Chapter Five: Lighting a Spark
Jay was the first turn his motorcycle into a flying bike. The wheels folded under so that they were facing down. Something started to come out of the bottom of the wheel so that the "motorplane" ,as Jay nicknamed them, wouldn't fall to the ground, but float. When he pushed the gas, the back wheel turned upright again but backwards. Jay wasn't sure what was coming out of the wheels to keep him flying, but he did know that it was really cool. His looked like little lightning bolts. Kai's had flames coming from his wheels, Cole's had glowing floating rocks, Lloyd's had green light, Zane's was like Cole's but with ice, Blair's had yellow light, and you could not see Lydia's because it was so dark. Everyone assumed that her's had some form of darkness coming out.
Lydia went first because, being the ninja of darkness, she could see perfectly well in the dark. If the other ninja left their headlights on and stayed very close together, they could see Lydia leading them. Blair stayed close behind her twin for two reasons. Firstly, she was the ninja of light and had the hardest time seeing. Secondly, she wasn't the greatest driver let alone flyer. Nobody, not even Jay, said anything while flying for fear they would fall into the big black crack of nothingness.
Flying without seeing exactly where you were going was scary, even to the ninja. The only thing that six of them could see, even with their headlights on, was the very back of the person in front of them and the mystery substance that kept them in the air. There was no cool air to rush past them as they flew; everything was still and quiet and dark. You would have been able to hear a pin drop, or, as the ninja feared, you could hear one of them drop.
Once across, the ninja landed their motorplanes and quickly turned them off and back into normal motorcycles so as to save battery. No one but Lydia could see it, but the temple wasn't the only mountain. There were other ones too but this one was the biggest. In front of them was the entrance to the Temple of Darkness. It had been carved out of the large mountain. Above their heads was a stone piece that was held up by thick pillars leading to the temple opening. The darkness wasn't as thick on this side, but the ninja still felt that it was too eerie for any kind of discussions. At this point Jay was glad Nya decided not to come. He knew it wasn't really dangerous there, but he still felt better knowing that his girlfriend was safely aboard the Bounty.
Lydia motioned for the other ninja to follow her and then crept into the opening. After you had officially entered the temple, there was a longish looking hallway with unlit torch handles along the way. The darkness became more of a normal nighttime darkness inside the cave, most likely so you could actually see where in the world you were going. Lydia walked over to the wall without making the slightest sound and removed one of the torches from it. She then handed it to Kai who immediately knew what to do. Once the torch was lit, it became a lot less creepy in the temple. Soon, all of the light needing ninja were in possession of torches and Cole said, "Now that we can see, I guess I will lead again."
The seven ninja started to make their way down the long, dark hallway.
"Ugh, it feels like we have been walking forever," Jay complained.
"Actually, we have been walking for precisely 7.4 minutes," his robotic brother said.
"So, how long is this hallway anyway?" Lloyd asked.
"I don't think that it's that much longer. I'm almost certain that the main part of the temple is at the heart of this mountain which can't be too far away," Blair said.
"Look, you're right. There's the end of this hallway," Cole said pointing ahead and after not three more minutes, the ninja were greeted by a large open room. All seven of them slowly worked their way into this room. The ceiling was very tall and domed and the floor was flat and made of stone. This room was not creepy like the rest of the temple had been; it had a chill to the air that made it seem very fresh and open. There was absolutely nothing in this main part of the temple but a small table in the exact center which Lydia ran up to when she realized what was on the table. On the table were little silver throwing knives with very intricate carvings on them. Lydia picked one up and started to slash the air with it. She then started to make room for them on the belt she wore for holding her knives because she knew that they must have been for her.
As Lydia did this, her companions decided to look at the pictures that were on the wall.
"Hey, I think that this is where they start," Lloyd said to everyone else. They came over to see what appeared to be a very big picture of Lydia. She was not wearing a ninja outfit though.
"Lydia, come over here and see this; it's a big picture of you," Jay said. "It also has writing on it but it's in chicken scratch. I can't read it."
As Lydia came over Zane said that he could read it and read, "The youngest of the elemental twins shall be the twin of darkness." Moving on the next picture of two using their powers he continued, "The twins will each have their own special set of skills and powers, but the dark one will rise above the other in skill and knowledge."
Everyone looked at Lydia and then back at Zane so he could continue reading the pictures and words that went the entire way around the room. "This dark one will only grow in power and in darkness. No one will be able to stop her except for the twin of light. If she fails, the dark one will then take over all Ninjago and reign as the ruthless and wicked Queen of Darkness. Ninjago will then be in control of her dark reign for decades. And in the end, light shall fade and darkness will shine."
The other ninja then awkwardly looked at Lydia who was standing in shock and fear.
"Did you guys know about this?" Kai asked.
"No, I..we had no idea. I have never heard this prophecy before, honest," Blair managed to say.
"No, I want to know from Lydia," Kai said turning to her. "Did you know about any of this. Will you betray us all?"
"I...I...," Lydia was then cut off by Blair.
"What! My sister would never betray you or any of us."
"Well how do you know?"
"She is incapable of such a thing. She is actually incapable most things."
"Oh, I don't know. She seems perfectly capable to me," Kai said back raising his voice even more.
"Of course she isn't, she would never last on her own. She needs me to say everything for her, just like a child. Lydia needs me to do everything. She is the weakest one. I always come up with the plans and she never helps. She's like having a burden on me constantly; I'm always being held back by her," Blair yelled back obviously forgetting that her "burden" was standing right there.
Lloyd stepped between Kai and Blair and yelled, "Enough!"
A very hurt looking Lydia said, "I don't need you to say that I'm leaving; I came up with this plan all on my own. Besides, if I'm so weak, you won't care if I quit the team." She then threw down her dark purple ninja mask and ran down into the dark hall and disappeared in a cloud of darkness.
"How could I have said that? What did I just do?" Blair said sinking to the floor.
Looking at the final picture on the wall of a black figure sitting on a throne, Lloyd said, "I'll tell you what you did, you just lit the spark for our most difficult battle yet."
Wasn't that a cheerful chapter to write. Thank you everyone who has read this and NinjaMelissa for reviewing. If you haven't, please review to tell me what you think. Thanks!