Ninjago: This is Only the Beginning

Brothers till the End

Cole's POV

I woke up a little while later...

I heard something in the darkness that didn't seem right. " Aquilo?" I whispered, he wasn't in my arms! I shot up and looked around. " Kid! Kid, where are you?!" I yelled even more.

" Are you looking for this kid?"

That voice! " What did you do with him?!" I yelled towards the voice. The darkness from the clouds didn't help much with my vision.

" You mean this kid?"

A light from a match lit up a lantern, and their in the darkness was Aquilo in the arms of a man. The same man that tried to capture the boy a few days ago. I growled at him. " LET HIM GO!" I growled, my eyes flashing red.

" Oh, I don't think so...You see I not a man whom you shouldn't had messed around with.." he hissed back.

" I am okay...just...just do not worry about me.." Aquilo gasped for air, as the hand held him tightly around the neck.

" Aquilo! Don't hurt him or a swear-"

" Oh, what you're going to hit me on the head again?" he chuckled.

I growled again, and then I relaxed. " Let's make a deal.."

" Oh, and what's that?" he seemed interested now.

" We have a fight..If I win then you free my brother...If you win you can have all of my belongs and my servitude, but you let Aquilo free. Got that?"

The man seemed to like the odds, but he knew that I had special powers. " Fine, but you can't use your powers!" he hissed.

I nodded my head. " Very well.."

" No!" Aquilo yelled. " You cannot do that!"

" Quiet kid!" the man threw the boy down to the ground.

" Aquilo!" I ran to him, and placed him in my arms. " Are you okay?"

The boy seemed angry now. " How could you do that?"

I shook my head. " I am not going to lose someone else I care about, not again.." I looked at the man, and then signaled the boy to stand at the sidelines.

The match began and the odds were pointing to the other guy, but I had to win this! " Are you ready?!" I yelled at him.

" Ready to beat you! ARghhh!!!" the man came barreling towards me, but he was way too clumsy and I easily jumped over him, and kicked him in the back. " Oof!" he fell to the ground.

I wasn't going to let him off that easily. I attacked him again, the moment he got up, and slammed him into the ground. That was when I let up on him, it wasn't fair to attack an opponent when he's down. " Get up!" I told him.

The man wiped the blood off his cheek, and then he grabbed a rock, and swung it at me.

" What the-!" I yelled, barely having time to get out of the way, the stone nicked my ankle. " ARgh! Hey, that wasn't fair!' I yelled.

" I said no powers, but no one ever said weapons!" he yelled. He came after me, and now I knew this was bad! I tried to get up, but a strain of pain came from my ankle.

" Argh!" I yelled, and the man came pounding at me, and more pain flooded my mind.

Everything I thought was lost, but as I glanced at Aquilo, I saw Zane! The moment of when Morro killed him appeared in my mind!

" No!" I grabbed the man's arm. " No, this is not going to end like last time!" I yelled, and then gathering all of the strength I had in my body, and grabbed the man in the air, and then threw him across the other side of the cliff.

" Ahhhhhh!!!!!!" The man's screams echoed farther and farther, until he was gone. I felt relieved he was gone, and I turned to the boy.

" Cole!"

I was about to go to him, but suddenly the ground broke from underneath me. The cliff! " Aquilo!" I gasped, and then I felt myself falling!

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" Cole! Cole, get up.."

" What!" I shot up, and turned around, looking to see what had happened. I then turned to Aquilo... " Oh, you're safe.." I breathed.

" I'm safe? You are the one I should be saying that too!" he yelled back. " You just fell off a cliff!" he gasped.

I looked at myself, and for some odd reason I felt no pain. " How...how did I?"

The boy looked at me with solemn blue eyes. " I healed you.." he whispered.

I looked at him and then I knew...I knew it was him. " Aquilo?"

Aquilo didn't say anything, and turned away, the light of the moon shone down on him.

" Hey, what's happening?" I gasped shocked.

The boy turned to me, and as the little boy changed...He grew taller, and his hair changed to a flat top, and his blue eyes glowed brighter. " I remember now, Cole....I remembered my family.." He voice changed, and my eyes widen.

" Zane!?" I gasped. " I knew it you were that boy, but how....why?!"

Zane came to me, and smiled. " I was given a chance to say goodbye the right way..." he whispered.

My eyes sadden. " So...you still have to go.."

Zane nodded his head. " Yes, that is correct, but I will always be there."

" I know, and no matter what you are still and always be our brother." I smiled at him.

He looked at me, with blue eyes. "The others need you, Cole..They need their cornerstone." Zane whispered.

The clouds began to uncover the light of the crescent moon. " Brother, I promise you I will watch over them...It was good to you see again." I whispered to him.

" It was good to see you again, as well Brother." Zane smiled.

The light began to surround Zane, and he looked at me with glistening eyes. " You will always be in mine, Cole. Never abandon your family, they need a strong leader to guide them, and that leader is you. Watch over them for me."

" Of course!" I smiled at him.

A wind began to blow, and white sakura flowers danced around him. " I have to go now, but fear not...when the darkness comes and the white light disappears...I will come back one last time.." he whispered.

And then he was gone......but hope rested in my heart that I would get to see him again, but until then...I knew that home is where I'll find him.

" Don't worry, tincan. Your brothers will be reunited once again, I promise you. No matter what!"

End of Stage Three: Cole