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chapter nine.

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Chapter summary: you deal with the aftermath of your Father's actions.

Chapter warnings: blood, violence, trauma

Word count: 4.3k

A/N: Chapter 9 as promised!

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Father’s blood would have to be washed from your clothes.

That was the first and only thought as your father’s pulse slowed to nothing against your fingers. Blood. So much blood. Father’s blood. Shared blood. The fabric would have to be wrung and wrung again, scrubbed and squeezed. It still might not come out. These clothes might be stained forever, and there was nothing you could do about it. You would have to dona — no, who would want bloody clothes? You would have to throw them out. They would always remind you of today, they would always —

“(Y/N),” Gaara said. Surely he’d been calling your name for several seconds, but you hadn’t heard him. His fingers ghosted over your arms in an attempt to anchor you in reality, but you only trembled under his touch.

Your head shot up; Gaara was standing right above you. Your gaze returned to Father. His head lay limp in your lap. “I — “You struggled to puzzle words together. One competent sentence would be a triumph. “I don’t …”

“It’s all right.” Gaara’s voice grounded you, along with his touch. Gentle and coaxing, though its gruffness remained. He aided you to your feet, moving slowly as you rested your father’s head on the floor.

“What …” Tears garbled your speech, their hot wet trails training down your eyes. Your chest rose and fell with sporadic, too-quick breaths. “What did I do?”

“You did nothing.” Gaara cajoled you into an embrace. “There was no preventing this … You must not blame yourself.”

You tucked your face in his shoulder, wishing to disappear. You choked out sobs in the crook of his neck.

Footsteps. Someone banged the door, already open, against the door, straining on its hinges.

“Gaara!” a voice. Temari’s. “What’s …”

“… Oh no …” Kankuro’s.

You turned your head to see Temari and Kankuro approaching slowly, registering the surrounding carnage.

“That’s it then,” Kankuro muttered. “It’s really over …”

Temari set her concerned gaze on you. Unable to console yourself, you disappeared again in Gaara’s shoulder.

“The fighting is over,” Gaara said. “Let the ninja of the Oasis village know their leader is dead, and that they have lost. Then we will consider our losses.”

His voice was especially gentle on losses. Your throat constricted, your chest wracked with another horrible sob.

Time passed without your participation. You blinked, and the bodies were gone, as was the blood. Shinobi spoke in quick, formal tones to Gaara. Kankuro limped away and came back. Reality slotted and rearranged itself, again and again and again.

And, somewhere, Temari beside you: “C’mon,” she murmured, arms around you. “Let’s get you cleaned up …”

The smoke cleared.

Literally and metaphorically. Word of Father’s death sent the ninja of your village fleeing Sunagakure while Sand ninja traveled south, deep underground, to alert the villagers who’d been evacuated that the fighting was over and it was now safe to resurface.

Suna had taken quite a beating; fires had scorched sandstone buildings black and ugly, structures destroyed, people wounded — but, thankfully, not too many had been on the streets after all, as you had feared.

The battle was over, but there was a great deal of damage to be accounted for, and you dreaded how long it would take for the Sand to recover — in more ways than one. Kankuro had called in a tip from the beach village you had all visited and they would come assist in the cleanup. Temari had taken it upon herself to lead and organize the groups designated to address the damage.

You were the opposite of fine.

Gaara was absent from your side, and for that, you were actually relieved. He fought to comfort you but you refused him; his village needed him more than you did right now, and anything to negate the effects of Father’s attack was worth the lonely, grief-addled evenings you now endured. It both helped and hindered you to sleep until noon, but the nurses insisted you now needed more rest than ever, especially after your ordeals. You at least had Gaara’s full comfort some nights where he simply held you and let you cry until exhaustion superseded anguish.

And it suddenly occurred to you: you were an orphan now. Mother gone, brother gone, and now Father.

Except Gaara and his siblings. An orphan, but not alone.

After a few days, you understood what you needed: to see Kankuro.

“Well.” Kankuro looked out amongst the devastation from his hospital window. “This will definitely delay the wedding.”

You allowed yourself a laugh, bitter though it was. Once Kankuro had been situated in the hospital for his wounds, he had invited you in, saying he wouldn’t mind a story to pass the time. You had told him everything about the mission, just as you had told Temari and Matsuri, and once you were done, his grimace was so you almost saw fit to call the nurses.

“And how’re you feeling?” he asked.

“I think I should be asking you that.” You smiled sadly; your father’s body was being sent back to the Oasis as the two of you spoke. “Fine … I mean, as fine as I can be.” You fidgeted with your hands, looking up at him. “I’m sorry.”

“Now that I know I should be saying,” Kankuro said. “I called you a snake. I’m so sorry, (Y/n).”

You waved him off. “Anyone would’ve done the same. I’m just sad; you believed in me and were so loyal to the idea I wasn’t up to anything.” Another bitter laugh. “I let you down.”

“No, you didn’t,” Kankuro said. “I believed you really cared about Gaara; I was right.”

You nodded.

“And I can’t believe I was right all along about the oasis having rejuvenating powers!” Kankuro said, sounding genuinely impressed with himself. “It was just a theory, but to know it was real …”

You smiled for him. “It was a gamble. I didn’t even know anything about it. Temari told me that’s what she heard from you.”

“I’m never letting her live this one down.”

A wider smile. “I’m just grateful we made it in time … The oasis — whatever my mother was sick with — she couldn’t be saved by its waters …”

Kankuro sobered up. “Unfortunate, truly …” A pause. He adjusted in bed, his movements constricted by the bandages around his chest and stomach. “I’m sorry about your father, too.”

Your chest ached. “Is it all right to be sad? I don’t know. He was … horrible to everyone, especially me.”

“You don’t do yourself any favors policing your own feelings,” Kankuro said with a sigh. “Sometimes, the people who treat us the worst are the ones we hurt for the most.” He rolled his eyes with a scoff. “I would know.”

He means Gaara — the old Gaara. A little weight shifted off your shoulders.

“… But Gaara worked for our forgiveness, so he’s automatically better than your father. Sorry.”

You burst out laughing. It was such a relief, the mirth running through you like alcohol.

“What will you do now?” Kankuro asked. “I understand your father has no surviving kin other than … Will you … leave us?”

“Hahaoya’s taken over the village and is fighting for it as we speak,” You said. “Her forces are actually quite extensive. And I … can’t imagine going back just yet.” I can’t leave. I have to do my part to help here.

“… Will you still marry Gaara?”

“Of course!” You said it without hesitation, but just then another weight came to replace the last. If the village will still have me. How accepting would they be, even if they knew your story?

You would do whatever was best for Gaara and his family, even if it meant untethering yourself from him and walking your way home with bloodied footprints in the sand.

Kankuro nodded and relaxed into his pillow. “Good. I’m glad.”

“Do you think it’s okay?” You said. “With — with the village and …”

“We’ll work it out, if it’s not.”

Once again, you saw Hideo there, sitting inside Kankuro, providing the same comforts, the same kind of warmth.

“I’m just glad I didn’t screw it all up in the end,” he said. “I don’t know how good of a Kazekage I made then.”

“Are you joking? I saw you defending this whole village by yourself,” You said. “You weren’t a good Kazekage, you were a great one.”

Kankuro smiled, and the sincerity of it struck you. He held his arm out to you and you sat at the edge of his bed before falling into his hug, careful not to stress his bandages.

“You’re such a strong kid,” he whispered. “I’m proud you’re my sister.”

Tears pebbled your eyes as you rested a hand on Kankuro’s shoulder, remembering when Hideo had said the same. You laid your head on Kankuro’s shoulder and, finally, allowed yourself to cry for the family you had lost, and for the one you had gained.

“And, once again, Lord Kazekage,” Ebizo began in a bow, “we apologize for our negligence.”

“I never liked that Joseki!” Ikanago cried from her seat. “I know it is not of high character to speak ill of the dead, but —”

“We never expected he would be a part of something like this,” Goza said. “A thousand apologies, my lord.”

You shook your head, hiding a smile behind your knitted fingers. Almost a week later, the Suna council had been shredded considerably since the attack. Both it and Gaara were still dealing with the repercussions of its handicaps. The opposition within the Sand that had supported your father was being dealt with, along with those who had allied with Joseki, which meant more trials, more deliberations.

Fun.

Gaara was giving his council very little attention from his seat beside you. He flipped a folder closed, now fully briefed. “The Sand prioritizes forgiveness and second chances — those sentiments extend to this Council.”

Ikanago and Goza breathed a sigh of relief.

“However —”

They stiffened.

“—if you are truly in such a repenting mood, I would like to be a part of the appointment process. Suna deserves fresh faces on its council, members who can relate to new challenges it encounters,” Gaara finished.

He means adding people who aren’t pushing one-hundred. You snickered into your sleeve.

“Of course!” Goza said. “That would only be fair!”

“Now, to business,” Gaara said. “The Hokage has sent reinforcements to aid us in the rebuilding process, which will be led by my sister, Lady Temari.”

They nodded.

“And there’s been a letter from Lady Hahaoya,” You said. “My father will be buried soon, along with his assistant, Chuuyou. I will be leaving soon to attend the funerals and work out the finer details with Hahaoya.”

Hahaoya was currently the village head after a successful takeover. Gaara was the one to give you the news, while Hahaoya offered you the choice to attend the dual funerals, for the fallen ninja, like Chuuyou, and Father's. You said you did; you wanted the closure of finally putting the family drama — and trauma — behind you. Along with negotiating the more complicated aspects of succession.

“And …” Ikanago’s eyes sparkled with hope. “There will still be a wedding at some point, of course?”

She never stops!

You and Gaara exchanged looks.

“Lady (Y/n) and I have decided to delay it indefinitely,” Gaara said.

“WHAA?”

You smiled to yourself. Never mind the fact that Gaara had privately proposed to you, with only his siblings and Baki present, erasing the politics of your engagement (along with the result of a scheme) and instead making it one of heartfelt desire.

“We’re still going through with it,” You said — mostly to soothe Ikanago. “Don’t be so upset!”

“I broke my hip, girl!” she cried. “Oh, I may be dead before I see the two of you wed!”

“Honestly, Lady Ikanago,” Ebizo chastised. “You really must learn to stay out of young people’ affairs.”

“I second that,” Goza bit. “What are they meant to do? Say their I dos over the pile of dead bodies?”

That was a good point.

“It could be a beautiful ceremony to cleanse all this suffering and instill some hope!”

Also a good point.

“So, if everyone is all right with it, let us move on,” Gaara said over Ikanago’s crying.

After business, you and Gaara retired to the palace, where you coupled in the room you two shared.

You turned to see Gaara had long been staring at you.

“What is it?”

He grew shy. “I was only thinking. This is the second time I have been saved by someone who should have been my enemy.”

You blushed. “I … think you’re right.”

“I know it has to happen,” Gaara began, “but I really wish we didn’t have to postpone things.”

“I know how you feel.” You sat by him. “I’m especially bummed out about it.”

Gaara tilted his head. “Why is that?”

“Because I hate the idea of showing on my wedding day,” You said.

Gaara’s invisible brows wrinkled. Before he understood what you meant, and astonishment opened his face like a flower.

“So …” He trailed, his eyes lowering to your stomach. “It’s true, then?”

You smiled. You had been examined during your time catching up on rest and had known the truth for some time. You had only wanted the perfect time to tell Gaara. Yes, you were an orphan now. Except for Gaara and his siblings, and the little baby growing inside you. An orphan, but not alone. “Hideo would be the perfect name if it’s a boy, don’t you think?” Your eyes popped open. “Unless you had a different name in mind! I’m not saying it has to be —“

Gaara leaned forward and silenced you with a kiss. A protective hand secured itself at your hip before he thought better of it and moved to the center of your stomach. You sighed into Gaara’s kiss, his reassuring touch.

He drew back after a century only to smile at you.

“I assume you like the name?” You said.

Gaara’s finger grazed the apple of your cheek.

“It’s a perfect name.”

The last thing Gaara wanted was for you to travel. Especially now you were confirmed pregnant and vulnerable in ways you probably could never fully understand. But you insisted, and he only agreed with especially tight security around you.

The excursion home was surreal, made even more surreal now you were to attend your father’s burial service. You had no idea what reception you would receive once you arrived.

Once there, you were surprised by the mood; it was very much the village you had grown up in, but despite the atrocities of the last few weeks, spirits seemed to be high. Hahaoya’s influence, I bet.

Father’s burial was performed in a small enclosure not far from the village palace. Hahaoya arrived to pay whatever respects she still retained, but you got the sense she was truly there to support you, her hand tightening on yours as his coffin was sunk into the ground. The service was small, with only the two of you and a few extra council members who still held Father in some esteem. But words were sparse save some niceties, and the small gathering dispersed after burial.

Once it was over, you walked the grounds of the palace garden. Desert plants prospered despite the struggle of the heat. Cacti sprouted from the ground to remind you of Gaara. You thought of the little cactus you had gifted him, the one Gaara had reinstalled on his office desk, and hoped they would always remind you of Gaara.

Many times you had made this aimless traipse with Hideo. Now you were alone. But Hahaoya soon joined you. You followed her around the garden of the palace, now hers.

“I’m sure you are feeling a whirlwind of emotions right now,” Hahaoya said. “I assure you, whatever you are feeling is natural.”

“Not really,” You said. “Or, at least, not yet. I feel sadness, but there’s also a strange calm now that it’s all through.” A bird chirped in a lone tree, miraculously grown in the desert, standing alone. “I am relieved Father will get to rest now.”

“Child, do you realize how strong you have been?” Hahaoya said, a touch breathlessly. “How strong you are?”

You smiled weakly at her. Whatever you felt, it didn’t feel like strength, yet people kept telling you that. “Am I?”

“It goes without question,” Hahaoya said. “I must admit, I was afraid you wouldn’t come, though I would’ve understood had that been the case.”

“I had to be here.” You turned back to your father’s burial place, strangely expecting to see him standing there in its place.

“You didn’t.” Hahaoya said. “If Boutoku had wanted an attentive daughter, he should’ve been an attentive father.”

You let the moment hang. “I wanted to do this last thing for him — and for myself. I’m his last surviving kin. The least I could do is see him off. He was horrible to me, but … He was a good man once. He was my father.”

Hahaoya was the one to let the moment linger. You resumed walking, and she moved in sync with you.

“Speaking of which,” she said, “it was time we spoke about the lineage.” She touched your hand to signal you to stop. “My girl, I’ve gone to the oasis. I’ve taken the dragon’s challenges.”

You blinked. “Then … You’re officially the Oasis’s head?”

“That’s right,” Hahaoya said. “Not without effort, by the way. As I am not Boutoku’s blood, he was not overly happy to see me.”

You were stunned. “I …”

Hahaoya started walking. “I am honored — but I am also old, girl. I do not plan on being the head for very long. I will organize the village and then pass this honor on to another — with tips on how to avoid dragon fire,” She added with a smile. Then she faced you. “Unless …?”

You returned her smile. “My place is in Suna now, with my soon-to-be husband.”

“I thought you would say that,” Hahaoya said. “I am glad I took the proper precautions.”

“Who did you have in mind?”

“Hmm …” Hahaoya’s voice had become playful. “I was thinking of Kota.”

“Kota?” The soft-spoken man who had barreled from the sand and brought you to Hahaoya.

“He’s noble, is he not?” Hahaoya said. “Kind, patient. And he wants the best for his village.”

“I regret to say I don’t know much about him …”

“He’s worked under me for quite some time. I’ve a few more candidates, but I’d be happy to have him as the head, even if I had no connection to him at all. He actually reminds me a bit of your father when he was younger, if only …” Hahaoya trailed. It was a moment before she spoke again. “Of course, the ultimate decision is not up to me — Ryuo will have the last word.”

You considered all of this, the repercussions of your line ending its mystical contract with the dragon. “I suppose I’ll lose his blessing as well. I may never see the oasis again.”

“Like I said,” Hahaoya gave a mischievous smile, “Ryuo will have the last word. Don’t be so pessimistic.”

