Whumptober day 5: Forgotten

Two weeks.

Two weeks of being locked in a cage.

He knew the ninja didn't like him, but had they really forgotten about him?

Was he that annoying?

Was he that much of a brat?

That they'd leave him, abandon him with the serpentine?

He was scared, and hungry, and too warm, and if he really had a home to go to he'd want to go home.

Then the ninja showed up in the volcano. No doubt for the fangblade so Lloyd didn't get his hopes up, until he saw his father.

"Lose the Boy!" Pythor had yelled

The next thing Lloyd knew he was far too close to the lava, and even more scared than before.

He wanted to cry. He wanted to hide in a corner and never come out.

Then he got pulled away from the Lava and up to a ledge where his father stood, but he barely got to say a word before the chunk of the ledge he stood on fell and he was back near the lava, slowly sinking, scared and alone.

He almost didn't bother calling to Kai for help when Kai was going for the fangblade.

But he did.

"Kai!" He yelled, his voice cracking, and tears threatening to fall.

Kai hesitated. I knew it. He thought Why did I even try?

"C'mon Kid," what? "Let's get you out of here."

After that was a blur, he hardly remembered how they got to the Bounty.

But at least now he knew the ninja didn't forget him, that they didn't abandon him.

At least they came back.