Lloyd's Perspective

Great...

Another lecture was just what I needed. Just as soon as I had gotten home from mine and Arbiteth's date dad was waiting, watching me with a disapproving look.

"Lloyd, I need to speak with you for a moment."

I growled under my breath and followed him to his room, where he shut the door behind us and turned to face me with a sigh.

"Lloyd...my son...you know that I only want the best for you, right?"

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Please just get to the point, father."

Taken slightly aback, he took a deep breath and slowly expelled it. "It's about your little friend..."

I nodded. "Okay..."

"I...I don't want you to see her..."

My eyes opened wide and my jaw dropped, then suddenly my look of shock switched to an expression of mild rage. "What!?"

He crossed his arms. "You heard me. I don't want you to go running off with that girl anymore..."

I grit my teeth to prevent myself from blowing up at him, but I could feel the strange surge of dark power as a result of the Devourer venom creep up seemingly from my stomach and into my throat, ready to expel itself at any moment. "You can't do that dad. You know that."

He stared at me sternly, noticing the change but paying no attention. "I can, and you're a damn fool if you think I won't. She is not good for you, Lloyd."

I grimaced, walking up to him and prodding his chest with a finger. "Let me just stop you there. You said I should change my outlook on myself...I did...an I got someone who actually respects who I am because I am me, and not some idol!"

My father gently pushed me back to arms length away. "I know son, I understand...but if she respects you for the evil little boy you used to be...she thinks you are evil like she is!"

I threw my hands up in the air. "What in NinjaGo's name makes you think that she's evil?"

He held up a hand, wiggling his fingers. "I shall count them for you. One. The way she carries herself...she acts like a whore to get what she wants... Two. I was at that rave son...I was a chaperone...and I saw those cops chase her out of the building... Three. I know why they were after her. She is a thief and she destroys public property. I've seen with my own eyes. Four! She takes you along for the ride when you two are off breaking the rules. And five. I can see it in her eyes. Something just isn't right about her...she has the same sort of underlying mania that I did when I was evil...I can just feel it."

I pinched my nose between my thumb and forefinger. "Dad...you ever think maybe she was falsely accused of being a thief...and you just saw what you wanted to see based on popular opinion? You're using this psychology bullshit on me all the time!"

He narrowed his eyes. "You watch your mouth."

"NO I will not "watch my mouth" father...you need to hear this! There are plenty of girls in NinjaGo with long black hair. The population is sixty two percent Asian! And just because someone has red eyes like you used to does NOT mean that they have some underlying psychopathic shit going on in their heads! Any more crap you want to force down my throat, dad? DAD?"

X.X.X

Sensei Garmadon's Perspective

I couldn't believe my ears.

My own son speaking to me this way.

I could see the venom starting to get the better of him.

The red in his eyes was very prominent.

He was struggling to control himself but my little boy was behaving unbelievably...

"Son...that...that isn't...that isn't what I meant at all..."

He smirked. "Well great job getting all your facts in order...now if you excuse me...I'm gonna go and seethe as far away from you as possible..."

"You...you...you can't do that son!"

He shrugged. "I'd like to see you try and stop me!" And he stormed out; I followed after him but he was gone long before I'd anticipated he would be.