Sorry I didn't update sooner, every time I tried to go and get the papers from my room to type it in I got distracted by cats
Review replies:
Zena: REKT
Spitfirewaterninja: Why would it fail? My plans are great!
Ebony: Yes. Wait, does he need to sign them? I don't think he can read.
Entity: I dunno what you're so worried about. Nothing bad ever happens to my characters.
TechGamer: Who says Lloyd isn't gonna get possessed?
Guest 1: No worries! I guessed it might be something like that.
Guest 2: He'll be fine.
KitKat: Yes it does! It always turns out well! ...in the end!
Jayden: *dabs*
NinjagoMLP: Don't hold your breath.
RandomDragon: Now they spend the rest of the story having a quiet and calm life. And yeah, that makes perfect sense. I feel like all the ninja have mental illnesses at this point. (especially in my fics...)
Chan: BEW BEW BEWW
For those that suspected something bad happened with the fang-fish: Nope. It's not that.
Lydia tapped her finger on her arm, checking her watch every few minutes as she waited for Lloyd to come out. He'd been in there for a few minutes now. Was he okay? She wasn't sure how long he was supposed to be inside, maybe they were currently fighting.
"I'm sure Lloyd's fine." Nya said from a few feet away, guessing her thoughts. "There's basically no way Morro can possess him, right?"
"Well," Lydia started, "If Morro managed to knock him out, he could remove the armor and possess him then."
"But how likely is that? Lloyd is tough as nails."
"I guess." A few feet away, Jay's communicator buzzed, and he lifted it to his ear.
"Yeah?" A pause. "Great! We're on our way." Lowering it from his ear, he turned to them excitedly. "They've got him! Lloyd just came out the front entrance, and he's got Morro!"
"Awesome! Let's go." Turning around, Lydia hurried over to the ladder that lead down from the roof.
"I told you he'd be fine." Nya called as she started to descend.
"Yeah, yeah." The three of them hurried around to the entrance of the museum, where they found the rest of the ninja with their prisoner. Lydia let out a low whistle at the sight of Morro, who was muscular and handsome despite the fact that he was scowling at the ninja.
"He's hot." She remarked out loud." Nya gave her a weird look.
"Morro?"
"What? He is!" Lydia defended herself as they got close. "How'd it go, Lloyd?" She called once they were in earshot.
"Just fine!" The blond called back. "He acted just like you said he would."
"How did you know I would be there?!" Morro demanded. His voice was hot too. Mmm. Shut up, Lydia, you have a boyfriend. "That was the perfect trap! How did you know?!"
"Oh, Morro," Lydia put her hands on her hips, grinning. "Don't you know that the trapper's trap can trap the trapper?" Morro blinked.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Think about it."
"I told the policemen where the watchman was and to make sure that he was okay." Lloyd spoke up. "As well as a brief explanation of what happened. "And they called a police vehicle so we don't have to drag Morro all the way back to the tea shop.
"How did you know I would be there?!" Morro repeated. "Who told you?!"
"I did." Lydia replied. Morro ignored her.
"And how do you know me? Wu told you, didn't he?!"
"Actually, Sensei's pretty useless when it comes to telling people things." Lydia spoke up again. Again, Morro gave no indication of hearing her. "You- you guys can see me, right? I don't think Morro can see me." She took a few steps closer, waving her hand on front of Morro's face. "Helloooo-" Without warning, Morro spun around, wrenching his chains out of Lloyd's grasp and aiming a roundhouse kick at her head. In a rare display of skill, Lydia ducked underneath it, falling back onto the concrete. Morro's foot hit Lloyd instead, who grabbed it and flipped him onto the ground.
"Wow." Lydia said, climbing to her feet and dusting herself off as Morro groaned. "You know, I'm the only one keeping these guys from murdering you. But, if you prefer…" Morro looked up in alarm as she trailed off.
"N-no, don't!" He yelped.
"Then play nice." She pointed at him threateningly. He didn't answer. Just then, a police van pulled up in front of the museum, and Kai ran over to explain to the men inside what was going on. After a minute, the police invited them to stick Morro in the back of the van, which they did, Lloyd, Nya, and Lydia getting in with him to make sure he didn't try anything while the others flew back to the tea shop on their dragons.
There were benches along each wall in the back of the van, and Lydia and Nya sat on one side while Lloyd and Morro sat on the other. Morro stared at the van floor as it started, looking depressed. Now seemed like a good time to bother him with personal questions.
