The Tournament of Elements 2.0
Chapter 11 : Old Friends and Enemies
Previously on the Tournament of Elements 2.0 : Clouse and Eyezor bring all men they have on hand and attack the Destiny's Bounty, in hopes of stealing Pixal's Remote to the force field on the Island, to save Felicia from flying off into the forest, Pixal throws the remote overboard, and Clouse goes after it, before they retreat, Lydia has a very concerned look of her face, before Charlie takes her hand, and tells his father they will meet on the other side, they then jump off the ship and land on the Roto-Jet and throw Eyezor out of it, before placing Lydia in the jet and closing the hatch to keep her from getting hurt, they land in the middle of the Blackwood Forest, while Siddie and Cole try to help stabilize the Bounty, but break the wheel in the process, causing the Ship to crash, while in the Forest, Charlie and Princess Lydia run into Skales, who shows them to an interesting man called Brenden, who is the older brother of the Jade Empress, and Akita, who is the Leader of the Formlings, while everybody from the ship, to the campsite, go to sleep to get ready for tomorrow.
Will Clouse get all of his men off that Island? Will Brenden and Akita find Lloyd and Harumi? Did Eyezor survive the Crash?
Find out Now!
7:55 a.m. on the Destiny's Bounty
The sun is rising and the birds or awake, which was enough to wake Siddie and Richard, who step out of the tent, and notice the Forest is the lot nicer in the morning, then at night.
Siddie : Well, good morning Richard.
Richard : I would say the same, but I can't really see that much about it.
Siddie : Yea I know, I don't know why I said that.
Siddie and Richard then laughed, when they went up to the Destiny's Bounty they saw Pixal and Nya trying to fix the Scanners to the Bounty.
Richard : Any luck fixing this thing?
Nya : Not yet, that Crash was a lot for damaging then we thought.
Siddie : Well as long as this thing can still fly when were done, I call that something.
Nya : Well Siddie, at least your looking on the bright side.
Siddie : Yea, i'm sorry . . .
Nya : For what?
Siddie : For breaking the wheel off the ship, maybe the ship wouldn't have crashed if I wasn't pulling too hard.
Nya : It was just an accident Siddie, we'll be able to fix it.
Siddie : If you say so, because Charlie and Lydia are missing again, and not only do we need to find them, but we need to get to Pythor first before Clouse does.
Pixal : I'll make that our top priority when the scanners are fixed.
Meanwhile near the Bounty
Cole : So are you guys sure about this?
Lloyd : Well somebody has to go find them, and at the rate their repairing the Bounty, it'll take all day.
Zane : that's why I gave them a smaller scanner, the closer they get to Charlie and Lydia, the stronger the sound will get.
Jay : So what is it then, the Children version of a metal detector.
Empress Harumi and Kai : No.
Jay : Okay sorry.
Empress Harumi : Well Jay, considering Charlie and Lydia are missing again, i'm interested in your sense of humor right now.
Kai : Neither am I.
Lloyd : Or me.
Cole : Be careful out there, alright.
Lloyd : We will Cole, we'll see you guys in a bit.
Harumi, Lloyd, and Kai then went off into the Forest to find Charlie and Princess Lydia.
Meanwhile at the Campsite.
Charlie and Lydia were awake for a little while, and were talking to Brenden and Skales.
Charlie : And that's how Lydia was turned into a snake.
Skales : I knew Clouse was a single madman but I didn't think he think he would resort to torturing the princess.
Brenden : I'm surprised other villains haven't done such, I mean I have seen some weird things in my time, I would say it's not possible for others to brought back, or find plans more sinister than what came before, but now i'm not so sure.
Akita : I don't know what to expect here in Ninjago, I mean were only in a forest and I already believe it's a nice realm, but from Lloyd's life story, when Brenden and I see him, what worries me is. . .
Princess Lydia : My father won't be the man you recognize?
Brenden and Akita both looked at Lydia, and Akita nodded at her.
Charlie : He may now be the Emperor of Ninjago, but i'm sure he will understand what you both went through.
Just then Akita's brother came out of the tent to talk to her.
Kataru : Hey Akita.
Akita : Hi Kataru.
Brenden : Well at some point we should probably get out of here and find Lloyd.
Kataru : May I ask who the boy and the snake are?
Brenden : Charlie and Princess Lydia, Masters of Amber and Energy, that huge crash we heard last night as their ship, and Skales brought them here.
Kataru : Interesting.
