Hey people. I just want to say that, during the time I took to write this chapter, I cried internally.

The beast that stood before him was a large, dark purple dragon, with pink glowing eyes, vicious pearly-whites and claws, and long extremities coming from around his face with horns on the back of his head. He lifted his head up and laughed, and then he said,

"What's the matter Garmadon? Not happy to see an old friend?"

"Overlord…" Garmadon said, as he slowly stood up.

"You remember me. How thoughtful. Hahahaha!" Overlord said, and then he turned towards Lloyd.

"Ah, the chosen one. I'm not very thrilled to see you again, but I'll let bygones be bygones," Overlord said.

"How? How are you here? Why?!" Lloyd asked, as he concentrated golden energy in his hands.

"There's no need to get violent with me boy. I'm not here to fight you. Darkness has resurrected me from where you destroyed me, and now I can serve under him. My mission now is to protect the girl from you," Overlord said, and then he quickly moved around Raven, as he curled his tail around her to keep her in place.

"Get away from her!" Lloyd yelled out.

"I take orders from Darkness boy, and you shouldn't turn your back to your opponent," Overlord said.

Lloyd's eyes widened, and before he could turn around, Darkness grabbed his left arm and used spinjitzu while holding onto him. Darkness beat Lloyd around for awhile, and then he tossed him away. Lloyd hit the ground, but he was able to quickly get up, although he held his right side.

"Lloyd!" Raven called out to him.

"Oh don't worry child. I'm sure he can take it," Overlord said to Raven, as she looked at him in frustration.

"Ha ha ha! How adorable you are when your upset!" Overlord laughed, and Raven looked away from him.

"Leave her be Overlord!" Garmadon shouted at the evil dragon.

"Hmph. Who asked you to interfere 'Sensei' Garmadon. HA! How pathetic!" Overlord said, and Garmadon glared at him.

Lloyd shot another golden beam at Darkness, but then he suddenly disappeared. The Golden/Green ninja looked around, but then he heard a gust of wind pass behind him, which made him freeze.

"What's up?" Darkness said from behind Lloyd.

When Lloyd turned towards him, Darkness upper-cut him up into the air. Lloyd was a bit dazed by the hit, but before he could move, Darkness jumped up in front of him and back smacked him away. Lloyd went flying back, still in mid-air, but then Darkness appeared behind him, and punched him higher up. Lloyd went upward for a moment, and he tried to shake off the hit so that he could retaliate. However, Darkness appeared above him, which surprised Lloyd at his speed, and then he elbowed Lloyd downward on his stomach. Lloyd screamed out from the impact of the strike, and then he fell down to the ground. He screamed out again on impact with the ground.

"NO! LLOYD!" Raven screamed out, as she tried to jump over Overlord's tail.

"Your not going anywhere girl! Just watch!" Overlord said, as he pulled his tail upward to catch Raven before she could jump over.

"LET ME DOWN!" Raven said, as she stood on the Overlord's tail on her stomach, and kicking her feet.

"Now now dear princess. Behave yourself. I'm sure you wouldn't want Lloyd or his father to receive worse injuries," Overlord said, as he looked towards Garmadon with a devious smile.

Raven gasped, as she looked towards Sensei Garmadon, and he glared at the Overlord with more contempt.

"You dare to use our well being against her? You lowly creature," Sensei Garmadon said, and Overlord just laughed.

Lloyd stood on the ground in much pain. He had bruising and cuts all around his body, but he knew he had to get up. He had to save his father and Raven. Lloyd was able to move slowly, as he turned himself over and stood on his hands and knees. Although he tried to stand up, Lloyd fell back on his knees as he coughed up a bit of a light red substance. He wiped his mouth, and then Lloyd tried to get up, but this time a weight on his back pushed him down. Lloyd turned his head to look up, and he saw Darkness standing with his foot on his back, and a wicked smile on his face. Lloyd tried to get up, but Darkness' foot was planted firmly on his back.

"Your resistance is admirable, but it won't last against me," Darkness said, as he looked towards Lloyd's left arm.

