Second Wind
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Chapter Two
Morro opened his eyes. He was standing in a dark museum. He looked around, seeing that everything was quiet. Nobody seemed to be around.
He shifted his gaze to what looked like a mirror. He saw his reflection, except he was pale and green, like a ghost. Morro walked closer, as did his reflection. However, when he stopped, the man in what he thought was a mirror kept walking.
Morro gasped and moved out of the way. He hadn't been looking in a mirror, but through a door. He watched as his ghostly self looked through some of the boxes. After going through a few, he found what he was looking for. The ghost pulled a blue piece of armor out of a medium-sized box.
"Here it is," he said. "The Allied Armor."
Suddenly, footsteps could be heard from the hallway. Morro ducked out of sight, and his pale reflection hid in the empty box.
An older man walked into the room. He checked to make sure no one else was there, then began playing with some of the statues.
Without warning, Morro's ghost flew out of his hiding place and proceeded to scare the man. He possessed one of the animatronics, which terrified the man even more.
Morro watched in horror as the ghost flew toward the security guard, easily possessing him. The possessed man turned to look at the frightened Morro.
"What are you looking at?" He asked.
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Morro shot up. He rubbed his eyes as he looked around, realizing that he was on the floor of an unfamiliar room. He sighed in relief when he noticed it had only been a dream.
It took him a few seconds to remember where he was. He was in Lloyd's room, where he had slept the previous night. He looked at the clock. 2 a.m. He thought back to his dream.
That was strange, he thought. He struggled to remember exactly what had happened, but the memory was quickly fading.
He shook his head, annoyed, before lying down and going back to sleep.
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"You'll never guess what happened," Lloyd said.
He was sitting on the floor in Kai's room beside Cole. Jay and Zane were on Kai's red sofa, and the fire ninja sat on his bed. They had decided to have a sleepover, though none of them would admit it.
"What's up?" Kai asked.
"Okay, so I went to ask Nya where Sensei hid the snacks, and I saw that we had a customer," Lloyd began.
"Go on," Cole urged.
Lloyd looked at each of his friends. "It was Morro," he told them.
"Wait, what?" Jay gasped.
"Morro was here?" Zane asked.
Lloyd nodded. "Yeah. But - get this - he doesn't remember anything that happened between us."
"That's crazy!" Kai remarked. "How could he even come back here? He died!"
"I'm not sure," Lloyd replied.
"Where is he now?" Jay questioned. "Did he leave?"
"I said he could stay in my room," Lloyd answered.
"Lloyd!" Kai said. "Why would you do that? He's our enemy!"
"Was our enemy," the green ninja corrected. "Like I said, he has no memory of being evil. Besides, doesn't everyone deserve a second chance?"
Cole sighed. "So what if he doesn't remember? He was evil before. How do we know he isn't now?"
"He possessed me, remember?" Lloyd argued. "If any of us should be skeptical of him, it's me. But I'm willing to give him a chance." He looked to his friends. "Why aren't you?"
"Lloyd's right," Kai spoke up. "If he really doesn't know what happened, there's no reason we should assume he's still evil. He did what he did because he wanted to be the green ninja. If he doesn't remember ever wanting that, he has nothing against us."
"Thanks, Kai," Lloyd said. He turned to the other three. "So?" He asked. "What do you say?"
"I think you're right," Zane decided. "Anyone can change. Just look at what happened with Sensei Garmadon."
"As well as the skeletons, Pythor, and the rest of the serpentine," Kai added.
"I guess you have a point," Cole said. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to be his friend. It just means I won't pour water on him when he's not looking."
"He's not a ghost anymore," Lloyd told him.
Cole grinned. "Then maybe I will pour water on him," he joked.
Lloyd threw one of Kai's socks at the black ninja.
"Hey!" He groaned. "We never throw Kai's socks. You wanna throw somebody else's, fine. Just not Kai's. They're too stinky."
Kai glared at him and threw another sock. Cole gagged and threw it back.
"Sock fight!" Jay cheered. He took off his socks, stood up, and chucked one at Zane and one at Lloyd.
Everyone else jumped up. Before long, they were in the middle of a full-blown sock war.
"Cole is right," Zane remarked. "Kai's socks are the stinkiest!"
Kai threw one of his red socks at the ice ninja.
"Aah!" Zane joked. "I've been hit!" He over-dramatically fell to the ground.
The four other ninja laughed hysterically.
"From now on," Lloyd said, "if you get hit with one of Kai's socks, you're out!"
"Wouldn't we be out anyway?" Cole asked. "I mean, they're so smelly, I'm not sure how we haven't all passed out!"
Kai laughed and threw a red sock at Jay.
"Tell Nya I love her!" The blue ninja said, and fake died.
"It's down to the final three," Cole pointed out. "Who will be the sock champion?"
Lloyd and Kai looked at each other and nodded. Kai chucked one of his socks at Cole.
The earth ninja dodged it with ease. At that moment, Lloyd threw a red sock and hit Cole square in the nose.
"Ah!" Cole cried. "It burns!" He held his nose and fell down.
"Now it's between Lloyd and Kai," Jay said. "Only one can remain!"
"Maybe we didn't think this through," Kai sighed.
Lloyd picked up two red socks and handed one to Kai.
"On three," he said, winking at the fire ninja. "One..."
Kai nodded, a knowing look in his eyes. "...two..."
"...three!"
They both threw the socks at themselves.
"Oh man!" Lloyd groaned. "They really do stink!"
"I had no idea they were this bad!" Kai agreed.
They both dropped at the same time.
"Aw, come on!" Jay said. "This isn't The Hunger Games!"
Lloyd threw one of the 'weapons' at him. "Eat sock, President Zaptrap!"
"That was enjoyable!" Zane remarked. "Let's do it again!"
The others laughed.
"No!" Cole said. "But another time, yeah."
"Maybe we should use clean socks next time," Kai suggested.
"No!" Lloyd argued. "That would ruin half the fun!"
Zane nodded. "He has a point."
Cole yawned. "I think I'm gonna get some shut-eye," he told them.
"Good idea," Jay agreed. "It's almost three in the morning!"
Kai nodded. "Goodnight," he said.
"And remember," Lloyd added, "in the morning, you all get to meet the new Morro."
"Great," Cole muttered sarcastically.
Lloyd laughed softly. He picked up one of Kai's socks and chucked it at Cole.
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