Lloyd POV
I was running for my life. Truth be told, that was something that I have been getting used to as a Ninja, but it will never compare to having to run for my life from my own Father. It hurt to breathe as I turned a corner and tried to pick up my pace. My breath appeared from my mouth and kept briefly fogging my vision as I turned to another dead end.
At this point, the Elemental Finder was poking profoundly against my side as I realized I was stuck here. I could hear the feet of the Unmasked approaching closer and my breathing picking up as I realized that I was perhaps doomed here forever. All because I was stupid and didn't turn off my phone when I was almost out of danger.
Would my Father actually kill me? I wouldn't put it past him. Would my Mother ever know of my death? Would she find out that I was a Ninja? I was doubtful for that. She cared too much about her stupid adventure job to care about me. What about my Uncle and Friends? This mission was key to finding Jay, and I failed. I failed my brother.
As I looked up to the sound of my own doom, I couldn't help but pray to the First Spinjitzu Master. Please help me. Please don't see me. I was a Garmadon though, and my luck always sucked. This was it. This was going to be the end. I was going to die. Well, hopefully they will have gotten my message. Jay would hopefully be alive and well when they did eventually find him. Not how I imagined going out, but I guess that I will be okay in the end. I shut my eyes as the leader of the Unmasked approached me and took off his helmet. This was the end.
"Lloyd?"
Lloyd POV (4 hours Earlier)
I frowned as the smell of the sewers hit my nose at once. I was about 3 miles away from Borg Tower, which I guess wasn't too bad considering. I couldn't get closer without the risk of them spotting me, and I couldn't let them spot me. This mission was too important to do correctly without having a problem with it. Jay depended on this mission.
I am mainly worried about being outnumbered. I have no idea of what the numbers of the Unmasked are if I were to encounter them. Not to mention, my father was somewhere around here, and I didn't want to deal with him. I couldn't deal with him right now. There was no time in which I could. If I don't do this, they are going to be looking for Jay a lot longer than what they could be, and we cannot be longer. There is no telling what torture he may be facing.
I just knew that the Unmasked wanted Jay for something. I knew that they were working for Ed. I wouldn't be surprised if Jay knew about this group and didn't say anything. God, I hope that he didn't know about this group and not tell us. This seemed like need to know information. To be fair, I didn't know of my father's involvement until today. Hell, none of us knew of our parents involvement until a couple of hours ago thanks to Nya.
I was mainly confused of how Borg and maybe even Borg Tower was involved in this. I knew how much Cyrus Borg hated my father. Everyone in Ninjago hated my father. I was confused as to why he would hold them here if he hated them so badly. I wanted to believe that Borg was innocent and had no part in this, but he was the tie that connected everything together.
Cyrus had Ed and Edna working for him. Jay wanted to work for him before everything went down. Nelson knew Cyrus before he died. To top it off, now we had the Unmasked working in Borg Tower, which was still technically Cyrus Borg's property. Of course, this could all be a coincidence, and I hope that this is is all a coincidence, but I have to think of every possible theory and outcome.
The main issue that I couldn't think of was why. I couldn't come up with a reason as to why Cyrus would do such a thing. It made no sense at all. He had a good relationship with Ed and Edna, and a good relationship with Nelson. He probably would have had a good relationship with Jay if he had ever gotten a chance to meet him. Maybe he would want Jay's intelligence? That wasn't even solid because Cyrus was already so smart.
I shook my head. I would get my answers soon enough, even if it hurt to receive them. I was mainly worried about what would happen after everything was done. I don't know of the torture that Jay had suffered. He would probably never be the same after this. Nothing was going to be the same after this. I was scared of the change that this would bring. We were all just starting to click together as a Ninja team, and I knew that we were going to do whatever it took to stick together.
I turned into the wall the minute I heard footsteps walking against the liquid on the floor. Truth be told, I was a little lost, but I knew that these people must know something. Everywhere I was going was a dead end. The dread was starting to fill up in me though as I heard the noise get closer. The closer they got was the closer I got to possibly coming face to face with my father.
"Boss is scared. Ed pulled a bad move. Those pesky Ninja are surely on the case by now." The first man said as they passed me.
"It isn't like they are going to be able to get his involvement figured out. There is too many loose strings tied up. As for the Ninja, well, lets hope they aren't as good as Boss thinks. I'm sure boss is hoping for them to find us." The second man said back as he shuddered, and I quietly started walking behind them.
