I heard the crunching of the rocks underneath my feet as I ran down the mountain. I couldn't see them, but they couldn't have gotten far, so there was still a chance of catching them. "You might as well come out now!" I yelled out to them as I continued running. I scanned the surround area and didn't see much other than rocks around me. 

"Like hell we will!" I heard someone shout back at me. I was dealing with them for less than five minutes, and they were already starting to piss me off. When they yelled, I knew that they weren't as smart as I thought they would be. Who yells out when they're being chased? Only an idiot would, which is how I started to see them. 

I took a second to think about which direction the yell came from. I saw another path, which I had a gut feeling was the way that they had run. I made my way down the path and stopped when I came across some footprints on the ground. I knelt down beside it to get a good look at them, then looked in the direction they were heading in. "Perfect," I stood up and followed them. 

It was good that I found the tracks or I could have ended up on a wild goose chase trying to find them. That wouldn't stop me though, because nothing would stop me from finding them. I was set on catching them and getting justice for the women that they attacked. 

I focused on finding them, staying calm the entire time, along with keeping my guard. Even though they seemed a little stupid to me at the moment, that didn't mean they weren't good fighters. Whenever in battle, no matter the enemy, it's never good to underestimate them. It leaves you vulnerable to being overpowered by them, and them with the upper hand. 

Lost in my thoughts, I heard the couple of people running not that far away from me. "Aha," I whispered to myself as I turned and ran after them "I'm going to catch you, if it's the last thing I do!" I claimed, knowing I would. I hear them again, and raised my fist ready to fight the enemy that life was just about to throw at me any moment. 

I stopped again when the constant sound of running disappeared. I took a couple of deep breaths to catch my breath, looking around again. Where the hell did they go? I thought to myself. I heard a rapid sound behind me, so I turned to see what it was. Before I knew it, someone jumped on me. Who ever it was, pinned me to the ground and had managed a tight grip around my wrists. 

My eyes widened at who I saw, or better said, what I saw. How? I thought... I thought that they were gone. I knew their orange, black and grey color anywhere "Damn Constrictai," I stared at him for a second, not believing my eyes. The last I'd heard of them was months ago, and even then, it was scarce to see them. That was when that overlord stuff happened, that's the last time I'd ever fought any.

"Surprised to see us?" He hissed in my face. 

The horrid odor of his breath filled my nose. I wanted to cover it, but I couldn't since he was restraining my wrists. God, I really hate snakes! "No, but you know what, you can go slithering back to your cave!" I managed to shift my legs so they were under his stomach and him up into the air with my wind. I watched him go flying and then land a little ways away from me "And why don't you brush your teeth!" I hopped to my feet and saw that there were three more snakes surrounding me. I moved my foot back, and smirked "Come and get some."

Moments later, one of them attempted to punch me, but I grabbed his arm. He struggled away, but there was no way I was letting go "Let go of me!"

"In your dreams," I grinned at him as I threw him over my shoulder and into a rock behind me. I turned to the other two, who both were running at me. I punched in their direction, letting out a gust of wind and knocking them back. "Come on, that can't be the best that you can do!" I taunted them, when I felt something move underneath my feet. "What the hell?"

Before I knew it, something, one of the Constrictai, came out of the ground and grabbed my leg. He pulled me under and through the hole that he had dug. I tried gripping to the sides in order to stop myself from being dragged any father, but I just kept on getting dragged. The rough stone around me rubbed against my skin, irritating it. I wouldn't be surprised if I was a little beat up after this, what would I tell my sister? She knew about me being an elemental and all, but how would she take me coming home in the condition I was in?

Still being dragged through the dark tunnel, I felt the ground around me shake. It wasn't like before, when the snake was burrowing through it. It had more force to it, a lot more compared to when the snake did it. What was causing it? 

The ground above us cracked as a hand reached and grabbed the snake by the leg. "Wha-" he was about to say before he was dragged back to the surface, along with me. Once I saw daylight again, I was thrown and landed on the ground. 

"What did we tell you about messing with the locals?" I heard an unfamiliar voice tell the snake. I looked up to see a guy with black shaggy hair standing over him. I could see that he was dealing with the snake, and probably have dealt with them before, but I didn't need any help. I could have gotten myself out of that situation, if I had a little more time. 

I saw a couple of the snakes sneaking up on the stranger, and I shouted "Look out!" He saved my butt, so I returned him the favor by striking down the two snakes behind him with my wind. He looked back in shock, which i pressured was from my elemental ability. It's not everyday you just stumble upon an elemental. The other snake was about to grab him, but I warned him "Behind you!"

