The Tournament of Elements 2.0
Chapter 8 : The Day of the Amber's Dragon
Previously on the Tournament of Elements 2.0 : The Elemental Masters arrive in Ninjago City, and Charlie is forced to hand Nicholas and Richard over to Clouse and Eyezor, and they take their powers, as well as Princess Lydia's, before Charlie convinces them to let her go, after mentioning in front of all of Ninjago about his love for her, before jumping off the rooftop of Borg Tower on his dragon to save her from going into captivity, Kai is proud of his son, while they head for Ignacia to save Maya and Ray from capture, Charlie doing so by using his dragon to send Clouse and Eyezor's airship plummeting to the ground, and saving his grandparents, before an argument begins between Felicia and Eric, for his jealousy over Charlie's love for Lydia, and his true potential, while Felicia reminds him that Charlie has had the most pressure on his shoulders, while Charlie walks away in depression and worry for not knowing if Lydia will pull through, and members of his own family not making his problems any better, and taking blame for Lydia's injury, before his aunt and his grandmother ( who are Nya and Maya ) come and tell Charlie that he's not the only one who has felt such pressure, and assure him, that as long as he has the people who care for him by his side, he won't be alone, while Richard and Nicholas wake up in a mysterious abandoned factory and find the Master of Sound, Joseph, and inform him of the events of what happened on the Island, and assure him Charlie will come, while Charlie visits Lydia at the hospital, and she is grateful for saving her from Borg Tower, but told Charlie the rest is up to him, and until he returns, she would always be with him, Charlie then has a thought on where Richard and the others are, but was his guess correct?
Find out Now!
8:45 p.m. at the Royal Palace in Ninjago City.
Charlie enters Lydia's room and starts looking around.
Charlie then grabs the picture of Lydia standing with him, and the rest of their friends.
Charlie : Please pull through Lydia, I need you . . .
Just then, Lloyd and Chen walked through and saw tears forming in Charlie's eyes as he stared at the picture.
Master Chen : Are you alright, my grandson?
Charlie then looked up and saw Lloyd and Chen.
Charlie : I don't know, I know it was just a leg injury, but it was my fault, and Lydia has to sit out the rest of the time, and now I gotta try to do the rest of this on my own.
Lloyd : Your not alone Charlie, you have all of us, and while Lydia may be in the hospital, she's with you too, and so is Richard, even if he's missing, and tomorrow morning we will head out and find the, and considering that she was becoming close with Richard, Siddie is coming too.
Charlie : Alright.
Master Chen : Anyways, there's still half and hour left before we all shut down, so you can go find the rest of your friends, I'm pretty sure they are destroying each other on Ninja Face-Off again, or one of the other games.
Lloyd : Probably.
Charlie : I would have guessed Fist to Face 4, considering that we all made our own characters on that game.
Charlie's guess was correct when Chen and Lloyd brought him to the others and saw them playing the game, and finishing a match which Siddie just won and set the high score.
Siddie : Ha, I won again!
Eric : Why is her character so powerful, It's like trying to hit bare-knuckle through a bedrock boulder.
Xavier : Nerdiest, Catchphrase, ever. . .
Charlie : It's called high defense, cuz.
Nina : Well at least you decided to come out here.
Nya : Even i'm not gonna understand how Siddie has such high defense.
Charlie : Well simple, you lower the speed and stamina of the character allowing the defense to go up sharply, also decreasing the stamina and a bit of the health can increase the attack, giving characters like Siddie, a huge punch.
Everybody then looks at Charlie in shock at how he knew that so well.
Charlie : What, I know a lot about this stuff, It's my favorite game.
Nya : Well if you want Charlie you can try to break through Siddie, none of us could.
Charlie : Alright, I can try.
Nya then gives Charlie the controller and he sits down next to Trey and Cole.
Charlie : By the way Cole, I've seen your character run and flee from Siddie's when playing this game, kinda like your girl scream when you guys were at Yang's Haunted Temple.
Zane heard what Charlie said and played the recording of Cole's scream, sending the kids into laughter for a solid minute.
Cole : You never gonna let me live that down are you?
Siddie : Why would we Daddy?, it's funny.
Jay : You should have been there to hear him scream, despite it being the night be became a ghost, it was one of the funniest nights of our lives.
