Sorry I'm late, but I didn't rush myself because I thought I had a chapter ready. Turns out I was wrong. So here it is...after this review reply.
Guest: The thought never occurred...you know what else didn't occure? Caleb's new parents. THEY LOST HIM ALREADY!
"Hold me steady!" I said, feeling the ceiling for a crease.
"Why are you on top?" Nancy asked.
"I'm the lightest," I replied. I felt the crack running along the roof. "Found it! Caleb, do you have it ready?"
"Here!" Nancy said, passing up the flat piece of plastic.
I slid the fake credit card into the crack and kept sliding it along. "Not finding anything," I mumbled. The door suddenly opened. "Woah!" I stumbled back and our little tower fell. "Not my fault," I said.
Light flooded the room and Lucas got up, standing in front of us. "What do you want?" he asked, keeping his hands behind his back.
"Sukeruton wants to test the kids. If they're tough enough to get down here all on their own..."
"Sukeruton?" I questioned, putting my hands behind my back and motioning for Nancy and Caleb to do the same.
"He's the newest ruler of the Underworld," Lucas whispered to us. He turned back to the skeletons above us. "I won't let you lay a hand on any of these kids."
"We'd like to see you try and stop us!" a skeleton yelled down. Four jumped down.
I stood up and so did Nancy and Caleb. "Got anymore ideas?" Nancy asked.
"Uh... No," I replied. "You?"
"I'm not the smart one," Nancy argued.
"When I say, you three get ready," Lucas said. "Ninja-Go!" He spun into a teal Spinjitzu vortex and knocked down the skeletons. "Now! Come here." We ran over to him. "Each of you are going up."
"What about you?" I asked.
"I'm right behind you," he assured us.
I nodded and Lucas gave me a boost up. I pulled myself up and waited for Nancy and Caleb. I helped them up and then Lucas came up. "We're going to find Zoey now right?" I asked.
"Affirmative," Lucas said. "Just stay close and let me know if you see a skeleton." He started down the corridor.
"He's just like the ninja," Nancy mumbled.
He doesn't think we can handle ourselves, Caleb agreed.
"No kidding," I murmured. "Let's just stay focused."
We walked down another corridor and stopped. "Alex," Lucas said.
Alex ran over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "I missed you, Lucas," she said.
"Busted again," Nancy said.
Alex sure didn't care that we were there. She was crying a little, but I didn't blame her. It sounded like her and Lucas were close before he was brought down here. Lloyd walked over to the two, giving me a small glare. I shrugged and he shook his head. I bet he would've done the same thing if he were me.
"Uh, Lloyd this is Lucas," Alex said, pulling away and wiping her eyes. "Lucas this is your brother Lloyd."
"Ah, the Golden Ninja," Lucas said. "So you fought our dad? Did you win?"
"Of course I won," Lloyd said boldly.
"He fought his own father?" Nancy questioned quietly.
"Yeah, it was when that giant dragon attacked the city," I whispered back. "It's really complicated and I don't even get it."
Well, that must have been tough, Caleb signed.
I nodded in agreement before turning my attention back to the ninja.
"I say we need to get out, eh," Vanessa said. "Before the skeletons notice."
"Not without Zoey," Lucas insisted. "I'm not leaving her down here."
"Who is Zoey?" Zane asked.
Lucas smiled a little. "You'll see," he said. "I just need to know where she…" He turned to me. "You heard them right?"
I nodded. "EC16."
Lucas's eyes widened. "We have to go, now!" he insisted, taking off down the corridor.
The other ninja looked to us. "Uh...don't just stand there!" I said. "Let's go get Zoey!" Grabbed Nancy's and Caleb's hand and started down to corridor.
"Smooth," Nancy smiled.
I rolled my eyes. "We don't have time for questions," I told her. "Obviously EC16 is really bad or something."
Caleb pulled his hand away and signed, What do you think E and C stands for? Sixteen is probably just the cell number.
"Emergency, extra," I mumbled. "It could be anything!"
