Ch.7: Father Vs. Daughter

Pam turned to face her disowned father, who's dressed like a black samurai but with a hooded cape instead of a helmet.

"I see you've survived my lashing," she said with a dark glare in her eyes as ushered Lloyd behind her and the other ninja, who got their weapons out and ready. "Although there are times I wished you didn't, like right now." Lawrence just glared back at her.

"Now is that any way to greet your father, Pamela?"

"You're not my dad anymore," she snapped. "I disowned you, remember? Or were just too full of yourself to accept it?"

"We got ya hopelessly outnumbered, pal!" Cole growled.

"No, guys," she said, holding her arm up to stop him and the others. "You keep Nya, Lloyd, and Dr. Julien back. This is between him and me."

"You have a lot of nerve for doing what you did to me all those weeks ago," Lawrence then yelled. "After you 'vanished', your mother was so enraged with me that she divorced me and kicked me out of our home while I was recovering from the hospital. I tried to ask your uncles to let me into their home, but they wanted nothing to do with me because I never told them about that stupid garden party. They blamed me for missing out on your 'big night' and feared you now hate them for missing out on it for a football game!"

"Remind me to give Mom a hug for divorcing your backstabbing butt," Pam replied with a smug smirk. "That's the smartest thing she ever did since my accident all those months ago." Her disowned father merely scowled at her mockery.

"Everyone in New York City hated me!" he roared. "After your mother divorced me, she sent stories to the press about it all being my fault that you, her 'precious daughter', are gone and can't be found. I was humiliated, fired, blacklisted…I practically had to hide away in the streets from the police wanting to arrest me for 'attempted murder'!"

"And then Lord Garmadon found you, right?" she replied, her smirk vanishing into a snarl.

"You got that right," he said to her. "He felt great potential in me and chose me as his right-hand man. Even used the power of the Mega Weapon to grant me my powers."

"Like summoning zombies or pyrokinesis?"

"Exactly. And seeing you here is just the opportunity I need to see that you get yours."

"Ooh, I'm so scared," she scoffed. "It was your fault! After my accident, I became famous! I've been making a fortune for the family with my artwork and my song/dance performances. And what did you do to show your appreciation? YOU ACTED LIKE I WAS A CIRCUS FREAK! If you had just shown even a small amount of pride for me, you wouldn't have been ruined! And yet, here we are: the Wind Ninja, and the backstabbing scumbag! Well, here I am, old man! Let's see what you can do besides summoning zombies to do all your dirty work while you stayed at the sidelines like a coward!" Lawrence then smiled cruelly at her before turning his gaze to Lloyd.

"Just answer me this one question, Pamela," he said. "Just how fond are you of little Lloyd there?" Pam turned to the frightened boy sharply before stepping out in front of him.

"You leave him out of this, ya sicko!" Her disowned father just laughed at her.

"I see," he replied with a dark look in his eyes. "This should make my revenge on you even more enjoyable…"

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM!" she yelled, bringing out her sais and lashing at him with whips of golden winds emitting from them. He quickly jumped back to dodge it.

"Temper, temper, Pamela," he taunted. "You remember what happened the last time you lost your temper."

"Yeah, and I don't regret it!" she yelled, lashing at him again only to have him jump to the side to evade it. "Is that the best you can do? Throw lame insults at me? And you thought I was pathetic!" The smirk never left his face however when he glanced to the side.

"Actually, I was just stalling you long enough for my new boss to arrive," he answered, holding his arm out to the side. The group then turned to see a small black-and-blood-red dragon resembling a velociraptor with wings flying towards them. When it landed beside Lawrence, they all saw that the one riding it is none other than Lord Garmadon, holding the Mega Weapon with one hand while holding the reins with two of the others.

"Dad!" Lloyd cried out, his eyes wide with surprise at seeing his father for the first time in months.

"That's your dad?!" Pam cried, turning to the boy with shock. "Why didn't anyone tell me he's got four arms?!"

"Did we forget to mention that?" asked Cole.

"Yeah, ya did," she answered.

"Oops…" the ninja replied simultaneously.

"It has been a long time, ninja," Garmadon then said to them before turning to Lloyd with a smile. "I see you've been taking care of my son very well."

"Yeah, he's a fast learner," Jay replied with a slightly nervous chuckle. The Dark Lord's red eyes then fell upon Pam.

"And that must make you Pamela," he said to her, "the new Golden Ninja of Wind and the Wielder of the Sais of the Four Winds." She then humbly bowed to him in reply.

"That I am," she answered. "It's an honor to finally meet you, Lord Garmadon." The others turned to her with shock.

"You're greeting him with respect?" Kai asked.

"Well, why not?" she answered. "He's also Sensei's brother and Lloyd's dad."

"She's made a good point," Zane replied.

"Again!" the ninja added simultaneously. Dr. Julien and Nya snickered in reply.

"Gifted and respectful," Garmadon replied with a smile. "You are quite the combination. I couldn't understand why your father considered you a freak."

"Uh, disowned dad, actually," Pam explained. "I disowned him before your brother found me."

"Oh, shut up!" the insulted Lawrence snapped before turning to Garmadon. "Are you going to destroy them or what?" Pam just smirked at him.

"Oh, that's real sweet of you, Lawrence," she said to him. "While you're at it, why don't you also tell your boss that you were trying to hurt his son?" Garmadon's eyes went wide with shock.

"He did what?!" he roared before turning to his henchman sharply with fire in his eyes

"Oh, come on!" Lawrence cried as he tried to deny it. "Are you actually gonna believe her over me just because she's trying to protect that brat of yours?!" Realizing what he just said, he slapped his hands over his mouth.

