Chapter 29: The Battle Has Just Begun
Well I am sad to say that All For One is almost over. :( Sad huh? But you probably won't really miss it, huh?
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Deliah was frozen. She couldn't force herself to look up, or even move. Their eyes were still on her, but they were now much closer. Surrounding her.
"Deliah?" Cole had spoke first, but still she couldn't move. "Deliah, what was he talking about?"
The question that she never wanted to face. She knew why Sensei wasn't doing anything at the moment. He wanted her to face this on her own.
She slowly looked up to see their faces, so much confusion and disbelief. What could she do? What should she say? What? She looked back down and muttered, "It's true."
"What?" Cole had asked quietly.
"It's true. I am the enemy." Her voice so soft, yet so broken.
"Don't say that." Cole muttered as his eyes cast down.
Deliah gripped the sand in her hands tightly. She then looked up at them tears streaming down her cheeks, yet her eyes full of anger and misery. "It is the truth!" Her words seemed like venom to their hearts. "I am the enemy! I am! IT IS THE TRUTH! YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IT IS LIKE!" She stood up throwing the sand aside, tears still falling. "HE IS IN MY HEAD! SINCE THE BEGINNING! SINCE I GOT THESE DAMN THINGS!" She then threw her sai daggers on the ground. "I AM THE THING THAT WILL BRING HIM BACK TO THIS WORLD…after Lloyd has completed his task, I become the enemy. I will become Overlord."
Gasps then followed that. She stared at them to see some cover their mouths, others looked down, some looked pissed, and few had tears dripping down. She turned away and then muttered, "In the end I will become the enemy."
"No….no…" Mitsuki had muttered while choking back her tears. "This, it just can't be!" Deliah turned around to see Mitsuki biting her bottom lip and a few tears were staining her cheeks. "It just cannot end this way! I cannot lose a friend, I cannot lose someone I care about," her voice started to crack; she had been holding back her tears too long. "There has got to be a way to destroy him!"
Deliah then mumbled as a few tears fell, "I wish it was that simple." She looked down as her feelings started to bubble. "Even if there was a way to destroy him, he would still come back. And it would be through me." Her voice cracked as more tears spilled.
Zane had walked towards her as she started to break down. Zane held her and tried his best to comfort her. He rocked her and muttered comforting words. It killed him to see her in so much pain. It hurt all of them.
Cole socked a nearby tree, which caused it to fall. He looked back at his sister, balling up his fists and muttered, "It's not going to end that way."
They all looked up at him. Deliah was barely able to choke out, "What-what…do you mean?"
Cole leaned closer to her and then said, "I won't let it go down this way. Who cares about this prophecy, you will never be the enemy, not to me, not to anyone." Deliah felt more tears swell up inside her, but this time they were for her joy. Cole really did know how to make her feel better. She jumped out of Zane's arms and into Cole's.
Cole hugged her back and calmed her down. Zane did feel slight jealousy, but he knew that this was better for her. Deliah held him tightly as she wiped her tears.
"How are we going to get to Ninjago though?" Jay questioned as he looked across the sea.
"Yea…the bounty is kind of jacked up." Lily had said in return.
That's when Lloyd said, "There is something in the temple of light, I pretty sure I saw something there."
Jazmine sighed, "But your foot."
Deliah pushed away from Cole and looked at Lloyd, "What's wrong with it?"
"Well it is kind of twisted and not good." Lloyd muttered and winced in pain as he got up.
Deliah placed her knees on the sand and then gently held his foot, "Stay still, ok?" Lloyd had nodded, then Deliah had muttered something softly. She released his foot, and all the pain had evaporated.
He moved his foot and then smiled, "Temple of light here we come."
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"Well isn't that nice…we know how he is getting there, but what about us?" Kai muttered as Lloyd was admiring his new suit.
That's when a loud roar was heard from outside. "I know that noise!" Jay called cheerfully. He was the first to run outside the temple to see the girls' dragons and the mega dragon.
Cole had a huge grin and shouted, "ROCKY!"
They all laughed at their leader's childish actions. Cole then turned around and said, "Alright, let's move out!"
As they got ready, Deliah hugged Cole and muttered, "Be safe."
"Will do," he replied while hugging back.
