Happy Friday everyone! Time for another update. Fair warning, this is a filler chapter today. Once again this is a filler chapter. Let's see what happens with Lucas today. Enjoy.
Chapter7: Questions
I groaned as I slowly pried my eyes open. I rubbed my eyes with my still gloved hands and yawned after passing out from training. I prompted myself up with my elbows and scanned around the area to think everything was a dream and I was back in the dojo. I smiled though as it wasn't and I was home; the Underworld. I stretched my arms out and felt my elbows pop and heard something clank near me. I looked down to see the weapons I trained with on my lap to see the sai's and picked one up and wondered if I slept with them. I liked how I fought against my uncle with them and how they felt great in my grip to fight with. I think I might like them. Better than the shurikens.
I placed the sai back with the other one and scanned around my room. My room was much larger than the one from the dojo. Plush cushioned leather couches with a stoneware coffee table. A full length mirror with glided Victorian trimming. A fireplace with the hearth roaring as it was freshly stoked. An oak desk and bookcase filled with leather bound books. And in the center, which caught my attention, was a tray with the silver dome over a dish. And beside it was a package wrapped in parchment paper.
Curiosity got me and I placed my sai's and mask on the pillow next to me and swung my legs off of my bed and walked over to the package. I eyed the tray as it sat on the table and lifted the dome to see my breakfast or lunch as it noddles in soup with an apple as a side dish. I turned my gaze to the package and untied the knot from the twine string and unwrapped the paper. My eyes grew wide to see it was my new suit in grey and looked at my gi. I changed out of my black suit and tried on my new grey suit and studied myself in front of my mirror while munching on the apple.
I can see myself as the now grey ninja dressed in my favorite color. But it was a bit big on me. The sleeves went past my wrists and up to my hands. My pants felt loose a little at my waist and dipped past my ankles. My mask was a bit big on me too as it covered my eyes from time to time and had to move the slit to see. I figured that the suit was made to be big for me as I'll grow into it later to wear besides the black one. Well at least til I need to adjust to a new size, but that'll be years. And I think I'll like being the grey ninja and not the Green Ninja. As my uncle said I can destroy anything in my path as the Ninja of Water.
Knock-knock-knock. I jumped a little scared and turned my head to the right of the doors. I waited for my heart beat to calm down as I'm expecting my uncle. "Come in." I answered and removed my mask.
The left door opened and Eye-patch poked his head in. I was expecting my uncle, but what did this idiot want? "Lord Garmadon requests you to see him in the throne room." he informed me.
"Alright I'll be down." I nodded and Eye-patch drew back while shutting the door behind him. What did my uncle want? Did he want me for more training? No, I remembered he said I was relieved for the day after performing Spinjitzu. But then again, how long was I asleep for? I threw my apple core in the fireplace and changed out of my grey suit and back into my black suit and left my room.
The walk to the throne room was quiet. Once I was out of the hall, I looked over the railing as could see the grand hall below me. The bone chandelier with the purple candles illuminating the room casted slight shadows and saw several skeletons walking around. What were some doing? And where were the others? I shook my head as it didn't matter and walked down the grand staircase and down the second staircase to the throne room. I stood in front of the old oak doors, nervous, and didn't know why. I quickly came over the fear and pushed the doors open and entered. I'm his nephew and apprentice, so I don't think knocking is necessary if he sent for me.
After I closed the doors behind me, the sound of the doors slammed echoed in the quiet room and I looked around curious. It was empty. I carefully crossed the bone bridge by placing each foot on a thick bone and looked down to the open space of the bones and gulped to imagine if I slipped and fell into the lava below. I sighed in relief as I didn't miss my footing and stood in the center as I was the only person in the throne room. Where was my uncle? Why did he sent for me?
I turned my head and spotted my uncle to the right with his head bowed over a stone basin. A blue light was casted on his face and shadow stood behind him. A sigh escape his throat as he gazed closer and closer to it. Something must be bothering him. "Uncle?" I asked.
Garmadon lifted his head from the basin and the blue light shadowed his frown, which later turned to a small smile. "Ah, Lucas, good to see you awake finally." he replied and walked around the basin and stood a few feet in front of me.
Finally? How long was I asleep? "Uh, how long was asleep?" I asked, utterly confused.
"Only a day." he replied. Wow, a day? "But it's natural for first-time Spinjitzu masters at a young age. Why I was about your age when I first performed it and slept for two days" and walked around me; studying me.
My eyes blinked in surprise on his answer. I slept for a day!? Wow, Spinjitzu must really take a lot out of you on the first try. Especailly when you're ten. I felt nervous as his arms were behind his back and kept walking around me. I felt his red crimson eyes piercing me as he looked at me. Like I can feel heated daggers stabbing me with each blink. "You sent for me?" I asked.
My uncle stopped studying me and stood in front of me. "Yes." he replied. "I wanted to know how you're adjusting to your new home in the Underworld."
