Lloyd Garmadon x Female Reader

Chapter Fourteen

1950 - King Princess 

I had requested to go on a walk to clear my head, and in all honesty, I didn't plan on trying to run away from everyone, but even still, Wu declined, responding with a bunch of useless old man shit. I sat on the deck, listening to some depressing song when the ninja came back. A week and they were already healed? None of it made any sort of sense. 

Was I really unconscious for that long? There were so many unanswered questions that I wanted answered despite the fact I knew that I was either going to get a real sarcastic and fake answer, or the questions would really be that complicated. 

The ninja landed their dragons on the deck one by one, and I watched them vanish into nothing. Kai was the first to jump down, the wooden planks creaking under his weight.  I wasn't that ready to talk to any of the ninja. Honestly, I didn't want to see any of them, not even Nya. But I didn't get up and walk away because either one of them would spot me sooner and force me into conversation, or...some other really shitty alternative. 

So I stayed where I was, letting a headache cloud over my mind as I hugged the blanket that Wu had given me earlier. 

My eyes flashed up to the boys who were all laughing, reminiscing the fight they had just had and how: "they totally kicked the enemies big bad booty," according to Jay. 

They punched the air, then Cole fake punched Lloyd in the gut. Lloyd feigned pain, pretending to stumble backwards in defeat, but ending up almost pushing me off the side of the Bounty.  I cried out, dropping the blanket and ready to fall to my death past the fluffy clouds before a warm hand grasped mine, pulling me back up with a yank. 

I gasped, falling into Lloyd's arms. 

"I'm so sorry!" He yelled, setting me upright again. 

A peony pink dusted my cheeks as I looked into his emerald green eyes, shaking from fear, embarrassment, nervousness, every emotion all at once. 

"Are you okay?" he asked, worry and concern coating his features. 

"It's okay, I-I'm f-fine," I managed to blurt out through my shakiness. 

He seemed to try to crack a smile, but it didn't reach his eyes. 

"I'm okay," I reassured him. Lloyd smiled and let out a breathy chuckle before letting me stand on my own. 

I bit my lip. His green orbs started into mine, wondering, drifting further into my secrets then anyone had ever really dared.

He snapped out of his trance with a subtle shake of his head -subtle, but it was still there. "How was your sleep - I mean, rest?" He asked, scratching the back of his head.

All the hate I once had for the ninja all cam rushing back all of a sudden.  What I felt the day my parents died all came back, and the pain of the demon's crudeness came back, too.

I hated Lloyd because he and his goons weren't there for me and my family.

I hated heroes because they were only role models we grow out of loving.

And I loved the villains in all of the fairy tales I had ever read because they taught me that you have a right to be angry, not jealous, you have a right to get revenge and justice, both are the same, and they taught me that heroes wouldn't have a story without them. We'd all just be sitting ducks. 

I breathed in, refraining from punching Lloyd. "My rest was fine," I snapped. He seemed to flinch at my harsh tone. "Sorry, I'm just a little on edge from what happened." It wasn't a complete lie, I guess. I was on edge from the dream and everything, (I still wasn't completely convinced that it was a dream) but I was more so infuriated by where I was, who I was with, what I was doing. 

I bit my lip, glancing from Lloyd's face to the ground so he didn't notice my glare piercing into his soul. He smiled lightly, releasing a breathy chuckle before patting me on the shoulder and then heading back to his friends.

Through the group of boys, I picked out Nya, who was heading towards me after giving her brother a tight bear hug. She headed towards me, her hands tucked into her pockets. "Hey," she said, a gentle smile haunting her soft features. 

"Hey," I replied,  pushing hair behind my ears. 

"How was your rest, sleeping beauty?" She giggled. 

"Well I wasn't raped, so I guess you could say it was pretty okay. I am a little sore from sleeping wrong, though." 

She just laughed and rolled her eyes. Nya was the only one between all of the ninja who I felt really understood me, not just because she was a girl, but because I felt that she respected me like a sister, like she went through what I went through and she doesn't want me to be in the same pain she was. 

Of course, if anything did happen like that, whether when she was younger or it happened recently, she obviously had every right not to tell me. I don't even remember if I told her that my parents died or not. I could tell her, but I didn't feel like it at the moment. I may trust her like a friend right now, but that's all it was. She wasn't my bestie  or anything like that. I hadn't had one of those since, like, fourth grade. 

Nya glanced at me. "You're really okay?"

I nodded, although I wasn't completely sure that I was telling her or myself the truth. I couldn't tell what was real or not anymore, and I had a strong feeling that Wu had wiped my memories or something that made me forget anything ever happened. 

I'm glad there's someone looking out for me. I really am. I don't know how I would feel or what I would do if I didn't have Nya with me on this ship-

Wu was walking over. I raised an eyebrow at the old man. He stood beside us, his staff gripped tightly in one hand, the other behind his back. 

"We haven't had a chance to begin your training, Y/n, so once you feel rested enough, we may begin." He said with a grin. 

I didn't want to start training. I never wanted any of this. I never asked to have some ninja to pick me up on a motorcycle and drop me off on some flying boat. I never wanted any of this. Nya was the only good thing that came out of all of this. 

...

Shit, stop staring at Lloyd

UNEDITED