Chapter 4:
Cole and Kalara walked into the shop,
"So what do we need to get?" Kalara asked,
"Everything for your room." Cole replied,
"Starting with what?" Kalara asked,
"You need a prober bed 1st." Cole stated as they went to the bed section, "Take your pick." Cole stated,
"Any one I wanted?" Kalara asked,
"Yep." Cole replied. Kalara wandered around until she spotted a white bed with draws at the bottom,
"Daddy, am I allowed this one?" Kalara asked,
"If that's the one you want." Cole replied. Cole and Kalara walked through and got what they need, mucking around as they went. Later, Cole and Kalara walked into the temple with flat packs for Kalara's rooms,
"Have fun?" Nya asked, Pixal next to her,
"Yeah!" Kalara exclaimed,
"Now comes the best part, putting all this together." Cole sarcastically added,
"I can help." Kalara stated,
"I'll help to." Nya added,
"I could also come of assistance." Pixal added.
That night, Cole, Kalara, Nya and Pixal were putting together the flat packs,
"These make no sense!" Cole exclaimed as he threw the instructions,
"It would help if you held it the right way." Pixal stated, handing the instructions back the right way with the piece he needed,
"Oh…thank you." Cole replied as Kalara and Nya was laughing,
"Whelp. That's the bed done." Nya stated,
"You're done the bed already!" Cole exclaimed,
"Yes. Do you wish for Nya and I to continue the other flat packs and you put them where they belong?" Pixal offered smugly,
"Might as well. Get this room done faster." Cole replied as he looked around the room that was painted pastel colours earlier that day,
"Where's the bed going?" Cole asked Kalara,
"The corner that faces the door please." Kalara asked as Cole picked it up and moved it opposite the door, "WOAH! Daddy you're strong!" Kalara exclaimed, making the 3 adults laugh,
"Thank you. Being the master of Earth also turns out to give you super strength." Cole explained,
"Master of Earth? Like the world?" Kalara asked,
"No." Cole laughed, "Earth can also mean the ground, rocks and stuff." Cole explained,
"Oh. That makes more sense." Kalara stated.
Later it was dinner and Kalara's new room was finished. Kalara sat between Cole and Misako,
"How's the room coming?" Lloyd asked,
"What room?" Jay asked,
"Kalara's room." Cole replied, "And it's all done." Cole answered Lloyd,
"Why didn't you ask me to help?" Jay asked,
"Because Nya and Pixal offered 1st and I didn't plan to have any help." Cole replied. After dinner, the ninjas, Kalara and Pixal were in the games room, watching a movie. Kalara was leaning against Cole as they watched 'Coco'. Cole looked down towards the end of the movie to see Kalara curled up to Cole asleep. Soon the movie ended and Cole carried Kalara to bed. Cole was in his room when Wu knocked on his opened door,
"Master Wu." Cole stated,
"Cole. I just came to congratulate you." Wu explained,
"Congratulate me? For what?" Cole asked,
"You took on parenthood on your choice. No one asked you. You took it on yourself. Taking on a huge responsibility." Wu explained,
"Um…thank you? I honestly don't know why I did it." Cole replied,
"Do you need a reason?" Wu questioned as he walked off…humming a tune loud enough for Cole to hear it,
"You remember that?" Cole asked after him but got no reply, 'Oh no. He remembers.' Cole thought.
The next morning, Cole walked out to the training room to start his morning exercises to find the others there,
"Morning." Cole stated,
"Morning." Jay replied,
"Cole. By what time are you waking Kalara up?" Zane asked,
"I was thinking 5 or 10 minuets before breakfast. Let the kid sleep." Cole replied,
"I'm sorry to say but it's still hard to believe that you adopted a kid." Jay stated,
"Don't worry. I still can't believe I did it either." Cole admitted,
"Whelp. If you need help, we're here." Kai stated,
"Thanks." Cole replied. Soon, Cole had came out of the shower, dressed, and carefully walked into Kalara's room,
"Kalara. Time to wake up." Cole gently stated as he ever so carefully shook the tiny child. Soon Kalara's green eyes slowly opened and looked up at Cole,
"Good morning daddy." Kalara mumbled,
"Good morning Kalara. Time to get up. Breakfast is ready soon." Cole explained. Kalara sat up as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes,
"Are we doing anything today daddy?" Kalara asked,
"Yep. We still need to get you some clothes. You can't stay in that forever." Cole explained as he gently poked Kalara in the side as she laughed. Cole helped Kalara get ready and they walked out, passing Jay and Nya as the did,
"Good morning Aunty Nya. Good morning Uncle Jay." Kalara chirped,
"Good morning Kalara." They replied,
"Doing anything today?" Nya asked,
"Daddy said we need to get some clothes today." Kalara replied,
"Breakfast!" Zane called. The ninjas, Kalara, Pixal, Misako and Wu walked into the dinning room where Zane had made pancakes. After breakfast, Cole and Kalara headed out to the shops.