Brenden : So now, Akita and I are gonna probably gonna bring them back to Lloyd.
Kataru : Why Lloyd?
Brenden : Well for one, Princess Lydia is Lloyd's daughter, and second of all, Akita and I need to speak with Lloyd over everything that's happened in the past 7 years.
Akita : Kataru, you haven't seen Clayton or Zachary right?
Kataru : Nope, all I know is they are still searching for their animal forms, Zachary is somewhere in the Blackwood Forest, and Clayton is in the Birchwood Forest, near the village.
Princess Lydia : Who are you guys talking about?
Akita : My sons, they are the other two that we brought with us from the Never-Realm.
Charlie : Cool, so they're Formlings too?
Akita : They will be once they find their animal forms.
Brenden : If they do find them, it's possible that they might never do, Vex certainly didn't.
Charlie : We really need to hear what happened to you guys over the past 7 years.
Brenden : Well let's get moving to find Lloyd, we can tell you along the way.
Akita : Kataru, you and Skales wait here in case the boys come back.
Kataru : Alright, just watch your backs out there.
Charlie : We will.
Princess Lydia : See ya.
Princess Lydia and Charlie then left with Brenden and Akita to start searching for Lloyd, but with the rising smoke in the distance from the Bounty's crash, it seemed pretty easy.
Meanwhile in the Forest.
Empress Harumi : The Forest is a beautiful place.
Kai : Yea, I will admit it is during the day.
Lloyd : This is very strange.
Kai : What is it Lloyd?
Lloyd : On the scanner I can see the green and orange marks, which shows Lydia and Charlie, but there are two other unknown people next to them.
Kai and Harumi look and the scanner and are confused by it.
Kai : That's weird.
Empress Harumi : Maybe we'll figure out who it is when we find them.
Meanwhile on the Destiny's Bounty.
Nina and Xavier just finished repairing the thrusters to the ship, while Nya and Pixal are still working on fixing the scanners, and Cole and Siddie finished fixing the wheel.
Nina : Hey Cole, we fixed the thrusters!
Cole : Great, now we just gotta cut those trees that pierced through the ship.
Richard : Maybe Felicia could burn them.
Felicia : Uh, considering that most of the ship is made of wood, not a good idea, Richard.
Siddie : Maybe my daddy and I could use our earth punches and break the trees apart.
Nya : That could probably work, just be careful you two.
Cole : We will, alright Siddie, let's get these trees off the ship.
Siddie : Alright.
Over the next 10 Minutes, Siddie and Cole were moving and breaking the trees apart to see if they could get the ship in the air, but when Cole moved one of the trees, it broke in half and the top of the tree starting falling towards Siddie, and it fell on her.
Siddie : Ouch, get this tree of me!
Richard : Oh dear.
Cole : What did I just do?!
Siddie : Okay, first it's simple hits to the back of the head, then destroying bookshelves, then trees breaking in half and crushing your daughter.
Cole and Richard then lift the tree off of Siddie, and help her stand up.
Siddie : Okay ouch.
Cole : Siddie, i'm sorry!
Siddie : Daddy, it's fine, that was an accident.
Richard : You okay?
Opal heard the sound of the tree from below the deck of the ship and went up to see what happened.
Opal : Cole what happened?
Cole : I was trying to move these trees out of the way so we could get the ship in the air, then the last tree I moved broke in half, and crushed Siddie.
Siddie : Crushed my leg to be more specific.
Opal : Be a bit more careful next time Cole.
Siddie : Mommy, he didn't do it on purpose, and to be clear, it was the tree that broke, not him.
Richard : Is she okay?
Opal then looked at Siddie's leg and took a sigh of relief.
Opal : She's fine, her leg isn't broken or anything, it's just gonna be sore for a while.
Richard : What are the odds . . .
Siddie : I wonder if they found Charlie and Lydia yet.
Cole : They're probably close by now, Opal see if there is anything you can do to help Siddie's leg, Richard and I will get the rest of these trees off the ship.
Opal : Alright.
Opal then grabbed Siddie and started carrying her beneath the deck of the ship to try and help her leg.
Meanwhile in the Forest.
Charlie, Lydia, Brenden, and Akita were still walking closer to the rising smoke from the Bounty's crash, and Charlie decided to ask about how he went missing.
Charlie : Hey Brenden?
Brenden : yes Charlie?
Charlie : How did you go missing?
Brenden sighed, and then decided that he had to tell somebody about how he ended up in the Never-Realm.
