#and garmadon with that “no bitches?” stare is killing me

[rainofthetwilight]

still cant get over that one time ninjago became among us

[yells-of-the-not-so-danged]

Garmadon Threatens A Man

Ao3

Special Breaking News Report by Gayle Gossip!

~WARNINGS: misgendering, death threats, mention of possible overdose~

(its not as angsty as the warning make it seem)

“Good morning Ninjago City, this is Gayle Gossip on the streets coming to you live with an exclusive interview with evil incarnate, Lord Garmadon!”

Gayle smiles brightly at the camera, her pearly whites sparkling in the early winter sun. Her pink suit spotless and pristine, and her oaky brunette hair styled in its iconic updo. The camera then zooms out to capture the large figure standing next to her. They stood at what looked like ridiculous height compared to the smaller woman next to them. Their blazing red eyes, four hands sporting deadly claws, two sets of horns, and dark battle-worn armor added to the intimidation factor.

They turned to the camera and smiled broadly showcasing their large pointy teeth and waved,” Hi mom!”

Gayle cranes her neck up and asks,” So tell me Dark Lord, is it true you have a bomb armed and ready under Ninjago City right now?” She then stretches her arm up to Garmadon, her microphone reaching under their collar bone.

The oni leans down,” What?”

“ You claimed you had planted a bomb to destroy the city’s water supply. The police have been searching the reservoir and filtration plant for hours.”

“ Oh yeah. Well, it’s not going to destroy the city’s water supply. The bomb, when it goes off, is going to disperse an unholy amount of cough syrup into the water supply so when people drink it it will be one, really nasty, two, get them high, and three maybe kill some people. To be honest, I don’t know if you can OD on cough syrup, so I guess we’re all just gonna find out together!.”

Gayle returns the mic to herself,” Well you’ve heard it here folks! Garmadon is actively trying to kill us! Feel horny for them now?”

Off in the distance, a good number of yeses can be heard.

“But!” Garmadon spoke up,” I will be kind and give your pathetic police force a chance at glory. If they can find the bomb in time!” Garmadon chuckled darkly sending shivers down the backs of many, for a number of reasons. “And this time, wonderful citizens of Ninjago, YOU can actually help! Grab a pen and pencil, an old receipt, or maybe even a bare wall, because I’m about to read off the deactivation code!”

The four-armed hunk dug into their pocket and pull out what looked suspiciously like a debit card.

“Okay the numbers are 1337 318008 34721 and then there’s 420 and finally 690. I repeat the numbers are 1337 318008 34721, 470, and 690.”

“Wait,” Gayle leaned over to look at what was in Garmadon’s hand,” is that someone’s debit card?”

Garmadon’s piercing smile took on a more malicious edge.

“Uh oh…” Gayle quickly backed out of the shot.

Garmadon grabed the mic. Now with the camera focused solely on them, the viewers can plainly see the venom in the Dark Lord’s eyes.

“ Why yes Gayle, and I just read off all its funny little digits, plus I lied about the bomb! Consider it a Winter Solstice gift courtesy of Clutch Powers. The bitch who had the audacity to say that I can’t wear a dress because I’m a ‘man’. Well news flash Clutch, I’m not a man! Nor a woman! I am neither and I am both, I’m whatever the hell I want to be. Rest assured I WILL find you! I will be wearing the best fucking dress you’ve ever seen, and you’re going to be wishing you were just another catcaller that I was beating to death with their own disembodied arm, while I gouge your eyes out with my 9-inch stilettos you bi-”

The video cuts back to Ninjago City Today, the show’s hosts are staring at their petrified guest.

“So Mr. Powers, Do you have a response?”

Clutch blearily looks at them and then back at the screen.

“Oooooh shit!”

