Hello, Brother. (A Ninjago Fanfic)

The Invitation

Lloyd's P.O.V.:

We were still in that cell. All of my friends were sleeping, but I was so stressed I couldn't stop pacing the floor back and forth. I just couldn't stop thinking about what kind of danger Ninjago was in.

Ninjago, why were we even trying to help them anymore? Everyone in the city had completely turned on us, and all we've ever done is try and save them and make their world a better place. There was absolutely nothing in it for us. We just did it because we're good people and we want Ninjago to be a place of peace and harmony. I guess the citizens no longer appreciate that.

I know I had told my team that this would all blow over in a few days, but I'm starting to think that was a lie. I keep hearing the workers talk about a group called "the new ninja" and how they were bringing in low level thugs left and right and how Ninjago has never been lower when it came to crime rates. I had to face the facts that we were being replaced and this was our new life now. After everything we've done for Ninjago, this is how they treat us? What's the point anymore?

"Mr. Garmadon, you have a visitor." The guard said outside the cell.

"Do you know who it is?" I asked.

"No idea, but he specifically requested you." The guard said.

"Ok then." I nodded.

The guard let me out of the cell and I followed him to the visitor center. I figured it wasn't my father because they would probably arrest him on site if he came around this place. It was either my mother or Master Wu, but I didn't really want to talk to them right now either.

"Hey um, I just wanted to say, me and a lot of the other guys really respect what you've done for Ninjago." The guard said as we were walking.

"Thank you." I smiled.

"It's not personal, we're just following the law you know?"

"I know officer. We're not gonna make any trouble."

"Thanks." He smiled.

He led me to a booth in the corner and I sat down and faced him. There was a man in a kabuki mask sitting in front of me.

"Dad, if this is how you avoided the guards, you aren't fooling me." I rolled my eyes.

"I am not your father, Lloyd." He said in a deep voice.

"Then, who are you?" I asked.

"A messenger of the Crystal King." He said. "He wants you to know, he's assembling your enemies against you. Soon they will strike, and all Ninjago will fall before his wrath."

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked.

"Because I want to see the look of despair on your face. The look of helplessness as you see something you love destroyed before your very eyes!"

"No!" I yelled.

The kabuki man got out of his chair and started walking away. I couldn't let him escape. I started banging on the glass trying to break it.

"Stop that person! Someone, stop him! He's getting away!" I yelled.

I ran passed the guard and started running towards the man.