Hi! Yes I know it's been forever but unfortunately I'm not back to regular updates. If the villain in this chapter seems horrible it's because no one suggested a villain and this was all that I could think of so sorry I advance. Enjoy I guess.
Chapter 10:
It's been a month and the ninja have a new enemy, these stone creatures called Rock Heads. They were having a battle when,
"You guys don't want to try and fight us." The leader Stone King said
"Why is that?" Zane asked
"You wouldn't want us kill this little human." Stone King said as he held out Lou,
"DAD!" Crystal and Cole shouted when they saw him
"It's ok. I'm fine, don't do what they tell you." Lou called
"Oh shut up you puny human!" Stone King as he tightened his grip around Lou's neck, "Give us the sprit ninja and you can have him back."
"Crystal don't do it." Cole told her
"Oh but if you don't, say bye-bye to daddy." Stone King threatened
"Crystal, there's another way." Lloyd told Crystal holding her hand, not wanting to lose his girlfriend,
"We need a way now and we don't have time. If we don't do something now, he'll kill our dad. I'm sorry." Crystal said as she slipped her hand out and turned to Stone King, "If I agree to go with you, you promise to let him go?"
"Straight away. So what's it going to be?" Stone King asked
"Don't do it Crystal, it's a trap!" Lou called before getting strangled again.
"Ok. I-I'll do it." Crystal caved in upon seeing her dad getting strangled.
They aimed a claw at Crystal and Lloyd was going to move her out of the way but one of Stone King's minions punched him out of the way,
"Lloyd!" Crystal called before begin shoved out of the way by something and when she looked, she didn't like it, "COLE!" she shouted for Cole pushed her out of the way of the claw resulting in him getting caught,
"If you want to get them both back, come to my air ship. MOVE OUT!" Stone King called out before riding away.
"NO." Crystal screamed as she watch the monster trucks drive off with the 2 men of her childhood.
Back at the temple, the other ninjas were trying to figure out how to save Cole and Lou without sacrificing Crystal.
"We need to do something now. Who knows what they're doing to dad and Cole, *gasp* they could be killing them." Crystal panicked
"Crystal calm down. We'll think of something." Lloyd said to try and calm her down
"It would be easier if there were a way to talk to them, then we think up of an escape plan." Kai said
"Dose anyone have any ways to communicate with them?" Jay asked
"I doubt cell phone would be an option." Zane pointed out
After thinking for a second, Crystal reached into her pocket and pulled out a clear stone,
"Maybe this. I don't know if it works any more or how to use it but it might work." Crystal suggested
"That's a rock." Jay said
"No. I'm not being crazy, right, I'm being serious. Me and Cole found these stones back in Empraio when we were kids. One time when we were separated like I was in my room and he was in the backyard and it started glowing and we could talk together like a cell phone. No joke. It's been so long since we used them that we forgot how to activate it but we both still carry them around." Crystal explained
"Would Cole have his?" Zane asked
"Yep. Hey Sensei, would you know how to active it?" Crystal asked
"Let me see it." Wu said and Crystal obeyed and paid close attention and soon Wu got it working
"Cole. Are you there? Can you here me?" Crystal asked
"Crystal? Crystal! You re-figured out how to work these things?" Cole asked
"No, Sensei activated it. Are you and dad ok?" Crystal asked
"Yeah, we're ok but I don't know what they have planned for us." Cole said
"Just sit tight. We'll figure out a way to get you and Lou out of there without sacrificing Crystal." Nya stated.
They talked for a bit and organised a plan.
The next day they put the plan into action.
(I have know clue what to write so I'm just going to do a little time skip J)
The plan was a success, not exactly as they planned but still a success and Cole and Lou ended up having to jump from the airship before it exploded but they landed on the cliff.
Cole and Lou landed safely on the ground,
"Cole! Dad!" Crystal called as she ran towards the 2 when they heard a huge crack and saw that a crack had formed on the cliff, at Crystal's feet, in between Crystal and Cole and Lou.
"Dad, you try and walk over 1st but be careful." Cole instructed
"No Cole you go 1st." Lou protested for he wanted his kids to be safe,
"No dad, I'm heavier than you, you need to." Cole instructed sternly and this time Lou obeyed but when he moved a centimetre there was another crack and the cliff sunk and Crystal looked at her brother and dad with a horrified look as the cliff broke off.
"COLE! DAD!" Crystal shrieked and went to go after them but before she could fall over the edge, Lloyd grabbed her waste so she wouldn't fall, "They must off landed on the bottom. We got to go get them." Crystal trying to convince herself that they were ok as she tried to summon her dragon but could for she was too scared but ended up hitching a ride with Lloyd.
They got to the bottom and Crystal tried to look for her brother and dad but couldn't find them, then she turned to Zane.
"Zane, can't you and Pixal like, scan places to find people, please." Crystal pleaded and Zane scanned the area then looked at her, with a frown,
"I'm sorry Crystal." Zane said sadly.
