Chapter 2

Lloyd wanted to punch a wall, but he knew from experience that that was not a good idea. His eyes narrowed, and he thought about what he wanted. It came to him quickly. What he wanted was simple; revenge. It was plain and simple. He wanted Zane to know how he felt.

As for how to get revenge, Lloyd was at a loss. The nindroid was considered family to the others (not him anymore) so if he were to hurt Zane, they'd hate Lloyd forever, and help Zane so he wouldn't know how angry Lloyd was.

Then it clicked. Lloyd knew exactly how to get revenge on the ninja of ice. He walked over to the closet in his room, and opened it. He dug through dirty clothes and comic books until he found what he was looking for. It was an old, tattered piece of paper, but on it, where some of the most powerful words ever; the spell to banish people into the cursed realm.

The ninja had watched Lloyd burn Clouse's spell book, but before he did, the Green Ninja had ripped one page out; the spell which he held now. At first, Lloyd had taken it to see if there were any clues for finding his father, but now it held a new purpose; revenge.

Lloyd rolled up the page, and slipped out the window after making sure his door was locked. He closed the window and began walking to New Ninjago City, where he decided to search for the nindroid. He had a plan, and everything he needed. Now all he had to do was find Zane.

The last several days hadn't been easy for Zane. After returning from the corridor of elders, he went to Borg Industries to explain to Cyrus what had happened to him and Pixal. It was quite a long story, explaining everything from being sold to Chen by Ronin, to Pixal being dismantled, to the two of them escaping with the other elemental masters. Cyrus believed his story (which was slightly surprising, considering to oddity of it) and Zane had helped him rebuild a body for Pixal.

So that day was exciting for Zane. Cyrus was not there. He was at some meeting somewhere in another city. It was the day where Pixal was finally able to be back in her own body. The process was fairly simple for the nindroid, and when she woke up, they were both very happy.

"Zane!" she said, hugging him. "Thank you."

"Cyrus did most of the work," said the nindroid.

"Even so, it is wonderful. It's just like before!"

"I'm very happy for you Pixal," said Zane as the two of them separated.

Unfortunately, just then, Lloyd walked in. Zane's sixth sense detected danger, and he stood up, being ready for a surprise. Unfortunately, nothing could've prepared the nindroid for what was going to happen.

"Lloyd?" he asked. "What are you doing here?" Zane was attempting to stay calm, but it was quite hard to do when his sixth sense was telling him something was wrong.

"It's your fault my father's gone, Zane!" Lloyd yelled.

"Wh-why Lloyd?" asked the titanium ninja.

"If you hadn't gone and gotten yourself captured by Chen, this wouldn't have happened!" he yelled. "My father still deserves to be here, and you don't!" After saying that, the green ninja pulled to spell out of his pocket, and began saying the chant.

"Pixal, get out of here" Zane told Pixal. The droid ran towards the nearest exit. Zane turned to follow, but Lloyd had used his power to send some of the ceiling crashing down blocking the path the nindroid wanted to take.

"Zane!" yelled Pixal, worried.

"Pixal, please, go get help!" Zane yelled running toward Lloyd, in a desperate attempt to get the spell away from him. But he was too late. Lloyd had opened a path to the cursed realm, which was in the process of sucking everything near it into it. Zane watched in horror as the room emptied, making the portal bigger.

Suddenly, something changed in Lloyd. "What am I thinking?" he asked himself. He looked up, and saw that Zane was desperately hanging to one of the few sturdy pieces of the floor. The portal's force was so great; he was nearly upside-down. "What kind of brother am I?" asked the green ninja, running forward to help his teammate.

Lloyd suddenly stopped, battling with his emotions. He felt weak, unable to control how he felt. Then, in a flash of rage, he kicked the nindroids hands, sending Zane into the black abyss of the cursed realm.

Then, it was quiet. The roar of the portal was gone. Lloyd dropped to his knees, as he realized what had just happened. He started crying, just as Pixal, Kai, and Jay ran in (those were the two ninja that Pixal saw walking outside New Ninjago City.)

Lloyd wanted to curl up and disappear. He had a lot of explaining to do.

(A/N) I finally have the next chapter done! I was on vacation, and I had basketball and I shouldn't be making excuses... anyway, I'll try to make updates sooner, but no promises.

Until next time,

-Frostbite