Hope is the only thing stronger then fear
Koko was getting bored of the mundane that she followed. Get up, send Lloyd to school, eat, go to work, go home, yell at lloyd for something or other (mostly because he was constantly disappearing and doing dumb things), hug him, make him dinner and go to bed. Every day, the same thing. There were the days when her husband attacked, but the secret ninja always fended him off. It was a routine, one she knew well.
"There is a 100% chance of a Garmadon attack today!" Said Gale Gossip, in her usual chipper voice.
Oh joy. Thought koko, banging her head on the table in annoyance.
"Um... mom, what are you doing?" Asked a groogy lloyd, looking at her from his bedroom door.
"Nothing, sweetie." She said, giggling. He walked out, and made him breakfast, and, since it was a weekend, she sent him to Jay's house, his friend had invited him over the night before. She then ate herself, and sat down on the couch with a good book. In a while, she started to make dinner, Lloyd's favorite, dumplings. She soon dialed him number, and when he didn't pick up, she began to worry: she had nearly lost her son twice, once to his father, and once to an injury. She didn't need him to go missing and force her to turn off the autopilot of the routeen. But when she waited another half-hour and called him again, and he didn't pick up, she began to worry. She called jay mom next.
"Hey, ms. Walker, is there any chance that my son is seeing a movie or something, cuz' he isn't answering my calls."
"Koko, lloyd left two hours ago." Said ms. Walker, her voice full of worry. Koko's heart dropped into her feet.
"Ok, thanks for telling me. " Koko Said, before hanging up.
She quickly grabbed a water bottle aamd rushed our the door, shoving it in a small over-shoulder bag. After at least three hours of searching, it was getting tomdark to see anything, and she returned home. As she walked to the door of her apartment, she saw a note on the doorstep. It was on off-white color, and was sealed with red wax. She picked it up, and walked inside. She sat down at the table, and opened the letter. It took her a few minutes to prepossessing what it said, and she was left in shock.
Come to the abandoned house by the pufferfish restaurant tomorrow night, with 1,000 dollars if you ever want to see your son alive again.
"No" she whispered to herself.
Then she rembered her old routine. The one where she would dawn armour, and become lady iron dragon. The one where no day was the same. The one where she would fight baddie instead of following their orders. The one she knew it was time, even if that time was short, to return to. She walked into her room, and picked up the armored bodice, and changed into it. It still fit well. Once she had put on the skirt and legging, along with the boots, she choose to cover her face with a ninja-like hood, so her son wouldn't recognize his mother as his savior.
She locked at her clock witch said 2:00. She ha crime to warm up her rust skills. She practiced many fighting styles, even her gray spinjitsu, but she doubted that she would get to use that (I know Koko proably dosn't have spinjitsu, but Misako does, so this is my one Misako reference). When the day started, she spent another hours, digging through her closet, looking for one of the katanas that she wielded in that past life. When she found it, she packed some basic swordswoman manuvers, and may or may not have slipped and accidentally chopped a pillow in half. When it was time, she choose to climb out of her window, with the hopes that a no one would see her. She kept from one building to another when she could, and she climbed trees when she couldn't. Only when she had to, she walked on the ground. Soon, she was at her destination, feeling like she had gained something that she had been missing. A light was on in the abandoned build, and she knew that she was int he right place. She opened the door, and stepped inside, sneaking through any Shaddow, and behind any cover she could find. When she saw the room where the people were holding her son as a captive, she gasped, and mentally kicked herself for making such a stupid mistake. She was about to dive in, attacking with her katana, but someone, much stronger then her grabbed her hand, and pulled it away from the weapon.
"What are you doing g here?" Asked the man, as he threw her to the ground, and in plain sight of the others.
"Who's she." Asked one.
"Probably a mercinary his mother sent to save him and kill us." Said the first.
