me: *murders garmadon*

me: *vanishes into the abyss for a few days while I watch you suffer*

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Ronin1234: Nadakhan has not appeared in this book, though he had a large role in the previous book. And I do plan to write a/some oneshot/s about Nadakhan sometime soon, I just haven't gotten around to it. I will likely take your suggestion in your review on the oneshots story, since it has angst and everyone knows that's my specialty ;P

Guest who reviewed on the oneshots: Yes, I can do that, but can you specify when? Like, before or after Morro repents?


"Dad." Lloyd whispered in horror as the rocks settled. There- there was no way he could have survived that. Could he? No. He- he was dead. Or at least a ghost like Kai. But was he? Or was he dead for good? Tears began to well up in his eyes as he tried to get to his feet, but he crumpled to the side. Right. No leg. As the tears began to trickle down his face, the rocks shifted, and the blond looked up in shock as the huge rock lifted. His father appeared underneath it, lifting it up with apparent ease and tossing it behind him. Wh- how? He could barely walk the last time he saw him!

Wait. That was the other Garmadon.

"Dad!" Lloyd B yelled, and the grey-haired man grinned, putting one hand on his hip as his double propped himself up on his arms on the ground behind him. He looked unhurt. But- how? How did Garmadon even get under there? "How did you move so fast?" His double asked, hurrying forwards.

"Comes with the invincibility, I suppose." His father's double shrugged, then turned his father's double to his feet. "Someone help Lloyd. He won't be able to walk for a while." Kai B hurried over and pulled him upright, putting an arm around his back to hold him up as he balanced on one foot.

"I- I owe me my life, apparently." His father spoke, clutching his double's arm for support and favoring his left leg. Garmadon B chuckled.

"I suppose you do."

"Come on, guys, let's get out of here." Jay B called over, holding up the Realm Crystal. "Before the Preeminent really crushes one of us." Lloyd glanced at his father, wanting to see if he was completely okay, but he figured it could wait until they were back in Ninjago. Kai B helped the blond over to the rest of the group, half carrying him due to his missing leg. Garmadon B helped his father over, supporting him in much the same way as Kai was supporting Lloyd. "Ready?" Jay held out the Crystal in front of him, and it began to glow.

…then it stopped.

"Huh?" Lloyd said in confusion. "What'd you do?"

"I – nothing." Jay said with a frown. "It's not working."

"Let me try." Kai A grabbed it, holding it up. The crystal flickered with light for a moment, then dimmed again.

"Oh no." Morro A snacked his hand against his forehead.

"What? Do you know what's wrong?" Dyana gave him a suspicious look. "Did you do something?"

"No, no… the Realm Crystal runs on sunlight." The ghost explained. "It must have been too long since the last time it was exposed to sunlight."

"Then let's just go outside." Jay B suggested.

"No, the… the Cursed Realm doesn't have a sun. The light is just from an ambient source. The light here won't help it. We're…" The wind master deflated a bit. "…we're trapped."

"No." Morro B spoke up. "The portal."

"The what?" Lloyd frowned.

"But that's all the way on the other side of the Cursed Realm." His double frowned, apparently not hearing him.

"We have dragons. We can make it."

"Wait, what portal?" Lloyd broke in.

"There's a portal in the peak of a mountain on the other side of the Cursed Realm that leads to Ninjago." Indigo explained. "That's how we got in and out in our universe."

"Oh."

"Where does it end up?" Zane A asked.

"Inside a volcano called Mount Vetruvius."

"An… active volcano?"

"Yeah… but it's only erupting some of the time."

"That's comforting. But I suppose we have no other choice." Zane glanced at his double. "How long will it take to get there?"

"On dragons, probably about 24 hours if we're not bothered." The other nindroid replied. "Not counting breaks."

"I see." Zane glanced around at the others. "Who doesn't have a dragon?" Lila, Jessica, and Nicole raised their hands, and Morro A spoke up hesitantly.

"I don't think I'll be able to form my dragon, I'm too scared."

"And I'm too weak." Lloyd's father added.

"If the Preeminent comes near us again, I won't be able to keep my dragon formed." Morro B said quietly.

"Okay. Morro 1, ride with Indigo. Morro 2, ride with Lloyd 1. Lloyd 2, will losing a leg impair your ability to fly?" Jay B asked, turned to him. The blond frowned.

"I'm… not sure."

"Hmm. You can ride with one of the Kais, just to be safe."

"I'm afraid I'd drop him." Kai A shook his head. "Still not used to being a ghost."

"Okay. Kai 1, he can ride with you. Jessica, you can ride with Gin. Lila-" Jay was interrupted by Lloyd's father.

"Wait, Gin! We need to wait for her!" He exclaimed. There was confused silence for a moment before Garmadon B spoke.

"Oh, of course! Gin, your double will still be here!"

"Oh yeah." Gin blinked. "When did you last see her?" She asked, turning to Lloyd's father.

"This morning. I doubt she'll be back until late."

"Well, we don't have time to wait around. We have to get out of here."