"Why would the boss want us caught?" The first man asked.
"They wouldn't be able to point him as the boss. We're sworn to silence when it comes to revealing members of the group. That being said, we haven't actually seen him in person unless you are one of the upper henchman. More ends tied up, I guess." The second man replied as he put his hand on the wall and revealed a secret passage to what I would assume is the base.
I thought about the mysterious boss as I walked. It had to have been Cyrus Borg. It all made sense in my head. If Cyrus Borg had been figured out as the leader to these people, this would have ruined everything for him. This would have ruined everything that he had built up for the life that he had once lived all of those years ago. I couldn't help but shudder at the thought. What was with all of these people living behind some sort of alter-ego?
It was hard to move in the shadows, which was ironic given the fact that I'm supposed to have this mastered. Perhaps if I had been training with Jay since I found out it would be easier. God, I really could use his advancements in this mission right about now. This sucks that I have to be the one who saves him. I don't know how he did it all of the time.
When we got to the opening in the hallway, my eyes were focused on the sudden change in surroundings. It was as if a city lived under here. There were so many people and actions happening every single second. My brain could barely process everything that was happening so far.
There were hovercrafts running around in the air as well as men with guns patrolling every inch of the place. It seemed almost impossible to get anywhere in here. Well, as I said almost. With all of the commotion happening around me, I would probably be able to move around here unnoticed. Figuring out where the Elemental Tracker was though was going to be a whole other challenge.
I moved and went to a dead end hallway as I waited for someone to come over. This was wasting time that I didn't have a lot of time having. There was so much for me to do in this short time period and I was already wasting so much time here waiting. God, I hate waiting for everything. There is too much to get done.
"Hey!" Someone eventually shouted as they came charging at me.
I put my ninja skills to good use as I swept my leg under his, causing him to charge to the ground. He grabbed my ankle and pulled me down, rolling me to my back and holding me down by my waist. I was in trouble. I quickly looked around my surroundings and saw a beer bottle by my hand. I quickly grabbed the bottle and crashed it into the person's head, knocking him unconscious.
It wasn't without injury however. I winced as I felt a stabbing pain in my head, and soon enough could feel the blood slowly trickling down my face. My hand moved up to touch my head, and then I realized that some of the bottle got into my head. It was leaving a burning feeling that was traveling all throughout my body.
There wasn't any time to remove the bottle pieces from my head. I was already behind schedule with everything else. Hopefully this helped me fit in more. I dragged the body further out of sight and started stripping it as I put on the clothes. The clothes smelled awful and they were very baggy. I must have looked horrible.
I walked out and kept my head down. Though I was pretty sure that no one would recognize who I was, I didn't want to accidentally run into my Father who was here somewhere. I didn't want to explain myself to him. If he didn't explain himself to me, then why should I have to explain myself to him?
I must have sounded just like him in that moment. I must have looked somewhat liked him, and that terrified me. I didn't want to be my father at all. I wish that I didn't resemble him at all. My life would have been so much easier if he wasn't my father. Sometimes, I wish I never got to actually know him. If I didn't know him, his leaving me and my mother would have been so much easier on me. There was so much heartache that could have been avoided if I just didn't know who he was.
So lost in my musing, I accidentally bumped into someone. I couldn't help but wince when I heard a small 'oof' leave their lips. So much for not getting noticed. I closed my eyes and waited for them to look at me.
"Look where you're going!" The man's gruff voice yelled before shooting a quick look at me and continuing on his path.
"Sorry." I mumbled, though I knew it sounded more embarrassed than apologetic.
After that encounter, I tried to stay out of everyone's way. I didn't know how much longer it would be until someone noticed that I didn't actually belong here. It was fairly hard to just get into here, and I would have never actually found this base if it weren't for those 2 men in the beginning. It would all have been for nothing at this point if I were caught.
After looking for awhile, there was a small pile of things that seemed to have been built as a makeshift shelter for something. There was something about it that made it seem different from the others. It looked like a temporary solution to something. However, temporary solutions seemed to have been somewhat used from what I have seen. This looked abandoned, almost as if no one has used it for years, and that in itself was suspicious because there was no way that this has been around for years. It was suspiciously abandoned, almost as if whoever put it here wanted it to look un appealing for whoever might look for it. It was a place that no one would think to look for something. This was a perfect place to put an Elemental Tracker that you wanted no one to find. I pulled out my phone and quickly got ready for a message.
