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“And they call themselves the Sons of Garmadon, and they had this creepy symbol that looked like my father. As soon as I saw it, I knew, here we go again.” Lloyd said.
While piloting the mech that Zane made before he had gone missing, Lloyd was telling his new wolf companion {which he calls “Red”} what happened back in his home realm Ninjago.
Even though his stories did annoyed the wolf like a lot.
But that doesn’t stop Lloyd from telling it the next part of the story that left him with major trust issues.
“I just have the worst luck. There was this girl named Harumi, and I really thought she liked me. But I found out she was just pretending. She only wanted to bring my father bck from the Departed Realm to destroy us. Uh, just my luck.” Lloyd continued saying to his wolf companion
But then Red starts barking at something which caught the green ninja’s attention.
Which turns out to be a bunch of dark and grey clouds surrounding the sky
“Those don’t look good. What do you say we pick up the pace?’ Lloyd says to Red the wolf.
Which he responds with a bark.
And so the mech continues to walk faster.
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Later
Lloyd begins telling Red another story.
“So then, there’s this huge stone Colossus, and I’m thinking, what am I supposed to do? There’s no spinjitzu move for this. And I mean, we all came together and took it down, but, oh boy, it wasn’t easy.” Lloyd said to his wolf companion.
Even though Red was getting more annoyed at him telling his stories like they were an dramatic soap operas.
But then, the mech stops walking.
“Wait.” The green ninja said.
And so Lloyd jumps out of the mech and onto the icy grounds of where he and Red are now.
“This doesn’t look like normal ice.” Lloyd said pointing at the dark blue ice poking out of the ground.
Then he is responded by Red, who tells him that it might not be a good idea to touch it.
“Yeah, maybe not a good idea. {then he sees a lot more.} Wow, there’s more of it. It’s everywhere.” Lloyd said.
But then he spots more dark and grey cloud moving to their location.
“We better keep moving.” He says to his wolf companion.
So Lloyd jumps back onto the mech and have it start moving again.
And while he was talking about finding shelter, suddenly they both see a bolt of lighting appearing from the clouds.
And the lightning bolt combined with the dark blue ice creates a icy behemoth that spawns right behind them.
“Do you hear that?” Lloyd said to Red.
Then the mech turns around and sees the behemoth, who tries to punch it.
But luckily Lloyd has it dodge the attack.
So with no choice left but to fight, he pulls out the mech’s sword from it’s body.
And even though it was thrusted back by it, the green ninja is not going down with the mech without a fight.
Although he was kind enough to let Red off the left hand of the mech before he gets hurt too.
And so just like that Lloyd uses the mech sword to slice it in half.
But it was useless, as any times it takes damage, it’s limb reforms back together.
“Oh, no.” He said nervously.
The squabble between the mech and the behemoth causes both of them to fall off a cliff.
But luckily the mech was able to land on some snow, saving Lloyd from being crushed to death or taking fall damage.
And what’s ever good was that Red was there too.
Running to the mech to see if Lloyd is ok.
But then while he barks at him to wake up, the ice behemoth begins to reforms back to full health again.
But thankfully Lloyd wakes up just in time.
And so another fight between the mech {with help from the wolf} and the behemoth commences.
But even though Red did get knocked out during the fight in the process, Lloyd was able to get the golem to move to the icy lake.
Leading to him using the giant Ninja Star on the mech to cut the ice multiple time.
Before he uses the mech to throw a giant rock at the behemoth.
And even though it caught it, the behemoth falls through the ice.
While Lloyd is glad that everything is over. Or is it?
Suddenly an arm appears out of nowhere and grabs the mech’s right leg.
“What the?” He said being confused.
Then the hand starts to pull it into the ice.
And what’s more bad is the fact that Lloyd is also being pulled underwater too!
Since he’s in the mech!
But luckily he stays calm.
“Ok Lloyd think, what should I do in this predicament?” He said to himself
Trying to figure out what to do now, the green ninja sees Red still unconscious from the knockout.
So he tries calling out to him
“Red! Red! Red, I need your help! Save me!” Lloyd yelled out to the wolf.
But it didn’t respond, so Lloyd screamed louder.
“Red! Wake up!” He screamed at the top of his lungs.
Thankfully it was able to get him to wake up and have him on his feet.
But by the time he did, it was already too late.
As the mech, including Lloyd were pulled into the icy lake.
Causing Red to panic.
But luckily, he saw him holding his breathe at the last minute which was fine.