You shook your head, finding it in you to return the smile. “He won’t be happy; three visitors in such a short time of each other — this is more than he’s been bothered in over a century.”

Hahaoya laughed, as you remembered her laughing, high and sweet, the epitome of mirth. “That is true. We might be what causes him to throw in the towel in his conspiring with humans in general.”

You laughed together. The sun had the nerve to shine as you came to the crook of the garden, soon to reenter the palace.

Hahaoya called your name, soft and sweet; your mother’s voice was commingled with hers. “I said I was afraid you wouldn’t come, that is true, but I was also hoping you would, for a specific reason.” She took your hand in hers. “I’ve a gift for you.”

“A gift?” You echoed.

“Consider it an early wedding present,” Hahaoya said, then shrugged, “or a belated one, depending on your perspective.”

She raised her hand, noticeably marked with new scars. A poof, and she came forward with a box in her palm.

A simple black box, even simpler to open. Your breath caught:

A new necklace, nearly identical to the last save one detail; no scorpion sprawled on the face of this one. Instead, only a minuscule illustration of the oasis at its center.

“I thought, perhaps,” Hahaoya said, “you would favor a new one. Of course, if after all the trouble the last one caused you, feel free to reject it.” A smile. “I’ve been told I’m horrible at giving gifts.”

“No,” You breathed, nestling the box to your chest. “It’s … beautiful, Hahaoya. Thank you.”

“No, sweet girl,” Hahaoya said. “Thank you.”

You had no desire to linger in your old home, and you prepared to leave with no understanding of when you would again return. Most likely many years from now. When the grief became bearable, manageable, when you had regained your footing … When Hideo was old enough to understand the politics that would forever circumscribe his life.

I’ll be okay by the time he comes of age. He deserves to know where his family came from.

As absurd as it was, you found yourself missing Chuuyou, his perennial presence. The man who had betrayed you and killed your father — that was whom you missed?

No, You thought, thumbing the new necklace around your neck. I miss the man who loved his village enough to kill the man ruining it, who saw me and Gaara as worthy once he had the proof.

As if on cue, there was a knock at your door.

You cleared your throat and stopped fiddling with your necklace. “Come in.”

The door squeaked open, and there was Kota.

“Kota,” You said in surprise.

He gave a modest bow. “I hope I’m not intruding —“

“No, not at all,” You said, ironing your clothes down. “I just wasn’t expecting any visitors.”

Kota glanced at your bed where your suitcase lay open, partially stuffed.

“Leaving already?” he said.

You blushed. “I —”

“I’m only kidding,” Kota said with a chuckle. “Lady Hahaoya told me you were preparing for your departure.”

“Oh,” You said with relief.

The crescent shape fell from Kota’s eyes. “I hope your father’s service wasn’t too overwhelming for you.”

You gave a wry laugh. “If anything, it was a tad underwhelming.” Your fingers grazed the top of your suitcase. “After all the years he spent as village head … so few guests …”

“It must be truly disheartening,” Kota murmured.

“More enlightening than anything else,” You said. That was his fault. When Gaara dies, there'll be hundreds mourning him — thousands. After all your efforts to save Gaara from the brink of death, you didn’t want to think about him dying a second longer than you had to; you shook your head of these thoughts. “But I’m fine, Kota, thank you. Did you need anything?”

Kota straightened. “I’ve not come to vex you,” he said. “I was … hoping to accompany you back to Sunagakure.”

“Really?” You blinked. “Why? Doesn’t Hahaoya have enough for you to do around here?”

“It’s not for a lack of things to do, that’s for certain,” Kota said. “I … I feel I must atone. Somehow. After all this bloodshed …”

You couldn’t disagree. You didn’t. “There’s so much bloodshed on all our hands now.”

“True, however …” Kota stepped forward. “A shinobi’s duty is to his village, and I love my home, but I also love it enough to acknowledge its flaws. Our mistakes.” He looked down. “I would like to assist in mending the relationship between the Oasis and the Sand. And I am willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen.” He bowed. “If you’ll allow me, Lady (Y/N).”

He would make a wonderful village head. You smiled. How could you refuse him? After all, what had you just done but gone out of your way to save your new family? How could you deny him the same way to redemption?

“All right,” You said. “Come with me and speak with Suna’s Council. I’m sure they’d be ecstatic to hear of all the ways the Oasis will make up for all of this.”

Kota nodded fitfully. “Very well.”

“And in the meantime,” You said as you fixed your hand to your hip. “We can also speak about all the ways the Sand will repent for its past wrongs.”

“Say no more of the Sand, Lady (Y/N),” Kota said. “The truth is, the Kazekage kept his word. All the resources he promised to send to us were received weeks ago.”

Your hand slipped away from your hip. “You mean … All of it? The weapons, the medicine — everything?”

“Indeed,” Kota said. “There is little to repent for, as far as the Sand is concerned.”

You thought of the bridge you and Gaara had crossed, the flower that had gotten stuck in your hair, the promises he had made to you the very first day you met him.

I love him.

“That’s good to hear,” You said through a soft exhale. “Well, if you are coming along, you might as well start packing.”

Kota nodded. “Certainly.”

He left you alone to continue packing. In fact, very little had left your suitcase, but now what little that had been taken out went right back in, and you zipped it up with a content sigh.

It was time to go home.

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crystal-crax · 1 year ago

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A RANT:

THE NEON LEON

(I) A rise to leadership

Pun intended bc Leo would love it

Has this been done yet? Of course, but i love ranting about my favorite characters and boy, rise tmnt has so much to rant about (well, the whole tmnt franchise has enough material to speak for HOURS buttt rise lives forever in my heart so yeah i'm biased). Might talk about mutant mayhem in the future idk.

Leonardo Hamato/Splinterson has always been the leader, the one that carries the weight of carrying the team and following splinter's steps as the next "head" of the family (as said by splinter in the 2012 tmnt). And yeah in much of the versions of the turtles, this is a very important aspect of his personality, it's his literal purpose; it's the catalyst for a lot of the narratives and storylines seen across the tmnt universe: His fights with Raph, his anxiety, his inferiority complex, his constant wish to be better, how he sometimes neglects (or simply goes against?)his brother's feelings in order to keep them and the team itself safe.

Being the leader is both the weight and medal that comes with being Leonardo, that sisyphean task that we will always see try to accomplish over and over again.

So if we want to explore why he is a great leader... shouldn't we take that weight off his shoulders?

And that my people, it's what rise does perfectly. The best way to prove that Leo is a great leader? To show us how he can handle the team from the shadows, let us see how well he knows his team's strengths and shortcomings.

But don't just make him want to be the leader, no no, show us why we should all trust him to.

First of all: Leo panicking at the face of danger, might be useful sometimes.

Honest to god: i think the rise writers and animators are amazing. They're so GOOD at showing us important pieces of the characters even without directly saying it.

First of all, he doesn't have a fight or flight response because he straight up waves his ōdachi directly at anything that attacks him and his brothers (bro has kill om sight sense, he literally sliced warren one time, remember?). He will always have the advantage, even when surprised. Also the way he lightens up the situation with his witty banter and one liners when stress is too much? Extra points for keeping team morale up👍

Or in a different case, leo's panic when the mad dogs get in trouble upon a stronger rival. Why is it great? Because even though he's losing his absolute shit, he's able to act and take the next conscious step; even when it's used for laughs: He calls for his father when his family is in danger. It may sometimes be a funny gag ; like in "Flushed but never forgotten" or soul fucking wrenching like when they're attacked by shredder and RAPH IS PROTECTING DONNIE AND LEO SCREAMS AND I- *ehem*. But he knows splinter it's capable of defending them, he trained them after all (this may be arguable when talking about season 1 splint but well, he still recognizes his father as a ninja and his master).

And thus, the next marvel of Leo:

B) He's completely aware of the team's abilities

He's a middle child, he has seen everything, and the most perfect example of it: Many unhappy returns.

BOY IF THAT'S NOT THE MOST AMAZING DEMONSTRATION OF LEO'S LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY IDK WHAT ELSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

He trusts his siblings completely, sure he looks out for them and supports them when needed (while being sarcastic about it), but he knows they're amazing at the hero thing.

I wouldn't doubt it if Splinter; being with Leo most of the episode saw just how in control he was of the situation and went: "dude...why are you not the one leading the team? You're...actually so smart wtf????"

C)He knows how to dial down his brother's enthusiasm and calls out his father's faults (and sometimes hypocrisy)

Remember the paper thieves episode?

That's peak leader Leo

The whole team was full on trying to get killed for the lols, and what does he do? Pulls them to the side and explains why they should start with something more simple and gives a speech on why focusing on the "easier task" it's still a good hero job (look out for the small/weaker ones, right?)

Not only that, but he's the one that constantly calls out his dad's mess ups, remaining by his brother's side and defending them (THIS IS NOT A SPLINTER SLANDER, I'M SAD DAD SUPPORTER AND I WILL TALK ABOUT IT LATER) seen as one of the YouTube shorts or when splints nags then about keeping secrets from him: he stands for his team, "you are not supposed to do that/you do the same thing you yell at us for"

He both inspires and defends his team, and hey; a leader is not the one that orders, but the one that motivates and supports you.

D) He's their personal hype man

Cue back to point B, he is amazed by his siblings abilities, even if he dies hide it sometimes. Remember when mikey wanted to go on a solo mission? He's fully on board and never doubts mikey is in control of the situation (sure he does go to "save him" with the others later on but come on, you all heard the call and saw Raph panicking. He trusts him but he's still his little brother y'know?)

He knows Donnie is an absolutely genious and is completely aware of Raph's dedication to the hero gig and responsability.

April and Splints? He knows they're completely capable of holding their own and willingly helps them when the situation calls for it.

And this is it please be free to add anything you might like and tell me if i'm making sense??? Idk i just love him a lot😞

HECK EVEN CASEY, A LITERAL BOY HE JUST MET. He is aware of casey's passion and abilities; i mean, if his own future self trusts him as the only one capable to fix everything, why shouldn't he?

Conclusion: Leo quite literally grew to deserve the role of the leader.

#tmnt #tmnt rant #rise of the tmnt #tmnt 2018 #rottmnt #rotmnt #rise leo #thanks for coming to my rant #rant post

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raphieeee · 1 year ago

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CW: talking about scars and trauma, burns, Pyrophobia (I think that’s what it’s called…?)

For as long as any of them knew him, Casey Jones always wore big and baggy clothing. Not one of his paint stained hoodies ever went past his wrist or were rolled up, nor were his tacky denims jeans ever left with rips as he always stitched them together with messy black cotton.

None of them thought anything of this, even when they all realised at various moments. It was just one of the many things that made Casey Jones so, well… Casey Jones.

But then the tar incident happened.

It was a simple mission, stop some purple dragons from messing around at a construction site that they were using as a cover for their latest batch of weapons. Leo was even relaxed enough to make a few genuine jokes, something that always made them feel safe even if it had the side effect of a little cringing.

Casey and Mikey had been chasing after these two goons who had been caught with their pants literally down and were fumbling over the place. One of them knocked over a heated container that had tar in it, which ended up getting on Casey’s arm but thankfully he had enough layers to be safe.

Instinct still took over when the threat of burns settled into his mind and he ripped his hoodie of as the heat started to get to his skin, flailing a bit as the sleeve caught slightly on his shirt and he ended up ripping that off two in his panic.

He was cursing up a storm about loosing his second favourite hoodie, trying to focus on that and not the feel of heat, when he realised that Mikey was staring at him with a slack jaw and wide eyes that were quickly gathering tears. Confused, Casey had walked over to him before stopping suddenly as realisation settled in. Right as it did, Mikey’s lip started to wobble as he held back tears.

Casey couldn’t stop the growing panic attack even if he was at home alone with his favourite show and a dozen teddies around him and four air coolers on max.

Mikey had seen it, and he one thing he wanted to hide for all eternity.

Across the left side of his body, from his thigh up to his back and over both shoulders, were his burns. The skin was marred and twisted, both looking thin and so tough as it’s shaped wobbled and twisted, some pale while others seemed stuck on a pink like hue. His left side was the most visible to Mikey, and was also the worst, as it was where the skin of his armpit struggled to keep its flexibility and shape as scar tissue took over it. It was where you could see that he he fire touched his arm and dripped down and down, the source of over ten years of pain, physical and mental.

Casey sobbed as he tried and failed to cover himself, almost screaming when Mikey stopped him from putting the still tar covered hoodie on. Casey only allowed him to as he realised that the threat of more heat was bad enough.

It could have been minutes or hours, most likely mere seconds, but soon the others were rushing around the corner at the sound of the commotion.

Casey would forever be grateful to his leader for his quick thinking. While the others stared in shock, Leo ripped off part of a tarp and wrapped it over his body, careful to not actually put pressure on his body.

Him and Raph took Casey home, both of them letting him sob and whine like a child as memories and sensations took for this mind all while the feeling of being stuck in a pedestal with a hundred lights and millions of eyes watched him and whom sick.

Raph cleaned up the vomit, Leo ran a cold bath.

Casey Jones felt like his world was falling apart yet at the same time he felt a relief like no other when his best friend and his most trusted teacher didn’t bat a single eye. They stayed by him as he sobbed and even as his skin was visible.

Casey was scared, but he was also safe. Safe from fire, safe from tar, safe from judgement.

Safe with his ninja turtles.

#tmnt 2012 #teenage mutant ninja turtles #casey jones #2012 casey jones #casey jones angst

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tornoleander · 1 year ago

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Wytyaa Songs Speculation

(Someone sent an ask for Skybound Fic recommendations I’m working on compiling list shall be posted soon :D )

This post is my When you think you’re all alone Official speculating! Mostly Guessing.

(Don’t tell everything though but hints 👉👈. Or where I’m right) @mondothebombo

General:

Lion man- Locked away

Jaya Drama: Be like you-Be alright

Better off without me: Guessing when kidnapped?

Time on Misfortunes Keep Till Rescue:

Come home-Broken

A lot is unsure here because some could be from events he doesn’t remember so his timeline is unclear.

Maybe one has to do with Camile almost killing him?

Let ‘em go: gives many of the feels I wanna say it’s when Jay was thinking about his friends for a long while

Cry baby: I think this is when Those fuckers got him alone for the first time. Or just general being awful.

Ship in a bottle: Djnn transform into friends moment? Maybe suggestive in leading to next songs?

Panic attack&Panic Room Two panic songs Jay said he had “a few” panic attacks on the ship I don’t think we saw them. There’s a flashback where Nadakhan has jay alone when him and the ninja replacements are heading to the castle. We don’t see the end It’s very concerning. I’d place it here.

Body:

It happened.

Tag your it: Those hellspawn attempting shit before Jay was rescued

Broken: Cole: walks in quarters “JaY yoU’re oK” Jay: Dead on the floor

Blame: Jay it’s not your fault! -message ignored.

Though some of the lines are a bit harsh in this song. It’s funny to imagine Cole just “Stop bitching an whining and get on your feet” lol

Not a kid anymore: maybe the escape.

Nightmares: Lighthouse time?

Lighthouse recovery Time:

Soon you’ll get better-You’re on your own kid

Some good comfort and they’re in Love I GET IT. Lol

@tommysm0ondust You were right Forever Winter is a great fitting song.

“To young to know it gets better”

Please :’)

Here comes a thought: The go to comfort song :D

Arms: so sweet :3

July: UGH I must know the back story here.

Burning: FEeLS

You’re on your own, Kid: Dang lighthouse is under attack.

Parents house:

Mum-Never love an anchor

My tears ricocheted&Outrunning Karma: Ninja replacement time>:)

Waiting for Superman: Nya :P

Home: NINJAS BACK

Atlantis: wedding crashing

Already gone: RIP NYA dead as hell

This is what losing someone feels like: Nya continues to be dead

Safe& sound: Nya decides to stop being dead

THAT’S all for this post I’m going to do Epilogue guessing later. And after that my conspiracy theories >:)

#ninjago #ninjago skybound #ninjago jay #ninjago angst #ninjago nadakhan #ninjago thoughts #lego ninjago #ninjago ninja #ninjago nya #ninjago fanfiction #when you think you're all alone #wytyaa #Oli’s Skybound insanity

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breithenua · 1 year ago

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That Hidden Stone asshole Kakkō is a major reason why everything (in life, not the plot) sucks for Kakashi and Naruto's generations in Naruto.

