It was a short walk from the palace to the pier, a pirate ship was docked and waiting for the pair (along with a few guard droids) to board. "You sure this guy can be trusted? How can we tell he's not with the Chens?"

"His mother was one of the masters who aided us in our war against the treacherous Serpentine, but when we lost and forced to integrate with them she fled. She hooked up with Soto, the former captain of the Bounty, sometime later. Now young Jay took up the role as captain when his parents died, with his lightning he was able to upgrade the ship significantly."

"Well, I guess I'll take your word for it."

"Aye, ye be the prince?" A raspy voice called, out of the ship's cabin came an eye patched man around Lloyd's age. He was dressed in all blue with lightning bolt designs, had light brown hair and a notched eyebrow. "I be Captain Jay, on me ship you'll be treated like every other crew member! So don't expect me to bend down and kiss yeh feet, got that?"

"I never expected you too Capt, we just need a ride to the Dark Island. In order to wipe out those snakes for good I need that golden power, they won't know what hit them!"

Smirking, Jay lifted the anchor and set sail. "Me old man spent his whole life finding it, he sure died happy when he finally found it. He wasn't sick or anything, but we were ravaged by a stone army. Barely escaped with our lives that day, they take orders from this Overlord. 'Course we never saw the guy himself, probably some way to ward people if yeh ask me."

But what they didn't know was that someone else was watching from the pier. "A disturbance in the balance, I must gather my own strength." He murmured, disappearing from the crowd.

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Meanwhile underground, the Serpentine were burrowing their way to the first Dragon Mask. "I can't believe it'ssssss right under the building where those police droidsssssssss are made." Skalidor remarked.

"An android for any occasion they say; maids, assistants and of course, anti Serpentine measures. Some say they're based off a model created from the war, with the help of the old ice master he was able to create the first elemental robot. They say he was built to protect the defenseless, something the ones we faced seem to forget."

Eventually they came across what felt like stone, but when shining their lights on it they found it was something else. It was shaped like a dragon skull, but it was sky blue with a navy swirl pattern. "Thisssss musssssst be the masssk of Acceptance. We musssst get thissss back to our cave!"

Unfortunately their celebration was short lived when they heard a familiar clanking. "Ah!! How did they find us here?!"

What they found however, was something they weren't expecting. This droid was far more rusted than the rest and wasn't clad in green armor. "Hello, I am Zane." It greeted. "I was built to protect those who cannot protect themselves."