After season 3 of Dragon's Rising came out. I figured I need to kick my own butt and finish this! So here's the next update.
And only two more to go!
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The Ninja, Geo, Tox, and Mr. Pale stood around Lloyd's bed inside the Ninja dorm. Lilly moves to the door and opens it and is surprised to see Chantal. "Chantal?" She backs away from the door allowing her to come in.
"I got here as fast as I could." Chantal said with worry. "Young Wu is with Cole's dad." She explained.
"How'd you know about Lloyd's condition?" William asked.
"I've been watching the tournament." Chantal answered, she moves over to Lloyd, and knelt down by the bed. "Zane, is he ok?" She asks in a choke as she reaches to place her hands on Lloyd's arm.
"The medical bots assured us Lloyd's condition is stable. But he shows no sign he will wake up from his coma."
"Coma!?" Chantal cried, tears sliding down her cheeks.
"He will wake up!" Lilly said firmly, her own voice filled with sorrow.
"Whatever fears he had about being our Master in the games."- Sora's cut off when theirs a knock on the open door. The Ninja turn to see Roby is his uncle and security bots coming in. The Security Bots move aside to reveal a chained Zeatrix.
"Oh, I thought Lloyd would be, uh … sorry." Roby apologized.
"What do you want Roby?" Lilly demanded. "Can't you and your snooty stuffy uncle see that we're trying to heal from her snake attack?" She points at Zealtrix.
"Yeah." Tox folds her arms. "Explain please."
"We came to do the official transfer of elemental powers." Roby said, a little uneasy.
"What!?" Chantal cried, not understanding he he's talking about, she reached over to grab fists of Lloyd's Ninja gi. "No!"
"Hold on Chantal." Cole said gently, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Can't we do that when Lloyd wakes up?"
"Lloyd is technically the victor of that competition." Bleckt said.
"But I guess we can wait until he's … better." Roby added.
"I like that." Chantal nods. "Come back later."
"Good news though, we expelled that pain-in-the-butt Zeatix!" Roby smiled.
"I can hear you."
"And not just from this tournament." Roby went on. "But from all future tournaments."
"Could somebody blast him please." Chantal asked, turning back to look down at Lloyd. Zane placed a hand on her back for comfort.
"Love too Mrs. G!" Arin smiled at her, then frowns as he turns to the new arrivals. "But they're the hosts of this tournament."
"And that's it?" Sora demanded. "After what she did? Come on, Roby, you can do better than that."
"Or we can do worse." Wyldfyre added.
"Listen to me. I - I was so caught up in winning." Zeatrix told them. "In proving my worth, that I blanked out. I just acted out of rage."
Lilly folds her arms. "It's not our fault that you didn't get to your own sister faster then us."
"Rage?" Arin repeated, he narrows his eyes when he sees an pin on Roby's sleeve.
"Was that supposed to be an apology?" Wyldfyre questioned, she turns to glare at Zeatrix. "I don't know what your Caregiver-bot taught you, but mine always said apologies should have the words." She said as she stalks up to Zeatrix, shoving her way between Roby and his uncle. "'I'm sorry' in them. You know what should be done to you, Creep-atrix? You should be … tied up in front of, like, a really delicious melon that you'll never be able to reach. No, no, you should be poked with a million sticks! While playing songs you hate on a loop, forever!"
Zeatrix's eyes glowed and she caused an afterwave, knocking everyone close to her back, but Wyldfyre was able to backflip away.
Geo and Tox quickly got in front of Chantal protectively.
"You don't know who you're messing with!" Zealtrix exclaimed with her eyes and hands glowing.
The Ninja, Tox, and Mr. Pale jump into action. But Roby jumps in between the two sides.
"Stop! There's no fighting outside the arena! I keep telling you this!" Unknown to him, Zealtrix starts to aim to her powers.
"Roby!" Lilly tackles him to the floor, just as Zealtrix throws out her powers, making Arin duck.
"Ah!" Arin straightens up. "Tell her that!"
Roby gets back to his feet, grabbing his trophy and uses it to take away Zealtrix's powers. "Sorry Zealtrix. Lose your fight, lose your powers. Them's the rules!"
The Security Bots activate, quickly hurrying up to Zeatrix and grabbing her as she screams.
"Not a heartfelt apology." Chantal said as she looks back down at Lloyd, while the others watch the Security Bots force Zeatrix out.
"What the hell was that about?" Lilly demanded. "Why bring her in here when you could've taken her powers before now?"
"I'm sorry about that." Roby apologized. "If Lloyd wakes up."
