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

25

Doubloon returned back to Misfortunes Keep after searching for Nya. " Did you see her?" Nadakhan asked. Doubloon shook his head. " Ugh! You moron!" Nadakhan slammed his hands on a table. Doubloon looked offended. "Where is she?" Nadakhan looked up and saw the serpent crew member. "Clancee, my dear boy," Nadakhan went slid down to him.

" Uh, yes, Captain?" Clancee looked up. "It just occurred to me that you still have two wishes left." Nadakhan was going to use him again. " B-But, uh, Clancee doesn't need wishes. Clancee's just happy how he is." "Tell me where she is. Wish it, or you'll wish you had." Nadakhan treated. "B--b-b-b-but...okay, then. Oh, I wissssh...I wissh...I wish I could see where she is right now."

His wish was granted and they watched through a window, seeing Nya, Jay, and Echo Zane through a mirror. The two were laughing as Echo walking up the wall and hung on the ceiling with just his feet. Echo saw Nadakhan and got scared, falling onto of the two," Who's that?" He asked a bit scared. 

Jay gasped, "Break the mirror before they know where we are!" Echo Zane got up and threw a shuriken at it, shattering the mirror. "Well, I've sailed enough seas to know that was the Red Kelp of the West Apostle Current. Drop sails and cocker the cannons, crew. I know where they are."

Jay touched the teapot but Nya grabbed his wrist, " Don't even think about it. The Traveler's Tea should only be used as a last resort." "But we know they're coming. I can't protect you all by myself." Jay told her. " Don't forget, we have Echo Zane." "That is correct. You are safe with me." Echo smiled at them as Tai-D replaced Echo's chess piece with his own. " How, how did you...?" Echo scratched the back of his head. Tai-D shrugged.

"You said you saw us old together in the future, right?" Nya asked as Jay pushed away the teapot. "Then doesn't that mean you do protect me? That we do get through this? You know as well as I do, we can't keep running. No matter where we go, Nadakhan won't stop coming. But that doesn't mean we can't stop him here, together."

"You're right. We have the poison, and I may not know what to wish for now, but the future is inevitable." Jay got up. "That's the spirit. Now, if we're gonna have company, what say you help me spruce this place up?" Nya smiled. While Echo wasn't looking, Tai-D cheated again and took a piece from under the table. The seagulls tried to tell Echo that Tai-D was cheating." Is that checkmate?" Echo Zane asked before having to help the Ninja set traps.

"Keep this close." Nya gave Jay a dart. " I transferred the poison into the dart. You may only have one shot at him, so use it wisely." "Thanks. And I want you to have this." Jay gave her the teapot. "If anything happens to me, use the Traveler's Tea to get yourself out of here. He's convinced he's going to marry you. If that happens, nothing can stop him." Jay noticed Nya get upset. " Uh...uh...you're upset. What did I say?"

Jay put his hand on her shoulder but Nya pulled away, walking to the window. " It's nothing you said. It's just...both of you seem to convinced you see a future with me. What voice do I have in all this? All my life, my identity has been defined by someone else. First I was Kai's sister, then I was your horrible girlfriend. Even when I tried to be Samurai X, Sensei told me no, I had to be the Water Ninja." Nya complained.

"Nya, I-I never knew you felt this way." Jay felt a little ashamed. " All I wanted is to be able to choose my own destiny." "Well, then, what do you want to be?" He asked her. "I don't know. But just having the power to choose for myself is enough. I believe you when you say we'll end up together, but it's my future too. I just wish I had a say in it. And I wish we didn't have a lovestruck Djinn chasing us to the ends of Ninjago."