Cole's P.O.V.
I woke up to bright white light shining in my face. I tried to block it with my hand, but I couldn't move it. Instead, I turned my head to the side.
"Who are you?" a voice asked me.
"Who are you?" I replied.
"All that matters is your name," a voice snarled. "Now, talk."
I refused at first. I didn't know who this was, so how could I trust them. Then something bit into my leg. I held in a cry.
"Tell me," he demanded.
"Cole," I said. "My name is Cole Brookstone."
"Good," I finally saw his face. His eyes were the same red as those creatures that attacked us. But he was more human. He had more normal fingers, but still sharp metal ends. He studied me, and I held as still as I could.
"Why does that girl matter so much to you?" he asked.
Crap! Dash!
"I love her," I said. "Where is she?"
"Locked up at the moment," he replied. "Until we decide if you're useful or not. Does she share your feelings?"
"Well, yeah," I said.
That's when he jumped on me.
"You should know ghosts can't love mortals!" he shouted at me.
I looked at him confused, then realized I was in my human form. He glared at me.
"No, you don't understand what's going on," I said. "I'm not fully human. I'm part ghost."
He examined me, then moved the hair that covered my scar. I flinched and flickered from human to ghost when he touched.
"Don't," I said.
He smirked, stepping back.
"You're unique," I heard him say. "No one has been half and half before. How did you change to a ghost?"
Wait, should I really be telling him everything? He's the villain.
"Talk!" he shouted as he ran his metal fingers down my leg.
I no longer could hold back the cries. I screamed as they dug into my leg.
"Fine," I said. "I was in Yang's Haunted Temple. We were trying to learn Airjitzu, and I didn't get out on time."
"Cursed," he said. "You were cursed. I've heard enough. You will work nicely with the girls power."
My eyes widened.
"No! You can't do this!" I shouted.
"SILENCE!" he shouted back. "YOU GET NO CHOICE NO SHUT IT BEFORE I DECIDE OTHERWISE!"
I heard a door slam shut, and I waited in silence. Is this it? Are we going to be together, just not how we thought? Dead. I shook the thought, trying to wiggle free from the straps holding me down at the waist, arms and ankles. I have to escape, for Dash. For the whole world.
Lloyd's P.O.V.
We walked into the Cursed Realm. The place looked destroyed. Ghosts were lying everywhere, defeated.
"What happened?" Kai asked in awe.
"Lloyd! Up here!" I heard Morro call.
I started to run to him, but Zane and Kai grabbed me.
"He told you," Kai cried.
"Kai, Cole left to help them," I said. "This place is destroyed and Cole is gone. What other choice do we have."
I pulled free and ran with the others. We got to Morro and I saw my Father on the ground, curled in a ball.
"Dad!" I cried.
"Lloyd," he mumbled.
I hugged him tightly.
"Oh my son," he smiled. "You did come."
"Garmadon, what happened to the Realm?" Jay asked.
"Death Shadows attacked us for Dash," Garmadon said.
"Cole was right," I said. "About everything."
"Dash," Zane murmured. "I remember her now. She died."
"She was here the whole time," Zack said.
"Yes, but now they have both Dash and Cole," my father told everyone. "They wanted her so they could take her powers and use them to destroy our worlds."
"We don't have much time," Morro told us. "I can do what I can to find them, but I won't be able to do much."
"Thank you, Morro," Tylor said.
"Hurry, we don't have a moment to spare," Morro said.
"Tylor, Stan, Nicki and Roy," I said to them. "Take Zack and be prepared to protect the world."
"But I want to help save Dash," Zack moaned.
"Zack, listen," I said. "If we don't get to them before it's too late, it'll be up to you guys and whoever you can find to save the world. I believe in you."
Zack nodded and ran off with Dash.
"Where do we go?" Zane asked Morro.
"Through the Lost Forest," Morro said. "I saw them go that way. There is only one way in and out of their world, and that has to be it."
"What are we waiting for?" I asked.
We sprinted after Morro, deep into the forest. It was misty, dark and spooky.
"Scared Lloyd," Morro mocked me.
"No," I lied, acting cool.
Morro rolled his eyes and we continued walking.
"Lloyd, are you sure you wanna trust him?" Kai whispered in my ear. "He could be working with them."
"Morro wouldn't disobey my father," I claimed. "All ghost listen to my father, no matter what."
Kai shook his head as the forest opened up. In front of us stood a black portal.
"Here it is," Morro said. "Beyond this portal lies your friends. Just realize, once you go through, there is no turning back until you get Dash. She can help you escape from there, but only she can. Good luck ninja."
I turned as Morro ran back into the forest.
"Cole and Dash are in there," I said.
"We have to work fast, before they're gone forever," Kai said.
"Let's go!" Jay cried.
We ran into the portal, but I blacked out almost immediately.
