another update on a decent time frame? Yeah boi

Review replies:

Pastelninjamonlie: Heck same. Well, actually most of my drawings are various sketches of Indigo. But I have a ton of Morro and Lloyd drawings as well. You'll have to show me yours sometime!

Ebony: Actually, the illusion of Morro 2 distracted Morro 1 while the real Morro 2, invisible, attacked him. Also yes... Mira might possibly have a lot to do with it...

NinjagoMLP: His forgivingness has, and will again, get him into trouble.

EntityEndDragon: Excessively mean? To my charac ters ? Wh y woul d I ever b e me an t o my ch er s s...?

"You have failed."

"I have not failed." Bansha muttered in response to the voice in her head. "All is going according to plan."

"Perhaps so. But will that plan work?"

"Yes."

"How can you know?"

"My agents are capable. I trust them to get the job done."

"Very well." The Preeminent's presence faded away, and Bansha sighed, rubbing her aching forehead.

"Reena," She called towards the young woman on the other side of the room. The girl approached, and the blademistress said, "Are you completely sure you know what you're doing? This is the Realm Crystal we're talking about here."

"Of course I do." Reena gave her a 'no problem' gesture. "I'm an illusionist. I've been tricking people my entire life. It's my whole thing. If anyone can create strife and mayhem within the ninja, leaving them hilariously vulnerable, it's me."

"Very well. But we are relying on one of them to make this work… are you sure that's a good idea?"

"What, Mira? Oh, we can trust her. She owes me big, and she knows it."

"If you say so. I still find this entire operation very precarious."

"Of course you do." Reena patted her arm, then walked away. Bansha frowned under her mask. She had an uncanny feeling that if she were replaced, that girl would be the next one in charge. The sorceress wasn't sure if that meant she should try to get on her good side…

…or eliminate her.

TheDarknessReturn

Morro lay on his side on the soft bed, his eyes closed and his body limp as he let Andreea heal his wounds. The pain in his head melted away, followed by the pain in his hand. The blows to his stomach and side had mostly healed, so he had told her not to waste her energy on those. Once she was finished, she left – again, without a word. Morro sat up, letting out a sigh of relief as he flexed his now-healed hand.

"It's nice to be able to move again." He remarked to Lloyd, who was sitting on the edge of his bed.

"It is." Lloyd agreed. On an impulse, the ghost leaned over and hugged him, hooking his chained hands over his head and pressing his face into his shoulder. Lloyd returned it without missing a beat, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling him close. "Now let's work on keeping you uninjured for at least a couple days, shall we?" The blond suggested as he pulled away. Morro chuckled.

"Yeah, that would be nice." Lloyd stood up, ducking out from under his chains.

"I need to meet with the others. Stay here, okay?"

"Okay." Morro nodded, lying down again. His stomach was still sore, and he was tired from his body trying to heal, so he just lay and rested while Lloyd left to go strategize. This was so much better than the cold, cramped cell.

The ghost closed his eyes, curling up a bit and tucking a pillow into his chest. He had always slept hugging a pillow, the habit starting when he lived with Wu and sticking with him for all those years. Reena had come into his room and found him doing it once, and had told him that hugging a pillow was a sign of missing someone. At the time, he had wondered who he could possibly be missing. Now that he thought about it, though, it was probably Sensei. Sensei hadn't come to see him… he must be so angry at him for what he'd done. He would have to apologize to him… along with everyone else, of course.

After lying there for a while, alone with his thoughts, he heard the door open, and rolled over to see Mira entering the room.

"Lloyd sent me to unchain you." She didn't sound hostile. That was a good sign. "He wants you to come to the meeting, prove you're not dangerous."

"Oh." Morro sat up as she approached, holding out his chained wrists. She took out a key and fumbled with one cuff for a moment before getting it unlocked and reaching for the next.

Then everything went black.

"What the-?!" Morro exclaimed, sitting up straight in alarm.

"Sorry about this." Before he could ask what, an elbow cracked again his chin, and his head snapped to the side, jaw probably broken. As he was reeling from the blow, he felt his arms yanked behind his back and chained there. When he blinked his eyes open, he could see again, but the room was distorted, everything wobbling so he could barely keep his balance sitting down. He couldn't tell if it was the blow to the head, or Mira's doing.

