Enter The Ninjaverse

CHAPTER 38

The bottom to the Destiny's Bounty opened up, allowing for the Shadow to fly up inside it. As soon as the clamps were in place to hold the Shadow inside the ship, the crew of the Shadow had already leapt down and off to the sides of the holding area. The flaps under the Shadow were still closing up as they rushed towards the entrance of the room, dragging along two unconscious boys with them. They soon were racing through the hallways until they were all on the deck of the Bounty, greeted with the sight of Jay and Kai talking with Monty.

"Get us moving, NOW!" Garmadon shouted at the three of them.

"We're on it," Zane stated flatly, turning to Nya. The two of them quickly raced up the stairs to the controls, firing up the Bounty's jets and causing them to begin soaring through the sky.

"We saw the explosion," Monty walked up to Garmadon and calmly spoke, "I'm guessing it didn't go to plan?"

Lloyd and Harumi dragged Sun and Mage forward. By now, Sun had woken up and was stumbling along with Lloyd, taking some of the weight off him. Mage was still knocked out cold, which made Monty narrow his eyes. Harumi, upon seeing this, shook her head.

"He's fine," Harumi told Monty, "He just, took a bad hit to the chest."

"I can see that," Monty looked around the deck, "Where can we put him?" He asked Garmadon with a groan.

"We have a treatment room below," Sun panted, groaning as he forced himself to stand up fully beside Lloyd, "I will... I will take him there. It is my fault he was injured."

"Don't," Garmadon growled, "It was a trap from the beginning. He likely sensed the boy's power and made sure he wasn't a threat to his plan."

"That does not excuse what happened!" Sun protested, pushing Lloyd away and stumbling forward to grab Mage from Harumi's back, "We... we must get moving. We cannot risk the Emperor catching us. I will take him there and treat my own injuries, then rejoin you."

The Bounty tipped up towards the sky, the jets firing loudly as they went. The deck tipped down, forcing Sun to dig in and steady his already strained body to not go sliding down. Kai and Jay anchored down with the main mast, while Harumi and Lloyd linked arms to stay upright. The Bounty was driven straight up until they had approached the dark cloud layer that surrounded the city's sky. The ship leveled out once they did, allowing Sun to begin dragging Mage back despite his own limb.

Garmadon rushed over to the stairs that led up to the deck shouting, "Get us out of the city! The Emperor will be after us! We'll regroup with the others at the Birchwood Forest!"

"Already on it!" Nya shouted over the intercom, "Let's just hope our cloak stays up!"

"Where's Lulloyd?" Harumi asked, letting go of Lloyd.

"Here!" Lulloyd suddenly leapt out from the door to the below deck rooms, "It, doesn't look like any of the Emperor's chatter is talking about us."

"Then that is all we can hope for now," Garmadon looked over to Lloyd and the others, "Along with what we must now question."

Suddenly, Garmadon drew out his dagger and stalked forward to Lloyd. When he was in front of him, Garmadon spun the dagger up and pointed it right at Lloyd's neck. Lloyd gasped, stiffening up as he felt the tip grazing at him. Monty instantly drew a pistol he reached up and put right to Garmadon's head, while Harumi and Lulloyd took a step back.

"Easy there," Monty reached up to pull back the hammer, "Wouldn't want to make any enemies right now, would we?"

"The Emperor knew we were arriving there," Garmadon growled, not even looking at Monty, "My ninja are in danger, and it seems that danger is following all of you. I am not convinced you all are not working for the Emperor and are being used to trace us."