Sorry for the late update! have been so busy and can only do this on the computer not the iPhone. also look for the bold words! tell me what you find and where its from!
As they walk the mist gets stronger around us and they start to hear voices. "you'll never win even if You get to you team!" and other things. They start to run but figures start to attack binx pulls her sword and he pulls his. They start slashing, and the figures start to laugh. There was a forest on there right, and Binx headed there. All of a sudden someone grabs her pulls her sword and twisted her left arm up and behind her and puts her own sword to her neck. It was Lloyd, but he didn't know it was her. She sees he is wearing green And can tell its Lloyd. "l-Lloyd..." she says scared. He sees it's her and drops her. The blade had been choking her. She crumples at his feet and he can see its her perfectly well. She's not moving a d it's clear she was out cold. He bends own and picks her up bridle style. She was very light. He looks at her slim form. Wait no...he can see her ribs...like she had not been eat anything...once beck in the open and away from the mist, Lloyd lit a fire and laid her and put her head on his lap.
"Binx," he whispered and started to stroke her hair in what he hoped was a comforting way.
She started to move. Opening her eyes she saw Lloyd. "hi? Wha...Lloyd?" her eyes go out of focus.
"Hiya," he said, grinning.
"how? If you used my sword I should I be in two!" she says
Sitting up. He smiles. "like I would ever hurt you on purpose. I'm a bit more skilled than that!" "right sorry..." she says slightly ashamed. He puts a arm around her.
"Don't worry, what matters now is that we're safe, I hope," Lloyd muttered the last two words under his breath.
"those where the people who killed my brother... They taunted me, saying I was as weak as him and that it's my fault he died..." Lloyd heard them too.
"It's not your fault," Lloyd said. "I think that there was nothing you could do, because sometimes, no matter how hard you try, no matter how many times you replay the moment on my head, fate will always be there to tell you that it's done, and can not be changed."
Binx Looks at him with pleading eyes. "but it is Lloyd. I should have done more! I should have ignored the pain and stops' that blade and not blacked out! I could have should have saved him!" Lloyd knew that she just felt bad and that there was nothing she could have done but right now Binx looked about ready to break. He felt bad but didn't know what to do.
"Come on, what you need right now, is a good hug," he said, stretching out his arms slightly.
She starts to look scared. "I don't usually hug. Or have contact to a living being in any way..." she starts to trail off looking down.
"Come on, I'm your Golden Boy, aren't I?" Lloyd smile reassuringly. His arms were still up.
"yes I guess you are." she gives him a light hug. Starting to pull away she says, "thanks." smiling a bit herself.
"You're welcome," Lloyd said, slightly shocked that she actually did hug him, but smiled none of the less.
"shouldn't we go farther tonight?" she asks but Lloyd looks tired. "li could shadow travel us a few miles. its totally safe. It'll cost you no power. It will only last a few seconds." she offers.
"Alright," Lloyd said, standing up and offering her a hand.
"ok trust me." The two start running right at a tree. The next instant they were tumbling out in a inferential one farther by a few miles. The tripped and she zoned in and out, feeling a lot weaker. She suddenly sees a face with golden hair above her when her Eye sight clears. The golden hair boy was..."Lloyd?" she mumbles.
"Yeah?" He asked. He crouched down to her level. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"a bit drained..." Binx stands. "I'll get some wood and you can make yourself a little fire. It's going to be cold tonight." she says picking up a few twigs. After she and him crest the fire she leaves him to get warm and goes to a shadow under a large pine. She lays there hoping to go to sleep soon, slightly shivering.
"Hey, the point of building the fire was for both of us to be warm," Lloyd said, walking over to where she was lying down.
"no, I'm fine. I don't Think I like fire right about now." she says remembering what happened last time. Her shivering was growing.
"I promise I won't look into it this time," Lloyd said as if though knowing what she was thinking. "Come on, I know you're freezing" he continued, offering her a hand up.
Binx sighs as she takes his hand. "I guess there are almost nothing else that you could learn." he gets a slightly confused look as he helps her up leading her to the fire.
