Beastly Love | Ninjago AU

Chapter 18: Caged Victims

Ninjago City/Yugataro's POV:

It has been almost a week since the wedding disaster. Almost a week of not being free. And almost a week of not being able to see Tabitha.

After the ninja and their friends captured me, they took her home, and placed me in a vengestone carnival cage. In the center of the city. Like an animal on display.

And to make things even worse; people came to gawk and stare at me. Some would scream and run away, others would tease and point at me. I didn't have the energy to scare them away. The guards haven't been feeding me, and since I'm a ghost it's okay. But my dragon half needs the food to survive like all living things.

My stomach growls, and I clench onto it. I've gotten a little skinnier, since they stopped feeding me. I just wish I could eat something.

Just then, the aroma of a hotdog fills my cage. I begin to sniff the air, turning around from the corner of my cage that I was facing. I slowly stand up, using all of my strength, finally seeing where the meat was. My stomach and I growl upon seeing who has it.

It's the blonde boy that was bullying Nelson before I put a stop to it. He and his friends were standing in front of my cage with rude grins on their faces. They walk to the front of my cage and begin to make fun of me. Which wasn't new. Lots of people have doing this. Especially the victims of my attacks.

The blonde boy notices me eyeing at his delicious hotdog and laughs. He starts to wave it around; moving it back and forth, left and right.

"Mason, go past the bars." A boy with rectangular glasses giggles. The blonde boy nods his head and grins.

He goes pass the small fence blocking my cage, and he hands me the hotdog. I reach my out for it, but just as I was about to grab it, Mason quickly takes it back. My stomach growls loudly for the boys to hear. They all hear this and begin to howl with laughter.

"Not so powerful now, are ya?!" One of Mason's friend with a green sweater hollers. The blonde boy continues to tease me with the hotdog.

The more he did this, the angrier I got. By the twentieth time, I clutch onto his arm, and pull him close to the bars of my cage. He gasps in horror and drops the food onto the ground below us.

"You're lucky that I'm stuck in this cage." I growl at him and grip onto his wrist, causing him to wince in pain. "Or else, you would've been dead a couple minutes ago."

My stomach growls again, and I look at Mason hungrily. He sees the famine in my eyes, and begins to scream. So did his friends. All of them are in a screaming frenzy. Pretty soon a couple Shintaro guards came to the boy's rescue.

I quickly let go of the boy, dropping him on top of the hotdog. A large guard who looked like the captain, grabbed Mason and got him back on the other side of the fence. Once Mason returned to his friends, they swiftly made their escape and headed elsewhere.

A couple soldiers glared at me and got their taser sticks out.

"Oh no." I groan sadly, backing away from them. But I was too late. A guard from behind my cage stabbed me in the back with his taser, and shocked me. I roar in pain, and when the soldier is finished, I drop to my knees and fall on my left side.

"That'll teach you to stop messing with kids." One of the smaller soldiers remarks. They all chuckle and leave my cage.

I lay there for a couple minutes, until I could feel someone watching me. Lifting my hair from my face and see another child in front of my cage. The kid has a purple sweatshirt and straight hazelnut hair. Plus a small field mouse was on his head.