"But we can't just leave her!" His father insisted, clearly worried.

"How about we send some people out to look for her?" Lila suggested. "It can't be that hard to find a human girl in a realm of ghosts." Dad shook his head.

"She's very stealthy. How do you think she survived this long here?"

"Well… I don't know, then."

"Let's get out of this mountain for now." Cole B spoke. "Get to the entrance, so we can't be snuck up on or have a mountain dropped on us."

"Wait." Clouse spoke up. "What are you going to do with me?"

"Take you back to Ninjago. Unless you want to be set free here." Cole raised an eyebrow.

"No thank you. And Chen?"

"Hmm…" Cole and Kai B exchanged glances. "The last time we did that…"

"…he helped the Overlord try to take over the world." Kai finished. "I think we should bring him back and lock him up."

"But both cells are full."

"We can build another. Or put Mira and Charlie together."

"I guess. Even if we leave him, he'll eventually die of starvation and become a ghost. Then he'll be able to get out. Better to grab him now." The earth ninja nodded.

"Then let's go. Garmadon 2, can you walk or should someone carry you?"

"Me?" Lloyd's father asked. Cole nodded. "I… I can walk for now. Not by myself, but… I do not need to be carried."

"Okay. You can ride with Garmadon 1 on his dragon. Lloyd 2, I think you'll get tired pretty fast hopping on one foot. You might as well let Kai carry you."

"Okay." Lloyd let Kai scoop him up, wrapping his arms around his neck.

"Now let's get moving. The sooner we get out from where the Preeminent can crush us at a whim, the better." Jay B waved them down the tunnel, and the group began to head down the tunnel, lead by the Coles and Zanes.

After about an hour, in which they only got lost once and had to kill a few wandering ghosts, the group made it to the exit of the mountain. As soon as a stone bridge came into view, Lloyd heard Indigo say,

"Whoa." And run ahead in front of the group. Morro B quickly ran after her, like a parent trying to keep his child from running into traffic.

"Indigo, be careful." He cautioned as she stopped by the edge.

"I know, I'm careful." She ran her hand along the rocks that bordered the bridge. Lloyd frowned. What was so interesting about a bridge?

"…what's the significance of the bridge?" Cole A asked, apparently having the same thought.

"Oh. This is where I died." Indigo replied offhandedly.

"Uh… how?"

"The bridge collapsed." She took a step onto it, and Morro quickly grabbed her shoulder. "Morro, I'm a ghost. I don't weigh anything. Plus, I have a dragon."

"I know, I know, but… I watched you die here once, I'd rather not do it again."

"Don't worry, you won't." She kissed his cheek before turning back to glance to the rest of the group. "So yeah, we should fly over this."

"Sounds good." Kai A nodded.

"But what about Gin?" Lloyd's father asked.

"We'll wait for her on the other side. There's another bridge, so we might miss her if we wait for her here." Jay B replied. "Let's go."

"Hang on. Nicole and I still don't have seating arrangements." Lila broke in.

"Uhh… you can ride with whoever, I guess. Unless there's someone in particular you want to ride with."

"Dyana." Lila said instantly.

"Okay. Nicole, you can ride with me if you want."

"Sure."

"Great. Let's mount up. We've got a lot of ground to cover if we want to get out of here anytime soon."

"But not before we find Gin." Lloyd's father added.

"Right. Of course not." Jay nodded. "We'll send out some people to look for her, and if that doesn't work, we'll make camp and wait for her to come back." Lloyd's father nodded.

"Good." Jay B summoned his dragon.

"Now let's go. I'd rather not have a mountain dropped on me again."

"I concur." Dad agreed, and the group mounted their respective dragons, taking off once they were all ready. Lloyd clung to Kai tightly from where he sat behind him on his dragon, feeling less secure with most of one leg missing. Resting his chin on the fire ninja's shoulder, he stared down into the abyss below him. Indigo said she had died when the bridge collapsed. She had fallen all that way… The blond shuddered, hiding his face in Kai's shoulder.

"You okay?" The brunette asked.

"Yeah." Lloyd lifted his head so his voice wouldn't be muffled. "Just imagining how Indigo died."

"Heh. Yeah. That whole thing was pretty bad." Kai shook his head. "The bridge started to go, and we all started running… someone fell, maybe Jay, and Lloyd had- I mean, the other Lloyd – had to fly down and save him. Indigo couldn't run fast enough, so Morro picked her up, but then he fell behind, and he dropped her, and he fell after her trying to save her."

"Why didn't he just use his dragon?"

"He couldn't use it for more than a few seconds. None of us could."

"Why?"

"It's a really long story." Kai glanced down as the dragons began to descend. "Oh, I guess we won't be waiting around for nearly as long as we'd thought." Lloyd looked down as they landed to see a young girl, maybe 11 or 12, standing at the top of the staircase with her arms folded.

"This," She said as they landed. "Is definitely not how I left this place this morning."


pedition to replace Superman with garmadon

~FFF