"It's been a long day," Lloyd said, lying down.
"Ya...and there will another tomorrow." she replies lying down. "Good night."
"Night," Lloyd said turning over to his side.
Next morning, they get up and start off. She says very little until she hears a rumble. 'idiot' she thinks. "your hungry aren't you?"
"Yeah, you heard it too?" Lloyd asked, smiling and looking down at his stomach.
"yes. I don't know why but it seems as though people need to eat." she said. Lloyd looks at her and sees she is Binx thin. "really?" Binx sighs. "I'll hunt something you start a fire."
"Alright," Lloyd said, walking a little ways away and breaking of a random tree branch and breaking it into smaller pieces. He repeated this with three more branches until he went back.
Binx uses her ring and turns it into a spear. "if never been good at this." she muttered spearing two fish out and heading back to Lloyd
Lloyd was piling the branches together in a strategic way.
"here. Have what you want I'm not hungry." she says placing them on a big leaf on a rock. She then turns away and sits down deep in thought. 'when did everything change? When my brother died? When I meet the ninja? Oh...' she starts to think.
Lloyd began to cook. He wasn't an expert, but Cole taught him the basics. He looked at Binx. She looked deep in thought.
"You know what Lloyd? You're lucky. You cast a long shadow." Binx says suddenly. He looks up, "what?" she turns to look at him. "A person's shadow, Lloyd, stands for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people, like me, cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries. If someone ever says that they grew up in the shadow of a famous father, guess where that saying came from. If a person cast no shadow at all, he couldn't be alive. He's existence became meaningless. He had nothing to stand for. I all most feel like that." she says turning back.
"I'm sure you'll leave a great legacy someday," Lloyd said, not sure exactly what to say.
"thank you." she says Turing back around.
"You're welcome," Lloyd said.
"When your one eating we should keep moving. Get there ASAP." she says matter of factly.
"Alright," Lloyd said, checking how the meal was coming along.
After they were cooked, Binx thought they should take them on the road. "Maybe you should eat as we walk Lloyd..." she says worriedly.
"Alright," Lloyd agreed, standing up and blowing on the fish to cool them down.
As they walk she began to look uneasy. She kept looking around as she walks and twisted her ring around her finger.
Lloyd may have been eating fast, but that was because he wanted to ask what Binx was nervous of without a full mouth.
She seemed to notice this and turning to him said, "Lloyd, your going to choke if you keep eating like that." she then goes back to looking around.
Lloyd couldn't respond because he was starting to cough. She was right, he ate too fast.
Binx frowns looks around. A stream was near by. Using her water powers she gets a small rope of clean water to come up and directs it to Lloyd, hoping it will help.
"Thank you," Lloyd said when his throat was cleared.
She nods. Turning back she says, "You should walk ahead of me. If my team thinks your threat without know who you are, well...let's just say you don't want that."
Lloyd's eyes widened a bit for a second before walking ahead of Binx slightly. "So, how long until we get there?" He asked.
"A few minuets actually." she replies. A minuet after she said it did they step out into a clearing to see a monetary. Binx smiles.
Lloyd took in the scenery. "Nice place," he said.
It was a big monastery. The walls were a off white and some has a bit of moss of them. It wasn't new, but it wasn't deserted either. It looked as if everything was fixed up and kept that way. The round entrance door was a one story building but it had a large courtyard. As they started to walk towards them they heard something. Just then for people jumped down around them. One in orange, one in yellow, one in gray, and one in a very light green. The green was not anything like Lloyd's, it was to light. It was gear that the ones in green and orange were girls and the ones in yellow and gray were boys.
As soon as seeing them Binx's heart leaped. They were her team! The one in green steeped forward and asked, "Binx? Is that you?" running to her Binx relied' "Jade! Yes it is me!" they gave a quick hug. They boy in gray stepped forward. "And who is this?" he asks pointing a finger at Lloyd.
"I'm Lloyd. Lloyd Garmadon," he said, trending cautiously. He really didn't know what was going to happen next.
