Ninjago Oneshots (A Ninjago Oneshots Book)

PTSD triggered

Lloyd was in his room, calmly sharpening his weapons, a wooden bow hanging on his wall, it was the second weapon he learned to use.

Zane had been training with it and offered to show him, he of course accepted and grew fond of it, he preferred swords or katanas in combat though.

He was unsettled by the rain, he had never really liked it and found that it reminded him of many traumatic events, almost all of them, especially the bad ones like..

Morro..

His father..

Harumi..

Pythor..

Lloyd could hear somebody running outside, his heart sped up, the flashbacks starting immediately.

{~}

Lloyd ran, his body was in bad shape but he had to get away from the SOG, he and the Resistance had been running but he had lost them, the rain was pounding and he was soaked to the bone.

Despite the pounding rain, he could hear his father's taunts and the familiar lullaby sounding not far away.

{~}

Lloyd's hands began to shake, the weapon fell out of his hand and fell to ground with a loud noise.

{~}

"Foolisssh child!" Pythor hissed, holding him up by his oversized green gi, young Lloyd stares back fearfully as his brothers were fighting serpentine around them.

"you ssshould've never have releasssed me!" the purple snake said before throwing the eight year-old boy into a strong wall.

Lloyd cried out as he felt pain shoot through his body.

{~}

Many flashbacks followed and with each one his PTSD got triggered more and more.

Eventually the Ninja noticed something was wrong, the lights were flickering and that meant something was wrong with Lloyd.

Kai and the rest of the team walked over to his room, the brunette knocked on the door and called out "Lloyd? Everything okay?"

He got no answered back and he could only hear loud, heavy breathing from inside the room.

He opened the door and noticed the blonde on the ground, he realized his little brother was having a panic attack and rushed inside.

"Lloyd? Lloyd! Look at me, kid, look at me." Kai grabbed his arms, gently though, as to not frighten him.

"I'm here, I'm right here." he told his brother, Lloyd stared at him, tears running down his face and his breathing rapid.

"I'm going to lead you through this, okay?" he told the blond, the others stayed to the side, out of Lloyd's view to not overwhelm him.

"I want you to take a deep breath." Kai urged him, Lloyd took a few rapid breaths before he shakily took a deep breath.

"good job," Kai praised "now breathe out slowly." he told Lloyd, the blonde did as he was told, they did it a few more times.

Kai had placed the blonds hand on his chest, doing the breathing exercises with him.

Yet Lloyd still wasn't calm.

"can you tell me three things you can see?" Kai asked, the Lloyd looked around, breathing still rapid but slower than before.

"y-you.. the g-ground.. a-and my bow." Lloyd shakily replied, voice raspy from sobbing.

"good, now tell me three things you can hear?" Kai asked.

"t-the rain.." he whimpered "my breathing.. My heartbeat.." the blond responded.

Kai nodded "good job," Lloyd had grown calmer, stopped crying but his breathing was still abnormally fast.

"now, what are three body parts you can see or feel?" Kai asked, his eyes looking straight into Lloyd's with a reassuring look.

"y-your chest, I c-can feel your heartbeat.. And I see your f-face.." Lloyd responded, his breathing almost normal again.

"good job, kid, c'mere." Kai pulled him gently into a hug, Lloyd wrapped his arms around his big brother and hid his head in his neck.

"your okay," Kai soothing, running a hand up and down his back "I'm here, Nya's here, everyone is here, we will protect you.."

Lloyd sighed and hugged him tighter, "I'm tired.." the blond mumbled, whether he meant he was tired of the trauma and the panic or anxiety attacks that came with it, or that he really was just sleepy, Kai did not know.

"how about we go get you a glass of something to drink, maybe a cookie or two, and settle down on the couch with everyone and watch a movie?" Kai suggested.

The blond nodded and Zane, Pixal and Cole went to get Lloyd a glass of milk, a plate of cookies for everyone and put on Disney+.

Nya and Jay came over and Lloyd engulfed his sister into a hug, Jay patted his back reassuringly.

"do want to tell us what triggered you?" Jay asked softly, the blond took a deep breath before speaking.

"the rain.. It unsettled me, a-and then I heard a person running outside." he told them, the three Ninja shared a look and Jay went to investigate outside.

"let's go to the living room." Kai helped him up and the two siblings brought him to the living room, sitting on either side of him and grabbing a blanket to cover themselves with.

Zane gave him a glass of milk and placed the plate onto the small coffee table.

"What movie do you want to watch?" Zane asked him once everyone was settled.

Jay had checked around the Monastery and it was just the chicken running around.

"Avatar." Lloyd replied, snuggled in between Kai and Nya with a blanket around them.

Zane put on the movie and everyone occasionally snacked on the cookies and Lloyd held his glass of milk.

He took small sips every few minutes, once he finished his glass, Nya put it back on the table for him and adjusted so that Jay could lay his head on her lap.

It wasn't long before Lloyd's eyes started drooping, he leaned against Nya's side and fell asleep halfway through the movie.

Nya and Kai shared a glance, they came to an understanding.

They needed to get him his puppy.

What puppy you may ask?

Specifically a cross mix between a husky and k9.

Why so specific?

Because they had visited a man with a bunch of puppies who were being trained to help mentally unstable and very traumatized people who didn't trust therapists.

And Lloyd clicked with that one pup.

So they were going to get him.

And they were going to do it soon.