Calli usually never considered herself a nosy person. Though the others might've disagreed with her, in fact Lloyd was always happy to point out when she was sticking her nose into another ones buisness. But Misako didn't seem to mind the younger girls eagerness to learn more about the things she had picked up in her years of archeology. In fact she was quite pleased the redhead had offered to help doing research to help to avoid the fight between Lloyd and Garmadon. Despite her lack of schooling, it became quite clear she was actually very well read and had a lot of knowledge about both history and legends. Calli had made an offhanded remark basically blaming both Wu and her own heritage for that when the two were browsing trough some scrolls and other kinds of papers and books. They eventually managed to narrow everything down enough to the things they deemed most important, so that Misako could go over it more in detail.
The boys were still very busy training Lloyd when the two returned to the Dojo. In fact, Jay just tumbled out of the window as they arrived. Dareth had closed them after the blue ninja had ended up on the curb, leaving him to bang on the window, shouting to be let back in. Misako just gave the scene a confused look before she went off towards the bounty. Calliope instead opted to lean against the doorframe with her arms crossed and just waited for Jay to notice her. It took a solid five minutes before she spoke up.
'Ya do realise, yeh can just take the door back in right?'
Jay gave her a very blank stare before he awkwardly chuckled. 'Heh, I knew that.'
'Sure yeh did, buddy.'
The boy just glared at her as they went inside. The redhead quietly sat down and watched the others training a blindfolded Lloyd, but thus-far it seemed not to go very well. The mat was covered in scorch-marks, Trophies were knocked over and she was sure the dent in the wall was the result of one of Cole's moves. The said ninja just landed in front of her feet with a loud thud after Lloyd kicked him into the stomach.
'Why 'ello, Love.' She grinned as she looked down at him.
'So i'm not allowed to call you that, But you can mock me with it?' He glowered back at her.
She just giggled at him before she had to duck to the ground herself to avoid another wayward trophy. Her boyfriend flashed her a shite-eating grin as she joined him on the floor. 'So nice of you to join me, love.'
The girl snickered and gave him a shove before deciding that would be enough training for today, especially as Kai got tossed into Dareth's now empty trophy case.
She avoided the ball of fire Lloyd shot in her way as he heard her coming and quickly locked both arms behind his back and kicked him in the knees with just enough force to force him onto the floor.
'That's quite 'nough, Kid.' She told him as she removed the blindfold. 'Don't want this place to burn to the ground now, do we?'
Lloyd blinked a few times, letting his eyes adjust from the sudden change of lighting before he went to asses the damage that Dareth was desperately trying to control. 'And even if yeh can't see, just blindly shooting fireballs is the worst idea yeh can 'ave. Stick with physical attacks next time.'As Cole joined the two, Jay decided it was a great idea to finally help Kai out of the empty trophy case.
'Where's zane?' The redhead asked as she noted the absence of the White ninja. Kai scoffed as he landed on the floor, almost taking the Case with him, 'Lloyd punched him into the back room.' He grumbled as the said ninja stumbled out, brushing off some pieces of drywall whilst he was muttering under his breath.
Calliope couldn't help but snicker as Dareth followed the White ninja and swept up every little speck of dirt that trailed behind Zane. She felt a little tug at one of her curls. 'Don't laugh at other peoples misery.' Cole told her sternly, though she could see the corners of his mouth twitch up. She was about to retaliate, but before she could do so. The ground started to shake and rumble violently.
Within seconds everyone dropped and moved underneath the first thing they could find, Which were both the high benches and the table at the corner of the room until the shaking stopped.
'It would seem the whole city is experiencing this phenomenon.' Zane noted as he turned on the television. The news was already on the situation.
'Isn't that normal?' Calli raised an eyebrow, but it became apparent by the strange looks she got that she apparently asked a very dumb question. 'Don' give me that! I've never been in an earthquake before.'
Zane shook his head and explained. 'There aren't any fault-lines nearby.'
Cole hummed. 'So it's not a regular earthquake, but then what could have caused it.' It was clear he was wracking his brain to find any other reason an earthquake could spawn. He got some amused looks from the other. 'Seriously?' He huffed as soon as he realised what they implied. 'You know down a wall once on accident...' He trailed off.
Kai chucked for a bit before offering his own explanation as he grabbed his sword. 'Wouldn't be surprised if it was Garmadon. We haven't seen him for a while.'
'He would never!' The group whirled around to see Misako and Wu walk into the Dojo. 'Lloyd' father is evil, but he would never do anything to put his son in harm's way.'
Wu agreed. 'Misako is right. He only tried to thwart his training. This is something else.'
'But what is it.' Jay asked as he put his weapons away again.
Most of them shrugged as Calli opted to scout out. Zane on the other hand opened the window, held his arm out and whistled a familiar tune. Not a minute later, his falcon landed on the outstreched arm, awaiting the order.
'My friend, be my eyes and look for danger in the streets from above.' Calli was quick to follow the bird.
The more quakes there were, the more dangerous it became to navigate the buildings. Calli was quick enough to dodge or jump out of the way of crumbling walls or roofs but it became harder with each new quake. So eventually she had no other choice than to follow the falcon on the roads and keep her ears open for the creature's warnings. Despite that, it quickly became clear who the culprit was behind all the tremors.
More of those stone warriors.
Calli cursed at herself as she dodged into an untouched alleyway with the help of the bird overhead. If she hadn't been so focussed on the falcon, she could've heard the Giant statue coming around the corner and subsequently Not run into it, quite literally.
The girl huffed and pushed her ringlets out of her face and pushed them back into her shirt. Feeling annoyed at herself for not wearing a her signature ponytail. The falcon squawked overhead and she nodded at it. Together they made their way back to the entrance. She pushed herself against the wall and waited for another stone warrior to pass. She wasn't about to take one on on her own.
'Let's find those idiots.'
And another chapter done, It isn't all that long and I apologise for it. I had kinda a crappy day but still wanted to upload a chapter for you guys.
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