Ninjago: The Cursed Child

Chapter 68: Firstbourne

"Come on this is worse then fire ants" Lloyd laughs

Lloyd catches up and grabs her "got you"

Aria laughs and pulls away from him, she accidently slips on mud and screams as she fell from a high cliff.

Lloyd looks down from above as he cried "ARIA"

Aria opens her eyes and sees Lloyd fighting P.I.X.A.L. and her Samurai Mech.

"Embrace your power. Before you can use it, you must find it within" Nya encourages

P.I.X.A.L. restrains Lloyd with chains.

Nya watches "Fight it, Lloyd. Be stronger than what holds you back"

"Let me out" Lloyd struggles

"Fight it!" Nya shouts

"I—I can't. I can't!" Lloyd shouts "Just let me out of these stupid chains, okay? I can't"

Nya unties him "Or won't? You're not the only one who lost everything. I lost my friends. I lost my boyfriend. My brother. They'd want us to fight"

"What if—What if—What if my powers don't ever come back?" Lloyd asks

"Then we fight on with what we have" P.I.X.A.L replies

"And we build what we don't" Nya adds "We get stronger. Each and every day. But we need you to believe in yourself"

"I watched the Bounty get crushed to pieces. And the others... They all gave their powers to save my life. And I-I couldn't do anything. All I could do was watch" Lloyd says

"There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of them. But as long as I have my power, and breath in my body, I'm going to protect you. And you are going to defeat your father. Because what else is there for us to do? Give up? I don't give up" Nya comforts him

"Then maybe you should lead the Resistance" Lloyd argues "I can't even encourage Aria to get out of bed, I'm nothing without her and the ninja"

Misako runs in "We have to leave"

Dareth runs in behind her "Like, pronto"

"What is it?" Nya asks

"Garmadon's forces are sweeping the entire block" Misako replies

"And we're not talking brooms and dustpans, but a full-on battalion" Dareth adds

Lloyd runs to Aria's bed and lifts her up onto his back "I know you'd tell me to leave you but it's not happening"

They leave, and the Sons of Garmadon checks their hideout. Mr. E finds food and P.I.X.A.L.'s mech. Outside, the resistance sees them all around.

"We have to go the other way" Nya says

"They're coming this way too" P.I.X.A.L informs them

Lloyd looks at the rooftops "Do you think we can all make it to the top?"

"No time" Nya replies and they hide instead

The Sons of Garmadon move past and the group sighs in relief.

"That was close" Misako says

Dareth pants "If I were a lemon, I'd be lemonade"

Lloyd turns his head to look at Aria who's eyes were open but glossed over like she was there but not entirely.

"Let's get out of here" Nya says

Lloyd looks around "The Bounty. This is where it was destroyed"

"We have to move on. We're all that's left" Nya tells him

Lloyd finds a portrait of himself with his friends and finds a tea leaf.

"Is that—It appears to be a tea leaf. Traveler's Tea" P.I.X.A.L informs

Lloyd looks up "I only see one thruster. Do you see the other?"

"No" Nya gasps "And there's only one sail. I see the anchor but no rudder. This is only half the 

"The other half is somewhere else" Misako smiles

"They could still be...alive" Lloyd says happily

They cheer but are surrounded by Sons of Garmadon.

"Everyone get outta here. I'll hold them off" Dareth says going in front of them

"Dareth, there's too many!" Nya shouts

"I told you the Brown Ninja would give his life to protect you. I may be slow and out of shape, but I keep my word. Aah!" Dareth screams as Mr. E attacks

Thankfully Karlof arrives and hits Mr. E before he could hit Dareth "Back in Metalonia, it is not polite to scare weak man"

"Karlof?" Nya questions

Shade and Griffin arrive as well and attack

"The Elemental Masters" Lloyd smiles

Skylor arrives in a  garbage truck "Get in"

"Skylor" Lloyd says as he gets in

Skylor took Aria from Lloyd and laid her down.

"How did you know?" Nya asks

"Let's just say we've had our ear to the ground" Skylor replies

Everyone else jumps onto the garbage truck.

Nya placed a hand on Lloyd shoulder "You thought we were alone in this. We have friends"

They drove away and Skylor put her hand on Aria's forehead. She then placed her ear on Aria's chest.

"Hey skylor what are you doing?" Nya asks

"You idiots!" Skylor shouts

"What?" Misako asks

Skylor looks at them "Didn't you know, she's poisoned"