Well I think that's a pretty impressive update time xd
Review replies:
Impossiblegirl: This is gonna go great
Windy; Yep! I spent all my money on tickets. xd It wouldn't work. Kai was in Ninjago when he died, remember? And he turned into a ghost. Killing him wouldn't work either way. "jESSICA I LOVE YOU BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO CLIMB ON THE CEILING YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK" and yep, Nicole's the one who likes Morro. xd
Kat: Oh, he knows he'll get caught. He feels that being able to hurt Morro outweighs the consequences.
Entity: Okay xD That makes more sense.
Draconis: Well, best to avoid like groups on social media because they're sure to have spoilers, but I think fanfiction should be safe. I won't post any spoilers, dw. xd
Guest: Yep! I'm very excited ^ ^ Too bad it comes out later there :P England's not getting it until mid october.
NinjagoMLP: Well that sucks :P
"Welcome to the lava room." Lloyd gestured out at the cavern in front of them, with the huge pit of bubbling magma that kept them from reaching the other side.
"Fun." Kai 2 remarked dully. "How do we get across?"
"Well, last time, Jessica tied a rope to an outcropping of rock on one side, then climbed along the wall and tied it again on the other, and we went across hand-over-hand."
"Well, okay, let's do that." Nya 2 opened up her backpack to get out a ropa, but frowned. "Who took my rope?"
"Didn't you use it to get across the other pit?" Her Jay asked.
"No, that was me." The other Nya said.
"Well, whatever. Someone should have a rope, shouldn't they?" The group began checking backpacks, but there was no rope to be found.
"I could've sworn I had one." Kai 1 scratched his head.
"Me too." Cole 2 agreed. "Where could they have gone?" Inevitably, all eyes turned towards Morro 2.
"What?" He raised both hands in the air. "What use would I have for ropes? And even if I did take them, how could I hide them on my person? I don't even have a backpack!"
"Maybe you threw them off a cliff while we were asleep." Lloyd 2 narrowed his eyes.
"No, he didn't." Lloyd spoke up. "He fell asleep before I did, and I can assure you that he didn't move all night."
"And how could you know that?" Lloyd 2 snapped.
"I- we were-"
"'Cause he was using him as a pillow, Lloyd." Indigo deadpanned. "I saw them. And he has no incentive to steal the ropes or destroy them, he'll starve to death same as us if we're trapped here." Lloyd's double huffed, but didn't argue further.
"Speaking of starving, let's eat. We have enough rations for one more meal, I think, and I think better on a full stomach." Cole 1 spoke up. The others nodded, and the group sat down and began digging through packs. After a moment, Jay 2 said,
"Oh no."
"What is it?" Lloyd asked, but soon figured it out on his own: The food in his pack was gone.
"It's gone!" Kai 1 exclaimed, turning his backpack upside-down and shaking it. "Does anyone still have food?" The others soon confirmed that, no, it was all gone. Again, all eyes turned towards Morro 2.
"I swear, I didn't take it!" He insisted, but he sounded panicked.
"Oh really? You were complaining about being hungry when you first became human, and that was almost 24 hours ago! It wouldn't be hard for you to slip away from Lloyd and eat everything we have left!" Jay 2 accused him.
"Now hold on a second." Lloyd broke in. "Zane, you were keeping watch all night last night, weren't you?" The nindroid hesitated.
"I'm… afraid I powered down for about an hour." The ice master confessed. "I cannot say if Morro stole the food."
"I didn't!" Morro still sounded panicked. Was it because he was guilty?
"You sound guilty." Lloyd 2 snapped.
"I'm not guilty! I'm scared! I know you all hate me, I'm afraid of what you'll do to me if you think I stole your food!" The others hesitated, and Garmadon 2 took the opportunity to speak up.
"I know how to settle this. Cole… A?" The ghost looked over in acknowledgement. "Possess him. See if he's telling the truth." Morro's face paled as Cole 2 stood up and approached him, but he didn't move to flee, just grabbed Lloyd's wrist and squeezed him tight. As the group watched tensely, Cole's body merged with Morro's, and, for a few moments, the wind master's eyes fell shut. Then Cole came out of him, proclaiming,
"He didn't do it. He doesn't know anything about what happened to the food or the ropes." Morro's grip loosened on Lloyd's wrist as his innocence was proved, and there were a few murmurs from around the camp.
