Misty and the March of the Oni (Ninjago)

Into the Breach 96

"How far Nya?" Cole asked

"We're going as fast as we can, but this ship needs some fine-tuning for sure," Nya said as the Bounty puttered across the sky.

Misty was standing beside Lloyd, ever since they had returned to the ship with his father, Misty, and noticed he had been keeping her close to him at all times.

"Am I the only one freaking out about this?" Jay whispered after Garmadon had jump-scared him.

"Why freak out? Our deranged, psychotic arch-nemesis is now our house guest." Kai hissed

"I find the term "freak out" inadequate and imprecise. I prefer to say I am "deeply troubled" Zane corrected

"Lloyd, are you sure he can be trusted?" Nya whispered

"No. Of course not." Lloyd said

Misty went ridged and felt Lloyd put his arm around her and pull her closer to him as Jay said, "Of course not?! That's not what you're supposed to say! You're supposed to say, yes!"

"What choice do we have? If Master Wu is right, and we're under attack by the Oni, then my father, maybe our best chance, and anyway he doesn't have his powers back, so how much trouble can he really cause?" Lloyd said

"Please don't say that Lloyd," Misty said softly

"Why?" Lloyd said sounding confused then the engines shut off, and they turned and saw that Garmadon had just pressed a button and was walking off whistling happily.

"Did he just turn off the....?" Zane said

"Oh great!" Kai managed to say and then the ship plummeted toward the ground.

"He turned off the engine we're going to crash!" Jay shouted all of them hung on to anything and everything they possibly could.

"Zane, then ignition switch! Hit the ignition switch!" Nya screamed

"Aah! I can see the ground! It's getting really close really fast!" Jay warned.

Zane smashed his fist on the button and the engine turned back on and the ship leveled out, just before hitting the ground.

"Hmm. That button should be labeled." Garmadon said and as he walked past Nya she shouted, "Hmpf! It is labeled! It says, "Don't push while in motion." Garmadon then climbed down and walked toward the deck below.

Lloyd knelt down beside Misty who was sitting on the floor her nails dug into the railing she was breathing hard and her eyes closed shut Lloyd said, "Are you alright? I remember that you're scared of heights."

"I'll tell you once I get my heart started again," Misty mumbled and opened her eyes and looked at Lloyd who helped her stand.

"Perhaps it would be wise to accompany your father, Lloyd. to prevent further....mishaps." Zane said and then added, "And take Misty with you it would be also wise for her to spend a while inside."

Lloyd with that grabbed hold of Misty's wrist and started walking off after his father and let out a frustrated groan and said, "I can't believe I have to babysit my own father!"

"You're also making sure that nothing bad happens to the rest of us by watching him," Misty said as they descended the stairs. They were now in the hallway below the deck.

Garmadon stopped in front of a door and said, "Where does this go?"

"Nowhere. That's closet." Lloyd said
Garmadon turned the doorknob anyway and a broom and mop fell out, he then turned to the door opposite it. Lloyd sighed and picked the broom and mop up, placing it back in the closet.

"And this one?" Garmadon asked and he opened the next door.

"That's our sleeping quarters," Lloyd said

"This is where you sleep? In this tiny...Compartment?" Garmadon asked

"It's not a "compartment." it's a cabin, we're on a ship remember." Lloyd corrected Garmadon, and he had Misty sit down on his bed.

"And what are these?" Garmadon asked he walked over to a corkboard where there were pictures of the ninja and other friends on it.

"Just pictures," Lloyd said

"Do they celebrate some sort of conquest or victory?" Garmadon asked

"No. They're just pictures, you know...memories? Good times?" Lloyd said

Misty smiled from where she sat and added, "Pictures have the magical ability to let us recount, happy moments in our life, they freeze the moments and save them, allowing us to look back at those times. "

"And who is that?" Garmadon said and he picked up a framed photo of Lloyd and his old self.

"That's you, Don't you remember?" Lloyd asked

For a moment Garmadon started at the picture, and all of a sudden he slammed it against the wall the glass breaking, and Lloyd shouted, "HEY!"

"Sentimentality is a weakness if you wish to defeat the Oni, you would do well to banish such feelings," Garmadon said and walked toward the door.

"Fine! I didn't like that picture anyway," Lloyd said.

Misty stood up and stood in front of Garmadon and said, "You want us to banish feelings those are what make us human! For Me their what help fuel my powers! Do you want us to become like you are now void of all reason, love, and empathy toward anyone? Feelings and emotions are what drive us to fight because we want to protect the ones we love,"

Garmadon glared down at Misty in disapproval and said, "Your half Oni you of all people should be thinking rational!" and he raised his hand to push her aside.

But Lloyd was all of a sudden there and caught his hand and said, "Don't touch her ever," Garmadon sneered at Lloyd but walked out the door Lloyd followed him.

Misty walked over to the picture Garmadon had destroyed, took the photo in her hand, took the broken frame apart, pulled away from the shards of broken glass, and ended up slicing her hand one of them, blood dropped onto the table but she pulled the remaining pieces aside, and pushed her crystal element to create a new frame with crystal as glass, "They're good as new," she whispered to herself, and placed it back on the table walked toward the door and she looked back at the happy picture once more and sighed and whispered "now if only I could fix the real thing," and walked up to the deck.