Ninja Apocalypse

8: Bowled Over (edited)

Chapter 8: Bowled Over

The team stood outside the Simulation Room, for the first time since Wu's passing. Lloyd continued to disappear and questions had been raised a few too many times so that even Nya couldn't cover for him. It had been only a matter of time before his sorry tale came out, though Lloyd did manage to keep the more sensitive details from them. He thought it was probably best if it just stayed between himself and Nya, who had finally agreed with him on that point.

'Unbelievable!' Jay had exclaimed 'we're tight bro, why the cover up?'

'How long have you been hiding this from us?' Cole enquired, a look of disbelief on his face.

Lloyd grimaced and was about to answer, but Nya got there first 'It wasn't hidden from all of us'

'What?' Kai and Jay  answered in unison and turned their questioning looks to Nya.

'I knew. I knew without Lloyd having to tell me! I tried to tell all of you, but you didn't listen' Nya said forcefully 'Now Lloyd is telling you and I think it might be time for you to actually be quiet and hear what he has to say'

'It is a fair point' Zane offered.

They all fell silent until Kai spoke 'So, when you attacked us at the Simulation Room, that wasn't you and you might have actually done us some real harm?'

'Well, yes that's probably a correct assumption' Lloyd said, his whole face showing the pain it gave him to even contemplate that action.

'But now you've been disappearing, why?' questioned Cole.

'To practice. I think my powers are too much for me, or maybe even for anyone to handle. The practice we have here, day in day out, its combat focused... but it's not enough. I've been trying to gage the full extent of my powers away from everyone... in-case anything were to happen'

'Has anything happened?' Cole questioned further.

'Yes and no... but I've not had an episode since Ouroboros' He quickly added as a positive, hoping this would give the team confidence.

'Really?' Nya said with absolute relief.

Lloyd smiled at her. His heart welled every time she stood up for him 'Really' he said gently, just for her.

'Uhh...' Jay nervously began 'So, are we taking this impending doom vision from the Serpentine seriously or what?'

Lloyd put his head in his hands, frustrated.

Cole spoke 'we have to take it seriously Jay and we also need to support Lloyd' who he turned and addressed 'Lloyd, it's great you've seen what you need to do to control your power, but I wish you'd come to us. We're going to be with you through this... whatever it is. We can train together'

'Really? You'd do that? It could be dangerous'

'C'mon'
'Of course!'
'We're there man'
'We are there for you Lloyd'
'We are' Nya confirmed 'NO fight club this time, today we're here to help Lloyd train'

As Kai entered the Simulation Room he caught up to Cole and slowed his friend down. Hanging back Kai spoke in a hushed tone 'So Cole. What do you really think about all this?' he asked and nodded his head towards Lloyd, who was showing Zane and Nya a small power orb.

'What do I think?' Cole mulled, but turning to face Kai he looked deadly serious 'I think the Serpentine don't lie. I think, that if Lloyd is the Golden Ninja from the prophecy, then we need to know what we are dealing with and the best way to do that is keep him on side. We need to understand the full extent of his powers' and gave Kai a long stare before striding off.