《Brother of Wind {book 6: Skybound}》chapter 8
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Jay walked around the room he stumbled upon.
"Cliff Gordon's Handbook to Wooing Women?" Jay reach a book placed on a shelf.
"That must be his real name. Cliff Gordon. That means my real name is Jay Gordon? Ha!" Jay exclaimed.
"Chapter One: Women love mystery." Jay oprned the book.
"When talking to them, less is more--"
Then came Nadakhan in the room with Jay.
"Are you ready for your second wish? Hmm?" He asked. Jay bounced around the room and grabbed a prop blaster on the wall, diving down to shoot. But, it was only a prop.
"Huh?"
"Adorable." Nadakhan stated.
"What did you do? Did you change the past?" Jay stepped up.
"Hmm. I wish. I merely revealed a truth about your life that you were unaware of." Nadakhan flew around Jay.
"Then I don't wanna make another wish." Jay crossed his arms.
"Everyone wants a second wish. A second chance to make things right." Nadakhan pressured while getting uncomfortably close to Jay.
"No." Jay turned away.
"Don't resist me. Tell me what you want. More power? More prestige? Maybe a raygun that works?" Nadakhan trailed around the Ninja.
"No. I don't want anything. I just wish I wasn't alone with you." Jay said. The doorbe rang.
"Dang it. Ah, I did it again."
"Hello? Jay? Are you here?" Nya's voice called.
"Don't forget you have a third wish." Nadakhan said before poofing away.
"Ah! Phew." Jay quickly ran out of tue secret room, shut the door and made it to the entrance of the living room.
"Hello?" Nya walked in.
"Nya, you're here. How did you get here?" Jay asked.
"Well, you split and Morro said he saw Nadakhan." Nya explained. Jay seemed to choke up.
"I called your dad who said you'd be here. Speaking of which, why are you here?" Nya asked.
"Uh...uh..." Jay paused. Women love mystery. When talking to them, less is more. Jay took that and literally said nothing."
"Fear isn't a word where I come from!" The animatronic shouted.
"Fritz Donnegan? Is this your stuff?" Nya questioned.
"If you have a secret hideout, why can't I?" Jay put his hands on his hips.
"Wow. I...I never would have guessed. Come on. The team needs us. Don't worry, this place will be our little secret." Nya exited the house.
"Fear isn't a word where I come from." The animatronic spoke again.
"Thanks, Dad. I owe you one." Jay looked at the statue then ran out the house.
. . .
As Clancee franticly tried to get the ship off the ledge, the rest of the crew was also screaming.
"I ain't trying to do your job. Uh, just trying to help." Clancee exclaimed to an angered Monkey Wretch that threw something at him. "Ooh! Hey, that better be mud."
Nadakhan appeared back on the ship.
"So did you snare a ninja?" Flintlocke asked.
"Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned." Nadakhan said.
"If I can speak freely, you ain't getting them alone because they ain't got nothing to do but look out for each other." Flintlocke said.
"I don't follow."
"Put us to work, Captain. Then when they're busy looking out for their own tails, they're all yours for the taking." Flintlocke exained.
"Hmm. There's a reason I made you my first mate. Let's welcome back the rest of my old crew and get this bird in the sky." Nadakhan said.
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. . .
"I'm so tired of all this sneaking around." Kai said as the Ninja met up in the fighting club Kai was previously washed out on.
"One, why did you become a Ninja, and two we know too little about what's happening still." Morro raised his hand off the table to say.
"Oh come on! You're barely even hiding. You have a green streak in your hair and a cloth tied around your arm at all times!" Kai exclaimed. Morro pulled back a bit and tucked his green streak behind his ear and folded away the cloth around his arm.
"Stop it, okay? Listen. The only ones who have completly seen Nadakhan have dissapeared!" Lloyd silently exclaimed.
"I mean-- you only saw him for half a second!" Lloyd pointed to Morro.
"If only we knew someone who had faced him and could tell us what to expect." Zane said. Jay choked up a bit more.
"I wish Wu were here to--" Lloyd started.
"No! Don't say that word!" Jay exclaimed. The Ninja turned to him.
"I mean, why wish when we have everything we need right here, right? Haha. Go, ninja, go?" Jay said. Jay was acting sus.
Everyone in the tavern looked in the Ninja's direction.
"Nice going. You blew our cover." Cole lightly pushed Jay.
