Ninjago The Next Generation

Chapter 11

Reese

This whole Jade situation was really making the whole group nervous. This wasn't the first time the green ninja was kidnapped, but it was the first time that jade was kidnapped.

Reese and Adrian decided to eavesdrop on Lloyd and Kai's conversation to see what they were going to do over the problem. "I feel like a failure. I've failed as a dad." Lloyd mumbles. Reese and Adrian can tell he's sobbing. "You've done your best. That's all that matters." Kai assures him.

Reese watches Adrian run off into the house. It's not like him to want to be alone. Reese follows him to his room. "Are you okay?" he worriedly asks. Adrian looks up at Reese, and his face is tear streaked. "I'm worried. I love Jade. What if she doesn't make it?"

Reese sits down next to Adrian. "If anyone could make it, it would be Jade." Adrian looked up at Reese and gave him a hug. "What would I do without a cousin like you?" he said.

"You mean friends like us." Maya, Ray, Dianna, Kirby, and Axel come out from behind the corner. "We're super worried too. That's why tonight we are sneaking out to find her!" Adrian smiles. "So what's our plan?"

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Adrian heard the adults go to bed. He quietly put on his ninja outfit and snuck to Maya's room. She was ready. Maya and Adrian climbed down the balcony and into the entrance of the forest, where they met the other teens. "Akita came from this way, so this is the way we're going." Ray tells everybody. Adrian nodded, and so did everyone else.

The teens sneak through bushes and the forest of trees, only to find a dead end. "A cliff?! We're never going to get past this!" Maya complains. Axel steps forward and examines the cliff. "This isn't any cliff." he presses an area of the cliff, "It's a secret base."

"A what?" Reese asked, even though he heard it correctly. " A base," Axel repeated for him, "Someone or something is down there." Maya crouched down to try and get a better look, "What if it's Garmadon?" she asked.

Reese then turned to meet Dianna, "Can you go and take a quick look around?" he questions. She nodded, and with a blink of an eye, she was gone. Soon she was back, "I think he is there, I saw and heard a voice that was deep, and a pair of red glowing eyes." she described.

"That must be him!" Adrian agreed, "Come on, lets go!" he said, eagerly, and jumped down into the base. He was too obsessed with finding Jade, he had to have her back. The others followed him from behind, and soon, Reese stopped him after borrowing Dianna's power, "Slow down!" He said.

Adrian stopped, looking over Reeses shoulder, " We have to find her! We can't waste any time!" He said. Reese then pushed him back to the others, "yes, which means we have to be stealthy about it, this place could be crawling with stone warriors." "Or Nindroids!" Ray added.

Adrian groaned, "Ok, fine," he rolled his eyes, "How are we going to do it then?" he asked. Reese smirked, "You remember when our dads took us to meet all of the elemental masters?" he asked. Adrian nodded, not quite sure what he was getting at. "Well, I might have borrowed some power."

"Witch one?" he asked, "Invisibility, by the way, thanks for the birthday present Ray." He looked to his sister. Ray narrowed her eyes, "You little-" 

"Guys!" Axel separated them. "Is there any way to make all of us invisible?" Kirby asked. Reese nodded, "Yes, we all have to hold hands and not let go, if we do, then who isn't won't be invisible." He explained.

They all held hands, Adrian holding Reese and Maya's. Maya was holding Kirby's, so Adrain kept an eye on them. Reese concentrated really hard, and soon, Adrian couldnt even see his own two feet. Reese tugged at the line of ninja, "We have to hurry, I cant keep this up for over thirty minutes."

Everyone understood, and then ran off, looking for their missing friend.

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Lloyd

Lloyd sighed, as he sat on a bench, in front of Zane's garden. He couldn't help but feel that it was his fault that Jade was taken. He looked to his hands, and started to think. He has beaten his father many times before, and he can do it again.

He got to his feet and went inside, walking up to his new temporary room. He changed into his gi, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Kai. "and where do you think you are going?" he asked.

Lloyd sighed, "To go find my daughter, you can't stop me Kai, not this time." he shook his head. Kai then leaned on the door frame, "Who said I was going to stop you?" he questioned, "I am not letting you go alone, I'm going with you." Lloyd wassa bit shocked, thinking that Kai was going to stop him. "Don't you remember, I said that I would protect you, and I still will. And besides, as iron sharpens iron..?" he waited for Lloyd to continue.

"Brother sharpens brother." He smiled. Kai grinned himself, "Come on, you got to get her before the Overlord gets her power, it drained you and you almost died." Lloyd noded, "I won't let that happen to Jade."

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Reese

Adrain wasn't himself, and it worried Reese. The two of them along with Jade were best friends, and with Jade gone, it was hard on both of them. Mainly hard on Adrain. Reese knew that they were friends and they cared about each other, but Reese suspected something. Maybe they were more than friends? Reese shook his head, gripping a bit tighter on his cousin's hand. "Witch way?" He whispered back, hoping Dianna heard.

"Down the second hall." A quiet voice replied. He would have thanked her, but they had to be silent, a couple stone warriors were heading their way. They made their way down the hall Diana had instructed about, only to find a dark room.

Reese let go of Adrain's hand, making everyone go visible, well, not really. It was too dark to see anything. He lit his hand on fire, and so did Ray. They exchanged some glances, then started to explore the room. There was a low, deep grumble that sounded like a laugh that built up from the darkness.

Everyone froze in their tracks. Reese looked to Adrain, and the two of them started to walk farther into the darkness, being as quiet as possible. Soon, they reached the edge of the darkness, greeted by a door. Reese places his ear against it, and starts to listen in on a conversation, coming from the other side.

"We will leave her here until it's time we need her," a raspy voice spoke, " she will need time, and so will the power! We can't just take it right now until we have everything that we need!" Another voice then began, "of course my lord, why don't we work on the preparations while we wait."

A pair of footsteps started to fade out of hearing range, along with a slithering noise. Reese looked at Adrian and they both nodded. They quietly tried to open the door, just for it to be locked. Reese then picked up a rock that was by his feet, since the base was underground and all, and started to shape it into the form of a key with the power he borrowed from Kirby. He stuck in through the slot, jiggling it around until they heard a click.

Adrian and Reese pushed on the door, and it revealed a room. There was a table where you could experiment on someone, a lot of lab equipment, and a bed. It was bright, but not bright enough to see who was there. They saw a shadow, of a person, standing by the table.

Adrian then started to walk up to them.Reese noticed and his eye shot wide. He tried to stop him, but Adrain was too fast. "Hello?" the master of water asked, being behind the mystery person. "I-im looking for my friend, maybe you could help me find her?" he asked, stuttering just a bit.

"Adrian!" Rese whispered-shouted, starting to feel that something was off here. Adrian ignored him, "Her name is Jade, blond hair, wears green a lot, and her eyes are green-"

The figure turned, but there was still a shadow over them, making it hard to see. They opened their eyes, and a bright red glowed. Adrian held up his hands, "S-sorry! Did i say something?" he asked. The figure stood still for a minute, before walking into the light.

Adrian gasped. Reese saw who it was, his eyes widened, and his heart had skipped a beat. He then stood up, walking over to Adrian. The figure saw him too, and the red eyes narrowed. Adrian took a step forward, "Jade?"