Chapter 29; Crying Patience

Skales' POV

They are not here yet…

Why are they not here yet?

I ponder and debate in my mind… they must be onto something if they did not follow me… Well I did not capture the old man for bate so it is not like that is important… I look over at the elderly man beside me. Beyond red swirly eyes, I see a soul in agony… I smile evilly.

"Follow me, Dr." I say as I lead my new pawn into his new lab. Instructing him on his task, he right away creates blueprints to create my machine. He looks up to me from his blueprints.

"In order for this to work… we will need plenty of Fangpire venom, Devourer venom… and Dark matter…"

Emma's POV

Thump,

Thump,

Thump,

Sigh…

I open the door.

"Hello Zane!" I say as Zane stands outside the door.

"Hello Emma, I hope I was not interrupting anything. However I was wondering if you would like to meditate out on deck with me?"

"Hm, I was just meditating myself… sure!" I say and smile. We walk out on deck. Lloyd seems to walk toward Laura, I believe he just finished training and wanted to talk to Laura. This would have been nothing to me if I didn't see Laura race to the left. Zane and I watch as she trips and begins crying. Zane steps forward however I block him with my arm as Lloyd follows.

"She must fight this battle herself…" I mumble.

Laura's POV

Finishing my training, I walk towards the rails on the bounty to watch the clear blue waters. It has been about a day since Dr. Julien's kidnapping. I don't understand why we are not helping in the search, which is what Nya, Lord G, Sensei Wu, and Misako are doing right now.

Leaning against the rails, I take a break from this torment known as training… I was never an active person… I did no sports at school… I run twelve minute miles in P.E. for Pete's sake! You could see why this is like being stranded on Dark Island! Sigh, but I suppose it is still better than the ridicule I faced at that school… Everyone is so friendly here! I don't believe it! I never knew people could be so nice! I came from a poor family and life was hard. The country was beautiful though… that was where I grew up. However after being at that school for seven years I feel as if I had been modernized. I still to this day miss the sweet air and fresh dew on the grass. I miss the blue sky, the dandelions growing in the meadows and the animals on our small and poor farm. Yet, I am going on an adventure and I love adventure!

"Focus Lloyd!" the white ninja of ice yells.

I find myself staring at Lloyd. His blonde hair sways in the breeze as he trains with Zane. Tenaciously, his strong looking arms punch the punching bag. Even though Lloyd is not the tallest or strongest ninja he is really… determined and kindhearted. The sort of kindness that is learned though experience and dedication. I catch myself blushing as he looks over to me. I stand up straight quickly and look the other way. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Lloyd with a wide goofy grin, yet Zane trips him with his foot. Sighing, I look to the ground.

He is just so… different… he can be so immature sometimes but that is why he is so fun to hang out with… Yet that reminds me of when I was younger and immature… when my heart was broken for the first time… Yet what if Lloyd is different from the rest…?

The way he says my name… it gives me a jolt whenever I hear his sugary sweet voice ringing in my ears.

"Umm, hi Laura…" I give a small gasp. I slowly move my head up and meet his vivid green eyes full of wonder.

"Oh, hi Lloyd…" I say as I know I am blushing. I take a step back and Lloyd looks at me with a sigh. I hear my heart beating in my chest.

No… no… it is happening all over again… no! This won't happen again!

Dashing to my right, my feet start moving. I crash to the ground out of sight… I breathe deeply and listen to the sound of my beating heart.

Dripping like blood, tears caress my cheeks and drop onto the gritty-smooth boards of the deck. Curled up, I lean against the wall.

"I just don't know what to do…" I hear a barely audible whisper right in front of me. Peaking out from my ball, I see Lloyd on his knees looking at the wooden deck. Widely, my eyes snap open. His face inside his hands, I stare gaping… Am I truly inside this far gone? Why must we both suffer because of me? Wobbly, I stand up onto my feet and taking a step forward, I kneel beside Lloyd.

"Lloyd…" I say monotone. Looking up at me, his frivolous eyes are drenched in defeat. With tears streaming down my face still and my eyes full of sadness still, I wrap both my arms around Lloyd… I may not want my heart to break again… but my selfishness shall not hurt him. That is a fact.

Cece's POV

Scarlet flames before my eyes…

An overpowering fever as my heart races…

Deep inside his golden eyes…

Burning everything in its path…

A wild forest fire inside my heart…

His energy growing forever more…

Fueled by the trees and twigs of my being…

There is such great energy and power… between our green and amber fire.