Literally the only reason Obito ended up getting crushed was because neither Kakashi nor Obito thought to finish off that Hidden Stone ninja Kakkō after Kakashi slashed him with his dad's chakra sabre. The cut wasn't enough to render him fully unconscious, they just assumed it was, so he was able to get back up and then collapse the cave they were in. Literally all it would have taken is Kakashi taking that chakra sabre and stabbing the same dude through the throat or the skull *before* going over and releasing Rin from that genjutsu. Somewhere out there is an alternate timeline where Kakashi finished that prick off, and thus the cave-in never happened. Obito doesn't get crushed, all three of them walk out of that cave unscathed (except for Kakashi still missing an eye but I digress), and a lot changes overall from there. 1. Madara doesn't have a young Obito to manipulate into taking over the Eye of the Moon plan, and *maybe* he never finds a suitable Uchiha to take over the plan at all. We don't know exactly how long the Gedo Statue could sustain him, whether it was forever or just by a few decades. Then again, maybe he does. Who knows. I hear Uchiha Yashiro was a massive prick, maybe Madara manipulates him instead. But he was also a chickenshit so probably not. 2. Rin doesn't get kidnapped as a result of Madara's manipulations of the Hidden Mist village cause he no longer has Obito there to try to manipulate. So she LIVES to the present day. Or at the least, probably doesn't die by impaling herself on Kakashi's Chidori. 3. Obito gets to keep training alongside his teammates and friends and doesn't ever become Tobi, so the Kyuubi attack on the village never happens, Minato and Kushina don't die literally the day Naruto's born (maybe they die later in some other way but at least Naruto *will have parents* and won't be treated like the scum of the earth for the Kyuubi's attack on the village. Since again, it doesn't happen in this timeline). Hiruzen doesn't have to step back into the role of Hokage, at the very least not as quickly. Probably not at all, with how strong Minato already was and the potential he had. Minato probably ends up getting way stronger and ends up becoming the strongest Hokage in history (at least, compared to his predecessors). Yes, I actually think he'd eventually surpass even Hashirama in strength. Remember, Minato died at only 24. He had A LOT of room to grow. And he probably doesn't listen to Danzo's bullshit either. Remember, Hiruzen tolerated it because he had a childhood friendship to Danzo. Minato doesn't have that connection to Danzo.

3.5. Since Obito never becomes evil, he has nothing to do with the incarnation of the Akatsuki we saw in Shippuden. Maybe they still become that though, Danzo is infamously, a fucking prick. 4. Kakashi doesn't have to live with the guilt of being unable to save his friends, though on the other hand he never gets the Sharingan either and will be old one eye his whole life. But considering how badly the Sharingan drained his stamina and how much his trauma held back his true potential over the years, that might work out to Kakashi's benefit and have him be much stronger, much faster. He'd have to either readapt or discard Chidori though, since it's not safe to use without the Sharingan. Maybe he holds onto the knowledge and teaches the Chidori to someone that CAN use it better than he could.

5. When Orochimaru goes rogue, Minato (who again, *lives* in this timeline) probably isn't gonna let his ass get away, even if Hiruzen still does. Orochimaru is a slippery bastard but he can't keep up with fucking TELEPORTING.

5.5. Even if Orochimaru does get away, and eventually attacks Konoha like he does in the main timeline, it's unlikely he'd survive a fight with Minato. But chances are he wouldn't DARE try to take on Minato. ...oooh wait, Madara might consider trying to ally with Orochimaru if he lives long enough to do so. Again, still some questions on just how long being connected to the Gedo Statue could actually extend Madara's lifespan. But Orochimaru *does* desire the Sharingan and might be able to be swayed to help Madara in exchange for help in gaining said Sharingan abilities. And that's actually a scary possibility.

6. The Uchiha are never blamed for the attack of the Kyuubi, since in this timeline it never happened. They're also not shoved to the edge of the village, put under surveillance, and ultimately massacred by Itachi due to Danzo's manipulation. Sasuke never has to see his clan massacred, he has loving parents and a loving brother, and he never has to leave the village to seek power for his revenge. Shisui probably lives too, seeing as Danzo attacked him basically to prevent him from using Koto Amatsukami on Fugaku to prevent the coup d'etat that again, most likely wouldn't even happen in this timeline. Maybe Danzo would attack him for his eyes anyway though, Danzo's a fucking prick afterall.

7. Minato as Hokage would probably be very impressed by Itachi's academy scores and chunin exam times, considering they both were child geniuses. He'd probably keep tabs on Itachi, maybe even take Itachi under his wing to an extent and consider Itachi a future successor to him. And when Itachi gets that chakra illness, Minato, knowing Jiraiya personally, could ask Jiraiya to find Tsunade and bring her back personally to help treat Itachi.

7.5. Alternatively, there's a possiblity Obito, now that he's finally activated his Sharingan, finally starts excelling as a ninja, and he's the man Minato considers most as a future successor to himself. Reason I didn't write this as the main possibility is we don't know how much of Obito's later strength came to him naturally, and how much of it was due to his having White Zetsu cells attached to him in combination with the Mangekyo and the Uchiha curse of hatred. Obito got A LOT of buffs from his circumstances. I still think he'd be a great ninja and jonin someday, of course, we just don't know how great he'd be without those buffs. That being said, if we consider the assumption that Obito *is* still strong enough to succeed Minato as Hokage valid, I could see Minato assigning Itachi to Obito's team at first, and when Obito succeeds Minato, Obito and to a lesser extent Minato both groom Itachi to be Obito's eventual successor.

8. Some other random people that aren't gonna die since Obito never goes evil: Hiruzen's wife, Kurenai's dad, Iruka's parents, and countless anbu and other nameless ninja that died in the 9-tails attack.

TL;DR So much awful shit could have been avoided if Kakashi or Obito finished this particular jackass off. He's not the ONLY reason life sucks for Kakashi and Naruto's generations, but he's a massive part of it. Thanks Kakkō, you fucking asshole lmao:

#naruto #kakkō #kakashi hatake #uchiha obito #uchiha madara #minato namikaze #fuck you Kakkō

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randomartwork · 6 months ago

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Naruto Rewrite:

Disclaimer this is my opinion NOT fact. I’m just throwing out ideas that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Naruto and Naruto Shippuden belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

Kushan’s still the nine tails jinchuriki but kept anbu style (Obviously no one knows she’s the nine tail jinchuriki) where she meets Minato as Hokage, leaving kid them not to meet but adult them. He saves her, she saves him the rest is history

Danzo tries to seize power by creating conflict within the village and villagers themselves. Stops the communication lines and spreads misinformation

Danzo wants more of a dictatorship of the other clans since he wants The Leaf to be on top

Danzo starts fights with clans and pin them against each other, tries to ban clans from forming their own in clan schools, giving bed times to groups he dems dangerous to Konaha, of course Hiruzen steps in when he tries to over step

Hiruzen takes notes of the reason problem and rolls back a lot of rules Danzo tries to pass as he finds them extreme and takes Danzo under a microscope. Danzo knows he’s being micro managed

Hiruzen is getting suspicious of his old friend after “rogue” anbu members tried to take him and his family out in a serious of failed attacks

Danzo starts budding up with Orochimaru for “favors” and in return Orochimaru got experiment space as Orochimaru spirals into madness

Orochimaru discovers rinnegan forbidden jutsu to control a person while leaving your body in a safe place

Danzo starts supplying test subjects to get stronger to take down Hiruzen

Orochimaru being smart gave him his second best but keeping the goods to himself as a double crossing

Danzo doesn’t become fourth is ragging but comes up with a plan to seize power away from Minato

Obito using mangekyo puts nine in a genjutsu, this causes nine to see absolutely horror and go crazy

During the attack on the village the nine tails was trying to get control back, which can be hinted at

Danzo didn’t save the fourth or his wife on purpose, but Hiruzen does despite being retired

Obito’s failed plan to get nine tails and they get shish kebab, leaving their dying wish to save Naruto

Naruto gets sealed with all of nine not half

Danzo gets passed up again since Hiruzen looks like the hero instead of him

Hiruzen takes Danzo’s anbu power away, giving Ibiki control at first then changing to one of Danzo’s puppets unannounced to him

The Uchiha clan massacre doesn’t kill of all Uchiha, but only the coalition group trying to take over Konaha. Danzo tries to set up Itachi for these “random” murders and added some people who oppose him to the list.

Itachi escaped making him look bad, Obito finds Itachi and recruit him into the Akatsuki

Orochimaru finds one of the Zetzu foot soldiers and makes Danzo the arm graph (he can’t use it to live forever as it’s unstable)

Hiruzen finds out about Orochimaru illegal experiments and how Danzo had to know

Danzo tried to kill Horuzen again to make sure he’s the fifth Hokage but failed, Horuzen hesitated to kill him, giving him time to escape

Danzo left Konaha and created his own group known as The Root with loyal anbu members to try and take over the village someday

Jiraiya retires from being a ninja after finding out his old students “died” and becomes a famous book writer

Tsunade copes with losing her brother and husband with booze and retires from being the best medical ninja

Hiruzen vowels to take revenge for what Danzo has done and starts fixing the messes Danzo caused as he retakes the office back

The village rebuilds itself as other villages try them at this time (the Hyuga kid napping for an example) but the village holds its ground

Villagers still hold a grudge against each other but for the most part gets back to normal with the whole nine tails attack

#naruto #naruto shippuden #Naruto lore #naruto headcanons #headcanon #akatsuki

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junsei-alke · 1 year ago

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keyframe n. a moment that seemed innocuous at the time but ended up marking a diversion into a strange new era of your life—set in motion not by a series of jolting epiphanies but by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next, until entire years of your memory can be compressed into a handful of indelible images—which prevents you from rewinding the past, but allows you to move forward without endless buffering

“—And then Usagi-san threw him off the bridge! It was bogus!” A boyish voice dramatically informed the alligator mutant about his latest adventure over a tablet.

The boyish voice talking over the tablet is Michelangelo Hamato, Leatherhead’s best friend. Let it be known that the Hamatos’ and the Mutanimals decided a tablet is more suitable for Slash and Leatherhead as a gadget of communication. The two giant mutants won’t have to mind their strength or how small apps or texts are.

Leatherhead let out a hum, “Didn’t Usagi say this Jade is immortal?”

“Jei,” The orange-clad turtle corrected, “And he did! Maybe Usagi-san got his info wrong or Jei just bluff, or he just gets rebirth kind of immortality,” Michelangelo theorized.

“From your hectic adventure, I’m glad you returned safely, my friend,” The older mutant honestly thought the worst when the turtles were gone without notice. For some enemy managing to kidnap his friends without struggle…

Through the screen, Michelangelo winced, “Sorry, but couldn’t really do much when we’re spiritually summoned to another dimension by a blind fake immortal wolf,” The nun-chuck wielder joked weakly.

“Just how long were we gone?” Michelangelo asked quietly, “Cuz, I didn’t have to check when I have an awesome story to tell my two besties!” The turtle cheerfully added. At the edge of the screen, you can see a yellow bowl and can hear a faint meow.

A small smile formed on Leatherhead but inwardly he was frowning as well. His friend, in true ninja form, is great at misdirection. “Almost a week, my friend”.

The smallest mutant turtle's eyes widen, “Really? It was like—three days for us,” Michelangelo compared with a faraway look.

Leatherhead pressed his teeth together, to anyone who doesn’t know the mutant, they would say he’s restraining himself from eating something, but his expression is equivalent to a human pressing their lips together, a sign of displeasure. The alligator was about to change the topic, as he didn’t like the faraway look on Michelangelo’s normally bright face, but someone beat him to the punch.

“Mikey! I need your help!” Donatello called out, snapping Michelangelo’s trance.

“Coming Dee! Sorry Leatherhead, I’ll talk to you later,” The turtle apologized, as he moved the screen to a mutant ice cream cat, “Talk with Ice Cream Kitty! You guys haven’t talked since forever!”

“…”

“… How’s the freezer?” Leatherhead awkwardly questioned.

“Meowr~”

“You’re right, that’s an awful ice breaker to start a conversation,” Leatherhead apologized.

“Meow~”

“What? I didn’t pun.”

“Meeeow~”

“Oh… I didn’t realize,”

“Meoow~” The ice cream mutant titled her head a little, “Meow?”

“I’m afraid I don’t.”

“Meow!”

“When?”

“Meow~”

“That—”

“INTRUDERS!” A blue blur passed Leatherhead and leapt over the railings.

“Ice Cream Kitty, we’ll continue this later,” Leatherhead said goodbye to the cold mutant and ended the call.

Following the Salamandrian example, Leatherhead leapt over the railing as he saw three humans fighting Mona Lisa, Mondo Gecko, and Pigeon Pete.

“Pete!” The Leopard Gecko shouted in distress, as the human with a skull mask batted the Pigeon into a metal pillar.

Leatherhead roared as he tried to charge the masked human. But a red-haired human threw a smoke pellet at him. If Leatherhead was more clear-headed, he wouldn’t have attacked the red-haired human or the masked human, for they particularly looked like April O’Neil and Casey Jones. [1] It is fortunate that Leatherhead has a third eyelid or else he would’ve been so focused on regaining his vision than blocking a stab aimed at his underbelly.

“Mondo! Take the light out!” The only non-mutant in the Mutanimals ordered the mutant gecko.

“‘right!” The youngest mutant in the group cheekily saluted and proceeded to smash the control panel with his skateboard.

Leatherhead would’ve complimented Mona Lisa’s quick thinking of turning lights off [2] if he wasn’t busy trying to defend himself. The large mutant isn’t used on the defensive side of fighting, but his opponent is relentlessly attacking him.

But considering his redhead opponent switched with a black-haired human, that was fighting Mona Lisa. Leatherhead can see why this human hadn’t been knocked out by Mona Lisa, who is the only trained warrior in the Mutanimals with the exception of Slash.

CREEEAAAK

“What is going on!” A human-turned-monkey loudly demands. Beside the Monkey is a large snapping turtle with spikes and wearing a black bandana, carrying groceries.

“O’Neil! Jones! Opening!” The black-haired human pointed at the open garage door.

Wait. What? Did Leatherhead hear that right?

“Oh no one is leaving–” Rockwell interrupted with monkey noise, “–without giving me some answers!” [3] The former human telekinetically lifted the three human intruders into the air, and then glared at us. (Mona Lisa, Leatherhead, and Mondo Gecko)

“You can’t destroy the control panel to do the Lights off plan!” The scientist hissed angrily.

“Yeah, but I thought about how they can turn it on, so def need to destroy the panel, doc,” The youngest member of Mutanimals reasoned nonchalantly.

Dr. Rockwell’s eyes bulge in annoyance, “You're lucky I thought about this outcome and—monkey noise—made a backup panel!”

“And our little intruders are interesting.” Dr. Rockwell added as he eyed the three humans with maniacal interest.

“We ain’t telling ya’ nothin’!” Came a muffled statement from the masked human.

“Hm, yes,” Rockwell made another monkey noise, “Slash, you know where the backup panel. Take—monkey noise—Gecko with you, penance for destroying my tech.”

Slash grunted, “Let’s go, kid,” As he dropped the groceries, and walked outside.

“Not a kid!” Mondo squawked.

“Yeah, yeah,” Slash waved off the attempted correction, making Mondo offended.

Leatherhead stared at the duo bickering back and forth.

“Doctor, put them down, I want to try tying them up,” Mona Lisa enthusiastically said.

“Ah yes,” Monkey sounds, and eyes bulged for a second, “Space doesn’t have rope. Instead you alien tie with magnetic space metal.”