Upon hearing this, Crystal stumbled away from the group and fell to her knees and balled her eyes out like waterfalls and Lloyd went over to support her. When the others said it was time to leave, Crystal refused and that she wanted to stay. Lloyd stayed with her as the others flew back to the temple.
The next day, Wu flew out to do something and when he returned, Yin and Yang jumped off the dragon with Wu,
"Hi guys." Yin beamed,
"Hey." Nya replied but when she went to try and smile, it lasted for ½ a second before frowning,
"What's wrong?" Yang asked, full of concern,
"I'm guessing you guys haven't heard the news then?" Zane questioned,
"What news and where's Crystal and Cole?" Yin asked,
"Something happened to Cole and Lou yesterday. Something big." Kai started to explain,
"What?" Yang asked when Lloyd landed with Crystal. Crystal's eyes were pink with red outlining them, her arms were wrapped around Lloyd who had his arm around her shoulders to support her. Crystal looked up to see Yin and Yang and when she did, she looked back down. The twins walked over to Crystal and as they did, Lloyd removed his arm so Yin could hug her,
"Crystal. What's wrong?" Yin asked, as when she did, Crystal started to cry again,
"Cole and dad are…are…dead." Crystal sobbed and when she did, tears formed in the twin's eyes. Yang placed his hand on Crystal's back.
2 days later and the lost of Cole and Lou impacted the ninja a lot but it impacted Crystal the most for she refused to come out of her room, not even to eat and no one knew if she was sleeping. Lloyd knocked on her door,
"Hey Crystal, are you ok in there?" Lloyd asked
"I'm fine." Crystal called out between sobs so Lloyd knew that she was lying,
"Can I come in?" Lloyd asked and Crystal was quiet for a bit,
"Ok." Crystal finally said and Lloyd entered.
Crystal sat on her bed, still in her GI and she looked a mess. Her hair was all knotty, she had thick black bags under her eyes and Lloyd could swear her eyeshade was darker. Lloyd sat on her bed with her held her.
"It's okay. We're all here for you." Lloyd said as Crystal continued to cry her eyes out.
Soon it was time for dinner,
"You coming out for dinner?" Lloyd asked
"Not hungry." Crystal said quietly
"But you haven't been eating lately. Are you sure you don't what to get something to eat?" Lloyd asked and Crystal shook her head a little, without making eye contact.
Little did they know Nya was at the door, since Lloyd left the door open on purpose, and hearing her friend decline food made her feel bad for there wasn't anything she could do, so she headed to the dinning room.
"Nya. Do you know where Lloyd is?" Wu asked
"Yeah. He's with Crystal." Nya said sadly as she took her seat
"What's wrong Nya?" Kai asked
"I'm just worried about Crystal, because she's declining food and cries all night." Nya said and she knew this because her room was on the other side of Crystal's room.
"She'll get better in the end." Kai reassured his sister. They felt Crystal's pain for they knew what it was like to lose both parents but they could never imagine losing each other.
This kept up for a month and Crystal wasn't getting any better. The other ninjas and Wu were flying and Wu could see the concern on his nephew's face and Wu flew over to Lloyd,
"Lloyd, if you want to go and make sure she's ok, you may." Wu offered
"Are you sure?" Lloyd asked and Wu nodded, "Thanks Uncle." and Lloyd headed back to the temple.
When Lloyd got there, he could hear Crystal's music so he went up to her room and knocked on the door but Crystal couldn't hear it so Lloyd slowly opened the door and he was scared at what he saw. Crystal was sitting on the floor, knife in had and on each of her wrists were 4 cuts oozing out with bright red blood. Before she could make the next cut, Lloyd lunged in and carefully grabbing her hand, being cautious of her wrist. She looked up at him with horror-filled eyes and a tear stained face for a second before bursting back into tears. Lloyd carefully took the knife out of her hand and luckily the first-aid kit was in arm's reach so he grabbed that and he supported her as he treated her wrists.
"Please don't hate me." Crystal sobbed and when he heard her say that he just looked at her and was confused,
"Hate you? Why on earth would I hate you?" Lloyd asked her
"Look at me!" Crystal sobbed and Lloyd finished the final securement on her 2nd wrist, turned so his whole body was facing her and looked deep into her broken eyes with kindness in his,
"Listen, I would never hate you. I have no reason to. You're going through extremely tough times right now." Lloyd calmly explained to her, keeping his voice soft and gentle and wiping away her tears, "Come one, do you wanna go watch a movie or something?"
"A movie sounds great." Crystal said as they got up, turned of the music and went to the games room to watch a movie.
They got to the games room a Lloyd told Crystal to take a seat and he'll set up the movie,
"Do you want to choose?" Crystal offered
"Actually, I was thinking we could go with your choice." Lloyd said as he turned in the TV and sat down with Crystal and on the screen, 'Mid-Summer Dream' was on the title screen, "I hope you don't mind me asking but, why is this your favourite?" he asked and Crystal paused before talking,
"Growing up, especially when mum was around, we would watch this movie a lot so it's a huge apart of my childhood." Crystal explained and Lloyd hit 'play'.
