So uh
I think the reason I was having so much trouble writing was because I was writing on bigger pages?
which sounds odd but it took longer to finish a page and I wasn't motivated by getting one done and got bored and gave up so I didn't end up writing
but I got some smaller pages so I should have an easier time writing now *thumbs up*
I do have spanish homework I have to get finished in the next hour before I have to leave for spanish so NO REVIEW REPLIES SORRY ^ ^'
Chapter 5
"From what Andreea's told us, Morro's castle should be pretty easy to infiltrate." Jay gestured to the intimidating castle shown on the middle of the screen "Is that accurate?" He asked, glancing at that dimension's ninja. The other Kai shrugged.
"I mean, last time we were obviously seen and caught, so it wasn't that easy."
"Did you trip an alarm or were you spotted by a patrol?" Lloyd asked.
"Patrol. They raised the alarm before we could get rid of them." Kai replied. Lloyd frowned.
"Dyana, your powers are darkness, right?" He asked, turning to the young woman. She nodded. "Could you use them to make us at least mostly invisible?" She frowned for a moment.
"I can try." She stepped into a corner and pulled the shadows up around her, making the corner appear overly dark but otherwise not suspicious.
"Then we should be able to make our way through the castle undetected." Jay said. "Once we get to the throne room, I doubt Morro will go down without a fight, but with Morro and- I mean our Morro – and Lloyd and Nya, we should be able to take him down. The rest of us will be fighting the other ghosts."
"But our powers don't affect ghosts." The other Kai said with a frown.
"Mine do." Jay pointed his finger at Cole and a spark of lightning jumped from the tip to Cole's arm, causing the ghost to yelp and jump back. "And we can distract them if nothing else. Do you guys have any deepstone?" The other Lloyd nodded from where he sat beside Garmadon.
"We've got some here, and Ronin's got a bunch."
"Speaking of which, where is Ronin?" Zane spoke up. "Andreea said he was here, but I haven't seen him."
"He doesn't stay in the base." The other Zane explained. "He wanders around the Realm, stealing from the rich and giving – well, selling at a small price – to the needy. He occasionally helps us, but I think he believes we're a lost cause. We haven't heard from him in several weeks."
"Oh."
"Does time pass at the same rate here?" Lloyd asked unexpectedly. "As in our home dimension?" The other Lloyd frowned.
"Not sure. What's an event that's the same for both of us?"
"Well… for us, Morro summoned the Preeminent about a year and a half ago." Lloyd glanced at the ghost, who averted his gaze.
"It's only been a little over a year for us." The other Lloyd replied. "So… time goes faster here. Or, wait, something changed before that. Our Morro changed destiny."
"Then… um, my dad was banished about two years ago?"
"Same here." The other Lloyd glanced at Garmadon, then nodded. "I guess there's no difference."
"Good." It would be weird to go back and have more or less time have gone past at home. This alone was already confusing enough.
"Morro, do you think you can beat the other Morro in a fair fight?" The other Cole asked. Morro frowned slightly.
"I don't think so. I might be able to match him, at least, but since he has the Sword of Sanctuary, it won't be a fair fight."
"Good point." The other Cole nodded thoughtfully. "Lloyd, you're staying behind, right?"
"What?" Lloyd frowned. "No I'm not."
"Not you. I meant our Lloyd." The ghost shook his head. "We really need to find some way to tell us apart."
"Well, there's a very simple solution." Jay spoke up. "We just call everyone who one dimension #1 and everyone from the other #1. For example," He gestured to Lloyd. "Lloyd 1," He gestured to the other. "Lloyd 2."
"Hold it." The other Jay frowned. "Why are we #2? It's our dimension, we were here first."
"Because it was my idea." The first Jay folded his arms. "And besides, do you really wanna call the evil Morro '#1'?"
"Well it's easier to tell them apart." The scarred blue ninja shot back. "We can just call them good Morro and bad Morro. Or, for short, like… Gorro and Borro." The other Lloyd let out a snort of laughter as Morro took an offended step back.
"That is not my name."
"Aw, don't be such a killjoy." The other Jay snickered until Indigo kicked him in the shin. "Ow!"
"Technically, Jay's right." The other Zane started. "It is-"
"Which Jay?" Kai interrupted. The nindroid sighed.
"Our Jay."
"But which Zane are you?"
"Can you really not tell us apart?" Their Zane asked in annoyance. "That's the one native to this dimension, I'm from the other one."
"Indeed." The other Zane nodded. "Like I was saying, our Jay is correct. It is our dimension."
"But it was my idea!" Their Jay protested.
"But it's our Realm!" The other Jay shot back.
"Quiet!" Sensei Wu spoke up loudly. "I'll settle this." He gestured to the other Jay. "Group A-2." He gestured to their Jay. "Group 1-B." The two Jays stared at each other for a moment before Jay 1 nodded.
"I guess that's fair."
"Good. Now that you are agreed, let us get back to making our plan of attack. Does anyone have anything to add?"
"I think we've covered everything." Cole 2 glanced around the room and was met by a couple of nods. "Great. So when do we leave?"
"Tomorrow evening?" Kai 1 suggested. "That gives us time to get ready."
"How exactly do we get in and out of this place?" Gin spoke up.
"Submarine." Andreea replied. "Brings us up to underneath the main docks. There are lower decks there that aren't patrolled."
"Mmm." Lloyd's sister nodded. "And it shouldn't be hard to get to Morro's castle undetected?"
"Hopefully not. Once we get to the city, we'll cut through some back ways, the ghosts invisible and the rest of us cloaked by Dyana's shadows." Andreea traced a path from the edge of the city to the middle.
"How will we get from Stiix to the city?" Jay 1 asked.
"We walk. It'll be about 24 hours' journey."
"So we'll get there the day after tomorrow." Kai 1 calculated. "Who's staying behind?"
"Lloyd… er, A-2 and I." Garmadon started. "Wu?"
"I as well."
"Jessica, you should stay behind too." Lloyd said, turning to his girlfriend. She opened her mouth to protest, but he kept going. "The only reason I let you come was because you said you could stay behind. Do you want us to send you home?" She was silent for a moment, then sighed.
"Fine. Though it's not like I have a choice."
"Thank you." He kissed her cheek, eliciting some surprised murmurs from the #2 ninja. Lloyd 2 looked especially surprised, though less so once Dad whispered something in his ear. "Anyone else?" Lloyd asked. No answer. "Okay, then we're settled. We leave tomorrow night. Where did you say we could find some Deepstone?"
hmm
if this attack succeeds
then they will have won
and the book will be over
...
that would be a short book
and when do I ever write short books?
:^)
~FFF
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