A.N: 'Sup? Ok, thanks for the reviews, as always. Oh, and I felt bad for Lloyd, having all these bad things happen to him, so I came up with…Lloyd having a crush! Heehee, ok please enjoy! CHAPTER 8!

Garmadon's POV:

As I slowly awoke to the sunshine streaming in the room, I was immediately aware of my son snoring peacefully on my lap, using my legs as a pillow. Smiling, I put a hand on his forehead, which was still sweltering. Carefully, I separated myself from him and propped up his head with a pillow. I noticed all the others were still asleep except for my brother. I wandered into the kitchen, seeing Wu making some tea.

"Morning brother" he greeted. I greeted him back and leaned against the wall, unsure of what to say or do. We still didn't have electricity, sadly, and it was too early to make breakfast. "Lloyd feeling any better?" my brother inquired. "I felt his forehead, and it was still hot." "Perhaps we can take his temperature" he suggested. I followed him into the bathroom, watching him grab a thermometer and carefully step over Kai, who somehow fell asleep on the floor, and make his way to Lloyd.

He was so cute, drooling on the pillow and snoring softly without a care in the world. Wu stuck the thermometer in his mouth, and Lloyd didn't even stir. After a few moments, both of us heard a soft beep. Wu pulled it out to reveal: 104.3. Instantly I felt scared. Wu saw this and smiled. "Don't worry. We can get medicine for him when the power comes back on. Until then he needs his rest." This made me feel better.

A yawn from Jay caused us to turn our heads. Jay's storm grey eyes fluttered open and he groggily stated: "Ugh. I officially hate winter." I chuckled. "Believe me. So do I." Jay sighed and sat up on the couch. "So, what time is it?" "Around 9:00" answered my brother. Jay's attention turned to hot-head on the floor. Eyebrows arched, he muttered: "I don't even wanna know…." Wu and I laughed. It was nice to laugh after all that has happened over the past few days.

Later….

Soon the only people still asleep were Kai and Lloyd. Wasn't surprised about my son, he's had a long day. As for hot-head, well I just kinda expected that from him.

Everyone was laughing at the tales the ninja had to spin, especially the ones that were told in the cave. Somehow, I feel like losing the power was a good thing. It gave me a chance to have the ninja trust me a bit more. I couldn't leave now, not with my son in danger of being killed. The thought of that, it always seemed to bring me to the brink of tears.

Speaking of my son, he finally stirred and we all saw a pair of sky blue eyes looking at us. "Whoa. Did I miss something?" I chuckled. "No, not much son." Then he entered a coughing fit. I sat down next to him until he was done. "God I hate this." "Don't blame you kiddo" stated Jay. Lloyd's voice still sounded like a combination of sandpaper and a washboard, really really scratchy.

"Well, since it's clear that we need to stock up on food and medicine, one of us should go into town and pick up some items. Some of the stores in town have reopened because the storm passed." Nya was right, as usual. "I guess I'll go" volunteered Cole. After getting bundled up, he wished us good luck and stepped outside.

Cole's POV:

Finally I entered town. The small village outside of Glacier Barrens is never very crowded, and is always covered in a blanket of snow, year-round. It's always a popular vacation spot in the winter time, and you will always seem to see kids sledding and building snowmen in the crisp winter air.

After paying for my items and stepping out of the convenience store, I was hit right square in the face with a snowball. As if I wasn't cold enough. Some local kids were having a snowball fight, and one of them obviously needs to work on his aim.

I continued walking down the street until I was almost in the town square. Suddenly I heard the voice of a young girl calling for help. I saw her running down the path, being chased by a group of Venomari. I put down the groceries and took out my scythe. While chasing them, I struck it into the ground, causing the earth to tremble. The 6 snakes were caught off balance and fell to the ground. The girl just stood behind some crates and watched. I approached the snakes, and with as much hatred in my voice as I could muster, commanded them to leave. They did, and sprinted in the opposite direction.

I turned my attention to the girl. When I saw her face more clearly, I gasped.

"Zoe?"

"Cole?"

Lloyd's POV:

Note to self: NEVER WALK ON A FROZEN LAKE. Ugh I feel horrible. I'm constantly going from being cold, to hot, to cold again. My throat hurts so bad it hurts to talk. My nose is all stuffy and I seem to be coughing so much I'm surprised a lung hasn't some out. After trying to eat breakfast I just puked it back up again. Now I feel so nauseous I can't keep anything down, not even water! Yep, living the dream.

I was sitting down on the couch trying to focus on not throwing up (for the 3rd time today) when Cole came back, but with a girl. I nearly fell off the couch when I saw her. She had short dark brown hair a little bit above her shoulders that was super curly. Her hazel eyes seemed to sparkle. She was about my height, maybe a little taller. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. All I could think was: hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot. Jay looked curious. "Dude, who's the girl?" "This is Zoe, my sister. We were separated as kids, and now I finally found her." "You never told us you had a sister" commented Zane. "I didn't really like to talk about it." She smiled, hot, and waved at us.

