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Chapter 4 episode 3

King of Shadows

Alex's POV

We were on a ship in the middle of- actually I don't know where we are I just know it's cold! I tried to get some sleep below deck anyway.

Nightmare

"Girl! What are the ninja up to!" the voice said. I was scared out of my mind! It was the same shadow who made me look awful in that message!

"W-what do you mean?" I asked fearfully. This was the first time I felt true fear since I was 13, four years ago. I hated every minute of it. "You know what I mean!" it yelled and I felt a sharp pain in my side. I yelled out and grabbed my side. That was when I noticed I was in my ninja suit!

"We're going to get the shurikens of ice if you must know and why am I in my ninja suit?" I asked and the pain in my side dulled.

"There is a reason you're in your ninja suit. Have you ever wonder why there is purple and a moon on your ninja suit?" it asked and I nodded. "That's the timer. I need you to squeeze as must information as possible from the ninja and when your suit is completely purple and the moon on it is full, that is when you strike!"

"And what if I don't want to strike huh? What if I want the ninja to live!" I yelled after turning into a wolf with white fur and red eyes.

"Then your secret is out and you'll still have to kill them!" it said and laughed evilly.

"What do you mean by that?!" I growled.

"You'll find out," it said and disappeared. I turned back to normal and I wasn't in my ninja suit. Then I heard a gasp from behind me and turned to see Kai standing there with his mouth wide open. How on earth did he get in my nightmare!

"Kai it's-it's not what you think!" I said. He closed his mouth and walked over to me.

"Oh it's exactly what I think isn't it!" he yelled. "You're suppose to kill us! Is that the only reason you became a ninja! Is that why you were acting like our friend? I thought I could trust you!"

"Kai-"

"Don't say it you're a traitor!" he yelled.

"This has to be just a dream, but I feel someone else in here. There's no doubt about it. The real Kai knows," I thought as a tear slid down my cheek.

"I'm sorry Kai, for everything and this," I said and erased his memory of this nightmare. His screams made me shed more tears and once he was passed out he disappeared from the dream. I sighed with relief.

I woke up with beads of sweet drenching my face and hair. I went on deck and saw that we had landed and Kai was k.o. "So that was really him," I whispered and walked over to the other guys who were crowded around him.

Kai's POV

Alex went to take a nap so I figured she didn't get much sleep last night. Jay was trying to play ispy with Cole who was stealing the ship.

"I spy something white," Jay said and Cole let out a breath.

"Could you try to be quiet for once, this ain't easy," Cole said and the boat hit something.

"Ugh, I spy something broken," Jay said. I decided to stop listening to Jay and turned to Zane who was right next to me.

"If Sensei knows the way to the next weapon then why isn't he steering the ship?" I asked and looked at Sensei who was balancing on the wooden dragon on the front of the ship. "We've been drifting aimlessly for miles!"

"Sensei Wu's wisdom is beyond my own," Zane said.

"The most powerful move in spinjitzue can only be accomplished when all five elements are combined." Sensei said and he flipped off the wooden dragon. He spun around then stopped,"Earth!" he spun around and stopped again. "Ice!" spun and stopped again. "Fire!" spun and stopped. "Lightning!" spun and stopped facing us. "Light!"

"Uh what happens when all of them are combined?" Jay asked now joining the conversation.

"The tornado of creation, the power to create something out of nothing!" Sensei said and I decided to try it out and I started spinning and stop in a pose. "No Kai," Sensei said to me. "If done incorrectly it will lead to disastrous consequences."

"Disastrous consequences, right," I said and did another spin before the ship lurched causing us to fall.

"Uh, wasn't me," Cole said.

"Did I do that?" I asked looking at my hands.

"No, we are here," Sensei said and I saw ice gates(I don't know what you call the fat things they showed in the show) leading all the way up the ice mountain. I stood up and was about to go wake up Alex, but another pain in my head stopped me. It got bigger and bigger until I could hardly take it! I dropped to my knees and held my head trying to make the pain go away. Everyone rushed up to me, but I only saw blurred colors.

