Chapter 18
There was silence in the room. Not one soul was moving. Everyone was shocked to Lucas's choice to follow Garmadon. Lloyd gasped at his cousin's decision, after all they went through and the relationship they made as a family. Even Sensei gasped to his son's sacrifice to follow his brother. Everyone was still speechless on what they heard from the water ninja.
Garmadon, however, didn't look shocked or speechless. He just grinned to his nephew that he'll have his apprentice back by his side.
"Consider it a deal." Garmadon chuckled as he put the daggers away in the sheaths behind his back and tosses Sensei and Nya to the kneeling ninja.
Kai and Jay ran to check on Nya, while Cole and Zane ran to check on Sensei. But Sensei pushed them away and went up to his son, fell to his knee's and placed his hands on his shoulders.
"Lucas, why?" Sensei asked.
Lucas wrapped his arms around his father and brought him closer to whisper in his ear, "I did it to save you."
Lucas looked at his father's face and could see the tears forming in his eyes, his eyes began to stung too but he refused to shed the tears. Lloyd ran up to him with sadness on his face and wrapped his arms around him; not to go.
"Lucas, you promised you wouldn't go." said Lloyd.
Lucas looked away from his father and looked at his cousin. He could see a tear running down his cheek and placed his hands on the kid's shoulders.
"Sometimes promises have to be broken." he tells him, "Please be brave and stay with them. I don't want you to put yourself in danger."
As Lucas was saying his good-byes to everyone, he could see them all heart-broken. He's always been training with them, fighting against the serpentines, and training Lloyd; which put more guilt to his heart. But he did it to protect his family. Garmadon was growing impatient as he wants to get out of here and rule Ninjago.
"Come my apprentice." he commanded and held out a hand.
A purple lightning bolt shot out of his hand and made its way around Lucas. Lucas felt he couldn't move as he, his sai's and backpack, were being lifted into the air and all headed towards Garmadon's side. Lucas's bag was slung over his shoulders and his sai's were placed in his belt; ready to leave. Garmadon snapped his fingers and a purple fire blazed around the two figures. Lloyd refusing to cry more wanted to run up to Lucas, but Lucas told Cole and Zane to stop him so he doesn't ruin his destiny to fight against his father. Lucas watched his cousin release the tears from his eyes and run down his cheeks as Cole and Zane prevented him from coming near the flame. He looked at his family one last time to see all of them shedding a tear and refused to release the tears from his eyes and instead reached into his bag to pull out an item before the flame engulfed the two figures.
The flame disappeared and the two figures were gone. The only remaining item that was left in Lucas's spot was his flute. Cole and Zane released Lloyd and the kid ninja walked up to the flute, picked it up, and held it to his chest and let out a whimper as he cried. Sensei walked up to him, placed a hand on his shoulders, and let his tears run down his cheeks and into his beard as his only son was gone with his brother; again. The ninja's and samurai bowed their heads in respect for Lucas as he chosed to be with Garmadon and began to leave the sewers with Sensei and Lloyd behind them.
Dawn was rising as everyone reached the Bounty. Nya landed her exo-suit on the deck, hopped out and Sensei hopped off the seat of the suit and went into his study; heart-broken. The ninja's were in their vehicle's as they reached the Bounty, with Lloyd riding with Jay, holding on the flute Lucas left behind tightly. They all reached the deck of the ship, Lloyd made his way into the ship through the scattered inventions that he and Lucas didn't bother to put away. Jay questioned him on why his gadgets were thrown around, but Lloyd ignored him and made his way into the ship. He walks into the shared bedroom and it looked deserted to him. He put his backpack on the rung on his and Lucas's bunkbed and looked to his cousin's now empty bed.
Lloyd climbed up to Lucas's bed and laid down to feel more sorrow and depression in his heart. He held the flute tightly as he felt more pain in his heart as everything around him and the flute reminded him of Lucas, and more tears ran down his cheeks. There was a knock at the door and Lloyd shouted them to go away and eventually they did. Lloyd cried his eyes out as he was now alone without his cousin to protect him. Lucas more than a cousin to him, but more like a big brother to him, who was always there when he needed him. He continued crying himself into slumber with the tears sliding off Lucas's flute as his only cousin was now gone.