"No, he didn't." Nya pointed to the tv.
"I don't know why this is news anymore, but Ninjago City's once again under attack by pirates. Or dare I say, Sky Pirates?" The news reporter exclaimed.
"We have to help!" Cole slammed hos hand son the table as he stood up.
"But we're fugitives." Zane motioned to calm down.
"Doesn't matter. We protect the innocent." Lloyd instructed
"And Soto said the map is on that ship. If we wanna stop Nadakhan, we need it." Nya remined.
"Suit up and meet on 12th avenue. From the looks of it, that's where they're headded." Morro instructed and ran out of the building.
The police gathered to form a blockade at an intersection.
"Pull your flying vehicle over now!" The Commissioner shouted through a megaphone.
"I-It's been too long, Captain." Clancee ssid was the Misfortune's keep flew around the city.
"It has, hasn't it?" Nadakhan smiled as he steered the ship.
Then, they blew up some offices. Whelp.
"For our own safety, travel in pairs. Morro, chose on the way. We need to protect the people, but also get that map." Lloyd exclaimed.
"Jay and Kai, go to the middle, Cole, Lloyd down the left. Zane, Nya, follow me, we're gonna try to stop that ship!" Morro exlciamed, tying the green cloth around his arm as he made his way on the scene.
"Wait-- I forgot, what does the map look like?" Cole asked, flipping his hood on.
"It's on a lantern. Look for a lantern." Zane said.
"Ninja-go!!"
"Focuse on the people, we're taking care of the threat." Morro exclaimed, landing on a police car. Zane created a ramp and off Morro went with Nya.
"Why didn't you arrest them?" The Commissioner asked.
"It sounds like they were trying to help." One officer said.
"You might be soft, but I'm not." The Commissioner grabbed a taser and ran off.
The Misfortune's anchor dropped down, ripping up the road.
"That is not cool. But this is! Ice!" Zane shouted, freezing up the anchor and throwing his shurikens. Flintlocke shot them down while hanging onto the anchor's chain. Morro jumped up to keep debris from colliding with buildings as Nya kicked up a fire hydrant to get the water working. She flipped off her hood, shoking Flintlocke with her appearance.
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"Boy, you're real ugly." Cole exclaimed as Dogshank dropped down onto the rooftop he was on.
"I'm not a boy. I'm a lady." Dogshank said. Then she somehow threw Cole against a sign.
Lloyd was tied up with Doubloon, dodging and attacking almost just the same as Lloyd was. Then, with a yellow light, Doubliin made a Spinjitzu tornado.
"He knows Spinjitzu?!" Lloyd shouted.
'Does he know we can talk without talking?' Morro raises his staff.
'Duck and grab. You'll need it.'
Lloyd knelt the the ground and Morro threw his staff like a lance, knocking Doubloon off balance. It retracted and Lloyd grabbed the small cylinder.
"Quick! The anchor!" Cole shouted.
Unfortunatly, Zane's ice didn't keep the anchor down for took long, it retracted, leaving Cole and Lloyd in the dust.
"Forget that guy, Lloyd. Airjitzu!" Cole shouted. Lloyd joined Cole and the two used Airjitzu to get a height start. They were just by it, Lloyd extending Morro's glider that he grabbed and the two made it onto the ship's deck. Lloyd threw the glider back down to Morro.
"Look out!" Jay shouted as an explosive barrel dove down towards them. Kai jumped over it, while Jay turned back to run, separating them.
"Ugh. I'm okay." Jay exclaimed from the ground.
"I'm going after that lantern." Kai turned back to the ship.
"Wait, we're supposed to stay together!" Jay shouted. Kai used airjitzu to get onto a roof while Jay tried to follow. He tripped on the edge of a building and Jay looked up to see Nadakhan appear and disappear with Kai in hos grasp.
"No! Kai!" Jay shouted.
"Huh? Where are we? What did you do?" Kai looked around, he was taken to a beach.
"I thought a little privacy might be in order. You were in such a rush. For what? Let me help you. You can wish for it." Nadakhan smirked. Kai heated up and narrowed his gaze.
"The only thing I wish is for you to take me back!" He shoutes.
"Your wish is yours to keep." Nadakhan bowed.
The scene changed, but it semmed off, old.
"This isn't Ninjago City. This isn't my wish. I told you to take me back!" Kai shouted at Nadakhan.