She then hugged Zane and said, "Be careful."
"To you too." He said in response as he hugged back. She then ran and jumped onto Comet.
Kai jumped off the dragon, which caused Cole to call for him, "Kai!"
Kai turned around and shouted, "If I die, I wanna die happy!" He then ran to Tides. He was no longer afraid if this was their last battle, then he wanted her to know how he felt. That's why he had marched up to her before she could even get on her dragon. Then as she spun around, he crashed his lips upon her's.
Lily was shocked at this. As Kai pulled away, he quickly muttered, "I really don't care if you sock me or not, I just need you to know that I really like you."
Lily gripped his suit and pulled him in, "You bastard." He thought she was going to sock him, but instead she crushed her lips upon his. All the girls cheered silently, while the guys went wild.
Cole had smirked and shouted, "Way to go!"
Jay smiled while Lloyd kept shouting. Zane only smiled.
Deliah smirked and muttered to herself, "Knew it…it just needed some time."
When she pulled away from him she smirked and then jumped onto Tides. Kai then called, "Does that mean you like me back?"
She rolled her eyes, "Figure it out."
Kai had climbed onto the mega dragon with the goofiest smile on his face, he was beyond happy. Now he really could die a happy man.
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The skies were dull, grey, and full of black clouds. The sun hidden; it was as if all the light in the world had been diminished and replaced with darkness. Ninjago was no longer Ninjago; it was slowly changing into the world that Overlord had tried to create in the beginning, a world full of hate and misery.
Each of the ninja felt a sense of disgust and pain to see all the dark matter spread over the land of Ninjago. A huge beam of darkness had flown up and remained in the air; it was no doubt that it was Overlord.
Deliah felt her heart beat increase, and then she broke formation. She had Clocks go down to ground level, keeping Clocks a couple of feet off the ground. She turned throughout the streets of Ninjago; she had to go somewhere before this had begun.
"Where is she going?" Jazmine had asked. She turned to look at Cole.
Cole watched where she was headed from above. "To do the right thing."
Once Deliah had made a stop, she jumped off quickly. She knocked on the door and waited patiently. The door barely opened a crack, "Who is there?"
She sung a sweet little tune, in perfect pitch, and with a nice tone. That's when the door swung open, "Bella!" Her father had hugged her and then looked at her, "Look at you, all grown. You really do have your mother's lips, and her eyes, and her body. You look so much like her."
She smiled and said, "I miss her too, dad."
Lou smiled and then looked at her fully, "I see you are running in the same crowd as your brother." Humor had lingered in his voice.
Deliah nodded, "It wasn't intentional." She then sighed, "I'm sorry dad, I am so sorry…I really wish I could have been the daughter you wanted." Her eyes started to fill with tears.
"Oh, no. Don't you dare say that," he pulled her into a hug, "I am proud of you being who you are, I should be apologizing." He pulled away from her and wiped away her tears, "Now go on and save everybody."
She kissed his cheek and nodded, "Will do." She then ran and jumped onto Comet, "Come on Comet, let's go!"
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The steps that they took, those steps should have been called the footprints of death. The moment that they walked into the construction zone was the moment that it seemed as if death had gripped their throats and lifted them up. Everything in the world was depending on them, all the people, all the world. They had to fulfill the prophecy.
They sound of millions of feet rushing towards them, caused the earth to shake. Cole then said, "On the count of three, jump." He removed his scythe, "One." He lifted it above his head, "Two." He slammed it threw the air and hit the ground, "Three!"
The ninjas had listened and as they jumped they witnessed the ground roll and all the warriors fly. Cole placed his scythe back and cracked his neck, "I am not going down that easy."
He looked at the warriors as they got up with pissed looks, "None of us are."
At that moment, both charged each other. Weapons ready, no fear, only one thing in mind, 'Win.'
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Kai had created so many flames, which in return created smoke. He was fighting wildly, and blindly. Deliah started to cough out the smoke for it was burning her throat as much as her eyes. She had found herself on her knees as she coughing, that's when Zane scooped her up and said, "Kai, hold back on the fire!"
Kai nodded. Lily then poured some water on some burning flames. She smiled at Kai as he looked at her. Then a huge warrior swung a rod at Kai. Standing in the smoke as fire blazed around, she pushed him away. She was hit instead and had flown backwards. Slamming back into the pillar, she groaned.
