So before you all jump down my throat about not following the three-day rule, let me explain.

My three-day rule said that I was going to have to post on the 23rd, as well as the 26th. Unfortunately, seeing as there will be the slight issue about not having internet at all on the 26th, I decided that it would be wiser for me to just make chapter 12 late.

Sorry for the wait, especially after I built everything up like that.

Do I still need to put that I am not LEGO down?

Chapter Twelve

Lloyd's POV

Hanging back, I retreated to the stairs, still at a good spot to see everyone and watch everything unfold. Seeing everyone there and Zane's face when he recognized who was in front of him.

"Zane," Dr. Julien said, quickly hugging Zane. "You found me!"

Deciding to play along like I didn't know them, I spoke up. "Do you know him?" The others looked past him, seeing me sitting on the stairs. Even Dr. Julien turned around, nodding.

"I built him for heaven's sake!" He turned back to Zane, noticing his confused face.

"I do not understand, my memories told me you have passed!"

Dr. Julien nodded. "So you found your memory switch." the Leviathan growled.

"Dr. J, we should probably get them all inside...like now." I said, getting up. Stretching a little, I winced at the sound of my shoulder popping. He nodded, and everyone walked inside.

Jay was the first one to be nosy. He walked over to me, and tilted his head to the side. "So who are you?"

I couldn't help but smile, I was just as tall as him now. "I like guessing games. You can take wild guesses at my name if you want to." Part of me wanted to just tell him, but part of me wanted to not have to explain what my own carelessness had caused.

Dr. Julien finished his usual locking method on the door, quickly checking the security camera to make sure the Leviathan wasn't about to come out of nowhere to check up on him, and started heading up the stairs, talking to Zane.

"That wasn't an answer. I asked what you name was." Jay said. "Just tell me."

"But it's an easy guess!" I said, throwing my hands in the air. "Just say the first name that comes to mind."

"Alright then..." Jay said, thinking. "Lloyd?"

There was nothing for me to do besides smile. "Yup."

Starting up the stairs, Jay and I were racing to catch up with the others who were almost at the top. "Why didn't you say something?" He asked, tripping slightly on the cot. Helping him up, he looked at me. "And when did you grow up?"

I had to think, when did I grow up? "A few days ago, maybe a week." The sense of timelessness that I had was unnerving. "Everything sorta blurs together here."

Reaching the top of the stairs, we were both breathless. My ankle throbbed from the healing scrapes. Everyone looked at us strangely. "Guys, I found Lloyd."

"Jay, stop joking around. He's been gone for a month, not years." Cole said, rolling his eyes. "Last I checked, Lloyd was a little kid."

Dr. Julien stepped forward, but Zane spoke first. "My analysis says it is Lloyd. How he grew up so quickly however, I do not know."

Smiling sheepishly, I looked down. "I went downstairs to get sugar for tea, and accidentally knocked something over, and," My hands did a miniature rainbow gesture. "Poof, I'm older." Poof was pretty much the only word I had to describe what happened with the Tomorrow's tea.

The woman who had been sitting next to my uncle looked up. Her face was full of mixed emotions. 'I-I know you.' My mind told me. There was something about her that I could recognize.

She stood up, walking over to me. Looking her in the eyes, I knew what she was about to say. "Is it really you Lloyd? You've grown so much." Tears were beginning to well in her eyes. "It's been so long since I've seen you, son."

Jay's POV

Lloyd took his introduction to his mother relatively well. Better than I would have. He stood there silently for a minute, before hugging Misako. I could tell he was trying to not cry.

When he pulled back though, he seemed to change his attitude. "You left me!" His voice was pretty harsh. I know my parents would have twisted my ear for using that tone with them. Considering that she had left him at Darkley's, I could understand why she didn't seem to care.

"I had my reasons, Lloyd, please, just let me-" A loud sound cut her off. Lloyd looked at Dr. Julien. He nodded.

"Everyone, hide. The Leviathan can't know you're here, otherwise, there'll be dues to pay!" Nya and I hid between two large crates, Lloyd, Sensei and Misako disappeared down the steps, and the others found various other places around the room to hide.

Whatever Dr. Julien was doing while the Leviathan looked around seemed to be satisfactory. It quickly left. The entire tower was silent, until we could hear it dive under the water below. Climbing out from our hiding space, only Sensei came back up the stairs.

We all knew why. Misako was explaining to Lloyd everything she had told us.

I decided to give the rest of us something to do. "Now...we have a problem. We need to fix our boat so we can get off this rock."

So they've reunited. What now?

Well, I could either stop here, and write some shitty epilogue of Lloyd and Garmy talking about the time he was hostage to the Serpentine, and how they both felt, or I could continue re-writing the last four episodes. (I prefer the first idea of just making a time jump and doing the epilogue, but that's just me)

If I do that, Let me tell you, I have 2-3 expositions for chapters for stories I've been writing over the past month, so I'd start another project pretty fast.