The Life of Livana Garmadon

July 11th, 2023

I always knew that life was cruel, but who knew that it was so damn cruel?

I've been asking myself these past few days. How come I've ended up with such a broken and horrible path to take in seconds? My life was happy, perfect even, a few days ago. But now... all I could see ahead of me was brokenness. And all that I was... was a monster.

No matter what anyone says, that is all I can see myself as. And even though this isn't Father's fault, I still couldn't help but think, Like father, like daughter. I'm scared of what my father has done and it's so easy to picture me doing all those things. Me blowing something up, me killing innocent people, me dying, me... stabbing my family in the back.

My new phone buzzed next to my bed and I looked at it, quickly swiping away the tears that had streaked down my face. It was a missed call notification from Victor. I quickly called him back and Victor's voice immediately came on over the phone, "Livvy? Is that you? Thank God, I've been trying to reach you for so long. Where have you been?"

"I-I'm sorry." I whispered, my hands shaking again. "My phone broke right after I texted you. I'm sorry that I didn't..." I took in a sharp breath, "I'm okay. I've been at the monastery with my brother, the Ninja, and Uncle Wu. My mom's here too."

"What a party." Victor muttered, "Are you feeling okay, Liv? Is what you said... true or a mistake? I know that I shouldn't doubt your uncle and the Smokes of Vision, but..."

"It's true." I whispered, my voice breaking, "It's all true, Victor."

"Oh, man." Victor murmured, "I should come over after school. I wanna check on you, okay?" I nodded slightly over the phone, my messy bun bobbing up and down on my head and Victor whispered, "Hey. Is that okay with you?"

"Yeah." I said softly, "If time allows. I'll text you if you can't come over or if I need to do something, 'kay?" Suddenly, something crackled on Victor's side and I frowned. "Victor. Can you hear me? Hello?"

"Hold on." Victor said before a muffled scream was heard. I bolted up from my bed, "Victor! What is going on? Where are you??"

"I'm fine." I heard Victor say over the phone, "It'll be fine. We're gonna be okay."

"Who's "we"? Vic!" I shouted, "Victor!!"

"Hey, who'd you call?" A voice snarled and I heard a sharp crack and a pained groan. I suddenly felt cold. It was Victor's voice that had groaned. What happened to him?

"Victor?" I whispered and the voice snarled again.

"Hey, pretty boy." A tearing sound came through the phone, "Is that your girlfriend? Planning to say your last goodbyes or something?" The voice then said, "Who is this?"

"What have you done with my friend?!" I demanded, "What's going on?"

"Your little boyfriend here? Oh, your friend is a goner." Another sharp crack came over the phone and Victor screeched in pain. I put a shaking hand over my mouth.

"Victor!" I shouted, "Victor, please!'

"Goodbye, girlie." The voice in the phone hissed before I heard the dreaded click. Whoever had just hurt Victor and was at his school had hung up.

"Lloyd!" I screamed and my brother immediately came running into my room. Skidding onto the carpet, he gripped my shoulder as I held back the tears.

"Sis, what's going on?" Lloyd asked, "What happened?" He picked up my phone, "What did Victor do? Did he hurt you?" Lloyd shook me a little, "Livana, what happened?"

"No! You know Victor would never hurt me. V-Victor called me on his phone. He said he'll check in with me after school. But then someone hurt him over the phone. I think... I think that Victor's school is under attack." I blurted out, "Lloyd, we have to save him!"