Cole : Jay, please stop it.
Jay : Just trying to help get Charlie in a better mood.
Charlie : And you did.
Jay and Siddie smiled, knowing Charlie was in a better mood, and wanted to play his favorite game with Siddie and the others.
Siddie : Alright Charlie, you know how this works.
Charlie : Yep.
Charlie then selected his character, and the rules, setting a match for 5 minutes, and the two who took the least damage would face off to be the winner.
Nina : Alright Charlie, you get to select the map.
Fist to Face 4 had several map options, who knows why, but the kids weren't complaining, there was the Noodle House, the Temple of Light, the Dark Island, Borg Tower, The Fire Temple, Ignacia Village, and a few others.
Charlie : Were taking this to the Ignacia Village.
Maya : I think I can see why he chose that map.
The game then started with Charlie being the most balanced character, just inching ahead in Attack and Defense, making him a force to be reckoned with, and his friends all had different character stats as well.
Felicia was the biggest Attacker
Eric was the Fastest, and least Defensive.
Nina was the most Energized, having the most Stamina for her attacks.
Xavier had the least Attack but biggest Elemental for his powers.
and Siddie had the lowest Speed and Stamina, increasing her Defense and Attack, helping her pack a huge punch.
and Lydia's was about the same stats as Charlie's which is why playing this game reminded him of her, since they used to play team matches against their friends when they would play this game.
After about 5 minutes, the kids were getting destroyed by Siddie and Charlie, mostly because of Siddie's strong character, and Charlie keeping his distance through the match.
Felicia : Seriously, how strong are you two?
Just then the Match ran out of time, and was loading the final showdown.
Eric : Hackers . . .
Xavier : They did not hack the game Eric, they won off their skills from previous matches.
Nina : Xavier, we get it.
Siddie : Time to destroy this guy.
Charlie then remember Siddie's weakness was her low stamina and speed, and decided it was time to use an old fight tactic.
The Art of the Silent Fist.
Charlie : Alright, Siddie i'm starting to think Trey was right when he said you were too slow, come at me!
Siddie : Oh, game on!
For the next three minutes, Siddie kept using her powers and tried to attack Charlie, but his balanced stats and defense allowed him to avoid them all, just when Siddie's stamina ran out.
Siddie : No, no, no, no, no, no . . .
Charlie : So long, box of rocks.
Charlie fired up his powers, and blasted Lydia out of the map.
Game : And the winner is . . . .
Game : Charlie!
Charlie : Yea it is!
Felicia : How?!
Eric : What the?
Nina : Impressive . . .
Lloyd : That was good thinking Charlie.
Charlie : Thank you.
Siddie : Well, I think that's a good place to stop, tomorrow we gotta find Richard, and the others.
Charlie : Yea, thanks for that match though, I needed that.
Nina : Of course Charlie.
The kids then split up around the palace and went to sleep, knowing they still need to not only find Richard, Nicholas, and Joseph, but get their powers back from Clouse.
The Next Morning at 8:55 a.m.
Charlie woke up and saw the city seemed to be in peace, at least for now, which brought confusion to him, he remembers he sent Eyezor and Clouse's Airship plummeting to the ground, with all of them in it, except for Clouse, but he's surprised why they haven't attacked.
Charlie then went to find the others, but in doing so he as walked out the door of the room he was in, he ran straight into Maya.
Charlie : Sorry. . .
Maya : It's okay Charlie.
Charlie : Where are the others?
Maya : Oh they're over near Lydia's room, i'm guessing that's where they are gonna go over their plan.
Charlie : Alright, see ya.
Charlie then walked over towards Lydia's room and saw Siddie and Nina in there talking to Nya.
Charlie walked into the room and after a few minutes Lloyd, Kai, Felicia, and Eric came in as well.
Siddie : So I think there's enough people to start talking about the plan?
Charlie : Well, for starters, There's no way were all leaving the palace, considering one, Clouse and Eyezor's troops are still roaming Ninjago City, and two, despite me sending the airship plummeting to the ground, I doubt their gone for good, especially since Clouse wasn't even on the airship, who knows where he went.
Nya : Fair point.
Kai : So, Charlie, you said you had an idea of where they were, can you say where it is?