[peak-dumbass]

Thoughts on Sons of Garmadon cuz redesigns :]

Also instead of watching all of the season and then adding my thoughts later I instead took notes while watch the season so that’s why this post is incredibly long, sorry about that :/

Anyway enjoy :>

Sorry for the accidental posting and I don’t want to rewrite everything so here’s from the original post

Lloyd reading the title of the episode also caught me off guard the first time I watched this

Basically Lloyd caught me off guard entirely the first time I watched this

Also his eyebrows are now THICC

“Still thirsty?”

...

I can see why people like Nya a lot (._.’)

Nya’s badass and f—king love her

Also the water bubbles she makes look really nice

Jay mimicking Cole is adorable

The first time we see them after a year and the first thing we see them do is argue and disturb a group of people that took a vow of silence 

I love them

“Did I call you at a bad time?” They’re in the middle of a fight with the mechanic, what do think?

Also Pixal calling Lloyd “Master Lloyd” :’/

“Whoever said fight fire with fire clearly didn’t know what they were talking about.” “Hey, you’re stealing my lines!” I love you Kai

“Who likes ice cream? I do! How was that line Kai?” I love you Zane

Them teasing Lloyd for his deeper voice and them just genuinely having family fun bonding time just fills me with such happiness that I can’t describe with words :’’’’’’’’>

Misako abandons Lloyd yet again, and she was just starting to act like a good mother in Hands of Time >:/

Jay is not understanding a single thing being said to him, but at least he’s trying 👌

Their excuse for not mentioning the royal family throughout the series is “they like their privacy”? Really? Like really? Are they expecting us to believe this bullish-t? 

Lloyd seeing Harumi for the first time: Can You Feel The Love Tonight🎶

Now Cole’s the only one who hasn’t had a crush in the series he is so gay and the writers can’t convince me otherwise

Can I just say the lighting for the inside of the place is beautiful? Cuz it is.

Also I just realized Cole’s the only ninja that isn’t wearing sleeves on his ninja suit, that’s cool👌

Since Harumi’s natural hair color is white, does that mean she’s albino?

“The maskes must never be reunited” Says the person who reunited the mask >:/ I know she’s acting good here but still

“No thank you, I actually gave up sweets. My body is a temple.” The moment I heard that for the first time I was like “WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY BOI?! WHO HAS HURT HIM?!”

Lloyd, stop stalking the princess, that’s illegal >:|

“Don’t worry, we’re ninja, we’re experts at this kind of thing” They proceed to loose the mask, let their main villain onto their ship, and Lloyd gets a crush on her :/

Grade A ninja-ing right there 👌👌👌

I’m on episode 2 and seeing Harumi acting nice and sweet and connecting with Lloyd and knowing that she’s faking all of it, I just feel so so so so bad for Lloyd :’<

Cole, don’t try to give Lloyd advice about girls when you aren’t even attracted to them

Ok so I procrastinated a bunch on doing this for some reason so Yee, let’s continue

I’ve only seen Mystake for 1 scene and if anything ever happens to her I’ll kill everyone in this room and myself

Oof I’m now sad and realize why everyone likes her

Ok so we all agree the tea Mystake gave Jay and Lloyd to see the drawings move is weed right? Or had weed in it?

Why is Cole hiding in a garbage bin when Zane is using a perfectly good newspaper? Also oh boy can’t wait to see Rocky DangerBuff and Snake Jaguar in action :3

The way Snake walked into the bar Jesus

and I’m trying to watch this without skipping it cuz to me the whole thing is very awkward and I can’t stand awkward stuff like this but I also heard there was glacier so I’m gonna try to watch this without yeeting my phone and burying my face in my pillow

Chloe: Snake is gorgeous and we stan

Me: I know he’s beautiful look at him, he’s amazing

He’s bad boi and baby boi at the same time and I love him

Just added Cole into a scene with the ninja when he’s actually still kidnapped by UV so noice job Ninjago HQ 👏👏👏

Zane looks so weird in the flash of Wu finding him dear god

Stop bothering him Cole, let Zane Rp as Snake for a little bit longer

DAD COLE DAD COLE DAD COLE DAD COLE DAD COLE DAD COLE

Cad is what Cole would have named the baby if it didn’t turn out to be Wu cuz Cole + Dad

Ali: "Why cad?" "Its cooler than Chad cause you take out the h for hoe"

Ali/clumsy you’re a genius

”you didn’t think it would that easy, did you?”