"When Lloyd wakes up!" Sora corrects hotly.
Chantal pulls the still unconscious Lloyd to her chest. "How could you let her even into these type of games!?" She demanded. "She could've killed my husband!" She chokes out, tears sliding down her cheeks.
Roby rubs the back of his head. "I'm sorry." He apologizes. "When Lloyd wakes up, I'll transfer all the powers to him. He earned them." He turns to Lilly. "Thank you for the save."
"You're welcome."
With that Roby and his uncle leave.
As Wyldfyre watches Roby with a dreamy look, Arin grabs her and yanks her to the side.
"Wyldryre, you saw Roby was still wearing those cufflinks I told you about?" He asks.
"Yeah." She had a dreamy look on her face. "They look so fire."
"No! I - I mean, sure, they are stylish. But that's not the point." Arin looks towards the others, before pushing Wyldfyre a little more away. "Those cufflinks have the same design that was on the wall from where someone sent those attack bots."
"Roby can't be a suspect. Did you see how he just saved me?" Small pause. "Us!" She corrects.
"Just because someone acts nice doesn't mean they aren't capable of turning on you."
Wyldfyre grabs Arin's shoulders, shaking him. "But this is Roby! What about Zeatrix? Or Ras? They're way badder!" She argued.
"They're still suspects, sure. But the more I think about it, the more Roby could easily be behind the attack on the Matriarch, and the attacks on the other players."
Wyldfyre folds her arms. "I think you're the wrongest kind of wrong. But if this means I get to prove the stang-zoot Roby's innocence, then sign me up!"
Sora's voice comes next. "I can help too, Arin." She approaches.
He turns to glare at her. "Thanks, but no, thanks. I need Ninja I can trust."
Lilly had had enough. She moves past Sora as she goes for Arin, grabbing his arm and roughly yanking him out. "What the hell is the matter with you?" She demands as they stood outside.
"Don't you act like it too."
"You're being a big jerk to her!"
"How can I trust her after what she's done, after what she lead me to believe!?"
"How about getting your head out of your butt and realize that all Sora wants is to make things right by wanting to team up with you. You're hurting her feelings!"
"Not as much as she hurt mine."
"You're too obsessed at wanting your parents back. That's what's holding you back." Lilly said almost coldly. "We all lost family. Not just you."
"This isn't about my parents." Arin argued, Lilly raised an eyebrow. "Ok, maybe a little. But."-
"I don't wanna hear it!." Lilly waved her hands dismissively. "You're being a massive jerk to Sora. Yes she lied. But she did it to protect your feelings. Just tell her all is forgiven and move on already! How hard is that!?"
Arin looks down at the ground, then looks back at her. "You're starting to sound like Raya, but you're the nice one. Or so I thought." He hissed before he pushes past her without a word.
"If that's an insult! Better do better than that!" Lilly yelled after him.
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Sora is training, but she stops and lets out a groan. "Lloyd was trying to teach me Spinjitzu, but I just don't know what's holding me back."
"I have a clue." Lilly muttered with her arms folded.
"There's no chance I'm making it past the next level of the tournament without him." Sora places her hand over her face.
"I'll go find a metal barrel!" Lilly offers. "Kai put Lloyd in a barrel."
Sora turns to her. "How did you learn Spinjitzu?" She asks.
"I had all the tools I needed, I just needed to believe in myself."
"But you didn't have anything holding you back." Sora points out sadly, making Lilly shake her head.
"I did actually."
"You did?" Cole asks, completely surprised. "What was it?"
Lilly looks at him, then to Zane, then back to him. "My family. I was terrified never finding my family again. Remember when I lost my passion after Nya told us Master Wu disappeared?"
"Yeah." Cole frowns, folding his arms. "You got it back."
"And." Lilly continues as she turns back to Sora, who was watching her. "Don't think so hard Sora, your Spinjitzu will come."
Sora smiled. "Thanks Lilly … for everything."
"And for our next match!" Roby's voice calls out and Sora's profile shows on screen. "She'll wreck you with tech … you, and now a bunch of other cools powers - Sora! Verses the Quake Snake ready to break the competition! Frak!"
"That's not fair!" Lilly complains. "He has your power dad!"
"Lilly." Cole turns to her. "It's fine. Once this whole games thing is done and over with, I'll have my power back. And Master Wu always says."-
She folds her arms grumpily. "Never trust a snake."
Cole's shoulders slouched. "Lillian!"
"Master's Wu sayings." His daughter says stubbornly.
