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My Sweetheart was a Ghost

ch. 8

'True Potential'

I was in tears when Morro finished his story. I hugged my boyfriend close as he cried into my shoulder. I felt so bad for him. He been through so much. This was so much more darker than Lydia's stories. A big flash of lightning struck causing Morro to jump and cry more in fear and hug me tighter. Morro was like a kid again. He was like the broken orphaned child from so long ago

"It's okay. Your safe now. I got you. No one will hurt you." I whispered to him.

Morro sniffled and buried his face in my shoulder as he hugged me tightly.

"I-I wanna see my dad…" he whispered softly.

"I know baby and I'm sorry that happened to you." I told Morro as I stroked his hair.

Morro sighed sadly and didn't let go.

"Sleep with me tonight. Hmm?" I offered.

Morro nodded eagerly and I led him to my bed and laid down. Morro laid beside me and snuggled into me. I wrapped an arm around him and pulled the covers over us. I felt so comfortable. Morro probably was too because he fell asleep after only three minutes.

~The next morning~

I woke up around eight in the morning to a loss of warmth. I sat up and found Morro gone. I sighed softly and stood up and got dressed. After brushing my hair, I exited my room to go to the bathroom but was stopped by the sound of a running shower and feminine singing. It was one of the most beautiful singing voices I've ever heard. I put my ear against the door and listened closely. I then figured out it was Morro singing.

I blushed madly and went downstairs and watched tv. I had to act natural. A few minutes later, Morro came downstairs. He was wearing a tank top and shorts and his towel was draped over his shoulders. His hair was still wet. Somehow, the green streak in his hair still remained as if it had just been applied this morning. Weird. I decided to ask Morro about it later.

Morro walked to the couch and sat by me.

"What's on tv?" He asked.

I shrugged.

"A Netflix show called Hilda. It's great." I told him.

Morro nodded.

"What is a 'Netflix'?" He asked tilting his head in confusion.

I sighed.

"It's a streaming service where you can watch tv shows without cable and annoying commercials." I explained.

Morro just stared even more confused. I shrugged.

"You'll come around." I reassured him.

Morro shrugged and watched the tv with me.

I looked at Morro curiously.

"Morro?" I asked him.

"Hmm?" Morro responded.

"Do you sing?" I asked softly staring at the tv.

Morro's shoulders tensed up and he looked at me.

"D-did you hear me singing in the shower earlier?" He asked nervously with a embarrassed expression.

I nodded with a blush. Morro groaned in embarrassment and hid face in his hands.

"Hey, don't feel bad. I liked your singing voice. It's beautiful." I reassured him.

Morro blushed softly and pulled me into a hug with a smile.

"So, date tonight?" He asked me.

I stroked his hair.

"Date tonight." I confirmed.

The day mostly contained chores and hours of tv and sleep like on most typical Saturdays. I was so excited for my date with Morro. I felt like I waited for eternity for that night. An half hour before my date, I took a shower and dressed up nicely. I applied makeup and did my hair. I ran downstairs and put my shoes on and grabbed my purse and jacket.

I found Morro in the kitchen dressed up as well. He wore a turtleneck and a nice jacket to go with it. He had his hair up in a ponytail to my utter surprise. He hated doing his hair. If he risked messing with his hair for me, then I knew this meant a lot to him.

He smiled shyly and blushed softly at my outfit. He looked awed.

"You look so pretty." He said softly.

"And you look so handsome." I said with a smile as I walked to him.

My mom came up to us.

"Don't do anything stupid." She said handing me the money for our date.

I rolled my eyes and put the money in my purse. Morro and I locked arms and went to the my dad's car that was waiting. He dropped us off at Olive Garden where our date was decided to take place.

Morro and I both ordered Fettuccine Alfredo, salad, and breadsticks. We shared conversation and laughed at some things we said. We shared funny stories and ranted about stupid subjects while laughing about it. It was a great date. But the following hours were probably the horrifying AND fascinating experience Morro and I faced.

It was around nine thirty. My dad wouldn't be there to pick us up for another half hour, so Morro and I decided to take a walk. We were passing by a ally when a van drove up to us and two guys got out and grabbed me by the waist and and threw me in the back of said van. Morro gasped and threw a series of punches and kicks but was dodged and was knocked out when a third guy hit his head with the butt of his gun. I cried as the van drove away. I was eventually knocked out by a guy holding a rag to my face.

Morro's POV

I woke up about a five minutes later with a bump on my head. I groaned in pain as I sat up. I couldn't place where I was. Then the memories of the latest events all came rushing back. I panicked for about five minutes until I pulled out my phone and tracked Nikki's phone on a app.

