Chapter 6

Black, Blue and White

.:Violet:.

"Lord Garmadon says take the girl!" She heard Samukai yelled and looked to Sensei who heard his brother's name. Of course she knew about Lord Garmadon. She had only seen him twice when she did get capture on a mission but she always can escape their rickety cells.

So did they recognize us?

"Nya!"

That answers it.

Violet quickly got up and ran towards Nya and she pushed Nya over from the incoming claw that came towards her. She looked to Kai and Wu. Wu shook his head while Kai had relief in his eyes.

"Both sir or the blonde or the black?"

"Hey!"

"Err… I dunno… get the one in the red dress!" Samukai shouted to his comrades and back-hand slapped the nearest skeleton. Violet clutched her leg and looked down to see deep gashes on her leg from the claw. She winched and tried to get up with Nya as Skeletons came towards them.

"Kai!" Nya shouted for her brother's help but another claw caught her and brought her back to the vehicle.

"Nya!" Kai shouted again. Violet staggered to her feet but she groaned and bit her lip. The skeletons then retreated back to the underworld.

"Are you alright?" Wu asked her.

"I'm fine… but thanks for your concern." She thanked him then she remembered that she supposed to not know Wu.

"See, I told you Kai… Useless."

"Arg! You could have done something!" He shouted and turned to face Wu with his sword in his hand. "You could have used that twist… thingy."

"Spin *ahek* ji *ahek* tsu." She corrected but disguised it in a cough.

"Spinjitzu!" Sensei Wu corrected and hit his bamboo stick onto kai's helmet.

"But you did nothing! At least this pathetic reporter did something but it wasn't very effective now was it?" He then shouted and turned to her. She gasped as he towered over her. With her leg wounded and the height different, she felt vulnerable.

"Fine then, I won't risk another limb then." She hissed and stared back at him and the wind started to blow rougher. She went to take a step forward but she fell forward and he caught her. She pushed him away and she went to stand up again.

"Well, I'm getting my sister back by myself then." He snapped.

"Kai. That was Samukai that has taken your sister. No one alone, especially an old man like me and a reporter like her can stop him. Not even a blacksmith yourself with poor armour. And someone like you can't get access into the Underworld." Wu told the blacksmith. He turned to look at Wu.

"The Underworld? But why would they want my sister?" Kai shouted to him staring hard into the man's eyes.

"Stop snapping will you? Ugh." And she fell down and both males went to look at her.

"Do you perhaps have a first-aid kit inside of your shop and we can talk." Wu took him and went to help her up.

"Thank you…"

"Wu."

"Yes, thank you Wu." She smiled and they walked to the store. Kai grumbled and kicked a rock before following after them.

.::.

"You're lucky this wound doesn't have any poison or serious infections. Swelling and bruising may appear but nothing too bad." Wu told her and she said her thanks again.

"So why do they want my sister?" Kai repeated again. Wu turned to look at him.

"The First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago using 5… I mean 4 weapons that can control the elements of Ice, Fire, Lightning and Quakes. And to keep them safe as he passed on, he placed them in separate locations with a guardian guarding it. Your father was a humble man and the Spinjitzu Master entrusted the map to the location of the weapons to him. If these weapons fall into the wrong hands, they can tip the balance of good and evil. It has seems the skeletons knew that the map was here in your shop."

Why didn't he mention your element?

That was indeed a mystery to Violent. Perhaps he kept it away because he didn't want the others to know about it.

"So you also came here looking for the map?" Kai asked as he leaned against the wall and folded his arms against his chest. Violet looked down to her leg and the white bandage started to make itch. She then looked up to kai who was also staring back at her.

"No, I came for you… Although I do not think the rest of this conversation is suitable for you." Wu told her and winked. She nodded.

"I understand. I'll take my leave… I'm truly sorry for your sister." She told him before limping out of the door. When Kai turned his back to her, she changed into her invisibility form and walked normally to the shop. A little scratch like that can't hurt her.

This must have convinced Kai.

Then she entered back in and listened to their conversation.

"I came for something else. I came for you."

"Me?"

"If Garmadon gets the weapons before us, then I fear I won't be able to stop my brother."

"Wait, Lord Garmadon? You mean the one with 4 arms? He's your brother?!"

"He was once a good man but something that is pure evil has got into his blood therefor changing him into a man that I no longer know." Wu sighed. "But you have the fire inside. I will train you to harness it and use it. I won't train you to be a samurai but a ninja."

"Look, I don't think I'm all of that but I need to save my sister- Ah!"

Wu kicked Kai down and placed his bamboo staff on Kai's chest.

"But you'll need training to control the fire that burns inside of you. Once your training is competed, we then can go and save your sister."

