Chapter 2: Blood and Screams
(Kai's perspective)
Kai watched Lloyd's shaky steps as he walked to the bathroom. He didn't believe it when Lloyd said that he was fine.
Ever since he had to banish his father to the cursed realm Lloyd had been different. More quiet. Less active. Seemingly detached from life. Then after the whole Morro possession/Realm Crystal fiasco the nightmares started.
As much as Lloyd tried to play them down Kai could tell that they affected the green ninja greatly. Lloyd would wake up in a cold sweat most nights, sometimes screaming or crying out for his father.
Kai always tried his best to comfort his boyfriend, telling him that it was Garmadon's choice and that he wasn't at fault for it, that Morro was an asshole and a liar. And most nights it worked, but tonight's episode seemed different.
Kai watched as Lloyd turned on the light and closed the door to the bathroom. A moment later he heard a soft click indicating that Lloyd had locked the door. Kai furrowed his brow in concern at the sound. Why would Lloyd lock the door? There was no one up to barge in on him.
After a minute or so Kai heard a sharp breath and a poorly repressed hiss, that he recognized as Lloyd's way of hiding when something hurt him.
Kai stood up and started walking to the bathroom. As he grew closer he heard more hisses and then a sharp yelp. Kai ran the rest of the way and tried to open the door, momentarily forgetting that Lloyd had locked it. Kai banged on the door not caring if he woke up everyone else. "LLOYD! LLOYD OPEN THE DOOR!" He shouted desperately trying to get it open. Finally he gave up with the door handle and started ramming the door with his shoulder, until with a sharp crack he felt the lock break.
The door slowly swung open to reveal Lloyd lying on the floor in a puddle of blood. Six shallow cuts ran along Lloyd's left wrist and one nasty looking gash, twice as long as the others bleed a steady stream of blood like a waterfall into the ever growing pool. The blade that Lloyd had been using was still loosely concealed in his right hand.
Kai let out a cry of anguish as he saw Lloyd. Suddenly finding himself without the strength to stand Kai dropped to his knees and crawled over to Lloyd's still body, not caring about the blood that soiled his night clothes. Kai lifted Lloyd's chest up to his ear in trembling arms listening fearfully for a heartbeat. For a few agonizing moments Kai heard nothing. But then a faint thump thump reached his ears. Kai let out a sigh of relief, until he noticed that the color was slowly draining from Lloyd's face and his body was growing ever colder in the fire ninja's warm arms.
"MASTER WU! JAY! COLE! ZANE! NYA! PIXEL! ANYONE! HELP! HELP!" Kai cried out at the top of his lungs clutching Lloyd closer to him.
"Lloyd, Lloyd, LLOYD! Don't you die on me! Stay with me, please, please. HELP! HELP US SOMEBODY!" Kai was frantically screaming now with tears streaming down his face as he stared down at Lloyd's limp form in his arms.
Kai heard footsteps coming down the hall toward his and Lloyd's bedroom. "Kai what the hell are you guys doing in here, it's the middle of the ni-" Jay started saying as he rounded the corner of the bathroom entrance, cutting off as he saw the limp Lloyd in Kai's arms and the blood all around them.
"MASTER WU! COME QUICK!" Jay wheeled around and raced out into the hall calling out for the others.