The boy in gray step back a moment in confusion. "But...?" He started before being interrupted by Jade. "Wu sent us a letter that Binx was with him. Remember Halt? And he..." She points at Lloyd, "...is his nephew!" Then turning to Lloyd she says kindly, "Sorry about him. We should introduce ourselves. I'm Jade, master of Wind. And the the boy in yellow is Will, master of Techno, or technology. The girl in orange is Andrea, master of Water. And the one if gray here, his name is Halt, master of sound. And of course you already know Binx."
Lloyd blinked. This was slightly confusing to him. "Yeah, I do know her, but not closely, I have to say," Lloyd decided to be honest.
Jade smiled, "Yes. It is hard to know her at all even if she is staying with you. Come, you can sit inside." She and the other three start to walk to the monastery. "Don't worry Lloyd. They won't hurt you. Halts just a little...protective of his team. Also, Wu agreed that I should bring them back. He knows them. But most importantly, they were the only people ever to except me besides my brother." And turning her head away she adds, "And he died..." Looking back up she ends with, "I trust them with my life. They are my team as the ninja are yours. Ok?"
Lloyd nodded. "Okay. A bond you can have with a team is one of the strongest. I consider my team on the Bounty my family," he said. "Alexus is probably that weird cousin I discovered only a week ago," he added jokingly.
Binx smiled. This was one of the few times she ever did. "Ok golden boy, let's head inside shall we? It's nearly noon and Jade probably has some tea ready."
Just as they were about to follow her team, they heard two mrrows in a near-by thicket. "Shadow? Ray? Why are you two here? They must have followed us!" Binx says astounded. Ray went to Lloyd and Shadow two her.
Lloyd crouched down to pet his cat. "Alexus must be thrilled to be rid of cats on the Bounty," he said, stroking the feline behind its ears.
Ray purred loudly as if to say 'Ya. I much rather be with you two.' Binx stifles a laugh after Shadow gave another marrow, like they just shared a joke.
Lloyd smiled, knowing that they probably just did share a joke.
As they started to head toward the monastery again they broke into a run. Once inside and having tea Binx suddenly step her tea down and jumped up. "I almost forgot!" She exclaimed and ran to her room there. Se liked up a purple box and opened it revealing a naturally made polished stone that was a clear/white color which a purple end that hung on a thin black, purple, and green rope necklace. She ran back and put it on after sitting down. Putting her hand around the stone, she closed her eyes. Everyone but she and Lloyd, either sighed, laughed, or roles there eye, all smiling.
Lloyd grew steadily uncomfortable. "I'm sorry, what's so funny?" He asked, trying not to blush.
Will looks at him. "Sorry it's just the one time she forgot to put it one she had no access to it and she NEVER lets it out of her sight. She have us each one with our colors where the purple is on her's. They are very rare. We can deal if anyone else in our team is in danger or scared if they are wearing it. Ok?" She says with a smile.
"Oh, alright," Lloyd said, looking down. He didn't really get it, but he didn't want to embarrass himself further.
Binx let's go. After explaining why they came Andrea looks around. "Should we? If Wu wants us then..." She didn't need to finish. They all nodded there heads.
"What? What's going on?" Lloyd asked, noticing their silent agreement.
Binx turned to him and said, "They agreed. But it's to late tonight. We'll head out tomorrow. You can stay here for tonight. That is, if that's ok with you." She adds
"Of course, maybe I can get to know your team a little bit more," Lloyd suggested.
"Yah! Oh and be careful round will's room. He like to invent!" She says with a laugh. "I am going to go work on my protect now. Want to see?" Binx smirks.
"Sure," Lloyd said, almost positive that he was the one being asked.
She smiled again. "Great! Follow me!" She lead him to her room. Purple walls and black wood flat the size of a bed was on the wall with no supports. It had a mattress and covers and currents, all of which were black. The was also a black desk on which there was a silver box and gold box next to each ting in a silver chair she opens the silver box and pulls out a clear/white stone like hers but no other colors. She places it on top the box in a gem holder. She takes two needles and starts working on it, making it smooth and coated. "There!" She holds it up for Lloyd to see. "These are hard to find and make. And useless without that." She points at the gold box which had a lock on it that Lloyd didn't see before.