"Kai you okay?" Cole asked in what sounded like a whisper, but I'm sure it was meant to be louder. The pain intensified and I finally slumped over closing my eyes and groaned. When I opened them again I saw a wolf and a shadow.

"And what if I don't want to strike! Huh? What if I want the ninja to live!" the wolf said and I held back a gasp at the fact the wolf could talk. It's voice sounded very familiar though.

"Then your secret is out and you'll still have to kill them!" the shadow said and laughed evilly.

"What do you mean by that?" the wolf growled and the shadow looked at me then back at the wolf.

"You'll find out," the shadow said then disappeared. The wolf started changing its white fur turned into long brown hair, its red eyes changing to blue, and the rest of it turned into a girl with a dark blue shirt on with orange at the bottom of the sleeves and shirt, dark blue gloves with orange at the bottom, a jacket of the same design tied around her waist, goggles were used as a headband, jeans, and black and white shoes. I gasped and my mouth was wide open-it was Alex! She turned in my direction and her eyes grew a little wide.

"Kai it's-it's not what you think!" she said. I closed my mouth and walked over to her. I was mad that at her. Was this why she became a ninja?

"Oh it's exactly what I think isn't it!" I yelled. "You're suppose to kill us! Is that the only reason you became a ninja! Is that why you were acting like our friend? I thought I could trust you!"

"Kai-" she started.

"Don't say it you're a traitor!" I yelled and a tear slid down her cheek.

"I'm sorry Kai, for everything and this," she said and a pain started up in my head, but this one was much worse. I screamed in pain, but just before I passed out I saw Alex crying.

"Was she really upset about my pain?" was the last thought I had before I drifted back into unconsciousness.

Third person POV

"Hey guys!" Alex said trying to sound chipper but failing epically. "What happened to Kai?"

"I don't know," Cole said. "One minute he's fine and the next he passes out on the floor."

"Have you guys tried to wake him up yet?" she asked.

"Yeah, the dude won't wake up!" Jay said obviously panicking.

"Let me try," Alex said calmly and they let her through. She bent down and slapped Kai hard. He groaned but didn't wake up. She sighed then pulled a small device from her pocket. She touched it to Kai's hand and he jolted awake. Alex hugged him really fast before pulling away blushing a little. "You had me worried for a second there."

"What happened?" Kai asked as he rubbed his head. He looked at them, but he still just saw blurry colors.

"You passed out man, are you okay?" Jay said and helped Kai stand. His legs were really shaky.

"I-I think s-so," he stuttered then looked at Alex. "You didn't use your watch on me again did you?"

"Dude I was asleep, how could I do that," she replied then did spinjitzue to change into her ninja outfit so she could be a little bit warmer.

"Good point," Kai said as Cole let go of his arm, but he fell to his knees again.

"I got it," Alex said and she put an arm around her shoulder and helped him back up, blushing slightly.

"Man, whatever happened really affected you, are you sure you're going to be okay?" Cole asked.

"I'll live," Kai answered.

"We should get going if we're going to get the shurikens of ice," Alex said.

"Are you sure Kai will be able to travel in this condition?" Zane asked.

"Guys I'm fine! Just give me some time to get my strength back. I guarantee you that when we reach the shurikens I'll be good as new!" Kai said and they just nodded and started off, Alex still supporting Kai. By the time they reached a cave Kai was able to walk by himself again, but Alex stayed close just incase he fumbled.

"Psst Zane, can you sense anything off Alex?" Jay asked because she stayed close to Kai.

"I sense guilt and something else I cannot explain," Zane answered and they looked at the two.

"Woah! Looks like someone's already been here!" Cole said as they all looked at the frozen skeletons. They came up to the shurikens. They were high in the air right below a dragons mouth.

"The shurikens!" Zane said. The boys climbed on each other shoulders with Zane on the top. As soon as Zane touched the shurikens he became a Zanecicle and the dragon came to life. The guys hopped down and started run in and carrying the frozen Zane. Alex trailed behind them and no one knew that what happened in the cave of despair also happened here. The guys hopped on the frozen Zane and rode him like a sled. Alex was still running and Kai noticed this since he was in the back. The dragon was trying to get her.

