The Hand of Time (Ninjago AU)

Chapter 10

I will add a warning to this chapter. There are going to be a scene of rape as a torture form. It'll be indicated by  ⚠️when it starts and 🛑 when it ends.

The young time master had stayed out longer than he thought he would. He arrived back at the base sometime after midnight.

"Someone enjoyed himself today." Krux commented as the doors swung open.

"Most certainly. It was so creepy out there. You should've seen the streets where earth had reaked his havoc on the city. That'll cost a few million tax dollars to fix." He snickered.

"It sure will." Krux responded.

Acronix furrowed his brows. He'd expected more of a response from his brother than 'it sure will'. He turned to face the elder and saw him cradling the child in his arms.

"I figured you'd have given that back to its parents." He scrunched his nose.

"With preperations in full blast when I returned I thought it better to not distract them with a child. We want this done in a timely fashion don't we?" Krux turned more toward Acronix.

Acronix's face contorted further into a disgusted expression.

"What?" Krux looked down.

"You're feeding it."

"Do you wish to sleep next to a screaming child all night? Because I sure don't." Krux removed the bottle from the kids mouth. The baby reached for it a few times before wailing because he couldn't reach it. Krux rose his brow as if to prove his point further.

Acronix put his jands over his ears. "By the gods, shut it up. Put the bottle back in its mouth."

Krux sighed and lowered the bottle, instantly the crying stopped. "It's okay. I just had to prove a point to my mean little brother is all." He cooed.

Acronix rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Don't take forever with it. We do have things to do today." He retreated to the bedroom Krux had built.

Hours later the child woke both up with his cries again. Krux sighed, and started acting on impulse. He brought the baby back in the room and laid with it beside him with the baby on its stomach. He pat the child's back softly until it soothed. Then, he rolled himself to his stomach and the child under him so they were face to face.

Acronix rolled over loudly, catching Krux's attention. The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Acronix spoke.

"It stopped crying. You can take it back now."

"Well, he's also awake now. If I put him back now he may start crying again."

The baby babbled below Krux catching the elders attention.

Acronix could see his brother smile at the child and he rolled over to his back. He growled as his brother cooed at the child. It had gone from screaming to cooing in return, reaching for his face in a playful matter. It made Acronix feel sick.

He threw the covers off his body and stormed out of the room stopping just outside.

"I don't know what his problem is." Krux spoke softly. The baby responded by babbling some nonsense. "Maybe he is crazy."

Acronix snorted and looked both ways. He was tired, where could he go that had another bed?

"Borg." Acronix smirked. "That'll help me with two things. Get myself another bed, and drown out the joy Krux is infecting my head with."

He smirked as he walked, a slight skip to his step.

He entered the back side of the lab room so he could sneak in on the inventor. He watched Borgs eyes dart between the door and a panel on the apparatus.