Chapter 64
Relic From The Past

.:Violet:.

She couldn't believe Kai would say something like that to her. He knew all the hardships she went through and she didn't want to think that's what he actually felt of her. Eventually, Violet feet took her to the middle of Ninjago City where the park was. She was amazed how quick it took the gardeners to re-construct the park. Now, in the middle of the park, was a fountain, spurting the water with beauty. Going around in circle, there were many flower beds with various plants. Then to fence the park, there were low hedges. The park looked more magnificent than it was before. The lonely ninja walked to the fountain and sat on the edge, looking into the water, seeing how the ripples were created every time the fountains spurts water.

"Ed, look! It's Jay's friend!" Violet's head perked up at the familiar voice and when she looked, she saw Jay's mother pulling her husband's hand to where Violet was sitting.

"Good after Mr and Mrs Walker!" Violet called out cheerily with a wave and a smile.

"Oh, hello dear. What are you doing here?" Edna asked, her greying, dark coppery hair was done in a rush bun but her kind, brown eyes peered through her glasses.

"I was just checking out the new gardens. They look amazing don't they?"

"They do. Edna, write down a note saying that we need to add some flowers to our Junkyard." Ed then say, his grey hair was neatly combed back while his eyes remind her of Jay's. Guilt started to chew the insides of her.

"Yes dear." Edna responded and she grabbed a rather large notebook and took the pencil from her bun Violet didn't see earlier.

"I'm afraid we don't have long to stay otherwise everything in our fridge will melt."

"Let me guess, the fridge broke down?" The female ninja asked.

"Yes. But tell Jay to call us. He hasn't done so in a long time."

"I will." Violet smiled and the old couple walked off.

With a hesitate sigh, she stood up from her spot. She had to go back to the guys. It wasn't right to leave them like that, especially Nathan but she couldn't go back to Kai. The words he said hurt and it left her in a closed plastic bag, every second she spent by herself making her suffocate in her thoughts. The caramel-haired girl ended up walking around the gardens until she reached a certain flower bed. This flower had five heart-shaped petals gather in a bunch and round leaves. Curiosity rose to the top in Violet and she crouch down, looking for a name tag for this flower. After digging through the leaves, she found that they were Violets. Many hours have passed when she have visited all the flower beds and learning every flower names. Some she found quite interesting. When the purple ninja looked up to the sky, she smiled when the warm colours of the sunset have taken over but tonight, it seemed amazing. But there had to be one thing that ruined that moment.

A loud roar echoed through the air and Violet looked to where it came from. In the distance, she could see a creature that pretty much looked like a dinosaur. Instantly, she knew it was the Grundle. Screams already filled the air as citizens ran for cover. It had a deep red hide that looked like it was impossible to penetrate with a blade. Its claws were long and sharp as if it was blades itself. Protruding from its large mouth were many sharp teeth and green slime pouring from its mouth. The Grundle seemed to have no interest in her as it walked in the shadows the buildings provided.

The female ninja instantly chased it but kept at a distance. The sun-setting sky turned dark and the dinosaur stepped out from the buildings and ran along the streets where cars instantly moved to the sides. Violet tried to keep up with the reptile's fast pace but it outran her. Suddenly, she heard a loud crash, screams and the sound of shattering glass. Violet instantly ran towards the loud sound and when she got there, she saw the Grundle standing onto of a store with a glass roof. The sign has fallen in front of the door and she could hear cries and screams from inside but from what she could tell, they were kids screaming. Violet ran to the door and peered through the wreckage.

"Violet!" She could see Zane, Kai, Cole, Jay, Lloyd and Nathan on the other side of the glass doors. Already, she was drowned in confusion.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"No time, move the sign! We need to get the children out!" Zane shouted and she nodded. Violet got onto all-fours and crawled underneath the wreckage. She placed her hands on the bottom and tried lifting it up but she only managed to just move in by an inch. "Violet, it's coming!"

"I'm trying!" She shouted and she tried using her element to push it up but that didn't work. She moved her hands to a different place and pushed it up. Pushing this part of the wreckage was much easier. The female ninja quickly pushed it up to give her enough room to get onto her legs and use them to also help push. Once she heard the door open, she saw Nathan rushing out and holding the sign with her.

"Go inside and get everyone out."

"Okay." She nodded and rushed in to already see that the Grundle was inside the store. "Oi! Over hear you over-grown worm!" She shouted and waved her arms to gain its attention from the huddled up children in the corner.

She gulped when the Grundle's head snapped in her direction, its glowing blue eyes piercing her. A roar came from its large mouth, also spraying her with the green slime. When it ran towards her, she ran forward but to only slip on the green slime on the ground; resulting her to fall on her back.

"Wow, that backfired." She groaned to herself and when she looked up she saw the Grundle was directly on top of her with its mouth hanging open, letting more green slime drip on her. "Get back!" She hissed but then it let out a screech.

"I thought ninja were on your menu!" Violet heard Cole's voice from the other side of the store. The Grundle's head snap to that direction and she propped herself up with her elbows to see Kai, Jay, Zane and Cole in ninja gi's and with pink, glowing, plastic-looking swords. The female ninja quickly got up and used this time to get everyone out.

