Chapter written by: LillaSmolBean
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It had been half an hour since Lloyd woke up. To keep that small moment brief, His vision was blurry at the start and he carefully muttered his words out to the white haired girl. Ofcourse, the blonde being inaudible, she couldn't understand him too well. But his patience was clearly present when they were together. He waited for Harumi bring him a wet cloth and place it on the back of his head. The place where he slammed it and assumed where a bruise would be. When Lloyd felt like he was doing better from his unexpected fall, He walked out of his small room in the bounty and met up with his friends, the rest of the resistance, that is. He also introduced the new members of the team to Nya, Skylor, Mistaké and Dareth. At first the water ninja wasn't too fond with having the former SOG members on board but the green ninja told her to trust him. "The more the merrier." He stated earlier, with a warm smile, addressing to Harumi and the others.

So far, since Nya took role as co-leader of the resistance, she assigned everyone to a task around the beautiful coated- cherry red ship. She told Lloyd to take it easy but since the ninja was obstinate enough to not listen to her advice, he decided to participate in the small talk going on between him, Nya, Harumi, Killow, Mr. E, Ultra Violet and Mistaké. They would be talking about their next move against Garmadon's forces and the SOG guard. However, the giant stone colossi was the main priority around the round- table. If it wasn't currently terrorizing the city and scaring the people off their boots, they would have arrived by the four-armed oni lord by now.
But they can't always have what they want, now can they? While they discussed, Skylor and Dareth were adjusting the sides of the ship.

It was where the battle-canons were artistically installed along with the finest and durable metal in Ninjago. Those metallic canons were inserted into the 50cm x 14cm walls of the ship. Occasionally, the master of amber would check the rear of the ship under the command of the water ninja. She wanted to make sure that the engine was still running and didn't just gave up like the misadventures that happened in the past.
As the sun shone warmly above the roofless built. Almost too warm, commented Lloyd, a few minutes after the 'work and preparations' period started.
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"Let me go over the main idea first." Nya cleared her throat and leaned back onto the folded wooden chair usually staying by the extra room's walls. There was a brief minute of silence, provided for her to catch her words and not wasting anymore time in this precious timeline, she spoke with precision: "We already know the main event's gonna be the rightful rematch of Lloyd against his father. But first, we need to take care of that stone colossi's stony rear. Who's in?" She pumped a fist up. Approximately ⅔ close to touching the ceiling. The height of the room in general was noticeably short. Not to mention extra small in room size as well. People with claustrophobia wouldn't fit too well in there.

Killow and Ultra Violet eagerly raised their hands. A small clapping session coming from the former wrestler as she showed an unusual amount of excitement for this particular mission. For an average person, it was rather weird that someone can't wait to perform a suicide mission but Ultra Violet wasn't particularly stable in the head. Harumi and Killow expected less from someone like her. While Nya somewhat appreciated their confident choice to join her on the excursion, she noticed Harumi and Lloyd didn't say a word about this plan just yet. It was pretty understandable if Mistaké didn't. She was the woman by the left end of the table, sipping away on some steamy hot jasmine tea. The water ninja figured that they shouldn't use Mistaké's oni strength to their advantage, she was an old woman after all. Her stamina couldn't last forever in battle. They shouldn't exhaust her.

Finally, after a good consideration of picking the right words to form a sentence, Harumi alerted the co-leader. "Hm...I don't know honestly." She paused to lean back and place her left leg on her right one. Forming an elegant: "lady leg-cross". Nya and the others turned to her, waiting for her to say her argument. "It seems pretty reckless to me. That stone colossus is ten times bigger than us. Plus, this ship isn't built with exact durable materials. You know, wood is the weakest material for weaponry." She reminded the black haired girl, trying not to offend her in a way due the comment about their beloved Bounty. As if Nya was the next one to respond, Lloyd was the one who do istead, First off, showing the group an approved nod. He showed his agreement to the white haired girl's argument by saying:

"Guys, I agree with Rumi. This plan just seems way too dangerous." He said shortly and lowered an eyebrow as a retort by Ultra Violet was followed. She slightly got up, keeping her position in a bending one. But kept one arm slammed onto the round-table for support so she wouldn't tumble back. Seconds after her drastic gesture, she took out one of her mini dual scythes and tossed it in the air. Agilely, catching the metallic weapon with her free hand. The one that wasn't against the table. "You guys are no fun. But to my own point, I've seen the ninja pull off crazy stunts in the past." She stopped herself to swallow and sigh, sitting back down and crossing her arms. She still held the weapon firmly. "Talk about hypocrisy as well Harumi, you pull of reckless and risky plans all the time back as the 'jade princess', eeh?" She clicked her teeth together and offered her best friend and lover a snicker. A small chuckle was emitted in the small room, much to everyone's discomfort.

"Scratch that plan then. But I can propose an alternative." Lloyd suggested, stepping up. Nya nodded and wanted to hear him out. The green ninja, as if a natural, born leader commanded to his comrades the new plan he had in mind. He paced back and forth around the room despite having barely any space. "Ok so listen up everyone. We won't go full out on the colossus. But how about we target him from the skies? It'll give us an easy get-away and not only that, it can't really bring us down at that distance. Now, the main issue is: do we have any weapons to counter-attack it?" The blonde wondered. To that, the black haired water ninja responded almost immediately. She was already aware of such a weapon's existence. "Yes! I had Skylor and Dareth adjust the ammunition count of the canons hanging by the Bounty's sides. That can be used for battle." She smiled. Just the emotion of relief that their plan might have a chance at working after all, evaporated up her cloudy thoughts.