There was also a desk on which was a silver box and a gold box. She say in a silver chair in front of them.
"Wow. Impressive," Lloyd said.
"Thanks. I just don't know what to do with it. My team already has one. And there to important to just 'give out' " she puts it back in the box then stands up and walks to her window. Lloyd sees that the only colors in here room that weren't purple black or silver, was in a big silver book shelf with a ton if different colored book, and the gold box oh Binx's desk. And...the piece of rope on her neck.
"Nice design," he said, not sure what to say.
"Oh uh this?" She says taking hold of the rope. "Thanks. Jade made it for me. Still don't understand why she put green. Oh well." sitting on her bed, she makes shadows on the wall in the shape of a bramble thicket with roses sticking out. The strange thing was that there was golden light wherever she tried to make the shadow a bit softer! He looked like she was fighting it almost. As much as she tried to darken it they keep popping back threw. After a few seconds of fighting it she have up and started to twist her ring.
"Uh, is something wrong?" Lloyd asked, sitting down next to her.
"Y-ya..." She admitted. "Every time I try and make my shadows be in different strengths a golden think keeps infecting the lighter shadows." She kept avoiding looking at him.
"I'm sorry, but I don't really know what that means," Lloyd said sheepishly. He tried a goofy grin and rubbed the back of his burning neck.
Though Binx wouldn't ever admit it, she thought Lloyd was kind of cute. Especially when he sacred like that. She finally looked at him and gave a shy smile. "Me either. Come on. The others will be waiting to do the 'activity of the night' Game. Don't want to be late for that!"
"Sounds interesting," Lloyd said, standing up. He held a hand out to offer help. Small help, but still help.
Binx takes his hand lightly. After standing she let's go and walks with him to the main training room. "It's Andreas turn tonight." Says Will. "And I pick...night ambush!" She says and everyone's expression brightens but Lloyd's. Relishing he don't know how to play Andrea walked up, "We brake into teams," she explains. "You send out people to find the other camp or keep them to guard yours. You can take prisoners. If you capture everyone opposing you or make them Surrender you win! You ambush the other players. You must have a even amount of players to play that way. Or you can pretty much play the same way with no base and no teams. You can have a 'alliance' though. It's harder of course. And you never tell where another person is if you want to get out of being a prisoner. You can they might attack and you will have a chance to escape. Since you're new you can pic. Team or solo. Or as we say roman or Greek. Binx and I prefer Greek, or solo. Jade and Will like team or roman. But it's up to you." She explains smiling kindly.
"Well, I think I'll pick Roman," Lloyd said. "I work better in a team most of the time," he explained. She nods. "Ok then. Other rules; no maiming. And try not to break bones. If you do Binx can heal you I know, but try not to. But if you tackle someone and there foot gets hooked into A rock then there's not much we can do about it except let Binx fix it. Miner cuts, scraped and bruises are inevitable. Teams are, team one: me, will and Lloyd, team two: Jade, halt and Binx. My team is near the hillside with rocks to the right and Jades is to the left. Both have forests so no Advantage there. Start!" Both teams run off. When Lloyd reaches his base will says immediately, "Lloyd, go out there and take a look round. Try and take out anyone in our part of the forest. Your green GI will help you blend in the trees if you can travel that way." Of course Lloyd knew how to sneak in trees, but this was harder since it was night. But he nodded. Will also handed him colored flares. "Green if you see more than one and you need back up, white if false alarm, and yellow if you caught someone and are bringing them Back. Red if you see someone you don't recognize. Run if you set off white or red. There reusable but don't over uses them!" He runs off to do his part. Meanwhile the same thing happened to Binx except she was sent to go find the other team's base. In running she heard something in the trees. She stopped and looked around and to late se heard it again. Something knocked her to the ground and was standing over her. Lloyd. "Ow..." Was all she could manage. She wasn't bleeding or going unconscious, she was just shocked, that much was clear. Her vision cleared as she heard him give a small laugh. Her face went red as she released how much noise she had made and that she was an easy target.