"Well, if he didn't do it, then who did?" Dyana asked.
"I don't know." Lloyd shook his head.
"For now, we need to get out of this volcano. Once we're there, we can charge up the Realm Crystal and get back to Stiix in an instant." The group murmured in agreement, then Kai 1 spoke.
"Do you suppose we could Airjitzu across?" Lloyd frowned.
"It's possible. But… if we try and fail, we'll fall into the lava.
"We could try to find a way around." Nicole suggested. Lloyd snapped his fingers.
"That's it! There must be another way around – Morro and Indigo and… a couple others went around on our first trip through."
"That's right." Morro nodded. "Come on, let's look for that other route."
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"You know, maybe we should've snatched some more food before we left the Cursed Realm." Jay 1 muttered. "Then we could at least eat before all our food was stolen."
"We probably should've." Jessica agreed. "But it's too late for that now." Jay sighed.
"Yep." Since Zane didn't have a map of every tunnel, they had quickly gotten lost. It had been hours since they had left the lava room, and they couldn't even find their way back.
"It's hopeless." Jay 2 moaned. "We're never going to make it out. We're going to die here."
"Jay, don't talk like that." Nya 2 berated him. "We'll be fine. We have to." Jay sighed.
"If you say so."
"May I remind you, Jay, that as Ninjago is currently a cursed realm, you would not die upon your body shutting down from starvation, but you would become a ghost." Zane spoke up from the front of the pack. Jay frowned.
"That's… not much better."
"On the contrary, you would still be here to defend Ninjago."
"But I'd be dead!"
"A ghost."
"DEAD!"
"Okay, it doesn't matter, because we're not going to starve to death." Nya interrupted. "Get a grip."
"Okay." Morro 2 was trailing along a few feet behind the rest of the group, one hand on his stomach. He looked miserable. Poor Morro. It couldn't be fun, turning human again then promptly starving to death. Lloyd fell back next to him, touching his shoulder.
"You okay?" The wind master shook his head.
"It's pathetic, isn't it?" He said softly. "When I was young, sometimes I starved for weeks at a time. Now I can barely stand not being able to eat for a couple of days."
"I think it would be worse if you were accustomed to starving." Lloyd put an arm around his shoulders. "At least you're not cold anymore, right?"
"Yeah." Morro smiled, fingering Nicole's jacket. "Nicole's jacket helps, and it's overall warmer in the volcano. Lloyd, can I…" He lowered his voice, slowing down so they fell even farther behind. "Can I tell you a secret?"
"Of course." Lloyd nodded.
"I… I think I'm in love with her."
"Who, Nicole?"
"Yeah." Morro swallowed, nodding. "I… I know I just met her, but… I just can't stop thinking about her. My train of thought always leads to her, when I try to stop thinking about her I can't, I… we've barely even spoken, but I can't help thinking about her voice and her hair and her eyes…" He trailed off. "I sound like an idiot, don't I?"
"No, you sound like you're in love." The blond grinned, elbowing him lightly. "You should talk to her. Get to know how."
"What? No. She probably doesn't even like me."
"She gave you her jacket." He pointed out. Morro hesitated.
"Well… true. But won't she just think I'm weird if I randomly go up and start talking to her?"
"That's called initiating a conversation, Morro."
"But I barely know her."
"Go and thank her for letting you borrow her jacket, or for watching out for you when you were hurt, or something like that."
"But-"
"Go. Do it." Lloyd pushed him forward, and Morro slowly sped up to approach Nicole. The blond watched as he tapped her on the shoulder, then said something too quiet for him to hear. Nicole smiled, replying, then grabbed his arm and pulled him over to walk next to her. That worked well. Lloyd sped up so he was at least closer to the others, then walked in silence for about 15 minutes. It was at that point that a loud, familiar voice stopped them in their tracks.
"I can help you get out of the volcano." Lloyd froze in shock, spinning around at the voice behind him in an attempt to find the owner. It didn't take him long to locate the speaker, a short, yet muscular young woman who stood in the mouth of one of the adjoining tunnels.
It was Jessica.
"It's more handy than you might think." Nicole shrugged. "I can give people daydreams, talk to them in dreams, influence their thoughts in my favor… it's gotten me out of plenty of scrapes."
Thank you, that is all
by the time I update again I'll have wATCHED THE NINJAGO MOVIE WOO
~FFF