Brenden : I've been keeping this beneath me for a long time Charlie, so if I tell you, and things get a little crazy between me and the others, you can defend if you want, but don't stand up for things you may not understand.
Charlie : Understood.
Brenden : It was the middle of summer, in 2037, I was leaving the Royal Palace in Ninjago when after a while I saw criminals running away from Borg Tower, with what looked like broken pieces of the Realm Crystal, I gave chase until I reached Stixx Village, by then it was the middle of the night and I was trying to retrieve what they stole, but from the view of the mask he had I couldn't tell who he was, all he did was grab two of the shards and smash them together which opened a portal.
Brenden : And at the same time I grabbed his mask to reveal who he was . . .
Charlie : Who was it?
Brenden : Vex the Formless.
Brenden : I then ended up in the Never-Realm, and since I had been there before I knew who I had to warn about Vex, so I went to the Village of the Formlings to find Akita and Kataru, to tell them Vex returned, but we were unprepared for his chaos.
Princess Lydia : What did he do?
Akita : He brought every last man he had to take revenge on myself and my brother for banishing him, and when Brenden and I thought we had him cornered he did the worst thing possible.
Charlie : And that was?
Brenden : Just as Akita and I had charged at him, he grabbed another two shards, and shamed them together to open another portal, and both of us got pulled through it, and Vex took over the Village, and Kataru escaped.
Princess Lydia : Where did you go?
Brenden : A Realm parallel to the Never-Realm and Ninjago, most people call it the Realm of the Rivers, unlike Ninjago where it's one two lands surrounded by endless sea, it's several lands with rivers running completely through it.
Charlie : Sounds cool.
Brenden : It sort of was, They even had cities there, not quite the size of Ninjago City, but better small, then not at all, anyways, shortly after we arrived, we went to the city that was known as the Peaceful Peak, mainly called that because it was one of the few locations not to fall to the Villains' Order.
Charlie : Villains' Order?
Brenden : Different story Charlie, but continuing, The Villain's Order is made up of most of your parents old enemies, like Chen, only thing is, was the main reason Vex had stolen all of those shards of the Realm Crystal, was to set the Villains free from the Departed Realm.
Princess Lydia : So he released all of our parents old villains?
Brenden : Not all of them.
Charlie : How many escaped?
Brenden : Not Sure, but those who are remaining, Let's see, there's Samukai, Chen, Clouse, The Hands of Time, Hutchins and Mr. E, The Plague Doctor, who supposedly died from his own virus in Krypterium Prison, Cryptor, Iron Baron, The Omega Oni, The Overlord, and Nadakhan the Djinn.
Charlie : Okay, so almost all of them.
Akita : Yes.
Princess Lydia : But if that's true, then how did Chen get to Ninjago?
Akita : He had stolen two of the crystals from Vex, and allowed his whole army to escape.
Charlie : What about Morro?
Princess Lydia : I figured he would still be dead because of what Richard told us.
Brenden : No, no, after Morro died, Vex brought him back again, but threatened to harm his son, if he tried to warn your parents about the Villains' Order.
Princess Lydia : So where is he?
Brenden : Somewhere in Ninjago, he didn't listen to Vex and escaped, though Vex branded him a target for the Villains' Order, if Morro manages to find Lloyd or Richard, then they will become targets as well.
Charlie : So you were saying.
Brenden : Alright, due to Vex using almost all of the shards to bring the Villains back, he locked the rest of them up, so we couldn't find a way to escape, and due to the Never-Realms time being different from Ninjago's, when the Hands of Time were brought back, the Iron Doom was brought back as well, and when it landed it cause a huge time blasts, we were caught in two of them, first was the Reversal, which started reversing Akita's ageing, then the Pause, which stopped it, which is how her age is now the same as your parents.
Princess Lydia : So it reversed her aging back to her mid 30's?
Akita : Yes.
Charlie : And you Brenden?
Brenden : Eh, for me the time between me being caught in the Reversal and Pause waves were so quick that it left no effect on me.
Princess Lydia : Interesting, so now you and Akita are around the same age?
Brenden : It made her a year younger than me, so yes, though I have no clue what Lloyd's response to this will be.
Charlie : Moving on, what happened next?
Brenden : By 2041, we still had no way to escape from the realm which was now overrun by the Villains, but since they all wanted to conquer Ninjago, we knew we had no choice to keep moving and try to find a way to warn Lloyd about the returning threat.
Princess Lydia : So what did you do?