Cole groans as he turn and walks with Sora, waved at Jordana but the other girl folds her arms angrily and looks away.
"Something's up with … what's her name?" Cole tries.
"Jordana." Sora corrects. "Yeah. One minute she's asking me for help, the next she's pretending she doesn't know me. Given how I ignored her when we were in school, I wouldn't want to know me either. Maybe her and Arin can become friends. Friends that hate me."
"Hey, hey." Cole rests a hand on her shoulder. "Stop putting pressure on yourself." He said gently. "My Lilly is friends with you, and so is Kai's Raya. You still friends in your corner."
"I appreciate that." Sora smiles a little at him. "Lilly's defending me." Her smile fades. "But Raya? Where's she been?" She turns to move to the field.
Cole frowns as he watches her.
"First game today is a spectacular, multi-platform fight!" Roby announces. "You know the rules: First to fall, first to lose!"
Frak bows in respect first, followed by Sora.
"Is everybody ready?!" Roby asks.
As the crows cheers, the bell rings signaling for the fight to begin.
"Wow!" Lilly exclaimed brightly. "They're both awesomely even in power."
"Well, Frak has been trained by Ras himself." Nya said as they watch the match. "And Sora is Lloyd's student."
"What's someone like you doing fighting for Ras?" Sora asks as she and Frak fight on the platform now.
"You Ninja got him all wrong! Sure, he's strict, but he taught me lots. Hah!"
They both slam their powers to each other, both straining until an explosion from both powers knocks them back, Frak leaps back to his feet and looks around for Sora, who used the smoke to her advantage surprising him and knocking him off.
"Yeah!" Lilly cheers, but she stops when Frak leaps back kicking Sora away and holds up a Wolf Mask. "Oh no!" She runs for the platform, Zane is quick to snatch her. "Uncle Zane, let go."
"You mustn't interfere." He warns. "Or Sora will be disqualified."
"Look!" William points, they watch as Frak struggles with the Wolf Mask.
"Is he hesitating?" Cole asks.
"Do it!" Ras ordered the demand. "Do not disappoint me!"
Frak lowers his arm and throws the Wolf Mask. He runs to Sora and the two start to fight without power, until Sora kicks Frak knocking him back. His hand glows and he hits the platform Sora jumps into the air and throw her power knocking Frak off.
"Sora! Sora!" Lilly cheers in a chant. "Yes! One more score for Ninja, and another zero for Ras."
"Sora is the winner!" Roby announces. Frak uses Cole's powers to bring him back to the surface, he bows to Roby, who uses the trophy to take the power and moves to transfer it to Sora.
Sora demonstrated both Frak's power and Cole's power before leaping down, Frak approaches her.
"You outplayed me." He bows. "Congratulations."
Sora returns the bow. "You were a worthy opponent."
The Ninja cheer. "Congratulations Sora!" Cole cheers.
Lilly hugs her. "You earned it!" Both she and Sora turn to watch Frak slowly make his way to Ras.
"You have failed me!" Ras snarls at Frak.
"It was a good fight. A fair fight."
"I will not suffer disobedience! I offered you certain victory, and you refused!" Ras grabs Frak by the throat and lifts him off the ground and throws him. "I never want you in my sight again."
As the Ninja leave, Jordana comes up to Sora.
"What? Jordana?" Sora asks surprised. "Oh, hey."
The red head says nothing, just gives Sora a piece of paper.
"What's that?" Lilly asks.
"I don't know." Sora stops and unfolds it to reveal some equation.
"Looks like a math equation." Lilly said.
"Not just a math equation. It's an Imperium math equation." Sora told her. She looks at Zane. "What does this mean?" She asks.
"You're the one from Imperium." Lilly told her with a shrug.
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Later. Chantal is still sitting at Lloyd's side, Cole gently dabs Lloyd's forehead with a soaked sponge.
"He's not waking up, Cole." She said with tears. Cole opens his mouth, but the door opening stops him as they turn to see Arin and Wyldfyre returning. Wyldfyre closes the door.
Sora's been studying the Imperium math, when she looks up to see Arin. "Arin!" She smiles as she holds up the piece of paper and jumps off the bench she's been sitting on. "I've been waiting for you!"
But Arin ignores her.
"Cold much?" Lilly sneers at Arin's direction.
Sora quickly get in Arin's way as she holds up the paper. "I need your help deciphering this note Jardana gave me."
"Who's Jordana? Oh, that girl from Imperium? Doesn't she hate you?"
"Stop it Arin!" Lilly hisses. "We need help here."