As soon as I got her location, I used my wind to fly to where she was and tracked her to a warehouse. I landed on top of the roof and peeked through a window. There, I tied to a chair with steel rope and ragged sat Nikki. She shook in fear as two men approached her. One took the rag off and went behind her as the leader came in and stared at her.

I gasped in horror at the familiar face. That horrible man from my childhood that murdered my mother and left me homeless. He grinned insanely as he took out a syringe with a green liquid in it. Nikki flinched at that. I breathed heavily and decided this was my cue to interfere and crashed through the ceiling and landed on my feet in front of the bane of my existence.

The man narrowed his eyes at me with a growl as if he were trying to recognize me. He realized who I was and his face turned to a sickening grin as wrapped an around Nikki's neck.

"Morro…what a pleasant surprise of you to show up!" He said cackling.

I growled at at the man in pure anger. I really wanted to kill him. I wanted so bad to rip his arms off and made him eat it.

" Here for a family reunion?" The man continued.

I glared at him and clenched my fists.

"What do you want?" I snapped at him.

"What do I want? What do I want? Hmmm…let's see. Oh yeah! I want what's mine. Your mom. You were apparently more important to her than me! So I thought if I can't have her, then no one can!" He said with an insane glint in his eyes.

"W-what are you doing with my girlfriend!?" I shrieked in fright.

The man smiled that insane smile.

"Glad you asked, Morro! This syringe right here is filled with your mother's memories. The only ones that isn't in here are all the ones of you or me ever hurting her. All I have to do is inject it in someone and bam! My wife lives again. And this time, you won't be there to take her away from me!" The man explained cackling.

I shook my head in fear and ran towards him only to be grabbed by to huge guys. I elbowed them in their ribs and charged at the man. A man chased me and grabbed me by my hair while another tased my back. I screamed in pain. They echoed through the warehouse. I slumped over and some other men kicked me in the stomach. It hurt so much.

"MORRO!" I heard Nikki cry.

The men kept kicking me as the man mocked me.

"You were always a weak boy. Pathetic. You will never be a man. You're a nobody!"

Those last three words echoed in my head.

'You're a nobody!'

I took shallow breaths as I teared up clearly in pain. I heard Nikki cry too. She was obviously terrified.

I suddenly knew what I had to do. I had to let go. All my life, I've been stuck in the past when I should have been focused on the present. I had to get over the things that I regretted and forgive myself…like Nikki said. So that's what I did. I closed my eyes and cleared my head. I thought my life over and let go. I let go of my constant pain and fears of the past. I had to let go of my constant guilt and anger.

So I let go. I did exactly that. I felt a huge weight lift. I felt myself getting better and a sudden burst of energy and adrenaline suddenly hit me. I felt myself get so much power and get lifted up. I opened my eyes and saw myself the air controlling the wind. I smirked and created a really steong tornado that blew all of the henchmen away.

That man was holding Nikki up by her hair with a gun held against her skull.

"You come any closer and she dies!" He threatened.

I wasn't fazed and I used wind to disarm him before slamming him against the wall. My tornado wore off and I fell the ground. I crawled over to Nikki and untied her. She immediately pulled me into her arms. She cried silently in my shoulder.

"You did it! You reached your true potential…" she said,

"I'm proud of you. Thanks for saving my butt."

I chuckled weakly.

"I guess I did, huh.." I said barely above a whisper with a smile.

I coughed up a little blood causing Nikki to gasp in horror. I wiped my lips and looked at Nikki. She was already dialing 911. She hung up and leaned me against the wall and curled up beside me. I looked at her with pained eyes.

"Help is on the way." She said taking my hand.

"I love you…" I whispered to her before squeezing her hand weakly.

Nikki teared up and held my face gently between her hands.

"No. Stay awake! Your going to be okay!" She told me shaking her head.

I shook my head with half lidded eyes and kissed Nikki. I straight up pulled her into a kiss. I closed my eyes and pulled away.

"N-Ninja never quit…" I said closing my eyes.

That was the last thing I said for weeks…

I could faintly hear Nikki's shouts begging me to wake up and sirens. I felt myself getting lifted up and could hear faint voices and the panic filled voices of Nikki and her dad. The last thing I heard before my consciousness went into a sleep was Nikki gripping my hand and telling me that she will wait for me and will never give up on me.

I just hoped she'd keep her promise…

To be continued…

A.N.

*Aurro whacks me with zucchini*

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