The movie played trough and Crystal was quoting pretty much the whole movie but Lloyd didn't mind, as long as she wasn't crying. At one point of the movie, Crystal stopped quoting the movie and Lloyd looked to se that Crystal had fallen asleep just as the others got back.
Nya, Kai and Jay went to the games room to play some video games.
"Hey Lloyd, how come to flew away earlier?" Kai asked
"Hey, quick pointer, you might want to keep it down 'cos Crystal just fell asleep." Lloyd said and as soon Nya heard this she was happy,
"Good, she hasn't slept since Cole…left." Nya said.
2 hours later, Crystal woke up to Lloyd smiling,
"Hey sleepy head." Lloyd said quietly,
"Hey, sorry for falling asleep on you." Crystal apologised
"It's ok. As long you as you slept." Lloyd said, "Do you want to get something to eat?" he asked
"No thanks. I'm not hungry." Crystal said
"Crystal, you haven't been hungry for weeks." Nya piped up
"I just haven't been able to eat." Crystal said, not realising that the others returned until then,
"You gotta eat at some point." Nya said and Crystal was silent and later, returned to her room and Kai took this opportunity to ask Lloyd something,
"Hey Lloyd, how she doing?" Kai asked
"Honestly, not great. Why do you ask?" Lloyd asked back
"It's not easy losing both your parents, let alone your only remaining parent and your sibling who your really close with, and as Cole told us, she is a fragile sole." Kai explained
"Yeah. Those 2 are closer than me and Kai." Nya added.
Later that night, Crystal was crying in her room from missing her brother so at one point she decided to doing something that they both loved doing, looking at the stars. Crystal walked outside, careful not to wake anyone up, walked to a clear patch of grass, sat down and looked up at the stars. Luckily it was a clear shy so the stars shimmered brightly. As she looked, all these memories of her and her family looking at the stars and she was so absorbed that she didn't notice Wu walking out,
"Hello Crystal." Wu said which made Crystal whip around
"Hi Sensei." Crystal said then looked back at the stars.
Wu sat down with her and placed down a pot of tea,
"Tea?" Wu offered
"No thank you Sensei." Crystal declined and continued to look at the stars
"The stars are always beautiful at this time of year, don't' you agree?" Wu stated
"Yeah." Crystal agreed
"Why do you like looking at the stars?" Wu asked
"The stars are a big part of my childhood. When I was little, when we still lived in Empraio, we used to always camp at this one spot and we always looked at the stars and our mum would always tell us 'as long as the stars shine in the night sky, the 4 of us will forever and always be together, no matter what' and I relied on that ever since she disappeared and even more now." Crystal explained, trying not to cry in front of her Sensei as she continued to remember so many amazing memories.
Flashback to when Crystal was 5 years old and Cole was 6 years old
Lou, Louisa, Cole and Crystal were camping at their spot when they were looking at the stars,
"Mummy." Crystal asked
"What would happen if we got separated?" Crystal asked for she was close with her mum
"Baby, listen here." Louisa started as she placed the 5 year old on her lap as her 6 year old listened in, "As long as the stars shine in the night sky, the 4 of us will forever and always be together, no matter what and that's a promise. Ok?"
"Yeah!" Crystal said
"And anyway sis, this family isn't splitting up as long as I'm around!" Cole said he flexed up his tiny muscles to show that he was really strong. Which made his mum giggle,
"Yes Cole. You'll protect the family." Louisa giggled
"As well as becoming a dancer." Lou said
"But dad. I don't wanna be a dancer." Cole whined
"I do!" Crystal said as she got up and did a little dance.
"You 2 can be what ever you want." Louisa encouraged
End flash back
Flash back to when Louisa disappeared (Crystal=7 Cole=8)
Crystal and Cole went down stairs to see Lou crying at the dinning room table,
"Daddy, are you ok?" Crystal asked and Lou looked at them with a scared look,
"Listen you 2, things are going to be a little bit different around here." Lou started, not knowing what words to use,
"Different how?" Cole asked
"Your, your mother…isn't…going to be around any more." Lou just managed to say
"Why?" Crystal said, scared
"Are you 2 getting a divorce?" Cole asked
"Did mummy…die?" Crystal asked more scared and on the edge of tears,
"I don't know. She just disappeared." Lou said,
"She's coming back right?" Cole asked, also on the edge of tears,
"I don't know but we need to be strong. Ok?" Lou said to himself and to his children,
"Ok." Crystal and Cole said
End flashback
(Crystal also has a flash back to the event of her losing Cole and Lou)
Wu saw that Crystal was trying not to cry,
"Losing family isn't an easy thing to manage, trust me, I know. But you have your brothers and sister to help you out." Wu stated
"I know Sensei, thanks." Crystal said as Wu went back inside, leaving a cup of blackberry tea, which she took and took tiny sips out of it only because it was cold out side and the tea warmed her up.
Crystal looked at the stars for a bit longer before going inside, again not being able to sleep.