At the shops, Cole and Kalara walked to the clothes section,
"Go around and take your pick." Cole instructed. Kalara looked around,
"Daddy. This you suit you." Kalara stated as she pasted her adoptive father a little pink shirt,
"I've been told pink is my colour." Cole joked as the 2 laughed. They looked around when Kalara saw a purple shirt with the word 'Dancer' written in silver with different dance items placed around the rest of the shirt,
"Daddy, can I get that one?" Kalara asked, pointing at the shirt since it was on the highest rack,
"I never knew you made your own shirt." Cole stated as Kalara giggled,
"I didn't make it." Kalara giggled as Cole chuckled along with her. Soon the 2 were walking around the rest of the store, grabbing other things for Kalara (such as toys, a new tooth brush, etc.) when Kalara looked up at Cole,
"Daddy, what did you want to do when you grew up?" Kalara asked,
"I had no clue. I was pretty much forced into performing so I didn't have a chance to think about such things. I dropped preforming and thought mountain climbing seemed fun so I tried it out and I liked it. I thought if nothing popped up, I'd do that but Master Wu found me and I went with it. Haven't regretted it." Cole replied,
"So if you weren't a ninja, you would be a mountain climber?" Kalara questioned,
"I think." Cole replied.
Soon, Cole and Kalara returned to the temple and put Kalara's stuff away when Jay ran into Kalara's room, panting,
"Cole, Control room, now." Jay panicked as panted,
"What's wrong Jay?" Kalara asked,
"Stay here. I'll be right back." Cole instructed Kalara as he followed Jay to the control room,
"What's going on?" Cole asked,
"Garmadon has escaped." Kai explained,
"How?" Cole asked,
"Dunno. All I know is we got to stop what ever plan he has in place." Lloyd stated,
"When do we head out?" Pixal asked,
"Tonight. Zane has traced where he went and we'll have better luck if we go tonight." Lloyd explained and the group agreed. Cole walked out to have Misako catch up with him,
"If you wish, I can keep a close eye on Kalara." Misako offered,
"I was actually gonna asked if you could later." Cole replied,
"I thought so." Misako chuckled,
"If you don't mind, if you're around and I have to do missions or anything, would you keep an eye on Kalara?" Cole asked,
"No problem." Misako replied. Cole walked into Kalara's room to find her playing with her new dolls,
"Kalara." Cole stated as Kalara whipped around,
"Yes daddy?" Kalara asked,
"I have important work to do tonight. I don't know what time I'm leaving or getting back but Misako will be looking after you. In fact she'll be watching you whenever I have ninja work. Ok?" Cole explained,
"Ok." Kalara chirped, "What do you have to do tonight?" Kalara asked,
"Some one bad has escaped jail and we need to put them back in. May take a while tho." Cole explained,
"What's jail?" Kalara asked as Cole sat across from her,
"Jail is where very bad people go to think about what they've done until they're clear to leave." Cole explained,
"So it's the naughty corner for adults?" Kalara questioned,
"I guess that's 1 way to put it." Cole chuckled as Kalara chuckled with him.
Later, Kalara was watching Jay, Kai and Zane play video games,
"Uncle Jay. How are you doing that?" Kalara asked,
"Doing what?" Jay replied,
"Pressing buttons and making the people move." Kalara clarified,
"It's called a video game. You press the button on the controller that sends a signal to the system and the system tells the character to do the command on the controller." Jay explained,
"Cool! So they can do whatever you tell them?" Kalara questioned,
"Within their programing." Jay replied,
"What's programing?" Kalara asked,
"It's a list of what they can and can't do. So the button on the controller tells the system to tell the character what to do on the list of programing." Jay explained, trying not to get too technical,
"Cool!" Kalara exclaimed was Lloyd poked his head in,
"Kai, Jay, Zane. Get ready. We leave soon." Lloyd replied before leaving,
"Uncle Lloyd doesn't sound or look happy. Is he ok?" Kalara asked,
"Did Cole tell you what we're doing?" Kai asked,
"He told me you guys were going to put someone back in jail." Kalara explained,
"That person is Lloyd's dad." Kai explained,
"Why?" Kalara asked,
"We'll explain later." Kai replied as they left,
"Does anyone where daddy is?" Kalara asked after them,
"Cole is in his room." Zane replied before leaving the room. Kalara ran to Cole's room, running in the open door and hugging Cole's leg,
"Be safe." Kalara stated. Cole smiled as he properly hugged his adoptive daughter,
"We will. I told Misako to get you to bed at 7 because you have school tomorrow. You're gonna have a shower after dinner and I put your pjs on your bed. Make sure you brush your teeth before bed." Cole instructed,
"I will. When will you be back?" Kalara asked,
"Late. You'll be asleep before I get back so I'll see you in the morning." Cole explained,
"Cole! We're going!" Jay called,
"Coming!" Cole replied,
"Bye daddy." Kalara stated as she hugged her father,
"Be good and I'll see you soon." Cole replied as he returned the hug from his daughter. Soon the ninjas and Pixal left.