Chapter 35: Spellbound

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The Elemental Masters and Garmadon rode on a blimp above the island.

"What are you looking at, Zippy?" Jay questioned, noticing Griffin staring at him.

"The next one out of the Tournament" Griffin replies smirking.

"Why so scared to show us your back, Shadow? Worried we're gonna find a tattoo and know you're working for Chen?" Kai questions.

"I hope this next fight is between you and me, because I'm gonna put you on your back" Shade replies.

"Any idea what we missed?" Aria whispers to Lloyd, who shrugs in response.

Neuro stood up "I've had enough of this. I can't stand heights. Where's Chen?" He opens the door to the control room, but no one's piloting it "Ugh!"

The other elemental masters gathered around him, including Aria and Lloyd.

Chen appears on screen "How do I know if this thing's on? Oh, oh, oh, I see, the light. Oh, oh, I'm on? Right now? Ahem, ahem. Hello, final eight. I see you are all eager for the tournament to commence so one of you can win my Staff of Elements. Instead of fighting for a Jadeblade, today you will be fighting for something different."

He shows them a video of Nya running into the jungle.

"We have an uninvited guest on the island." Chen announces. "Find her and you will automatically move onto the final round!"

"He wants us all to hunt her down?" Jay questions "She won't stand a chance."

"In ten seconds, the bottom will drop" Chen says and everyone gasps "But to show you I'm not a bad man, I've given you eight parachutes... oh wait, Lloyd and Sensei Garmadon are there too? Shoot, that makes ten. Oh, well, I was never good at math. Heh. Toodle-oo."

"Aria!" Lloyd turns to her.

"I wasn't told any of this," Aria mutters.

The bottom opens and everyone falls, the elemental masters scramble to get parachutes.

"I don't think flying is in our talents Aria!" Lloyd shouts.

"Of course not you idiot!" Aria replies before blinking "Wait... yes, it is."

"What?!" Lloyd looks confused.

"On the island, dad mentioned it!" Aria tells him.

"He never told you how to!" Lloyd points out "And the ground is getting closer!"

"Well plan B," Aria says.

"What's that?" Lloyd questions.

"I'm sure the ground is nice a soft," Aria smiles.

"No, it's not!" Lloyd shouts.

Aria rolls her eyes before putting her hands underneath her, below them was a pond of water. The water from the shot up into the sky in a cyclone, Lloyd screamed as he fell into it, Aria right behind him.

The water settled back into the pond and Lloyd came up to the surface. He shook his head as Aria surfaced beside him.

"Told you the ground would be soft," Aria says.

"I'm going to smack you one day," Lloyd mutters.

The two swam to the edge of the pond and pulled themselves onto the land. They looked up to see Clouse staring down at them.

"You two surely like big entrances," Clouse comments.

"What told you that?" Lloyd questions as he stood up to face Clouse "More importantly, why didn't you mention dropping us from a helicopter?"

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