I HAS RETURNED
I swear, that week was the longest I've ever had. Does time go slower in Michigan or what? Anyway, happy mother's day. I probably should have written a one-shot or something for it, but I forgot. ^ ^'
Review replies:
The Mayor of Ninjago City: Yeah, he just can't catch a break. :P
Starry: I have heard bad things about exams... :/ I hope they went/are going well.
Nurse Medusa: Aww, thanks! ^u^
KRR: Your OCs are absolutely nuts. Also Hot Pepperoni is now my official nickname for Kai... xD I look forward to more OC vlog. :)
Samantha: I can't kill him! He has to be my villain! Besides, I don't think you even can kill the Overlord... ^ ^'
Diamond: You're welcome. :)
Sweetfierce: Ahahaha... this is going to be good. The Pink Ninja says "I don't have an account yet, (still waiting!) but my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, so maybe I will get an account for my birthday. But you'll be happy to know my story is 17 chapters long and still going! So WHEN I get an account, I will be able to update quick because I don't have to write more chapters and I have a lot of free time. So I will tell you when the story is posted. So... I don't really have much left to say, so see you around!"
The Pink Ninja: Yiiiiiiiiikes... school is even more boring-sounding than I thought. xD Also why would you trick Ronin like that... TnT
Rosalinawysteria92: I'm glad you like it. :D
Petal: Well that's not a good idea. The whole point of following God is doing what he says. Making your own rules is not being faithful to him.
Leb: Unfortunately, you don't get an update on Bansha this chapter... eheheheh. ^ ^' I have watched all the Star Wars movies now, including #7, and I have started on the Clone Wars. I really like it. :D I can't tell the clones apart, though. :P
BinxAngelo: Morro never gets a break. I'm evil like that. *quietly sneaks away* And I guess a small secret is fine...
Has anyone seen Windy recently? I haven't seen her in a while...
Chapter 14
Lloyd lay on his bed in the darkness, staring up at the barely visible ceiling. It had been hours since he replied to Chen's message, but he hadn't gotten a reply. He was worried. What if it hadn't gotten to them? What if they were hurting Morro? He shuddered at the thought, rolling over only his side. What he had said earlier, about how they wouldn't because they might accidently kill him, was ti reassure himself as much as Indigo. It made sense, though. They couldn't risk losing their bait. Right? He still worried, though. Suddenly, the green ninja jumped at a tap on his window. The green ninja rolled over on his other side to see a dark sillhoette crouching on the roof outside his window, their features invisible due to the soft moonlight behind them. For a fleeting second, Lloyd thought it was Morro, but rationalization kicked in a moment later and he realized that the green glow, which clearly marked all ghosts, was missing. A hostile? But an enemy would never have knocked. So who...? Cautiously, Lloyd slid out of bed and charged a ball of light in his hands, revealing the face of the figure outside his window.
"Jessica!" he exclaimed, running over to the window and throwing it open.
"Hi!" the daredevil girl greeted him, hopping through the window and landing on her feet with a grin on her face. "Sorry it took me so long to get here. My parents didn't think it would be safe for me to help you fight, but I finally convinced them I'd be perfectly safe because I'm with you!"
"Me?" he asked in slight bewilderment.
"Yeah! You're brave, and strong, and like the most powerful person in all of Ninjago!" she threw her hands in the air to illistrate her point. "So, what exactly is going on again?"
"You remember the Overlord?"
"Yeah."
"He came back. And he's sort-of winning."
"Really?" Jessica's eyes widened. "Oh no. How?"
"Well, he teamed up with Soul Archer who has an army of ghosts under his command. He also teamed up with Chen, but I don't think he does much.
"Chen who?" the brunette frowned.
"Ah, he used to run a chain of noodle houses and an underground fighter operation. But then he got stuck in the Cursed Realm. We let him out of his cage, remember?"
"The guy with the ponytail or the other guy?"
"The other guy."
"Oh yeah, I remember him. I didn't like him.?" Jessica frowned. "And now I like him even less."
"Your opinion of him will get even worse when I tell you what he's done." Lloyd promised her.
"I believe you."
"So, the first thing the Overlord did was capture Kai and turn him into his puppet with dark matter."
"Ack." Jessica winced.
"Exactly. He then sent Kai – who somehow changed his voice and appearence to give the illusion of being his normal self – to either capture me or kill me." Lloyd shuddered at the memory and Jessica scowled. "He failed, obviously. We locked Kai up in the Destiny's Bounty's brig – that's our flying ship,-" he added at her look of confusion. "and interrogated him, but he's refused to tell us anything. Then, two of Soul Archer's soldiers snuck into the monastery in the middle of the night and captured Morro. They're threatening to hurt him, or infect him like they did Kai, if I don't surrender myself to them."
"What?!" Jessica looked up at him in shock. "You're not gonna do it, right?"
"Of course not." he assured her quickly. "I'm pretending to, though. I told Chen I'll come alone, but I'll actually have Indigo and Cole with me."
"Why them?"
"Ghosts can turn invisible. It's an ability they just discovered. Morro doesn't know how, though. At least, I think he doesn't..." Lloyd frowned for a moment. Morro was, at least, almost invisible at their first meeting in the museum. "But, anyway, I'm going to demand they let Morro go first before they can have me. If they're gullible enough to do it, we can just run and get out of there. But, if they don't, Indigo and Cole are going to sneak up while they're invisible and try to free Morro. He'll probably be chained, which will make freeing him difficult, but if they can pick the lock or break whatever he's chained to, we can pull it off." Lloyd bit his lip. "I hope."