Lloyd snapped his fingers and smiled back at his own turn. "That's perfect then! We'll just need to prepare for the worst then." He stated and cut himself off when he pronounced the last word. An uneasy concept formed into his mind. Causing the boy to freeze in his place and stare at the ground. His eyes becoming watery for he hasn't blinked in over 3 mere seconds. His smile dropped to a guilt-tripped one that eventually made his jaw drop slightly. Comments all around him passed such as:
"Master Lloyd. You certainly are improving." Mistaké smiled and sipped from her ceramic blue tea-cup. A few beeping noises from the nindroid and another one from a Ultra Violet that seemed to be a praise. "Outa'! Boy! That's the spirit!". Despite hearing their voices loud and clear. It was if his mind portrayed them as distorted lost voices, up engulfed in a lake of a thousand disorders. Like a shambolic mess was spiralling in his mind. He couldn't escape it. Atleast not now.
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Abruptly, Lloyd rushed out of the extra room used for their strategy meeting without a warning. Considering this as a 'french leave'. The six in the room were confused with his sudden decision to leave. Last time they talked about the strategy meeting, they decided to not specifically hold a certain time limit for their discussion. "Is young master Lloyd, delighted?" Mistaké glanced at Nya, hoping to find an answer. She let go of her teacup and rested it on the wooden round-table. The white haired girl shook her head, as if she already knew something was wrong. "That's unlike Lloyd." She guessed. Nya sighed but to Harumi's surprise, she disagreed: "Incorrect. He does this often." She corrected which earned eyebrow raises from the two former SOG generals.

Killow raised his hand, making sure not to accidentally break through the ceiling with his massive limb. "Question if you please? Do you know the cause to why he just walked off like that?" The big man questioned. Nya glanced away with a sad look before answering Killow's concern. She sighed before starting as well. From there, the others knew this was serious. "Well you see. Ever since he was declared as the green ninja, Lloyd had to endure the fact that he'll be battling his father for the greater good. So young...probably 8? He was upset about this day ever since." She told the truth to the four SOG members. The room was quiet. Only widened eyes faced Nya. For the girl herself couldn't take the look they were giving her. She turned away and shut her eyes tightly to try not to spill any tears. She couldn't cry at a time like this.
The door swung back and forth, it was caused by the wind.
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Somewhere else on the ship, there stood the scarlet-haired girl and the brown haired man. They were both observing the last rows of the canons. Skylor carefully opened the trap door leading to canon: D-23. She checked the deep dark hole closely for she
couldn't just put her whole hand in there anyways. Way too dangerous. Her tangerine eyes checked closely if the hole was empty or not. When she confirmed that there were still steel balls displayed in the trap, she moved to the next one. She arrived to D-25, that was the only time in the whole row that she turned to Dareth and extended her palm over to him: "Ammo, please." She asked shortly. The brown-haired wannabe ninja yawned and shook the quite-heavy leather bag. He took out a metallic ball and passed it to Skylor. He even panted in exhaustion when he lifted it up. "Ouch! Heavy!" He exclaimed.

Skylor on the other hand, held the ball in perfect harmony and balance then ruthlessly dropped it in canon D-25's trap door. A loud thud was greeted afterwards. Its metallic contourage slammed against even more metal. A hard steel platform. Dareth winced and the master of amber stared into the distance, unaffected by such a noise. Her velvet ponytail blew east as a small wind caused by the ball blocking off the pressure of the small space. With beyond the trapdoor being the air's only escape route, it pressed against the ball's sides and wedged through. The air wafted across Skylor's hair.

An insufficient amount of small talk occurred right after. Dareth waved his arms to attract Skylor's attention. In which he easily succeeded. The master of amber wasn't exactly cold to others anymore. Besides, she knows Dareth too well due all the times he ordered by her restaurant. "Say, is it your first time doing this?" He asked. He noticed how delicate and strategic the red-haired girl looked when she placed down the balls, refilling the canons' ammunition. She must surely be aware on how to do this already if she was able to easily do it. Quickly, he received his answer: she nodded and turned to face him after closing D-25's trapdoor. "Yes actually. My father used to own battleships so i would help his men to refill its canons." She replied dryly yet calmly. She didn't show any discomfort to the certain topic though.

"That's good to know. You know Skylor, you're good at what you do." Dareth smiled and walked off from the ship's sides as he saw the woman was now bringing him towards the center of the ship. Which was near the drain-hole. She tilted her head to get into a position that she was comfortable in. "Thanks. Now come on, let's get back to the others. If they didn't make a plan yet. I'd be upset." She joked and led him to the extra room. The two resistance members noticed the door was already opened. They didn't bother to open it themselves. So they walked in. Inside they found the six other members of their team, discussing silently over the colossus. But one thing caught the master of amber's eye. "Where's Lloyd?" She inquired calmly.
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A/N Hiya hiya! LillaSmolBean here again to inform you that you reached the end of chapter 13! I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! If you did, leave a vote and comment down below what you guys think about the events so far. Onto the chapter shall we? Now I'll admit to you guys that I actually had writer's block for this certain chapter. Which is why I wrote this on Thursday and finished it at 10PM. But thanks to the amazing co-writer: jdizzle, she helped me find ideas for the first event. Which was the whole discussion between the seven resistance members during the ¾ of the chapter. So thanks for that jdizzle! Anyways, I'll cut this note short since that's all I had to say. Cya guys in chapter 15!