Uncle walked over to her. "Hello Zoe. Welcome to the Destiny's Bounty." "Thank you. So far it looks amazing." "Well I'm Sensei Wu, this is my brother Garmadon, and my students,Jay, Kai, Zane, and my nephew Lloyd." I froze when he introduced me. Oh man what should I say?! The only thing I could manage to say was: "Um, hi!" Grr I'm such an idiot. She must think I'm a weirdo. I could feel my cheeks turn 10 shades of red. Instead of thinking I'm weird, like I thought, she smiled at me! SHE SMILED AT ME! Oh man victory!

Dad noticed this and grinned. So did Uncle. The others looked like they were trying not to laugh. Oh no. "So Lloyd, why don't you show Zoe around?" suggested Jay. Is this payback Jay for me messing with your sparring robot? IS THIS YOUR REVENGE? Now I'll probably make a fool of myself. But, no use getting out of it. "Sure. Um, follow me." "Sweet! Can't wait!" I blushed again. She was so pretty. And I led her out of the room. Before I left I mouthed: HELP ME! Cause based on the way I acted around her, I'm gonna need it.

Jay's POV:

The second Lloyd and Zoe left me and Kai started laughing. Oh man that was funny! Lloyd Garmadon, who was once famous for thinking girls had cooties, has a crush! Nya smiled. "Stop it you two, I think its sweet the pipsqueak's found love." "Nya he was as red as a tomato when he tried to talk to her. Admit he's hopeless." Kai had a point. "Yeah. Can't argue with that." Sensei Wu smiled. "Ah young love is a beautiful thing." Garmadon nodded in agreement. "Well he's gonna need our help, so let's follow them" I suggested. We all agreed and set out.

We found them in the bridge. "And this is the bridge. This is where we find out what's going on in Ninjago. It comes up on this monitor, and this alarm goes off." "Wow. That's really cool!" We could see pipsqueak's face turn bright red again. Oy vey. "Yeah the first time you hear the alarm, well, let's just say it's louder then you may think." Zoe smiled, causing Lloyd to blush. "Good warning admiral!" Then they both started laughing. "Aw. That is so cute!" whispered Nya. I shushed her.

"So, where do you guys train?" "Oh, that's on the main deck. Come on!" The pair raced over to the stairs. "Wait! It's more fun if you slide down the banister. Like this." Lloyd sat in the railing and slid down, yelling WOO HOO! And landed on the floor, surprisingly on his feet. "Come on! Try it!" Zoe instantly slid down. "WAIT FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FIRST!" CRASH. Then we heard an eruption of laughter. "That was awesome!" cried Zoe. "Told you!"

The rest of us followed them onto the main deck. "Where's the training equipment?" she inquired. "You gotta press this switch. " Lloyd gestured to the switch on the wall. "You can press it if you want." Zoe punched the button and the course popped up. "That is AWESOME!" Zoe screeched.

Lloyd and Zoe sat down on the bench. Aw, romantic moment. "So, you guys gone on any cool missions?" Lloyd blushed again. "I'm not really the person to ask. I don't really go on missions. You can ask your brother though. He and the others have been on all kinds of adventures." "How come you don't go on any missions? That must be fun, beating up bad guys." Lloyd sighed. "I don't really know. They just think I'm a kid that needs all this attention and protection and can't fight, which I HATE. I like beating things up and fighting. But they don't really seem to get that. And, not only are they the best friends I've ever had, they're the ONLY friends I've ever had. And I don't want to ruin that and get in the way. Besides, they probably think I'll screw everything up, and their probably right." "That stinks. But hey, if it makes you feel any better, you seem like you can kick some serious snake butt to me." "Thanks Zoe."

Awkward silence. We all looked at each other. I never knew that's how he felt that way. And, he's right. We do treat him like that. But the past few days have shown that he can take care of himself. He's a really tough and brave kid in a small package.

Lloyd reached into his pockets and pulled out a Twix bar. "Hey, want a Twix?" "Are you kidding? I love Twix! Thanks!" The kiddo blushed and answered: "No problem." ACHOO! "Bless you" said Zoe with a mouthful of candy. "So Lloyd, you like comics?" asked Zoe. "Yeah, how'd you know?" She smiled. "I can always tell. Star Farer's my favorite." "Really? Mine too!" The next few minutes turned into a heated comic book conversation. "Yeah I'm outta here" I declared. Everyone agreed. Lloyd seemed to be ok. He's becoming quite the Romeo. I smiled as me and the others left the two love birds in peace.

A.N: Awwwww….Lloyd has a crush! J Did you like it! Do you like the LloydxZoe pairing? Should I do more LloydxZoe moments or cut down? Review please!