Ouroboros (Ninjago x Male Reader)

9. Lies

"Like I said, I ain't joining your little alliance. I'm gunning for that staff." Shade scowled as he leaned against the wall of Kai's room. Some other Elemental Master's looked irritated as well, but most remained calm and just waited.

"Hey, this isn't about an alliance. This is about finding out who is the spy. No one leaves this room until we find out who is passing information to Chen." Lloyd explained, before turning towards Kai's bed with a look of suspicion.

"Why are you looking at me, Greenie? I'm not your spy." Shade, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, said and threw a glare Lloyd's way. The green ninja hadn't meant to look at him in the first place, but the one behind him.

"Perhaps I can help." Neuro, who sat next to Shade, however spoke up before Lloyd could clear up the misunderstanding. 

Neuro pressed a hand onto his own forehead, small see through waves floating through the air aimlessly for a moment, before Neuro sighed.

"I don't know who, but someone here isn't who they say they are." The vague answer wasn't mist desirable, but it was better than nothing.

"How do we know we can trust you? Maybe I should use your power and see inside your head." Skylor meanwhile said from where she was standing near the middle of the room.

"I'd like to see you try, power hoarder." Neuro returned with an annoyed scowl as Skylor's expression too turned into a glare.

Before the situation could turn into a fight though, Kai settled himself between the two.

"This is what Chen wants, for us to fight. But we don't have to. There has to be a more civilized way around this!" He said before Garmadon spoke up.

"There is. Everyone who's ever worked for Chen has the Anacondrai tattoo on their back. Find the tattoo, find the spy." He calmly explained to all of the Elemental Masters as Lloyd looked around the room. Only one person didn't seem to be listening as intently as the other, and it wasn't hard to guess who.

"Anyone object?" Lloyd questioned anyways. No one said anything against him, Neuro even walked straight over to him, and pulled down a bit of his robes to show that there wasn't a tattoo on his back.

"Can I go now?" He asked, ready to leave already, but Lloyd stopped him.

"Not until we check everyone. Who's next?" Lloyd asked, but still turned towards (y/n), who was leisurely spread out on Kai's bed, taking up most of the space. (y/n) noticed the look Lloyd was giving him, and returned it with a careless smile.

"I'll go last, don't really feel like getting up yet." (y/n) waved his hand dismissively before his arm slumped back down.

"Anyone else?" Lloyd asked, not interested in fighting against the boy for now.

"Let's get it on." Griffin instead spoke up and darted over to Lloyd.

 "Well, only three left." Lloyd stated after a while. Mostly everyone had co-operated nicely and shown their backs to at least one of the ninja or Garmadon. And so far, no tattoo had turned up.

But there were still three possible candidates for the spot of the traitor: Skylor, (y/n) and Shade.

"Uh, I hate to do this, but it's your turn. Can I see your back, please?" Kai asked Skylor as carefully as he could, not wanting to hurt Skylor's feelings. He did trust Skylor, he knew they could trust her, but this situation wasn't about trust.

"How could you not trust me? I came to you with the fortune cookie-" Skylor shot at him with a betrayed tone, but Kai sadly had to cut her off.

"I'm sorry, but we have to know." He said, giving Skylor an apologetic look. Skylor returned with a small scoff, before turning around. But before she could pull down her sleeve, Lloyd noticed something.