Guys is weird to think that UV is 100 times hotter after saying that line?

Mommy UV vs Dad Cole, Mommy UV is fighting Dad Cole for the baby

Oof I remember what’s gonna happen to Zane y’all and I’m not happy plz Mr.E stahp plz

Mr.E to the SOG after he kicks Zane’s ass: Guess who just got murdered!

“Not all men-“

Me: You’re right, Zane Ninjago would never do this

Mr.E: I’m on my way, I’m on my way, I’m on my way to kick Zane’s ass :D!

Cole is Pearl from SU confirmed, he was staring at baby Wu sleeping

Harumi: Maybe we can use this blanket at a Parachute?

Lloyd: What do this is a cartoon?!

Lloyd proceeds to do the exact thing he said wouldn’t work

Also Harumi is the best actor I’ve ever seen like seriously 10/10 👌 actor, playing with Lloyd’s heart strings like she’s been doing it for years

“How to be a heartbreaker” is Harumi’s jam and theme song

SO I WAS ADDING MY THOUGHTS ON HERE AND TUMBLR JUST DECIDED TO BE A LITTLE B-TCH AND CLOSE ON ME BEFORE I SAVED MY THOUGHTS AND NOW MY THOUGHTS ON HALF EPISODE 5 AND 6 ARE GONE OOF SO I’M JUST GONNA SAY THAT PIXAL IS HAVING SELF ESTEEM ISSUES OR SOMETHING SIMILAR AND SHE’S AMAZING AND IT’S MAKING ME SAD THAT ALL SHE SEES HERSELF AS ASSISTANCE AND NOTHING MORE

Also Lloyd falls onto a few branches and gets a hurt arm that requires a blanket while Nya was at the front of the ship with 0 protecction and was basically yeeted to the main deck while it crashed into the jungle and she doesn’t even get a break?!

I know Nya is stronger than Lloyd but GOSH DIDDLY DARN I didn’t know she was that STRONK!

Baby Wu: “Ninja never quit hehehehehe”

The ninja:

Lloyd: Confused Green Bean Noises

Harumi: kisses him on the cheek

Lloyd: •////• completely forgets what he was confused about

Harumi saved by lovestruck Lloyd and boners

Cole to Baby Wu: You took care of us, it’s only fair that we take care of you.

Me:

GOD I LOVE COLE HE’S AMAZING

Harumi and Lloyd during that one waterfall scene in Episode 6:

Also Harumi’s backstory for why she likes Garmadon and hates the ninja including Lloyd, it completely makes sense cuz she was a child that over heard that the ninja didn’t do sh-t and Garmadon saved the city so it makes sense why she hates the ninja and believes Garmadon should be Ninjago’s leader, and since it happened when she was young she didn’t think things through, she didn’t think about it from the ninja perspective and especially didn’t think about it from Lloyd’s perspective cuz she was a child, kids don’t tend to think about the other person’s perspective on things, so I think it makes sense and it’s really good 👌 also this is Ninjago’s first main female villain, all the other ones were either second in command or were in a crew that worked for a bigger villain so yeah that’s cool

“Don’t you guys have any idea what she’s doing? She’s resurrecting Garmadon! Lord Garmadon!” Yeah no sh-t Kai, the name of their gang is “Sons of Garmadon”, of course they know and of course they’re ok with it why do think they’re helping her?

“Then it’s a good thing the Quiet One isn’t a bad guy but a bad girl” It doesn’t matter that Pythor, Chen, Morro, and Garmadon had dicc, what matters is that the greater evil didn’t listen to them dipsh-t.

