I LIVE

...so... NaNoWriMo was hecking hard. But I'm finished! Two days early! I would have finished way earlier if I had been focused, but eh. Now I can work on fanfictions again!

Review replies:

Entity: Thank you. Someone needs to get rid of that heck.

KitKat: Yay! And Daggerclaws 1 stayed in the original timeline, Daggerclaws 2 is slinking around Ninjago city somewhere. Fortunately for him, even evil Morro liked cats.

Kat: Yay!

NinjagoMLP: Poor guy has issues.

Ebony: Yeah, that could have gone way worse. And yeah, open murders are way better! Reena, shut up. You'll get your turn.

Nicktastic: *ok emoji*

Windy: I hope you had fun! I'm going to a laser tag thing next week!

"Alright, so, our first problem is Bansha and her army." Lloyd pointed to the map that was lying on the table. "Like we previously discussed, she's probably holed up in Jamonikai, since that's the last of the three strongholds. We lost time due to Morro 2 getting kidnapped, so we might have to scratch our original plan, attacking them from behind, if they've already started towards the city. Now we'll have to defend."

"But if most of the army is heading towards the city, won't that leave Jamonikai vulnerable?" Morro 2 pointed out.

"Yeah, but what good is it if we're all needed here?"

"Are we? The defenses are strong, aren't they? Couldn't we spare a small group to take Jamonikai? Even the Preeminent has limited forces. The more there are here, the less there are there." Slowly, Lloyd nodded.

"Good point. Maybe we could send one Nya to Jamonikai, and leave one to defend. That should be enough, right?"

"But what if they attack Stiix?" Dyana spoke up. "They can't defend against a full-scale attack there." The blond frowned.

"Also a good point. We might have to station a Nya there instead. But, then we don't have one for the strike team." Lloyd sighed, letting his chin drop into his hands. "If only we had more water masters."

"We could go timeline-hopping and find one." Cole 2 suggested.

"No, there's a chance we wouldn't be able to get them back. We shouldn't risk it." Lloyd shook his head. "Well… one of the Nyas should go to Stiix. Does one of you want to go, or should I Just pick one?" The water mistresses exchanged glances, then Nya 2 raised her hand.

"I'll go."

"Good. Explain to the others what happened when you get there." Nya nodded, then turend and left. "Everyone else, meeting adjourned for now. Go do a once-over of the city and the surrounding area. I don't want Bansha sneaking up on us. I'm going to think." Most of them nodded and left, but Morro 2 stayed in his seat, staring at the floor. "You okay?" Lloyd asked.

"Yeah." He replied. "Just thinking about other timelines."

"You look pretty sullen. Is that all?"

"It's just… there are an infinite number of timelines, right?" The blond nodded. "So, while there must be millions of god timelines, there must also be millions of bad ones. Versious of us suffering, dying. And they're all unique people." Lloyd stared at him. That… was pretty sad. "And even if we tried to help them, it would just create more timelines." Morro continued. "Ones where we made the wrong decision, or someone out-thought us, and then those ones would be bad.

"And you've been here for weeks, trying to save just one dimension! Imagine how long it would take to save hundreds, knowing that whatever you did, you only made more people suffer?" Lloyd shook his head, frowning.

"I don't think that's how it works. Those new timelines would be created anyway, for reasons as meaningless as what color shirt some random person decided to wear that morning. Us helping would make one more universe good, out of the billions out there." Morro nodded slightly.

"I guess. But… doesn't it just feel meaningless? That no matter what you do here, somewhere else people are suffering like you were never here?" The green ninja was silent for a few moments.

"Kinda." He said at last. "But those others… they're not us. They might be a lot like us, but they're not us. I care about you. Not the 20 billion other versions of you, you. And Andreea, and Nicole, and Dyana, and Kai, and Everyone. You guys are my friends, because of what happened in this timeline. No number of alternate dimensions will change that." Morro was silent for a few moments.

"I… guess that makes sense?"

"Of course it does." Lloyd ruffled his hair, and Morro smacked him. "Ow."

"Oh be quiet. I didn't hit you that hard." The wind master dodged his hand as the blond tried to smack him back, quickly standing up and backing away. "Well, I think I'll go… patrol. See ya!" He left the room, grinning. Lloyd shook his head in exasperation, then seated himself at the table, resting his chin in his hand. What in the world were they going to do about the Preeminent?

me: *doesn't update for a month*

me: *finally appears with like half a chapter*

Oof. Still trying to get back in the hang of writing this thing. I don't remember if I had any plans for it or not.

~FFF

P.S. Not proofread. I'm tired.