*Clara's P.O.V.*

Doing parkour is one thing; trying to stay quiet and out of sight is another. Luckily, I managed to stay quite as Lloyd, Cole and I jumped onto Kai's deck, slipping into the Fire Ninja's room.

"Whoa-ho-ho-ho! Nice digs!" Jay complemented Kai, as the 2 Ninja walked in. Cole laid down on Kai's reclining couch, complaining, "O know! His room is so much nicer than mine! Look; chocolate covered shell peas. I love these!"

Cole began to munch down on the food as I looked around, asking, "Where is 'Sensei' Garmadon?"

Cole leaped onto Kai's bed, complementing on how soft the pillows are.

Lloyd turned to me and replied, "My Dad's in my room, making sure no one enters and finds me gone..." "You know Sensei Garmadon, dont you?" Kai asked, pointing a accusing hand towards me. I forced my face to remain as hard as stone as I deadpanned, "No."

Jay paced around the room, saying, "Okay it was nearly impossible to get here. This place is swarming with guards! Any ideas on how to search the Island?" "We travel by shadow," Kai said, walking up to Jay, Lloyd and I, "Cover every square inch of this place until we find them!"

"The Island big! We need to split up!" Jay added, as Cole disappeared underneath a trapdoor on Kai's bed. Great, now I'll never be able to sleep in my bed....

"No! We stick together." Lloyd objected, to which I added, "My children don't know that you're with me. Josiahthan will probably think you're working with Chen...." "Josiah... what?" Jay asked, as Cole came up from the trapdoor. I resisted the urge to facepalm as I explained, "Josiahthan! He's the oldest, and the leader of my children when I'm not around."

"Uh, guys," Cole said, scared, "This bed is a...." Kai declared, "Cole! I get it! You like my bed! Would you stop playing around?" Cole sat up, grinning and saying, "I think I know how we can search the Island!"

*******A Few Minutes Later******

I lay next to Lloyd on Kai's bed, along with Jay, Cole and Kai. We lay there, trying not to touch each other, as Lloyd commented, "Okay, I feel ridiculous!" "Ditto!" I added, causing Lloyd to blush.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... you're right! These pillows are soft!" Jay told Cole, smiling. Lloyd sat up and asked Cole, "Is this a joke?" Cole told us, confused a bit, "I must've done something to trigger it! I was laying here and then I stretched...."

CLICK!

"AAAAHHHH!!!!!" We screamed, as the trapdoor spun the bed around, resulting with us being on the opposite side of the door! I held onto Lloyd's waist as I blushed, Jay saying, "Wow! Secret passageway! Cool!"

We dropped down to the floor, with Lloyd landing on top of me! Getting up, Lloyd asked me, as he helped me up, "You okay?" "Y-yes. Thank you, Lloyd." I stuttered, mentally singing, "Conceal, don't feel; don't fall in love..." Kai lit his hand on fire, (how is he not getting burned?!?!) and said, "Nice work, Cole. Maybe Zane's not on the Island, but in it!"

I could hear grunting noises! Lloyd told us, "Quite! Do you hear that?" "O! Secret peep holes! Ha ha! Super cool!" Jay squealed, leaping up a wall to look through 2 tiny holes in the wall.

Yep, Jay's having way to much fun with this spy mission!

Peering into someone's bedroom, Jay added, "It sounds like someone is fighting on the opposite side of this wall!"

I concentrated on reading Jay's mind, as we walked underneath Jay. Cole asked, "What do you see? Who's fighting?" "It's not a fight," I stole Jay's words before he could speak them, "Its Skylor's room! And it looks like she's training."

"Let me see! Let me see!" Kai gasped, jumping up next to Jay. Cole said, "O! Looks like Kai's got the hots for her!" "No! She's completion!" Kai tried to cover up, "I just wanna know what powers were up against!" The 2 Ninja struggled for peep hole privileges as Lloyd called up, "Guys, this is a invasion of privacy!" "Her room doesn't reveal anything about her powers!" Kai informed us, ignoring Lloyd.

Suddenly, Cole turned to face me and asked, "H-how did you do that? Did you just read Jay's thoughts?" I waved a hand dismissively as I replied, "I have the element of Amber, which means I can copy people's powers when I touch them. Skylor has that power too, but we're not sisters."

"Are you 2 related?" Lloyd asked, as Kai realized she could use Fire. I shuffled my feet and revealed, "Her mom and my mom were sisters, once upon a time." "No more lies, Clara; only truth." I thought, as I remembered the chat I had with 'Sensei' Garmadon back at his monastery...

I hope Nelson's okay...

We continued onwards as Cole left a trail of chocolate covered shell peas. "It's like a maze down here!" "Good thing you're leaving a trail right back to our room." Kai added, as the Ninja turned to look at Cole's handiwork.

"I what?... oh, yeah, I meant to do that." I rolled my eyes at Cole.