"Alex grab on my hand!" he yelled and held out his hand she reached for it and the dragon snapped at her right as she grabbed it and was pulled on the Zane sled. The dragon got caught in an ice wall that they crashed through.

"That was to close," Alex said, then they crashed into an ice wall breaking Zane's icy imprisonment and making all of them fall to the ground. When Kai and Alex sat up they realized they were still holding each others hands. Kai's face turned a deep shade of red and Alex blushed before they pulled their hands away and rubbed their heads. Sensei pulled out a map and pointed to the next golden weapon.

Time break

Alex's POV

We were climbing a chain to get the nunchucks of lightning with jay in the lead.

"We are being followed!" Zane said and I looked down to see Samukai and his skeleton army.

"Let's go!" Jay said climbing faster.

"Somethings not right," I thought and looked around. Then I figured out what. "Where's the dragon?"

As soon as Jay turned around with the nunchucks a dragon appeared in a flash of lightning! Jay jumped down and we followed his example. We pulled a string on our backs and we were soaring through the air using Jay's completed invention. I had forgotten how good it felt to fly.

Time break

"Finally we can get my weapons!" I thought as we climbed a hot mountain. We reached the top and everyone but me was sweating. There was a temple made out of what looked like gold and it had an orange sun painted on the doors. I felt connected to this place, almost like it was home. Everything escaped my mind, my mission, Sparky, my friends. It was like I was being drawn to this place. I heard someone say something to me but I didn't hear what it was. I walked forward and opened the door. I heard someone again but still couldn't make out what they said. I saw the daggers and a yellow/gold dragon behind it, staying as still as a statue. I walked up to the daggers. They were silver, but as soon as I touched them they became a golden-yellow color. I pulled them out and I started to be able to hear shouts behind me, they were very clear.

"Alex! Alex! Snap out of it or the dragons going to eat you!" someone yelled and it was the only voice I heard. I turned to see the dragon staring at me and giving a low growl. I actually felt comfort from it and I pulled off my mask smiling.

"Alex!"this time I recognized the voice as Kai's. I still knew I could trust this dragon so I laid my hand on its nose and looked into its brown eyes. It looked back at me and didn't move. My hand glowed as did the rest of my body and the dragon. I closed my eyes and felt the energy flowing in between us. It felt good and I felt at peace. I opened my eyes when the flow stopped, but I still smiled. It, no she, looked at me, moved her head back and laid down in the corner. Her eyes said goodbye and I waved as I walked back to the guys. There mouths were open in shock and I smiled even wider at their reaction. Cole was the first to recover from his shock.

"How did you know it wouldn't hurt you?" Cole asked.

"First it is a she and second I just knew, like I was connected somehow," I replied and there was a thump next to Cole. I looked down and saw Kai and Jay had fainted from shock.

"I'll grab Kai and you grab Jay so we can get back to Sensei Wu," Alex said and Cole nodded. We got the guys and Zane followed us down the mountain.

"Well I see your trip was eventful," Sensei said when we made it back to him and he saw the two unconscious boys.

"You could say that," I said. I was still smiling as we set the boys down. I took out my mini-shocker and zapped them both on the hand. They both sat straight up panting.

"Woah...you guys! I...just...had the...weirdest dream!" Kai said trying to catch his breath.

"Yeah, if it was about me befriending a dragon then it wasn't a dream," I said and he almost fainted again, but I grabbed his arm and slapped him in the face. His eyes jolted open and he got a very mad look in his eyes. I returned the look the turned my attention back to Sensei, choosing to ignore Jays laughter.

"So where to next?" I asked.

"The fire temple," Sensei replied.

"Sweet," I said in an excited but nervous voice. Unfortunately Kai noticed this.

"What's wrong? Do you not like fire?" he asked in a smug tone as he got up. Jay had finally stopped laughing and now everyone was staring at me. I hated it! He had actually found a weakness and now he'll probably use it against me.

