned my attention back to the fleeing serpentine, who was charging head first into the predestined alleyway. Whipping around, I stumbled slightly as my head randomly throbbed angrily at me. Ever since I unlocked my true potential, my head's been acting up, randomly throbbing as if I hit it against something. The doctor had expressed some concern about it, but didn't know what to do for it. Sensei had started feeding me a special tea every night, not that it helped me at all. Zane and Jay suddenly jumped down from the rooftops of the surrounding buildings down to the street in front of our serpentine friend.

"Now. Tell us where Pythor is!" Cole declared as he slipped up next to me.

The snake glared at us for several seconds. "He already left to get the last fangblade. Soon, the Great Devourer will arise again!"

I rubbed my head to try and dispense my headache. "You do realize that if the Great Devourer is released that he will eat you as well as all of us."

The serpentine widened his eyes in horror at that statement. A hand suddenly landed on my shoulder. "Another headache Kai?" Zane looked at me with concern.

I nodded my head as confirmation. Frowns crossed my brothers' faces as they glanced over to me. I was not the only one that was tired of the headaches.

Jay clapped handcuffs on the serpentine as he reminded us what that meant. "You better tell Sensei so that he can give you that tea again."

I wrinkled my nose at that, I am pretty sure that the tea was not helping me at all.

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Sensei placed the steaming mug of tea in front of me, a frown on his face. "We need to find the cause for these headaches. I am getting very concern for you."

I sighed as I picked the mug up, feeling the warmth of the brown liquid seeping through to my hands. "Dr. Smith has tried multiple tests and medicine. This tea is the best thing for it that we have found…and it isn't strong enough for keeping it away for long periods of time."

Sensei placed a hand on my shoulder, knowing that what I said was true. We had tried many different things and his special tea was the strongest thing we found that actually worked for awhile. Sipping at the tea, I could feel my headache slowly dissipate away. I grimaced though as the disgusting liquid slid down my throat.

Zane walked in right then with Lloyd and Lord Garmadon. Cole and Jay followed shortly afterwards. Lloyd quickly cleared his throat to get our attention.

"I was wondering. If Pythor is gone to get the last fangblade… then won't that mean that he has left the other three mainly unguarded at his hideout?" Lloyd shifted slightly, as if he were nervous we wouldn't actually listen to him.

Lord Garmadon glanced over to me; a frown quickly overtaking his expression. "Another headache Kai?" Grimacing, I nodded affirmation as I continued sipping the special tea. "If you don't mind my saying this, but we don't know where the serpentine's hideout is."

Silence fell as we pondered this for a minute. That was a bit of a problem. Before anyone could suggest something else, Zane snapped his head up. "Hold on. They've been traveling underground for the most part. A quick scan of what's underneath the earth should show us where it is at."

"Every well then, looks like we have a plan. Lloyd, you will stay here with Garmadon and Nya. I am sure she will be pleased to spend some time with you." Sensei paused, glancing over to Lloyd, not even looking at me. "Kai, finish your tea. You can't go into a fight with an aching head."

I spluttered incoherently, wondering how it was that Sensei knew I was just pretending to drink it. He must have eyes in the back of his head or something.

…

I kicked my blankets off, sweat pouring off of me in buckets. Shivering, I yanked the blankets back on. Only then I was hot and kicking them back off. I groaned as I realized that now I was freezing again. Curling into a ball, I tried to see if I couldn't conserve body heat. Just then I heard a loud creaking sound as someone got out of bed. Groaning, I buried my head into my pillow. A minute later, a cold hand pressed itself against my forehead. I forced myself to open my eyes to see Zane's outline hovering over me. Squeezing my eyes shut, I could barely hear Zane speaking to someone. I could hear the sound of the door banging shut, signaling that someone had left. A few minutes later the door squeaked open as whoever left came back in. A hand lifted me up, pressing itself against the back of my neck. The hand was cold to my touch. Another hand pressed against my forehead, even as a voice spoke up, sounding suspiciously like Sensei. Cracking my eyes open again, I noticed that it was Sensei now standing where Zane was a moment ago. Sensei noticed I was awake and smiled wanly at me.

"Do you need a drink Kai?" Sensei softly asked as pressed his freezing hand against my forehead.

The second he asked that, I noticed that my throat was strangely dry. I tried to tell him that a drink sounded nice, only for a coughing fit to overtake me suddenly. Covering my mouth, I nodded in agreement to that. Sensei quickly glanced back to someone else in the room. "Jay? Can you please fetch Kai a glass of water?"

"Sure thing Sensei!" Jay briefly flickered into my line of vision as he ran off.

"Sensei? Dr. Smith says there is a flu bug going around at the moment in Ninjago City. She reckons that Kai most likely caught it. She also says that no one has complained about headaches with the bug, so that is a different problem that only Kai is suffering from." Cole suddenly tiptoed into the room, whispering to Sensei.

Sensei hummed as he smoothed my hair down. "Did she say what to do to help him?"

"Yeah. We just have to keep a lot of liquid down him, and make sure he rests up. She said that we can give him Tylenol to help reduce the fever." Cole paused, worry creasing his brow. "Should we cancel tomorrow's mission?"

Sensei quickly shook his head. "No. I fear it will be too late if we wait for Kai to get better. Best of him stay here and rest."

