*maniacal laugh*

*clears throat* excuse me sorry about that

Review replies:

Ebony: He's not dead dead. No one is dead dead. Except Misako xd can't forget her. Also, the ghosts are quite capable of setting bales of hay of fire and catapulting them, as well as large rocks, at where they know the ninja are hiding. Also, when a bunch of giant rocks hit the ground, it feels a little bit like an earthquake. Or... ninjagoquake?

Kitkat: Bansha gets progressively worse. Good point. They probably just threw them in the ocean.

Entity: Yes I am. Also maybe. Possibly.

NinjagoMLP: That... doesn't make sense. Since I killed them with the bad guys. xDD

Emobilcipher: I didn't want to eat, or do school, or write, or even play games. I just didn't have any motivation to do anything. And I wanted to die. Also, Morro's kind of too busy being strangled to save anyone. Yeah, I'm actually having trouble drawing the new him. He just looks so WEIRD. You mean... Voldemort? Or Bill? Have fun on fall break!

For best results, listen to Heart of Courage by Two Steps from Hell while reading the first part.

"NO!" Indigo screamed, skidding to a halt at the edge of the courtyard as Bansha yanked her blade out of Simon's corpse. That *****! She knew what they were planning! She was never going to release her double and her family, that was just a trick to lure them in! She hated Bansha! If only she had gotten here sooner, if only she was more powerful!

She had to stop her, before she killed her double and Owen too. But how could she, the courtyard was full of ghosts, and her powers only worked at short range! For a fleeting second, she thought about reaching her true potential, like the ninja had told her about, but she had no idea how to do that.

Bansha was yelling something, and suddenly every guard in the courtyard was running at her. Scrambling back, the void mistress caught a glimpse of Lloyd being surrounded by guards, who tackled him to the ground. Indigo turned to run, but there were guards coming from behind her too. She could surrender, or she could fight.

Quickly coming to a decision, Indigo turned and attacked the nearest ghost, draining his energy and using the speed boost to attack the rest. So far she was taking them down faster than they could attack her, but they were quickly overwhelming her. ****ing Bansha! She hated her! She hated her, and every one of her guards, and the Preeminent, and-

…wait.

Indigo nearly stumbled as she came to an abrupt realization. That was it. That's what was holding her back. All of her anger and hatred, at her parents for not being there for her, at the men who killed Cora, at Morro for hurting her and her friends, at Bansha for tricking them, even anger at her friends, even at her Morro, for little insignificant things that rubbed her the wrong way. She was angry at so many people, and held a grudge forever. That's what held her back.

One of the guards landed a hit on her and she fell, two guards grabbing her by the arms and dragging her towards Bansha. As they neared the platform, the void master lifted her head, meeting Bansha's eyes and whispering,

"I forgive you."

The courtyard exploded with light.

TheDarknessReturn

Morro struggled weakly in the vines' grasp, watching in horror as Indigo, the only one left still fighting, was brought down and dragged towards Bansha. No. Now they were all their prisoners… The vine around his throat tightened, cutting off his air supply, though the vine over his face already did a good job of that. Were they going to kill him? No, he couldn't die! Not again! White light lit up the courtyard for a moment, but he barely registered it with the darkness encroaching on his vision.

Then, to his shock, the vines went limp, dropping to the ground and loosening their hold on his neck. Gasping for air, the wind master pulled free, then looked up to see what had happened. As soon as he did, he froze in shock. A brilliant purple figure floated above the crowd of ghosts, long hair floating as if weightless around her head. White dots danced across her skin like stars, and pure white light spilled from her eyes.

"Indigo?" He heard Lloyd exclaim in shock. That was Indigo? She must have reached her true potential! The figure looked over at them, then turned back to Bansha, hand outstretched towards the blademistress. Then she vaporized her. The older ghost just vanished in a puff of smoke, her staff falling the ground before following suit a moment later.