"LILY!" Kai had shouted as he ran to her. That's when another solider had hit him and set him flying backwards. He had rolled in the ashes and dirt.
Lily slowly lifted herself up to see the huge warrior swing the rod at her again. She rolled to avoid it barely. She quickly got up and got out her hoops, the warrior swung at her blindly, but aggressively. Each hit was harder to block, mostly because each hit became more precise and more powerful.
She was panting now, beads of sweat dripping down her face. The warrior swung again, but this time much more powerful. One of her hoops went flying, and she landed on her back. He prepared to hit her full on with the rod.
Kai had been witnessing the whole thing, but couldn't do a thing because two stone warriors held him back. But at the moment so much fear overcame him. It was as if a blanket was suffocating him. He was not afraid of death anymore, but he was afraid of losing the one thing that he truly loved. Lillian.
He was set ablaze. His hair turned into fire, his skin burning, it became embers, his eyes a blazing red. His true potential was revealed.
He set the warriors flying and rushed to Lily. He slammed himself into the huge warrior. He then shot magma at the warrior. As soon as he knew nothing was left, he turned to Lily. She slowly got up and stared at him, wrapping her hand in water she touched his cheek. Her water turning into steam, she then placed some on her lips, and then pressed them against his.
A tear escaped her eye and she pulled away. The battle was far from over, but now she knew what she was fighting for. A word that she always assumed existed only in fairytales. Love.
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Zane had hid her behind some wood, allowing her to control her breathing. He peered over the wood and said, "We are clear."
Deliah coughed out, "Thanks for helping me out."
Zane shook his head, "It is no trouble, we must look out for each other."
Deliah sighed, "You might as well not help me."
Zane looked at her, "No matter what, you will never be the enemy to us."
Deliah closed her eyes, "You really need to open your eyes and see that I am."
Zane gripped her shoulders and stared into her eyes, "You will never be the enemy. I do not care what the prophecy says. Not in my eyes. Not in your brother's. Not in anyone's."
Deliah was about to say something when a warrior jumped over the wood. She pushed Zane away and force pushed him away. She looked at Zane and then at a couple warriors. She then gripped her sai daggers and charged at them.
She flipped in the air sideways and landed several kicks at the warriors. Zane had joined in by freezing a few. The two kept this up for a while until Deliah had a massive headache. She held her head and screamed in pain.
Zane quickly rushed over towards her, but was slammed backwards by one warrior. The warrior swung a pillar at Zane again while he was down, which sent him flying backwards again. Zane slowly got up and threw his shurikens at the warrior. But it dodged them.
It charged him with the pillar read, that's when the warrior was thrown backwards. Zane looked over to see Deliah standing up, her eyes a glowing blue, her face formed a pissed look, one hand pressed to her head, the other extended out palm down. She then flicked her wrist which caused the warrior to slam into a wall.
Zane slowly inched closer to Deliah, he knew that she had not reached her true potential, and this was not her full potential. She had already unlocked that.
Deliah then flicked her wrist again, sending the warrior flying far off. Her eyes no longer glowed, and her knees grew weak. She slowly sunk down and fell onto the ash covered ground.
Zane rushed over to her, he had grabbed his shurikens along the way. He lifted her up and shook her several times, "Deliah! Deliah! Deliah!"
She head rolled back as if she were dead. Zane felt new emotions boil inside, he felt the urge to cry. Then her eyes slowly fluttered open, "Zane,"
Zane hugged her tightly, "Don't scare me like that!"
Deliah then whispered, "He drained some of my power..."
Zane looked at her, she looked weak. "It's ok. I'll protect you." He picked her up bridal style and said, "Hold on."
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Jazmine was able to blast them while she flew above with Sensei, Misako, and Dr. Julien. They were looking for the helmet that controlled the army. She spotted it; "There!" she pointed it out while she blasted another warrior.
They had just landed when Dareth had put it on. Jazmine was about to blast him when Sensei put her arm down. She removed her mask and listened as Sensei talked to Dareth. Dareth then grinned at Jazmine and said, "Hey,"
Jazmine rolled her eyes and then helped him on the mega dragon, "And the answer is no to a date." A sad sigh came from Dareth after she said that.