Akita : Any time Vex smashed the shards of the Realm Crystal together they would turn into small bits, or particles if you will, so Brenden and I spent almost another 2 years trying to recover enough of them for us to return to the Never-Realm to find my brother, because Vex had planned to work together with the Villains for them to unleash chaos, on not just Ninjago, but all of the 14 Realms.
Princess Lydia : 14 Realms?
Charlie : When Nya had drowned the Cursed Realm off the coast of the Stixx Village, it caused Djinnjago to slowly start falling apart, until the whole Realm collapsed, due to them being parallel realms, so destroying one realm, destroys them both, which is why Nadakhan swore revenge on our parents, because destroying the Cursed Realm is what caused Djinnjago to collapse, another reason why Nadakhan wanted to slowly tear Ninjago apart and rebuild his home directly above Ninjago City, and capture Nya, because either she liked it or not marrying her would give him infinite wishes, and who's to say he won't try it again.
Princess Lydia : Okay, that makes sense.
Charlie : Anyways you guys, go on.
Brenden : On July 6th, 2043 we fought back enough of the Villains and retrieved enough of the crystal to open a portal back to the Never-Realm, with Vex following us, so not only did we make it back, but so did he and his Blizzard Samurai, after we found Kataru, and warned him, it was too late, and Vex already made it to the palace and unleashed not just his Blizzard Samurai, but a Blizzard itself, to dangerous for us to survive, we made it to the top of the mountains to the Traveler's Tree, and grabbed every last leaf we needed to open the portal to Ninjago, and when returned to the Village the snow was coming in fast, so Kataru found Clayton and Zachary, and we opened to portal just as the Blizzard Samurai started charging at us form the distance, we all jumped through the portal, with us holding onto the remaining Crystal Shards, and the Traveler's Tea, so Vex couldn't escape the Never-Realm.
Charlie : Out of curiosity, what happened the next day?
Brenden : We made it back to Ninjago and exited the portal near Stixx Village, but what we didn't see was Vex throwing his weapon at us through the portal, which landed in the sea and struck a small Hydrothermal Vent underneath the village, and it caused a massive Earthquake, that leveled half of the village.
Charlie and Lydia gasped at what Brenden had said, and he and Akita looked him in confusion.
Brenden : What?
Akita : Are you two okay?
Princess Lydia : That earthquake didn't kill Richard's father. . .
Charlie : Vex did.
Brenden : Wait, so the last time Vex brought Morro back, that was because of the earthquake on July 7th, 2043?
Charlie and Princess Lydia : Yes!
Akita : We need to find Richard then too.
Brenden then grabbed Charlie and gave him a single statement.
Brenden : If you both just said is true Charlie, then you are losing in the middle of a dangerous game.
Charlie : Better to be losing the game, then to not be in it at all.
Meanwhile about 200 feet of so from Charlie and Lydia's position.
Lloyd : The signal is getting stronger, Zane said it would be the closer we get to them.
Kai : Hopefully we can figure out who those two people are that are with them.
Empress Harumi : Well if those people were helping the kids, I don't see a huge problem.
Lloyd : As long as their okay, then yea no problem.
Charlie and Lydia's position
Charlie : Yep, that's our parents.
Akita : Now what?
Princess Lydia : You guys just go behind the trees, and keep the hoods on, when we tell you guys to come out then do so, until then just wait.
Brenden : Alright Lydia, I just hope you know what your doing.
Brenden and Akita took cover behind the trees, and after about one minute, Lloyd, Harumi, and Kai found the kids.
Lloyd : There you are!
Princess Lydia : Finally!
Charlie and Lydia ran over and hugged their parents, glad they found them.
Kai : You kids okay?
Charlie : We're fine Dad.
Just as Charlie stopped talking, Lydia's hair turned back to white, which grabbed Charlie's attention.
Princess Lydia : Charlie look!
Charlie : Your hair. . .
Lloyd : At this rate the spell should keep wearing off.
Charlie : But at this rate if Clouse still doesn't have his men off that Island, he's gonna be very upset.
Kai : No argument there, son.
Lloyd looked around and didn't see the other two people that were on the scanner.
Lloyd : Interesting that the second we find you guys, the other two people that were with you are gone.
Princess Lydia : They aren't gone, their just hiding in plain sight.
Charlie : Alright you guys come out!
Brenden and Akita came out from behind the trees, with Akita keeping her head down, and Brenden still had his hood on.
Kai : Who are they?
Charlie : Let's just say their old friends of yours.
