(How's it goin' bros! Well, I gotta say, the challenge was kinda hard for you guys... ^ _ ^;;;;;;; But the only one who got it right is... *drum rolls* SILVERNINJA01! *hands her a suger cookie and watches her eat it* Now last time, EJ has done an AMAZING thing in the last chapter! What will happen now that the bounty has arrived? ENJOY!)
Maddie's POV:
"It was all my fault... It was all my fault!" I sobbed as I wiped my tears on a handkerchief that Annabeth gave me. "Calm down dear. EJ would be fine while Zane and Nya are taking care of him." said mom as she patted my back softly. I can just imagine the cut he got from the Unknown Monster Boar... Blood dripping, leaving a trail as the adults carried him to the infirmary room... Ugh, it gives me the shivers... Two days have passed after that incident. It was so shocking... Litterly! EJ did the most amazing thing! He shot out lighting at the monster like it was freaken NOTHING! But... He got wounded... That might be nicest thing a boy ever did to me... "Ah! He's awake!" cried Annabeth's voice.
I stood up from my seat, but mom sat me down. "You need to give EJ a rest Maddie. He faced a lot back two days ago..." Mom answered with a small smile. I sighed and buried my face to my hands... What have I done?
Ben's POV:
I glance down at my cousin. He was still in medical care with my aunt and Zane. I still wonder how he got wounded and if Maddie was true what my cousin has done... Banages were wrapped around his left shoulder... Wow... What's with my family members getting scars and wounds these days? I leaned to the wooden wall of the infirmary room, folding my arms across my chest cooly. Lighting huh? Just like Uncle Jay...
Soon his heavy eyes slowly opened, showing his hazy purple eyes. "Ah! He's awake!" Annabeth cried running to her little teenage brother. "Ughh... Wha...What happened?" EJ asked trying to sit up, but Roy softly pushed his chest down. "Don't get up that fast EJ, your wounds are still in healing." he warned. I heard a 'plop' when EJ placed his head back to his pillow. "Wh-Where's Maddie?" my cousin asked glancing around the room. "She-"
*Door opens suddenly*
When I turned my head, Maddie was gripping on the front edge of the doorway, while her mom, Tiana and Sasha were trying to pull her out. "I-I heard him call my name! I need to see him!" she yelled trying to let go of the girl's grip. "Damn girl, at least try to calm down for once!" Sasha growled as her hands were gripping on the yellow ninja's shoulders. "B-But I need to see him!" Maddie cried.
"Y-Yes..." We all turn to EJ as his eyes were closed again. "I...I wanna see her too..." Haley, Sasha and Tiana looked at each other, then let go of the worried blonde. I watch Maddie walk up to EJ and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Don't you EVER do that again..." She said as little drops of tears fell from her eyes. EJ's non-wounded arm patted her softly on her back. "I did what I had to do, the voice told me." My father and the rest of the adults blinked, "A... Voice?" Uncle Jay asked with a frown. Maddie stopped hugging my cousin and looked at him with confusion.
EJ nodded, "yes, a voice told me to protect the: 'chosen one'; I asked for its name but it said it will never tell..." All of the adults stood silent until my father spoke. "Then the scroll was right this whole time..." Annabeth blinked, "Scroll? What scroll?"
"I'll go get it." said Cole and left the room. "What's going on Sensei?" Maddie asked with a raised eyebrow. Father sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "*sigh* You won't understand Madison, it was before you joined..." Before he continued, he turned to Tiana. "Do you remember the scroll you found in my bag two years ago?"
"Yeah... Why?" My girlfriend answers. Cole came back with a scroll in his hands, but for some odd reason, it smelled like ramen soup... I watch the ninja of earth handing the scroll of smells like soup to Father. He gave a nod to his friend and cleared his throat.
"*Ahem* Anyways, the scroll you found two years ago, it had shown the phropercy of the Yellow Ninja... But-"
"But when he 'anciently spilled soup on it..." Uncle Jay joked trying to hold in a snicker. "That's enough Jay..." Father growled and continued what he left on. "It had shown another phropercy that we never knew off." He opened the scroll and the stench of chicken noodle ramen filled the air.
"'For shall this legend goes on, a new member will come upon. A new protector of the chosen one will arrive, but yet a mortal's demise will be revived...'"
(A.N: Yeah... I changed the person to mortal for this chapter... Kinda sounds interesting and scary at the same time, don't you think? Back to the story!)
The sentence that father just read send a shiver down my spine... Wow... What's with our ancestors making scary phropercys and make us fight against it? Then he looked the other way, his eyes has gone hazy a little. "But... There is a bad side to this. When the member is discovered, a person's demise will be revived..."
Annabeth stood straight, "well, that doesn't sound like a bad thing. I mean a person's death will be given a second chance for life! It's a good thing!" Aunt Nya stepped into the conversation. "She's right Kai, it might be one of our friends or family who will be revived." Father shooked his head. "But I still think it's a bad thing. Just think about it Nya, what if it was our enemy from the past? Or a some monster that has come from the future to kill us?" Father counters, that could be kind of true, well the monster from the future.