I punch the dummy harder and harder but the words and emotions don't stop. Stupid Kai… Stupid spiky hair… stupid fiery temper that I just can't resist… Why… must… he… be… so… hot… I punch the dummy to the ground. I let out what seemed to be a-hot-air-balloon's-worth-of-air and try to calm myself down. What was it that Emma and Zane do? Meditate? I sit down on the ground and try to focus on breathing… Yet I can't focus on breathing… with Scarlet flames bombarding my mind…

Anne's POV

I sigh as I watch Cece punch that dummy a bit too hard. I wonder what has her got so wired this time… Kai… that's about it… I stroll around the bounty when training is finished. Not quite sure I find myself in front of the guy's shared room. I then begin to remember Cole asked about an ice pack for his ankle. Peaking though the door, I enter the room slowly. Looking up from his book, he looks over at me; I place the frozen peas on his ankle with a smile. I also hand him the warm cup of tea I got from Sensei. (This is what Sensei requested me to get Cole) He also gave me one for myself. Accepting the tea, he and I take a sip.

"How is your ankle doing?" I ask timidly.

"Hurts, but it does feel better with the ice pack."

"Good… what are you reading?"

"Eh, nothing special… Zane only brought me a really boring history book. I need my rest though right?" Cole ends with a deep chuckle.

"Oh yeah… you probably should be sleeping right now… heh… Zane's a genius!"

"I don't think that was intentional… Hey!"

"You need to get better so we can rescue Zane's father!"

"Stupid sprained ankle…"

"Calling it stupid won't make it heal faster you know… I would feel worse if I was your foot…"

"I guess…"

Kai's POV

*Bam!*

I punch the punching bag.

"Kai?" turning behind me I come face to face with Jay.

"What do you want Jay?" I ask.

"Have you noticed Nya acting a little strange lately?"

"How so?" giving him a weird look I ask

"It's just… a feeling… But something just seems off sometimes… she becomes strangely quiet and seems to be staring at everything… listening and observing…" As Jay mumbles he drifts off.

"Well I have not seen anything strange so I think it's all just in your head…" I say and Jay looks at me worried. Hesitating, he leaves me to deal with my issues with this punching bag.

Zane's POV

Sitting on the ground beside Emma, I begin meditation. I breathe deeply. Why did Emma not come to Laura's aid? Why is she waiting?

"That's all I can do Zane…" I turn to Emma shocked. "All I can do is to wait…"

"You can do more than that Emma… you are an excellent fighter and have an extraordinary intellect…"

"Now is the time for waiting Zane… for the future shall lead us to our destiny… then is a time for action… not now… not now…" Emma closes her eyes as a tear strolls down her cheek. Immediately, I wrap my arms around her. She leans into me and her heart pounds. Her head rests against my shoulder as she listens to the music of my soothing gears…

Nya's POV

"I wonder where they have taken him this time… Would they have him in the Hypnobrai tombs?" I ask myself while holding my head trying to sooth my headache.

"I am afraid not… there has been little to none serpentine activity anywhere, particularly the Hypnobrai tombs…" Sensei Wu says.

"That's not good… what if they are using him like the Skulkin and Samukai?" Lord Garmadon asks.

"Why would they need him?" Misako asks

"That is a good question, Misako." Sensei Wu says.

"Where could they be?" I ask.

Skales' POV

Up above Ninjago city and inside our helicopter, we fly over the seas heading to the slowly sinking dark island. I have been informed by Dr. Julien about the dark Island and how after Lloyd defeated the 'Overlord' it is slowly sinking back into the sea. Luckily we have made it right on time. It takes a long time however the generals and I reach the island. It looks quite small.

"Hello… Skales…" says a weak and barely audible voice. I look up to see a light resembling the flame of a mere candle that is as dark as night. "I had a feeling I would meet you here eventually, my pet…"

"Who is this?" I ask angrily at the voice.

"Why… don't you remember? I guess not… I am the Overlord… the ancient creator of the Serpentine… too bad you are all walking out the door and into extinction… but my, my… the Devourer did a fine job if I do say so myself…"

"Excuse me?"

"You have been sent here by destiny, my pet!"

"Why?"

"To meet me of course, for it is I who shall give you your revenge on those pesky surface dwellers! And you are doing so well, my pet! Already have the scientist, have you? Well that will do nicely…"

"How will you help me?"

"I know everything you must do… And I know how to get the dark matter from this island!

Follow me…

And… you will get Emilia back…"


MWHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA! Laura is still in development but I thought of a cool idea… but that is irrelevant! I am excited to se how everybody reacts to this chapter… it was a bit of a mix up… Anyways, Thank you guys so much for the reviews! It is amazing! I love hearing from everyone even if you're just drabbling! (I do that a lot lol)

*Emma sips her iced tea undisturbed and watches Kai being mauled by Cece with Sarcasitzu*

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