Harumi screams a lot, like Princess Peach/Damsel-in-distress amount of high pitch screaming and I’m surprised Lloyd or the other ninja haven’t told her to shut up at one point.

a slightly dark room suddenly turns a little bit darker

Harumi:

Lloyd: Jesus even when I was a kid I had tougher skin then you, I know this is a little hypocritical for my to say, but grow the f—k up god

Ok woah woah woah, how did Lloyd go from “I didn’t tell you about the fact that I’m part Oni, Mystake only told me and Jay” to “You’re the Quiet One” like he isn’t wrong but how did he put it together in such little amount of time?

Ok this is how the Lloyd vs Harumi fight should have gone down:

Lloyd: Give me a good reason not do destroy it right now.

Harumi: I’ll give you 2. You want to see your father again and you love me.

Lloyd: HAH! While you busy being a heterosexual b-tch I studied the blade!

Lloyd kicks Harumi’s ass and the day is saved

Am I wrong? Lloyd only met Harumi a couple of days ago, it’s like Anna from Frozen but LEGOs

“Love is an open door” is Llorumi shippers theme song

“I WANT YOU TO FEEL THE EMPTINESS THAT I FEEL”

B-TCH HAVE YOU NOT SEEN HIS F—KING CHILDHOOD HE HAS MORE TRAUMA THEN YOU WILL EVER GET YOUR F—KING LIFE TIME!!!

I KNOW SHE IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER AND THAT SHE HASN’T SEEN HIS LIFE LIKE WE HAVE BUT DAMN IF IT ISN’T ACTIVATING MY PROTECC-LLOYD-AT-ALL-COSTS-AND-THAT-THIS-IS-TOTAL-BULLSH-T INSTINCTS

“Or we’ll have to get all ninja on you!” “What does that even mean?” “I don’t know I was improvising” Tbh that’s a mood Kai, at least to me

Lloyd: Guys, Rumi is the Quiet One!

The ninja who are currently surrounded by the SOG including Harumi: Oh really, ya don’t say?

Lloyd just got yeeted out of a waterfall so it sorta makes sense why he didn’t notice

Lloyd said I won’t let you get away with this and Harumi said YEET

They have Lloyd they have the masks and we have trouble

Baby Wu: Puppy!

that ain’t a puppy Sensei it’s a giant underwater scorpion monster

I forgot they tamed the giant underwater scorpion monster and named it Crabby, and Jay hugged one of Crabby’s claws, Jay’s favorite pet the ninja have ever had is Crabby confirmed

“So this is your true face without the mask, no wonder you covered it” Damn Lloyd is salty, LET LLOYD SAY F—K 2020

Chloe: Lloyd said "bitch u ugly" poetically

Me: Yeah, he got the saltiness from Kai and the poetic speech from Zane

“There was never anything between us”

One episode earlier

“You want your father back, and you love me”

One episode earlier

Harumi kisses Lloyd on cheek and proteccs him from the corrupted Samurai X suit

Me:

Harumi gets close to Lloyd

Me: KICK HER IN THE NONEXISTENT BALLS

Yay the most useful and totally not child abandoning character, Misako, is here and giving Lloyd information that he already knew and is being incredibly useful buy not only abandoning Lloyd for a second time in his life but also finding Baby Wu for the SOG Hooray

“Stop Rumi, this isn’t you!” B-tch you’ve only known her for a couple of days, and she has played with your heart, in dangered your friends, and tried to kill you and your friends on multiple occasions, and she nearly succeeded on killing Zane (though tbh Zane gets nearly killed every season so that isn’t a surprise)

“You were right, this isn’t me” YOU SERIOUSLY BELIEVED HE’LL FALL FOR THAT BULLSH-T AGAIN? AFTER YOU TRIED TO DROWN HIM AND HIS MOM WHILE SUMMONING HIS EVIL DAD FROM THE DEAD? HAH, B-TCH YOU THOUGHT!