"Your the brains, aren't you?" He hisses back at her. "How's that for a combat?"
"My dad and uncle are in the same room." Lilly huffed. "So play nice."
"Me play nice? Yeah, sorry."
"Arin!" Sora stomps her foot with irritation. "Pay attention! Something weird is definitely going on with her. And this is an Imperium math problem."
"So?" Arin shrugs.
"Maybe it's a clue or something?" Sora offers. "You're the best at solving mysteries."
"I guess." He hesitates.
"I figured out the math." Sora told him. "For all the good it did me. It spells out the words 'Crown Mono Stereo'. What could that mean?"
"Crown … mono … stereo." Arin looked thoughtful. "Crown … uh, hat … head? Horns? Horns! Maybe the Dragon Horns? Then, mono … one?" He starts to pace. "Stereo … around … hmm. Mono … stereo … monostereo … Monastery? Horns in the Monastery?"
"Is Jordana trying to tell me the Dragon Horns are in the Monastery?" Sora asks. "Lloyd's family Monastery?"
"Maybe? But why would they be back in the Monastery?" Arin asked.
Cole's eyes grew. "Not in our Monastery." He approaches. "I think I know which one they're in. But are you sure we trust what's-her-name?"
"Not sure we have a choice." Sora told him.
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Lloyd suddenly bolts up, gasping and panting.
"Lloyd!" Chantal cries, grabbing him and hugging him tightly surprising him.
"Chanti? You're here?"
"Ask questions later." She kisses his cheek rapidly. "You're ok!"
"I'm glad you're here." He smiled as she pulled away and he turns to smile at her. "I've missed you."
"Lloyd!" Tox smiles as she walks into the main room with a smile at seeing him. "You're ok!"
"Yeah." The blonde nods, he looks around. "Where is everyone?"
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"Good afternoon, everybody!" Roby announces into his camera. "'Woo' is right! The next game is gonna be a spicy one. First up, he's mysterious and his handshakes really hurt: Knokt" His profile appears on the big screen.
Lloyd's profile appears on screen. "Versus … he's lean, green, and definitely not mean: Lloyd!"
The crowd gasps and begins to mutter.
"What is Roby trying to pull?" Sora demands. "He knows Lloyd is still in a coma."
There's a long quiet silence. Roby sighs. "The tournament must go on." He said. He sighs again. "With Lloyd not attending, I'm afraid I must call the fight … and the victory goes to."-
"Lloyd!" Sora cries, pointing in a direction.
Everyone turns to see Lloyd walking towards the tournament as Chantal helps him walk. The crowd cheers, with the Ninja.
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"Where are we go."- Arin quickly trails off as he, Cole, and Lilly walk along the edges of the city. "Whoa." Arin breaths as they see the monastery.
"Wow." Lilly gasped. "Dad, how many Monasteries did Lloyd's grandfather have?" She asks.
Cole shook his head. "For as long as I can remember, we've only had the Monastery of Spinjitzu." He shrugs. "Looks like the orb that led me here has made some friends." Cole said as they got close to the edge and stopped. "If you're right about the Imperium girl's clue, this has gotta be the place."
"But how are we gonna get over there?" Arin asks.
Lilly thrusts her arms forward and a mixture of Crystal and Earth appears as an Elemental Dragon appears with the mixture of yellow and black.
"Whoa!" Arin yelped.
Cole whistled. "Very impressive Lilly." He praises.
Lilly jumps up onto her very own Power Dragon. "I don't know how to explain it, but I think I have a little bit of both your power and mom's power." She said, while looking at Cole.
"I approve." Cole nods. "Now, be right back!" He turns and runs off.
"Take to the sky Rocky!" Lilly calls.
Arin winces when the whoosh of air nearly knocks him back, and for awhile he's alone.
Soon Cole returns in his mother's mech. Lilly's Power Dragon lowers down. "Dad? How are you controlling grandma's mech without your power?"
"The owner of this mech was my mother. I feel a connection to her." Cole explained, he closes his eyes. "If I just focus."
He moves and grunts and he pulls his arms up, bringing up rocks and boulders. Creating a bridge.
"Yeah!" Lilly cheers as Rocky flies towards the Monastery. Behind her Cole and Arin follows.
Suddenly four golden orbs fly around Lilly, then Cole before moving and slamming into each other. Creating a bright light.
Master Wu's golden figure appears. "Cole. Lilly."
"Master Wu?" Cole breaths.
Lilly's Power Dragon disappears, and she lands on her feet with shock. "Oh my God! You are dead!"