Charlie : Before I left the Borg Tower with Lydia, Eyezor said something about taking Richard and the others to an abandoned factory, my guess is the abandoned factory where we were held captive by the Sons of Garmadon.
Siddie : Makes sense, that place was a total maze.
Eric : Not to mention they can't break out since they don't have their powers.
Kai : Well if it is that factory, then it will be easy to find, we've been there before.
Felicia : So, who's in and who's out, we can't all go since Clouse is still out there, who knows what happened to Eyezor and the others, not to mention if their troops are still roaming the city, it isn't safe for too many of us to leave the palace.
Nina : Well Felicia, safe to say that you shouldn't go, unless you wanna risk getting captured again.
Felicia : No way.
Nina : Charlie's going regardless.
Kai : I'm going too, if Charlie's gonna head into a mess like that without question, then he ain't going alone.
Siddie : I'm coming too, I just wanna get Richard back.
Nya : Am I picking up another lovebird here?
Siddie then started blushing, which seemed to annoy Eric.
Eric : Oh good lord.
Charlie : Eric, don't start again, please.
Eric : I'm not, I promise, and to also be clear, I'm staying at here at the palace.
Nya : So am I.
Nina : Well, In that case I wanna go with Charlie.
Just then Jay entered the room and saw them going over the plan.
Jay : I'm going too, It wasn't right for how I kept talking about Charlie over the course of that stupid tournament, I wanna make up for it.
Nya : Alright Jay, just be careful, and make sure nothing happens to Nina.
Jay : I will, I promise.
Charlie : Alright, then I guess we should get to the Bounty and go find them.
Kai, Nina, Siddie, Jay, and Charlie then went outside to the Destiny's Bounty, to start searching for Richard and the others.
Lloyd : Alright, you guys be careful out there.
Kai : We will Lloyd.
Skylor : You sure you wanna go through with this Charlie, it seems like you've been through enough.
Charlie : Mom i'll be fine, don't worry.
Garmadon : You are human, much like almost everybody else, and that side is weak.
Charlie : Also stubborn, let's just go before the dark heart decides to say anything else he should regret.
Kai : For the record destruction dummy, my son is not weak, and neither was yours, he proved that twice.
Lloyd : No argument there.
Garmadon : And those two times were?
Charlie : One was when he defeated the Overlord and brought you back to the good side.
Empress Harumi : Two, was when he defeated you on top of Borg Tower and liberated the city from the Sons of Garmadon.
Eric : Now we are currently at the corner Destiny's Bounty and destructive idiocy.
Siddie : Can we please go find Richard?
Eric : Once again, the corner of awkward and gross.
Charlie is then seen using his powers and Kai and Lloyd notice smoke coming out of Charlie's hands, meaning he was burning the railing of the ship, which was a sign of his anger.
Kai : Okay Eric, i'm only gonna be able to ask you one time nicely to stop that, or else Charlie is going to lose it.
Charlie : I already have.
Charlie then walks over to the bridge and turns on the ignition and the Bounty starts flying into the air.
About 5 Minutes later on the Destiny's Bounty
Charlie is seen sitting down in the sleeping quarters, and Kai went to talk to him after seeing his anger slowly get the better of him with Eric.
Kai : Charlie, are you alright?
Charlie : Of course i'm not alright.
Kai : Well, the only thing I can help you with, is talking about it.
Charlie : Let's see, Eric's obnoxious jealousy, Garmadon's annoying commentary, and Lydia is out for the rest of this stupid fight, right now I think the only thing I want is to be left alone.
Kai : Alright, but if you wanna talk, you know where i'll be.
Kai then leaves his son alone, and is worried that something bad may happen with everything he has gone through.
Meanwhile in the Royal Palace
Trey : I hope Siddie and the others will come back alright.
Felicia : I'm sure they will, she's good at taking charge though when necessary.
Kayla : I'm just glad we aren't trapped in that stupid Noodle Factory anymore.
Cole : Yea, in the last tournament, that place was the worst.
Zane : That was probably because you weren't allowed to eat everything, Cole.
Skylor : Maybe that's why he was at the Noodle House so much after my father was cursed.
Nya : You okay Skylor?
Skylor : I'm worried about Charlie, he seems to have everything on his shoulders since that stupid tournament, and with Eric's jealousy and Lydia's injury being the only thing on his mind, I doubt it's going to get any better.
