The Energy In Me (a Ninjago fan fic)

Chapter 28

Sophie P.O.V
I should've went with them! But I guess I would only get caught due to the lack of training...

Why can't I be stronger?

Why can't I deal with my problems head on?

I look at Miranda, her hazel eyes hard. Why do you change your personality so much? I shake my head and sigh. Do I depend too much on people?

"He's still gotta be alive right?" I turn and see the ninja coming back...except I don't see the Master of Earth. "Who's still gotta be alive? Where's Cole?" Sensei questions. Everyone looks away, avoiding Sensei's gaze. "He...Kate spilled a potion on him, and he's in some dimension. We have no idea if he's alive or not..." Lloyd's voice trails off. No way...he can't be dead right?

Suddenly some portal thingy appears on top of us. It drops Cole, then disappears. We all run over to catch Cole but end up crashing into each other. "I'm so sorry," Cole says, with tears, then his eyes close. "Is he..?" I ask, feeling scared to know. What are you sorry for? "No, he just fainted," Zane says. I sigh in relief. "Though his current ragged up state doesn't make me feel any better," Nya notices. "Agreed. Let's get him to the in infirmary," Kai says.

After an hour or so, Cole's eyes blink. He looks around as all of us talk to him at the same time. He looks at Sensei, then starts to tear up and buries himself under the blanket. "Cole? What's wrong?" I ask and nudge him. "This is the Ninjago I belong to right?" A small voice asks.

"What do you mean by that?" Lloyd questions, sitting on the side of the bed. "Well if you mean, 'am I back home?', then the answer is yes," Jay answers. Poor guy, I can't even imagine where my mom must've sent him...

Well if I was stronger, I would be able to protect my only friends...

Silence.

"C'mon bro, get outta those covers," Kai says softly, as if talking to a kid. "You don't have to treat me like a kid ya know," Cole replies, his voice muffled by the blanket. "We don't know what happened to you, but I'm gonna assume it was bad," Nya guesses. "We do not know how to help you. So tell us what has happened to make you this way, I am sure we can help you," Zane adds, he looks worried. They all do. "It's not good to bottle up feelings...you'll end up bursting with emotions," I say, trying to be helpful. "I literally can't even face you right now, let alone myself," Cole replies. Face us? Face yourself? This is just getting more confusing.

"Cole. Please to talk to me at least," Sensei says. His eyes are searching for an answer, a way to solve this problem. What can I do? "I'd rather not...not after what I did," Cole mumbles. "Wait. A different version of reality...Cole, did you see another version of yourself and he did something wrong, not you?" Zane asks. His icy blue eyes focused on the lump on the bed, that's Cole. "Well we are the same person," Cole replies. "Well he's not denying it..." Nya's voice trails off. Her sapphire eyes looking around the place, as if she was connecting the dots to something.

Cole tells us everything. Now he's back in his covers and everyone is just still. Even Jay, whose electric blue eyes always reflect happiness are now reflecting, confused. "We killed?" Kai asks, so soft that it seems like he never said it. I don't like this silence...

"We did. We hurt people for no good reason," Cole says from the blanket. "Your other self...killed Miranda..." my own voice trails off. I just can't imagine anyone here being a killer, but still. It happened. "I'm sorry, really sorry," Cole's face pops up from the blanket for a moment, only showing his hazel eyes. Are those tears I just saw? I instantly feel bad. "No Cole! I-it's not your fault! I-I don't know what else say..." my voice trails off and I look at my palms. What can I say? Auntie means so much to me and knowing that someone close to me just killed her...it may not be this auntie but it's still a different version of me's auntie...

...I would feel kinda angry

...betrayed

...hurt

...buts it's not his fault...

"Sophie...you're not actually blaming Cole, are you?" Lloyd asks me. His green eyes look confused, and worried for his friend. "No! I couldn't!" I answer, almost hurt that Lloyd would even ask or even suspect me for something like that. I'm not like that, I want to say but don't.

"You okay?" A voice asks me. I don't bother trying to figure out who it is, or where the voice is coming from. "I guess...it's just one thing on top of another," I answer and put my head in my hands. My brown hair falling down around me. I feel a hand on my shoulder.

In your weak state I can talk to you in your mind. Once you really lose control, I'll take over.

I jerk my head up fast and look around the room.

No one. Just Cole in his bed.

Who ever asked me what's wrong is gone too.

Oh this is fun, I like how scared you are.

I'm not scared.

Ha, sure. Dear, dear granddaughter...

OVERLORD?!

Argh, not so loud! That hurt my ears!

Sorry..wait why am I apologizing to you?

Because you're just so kind. You take after your Aunt Lily. She was just the same way.

Aunt Lily..I've only heard her name before. Wait, if you come when I'm in a 'weak state' then where were you when I found out that everything I knew was a lie?

Well you were still in denial so you had a sort of mental barrier up and I couldn't get through.

Well thank you for the answer but you can leave now.

You wish! I've been stuck in you ever since that ice ninja defeated me! I plan on killing him first!

No! Zane's my friend, and I won't let you escape!

Yes, yes. Be afraid, be scared. Be weak. I'm already starting to take over.

I look down and sure enough, my hands are solid black, the color reaching my elbow. Oh no, oh no, oh no!

Ah, I love this. You-

Cole looks up from his blanket and stares at my hands. "W-what is that?" Cole questions. "N-nothing!" I answer and put my hands behind my back. "That is not 'nothing'," Cole replies, looking at me like I'm going nuts. The Overlord is gone from my head...hopefully the black is too. I glance at my hands, and sure enough the color is fading away. I guess he didn't want to take over with someone here, but why? I relax and let my hands drop to my side. "Now it's gone. Sophie..." Cole looks away.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"I'm afraid of becoming what the other versions of us are."

"You could never become something like that. Don't worry about it."

"But that's a possibility! That's why it's, it's own world."

"Well not in this world. Why don't we go read Never trust me? It'll help get your mind clear..."

"The library?"

"Unless you want to go somewhere else..."

"Nah, I need quiet. But...I still feel guilty about 'killing Miranda but not really killing Miranda'. Could I go alone?"

"Yeah...whatever floats your boat."

"Thanks Sophie..for understanding."

"Of course!"

Cole leaves, not looking at me the entire time. I didn't do anything...right? I shake my head and head out.

I need to be alert, my parents are sending really big messages...

Maybe it's time I went ahead and faced them myself.

A/n: I went over the chapters where I have more than 1 vote, 2 is the most I've gotten. Well, on those chapters there was some sort of romance or reveal of something, or just the ninja having fun. Do you guys want romance? Comment...please