"You summoned me my princess." Marcus bowed in front of Aria
"We are ready Marcus. Phase two should be started immediately." Aria said
"Very well, it shall be arranged." Marcus stood up properly
"What is phase two?" Lloyd asked confused
Aria looked at Lloyd. "You'll find out eventually Lloyd. Until then, Louis will take you to your friends."
Lloyd looked behind him to see a guard removing his chains. Once the chains were removed, Lloyd was dragged to his legs by the guard
The guard started escorting Lloyd to the dungeons as instructed
"Oh, Louis." Aria said as Louis and Lloyd looked back at her. "Keep Lloyd separated from his friends. Tell Zion to keep a close eye on the other ninja. Lloyd, Louis is going to be your personal guard." Aria smiled at Lloyd in an evil way
"How nice of you..." Lloyd said sarcastically
Aria and Marcus started to walk away from them into a different room, while Lloyd and Louis walked the other way
As soon as Lloyd and Louis turned away from Aria and her guard, Lloyd used spinjitzu on the guard
Marcus and Aria looked back hearing the noise of Louis hitting the floor
The guards immediately got into fighting positions. "Princess Aria!" Marcus said, getting into his fighting position as Lloyd looked at all the guards
Aria sighed and put her hand up, instructing her guards to stay where they were. "Oh Lloyd..."
Aria's eyes suddenly glowed purple and Lloyd was immediately surrounded by an elemental shield of dark magic
"Ah!" Lloyd screamed as he fell to his knees again. "S-Stop it!"
"You should have known well enough not to mess with me." Aria said as her eyes stopped glowing and Lloyd fell to the ground breathing heavily
"Louis. Take Lloyd to his cell. Keep the chains on him, it seems not even Lloyd can be trusted." Aria instructed
"Yes princess." Louis bowed and put the chains back on Lloyd before helping him up as Aria and Marcus walked away
"...I-I...what just happened...?" Lloyd asked in a confused daze as he looked at Louis
Louis did not look towards Lloyd. "The princess used her powers. You shouldn't have tried anything. Your powers are already weak from before."
Lloyd became even more confused at the last sentence. "Weak from before...? What do you mean?"
"When you came through the border. You felt pain and weaker than before, did you not?" Louis questioned
Lloyd looked at Louis with shock of how he knew that. "I did...but, why was I the only one who could come through the border?"
"Princess Aria made it very clear that only a person with both Oni and Dragon in them should be able to get through." Louis replied
"I have both...of course she used that to my advantage..." Lloyd looked away
"Being an Oni isn't such a bad thing you know." Louis said looking at Lloyd
Lloyd looked back in surprise. "...r-really...?"
"Of course." Louis smiled. "...if you want to be evil."
Lloyd's slight smile on his face disappeared while Louis laughed a little.
Lloyd was then pushed to the floor, not realising that he was already in the dungeon. Just in front of him was a cell where all his friends were.
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"I can't believe you called us pyjama people!" Kai said glaring at Zion
Zion laughed a little. "I can't believe the princess told us all these years that you were pyjama people."
Cole started laughing. "I can't believe you guys are having a debate right now on it!"
Everyone looked at Cole and started laughing, except Zion. "Hey, look. Your friend is here."
All the ninja stopped laughing and looked at Zion. "Uh, you do realise that we have a small cell and we can only see in front of us, right?" Nya said
Just then, Lloyd was pushed into the cell in front of their cell
"Lloyd!" They all simultaneously screamed
"Guys!? You're alright!" Lloyd grabbed the bars of his cell and looked happily at all of them
"I mean, we've been better." Jay said before getting smacked in the head by Nya. "Ow!" Jay looked at Nya only to find her glaring at him
Jay looked back towards Lloyd and laughed nervously. "T-Then again, we've been in worse!"
"...what about you Lloyd?" Kai questioned a little worryingly
Lloyd sighed. "I'm fine. I'm just sorry you all had to be dragged into this."
Zane looked confused. "You did not drag us here?"
Cole turned to Zane. "He means that we are here because of him. And that is so not true." Cole said to Lloyd as he looked back at him
"Cole's right Lloyd. Besides, even if you were the only one here, we would've found some kind of way into this mess one way or another." Nya said reassuringly
Lloyd laughed a little. "I guess you're right..."
"Woah, you weren't kidding. These guys are good friends." Louis said turning to Zion
"Who are you?" Jay looked at Louis
Louis turned his attention to Jay. "I'm Louis. Lloyd's personal guard."
"Woah, even when we are captured by a villain, Lloyd still gets special attention." Jay laughed
"Believe me, it's not really nice to have your own guard in this case. You can have him if you want Jay." Lloyd smiled
"Uh...no thanks." Jay turned away embarrassed while everyone laughed at him
Louis looked at all of them and chuckled while Zion did the same. "If you want to have some fun, I guess we just have to capture some ninja."
"Trust me, we would be a lot more fun once we get out of here." Cole said
"Sorry, but we have orders." Zion replied
"How did you guys even meet Aria?" Lloyd asked
Louis and Zion looked at Lloyd. "She found us." Louis said
"She found all of you guys? Every one of her guards?" Zane questioned
Zion turned to Zane. "Yeah. We all just woke up on this island. Then we met Aria. So now we are her guards."
"You guys never asked her where you came from?" Nya asked sounding confused
Louis and Zion looked at each other. "Huh...we never thought of that..." Louis said honestly
"At the time, we only cared about serving Aria after she took us in" Zion added
"You guys do know that she is a kid, right? Or a teenager I guess." Lloyd asked
Everyone looked at Lloyd curiously. "What do you mean Lloyd?" Kai inquired
"She is the same age as me. She was there for everything, and we never noticed...she also missed her childhood. She planned it all...her father was just setting the plan in motion...so no one would notice her..." Lloyd turned away as he spoke
"So that's why she hasn't come back here in years..." Louis said looking at Zion again
"What do you mean, I thought she lives here?" Cole asked
Zion turned to Cole. "Aria left this place years ago, and she came back a week ago as a whole new person. When we met her, she looked like a teenager. She came back as a fully grown adult. That's not something you see everyday."
"Well, do you know what she is planning?" Lloyd asked, hoping to get some answers
Louis spoke harshly. "That is confidential." Louis said turning to Zion. "The party is over Zion. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. They are prisoners after all."
Zion nodded and looked back at the ninja
Jay turned and whispered to the others. "Well, at least we know that Aria's guards are a bunch of party poopers."
The ninja nodded, before looking ahead into Lloyd's cell as he stared back at them