Please. Forgive me. I know this was overdue but I got caught up in things, but I may write more during the standardized testing that is coming up. So this may get darker as I slowly get fed up with a month of testing.
My motivation was real bad. I've ran out of UkUs Omegaverse to read so… Here I am making this.
Running out of ink and time.
One thing the team did not expect was a video call from Chen. A video call. Not some stupid letter. Or some mysterious phone call. But a video call. There was nothing discrete about it.
They were afraid that they had captured Zane, the again part was unsaid. Zane did not return from the mission like the others, Kai, Jay, Cole, and Karlof. They all returned relatively alright. Just a minor scratch here and there. Nothing life threatening.
They all started to worry when Zane didn't return. They couldn't lose him again. Him and Lloyd? There would be no team.
The falcon had come back, but it looked as if it was shot down. The data in the bird was damaged, it was pretty useless until Jay could attempt to piece it back together. He was not doing too well.
The whole team didn't know what to expect when they got the call, but they still answered it. Jay had hooked it up to a bigger screen so everyone could hear and see what was going on. It was only fair that everyone was up to date on the recent information.
Chen had appeared on the screen, a smile on his face that told he had a plan. A plan that would hurt The Masters.
"I have a deal to make with you masters, but most importantly the ninja." He spoke calmly, he had nothing to fear.
"Like hell we're making a deal with the likes of you!" Kai yelled, he did not want to deal with this bastard. Before he could give him a piece of his mind, Nya stopped him.
"Let him talk Kai," Garmadon stated in a rather tight voice, he was angry. Oh so angry at Chen. He wanted to say stuff along the lines of what Kai said. But he had to be the mature one here. So, he'd let Chen speak.
The smirk on Chen's face only grew. "Clouse, bring me the prisoners. The robot one first."
That answered it, they had Zane, but Jay voiced a question. Actually the first full sentence he had said since… Since they confirmed Lloyd was dead.
"Wait did he say prisoners? As in plural? As in more than one?" Everyone was in near shock when Jay said, both by him speaking and what he said.
Zane was pulled onto the screen, duct tape covering his mouth. He was obviously trying to struggle and tell the ninja something. With little luck.
"We want a trade, Zane for my daughter, but if you don't want to agree to that, I have another that'll make the deal… Much more sweeter."
"You say it as if we won't find you Chen." Cole was not in a happy mood, and this just made it much worse.
"You are not getting Skylor! We know you'll use her powers." Kai bit out bitterly, he liked the girl, but he did not want to make deals with someone who had killed his younger brother.
"Like hell I'm coming back to you father!" Venom was sown into Skylor's words, she couldn't believe she had once served him. Respected him. She just wanted him to burn right now.
Chen sighed, but it looked so fake. "I had a feeling you'd say that, Clouse, bring the other one." Chen was looking off screen before looking back at the Elemental Masters, "This one surely needs medical attention."
Yelling was heard, "I.." Wheeze. "Am not.." Cough. "Some Pawning chip!" Coughing and wheezing.
That voice sounded so familiar but no one dared to say a thing, he was dead. Some did not want to name he.
"Kai, how would you feel if a few sins were lifted off your back? Your betrayal to your leader perhaps? Oh, Garmadon, how would you like a second chance. Cole, don't you want your team back together as one? All you need to do is give me Skylor," That's when Chen grabbed a certain Ninja, Lloyd, roughly by the arm. He pulled Lloyd into the picture. "You'll have Zane Julien and Lloyd Garmadon."
Lloyd looked paler than usual, he was wheezing just to keep breathing, and the way Chen was holding onto him, he looked like a rag doll.
Mostly everyone stared at the screen in disbelief.
"Son..."
"Kid…"
"Kiddo.."
"Lloyd.."
"D-don't do i-it!" He coughed, they couldn't ignore the blood that dripped out the side of his mouth. "It's… A trap…" Lloyd was quickly thrown out of the picture. A thud clearly heard.
Then there a pained yell, "They need Skylor! She has all the powers they need!" They could not ignore the abnormal coughing.
"Clouse! Shut him up! You guys have six hours to meet us at the cliff above the waterfall, or you watch us take your robotic friend apart and watch Lloyd die all over again~! You get to see them both die once again. You have six hours."
The Transmission ended right there.