The Salamandrian warrior nodded, “Sometimes electricity. Burnt skin and pain make the captive more compliant.”

Leatherhead can attest. The Kraang had tied him with electricity before.

“Raphael taught me the proper ways of tying with ropes or wires. The painful and the non-painful way, and I’ve been looking for an opportunity to test my learnings” By that meaning, the non-painful is actually not painful for mutants or aliens. And maybe non-painful for trained humans only.

“And you’ll be trying…?” Leatherhead wanted to know, as Michelangelo tried teaching him once, but it was futile because Leatherhead kept accidentally cutting the wire/rope. But they did discover Leatherhead can somewhat tie someone with metal pipes in case chains aren’t available in the area.

“Wire. The painful way.”

Leatherhead felt pity for the human intruders. Michelangelo said the wire is more painful than the ropes. Unlike the ropes tied with the painful method, they irritate the skin if you try to move or escape, the wire on the other hand makes you bleed.

It took 10 minutes, as the humans tried to escape while being tied by the alien. And to Leatherhead’s surprise, the Salamandrian warrior tied the male human with the not painful method. And the fact the masked human gave her the most trouble despite being less refined than his companions.

During the 10 minutes, Slash and Mondo brought the back-up-controlled panel, which Dr. Rockwell quickly integrated into their lair system and managed to open the lights the moment Mona was finished tying the redhead human.

“Now!” Dr. Rockwell clapped and eyes bulged with enthusiasm, “These two humans!” The monkey removed the mask on the male human, “Are alternate versions of our friend April O’Neil and Casey Jones!”

That doesn’t seem outlandish since they look like adult versions of their friend. Leatherhead thought.

“And! This human is Karai!” Dr. Rockwell dramatically pointed at the black-haired human.

The proclaimed alternate Karai didn’t look like Karai in Leatherhead’s opinion.

“It seems, armour and being good at the battle is consistent for any version of Karai,” Mona Lisa complimented(?).

“You’re just going to accept that!?” Questioned the maskless Casey Jones.

“Casey…” Alternate April hissed.

The alternate Karai remained quiet as she observed them.

“Well yeah. Doc is pretty smart y’know,” Mondo answered, “Besides! Mikey told me that the multiverse exists cuz he already met an alternate version of himself… Twice!”

Alternate Universe Casey nodded hesitantly, “Okay… But all we know you guys are faking this whole alternate-whatever-situation story,” Alternate Casey Jones states with a furrowed suspicious brow.

Well, Leatherhead can’t fault this Casey Jones for being suspicious.

“We’ll call them.”

“What?”

“The turtles,” Mona specified.

“We’ll call them either way to fix this,” Slash added.

“They are the experts at this type of situation,” Rockwell said with a hint of jealousy.

“…So, you’ll untie us?” Alternate Karai asked.

“If you swear on your honour to stay until the turtles come,” Mona Lisa replied.

Alternate Karai raised her eyebrow, “You must know me intimately,” and something rest unsaid, that only Mona seemed to understand.

The alien warrior shrugged, “We have a bi-weekly girls' night out,”

Karai huffed in amusement, like she heard something funny, “I swear on my honour, I’ll stay until this universe’s turtles show up.”

Mona hummed before turning to the other humans, “How about you two?”

“Will you stay as well?”

When the alternate April O’Neil was about to speak, the garaged door opened, and garbage and rotten food is all they could smell.

“Hey, guys! I just finished an interview with—who are these humans? And why do they look like our friends?” Questioned by the newly arrived resident New York Hero, Muck Man.

Drip

dri–

GASP!

“Sensei!”

Splinter coughed relentlessly to the point he couldn’t recognize which of his sons had made him sit in a stable position. The mutant also has blurry vision.

“Whoa there sensei, take it easy,” His son rubbed his back.

It took a few minutes to not hack up his lungs and to regain his vision.

“You okay, master?” Questioned Raphael, who was leaning against a graffitied wall.

“Ye-yes, I am alright, my son.” Splinter cleared his throat, “Thank you, Donatello.”

Looking around with a clearer vision, Splinter can tell they’re in an ally way. Which the rat mutant didn’t expect to be at, being sucked into the portal. And speaking of portals…

“Where’s Leonardo?”

Seeing his three sons being together gives Splinter hope that his eldest is just reconning the area to be safe and he arrived with them. But with the expressions of his sons, Splinter’s hope wanes.

“We’re… not sure, Sensei,” Donatello took a deep breath, “Because we aren’t in our universe.”

“What do you mean, Donatello?” Splinter asked with a confused frown.

The purple-clad genius handed him a Newspaper, “While you were unconscious, Mikey and Raph did a little reconning around the area and I was protecting your body. When they’re done, Mikey found this,” The mutant turtle pointed at the newspaper date.

“August 6, 2015,” Splinter murmured in shock.

Donatello nods, “I would’ve said we’re in the future if it weren’t the fact the publishing company is different. Of course, I had taken into account the possibility of a new publishing company and future and such, but it says the company has been around since the 1887s. In our universe, it's Hearst, but here it's Hirst.”

“And don’t forget you dragged me to places!” Chimed Michelangelo.

His third oldest sighed, “And the fact I dragged Mikey to find areas that were supposed to be familiar but to only see to be slightly altered, but still related to our universe.”

“Dollar Tree is waaaay better than Cheap Shop,” Splinter’s youngest proclaimed.

“It is a little on the nose,” Donatello agreed.

“Ok, sensei is up to date. What are we going to do now?” Grunted Rapheal.

Splinter’s whiskers twitched at the small made wind.

Donatello puts a thoughtful expression, “We find this universe turtles.”

“No need,” a hoarse voice echoed through the valley.

Splinter remains in a relaxed form while his sons draw out their weapons.

Two pairs of white eyes dropped down from the fire escape stairs and stepped out of the shadows to show two giant mutant turtles.

‘Their body is completely submerged in the shadow.’ Splinter mused as he was impressed. For he knew these turtles only showed visibility because they wanted to.

“Your Don aaaaand your Leo?” Questioned Michelangelo in a disbelief tone, as he tucked away his nun-chuck.

Splinter can see why his son is in disbelief. The two mutants have different sizes. The one wearing a purple bandana—Who Splinter assumes to be Donatello—is tall and lanky, his muscles aren’t pronounced much, and his eye colour is reddish brown. While his blue bandana companion—Leonardo… Splinter’s heart is riddled with anxiety at the thought of his eldest—is smaller than this universe’s Donatello, with more pronounced muscles and his eye colour is silver-blue. While his sons have the same height, same muscles, and same eye colour, except for Michelangelo’s baby blue eyes.

“Yes, and yes,” Alternate Donatello answered dismissively, “So, what are you guys doing in our dimension? And what year is it on your end?”

“Ok–hold up. How can we be sure we can trust you,” Raphael questioned and interrupted before Donatello could answer his counterparts’ questions.

The alternate of his first and third eldest had shared an amused yet exasperated look at each other.

“From the looks of things, you act like our Raph. And if you're anything like our Raph” Alternate Donatello started, “You won’t trust our words regardless,” Alternate Leonardo finished.

“They got you there,” Donatello pointed out with an amused tone as he sheathed his Bō-staff.

Rapheal growled and grumpily crossed his arms after he sheathed his Sais. But the red-clad turtle is glaring warily at the alternate turtles.

“For your earlier questions. We didn’t mean to be here as we were forcefully sucked–“

Michelangelo laughs “Ha ha ha, suck.”

“–into a vortex. And it’s the year 2007 in our dimension.” Donatello continued as if he wasn’t interrupted.

‘Thank Spirit’

Splinter inwardly raised an eyebrow at what alternate Leonardo said. With Splinter’s ability to read lips, he managed to understand the young turtle’s words.

“Hm… What’s the source of the vortex? I might be able to replicate it.”

Donatello grimaced at the thought of the unusual source of the portal, “Stars alignment.”

“Excuse me?” Alternate Donatello stared at his son, with a gaze asking if he was joking.

“Yeah…” Unfortunately, Donatello isn’t joking.

“Right…” Came a dazed reply, “Not the weirdest transportation… What’s the stars' alignment called and how long to form?”

“Stars of Kicaan, and 3000 years to align,” Donatello answers.

“Leo?” The alternate genius turtle turned to his brother.

This universe of his eldest shook his head, “Maybe it forms on another planet,”

Alternate Universe Donatello hummed, “That is possible… Do you think Mona Lisa or Bishop has some information? Or willing to–”

Ba pa ba pa ba pa baa pa!

Alternate Leonardo was interrupted by a shell with a screen on it(?).

Splinter and his sons watched the object being tapped in the alternate blue-clad turtle’s hand and shared it with his Donatello.

“Looks like we’ll get information from Mona Lisa,” Alternate Leonardo said as he tucked away the small shell away. “We’re going to the Mutanimals,” Leonardo informed as he parkoured up to the building’s roof

“What? And where’s that?” Raphael loudly questioned, although, it sounded like a demand.

“Upper Manhattan,” Alternate Leonardo answered, not showing if he was bothered or not at Splinter’s hotheaded son tone, “And I hope you don’t mind being named by Mikey,” The alternate blue-clad turtled added.

“What about being named by me?” Michelangelo curiously asked as they followed his alternate brother’s example.

“Mikey–well our Mikey–likes naming things. Villains, people, or objects.” Alternate Leonardo explained.

“And if you named something without him, he’ll sulk for days,” The alternate purple-clad genius rolled his eyes.

Raphael scowled, “Why the fuck does he want to name us? We already have names!”

“Because there are two versions of each of us. So, he’ll want to name you or us. And judging by the text, Raph successfully threaten him to name you guys instead,” Alternate Donatello explained.

“Alright,” All six mutants dropped down in front of a vehicle, “Meet my baby, Shellraiser,” Alternate Donatello presented in a proud ‘Ta-Da’ position.

“Woah…”

The alternate version of his son revelled in the amazed look from Splinter’sfamily.

“Make yourself at home, But! Don’t break anything! Or dirty anything!” Alternate Donatello said as he sat in front of multiple monitors. While his brother sat at the steering wheel.

“Alright,” Alternate Leonardo secured his seatbelt, “Thirty-six minutes away from upper Manhattan,” The mutant set the Stick Shift.

Vrrrroooooooommm

“違う亀ですか？” Questioned Karai to the kneeling ninja. She had just been informed by one of her chuunin, who knows about her mutation and her other family members and even met them, about a Mutant Turtle with a blue bandana and twin katanas, that isn’t her brother.

“はい、カライさま” The ninja confirmed.

Karai sighed, “彼はどこにいる？”

“河童は会議室にいますよ、カライさま。” The ninja answered diligently.

Karai waved her hand, “解雇する” and the ninja disappeared.

Karai stayed still for a few moments, “Shinigami,” Karai turned to her Chuunin[4], “What do you think?”

“On whether this is an actual yokai tricking us or just an alternate version of your brothers?” Shinigami questioned, as she sat on Karai’s desk.

Karai let out a small smile, as she intertwines their fingers together, “Both.”

Shini hummed before magicking a flower, “Let’s pick Dendrobium petals, and see our answer,”

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

“Kame”

Pick

“Brother”

Fall

Karai watched as Shinigami plucked off the petals and let them fall to the ground until the last petal is in her hand.

“Brother,” Shinigami eyed the dendrobium petal with a Cheshire smile.

Shinigami let the petal fall to Karai’s palm. Which the Jounin [5] eyed.

“Tell Daisuke to put other Leo in a box–“ Karai paused as a mischievous idea formed in her head, “Actually–put him in a closet, and the inside must have these colours,” Karai handed a piece of paper, “And appoint a flight to New York.”

“As you wished,” Shinigami dramatically bowed and disappeared in a puff of smoke in her wake.

[1] Knowing these two humans looking like Leatherhead’s friends would compromise him. It would feel like he’s attacking his friends. Mona on the other hand thinks these humans were playing a dirty trick to look like her friends, by looking like her friends, these humans thinks she won’t attack them.

[2] Salamander, Leopard Gecko, and Crocodiles has better night vision than humans. Leatherhead is a mixed mutant between Alligator-Crocodile-Human

[3] I’m not typing OOOO-AAAA-OO for monkey noises.

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nerd-party · 2 months ago

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ill try to answer them all:

genevieve, and I like it!

Yep! I can't draw but I do acting and singing

Yes unfortunately

be on stage as a job

Will Campos waved at me once

not right now, my legs are too fucked

being overlooked: seen but ignored for someone else who is just as good/worse than me

Barret Wilbert weed

I can sing, do card tricks, and I can walk incredibly quietly (ninja style)

absolutely fucking not, just TRY waking me up before 10am at the weekend

Only for bf/gfs but I am down for a nickname

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA YES

I don't watch shows so I'll list one show and movies: good omens, red white and royal blue, the princes bride

not really lol

Me and my friends from all across my friend groups sitting in an oak tree eighty feet high, smoking weed and passing round a bottle of wine that never emptied. We watched the snow fall and the sun rise and it was literally perfect.

nope

nope again

nope x3

unfortunately I am a social butterfly but I wish I could just be on my own sometimes fr

yep! Never used to be but I guess I'm popular now

bite my nails

I always forget I have mascara on so I rub my eyes and I look stupid- I feel open to attack.

Jon if it's a boy, Elisa if it's a girl, and backup name of Ollie/Yasmin/Jasmine

dont have one but DAMN Andrew Garfield fine

music

Dogs but I do love cats

Literally tumbles my only social. I guess ao3?

@valkzzheart

brother, sister, mum, dad. Pretty standard shit

chocolate 🤤

Yep!

YES I LOVE ROLLERCOASTERS

yep, quite well

I have a. DETAILED PLAN. if y'all want me to tell it exactly lmk and I'll divulge my master plan.

yes, a few

Yep!

Pink/blue!

England!!! TOP BINS MATE OAYYYY

Any musical theatre artist!! Or Conan Gray

yes!! It's a big dream of mine but I don't wanna be super famous

Yes I love dresses but I wish it was warmer where I live so I can wear them more

popular from wicked / astronomy by Conan Gray

talking about it in person yes (especially with parents) online no, actually doing it would be a no

like 12?

Yes I do it all the time, Im in a shooting club

Nope!!

i love horror!!

According to my friends yes and I think I'm good too

one time I got really mad at my parents because I was sent away from the dinner table in my old home so I went upstairs and flushed a whole toilet roll down the bog

pretty exhausted

Yes I was actually

i never used to be able to dance but I can now

Biting my nails again

Yes!! I bleached it just so I could dye it

Blue

ferret

Onstage once yeah but it wasn't my fault (mic cut out, I got made fun of)

Yes!

lots!

My main friend group is GAE 🏳️‍🌈

drama

None

sometimes? It varies

pet sematary (1989) FANTASTIC

Not on TV but in podcasting: Normally 'Ly Oak-Swallows-Garcia-Li-Wilson-Marlowe-Swift-The-Unworthy is just like me fr

need to be at the top and extreme competitiveness I force myself not to think about, plus my extreme feelings about fairness

hiking the mountains and going around the world to beautiful places

If I would never die I would start committing crimes

singing aloud onstage and around the house to practice

who I became friends with would change ASAP and my class too

yes absolutely

Late October

My room with all my DND stuff

Did my singing competition auditions!!

an astrophysicist

A stable career and a consistent home life

I usually speak up, I don't think I have a moment like this

I have to get better at everything.

I feel like that already with how many extracurriculars I'm doing bruh 😭

seeing the sights bro

Houses for me and my friends/family, stable education funds for me, my friends, my kids, my family and all our kids. Keep people safe from bankruptcy

The past, instantly. Live in the 80s and 70s forever

a love of acting and helping others

same one from earlier- hanging with the boys committing crimes!!

The woods would be nice but if get bored. The city

Nope. There's no afterlife. It just ends.

my year 6 teacher was the GOAT

playing Lego with my friend from nursery, Aoife.

Einstein so I can get his last words

I don't really know yet. I've laughed so hard I've cried but it's not the same

that some people are gonna think others are better than you and you just have to deal with that. Favoritism is everywhere and fairness is irrelevant.