I smirked in reply. "I'm adjusting real fine actually. It's better than the dojo." Except for the skeletons, Samukai, and the spiders, I'll adjust later.
Garmadon gave me a smirk back. "Glad to know." he said and stepped a few feet back with me alone in the center. "Show it to me, my apprentice." he commanded.
I looked at him confused. Show him what? Suddenly I realized what he meant and wanted me to perform Spinjitzu. I imagined myself surrounded in my miniture misty grey fog tornado and felt the same energy from before swell in my chest. "Ninja-Go!" I shouted and began to spin around. I concentrated on unlocking my Spinjitzu and spun harder to unleash it. But I began to feel dizzy and fell to the floor. The stone ceiling was spinning as I laid on the ground and felt nauseated to stand up and looked at my uncle as he hovered above with a somewhat concern look.
I felt his dry rough hands gently grip my hands and pulled me to my feet. Once I felt my feet planted on the ground, my knees started bucking and collapsed to the stone floor. Taking a few deep breaths, I slowly gained my balance back and got onto one knee. I heard my uncle sigh in slight annoyance and looked down at me. "I guess we'll have to work on that then, do we?" he asked me.
I nodded in reply and stood back up. I looked at him and had a question that's been bugging me since I came to the Underworld. "Master, how did you stop Samukai from killing me after I was captured?" I asked, while remembering his voice in the forest. "I didn't see you when Samukai left"
My uncle turned his gaze away from me to stare at the basin and walked over to it. He placed his hands over the basin and looked over it as if he pulling himself away from a vortex. The blue light shown itself again and he looked up and waved me over. "Come over here, nephew." he commanded, while placing his hand back down on the basin. "There's something you need to see."
I raised an eyebrow of confusion at him and walked over to the basin. When I got closer to it, I felt unsure about it as I didn't know what it was and kept closing in. The basin grew larger as I was short and stepped on the side to climb up to see over it with my arms supporting me. I looked down at the blue light as it was only water. But it was different though. It was an ice blue color and had small shards of crystals in it. Or was it the water itself? "What is this?" I asked.
"I call it the Reflective Pool." he replied, while stirring a charcoal finger in the water to make the crystals spin a whirlpool. "It allows me to see the outside world for I am banished here and can't leave. But to see through it, I have to be in shadows, otherwise it won't work." and stopped stirring the water. He sighed. "I was searching for...someone in the woods from the camp from where you were captured. I heard the shout and transversed myself to the camp and saw it was you. But after years of being here I forgotten what you looked like. So before Samukai could kill you, I intervened so I can see you personally and to see if it was you. And it was."
So it was him that saved me. But who was he spying on to hear my shout? "Who were you searching for?" I asked.
Garmadon sighed. "Three people I love and care for and wish to see them again." he replied while looking at his reflection to see him charcoal black face and hands. "But I don't think they'll want to see me for what I am and what I've done in the past to leave them."
I looked at him with a frown and averted my gaze to the pool to see my reflection. I wondered who they were? I know what love used to feel like. My mother. I don't want to talk about it as I didn't want to be haunted on the night it happened. I have nightmares when I talk or think about it. And many people understand when they asked me. I need to change the subject now. "Master, how am I going to train myself to learn my water powers if I'm in the Underworld?" I asked. So many questions I do have.
My uncle looked at me with a small smile. "There is an entrance that only you and the skeletons can use to leave the Underworld." he replied. "It'll lead you to a mountain base on the surface and below is a creek where you'll train your powers." He stood in front of me and softly placed both hands on my shoulders. "So tomorrow, you'll surface the earth and will train with your powers from my supervison from the Reflective Pool."
I nodded as I know tomorrow's agenda. We turned our heads to the doors and saw Samukai walking in. "Lord Garmadon, you're requested in the armory." he said.
Sighing, my uncle turned to me with an annoyed face. "I must go now, Lucas." he said. "Feel free to use the pool and return to your chamber." and walked to the doors to follow Samukai. Before he left, my uncle poked his head to give me one final talk. "Remember, tomorrow morning, you will surface the earth and will train. Be up at the sound of the gong." and left.
I was alone now. Silent. Dark as it was only lit by a few torches. And slightly cold as it was stone. I turned to the Reflective Pool and gazed down at the crystalized water. I kept staring at it and expected something to happen, but nothing did. How do I work this thing? I kept looking at it and gazed more closely to it as a thought came to me. "My father." I commanded.
My hypothesis was correct and the water began to glow brightly and stirred. The water showed my father in Jamanakai Village posting Missing Posters everywhere with a picture of me on it. My uncle says that when I use the pool, my shadow will appear in other shadows. I hope he doesn't see mine. I can see the grim look on his face as he did get my fake note and has everyone searching. Good luck. It didn't matter as he'll never find me in my new home and splashed the water to make it like I punched him and left.
I already said it before and yes it was a filler chapter. But next week will be different. Review if you want to and I promise next week will be different. See you all next week and have a wonderful weekend. :)