Master Chen : Charlie's determination to get everybody off that Island alive shows one of his weaknesses is losing people he cares about, especially Lydia, which I can understand is why he's taking blame for her injury.
Trey : Even though it was Xavier and Eric's fault.
Eric : Will you stop saying that?
Felicia : Will you stop being jealous of my brother and the princess?
Eric then leaves the room, refusing to listen to the others.
Xavier : I don't think he's ever gonna drop it.
Opal then arrives at the palace to tell Lloyd something important.
Misako : Lloyd, Opal is back . . .
Lloyd : Alright.
Lloyd and Harumi then went towards the throne room where Opal was and it looked like she was out of breath.
Empress Harumi : Opal are you okay?
Opal : No...
Lloyd : What happened?
Opal : I don't know how they got in, I was talking to Lydia, and for the next 5 minutes I was on a different floor, and Nurse Ratchet told me somebody broke into the hospital.
Lloyd : Opal what are you saying.
Opal : Lydia is gone . . .
Harumi gasped in shock, and Lloyd ran to tell the others, and Garmadon seemed to be in anger when Harumi told him that not just their princess, but Garmadon's granddaughter was captured.
Misako : What are we supposed to do now?!
Pixal : Can't we just go and find her?!
Lloyd : No!
All eyes were on Lloyd for what he said.
Lloyd : Look, from the way that Kai and Charlie had talked about their plan here, until they get back, nobody else is leaving the palace, for all we know Clouse is taking Lydia to the same place they took Richard and the others, so until Charlie comes back with them, nobody is leaving.
Nya : Lloyd . . .
Lloyd : No Nya, were not going down like this again, until Charlie comes back, nobody is splitting up across the city, remember what happened last time that we split up in this scenario, we thought we were pulling them away, and they pulled us away, everybody is staying together until Charlie comes back with the others.
Empress Harumi : If you say so, Lloyd.
Meanwhile near the Old Factories of Ninjago City
The Destiny's Bounty docks, with Charlie acting like he should go in alone . . .
Charlie : Alright, I'm going to scout the place.
Kai : Charlie, are you sure you wanna go through with this?
Charlie : Dad, it's kind of late to ask me that, and I'm not losing anymore people to Clouse and Eyezor.
Just then Lloyd calls the Destiny's Bounty and Charlie and the others went to answer.
Lloyd : Kai, Charlie, you there?
Kai : Were here Lloyd, what's going on?
Lloyd : Something bad, that's what.
Charlie : Is Lydia okay?
Opal : I thought she was gonna be okay Charlie, then, we lost her.
Charlie : What?!
Opal : Oh wait sorry, she's not dead . . . just missing.
Charlie took a huge sigh of relief.
Opal : I think Clouse got inside the hospital and took her, so 50/50.
Siddie : Wait, Clouse took the princess?
Opal then nods with Charlie throwing his fist into one of the poles, startling his father.
Kai : Well nice going, you just sent my son into even more anger by telling him that Clouse took his girlfriend.
Jay : Nice going Opal.
Empress Harumi : Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, back up a sec, Kai did you say what I thought you said?
Kai : yes.
Empress Harumi : I actually have one thing to say to that.
Charlie : And your gonna save it!
Charlie then slams his hand against the console, ending the call and he walks towards the deck of the Bounty.
Jay : I'm starting to think we lost Charlie also . . .
Kai : This needs to end, before it gets any worse.
Charlie then jumps off the Bounty and onto the rooftop of the building they docked it on.
Siddie : My advice Charlie, don't go towards the front door.
Charlie : If Eyezor or Clouse come out without me, assume the worst.
Nina : We usually do, just be careful.
Charlie then crosses the rooftops to reach the Factory surrounded by Clouse's men, before he looks through a small window on the roof into a small metal room, and finds Nicholas and Joseph.
Charlie : Guys I found Joseph and Nicholas!
Nina : Can you get to them?
Charlie : Maybe, if i'm quiet, or I may end up setting off an alarm, give me a minute.
Charlie then crawls through the window onto a railed platform at the top of the room, and he closes the window to get the boys' attention.
Charlie : Joseph, Nicholas!
Joseph : Am I hearing Charlie's voice?
Nicholas : You must be crazy, Joseph.
Charlie : Guys i'm here!
Nicholas : I'm hearing it too.