Nothing.

kill some people probably /hj

run away/defy authority unfortunately

yes, because no matter what people say, looks matter especially early in life. If youre pretty at school you aren't bullied and people like you. I want to give my kid the best chance. (not saying this is a good thing, I hate this but it's the truth)

idk just kinda happened one day

impending doom and my immense hopelessness and just. General sense of emptiness and failure.

exist.

hey that wasnt 100 you skipped 2!!

100 Questions!

Thought these might be fun? Ask me some and I’ll try(I can’t promise) to get something up for you later! these questions aren’t my own

1. What’s your middle name, and do you like it? 2. are you artistic? 3. Have you had your first kiss? 4. What is your life goal? 5. Do you have any expieriences with a famous person? 6. Do you play any sports? 7. What’s your worst fear? 8. Who’s your biggest inspiration? 9. Do you have any cool talents? 10. are you a morning person? 11. How do you feel about pet names? 12. Do you like to read? 13. Name a list of shows that have changed your life. 14. Do you care about your follower count? 15. What’s the best dream you’ve had? 16. Have you ever kissed someone of your same gender? 17. Do you have any pets? 18. Are you religious? 19. Are you a people person? 20. Are you considered popular? 21. What is one of your bad habits? 22. What’s something that makes you feel vulnerable 23. What would you name your children? 24. Who’s your celebrity crush? 25. What’s your best subject? 26. Dogs or cats? 27. most used social media besides tumblr? 28. best friends name 29. who does your main family consist of 30. Chocolate or sugar 31. have you ever been on a date? 32. Do you like rollercosters? 33. Can you swim? 34. What would you do in the event of an apocolypse? 35. Have you struggled with any kind of mental disorder 36. Are your parents together? 37. What’s your favourite colour? 38. What country are you from/do you live in? 39. Favourite singer? 40. Do you see yourself being famous some day? 41. Do you like dresses? 42. Favourite song right now? 43. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? 44. How old were you when you first got your period? 45. Have you ever shot a gun? 46. Have you ever done yoga? 47. Are you a horror girl? 48. Are you good at giving advice? 49. Tell us a story about your childhood. 50. How are you doing today? 51. Were you a cute kid? 52. Can you dance? 53. Is there anything you do that you can’t remember ever not doing? 54. Have you ever dyed your hair? 55. What colour are your eyes? 56. What’s your favourite animal? 57. Have you ever made a huge fool of yourself? 58. Do you have a good relationship with your parents? 59. Do you have good friends? 60. Are you close with anyone of the lgbtq+ group? 61. What’s your favourite class? 62. List all the tv shows you are watching. 63. Are you organized? 64. What was the last movie you saw? Opinion? 67. Which tv character do you relate to most? 68. What are some things that stand between you and complete happiness? 69. If you received enough money to never need to work again, what would you spend your time doing? 70. What would you change about your life if you knew you would never die? 71. What would you do differently if you knew that no one was judging you? 72. If you could start over, what would you do differently? 73. Would you break the law to save a loved one? 74. When was the last time you travelled somewhere new? 75. When you think of your home, what immediately comes to mind? 76. What have you done to pursue your dreams lately? How about today? 77. What did you want to be when you were a kid? 78. If you dropped everything to pursue your dreams, what would you be risking? 79.When did you not speak up, when you know you really should have? 80. Describe the next five years of your life, and your plans, in a single sentence 81. What would happen if you never wasted another minute of your life, what would that look like? 82. If you could live forever, how would you spend eternity? 83. How would you spend a billion dollars? 84. If you could time travel, would you go to the past or the future? 85. What motivates you to succeed? 86. What dream that you’ve had has resonated with you the most? 87. Would you rather live in the city or the woods? Why? 88. Do you believe in life after death 89. What teacher inspired you the most? How did they? 90. What’s your fondest childhood memory? 91. If you could have dinner with any one person, living or dead, who would they be and why? 92. What would you have to see to cry tears of joy? 93. What is the hardest lesson you had to learn in life? 94. What do you think happens after we die? 95. What would you do if you would be invisible? 96. What’s something you can’t do no matter how hard you try? 97. Would you want to choose the sex and appearance of your offspring? 98. How did your first crush develop? 99. Is there a feeling you are trying to ignore? What is it? 100. Do you live or do you just exist?

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robobirdie · 2 years ago

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Chapter 41: The Throne of Dagon

“How long do we have to wait?” DJ inquired getting impatient. They had been waiting all day for a sign to start the attack of distraction. Even though they could not see the sky through the dark clouds that coated the sky the hyenoids believed it was around sun set making everyone waiting worried and impatient.

“Do you think something’s gone wrong?” Seliel wondered from where she stood with Wu, Skylor, Pixal, the Nexo Knights, Robo-bill Merlok and Jestro. They were all on edge and nervous.

“It is possible. We have no way of knowing what sits beneath the city. We have no way to know what they have had to face or how complicated the path to the tower is?” Pixal noted.

“You were in this foreign realm with my ninja and faced this Stag with them. What are your thoughts on him? Do you think we can trust him or have we put the ninja in danger?” Wu inquired to the knights keeping quite hoping the Stags minions could not hear him.

“I don’t know. I’d agree something’s different to him after the curse was broken but I don’t know what it is. He still feels like a being of darkness,” Clay noted and Aaron expressed, “yha I find it hard to shake the feeling of him as a dark and evil being. If you saw or felt what he was like or could do it’s hard to shake the thought of him as anything but that dark monster. I wouldn’t trust him.”

“Even his own minions have confided to us a few times that they are unsure if the Stag could truly escape his dark side,” Macy regaled and Axl added, “they should know they have dealt with him the longest.”

“He was created in darkness by darkness making his nature forever tainted by darkness. He will never be able to escape that no matter how hard he tries. Even if he intends to do the right thing there is no guarantee the darkness will not interfere and sway him to its side,” Merlok noted voicing what many of them felt.

“Given what the ninja told us I do not think it wise we blindly trust this Stags word,” Pixal agreed and Seliel stated, “what do you think we should do then? Do you think we should make a straight line for the heart of the city?”

“I think so. While the rest are keeping the forces occupied we should try and make a direct path to that central tower to aid the ninja,” Wu agreed and Lance noted, “That is going to be very difficult. You heard what they said about those walls.”

“Yes but there has to be ways through, gateways, doors you know. How else would people normally get through the city if they didn’t have those,” Seliel stated and Skylor added, “even if they are guarded working together we should be able to fight our way through.”

“Indeed but it will be risky especially if we have to fight our way to the gates,” Macy noted and Pixal suggested, “it could be made easier if we save the fighting for at the gates and get through areas on stealth avoiding unnecessary interactions with the enemy.”

“How good are you and your knights at stealth?” Wu inquired to Clay and Aaron stated, “we can pull it off if we have to.”

“If that is what you plan to do we can do it but we should first plan where we are going to go. From what was scouted the first ring is going to be a real trouble to get through and the central one I’m not sure how we’ll get through with that fog but we could think of something when we get there,” Clay noted drawing a mock up of an aerial view of the city from what he could remember of what Pelagius had shown them in the dirt of the floor. They quickly worked out a rough plan deducing which of the elementally influenced sections in the first ring was best for them to enter and navigate safely and easily through. All held dangers and difficulties. Despite seeming safe the murky waters of the swampy water region could hide many dangers and monsters could be hiding within its dark forests and waters; the earthy ring was quite rugged with a few notable rips with lava filled interiors in the earth making it hard to navigate; the icy region and its eternal blizzard offered poor visibility plus it risked freezing them all before they could get through it as Pelagius had noted every being who had became caught in it even un-dead and robotic had become living frozen beings by its hold; the fiery one was likely very hot and probably too hot for them to safely navigate they would risk burning up before they got through; the one gripped by energy seemed the best option but they were unsure of its exact nature and how things exactly worked in it. With that uncertainty that left only one region, the electrified one. Some of them notably the knights due to their highly metal armour and Pixal and Robo-bill Merlok were at an increased risk of getting struck by lightning but the terrain was not too difficult to navigate and the weather was more reasonable than the other regions. Even though some like the ninjas parents who were there wanted to join them in making for the city center they felt it best only certain individuals went. The smaller the group the less likely they would be spotted and they needed to be ready to fight possibly some of the nastiest monsters there. The knights accompanied by Merlok and Jestro with Wu, Seliel, Skylor and Pixal would be making the trek to the center of the city. The others would stay behind to join in the fight on the outskirts. As they finished up their planning they could hear a commotion starting outside their hiding place. It sounded like a fight was starting. They could hear the enemies yelling outside as they could hear the Scimitar Dragon Vahlok fly by the area letting out a mighty roar as he went.

“That is the signal,” Kozac declared and DJ exclaimed, “finally!” The hyenoids were quick to rush out into the fight. The others hesitated waiting till those outside were occupied in fighting each other before making a move.

“If we’re going to do this now’s the time,” Clay declared. They all agreed. While everyone else was occupied their group which consisted of the knights, Wu, Pixal, Seliel, Skylor, Robo-bill Merlok and Jestro snuck out headed straight towards the center of the city keeping alert for enemies and navigating their way around hoping to not be seen.

“Is it just me or is it getting darker?” Jay fretted as they made their way out of an alley way into what seemed like a more open area. The Stag had knelt down looking at some debris on the ground and got back up as they all came out of the alley way. Despite seeming dark the fog which bathed the area with a sickly greenish hue was a bit thinner here allowing them to see a large pathway had been cleared between a gateway in the inner ring of the wall and lead to a massive conglomerate structure that boasted massive unnervingly designed doors at the end of this cleared path. The edges of the pathway were dominated by piles of debris where dark mutated fungi some of which had glows to them and dead looking grasses and vegetation had taken root. Along with rubble from structures and dirt the debris piles held large bones, skeletons of people even serpentine along with skeletons of large unidentifiable creatures some possibly dragons some of the skeletons even looked to be partially fossilized or coated in some strange crusts, various household items, ruined vehicles some of which looked to have been torn apart by large creatures, some dead or dark tainted trees some of which even looked to have fossilized and had parts broken or crumbling off their trunks and branches, torn down power lines and lamp posts, patches of jagged pointed void tainted rocks that stuck up and pointed into the pathway and strange sickly greenish colored crystals that stretched up often in clusters light emitting from their cores in the same unsettling hue lighting the area close to them and attracting corrupted insects to them. Dead looking grasses sprouted from the broken pavement and stone works that made the path which had large chunks buried under dirt. The walls of the structure the path led up to were made of buildings and other structures from Ninjago, Knighton and the Lost Realm. Many of these structures were damaged with large chunks having crumpled down to their bases. Some structures had the strange dark tentacles dripping out of damaged areas, vehicles had been tossed into a few buildings, vegetation grew on some with fungi growing up the walls of some and a few even had scattered bones or even skeletons drooping out of damaged parts sometimes caught up in flora or the creepy tentacles. Most alleys ways were blocked off by debris while some which could be passed through were lined by dark foliage, often glowing fungi which tended to grow up walls or hang from lines or damaged parts of structures that roofed these alleys. These open alleys quickly faded into the dense fog obscuring most of the passages. A few large chunks of debris or rocky chunks some having vines, roots or these dark tentacles dripping from them they could make out floating in the sky around the place poking out of the thick low hanging clouds above. The place looked damp however they could see no water just puddles of something that looked like water but was an odd void greenish tinged color. They avoided stepping in these afraid of what they were and what they could do. Unnervingly there were no signs of anyone around. The only forms of life visible were some un-dead vultures circling through the area, void tainted birds most which looked like crows perched watching the area or inspecting debris, void tainted skeevers were rummaging through debris and minor beasts of the void like small glowing misty masses with tentacles hanging below them like some form of mutant jellyfish which were floating around, things that looked like brittle-stars with a large eye in their body which clung to surfaces and just watched them as they moved through the area and a strange flightless bird that was pecking through rubble. While all the creatures had them unsettled the eye creatures which seemed to be watching them with their unsettling octopus like eye unsettled them the most with Jay being the most scared of them. He even hit a few and startled them all when the creatures burst into a puff of dark smoke that quickly reformed into the creature unfazed and continued to watch them. There were no Ashers or more prominent and dangerous monsters of any kind in sight though by the looks they had been there and in fights at one point. It was all unsettling and didn’t feel right. If this was that demons palace why was it unguarded? Was it a trick? They hoped not.

“It appears darker here as the voids presence is thicker here tainting the very existence of this place with its darkness,” the Stag explained and feeling unnerved as they looked at the structure they had to head to Kai stated, “I’m guessing that demons hiding in there?” All of the ninja found the structure unnerving and the condition and circumstances of the place unsettling. To make the looks worse things were fairly quite with only the muffled off sounds of insects, birds and frogs mixed in with faint creaking from trees or metal hangings and the occasional dropping of debris in the area being audible.

“Uh guys has anyone seen Zane?” Cole wondered trying to see through the fog behind them in the alley waiting for Zane to appear but he wasn’t worrying him. They had been too occupied looking for threats and navigating their way to notice that Zane had disappeared. They were unsure when he had vanished. Had he simply got distracted by something or had something got him? Had he stopped somewhere getting lost or was simply a bit behind the rest of them?

“Hasn’t he been following us?” Lloyd wondered looking around worried. They looked to where they had come from but after a few minutes and seeing no evidence of someone following them they began to worry.

“What do we do? Should we go back for him? How long do you think he has been wandering on his own in here?” Jay began to panic which just made the others more anxious. The Stag however was calm. He looked at where they had come from then towards where they had been headed the doors of this sinister looking structure emotionless.

“We keep moving on,” he declared without emotion and Cole wondered worried, “what about Zane?”

“What about him?” the Stag questioned and Lloyd declared, “we’re not going to leave him alone in here. He’s part of our family and we’re not going to abandon him. You don’t leave family behind. I say we go back for him.”

“No, you will be wasting precious time if you head back for him... besides I have the sense he will find us,” the Stag declared continuing on the way they were heading.

“What do you mean he’ll find us?” Kai wondered not liking those words and Nya noted, “with this fog he’s probably gotten lost and needs our help we should go back for him.” They were all not happy with the Stag just brushing aside Zanes safety but he didn’t seem to be listening to them. He just continued on. Even though they wanted to head back and find Zane they followed the Stag not wanting to be left alone in this fog and not trusting to leave the Stag alone. He led them to the structure opening the massive heavy doors with little problem. The structure inside was filled with the void fog which was dense and spilled out into the outer area causing the fog there to thicken unsettling the ninja who took a few steps back from the smoke in fear. The Stag was calm and emotionless not budging from the smoke. He didn’t even wait for the ninja to settle as he headed into the structure forcing them to follow to keep him in their sights. They slowly made their way through the structure. Because of the fog they couldn’t see anything but reasoned they were likely in some sort of large open area. The fog seemed to slowly be getting slightly thinner as they entered the area. While they were walking they kept alert looking around hoping Zane was just lost and would find his way to them.

“Is it just me or is it getting hotter in here? Not that I’m complaining, its nicer than that extreme cold we’ve faced so far it just seems odd and I think some of us are going to start to feel uncomfortable if it gets any hotter,” Kai stated feeling anxious as they made their way through the place sticking close keeping an eye out for threats and Zane and the Stag responded, “something nearby is creating a great deal of energy which is manifesting as heat. I think they are a good sign that we are getting close to the heart of this mess.” They slowly continued to make their way getting the ever sinking feeling something was not right and something was lurking waiting for them in the dark fog they could barely see through.

“What’s that?” Jay wondered at one point trying to not panic as he caught the glimpse of something in the fog not too far ahead of them from the light of his lantern. He pointed at what he was looking at to draw the others gazes to what he was seeing. There appeared to be a figure in the fog just standing there. The dark thick fog obscured much of the figures features leaving it largely no more than a silhouette. They cautiously approached the figure.

