Chapter 10: Big Trouble, Little Ninjago
Back in the city, everything was running and panicking after seeing Lord Garmadon defeat Lloyd. In the apartment, Misako and Harumi were keeping an eye on the news. "The city is in complete panic, since Lord Garmadon defeated the Green Ninja. The mayor's ordered a mandatory curfew until further notice, and everyone's wondering where the Ninja are and if the Green Ninja's okay." Gayle Gossip announced.
"Oh my goodness, this is terrible." said Harumi. "Don't worry, dear." Misako comforted. Toddler Wu had finished a picture he was drawing, and tried to get the ladies' attention. "Not right now, Wu." Misako told him.
But Toddler Wu kept it up. Finally they looked at all the drawings he drew. "What are these?" Harumi wondered. As they looked over the pictures, the phone rang. "Hello?" asked Misako, answering it.
"Misako, it's Nya." said Nya on the other end. "Oh, thank goodness. Is Lloyd okay?" "We've found him, but he's badly injured, and it's like the life's been drained out of him." she explained. "Is he all right?" asked Harumi.
"We need to get him some help." Misako told her. Toddler Wu held up one of the pictures, and it was then Misako realized what it was. "Take him to Mistake's Tea Shop, Wu thinks she can help." Misako instructed Nya.
"Gotcha, we're on our way." confirmed Nya, and they hung up. "Mistake's Tea Shop where's that?" asked Harumi. "A few blocks from here." answered Misako. "I've got to go there." said Harumi, heading towards the door.
"Harumi it's not safe out there." protested Misako, grabbing her shoulder. "I don't care. Lloyd's in trouble, and the city's in danger. I'm still the princess and future empress and the city and my people need me. And I need to prove that I can be useful." Harumi announced, and she hurried out the door.
"(Sighs), my son can pick 'em." she said to herself.
In a village far from the city, the men had donned themselves in samurai armor and swords. The leader gave him wife and child a quick hug, before stepping outside. Lord Garmadon, Hutchins, and the other members of the Sons of Garmadon were out there.
"We're just simple farmers, we don't have that much. Please just leave us." said the leader. "The only thing we want from you is to bow before your new emperor." Hutchins told him referring to Garmdadon.
"We'll never bow down to Lord Garmadon. We're prepared to fight if it comes down to it." "Obviously they need some convincing. Show them what you can do, my Lord." said Hutchins. With his powers, Lord Garmadon, levitated all the rocks in the area, and crafted them into something that made everyone in the village fear.
Knowing fighting would be a foolish choice, the leader dropped his sword and bowed. "That's better." said Lord Garmadon evilly.
Back in the city, Harumi had just arrived at Mistake's tea shop. "Hello, anyone here?" she asked, as she went in. "Who is it? Oh, princess what brings you here?" asked Mistake, coming out from the back room.
"The Ninja are bringing Lloyd here, he's been injured." Harumi explained. Just as she finished talking, the Ninja came in carrying Lloyd. "Mistake, we need your help." Said Kai. "Harumi, what're you doing here?" Asked Nya.
"I saw on the news what happened, is Lloyd okay?" asked Harumi. "He's not looking so good." Cole answered. "Yeah, he's got bad injuries, and he's running a fever." added Jay. "Set him on the counter, and try to cool him down, I'll be right back." Mistake told them.
The Ninja and Harumi did as she said. Harumi got an old towel for him to lay his head on, and Jay got a damp washcloth to cool him down. As everyone surrounded him, Lloyd mumbled. In his head he kept seeing his father, and he was trying to get away from him.
"The fever's making him hallucinate." Harumi pointed out. "Mistake, hurry, he's getting worse." pleaded Jay. In the back Mistake had just finished preparing a special kind of healing tea. "You can't rush these things." Said Mistake bringing in the tea.
"Will this help him?" Asked Harumi. "It will fix his injuries and heal his body, but there's a price." Mistake explained. "There's always a catch." Kai complained. "We'll pay it, no matter what." said Zane.
