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MNM: That's a very good question! I haven't had a lot of time to develop their relationship, as you might have noticed that most OCs don't belong to me. Basically only Indigo. Nicole was submitted midway through this book, about 25 chapters ago, with a request for her to date Morro 2. That's the main reason for their relationship. BUT, there are good, in-story reasons for them to be dating, which are subtle but still there. If you wanna hear them, let me know, this review reply would get REAALLLLLY long if I did now lol. Preferably, if you have an account, hmu with a PM and I'll list them there :P

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"So, wait, hold on." Lloyd B put up his hands in front of them, halting Nicole's flow of information. "You think we should use a what?"

"A geyser!" She repeated her idea. "A man-made one! Like a really strong fountain! Hypothetically, we could kill or at least seriously injure the Preeminent if we could hit her with it!"

"But how would we pull it off? We only have a few days before they'll attack, anyway!"

"Easy! Make a long hole, like a tunnel that has two openings." She traced a line in midair. "Fill it with water, then drop something like a really heavy rock on one end, and the water will be forced out the other end! Physics!" Lloyd frowned.

"I... think I get it. We could test it out, at least. But how would we make the tunnel?"

"Coles could dig it."

"I guess." The blond straightened up. "I'm gonna go ask them and the Nyas to set up a simulation." Briskly, he walked off, leaving the meeting room and shutting the door behind him.

"That is pretty clever." Morro A admitted. "If we could hit her with enough water moving fast enough, we could cut her in half."

"That's the idea!" Nicole chirped, turning to face him. As soon as her back was turned, the door Lloyd had just left through opened again, and she turned back around to see Morro B step into the room. His face was dead serious, and Nicole tensed a bit. What did he want?

"I'm here to apologize." He said quietly, approaching them before stopping a few feet away. Morro A shuffled back a bit, glancing at Nicole before looking back up at his double.

"For what?" He asked quietly.

"Hurting you. Treating you like I did when you were trying to join our side." Nicole blinked. She didn't know Morro B that well, but this seemed... out of character for him.

"It's... it's okay. I forgive you." Morro A grasped his forearm, looking away awkwardly. "I kinda deserved it, after all."

"No, you didn't. You did some pretty horrible things, but so have I, so it's not like I'm in any position to judge. And, like Lloyd keeps telling me... I'm supposed to be a good guy." Morro B shrugged a bit. "So... I'm sorry."

"I forgive you. And..." His double hesitated for a moment. "I'm sorry too. For everything I did to you, and Lloyd, and... Indigo." Morro B was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"I forgive you too." He extended a hand, and Morro A stared at it for a moment before apparently remembering what a handshake was and taking it. "Are we cool now?" Morro B asked as they shook hands.

"I guess."

"Good. In times like this, we need to focus on fighting the real bad guy, not each other."

"Ain't that the truth." Nicole muttered, staring at her boyfriend's metal fingers. Morro B shook his head.

"He'll come around. I'm sure he will."

"I hope so." The dream mistress crossed her arms. "'Cause if he doesn't, I'm gonna kill him."

"Please don't." Morro A winced.

"I won't. Don't take me seriously, I'm a crazy girlfriend." She patted his arm.

"Good. Because, if you did, you know who would get blamed for it." Nicole blinked owlishly at him before realizing what he meant.

"Ohhh. You."

"Yes, me."

"Speaking of crazy girlfriends," Morro B interjected, "I think Indigo has warmed up to you significantly."

"I think so too. And I'm glad." Morro A nodded, looking down at the floor. "She... out of all of you except for you and Lloyd A, I was probably the worst to her. I'm glad she's not like... Lloyd is." He glanced down at his hand.

"Even if she did... still hate you, she wouldn't do something like that." Morro B hastened to say. "At least, she wouldn't do such a thing without talking to me first, and between the two of us we would eventually decide it wasn't right." His double gave him a tight smile.

"It's a bad sign when an ex-villain and his reckless girlfriend are more morally pure than the Green Ninja." Morro B blinked, then smiled back.

"You're right. That's a terrible sign." He ran a hand through his longer hair, then turned away. "Thank you. For forgiving me."

"Thank you for forgiving me." Morro A replied. His double smiled over his shoulder at him, then left the room.

"That's a good thing." Nicole remarked once he was gone.

"What is?"

"That you two aren't fighting now."

"Well, yeah, obviously."

"But like... especially so with him, because he's really jealous of your relationship with his Lloyd and hopefully now that you two are getting along Lloyd will give him more attention and he can focus more on the battle for Ninjago." Morro blinked.

"He is?"

"Jealous? Yes."

"How do you...?"

"I heard them talking about it."

"Um... okay. Yeah. Hopefully that'll be a lot better for all of us."

"Yeah." Neither of them spoke for a moment before Morro continued.

"Do you think... do you think Lloyd A and I will ever be 'cool'?"

"Ah, nah." Nicole rolled her eyes. "There's no hope for you two. You cut off his leg, he cut off your fingers. The best you can do is avoid him." Morro bit his lip.

"Yes, but he... apologized to me. He... he sent Andreea to tell me he was sorry, he didn't think I'd want to see him. Which I didn't. I feel like... I feel like the right thing to do is to forgive him."

"Do you want to forgive him?"

"...not yet."

"Then don't. If he wants your forgiveness, he'll work for it." Morro frowned.

"...I guess."

"Just don't worry about him. He's not important right now, we're trying to prevent the end of the world." The ex-ghost cracked a smile.

"I guess."

"Right. Let's go see how that simulation is coming along, shall we?" Nicole took his hand, and they headed out in the direction Morro B had gone in search of Lloyd.

TheDarknessReturn

"Do you think he'll ever forgive me?" Lloyd asked softly, staring down at his prosthetic foot. Andreea, sitting beside him on the bed, shook her head.

"I don't know."

"If he doesn't, I- I-" Lloyd pressed his face into his hands. "Ugh, I feel terrible. There's always a sick feeling in my stomach, and I dream about what I did every night. I hear his scream every night." He let out a shuddering breath. "And I feel- I feel really sad and I don't- I don't really know why! It's- it's not like I killed him or something! Ohhhh..." Lloyd pressed his hands harder against his face. "I wish I hadn't done it. I really wish I hadn't done it..."

"You should talk to him." Andreea said softly.

"No, no. I can't. I can't even get close to him without him running away. He's afraid of me." Lloyd stared at the floor through his fingers. "I can't... he must hate me now if he didn't already."

"Well..." His girlfriend started slowly. "What if I went and asked him if he was up to meeting with you? I could offer to let his girlfriend come, for... protection." Lloyd frowned, lifting his head a bit.

"He has a girlfriend?"

"Yeah, Nicole. Dream powers."

"Oh." Lloyd sighed. "If I wasn't sure she hated me now too, I'd ask if she could maybe do something about these nightmares."

"If Morro will forgive you, then maybe you can."

"I hope so. So... yeah. I'd really like it if you went and talked to him."

"Alright. Should I go now?"

"I can't think of any better time. In fact, as soon as the Preeminent shows up, everything's going to fall apart, so... as soon as possible is probably best."

"Okay. I'll be back soon with his reply, and him and Nicole if he says yes, okay?" Lloyd nodded, straightening up a bit as his girlfriend stood and left the room. Sighing, the blond lay back on the bed, spreading his arms out to the sides and staring up at the ceiling. Even though what he had done bordered on unforgivable, he had to at least try to make things right.

Bold of you to assume she's not the one giving you said nightmares, Lloyd.

So... have you ever done a Bad Thing and then just felt soul-crushing guilt come over you? Imagine you did something 10x worse. That's how Lloyd 2 feels.

~FFF