The Second Master of Wind

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Lloyd's POV

"What do you mean 'both of them'? How can one person have two elements?" Jay questioned.

"You guys didn't see?"

"No, we arrived late to the fight, remember?" Cole reminded me and I thought about how to explain what happened.

"Pythor tried to kidnap her while she was out, but I guess she woke up in time to start fighting back, so when I came in and he took Xia hostage, Aeria broke the window and started commanding the wind, as we already knew about from back in the canyons, but then she had two spheres of darkness in her fists as she fought him. The only other time I've seen something like that was with-"

"The Overlord." Kai finished my statement.

"Exactly, I think that's why Pythor was after her. He wants to control the Darkness the way he couldn't with the Digital Overlord."

"Well, we don't have to worry about that snake anymore." Nya stated proudly, "The Warden just sent word that they placed him in an upgraded cell that he won't be getting out anytime soon."

"Still, we need to find some way to get Aeria to tell us how she got two elements and why she's evil." Kai stated while crossing his arms.

"Kai!" I started to scold him.

"Lloyd, she's a relative of Morro, the guy that tortured you, turned you against us, and has been haunting your dreams for weeks now, that has to make her evil too." Kai argued and I thought back to all the restless nights I've had for the past few weeks where Kai usually finds out and stays with me until I'm able to fall back asleep like the brother who would always look out for me as he promised me before Morro took possession of me.

I guess it's understandable why he's a little suspicious about Aeria, but still...

"Kai, as Lloyd has reminded us, we can not be too quick to judge someone based on who they might be related to or associated with." Zane pointed out, making Kai grunt in response.

"Hey uh speaking of 'associated with', where's Ronin?" Jay asked and we all looked around to see he was gone.

"Oh boy..." I silently slapped a hand to my forehead.

I don't need a sixth sense to see where this is going...

Meanwhile...

Aeria's POV

I was busy trying to find another way to escape the room I was in on this, from what I found out after breaking the window, was a flying ship for about an hour by trying to pry the metal frame around the window out so I could make my escape from wherever these color-coded do-gooders were holding me. I stopped after a little bit since the hand I used to break off the bed leg earlier still had some splinters in it despite my efforts to pull them out with my teeth and they were throbbing in pain. I stopped to lean my forehead against the frame in exhaustion when the door silently opened and closed behind me.

"What do you want Ronin?" I asked without having to turn around to know who was behind me.

"What? Can't a guy can't say hi to his former mentee?"

"You weren't my mentor..." I muttered as I dropped my arms to my sides in defeat then held my right hand in pain.

"Ya might want to fix that hand before you try to escape again." Ronin recommended as he came over to me holding a roll of white bandages and some tweezers.

"I don't need your help, I've been doing just fine on my own without anyone's help." I muttered.

"Said the girl who was living in a place that's worse than an actual dump."