"I-I just don't have a great history with fire, okay?" I stuttered out. Now the guys were staring at me with more curiosity than ever.

"What happen?" Cole asked as I turned around, my back to them.

"I don't want to talk about it," I said and ran off before they could say anything else.

Time break

The fire temple

We were in a forest outside the fire temple celebrating our success getting almost all the golden weapons. I was glad that when I came back to the guys they dropped the fire subject, but it seemed like Kai still wanted to ask me about it. Cole was playing some bongo drums and Jay and Kai were dancing. Zane just stood there while Sensei sat meditating. I was staying as far yet as close to the fire that I could. What? I don't want to freeze to death!

"Come on Sensei, Alex, join us!" Kai said in a fun tone that I hadn't heard from him yet.

"There is still one weapon left! We must get our sleep!" Sensei said strictly.

"Ugh! Look Sensei! You've got to admit we're kicking their bony butts!" Jay said.

"Get up here and show us some moves!" Kai said then turned to me. "That goes for you to Alex!"

"I'm not that good a dancer," I said keeping in mind how I can't get attached to them.

"I guess I could," Sensei said and I rolled my eyes. "Now this move is very special."

"But if done incorrectly will it led to disastrous consequences?" Zane asked and everyone, even me, laughed!

"Zane was that a joke? A sense of humor! You found it!" Kai said while laughing. Cold continued to play the bongos and we all watched Sensei dance.

"Shake what your momma gave you! Yeah! Look at this one!"Sensei said as he danced. I'm pretty sure that I've just been scarred for life. We all started laughing again, except Zane. I even started to dance! I couldn't help it! The mood was so light and it wasn't something I got to experience every day. Later on we finally went to sleep. Cole fell asleep on his bongo drums while everyone else just laid on the ground, but I couldn't get to sleep. Something kept me awake. Pretty soon I heard a voice. It was saying Kai's name and it sounded like a girl. Kai woke up.

"What was that he asked then turned in the direction I the voice.

"I have to go," a girl said and I recognized her as Kai's sister.

"Nya! Wait up!" Kai said and he ran after the retreating girl. I decided to follow him. "Slow down! Why are you running so fast?" she didn't answer. I knew something fishy was going on, but I decided to follow anyway. "Nya! Where are you?" Kai yelled as he parted some bushes. Then he notices the stone bridge that leads over to the fire temple. He stopped at the beginning of the bridge, that gave me the chance to catch up to him.

"What are you doing here?" he asked when he noticed me.

"Following you what's it look like?" I replied and he was about to come up with a comeback but was interrupted by his name being called again. We ran to the fire temple and opened the creaky doors. We looked around and then spotted Nya in front of the sword of fire. Kai smiled as we walked forward. We were surrounded by lava other than the hard rock or cooled lava, whatever you call it.

"Nya!" he said and started to run.

"Don't worry," 'Nya' said then she grew into a big dark shadow and her voice got deeper and evil. "I'm right here brother." I paused in my eyes widened. That was him! That was the shadow from my dreams! The one who wanted me to kill the ninja!

"Garmadon," Kai said.

"Hello Alex." Garmadon said when he noticed me.

"What? How does he know you?" Kai asked and I just stood there frozen in fear. "Alex! I need you here and not off in la-la land!" Kai was shaking me and I looked at him with pure fear in my eyes.

Kai's POV

"What's with Alex? I've never seen her like this! Not even when she was facing off with the skeletons or the earth dragon!" I thought when I saw the pure fear in her eyes. "They know each other, how?" my thoughts were interrupted by Garmadon laughing. I reached for my sword and found it wasn't there!

"Forgot something?" Garmadon asked evilly.

"You can't hurt us here! Your banished! Trapped in the underworld!" I said and Alex actually whimpered a little. "Seriously! What is up with her?" I thought.

"And that is why you are going to remove the sword of fire for me," Garmadon said.

"I don't think so!" I yelled.

"Are you sure about that?" Garmadon asked and he moved so I could see Nya come down on a chain over the lava!

"Kai!"

"Nya!"

"If you don't remove the sword how else will you cut the chains to save your precious little sister," Garmadon said.

