here's y'all's second update

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When Lydia woke up, she was still being carried.

She opened her eyes to see… mostly ground, and some legs. She must not have been out for very long, as they still weren't there. Except… wasn't Morro wearing all black? These legs were wearing blue jeans.

"Hang on a second." She said out loud. Immediately, whoever was carrying her stopped.

"I see you're awake now." Cole's voice.

"Cole?" She asked. "Where am I? What's going on?"

"I'm taking you to a hospital." His voice was flat and emotionless. "You didn't wake up earlier when we tried to wake you up."

"What? No! Put me down!" Sighing, Cole set her on her feet. Immediately, she fell over, as her brain was not happy about the transition from upside-down to right-side-up. "I refuse to go to a hospital." She announced as she lay on her back on the concrete, head spinning.

"You don't have any choice in the matter, okay?" Cole leaned over her, his hands on his hips. He looked angry. "You probably have a concussion, Morro told us you couldn't walk, and then you didn't wake up. And if we let you come with us, Kai is gonna kill you." Lydia winced.

"He saw, huh?"

"Yep. Look, as long as you're being stubborn, can we talk?"

"Sure. My body just needs some time to drain the blood from my head." Cole sat down next to her.

"Alright. Why the **** did you do that?!"

"What in particular? Or overall?"

"Uh, betray us? Give that- 'the ultimate weapon' – to Garmadon?!" Lydia sighed, closing her eyes.

"I had to."

"And what the **** does that mean?!"

"Look, I know your future, right?" She turned her head to look at him, and he nodded.

"Yeah."

"And- and this- look, if I-" She took a deep breath. "If I tell you everything, can you promise not to tell anyone?" Cole blinked.

"Why?"

"Because the less people who know stuff they're not supposed to, the less I have to screw stuff up to fix things." Cole frowned at the ground for a moment, then nodded.

"Fine."

"Promise." She fixed him with a stern look.

"Alright, fine. I promise." He rolled his eyes. "Now tell me." Lydia took a deep breath, then let it out.

"If you break your promise I'll cry." She warned him for good measure before launching into her explanation. "In the original timeline, Lloyd did this." Cole blinked.

"He what?"

"Lloyd took the Ultimate Weapon from Wu. He tried to attack Garmadon with it, but he was overpowered and Garmadon used it to take control of Meowthra. He caused, basically, exactly what I did." She stopped, then turned to him in alarm. "None of you guys were badly hurt, were you?" Cole shook his head.

"Just a few bumps and scratches." Lydia let out a deep breath.

"Thank God. No one was hurt in the original timeline, but I was afraid even a small change…" She trailed off. "Anyway. Lloyd was supposed to do what I did, but I… changed it. He attacked his father in a fit of hatred, but since I changed his birthday, I distracted him, kept him from engaging his dad…" She trailed off. "I had to fix it."

"But… why would you want to bring this back?" Cole protested, gesturing around them at the wreckage.

"This path leads to Garmadon being redeemed and Lloyd getting his dad back." She told him. "And I have to go with you guys to make sure that happens." Cole was quiet for a few moments, processing this.

"Why not just tell everyone this?" He said at last.

"I don't want anyone to be self-conscious about their actions and possibly change the future." Was her response. "I don't want them judging what they do against what I've said should happen." Cole sighed.

"I guess that makes sense. But how do you plan to convince everyone else that you should be able to go?"

"You and Wu can vouch for me." Cole looked away. "What?"

"Lydia, Wu's… dead." His voice lowered to a mumble.

"Probably not." Was her cheerful reply. "He just does this sometimes. He'll come out when he's ready." The earth ninja looked up in shock.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Help me up, we need to get going." Cole gave her a funny look, but complied, standing up and offering her a hand. She took it, and he pulled her to her feet effortlessly. However, once she was upright, she found her balance was totally shot and stumbled right into him. "Sorry."

"It's fine. Should I just carry you?"

"No, I need to be able to walk. You can't be carrying me all the way through the jungle."

"The jungle? Why are we going to the jungle?"

"You'll see." Clutching his arm, she took a wobbly step and didn't fall down. "See? I can walk."

"Nope." Cole scooped her up again, this time carrying her bridal-style, which was far more comfortable. "We'll get there much faster this way." Lydia let out a deep sigh.

"Fiiiinnnnnneeeeee. Whatever. I guess Lloyd carried me all the way in Yang's temple, and Morro carried me around a bunch when my leg was broken." She muttered as Cole began walking briskly back the way they'd come."

"Am I supposed to know what you're talking about?" He asked.

"Nah, don't worry about it."

"Good."

oh btw, I AM gonna write normal Morro watched season 5 with Lydia eventually. that's gonna happen, don't worry.

~FFF