Chapter 1

Lloyd was mad; and depressed; and sad. He wanted to cry, to scream, and to yell, but doing so would attract unwanted attention from his so called, 'friends'. He wasn't sure they were friends anymore. They didn't seem to care when his father died. They just went on with normal day life.

Sure, Lloyd figured it was because he was upset, so he didn't realize their pain, but he didn't care. He just wanted to find a place again in life. He had a comic book in his hands, but he wasn't reading it. There was a song playing on the radio by his favorite band, The Fold, but he wasn't listening to it. His father dying had numbed him, and kept him from doing anything.

Eventually though, someone came in.

"Hi Greenie; how's it going?"

Lloyd sighed, "Hi Jay."

"So I was wondering if you wanted to come watch a movie with us. I got Terminator, and we're all excited to see Zane's reaction to it!" Lloyd couldn't help but give a small smile, but it faded quickly.

"No thanks Jay, I don't really feel like watching a movie tonight," Lloyd said.

Jay noticed how upset he was and said, "Lloyd, I'm sorry about Sensei Garmadon. If I didn't let Cole give me the Jade Blade, he could have stayed in and would have had a good chance of stopping Chen, so if you want to blame me, go ahead."

"I can't blame you Jay, because I doubt Cole could have stopped Chen, and the Jade Blade thing was his choice. It's not your fault.

"Alright, but you should come down sometime, we all wish you'd join us. And if you need someone to talk to, I'd be happy to, but I'm exactly good at that stuff."

"Thanks Jay," Lloyd said as Jay left, shutting the door behind him.

Lloyd desperately wanted someone to blame, but he knew it couldn't have been Jay's fault. The ninja of lightning had been doing everything he could to help him during the Tournament. He had helped Lloyd win his match against Camille, and was also the one who had tried to get Cole to move on. He couldn't blame Jay for that.

Speaking of Cole, he couldn't blame the team leader for his father's death. Sure, he and Jay had been arguing a lot over Nya and adding more stress to the team, but Lloyd couldn't hate him for his emotions. Cole was the one to let Jay continue in the tournament. You'd have to be very selfless to do that. After he got eliminated and lost his element, Cole kept going. He escaped away from the guards, found Zane, and got the other elemental masters out of the factory, saving Nya and Garmadon in the process.

Nya couldn't be blamed either, because she was the one who got the spell from Clouse's spell book. She had put herself in danger from all the other elemental masters to get the spell to himself and Garmadon. Lloyd also realized that she also put up with Dareth the entire time, and that was quite an impressive feat itself. Dareth couldn't be blamed either, because he was the one who gave Zane the idea to build the roto jet to get out of the factory, from what he heard.

Lloyd could almost blame Kai. He was the one that had nearly been corrupted by the staff, and he had trusted the spy in the tournament. But still, Kai had fallen in love with her, and because of that, the ninja gained a powerful ally in fighting Chen once the tournament ended. Also, the fire ninja was the one to break Chen's staff, giving everyone their powers back.

Then, it snapped into Lloyd's head; the person who was responsible for his father's death. If he hadn't gotten caught by Chen, they wouldn't have gone to the island in the first place. If he had fought back before they took his element, he could have feed himself. If he hadn't existed, his father would still be here.

Lloyd sat up quickly (he had been laying down while he was thinking) and muttered the name of the person who was responsible for all of this.

"Zane."


(A/N) So there's chapter one. It is the shortest chapter in the story so the others will be longer. I have two other stories, so it may take a while for me to get the next chapter done. There will also be more action in the next chapters (I think.) I'm not sure if Lloyd is out of character, but who wouldn't be (at least a little bit) if their father had died. Please review and tell me if anyone likes it at all.

Until next time,

-Frostbite