“Stop. Save it for someone who cares” Yesssssss I love youuuuuuu by baby boiiiiii

Sees the arm coming out of the anvil-thing

Me: Terminator Garmadon? Also this is what happens when we complain too much, we also gotta be more specific people! We can’t ask for just Garmadon, we need to ask for Good/Sensei Garmadon or else we’ll get bullsh-t like this!

THE SCENE OF THE NINJA SINGING WEEKEND WHIP JUST PLAYED AND THE HAPPY WHOLESOME VIBES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Also there’s no way harumi gets the resurrection spell right on the first try, like no way, impossible, like she even gets interrupted by Lloyd and the ninja at the end and then Garmadon appears after that? Like I’m not a witch/wizard myself but I’m pretty sure that’s not how spells work? You don’t just start a spell, stop before the spell is finished, and the spell still works :/

Also how the hecc did Garmadon know where to find Harumi? It was never explained, he just like punched his way into the police station and was like “Yo b-tch what’s up?”

“I can turn him once, I can turn him again” ends up getting his ass handed to him and nearly dieing for the millionth time in his life

“That sounds like a really bad idea” “And Kai knows bad ideas, he’s full of them” Oof Kai just got roasted

“Lloyd, what are you doing?” “I’m sorry, Nya. I have to confront him” OOF HE REALLY DID JUST PULL A KAI DIDN’T HE

I’m not gonna quote everything Lloyd says here cuz there’s too much but DAMN HE’S REALLY PISSED OFF AND IS REALLY DOING A KAI JESUS

I know we all wanted Sensei Garmadon back but I’m ngl this Garmadon looks really cool and gives really good evil speeches to unmotivate his opponent

OOF Y’ALL REALLY HAD TO ADD LLOYD HOLDING OUT THE PHOTO OF HIM AND GARMADON WITH LLOYD STRUGGLING SAYING “FATHER” AND THE PHOTO GOING INTO THE WIND DIDN’T Y’ALL MY HEART CAN’T TAKE THAT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AND I STILL HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH EPISODE 10 WHERE I KNOW LLOYD’S HEART IS GONNA BE RIPED OUT OF HIS CHEST AND STOMPED ON WITH A SPIKED SHOE

F—K HARUMI F—K NINJAGO HQ F—K EMPEROR GARMADON F—K THE SOG JUST LEAVE MY POOR BABY ALONE

Y’all I don’t think I can make it through the next episode f—k man

Holy f—k I forgot Emperor Garmadon reads the title card in episode 10 oof

“Not so fast!” “‘No so fast”?! You used that ages ago!” True, it sucked then and it sucks now

“My brother is coming” “How do you know?” “I know” Dang even baby Wu doesn’t tell people sh-t

“You sure you’re up for this?” “I was married to him once, I’m up for anything” Ok so you’re saying that as if you were the one that was treated badly in that relationship and not the other way around like it should be but whatever floats your boat pal

“Careful!” “Are you actually doubting my ability to closely approximate the true value of our surroundings? I’m a nindroid.” Damn Zane is pissed

COLE LITERALLY JUMPED OFF THE BOUNTY TO CATCH BABY WU NOT KNOWING JAY WAS GONNA CATCH HIM AKA HE WOULD HAVE DIED FOR BABY WU I’M SCREAMING GOD I LOVE COLE

Ok so Lloyd you are excellent at fabulous/eat-a-dicc-b-tch exits like wow 👏👏👏👏👏

Also the scene with the 4 OG ninja and Baby Wu traveling to the first realm looks really really nice ngl

All in all I really really like this season, it’s great 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[blursed-ninjago-ideas]

Serial killer Misako au

[ Misako stares at the remains of her She-Shed and glares at Omega giving off a faint silvery aura. The Ninja, Wu, and Garmadon are all staring at the inevitable clash against titans.