"Go! While it's distracted!" She yelled over the roars of the Grundle. The frighten kids –who were in costumes- and the store manager dumbly nodded and sprinted out. Looking back at Nathan, she saw that he was struggling to hold the sign for much longer. "Drop it if you can't hold it."

"But you guys will be trapped!" He shouted, his voice quivering. Violet ended up thrusting her hand out causing the wind to pushed Nathan. The sign collapsed in front of the door. But when a bright, green light engulfed the room, she looked back to see Lloyd creating a green orb of light between his hands. She was surprised he learnt so much while she was gone.

"No!" A cry left her lips when the Grundle swang its tail towards the five boys and knocking them over. The Grundle once again looked at her and roared as if saying it wanted to finished it's meal first before it moves to desert. "Pick on someone more of your size!"

This then caused the Grundle to run to her again. This time, she stood her ground and waited for the Grundle to move closer. When it was close enough, she created a hurricane which came instantly –which also surprised her. She was in the eye and through the fast twirling winds, she saw the fallen items –comics- were being sucked in and the Grundle was struggling to get away.

"Hold on!" She could hear Cole yell out to the others. She went to step forward to ensure the Grundle get sucked in but once again, the world flipped out from underneath and her back hit the ground again. The hurricane disappeared and all the comics that were in it came crashing down on her.

"Stupid slime…" She groaned and she tried digging through the comics that lay on her. When she managed to clear all the comics, she was introduced with a sight that made her scream. The Grundle's mouth was open, as if ready to eat her up.

"Violet!" She heard the others shout in clear fright.

.:Kai:.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Kai screamed in his head as he watched the hurricane suddenly disappeared to see Violet slipping on the green slime that pretty much coated the floor and the comic books caving her in. Instantly, he went to go and help her but he tripped over his own feet due to the large and fake ninja gi.

"Sensei Wu, Nya!" A shout came from the left and outside the store; he could see the two friendly and familiar faces through the sign and the broken, glass door.

"Use this, quickly!" Wu yelled as the elderly man threw a jar into Jay's hand through the wreckage. When Kai looked, he saw it had purple dust particles.

"What is it?" Jay asked.

"It will turn forward the hands of time, turning you older and the Grundle to a pile of dust and bones, but be careful because there's no turning ba-" But the man stopped once they all heard Violet scream.

"Violet!" They all shouted and Kai ran forward to but the tail hit him in the chest and into the wall. No, no, no, no, no, no…

"Jay use it!" Lloyd shouted next to him.

"But what about you and Violet, you guys will age older. It'll ruin your childhood Lloyd."

"If you don't use it Jay, it'll ruin Violet's life. Use it!" Kai shouted hesitatively. He didn't want to end Lloyd's childhood or make Violet grow older but if he was honest, he would rather they all age instead of having one dead. When seeing Jay hasn't made a move, Lloyd rushed forward and grabbed the jar then threw it at the Grundle.

Wind have already picked up in the room, blowing the purple dust everywhere. Kai closed his eyes and covered his ears from the Grundle's high-pitched wails but it ended quickly. The dust bit everywhere on his skin, making him hissed in pain. Through the whistling of the wind, he heard a clatter of bones against the ground. From there, each passing second, the wind died down as well as the biting dust. Kai opened his eyes to see the whole comic store was a wreck, all the shelves laid on the ground along with the comics, bones laid all over the place as well green slime. He got up from his crumbled position against the wall and immediately rushed over to the purple figure lying underneath the bones.

"Violet!" He shouted and realised that he have aged. Kai sighed in relief that he was back to his normal age but he was concerned about Violet. Would she be as old as Sensei Wu or a couple years older? After moving all the bones, he gasped in surprise what he saw.

.:Violet:.

"Kai, what's wrong?" Violet snapped as the fire ninja helped her from squashed position. Of course she hasn't forgiven Kai yet. His words left wounds on her and not even her powers can heal them up. However Kai was about to answer but a loud gasp interrupted them and when she looked towards the others, she gasped as well.

"I'm… older."

There was no longer the cute and loving, blond boy standing there. Instead, there should a young man roughly their age. His tousled blonde hair was a rich golden colour, making his honey-cream skin stand out. His emerald eyes seemed bright on his face and his jaw was strong. Violet was shocked that Lloyd was such a hot looking man but this also proved another one of her seven visions. Now the remaining that have yet to happen is the one where the serpentine were trapped in a dark, stone cave with green venom dripping down. It sort of reminds her of the Great Devourer venom. There was also the one with Nya and Cole holding hands. The third was Sensei Wu having red eyes and a black beard. The remaining one was Kai defending her from something.

"Whoa, Violet."

"What's wrong?" She asked again to see all the guys looking at her with shock and confusion their faces.

"Violet..?" She heard three voices called out to her and she saw Nathan, Nya and Wu enter in with similar expressions.

"What is it?" She growled in frustration and crossed her arms over her chest.

"You…" She heard Lloyd started, his voice have deepened which questioned her why her voice haven't changed.