"You know it's a trap! I can free my self!" Nya yelled as she tried effortlessly to get out of the chains."ok that's tight." Alex chose that time to snap out of her scarred state and draw her golden daggers. "You slept with those?"

"I never leave without my weapons," she replied.

"Can you use them to cut her down," he asked.

"Unfortunately no, I figured out why I didn't hit the chain when the skeletons grabbed your sister," she responded.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because my daggers never miss anything they can't hit and or break. They couldn't break the chain and that goes the same for those chains," she answered and I sighed. Nya started screaming and we looked up to see the chains lowering her down at an insanely fast rate.

"Nya!" I yelled and they stopped.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock," Garmaodon said and I closed my eyes and focused on the weapons. I opened my eyes and flipped off some rocks to get the sword. I did a back flip over the sword and grabbed it in the process.

"NINJA-GO!" I yelled and did spinjitzue, using the sword to cut Nya down. Alex then caught her using her own spinjitzue and we all landed on the rock that outlined the side of the temple. We landed on our butts and I helped Nya up. Alex got up and dusted herself off.

"Stay close," I said.

"Trust me I'm not going anywhere!" she said in a shaken voice. Alex rolled her eyes and started walking backwards to make sure no attack came from behind.

Then we came upon Garmadon.

"You can't hurt us! You're only a shadow!" I yelled making Alex turn around.

"Even shadows have their uses," Garmadon said and my shadow came around with red eyes.

"Kai look out!" Nya yelled and I turned just in time to dodge an attack from my shadow! I looked back at Alex to find she was in the same predicament, but she seemed to be faring better.

"Stay back Nya," I said and she hid behind a rock.

"Stay close, stay back, make up your mind!" Nya said and I saw Alex smirk. I tried to slice at my shadow, but my sword went through it! I tried some more with the same results. The shadow ended up kicking me multiple times before making me slam into Alex, who wasn't doing any better than me.

"That's not fair!" Nya said as we got up.

"Oh am I being to hard?" Garmadon asked as the shadow multiplied til there were a dozen shadows. I got up and had to put my hand on the wall for a second before attacking my shadows. Let me just say I was getting my butt kicked.

Alex's POV

A dozen shadows really?

"Thanks a lot Nya," she gave me a glare.

"How do you even know my name?" she asked.

"Later," I said and continued to attack my shadow. I managed to damage them a little due to certain reasons, but I was still getting my butt kicked. I heard a clanking noise and turned to see Kai's shadows had managed to knock the sword of fire out of his hands and get him on the ground. My shadow knocked me to the ground next to Kai, who was trying to get up to get the sword that one of his shadows held back. Suddenly Sensei Wu jumped on a rock far away and started using his shadow to attack the others. Duh! Why didn't I think of that? He made a bird shadow and freaked out the other shadows. I had to laugh. Sensei spun in the air and grabbed the fire sword.

"Hello brother," Garmadon said. "I see you protect 2, but what of the other 3?"

"They are safe! Far from your grasp Garmadon!" Sensei said as we joined him.

"Ah, I wouldn't be so confident," Garmadon said and a blue light showed up. It expanded to show Cole asleep on his drums. When he wakes up he sees a skeleton standing there. Quickly he reaches for his weapon, only to find it isn't there! He looked over and saw one of the skeletons holding his scythe and the others were tied up minus me, Kai and Sensei.

"I believe these belong to Lord Garmadon now," Samukai said and all the skeletons cheered as the light went away.

"My brother must not be allowed to unite the five weapons! We must keep them apart!" Sensei said and we all flipped onto the platform the sword had been on.

"Awaken Gaurdian of the deep! They're stealing the sword! You must not let them escape!" Garmadon yelled as Sensei flipped onto another rock and then onto a...dragon head? Oh no! It's the guardian of the fire sword! Sensei quickly jumped off the dragon's head and then the dragon roared at us. Nya screamed and I covered my ears.

"Wow! He looks mad!" I said backing up slightly. The dragon swiped its tail at the ceiling and a bunch of stalactites fell, blocking our only exit.

