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Chapter 21

Possession. The word echoed through Lloyd's mind multiple times before he registered it, the puzzle pieces falling into place as he stared into his father's eyes. Green eyes. Strange voice. "Possession". His father was possessed. And Morro had never died.

"No…" He managed to choke out after a few moments.

"Oh, yes." Morro's voice was obvious now, and he grinned, leaning back as Lloyd's father's hair darkened to black and his skin became a sickly green. "Your father really didn't put up much of a fight. I guess he's not used to having to try. That's your fault, isn't it?"

"My fault?"

"If you hadn't made him invincible, he would be stronger." Lloyd frowned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes.

"If I hadn't wished him invincible, he would be killed then you dropped those rocks on him." The blond straightened up, taking a fighting stance.

"One would almost think you had a spine." Morro rolled his eyes. "I should probably tell you – your father isn't taking this well at all. It's been a long time since he's felt pain." Lloyd's hands clenched into fists.

"Don't you DARE hurt him!"

"Too late." Morro snickered.

"Get out of his body!" The blond yelled. "Right now!"

"Why would I do that when I can do this?" The possessed man stepped forward and grabbed Lloyd by the neck, lifting him up in the air and ignoring his struggles. After a few moments of letting the boy choke, Morro threw him to the ground, dazing him. "Even if you wanted to, you can do nothing to me in this body!" He cackled. "Your father is the perfect host. But I am a merciful king. I'll let him go…" His eyes glinted. "…in exchange for you."

"No!" Lloyd shouted, scrambling dizzily to his feet. "I don't need to make a deal with you, I'll get you out of him myself!"

"You think you can force me out?" Morro 2 chuckled. "I'm invincible now, remember? How do you plan to beat me now, when you couldn't even beat me by myself? Your father is weak. He's been possessed before – by something much stronger than me." Oh no. The Overlord. Because of him, his father's mental defenses were too poor for him to fight Morro off. As Lloyd stood there, trying to think of a way to get Morro out, his possessed father picked him up and slammed him into the wall.

"Ugh!" Lloyd gasped as he slid down to the floor.

"It doesn't matter if you won't give me your body. Because I'm going to take it anyway." Morro hissed. The blond struggled to his knees. He had to get the others. If Morro possessed him, the others had to know. Lloyd stumbled to his feet, staggering towards the doorway.

"Lloyd, don't you know it's rude to leave before the party's over?" A hand grabbed his shoulder, and he spun around, charging an orb of light and slamming it into his father's chest to send him flying into the opposite wall. Without waiting to see if he was alright – he knew he was – Lloyd turned back to the doorway, running dizzily towards the closed door. He made it without Morro stopping him, and turned the knob, taking a breath to call for help as he pulled the door open.

"HE-" was as far as he got before a hand grabbed the side of his head and slammed it into the doorframe. Lloyd let out a strangled cry as he collapsed, his head spinning and vision wavering. Morro grabbed him by the foot, dragging him back into the room and slamming the door. When he let go, Lloyd pushed himself up onto his forearms, trying to crawl back to the door but collapsing halfway there. His head was pounding with pain, and he barely heard the groan, followed by a thud, behind him.

The next thing he registered was a cold finger tracing the curve of his chin, and he jerked away, eyes flying open to see evil Morro crouching beside him. Alone. Where was his father? With effort, the blond managed to lift his head enough to see his father's shaking form on the ground on the other side of the room.

"D-dad!" He called out weakly. Morro 2 rolled his eyes.

"He'll be fine. You, on the other hand…" The ghost's eyes swept over his body and he shuddered. "You seem relatively unharmed." He remarked. "No missing or deformed limbs, no major scars. Whatever happened in your world after I didn't take over must've been pretty peaceful." Lloyd managed a bark of laughter.

"Y-you have no idea…" A second later, his eyes widened. "…my world."

"Oh, yes, I know everything about you and your world. It didn't take long to extract the information from your father's memories." The ghost king smirked. "And anything more I can get out of yours."

"N-no!" Lloyd rolled away, charging a ball of green energy with the last of his strength – and slamming it into the wall. There was a sound of breaking metal, then water began to gush through the newly made hole in the wall. Morro let out an angry yell, scrambling to his feet as the cold water began to flow around Lloyd. Man, that was cold. Lloyd hugged his arms to his chest, shivering violently. At least it numbed the pain from being slammed into the walls. But if the room filled up with water, he and his father would both drown. Well, he would, anyway. His father was probably immune to drowning. Though, with what just happened, he really couldn't be sure.

Shivering, Lloyd struggled to his knees, crawling over to the door and opening it. The water would flow out instead of filling up the room, and eventually someone would notice. All he could do now was wait for help to arrive – and try not to fall asleep.

TheDarknessReturn

"Well that… could've been worse." Bansha mumbled, running her hand down her bandaged leg.

"You got yourself all worked up for nothing." Morro patted her shoulder, and she turned her head to glare at him.

"I did not get 'all worked up'." She griped. "I-" She broke off with a gasp, staring past him with wide eyes. Morro turned around, and was equally shocked to see a shallow stream of watcher trickling through the doorway towards them.

"Um…" He pushed the water back with his powers, pushing it into the hallway outside. "I'll just go see what's going on." He stepped into the hall, glancing back and forth. No one in sight. "Guys?" He yelled down in the direction of the meeting room. "Why is there water in the base?"

There was silence for a moment, then Kai 1, Nya 1, and Cole 2 appeared at the other end of the hallway. The three exchanged murmured questions for a moment before Nya stepped to the front of the group and began to follow the trail of water, picking it up and putting it in a ball that hovered at her side as she went. The other three followed as she picked up the water, which eventually lead to – oddly enough – the Sensei's room. Nya pushed the door all the way open, then gasped loudly.

"Lloyd! Garmadon!" She exclaimed. Morro pushed past the others to see, and his eyes widened in panic. Lloyd and his father were lying together on the floor in half an inch of water, the source of which being a hole in the wall by the door. Lloyd's lips and fingers were blue, and his pale fingers were clutching his father's sleeves. Shaking her head rapidly, Nya collected all the water in the room, shoving it back out through the hole in the wall and holding it out. "Morro, Cole, get the others. They're soaked and you can't touch them." The water mistress ordered. "Kai, try to get Lloyd warm." The three obeyed, Morro and Cole running off back down the hall as Kai knelt by the two on the ground, pulling Lloyd into his lap and lighting his hand on fire. Cole got to the meeting room first, and yelled,

"Everyone! Lloyd and his dad are hurt! Come help!" Before turning around and running back. Morro had already turned around, figuring Cole would be enough, heading back to the Sensei's room and watching as the Smith siblings tried to warm the pair. Nya was carefully extracting the water from the two's hair and clothing while Kai held a flame next to Lloyd's hands, trying to get them back to their normal color. A minute later, the rest flooded through the doorway, talking urgently with each other before transporting the two to the medical bay, wrapping them in blankets, and l warming them as quickly as they could.

Morro, unable to help due to them being not quite dry, could only wonder how they got like that. How did the hole get there? Why didn't they run, or get help? Why did they just lie there until they passed out? A closer examination revealed bruises on Lloyd's forehead, arms, and back. How did he get hurt? What had happened in there? Unfortunately, there was no way to know for sure until they woke up, so Morro just sat by Lloyd, hoping and praying that he would be alright.

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