Ninjago: Ninja Life

Lady Iron Dragon

(Nya's POV)

"Ooh! I think I got it!" My brother declared for the twentieth time as he held the medallion from Koko up to his eyes, matching the three holes of the medallion to a set of three large rocks to the side of us. Lloyd and I were growing tired of all the endless walking we've been doing and we were definitely getting tired of my brother constantly claiming he had found what the medallion matched up with. "Now how are three rocks supposed to help us find the temple?" I asked my brother, my voice full of annoyance 

"I don't know, maybe there's a path made out of rocks to the temple?" Kai suggested with a shrug, his idea quickly being brushed to the side by Lloyd and I as the two of us shared an irritated look before returning to our relentless walking through the Dark Island. It's been a good hour or two since we left the others and so far we've gotten nowhere in our quest to locate this Temple of Light, it's hard to say I'm not getting very frustrated with our lack of results, and my brother's constant yelling certainly isn't helping much 

We've tried matching the holes of the medallion with literally everything we've come across and absolutely nothing has worked, we've tried trees, hanging coconuts, boulders, logs, bamboo and now thanks to my brother, rocks. Ugh, why did the First Spinjitzu Master have to make this so hard! If we can't find that temple and put a stop to Garmadon and the Overlord I'm putting the blame on him! 

If there's one positive thing to come from our expedition so far it's that we've had no trouble with any Stone Warriors, but I can't help but feel that we could run into a patrol of them at any moment as we get deeper and deeper into the island. Garmadon's large camp has got to be around here somewhere, so the three of us have really gotta keep our eyes peeled for those walking statues, the last thing I want to do is walk into a Stone Warrior ambush

I really hope we find this blasted temple soon, I'm starting to run low on drinkable water and not to mention how tiring it is on my feet to walk across an entire island, the vehicle that Jay and I have been working on would have been awfully helpful right about now, but then again maybe it's a bit too big for a stealth mission like this one 

The tranquil scenery of the forest that was one of the only positives of our journey unfortunately couldn't last the entirety of our expedition, as up ahead the three of us could see the trees and nature around us becoming replaced by nothing but cracked earth, Garmadon and his army no doubt being to blame. "Uh oh, looks like we've stumbled across my father's camp" Lloyd quietly whispered as he grabbed Kai and I, pulling the both of us behind a set of boulders to hide from the patrolling Stone Warriors a few feet in front of us

"Woah, this place is a whole lot bigger in person" Kai commented, taking in the full size of Garmadon's new camp. My brother was right, seeing this place from the eyes of the Falcon high in the sky doesn't exactly do this place justice, I kinda feel like an ant compared to the massive wooden walls ahead of us. Even if Garmadon's camp was intimidating and probably filled to the brim with all kinds of evil, I couldn't help but somewhat admire the large settlement. I know that might sound terrible but I'm admiring this place from the perspective of an engineer, taking note of the large machinery and vehicles I could see poking out from behind the tall walls

"I know it might be a bad idea, but I kinda wanna get a closer look at what's behind those walls" I voiced my curiosity to my brother and Lloyd, keeping my admiration of the camp to myself. Lloyd held an unsure expression as he seemed to think about my idea for a moment "It's definitely a very risky idea, if we get caught snooping there's no doubt we'll be easily overwhelmed" The Green Ninja considered my idea "We wouldn't have to get too close to the camp, we can just scale that rock back there and peek over the walls" I pointed towards a large grey rock behind Lloyd, it looked just tall enough to give us a glimpse at the settlement within the walls