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Chapter 26

Morro strained against the cuffs on the arms of his chair, disappointed to find that they didn't budge. No way out of this.

It had only been about eight hours since he was last strapped to this chair, listening to his double brag about how he planned to make him do his bidding. About five minutes ago, three guards had appeared in front of his cell, and, without a word, taken him out and dragged him back to the torture chamber. They had chained him up, and left, locking the door behind him.

How long was he going to have to sit here? Last time, Morro 2 had been the one to strap him in, so he was already there. He did love to dramatize everything, so maybe he was trying to build up suspence. Just as this thought passed through his mind, the door opened and the ghost king stepped through. He had some sort of cloth pouch in one hand, and he had a smug smile on his face.

"I have one question." He said smoothly, closing the door behind him. "Will you join me?" Without giving him a chance to answer, he went on. "Before you say no, think about it. I would let you heal, give you a position of power. Give you an army to command. I'd even spare your precious girlfriend. And maybe, just maybe, that brat, Lloyd." Morro frowned, staring at the floor. "Tempting, isn't it?" It was. To be given power, to be able to ensure Indigo's safety, to be able tom rest and heal… it was very tempting. Somewhere, deep inside of him, he still had a desire to control, to rule…

Of course, this wasn't an offer he could even dream of taking up.

"No." He said aloud. "Even if I could keep myself and my closest friends safe, it wouldn't be worth dooming every other citizen of Ninjago to an eternity of living under your tyranny." His double sighed.

"I was afraid you'd say something like that." The other him opened the pouch, tipping a small pile of reddish powder into his hand. "Do you know what this is?" He asked, lifting the hand up as he took a step closer. Morro just stared. "I didn't think so. This is – well, I would tell you the name, but that woukd give away what it did." Morro noticed for the first time that the other him wore gloves. "It's a remarkable powder made from Valis Chilis, a rare pepper that grows on sunny mountainsides. And it has the most interesting affect when exposed directly to the eyes. Before he could react, Morro 2 raised his hand to his lips and blew the powder into his face.

Instantly, Morro squeezed his eyes shut, but it was too late. Red flashed in his vision, and his eyes burned like they were on fire. He cried out as he strained the against the cuffs, trying to rub his eyes in an attempt to get rid of the pain. He heard a chuckle from the evil him in the background, but barely noticed it over the pain in his eyes. Finally, after a few minutes, the pain subsided, and he slumped forward, not daring to open his eyes yet for fear of the light hurting them.

"You have no choice but to obey me now." His double sounded satisfied. "Even if I let you go, you wouldn't be able to find your way back to Stiix. You would just wander until your found yourself back in my clutches." What? What was he talking about? Morro snapped his eyes open, opening his mouth to snap back a retort, but froze. Where there should have been a bright room and his enemy grinning down at him, there was nothing. There was only darkness.

He was blind.

TheDarknessReturn

"Hold up!" Nya 2 yelled as Kai reached towards the doorknob. "Someone's coming!" Night was falling, and the group were literally just about to leave when Nya called them to a halt. She had been checking the security cameras one last time, and seen a single figure crossing the bridge into Stiix.

"Who is it?" Nya 1 asked, peering over her shoulder.

"A… ghost." Her double replied with a frown. "But he's carrying a white flag."

"Coles, go get him." Nya 1 instructed. "Bring him here." The two ghosts nodded, and headed outside alone. A couple minutes later, they returned, a hooded ghost carrying a white flag and a scroll following them in.

"A message from His Majesty." The man said in a gruff voice. Lloyd took it, starting to unroll it, but Kai 1 snatched it away.

"Hey, what gives?" The blond tried to grab it back, but Kai held it away.

"If it's something about Morro, I don't want you to flip out." The spiky-haired ninja unrolled it, then frowned as his eyes skimmed down the page. "Lloyd, go into the next room."

"It is about Morro!" Lloyd lunged for it, but Kai 1 pushed him away.

"Nuh-uh. We'll tell you once we've made a decision. Go. You too, Indigo."

"What?"

"Go." Grumbling, Indigo grabbed Lloyd's arm and pulled him out of the room. Once she closed the door, she hissed,

"I'll turn invisible and go read it, then report back to you, okay?" He nodded, and she vanished. A couple minutes later, she reappeared, her face grim. "Evil Morro wants you in exchange for our Morro. He says he made our Morro blind, and he'll do worse if we don't hand you over." Lloyd blinked.

"Alright. I'll get ready to go."

"You know they won't let you come."

