Hey guys! Chapter 36 here :D! I guess Garmie's part of the squad now XD Just to let you know, just because Garmadon's safe, doesn't mean that this story's going to be COMPLETELY happy now :/ But rest assured, everything's fine for the moment :) Btw, thank you for 7k views .^. XD Anyways, ONTO THE STORY! XDXD
"I'm so sorry..." Lloyd sobbed into his father's arms "This is...all my fault!"
It was late at night. Garmadon was lying in Wu's bed for a while. Wu had made his brother some honey and lemon tea to help cure his voice. And Misako had patched him up with some bandages. The family even had a little private cry together in relief too. But after a while, Garmadon began to explain a few things about his time at the realm and things seemed back to normal. No one else knew yet. Garmadon was too weak to be greeted by ALL of them, so tomorrow will be when they find out that they had returned (Because the others took futons to Chen's castle and slept on the floor), AND that Garmadon was back. Wu, Lloyd and Misako had gone to bed after that (Wu was going to sleep in a spare tent that hadn't been destroyed). But Lloyd came back to see his father once more. Morro had come with him after waiting in the forest for some time.
"It's not your fault son." Garmadon smiled.
Lloyd always loved hugs, but his father's hugs were one of the best. He felt safe in his warm, strong and soft embrace. Although this time, it wasn't as strong, but that didn't matter. His dad was back. Nothing could go wrong now...
"I think it's time that you went to your bed Lloyd." Garmadon finally said, releasing the hug.
"I can't." Lloyd smiled. "I want to stay here with you, plus, my tent's destroyed anyway. The wendigo attacked us."
Garmadon gasped. "You know about them too?"
"They attacked us about 5 times! Nya, Camilla and Tasha were almost killed a few times!-"
"Well actually you almost died more times than anyone." Morro corrected. "The first time was because you were attacked by wendigo, the second time also. The third was when you were almost strangled to death by those shadow-people the last time we came to the Twilight realm."
"Wait!" Garmadon took Lloyd's hand "You WENT there?!"
"It was an accidental attempt. We were supposed to go to multiple realms for information." Lloyd reassured his father.
Garmadon frowned. He knew Lloyd was a ninja, and that he was capable of facing danger sometimes, but he hadn't imagined that he would be involved in something THAT dangerous. The Wendigo were one of the most dangerous species of the entire 16 realms.
Morro and Lloyd set up futons in Wu's room and was about to sleep.
"Lloyd. Could you wait outside for a bit?"
"Okay dad." Lloyd replied. Surprised by this sudden action.
When Lloyd had left the room, Garmadon gave Morro a serious look.
"I know what you did to Lloyd a month ago. What exactly are you doing here?" Garmadon gave him a suspicious look.
"I know I've committed an unforgiveable crime. I'm very sorry." Morro kneeled down.
"That doesn't convince me that you won't attempt anything agai-" Garmadon stopped talking when he saw Lloyd come back in the room.
"Morro has saved me twice. In fact three times thanks to him cutting off Ziroth's feet. If it wasn't for him, I'd be ripped to shreds by that wendigo or left to die in the Twilight realm. I forgive him. He's even been protecting us Ninja for some time. A sin cannot be repented, but, I know that Morro isn't really a bad person. He possessed me because of revengeful attitude. He's had a tough life. So please believe me Dad." Lloyd looked at his Dad with desperate eyes.
Garmadon sighed, and then smiled. "I'll believe you then." He turned to Morro and took his hand "I hope I get to know you well, Morro."
Morro smiled back at him. "Thank you sir."
"We should probably get to bed now." Lloyd said, ending the conversation.
"Yes you're right son."
When everyone was finally asleep. Lloyd smiled to himself.
Everything's fine...