"What happened?!" Misako asked when she ran into the ninja's room and saw Lloyd, unconscious on the bed.
"We don't know what happened! He was fine a minute ago and then he just fainted," Kai said in panic.
"What was he doing?" Dr. Julien asked, as he placed his backhand on Lloyd's head to see if he had a fever.
"He had just tried on his new ninja suit, and when he had looked at himself in the mirror, he just collapsed," Zane replied, as he stood next to his father.
"Well this is strange? He doesn't have a fever or any signs of a sickness of any sort. Hm... very peculiar," Dr. Julien said, as he continued to examine Lloyd and check his pulse on his wrist.
"But if he's physically fine, then what's up?" Cole asked.
"Oh man, Oh MAN! What are we going to DO?! He just knocked out out of NOWHERE! What if we're ALL going to knock out suddenly? OH NO! I might be next!" Jay yelled out in panic.
"The only reason you'll knock out Jay, is because your talking too much!" Kai said in annoyance.
"Stop it! Now's not the time to panic. We have to keep a level head and we'll be able to figure this out," Sensei Garmadon said.
"Oh Lloyd..." Misako said in concern, as she stroked her son's head.
Then Sensei Garmadon turned to Sensei Reine and asked, "Do you think it was the suit?"
Sensei Reine looked at him and replied, "I'm not sure. But that is a possibility."
"You think the suit knocked him out?" Cole asked.
"Was the suit poisonous?!" Jay asked.
"I don't think the First Green Ninja would want to poison the next one," Sensei Reine said, and then she looked towards the doorway when she heard footsteps.
"Lloyd!"
Everyone in the room looked towards the doorway, when they saw that Raven was the one who called Lloyd's name.
"Raven-" Sensei Reine said, but she stopped herself from saying anymore when she saw Raven run straight next to Lloyd.
"Lloyd..." Raven said in a low and distressed tone of voice.
She placed her hand gently on his cheek, as she used her other hand to stroke his hair softly. Her eyes examined Lloyd's face, searching for a cause to his unconscious state. Misako looked at Raven in surprise to see how much she cared for her son. To everyone in the room, it was a bittersweet moment.
"What happened to him?" Raven asked the others' in the room, as she lifted her head to look at them.
"We're not sure. He just tried on the new suit and then he fainted," Reine said softly, as she stood beside her daughter.
Raven looked back at Lloyd, and then the other girls and Sensei Wu entered the room.
"What's going on?" Flare asked, as they came in.
"Lloyd just fainted out of nowhere. We don't know why," Kai replied.
"Oh no. Lloyd," Nya said, as she walked to the other side of the bed where Lloyd was.
"He just fainted?" Lucy asked, and Dareth replied,
"Yeah. He was trying on his new threads when he just knocked out."
"The suit isn't poisoned is it?" Flare asked, and Jay replied,
"That's what I thought, but no."
Auria walked next to Lloyd, and she placed her hand on his head as she looked at his face more carefully.
"I believe he is dreaming now. I'm sure he'll be fine," Auria said calmly.
"How do you know if he'll be fine? He just fainted out of nowhere. If you ask me, that doesn't soun-" Jay was cut off when Auria looked at him with annoyance.
"What?" Jay asked, as Auria gestured with her eyes towards Raven.
When the others around the room looked at Raven, they saw distress in her eyes as her hands were literally shaking.
Then someone near the doorway said, "Everyone out of the room, besides the family of Lloyd, and my own."
When everyone looked towards the doorway, Terrin was standing there with a serious expression on his face.
"B-But your highness..." Christa said, as Terrin shook his head and moved to the side, gesturing for all others to leave.
Although they wanted to protest, the ninja and kunoichi gave in as they all left the room. Violet, Nya, and Dr. Julien left as well, although Marcell stood.
"This is my land now so I have a right to know what's going on with who dwells in it," Marcell said, as Terrin nodded, respecting her rights.
"Let's see what we have here," Terrin said, as he turned towards Lloyd and examined his face.
"Shouldn't we get a doctor?" Misako suggested, but as Terrin placed his hands at the sides of Lloyd's temple, he shook his head.
"He isn't physically sick or terminal. It's his mind," Terrin said.
"What's happening to his mind?" Sensei Wu asked.
Terrin closed his eyes and his hand were glowing a bit of a bluish hue as he said,
"A door... has unlocked..."
In Lloyd's mind:
"Uh... what... what happened? What's going on?" Lloyd said, as he looked around and saw pitch black darkness.
"Where am I? Why is it so dark in here?" Lloyd said, as he looked around.
Then he heard something move behind him, as he immediately turned around.
Nothing.
Then he heard something move again from behind him, and he turned around to see nothing.
'What's going on here?' Lloyd thought.
"Do you feel..." A disembodied voice said, as Lloyd turned all around, looking upward.
"Huh?" Lloyd asked, and then the voice continued,
"Do you feel her presence? Do you sense his as well?"
Lloyd didn't understand what the voice was saying, but then he saw a flame of fire appear, as it grew larger and showed an image of Raven.
"Raven," Lloyd said, as he saw that her face showed sadness.
Then a small ice cube appeared, and it grew larger as it showed an image of Darkness with a malicious grin.
"Darkness," Lloyd said with some anger.
"Do you feel her presence? Do you sense his as well?" The disembodied voice asked again.
Lloyd closed his eyes, as he started to actually sense Raven's presence through the image, and Darkness' presence as well.
"Yes, I do," Lloyd replied, as he opened his eyes.
"Do you love her?" The voice asked.
Lloyd looked towards Raven and his eyes softened, as he replied,
"Yes."
Then the voice asked, "Do you despise him?"
Lloyd turned towards Darkness, as his brows furrowed and he replied sternly,
"Yes."
"How can you love one, and despise the other?" The voice asked.
Then Lloyd replied, "What do you mean? Raven is a good person and she's special to me... but Darkness is a cruel man and he's my enemy."
Then the voice asked, "But if she became your enemy, would you despise her as you do him?"
"What? Raven would never do that!" Lloyd said.
"... You still don't know... you don't know the past... so you wouldn't understand yet..." the voice said.
"What don't I know? What don't I understand?" Lloyd asked.
"Answer the question first," the disembodied voice said.
Then the images of Raven and Darkness faded, as the fire revealed another image, showing Raven with her back turned, but only the side of her face was shown, revealing one red eye.
"Raven!" Lloyd said in shock, seeing her in an almost 'evil' form.
"If she became your enemy, would you still love her?" The voice asked again.
Lloyd stood silent as he closed his eyes. Then he opened his eyes and replied,
"I wouldn't like her to be my enemy... but I would always love her."
There was silence for a moment, and then the image of Raven changed to show a good version of her as it faded away. Then the darkness that surrounded Lloyd started converting into light, as the disembodied voice said,
"I understand."
Then Lloyd started to see the sun set, as he saw his fellow ninja and kunoichi falling into a mass of darkness as they struggled to break free from it. Then the image changed, showing the sun about to rise, as he heard a different voice say,
"Before the sun rises... you must hurry before the sun rises... or else..."
"O-Or else what?" Lloyd called out to the voice.
"All is lost," the different voice and the disembodied voice said at the same time.
Then, as Lloyd felt that he was being lifted up, he heard the disembodied voice say,
"I know you can make it. I believe you can save-"
I decided to post this one a little earlier, and the next chapter may come earlier too.
