Chapter 27: The Past Will Return
Songs used: Big Girls Don't Cry, and Hush Now My Child by Ninjaofmusic
Haley's POV
We all walked home, Kai carrying my sister. I was silent, thinking over an idea I knew was likely not to work. "What is wrong?" I looked up to see Zane's worried face. "Nothing, just thinking." "Are you sure?" "Zane, I said everything's fine. You believe me, right?" he nodded but still looked unsure. I thought it over. If I just back my back-pack and take it there everything would be fine. Right? We reached home and Kai laid Cindy down in the medical bay. I went to our room and picked up my purple back-pack, stuffing it with cloths. Zane passed by as I left the room.
"Where are you going?" "Um, I need to pick something up." "Okay." he walked down the hall as I sighed. I snuck out of the room, making sure not to run into anyone else. I strolled through Ninjago City, hoping not to arouse suspension. As I neared an abandoned apartment, I glanced around. Making sure no one saw, I walked behind the building. I pressed my foot around before feeling part of the stone shift under my foot. It glowed green, scanning my foot print. Part of the ground moved back, revealing a stairway. I walked down, overwhelmed by the memories. I stopped several times to place one hand on the wall and the other on my head. As I reached the end, I stopped. I took in a deep breath and stepped in.
I looked around. I ran my hand over a nearby picture. It wiped away to reveal me with my parents, years before Cindy was born. I was about sixteen in the picture, which is why I kept it here. I touched my arm, before flipping up a panel on it. I sighed. "Geez, lying to your sister about pretty much everything since she was born. I'm a wonderful sister," I placed a hand on my temple. "And all to think, just because of a stupid gun 'accident'." My mind flashed back to my sixteenth birthday.
I walked through a forest, my mind taking me where I was needed. "Little Haley? How long has it been?" in a trance, I answered. "Since I ran away from home." "How long ago was that?" "When I was three.""And where is your home?" "In the lab, with you, master." a tall man with shaggy grey hair stepped out, his green eyes shining. He wore a red shirt and torn jeans. He held a gun in his hand. "And for leaving me, you shall pay." he pointed it at my chest and shot. I fell over, searing agony filling my body. I opened my eyes as my vision began to blur. It began to snow and a man with glasses and white hair ran towards me. "M-Mr. Julian," I strained. "Over h-here." "Haley? What, what happened?!" "T-that idiot. D-dr. Sh-shaton." his eyes clouded over as he laid my head in his lap.
"Please, w-will yo-ou let-t me, s-see Zane... a-again?" he nodded and carried me to his lab. I felt my warm blood seep into his coat. He opened the door of a house I had visited so often. "Zane! Come here please!" a boy of my age ran towards me and his father. His eyes misted. "Haley? Dad, what happened?!" "There, there was an accident." he lied. He carried me to his bed and laid me down. "Zane, watch her." he left the room to call my parents. "Haley? Please stay." I smiled and laid my head on the pillow. I held his hand and sung a lullaby we both knew.
"Hush now my child, you know I can't stay," he grasped my hand, his eyes misting at the thought of his mother. "I shall be here forever, guiding the way. I'll make sure to tell, just how much you were loved. And watch you from heaven, just look up above." he rubbed my hair. "Haley? You'll talk to mother, right?" I nodded. "So hush now my child, I'll be here always. I'll look down from heaven, showing the way." my eyes started to go out of focus as I said the last line. "So hush my child, hush for me. If you just think back, you'll always see, us and everything we, did..." I took my last breath, and let my hand fall back from grasping his.
I felt tears run down my face. Sure, Dr. J made me a new body. Helped my family. But, Zane doesn't remember any of it. And that fact alone kills me inside. I sighed and began picking up tools and test tubes. A soft humming behind me caused me to flip around. A woman whose body was covered in feathers in the shades of yellow, green, and blue. Her lavender eyes darted towards me. On her back I saw two transparent purple wings. Hearing the humming from her wings, I concluded that she was part humming-bird. "Who are you?" I asked. She flew over to me. "I'm the Toothfairy!" I stared at her. "You're kidding, right?" "No. Why else would I have these wings?" I thought over what I had studied about the Toothfairy. "Hmm, okay then. Tell me this: what's my best memory from the age of seven?"