"Hey guys. The mission is so far a success. I was able to find the Elemental Tracker, and now I really just have to worry about getting out of here. I think that Cyrus Borg is the leader of the Unmasked, and I think I figured out why he wants Jay. I'll explain more when I am out. Everyone, be safe. I'll get there as soon as I can." I whispered as I hit send on my phone.
Sure enough, as I slowly pulled back the tarp, there was a shiny silver pipe like object that was leaning against the worn down boxes. Of course, the next move I did was stupid. Too much of a stupid move for me to pull, and yet I did it anyway. I pulled the pipe out of its hiding spot and was just about to turn and move to go back when----
Alarm! Security Alert! Alarm! Security Alert!
I could barely feel my feet picking up off the ground as I sprinted, putting the Elemental Tracker in the side of my weird clothing. I was aware of several people trying to catch me as I started dodging them to get out. I could hear the shouting of people as I quickly went and opened the wall to make an escape for my car.
I needed to lose them, I realized, so I did a turn and went quiet as I heard the footsteps pass me. I moved further back to the shadows so that they couldn't have seen me. I couldn't help but hold my breath as I waited. Just as I was about to breathe in a sigh of relief, I was cut off by the sound of my ringtone.
Jump Up! Kick Back! Whip Around and Spin! Then Jump Back Do it Again! Ninja! Go! Ninja! Go!
"Shit." I whispered as I heard the foot steps charging at me and the shouting getting louder.
I was running for my life. Truth be told, that was something that I have been getting used to as a Ninja, but it will never compare to having to run for my life from my own Father. It hurt to breathe as I turned a corner and tried to pick up my pace. My breath appeared from my mouth and kept briefly fogging my vision as I turned to another dead end.
At this point, the Elemental Finder was poking profoundly against my side as I realized I was stuck here. I could hear the feet of the Unmasked approaching closer and my breathing picking up as I realized that I was perhaps doomed here forever. All because I was stupid and didn't turn off my phone when I was almost out of danger.
Would my Father actually kill me? I wouldn't put it past him. Would my Mother ever know of my death? Would she find out that I was a Ninja? I was doubtful for that. She cared too much about her stupid adventure job to care about me. What about my Uncle and Friends? This mission was key to finding Jay, and I failed. I failed my brother.
As I looked up to the sound of my own doom, I couldn't help but pray to the First Spinjitzu Master. Please help me. Please don't see me. I was a Garmadon though, and my luck always sucked. This was it. This was going to be the end. I was going to die. Well, hopefully they will have gotten my message. Jay would hopefully be alive and well when they did eventually find him. Not how I imagined going out, but I guess that I will be okay in the end. I shut my eyes as the leader of the Unmasked approached me and took off his helmet. This was the end.
"Lloyd?"
I recognized that voice, I realized. That voice wasn't Cyrus Borg's either. I very slowly opened my eyes and sure enough there he was. Right in front of me was my terrible excuse of a father.
"Son, I don't know why you need that, but you need to give it back now. It can be very dangerous." Garmadon said as he slowly approached me, to which I gave a huge step back.
"I need this for one of my friends. They're missing. Maybe you have heard about him. His name is Jay Walker, might even go by the name Jay Gordon. His girlfriend and friends including me are very concerned about his whereabouts." I snapped back as I clutched the thing closer to my side.
"You do not want to get involved with Ed, Son. He is a very dangerous individual." Garmadon said, though he made no move to come closer to me.
"He can't be anymore worse than you." I said, venom dropping in my voice as I turned around.
"You would be very surprised that I am not the worst individual in Ninjago. There are a lot of people that are worse than me. I had nothing to do with his kidnapping. Was I aware that was going to happen? Indeed I was. Did I originally need Jay for something? Yes. I don't need him anymore though. I told him to leave Jay alone, and he didn't listen." Garmadon tried again as he took steps back to his motorcycle.
"Somehow I don't believe you!" I shouted, but still refusing to look at him.
"Just bring it back when you are done." Garmadon said with a sigh as I heard the complaints of everyone that was behind him.
I nodded as I turned and ran. This was it. We were going to get our Brother back. I couldn't help the small amount of laughter that escaping my lips.
"Don't worry, Jay. We are coming." I said as I escaped into the darkness of the tunnels.