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Cole had jumped backwards to avoid attacks and spun around to hit a few with his scythe. He felt something grab his shoulder, which triggered his instinct to attack. But he stopped when he saw Mitsuki. Her face covered in dust and her hands shielding her body.
He lowered her arms and sighed, "Sorry. I didn't mean to scare or harm you, we are at war."
Mitsuki nodded while she turned to look around. Ditches, ruins, smoke, fire, ashes, so many things that indicated it was a war zone. She looked back at him and muttered, "No worries, you didn't scare me. I was scared from the start."
She removed her kamas and then muttered, "Move."
Cole did so just as she swung it to the side of him. She hit a few different warriors while swinging her other kama. Her eyes revealed the fear that her face didn't express, Cole always had feelings for her, but at that moment he felt something inside him twitch. He wanted to protect her more than himself.
She started panting as soon as she was done destroying some stone warriors. She felt something wrap their arms around her, she glanced up to see Cole's face. She just broke. She didn't understand why she broke, but she did.
Cole did his best to dry her tears, and protect her from the warriors as they attacked. Once she was ready to fight, she cracked a small smile. Cole helped her up and said, "Don't be afraid, you have me."
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Jay fought along side Lloyd. Both covered each other's backs. That's when a couple warriors had tackled Jay. Jay groaned as he used his nunchucks to block as many hits as he could.
Lloyd had pulled a few away from Jay, but was thrown back in the process. He rolled in the dirt, but was hit again.
Jay quickly went after Lloyd only to get hit from behind. Lloyd slowly got up and catch a punch that was swung at him. He flipped the warrior and thre it at the ones that were attacking Jay.
Lloyd held his hand to Jay, who took it and got up. "Thanks dude." Jay muttered while rubbing the back of his head.
Lloyd shrugged, "It was nothing."
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As soon as the warriors had charged to climb the building and failed, everything seemed dead.
"We have no choice but to get up there." Cole said.
The others nodded. All of them went up, except Sensei, Misako, Dr. Julien, and Dareth.
They were already up almost half way. "This is it." Mitsuki mumbled.
"Yea…" Jazmine mumbled.
That's when both Deliah and Zane said, "Move!"
But it was too late dark matter had hit Cole. He gasped as if he lost air, and then he pushed Lloyd away, "Ahhhh…ahhh." He groaned in pain.
Deliah rushed to him and muttered, "Cole, no, no….please this can't happen."
Cole looked up at her and the said, "I'll fight it off as much as I can, but you guys need to get moving. Go on, it will be ok, ahhh."
Deliah nodded slowly and then looked at everyone else, "Let's get going."
They ran away as Cole was fighting off the dark matter as long as he could. But they all knew he would end up just like Nya.
As they continued up the building, another wave of dark matter fell. It would have landed on Lloyd if Mitsuki hadn't pushed him out of the way. She took the hit for him.
She screamed in pain and then said, "Go!" Which they did. Mitsuki leaned against the building while screaming in pain. So much darkness was choking her, it burned.
The darkness became more overwhelming as they grew closer to the top. Jay had taken the next hit. He fell to the ground and urged them to go; he told them it had to be this way.
The next to fall under darkness was Lily. She had pushed Kai out of the way, she then howled in pain. Kai tried to hold her, but she pointed her hoop out and muttered, "Go! Leave, this is what needs to be done, understood?" She looked at him and said, "I still like you, always will. Now go."
Kai nodded sadly and then ran off behind the others. It killed him to leave her behind, but he had to. They had to get Lloyd to the top.
Dark matter dropped onto Jazmine. She stopped and then said, "Go, go, go. Just go!"
Lloyd looked at her sadly, "But…"
"No sad goodbyes go on pip-squeak. This is your destiny, not mine." She groaned and then told them to go once again.
They had reached a certain point when they heard grunts. Zane stopped and took his shurikens out, "Go on without me. I will hold them off."
Deliah didn't want him too, but she knew that this was for the best. She nodded and allowed herself to detach herself from him. She turned and ran behind Lloyd and Kai.