But he was still worried for him, as in just a few short minute, Lloyd will drown.
So what’s Red going to do about this situation?
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Lloyd looked around, and sees that the behemoth was holding onto the mech’s right leg really tight.
So he tries to get out of it, but his seatbelt is stuck.
Then he tries to hit the eject button, but since the mech is useless underwater, it didn’t work, much to his frustration.
He hopes that Red will save him before he drowns.
Meaning that his friends will be lonely without him and Zane will be forever trapped as The Ice Emperor’s prisoner.
Then he remembers that the shoulder pad on him is made out of steel and is very sharp.
So he takes it out his clothes and proceeds to cut the seatbelt like a normal knife or blade would.
And just like that, he was freed.
Then he takes one last look at the mech as it continues to sink with the behemoth, so he tries to swim back to the surface.
Except, he couldn’t.
As just like Kai, Lloyd is terrible at swimming.
And the more he tries to swim, the more he continues to sink.
Until eventually the coldness in his body begins to consume him, causing his limbs to freeze up and his body to give up on him entirely.
So he begins to cough up a lot of air he had left, and begins to inhale water.
This terrified him, as the last time he almost drowned was back at the tomb of his grandfather aka the First Spinjitzu Master.
And his friends had to give a ghost named Morro a thing called the realm crystal in an exchange for his freedom.
But now he’s going to drown in the freezing water.
Guess like he failed.
He failed his mission.
He failed Kai, Cole, Jay, Nya, Zane and even Master Wu.
Seems like he was just going to have to accept his fate.
But before he blacks out, suddenly he hears the sound of splashing in the water.
And when he looked, all he could see was a blurry silhouette of a girl.
“Who, is that?” He thought.
But he didn’t have time to process whats going on.
As the girl grabs him and swims with him back to the surface.
But not before she gives him an air giving kiss on the lips.
And that was the last thing he felt before he blacked out.
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He woke up with a gasp, before he proceeded to cough up a lot of cold water he had in his lungs.
It took a while but he was able to get all of them out.
Then after that he looks at Red who was really worried for him.
“Red? Did you save me?” Lloyd asked the wolf while forgetting what just happened back under the icy lake.
Which he replied with a nod.
“Well thanks buddy. I thought I saw someone else, but I’m just glad you do care about me.” Lloyd said happily while giving Red a pat.
But then Red collapses from his wounds.
“Red, are you ok?” He asks worriedly.
he then notices that due to the Behemoth’s attack, his left leg is bleeding now.
So he decides to take him somewhere so that he can patch it up.
But due to being in the water for so long, Lloyd was starting to feel extremely cold now.
“Oh no, I heard Zane talked about this before. I think this is one of the symptoms of hypothermia. Gotta get to a warm shelter now, but where?” Lloyd said worriedly.
But then he remembers about a remote that is able to summon the mech back to the one who holds the remote.
So he pulls it out of his pocket.
And thankfully, it was not damaged by the water.
And once he clicks on the button, suddenly the mech comes back from the icy lake.
And even though it’s wet, it’s thankfully not damaged or broken from the golem attack.
“Hope that P.I.X.A.L or Zane won’t get mad at me about what happened to the mech they made.” Lloyd said while looking at the mech while he’s also shivering.
So he waits for a few moment for the mech to by dry now.
Then he jumps back on top of it, and finds some medical supples that can be useful.
Like some bandages.
And so after finding them, he goes back down while also carrying a warm lantern.
Then he places the lantern down.
Once he’s now warm, and is no longer suffering from hypothermia, he proceeds to wrap Red’s left leg with bandages.
After that, he looks at his wolf companion and smiles at what he has done to help Red.
“Now you just rest, we’re gonna be okay. We’re gonna be just fine. I’ll take care of you, while the lantern keeps me warm and dry from the freezing water.” Lloyd says to him.
And so after that he lies down and looks at his wolf companion.
It almost makes him feel bad about Red, as he’s clearly looking after him.
So he talks to him.
“Red? Thank you, for coming along with me on this adventure. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have founded the land bounty or Zane’s hideout. I just wish he’s ok while he’s in The Ice Emperor’s castle. {yawns} Goodnight Red, I’ll change your bandages in the morning ok?” Lloyd said to Red.
And he was responded by the wolf smiling at him.
Which makes him happy to see.
And so just like that, he closes his eyes and sleeps.
Not knowing that the next morning, Red isn’t a male wolf after all.
Instead Red is a female formling who transforms into a wolf.
A formling named Akita.