Lloyd was shocked because he clearly knew one of them was Akita, but both him and Harumi were shocked when the man standing next to her removed his hood.
Kai : Oh my god.
Empress Harumi : Brenden?
Brenden : Hey sis.
Lloyd : Akita . . .
Akita : Lloyd.
Akita walked over and hugged Lloyd, while surprised he returned the hug, which brought confusion to Harumi.
Empress Harumi : Lloyd, who's the animal?
Lloyd : Formling, first of all, and second this is Akita, I met her when I was in the Never-Realm.
Brenden then walked over and hugged his sister, but as she did she started crying, thinking her brother was dead for 7 years.
Empress Harumi : I missed you. . .
Brenden : I missed you too, Rumi.
Harumi instantly knew it was him because Brenden and Lloyd were the only ones who called her Rumi, mainly because they were the only ones she allowed too.
Empress Harumi : How is this possible?
Charlie : Brenden already told us, so if you guys sit down for a few, we can tell you the whole thing.
40 Minutes Later.
Brenden : That's the whole story.
Empress Harumi : Oh my god . . .
Kai : I can't believe this.
Lloyd : Almost all of our old Villains?
Akita : Yes, and Vex took over the Never-Realm and destroyed the Village of the Formlings.
Brenden : Now, Akita brought the kids and Kataru with her.
Lloyd : So where are they?
Akita : Kataru is back at the Campsite with Skales, and Clayton and Zachary are out in the Forests trying to discover their animal forms.
Lloyd : Morro's still alive too?
Brenden : Yes, but we just don't know where.
Princess Lydia : Wait until Richard finds out that a simple earthquake didn't his father, but Vex did.
Empress Harumi : So does this mean that when were done with Clouse, there will be others.
Brenden : Yep, only thing to do now is focus on Clouse, and when were done there, we focus on the next villain, until all are back to the Departed Realm they came from.
Akita : Shouldn't be the hardest thing in the world, since we have all that's left of the Traveler's Tea and the Crystal Particles, so they can't escape again.
Kai : This is the Day of the Departed all over again.
Harumi and Brenden stood up, and she went over and hugged her brother.
Empress Harumi : I missed you Brenden. . .
Brenden : I missed you too, and I'm sorry, I knew I should come and found you when I could have left the Never-Realm, but with the problems we went though, I couldn't bare to leave Akita and Kataru there to suffer.
Akita : I'm glad you didn't leave though Brenden, not only to help save me, but my brother, and my sons.
Akita stood up and kissed Brenden, which he returned, which was surprising to Lloyd and Harumi.
Brenden : but now we need to find the others and warn them about this mess, and find Morro.
Charlie : He's right we need to go.
Akita : Also, small details forgot to mention, that weren't connected to the story.
Lloyd : Those details were?
Akita : Well there's a few.
Kai : Like what.
Akita : One, was when the Iron Doom came back and reversed my aging, which is why I'm the same age as you guys.
Kai : Okay.
Akita : The second thing was this.
Akita then showed Lloyd, Harumi, and Kai her hand, and they saw a ring on it.
Akita : Brenden gave me this.
Kai : You married a formling?
Brenden : Like I said, I didn't know how to explain somethings that happened over the past 7 years.
Akita : 3rd thing, is that we need to find my sons after we warn the others of the Villains' Order, if they find a way into Ninjago, it's over for all of the 14 Realms.
Brenden : So let's go warn them.
Lloyd : Let's do it, old friend.
Just then Eyezor appeared in the distance with about 15 men behind him.
Charlie : Really! This guy again?
Eyezor : I told you, your princess would pay the price if you tried to stop us.
Eyezor then showed a remote and Lydia took off her coat and saw Eyezor put a tracking device on her.
Princess Lydia : That explains how he kidnapped me from the hospital, and shot down the bounty, and found us down here so fast, he was tracking me!
Eyezor : Will admit, your smart for a little princess, more than just a cute face.
Princess Lydia : I hate it when people call me cute. . .
Lydia pulled out her Sword, and Charlie showed Eyezor his Mace, showing him they weren't going to play nicely.
Akita : Identify yourself.
Eyezor : My name is Eyezor, I am Clouse's right hand man, and stand in defense of the New Anacondrai.
Charlie : Eyezor, I'm going to warn you one time nicely to get out of our way, before I break through your defenses myself.
Eyezor just laughed at Charlie's threat.
Eyezor : You in what army, young boy.
