Ok done obsessing over the father's day oneshot back to normal writing

Review replies:

Kat: I never kid. *dead serious voice*

ImpossibleGirl: Absolutely. I'm in this RP group on google plus, and in it Indigo's about 70 at this point and has adopted 3 kids.

Ninjachief: Ahh, yes, I remember now. I'll definitely take you up on that when I come up with something :D I've had other people tell me that too! I guess that's what I get for writing hundreds of thousands of words of fics about her. Glad you liked it! I kinda thought people wouldn't like it as much since it was very OC centric, but it actually was really popular. :)

Nicktastic: Indigo 2 is good

Amber: Of course it was. I'm always unpredictable.

Ebony: Pshh, he'll be fine. And yeah. Finally they meet someone who doesn't want to murder them. I thought that would be a nice change.

Windy: He already freaked out. Yep, that's my channel! And thanks! I'm glad you had a good vacation!

Chapter 30

Lloyd tapped his fingers impatiently on the cuff on his wrist, waiting expectantly for the others to return with Morro. It had been over 24 hours now since they left, and he had been starting to get worried until about an hour ago, when Kai had radioed them to let them know they were safe. They had rescued Morro, who was blind but otherwise safe as well. They had been crossing the desert when they called, and it had been little over an hour since then. Were they almost there yet?

"Lloyd, relax." A hand rested on his shoulder, and he looked over his shoulder to see his father standing behind him. "They'll be fine. What can happen to them between the desert and here?"

"I'm not worried, just…" the blond trailed off when he realized that wasn't quite true. "Well, I'm a little worried, but mostly I'm just impatient. I wanna see Morro." His father raised an eyebrow.

"You certainly are very attached to him."

"I don't like him romantically, dad."

"I didn't say that."

"You were thinking it."

"Perhaps."

"You definitely were."

"Mm-hmm. You still like him a lot."

"You like Wu a lot."

"He's my brother."

"Morro's mine."

"Fair enough." His father shrugged. "I understand you miss him."

"You should've let me go." Lloyd mumbled. "Nothing bad happened. See?"

"We know that now, but how could we have known that yesterday? Not only that, but now we know that nothing bad happened without you. They didn't need you, and you didn't have to go out into danger." Lloyd was silent before saying at last,

"They needed Indigo."

"You don't actually know that."

"You don't know they didn't. Not until they get back."

"Then this debate will be postponed until then."

"They're back!" Nya's voice announced through the intercom. "They just entered the village, and are heading our way. Lloyd, don't-" Lloyd tuned her out, standing up and bolting towards the exit of the room. This time, no one was going to stop him from getting to Morro.

TheDarknessReturn

Morro put one foot in front of the other, Indigo and Bansha's hands leading him along as he tried not to trip on his own feet. He could hear the creak of the boards underneath him and the churning sea under that, and he could smell the salt water in the air. He never noticed these sorts of things before, when he could see. Gradually, another sound joined the mix, running footsteps. Coming closer, it sounded like. Suddenly, Kai spoke in an incredulous voice.

"Lloyd? You're supposed to stay at the base!"

"No, I'm supposed to stay in sight!" Lloyd! "And I am in sight!"

"Yeah, but you should still-" The rest of Kai's words were lost on Morro as a body slammed into his, arms wrapping around him tight as he stumbled back.

"Lloyd?" The ghost returned the hug, one hand reaching up to touch the other's hair. Felt like Lloyd.

"Y-yeah, it's me." The blond squeezed him tighter. "A-are you okay? Other than being blind?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Blinding me was all the evil Morro did to me."

"I-I'm glad. N-not that you're blind, but that you're not hurt." Lloyd pressed his face against his shoulder. "I was so worried…"

"I heard. I also heard you reacted… badly, when told you couldn't come." The green ninja was silent for a moment.

"It's true. I went nuts."

"You never used to be like this. What's wrong?"

"I… let's talk about this later. In private." Lloyd gave him one final squeeze before pulling away and taking his hand. They walked the rest of the way back to the base hand in hand, Indigo taking Morro's other hand in case he tripped. When they got back, there was a brief celebration that Morro had gotten back safe, then the subject changed to what to do with Indigo. Morro was pretty sure he heard Lloyd give her a high five when the others' attention was elsewhere.

"Do you think locking her up would be too much?" Morro heard Kai say when he next started paying attention.

"Um, yes?" Indigo sounded offended. "Why are you guys even allowed to punish me? You don't own me."

"Nobody said they owned you. But you're a member of the team. We can discipline you."

"Since when am I part of the team?"