When they reached Nya Kai muttered, "This is my stop." He looked at the two and smiled, "If anyone should be beside him during the final battle, it should be you." Deliah couldn't help but hug Kai. She pulled away and rushed Lloyd up the steps.
Kai had jumped his sister, which she did not take lightly.
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On the top everything was dull yet full of darkness. A purple light had shone brightly it almost blinded Deliah and Lloyd. Overlord's laugh filled the air as he stared at the two.
That's when both Lloyd and Overlord started to transform. Overlord had done so before Lloyd and swung his tail at him, luckily Deliah was there. He had hit her instead which set her flying off the edge. She fell down, past Kai and Nya. Zane saw her while he battled Cole, but he couldn't do anything, Mitsuki had jumped him from behind.
She was falling and was unable to do a thing. It didn't bother her, if this would stop her from becoming Overlord's puppet, so be it. Yet fate was a cruel thing, Comet had caught her.
The rest of the battle was history.
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All the cheers could be heard by the ninjas. Mitsuki was tackled in hug by Jazmine. Then by Lillian. Cole had got up and helped Zane up, that's when Clocks landed and Deliah jumped down. Both Cole and Zane tackled into a hug. Then Jazmine joined in. Kai and Jay had hugged Nya, until Lily tackled Kai. Lloyd recieved a hug from everyone.
A sad look washed over his face. Misako hugged her son with the same amount of sorrow. Then out of the rumble, a elder man appeared. He then muttered, "Lloyd? Misako?"
The two turned around to see Garmadon. No longer with the poison of the great devourer, but normal. Both rushed over to hug him.
Smiles filled all of them, but that's when Deliah's smile faded completely. Her eyes went wide as a major headache hit her. She fell onto her knees as his voice laughed in her head, "Now the gateway is open."
Her eyes filled with tears as she held her head down, her arms supporting her body. She could barely hear her friends call out for her. Her body rung out with pain, she could barely breath. Her eyes shut close as her body trembled.
Cole got down on his knees, "Rosa?"
That's when she slowly stood up. Her face drained of it's color and her eyes seemed to have black eyeshadow on them. Black eyeliner went from her lids to her temples with a swirled design.
Her eyes shot open to reveal a glowing red. A male raspy voice mixed with a low female voice spoke, "Now the real battle has begun."
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So? What do you think? Hmmm...? Finf out in the next and finally chapter of All For One.
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As she floated in the air she rose her hands up which caused everything on the ground to start floating. The ruins, the machines, the pillars, the metal, and even the ninja.
An evil grin spread across the face of Deliah as the ninja exchanged glances. "She never revealed this move, hmmmm? Well it's called Remove Gravity."
That's when her arms dropped down to her sides, which caused everything to fall back to the earth. "And that's called Add Gravity."
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Her grip on his throat was iron. She squeezed it harder while the creepy grin remained there. "More little you. Trying to save your beloved sister, but in the end she will be the one to kill you."
Cole gasped, "Rose! Listen to me. I know you're in there, please fight it."
That's when her other hand lit up with a mini ball of fire. "This is a mini sun orb, it should kill you within seconds."
Cole looked into her glowing red eyes, "Fight it."
Then her hand with the sun orb came at him full speed.
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Zane vision was coming true it was all coming to life. And he didn't want it to happen, not now. Not ever.
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For the first time in my life, I felt fear. True fear. Raw emotions that sizzled inside and broke down. The moment I stared at the destruction that one person could do.
How powerful she was. How she kept all that power hidden from us. How painful it must have been to rarely use such power.
She had practically destroyed half of Ninjago city. But not by her own free will, by being a puppet to the destroyer that controlled her.
This was not the same girl who was found in the cave. Not the same girl who barely spoke to anyone. Not the same girl who could read people like a book. Not the same girl who cared about everyone and put everyone else before her. Not the same girl who understood us, who understood me, who made me feel welcome, who made me feel equal. Made me feel human.
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"How sad, first it was your brother who you had to fight, and now it is one of your students!" Laughing she flicked her wrist and stopped Sensei from trying to land a kick on her.
She then placed a forcefield around Sensei, Dareth, Misako, and Garmadon. "Now sit still and watch how powerful she is. What you should have destroyed me with."
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Stay tuned for the final chapter of All For One.
Where It Ends.
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