Charlie : Look up!
Nicholas and Joseph looked up and saw Charlie on the railing.
Joseph : Charlie!
Nicholas : You came for us!
Charlie : Will you keep it down, jeez.
Charlie then ties a rope around the railing and climbs down to Joseph and Nicholas.
Charlie : Alright let's get those chains of you.
Charlie then picks the locks of the chains, and releases the boys.
Joseph : Thanks, Charlie.
Charlie : Of course, and Nicholas for what that was worth, i'm sorry.
Nicholas : I get it Charlie.
It was Charlie's turn to be surprised that Nicholas forgave him so easily.
Nicholas : I would have done the same in your position, you were just trying to protect the ones close to you, I can respect that.
Charlie : Thanks, but where's Richard?
Joseph : Oh, Clouse arrived here with Lydia, and then they pulled Richard out too, they have to be goners by now.
Charlie : Alright, just climb up and rope and get out of here, i'll find them, and when you get out, head for the ship called the Destiny's Bounty that's sitting on one of the rooftops, my father and my friends will get you out.
Joseph : Got it.
Nicholas : Thanks, Charlie.
Joseph and Nicholas then climb up and rope and out of the Factory, but as Charlie was about to start climbing. Eyezor burst through the door and shot a net made of vengestone to keep him from escaping.
Eyezor : Ha! I knew you fall for this trap!
Charlie : What do you want with me?!
Eyezor : To have you watch your friends suffer!
Kapau then walked through the door, and helped Eyezor carry Charlie into the biggest room in the factory, and they began broadcasting what was happening across Ninjago, and when Charlie's family saw it, they weren't happy.
Kai : You have got to be kidding me!
Nina : I knew he shouldn't have gone in there by himself.
Nicholas : This is bad, this is really really bad.
Royal Palace :
Skylor : Not this again!
Nya : You still think it was a good idea to wait here Lloyd?
Lloyd : Your not helping!
Felicia : What are they doing with my brother?!
Abandoned Factory :
Richard : Oh great.
Clouse : Shut your mouth, wind master.
Eyezor and Kapau chained Charlie against a pole and he was on the left side of Princess Lydia, and Richard was on her right.
Richard : Charlie, you came to save us, by yourself?
Charlie : Yes and no, I came here with my father and some of my friends, but I only went inside myself, I got Nicholas and Joseph out.
Richard : Well at least you saved them.
Charlie then looked at Princess Lydia, but there was blood all over her lips, and her left hand.
Charlie : Lydia, what did they do to you?!
Princess Lydia : Torture, it felt like total torture, they did nothing, but keep on hitting, to say that nobody was coming to help me. . .
Charlie : Well i'm never gonna stop trying to help you.
Clouse then steps directly in front of the kids with Eyezor, Chope, Kapau, and the rest of his men standing beside him.
Charlie : How the heck did you survive the airship crash?
Eyezor : It landed in water genius, and before it crashed we jumped off, so the water broke our falls.
Clouse : And Now it is time for our spell to be completed!
Charlie : You can't do that without all of our powers!
Eyezor : Silly kid, we found a way for the spell to work with just one power, as long as we had these things.
Eyezor, Kapau, and Chope then pulled out what seemed like broken pieces of the old Oni Masks.
Princess Lydia : The Oni Masks . . .
Richard : This is a total nightmare.
Charlie : Probably because i'm here.
Richard : What do you mean Charlie?
Clouse then walked directly in front of Charlie.
Clouse : Yes young boy, what do you mean by that?
Charlie : I am sick and tired of believing your evil lies, you keep on trying to tell me my hopes in this fight have died, you tried by taking Lydia, by torturing her, by trapping me here, but I will never stop fighting for what is right!
Eyezor : And how can you do that when we don't even know who you truly are?
Clouse : yes Charlie, who are you?
Charlie : Your worst Nightmare!
Charlie's shouting echoed through the warehouse, and Skylor, Kai, Nina, Eric, Jay, Nya, Felicia, Master Chen, Maya, and Ray, were all shocked by Charlie's anger.
Kai : We lost him . . .
Clouse : Time for this spell to complete!
Eyezor : Take it away boys!
Kapau and Chope then begin reading the spell, and Charlie noticed that the weird power that was turning Clouse into a snake was doing the same to Lydia, meaning Clouse gave her the mark of the Anacondrai.