"Nice one, old man," Pam scoffed dryly.

"Man, he's worse than my dad," Jay replied…right before Garmadon jumped off his steed and lashed his weapon out at Lawrence, who jumped back with fear.

"How dare you try to lay a hand on my son!" he roared. "And after I took you in and gave you your powers!"

"You go, Garmadon!" Pam cheered, making the others roll their eyes in reply.

"I have given you your powers, Lawrence," the Dark Lord growled at his soon-to-be ex-henchman. "And I can take them away…" There was a sudden blur, and the Mega Weapon was gone from his grip…only to be in the hands of Lawrence, who stood behind him in anger.

"Not while I have my say," he growled as his superior turned to him sharply.

"Dad, no!" Lloyd cried, running to his father's side as Lawrence turned to them slowly.

"LLOYD!" Pam and Garmadon cried simultaneously as the Green Ninja then stood in front of his father with arms outstretched. Lawrence then smirked at them arrogantly.

"Well, this has gotten even more pleasant," he said coldly. "Once both of you are out of the way, all will be lost for Ninjago…which will then be mine." He then raised the Mega Weapon above his head to conjure up a spell to use against the Garmadons…

"NOOOO!" Everything happened too quickly for Lawrence to catch with his eye when his ex-daughter dashed forward with her wings and fired a golden blast of wind from her sais. It then knocked her disowned father back, forcing him to drop the Mega Weapon before he hit the waters of the beach behind him.

"Pam!" Lloyd cried, gazing at the Yellow Ninja as her eyes glowed gold. Lord Garmadon also watched in awe at the Ninja who had just saved him and his son just seconds ago.

"No one…" she said, her voice sounding somewhat magical, "and I mean no one…HURTS…MY…BROTHER!" She then slammed the points of her sais into the Mega Weapon, impaling it as if it were made of paper. Everyone then watched in awe as the Mega Weapon then glowed gold before bursting into four orbs of light: one red; one blue; one white; and one black.

"She's reincarnating the Spinjitzu Weapons!" Dr. Julien cried before each orb flew over to the ninja of its color. Each then seeped into the ninja's weapon, causing the weapon to glow its color.

When they stopped glowing, the Ninja saw that their weapons had transformed into the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu. Well, they looked like the Golden Weapons but are different, looking as though they are made of a precious stone. Kai's Fire Sword is a red ruby. Cole's Scythe of Quakes is a black pearl. Jay's Nunchucks of Lightning are a blue sapphire. And Zane's Shurikens of Ice are a white diamond.

"Wow," Kai said as he admired his weapon. "Now I know what they meant by reincarnating our weapons. My sword's red now!"

"Woo-hoo!" Jay cried, swinging his nunchucks about. "It feels good to have my Spinjitzu Weapon back!"

"I bet they must be stronger now," Cole said, carefully running his hand along the side of the scythe's blade with a smile.

"Welcome back, old friends," Zane whispered, smiling at his reflection in his shurikens.

Pam then turned to her ex-father, who was trying to get up from the water and was trying to fire a blast from his hand at her but to no avail. She then smiled down at him confidently. Apparently, by destroying the Mega Weapon, she destroyed his powers as well. Lawrence then looked up at his ex-daughter fearfully, recalling how he felt the wrath of her ninja powers.

"N-Now, Pam, sweetie," he stuttered in protest. "If you j-just hear me out, I-I'm sure we c-can think up a solution to this slight m-misunderstanding…"

"Slight misunderstanding"? Seriously? Puh-lease…

"That's something you have to take up with your 'boss'," she then replied, moving aside along with Lloyd as Lord Garmadon the advanced towards his traitor with a growling snarl and fire in his eyes. Suddenly, a golden light shown in his eye, making him blink with a wince and turn to the side.

"Hm…" he muttered when he saw that the glint came from Pam's sais. "The Sister Weapon of Reincarnation…" He then looked up at Pam with a gentle smile.

"Thank you for saving us, Pamela."

"It's like I said before," Pam said, now normal as she hugged Lloyd. "No one hurts my brother." The Dark Lord then bowed to her respectively.

"I give my blessing to you," he then said, giving her a look of pride her ex-father failed to give her. "One warrior…to another." Pam then bowed back at him, feeling proud to be considered a warrior in the Dark Lord's eyes and receiving his blessing. Garmadon then turned to Lawrence with a look of anger before shooting one of his hands out at him, emitting a black tentacle of some sort from it to wrap around the surprised Lawrence.

"No!" he protested. "My Lord, wait!" But Garmadon ignored his protests as he then hopped onto his raptor-dragon, which then growled angrily at the frightened has-been.

"I'm sure the Ninjago City Police will love to have a criminal like you behind bars," the Dark Lord said to him coldly as he took the reins. "Hyah!" The raptor-dragon then shot into the air and soared across the ocean with a screaming Lawrence in tow. The others just watched after them.

"Catch ya later, Dad," Lloyd said with a smile.

"Well, that's one less creep we have to worry about," Jay said with a smile, "but now HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO GET HOME?!" Pam then looked to the side, and her eyes went wide with surprise.

"Uh, guys?" she said, pointing at the direction she was looking. They all turned and were shocked to find the Destiny's Bounty floating in the water by the shore, not a single scratch on it.

"What the—The Bounty's back!" Jay cried.

"But how?" asked Zane. Pam and Lloyd turned to each other with smiles. She can agree with him on that answer.

"Dad…"