NCHS
By Secret Dancer
Chapter 21: The Map for Flamey Pt 2
After the battle all the boys worked to clean up the damage from the fight. Kai was angry but he kept it inside which wasn't like him. He knew that he'd need to work with them all if he wanted to get his sister back.
"Kai, I know you're upset about losing your sister but we will get her back. When we get the Golden Weapons we'll stand an equal chance with fighting them. We may have lost the fight today but the battle still rages on." Cole said in a low tone to the spiky haired teen.
"I know. But we lost the map to the skeletons. We don't even know where they are."
Rocky was helping to fix the water tower with Wisp when he felt strange. His eyes went reptilian and he was morphing. Wisp watched curiously as his friend was crawling on the ground like a small dragon. He even had a tail and small wings. Rocky was sniffing the ground and going in a certain direction.
"Hey guys! Rocky smells something!" Wisp called. The boys gathered together and followed the dragon hybrid.
After a couple of miles the teenagers came to a large canyon. It was crawling with skeletons. Rocky didn't notice them but he kept crawling by. The Ninja and Dragons were following in stealth and none of them were seen. They worked around the construction site and then they split up. The Dragon followed Rocky while the Ninja went to the place Samukai was at the get the map.
"It's upside down." Jay whispered to them while they watched Samukai read it. Once he set it down and walked to observe, Zane threw down a shuriken tied to a rope and pulled the map back to them.
"That's the cave the Dragons went in." Cole said and they snuck all the way to the cave.
When they got there they found the dragons trying to shift a rock out of the way. The Ninja helped while Rocky clawed at the boulder. Once it was open the dragon slithered inside ahead of them. They all hurried inside to find that Rocky wasn't himself anymore. He was a giant earth dragon.
"AHHH!" Cole screamed. He was scared of dragons. Even if they were his best friend.
"Sensei Wu said that the dragons were the Guardians of the Weapons. The Scythe must be behind him and its power changed him." Zane concluded.
"Do we have to fight him?" Wisp asked. He shuddered to think what would happen when they went after the Nunchuks of Lightning.
"Oh great Guardian, we are here to get the scythe! Please do not eat us!" Jay called. Rocky roared.
"That alerted the skeletons!" Cole told them and then he ran and slid under Rocky to get the scythe. He wrapped it in a cloth and tossed it to Kai.
Rocky started chasing them out of the cave and they saw the skeletons approaching. Kai took the scythe out and turned around while raising it.
"Kai! Don't!" Cole warned but Kai swung the weapon down. A large crack opened in the floor of the cave and a rock hit Rocky in the head and knocked him out.
"I'm sorry man but the skeletons are coming. He's not himself right now." Kai replied.
The Ninja and remaining Dragon soon found themselves surrounded by skeletons. They had no choice but to fight to escape and this time they weren't going to use the scythe if they could help it. They felt guilty about leaving Rocky behind but if he were human he'd understand.
Jay noticed a pattern to the skeletons attacking. He got it! He knew what Sensei Wu meant by the learned Spinjitzu already.
"Hey guys, it's just like the training course! Over the planks, dodge the swords, here comes the dummy!" Jay shouted before he started spinning. He discovered Spinjitzu first!
"Spinjitzu! Jay, what's the key?" Kai called.
"I'm just going through the motions." Jay replied while taking down several skeletons who were coming at him in slow motion.
Once they all got their Spinjitzu mastered it was messing with the cave. Rocks began to fall and the Skulkin were retreating. They quickly used their Spinjitzu to climb up the falling rocks and out a crack in the ceiling. They all fell to the ground outside.
"I sure hope Rocky's alright." Cole muttered as they all got off the ground.
"The good news is we have the map and the first golden weapon. We also unlocked Spinjitzu. I take it that this mission was a success." Zane said cheery.
"The bad news is Rocky is a dragon in that cave and they have my sister." Kai growled before handing Cole the scythe.
"I see you got the scythe. Where's Rocky?" Sensei Wu asked after mysteriously appearing.
"He turned into a dragon and was guarding the weapon. We had to leave him behind because we were attacked by the Skulkin." Cole explained sadly.
"He's an Earth dragon, he'll get out of the cave in no time. However, since we know the Skulkin are after the weapons they'll follow us from afar. We need to get them first. Did you get the map back?"
"Yes, but why was it hidden at my father's shop?" Kai asked.
"Your father was one of my greatest friends. Whenever I hid the weapons he made the map and I told him to hide it. He would never reveal its location to anyone and he didn't. Not even you or your sister knew about the map. I knew the Flamey bloodline would protect the shop that it was hidden in so it became a Map for Flamey." Sensei Wu explained.
"You were right about protecting the shop but why a map for us?"
"You'd never let the map be stolen once you knew about it. Now it's up to you to safeguard it Kai." Sensei Wu finished before he turned his back towards the group and looked towards the stars appearing in the sky.