"And C?" Nancy questioned.
"Cell, duh," I said.
"Don't duh me," Nancy pouted.
We stopped where Lucas was. He took a deep breath and turned to us. He glanced at us and then up to the ninja as they arrived. "EC16 is right down that hall," he said, pointing to the hall around the right corner. "There are six skeleton guards and ten skeletons inside. There isn't any venge stone so I think we can take them."
"I hope you're thinking this through and not being rash," Cole said.
Lucas looked down at the ground. "Okay, yeah maybe we need a moment to prepare, but...look I've never fought the skeletons with anyone except Zoey before. I don't know how many with all of us would be too many."
"We've fought skeletons before," Kai informed him. "It's not like sixteen is too much of a challenge."
"We should take them down quickly so that they can't call in more guards," Zane suggested.
"So we'll use stealth to get over there and take out the six guarding. Then we can sneak in and take down the others," Lloyd decided.
"Travel by shadows," Lillie agreed.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Tove asked before turning invisible. "Let's go."
"What about us?" I asked. "We can help."
"You can keep watch," Vanessa said. "It's the most important job, eh."
"Exactly," Alex nodded. "If you see any more skeletons then let us know."
I sighed, mad I couldn't be apart of the action. "Okay," I said reluctantly.
The ninja made there way down the hall while Nancy, Caleb and I stayed and "guarded".
"This is boring," Nancy said, sitting down. "But while we're here, I wanna hear more about Caleb's powers. You made a toy robot and a fake credit card."
"Yeah, I'm not seeing the relation either," I said, sitting down with her.
Caleb sat down and signed, I can create things that I've touched before. Seriously though, you can't tell anyone.
"Why not? Your powers are amazing! There's no reason to hide," Nancy told him.
"Yeah," I smiled. "And at least you have powers that can destroy everything in Ninjago if you slip up."
Caleb frowned. You guys just don't understand. I never asked for my powers and I just want them gone. Sure they can be useful, but I just...I hate them
I looked down for a moment before meeting his sage eyes. "Caleb, I understand what you mean, about not asking for them and just wanting them gone. No one asks for powers, and very few have them. I know of...thirteen people—including you—that actually have powers. All of us at one point saw them as a curse, but once you get use to them..."
No! I don't want them! Caleb signed furiously. You don't understand the pain they've caused! You just... He pulled his legs up to his chest.
I did a quick look around. No skeletons, not that it surprised me. I moved over and put my arm around Caleb comfortingly. "Caleb," I said softly. "I'm sorry, I just...I know my mind about my powers changed a little after I got use to them. What happened that you can't give yours a chance?"
"Please, we're here for you," Nancy said.
Caleb took a deep breath. When I was three, my parents and I were heading out of the city to see my grandparents. I was messing around in the back seat, just playing with my stuffed animals... He paused for a moment to wipe a few tears from his eyes. I dropped one of them and started to reach for it. I couldn't and started throwing a fit, but my parents didn't notice. Something happened and the stuffed animal appeared in my hands but it was still on the floor. Then... He stopped and looked down.
Nancy and I exchanged looks, kinda already guessing where it was going. "Caleb, you don't have to finish," I told him.
He shook his head. I have to get this off my chest. Anyway, I was kinda amazed at what I did and set my animals down to try again. I didn't know what to make and I glanced up at the mirror. I decided that's what I wanted and a small hand mirror appeared in my hands. I started playing with it and I guess the sun came through and...then another car collided with ours.
I put my arms around Caleb. "Oh, Ca...I'm so sorry. I can't imagine what that was like," I said. "I get why you wouldn't want to use your powers."
"No wonder you never mentioned your parents or powers," Nancy added, joining in on the hug. "I promise I won't breath a word of either for as long as I live."
I didn't care about the skeletons anymore. I wanted to be there for Caleb. If one day he wanted to try and give his powers another shot, I'd be there for him. Even if he didn't and now, I'll be there for him.
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