"Looks like I caught you, right?" Lloyd asked for confirmation.
"Well ya I guess, but I am allowed to struggle or try and run!" She scrambles up, but a little to late. He grabs her with a strong grip.
"Not on my watch," Lloyd said, laughing a bit. He had a strong hold on her wrist, but to make sure she didn't escape, he pulled her closer and held her by her arms.
She try's to at struggle a bit more but to no success. The more she struggled the harder a grip he put on her. She had her so her back was to him. "You will have to drag me there if you try to bring me back to your base Lloyd." She threatened. "I'll just go deadweight on you." And she would. If he tried she would just flop down and be a ragdoll.
Lloyd laughed. "Alright. Just don't take this as an offense," Lloyd said. He let her go, but before she could comprehend what he was doing, he picked her up over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. "Seriously, though. This is not to be offensive, just saying that deadweight would be nothing," Lloyd said as he started to walk back to the base.
Binx takes in a sharp gasp. Her face gets really red and she is glad he can't see it. She starts to struggle again. It would take a large shock that she can't understand to make her top struggling. She finds a away and hits his back but not hard and it doesn't seem to faze him much.
"Having fun?" Lloyd asked, trying got to laugh. He had sent up the yellow flare, alerting his team.
The temp. Seems to drop down a few degrees. "No Lloyd I'm Not. Now set me down! You do realize we can uses powers right?" She says calling a bit of water to aim right at Lloyd. But he could only summon a small about. About 12 cups of it.
"Sorry. I think that you can't escape this time. If you could've you would've by now," Lloyd said.
He was right. The blood was rushing to her head. "My head.." She groaned, "and of all people why did i have to be my oppo-er I mean why did I have to be your prisoner?" She groans again her head starting to pound from being upside down. She would have much rather been dragged than carried.
"Are you okay? Blood rush getting to you?" Lloyd said. He set her down on her feet. She was woozy so he just held her arm firmly.
"Y-ya. It i-is..." She stammers. 'He has a strong grip that's for sure.' She think.
"On foot for now, we're almost there, I think," Lloyd said, dragging Binx along with him.
"Fine...but it's useless catching me. I'm
Not telling you anything you know." She replies walking. 'That's what she thinks.' Lloyd thought to himself.
"We'll see," Lloyd said out loud.
Those words made Binx's stomach churn. "And what does that mean?" They arrived at his base.
"You'll just have to find out," Lloyd said as his team approached them.
She gulps. "Thank you Lloyd. Can you put her over there and do something so she can't run away?" Asks Will. Lloyd leads her two a large flat stone bigger than both of them. On there way he grabs some rope they had brought along. "You wouldn't..." Says Binx.
Before she could finish her sentence, he did. He began to tie her to the stone. "Sorry, rules are rules, it's just a game, don't worry," Lloyd tried to offer words of comfort. He was sure she was very mad at him.
"Oh I worry." She mutters. She was mad. After fully tying her down he just sits there next to her. At her angle she could see the stars. 'the skies are filled with diamonds' she thinks. "Now what? Your still not getting anything out of me!" She closes her eyes and turns her head away chin up.
"I can tell your stubborn. Probably the most stubborn girl I will ever meet, but, that does not mean anything," Lloyd said.
"Oh really? What are you going to do? Annoy it out if me?" She replies sarcastically.
"No," Lloyd said. She was still looking away. He placed a hand under her chin and turned her head to look at him. Look into his stunningly beautiful emerald eyes.
They were melting her. 'No!' She thinks. She closes her eyes and trys to turn her head again. His hand that was still under her chin stopped her. It was unnerving having it there.
He moved his hand and placed it on her cheek, gently. "Come on, you can open your eyes," he murmured.
"W-why?" She asks scared.
"Because, then I can see them," Lloyd said.
She opens her eyes and looks at him confused. "What? Why? Why would you like to-" she nervously starts but,
She didn't finish. She didn't need to. "Because, you have very beautiful eyes," Lloyd said.