"That fucking bastard! I call dibs!" There was no doubt about who had said it.
"I know that we are all mad, but we cannot let that cloud our judgment!" Garmadon stated, he had raised his voice. He was not yelling quite yet.
"How can we possibly be logical about his!? I thought we left… him in the chambers! Why do they have him!? This has to be some cruel joke! People just don't' come back from the dead!" Jay yelled, but it was on the line of screeching.
"Jay, now I wished you stayed on mute! We need to get them back, we can get all the details once Zane and Lloyd are with us!" Cole left out the preferably alive part.
Kai crossed his arms, glaring angrily at the ground. They had a chance to get Lloyd back, just like Zane, but they couldn't give up Skylor. Who knows what Chen would do to Ninjago. They knew he would take Ninjago piece by piece, they could not risk that.
That's when a certain female spoke up, Chamille, the Master of Form had spoke up. Yes she did try to get Lloyd out of the ring, but that was before they knew what was going on.
"I can transform into Skylor, so we can make it look like they're getting the real deal. Once we get Zane and Lloyd I can transform and walk out of there. It would be easy and no one can see through my powers. We can double cross them much like they did to us."
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Zane worriedly looked at Lloyd, his eyes widened as Lloyd fell on the ground. He wasn't sure if he heard a thump or a crack. He was not able to say a thing, but he had to help Lloyd. Yer here he was, chained up. He felt himself being picked pushed back to their 'cell'. The cell was actually just a corner in a cave in which they are tethered to.
The robot scanned Lloyd, trying to see what else was hurt simply by being dropped to the ground. He silently thanked whatever hung out above them when the tape was taken from his mouth. They did not even bother with chaining Lloyd up, everyone knew he couldn't run, much less walk. Even better, they unchained him, but chained him to the wall, they gave him more room to move his arms. He could finally reach Lloyd, and possibly give him his much needed medical treatment.
He mentally told Pixal to give him a report on Lloyd's health, they were anything but good. There were even the odds that he would not survive the next six hours. Yet, he knew Lloyd was strong, he had to be strong enough to last the next few hours. If he did not, he would not forgive himself for the second time.
"H-hey.. Zane… Don't g-give me that look… Y-you're on-only dampening the mo-mood.." Zane looked up only to meet the gaze of those green eyes. He knew why Lloyd was smiling, holding onto some kind of hope… He knew why. A ninja never gives up, and always gets up when they are knocked down.
Zane only nodded and gave him a smile, "Sorry about that, I am just worried."
Lloyd just looked up at him, so he tried to inch closer to Zane. After some trying he was able to get his head to rest on his lap. The Green ninja looked very tired to say the least, yet he still fought it off. Fear that he would not wake again.
"Hm… C-can you t-tell me.. Wh-where I was s-set to r-rest..?" Lloyd looked up at him, a tired look rested upon his face. Lloyd was the one who brought the team together after Zane, if he was gone.. Who'd keep them together?
A frown appeared on Zane's face as he remembered back to that. He did not enjoy it. Gods, who could enjoy it?
"We left you in that chamber… Until we could transport your body back to Ninjago. That was the plan… You father wanted to bury you at the Monastery he grew up in, and plant flowers, greens, herbs… A garden. He felt it would be best.."
"... Sappy old man.." Lloyd chuckled softly. He knew his dad and especially his mother would make a garden around his grave.
"Jay suggested it should only be allowed for masters to enter, fore you are the greatest master of all."
Lloyd rolled his eyes, scoffing, "... I am not.. The greatest… but I am pretty good." He tried to be somewhat modest, he learned what happened when he was always in the spotlight. Do you know how hard it was to even spend a full day with his parents? That only happened when the Overlord was a threat.
"Then who's the greatest Lloyd?" Zane raised his eyebrow as he looked down at the green ninja.
"... I can't tell.. Now can I?" Lloyd gave an attempt of a smirk to Zane, who only shook his head softly.
"It better not-" Zane never got to finish a the sentence.
"I know I am early, but I am here. Free Lloyd and Zane" Everyone inside of the cave froze, looking at the Skylar who stood at the entrance of the cave.
Thank you for reading this horrible chapter that I finished while watching youtube. Forgive me, my writing will be better next time. I knew If I tried to withhold this chapter it would never be seen by you guys. So take this carp I've made.
~Lady Ashley