Chapter 28; C-A-K-E, cake!
Laura's POV
After the serpentine's retreat, everyone besides Cole gathers into the bridge absorbing what happened.
"Why did the Serpentine retreat so suddenly?" I begin.
"They took Dr. J…" Emma sighs.
"D-Dr. Julien, why him?" Lord Garmadon asks.
"Zane and I think because Skales hypnotized him they want him for his abilities." Emma replies.
"This is not good… not good at all…" Jay says pacing around the room.
"We couldn't possibly attack them now! With Cole hurt and Dr. J hypnotized! It would not be as easy as rescuing Emma and Nya." Kai states. Nya and Emma shiver slightly.
"And the Serpentine will learn from their mistakes from last time too probably!" Jay adds.
"What should we do then?" Cece asks. Looking down, Emma looks at the ground.
"We must prepare for battle." Determined, Emma says. Concerned, Zane looks over at Emma and she looks up into his eyes.
"So be it…" Anne says… Lloyd looks at me and I look into his grassy green eyes. Looking down, my focus is wavered to the ground.
"I will train with Laura today." Emma states boldly inside the bridge and I look over at Emma. Everyone nods their heads and we head on deck. Zane trains with Lloyd, Anne trains with Cece, Jay, Nya and Kai go to fix the boosters of the ship. (Kai had no sparring partner because of Cole's injuries so he will help around) Emma and I walk into the middle of the deck.
"Why do you want to train with me today, Emma?" I ask
"There are many important things you must now about being the Kunoichi of Light."
"Like what?"
"Well first things first… You and Lloyd both hold the balance of everyone. Your powers are extremely important and you have a grand destiny because of it. Your Job is to be present when darkness surrounds us, while I must guide those through the darkness. However there will be nights when there will be no stars at all. Laura when that time comes we will all need your light the most. During that time a blizzard shall storm through that starless night hardly seen… but that would not be your concern…" Emma pauses and takes a deep breath "So today I will help you discover the powers within you." I stand there amazed. "I wonder how well Lloyd has trained you. Perhaps I shall test you with a simple spar?"
"Bring it on!" I say confidently.
Emma gets into a battle position and kicks me with her right foot. I step out of the way and jab her in the arm. She retaliates by striking an uppercut back at me. I dodge it barely and give her a roundhouse kick. She falls on the ground but recovers quickly. Springing back up, we face each other. She stands there staring at me intensely. Suddenly, she pounces on me like a cat and attacks with a cross followed by a kick to the thigh. I block the punch but I fall down due to the kick. Emma smiles down on me.
"Lloyd has taught you well." She gives me a wink and I frown,
"I-I am sorry but what are you implying?" I ask boldly. She gives me a smile but then it turns into a look of concern.
"Well…"
"Never mind, I know what you mean. I just don't feel comfortable. Bad habits die hard I suppose…" I just don't trust love. It is… just hard to not think this way… but I still have my strong and stubborn doubts… "Can we change the subject now?" I ask and get up.
"Of course, yet I do not support your way of thinking…" Emma says to me and I sigh… "Now Laura, I wish to teach you how to control more of your powers…" Emma begins and explains it all to me. It is quite odd. She tells me that one day that the Cosmic Legion will combine all our powers to battle the serpentine… she has described to me some of her visions… She says that I must be able to be in control of what happens and no matter what not to listen to the evil thoughts inside my head… she wandered off into a gloomy tone by the end of the conversation. She then tells me to close my eyes and stand still. She told me to concentrate and not resist if my eyes open forcibly. She says to try to contact my powers. We stand there for minutes but I open my eyes in frustration.
"This is pointless!" I yell and Emma sighs…
"Maybe we should try something else… Try making an orb of energy inside your hands." she then demonstrates by slowly making a miniature star inside her hands. She tells me to try it. I focus but it does not work. "Their must be something holding you back…" her eyes widen in realization. "You have blocked your own heart… you will never achieve true greatness…" she says hardly audible.
A small spark flickers between my hands…
Lloyd's POV
"Lloyd, focus!" the white ninja of ice orders.
"I am sorry I just can't!" I snap and end with a sigh… "Too much is on my mind…" I say quietly and Zane understands tacitly. He puts a hand on my shoulder.
"Don't worry Lloyd… you are making better progress than Kai and Cole…" he says the last part under his breath and I turn to him with a strange look.
"What…?" I ask
"My apologies, Lloyd… That was just something that came up in conversation between Emma and me..." Zane smiles thinking about it. "Just don't give up, ok?" I nod my head. "Emma bet money on it…" Zane says hardly audible. I shake it off and we both go back to training. Zane gives me stealth tips and other cool stuff.
Zane's POV
I glance over at Emma talking to Laura… Has emotion been given to an untrue being…? I think to myself… Is Emma truly happy when I hold her in my arms…? Could her smile be a mask hiding a dark future…? I step back as Lloyd punches me in the chest and I look over to him. How could I have forgotten, we are sparring! Refocusing and seeing a perfect opportunity, I step towards him and kick his chin. He falls to the ground and I help him up.
"Something wrong Zane? You kind of doused off there…" Lloyd asks
"Oh it was nothing… I was just thinking very profoundly…"
"Wait… what does that word mean again?" You sometimes forget Lloyd is truly only about twelve years old.