I, myself, was shocked at what I saw. He turned around and a piece of rock came out of the ground and hit the snake unconscious. I sat there dumbfounded, just realizing he was an elemental too. I couldn't believe it! Like I said, it wasn't everyday that you see an elemental, especially if you're one yourself. "You're an elemental?"

"Yeah," he nodded when he turned to me. He approached me and held out a hand. 

I grabbed it and he helped me up. "Thanks," I flashed him a smile, rubbing some dirt off of my jeans. "So, uh, what are you doing here?" I questioned him. It couldn't have been for the snake, right? He couldn't have gotten there that fast. 

"Came here to deal with the damn snakes. I saw that you were trying to do the same, right?" 

I nodded "He got me by the leg and pulled me under. Could have handled myself, but you came along, and now I'm here," I was appreciative of his help, but I knew that I still could have handle it myself. It was nice to have some support, though, because I was able to escape faster than I probably would have. I flashed him a smile. "Thanks, I appreciate the help."

He returned the smile. "No problem. By the way, I'm Cole. Cole Hence."

"I'm Cassidy Emerson. Call me Cass, though, unless you want your butt kicked," I warned him. I hated when my own sister who I've known all my life called me that, so I would never let a stranger call me by the name. My thoughts shifted over to him and who he was. I knew I've heard that name before. Cole... Where have I heard that name before? After thinking about it for a minute, I realized who he was. "Hey, aren't you one of those, uh, ninja guys?"

He chuckled. "Yeah, I am,"  It was really weird actually talking to another elemental, especially one of the more famous ones. I knew of more, like the other ones that are ninja as well.  Then there was ones like Karlof, master of metal, and Griffin Turner, master of speed. Me, as an elemental, didn't exactly make myself known, since I stopped using my powers around ninjago a few years prior, except for a few small occasions to fight some snakes. "Anyways, how come I've never heard of you? I thought I knew of all of the Elemental Masters."

"Oh," And that's where it comes in, whenever someone sees me and my powers they're always like I didn't know there was a Wind Elemental. Of course, because I've like never used my powers in the last few years. I scratched the back of my head. "About that, I haven't exactly used my powers much lately, like in the two or so years you and your friends have."

"How come?" He questioned.

"Don't really know," I shrugged "I was out traveling Ninjago, helping people and everything, but I was away from my sister the entire time. I guess I just missed her, she missed me as well, so I decided to stay with her for a while. And a while ended up being a good few years, that's all."

We silence fell between the two of us. It was getting a little awkward, because it seemed like neither of us knew exactly what to say. "So," he coughed a little "I feel like my sensei, maybe even my team, would like to meet you. I know it's really weird to hear a stranger saying I know someone who might want to meet you. But, I'm serious."

I looked over at him with an eyebrow raised. "Your team? Why?" I was surprised that he brought that up. I was just another elemental, so I guessed that maybe they wanted to know every one that's known to be alive.

"Yeah, you may or may not know, but I'm on a team of four other elementals. What you do know, is that we're all ninja. Elemental ninja, that is. There's me, the earth elemental. The others are the Fire, Ice and Lightning Elementals, along with the Energy elemental," I noticed that they were all the most common elements, unlike ones such as metal, smoke, mind and sound. Like seriously, how the hell is mind an element? "And they might want to know you, and possibly gain you as a new ally."

Was he serious? New ally? I just met him and he was already talking about becoming allies? I wasn't completely against it or anything, I was just really shocked by his question. "Ah, okay. But still, why are you asking me to do that? I'm just a normal person, who has a normal life, nothing special. I don't see why you'd want me to meet them."

 "What do you mean? You're an elemental, not a lot of people have that ability. You're special, you know, one of a kind. You've got something special inside of you that no one else has. You should be proud to be like that, use it for good. I mean, you shouldn't let it go to waste."

 I thought about what he just told me. I guess that he was right. I loved the feeling I would get after helping someone, it always made me feel like I was useful. Now, I was just living in Jamanakai Village with my sister. "Hey, I'll take your offer into consideration." 

"Okay," He smiled. "Come find me if you decided you do," He told me about this place, what he called Garmadons Monastery. He said that it was somewhere in the mountains outside of Ninjago. It was farther in than Jamanakai Village, it's supposed to take a while to get there from New Ninjago City, buy because I lived in Jamanakai Village, it wouldn't take as long. 

"I will," I said, and before I knew it, he was off. That was a very interesting moment, I was still surprised I ran into another Elemental. It was even more interesting to have him say that his team would probably like to meet me. I thought about his offer, and I certainly had big decision to make. Would I go, or not?