He took his foot off from Lloyd's back, and he held it up above Lloyd's left elbow. Lloyd looked up at him in question, as Darkness looked down at him with a crazy glint in his eyes. Sensei Garmadon anticipated what Darkness was going to do, and he ran forward and yelled out,

"LLOYD MOVE!"

But before Lloyd could react, Darkness stomped his foot down. A crack was heard from the impact of Darkness' foot on Lloyd's elbow, as Garmadon and Raven gasped. Lloyd watched Darkness break his elbow before his very eyes, and he gasped in shock. Then, when the pain began pulsing through his arm, Lloyd shouted,

"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Ninja:

Christa looked up to the sky when she heard a shout of agony.

"What is it Christa?" Cole asked her, after punching a red-eyed lizarian in the face.

"It's Lloyd... he's in trouble!" Christa replied.

"Lloyd's in danger? But he's the Golden Spinjitzu Master, who could've-" Kai cut himself off when he thought of who it could be.

The other Ninja thought the same thing, and they all shouted, simulataneously,

"DARKNESS!"

"We gotta help him!" Jay said.

"There's too many creatures, we might not make it in time!" Auria said.

"Then let's turn up the heat. Full Potential style!" Flare said.

"Would you guys be able to do that?" Lucy asked.

"We have to try. There's no other alternative!" Zane said.

"Let's do it!" Cole said.

"NINJAGOOO! FULL POTENTIAL!" The Ninja besides Lucy yelled out, as they used their spinjitzu to turn into their Full Potential forms.

"Ooooh no... theeeey learned something new," Silva said, as she started walking backwards to the forest behind her.

Darkness and Lloyd:

"AAAAHHHH! AAAHHH! AAAHH!" Lloyd yelled out as the pain grew worse.

"I'll break you boy. Even if I have to literally do it, I'll BREAK you," Darkness said in an almost whisper, as he slowly walked around Lloyd in a wide circle.

"Darkness you devious fox!" Garmadon yelled out in fury, as he tried to run towards Lloyd to help him.

However, the Overlord was able to jump up, as he hoisted up Raven with his tail, and land on Garmadon with one of his feet to hold him down.

"Now now Garmadon. Don't interrupt my master. He's not through yet," Overlord said, while placing Raven on the ground near him so that he could keep an eye on her.

Raven was horrified by seeing Lloyd in such pain. She could hear the pain in his screams, and her heart was breaking in pieces seeing her love being broken before her. What made it worse was that she couldn't help him, and it made the pain in her breaking heart swell up, as her eyes began to water and her bottom lip began to quiver.

Lloyd was breathing rapidly, as he tried to move, although it felt as if a knife was continuously staving where his arm was broken every time he moved. However, Lloyd was able to get on his other hand and knees, and he pushed himself up, as he held onto his broken arm with his good hand. Then he remembered how Kerrie was able to use crystal to wrap her arm when it was cut off, so Lloyd encased the broken part of his arm in ice to protect it. Then he breathed out in relief since the ice was helping to numb some of the pain.

Darkness smirked and held his hand under his chin, as he watched Lloyd staggering onto his feet and encasing his arm in ice.

"How sad isn't it? I can break you so easily, yet you haven't harmed me in any way really. That's truly sad isn't it?" Darkness asked, as he continued to circle around Lloyd, who followed his movement with his eyes.

"All this pain your going through, all the stress, the anguish, the physical pain... what's the point of it all if you still can't defeat me?" Darkness asked, and Lloyd replied rather weakly,

"I will... defeat you."

"And what are you planning on doing Lloyd? What could you possibly do now? Shall I break your legs and you finally see that you can't win? Or better yet..." Darkness said, and then he disappeared again.

Lloyd anticipated that Darkness was going to appear behind him, and he turned and punched with his good hand with all his might behind him, which landed on the side of Darkness' face. Lloyd looked at Darkness with some triumph since he finally punched him, and Raven and Garmadon were surprised. After a moment of Darkness standing there with his face turned to the side, he started to mumble, then he started to laugh, and then he started to laugh out loud. Lloyd, Garmadon, and Raven looked at him nervously, as Overlord smiled and chuckled. Then Darkness looked towards Lloyd with a smile and said,

"Your really something aren't you boy? A real fighter. What an addition you would make if you joined me..."