"Umm, I'm not trying to interrupt your conversation Sensei, but don't you think that the next member who will be discovered might help me fight against my father?" The yellow ninja questions brushing her blond bangs out of her eyes. "Sadly, I don't know, it must one of your protectors." Father replies. "Well, do you know what element it controls?" I asked. His head turns to EJ. "As what Madison had explained the past two days, it is lighting." I tell that Uncle Jay was grinning with proud ness.
"S-So... The new member of the team is...Me the whole time. Isn't it?" EJ manage to ask trying to make a few jolts a light blue lighting bolt in his hands. "Pretty sure it is bud." Mother says and put her hands on her hips. Maddie's hand gripped on EJ's tightly, "yes, EJ you are the blue ninja, master of lighting..." A smile lit on my cousins face. "Sw-Sweet... I don't need to hold back anymore..." I can't help but grin, looks like we have another rooster in the house... But still, a person going to be revived from the dead or something will that happen...?
No One's POV:
(Somewhere in Ninjago City, Retirement Center, 9:25 PM)
As the clock ticks in the quiet building of the Retirement Center, not even a single elderly person doesn't make a sound (Or... They don't make ANY sounds at all). It was a silent night as always in this place. A skinny young nurse walk though the empty hallways, carrying a tray of pills, a cup of applesauce, cup of water, and a bowl of steaming hot vegetable soup. Her pink pumps clicked the marble floor as she walked to her destination. "205... 205..." The nurse muttered to herself. She stopped at a dark green door that said the number: 205, and a the sign next to it written silver letters: John Smith.
The nurse placed the sliver tray on her left palm and reached for the doorknob...
As it opened, it made a creaking noise (Like all doors in this building). "Mr. Smith! Your dinner is here as you requested sir!" The nurse called and closed the door behind her. Her brown eyes glance around the whitish gray room, kinda a plain color for an old guy. The bed was perfectly made; but the window was wide open... The nurse frowned when she spotted the open window and placed the tray on the night stand... 'Did Mr. Smith open the window? No, his legs are paralyzed... That couldn't be...' She thought walking to the window and closed it. "Ugh... Where is he? Is this some joke he's playing on me?" The nurse asked as she walked around the room.
Suddenly, the closet nearby creeked as it opened... Her head whipped to the fruniture that just opened that unexpected. "W-Wha!?"
"You're mine..."
The nurse jumped by the voice... Where did it come from? "Wh-Who's there!?" The nurse cried holding up a shivering fist. "Fufufufufu... Ah Layla, you are such a bother sometimes during I was resting peacefully." The nurse's voice trembled, "m-m-Mr. S-Smith?" she questions. "You always come at the worning time... My dinner time is exactly 8 o'clock on the dock, not 9:25." The voice responded. Not only the nurse's voice was trembling, but her body was too... "Now, there's something I need from you..."
The nurse gulped. "And...And what's that?" She gasped as something stabbed her on the back and through her stomach. Blood dripped to the white carpet, making it more visable to the eye if anyone wants to see it. The nurse got to her knees and placed her hands on the wound she received from an old man behind her. The old man's eyes were pure silver, gray flecks of hair was falling of his head, a fancy white suit was under his black trench coat, and matching shoes and pants to match the coat. He removed the knife from his nurse's back which was covered in her own blood. The old man grinned when he seen the red covered stain on his weapon.
He stared down at the nurse that already colasped on the carpet floor, her blood was spreading like wildfire, but a slower pace... The elderly man raised his left arm up to air and the body beneath him turned into a bright pink light; it hovered as it slowly into a round ball about the size of a grapefruit with a flame-like tail on top. He licked his lips and grabbed the light pink ball, the nurse's soul. "Ah, it's so beautiful yet delicious. Not matter what it look's like, a soul is a soul..." he said examining it closer. "Dinner is served!" He popped it into his mouth and munched it down. 'Mmm... It feels like bubblegum and tastes like bubblegum as well... Uniqie!' The old man thought and swallowed the poor, helpless soul down.
A shiver went down his body, pain corrupted in his brain... "GRAH!" The old man screamed, getting on one knee. When the pain faded away, he finally had the strength to get up and move around. The struggling old man walked past his dresser; he stared at his cast reflection from his mirror. The gray color of his hair slowly began to turn to a dirty blonde color, wrinkles on his forehead faded slowly as well... He smiled. An evil smile.
"Fufufufufufu... It's all coming to plan..." he chuckled lowly and grabbed his midnight black cane with a pure silver dragon, swiveling around the top part of the cane. His fingers brushed the doorknob until he turned his head back on the dead nurse body. "Oh and by the way, my name is not John Smith. It's Jikan." the man laughed lowly as he left his room and the un-moved body of his victim.
(Weeeeeelllllll, that went well. Seems that a certain someone has come back just as the propercy said... Does that name ring a bell? *cough* *cough* chapter 3. *cough* But don't worry, I'm just getting started... *chuckles and cracks knuckles* Please R&R! ;D)