"Well, grab her, if she is a mercinary, she's not a very good one." Said the Fiona, and third man. When one of them aproched her, she swung her leg around, knocking his out from under him. She looked at lloyd, who was unconscious. She quickly grabbed her weapons, and motioned with her hand at the men to come at her. One did, and quickly found himself stabbed in the shoulder. He fell Only he one she had knocked down, punching him back to the floor. Then, the final man rushed at her. She couldn't see any way to win ina battle again him, other then to kill him.
"I don't want to hurt you!" She Shouted.
"You can't anyway, so good." He answered. She then kicked him in the stomach, while he was distracted, and pointed her weapon at his throat.
"You overestimated your chances." He laughed, and she turned Not not in time to avoid a blow from her new opponent. She fell to the ground, her vision blurring. She gripped her consciousness with all she had, belt she felt herself slipping into blackness. Untill she gave in.
When she woke up, she was confused. Then all that had happened rushed back to her.
"Lloyd!" She Shouted, suddenly more awake then coffe could ever make her.
"Uhh." She heard her son's voice say, "mom, why are you here, and why are you wearing armour?"
"I was trying to rescue you." She Answered.
"Well, you did an awful job of it." He Said, and they both started laughing.
"Ok, this is no laughing matter." She mmurmured, and tugged on the ropes that bound her hands behind her back.
"Where did you get that armour, or this crazy idea?" Asked lloyd.
"I met your father during a war you know. This is my armour from that." She Answered.
"I wouldn't try. It's just going to tire you out." Said lloyd, as his mother tugged on the ropes that held her hands and feet still.
"You're right," tolde him, "but something that we said during the war was "ninja never quit" and I'm not going to. There has to be some way to escape".
"..." was all lloyd could say.
"Don't look at me like that" she said, and they both started laughing, "don't suppose you have a pocketknife or anything?" She asked.
"No." He answered.
"I have my house key..." Said Koko, "But I'd guess they took that too."
"Yeah. Proably did." Said lloyd.
"Lloyd. Use this. See if's sharp enough to cut through the ropes, she said, shaking off the crown-like headdress she wore. He picked it up, and rubbed the rope against the sharpest edge, where it had practically stabbed and annoyed his mother so many times.
"This is getting us nowhere." Said lloyd, in ten minutes.
"Yeah, was worth a shot." Muttered Koko. She startled, when the men came into the room. One grabbed Lloyd, and one neared her.
"Let go of him!" She screamed.
"Oh, he'll be alright." Muttered the man closest to her.
"So, Who are you?" Asked the man.
"None of your business!" She Snapped.
"It is my busines." He Answered. He roughly took her face in his hand, witch she promptly bit, "little spitefire, I see."
"Boss, What should I do with the boy?" Asked the man holding her son.
"Never Let it be Said I'm not a man of my word. Kill him." Said the leader, the man closest to Koko.
"What about the assassin?" Asked the man.
"I'll deal with her."
"No" screamed Koko, startling everyone.
"Mom, I didn't know you could tell that loud." Said lloyd, schocked.
"She's his mother?" Asked the land holding Lloyd.
"Yes. I am. Now, if you'd kindly untie me, I might be able to get your money." She sighed.
"I'd bet she's lying." Said one of them, who was standing in the doorway.
He saw right though that...
"I'm not lying." She lied, "you beat me."
"Fine." Said the leader, and he sawed at the ropes with a dagger. When they snapped, she wasted no one in untieing the ones around her ankles. As soon ash was on her feet, she was on guard. She kicked the leader down.
"I knew she was lying, but no one very listins to me! Shouted the man in the doorway.
Koko rushed to the man holding lloyd, who threw her son down. His head hit the concrete floor with a sickinging chuck and she become instantly terrified. She quickly disposed of the man, and in her blind rage grabbed his weapon and injured most of the others. Then, in fear, she rushed over to her son's side, and untied him.
"Mom..." He Murmured.
"Lloyd, everything's going to be ok!" She told him, as she carried him home. She lay him of the couch, and locked up how to tell if you child has a concussion on her phone. Witch he did indeed.
"This house sure sees a lot of accidents." She muttered as she cared for her son's wounds.