Lloyd : What's happening to Lydia?!
Kapau passes out and Chope tries to read the rest, and Eyezor walks over to the camera, and gives one statement before destroying it.
Eyezor : Run away Elemental Masters, as fast as you possibly can, because we will never stop spreading fear, until Fear is the only thing that remains!
Eyezor then smashes the camera, and Charlie notices Lydia is starting to turn purple.
Richard : Don't let them win Lydia. . .
Charlie : You need to fight it Lydia, fight it!
Lydia then cries out in pain before passing out . . .
Princess Lydia : I . . . I can't!
The signal then goes down, and everybody in Ninjago was shocked by what they saw . . .
In the Factory :
Chope passes out, and when Eyezor and Clouse look up, they see the spell was completed.
Eyezor : yes it worked!, the spell has been completed!
Clouse : We have become the greatest warriors to have ever ruled Ninjago!
Chope and Kapau look up and see that they have once again become snakes.
Chope : Look, you have your tail.
Kapau : And you got fangs . . .
Chope : You know what that means . . .
Kapau and Chope : We gotta start using our cooler names!
Charlie then breaks out of his chains, and frees Lydia and Richard, before they start attacking.
Clouse : Please, what use are you powers now that we are the greatest warriors of all time once again!
Eyezor then knocks Charlie into the pole he was chained to, and Richard blows him off Charlie, then Lydia stands up and blasts Clouse away with her powers, before reaching for Charlie's hand, and when Charlie looks up, he sees that Princess Lydia also became an Anacondrai.
Princess Lydia : We must get out of here!
Richard : Come on Charlie!
Charlie : Let's roll princess!
Charlie grabs Lydia's hand and they begin running with Richard standing beside them.
Chope : Should we go after them?!
Eyezor : They're no longer of use to us, it's time for our greater plan to be put into action!
Meanwhile on the Destiny's Bounty, Jay started the ignition and began flying away from the Factory, but the reason why, the kids didn't understand.
Nina : Were seriously gonna leave them there?!
Jay : We need to get to the Palace and warn the others, if Clouse and Eyezor are snakes again, then nobody,is safe, and there is nowhere is safe for us to go, but the air.
Siddie : So now were staying on the Bounty?
Kai : I don't see how we have a choice.
Nicholas : I should have listened to Charlie about Eyezor and Clouse.
Nina : Says the guy who hacked our nindroid.
Nicholas : Your still on that?
Nina and Siddie : Yes!
Joseph : Good lord . . .
The Royal Palace
Lloyd : No, no, no, no, no, no!
Master Chen : I knew this was going to happen.
Empress Harumi : What are we supposed to do?
Kayla : Panic?
Cole : Shut up, Kayla.
Just then, Lloyd gets a call from Kai and Jay.
Kai : Lloyd, you there?!
Lloyd : I'm here Kai, what's going on?
Jay : Were bringing the Bounty back to come get you guys, those snakes have to be coming your way next.
Nya then notices Charlie isn't with the others.
Nya : What happened to Charlie?
Nicholas : We don't know
Skylor : What do you mean you don't know?!
Joseph : Jay started the Bounty and the next thing we knew we were flying away from the Factory.
Cole : You guys left them there?
Lloyd : What about my daughter?!
Nicholas : Maybe you should forget them, Richard included, if we don't get you guys out of that Palace they may not be a future for any of us.
Commissioner Stevens then runs into the Palace to find Lloyd.
Commissioner Stevens : Lloyd, Lloyd!
Lloyd : What, Commissioner?
Commissioner Stevens : Clouse's troops are preparing to storm the palace, we need to leave!
Jay : Were almost there, I'll dock the ship near Lydia's room, just hurry up and get on the ship!
Jay ends the Call while Lloyd and the others hurry to Lydia's room and see the Destiny's Bounty coming their way.
Jay then docks the ship and the Elemental Masters start boarding the ship, but Skylor and Lloyd weren't happy.
Skylor : This is all your fault Jay, you little . . !
Kai then holds Skylor back from Jay, but Skylor wasn't the only one upset.
Lloyd : You seriously left Lydia and Charlie with those idiots?!
Jay : What were we supposed to do, storm the place and get our butts kicked, we wouldn't have been able to handle that many snakes!
