Lies Of The Serpent: A Ninjago AU

Chapter 80: Father And Son Reunited

Lloyd's POV

So many emotions were going through my mind.

I was happy to see my dad again, but also angry at him for being gone for all these years. I was upset that I'd thought he was a monster while also being scared of him cause I still kinda saw him as a monster. I both wanted to punch him and cry. But most of all I was confused.

How was he here? Why was he here? Why had he left me at Darkly's? Why did he have four arms? How did he have four arms? What was he doing with Harumi? And would he be mad at me for not being a villain like him?

Dad pulled me into a hug. I pushed him away, still not comfortable with being hugged, especially not by someone as large and scary looking as him. He blinked.

"You don't want me to hug you?" He asked, sounding both confused and worried. Maybe he thought I hated him for what he'd done. I sighed.

"I just- I'm not comfortable with hugs. It makes me feel like I'm being strangled," I said.

"That is strange. May I ask why that is?" I began to answer when Hebi interrupted me.

"No!, Garmajerk!" She said. "He doesn't have to explain himself to you!"

"Hebi, it's fine-" I began, but then dad interrupted.

"What is a serpentine doing here? " He asked. "Aren't they the enemy?"

"Aren't you the enemy?" Hebi asked.

"No-" I began only to get interrupted again.

"I'm not the one planning the destruction of the entire realm!" Dad yelled.

"I'm not planning the destruction of Ninjago, you are!" Hebi yelled back.

"No, I'm trying to save my son!"

"He's perfectly safe! No thanks to you!"

"Guys, seriously-" I tried again.

"What did I do?" Dad asked.

"Stop!" All this yelling was starting to make me upset.

"Abandoned him!" Hebi yelled.

"Please!"

"I did no such thing!" Dad yelled.

"I don't like fighting!" The more they ignored me, the madder I became.

"I'm pretty sure dropping him off at a school for villains is the same thing!"

"Seriously!"

"That was Misako not me!"

"Shut up!"

"You didn't stop her!"

"I didn't know she did!"

"I said-"

"Likely story. Look just admit that you're a jerk who didn't care to-"

"SHUT UP!" I stomped real hard, and they all stopped talking.

I said, breathing heavily, "Neither of you are villains. We haven't even listened to dad's side of the story. This entire fight seems to be about me, yet I haven't even gotten to say anything. And I do not like fighting. So let's all calm down, take a breather, and talk this through like civilized people. If you don't then I will not hesitate to destroy both of you!" They all stared at me, shocked.

"I thought it would end with me," dad said.

"Lloydie, your eyes are changing color again," Hebi said. I blinked.

"What?" I asked. All of a sudden my surroundings blurred, and I collapsed.

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I woke up back in my room. For a second I thought it'd been all a dream until a saw my dad watching me from the corner.

"Are you well?" He asked. I nodded.

"I think so. What happened?" I asked.

"You passed out from exhaustion."

"Are you sure? It felt like something else."

"I promise you it wasn't. You've most likely been staying up much later than a child your age should, you woke up early, you've probably eaten nothing but candy, and you used the last of your energy yelling at me and that serpentine girl."

"Hebi."

"What?"

"Her name's Hebi."

"Oh, Hebe eye then."

"Hebi."

"Hobi."

"He-bi. It's not that hard."

"Heni or whatever her name is. It does not matter anyways."

"Seriously, just say it correctly!"

"But it does not matter how I say it."

"It does to me. And her."

"Why? She is just a girl."

"She is also the first person to care for me since, well forever!" All the anger I'd felt earlier resurfaced.

"I care." I sighed.

"Well you weren't there."

"Lloyd, I wanted to be there, but I couldn't."

"You could've at least not left me at Darkly's! That place is horrible!"

"I didn't want to leave you there. If it were my choice you would've stayed with my brother."

"I would've?"

"Yes, I never wanted you to be like me. Honestly, I don't even want to be like me. Just because I'm forced to be like this doesn't mean I'm going to force you." Slowly my anger started to fade.

"Then why did I?"

"Your mother. She thought it would "stop you from having to fight me". As if she's correct."

"Correct about what?"

"It's unimportant. What's important is that she's a moron, and I'm not. We both care about you, or at least I do, even if we haven't been here to show it." I began to tear up.

"Really?"

"Yes, I thought it was obvious." I pulled him into a tight hug.

"You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that.

Author's Note:

Just realized that I never explained the correct way to pronounce Hebi's name, so in case anyone was confused it's pronounced Heb-ee.

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