Kai : You did not just say that to my son.
Eyezor : I did too.
Kai pulled out his swords, same with Lloyd and Harumi showing theirs.
While Akita pulled her dagger, and Brenden pulled out his axe.
Charlie : Ninja Never Quit!
Charlie and the others charged at Eyezor and his men and they began fighting, Lydia was taking Chope, Charlie was taking Eyezor, while Lloyd, Harumi, Brenden, and Akita were taking the rest.
Charlie : What is it gonna take for me to be rid of you, and your slithering stupidity!
Eyezor : We will not ever fail!
Charlie : I'm guessing your about to say the same about the Villains' Order?
Eyezor was shocked by what Charlie said, and wanted to know more.
Eyezor : How do you know about that?
Charlie : Old Enemies return, thankfully, so do Old Friends.
Charlie was referring to Akita and Brenden, which brought anger to Eyezor.
Eyezor : That goon of ours said he would have dealt with those two a long time ago.
Charlie : and the rest of you threatened to harm Morro and his son.
Eyezor : The same goon was supposed to capture his son, what happened to him?
Charlie has a small flashback about Richard telling his story, when he said he accidentally killed a man, making Charlie believe that was Eyezor's man.
Charlie : He's dead, Richard killed him.
Charlie then pushed Eyezor back, but the rest of his friends were already surrounded, and Eyezor then pointed his blade at Charlie.
Eyezor : You have 10 seconds to drop your weapons!
Princess Lydia : If we don't?
Eyezor : You will be destroyed.
After the 10 Seconds, Eyezor was about to strike.
Eyezor : Then you leave us with no choice, goodbye you annoying elemental-
Eyezor was interrupted when he was shot but somebody's elemental powers from behind.
Empress Harumi : What the?
Lloyd decided to keel down and see what hit Eyezor.
Lloyd : It's Sand.
Brenden : Well it wasn't me.
Kai : Look!
Everybody looked straight at a tall rock in the distance, and saw a deer walking to the top.
Akita : I knew it!
Empress Harumi : Knew what?
Princess Lydia : You'll see.
The deer suddenly turned white and started changing form, once it did, it was a boy standing on top of the rock, holding an Axe in one of his hands, and the other showed he had an elemental power of sand.
Akita : That's my son, Zachary!
Brenden : He found his animal form.
Zach : I have a message for you scheming snakes!
Eyezor : What?!
Zach : As long as we all stick together, in this hour of great sacrifice, then we shall all prevail!
Zach began charging at the snakes and Charlie used his powers to blast the snakes off of him, and most of them started to retreat.
Eyezor : You cowards!
Charlie : Surround him!
Everybody surrounded Eyezor and he started straight at the boy standing next to Charlie.
Eyezor : Who the heck are you?!
Zach : My name, is Zachary Kenway, Formling of the Deer, and Elemental Master of Sand.
Charlie : Drop your weapon Eyezor!
Eyezor : No!
Zach : Take him down princess!
Princess Lydia : Gladly!
Lydia tackled Eyezor and held him down.
Brenden : Glad I brought these things.
Brenden then used Vengestone cuffs on Eyezor.
Akita : Lloyd, what do you want to do with this slithering stupid-head?
Lloyd : Well one, even though they are hilarious, probably best to stop with the snake joke drama.
Princess Lydia and Charlie both giggled at Lloyd's comment.
Lloyd : Well Charlie, at least you and my daughter are in a better mood.
Charlie : Well we got this guy taken care of, and the spell is wearing off, so yea, good mood.
Eyezor : You won't get away with arresting me!
Charlie : We already did!
Charlie then used his lightning powers to knock Eyezor out.
Charlie : We'll take him back and lock him up in the cell on the Bounty, until we can bring him to Kyrpterium Prison.
Akita : Sounds like a plan to me.
Akita and Brenden decided to kneel down and hug their son, proud that he found his animal form, and his powers.
Akita : I'm so proud of you son, you found your animal form, and helped save us.
Zach : I wasn't going to lose the people who mean the most to me.
Brenden : Great work, son, not sure if you know about the other kids yet?
Zach : No, I don't
Brenden : Charlie, Lydia, my son Zach, who just said he's the Formling of the Deer, and Master of Sand.
Akita : Zach, this is Charlie and Princess Lydia, Masters of Amber and Energy, and Lydia is also the Emerald Princess of Ninjago.
Zach : Is she a formling?
Zach asked because he saw that Lydia was a snake.