Kai : Oh for ninjago's sake will you three stop arguing!
Kai's shouting grabbed their attention, not knowing he would get so mad at Lloyd and Skylor.
Kai : You guys don't need to keep worrying about them.
Skylor : Why?!
Kai : Look.
Kai then points towards two elemental dragons coming their way, one of them was Charlie's, with Princess Lydia riding with him, but she was also wearing a green hood so they couldn't see her face, and from that height they couldn't notice her tail either, and the other dragon was Richard's since he unlocked his dragon a long time ago, but decided to never use it.
Nina : It's Charlie, they're alright!
Charlie and Richard land their dragons on the Bounty, and Siddie ran over and hugged Richard, glad that he was okay.
Siddie : Don't get captured again alright.
Richard : I promise.
Richard then removed his hood and looked Siddie, and Cole noticed they were both blushing.
Siddie : You don't need to just stand there Richard, I wanted to do this for a while too.
Richard smiled and kissed Siddie, which she returned, and the scene brought joy to Cole and Opal, even though their daughter was interested in Morro's son.
Eric : So that makes two sets of lovebirds, nice.
Jay then laughed at Eric's joke, which was surprising to Nya and Nina.
Jay : Oh come on, that was funny.
Eric : Why else do you think I said it.
Charlie then got off his dragon, and helped Lydia get down, but when Lloyd and Garmadon saw Lydia's tail, they knew what happened, even before she removed her hood.
Charlie then took the hood off Lydia's head, and she stared at him.
Princess Lydia : Charlie, you think i'm hideous, don't you?
Charlie : Even if you were Lydia, that doesn't change how I feel, because it wasn't your looks that made me happy to be around you, it's who you are . . .
Princess Lydia : Thank you Charlie . . .
Charlie and Princess Lydia kissed, which seemed to make Lloyd and Harumi smile, even if their daughter was turned into a snake.
Empress Harumi : Hopefully we can reverse the spell when this is over.
Princess Lydia : Well at least you guys don't need to worry about leg injuries anymore, because at the moment I don't have my legs.
Everybody then laughed at Lydia's joke, even Eric and Xavier.
Eric : Lydia . . .
Princess Lydia : Yes?
Xavier : Were sorry for crushing your leg, you wouldn't have been in that much pain, or needed Charlie to carry you around if it weren't for our jealousy.
Princess Lydia : It's okay, and to me it's like having a tail and slithering is better than walking.
Skylor : I felt the same way when I was turned into a snake.
Garmadon : Charlie . . .
Charlie : yes?
Garmadon : How did Clouse complete that spell?
Charlie : They used broken pieces of the Oni Masks.
Empress Harumi : As in the masks Hutchins used to resurrect Garmadon?
Princess Lydia, Charlie, and Richard : *Sarcastically* Nooooo...
Empress Harumi : Darn, that was hurtful.
Xavier : Seems like the Empress can be a bit of a nimrod.
Princess Lydia : And you wonder why I didn't chose you for Thunderblade.
Charlie : I don't think anybody cares about that stupid tournament anymore Lydia, because I don't just as long as I have the ones I care for beside me, no evil will tear the Elemental Masters apart, and he certainly won't keep me from you.
What Charlie didn't noticed was Nicholas and Joseph found a camera and managed to do another broadcast of the moment between Princess Lydia and Charlie, and they were doing it since their dragons landed.
Princess Lydia : I love you Charlie . . . .
Charlie : I love you too Princess Lydia . . .
Charlie and Lydia kissed, and Nya walked over and started to fly the Bounty into the air, after parting Lydia held Charlie's hand, and they saw the view of the City for one more time . . .
Lloyd : I will be the next one to say that i'm proud Charlie, I honestly don't care about how young you two are right now, but both of you have shown the ways of the ninja, keeping your friends close to you, protecting the ones you care about, unlocking your true potential, and I think it's safe to say, that we aren't the only ones that Clouse should worry about.
Charlie : Thank you, your highness.
Master Wu : At that young age, both of you have shown signs of a man who was once a student of mine.
Lydia and Charlie both knew Master Wu was talking about Lloyd, and Lloyd knew as well.
Lloyd : Reminds me of how I was when I was training to be the Green Ninja, of course my father did the most ridiculous plans then, but it worked out.