Misako: YOU DESTROYED MY SHE-SHED! THAT WAS MY ONE CONSTANT GIFT FROM MY FORMERLY DEAD HUSBAND! YOU FUCKING PRICK! I NORMALLY HAVE A RULE AGAINST MURDERING FAMILY BUT OH YOU YOU’RE AN EXCEPTION. FIRST YOU DIDN’T SEND US A WEDDING GIFT OR ATTEMPT TO HAVE A DECENT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR GREAT-GRANDSON. THEN YOU BURNED MY SHE-SHED, FOR THAT YOU SHALL PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE OMEGA.

Omega: Did you just threaten me?

Misako: DID I STUTTER BITCH? YOUR FLESH SHALL MAKE AN EXCELLENT HAND BAG WHILE YOU’RE HORNS WILL BE OVER MY FUCKING FIREPLACE.

Lloyd: Go Mom!

[Misako looks back at Lloyd and smiles calmly at him before her features return to a scowl and she glares at Omega pulling out a sharp set of knives. The knives appear to be bloody and are engraved with a familiar pair of skulls and crossbones reminiscent of Garmadon’s army.]

Misako: Lloyd sweetie not now, Mommy’s about to commit Patricide and cull part of the family tree.

Garmadon: That’s hot.

[Wu, the rest of the Oni, and the Ninja just stare at him in horror while ignoring Misako who is calmly starting to carve off Omega’s long horns after she’s killed him. Nya’s helping her slice up the Omega’s remains and the two appear to be arguing over who gets his heart.]

Garmadon: Don’t judge me I’ve been in jail for 4 months and I haven’t seen this side of her since the serpentine wars.

ok

-Ivy

[razzle-zazzle]

@entersomethingcreativehere for your writing challenge :D

So, what’s happening here is, instead of going with my original plan for this challenge, I ended up making an entirely new AU with a focus on Bizarro Cole, who, for the purposes of this AU, I have dubbed “Colby”

1068 Words; Lost & Found AU

TW for blood & death

Cole’s head was pounding.

Which made sense, he realized, as he tried and failed to make the room stop spinning—the last thing he remembered was pushing Lloyd out of the way of dark matter during the final battle.

What didn’t make sense were the handcuffs digging into his wrists, pulling his arms behind his back. Neither did his surroundings, which were still spinning—fuck, his skull was splitting open. Cole needed a moment.

Once the room stopped spinning, Cole yanked on the handcuffs, dismayed to find they’d been hooked around a pipe—clearly, he would not be leaving anytime soon.

Cole spent a few more minutes struggling, taking the time to survey his surroundings. He was in the corner of what looked like a small warehouse, likely abandoned in the Overlord’s invasion. Crates surrounded him. Somewhere, Cole could hear the sound of industrial fans.

“Oh, good, you’re back to normal.”

Cole’s head shot up to the source of the noise, staring in disbelief at the figure perched atop one of the crates. No. No no no no no. Now was not the time for this. “You’re supposed to be dead!”

Bizarro Cole only shrugged as he leapt down from his perch, swaggering over to where Cole was sitting. “Yeah, but, you never got around to killing me.”

He held up a knife.

Shit. “What, so you’re going to kill me for no reason?” Cole asked. He needed to stall, needed to hope the others would notice him missing. Needed to hope they would find him before his double could enact whatever he had planned.

“Well, yes, you probably will be dead soon.” Bizarro Cole smiled, lifting Cole’s chin with the tip of his knife. “But not for no reason.” He threaded his fingers through Cole’s hair, yanking it sharply.

Cole frowned. His double had a motive. That was good. It gave Cole something to work with, something to stall with.

But could he even draw his evil clone into a monologue? Of the bizarros, Cole’s double had always seemed the most pragmatic. And Cole himself was more of a listener than a talker. That was Jay’s thing.

All the same, Cole swallowed his fear. “And what reason might that be? My stunning charm?” He had to stall. Had to waste as much time as he could.