"So Morro." Lydia started. "Does the Preeminent talk?" Morro looked up at her, frowning.
"What?"
"Does the Preeminent talk?" The brunette repeated. "You must communicate with her somehow, but I really can't see her being able to talk… in that… form." The ghost didn't answer for a few moments before finally replying,
"She talks in peoples' heads."
"Just ghosts, or anyone?"
"I don't know."
"Hmm." Lydia nodded thoughtfully. "Can ghosts go through each other?"
"I… no?"
"What's the Cursed Realm like?"
"If you'd like to visit, I'd be happy to arrange that." Morro snapped.
"No you wouldn't. 'Visit' implies that it's temporary. You wouldn't let me leave if you had your way."
"Whatever! Stop asking me stupid questions!"
"I'll ask you stupid questions all I want."
"Well I don't have to answer them."
"You do if you want to live." Lydia threatened. Morro growled under his breath.
"Is that why you've kept me alive?" He snapped. "For information?"
"Okay, first of all, you're not alive. You're a ghost. Secondly, no. That's not the only reason."
"And what's the other reason?" Lydia hummed.
"I'm not going to tell you." Morro groaned.
"Fine. Then I'm not going to answer you."
"How about we trade? You can ask me a question, and I'll answer it, then I'll ask you a question and you'll answer it." The ghost frowned.
"…fine."
"Great. You start."
"How did you know I would be at the museum?" Predictable.
"I have the unique benefit of knowing the events of the next few years."
"How?"
"That's two questions." Morro groaned.
"Fine."
"What's the Cursed Realm like? An island? Caves?" The ghost was silent for a moment.
"It's as big as Ninjago." He said at last. "There are some towns and cities, and it's very flat. If you go far enough out, there's a wall of thick fog. No one who has gone out there has ever returned." Lydia stared at him with wide eyes.
"That's… actually fascinating. I've never considered something like that." She tapped her finger on the bench, wishing she had something to write on.
"Now it's my turn. How do you know the future?"
"That's classified."
"What?"
"I'm not going to tell you."
"You said you'd answer!" Morro snapped, leaning forward and glaring at her. He quickly sat back, however, when Nya summoned a bit of water in her hand.
"You're our prisoner." The water master said in a low voice. "You'd do well to remember that." Morro just stared at the ground.
Before long, they pulled up to the tea shop, and Morro was lead out from the back and towards the Bounty. Lydia found Wu and the ninja waiting for them on the deck, which made Morro surprisingly angry.
"Wu." He spat as soon as his former sensei came within earshot.
"Morro." Wu replied, without nearly as much malice. "I'm glad to see that you're safe."
"'Safe'? Your students just took me prisoner and threatened to kill me!" Wu cast a questioning glance at Lloyd, who pointed at Lydia.
"It was her."
"I didn't threaten to kill him." Lydia protested. "I said if not for me, he would be killed, so maybe he shouldn't try to kick me in the face."
"I hope he kicks her in the face." Jay muttered. "Maybe then she'll let us kill him." Lydia gestured at the blue ninja.
"See?"
"I'd heed her advice, Morro. Not even I know what that girl is capable of." The ghost only growled under his breath.
"Now that we're finished with the obligatory death wishes from both sides, why don't we show Morro to his accommodations?" Lydia suggested. Morro frowned.
"'Accommodations'?"
"Are you asking what the word means, or are you confused about what I mean by that?"
"What you meant, why wouldn't I know what the word means?"
"Well, I know your education has been… sketchy." Morro frowned again.
"I can't tell if you're insulting me or Wu."
"Neither! I was just explaining my reasoning for saying that!" Lydia paused. "No, that's not quite true. I was also trying to creep you out with how much I know about you."
"Well it- it didn't work." Morro stammered, turning his face to the ground as some of the ninja snickered. "Cut it out!" He yelled, squeezing his eyes shut.
"Alright, guys, lay off. He's had a hard day." Lydia started towards the bridge. "Let's go. Nya, Lloyd, bring him." The two ninja obeyed, leading Morro into the Bounty, down a hall, and down a flight of stairs to his cell. It wasn't as bare as it had been in the show, and it was lined with deepstone, just in case. They still didn't plan to un-cuff him.
Lloyd and Nya locked Morro up, then they and Lydia left him alone. Lydia didn't want to question him any further while he was already pretty mad. But, tomorrow was another day. And, with Morro captured, she had all the time in the world.
See? They have all the time in the world. Nothing's going to go wrong.
~FFF