She giggled. "Why, meeting Zane, of course," she looked at me. "And you're still taking good care of your teeth I see!" I rolled my eyes. "Why are you even here?" she suddenly looked serious. "Because Manny told us to watch you and your friends." "Us?" "Me, Jack, Sandy, Santa, and To-" she clasped her hands over her mouth. "Me, Jack, Sandy, and Santa." I looked her up and down. "There is someone else, isn't there?" she shook her head. "You're lying, tell me." "Tor. Her name's Tor." "Now, you aren't lying. Right?"
She nodded. "Now, leave." she nodded and flew up the stairs. I gathered the last things and started up the stairs. As I closed the secret door, I heard sirens. I flipped around to see a fire truck drive past me. Out of instinct, I ran after it. As I neared the building, I heard a familiar voice. "Help!" the voice called. "Please, help me!" I dropped my back-pack and ran inside the building. "Where are you?! I am here to help!" "Over here! *coughs* please! Hurry!" I ran forwards, following the voice. I stopped to see a young girl with platinum blonde hair lying on the ground, a flaming beam covering her left leg. She turned her head towards me and I saw a light blue stripe.
Kara.
I shook my head and focused on putting all my strength in my arms as I pushed the beam away. "Come on Kar- er, miss, let's get out of here!" she looked at me. "Please, I-I can't walk..." I looked at her legs and recalled something Dr. J had told me when I visited him. "This is Zane's sister, Kara. She's handicapped." I pick her up and swung her onto my back, remembering when we did this as kids.
"I-I'm so tired..." she laid her head on my shoulder, which I jolted. "Don't fall asleep yet, miss. Please." I ran through the flames, feeling the scorching heat burn my skin. I ran out the door and handed her to a paramedic. "Please take care of her." "Is she your sister?" "N-no. I would just feel guilty if she died." he nodded and I turned away, my eyes watering. I felt faint, but ran to grab my back-pack from beside the lab. As I neared the Bounty, I realized that I was covered in soot. I snuck on board, and headed to quickly clean up. As I brushed out my hair, I looked out the window to see Lloyd sliding down the chain. I wonder where he's going...
Lloyd's POV
Everyone was tired, except for Haley and Kai. Kai stayed in the medical bay with Cindy while Haley went somewhere. While everyone else laid down to nap, I opened my laptop. "Tori still hasn't answered any emails or chat box requests," I whispered. "I hope nothing happened to her." I sighed and slid it back under my bed, before laying down and trying to get to sleep. I tossed and turned, like something was telling me I shouldn't sleep. Geez, I thought. I haven't been this anxious since Tron was in the ICU. I shuddered at the thought and shut my eyes, trying to get to sleep. After about an hour of fitfully turning, I got up and slid down the anchor chain. Maybe a walk will clear my mind.
Tori's POV
I sat in my room, bangs covering my eyes. My parents knew I needed time to myself when this sorta thing happens. I look at the gash in my arm, remembering how I broke the rose. I shuddered, knowing what was coming up. I thought of something, and ran to get dressed. I came out in a green tank top and black yoga pants before heading to the garage. I opened the door, coughing as dust blew into my face. "Geez, how long has it been since we've come here?" I ran down to the mat where I had thrown a few bean bags. I looked over at the ping-pong table on the left and smiled.
"That was Hannah's favorite game." I walked over to where we kept books. Si-fi, mystery, thrill, and most of all, music. All our song books and albums were crammed into the one book shelf with the others. A large red recliner sat next to a coffee table near the books. I looked at the wall where all our pictures were hung, D.N.'s smiling face looking down at me. I ran over to our instruments. My guitar leaned against the wall next to Hannah's base. Cindy's dusty keyboard was set near D.N.'s drum. I picked up my guitar and blew off the dust. "Best time to play a song." I swirled my hand, a portal to a forest appearing on my wall. I grabbed a nearby cloak and flipped on the hood.
I'm ready.