.::.

Violet still followed after the two in her invisible form, especially when they climbed up the mountain side inside of the stone-made stairs. She had a hard time trying not to laugh as Wu climbed up with ease while Kai struggled. She followed Wu up to the top and he sat down and waited for Kai. Violet quickly turned back to her original form.

"My dear girl, how on Ninjago are you able to climb up that with that busted leg of yours?" Wu asked in amazement.

"Sensei Wu, a little scratch is hardly anything."

"But back then-"

"That was merely an act." She answered with a smile.

"Good then, I got a mission for you. I'll be busy with training Kai and because of that, they'll be nothing for you to do but can you keep an eye on Zane, Jay and Cole for me?"

"Yes Sensei, tell me their location and what their mission is and I'll make sure to keep an eye out."

"Good. They're in the Toxic Bogs-"

"Sensei! That's their first mission and you sent them there?"

"Yes I have, there's supposed to be a hidden hideout filled with many ancient scrolls."

"How do you know they aren't stupid enough to jump into acid?"

"Cole and Zane are mature enough to make sure Jay doesn't do that… and there's supposed to be this tree and its leaves are used to make a magnificent tea."

Of course.

"I think they'll forget that so make sure you go and pick some ok?"

"By some you mean?"

"I mean to fill up this bag." And already he took out a bag and threw it at her.

"You really are a tea lover Sensei." She sighed. But she skin tickled as a breeze stroke against her skin. "Kai is nearly here. I better leave."

"Alright but take care!"

.::.

She quickly changed out of the reporter's outfit and into her ninja suit with her bow over her shoulders and a quiver of arrows. She quickly got a small backpack and threw the bag Sensei gave her and she ran to the kitchen and filled it up with some food and water. When she was done, she got the wind to carry her to the Toxic Bogs. She remembered her mission in the Bogs, her bag of goods fell in and the acid devoured it in an instant. Then she stumbled across the Venomari Tombs but she knew not to go near that horrid place.

She let the wind placed her down on her feet and she covered her nose at the terrible scent that filled her nose. The Toxic Bogs was still green as she remembered it with its Acidic Lake with a deadly shade of green that somewhat reminded her of expired cucumbers. A green mist settled over the greenish-brown ground.

"Geez Jay, if you keep tripping like this you'll fall into the lake and not only kill yourself but destroy the scrolls." She heard a low yet warm and rich tone echoed across the forest. She quickly leap behind a tree and watched as she saw 3 figures enter her sight, all 3 of them had their masks down. This is actually the first time she had seen them. Wu told her about their personalities but never have she meet them. The one who spoke belong to a boy in a black ninja suit. Cole, the ninja of quakes. His shaggy, black hair fell in waves and ends just above those chocolate brown eyes.

He's cute!

She looked to the other 2.

Never mind, they all are cute! But I think Kai is hot.

At this, her face turned red and she slapped her head, mentally barking for her little voice to shut up and stop talking about those boys. Cole was the tallest out of the three and has the biggest muscles. His face showed he had dedicated to his mission and takes everything serious. The blue ninja she presumed was Jay who was limping slightly.

"Well, it's not my fault. I thought that rock was a little pebble, not a rock that's pretty much buried!" Jay shouted as he waved his arms about. His coppery hair was nicely combed to the side and his electric blue eyes pierced through the mist. His was the smallest although he did have long legs. She guessed he was the fastest in the group but other than that, he was very well built.

"Keep your voice down Jay, we do not know what is in this forest and we better not awaken anything we do not wish to awaken." She blinked at the white ninja's voice. It sounded very… monotone like. Almost like a robot. But she smiled at Zane, no wonder he's the ninja of ice, his whitish-blonde hair (that was unnaturally stick up perfectly) went perfectly well with his pale skin and icy blue eyes which made her shiver. So this is the ninja that didn't have a home like her?

For someone who's homeless, he did sound very wise.

"Wait… I think I can see something over there." She heard his monotone voice rang out and she went to change into her invisible form. "It's gone, never mind."

"What colour?" Jay asked as he placed a hand on the white ninja's shoulder.

"Purple."

Crap, he saw us!

"It's probably those frogs we saw." Cole suggested. "Let's go and get a closer look."

She quickly leaped like a deer to another tree. She watched as all 3 investigated the tree she had moved from.

"There are footprints, someone's watching us." Zane observed as he discovered her footstep. "And they're more leading that way."

She bit her lip and looked around to find a spot to hide. She then looked to the tree.

It's better than nothing.

She quickly climbed up it and perched herself on a branch with leaves tickling her neck.

"How can tracks just end?"

"I don't know but let's not linger in this forest anymore."

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