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“You are just a brat dressed in green. The very reason my daughter died! I will avenge her!”
Silence.
“Daughter? YOUR FUCKING DAUGHTER??” Lloyd laughed bitterly at the absurdity of the situation, eyes once again glowed green as a symbol of his power
“You mean to say you disowned me and then went around adopting a psycho?? How sick can you be?” He spat, rage colouring his words. He refused to let his father make a fool him any longer. He hurled a ball of energy at Garmadon.
“You think you can defeat me? You’re too weak! I will always be stronger! It’s the fight that fuels me!” The warlord said, cackling wildly. Lloyd gritted his teeth, panting as he deflected his father’s attacks.
“The colossus you created killed harumi!”
“If you hadn’t meddled with it, she would still be alive. I will ensure that the very same colossus will kill your weak friends!”
The green ninja risked a glance down to the other ninja. That was a huge mistake. He felt something penetrate his chest, poking out of his back. He slowly looked down, gingerly raising a hand up to where his father’s dagger had pierced through him. There was a wet sound as Garmadon withdrew the dagger. Blood dripped down from the crimson wound, tainting the green of his ninja suit. Bright red against his pale fingers. It glistened.
He couldn’t die. Not now. Garmadon wasn’t defeated. The city wasn’t safe.
Lloyd looked up at the Oni, who had raised his dagger to strike again and finish his son off. Lloyd swiftly dodged, ignoring the burning sensation that seemed to intensify with every step.
Lloyd thought, a fleeting thing almost lost in the vigor of battle, “I cannot fight you, but I can resist you.”
And so the fight continued, with one chasing the other, trying to strike the finishing blow.
“Get up and fight me. Get up! Fight me!”
The purple dagger, clasped in each of Garmadon’s hands, flickered in and out of existence.
“No! What is happening!” The warlord growled.
“I cannot fight you, but I can resist you" the boy said, one last time as blood leaked from his mouth. He coughed, spitting it out.
Garmadons' power wavered before diminishing altogether. He looked, bewildered, at his hands for a moment before screaming in anger.
“My power…where is it?”
Lloyd coughs, blood dripping from the side of his mouth. His vision dims as he falls to his knees. He vaguely feels his head thudding on the ground.
“LLOYD!”
He hears his uncle’s voice. It sounds muffled. He dimly notes multiple pairs of footsteps rushing towards him. Screams pierce the air. It must be his family. The ninja. Black spots coat his vision.
He hears them fall next to him. Someone warm grips his hand. Kai.
He doesn’t want to die yet.
“Lloyd, no-“
“…excessive bleeding-“
He feels as if he was sinking to the depths of a lake, the voices of his friends muffled as if they were miles away. Lloyd sees his family one last time before his vision goes black.
"They’re safe now."
He wakes up in a silent meadow.