Chapter Ten: Did I miss something here?

I was sleeping after spending all morning chasing Buckin' Bronco, my guinea pig, all over my apartment. Probably should get a pet play pen for him or something so that I'm not all over the place. Anyways! I was sleeping when my entire apartment building began to shake violently. Alarmed, I sprang out of bed, while wondering if it was an earthquake or one of Garmadon's attacks. Leaving a terrified Buckin' Bronco in his cage, I sprinted outside…to find a giant sized cat trotting down the alleyway?

"Uh…did I miss something here?" I had to be dreaming…there is no way a giant cat was strolling down the city as if it owned the place!

With that thought in mind, I grabbed the TV's remote and turned the news on. "We are advising everyone to remain calm and get to the closest shelter. The Green Ninja has somehow unleashed a monster upon us all. And everything points to it not being all away an accident." The news reporter muttered the last part.

"Lloyd! What did you do!?" I yelled as I pinched the bridge of my nose. I vaguely remembered something about the giant cat from the trailers… rushing back to my bedroom, I turned on my laptop, quickly googling the final battle. After watching a three minute clip, I glanced up at the ceiling. "Seriously? The final battle is happening now?! I haven't even gotten Garmadon to do any good deeds!"

Fuming, I stormed out of my apartment, marching to where I could see a stunned Garmadon. "Garmadon! What did you do?!"

Garmadon arched his eyebrow upwards, before hissing at me. "Nothing Mai! I didn't do anything! Just rambled on to the green ninja about my son! No biggie…until he got mad and summoned this thing."

"A cat… he summoned a cat! A giant, skyscraper sized cat! And you are an idiot! The green ninja is your son! He wants you to be there for him like a father... not the evil warlord that is making his life miserable!" I was getting really angry, maybe I should calm down…ooh! Butterfly!

"What do you mean that the green ninja, who is my sworn enemy, is my own son!?" Garmadon dropped his mouth open as he stared at me. Realization dawned on him. "Wait…is that why you kept referencing to the green ninja when I was telling you my grand plan and about my son!?"

"Um, yeah? You did hire me to keep your son and wife safe from you…and part of the reason you picked me is cause I know who the ninjas are! Honestly! Were you even listening to me!?" I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself. Wouldn't do anyone any good to get too excited over this. Also, we have an audience. I don't think some random person that supposedly works for Garmadon slapping him for being an idiot would draw any sympathizers for him. "Why are civilians always soo dense in movies and shows? I mean come on! Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Rhodey only knows his identity because he helped him make the suit…and Pepper was pulling at thin air and got it right on the first try. She even admitted that she hadn't known it was him when she called him by his civilian name!" I scoffed, crossing my arms.

"Wait! Dad hired you to keep Mom and me safe?" Lloyd, in his green ninja gi, hood up, appeared at the edge of the crowd. The others were crowding around him, and looked ready to punch anyone that dared to bully the green ninja.

"I really don't think it matters cause he won't listen to me! I'm out of here." I turned sharply, leaving them behind. "Good luck fixing this mess by yourself. I'm not sure I can do anything to keep the one person that can keep everyone else safe from you…safe from you." I entered my apartment building, making a beeline to my apartment.

Once the door clicked shut behind me…and I made sure that it was locked tight. I grabbed my tablet and flopped onto the couch to read my current e-book that I am reading.

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"Mai? Can we talk?" Lloyd was standing on my window sill, looking extremely nervous as he stepped down, closing the window behind him.

I sighed as I looked up at him. "What do you want Lloyd? Grump at me for not being clearer on why I'm here?"

"Um…no?" He looked uncertain…and honestly kinda reminded me of a nervous teen.

"You can sit you know?" I gestured to the seat next to him. He quickly sat down, staring at his hands clasped into his lap. "So…what do you want to talk about?"

"You being nice to me…is it because you know who I am and your job is to keep me safe from my dad?" Lloyd squeaked out.

I paused, thinking things through. That was a good question. "Well…that is the reason why I totally fangirled on you back when we first met." I thought back to my interactions with my family. "Honestly? I don't think I have much of a mean bone. I might get frustrated and angry sometimes, but I don't think I have ever been mean to someone on purpose." A memory from my one video class flashed across my mind. "Yeah…I definitely can't be mean on purpose. When my group in my one class was filming a Public Service Announcement; or PSA for short, they all opted for asking our teacher's student aide to act as the bully, instead of me. When I protested that we didn't need him for the scene, that we had plenty of people in the group, they looked at me and told me that I was too nice and no one would believe that I was the bully." I sniggered. "They were right. I most likely would have apologized immediately after wards, even though it was an act."

Lloyd relaxed, relief flashing across his features. "So…you're just naturally nice?"

"Yeah…any threat coming from me is empty. Now then…Shay-Anna on the other hand…" I fake shuddered, even as a tiny smile tugged at the corner of my lips. "We try to stay on her good side. Let's just say that."

Lloyd chuckled at that, relief flashing across his features. "That's good to know." He seemed to relax a bit at that.

"So..are you just gonna stay here and talk with me…? Or are you gonna go stop Meowthra from eating your old man." By the horrified look on Lloyd's face…he didn't know that last part.

"Seriously!?" He scrambled back to my window, fumbling with it for a minute before slipping back out.

"Well…that just happened! Uh, probably should go make sure that Shay doesn't know that I sort of ousted her…." I rushed back to my room, where my phone was charging.

A/N: Done! Um, I think we're getting close to the end here…and I somehow slept through the Garmadon attack alarm. Oh well. Also… Angel is nice…but she also will go through threats. Speaking from experience…only she didn't give me the threat first. She just did it suddenly. So yeah…please forgive me for bring it up sis! Next chapter…. Lloyd hopefully will save the day…oh wait. I forgot a scene in here…actually it won't fit in with what happened. Maybe it is a good thing that it didn't happen. We'll see if it happens next chapter or at all. Let's just say it has something to do with something that happened at dawn today… Angel knows what I mean.

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