Mad World {Ninjago Fanfiction}

Chapter Five

A/N: Ehehehe...

The sun was beginning to rise, morning had come to end the deadly night. Sirens could be heard all throughout the city as they rushed to the palace. What the emergency responders hoped to do was unknown. The Sons of Garmadon had made sure there was no one left alive and burned down a majority of the palace itself.

There was nothing left to save.

Harumi stood upon the deck of the Bounty, her eyes never left the palace. She wondered if her parents made it, were they safe? She had barely slept because of these thoughts. Lloyd knew the answer to her questions but he wouldn't- correction couldn't tell her, it wasn't like he wanted to anyways. If he told her that would only lead to more questions to which he didn't have the patience for. The ninja had contacted Lloyd asking for a pick up not too far from the palace. They had suffered some injuries and had managed to hide during the rest of the night but needed help. Lloyd lowered the Bounty down where the ninja had said they were. After a moment, one by one they climbed up onto the deck. Each of them looked awful but none of them seemed seriously injured. They made their way over to Lloyd, no one said a word but they all shared the same look of defeat. When Harumi noticed them, she came running over.

"Thank goodness you are all alright." She breathed a sigh of relief. She then looked around them and behind them. Her face grew worried. "Where are the Emperor and Empress? And Hutchins?" She asked. The ninja looked at each other. None of them knew how to break the news to her. "Please tell me that they're ok." She begged. Nya took a step forward towards her. If no one else would tell her, then she would.

"I'm so sorry, Princess." Nya started. "But they didn't make it." Harumi's eyes began to water as she turned away quickly, looking at the remains of the palace once more. The tears fell down her face. Her family was gone, leaving her the lone survivor.

"And the mask?" Kai asked somewhat quietly. He had walked over to Lloyd who simply shook his head. Kai sighed and looked at Harumi. "The Sons of Garmadon won't get away with this, Princess." He told her. She wiped her eyes and turned around.

"It would seem again I have had my parents taken from me." She started. "I am alone once more."

"You're not alone." Lloyd said as he walked over and stood by her side. "You can stay with us, we will protect you. And like Kai said they won't get away with this. We'll find them and stop them." The others all nodded in agreement. She gave them a sad smile but said nothing.

"We can't stay here though. They will be looking for us." Zane pointed out. "Some of us are hurt and are not able to fight as well."

"Zane's right." Lloyd agreed. "We need to go somewhere to hide just until we come up with a plan. Zane, you and I should stay up here and take us somewhere safe." He started. "The rest you need to get patched up." After Lloyd finished speaking everyone went their separate ways. Zane and Lloyd plotted a course to Dead Man's Squall. They believed it would be the best place to hide until it was safe enough to return to the city. Cole, Nya and Jay went below deck to help each other with injuries.

That left, Kai and Harumi, both of who were up on the top deck. Harumi was watching below the Bounty as the world zoomed by. She had never been out of the city before and was amazed by everything she saw. Kai was in the crows nest, he couldn't get the memory of watching the Emperor, the Empress and Hutchins die. He felt guilty, he should've been able to save them. They all should've, that was their main task; protect the Royal Family and they failed, he failed. He knew the person he saw had to be the leader of the Sons of Garmadon there was no question about it. If he ever ran into the leader he would not hesitate to end them right then and there. This leader had done enough damage.