"Ah, but how far back? This is Ninjago City. Dare I say, the humble beginnings of it." Nadakhan turned away to admire the small buildings. A boy around Kai's age dropped walk up to a house with wapons in his hands.
"Wait a minute. Is that..." Kai seemed to be at a loss for breath.
"Your father? Yes. I believe he is around your age now. A little more pathetic." Nadakhan said dryly.
Ray knocked on a door and they opened.
"Well, pirate activity is on the rise. Protect yourself with a custom-made weapon and--" The home owmer slammed the door. Ray dropped his weapons.
"Ugh. A little help?" Ray locked eyes with Kai.
"Ugh. This isn't what I wished for." Kai whipped himself around to keep his eyes away.
"Why won't you help your poor father? He's right there. You could spend some quality time." Nadakhan crossed one pair of his arms while pointing to Ray.
"Please, friend, I just need a hand." Ray pleased, trying to gather his hands.
"Dad?" Kai turned back to Ray.
"I wish you could take me back. Back to when things were good. Back to before all this mess, when people likes us and bad guys like you were never a problem. Back to the days when girls were crazy for me." Kai pilled on word after word.
"Your wish is yours to keep." Nadakhan bowed.
"Where is everyone?" Kai asked, standing in am empty street.
"I said that--"
"You said a lot for one wish. Too much to make any sense. But the girls are crazy for you." Nadakhan moved aside.
"Kai!" A woma shouted in a crowd, as they started to surround Kai.
. . .
Cole turned invisible, sneaking up behind MonkeybWretch and threw him off the ship.
"Bad monkey. Now, where is the lantern? It's gotta be here somewhere." Cole searched the pilot/captain's den.
"I ain't afraid to shoot you in the back." Flintlocke aimed his gun. He shot at Cole, but the bullet passed through him and ricochets into the Realm Crystal on display, shattering it.
"You shot the Realm Crystal!" Cole whirred around and shouted.
"Well, you made me miss!" Cole shouted. He spotted the lantern behind the shattered glass and snatched it.
"I got it. Let's get out of here." Cole jumped down to Lloyd.
. . .
"Argh! This is-This is not what I wished for!" Kai barricaded himself in a small room.
"You have one more wish. All of this can go away if you just say the words. Just wish it away..." Nadakhan shrugged.
"Kai!" The crowd of women tearing into Kai's barricade cried.
"...and be done with it all." Nadalhan finished.
"Okay! Okay! Make them stop! I wish for all of it to go away!" Kai shouted, pressing his back against the door.
"Your wish is yours to keep." Nadakhan raised his sword. Kai got absorbed into the Djinn Blade. Nadakhan appeared back on his ship to his crew.
"Did you--" Flintlocke started.
"Yes, we got what we came for. Let's go." Nadakhan said.
"You heard the captain! Air ho!" Flintlocke shouted.
"We've got the lantern. Return to the meeting point." Cole said into his comminacator.
Hi, guys. I'm almost there." Lloyd said.
"ARGH!" Morro was launched into the same alley Lloyd was in.
"What happened to you?" Lloyd helped Morro up.
"Explosions." Morro replied.
"Freeze! Don't test me, you Garmadons!" The Commissioner pointed his tazer at the brothers. They put their hands up.
"You know what we stand for." Morro said.
"We're only trying to help." Lloyd said.
"You have two Ninja at large and you know if you take one down the other comes with him." Morro said. They took off their hoods.
"If you really think we're the enemy, pull the trigger." Lloyd narrowed his gaze.
The Commissioner hesitated to do anything. Lloyd and Morro shared a quikcly glanced and dissapeared through the shadows.
"Oh. Darn Ninja. I hate it when you're right." The Commissioner held down his tazer.
. . .
"All right, now let's fire this lantern up and check out the map. Kai, a little light? Kai?" Cole asked as the Ninja regrouped.
"Where's Kai?" Nya asked.
"Uh..." Jay started. Morro gripped the cloth around his arm and fixated on Jay.
"Jay- weren't--" Nya started.
The ground shook.
"What was that?" Zane asked.
"I don't know. But I'm afraid to find out." Lloyd said.
"What's wrong, Sir Chomps-A-Lot? Someone getting at that ship again?" The Repo man from ealier asked his barking dog.
"What in tarnation happened to Ninjago?" He looked outside.
The part of land where the Bounty was, has risen into the sky.
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