"I'll sneak out without them."

"Just the two of us against Morro and his army?"

"Who said you were coming?"

"I did. You don't really think I want to stay behind any more than you do, do you?"

"True. Maybe we can get Bansha to come with us too. When should we leave?"

"How about an hour after they do?"

"That works."

"What about your dad? Do you think he'll be okay?"

"I'm sure he'll be fine." That wasn't quite true, he wasn't sure of anything. He didn't think anything bad would happen, though. Evil Morro would be busy waiting for Lloyd to give himself up.

"Okay. Then we leave tonight."

"Oh no you don't." Lloyd jumped, whirling around to see Kai 1 standing behind them with his arms folded. He must've come in the other door.

"Crap."

"Indigo, you should be ashamed of yourself. Lloyd already runs away enough without you helping him." Indigo looked hurt, then stuck out her chin in defiance.

"You should be ashamed of yourself for not letting me help save my own boyfriend – and Lloyd his best friend." Now it was Kai's turn to look hurt.

"I'm Lloyd's best friend."

"You and him both are." Lloyd said hurriedly. "And so are the rest of the ninja. But Morro's the one in trouble. And I'm going whether you like it or not."

"You'd leave your father unprotected?"

"Morro won't attack, he'll be waiting for me to turn myself in!"

"How do you know that?"

"Well do you think he won't?"

"He wouldn't assume you'd just give yourself up, even with out Morro at stake. It's probably a trick to get us out of the city!"

"If he plans to attack the city, any army he sends will run right into us! I'm not staying behind! And if you're so insistent in having someone protect the city, you stay behind!" Kai groaned.

"Alright, I didn't want to have to do this, but I have no other choice." Before Lloyd could react, his brother detached a pair of vengestone cuffs from his belt, and snapped them onto his wrists. For a few, long moments, the blond boy just stared at his wrists.

"What-" the green ninja managed at last. "You'd- you'd lock me up?!"

"Only to keep you safe." Kai shook his head, folding his arms. "Indigo, do I have to lock you up too?"

"No." She mumbled.

"Good. Lloyd, you'd only get yourself hurt if you tried to rescue Morro on your own."

"No I wouldn't!" Lloyd clenched his hands into fists. "I've done it before!"

"And nearly got ripped apart by evil Morro."

"I DID NOT!" Lifting both his hands, Lloyd swung them both at Kai's head, slamming the chain into his forehead and making him stumble back.

"O-ow! Lloyd, what are you doing?" The red ninja yelped, rubbing his forehead as he took a step back.

"YOU CAN'T KEEP ME HERE! YOU CAN'T KEEP ME LOCKED UP LIKE THIS!" The blond screamed, swinging at him again. This time, Kai ducked, but Lloyd shoved him hard and he toppled to the floor. Lloyd started to kneel to hit him again, but Indigo grabbed his arm, pulling him back.

"Lloyd, stop!" She pleaded. "This is crazy!"

"He chained me up!" he thrust the cuffs in her face. "I'm only defending myself!"

"You attacked him! You physically hurt him!"

"But-" The door burst open behind him, and he spun around to see the rest of the ninja flooding through.

"He attacked me! Someone grab him!" Lloyd turned back towards Kai to see the red ninja pointing an accusing finger at him, lowering his other hand to reveal an ugly purple bruise on his forehead where he had hit him. He had done that? He was so stunned that he barely noticed when Dyana unlocked one of his cuffs, then pulled his hands behind his back and cuffed them together again, As soon as he did notice, he started to fight.

"LET GO OF ME!" He screamed, struggling to break Cole and Jay – he didn't know or care which ones – 's grip on his arms. They didn't let go. He was dragged out of the room, and he caught a glimpse of Jessica's look of pity before he was dragged down a hall to their small prison of sorts. He was shoved into one of the two cells, and the door was slammed and locked behind him before he could get up. Stumbling to his feet, Lloyd spotted Kai 1 standing in the hallway, and screamed, "YOU'RE NOT MY BEST FRIEND! I HATE YOU!" Then the door to the prison was slammed shut as well.

As the blond stared at the door, breathing heavily, he felt his anger ebbing away, replaced by guilt. Why had he said that? He didn't hate Kai. He was just angry, and… Lloyd slumped to his knees, leaning his forehead against the bars as he started to cry. He was so stupid. He must've made everyone mad at him when he hit Kai. He should've just stayed like they wanted him to. Now he was locked up in his own home, by his friends and family. Everyone was angry with him.

He was all alone.

oops

~FFF