“Is that… oh no Zane!” Lloyd expressed when they got close enough to make out details to the figure. To their surprise and shock it was Zane. When they saw him they were all both relieved but deeply worried. He was just standing there in the fog a bit hunched over and swaying a bit with his left arm held up to his body as if he was hurt. Zane looked like he was falling under the Stags hold most of his body having blackened with the unnerving void markings and his one eye the same unnerving green color. Only a few patches of his normal skin and attire and his one eye were not corrupted. Zane was clearly oblivious to everything around him not even aware of their presence not even responding to his name. He didn’t have his lantern nor any of his weapons not even the Red Diamond Shurikan he had been given to wield and the bracelet the Stag had put on him was gone. They tried to get his attention but he didn’t seem to properly respond or be aware of them. Zanes strange state and appearance had the ninja feeling deeply troubled; the Stag was oddly calm and un-reactive.

“Can you hear that? It calls to us, a drumming in the darkness, like a hearts, a dark heart. I can hear it, it calls to me; it is comforting, I must join it, I have joined it,” Zane mumbled not appearing to be talking to anyone in particular his voice sounding off and a bit dark. Nya went to check the arm he was holding in a strange way worried over why he was holding it like that feeling it was might be injured but before she could touch him the Stag declared loudly startling them, “Wait do not touch him, something is not right.” The Stag slowly approached to look Zane over. Zane didn’t seem aware anyone was there nor acknowledged being touched.

“What have you done to him?!” Lloyd demanded angry recognising the marks on Zane as those that showed the Stags hold on someone and Kai added, “those markings are the ones you leave.”

“I can assure you that I have not done this to him. The markings look like mine for they are a sign of the voids hold. Mine resemble the voids because I am apart of the void,” the Stag began inspecting Zane. Zane was unaware anything was being done to him. His state was starting to unnerve and anger all the ninja.

“Oh really then if you didn’t do this to him what did?” Nya demanded getting angrier while the Stag looked over Zanes one arm pulling out a piece of thorn from his wrist as he did this and surprising the others.

“He was weakened to the darkness, the bracer would not have been enough to save him,” the Stag declared

“This is because of that piece of the void Juib told us you placed in Zane isn’t it? That was what it was for to poison him, turn him into a demon for your dark purposes?” Lloyd growled and calmly looking Lloyd in the eyes the Stag declared standing tall, “this is not my doing. The piece I put in him was from the light of the void and not its darkness; it is harmless. It was to let him see and understand the truth of the void; to protect him from its darkness.”

“Protect him yha right. He doesn’t look like he has been protected!” Cole chastised and Lloyd demanded feeling a mix of anger and worry, “what has happened to him?” All of them drew their weapons at him but the Stag was unfazed.

“He has fallen to the void. He is only at the edges of its hold but even then its hold is powerful. Slowly in time its hold will further consume him. Eventually he will lose his memories and identity of self becoming but a shadow of who he once was to serve as a soldier for the darkness of the void. It is a fate worse than any death. As one who has felt the grip of the voids darkness I can tell you there is nothing worse than to be lost in its dark hollow hold. As Astaras champion I felt he was at a greater risk of being consumed by darkness than the rest of you even the one of Oni blood. Astara is a force of good and her champion is a bringer of the light; a threat to those of darkness. I thought by giving him a piece of the voids light he could see the bright side of the void and that it would protect him from the voids darkness. I see now though that was not enough to spare him its hold,” the Stag declared. While they weren’t sure how true the Stags words were it calmed them down and they relaxed a bit their anger slowly fading. Cole inquired trying to hide the sorrow he could feel building from what the Stags declaration meant, “is there anything we can do for him? Some way to break the voids hold and bring him back?” The others were starting to feel saddened and worried by Zanes state.

“I am unsure but it is likely too late,” the Stag proclaimed and Lloyd countered, “we can at least try something right? We can’t just let him fall to the darkness. You’re apart of this void can’t you do something?”

“Maybe… I cannot guarantee it will work but I could try to pull the void out of him,” the Stag declared before attempting to pull the energies of the void out of Zane with some sort of spell holding his one hand out towards Zanes forehead. Whatever the spell was doing clearly was causing Zane considerable pain. Zane put his hands on his head looking to be fighting something inside himself and was moaning, “no stop… I cannot… I cannot hear it… stop… I need the darkness… I need to be in its hold…” The longer the Stag performed whatever he was doing to Zane the more pain Zane looked to be in and the ninja noted strange colored sparks of energy start to come from parts of his body including on his chest where his heart was located. It quickly got the ninja worried and they quickly couldn’t stand seeing their friend in so much pain and being hurt. Whatever the Stag was doing didn’t seem to be working, instead it looked to just be causing pain.

“Stop it you’re just hurting him!” Lloyd exclaimed pulling the Stags hand back stopping the spell. When the spell ended Zane fell backwards and lay down awfully still on the ground. The ninja rushed over to Zane trying to get him to respond. He was unresponsive nor appeared to have any signs of life as they sat him up and checked him over. Pulling his sword out to confront the Stag who was strangely calm and emotionless as he looked at them Kai demanded, “What did you do to him?”

“It is too late. The voids hold is too great; if I try to separate the void from him now it will kill him further losing him to the void. If he was still fighting the voids hold I might have been able to help him but he is not fighting it. He has willingly given into the void and let it claim him. There is nothing anyone can do for him now; he is lost,” the Stag declared worrying and angering the ninja. They were deeply worried for Zane and angry at the Stag not fully believing all he was saying.

“Zane would never do that, he would fight this darkness. You’ve done something to him,” Lloyd expressed drawing Dawnbringer at the Stag who still remained eerily calm. Zane began to stir starting to breath as he mumbled, “we must listen, we need the darkness. Only in darkness can you see the light.”

“If you do not believe me than ask him yourselves,” the Stag declared and Cole noted, “how? He doesn’t seem to be able to hear us.”

“He's right I let the darkness in; it called to me and I listened. It spoke of the truths; we cannot defy its truths. The dragons must fall… I will not fight it,” Zane explained seeming to gain a bit of coherence even though he just stared blankly in front of himself and was still unresponsive to their touches or any visual stimulus even as they helped him to his feet. What he was saying and how he was acting was disturbing the others.

“What?! Why? Why would you willingly give into the void?” Jay demanded shocked at what he was hearing.

“Darkness comes for us all; we might as well embrace it then it will let us see the light. Sometimes we need the darkness to see the light and enjoy its greatness. Without the dark how could we know the light,” Zane mumbled and upset by what he was hearing Lloyd remarked, “no Zane. That’s what this void wants you to think. Don’t listen to it.”

“Say whatever you want you will not be able to change his mind,” a deep dark voice proclaimed from within the fog sounding to somehow come from everywhere. The voice was then followed by a deep laughing that seemed to emanate from somewhere in the fog disturbing and unsettling the ninja who looked around for where the sound was coming from. Zane was oblivious to the sound around him and the Stag was unnervingly calm as he looked around. The fog was steadily starting to lift allowing them to see where they were. They were in a massive, at the least five blocks in size defiantly likely more, makeshift throne plaza. The area was massive being squared at the entrance where they came in and rounded at the opposite end where a throne area had been built. At the far end made from the fusing of the palace of Knighton, Borg tower and the Ivory-gold tower was a large throne platform. They stood not far from this thrown area. The throne area was built up on a three to four story tall elevated platform area that covered the back of this area with a central stair case that widened out towards its base leading up to its top. The stairs did not touch the walls of the structure. Instead walls with strange portal gates built in front of them made the sides of the platforms base. A strange crystal like stone was built into the top of these gates and seemed to be powering them which despite being active showed no signs anything was using them at the time. On the throne area a dark stone throne sat near the front of the platform with the strange beam of fiery energy that they had seen shooting into the sky outside shooting up from a greenish crystal lined circular pit behind the throne. The energy shot up where it passed through what appeared to be this Realm Stone they had heard of which was stuck floating about four stories above the throne platform before it continued up into the sky. The Stag had a feeling the immense energy running through that item was what was causing the heat in the place which without the cold fog was now getting warmer and he warned them not to get close to that energy beam. This beam he reasoned was what was creating the meld and was an ultimate and concentrated form of the energies of creation and destruction. He had a strong feeling its energy would tear apart anything that got caught in it. It would not be a pleasant and far from painless death. Above the platform where the stone hovered a catwalk which went around the rounded upper walls of the back of the room sat. These rounded walls curved inwards a bit about a story above the catwalk indicating they likely were once part of a dome that due to the meld had been blasted away only leaving the lower reaches of the walls in place. Several items sat spaced out on platforms that came off this upper catwalk stretching out towards center where the energy beam projected. Held up on these pedestals with the same energy beam from the center coming from them and shooting into the Realm Stone were unique items none of them recognised. The Stag reasoned the items on the pedestals were special items from the realms Dagon was trying to fuse and along with the realm stone were part of the device he was using to make the plane meld possible and run. There was no roof to the area as it appeared to have been exploded outward with pieces from it just floating high above the area allowing them to see the red tinted dark stormy skies that slowly circled above the area. They could see the upper parts of the tower broken off and floating above the area above them as well and the chained massive ring that sat there high above. Piles of rubble lay about through the area mainly by the edges of the room beneath the six to eight story tall outer walls made of fused structures. The dark vines from the Ashers tunnels grew on the walls and some of the blood grass and small corrupted and even a few glowing small fungi were growing out of these rubble piles. Atop the throne platform standing in front of the throne who the laugh was coming from was Dagon decked out fully in dark attire that covered little of his dark with almost glowing red markings body letting his well muscled form show. He also wore decorative golden bracers, necklace and headgear which strongly clashed with his overall dark appearance and dark metal fabric loincloth. Dagon stood with an Asher sorcerer on the platform by him. This sorcerer was holding Zanes weapons including the Red Diamond Shurikan. Even more unsettling than the Asher and Dagons presence was the six corrupted looking dragons that perched on the broken upper walls of the structure. They were no bigger than a bus in size and they could tell by their colors and designs that each was clearly tied to a specific element. Along with their tie to an element they had dark markings around their blood red eyes indicating they were under the control of Dagons dark force. The Stag had good reason to believe those dragons were not true dragons but actually the members of this Dragon Guard who had likely been mutated by Dagon into these forms in order to serve him. He also felt if the Blight had consumed the ninja the Ashers would have eventually turned them into the same style beings to serve them. He proclaimed to them as they looked at the dragons, “take a good look ninja if the Blight had consumed you that is likely what would have become of you.” They were all unsettled by what they were seeing.

The Stag quickly pulled them all back away from Zane upon seeing where they had found themselves. The ninja refused to leave Zane but the Stag didn’t give them a choice harshly pulling them back. When the ninja tried to protest the Stag declared, “just leave him, it is too late for him.”

“Yes there is nothing you can do for your icy dragon brother he is now mine. He was smart and listened to the void like you all should,” Dagon proclaimed as the Stag put himself in front of the ninja separating them from Dagon, “Nice to see you come openly to me brother and not in stealth. Through darkness and war I welcome you. What do you think of my kingdom of the void? Shall I prepare a place for you within my kingdom or should I prepare a role in the pits of the void for your eternal reign. What will it be brother of the void? Have you come to me as a friend or a traitor; come tell me am I to consider you an enemy?”

“We may be brothers of the void but I will not join you. We are here to end your reign of tyranny and the chaos you and your Asher scums have created,” the Stag proclaimed pointing his spear at Dagon before Jay yelled out angry and upset, “what have you done to our brother?”

“Nothing, he accepted the darkness on his own and came to me openly and willingly accepting me as his lord. Sadly I think the true power of the void was a little too much for his little mind to comprehend and it has overwhelmed him the poor thing. He can barely function anymore. Luckily I can fix that and I think for his obedience I shall reward him as well. A great reward for doing the right thing; he was smart, unlike the rest of you. Now how should I reward him?” Dagon declared. Zane was still just standing by the stairs unaware of everything going on.

“Don’t you dare touch him you monster,” Lloyd declared making an attempt to try and rush at Dagon but the Stag held his spear out to block him and hold him back warning them that it would not be wise to just rush in at Dagon. Dagon just laughed at them.

“Ah I know. A good boy deserves a good reward… how about this. For your obedience ice dragon you deserve great power with an equally great form to go with it and I shall bestow these to you,” Dagon declared shooting a dark blast of magical energy from his one hand at Zane who was startled and appeared scared when it hit him causing him to get engulfed by the dark energy which turned into a dense black fog which grew to a rather large size around him. The ninja were shocked and worried wondering what Dagon had just done. The Stag was oddly calm.

“What did you just do to him?!” Cole exclaimed as they looked shocked at the mass where Zane had been. Dagon just laughed as a strange growling started coming from the mass and a few void green colored sparks seemed to dance inside the dark mass faintly lighting up its interior revealing something large was inside. Without taking his eyes off the mass the Stag was slowly moving them backwards away from it. As the fog began to settle and dissipate they could see a large pair of icy eyes appear in the mass before slowly a rather large dragon notably bigger than the others crawled out of the dissipating fog towards them. It crawled on four limbs with the wings also being the forelimbs with one clawed digit for use in walking and climbing. It was made of a void black colored synthetic scaly skin with patches of titanium scales and plates which bore the patterns of scales and plate scales on the metals surfaces. The forelimbs and wings were dark with aquamarine cracked markings covering the membranes by the limb. Various sized titanium plates and scales coated the forearm and upper arm creating a row along the front of the forelimb. They also coated the shoulders, hips, outer side and front of the thighs, front of the lower legs, front of the feet, top of the toes and formed a continuous line of large scute like plates running from the top of its head down its back nearly to the tip of the tail. The rest was a dark synthetic skin looking material. It had no spines down the back but the plates of the back did form small to medium slightly pointed bumps down the spine which were largest over the shoulders preventing it from looking smooth and edging the large titanium scutes and plates of the back were short but wide titanium spikes which pointed outwards. These spikes ran down its neck, over the shoulders, along its sides above the wing membrane, over the hips and down a third of the tail. The tail lacked any spikes or spines all the way to its tip. There was a short titanium spike of a scute on the kneecap which pointed downwards. Strange horns sat on the head; the top set was larger than the lower one and between them a little bit ahead of them was a small spike of a horn pointing backwards. The horns went back before slowly curving down and forwards with the top horns being notably larger than the lower ones. The top horns also had a large short spike coming up from the top following the horns main body curve. The horns were blackish with a fading as they went down faintly glowing aquamarine inner glow at their tips. Two small down and slightly back pointing horns sat on the bottom back of the lower jaw. Two small mainly down pointing horns sat on the chin one on either side of the jaw. It had no horn on its nose but did have a pair of small titanium scutes resembling small sabre fangs on the top jaw which sat over the area a canine tooth would exist in a mammal. These scutes pointed down and slightly outwards. While baring a scaled pattern on the metal the head appeared to be made of largely two solid titanium structures coating the head and jaw. The snout was average lengthed and broad yet narrow at the same time like the snout of a hyena. A few of the sharp reptilian looking teeth from in the top jaw stuck out of the mouth a bit. A ridge over its eyes and its pronounced cheeks gave it a mean look. The area around its eyes was darkened and some void green glowing markings resembling cracks and lightening coated parts of its dark underside mainly on the chest with a few stretching out onto the belly and a bit onto the throat. A notably sized solid glowing patch lay over where the heart lay. These markings emanated out from under a row of large titanium plates that ran along its underside from its chest shrinking in size a bit as they headed towards the belly before vanishing under the pelvis region. It had a generously sized head on a somewhat longish neck which it carried level with its back which was held fairly level with only a slight rise up to the shoulders from the hips. Its long tail was held off the ground sloping slightly down from the hips to its tip. The tail tip tapered towards the end with a few fleshy spines along its top. The tail tip boasted void green cracking markings in the dark skin. As it crawled out from the fog a little unsteady on its limbs small pieces of ice and frost seemed to fall off its hide with occasional wisps of this void fog coming out of areas on the body. A blackish with void green tinted substance resembling drool, what the Stag believed was void plasm, was dripping from its mouth with a bit even oozing from seems between the titanium plates and synthetic skin around the head and on the upper third of its neck. As it dripped off it this ‘drool’ dissipated into a mist and disappeared. A few pulses of what looked like electrical energy moved down the body from the head before the wisps, electrical energy, ice and frosts stopped as the fog cleared and the dragon settled. The plasm drool continued a bit longer before slowly petering off. The creature gave off a few sounds as it steadied itself that were a strange and somewhat eerie mix of bestial with mechanical and metallic undertones to it. The ninja were shocked and startled un-knowingly taking a few steps backwards in the disbelief of what they were seeing.

