Chapter 37

It had been around 24 hours sense Cassie had been "Heroically rescued" as Lloyd had put it, and before asking her for information the ninja had given her some time to rest and recover, and not to mention give Lloyd some real time to get much needed sleep.Lloyd had been out for 16 hours and sleep throughout some of that days training. Cassie was coming to the Destiny's Bounty at four pm to give them so information about who ever kidnapped her, and the ninja's were all very excited to find out who this was so they could get back in the action.

"Ha! Look at this Jay! I finally have more followers than you on chirper!" Kai boosted, who noticed that after his last post, the picture with Lloyd and Cassie, his numbers of followers had dramatically increased.

Jay groaned, "I thought we were over this! After Bryn made that fake account I though the whole war thing was over." Jay exclaimed.

Kai scoffed, "pfff… that doesn't mean I can't rub it in your face though" Kai argued back.

Nya rolled her eyes at them wondering how ninjago sleeped at night knowing those two were in charge of their safely. Nya looked around noticing Lloyd wasn't present, "hey guys where's Lloyd? I haven't seen him all day." Nya commented

Cole shrugged, "I don't know, last I saw he was in his room, he still may be there" Cole replied

Nya nodded, but almost as soon as she did Lloyd walked in the room, "Hey guys, Cassie is going to be here in 5 minutes right?" Lloyd asked

Zane nodded, "Correct,"

Lloyd also nodded, "good because I may have found some sort of lead, but I'm going to wait till Cassie gets here to tell you guys" Lloyd explained.

Cole smirked, "A lead…. This lead would help us find whoever did this faster? Right?" Lloyd nodded, "So that means we get to fight sooner!" Cole exclaimed, like usual being the most egger to fight.

Nya rolled her eyes; people of ninjago beware, because your lives are in the hands of these people. Nya's eyes widened at the sound of the doorbell (Does the Destiny's Bounty really have a door bell? Not sure) "I'll get it!' Nya yelled as she ran to the door. A few seconds later returned with Cassie.

After Cassie had gotten home she went to a doctor to see if she was actually okay, and she mostly was, her knuckles and forehead were fine, but when kicking the metal door she had indeed broken a small bone in her foot, it would heal fast because it wasn't major, but she still needed crutches to get around.

After everyone said there hellos they got to business, "So Cass did you see anyone at all?" asked Lloyd

Cassie started to shake her head the stopped for a moment to think, "Wait! I did see someone, the person who drove me there, and knocked me out." Cassie

Nya frowned, "What did they look like?" she asked, curious to whom this mysterious kidnapper may be.

Cassie pursed her lip, trying to remember, "She was about 27, that's just a guess, and had red hair with…. Um… either blue or green eyes, I don't remember." Cassie's eyes widened at remembering a critical piece of information, "And I remember she told me her name too…" Cassie started.

Cole's mouth fell open, "She told you her name! How bad at kidnapping was she! WHO TELLS THEIR NAME!?" Cole exclaimed

Zane sighed, "Cole it is possible that she made up a fake name to through Cassie off" Zane suggested.

Lloyd shrugged, "either way we should still know"

Cassie continued, "It was something like, Ava, Evann, Evaline, OH! I remember now! It was just Eva" Cassie explained.

Jay frowned, "Okay so now we know her name and hair color but… HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TRACK HER DOWN JUST WITH THAT INFORMATION!?" Jay yelled, having one of his famous freak-out moments.

Lloyd suddenly he had to tell them what he discovered earlier today, "Oh guys I may have a piece of information that could somehow connect to Cassie's kidnapping." Lloyd informed the group.

Kai groaned, "Would you stop with the suspense and tell us already!" Kai urged.

Lloyd smirked, "Fine fine! So I noticed that some money has been disappearing from my bank account lately…" half the room turned to glare at Kai, "And I decided to look into it a little more, and it turns out somebody has been creating replicas of my debit card and been using it, a lot, over the last month They stole over a billion dollars from my account." Lloyd explained

Cassie's jaw dropped, "That much! How did you not notice sooner!?" Cassie asked

Lloyd shrugged, "not sure, but maybe this person sealing my money could be funding the people who kidnapped Cassie with it?"Lloyd suggested.

Nya turned to Kai who was all the sudden very interested in the floor and elbowed him, trying to get him to confess, Kai sighed, "About that… let's just say I haven't been completely honest with you Lloyd"

Lloyd narrowed his eyes, "Kai… what did you do?"

Kai nervously chuckled, "I might have maybe… stolen some of your money…" Kai confessed.

Lloyd's eyes widened, "YOU WHAT! How much did you steal!" Lloyd demanded

Kai sighed, "Maybe… over a billion dollars…." Kai admitted.

Lloyd groaned, "You could have just asked! What did you spend it on anyway!" Lloyd asked

Kai though back to the rollercoaster, and all those expensive dates with Bryn… "Um let's just say I spent it on a lot of stuff." Kai said, not really wanting to go though the long list.

Lloyd rolled his eyes, "You know what we'll talk about this later, we should stay on topic" Lloyd said redirecting the ninja.

Cassie interrupted, "actually I have to go to physical therapy, you know for my foot, Lloyd do you mind flying me there, sense you know, we're in the air." Cassie questioned the green ninja.

Lloyd nodded, happy to finally talk to Cassie in private after the kidnapping, "yeah of course, we can continue when I get back." Lloyd said as they walked on to the Destiny's Bounty's deck and formed his green energy dragon.

Cassie frowned at the dragon, and glanced at her bandaged foot, "Um Lloyd… how do I…. get on …?" Cassie asked

Lloyd glanced at Cassie and back at the dragon, "Oh! I guess I forgot about that… But I can lift you on the dragon and put your crutches on the back, would that be okay?" Lloyd asked the injured brunette.

Cassie nodded, "yeah, just don't drop me." Cassie cautioned

Lloyd chuckled, "when I was 10 I held up all the ninja's on my feet while doing a one handing handstand, I think you'll be safe." Lloyd explained.

Cassie frowned unable to envision that, "What… is that even possible?" Cassie asked.

Lloyd shrugged as he placed her on the back of his dragon, "Not really sure how it happened either."

A few seconds later they were in the air.

Lloyd bit his lip wondering if he should press how she really felt after all this, no way she was actually handling it this well, "Um, hey Cass can I ask you a question?" Lloyd asked.

Cassie nodded, "Of course"

Lloyd sighed, "Well I was just wondering…. How are you after all this, really? There is no way you are this calm about just being kidnapped." Lloyd asked.

Cassie frowned and sighed, "Yeah… I've been better; I'm just sort of freaked out at the moment, it's just… I don't know, I don't know what to think. I really freaks me out that whoever kidnapped me is still out there roaming around….. I'm scared Lloyd, I'm really scared. I'm not used to all this ninja stuff like you guys, the fact that there are people out there that want me kidnapped…." A tear rolled down Cassie's cheek, "I'm terrified" Cassie admitted.

Lloyd landed his dragon, "Cass, I'm sorry this had to happen to you, I completely failed at my job, It's my job to keep everyone safe, and I'm failing, just by knowing you I'm putting you in danger, I'm scared too… I'm scared that there are people that want you kidnapped out there, and maybe hurt you, I…. I just can't loss you." Lloyd also admitted.

For a moment nobody spoke, but then Cassie lose it and broke down crying and hugging Lloyd. Lloyd tried to comforted Cassie as they hugged, "Shh Its ok, you're safe, I promise, You'll be okay, we'll be okay"

But inside Lloyd was still trying to convince himself.