A.N. there are only a few more chapters to go
I really should have said at the beginning of the previous chapter,things are going to be getting more gory/graphic from here on out.
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"This is not the end of me,this is the beginning."-I believe, christina perri
The Police station,New Ninjago City,Now
Liam had never been so self conscious before. Ok,so he'd been pretty self conscious when he'd showed the Hierarchy his wings,but this was different. Rick was staring at him,he still looked like Power,but he also looked like Liam. And Rick had been searching for Power for the past month. Liam was aware of the pain in his right wing,from where Rick had dislocated it. He was very aware of his fangs,he ran his tongue along his teeth,all of them were still pointed,and his tongue was still forked,however it was slightly wider than it had been. He could feel his fangs touching his chin and lips. He could feel the black eye Rick had given Power. He could feel his claws or talons or whatever you wanted to call them,pressing against the palms of his hands where he'd nervously clenched his fists,knowing he'd most likely drawn blood. He could feel his hair,which was as a crazy transition from overgrown golden bowl cut with grassy highlights to just below the ears,blond and green dip dyed hair. He was well aware of the fact that his eyes were a bright crimson,as they are most of the time nowadays,they're very rarely chocolate brown anymore. He still had Power's biker get up on.
And on top of all of that,this Bob guy had managed to get the masks off of the Hierarchy,something that was supposed to be impossible. And they'd taken the talismans away. Liam and most likely everyone else had tried to explain that it's dangerous for them,not having their talismans with them... No one listened. Then Ann,who Liam remembered from the first time he was arrested,had come into the interrogation room,and of course she'd recognised Liam and gone off to get Rick. When Rick had entered the room,it took everything Liam had to stop himself from crying in fear this time,not pain or shock. Then when Rick was standing infront of him it took Liam sooooo much courage to just look up. When he did meet Rick's eyes he realised that this was just as difficult for Rick as it was for him.
Bob,who obviously had no idea why this was such a tense moment asked, "Hey, Rick, are you okay? You look shaken up."
Ann sighed, "Do you want me to explain who he is,or do you?" She asked Rick.
Rick was silent for quite a while, Bob became even more confused as Rick hadn't looked away from Power since he entered the room. The silence was broken by Power,of all people.
"Rick... Th-they asssked y-y-you a quesstion." He stammered,pointing to the other two Cops in the room with one of his talons. Rick slowly turned to face his friends,his expression unreadable. Ann repeated herself,and Rick said that he'd explain,Power seemed to find this funny,because he sniggered a little,and just like that he was the center of attention once again.
"What's so funny?" Rick demanded,sounding more than a little bit annoyed.
"I-it's just... How're you going to explain who I am, i-if y-you don't know why I'm part of the gang?" Power struggled to ask,before collapsing into a fit of hysterical giggles. Bob looked kinda frightened by the boys giggling,most likely figuring the guy was certifiably insane. But Ann and Rick sighed and exchanged a look.
"Well,it's the best case scenario reaction from him,what about you?" Ann asked Rick with a small smirk. Rick returned said smirk and turned to talk to Power.
"Alright kid,I'll bite. Why'd you join The Gang of Masks?" Rick asked
"I had no choice,the mask appeared on the desk in my room. I was mesmerized by it,and... I guess I was almost in a trance,I put it on and my apperance changed. There was glowing green cursive writing in the mirror telling me I shall be known to the others as Power,then a glow led me to the meeting place. Before long I was appointed leader, meanwhile,you three were discovering these so called Weapons of the Hierarchy,which,by the way,we'd never even seen before you found them..." Power told his story,only to be interrupted by Bob.
"Wait. How do you know we've found those?" He demanded.
Power looked at him as if to say 'really'.
Rick sighed and turned to face Bob.
"Bob..." Rick began slowly, "In his day to day life,Power is known as Liam Montgomery... ... I adopted him recently,he's been living with me for the past 6 months." Bob looked kinda shocked by this sudden revelation. But before he could ask any questions,Liam interrupted.
"Yeah,and I,like most of the Hierarchy became amnesiacs a month before that... Oh,and like we said before,we need those talismans back,or else bad things will happen... I'm not entirely sure what kinda bad things,we weren't told..." Liam trailed off.
"Wait... Liam,the OTHER members of the hierarchy are amnesiacs too?" Rick asked.
"Yes! That's what I just said! But we NEED those talismans back,Rick." Liam sounded peeed off.
Then,with seemingly no provocation or warning,Liam began coughing. The three cops looked at each other in shock. This wasn't a small coughing fit. It was more like a cat coughing up a hair ball or a person coughing up their guts.
Liam's coughing fit seemingly ended.
"need...talisman...bad...happen..." Liam could barely speak. He was laying on the desk,his arms sprawled out underneath him,his wings forming a protective shield around his upper body. Rick glared at Bob,the one responsible for taking the talismans away from the Hierarchy. Bob was nearly at the door,going to get the talismans,Rick and Ann were attempting to get Liam into a sitting position,Ann was holding his wings whilst Rick was pulling his kid into a sitting position,when Liam's second coughing fit began.
This time he coughed up blood...
A.N. it's happening to all of the Hierarchy except Amber/Alex. She's still got her mask on.