She blushes hard. "Lloyd..."
"Yeah?" Lloyd asked.
'Was he...flirting?' Binx asks herself. "Stop...how do you think this will help you win?" She Asks, fear in her voice.
"Well, not sure yet, haven't planned that far ahead," Lloyd said, shrugging.
She turned her head away again. She couldn't stand it. 'He has such pretty eyes, and a sweet smile...No! I can't think like that!' She thinks to herself.
"Yeah, yeah, call me an idiot for not planning ahead," Lloyd was saying which snapped her out of her thoughts.
"I didn't say anything." She replies as monotone as possible.
"I never said that you did say anything," Lloyd said, raising an eyebrow.
In response Binx only try's to shrink away from
Him, But can't being Tied down.
Lloyd smiled at her attempted antics, slightly shaking his head.
She closes her eyes tight. Wind starts to blow hard. It dose two things. One: keeps Lloyd at bay. He can't move towards it and it's pushing him from Binx. Two: it makes the rocks move and she gets a sharp one and starts to use it to get out.
"Do you have anything to do with this sudden wind?" Lloyd asked over the roar.
"Yep!" She smiles. The wind stops and she staggers like it drain her to do that. She starts to run and can her him following before she can even get out. 'He recovers fast' she thinks. 'Not Good!'
"Good luck outrunning me!" Lloyd called after her.
He was right. Suddenly she tripped from a small hole in the ground and twisted her foot. A shadow appears over her and she roles over to he him, standing over her, 'again' he thinks grimly. Her ankle was killing her.
"Are you okay?" Lloyd asked, catching up to her. He crouched down and held out his hand to help her up.
"I don't know yet..." She accepts his hand but as soon as she's up she falls into a tree using it to stay up, her face twisted in pain. "I-I g-guess I wo-won't be w-walking a-soon..." She groans.
"I'm sorry, I- I am really sorry," Lloyd said. He really felt like that this was his fault.
"I-it's ok...not your fault..." She says as if reading his thoughts. "So? Gunna drag me Back to your base? It's not like I can would run you for one, for two I won't come willingly, and for
Three I can't even walk so..." She trails off. As brave as she sounds, pain filled her voice.
"Well, someone has to look over the wound," Lloyd said. "Would you prefer me to carry you or do you want to use my shoulder as support?" He asked.
"Um..." She says nervously. Binx never really liked contact with another living human. She used to say 'I have more uncommon with a cat that human'. But she replies with, "I-I really don't know..."
"Alright, come on," Lloyd said, leaning down. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up. He wrapped her arm around his shoulders.
She limps along with him. 'He's
Strong. And kind, even if he did tie me up." She thinks. She remembers back to the truth or dare. Jay had dared Lloyd to kiss her. He was gentle. 'Ugh! I need to stop thinking about him! I don't understand it!' She thinks
"Are you okay?" Lloyd asked, noticing her expression.
"Oh uh ya...besides being captured by you...ya I'm Fine." Se says.
"Alright. What hurts?" Lloyd asked, letting her sit down on a rock.
"M-my leg..." She says and silently adds "and where you grabbed and hauled me the first time."
"Ooh, sorry. Now's probably a good time to say I don't know anything about the medical field. Does any of your team member's do? By that, I mean anyone on my team?" Lloyd asked, the back of his neck burning.
"N-no. Only I do. And that's all the way back at my side. And I'm to w-weak to heal it without herbs." She hated admitting she was weak in front of him. Wait, why did she care? Ugh! She turns her face away.
"Oh, just hold on, I think the game will end soon," Lloyd said reassuringly. "You'll be okay."
She nods. He was right. Her team won. She was starting to black out. She could t
Even walk.
"It's over, right? The game's over?" Lloyd asked.
In response she groans. Her vision is blurred and she was fighting a black wave thrusting to engulf her. Red spots danced at the corner if her eyes and the pain overwhelmed her.
"I'm getting you back to the monastery," Lloyd said. He kneeled down and lifted her into his arm, carrying her bridal style.
She heard this then blacked out.