Darkness quickly grabbed Lloyd's broken arm and twisted it behind his back. This time, the cracking sound was coming from the ice casing, as it was slowly breaking apart. Lloyd started to scream out, but then he gritted his teeth from the interminable pain.

"How much better things could be for you and the ones you care for. If you join me now, then you wouldn't have to worry about them. They'll be safe... your father, your mother, your dear Raven, and your friends. I won't hurt them if you join me. I'll let you take care of them, and the rest of the world will be mine. You can live your lives in peace if you join me Lloyd... Don't you care about them?" Darkness said, and then he turned Lloyd towards where Raven was.

"Look at her," Darkness said over Lloyd's shoulder, as Lloyd looked at Raven in surprise when he saw tears streaming down her cheeks and suffering in her eyes.

"Don't you wish for her suffering to end? Don't you want to stop the pain in her dear heart from having to watch you suffer? You can make the pain go away. You can make her happy, and everyone else you care about... I can help you," Darkness said, as he released Lloyd's arm and stepped back, as Lloyd almost fell forward and held onto his damaged limb.

"What do you say Lloyd? Shall you join me?" Darkness said, as he looked at Lloyd with a smirk and a devious hint in his eyes.

Lloyd didn't know what to do. If he joined Darkness he would be helping an evil man rule the world while keeping his priorities in check, however, if he didn't join Darkness then his loved ones would suffer and that would hurt him worse than the pain he felt now. Lloyd didn't know what to truly think anymore: the world or his loved ones. He would give anything to keep his loved ones safe, but would he risk the whole world and all those people to do so? Lloyd looked towards Darkness, as Darkness extended his hand towards him with a cheeky smile. Although that annoyed him, Lloyd was slowly reaching out towards Darkness, although he would occasionally pull away from second guessing.

"Lloyd! Don't listen to him! He's only deceiving you! He wants you to give up so that he can rule! Don't give up son!" Garmadon yelled out to Lloyd, as the Overlord pushed his foot down on Garmadon to try to shut him up.

However, Garmadon was more persistent and yelled out,

"NINJA... NEVER... QUIT!"

Lloyd's eyes widened, as Raven's did when they heard those words.

'I... I can't give up,' Lloyd thought.

'It's not over yet...' Raven thought.

Darkness saw the renewed strength of Lloyd's will in his eyes, as he saw the same thing in Raven's eyes. He decided that waiting any longer would result in more delays, so Darkness decided to take the initiative.

"I see that you will not join me then. Well, I guess we'll see what happens next time... but I still get to claim my prize," Darkness said, and chucked darkly, as Lloyd's eyes widened.

Then Darkness disappeared again, as Raven's cries were heard when Darkness grabbed her and stood with her on the Overlord's back.

"I bid you an adieu boy! Next time we'll see what happens! BYE BYE!" Darkness said, as the Overlord began to take flight.

"NOOO!" Lloyd yelled out, as he ran after the dragon.

"LLOYD!" Raven cried out.

Lloyd used whatever strength he had to summon the head and neck of the Golden dragon, and he shot numerous golden beams towards the Overlord. The Overlord was able to dodge all of the attacks, although Darkness deflected some of the beams with a dark shield he occasionally used around the Overlord.

After a while, Lloyd used up almost all of his strength, and he collapsed on his knees while holding his broken arm with his good hand. He looked up as the Overlord started flying away with Darkness and Raven. Garmadon ran towards his son and bended down next to him, as Lloyd continued to look towards where Raven was being taken. Then Lloyd said, weakly,

"Raven... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'll... I'll find you again. I'm so sorry..."

Lloyd looked down in defeat and shame, as Garmadon wrapped one of his arms around his son.

"We'll find her Lloyd, and we'll get her back," Garmadon said, as he tried to comfort his son.

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