"It's not just for Lloyd, but you all as well. After he drinks the tea, you'll all need to put your hand on him, the tea will draw in all your elemental energy to save his life, but it may cost one of you your powers." she explained.
"One of us could lose our power?" asked Cole. "I'm afraid so." said Mistake. Lloyd groaned in pain. "We gotta do it." said Nya firmly. "Whoa whoa wait, we can't jump into this. We gotta think first." Kai reminded.
"Would you quit being selfish?" snapped Jay. "Maybe I am being selfish, but Lord Garmadon is more powerful than ever, and without our powers we might not have a chance at defeating him." Kai explained.
"He does a point." said Harumi. "While that's true, this has to be done now. I'm willing to give up my ice power." said Zane, putting his hand on Lloyd's leg. "I'll give up my lightening power." agreed Jay.
"You don't have to ask me twice about my earth power." said Cole. "I can do just fine without my water power." added Nya. They all looked at Kai, who stepped forward. "If giving up my fire power can help save him, I'll do it."
Harumi stepped back, as Mistake poured the tea into Lloyd's mouth. Then the healing began, the others' elemental energy surged through him, as they tried to hold him down. Then he opened his eye, which turned from green to black, and then he stopped.
"Did it work?" asked Jay. "Now we have to wait, and see." Mistake told them. And so they did, they waited for about three hours, but there was still no change in him. "At least his fever's going down." said Harumi, feeling his forehead.
"That means it's working." said Mistako from the back room. Luckily, the others managed to keep their powers. "I'm still worried about Garmadon." Kai piped up. "Don't worry, bro. We'll find a way, Ninja never quit." Comforted Nya.
In the back room, Mistake was preparing another type of tea. "What are you doing now?" Jay asked frustrated with the situation. "Just a little something." Answered Mistake, coming out from the room with a small paper bag.
"Uh thanks Mistake but this really isn't the time for takeout." Said Jay. "It's not takeout, it's a special something to go. It'll help you in your time of need." Mistake explained. Hearing that confused the others.
Suddenly they felt shaking, and a loud thumping noise. "What's that?" Asked Harumi in a frightened voice. "Nothing good." Said Zane. They all hurried outside, and saw a mob people run by.
"What's going on?" Cold Asked one of the people. "Big, horrible, monster." A man sputtered, pointing at something and ran off. Everyone looked to where the guy was pointing, and saw that the top of a skyscraper had been broken off.
"What in the world could've done that?" Asked Nya. "Something large and incredibly strong." Zane said. They saw animal skyscraper being destroyed. "Time to investigate." Said Kai. The Ninja checked to see if they still had their power, luckily they did.
"Good luck, everyone I'll stay with Lloyd." Harumi told them. "I'll stay too." Nya told her. "Then looks like it's just us four." Said Kai. Pixal in her Samurai X suit appeared. "Don't forget me." She reminded.
"Right we have Pixal." Said Zane. "Let's go guys." Said Kai. And they ran off into the city. As they ran down the road, they saw a gigantic robot made of rocks turn a corner. "What was that thing?" Wondered Cole.
"Whatever it is, we've gotta stop it." Kai told them. As they followed the giant, Commissioner Stevens and the rest of the police department had set up a road block. "All right people, we're gonna hit this thing with all we got." He announced.
The giant then stomped on some of the police cars. On another skyscraper, Lord Garmadon and Hutchins were standing next to the giant. "Listen you mortals, bow down before your new emperor, or suffer the consequences!" Shouted Garmadon.
"We'll never bow down!" Commissioner Stevens shouted back. "Then looks like we're doing this the hard way." remarked Hutchins. "Hold it right there." Called Kai from another building. "Hold it right there? You couldn't come up with anything better?" Asked Jay.
The two bickered for a while, but the giant walked towards them and tried to smash them. They ran down the road trying to dodge and stop it, while destroyed many things.
Back at the tea shop, Lloyd was trying come out of it. "Lloyd can you hear me?" Harumi asked him. Lloyd slowly opened his eyes. His vision was still a little blurry, at first he thought he was looking at an angel, then his vision cleared.