We climbed down a hole, finding ourselves in an underground stone cave/tunnel! We walked along until Lloyd grabbed Kai's arm, (who was ahead of us) and ordered us, "Everyone stop! Booby traps!" "Ha ha! Booby traps! Even cooler! Ha ha!" I resisted the urge to slap the back of Jay's head. Lloyd's glare stopped Jay's ranting and made him backpedalled "Or, I mean, kinda cool. I mean totally not cool, cause they're dangerous!"

"From here on out, we need to watch our step." Lloyd informed us, as we cautiously stepped over the trap wire. Kai pointed down the hall, asking, "Do you hear that? Everyone be quite!" "If you mean the faintest of chanting, then yes, I do." I replied, as we sneaked down he hall.

We hid behind a rock as 3 men, chanting in rhythm, walked past us! 5 more men followed behind them, so we knocked them out and stole their clothes.... gosh, that sounded so wrong!

In the Anacondrai Temple, we faced a giant snake head as Chen's minions chanted something foreign. We did our best to try to fit in, but Cole kept licking the chocolate tattoos on his face! Yep, this is me when people find out what a monster I am.....

Chen walked in and slammed a staff on the ground, causing the evil dudes to drop to the ground, bowing. The Ninja and I quickly copied. How we didn't get busted beats me.

"Bring out the loser!" Master Chen yelled. 2 men, with Karloff in between them, dragged the metal elemental towards Chen, as Karloff grunted and yelled, "Get hands off Karloff! Karloff wished he never signed up for this!" We watched as Karloff was thrown toward the feet kf Chen, even as Karloff asked, "What is chanting for?"

"O, there saying, 'Only One Can Remain'!" Chen informed Karloff, grinning madly. Yep, he's mad! "Like I said, 'Use it or Lose it'!" The 2 men grabbed Karloff's arms, just as Chen sent a shower of ice towards him! Chen grinned insanely as Karloff grunted, trying to get free from the men and he ice.... Holy cow! Master Chen stole Karloff's powers by sucking the power into his staff!

"He's stollen Karloff's power!" Kai gasped quietly. "And he used Ice!" Cole added, to which I whispered, "That means Chen must have already stollen Zane's powers too."

"What.... happened to my metal?" Karloff asked, looking down upon himself. Chen looked between Karloff and his Staff of Elements, saying, "You're metal? O, its mine now! *Chuckles* But now I will let you go."

"Really?" Karloff asked, confused.

"To the factory!" Chen added, as the 2 men dragged Karloff away! "No, no; let Karloff go! No! no!" Lloyd suddenly whispered, "Jay! Your face!" Jay gasped as he added, "My face! All of our faces! The chocolates melting!"

The followers of Chen turned to face us, getting up and mumbling! "Who are they?" One man asked Chen, pointing towards us! We took off as Chen yelled, "Intruders! Stop them! They must not escape!"

So that's how I found myself, running in a cults clothing with my Ninja brothers while being chased by Chen's men! Cole tripped over the trip wire we past earlier on, causing a door to fall behind us. That door separated us from Chen's followers! Kai yelled in victory.... until axes started to fall! "O no!" Kai yelled as we took off again!

We managed to slip into a passageways door, where the axes couldn't get to us! "That was close!" Cole gasped.... But then we heard a creatures noise! "That sound." Jay commented, as we heard a rattle! Below us, was a huge purple snake! "That has got to be the second biggest snake I have ever seen!" Kai declared, as we all stared in horror!

We began to scream and climb up the air shaft, as the snake followed right on our tails! We climbed into a small room, where the snake kept biting at us.... But it couldn't get us because it was too big!

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?!?

Kai accidentally pressed a button, causing a trapdoor to open up below us! Surprisingly, we fell right back onto Kai's bed! The door closed above us.

Kai sat up, asking, "Are we....?" "Yeah... barely..." Lloyd said from on top of me. "Did we just... Ow!" Cole asked, as Jay groaned, "No more sneaking around. (Jay stands up) From now on, let's just follow the rules!"

As we stood up, Kai told us, "We may not have found Zane or Clara's children, but we found something just as important! This tournament isn't about glory; it's about Chen stealing all of our elemental powers!"

"But why?" Lloyd asked, rolling off of me, "What is he planning?" "I don't know," Kai said, as we looked at each other worryingly, "But if we're gonna find out, and find Zane and Clara's children, we need to play by his rules! Agreed?"

"Agreed!" We all said at once.

"Good least we weren't spotted! That was close!" Cole said, to which Jay added, "Yeah! Too close!" Showing us on his pant leg, was a tear from one of the snakes fangs!

I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight......

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O boy, Clara may be falling in love with our favorite Green Ninja! But why does she keep singing, "Conceal, don't feel; don't fall in love"? Maybe because her heart has been broken before? And how does Clara know Garmadon?

Be patient; the answers are on their way.....