"You look the same. You don't look different at all." Kai answered next to her ear.

"What..? So why didn't it work?" Violet questioned, looking down at her hands which looked the same.

"You told me when kai was sick that your powers filter through the oxygen that enters your body, that's why my sleeping gas didn't work on you. Perhaps it filtered the tea." Nya answered.

"That was tea..?"

"Yes it was." Wu told her before looking to Nathan. "May I ask who you are?"

"Of course. My name is Nathan. I'm sure Violet can explain everything else."

.::.

After explaining who Nathan was to everyone once again and thorough detail, they all headed to the Bounty. Violet made sure to stick near Lloyd, Nathan and Zane, trying to get away from Kai as much as possible. Her mind was in a mess, she didn't know what was real anymore. Was the love between her and Kai real? Because all those words he said to her made her doubt their love.

"I've just realised we don't have any more rooms for you to sleep in unless you want to bunk with us." She heard Lloyd's now masculine voice.

"It's okay. He can have my room. I can just bunk in with Nya." Violet suggested with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Umm… Violet..?"

"Yes Zane?"

"All of your belongings are still in your room."

"What? How?"

"It seemed Garmadon's mega weapon have managed not only to recreate the bounty but all the items in it. Including Scarlett's." At this, she noticed how Nathan's face fell and turned dark.

"I-I'll move them out… Are you okay with this Nathan?"

"Yeah, I am." He replied, forcing on a smile. It wasn't long until they reached the bounty. It was already dark and the stars contrasted against the sky. Violet immediately went to her room. Zane was true to his words, all her stuff and Scarlett's were in here as if the whole devoured thing didn't even happen. Violet walked over to her sister's bed-side table and picked up a photo frame.

It was taken on the day of Cole's birthday. Both of them were in their dress with bright smiles plastered on their faces except Scarlett was on the female ninja's back with her arms around Violet's neck. Violet smiled at the dear memory and she held it close to her chest.

"V-Violet..?" Anger replaced the happy feeling she felt and when she turned to the door, she saw Kai in the doorway. "Can we talk?"

"Go away." She answered as she placed the photo frame down.

"Please-"

"No, just leave me alone."

"I want to fix this please-"

"No, don't bother. You'll just make matters worse." She hissed and she flicked her wrist, causing the furniture in the room –except one of the two beds- to hover.

"Since when did the stuff I say make matters worse?" Kai asked but she decided to ignore him. The purple ninja walked passed him with the furniture trailing after her. These furniture consisted of Scarlett's bed, both of their wardrobes, her study desk, bed side table and the little decorations. "Violet, wait up!"

At this, she walked faster and made the furniture packed up together quickly as they floated after her. When she saw Nya's room in view, she quickened her pace that she was jogging. She opened the door and made the furniture float in.

"Violet-"

"Enough Kai! Just enough alright? Can't you see I had enough of you for one day?" She snapped and slammed the door. A frustrated groan escaped her lips and Violet let herself slide down against the door.

"Whoa, what's going on between you and my brother?"

"N-Nya, I thought you were in the bridge."

"Nah, I was cleaning up to make room for my new roommate." The younger girl smile softly. Surprisingly, Nya's room was much bigger than her's. Then again, Violet didn't check every single room when she first moved in. She just selected one room to be her bedroom and that was it. For the next hour, Nya kindly helped Violet to put her furniture in place. "I have to say, Scarlett didn't have bad taste in clothes."

"Yeah. I thought I should keep them just in case… They're probably a bit big for me but if you want to wear them, you can." Violet said as she collapsed on her bed. When she didn't hear anything from Nya, she sat up to see Nya was looking at her with a serious look.

"Seriously, what's going on between you and my brother?"

"It's complicated…" Violet muttered, avoiding Nya's amber eyes that resemble so much to Kai's eyes.

"Let me guess, Kai decided to be arrogant and got angry at you?"

"How did you know?"

"He's my brother Violet. I've been living with him for my entire life. I'm sure I know a lot about him more than you. No offense."

"None taken."

"But the thing with Kai is that whenever he gets angry, he says things he doesn't even mean. He's just in that little world where he says stuff he's not even aware of until the argument is over. Trust me, I've been on that receiving end way too many times to count but sooner or later, he comes back apologising. Do you remember the time when he yelled at you and Zane for the fire that destroyed the monastery?"

"Yeah…"

"When you guys were gone, he felt so guilty. I could remember he was punching this huge rock because he felt so guilty. These past few weeks I've watched as you two cared for each other and I have to say, he haven't got angry in those weeks. In my opinion, I think you're helping him to overcome his hot-headedness."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah so I suggest maybe listening to what he has to say next instead of trying to shut him out… It's already late; we should be getting some rest."

Sorry if this chapter was really rushed but I'm on holidays now for two weeks! Updates may be a bit quicker but not as quick as before since these chapters are bigger and 4 days ago I've badly bruised one of my fingers again so it's harder to type faster (I'm a really fast typer). Thanks to my reviewers and everyone who wished me happiness for my anniversary, it made me really happy. Because of my finger, I'm going to skip the long list of reviewers. Sorry :(

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