Face Your Fears

Chapter 8

Garmadon growled angrily when he saw Lloyd fall uncounsious. "You little-" He went to attack the Oni

"Fighting it without reason won't save Lloyd brother." Wu said putting an arm in front of Garmadon

"How is my son not reason enough?"

"Of course Lloyd is a reason, but think, what he would want if he were awake."

Garmadon sighed, Lloyd would have yelled for them to stay away from The Oni. "We can't just let him take Lloyd." Kai frowned

"But we should not engage in a battle that we don't have any clue of what chance we have of winning." Wu replied

"Zane, give us a percentage." Nya exclaimed

"22% chance we survive." Zane said after a minute

Kai looked at Lloyd. "We've gone on less."

"That time, I almost died." Jay muttered

Garmadon smiled at the Ninja, they were willing to risk their lives, for Lloyd. The Oni picked Lloyd up off the ground. Garmadon growled again. "Don't. Touch. My. Son."

The Oni laughed "Or what? You're weak, more human."

Kai scowled as he tossed a sword to Garmadon. "Let go of my friend." Kai glared, preparing to attack the Oni

"Your weapons won't harm me." He laughed "I'm Oni." Omega began using his dark powers once more, encasing Lloyd in a dark purple light. Suddenly, a roar was heard from outside, and ice formed around Omega's feet

Omega growled angrily, muttering about dragons. The Oni dropped Lloyd again and the ice. This gave Lloyd time to start waking up. A golden light softly glowed around Lloyd as he tried to crawl over to his friends. Kai helped The Green Ninja up off the floor. "Lloyd are you ok?" He asked his blond friend

"I'm fine..." Lloyd said standing on his own, on both feet.

"Lloyd, doesn't that hurt your ankle?" Nya asked as she pointed at Lloyd's foot

Lloyd looked down at his supposedly injured ankle. "Why doesn't it hurt?" Lloyd asked

Omega laughed "The power of the original Hybrid." The Oni smirked "The Golden Power has returned."

Lloyd glared at the Oni "What'd you do?"

"I merely woke what has been inside of you for years now." Omega laughed menacingly "And soon that power will be used to destroy this world!" The Oni lunged at Lloyd, and grabbed him. "There is no escape Hybrid?"

"That's what you said LAST TIME!" Lloyd yelled as a bright golden light exploded around the group, Omega disappeared, and so did Lloyd

"Lloyd!?" Kai and Garmadon yelled as the group looked around

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Lloyd looked around, all around him was white. Just nothingness. "Hello?" He called out "Is anyone there?"

"Create." A voice called, a voice that seemed familiar

"W-What?"

"Create." The voice came again "Create a seventeenth realm Grandson. Create a realm of peace and prosperity. Create a realm of hope."

Lloyd sat cross-legged in thin air, confused and scared. "How?"

"Imagine. Imagine the land, the water, the sky, the creatures, the people."

Lloyd closed his eyes, he thought of the many forests in Ninjago where he'd hidden from his worries, the sea he and his friends had crossed to save Ninjago from the Stone Warriors, and the deserts he'd roamed when he had looked for the Anacondri tomb. He thought of the homes he'd had. Darkly's Boarding School for Bad Boys, The Destiny's Bounty, a fancy apartment in Ninjago City, a rundown apartment in Ninjago City, and the Monastery of Spinjitzu. The world came to be around him. He thought of animals he'd always loved to see, dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, hedgehogs, and many others. They came to be to, he thought of his friends. Even if they had come to be in the world Lloyd was creating, it wouldn't be them. "Grandfather, how do I return to Ninjago?" He asked the sky around him

"Grandson." The voice boomed once more "You can return, the same way you came. Know that you are the key, the key to everything. Including Ninjago's destiny. If you fail, Ninjago falls. If you succeed, the Oni shall leave forever. Either way, you will end up here again someday. Weather that day is tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year, I've no clue. Even creators of realms do not know everything."

"I... All I need to do is release a blast of golden energy to return home?"

"Yes. That is correct Grandson."

"Thank you Grandfather, please take care of this place."

"This world, is a world of a child's hope. I won't allow anything to sully it."

"Thank you Grandfather." Lloyd said as he released a bright blast of Golden Energy

"Good luck, Grandson." The First Spinjitzu Master sighed "I do wish I could help you finish the battle dear child. But I cannot."

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Lloyd slowly opened his eyes and looked around, he was in his bunk on the Bounty once more. "Kai!? Father!? Jay!? Zane!? Cole!? Nya!? " He yelled worried

The group of people came rushing into the room "LLOYD!" Garmadon yelled as he rushed over to hug his son. "If you disappear again you're grounded young man!"

"I spoke to him." Lloyd said

"To who Lloyd?" Garmadon asked

"The First Spinjitzu Master." Lloyd said "And I think I created a realm..."