"You've been part of the team for months!"

"Since when?"

"Since you came to live with us!" Jay interjected. "And started going on missions! Only team members can go on missions!"

"You made that up." Indigo huffed.

"No I didn't."

"No he didn't." Cole agreed. Indigo groaned.

"Just because I help you doesn't mean you can lock me up without me putting up a fight."

"No one said you wouldn't put up a fight."

"You think you can beat me?"

"Sure. Easily."

"Without killing me?"

"Slightly more difficult, but yes."

"Try it!" Loud groans from the ninja.

"Get back here! We didn't even agree to lock you up yet!"

"And I don't plan to wait until you do!" Morro heard soft footsteps running away, though the others didn't appear to notice them.

"Well great." Jay sighed. "Whatever. She'll come back. She likes Morro. We can use him as bait."

"Excuse me." Morro glared in what he assumed was Jay's direction. "I am not letting you use me as bait for my girlfriend."

"You don't have to. You're already bait. Just keep doing what you're doing." The wind master rolled his eyes, but didn't answer.

"C'mon, Morro, I'll lead you around the base." Lloyd tugged on his hand and pulled him out of the room, leading him slowly down a hall. Morro reached out with his free arm to trail his fingers along the wall, trying to remember the path he was taking. "So… earlier you asked me what was wrong." The blond said after a few moments. Morro nodded.

"Yeah."

"And I don't… I don't know. I… when they told me I couldn't go, I kinda… panicked. I got so scared for you that I was willing to fight my friends to get to you." He stopped walking. "I dunno what happened, and I… I don't want it to happen again." He was silent for a few moments. "But I don't want to get left behind again next time either."

"Lloyd… you know how big of a responsibility being the green ninja is. You can't just think about your wants and needs. You need to protect the golden power as well."

"I know. But I can protect myself!" Morro imagined he looked either determined or angry. "I can use my powers to fight – and win!"

"But you could be caught by surprise, and knocked out or chained so you were powerless. And with you, Morro could threaten us all into surrendering. Morro needs you to win. And so do we. If he gets his hands on you, it's over. He made the mistake of letting you go once, he won't make it again." Lloyd's grip on his hand loosened a bit.

"I know. But… if you're blind, you won't be able to go on missions either, will you?"

"No I won't."

"Oh. Good." Without warning, Lloyd hugged him again. "I mean… not good that you're blind, but…"

"I get it." Morro chuckled softly, hugging him back and resting his chin on his shoulder. They were both quiet for a few moments before the ghost asked, "Where am I sleeping now?"

"There's some space in my room. This base isn't very big, so a lot of bedrooms have to be shared." Lloyd pulled away again and took his hand, leading him slowly down the hall before turning a corner, then turning again, opening a door, and heading into what was presumably his room. Lloyd took him by the wrist and lead him around the room, touching his hand to things and telling him what they were. When they got to the bed, Lloyd asked, "Do you wanna rest? I'll ask the others to get another bed in here, but you can sleep in mine for now."

"Yeah, I'd like that." Morro nodded, and Lloyd let go of his hands so he could climb onto the bed. After feeling around for the headboard so he wouldn't knock his head against it, he lay down on the pillow, closing his eyes and resting his arms next to it.

"If you need anything, I'll be back soon." Morro heard footsteps, then a door opening, the shutting. A few moments of silence passed, then a quiet, creaking footstep caught his attention. Then a voice.

"Hi."

"Hi Indigo." He murmured without looking up – since that, of course, would be useless.

"Do you think I should've stay behind?" She asked, getting straight to the point.

"No."

"Good." She sounded relieved. "Lloyd said you would be scared, blind and locked up, and that he or I should go to calm you down. They said Bansha would be could enough."

"I'm glad Bansha was there, but I'm glad you were too. I love you both." Morro opened his eyes a slit, but saw nothing, obviously.

"I'm glad. I would've felt bad if you'd wanted me to stay behind too." He felt the mattress shift, then Indigo's arms wrapped around him from behind, her body fitting itself against his. He chuckled.

"Tired?"

"Nah. Just wanna cuddle."

"That works." He closed his eyes again. "Don't get caught."

"Don't worry, I'm invisible."

"Good." Morro relaxed, letting his breathing even out. Soon, he had drifted off to sleep.

Garmadon: Lloyd r u like... gay

Lloyd: no dad wtf I have a gf

Garmadon: ok son just making sure bc you act really gay

Lloyd: dAD STOP

so like... I was having trouble focusing while typing this in so I apologize for any mistakes lol

~FFF