"That sucks." Jessica sighed, looking at the ground. "And, if he wins, he'll infect the whole world, like he did the first time, right?"
"Probably... hey, um, the first time... were you transformed?" the green ninja asked hesitantly.
"I think, yeah." she nodded.
"What was it like? If you don't want to tell me, that's okay." he added quickly.
"It's fine." she smiled faintly. "I don't really remember most of it. I just remember it being dark. And I felt... angry."
"Oh." Abruptly, Jessica hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder. Lloyd froze for a moment before awkwardly hugging her back.
"Sorry," she said, pulling away with a grin on her face. "You just seem stressed."
"I am." he hesitantly returned her smile. "I probably needed that."
"That's what I thought." They were both silent for a few moments before Lloyd spoke again.
"There's one other thing. A couple days ago, a girl named Lea showed up here. She claims to have been the Overlord's prisoner, and gave us infromation on the Overlord and his plans."
"You said "claims"." the short brunette pointed out. "Does that mean you don't believe her?"
"Not completely. Her story makes sense, she's an elemental master so it makes sense that he would capture her, but something about her has been nagging at me. When Chen first demanded I surrender, Gin suggested that Morro might already be transformed, and was faking being normal like Kai was."
"What do you mean faking it? Did you see him?"
"Chen sent me a picture of him."
"Oh. Go on."
"So, Chen called me so we could talk to him – Morro – and we had a short conversation with him. But, eventually, Morro started to tell us about "someone else" when Chen cut him off. I think that person might have been Lea. What if she's working for the Overlord, and he was trying to warn us about her?"
"Does she seem evil?" Jessica asked.
"No, she seems really nice, if with a pessimistic outlook of the future. But I don't know if I can trust her..." The brown-haired girl was silent for a few moments, mulling over the situation.
"Well... you're going to have to make a choice." she said at last. "If you don't trust her, she shouldn't be in the monastery. If you do..." she shrugged. Lloyd was silent for a few moments before remarking,
"You're pretty insightful for your age."
"I'm like, three years older than you."
"True." the green ninja chuckled and ran a hand through his hair. "Hey, why'd you come in through my window?"
"I don't know. It's the middle of the night, so I thought no one would be awake to open the door." she shrugged. "Besides, climbing on roofs is fun."
"Heh. Right. You'll be staying here in the monastery, right?"
"If there's room."
"Plenty. You can stay with the students and Gin in their room, or you could take one of the empty rooms. Whichever you'd like.
"I'd rather have a room to myself. If I recall correctly, those two girls – Tess and Anna, I think? - are absolutely nuts. Though, to be fair, I'm pretty nuts too."
"You were close. It's Ness, not Tess, and yes, they're pretty crazy." the blond boy nodded. "Gin's fairily serious, especially for her age, though."
"True. But I'm used to sleeping on my own, being an only child." Jessica shrugged. "Where are these famous empty rooms?" Lloyd chuckled.
"I'll show you. Come on." he turned around and walked over to the door, opened it, then they walked out of the room and into the hall.
Pretty short and uneventful chapter. I was going to have an update on Bansha and/or Morro but I was too lazy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I do have another chapter completely written out on paper, so I'll probably be able to update again... soon. I don't know.
Me: So, once again, it is time for questions.
Lloyd: I'm starting to dread these...
Me: You're in luck this time, because Sweetfierce has put the Overlord on a LIGHT MATTER RAMPAGE! EVERYONE IS GOOD FOR THIS ONE CHAPTER!
Kai: What the heck is going on here?
Lloyd: You're back! *hugs*
Morro: ...
Me: Oh yeah, and Morro still can't talk. Now where did I put those questions...
Diamond: Here you are!
Me: Thanks. Okay, for starters, Sweetfierce DEMANDS that Morro tell us his DEEPEST DARKEST SECRET! OHHHH THE SUSPENSE!
Morro: NO!
Me: Have a cookie. Sweetfierce baked it.
Morro: Um... thanks...?
Me: Oh, and BinxAngelo said that it's okay if you just tell us a small secret.
Morro: This cookie tastes funny...
Me: Did I mention that it was baked with TRUTH SERUM?!
Morro: HEY! *throws remaining cookie away*
Me: TOO LATE! YOU ARE FORCED TO TELL THE TRUTH! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Lloyd: I'm convinced by now that you're absolutely nuts.
Me: Good assumption. Now, Morro, what is 2 + 2?
Morro: 4.
Me: AHA! IT WORKS! NOW TELL US A SECRET!
Jay: IS THE GREEN IN YOUR HAIR MADE OF SEAWEED?!
Morro: No.
Me: JAY! THAT COUNTED AS A SECRET!
Jay: Whoops.
Morro: HA! Now I can talk again!
Me: Dangit Jay...
Jay: Sorry.
Me: ...do we have any more questions?
Diamond: One. ElvenPrincess asks, "Have any of you played Undertale?"
Morro: Underwhat?
Jay: Oh yeah! I love that game!
Kai: You love ALL games.
Jay: MOST games.
Cole: Yeah, we've played it.
Bansha: I've played it.
Soul Archer: You have? When?
Bansha: Recently.
Ghoultar: GHOULTAR HAS PLAYED UNDERTALE!
Bansha: I had to help him. A lot.
Me: I bet. Anyone else?
Indigo: What's a game?
Me: I'll explain later. Since that's all the questions and this is getting really long, see ya arou-
Ronin: STOP IT!
~FFF