“Zane?!” Lloyd fumbled feeling disturbed and worried to the beast which seemed dazed and greatly confused as it stood by the base of the stairs. It seemed to register someone was talking to it and paused a second before looking at them.

“Zeimah Zu’u krosis; sorry my kin but we must give into the darkness. Only in darkness can we see the light,” Zanes voice came from the dragon. The mouth didn’t move as he spoke instead his voice seemed to come from within him and his voice sounded darker and more bestial than usual. The ninja were shocked by what they were seeing.

“Zanes a dragon! That monster turned him into a dragon!” Jay began to panic while Dagon just laughed. Even the corrupted dragons seemed to make a noise that sounded like they were amused. Zane just remained confused and dazed staring at the ground in front of himself.

“Indeed and if you had been smart like him I would have rewarded you equally as well. Now I will give you a chance come lay down your weapons it is not too late for my mercy. Surrender and I shall reward you equally or do not and face your doom,” Dagon declared and despite the shock of seeing what Dagon had done Lloyd didn’t hesitate to proclaim, “no we will never surrender to one like you.”

“If that is your decision then so be it. Since you insist on going against me then I will not show you mercy,” Dagon proclaimed before turning to the six corrupted dragons. The whole time they were talking the six had kept looking out over the city towards where the ninjas allies were to be setting off their attack. They were guessing the attack was already going on and had caught the dragons attention making them antsy as they likely sought to join the action.

“Now my pets I know you six have been itching to join the action so go ahead. My brother and his ninja do not stand a chance. Go have your fun,” Dagon declared to the corrupted Dragon Guard who wasted no time in taking off to join the fighting in the city. Dagon then turned to Zane who was still dazed and confused and now started to look a bit scared. Dagon cast a spell on him stating, “as for you my new pet why do you not take care of those pests my void brother and his mongrel pet ninja. Show them the power of the void. Do as you please with them just remember whatever you do show them no mercy.”

“Yes my lord,” Zane expressed sounding as if his mind was numbed as his icy eyes flashed red as the spell hit him before fading to the voids green as the spell took him over. Zane became steady before looking at the others baring his teeth and seeming to stare at Lloyd as he began to crawl towards them with eyes narrowed and focussed.

“What do we do? I don’t want to hurt him,” Cole stated and Kai expressed “yha but I don’t think he has the same feeling!” They were all slowly backing up unsure what to do as dragon Zane stalked towards them.

“I guess we should be thankful it was Zane who was turned into a dragon, if it was Cole he would probably try to eat us,” Jay joked trying to keep it together while Cole was not amused and felt a bit offended by the joke before Nya scolded, “now’s not the time to joke Jay.”

“Yha and I think he’s just as likely to try and eat us as anyone else,” Kai exclaimed throwing a ball of fire at dragon Zanes face to try and drive him back terrified about what Zane was intending to do to them. Zane was clearly not happy about the move but after a minutes recoil he kept coming towards them undeterred. He growled at them sounding both bestial with mechanical hints to the sound before rushing towards them attempting to snap his jaws onto one of them.

Their little allied group of the knights, Wu, Pixal, Seliel, Skylor, Jestro and Robo-bill Merlok had managed to make their way into the first ring with little effort. Most of the enemies forces had been drawn into the fight by the outskirts and against some of the victims of the meld who had turned on their captors shortly after the fighting had started. As he had promised the Stag had managed to sway some of those stuck slaving for the Ashers to attack their masters in order to even out the fight. They had run into some monsters like nests of Vesparilions and Serpent Flies, a few Gloam harpies and a few Vulcaroths but they were rather easy for their group to take out. They were now making their way through the electrified quarters which seemed oddly quite and abandoned. They had run into some electrified skeevers when they first entered the region but those had been easy to take out. Since then they had not seen anything or anyone. Most of the buildings in the section which came from at least three realms were mainly intact with a few parts being damaged or missing bits of the structures. A few small piles of rubble lay here and there and the region was stripped of healthy foliage with only a scattering of grasses which bore electrified yellow tips and some shrooms mainly small varieties most glowing growing there. Most other foliage appeared dead and many trees seemed burned with some having split open with their cores still burning from getting struck by lightning. Lightening was striking randomly throughout the area from the dark clouds above leaving burn marks on areas where it would strike more than once in that area. They were cautiously making their way through the area using buildings to not only hide themselves but shelter from the lightening trying to lower the chances of getting shocked. So far they had gotten lucky though they had a few close calls with Pixal and Aaron which had made Aaron decide to hold off riding his hover shield and remain on the ground till out of the area. They had come across the area they had noted from the scouting Pelagius had done that looked to be a nest. It was clearly the nest for something. They had found strange dark blue shed scales that Pixal deduced came from some type of dragon. Whatever it was clearly was not there nor seemed to be in the area. They felt that was a good thing; they didn’t want to meet up with what had corrupted this region.

“I think we’re almost there,” Clay stated as they moved peaking around a corner to check what was ahead of them. He could see the large doors which they had to pass through to get into the inner most ring. There was nothing hanging around or guarding the area. Clay didn’t like the looks of it and he wasn’t the only one.

“This isn’t good. The area looks abandoned; no one is guarding the doorways,” Clay stated holding everyone else back not wanting anyone to set off any possible trap. All of them were on edge looking for danger.

“The unnatural energy of the storm in this area is preventing me from being able to utilise some of my senses preventing me from sensing anything,” Pixal stated and Robo-bill Merlok added, “some of this Robo-bills senses are not working either but I am able to feel a dark magically based energy hanging over the area.”

“What do we do? Do we brave it or find another way around?” Skylor wondered and Aaron noted, “as far as we can tell these districts only have one door each into the inner ring. We don’t have time to try and look for other possible entrances. So if we were to take another way in we would have to pass through one of the other districts to use the only other ways we know of to get through.” Seliel noted, “and we don’t want to do that. The watery district and energy district border this one.”

“Not to mention we don’t know how much time we have to work with. We’ll have to risk continuing. Stay alert and on edge, no quick movements and stick to the sides of the road close to the buildings,” Clay declared. They slowly rounded the corner and stuck close to the walls of the buildings on the side they had come from moving slowly and keeping alert for dangers. Any time they came by a damaged section that went into a building or a doorway which all no longer had doors they would stop and at least two of them would look into the structure to make sure nothing was hiding inside. Shortly after starting their trek a noise in the sky above them caught them off guard and they sucked close to the buildings while looking up worried over what it was. They could just make out at least two dragons fly over head. By the sounds there was likely more flying by but they couldn’t see them from where they hid. The dragons looked to be headed out to the fighting in the rest of the city.

“Where did those dragons come from?” Wu wondered.

“Don’t know but do you think they saw us?” Axl wondered and Seliel noted, “it didn’t look like it.” They waited for a second to see if anything would happen worried they might have been spotted but when nothing occurred they decided to continue. As they got close to the doors it seemed they had gotten lucky. They were only a few feet from the doors when a blast of energy suddenly hit them sending them all flying backwards.

As they all recovered from the blast and got up they saw standing in front of the door they needed to pass was a green dragon that by its designs they believed was tied to the element of energy. It was reared up on its hind legs with wings out in display as it looked at them baring its teeth and growling. It was no bigger than a bus and had four limbs along with a set of wings. Its eyes were a red color and had large dark markings around them. The ends of its limbs also seemed to have been darkened by the same dark hold that marked around its eyes. They were not sure where it had come from but were pretty sure it was what had attacked them.

“I guess one of them did see us,” Lance noted and Wu expressed looking at the dragon and getting a strange feeling from it, “something about this beast is not right and it is more than the corruption that holds it.”

“I would have to agree there is a dark magic to that creature. I sense a dragon was not its original form,” Merlok noted as they grouped back together and Macy wondered, “then what is it?” As she spoke five figures came out of the shadows to stand with the dragon. The figures that came to stand with it looked to be beast folk from the Lost realm four of them were of the ungulate folk while one was of the hyena folk. The one of the ungulate folk was large and bulky in build while the hyena bore glowing markings on the side of his head which ran around his ears and under his hair indicating he had internal cybernetics in his body. By the gear they wore and their weapons and shields they guessed these were these Knights of the Prong they had heard of who had gone missing. By their darkened skin and red eyes and glowing reddish arcane markings on their bodies it looked like they had likely been caught and corrupted like this Dragon Guard they had heard of to serve Dagon.

“By who’s with it I think it might be one of these Dragon Guard members we’ve heard of,” Clay stated before the one knight who seemed to be the leader, a male with short upright hair and a large distinctive scar across the right side of his face declared pointing his sword at them in display, “Dagon told us you would likely be coming. We are to make sure you do not interfere with our lords plans.”

“Remember what Dagon said don’t hold back and show them no mercy,” the female of the dark knights proclaimed as they rushed at their group the dragon joining them. Despite their group outnumbering the dark Knights of the Prong they were finding these knights were much tougher than expected and all of them were able to wield the dark magic’s of the Ashers making them tough to fight. Add the energy dragon into the mix and there small group was getting nowhere fast. Clay and Merlok focussed on the dragon using their magic powers to combat it while the others focussed on the knights. Not long after their squabble started the dragon hit them with a blast of force that sent them all flying back a bit.

“We’ll give you a chance, surrender and we’ll let you live in service to our lord or continue on this path and face your end,” the leader of the corrupted knights of the prong declared to them as they got back up him and his knights laughing at them as the dragon landed behind them.

“We will not give in and surrender; a knight never yields!” Clay declared the corrupted knights looking pleased by their choice eager for a fight. Their group was about to get up and continue the fight when a noise caught their attention. Looking to the source they saw the Pryphon Chewy hovering in the air between their group and the corrupted ones. It was just hovering there looking at the corrupted beings seeming oddly calm. The corrupted knights just laughed at the creature amused by its presence while all those in their group were curious and confused. Why was the little creature there, what was it doing and how had it even get there?

“Dudes does this little thing think it poses any threat,” the hyena folk knight wondered and the female of the group stated, “not sure, what do you think Dagon could do with one of those?”

“Maybe we could see. We’ll take it to him after we eliminate these challengers to our lords rule,” the leader declared prepping to continue the attack. They prepared to defend themselves but before anyone could move a large beast rushed out from a dark alley way next to where the corrupted knights stood and rammed them with its head tossing them all against the one building. The beast was a Hoofivore which showed a surprising lack of being infected by the corruption of the Plane Meld like most creatures they had seen. After bowling over the knights the creature turned towards the dragon and began to attack it.

“Looks like these scum brought themselves a little pet, I wonder if Dagon would like a new rug,” the one knight who had small horn implants sticking out of his hair expressed and the leader stated, “maybe he would like to make a rug out of all of them.”

“Turning us into rugs; that just sounds so wrong man,” Aaron expressed while Clay noted, “We don’t have time to fight these knights.” The corrupted knights began to head back into fighting their group while the dragon managed to clamp its jaws on the Hoofivores back then throw it into a building causing a wall to crumble onto it where it lay there still. The dragon then turned towards them to aid its fellow knights. Before anyone could start to fight the Pryphon made a strange noise its call oddly deepening as a bright light engulfed it for a second as it went from its small pint size form to a full sized gryphon a bit bigger than the corrupted dragon. It landed between their group and the corrupted beings who looked surprised by the creature which was looking at them angrily reared up on its hind limbs with its wings out in display. It roared at the corrupted beings hitting them with a sound that clearly bothered them before hitting them with a roar that sent a blast of force at them knocking them all back. With little effort Chewy then tossed each of the knights one by one into buildings around them with his forepaws knocking them out before turning to the dragon. The energy dragon spat a blast of green flame like energy at Chewy who wrapped his wings protectively around himself. Once the dragons’ blast ended Chewy unfurled his wings which had only received some singeing to the feathers before launching at the dragon. The two got into a squabble and after a hefty bite to its one back leg the dragon took off trying to escape the pryphons attacks. Chewy took off chasing after the dragon giving their group an opportunity to continue unhindered.

“Do you think it needs help?” Axl wondered as they watched the two rush off and Seliel expressed, “I think it can handle itself. We should thank that Keikiary for her Pryphons help.”

“That’s if we get through this,” Lance noted before they heard a creature calling to them. The Hoofivore had recovered and stood by the doors looking at them as if waiting for them. It watched as they approached and opened the doors. As they opened the doors the strange dark fog that filled the innermost ring began to spill into the area they were in. The fog put them all on edge and they backed up away from the fog. Not only did it unnerve them but the fog gripped them with an unnatural cold and made it hard for them to move. It gave them feelings of dread and the feeling something dark was out to get them. They were coughing from the fog having trouble breathing and struggled with feelings to flee. They all took a few steps back from the fog. The Hoofivore seemed oddly calm about the fog and moved into it a bit stopping to look back at them as if wanting them to follow. For some reason it appeared unaffected by the fog unlike the rest of them.

“What is this stuff?” Axl wondered and Robo-bill Merlok noted, “I am unsure but it is a dark substance; a very dark substance. It may appear as a fog but that is only because our senses are incapable of perceiving its true nature so to us it resembles a fog.”

“When I try to analyze it this fog does not register and nothing within it can be seen. It appears as an empty void,” Pixal noted trying to analyze the fog getting no results and Wu wondered, “could this stuff be from this void?”

“Given the data it is possible,” Pixal noted and Aaron expressed trying to fight the fogs effects as more of it continued to spill into their area, “whatever it is it is incredibly hard to fight its effects and we’re just touching the edges of it. It probably will be far worse for us when we’re fully in it.”

“How are we going to get through it then?” Seliel wondered. None had ever heard or felt of such a substance as this void fog leaving them with no clue how to fight it. For many of them they could feel themselves getting frustrated by the fact this fog was the only thing separating them from their destination and it looked like something that shouldn’t be giving them as much trouble as it was.

“I don’t know. Maybe the passages below ground are free of this stuff if not…” Clay began before they heard a loud bang which faded out like thunder and some of them noted a weak but warm breeze come through the fog.

“What was that?” Axl wondered. None of them had a clue. They stood on edge looking around worried over what the noise had been. As they looked around they noted this fog appeared to be thinning out. They could start to see through it. They could make out ruined structures covered by strange dark vines, strange dark rock structures having erupted in some areas and corrupted flora including some dark glowing fungi in the area in front of them. As the fog slowly cleared they could feel its effects waning and could start seeing further into the central ring. As it cleared they were able to see a massive structure inside the ring. A mass conglomerate fortress made from structures from Ninjago, Knighton and the Lost Realm surrounded by the rubble of structures from the same places. A pathway followed the edges of the ring and a pathway leading to the entrance of this mass came from the door leading to the electric district.

“What has that monster done to this place?!” Macy expressed and Seliel wondered, “what’s caused the fog to clear?” With the fog clearing they started to pick up on the sounds of a commotion within this structure as the sound dampening the fog had brought to the area vanished along with it.

“Don’t know but I think this is our chance to reach the heart of this mess,” Clay declared and Wu added, “by the sounds I think the ninja are in danger.”