Lloyd's POV
I walked past a forest, my mind tumbling. Suddenly, I stopped, the hair on the back of my neck rising. I heard sounds of footsteps and the faint sound of a guitar in the back of my mind. I looked around, seeing no one else, before I saw a shadow out of the corner of my eye. I turned to the forest and saw the form of many people walking through the forest. A girl turned to me, her blonde hair falling in her eyes.
"Come on! She's here!" "Who's here?!" she giggled and ran off. I ran after her, my mind only set on one thing: figuring out where all these kids were going. I stopped in a clearing, my eyes wide. A small white wooden dorm with roses of every colors climbing up it sat in front of a deep blue river. A young girl wearing a cloak that covered her face sat there, tuning her guitar.
The thing that surprised me most, though, was how many people were there. At least, that's what it felt like to me. Most people would think they were monsters. Yet somehow I felt as though they were normal. One looked as though she was half snake, while another had hair that was on fire. I sat next to them. "So, what's your power?" the girl asked. "Um, I don't have a power. Unless you count being able to control the four elements." she looked me up and down. "Oh my gosh! Austin it's the green ninja at T's concert!" the boy with flaming hair, Austin, turned to look at me. "Dude, you're lucky Tron's out!" "Tron? You know Tron?" "Uh, duh! He's the one who leads us!" "Leads yo-, wait you mean you're the kids he's been saving?" "Uh, duh." Tina said, her eyes glancing at the shelter in the middle of the clearing.
"Ssshhh, she's gonna start." the girl closed her eyes and started strumming the notes on her guitar.
You came asked, "where have you been" I couldn't tell you that it happened again. "I was away" was my excuse for the day.
I looked around and saw that some of the kids were swaying with the tune.
You looked at my arms and saw all the scars, You asked why I'd let them take it that far, I looked into your eyes, I let out a sigh. "Big girls don't cry, I'll never ask why, All this pain, It just helps me fight through the ra-ain."
A young girl with black hair and skin walked over, her glowing green eyes looking at me. In her arms she held a small bundle, which she handed to the young girl next to me. She smiled and whispered something to the young baby with red hair.
My best friend died, Couldn't save him no mater how hard I tried, Scars adding one to the other, As I mourn over the loss if my brother, Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh. "Big girls don't cry, I'll never ask why, All this pain, It just helps me fight through the ra-ain."
I looked back to the girl, T, on stage. She has pulled down her hood and I could now see her multi-color hair pulled back and covering her left shoulder. She seemed as though she was in a trance.
I ran away from you, Didn't know what I'd do, "Maybe, someday, somehow, I'll meet the one who won't leave my mind now," I looked at my hands as I sang, thinkin' "Maybe he'll hear me through the rain." "Big girls can cry, All I have to do is try, Now see it wasn't this pain, But you who helped me through... the raaaaiiin."
She lifted her head, and her eyes fell on me. She swung the guitar on her back and ran through the river. Getting up I charged after her. She rounded a bend and I followed, hot on her trail. She stopped at a pile of rocks, backing up. I grabbed her shoulder with one hand, while using the other to twist her left arm behind her back. She looked over her shoulder at me, her eyes wide.
"Why did you run?" I asked. "I-I don't know w-what you're talkin' 'bout..." "Riiiight." I turned her around to face me. "Please, I just want to know some things, 'kay?" she slowly nodded. "Who are you?" "My name is T, that it all it ever was, that is all it ever will be." "Do you know Tron?" "Duh, he's my brother." "What do you two do?" "We rescue kids no one else want." "Why wouldn't anyone want them." she chuckled bitterly and glanced over her shoulder. "We're freaks, that's all we'll evea be." "Now, why did you run?" she looked into my eyes. "I knew you would try to figure out where Tron is. I don't know! He always disappears before my concerts!" I let go of her. "Now was that so hard?" she mumbled something to herself. "I guess not..."
I smiled at her. "Tell Tron I said 'hi', mkay?" she smiled and nodded. "Now, could you show me the way out?" she chuckled. "Take my hand." I grabbed her hand, and we were surrounded by a swirl of black smoke. When the smoke cleared, we were in Ninjago City. I turned to thank her, but she was gone.
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