"Sorry. Profound is defined as either; very great, strong, or intense, showing great perception, understanding, or knowledge, or containing far-reaching ideas or essential wisdom and experience that usually require serious thought to be fully appreciated…" I say in monotone as I give Lloyd the dictionary definition and he stares at me confused. He thinks for a few moments and gets it finally. "Perhaps you should work on your punches now…" I say and grab a mitten (something for Lloyd to punch and kick…) Lloyd begins to punch it and I stand my ground. After a while I step back but I still push on and stand tall.
Cole's POV
You would expect someone to be thankful for having an excuse not to train… Cece comes to mind. For me that is not the case. I feel my sanity slowly slipping away from me as I lay here in my bed. I think I saw a unicorn stroll past me earlier... I am loosing it. Perhaps I should just take a walk. I sit up on my bed and it hurts to move. I first place my good foot down. Carefully, I press my bad one on the ground. Cringing, I stand up anyway. I loose my balance and put my hand against the wall. I slowly limp towards the door. I turn the knob and open the door.
"Nope!" the Seer we all know and love slams the door right in my face once I open it. I stand there in shock. "I knew around this time you would want to get out of your room!" Emma says triumphantly.
"You have no right to keep me hostage!"
"You need your rest… should I get Anne to tell you a bedtime story?" Cece suggests mockingly… wait when did she get here? I think I saw her outside out in the corner of my eye.
"Let me out! I need fresh air." Emma opens the door and I smile. She tosses me a Ziploc bag and closes the door.
"What is this?" I ask holding the bag that was puffed up and not flat.
"It's full of fresh air!" Emma says and Cece bursts out laughing. I growl.
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! NOW OPEN THIS DOOR BEFORE I USE MY FULL POTENTAL AND BREAK IT DOWN!" I yell.
"Yeah right, you wouldn't dare… It would hurt too much!" Cece taunts
"LLOYD DEFEATED THE OVERLORD WITH A BROKEN FOOT; I CAN BREAK DOWN A DOOR WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE!" I yell and get no answer. I break down the door anyway but what I was not expecting was pie in my face. Cringing because of the pain in my foot, I stare at Emma as she puts down the pie tin.
"Sigh… would you go back to bed if I get you some cake?" Emma asks. My head perks up at the word cake.
"Cake…?" I say
"Yes, C-A-K-E, cake!" the seer says and I practically teleport back into bed. Emma closes the door as I wipe the pie off my face. It seems like forever but the door eventually opens. Unexpectedly, out the door comes Anne with a plate full of Zane's homemade chocolate cake wearing a maid's dress. The beautiful smell of chocolate fills the room. I stare in disbelief. I… am speechless… Anne... Has never looked more beautiful… Cake… Am I dreaming? Anne pulls up a chair, sits down, and sighs. She then begins to feed me cake. It takes me a minute to snap out of it.
"Is this a dream? Oh man, this isn't good, I am turning into Jay!" I say freaked out. I always hear Jay mumbling in his sleep and keep waking up to Jay's voice yelping; "Nya!" Anne's face blushes harder.
"No Cole, this isn't a dream…" I stare at Anne perplexed.
"What…?" I say flabbergasted and attempt to cool down my red cheeks. Embarrassed, I look up at Anne's red face.
"I am so sorry! I lost a bet with Cece… and she said I had to wear this ridiculous maid's dress and feed you cake… a bets a bet I guess… she also wanted your reaction too…" Anne says and adjusts the skirt of her dress. She did look really cute though. Suddenly, she gets up to leave, but before she does I grab her wrist.
"Wait…" she turns to look at me a bit insulted.
"Cece was right…" she mumbles under her breath and removes her wrist from my hand and storms off… with my cake… Nooooo… my cake… she took my cake… why couldn't she have left my cake!
Cece's POV
My eyes widen seeing Anne storm off into our bedroom. I race after her. I slowly open the door.
"Go away!"
"I am so sorry Anne!" I race to the side of her bed where she was crying.
"That was way too far Cece! Why can't you let me be?"
"Anne… I am sorry… I totally did not mean to upset you! I won't do that again! I swear! And you can tease me about Kai all you want!"
"Really…?" Anne looks up at me.
"Really" I say giving her a hug. "What happened in there?" I ponder.
"Well… he stared at me for a while… and he thought he was in a dream." I cannot help but laugh. "But when I got up he grab my wrist and wanted to me to stay… I felt insulted… and then I left."
"Oh Anne… he just wanted his cake, silly! He wasn't trying to make a move on you or something like that!" I laugh and Anne blushes with embarrassment… she took that the wrong way, didn't she? She then begins to laugh with me as well.
"His reaction was priceless though! If I wasn't blushing like crazy I would have held back laughter!" Anne says. Anne and I start laughing like madmen!
Cece and Anne's squabbling is always fun to write whenever I can't think of any more intense stuff! And for those of you were glad that Cece did not interrupt Cole and Anne… well you sort of jinxed yourselves! XD I love it how there is no rush to save Dr. J's father… But mwha-ha-ha… there is more to come! I think there are like 25 or 24 days till December 18th! THE NEW SEASON IS SO CLOSE BUT SO FAR AWAY! If anyone could give me an exact number I would be happy. ANYWAYS thank you all so much for your reviews! And please continue because I love hearing from everyone!
"I followed a bird."
"Why did you follow a bird?"
"Because it danced"
"Oh, ok, what was it a cuckoo bird?"
"Of course not, everyone knows cuckoo birds aren't indigenous to these forests!" ~Zane and Jay [Sarcasitzu fail! lol]
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