Zane spoke up right then, his voice low, as if he didn't want to disturb me. "May I recommend that we invite Nya to join us in battle, instead of having her here?"

Sensei peered at Zane, a thoughtful expression on his face. "I'll talk to her tomorrow about this dilemma. I will not force her to help us in this way if she doesn't want to help."

I wanted to protest against what they were suggesting, Nya being my little sister and all, but my eyelids felt heavy. Next thing I knew, Sensei was waking me up so as to help me drink a glass of water that Jay brought while I was out of it. After swallowing the cool liquid, I fell back asleep, too tired to care what was going on.

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I blinked slowly as I examined my surroundings; I was standing right outside the Constrictai tomb, the others surrounding me. Cries of 'let's go' escaped the others as they charged down into the tomb to get the fangblades.

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Now I was sitting in a cage with the others, watching Jay swing across the cavern towards our weaponry, well my sword of fire wasn't there for some reason. I could see Nya's weaponry though. Just then, Jay slipped and Pythor noticed that he was trying to escape.

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"Kai! Wake up!" My eyes flew open as I struggled to sit up, Lloyd leaning over me, panic flooding his eyes.

"Kid?" I broke off coughing, my throat still feeling rather sore.

"Nya, Uncle, and the others are in trouble. Dad's gone back to the underworld…and I don't think Uncle will be happy if I come by myself... Are you up to go battle serpentine?" Lloyd bounced slightly, anxiety flaring in his eyes.

I groaned as I tried to swing my legs over the edge of my bed, grimacing as my head spun from the sudden movement. "What time is it?"

"Twelve-thirty P.M." Lloyd didn't blink at all.

I felt like passing out. I have never slept this late in my entire life. "Let me get dress…"

…

I placed my head against the stone, breathing heavily. Climbing a mountain while sick was not a good idea apparently. Lloyd turned to look at me, his green ninja gi drowning him. "Are you sure you're ok Kai?"

"I'm fine. Let's go. The others are waiting for us…well, a rescue party at least." I grimaced as I wiped sweat off my forehead with the back of my hand. Sensei and Nya are going to be furious with me once they realize that I'm still sick.

Glancing back up, I felt my heart skip a beat. Lloyd was already gone. Honestly, the kid is gonna get me killed before this bug is gone. Gritting my teeth together, I snuck down into the tomb… just in time to see the serpentine surrounding the kid, and laughing at him. Before I could do anything though, a loud, harsh cough tore from me. Unfortunately Skales and Pythor both noticed me when that happened.

"What do we have here? Not only do we have a wannabe ninja, we appear to have a ill ninja as well!" Pythor burst out laughing, pointing at me.

Great, I must not be very intimidating with a runny nose. "Pythor, let them go!" I managed to cough out. I could see Nya and Sensei slapping their hands to their foreheads from here. Lecture on hold for now. They are in no position to chew me out.

Pythor chuckled to himself. "Now, why would I listen to a sniffly ninja and a wittle kiddie?"

I tried to growl at him, but it came out as a rather harsh cough. Groans could be heard from the others, as they all buried their heads into their hands. Lloyd spluttered, struggling to find something to say as a comeback.

"How about their backup!" Lord Garmadon's voice bellowed out from behind us.

Turning around, I found myself facing the entire skeleton army, with Lord Garmadon standing right above them. Lord Garmadon also was glaring daggers at the serpentine. I highly suspect that the glaring daggers at the serpentine had something to do with them holding his son prisoner.

"If I can't take over Ninjago, then you won't either!" Lord Garmadon shoved his right upper hand in the air. "CHARGE!"

Chaos immediately filled the cavern. Before I could regain my bearings, a hand grasped me from behind and yanked me away from the fighting. Looking up, I found myself facing Lord Garmadon. "Why aren't you in bed Kai!?"

I sneezed, ducking my head down as I did so. "Why do you care if I'm in bed or not?"

"I am a father, Kai. The evil flowing through my veins will not stop me from using common sense with the younger generation. Now, go sit in this nice little corner till the fight is over." Lord Garmadon growled out, pushing me into a small corner that was pretty far from the actual fighting. I would have protested if it weren't for the fact my eyelids were heavy again.

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I awoke to find myself lying back in bed, Cole standing next to me with a bowl of soup. "Here, eat up sicky." I glanced questionably at the bowl. "Relax. Zane did the cooking, not me. Just, eat. And next time we are in trouble will you're sick, call the police or something. You're lucky that you didn't make yourself worse by pulling that stunt off."

I nodded as I took the bowl from him, sipping at the broth. "Thank you. How did I get back to the ship?"

Cole turned bright red, shifting from one leg to another. "Well, you see…Lord Garmadon may have…it wasn't that far technically…umm, yeah…err."

I blinked as I slowly arched my eyebrow up. "Are you trying to say that Lord Garmadon carried me?"

Cole meekly nodded his head. "Yeah. Got to admit, he certainly can be a great father if you given him a chance."

I lowered my eyes to the soup, not really wanting to really have this conversation with Cole. A hand squeezed my shoulder briefly. "Call if you need something, ok?"

I nodded my head in agreement, already feeling drowsy again.

A/N: Done! Ok, so…Kai is sick…and Lord Garmadon is not exactly happy with him, neither is Sensei Wu or Nya. Poor Kai. The mystery headaches are not part of the flu though, he still gets to battle that once he's better.

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