INVISIBLE STRING | ZANE

16 | operation rescue lloyd

"Guys!" Yelled Cole, bringing everyone to a halt. "For the sake of the Fangblade and Lloyd, can we please just get along?"

Iris nodded in agreement with the earth ninja. "Exactly what Cole said. And I think I remember stating that I didn't want any fighting on this ship during my Uncle's stay. So stop it." She glared intently at the ninja around her. "Now, lets go and bring Lloyd and the Fangblade home."

So they all turned back to the screen in front of them where the volcano was spewing black smoke from the crater. It definitely looked more active than the last time Iris saw it. Nya noticed that too. "Since the last time we've been there, it looks like the volcano has grown unstable." Very not good. "The place is a powder keg just waiting to blow up." Very very not good. "This will be a highly combustible environment."

"Oh, great. Just what I like." Jay sarcastically remarked. "Fighting armed and deadly snakes in a highly combustible environment ABOUT TO BLOW UP!"

The elder Sensei sighed as he thought. "We will do what we must."

"This isn't just about taking down a couple of Serpentine. They have Lloyd. And we have to stop them from releasing the Great Devourer." Iris reminded the ninja solemnly as she cast her eyes to the Temple of Fire upon the screen. Lloyd was there and they had to get him out.

Zane nodded. "Yes, Senseis. But where are our weapons?" He inquired as he noticed the absence of his ice shurikens. 

"And why is Lord Garmadon not here?"

Then Kai ran out of the bridge and below deck where he expected to find Lord Garmadon stealing the golden weapons of Spinjitzu. Wu called out and try to stop the hot-headed fire ninja, but as usual, he didn't listen. The two Wu's exchanged a worried glance as everyone in the bridge then took off after Kai to wherever he was headed.

They had to stop him before he made a mistake he couldn't take back.

Because he believed he was meant to be the Green ninja, he thought he was the one who was meant to take down Lord Garmadon aka the Darkness. So whilst Kai had this notion in his head about his destiny, they couldn't stop him from planning his attack on her Uncle. He was taught not to quit, to never give up, which in this case was a very bad thing.

When they arrived at her Father's room, they found it locked. Kai and Garmadon were inside, the golden weapons discarded on the ground, and they were fighting. And she had specifically asked for no fighting. 

Kai did not trust Lord Garmadon one bit and had been treating him with suspicion and disrespect ever since had arrived. So, of course Garmadon would want to kick his red ass if given the opportunity. 

Nya reached for the handle of the door and began tugging it but to no avail. It would not open. "What are you doing?"

"Discovering my true potential!"

"This is not the way to do it, Kai!" Yelled Iris as she planned the kind of scolding she was going to give Kai later.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself as she readied to teleport into the room. But a hand on her arm stopped her. Looking at her Father, Iris stopped what she was doing. "If you appear in the middle of their fighting, you may make things worse." Reasoned the old man. Iris sighed and deflated at her helplessness. 

Then Jay tried yanking on the door handle, but he couldn't open it either. "Kai thinks he'll unlock his power if he stands up to Lord Garmadon." Cried out Nya.

"Why would he think that?" Iris knew the answer to that question.

"He thinks he's the Green Ninja."

Cole stepped forwards. "Well if we don't open this door soon, I think he's gonna be mincemeat. Stand back." He continued towards the door and closed his eyes. After a moment, his entire body glowed with power. "Earth!" He directed it towards the door and suddenly, the power of earth had blasted the wooden door from its hinges and allowed them into the room.