Princess Lydia : Like what?
Lloyd : Let's see . . .
Zane : Creating the Mega Weapon.
Cole : Resurrecting Captain Soto.
Kai : Creating an Evil version of ourselves and attacking the Darkley's Board School.
Nya : Creating a massive cliff during the Ninjaball Run.
Jay : Turning us into kids.
Lloyd : Going back in time to try and prevent me from becoming the Green Ninja.
Kai : Which would have killed you.
Jay : So much for only "Caring about turning Ninjago into my own image" if you originally came back to not only stop the Serpentine, but save your son from the Fire Temple.
Lloyd : He didn't save me, Kai did.
Cole : If you really didn't care about him the last time you were evil, you could have just dropped the cage into the lava.
Kai : Enough, you guys don't need to go down that road.
Lloyd : Then there were the rest of our villains who sort of had ridiculous ways of controlling Ninjago.
Charlie : How's that?
Jay : Well you already know about Garmadon.
Nya : Then there was the Return of the Overlord in Ninjago City, and took over all technology.
Skylor : Then there was your grandfather, and his snakes of stupidity.
Princess Lydia : Hello, i'm one of them now you know?
Skylor : Sorry.
Lloyd : Richard, then it was your father and his plan to unleash the Premminent and curse the 16 Realms.
Jay : Then Nadakhan the Djinn, which was Clouse's fault, since he escaped the Cursed Realm before it was destroyed.
Nina : Then your 3rd wish undid the effects.
Maya : Then it was the Hands of Time, and their plan to control all of time with the Time Blades.
Kai : And during that there was the short time where I thought our parents were traitors, which directly or not, they were, and I attacked them.
Skylor : And Nya, for the record I was only gonna ask if you guys wanted help with that mission.
Kai : Which if she didn't interrupt I would accepted.
Lloyd : Then Master Wu went missing, and came the Sons of Garmadon, roaming Ninjago.
Lloyd : Then my father took over Ninjago City and tried to hunt me down, which of course he tried to kill me, again, and lost, again.
Kai : Then it was the March of the Oni, and we thought Cole had died, but was totally fine, and then we thought Lloyd was dead, and he was fine.
Lloyd : Kai, I was dead, of course it was only for 3 minutes.
Misako : Wait what?
Lloyd : I woke up, and saw my grandfather, and he told me my job as the Green Ninja was finished, two options, head back to Ninjago and continue my service as the Green Ninja, or leave . . .
Nina : Did you?
Lloyd : I wouldn't be here if I did, seriously you have your father's mind of concentration.
Kai : Then Aspheera, and the Pyro-Vipers who tried to banish Master Wu to the Never-Realm.
Zane : Then it was the Never-Realm when they came to save me from Vex.
Opal : Then the Plague Doctor.
Jay : Then the time I got stuck in the Prime Empire.
Lloyd : And that's all we got off the top of our heads.
Charlie : You didn't need to list them all.
Lloyd : Sorry.
Princess Lydia : It's okay, all I know is as long as we stay together on the Bounty, then Clouse and his Anacondrai Impostors will fail.
Skylor : You okay Charlie?
Charlie : Yea, it's just funny, I went to that Island to get back not just my sister, but my best friend.
Felicia heard Charlie and smiled at him for his comment.
Charlie : I just didn't think I would become friends with the rest of them.
Kai : Don't worry Charlie, If they try to capture us again, we will find them, and we will find Clouse.
Charlie, Princess Lydia, Kai, and the others all looked the view of Ninjago City . . .
Next Time on the Tournament of Elements 2.0
Zane, Pixal, Xavier, and Opal try to find a way to reverse the spell that turned Lydia into an Anacondrai, while Charlie tries to help Chen and Garmadon find Eyezor and Clouse, with Kai, Skylor, Lloyd, and Harumi, glad that Charlie is in a better mood with Lydia safe, and no longer with an injury. Lloyd is worried that his daughter may be stuck like a snake for the rest of her life, and Kai is worried about Clouse doing nothing but spread fear across all of Ninjago, which is why he is waiting for them to make the first move, and not rest at anything, until Clouse is brought down.
Will the Anacondrai Spell be reversed? will Charlie find Clouse? will Ninjago fall?
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To Be Continued . . . . .