Bizarro Cole scoffed. “As if you had any to begin with.”

He kneeled down, pulling out a scrap of paper covered in scribbles. “If I remember this right, the last thing I need is some blood.” He muttered.

Cole’s gaze jumped to the knife in his double’s hand. Blood? Why would Bizarro Cole need blood?

This is not gonna go well for me, is it?

“What are you even doing?” Cole asked, snapping his double out of his musings, “I mean, what could you possibly hope to accomplish at this point? The Overlord’s been defeated, right?”—it was the only explanation Cole could think of for why he was back to normal—“So what could you possibly hope to gain?”

Bizarro Cole blinked owlishly. “The Overlord?”

“The thing that possessed Garmadon? That you said was the only thing you answered to? Any of that ringing a bell?” Now Cole was just confused.

His double snarled. “I know what you’re talking about, you gormless git. But I’m not doing this for the Overlord.” His hand clenched into a fist. “I’m not doing anything for the Overlord. Not anymore.”

Cole frowned. “Then what are you even after?” He flinched as the knife slashed his chest, beads of red welling up along the cut and soaking his gi.

Bizarro Cole paused. “My brothers—”

“Aren’t the other bizarros dead?” Cole cut in.

Snarling, Bizarro Cole bitch slapped him across the face. Hard. Cole hissed in pain.

“And whose fault is that?” Bizarro Cole roughly yanked Cole forwards by his hair, forcing the black ninja to lean forwards.

“Excuse you,” Cole snapped, “But I’m not the one who killed them!”

“My brothers—” the clone continued tersely, holding the paper under Cole’s wound, “are—were—everything to me. And I—” he swallowed, and for a moment Cole felt a stab of pity— “I failed to protect them.”

Bizarro Cole relinquished his grip on Cole’s hair, setting the paper on the floor. From where he was sitting, Cole could see the scribbles more clearly—it looked more like an intricate circle, Cole realized.

And it was glowing.

Which probably didn’t bode well for Cole.

Bizarro Cole set something—a pendant, it looked like—on the circle, muttering something under his breath.

Okay, Cole had a really bad feeling about this. He struggled, but the handcuffs only dug in more. Whatever his clone had planned, Cole did not want to be here.

Slowly, the circle became quiescent, fading until all that remained was a bloodstained scrap of paper. Bizarro Cole picked up the pendant, eyeing it before putting it on.

It was like looking in a mirror. Red eyes became gentle brown. Gray skin flushed with color. Even the bangs had shortened, making Bizarro Cole identical to the original.

Oh fuck.

Bizarro Cole grinned at Cole’s reaction. “I failed to protect my brothers.” He repeated, once again brandishing the knife, “I won’t fail to avenge them.”

Cole backed up, though he couldn’t go far. “You don’t have to do this!”

“Oh, but I think I do.” Bizarro Cole brought the knife back to Cole’s chest. Cole scrambled to pull away, to no avail.

“Your brothers killed mine.” Bizarro Cole growled, driving the knife into Cole’s chest. “And you’re gonna help me repay them.”

Cole didn’t have a response—he couldn’t respond through the bloody gasps escaping him, the pain in his chest sharp and unbearable. He couldn’t shout, couldn’t speak, could only sit there useless as blood ran down his chest, staining his double’s hands—

Cole gasped again, blood dribbling down his chin. He couldn’t—he couldn’t—he—he cou—

+=+=+=+=+

Bizarro Cole stood over the corpse of his counterpart, idly turning the knife over in his hands.

He’d have to wash the blood from his hands before meeting up with the others. And get rid of the corpse more permanently afterwards. But for now, he stood there, quietly reveling in this small victory.

He was one step closer to enacting his plan. One step closer to avenging his brothers.

One step closer to fulfilling my promise.

Smiling, he returned the knife to its sheath.

Those ninja wouldn’t know what hit them.