As Morro looked on with wide eyes, Indigo turned in midair, then did the same to the crowd, ghosts vanishing dozens at a time until only she and one other ghost was left. The other ghost stood at the very edge of the courtyard, hands outstretched in front of him in a sign of surrender. Morro soon realized why– it was his double. Indigo stared at her boyfriend for a few, long moments, and Morro was afraid that she didn't recognize him. Then, like a candle flickering out, she turned back to her normal form and crumpled to the ground.

Shouting her name, her boyfriend dashed across the courtyard towards her, kneeling next to her still form and lifting her head. Shaking his head, Morro turned to look for Nicole, who he soon spotted sitting up a few feet away and rubbing her neck. The others looked to be alright too, even Lloyd, who was sporting a few bruises from the guards' treatment but otherwise looked unharmed. Everyone was safe, except…

His eyes wandered to the center of the courtyard, where Indigo A and her husband were chained with their backs to each other. Kneeling next to them was a little boy, their son. A ghost. Morro sighed, running his fingers through his short hair. If they couldn't find some way to reverse it, their son would be stuck in a child's body forever. That would be so weird.

It was then that he noticed the distant rushing of water.

"Oh no." He said aloud, scrambling to his feet. His double, Indigo, the kid, they were all ghosts. They would be killed. Running towards Lloyd, he yelled, "Lloyd, do you hear that?" From the look on his face, he had.

"We need to get everyone out of here!" The blond got to his feet, stumbling a bit and clutching his arm. He was hurt. "Everyone who has a dragon, use it! Carry those who don't to safety!" He yelled towards the rest of their team. The others obeyed, Kai, Garmadon, and Dyana summoning their dragons. After Nicole scrambled on behind Dyana, they took off. Lloyd turned to Morro, eyes wide with alarm. "Morro, Indigo, and Simon are ghosts. What are we gonna do?"

"My double and I can fly them to safety. Go with the others."

"What about Indigo 2 and her husband?"

"We'll bring them someplace high and wait it out. Go!" Morro shooed him away, then ran towards the kid. Him and his parents looked up at him in surprise as he approached, but they didn't seem to recognize him. Good.

"The city is being flooded." He said bluntly as soon as he was within earshot. "I'm sure you know ghosts are killed by water. Come with me, kid. Hurry!" Simon looked at his parents, and they nodded, so he came towards him. When Morro tried to pick him up, though, he was incorporeal. The wind master cursed under his breath. "I can't touch you, you don't know how to make yourself solid." He explained to the boy before yelling to his double, "Hey! The kid is incorporeal, I need you to fly him to safety!" His double looked up at him in surprise, then down at Indigo, then up at him again.

"But what about-"

"I'll take care of Indigo." Morro interrupted. The rushing water was getting louder. "Just do it!" The other him hesitated. "Please, you have to trust me!" Finally, his double stood, then ran over and scooped up Simon, shooting high into the sky on a gust of wind. Turning away from the boy's parents, Morro ran towards the small body on the ground, skidding to a halt beside her. Indigo's eyes were half open, and she was staring blankly at the sky. Kneeling down and grabbing her arm, he said,

"Indigo, remember what you said about possessing me so you wouldn't get killed in the flood?" She blinked up at him and frowned.

"Uhh… yeah?"

"Do it." He ordered. She didn't protest, grabbing his wrist and possessing him. He staggered a bit as the cold feeling hit him, but, as Indigo made no move to take control, he got back to his feet. He could see the water now, an eight-foot wave hurtling down the street towards them. He had to get Indigo's double and her husband out of there. He started towards them, but jumped in surprise when Indigo spoke in his head.

"Owen." She corrected him. "His name is Owen."

"Okay, whatever." He said aloud, then started towards them again. He tried to snap their chains, but they were too strong, so instead he untangled their cuffs from each other and grabbed both of them by the arm, leaping into the air and flying to the top of a building with them. He was tiring very quickly, Indigo was taking some of his energy. He was afraid he might drop them, but he managed to produce a last burst of energy that got him to his target. Once they arrived, he dropped them, letting himself crumple to the ground in exhaustion. The last thing he heard was Indigo speaking softly in his head before he passed out.

*wipes tear away from eye* my little baby, off to destroy people

~FFF