Ninjago: The Cursed Child

Chapter 16: Double Trouble

At Dareth's dojo, the Ninja are training Lloyd who is trying to light a light bulb with his Lightning. He grunts as Jay passes him.

"Focus, Lloyd. Control the power inside you. When you feel a surge welling up, harness it" Jay instructs

"I understand. I am in control" Lloyd groans

"Come on, Lloyd. You can do it" Jay encouraged

Lloyd breaks the bulb "Aah! Stupid light bulb! You're putting too much pressure on me. Let me have one more try"

"Ugh, sorry, Lloyd. That was the last light bulb" Kai tells him

Cole hands him a broom "Clean up, Lloyd. We'll continue your training tomorrow, it's Aria's turn"

Lloyd uses the broom to punch a punching bag.

Jay sighs "What am I doing wrong, Sensei Wu? I can't seem to teach him to control his power"

Lloyd's broom hits him on the head "You dare to defy the Green Ninja!?

"Patience, Jay. Sometimes, the greatest opponent we face is ourselves, and that's especially true of Lloyd. Remember where he came from. He's the son of Lord Garmadon. It's going to take time for him to embrace the light" Wu says "Now it's time to for Aria's training"

Aria walked in wearing her gi "Alright I'm here"

Wu sat on a chair and sipped his tea

"So Lloyd was working on lightning but Wu wants us to teach you fire first" Kai tells Aria

"Alright" she replies

"so fire is a tricky element, if it's not handled right it can become destructive and hurt a lot of people" Kai explained "so to harness fire think of power, heat-"

"Things like that might work for you and Lloyd Kai, but not Aria" Wu interrupts "Aria your powers come from your father, so to harness your powers you need to think about the power you hold yourself, not Lloyd or Kai's powers.

"...so destruction?" Aria questions

"yes, so to harness your fire power and to create fire, you need to think of fire's destructive properties, the mass chaos and panic it can cause, the ability to destroy" Wu instructed

Aria held her palm out and closed her eyes slowly a small purple flame appeared in her palm, Aria opened one of her eyes before opening the other and looked at it in shock "I... I did it"

"...yeah" Kai stared at her surprised

Aria closed her palm and opened it again, the flame extinguishing.

"Looks like your training is paying off" Jay says ruffling her hair

"y-yeah I guess it's not that bad" Aria crossed her arms, the ninja rolled their eyes and smiled at her

Nya enters the room "Hey guys"

"Hey Nya!" the ninja greeted

"Hey, Jay. Uh, wanna come by the auto body shop later?" Nya asks

"Uh, the auto body shop?" Jay questions

"Yeah. I got a part-time job. Though I could fix up the Ultra Sonic Raider in my off time. Maybe if you come over, I can show you what I've been working on." Nya replies

"Uh, sure, heh" Jay notices Nya is holding a letter "Uh, what you got there?"

"Oh, um, this letter came for Lloyd" she hands it to Wu

Wu takes out the letter and reads it "Hmm. It's from Lloyd and Aria's old school"

"The Darkley School for Bad Kids?" Cole asks