Still by Your Side -||Lloyd x Reader||-

19

" Looks like you missed a spot." Nadakhan spilled Jay's bucket of water." Jay sighed, " I'm not going to say it." "Say what? That you can wish it all away? Well, you can. You've already made your first two wishes, you have one left." " My friends will come for me!" Jay had faith in his friends. " I hope so. The more of you my Djinn Blade collects, the stronger I become." Nadakhan looked at his sword.

"Creating a world from scratch takes a lot of hard work. Djinjago would get done a lot sooner if everyone pitches in, if you know what I mean." He threw the sword in Jay's direction, the souls within scream for help. " Care to say hello to your friends? Wish it. Wish it all away and join them. Wish it and you'll never have to pick up another scrub brush again." "If I don't have this Vengestone ball and chain, I'd zap you clean off this ship." Jay threatened.

 "Hmm. I can see why she once liked you. You're stronger than you appear. But I know it's all an act. Deep down, you're scared. You know you're weak. You make jokes to mask that you're afraid. That's why you didn't do anything when she fell for your friend, why you can't do anything when she falls for me. Believe me, aboard my ship, you will break. I will make sure of it. And when that time comes, I will be there, so you can wish it away."

" Still not gonna say it." Jay repeated. "When he's done swabbing the deck, make sure he swabs the entire hull." Nadakhan told the Flintlocke " The bottom of the ship, captin?" Flintlocke question. And clean the hull Jay did, but he almost fell the whole time. "You're not afraid, are you, funny man?" Nadakhan mocked. " Ha! I love it!"

Lloyd returned back to the beach on his dragon and face planted into the sand, tired from the ride. " You alright Greenbean?" I ask as I pull him up. " Just water. I tried to reach the mainland, but it's too far. We won't be able to get off this island on our own." Lloyd said and Cole laughed. "What's so funny about our predicament?" Nya asked.

"Oh, I was just thinking about what Jay might say to that." Cole then raised the pitch of his voice, "You're telling me we went through all that trouble to get the venom to stop Nadakhan, and now we have no way to get off this island!?" He mocked before going back to his normal voice, "Heh, gone one day and I already miss him spazzing out."

"Me too. After he lied to us, I was so hard on him. And now he's captured and all alone. Some friends we are." Nya felt bad. " Hey, Jay's strong. We'll get him back. It's like what Wu once told me, if you want something bad enough, you find a way to make it happen." Lloyd told us. " Yeah, Greenie's right." I roll my arm a bit, " If we can fly out of here, then we build!" I punched my palm.

 " Nya's already bit hella cool mechs, so why can't be all work together and build a boat?" "And if we've built a rocket off an asteroid, what's one raft a little—" Lloyd got cut off by Nya, " Across an endless sea filled with unknown creatures that wanna eat us? Uh, that was my Jay impression. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get building."

"And before we each met Nadakhan, we were castaways. In one way or another, he brought us together and made us whole. Take D-Dogshank for instance. It's not easy being the second prettiest girl at the b-ball. She wished to stand out. Heh. Inevitably she did, but it ain't for being pretty. Oh, then there's Doubloon. A two-faced thief caught trying to steal N-Nadakhan's gold. He tried wishing his way out of his sentence, but cap was so impressed with his agility, he went ahead and actually made him two-faced. Oh, then Monkey Wretch wasn't always a m-m-m-mmonkey, but always a headache. Wished to be the greatest mechanic of his kind. T-t-too bad for him that kind was the mechanized primate variety."

Clancee was telling the whole story to Jay as he looked at the paper Flintlocke showed Doubloon. "But I never made a wish. No, no, no. Not I, heh. Couldn't think of anything to w-wish for, even if I tried. Got everything I need right here." Jay watched the two leave. " Never fit in with the rest of the Serpentine, so I'm happy enough to have a family." "Ow! Oh, my back! Ugh! Oh, that's it. If only I could wish this pain away." Jay faked.

" Huh? What did you say?" Clancee asked surprised. "I've finally reached my breaking point." Jay lied. Clancee ran off to tell Nadakhan and Jay ran over to the blueprint and quill. He flipped the paper over and started to write,  "Friends, if you find this, I am doing fine. Please" "Don't worry about me. Worry about stopping Nadakhan. Your friend-"

Jay was cut off by hearing Nadakhan yelled. Jay put the letter in a bottle and ran away. He ran away from Dogshank and Monkey Wrench and landed onto a Raid Zeppelin, " Haha! Bye-bye!" "What are you staring at? Get him!" Nadakhan yelled as pirates chase Jay and escaped by sliding to the different floating islands and then onto something else. "You seem to have landed on a sky mine. One-shot from Flintlocke and kaboom." Nadakhan informed. Jay sighed, " Alright, I surrender." He dropped his message into the sea.

Jay was held hostage again and was cleaning the deck once more. " You hungry?" Flintlocke asked. " Does it matter?" " Captain would like to see you for dinner." He removed the ball and chain, " Ain't a request." Flintlocke held his guns up at Jay. "It's an order."

" Please, please, eat something. You must be famished. But I must warn you, don't try anything foolish. I aim to have manners around the dinner table." Nadakhan told the Ninja as Jay came in. Dogshank making atmospheric music. "Don't think you can butter me up like a bread roll and expect me to make my last wish." Jay was suspicious of him.

" Mm. No, no, no, I would never dream. Please, eat. I simply want your company." Jay started to eat. I guess gluttony is his sin. "Though we are from different worlds, we share something in common. Hmm? An affinity for a special someone." Nadakhan was meaning Nya. "Mm. Sorry, pal, I don't know who this lost love of yours is, but she ain't Nya. She's too good for both of us. And she makes up her own mind."

"Maybe. Hmm. But I have made up my own mind. All my life, I've been blessed with the ability to grant wishes for others, but cursed to have none of my own. Though born unto a king, everything that is mine I've had to work for. This food, this ship, this crew." " That accent?" Jay slightly insulted. Nadakhan growled, " Truth be told, I don't care about a new world nor winning Nya's heart." 

"Then why are you doing all of this?" Jay asked. " Oh, I don't need her heart. I only need her hand...in marriage. Because when a Djinn prince becomes king on Djinn land, he is bestowed the greatest gift of all." " Love?" "No. Infinite wishes." Nadakhan chuckled. " You never loved Delara, you only loved what she could give you," Jay said it how it is.

" And after I take your friends, and take your home, Nya will be mine, and no one will be able to stop me. I will be more powerful than anyone can ever imagine." Jay tried to shock Nadakhan but he was restrained. " Too slow, junkyard boy." Jay sighed.