He groaned and held his head. "Nya, Mistake, he's awake." she called. The two hurried into the room. "I knew that recipe would work." said Mistake. "Oh, Lloyd I'm so glad you're okay." said, Harumi hugging him.
Though he was still a little weak, Lloyd hugged back. "How are you feeling?" asked Nya. "I think I'm okay, but I had this really weird dream. There was a giant made of stone and my father was looking for Master Wu." Lloyd explained.
"That wasn't a dream, Green Ninja, you had a vision." Mistake told him. "What about your powers?" wondered Nya. Lloyd tried to power his elemental power, but nothing happened. "What, I, I don't understand." he said.
"In order to save your one of us would have to lose our powers, but you're alive and that's all that matters." explained Nya. "You have to get to Wu before Garmadon does." Mistake advised. "But without my power, how can I be the Green Ninja?" Lloyd wondered.
"Lloyd, powers or no powers you'll always be the Green Ninja." Harumi comforted, putting a hand on his shoulder. "But I can't battle my father without my powers." he said. "We need to keep going, we have to fight." said Nya.
There was another tremor. "And we better hurry." added Harumi. They helped Lloyd get down from the counter, and helped him out of the store. "Wait." called Mistake. She hurried out, and gave Lloyd a green bag of tea, and Harumi a small mace.
"These should come in handy." she said, "This isn't the end young ones this is just the beginning." They thanked her, and hurried to Dareth's apartment.
The Ninja had hid between some buildings. "I hate to say this guys, but I don't think we can stop this thing." said Jay, out of breath. "It's definitely a challenge." agreed Kai. "Let's go get the Bounty, maybe we can defeat it with its' cannons." suggested Cole.
"You guys do that, I'll hold it off." said Pixal. "Good luck, Pixal." told Zane her. As Pixal battled the giant, Lord Garmadon seemed distracted. "What's wrong, my Emperor?" Hutchins asked. "I sense my brother is close." Lord Garmadon replied.
At the apartment, Toddler Wu and Misako were watching were looking out at the gloomy rainy sky. Toddler Wu tugged on her sleeve. "My bwother's coming." he said in his baby voice. "Are you sure?" asked Misako.
"I'm sure." Toddler Wu answered. "Then we better get out of here." said Misako. She picked him up, and went out the door. But down the hall was Lord Garmadon. Misako froze, as she backed up slowly.
Lord Garmadon powered up one of his hands, and flung a ball of energy at them. Luckily Nya pulled them out of the way. When they got up, she saw Lloyd and Harumi. "Lloyd thank goodness you're okay." she said.
"Good to see you too, Mom." said Lloyd. "Lloyd, you and Harumi take Wu, and get out of here." said Nya, giving Toddler Wu to Harumi. "Are you sure you'll be okay?" asked Harumi. "I've faced many dangers like this before." answered Nya.
"And I was married to him, so I can handle this." added Misako. As the three ran off, Misako and Nya battled Lord Garmadon. Though he was strong, the two ladies managed to get off a few punches, and when it looked like Garmadon had Misako cornered she used her water powers.
She blasted water out of a pipe, which washed Garmadon away. Lloyd, Harumi, and Toddler Wu got to the roof, and saw the stone giant in the distance. "Oh my gosh." Harumi gasped. "Come on, we gotta keep going." Lloyd told her.
As the two tried to get away, Hutchins stopped them. "There's no point in running. Hand over the kid." He demanded. "Hutchins, please, think about you're doing." Pleaded Harumi. "I've had this planned out for years, Princess. And nothing's gonna stop me." Hutchins replied.
He pulled out the Mask of Hatred, and put it on. His body turned into stone, and he went after them. Lloyd picked up Toddler Wu, and quickly gave him to Harumi. "Run, Rumi!" He yelled. As Harumi ran off with Toddler Wu, Lloyd fought Hutchins.
Lloyd tried to fire up an energy ball at him, but nothing happened. "Lose something, Ninja?" Hutchins asked evilly. Lloyd kept fighting, as Harumi and Toddler Wu ran. But Ultraviolet, Killow, and Mr. E surrounded her.
