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We all met up on the upper decks and Alex told them what she told me. About how Lucas was taken by skeletons a few years ago. We knew Jamie had the letter, but we didn't know where Jamie was. The ninja didn't seem as eager as Alex and I were. Not even Lloyd.

"Come on, it'll be fun!" I said.

"We're going into the Underworld, to its heart where are the skeletons are. You call that fun?" Kai asked.

I thought it over. "Well..."

"Echo, I know you're anxious, but even if we do go, you can't come with us," Cole told me.

"What? Why?" I whined.

"You're too... inexperienced," Jay said, but I knew he was going to say young at first.

I crossed my arms. "Well, that's not fair," I complained. "It was my idea."

"We know," Zane said. "But Jay is right. Remember your insident at school."

I glared down at the deck. Lloyd placed his hand on my shoulder. "Echo, we're only leaving you here because we care about you," he said. "We don't want to see you get hurt."

I sighed and they sent me back down to my room as they got ready. I sat down on bed and pulled out my emergency phone. This was in emergency in my opinion. I dialed a number and listened to it ring. "Hello?" Nancy's voice came through.

"The ninja are total jerks!" I cried.

"What? What's wrong, sweetie?" Nancy asked.

"The details are unimportant and really none of your business," I told her. "But I got them to agree to a rescue mission, and they're not letting me go! It was my idea!"

"That's so not fair! You've been training your butt off every afternoon," Nancy said.

"I know!"

"So what're you gonna do now?"

"No... What are we going to do?"

"We?"

"Nancy, I need you. If I sneak out and follow them by myself... Well I'm still worried about the serpentine..."

"So how can I help? I'm no ninja!"

"You took classes at the Dojo when you were five right?"

"Yeah, but..."

"And you take gymnastics."

"Yeah, but..."

"And I can sneak you a weapon! Please Nancy, you have to help me out on this!"

There was a sigh. "Fine. Where do we meet up?"


I snuck out the window and scaled down the ship to the anchor. It took an hour to do! I was so scared of falling I didn't hurry. I couldn't follow the ninja to the Underworld if I had a broken leg. I wanted to find Jamie and get the letter first.

As I got into Ninjago City, I almost ran into Caleb. "Oh, gosh Caleb. I'm sorry," I said.

He waved his had, his way of saying, Forget about it. He signed, So, what are you doing?

"I'm heading to see Nancy," I told him.

Why are you in your ninja suit? he asked.

I sighed. I couldn't lie to Caleb, he was my friend, but I didn't want to get him involved either. "Well, Nancy is helping me out with a mission," I said. "It's nothing, really."

Can I come?

"No, I don't want you getting hurt."

You said it was nothing big!

"Uh... Caleb, if you wanna come I won't stop you, but just be careful."

Careful is my middle name.

We continued down to the orphanage and met up with Nancy. "Okay, so I called Molly. She said Jamie moved into a house by the diner. So we should go there and ask around," she said.

We walked to the diner and started asking around if anyone knew where Jamie lived. A nice man directed us to a two story house. I knocked on the door.

A woman answered. She had long orange hair and bright blue eyes. "Uh, yes?" she asked.

"Uh, are you Jamie?" I asked her.

"Yes I am," she replied. "Who are you?"

"My name is Echo and this is Nancy and Caleb. We're on a special mission from the ninja and we're looking for a letter," I said.

Jamie crossed her arms. "If this is a game, I don't have a letter."

"It's not a game," Nancy said. "Molly sent us here."

Jamie dropped her arms. "So you're from the orphanage? How are you with the ninja?"

I put my hands together and thought cloud over and over. A small grey cloud appeared in my hands. "The ninja found me because of my powers," I told her. I lifted the cloud up for her to see. "They've been training me for a couple months now."

Jamie stared at the cloud. She placed her hand over it, but it disappeared. "Wow... and you said Molly sent you?" She thought for a moment. "Lucas! Okay, wait right here." She closed the door and we sat down on her steps.

"So who's Lucas?" Nancy asked me.

"Apparently my brother," I said. "He's... he's in the Underworld last my sister knows of."

The Underworld? Caleb asked. Like with the skeletons?

"Yep," I mumbled.

"Echo?" I heard someone ask. I looked up and saw Lloyd. I was so busted. "Echo what are you doing here?"

"Uh... I'm just hanging out with..."

"Oh my gosh!" Nancy squealed. "It's the golden ninja! I love you!"

Lloyd smiled a little. "It's nice to meet you, uh..."

"Nancy, my name is Nancy!"

"Right..."

Caleb just waved.

"Echo, you're grounded. Us going on a mission doesn't change that," Lloyd chided.

Caleb turned to me. So, you were not apart of this mission?

I shook my head. "Yeah, well I would've died of boredom all alone on the Bounty," I said. "I know the others were there, but they're no fun."

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to call Mom and..."

"Lloydy, please don't tell!" I begged, jumping up and wrapping my arms around my brother.

He sighed. "Fine, but you'll only get in more trouble." He walked away.

"How come you get to hug him?" Nancy asked.

"Because he's my brother."

"Oh... So what I'm hearing is he's single."

"Nope, he has a thing with Lillie."

"Of course he does..."

The door opened. "Here you go," Jamie said, handing me the letter. "Good luck ninja." She went back inside.

"Come on," I said to my friends. "Let's go somewhere more private before reading the letter." And we took off.


Well... Our trio is off to an excellent start! How long will the luck hold out? Have Misako and Wu realized Echo is gone? Why am I asking you? All this will remain a mystery.

Echo: Well, isn't that swell.

Nancy: Guess what?

What?

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