We've Got Training To Do

3: The King of Shadows

Previously on We've Got Training To Do:

Three ninjas in black uniforms attacked Kai in the bathroom. He fought back, getting them out of the bathroom and onto the training course.

"These are your teammates," Sensei Wu said.

"Where's Kai?" Cole asked. Jade pointed him out to the others, and there he is, running around the Skeleton camp.

"Whoa! This is so cool!" Jay shouted. He walked out of the cavern, right into the Skeletons.

A dragon chased the Ninjas, now in uniforms of different colors (although Cole is still black). They turn into tornadoes, and the bronze one we all know to have Jade in it catches on a rock, causing her to break her ankle. "Kai!" she shouted.

"Jade!" He ran back over to her, scooped her up, and ran out of the swiftly crumbling cave.

"This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't used the Scythe!" Sensei shouted.

~0~0~0~

I haven't told anyone about the dream.

"I spy something... white." Jay's game of I Spy has been uneventful for the past two hours.

"Could you try to be quiet for once? This ain't easy." Cole told him. Jay is about to make a retort, but is interrupted by the rocking of the boat.

"I spy something broken!" Jay says.

"If Sensei knows where the next Golden Weapon is, why isn't he steering the ship?" Kai asks.

"Sensei's wisdom is far above my own," Zane tells him.

"The most powerful move in Spinjitzu can only be unlocked when all five Elements are combined," Sensei says randomly. "Earth, Fire, Light, Ice, Lightning, and Air."

"What happens when all of them are combined?" Jay asks.

"The Tornado of Creation. The ability to create something out of nothing," Sensei answers before the ship rocks dangerously.

"Wasn't me!" Cole calls.

"We're here." Sensei says. (Cue dramatic music!)

~0~0~0~

The Caves of Ice are filled with ice encased skeletons. Not ghost ones, but normal ones.

"Looks like someone's already been here," Kai says.

I roll my eyes. Thank you, Captain Obvious!

We reach another dragon statue not unlike the one in the Caves of Despair, only white and blue instead of brown and red. The shruikans are suspended in midair below it.

Zane jumps up and retrieves them, but he freezes. The dragon comes to life just as the other one. We pick up Zane and run out of the caves, screaming as the dragon chases us. We run into the wall and Zane breaks out of his ice thing.

At least I didn't break my ankle this time.

Next, Sensei takes us to the location of the Nunchucks of Lightning. They are located at the top of a super tall tower. The Skeletons are following us. Jay grabs the Nunchucks and another dragon appears, bright blue. We jump off the tower and use fake wings, inventions of Jay's, to fall slowly.

I hear Samukai laugh as we go down.

Next we find the Knives of Light and Air. All in one Weapon. I wonder how it all didn't come crashing. The dragon is pure bronze, and the Knives were located in a cave that was deep underground and filled with some form of natural light. These are my favorites because they are destined to be mine. The dragon makes no attempt to stop us. In fact, it nudges me with its snout as we go out.

Only the Sword of Fire to go. We camp out in the woods where it is located. I fall asleep quickly, only to have more disturbing dreams.

~0~0~0~

"Nya! Wait up!" I hear Kai say. I wake up immediately. I see Kai following Nya somewhere. I pull on my mask and follow them, knowing this can't be good.

"Slow down! Why are you running so fast?" I hear. I increase my own speed.

"Nya! Where are you?"

"Kai!" I call. He turns around.

"Jade, why are you here? This could be dangerous." he tells me.

"'Danger' is my first name." I say.

"I thought Jade was your first name."

"No, Jade is my middle name."

"What's your first name?"

"Does it matter?" I follow Nya to a palace looking thing on a volcano, and Kai follows me..

Nya seems to have disappeared. In her place is the Sword of Fire. Then she reappears in front of it.

"Nya!" we shout in unison.

"I'm right here."

The voice isn't Nya's. Her form has been replaced by a shadow with glowing red eyes.

"Garmadon." Thanks again, Captain Obvious. "You can't hurt us! You're banished, trapped in the Underworld!" Really, the question I want to ask is why he states the obvious.

"Which is precisely why you will retrieve the Sword of Fire for me."

"I don't think so!"

"Are you sure about that?" Garmadon asks. Nya appears above and behind the Sword.

"Kai! Jade!" she shouts.

"Nya!"

"If you don't free the sword, how else will you cut the chains to free your sister? Or your brother?" My little brother, Sammy, appears next to Nya.

"Sammy!" I yell.

"Jadie! Help me!" Sammy shouts.

The chains that bind them fall a foot or two.

Kai seems to be concentrating on something. He opens his eyes and leaps toward the Sword. He cuts down both of our younger siblings and we use Spinjitzu to rescue them before they fall.

"Stay close," Kai warns them.

"I think I speak for both of us when I say we're not going anywhere." Nya says. Sammy nods.

A shadow rises up behind Kai.

"Look out!" Nya shouts. Kai turns and encounters something weird.

Would you believe me if I told you Kai was attacked by his shadow?

One shadow changes into several, and while he's busy, he tells me to take Sammy back to camp.

"What about you?" I shout.

He doesn't answer.

I pick up Sammy and put him on my back. I grab Nya's hand and take them out of the Temple of Fire, leaving Kai. But before we reach the bottom of the stairs, Nya breaks away and runs back, shouting for her brother. I feel guilty about leaving her, but Sammy is my number one priority. I press on.

As we run to camp, a bone truck zips past us, with Cole, Zane, and Jay on its trail.

"They have the Weapons!" Jay shouts. We race after the truck, but it disappears, leaving us with the truth.

We've lost.

~0~0~0~

My dreams are just as disturbing as my others that night. Sensei stands in a cavern, with the Sword of Fire in his hands. I watch as he enters a palace made out of bones. There is the all-too familiar laugh of Lord Garmadon, and the dream fades.