"No where to go, Princess." Sneered Killow. "Where's your prince or knights? Who's gonna rescue you?" Remarked Ultraviolet. Harumi scowled, she was tired of people thinking that just because she was a princess, she was helpless.
So she pulled out the mace, and held Toddler Wu tightly. They all came at her, and she hit, bonked, and slammed the mace at them. While they tried to get themselves together, Harumi hurried away with Toddler Wu.
She'd come to the edge of the roof, and the members of the Sons of Garmadon were coming. "Harumi!" called a voice. She looked down, and saw the Ninja in the Destiny's Bounty. "Jump!" yelled Cole.
She took a deep breath, held onto Toddler Wu tightly, and jumped and landed on the deck. "Thanks, guys." she said, setting Toddler Wu down. "Where's Lloyd and Nya?" wondered Kai. "Nya stayed behind to fight Lord Garmadon with Misako, and Lloyd's fighting Hutchins." she explained.
Lloyd managed to get away from Hutchins, but like Harumi he came to a dead end. "You know there's an easy way out of this. Join us be a real Son of Garmadon." Hutchins told him. Lloyd seemed to be lost in thought for a moment.
Then he answered, "Never." and he jumped off the edge, and landed on a tram. "Guys, where are you?" he asked into his hood headset. "Look beside you." said Jay. Lloyd did, and saw them in the Destiny's Bounty.
"Jump." called Cole. "You're too far." Lloyd said back. As Zane got a little closer, Lloyd jumped, but Hutchins jumped on the tram, and grabbed his leg. "Lloyd!" cried Harumi. She got on the side of the ship.
"What are you doing?" asked Jay. "Helping, Lloyd." she answered, and she jumped from the Bounty to the tram car. Lloyd used fighting skills, while Harumi used her mace. As the Destiny's Bounty kept flying, the giant grabbed it, and tried to crush it.
"No." cried Lloyd as he saw the scene. Hutchins grabbed him and Harumi by their collars, and made them watch. "(Grunting), I can't break free." said Zane, trying to steer them away. "What do we do?" asked Jay.
"Go." said Toddler Wu. "We're trying." Cole told him. "We got to go." Toddler Wu said again. Then Jay realized it. "To go, Mistake said this tea will help us in our time of need." he explained, holding up the bag.
"Well open it." urged Kai. He did, and from the bag, yellow tea leaves and blue mist surrounded them. "Whoa, I'm feeling kinda weird." said Cole. The giant then crushed the Destiny's Bounty, leaving Lloyd and Harumi shocked.
"How's it feel, to lose everything and everyone you've cared about?" Hutchins sneered. Lloyd fell to his knees, and Harumi hurried to his side. She saw a tear run down his cheek, and Harumi whispered something to him.
"Lloyd, I'm so sorry, and I can imagine what you're going through right now, but Ninja never quit." He opened his eyes, and stood up. Taking in Harumi's words and what Mistake said he spoke.
"This isn't the end, Hutchins, this is only beginning. I may not have my powers or my team anymore, but I'm going defeat you and my father." He grabbed Harumi by the waist, they jumped off the tram car, and parachuted down.
Lord Garmadon watched the scene from a building rooftop. "At least, Ninjago is mine." he said to himself happily.
The Ninja were all lying on the ground. Cole felt something poke his head. Looking up, he saw his friends, and part of the Destiny's Bounty. He got to his feet, and looked around. They were no longer in the city, but surrounded by desert.
As the others got to their feet, they began wondering where they were. "Guys, I don't think we're in Ninjago anymore." Cole told them. "Then where are we?" asked Zane. Suddenly dragons flew over their heads.
"The Realm of Oni and Dragon." Kai answered in awe.
The End
So what'd you all think of my version, not as good, just as good, or better than the original. I'd like to thank Cheesepuff fg, Quimby flectcher, and Reyella for their reviews. And be on the lookout for Ninjago: Hunted (Vicky Style)