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

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Nya took the unconscious Zane and hooked him up to the computer. "Okay, he's hooked up to the main computer. Keep your fingers crossed." Nya told the boys. " Come on, Zane...Nope. Still out." Jay said gloomly. "Hang on. There's something on the video feed." Cole pointed out. The three looked at the computer as showed them a video feed. "Well, this is a surprise. I didn't expect to see you." Cyrus Borg was seen talking. " Who did you-" The video showed an object flying and hitting Zane, knocking him out. "Um, did I miss something? One second Zane is talking, then nothing." Jay mentioned.

"Okay, let's try again, only slower" Nya slowed down the video but, there was still nothing. "Oh, there you go. Zane was nailed by, uh, some mysterious blurry thing. Hehe." Cole chuckled. "Oh, so all we need to do is round up all the blurs in Ninjago. This tells us nothing!" Jay was, being normal Jay. "Maybe I can slow it down more." Nya tried but, lost connection. "We lost the connection." She informed the boys. " Aw, and Zane." Jay sighed.

" Thank you, Misako." Wu said as the lady brought him a cup of tea. "Focus Tea might help to clear my head." Wu said as Lloyd hummed, looking down. "Maybe you should have some as well." Wu said to his nephew. " Uh, what?" Lloyd looked at him. " You seem...Distant." Wu mentioned. "Yeah. It's just that, as a master-in-training, it feels like I should be doing something. But what?" Lloyd pondered. "  A true Master must always..." Wu trailed off. "Yes, Master? Must always what?" Lloyd asked his uncle. Wu fell asleep but then woke back up. "...and only then will he be a true Master." "Sorry, I-I-I didn't quite get that." Lloyd told him. "I said a true Master must..." And he fell asleep again. Lloyd and his mother gave each other a look.

" Hello? Dr. Saunders?" Kai walked through the museum with helmet in hand. "He's gotta be here somewhere. He's always here. The guy is practically an exhibit himself. If anyone can shed light on the origin of this helmet, it'll be him." Kai said as he continued to look for the man. Kai looked at the painting of his parents. " Mom. Dad. I  wish I could ask you what this is. Actually, I wish I could ask you anything. It's been so long."Kai smiled as he remembered meeting his little sister for the first time. They were, just so young. " Your kids miss you, you know..." He frowned.

What Kai didn't see were two serpents spotting him and slithering off to alert the others. The serpents took ahold of the armor to then communicate to the commanders" Excellent. You may strike when ready." Krux told the vermillions as the snakes slithered over. "My sentries say we have a visitor," Blunck announced. " It's a museum. We have lots of visitors." Krux mentioned. "This one's a ninja." Raggmunk stated. "A ninja? We need to see what he's up to. Oh, wait, I bet you never set up a security camera, Mr. I-Hate-All-Technology-Even-Though-It's-Cool!" Acronix said to his brother.

" I have something better." Krux showed the younger twin a spy scope. The two looked through it, connecting to a large serpent statue. "The Fire Ninja! He must be onto us! Perhaps he's more dangerous than I first thought. I'll neutralize  him before he uncovers our plans." Acroninx already planned up. "No. That will draw too much attention to everything." Krux stopped his twin from grabbing the time blade. " I will take care of this. This changes nothing. Commence phase two." 

Nya inserted a device into the computer. " Upgrade complete. Say hello to Super Slow Motion." Nya played the video and paused it to show an up-close of Acronix. " Acronix? I thought he got, you know, finished off at the monastery" Cole admitted. " he did!" Jay said worriedly. " Apparently not. And look, he's still got the Time Blade!" Nya pointed out. " Apparently not. And look, he's still got the TimeBlade!" Nya put together.  "That's why Zane never saw him coming. Acronix fast-forwarded into a blur!" Jay added " But wait. Cyrus Borg said he saw someone approaching before that. But who?" Nya continued the video where they then saw Dr. Saunders. 

"That's...Dr. Saunders." Jay remembered the man's face. "Hold on. That means he and Acronix..." Cole started. " Are working together!?" Cole and Jay said together. "And he's hooked up with those slithering Samurais too." Cole pressed. " Oh, I always knew there was something snakey about that guy!" Jay huffed. " No, there wasn't. Dr. Saunders is such a kind old man. Remember all the school field trips to the museum?" Nya frowned. "Exactly! And how boring were those?" Jay mentioned as Cole muttered that he liked the trips. "The point is, he's definitely gone full snake now." Jay shouted and Nya gasped, " And Kai is headed right into that snake's nest!"

Krux, disguised as Dr. Saunders slowly approached Kai. Kai sensed a presence and turned around, " Aaah! Dr. Saunders!" Seeing the man gave him a startle. " In the very flesh-flesh. You were expecting different doctor?" The man asked. "No, you just startled me. But actually, I was looking for you." Kai admitted. " Were you now?" Saunders was interested. "Do you recognize this?" Kai gave the old man the helmet. " Hm. It slightly resembles a post- Serpentine War Samurai battle helmet, but is probably just a knock-off. Cheapy-cheap-cheap. Perhaps costume from Ninjago Con?" Dr. Saunders suggested.

"Uh, I don't think so. We got it off a snakey Samurai Warrior we defeated." Kai told him. " Snake Warrior?" "Actually, a bunch of snakes, all, like, twisted into one, attacked the Borg Store. It was on the news. Don't you watch TV?" Kai asked. " I despise TV." Dr. Saunders looked down nd to the side as he mumbled in his real voice, " A vile, bilious contraption." He quickly fixed his voice and looked back at Kai. "I-I-I mean, interesting. Heh! If you leave it with me, perhaps I can look into its origin. Heh! Goodbye." Dr. Saunders walked away with the helmet. "Master Wu always says "Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today." So I would like to look around now. Maybe I'll stumble on something useful. Is that okay?" Kai asked. "Of course. We are open to the public for seven days of the week. Late on Thursdays." Dr. Saunders wasn't happy he was staying, but he had to keep up the act. Unless he wanted his plans to be sought out.