Charlie : No, the same spell this clown used to help turn himself and his army into Anacondrai did the same thing to her, but the spell is wearing off.
Kai : We should probably head back to the Bounty.
Lloyd : No argument there, Let's go.
Charlie, Lydia, Lloyd, and the others started walking back towards the Bounty, with Eyezor chained and knocked out so he couldn't try escaping.
About 25 Minutes Later on the Destiny's Bounty.
Nya : That should do it.
Pixal : Let's give it a try.
Pixal and Nya attempted to turn on the scanners, and they worked.
Nya : Yes, we did it!
On the deck of the ship, Cole and Richard were finishing with the trees.
Cole : If only I could carry all these trees at once.
Richard : Cole, through a few at me.
Cole was surprised but threw a few of the trees at Richard anyway.
Richard then used his wind powers to blow the trees away into the distance.
Cole : That was smart thinking, Richard.
Opal and Siddie came up to the deck, and Richard saw Siddie's leg was bandaged, but she was walking fine.
Richard : Siddie, you okay?
Siddie : Yea, it's a tiny injury, the bandage is just to keep my leg from hurting while I walk.
Richard : Alright.
Near the Bridge of the Bounty, Chen was using binoculars when he saw Charlie and the others approaching.
Master Chen : Skylor, Nya, I can see the others, they're back.
Nya : Thank goodness.
Master Chen : They aren't alone either.
Interested, Skylor, Nya, and the others got down from the ship to see who else was with Charlie and the others.
Charlie : Didn't expect for you guys to fix the ship so fast, that crash last night sounded brutal.
Nya : Believe me Charlie, it was.
Jay, Zane, and the others were surprised to see Brenden, Akita, and Kataru standing next to Kai and Lloyd.
Jay : Okay, wow.
Brenden : Well that's kind of the response I expected.
Zane : Akita?
Akita : Zane . . .
Lloyd : Well you aren't attacking him on sight without your will being ours to command, that's a good start.
Akita laughed at Lloyd's joke before giving her respone.
Akita : Real funny, Lloyd, and I know it's been a long time, but please do not start talking that much, I mean like SO Much!
Lloyd : I get it Akita.
Jay : Great to see you guys.
Jay then walks over to Lloyd and asks his question in an annoying tone.
Jay : What are they doing here?!
Akita : Our village in the Never-Realm was destroyed.
Nya : What?
Brenden : Vex came back, he was in Ninjago, back in 2037, that's why I went missing, I followed him to see what his plan was, and it turns out he's got something way bigger planned than the Never-Realm.
Skylor : What is it?
Kataru : In a realm parallel to Ninjago and the Never-Realm, the Realm of the Rivers, Vex managed to free almost all of your old villains from the Departed-Realm, so Brenden and Akita took every last bit of the Crystal they could find and they put it in this container, while I grabbed every last bit of Traveler's Tea off of the Tree on top of the mountain in the Never-Realm.
Nya : Almost all of our old villains, how many?
Brenden : Let's see, there's Samukai, Chen, Clouse, The Hands of Time, Hutchins and Mr. E, The Plague Doctor, who supposedly died from his own virus in Krypterium Prison, Cryptor, Iron Baron, The Omega Oni, The Overlord, and Nadakhan the Djinn.
Jay : Oh, just perfect.
Akita : For now none of them can reach Ninjago, but there's no reason to think they won't.
Cole : This is the Day of the Departed all over again.
Kai : That's what I said.
Eric : Only this time the Master of Earth didn't unleash them, or get turned into a ghost prior to that, and almost got themselves killed several times.
Siddie was frightened by what Eric said, and hit him in the back of the head, again.
Siddie : Are you trying to scare Me?!
Eric : yea pretty much.
Kataru : Not even the worst of it, wait until Richard finds out his father's alive.
Brenden, Akita, Charlie, Lydia, Zach, Harumi, Kai, and Lloyd : Kataru!
Richard : What?!
Brenden : Okay Charlie, first of all, that earthquake wouldn't have killed your father, if Vex didn't start it.
Akita : Second, after Morro died, Vex resurrected him and threatened to harm you if he tried to warn Lloyd or any of us about the Villains' Order.
Richard : So where is he?
Brenden : We don't know, he's off the grid somewhere in Ninjago, and we gotta find him soon.
Princess Lydia : and Pythor.
Charlie : That reminds me.
Charlie walks behind the group and grabs Eyezor and throws him in front of the others.
Charlie : Picked up this little chump in the forest.
