Spirit's Wrath (Book 2 of Spirit's Calling)

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A/n: I've had the first part of this written since I started the fic

It was the end part that took so long 😅

Enjoy!

"How it works is you'll hand over the Realm Crystal, or say goodbye to your friend!"

Morro, out of Lloyd's body, held the Ninja by his collar and dangled him over the river below. The Sword of Sanctuary rested on Lloyd's neck, though he barely reacted.

Y/n's vision seemed to shrink into a pinpoint. She barely heard Morro's threats or the Ninja's replies. Her gaze locked onto Lloyd and didn't move.

He looked awful. He was covered in bruises and cuts, some still bleeding, and utterly exhausted. His normally bright blond hair was dull and his skin pale and sallow. His lips were chapped and an irritated red. He didn't even flinch as Morro shook him, his head drifting to the side and his arms hanging limply. His glazed eyes, only opened a fraction, stared at nothing.

"What did you do," Y/n snarled, cutting into the conversation with a question that sounded more like a threat. Her glare, sharp as daggers, cut into Morro's smug face.

The ghost noticed her interest and grinned, holding Lloyd a little higher. The Ninja whimpered weakly in protest. "What, don't like what you see?" His tone suggested that he knew Y/n did not. "Hand over the Realm Crystal and he's all yours."

Y/n stiffened, glaring at the ghost. She felt Cole's cold hand on her shoulder, trying to ground her. But she was too angry. She vibrated with fury, her wrath finally allowed to escape. While it meant her powers retreated, her strength increased. "Wait, Y/n. We have a plan," Cole hissed. She forced herself to nod slightly, fists clenching.

"Time's up!" Morro cried, pressing the Sword of Sanctuary with more force into Lloyd's neck, making his face twitch with fear as a thin trickle of blood ran down from the injury. Y/n's eyes narrowed and she suddenly felt no emotion; just a single, fixed desire: Get Lloyd. "You give me no choice!"

"Wait!" Kai yelled. "We'll give you the Realm Crystal."

Do whatever Morro wants. Get Lloyd. Y/n didn't even care if it meant the Cursed World could escape if they rescued her brother. 'Cause he needed all the help he could get.

Kai threw a red-hot Realm Crystal over her head, straight into Morro's reach. But with Lloyd in one hand and the Sword in the other, he had to get rid of one to catch the Crystal. He chose Lloyd.

The limp Green Ninja plummeted with a weak cry into the river, sending a large splash onto the stone underfoot. Someone cried Lloyd's name and Morro screamed.

Get Lloyd!

Before Y/n realized what she was doing, her feet were pounding on the stone and she dove headfirst into the water after her brother.

The cold almost made her gasp, and her muscled locked up. It stabbed into her, numbing her to the bone, dulling her senses. She couldn't tell which direction she was going, only knowing one thing: she was cold.

But her desire to protect her brother quickly snapped her out of her stupor.

Squinting through the freezing, wet blurriness, Y/n spotted the green form drifting downstream and kicked desperately to catch up. She heard a roar, assumed it to be the blood in her ears, and kept going.

She reached Lloyd and wrapped her arms tightly around him, burying her face in the crook of his neck. Finally, finally, after days of being separated, she had her brother back, even if he was injured. She'd get back at Morro for doing that. He didn't react.