A weak grown got out of Lloyd.
He felt that he was in control now and that was surely a relief.
But still, he couldn't feel any part of his body, especially the fingers, plus his vision was still really blurry.
He tried moving his fingers, only to realize that he was holding some kind of a… Katana?
Why? What was Morro doing?
Morro…
Where is Morro?
His eyes adjusted to the Merged realms again.
The whole place was in ruin, why? The hybrid remembered talking to Morro, but not what he was doing – that's all fuzzy.
Then Lloyd saw the unconscious ghost a few feet next to him.
"Morro! Are you OK?!" The Green ninja quickly ran to the phantom, ignoring the piercing pain and trying to shake him.
He forgot that Morro, after all, was a ghost.
"What am I supposed to do?"
Lloyd's thoughts were interrupted by a glowing katana behind him.
The fear and confusion changed in the Conduit's face to desperation and determination.
He carefully grabbed the glowing weapon and hanged it above Morro for a few seconds.
The son of Garmadon took the katana by the blade, blood dripping down his fist, and banged the handle on Morro's face, instead of it going through him, it actually managed to hit him and the ghost actually woke up.
The phantom coughed and took a deep breath, scaring Lloyd a bit.
"Erm…What?"
"It's nothing, just why did you take a breath, because… Well, you know…"
"Seriously?"
"Sorry…"
"Stop apologizing, it's not like you did anything wrong, right?"
"I don't know… Maybe I did something I wasn't supposed to do…"
"Stop doubting yourself - it won't help anyone. What would help would be you telling the whole story."
"Only if you tell me what is this katana, why did you take it, how are you back, why did you help me and what did you do when you possessed me."
"That's a lot of questions."
"Answer them, the quick version, please."
"One, your enemies needed the katana to do something with you, don't know what though, it's called a Prismatic katana. Two, I don't know how I'm back, but I returned a few hours-maybe a day ago. Three – I helped you because that's what I felt was right, four, nothing that wouldn't help you and you can keep the katana, by the way, I'm not going to use it…Not like I can anyway… Why could I use wind when I possessed you is my biggest question right now, though."
"Don't ask questions that I don't know the answer to. Also, here's the quick version of what happened:.."
Meanwhile, somewhere else with the Forbidden Five and two guests, one an Elemental master of lighting, the other an enormous dragon with a shattered jaw:
"What do you want." The dragon demanded the answer telepathically, since he couldn't really talk now.
"We request your power, Great Thunderfang." Rox said confidently.
"What do I get in return from pipsqueaks like you?" Thunderfang let out a scorching heat wave while barely moving its mouth to prove its point – it was a lot more powerful than everyone in this room put together.
The new member in the back stepped back a bit but said:
"I, Rogue, promise that we, the Forbidden Five, are going to offer you our help to complete anything you desire."
"…Your answer pleases me. You will get your power, but in return, your mission is to get me the Conduit, otherwise known as Lloyd Garmadon, alive."
"What would you need such a weakling for?" Kur nearly growled.
"Do not judge a book by its cover, Kur, the fighter is a lot more… Powerful, than one would think." Nokt said.
"Still, not a match to our power!"
"Will you do it or not?"
"We accept." Everyone kneeled at the same time.
"First, try to get the Conduit join our side, if that doesn't work, charge him with my power, corrupt him and if even that doesn't get him to our side, bring Lloyd Garmadon to me."
"Understood. But where should we look for him?"
"You may find the Conduit right outside the mountain, but to capture him, you'll need to wait – the Ghost Warrior, known as Morro is a fierce fighter – he once fought against the Ninja alone and won and that blast that just went off was created by him."
"Something finally interesting! Fighting a Ghost Warrior of the Preeminent!" Kur crowed.
Rogue didn't want to admit it before the Forbidden Five, but he was excited to fight that ghost for the first time that he would actually remember. He could barely contain his lightning element just at the thought. He held his uncontrollable power in one hand, while the other tried to contain his adrenaline.
"Calm down, Rogue, you will not fight the Warrior." Rox said.
"What? Why- I mean… Ermh. Let me join you, let me help you!" Rogue cleared his throat and got back into character, while still innerly fighting his excitement, he managed to put his restraining hang on his chest, showing his dedication to the group in doing so.
"No…Light attracts bugs. You need to stay here…" Drix's voice barely above a whisper.
"Urgh…Fine! But what will the rest of you do?"
"I will stay here to help all of you communicate, Drix will watch the ghost, Zarkt will watch Lord Ras' team, Kur, you and Nokt will help us distract the Green ninja and bring him here." Nox explained.
"A wise plan indeed…"
Thunderfang's voice came from the shadows, it was as if he was hiding from the one he requested to be brought to him and Rogue saw that.