Cole : Also, if I may ask, who's the kid?
Cole was referring to the formling standing next to Akita.
Zach : The name's Zachary Kenway, Master of Sand.
When Felicia saw Zach, she froze, her mind going blank when she saw how "handsome" Zach was.
Charlie : And the one staring out of complete shock is my sister, Felicia.
Eric : So there's 3 lovebirds now, nice.
Charlie and Siddie : Shut up, Eric!
Eric : Okay, sorry.
Charlie : Anyways, Cole, you and Nya lock this clown up, we need to get this thing in the air.
Cole : Were on it.
Nya : Come on scheming snake.
Cole and Nya took Eyezor below deck and locked him in the cell, which they remade out of Chronosteel to make sure he wouldn't be able to break through it.
Charlie : Alright, let's get this bird in the air.
Lloyd : No argument here Charlie.
Zane then hit the Ignition switch, and Nya moved the lever, and to their surprise the ship went up.
Siddie : It worked, the ship's all fixed!
Xavier : Where do we go now?
Charlie : I would say fly near the Island, to see if Clouse has gotten his men yet, because if he does find Pythor, and his men are still on the Island, I bet by then it would wear off.
Princess Lydia : I'm not so sure Charlie, considering only my hand and my hair have turned back to normal, unless your grandfather and I turn back to normal, I'm sure the rest of those snakes haven't.
Kai : Then we should head to Crashcourse Canyon, and see if there are any leads to Pythor's location.
Charlie : Alright then, Nya were heading for Crashcourse Canyon.
Nya : Copy that, Charlie!
Zach : This is amazing.
Brenden : Doesn't surprise me son, Charlie's father and the rest of his friends lived on this ship for 4 years.
Just then Felicia walked up to her brother.
Felicia : Okay my mind went blank for a split second, what happened?
Charlie : Let's see, we got the ship airborne, continuing our course for Crashcourse Canyon, we found The Empress' brother, and Lloyd's old friend, and your mind went blank the second you saw their handsome son.
Zach : Why does everybody keep calling me handsome.
Charlie : Oh let's see, the smile, the hairstyle, the clothing, should I say more.
Zach : Nah, I'm good.
Charlie : Zach, this is my sister Felicia, and Felicia, this is Akita and Brenden's son, Zach.
Zach then walked over and kissed Felicia's hand.
Zach : Charmed.
Felicia then smiled at Zach, which seemed to annoy Eric.
Akita : Lloyd.
Lloyd : Yes?
Akita : My brother and I should probably head to the Birchwood Village, to find my son Clayton, he's looking for his animal form there.
Lloyd : Alright, we pass by the Birchwood Forest next, we can leave you guys there.
Akita : If it's okay, can Brenden and Zach stay with you guys.
Lloyd : I don't see a problem with that.
Richard : At some point we need to find my father.
Charlie : We will Richard, I promise.
Just then the Bounty flies high enough for them to see the whole view of Ninjago.
Akita : I'm starting to wish I did come back with you Lloyd.
Lloyd : Why you saying that now?
Akita : Your home . . . It's beautiful.
Lloyd : Beautiful yes, but that doesn't mean this world is perfect.
Princess Lydia : No world, and no person, is perfect Daddy, that doesn't mean we give up on this world, the rest of the Realms, or the people themselves, Like how I became a snake, and Charlie chose not to give up on me.
Charlie : That's because I love you, Lydia.
Princess Lydia : I love you too, Charlie.
Charlie and Lydia kissed, which seems to be what puts Lloyd in a better mood, if his daughter is happy, then he's happy.
Lloyd : Especially for your young age, wise words Lydia, wise words.
Princess Lydia : Thank you, Father.
Charlie, Lydia, Akita, Lloyd, and the others stare at the view of Ninjago as the Bounty continues it's course to Crashcourse Canyon in search of Pythor.
Next Time on the Tournament of Elements : Akita leaves the Bounty with her brother, in search of her son Clayton, while the Bounty arrives at Crashcourse Canyon, in search of Pythor, while Princess Lydia, Charlie, and Zach make a surprising discovery, meanwhile in Ninjago, the Elemental Masters are getting concerned on why they haven't heard from the Young Ninjas since they left, and Kayla and Shane start getting impatient, but the question remains, will the 3rd Serpentine War commence?
Will the Spell be reversed? will Richard find his father? will Clouse be stopped? will Akita find her son? is Pythor still alive?
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To Be Continued . . . . .