Chapter 3
The Ruins
"Hey, look what I found!" shouted Cole as he races through the demolished street to his fellow ninja.
"A map, very interesting." says Zane. Looking it over, he realizes that he does not know the place on the map.
Quickly, a hand snatches it away. "Let me see!" cries Jay. He looks at it, confused. "WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THIS MEAN?"
"Well, duh. The only way to figure out is to follow it, even a skeleton would know that." says Kai in a sarcastic tone.
Jay is not upset by Kai's sarcasm. "Well, let's follow it then, we'll be heroes, mighty trail blazers, maybe even super heroes. Nothing's in my way!"
"Okay, we'll go." replies Cole, trying not to laugh.
The ninja begin to mount their dragons when they hear a shrill scream coming from the ruined town.
"What was that?" Zane says worriedly.
"I don't know, but we should check it out!" yells Cole as he runs to the town with the other ninja following him.
They spot a girl and run up to her.
"What's wrong?" asks Kai
"There was a flash of bright blue, and then a purple circle appeared, I accidentally dropped my teddy bear into it but it didn't come out on the other side, and now it's gone forever!" The girl begins to sob, tears running down her face. "Get it back, please!"
The ninja look at each other, they can't endanger all of Ninjago just to get a teddy bear back for a little girl. It wasn't worth it.
"Listen kid…" says Cole, but he is quickly cut off by the girl.
"No! Get it back!" She shoves Cole into the portal
The rest of the ninja stare in horror at the girl.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO!" screams Kai. He takes out his fire sword and ignites it, the flames spread over the entire blade. "You will pay for that!" He lunges forward, but is blocked by Zane.
"Yes, she should get in trouble, but you have no authority to hurt this girl. She is scared and alone. Let her be."
"Get out of my way." Kai says letting his anger show.
"No." replies Zane, keeping firmly rooted to his spot.
"Fine." says Kai, putting his sword back in place, "but we are getting Cole back."