"Get up!" He was shoved off the bed, and he stumbled to his knees, unable to find footing in the dizzying room. Hands grabbed his shoulders and hauled him upright, pushing him in the direction of the door, but he pulled away, falling again. "Do as I say, or I'll hit you again!" Mira snapped. He hesitated, staring up at her blurry figure. What did she want with him? It couldn't be anything too bad… could it? So he obeyed, staggering to his feet and towards the doorway. She guided him down the hall, warning him that if he tried to call for help she would hurt him worse. As they approached an exit, his vision faded to black again, and he stopped short.

"Just keep walking." She ordered. Hesitantly, he obeyed. What was she going to do to him? And outside the base, no less. "I am sorry. Really. It's nothing personal. I just can't have you messing things up." The darkness lifted, and he found himself standing on the edge of one of Stiix's many bridges, facing the churning sea. "Goodbye." The last thing he heard was a shout before he was pushed off the edge, into the ocean to die.

TheDarknessReturn

"HEY!" The shout left Indigo's lips too late and she watched in wide-eyed shock as Mira pushed the bound ghost off the bridge. She heard a scream of pain from below, then nothing. Wh-why? Why would Mira just kill him?! Indigo was no friend of Morro 2, but she knew not to throw him in the ocean! "I saw that!" She yelled as Mira turned, surprised.

"And what are you going to do about it?" The illusionist recovered, folding her arms. "We've fought before. You can't beat me."

"Oh yeah? Well this time I have the element of surprise." Indigo turned invisible, heading towards her to knock her out. To her surprise, though, Mira vanished as well.

"That's not a unique trick, little ghost." She couldn't tell where the voice was coming from. "I'll be leaving now." Suddenly, dozens of Miras appeared, all heading in a different direction. Crap! Indigo could only watch as they all wandered off, unable to figure out which was the real one. As they dispersed, Indigo let her cloak drop, starting to head back to the base. She had to tell Lloyd what Mira had done.

"I-Indigo!" A familiar voice made her freeze, and she spun around to find the source. "H-help!" Morro? He should be dead! Hurrying back to the bridge, Indigo knelt down and peered over the edge. To her shock, Morro was hanging just above the water, the chain connecting his cuffs having caught on a beam that jutted out over the water. His arms… Indigo was no doctor, but she knew that arms weren't supposed to bend like that. Both his shoulders must be dislocated.

His expression was pained as well as panicked. Probably afraid of having to ask for her to help, as well as his precarious situation. Afraid she would just finish the job. She wouldn't, of course. She respected Lloyd's wishes more than that. Frowning, she bit her lip.

"I'm not sure how to get you up without hurting you worse." She muttered aloud.

"J-just- just get me up. If I fall…" It looked like he had calmed a bit when she made it clear she was going to help him, but he was still scared.

"Okay…" Indigo reached down, carefully leaning forward off the edge, and touched one of his hands, draining his energy and watching him go limp. She wasn't strong enough to lift him without a boost. Leaning off a bit farther – which put her in even more of a precarious position – Indigo grabbed the ex-ruler by the back of his shirt, hauling him up onto the dock. His face was swollen, she noted. Why, she wasn't sure. Maybe he had hit his head on something while falling.

Slipping her arms underneath him, Indigo picked him up fairly easily – despite his size, she wasn't very heavy. She started to head back to the base with him, but stopped. Mira had almost certainly gone back there. If she caught them by surprise, she would beat her and probably kill them both. She couldn't risk that. Instead, Indigo carried him farther into Stiix, into a quiet, empty alley where she laid him behind a pile of boxes. Here, they could hide out until he was lucid enough to watch out for himself for a bit. Then she could sneak back and get Lloyd.

For the moment, she had to play bodyguard – and probably nurse – for a guy she didn't even like. Whatever. It was for Lloyd's sake. Sighing, Indigo leaned back against the wall. There was nothing to do now except for wait for him to wake up.

what's a break and why would morro 2 be able to have one

I'm like 90% sure this has at least one typo considering I was working on this VERY quickly last night but hey let's hope it doesn't

~FFF