Season 8: The Quiet One

.....Wait, is Lloyd's brain slowly working again? O.O

His Adrian sickness is getting cured. XD

Also, Nova learned something new about her powers. :3

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*Lloyd, Nova and Harumi run in a jungle. Harumi trips.*

"Come on." said Lloyd as they dropped into a hole to hide from a Grundle. "Phew."

"Are you okay?" Harumi asked.

"Yeah. Just need a second." said Lloyd.

"Let me see." Harumi fixes his arm sling. "How's that?"

"Oh, um. Good. Very close. I-I-I mean, snuggly. I mean, snug." said Lloyd.

Nova held back a growl as she punched his good arm. "Not the time for that, fool." [robotic] She whispered.

"Are you sure we're heading the right way?" Harumi asked.

"Pretty sure. If this map is right, there's a river that runs through Primeval's Eye that way. And the river leads straight to the hidden Oni Temple that holds the third mask." said Lloyd.

"Uh, I don't know, Lloyd. Maybe it would be smarter to turn back and try to find the others. I mean, your arm is still pretty bad and we're all alone out here." said Harumi.

"I'm doing okay. And, anyway, we can't take the chance. If the Sons of Garmadon get to the mask first, they'll have all three." said Lloyd.

"Okay, but I want you to rest that arm for a while and let me take a turn." said Harumi.

Nova tried to hold back her temper as she took a deep breath.

"I'll help too, in what I can." [robotic] said Nova.

"But Delta, your leg still hasn't recovered." said Lloyd looking at her, since she was still using her umbrella to support her.

"...Lloyd out of all three of us, I'm the most capable here." [robotic] said Nova while they were walking, but got hit by a big leaf that Harumi had just moved away. Let out an annoyed growl.

"Oops, sorry about that Delta, I didn't mean for that to hit you." said Harumi.

Taking a deep breath not wanting to lose control, she looked at Harumi. "It's fine, no need to worry. It was just an accident." [robotic] She said.

*Harumi, Nova and Lloyd continue to trek the jungle.*

"Stuck in a palace all your life, did you ever imagine you'd be in a place like this?" Lloyd asked while Nova was helping him get around.

"Hacking my way through Primeval's Eye? Not so much. But to be perfectly honest, I always dreamed being with you." said Harumi.

"So, according to this, we're almost to the Black River. We just have to get past this part that reads "Strangler's Path."" said Lloyd.

"Did you say "Strangler's Path?" That's cheery. Why is it called that?" Harumi asked.

"Places like these always have colorful names. Half the time, it doesn't mean anything. The Caves of Despair, Blind Man's Eye, Hiroshi's Labyrinth. Probably just some bored mapmaker with a wild—" Something grabs Lloyd and Nova.

"What the fuck!?" [robotic] Nova growled trying to get herself free.

"Lloyd? Delta?" said Harumi before throwing her sword.

"Harumi! You're kidding me." Harumi frees him. "I-It just—It tried to—You just threw—How did the tree—Where did you learn to throw a sword like that?" She went on the free Nova.

"I-I don't know. You were gonna be eaten. I-I got lucky, I guess." said Harumi.

"Luck? You were clear over here—" Harumi kisses him on the cheek.

"Should I not have done that?" Harumi asked.

"No. I mean, yes. I mean—" Lloyd sighs. "I guess now we know why they call it Strangler's Path."

"How's your arm?" Harumi asked.

"It feels all right now." said Lloyd.

At this point there was the sound of a small crack, and the plants around Nova started to decay turning into dust. She hadn't used this power since season two but right now, seeing Harumi kissing Lloyd's cheek was too much as she growled.

Lloyd got an eerie feeling as he turned around, and only now noticed a very pissed off Nova, as her powers were slowly getting out of control. But the necklace on her neck was doing its best to contain it all, even though there already was a small crack on it now.

"Delta, what got you so angry?" Lloyd asked before he noticed the plants around her had decayed, making him raise an eyebrow in question since he hadn't seen her do that before.

"I'm not angry, now let's just get the fuck going already." [robotic] Nova growled pushing both of them aside, taking the lead not caring about her stupid leg anymore. She just needed to focus on something else that wasn't those two.

"Wait, when did your leg heal?" Harumi asked as she was the first to notice.

"Just now, so shut up and let's keep going before I leave both of you behind." [robotic] said Nova as she rested her umbrella against her shoulder while still walking.

"Since when did you have the power to turn things into dust?" Lloyd asked as this reminded him of Nova, and he couldn't help but get that feeling from her.

Nova moved some leaves and bushes away while she was leading them through the jungle, just wanting to get to the old boat and out of this jungle. "I've always had that power, I just haven't used it for a while." [robotic] She said not thinking about it much.

Lloyd had a questionable look on his face. "Weird, because it reminds me a lot about my friend Nova's power, she was the elemental master of decay." He said.

Nova almost froze when he mentioned that but she still kept going, not saying another word.

"Delta.....Why do you have that power...I don't believe you can just up and steal someone's power, otherwise you would have done it with any other elemental master. And you're not the elemental master or amber." said Lloyd, narrowing his eyes at her but wasn't sure if he wanted the answer to his question.

