Flames of the Past #2: Beginning of Chaos (Ninjago Fanfiction)

Chapter 13

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"A camera?" Wu gasped in shock.

Garmadon held out the broken camera in his hands. "It seems the Sons of Darkness are closer than we think," he murmured.

Wu rubbed his beard, glancing at the kitten on his bed. "How did they slip it onto the cat?"

"I don't know. But Kitty follows us around everywhere. Who knows what they could've seen and heard?"

"You wanted to be more careful, Brother," Wu sighed. "We should've listened to you."

Garmadon emptied the broken pieces into the trash can. "That doesn't matter now," he said. "What matters now is why they chose Kitty for this."

Wu tipped his head. "You think they chose to bug the cat for a reason?"

Garmadon looked at his feet, twiddling his thumbs. "Do you remember the scroll?" he eventually spoke.

"Yes. What does that have to do with this?"

Garmadon raised his head again. "I believe it has everything to do with this."

Wu studied his brother's eyes. "You don't think it's them," he realized.

Garmadon turned and walked a few paces away; Wu knew he was diving deep into thought. "I've seen visions," the older brother began again. "Pieces of the future... of the war yet to come. And there are others. I don't know who they are, but they're..."

"Not our ninja," the senseis said at the same time.

Garmadon turned back to Wu. "I know Clouse and maybe a few others in the Sons of Darkness saw the same," he continued. "And they're going to do everything they can to prevent that future."

Wu drew in a deep breath, realizing what his brother meant. "If you're right, then we really must be more careful."

Suddenly, the door flung open.

"What's all this about a camera?" Lloyd snarled.

The senseis spun around as the green ninja stomped into the room. Laurie was beside him and he held tight to her hand.

"I guess word gets around," Garmadon muttered.

Lloyd stalked up to him. "You're telling me someone put a camera on my daughter's pet cat?" he demanded. "And they've been what, stalking her?"

"We assume it was the Sons of Darkness," Wu stammered, taken aback by his fury.

Lloyd's glare snapped to him. "You think that makes it any better?" he retorted.

"This isn't the first time the Sons of Darkness have done something like this," Garmadon intervened. "We're lucky the camera was only on the cat's collar this time, instead of inside her. Then we'd have had to done... something more drastic."

"I'd hardly call a situation like this 'lucky!'" Lloyd snapped back. Fuming with rage, he turned and scooped Laurie into his arms.

The girl squirmed. "I don wan you to pick me yup!" she protested, slipping through his arms and sitting on the ground. Kitty hopped onto the floor beside her, mewling. Giggling, Laurie began to play with her.

Lloyd's blazing eyes fell on the kitten. "You little rat," he hissed.

"Lloyd." Garmadon grabbed his son's wrist and yanked him backward before he could do something to the pet. "Kitty wasn't the problem. The situation has already been taken care of."