Ninjago: Chaos Control (Male! Shadow! Reader)

Chapter 22: Ninjaball Run

The chapter begins with Lloyd, upside down and using one hand to support himself.

WU: "Focus." He proceeds to pour some tea. "In order to bear the fate of Ninjago on your shoulders, you must first learn to bear the weight of all of us."

It is shown that Lloyd is using his feet to balance the ninja and Wu. Zane is on top of Lloyd's feet while holding Kai and Jay in his arms, and Cole is standing on his head. Cole has Wu on his shoulders. The ninja are all nervous. Y/N watched with cross arms.

Y/N: "Focus, Lloyd."

JAY: "Sensei, Y/N, I'm starting to think this was a bad idea."

COLE: "Yeah, Sensei, he's just a kid."

WU: "In order for him to succeed, we must all trust one another."

Y/N: "Exactly, and compared to me, you four seem to lack the trust if what happened back at Darkley's was anything to go by."

He remembers what about the previous day with the dark doubles of the ninja as well as that other copy. No, Mephiles being a copy wasn't the right way to describe him. Mephiles was something else, something darker and more sinister.

Y/N: "Besides, we're seeing the limits for his strength. This is a good way to test him as well."

Behind them, outside, some machinery is heard as Lloyd starts straining from holding all the weight on his feet. A wrecking ball slams into the wall, making everyone fall and land on the ground.

COLE: "What was that?"

They get up and see a builder and foreman, wearing hardhats, who unexpectedly notice the ninja. Y/N raises an eyebrow at him.

Y/N: "What is a demolition team doing here, and why weren't we informed of this?"

Dareth runs out from behind the beaded doorway.

DARETH: "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!!! This wasn't supposed to happen until tomorrow!"

FOREMAN: "Tomorrow?" He turns to a demolition beside him. "Let me see that order." The builder hands him the order slip and he looks at it. "Oh, yeah. My bad. Sorry 'bout that. We'll be back in the morning."

They both leave. Dareth groans as he picks up one of his "trophies," which is bent.

COLE: "Uh, Dareth, what is this all about?"

DARETH: "Well, I fell behind on some of my payments and some developer named "Darnagon Enterprises" is buying the entire block to put in some stupid frisbee-golf course. They say if I don't come up with 50,000 by tomorrow, the dojo is gone."

JAY: "But, we already lost the Bounty. We can't lose the dojo now."

Y/N: "The dojo is our only current source of training Lloyd. If we loose that..."

Everyone cringes as the possibility crosses their mind. On the floor, Dareth sobs uncontrollably.

DARETH: "My trophies. Oh, my fakes trophies!"