We shall be together | Будем вместе (Ninjago)

3 (English version)

The time was approaching four o'clock in the evening. The friends finally arrived at the village of Ignacia. They parked their cars a little further, because the road to the blacksmith shop was too narrow to drive there.
They walked along small houses. There were practically no people on the street, and this is not surprising, because everyone was still working.
- I wonder why so few people live here. Growing rice should be a profitable business, shouldn't it? Cole asked as he followed the red ninja.
- Maybe it’s profitable, I don’t know. But everyone is leaving for Ninjago. There are mostly only old people here, - Kai said without any emotion. He himself did not know much about the village of Ignacia, although he lived here most of his life.
- Why were you and Nya here then? Why didn't you move to Ninjago?
- Someone had to look after my father's shop after he disappeared. And we didn’t have the money to move somewhere, - Kai suddenly stopped at the old blacksmith’s shop, - Welcome.
- Great, we can stay here and figure out what to do next, - Lloyd smiled, but for some reason he had a premonition that something was wrong.
- I’ll go ask the neighbors if any woman came with a child, - Kai opened the house with the key and let his friends in, -Wait for me here.
He left. The friends walked inside the building, looking at it from the inside. They had never been here, they only heard how brother and sister sometimes remembered and talked about this place.
- It’s quite cozy here, - Cole was sincerely interested in the atmosphere here and looked into all the rooms. Lloyd and Zane were more reserved, but still showed interest.
- I was embarrassed to ask Kai about this...- the green ninja hesitated slightly, - But does anyone know what happened to his parents?
- I only know that they disappeared somewhere and are now considered dead, - said the black ninja.
- Even Master Wu doesn’t know what happened to them, - Zane noticed that it was slowly starting to get dark, - It seems that it will get dark soon.
Suddenly Kai came to them with news.
- The neighbors said that they saw someone in black, but without a child, according to the description it was similar, - the fire master began to tell the story straight away, - Only everyone has different testimony about where she was seen. Someone says near the river, someone near the mill, someone even said near my house.
- Everything is somehow strange. Where is the child then? - Lloyd thought.
- Official information has been received that the child was found alive and unharmed near the police station. The criminal could not be found,- Zane suddenly said, broadcasting information from the Internet.
- It turns out we came here in vain, - Kai sighed,- Give me two hours, I’ll clean up here. There has been no one here for a year and a half.
- We can help,- Cole offered and looked at Lloyd.
- There’s nothing to do anyway. Together faster.
- I’m not forcing you, you can take a walk, there’s a beautiful forest nearby.
- Kai, we are friends, friends help each other.
The red ninja was happy to hear this. He thought that this was only his concern and no one would want to help him, but he was wrong.
The friends fetched water from a nearby well and began to clean up, listening to Zane's music on the radio. The cleaning took a fair amount of time and effort, and soon the whole house was clean. The exhausted ninjas collapsed on the sofa in the living room.
- Thank you, it’s never been as clean as it is now, - Kai yawned, and then left and returned with a small Chinese lantern in his hands. His friends started watching him.- Did anyone call Nia or Jay?
- No, - Lloyd replied.
- I can do it now, - Cole took out his phone and dialed the blue ninja's number. - Jay, how are you? Where are you? In a monastery? Everything is fine? No, the child has already been found, so there is no point in coming to us. Yes, we'll be back soon. Want to come? For what? Maybe it's not worth it? Oh, okay, okay, let's wait.
Cole hung up.
- What? - Kai asked.
- Nya really wants to come here, but Jay can’t dissuade her.
- But it's' too late. This makes no sense, - Lloyd waited for the fire chief’s reaction.
- Let her come if she wants, - the fire master set the lantern on fire and placed it on the nightstand along with a photograph of his parents.
- What is this? - Cole asked carefully, fearing that he shouldn’t have asked such a stupid question.
- In memory of my parents, - Kai answered, picking up the photo.- I don’t know what happened to them, it’s always been a mystery to me. I only have a couple of memories left, and Nya doesn’t remember them at all.
Although it was no longer so light and only the pitiful light from the lantern helped illuminate the room, you could still notice a hint of sadness on the red ninja’s face.
- I just want to know the truth about them, - Kai also sat down on the sofa with the others. It was clear that he was getting sleepy, but he was trying his best to hold on. He was waiting for his sister...