Nova took a deep breath not wanting him to find out it was her this way, she wasn't ready and it scared her.

".....Oce—" Lloyd was about to say her old nickname he gave her, but Nova quickly cut him off by having a leaf hit him in the face. "I think I'm gonna rest for a bit, I don't think my leg is fully healed as I had thought. Harumi, you can take the lead again." [robotic] said Nova before going into the shadows.

"No, no, no, no! I don't want him to find out this way. It's too soon and it's the wrong place and time for this." Nova thought in pure worry and panic, scared of him finding out.

*Lloyd, Nova and Harumi come across a Sons of Garmadon logo on a boat.*

"The Sons of Garmadon insignia." said Lloyd as they went on the boat.

"But what is it doing here? Is anyone there?" Harumi asked.

"No. It's abandoned." said Lloyd before they saw a map. "The same map?"

"I thought no one knew where the Oni Temple was located." said Harumi.

"So why are there two maps? The Quiet One must have sent an expedition looking for the temple." said Lloyd.

"Doesn't look like they got very far." [robotic] said Nova from the shadows.

"Yeah, but where did they go? What happened to them?" Lloyd asked, sending a glare at the shadows wondering who Nova actually was behind that mask.

Harumi picks up a key. "Maybe we'll have better luck." She starts the boat.

"I'm beginning to think we are good luck together." Lloyd checks the river's depth. "Five feet. That's okay. A little left. More rocks. Not too fast. It's pretty shallow around here. That's good. Keep her steady."

"Yeah right, just like my luck with a kitchen." [robotic] Nova mumbled to herself.

"Do you think it's really possible to bring someone back?" Harumi asked.

"I've seen a lot of things in my lifetime. At first, I didn't. Now I'm not so sure." said Lloyd.

"Does any part of you want to see your father again?" Harumi asked.

"I had Ninjago's greatest villain as my dad. It was an...unusual relationship. But as much as we fought, I still miss him. A little to the right." said Lloyd.

"I would do anything to see my parents again." said Harumi.

"Yeah, your real parents." Nova thought to herself while rolling her eyes.

"I don't blame you. But if they bring my father back, the thing that scares me the most is..." said Lloyd.

"He won't be the man you recognized?" Harumi asked, Lloyd nodded. "He wasn't the greatest villain."

"Oh, no? You probably grew up thinking it's Morro or the Devourer. Don't tell me. Pythor." said Lloyd.

"No. It's the one you never even knew was there in the first place, the one that gets away." said Harumi.

"The Quiet One." said Lloyd, taking another look at the shadows where Nova was hiding, still wanting to know who she really was. "Delta, who are you really...."

*Lloyd, Nova and Harumi continue to sail the river.*

"No rocks. No rocks." said Lloyd.

"The spider's in the house. Sleep sleep. The spider bit the mouse. Sleep deep. Don't wake up or else—" Harumi sang.

"Stop the boat. There's definitely rocks in the water. We need to find another—" Something grabs Lloyd's pole. "What the fuck? It's definitely not a rock. We're not alone."

"What—What's that?" Harumi asked.

"No time for questions, so speed up." [robotic] said Nova.

"I'm thinking that's what the earlier expedition ran into. Start the engine. Go, go. Hurry." said Lloyd.

"What's in the water?" Harumi asked.

"Whatever it is, it's gaining on us. Is this as fast as it can go?" said Lloyd.

"It won't go any faster. Aah!" said Harumi.

"We need to lighten the load." said Lloyd.

"Aah! What do we do? Aah!" The monster stops attacking. "Why did it stop?" Harumi asked.

"I don't know. It's like something kind of...scared him off. We have to get to shore." said Lloyd.

"The current's pulling us away." said Harumi.

"What current? We need to go the other way." said Lloyd.

"The other way? That thing is back there." said Harumi.

"I have to agree with Harumi, I don't wanna go back to Mr. Crabs." [robotic] said Nova.

"Reverse. Reverse." said Lloyd.

"It doesn't work." said Harumi.

"Grab on to something. Now! Hold on." said Lloyd as they fell down the waterfall.

"I'm not dealing with this shit! You two better be ready for a ride! Because I've never tried this before with another person!" [robotic] shouted Nova.

"What!?"

Nova took a deep breath from the shadows, closing her eyes and focused all of her powers into taking Lloyd and Harumi into the shadows.

It was quiet at first but soon enough Harumi, and Lloyd came out of the shadows and was now on the shore.

"Rumi, we made it." said Lloyd, looking over at the shadows as he couldn't believe what Nova just did.

"Yeah, barely." said Harumi.

"No. I mean, we made it to the temple. Look." Lloyd points to the temple behind the waterfalls. Lloyd walks toward the temple while Harumi evilly smiles to herself.

Nova was breathing heavily from the shadows as transporting people through the shadows took a lot of energy out of her, and mostly as she had never tried it before. "It worked.....it actually worked." [robotic] she mumbled to herself, surprised.