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Paradise

Chapter 3

Weighted

Jannah had been a lonely girl, having been born later into her parents life than most children. Her brother at least 10 years older than herself. Her birth was a secret to many. Her upbringing was in the middle of a temple on an island with no name. All she knew was the rock gardens, and cherry blossom trees that were allowed to grow in the center garden that she would frequent.

The maids were her only friends, and the woman she called mother wasn't even her mother. Her parents had died not long after her birth allowing her brother to take his place as emperor as was tradition. Her only calling was to remain in the center of the temple on the island for the rest of her days. At least that was the plan.

Her brother the emperor had been killed by Garmadon and his forces not to long ago. To her surprise there weren't any survivors of the raid. Meaning she would be the empress. Something she knew nothing about. All she was ever told was the fact that she was a princess and nothing more. Now her 'nothing more' was to rule Ninjago as her family had done before her.

Her eyes opened and she looked at the canopy of trees above her. She could smell a fire somewhere. Plus something that smelled like it was cooking nicely. She slowly turned her head and gasped feeling the stiffness in her neck.

"Hey there ya royalness...you shouldn't be moving." The voice was someone she had never heard before. Her eyes weaved over his face. He seemed to have a rough angry look to him. Her eyes ran over the red ship to her left. He was elbow deep in it.

"Who are you?" She asked him. Her voice was very low and kind sounding. A kindness that wouldn't get them anywhere if she were to have been lost in Stixx.

"Names Ronin. Guy named Hutchins asked me to get you to your palace. Now you stay there and I'll fix REX and we'll be out our way." Oh so thats what was going on? Hutchins abandoned her with some shady man.

"A likely story. Hutchins wouldn't abandon me. You liar." She stood up and started to walk into the woods.

"Wouldn't go that way kid. There's loads of things that would rather eat you for dinner. Suns going down and it's about to get real scary." Ronin watched her scoff and walk into the jungle. He sighed and went back to fixing REX.

"Give her fiiiiiiive minutes." He said looking over the machine. He heard a loud scream after a moment. He chuckled as the young girl ran back over hiding behind REX.

"Get this...great big red tub moving...Now!" She screamed.

"Well...that's a record." He chuckled. "Two minutes...tops." He wiped his head on his sleeve and sighed.

It took another twenty minutes before she looked back out of REX and glared at him.

"Is it not ready yet?" She growled.

"Lady...I donno who you are. As I recall I gave you my name, but it wasn't give back. So go back inside REX, sit down, and shut up. Fixing things take time and we'll be lucky if we get it up and running today."

"What about that thing?" She pointed to MEC.

"Well yeah its good and everything, but it probably won't make it to land. I don't even know where land is right now. Everythings messed up." Ronin said.

"How do you plan on me surviving?" She growled going back inside the ship again. "Lousy good for nothing fool." She spat and sat down. Ronin chuckled walking over to the fire and picked up a stick with a fish on it.

"Lady I've been on my own since I was really really young. I know how to survive all alone. Now pipe down and eat before you get hangry or whatever the kids are calling it these days." He grumbled throwing a bottle of water to her.