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"I think we are done for now, still have some things to do but whatever.." Kai said. The Monestary was nearly finished rebuilding .. again. It was a Friday and they had worked hard this week.
"What about we do something? Like go outside " Cole suggested. It was silent, they thought about what to do.
"Let's have a picnic" Zane said, the weather was pretty nice and the shops were open so they could buy some stuff.
They agreed to go.
Everyone packed up things they thought would be necessary, went to the store, bought food and drinks and they wer ready to go. Cole said he knew a place, he told the story of how he came across that place while climbing to the mountains. He sometimes invites other people to go climbing with him but that doesn't last long since he literally goes climbing at 6 a.m. and comes back at 8 a.m. and then 15 minutes later training starts. They don't know how Cole does it but he somehow does it..
Lloyd finds it impressive.
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They didn't have to walk long, they arrived in about 20 minutes, fighting through the bushes a squirrel landed on Nya and instantly jumped to a tree.
"What was that?!" She said surprised. Kai wheezed, sure it was funny but not that funny... Or was finding something funny with siblings different? Lloyd thought. Nya softly hit his Brother in the shoulder.
"So this is the place , place the picnic here !" Cole exclaimed, they set out the picnic on the spot where Cole wanted it to be. The food was in a basket ,like in the movies ! They put their shoes next to the picnic blanket and sat down.
The Ninja had some Watermelon some snacks , played Uno and talked about their recent activities. It was a nice vibe. The birds chirping, the sun hitting them in an angle, The river flowing nicely ,the food being nice and Jay complaining about his loss at Uno, it was funny to Lloyd
"Let's do something else.. uhm.. Let's play dodgeball !" He got out a ball from his backpack and challenged everyone, saying he would win. The Ninja were very competitive
(mostly Lloyd), expect Zane but he likes spending time with his friends so he joined them.
They got into their places, getting ready for the epic match. They didn't have teams, they liked to play with their own rules. Jay shot the ball at Cole him barely dodging it with the sudden attack from the Lightning Ninja. It went past Cole, not being able to catch it Kai got it instead. He shot it at Zane. Zane didn't pay attention, he thought looking at a butterfly would be more interesting but anyway. He was out.
Nya caught the ball and shot it at Lloyd, he catched it almost fell out of his hand but whatever. Jay was the nearest. He shot the ball at him and went back a bit so he could be careful. The river got louder but he didn't pay attention to that. Cole was out now. The only ones left were Kai, Lloyd , Nya and Jay.
Talking about Jay, he was begging for mercy while seeing how close Nya was .She giggled, when doing that. Jay snatched the ball away from her. "Sorry " he said slightly feeling bad about doing that to Nya. He shot at Lloyd, it went to high. It looked like it was gonna land in the river, great.
Lloyd, he was not going to give up. He calculated where the ball would go. He took steps backwards, the other guys yelled out something but He was to focused on te ball. He took another step backwards , suddenly he didn't feel the ground anymore , he checked backwards , seeing the river. Lloyd stopped, not realising the Ball was going to land right on his face. It took Lloyd by suprise, he lost balance and fell backwards... Into the river.
The last thing before falling that he heard was his name being called out.
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The water was cold. Rather too cold. He wanted to swim up but the Water just reminded him of something that he never wanted to remember again. Morro.. when he dropped him into the water while trying to catch the crystal. The water was ice cold. Lloyd didn't even have the energy to even move. The possesion of Morro was living hell, the things he did weren't better. Lloyd definetly developed PTSD from Morro and the others know.
He was not able to move. Lloyd wasn't going to die like this was he? At that moment something pulled him up, he grabbed onto the hand that did. The next second he was on land. He landed on his knees and coughed up some water.
"Are you alright?" Kai asked, he put his jacket over Lloyds shoulders. Lloyd looked at him through the wet pieces of his hair. The other surrounded them and asked if he was okay. It was silent. They thought Lloyd was not doing good.
Lloyd tried to keep in a laugh.
"That was so embarrasing" he said in a light tone, trying no to laugh out lot. He snickered.
Kai gave him a confused stare.
"Are you seriously laughing.. what if you had died !" He said
"Wouldve been a funny death I guess " Lloyd answered , at a tense moment like that why not add humour.
"Dude you had us worried there, never do that again ! " Cole sighed in relief.
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They got Lloyd dried up, Lloyd wanted to lend Kai his jacket back but Kai was not going to let his brother get a cold. They watched the sunset together, Jay and Nya were taking pictures , Zane and Cole laying down.
"When Morro let me fall, you caught me too"
Lloyd reminded Kai.
Kai looked at Lloyd, he never mentioned Morro that freely.
Kai thought he had nearly lost a brother there.
"I promised.. I am always going to watch over you, no matter where, what, and when"
Lloyd leaned into Kai's shoulders. They watched the sunset. The sun setting doesn't mean it never rises again.