Pure terror.
That was what she felt.
What had happened to Chen?
What would happen to her?
Nothing good.
But he trusted her.
He still would.
Should.
Could.
If she was lucky, she might survive.
After all, Clouse might say she had still done her job well. Had impressed him. Was worth saving.
But in the storm of warriors, elemental and not, it was hard to latch on to a thread of hope.
Especially knowing that with her job of betrayer, she would betray him as well.
Lloyd's shield of green energy flickered as another anacondrai cultist slammed his weapon against it. "Be prepared to run!"
Cole grabbed a knife from a table, and the others followed grabbing whatever utensil seemed fit for the situation.
When Lloyd saw they were ready, her released the shield without warning, and all four, plus Garmadon, sprinted for the exit to the kitchen, whacking anything that moved.
Kai slammed the kitchen doors behind him, and Cole grabbed a heavy, decorative table from the side of the room and threw it against the door. "There," he sighed, making sure the barrier was secure, "Now what do we do?"
Suddenly, something small, red-colored, and fast slammed into Garmadon and fell onto the floor. "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!"
"Skylor?" Kai asked.
Sure enough, it was Sky, looking a little nervous. "I heard the announcement and then these guards came into my room and I was late to breakfast but I didn't have time to escape and-"
"Woah, woah, woah, calm down!" Kai told her, helping her up. "You're safe now. You're with us."
"She is?" Jay muttered, crossing his arms.
"She is." Kai told them, turning around to glare at Jay.
Garmadon sighed. "No time to discuss who is coming with us. How are we going to escape?"
Cole thought for a moment, then smiled. "The passageway! In my room!"
Lloyd nodded. "Perfect!"
Garmadon frowned, opening his mouth to speak, and Lloyd told him, "We have five elemental masters and you on our side. We'll be fine."
"Yes. Five." Garmadon said in a way that made Lloyd think he doubted the loyalty of one of them.
"Dad, we're-"
"Let's go before the guards catch up."
For some reason Lloyd got a weird, tingly feeling down his spine that someone was planning to betray them.
But he didn't have time to ponder it before they were already in the passageways, traveling to who-knows-where.
And even after they were surely well away from the battle in the cafeteria, Lloyd couldn't shake the feeling there was a traitor among them.
