"Aargh!" Kai shouted in the Nether-Space.
"Don't scream - there's no point in doing so." Bonzle said.
"Before, yeah, maybe, but now it's the only way to calm down. Ever since we were stuck here, we had to watch out for the Forbidden Five, but now that they're gone this place became even more boring than watching paint dry! And, also, because those guys are now out there, I can't protect my family! I'm useless! And the only thing that I can do is let out this frustration by shouting, because punching the walls is not an option!"
"Why?"
Kai showed his swollen hand, covered in bandages with a face that said "That's why."
"Oh, you already tried."
"Yeah! And I probably forgot to tell you that I tried to reach out to Nya and Riyu, but none of them responded!"
"That… Is worrying."
"I know! But what can we do? Nothing! And that's coming from me!" The Fire ninja sighed in defeat.
"Kai-" Bonzle reached out her hand to comfort him, but suddenly the Nether-Space shook.
Kai immediately stood up.
"Is that supposed to happen?"
"No, not at all."
"Then…?"
"I don't know! But-" The spell suddenly quieted down and fear filled her 'eyes'. She grabbed Kai and whispered: "Hide! Something is coming and it's more dangerous and uncontrollable than the Forbidden Five!"
"More dangerous? How is that even possible?"
"I-"
"Kai, come out come out wherever you are!" That voice, distorted and maniac-like voice, was Lloyd's!
"It's Lloyd!" Kai was so happy to hear his kid brother and pretty much started running to the source of it, but, luckily, the skeleton managed to grab him by his sleeve.
"No! That's not your brother! That power is way too massive for any kind of human-like living being."
"What are you talking about-"
"Found you!"
Kai saw a figure that had deep brown long and messy hair with a bit of blonde at the top, and were glazed with purple on the ends. Its head had around 6-4 uneven horns, most noticeable ones on the forehead, that were also glazed but with a mixture of red and purple, the 4 different pointy ears were also glazed but only with deep purple. There were markings on his face that were really weird, even chaotic with hints of red, purple and a bit of golden, the skin was something similar to a golden tan with hints of purple, black and red. A red-purple aura surrounded it.
The Fire ninja felt uneasy – this figure really looked like his kid brother, but at the same time – didn't.
That chaotic sharp smile and blood-thirsty gaze turned into annoyance.
"You'd better watch your back, Smith, and word of advice – the next time you meet me, don't interrupt a good fight to look for features – it's annoying and a dishonorable thing to do."
"What?-"
The figure attacked Kai.
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"Aaah!"
Bonzle looked at him sleepily.
"What's wrong?"
"I think Lloyd is in trouble."
The skeleton raised an 'eyebrow'.
"There was some purple-red aura all around him and he acted all… He acted like some king of a sadistic villain."
"ThunderFang…" Bonzle seemed lost in thought and terrified at the same time and Kai couldn't make sense of any of it.
Meanwhile, with Jay:
"So… I can see the Mouth of lightning has finally woken up." A being that blinded Rogue for a moment stared right at him with ridicule.
"Hey! That's not how I'm called!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah!"
"Then what is your name?"
"I am Rogue-"
"No. Your real name."
"I… Am… Jay Walker, the Elemental Master of lightning!"
It laughed, then looked Jay straight in the eyes.
"You don't even know the half of it, Ninja!"
Jay was getting tired of being called 'Ninja' so many times, but at the same time – really confused, why were they calling him a Ninja?
Rogue shook his head and wanted to say that him being a Ninja was a lie but stopped, when he realized that he was talking to the same sensei of Ras' enemy team, except nearly every part of him was glowing white.
Jay felt even more uneasiness dawn over him as he realized he wasn't in the mountain anymore.
"Oh, right, you don't know what this place is… This is the void, the place, where the Conduit's soul and mind reside…" It raised its hands as if showing a magic trick.
"But I'm not the Conduit… Am I?"
"No, you're not, but the grandson of the FSM is, you know him as the Green ninja, Lloyd. And because of him, I'm here to help you – to get a start on becoming good again." A finger if the being was pointed at Jay.
"But-"
"Who you are now, is not who you're supposed to be or who you were. Ras, the Administration and the Merge destroyed the path all of you took years to build! And you're the one that wandered off from your objective."
"But, this can't be true!"
The Conduit took a sigh of defeat and smashed his palm into Jay's face.
"Go help Lloyd, then we'll see what to do next, Ninja of Lightning…"