"There's no way out! He's taken away all our options!" Kai said and my mind went to my powers.

"Should I use them?" I wondered.

"All but one," Sensei said, pulling me from my thoughts. He flipped onto another rock, still holding the sword or fire. We all turned to him.

"Sensei! What are you doing?!" Kai yelled as Sensei cut the part of the rock he was standing on and it started to go towards the lavafall.

"No you fool!" Garmadon shouted.

"If he is to bring the other four weapons here, then I will take the sword of fire to the underworld. It is my sacrifice to bear," Sensei said as the rock got closer to the edge and he sat down.

"No! It's mine! I shouldn't have come on my own! You don't have to do this! There has to be another way!" Kai said and I chose not to correct him this time. I watched as Sensei pulled out the teapot and tea-cup from nowhere again and started pouring his tea just as he dropped off the side of the lava fall.

"Nnnnooooo!"Kai yelled and tears welled up in my eyes. Kai fell to his hands and knees. I tried to comfort him. Garmadon noticed how I was acting.

"You are getting to attached girl! As for my brother I shall see him there," Garmadon said before leaving.

"It's all my fault, Sensei won't be able to hold out for long," Kai said and Nya turned around to face the dragon we had forgotten about.

"Forget Sensei! What about us!" Nya said and I turned to the dragon as it roared.

Coles POV

We were all tied up and hanging from a tree. Me and Zane were upside down and Jay was right side up. We struggled our best to get out of the bonds, to no avail.

"To the fire temple!" Samukai yelled and all the skeletons cheered. Then Lord Garmadons shadow showed up on a wheel of the skeleton truck.

"My brother has taken the sword of fire to the underworld! Hurry! Return home and unite the weapons before it's to late!" Garmadon said then disappeared.

"Uh, change of plans. To the underworld!" Samukai yelled and the skeletons cheered again.

"What happened to your weapon?" I heard one of the skeletons ask. I wasn't facing them so I couldn't see which one, not that it mattered. I heard footsteps and then the trucks drive away.

"Uh, great! Now what?" I asked annoyed and a bit woozy from the blood rushing to my head.

"Now we get out of here!" Jay answered and I saw a sword.

"Uh, Jay, before you do that you might want to-" I was cut off by Jay slicing the rope and us falling to the ground. Me and Zane hitting our heads. Now I was even more annoyed. "warn us."

"Let's go!" Zane said as he got up. We all ran after the skeletons.

"There they are!" I yelled. We were hopping from tree to tree, after the skeletons. When I caught up to the skull truck I grabbed a chain and tried to slow it down, which worked. I saw Zane hop onto the top of the skull truck.

"Ninjago!" I heard Jay yell and saw his blue tornado travel to the cage the weapons were in on the back of the truck. He hit the chains and shook his hand. I climbed the chain and was now kicking skeleton butt with my scythe. I was startled by Jay. "Hey Cole-" I accidentally hit the back of my scythe on his throat and the started coughing.

"Jay! Sorry I didn't see you," I said then I saw Zane jump up to the driver of the skull truck.

"Greetings," he said and was about to punch the skeleton, but Samukai kicked him off the truck! Samukai pushed the skeleton out of the driver's seat and took over. He sped up and the truck went so fast that we all flew off it. Soon a portal opened up and he drove though it, leaving nothing but flames behind.

"Wedadssoda," Jay tried to talk after we stood up, but failed. However, he didn't need to say it for me to understand.

"You don't need to say it. I know, we lost," I said and we all looked at the spot where Samukai disappeared.


I really have nothing to say here.

Jay: You still haven't answered why Alex slaps me and Kai so much!

*Struggles against the rope they tied me with* I think that question is for Kai and Alex mainly.

Alex: What do you mean?

Oh come on! I'm your creator! you can't hide anyhing from me. Besides it's kind of obvious that you-mmmphmph

Alex: *puts her hand over my mouth*

Kai: What's she talking about?

Alex: Nothing! *removes hand from my mouth* Eewww! Did you just lick my hand?!

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