They just managed to dodge away from Zanes dragon form as he came at them looking to try and sink his teeth into Lloyd. After they dodged his first attack Kai hit Zane in the side with a blast of fire. Zane looked angry but was unaffected by it. Instead he went to try and bite Kai some of the void plasm still dripping from his mouth. Lloyd hit him in the face with a blast from his powers stopped Zanes attack to Kai. Zane turned his attention to Lloyd and they could see him building up an icy breath in his mouth. Thinking quickly Nya summoned a great deal of water and shot it into his mouth just as he went to hit Lloyd with a frosty breath. The water was froze instantly into a dark with aquamarine centered ice by his breath freezing it in and around his mouth. Dragon Zane shook his head a few times trying to dislodge the ice before hitting his head on the ground then scratching with his foot claws to start breaking the ice off his snout having to hit his snout on the ground a second times to get some decent cracks in it. With cracks forming in it and most on the outside of his jaws removed he then forced his jaws shut breaking the ice which fell off and out of his muzzle startling them with the strength of his jaws. Her actions drew Zanes attention to Nya and he bared his teeth at her hissing as dark ice fell out of his mouth. He looked like he was going to try and bite her.

“No bad dragon Zane. You don’t hurt your family and you don’t listen to a demon; you listen to us,” Jay scolded dragon Zane as he hit him a few times with shocks of electricity before he could make a move. The electricity had more of an effect on Zane giving him a notable shock looking and sounding to hurt him and drew his attention to Jay. Zane was clearly angry at Jay baring his teeth and growling. Zane began stalking towards Jay grumbling his voice sounding off and dark ‘no family in the void… there is only darkness… family must join the void or perish’ as he stalked. To stop him from getting close to Jay worried over what he was going to do Cole hit him in the back of the one foot with his hammer. Zane turned his attention to Cole turning to try and bite him. Kai hit Zane in the side with a blast of fire distracting him before Jay hit him again with a heavy charge clearly hurting and angering him.

“Jay tone it down in your attacks on him or he’ll probably make you regret it,” Cole expressed as Zane turned to attack Jay void plasm dripping a bit from his mouth. In hopes to distract Zane Lloyd took a swipe with Dawnbringer at Zanes right forelimb stating as he did it, “enough Zane. Snap out of whatever state that monster has put you in.” Lloyd hadn’t realised how hard he had hit till Zane made a sound clearly in pain before muttering ‘it burns it burns’ a few times backing up a bit from them. Lloyd had swiped too hard and cut through the dark synthetic skin of his limb cutting wires a few of which got pulled out and some void plasm began to drip from the wound.

“That’s not good,” Jay noted all of them taking a few steps back worried over how Zane would react.

“Zane I’m sorry I didn’t mean to…” Lloyd began before Zane retaliated by trying to hit him with an icy blast. Lloyd dove under Zane rushing to the other side while Zane stopped his attack to try and follow Lloyd who started to rush away from him. Zane began building up an ice breath so Kai hit him in the face with a fireball. Zane wasted no time in retaliating moving to bite him. Kai decided to try the same move Lloyd had to escape his attack dodging to underneath him thinking now as a large dragon Zane was not agile enough to react quick enough to catch him. Unfortunately his thinking was not so accurate and Zane still managed to get a hold of him biting onto his one leg to pull him up and hold him hanging upside down from his jaws. Zane luckily wasn’t biting hard enough to crush his leg not even to break skin which Kai felt a good thing considering how he had broke that dark ice in his jaws he clearly now had a very wicked jaw strength but the fact he wasn’t hurting him with his bite had Kai worried over what Zane was planning on doing with him. He could think of two possibilities hitting him with a breath attack or as he felt more likely eating him whole and alive! He was terrified as he didn’t want either option.

“Zane no drop him and don’t eat him,” Jay expressed as Zane began to shake Kai before Cole tossed his hammer into the side of Zanes head using his lava arms to give it some considerable hitting force causing Zane to drop Kai as the hit momentarily dazed him. Nya caught Kai who was a bit dazed from Jays shock and a bit light headed from being held upside down and getting shaken a bit. While Cole went to retrieve his weapon to keep Zane from trying to bite him as he recovered Lloyd hit Zane with his powers. The others then hit him with their powers a few more times hoping to try and knock some sense into Zane and break Dagons hold on him but it wasn’t working not even when they hit him with all their powers together. Instead it seemed to be angering Zane. Eventually dragon Zane paused backing up from all of them looking to think something over while looking at the ground in front of himself. He then glanced at the rest of them to growl his corrupted voice sounding dark, “If you do not wish to make this easy then I will not be easy on you, iiz-strun-wuld.”

He then built up a frosty breath but instead of trying to hit one of them he shot a frosted blast into the air above them where it exploded above him. As it exploded they could feel the air start to get colder and foggier as the wind picked up and snow and ice pellets began to form and whip around with the wind into a vortex around them. It surrounded the ninja and the Stag creating a white out preventing them from seeing anything not even each other and the ninja could feel the cold getting to them making it hard to move. They could hear Zanes dragon form take to the wing followed shortly by what sounded like him attacking someone but they couldn’t see who. They tried to find each other in the freezing whirlwind but were struggling to move from the cold as it started to freeze them. Thinking quickly the Stag rotated his spear above his head uttering a spell before slamming the bottom of the spear into the ground making a loud thunderous bang and sending a blast of warm energy out from himself breaking the whirlwind Zane had created causing it and any of the remaining void fog in the area to dissipate allowing the ninja to better see their surroundings and find each other. With the fog and whirlwind cleared they could see what was going on. They were startled to see dragon Zane had managed to grab Lloyd with his one hind foot and was hovering a couple feet off the ground trying to bite Lloyd who was frantically swinging Dawnbringer at his snout anytime Zane tried to bite him while also trying to break free of his hold.

“You will let him go,” the Stag declared hitting Zane with a hefty blast of light energy. The blast knocked him back out of the air and crashed him back first into the base of the stairs in front of Dagons thrown. When the blast hit him Zane let go of Lloyd who Cole managed to catch before he hit the ground. Cole then helped the stunned and shaken Lloyd back to the others as Dragon Zane recovered from the hit and rolled back onto his feet clearly very angry. He began building up a breath attack but the ninja were unsure what it was. It didn’t look like an ice attack. It was a black mist with green tints in some areas which was dripping from his mouth as he built it up. It was a quick build up before he blasted the breath at them. The Stag quickly put himself between the ninja who had gathered together and Zane bringing up a ward to shield them from this dark black with green tinted mist breath forcing the attack around them. When his breath hit the ward Jay got startled despite them being safe behind the ward and jumped back where he bumped into Cole who was knocked off balance by this action. Cole stumbled a bit trying to avoid stumbling into the blast but as he got his footing his left arm got caught in it. He screamed in pain as he jumped back to safety while Zane stopped his attack remaining crouched just looking at them. The others came to Coles aid as he knelt shaking terribly while holding down the arm that had been hit. The skin and attire of the arm from the forearm down had darkened. His skin had turned a void black and faint cracking void markings were beginning to appear.

“You can touch him but do not touch the mark it could infect you too,” the Stag warned while Cole panicked as the darkening began to spread up his arm and he could feel the cold dark grip of the void steadily consuming him, “what’s happening to me?!” He was shaking terribly and the golden bracelet the Stag had put on him was starting to flicker as if going out. Terrified by the uncertainty of what that attack had been and what it had done Jay screamed in panic, “What kind of attack was that?!”“A void breath; your Ice Dragon brother now has powers in more than just ice. The voids hold of him allows him to tap into the energies and powers of the void. He can now spit a breath of the void to inflict others with the voids hold. Earth Dragon you must fight its influence or it will take over you as it has done to him,” the Stag declared.

“I can try but… I can feel it growing… getting harder…” Cole muttered growing more and more scared as the void steadily grew more of a hold on him and Jay feeling guilty he had caused Cole to get hit panicked, “is there anything we can do for him?”

“I could try and pull the void out of him but I cannot do it alone. He will need to have to fight the voids hold as well,” the Stag stated and Cole muttered the darkness having moved up his arm as he struggled against it, “I can try but the cold and dark… I’m not sure I can hold it off much longer… the hold… it’s so strong!”

“Qiilaan-Nil-Zeymah; Do not fight it brother, let it consume you. You will be grateful of its hold,” dragon Zane growled slowly crawling towards them and the Stag looked at him to state, “you stay back. You should be going after Dagon and not your family... Dagon is not the only one who can control those who have been consumed by the void.” The Stag then used a spell on Zane trying to break Dagons hold and gain control of him. His spell clearly caused Zane pain and he coward shaking and swinging his head from side to side trying to resist whatever the Stag was doing his eyes flickering between aquamarine and red, void plasm dripping from his jaws while he was giving off his mechanical bestial sounding noises screeching and yowling in great pain.

“Stop! You’re just hurting him. Help Cole before it’s too late,” Lloyd proclaimed trying to pull the Stags arm down to stop his spell unable to handle seeing his friends in pain. He wasn’t able to pull the Stags arm the Stag being too strong for Lloyd to move but his actions did make the Stag stop what he was doing. With the spell stopped dragon Zane nearly collapsed crouching low and looking tired and confused possibly hurt as well breathing heavily and his eyes returning to their normal icy color. The Stag then turned to Cole who was slowly but steadily getting consumed by the void despite trying to fight it shaking and growing more terrified as the void consumed him. While they were still hanging around him the others had put a bit of space between themselves and Cole not wanting to also get poisoned by the void. The Stag began to make his way over to aid Cole but stopped when he heard a voice call out, “what is going on?!” The Stag and ninja turned to the sound of the voice to see Wu leading a group made of the Nexo Knights along with Robo-bill Merlok and Jestro, Pixal, Seliel and Skylor followed by a Hoofivore into the area through the entrance doors. Dagon just watched amused with his sorcerer from up on his thrown platform as the group came up to the ninja. Zane seemed oblivious to their arrival remaining crouched looking scared and confused.

“No don’t touch me… I’ve been poisoned by the void… I don’t want it to infect you too,” Cole quickly expressed to Seliel as she came up to him to try and help him. Cole was shaking terribly still trying to fight the voids grip despite nearly half his body showing the voids hold. Everyone kept their distance from him unsure what was going on and what it could do to them. They were worried wanting to help but unsure what to do.

“What have you done to my ninja?!” Wu demanded from the Stag pointing his staff at the Stag while putting himself between the Stag and the ninja pulling Lloyd away from the Stag and close to him.

“I have not done this to them,” the Stag declared calmly and Wu expressed, “Cole says he has been poisoned with the void. You are part of this void…”

“But he didn’t do it. Dagon is also part of the void. Dagon is responsible for this, the Stag is going to try to pull the void out of him to save him,” Lloyd quickly explained before Pixal wondered looking around worried, “where’s Zane?” They were so focussed on the Stag and each other that none of them were aware that dragon Zane had recovered from the Stags spell and was slowly becoming aware of the others still confused and shaken. Before he could make a move Dagon took note of his recovery and silently took control of him again. Back under Dagons control Zane slowly and quietly snuck up towards the others while crouched on all fours.

“We’re so sorry Pix but he got poisoned by this void fog and it corrupted him…” Nya began to console before dragon Zane surprised and startled them all by snapping Jay up in his jaws so only Jays legs were sticking out of his mouth beginning to shake him like a dog with its toy. None of them had noted Zane sneaking up to them and targeting one of them. The knights, Seliel, Skylor, Pixal and Wu prepared to assault what they saw as merely just a regular dragon but Nya, Kai and Lloyd quickly stopped them.

“No don’t hurt the dragon that’s Zane!” Lloyd exclaimed confusing the others.

“What? How?!” Wu inquired and Kai quickly explained, “he got poisoned by the void and succumbed to it then to serve him Dagon turned him into a dragon.” While they were shocked and worried over what to do dragon Zane made a small toss up of his head so all of Jay fell into his mouth as he closed his mouth up. A few seconds afterwards Zane received a heavy shock causing him to freeze up in pain. While he was being shocked the Stag threw his spear at dragon Zane where it pierced him straight in the heart. The moment he was pierced Zane exploded into a black icy green tinted fog bringing a chill to the air while a stunned and slightly sparking Jay fell out from where the back of his mouth had been. Nya, Kai and Skylor rushed over to help Jay who exclaimed in a state of shock “he was trying to eat me! He nearly swallowed me!” while the others watched on in disbelief. Dagon was just laughing from by his throne amused at what was going on as they helped Jay up and back to the others.

“You just… just killed him! We could have tried something else you didn’t have to kill him!” Lloyd exclaimed feeling a terrible mix of emotions including shock, anger and grief to the Stag who was surprisingly calm despite the others becoming angered at him. The Stag summoned back his dark spear and stated to the others, “you cannot kill him now. He is a part of the void; as long as he is tied to the void he cannot be truly killed. When so called killed it will not kill him but only temporarily displace his physical form; he will reform soon and back to full health as well.”

“How do you know that?!” Wu questioned angry. They all started to argue with the Stag feeling he was still tied too deeply with the darkness seeing his ‘killing’ of Zane instead of finding a less violent method to deal with him as proof of this. They felt he couldn’t be trusted and it might be best for them to remove him along with Dagon. Dagon meanwhile was enjoying their fighting amongst each other watching with pleasure at their squabble. Pixal was the only one not joining in the arguing instead she was staring in shock and disbelief at the dark fog which was slowly reforming into the dragon form as Zane regained a physical form by the base of the stairs to Dagons throne. As the Stag had said he was back to full health with all wounds he had received gone. After reforming he cowered looking confused, stunned and scared his eyes their normal icy color before he noticed Pixal and looked at her. He seemed to recognize her and it calmed him down a bit. Curious Pixal slowly approached him holding out a hand for him. Dragon Zane hesitated a second before slowly moving close to her crouching low. As he got close he put the tip of his snout against her hand. She gave him a stroke. Despite still being scared he calmed down and relaxed from her touch. It wasn’t long though before he quickly recoiled from her giving his head a shake as his eyes again flashed red before turning aquamarine and aggressive as Dagon forced his hold on Zane again. Zane tried to fight Dagons hold but couldn’t and once Dagon had control he let out a roar at the others catching their attention while Pixal started walking backwards away from him realising he was now under the control of dark forces so it was wise not to get too close to him as he likely would be unable to prevent himself from hurting her. Before Zane could do anything the Hoofivore rushed at him trying to bite his snout. Dragon Zane tried to hit it with a frosty blast but the Hoofivore jumped out of the way before coming back at him. They had a short squabble before Zane clamped his jaws on the Hoofivores back and lifted it off the ground as it struggled to break free. Zane then tossed it against the one sides wall where it hit the wall hard and landed winded at its base. Before the creature could get up being stunned Zane hit it with an icy breath freezing it in a casing of dark ice. He then looked at the rest of them baring his teeth before rearing up on his hind legs wings held out in display and breathed a dark icy breath at the far and side walls causing a dark ice which had strange green glowing cores and veins in it to build up on the outer walls the floor closest to the wall also receiving dustings of ice and frost. The ice he put on the walls also blocked off the entrance trapping them all in Dagons fortress. After Zane was done his blast Dagon proclaimed with a dark laugh, “Now there is no escape; no help will come for you and no intervention can work in this place. You have sealed your fates.” The sky lost its reddish tinge becoming darker and turning greenish making the area seem darker and more unsettling than it had been before.

As Dagon talked a dark figure came up to stand next to dragon Zane looking confused for a second before Dagons hold overcame him and his eyes flashed red before turning aquamarine. When they saw the figure they realised with a sinking feeling of regret and dread that with Zanes actions and their arguing with the Stag they had made a huge mistake. They had forgotten to help Cole who had been unable to fight off the voids hold and succumbed to it just as Zane had. The corruption had turned his skin void black with glowing aquamarine cracking marks all over his body and his eyes hollow looking with a glowing aquamarine inside them. His attire and weapons had darkened developing similar glowing markings as well. Dagon just laughed at their mistake as Cole declared his voice off and dark, “you fools have wasted enough time now you will either bow to and become one with the darkness or perish.”

Things are about to heat up...

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You can also find a copy of the story written here https://archiveofourown.org/works/34894561/chapters/86888878 and here https://www.wattpad.com/1087355671-ninjago-the-oni-scrolls-foreword-important-info You can also find images pertaining to the story here: https://www.deviantart.com/nerdy-hyena/gallery/72478681/story-project

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