The two stared at each other for a long time, someone might have thought they were having a staring contest.

"Umm...Sensei," Jay interrupted. "You know him?"

Wu sighed as Morro muttered something under his breath, probably a cuss word.

"Yes, I do know, Morro," Sensei Wu said and he looked at the sleeping Lloyd. "And also, Lloyd."

"Wait! How do you know Morro?! And also the little twerp?!" Kai yelled, getting the third death glare of this day by Morro.

"Morro...was a student of mine."

The ninja and Nya gasped.

"He, was your student?!" Jay yelled.

Wu nodded.

"As for Lloyd, he's...he's my nephew."

"Hold up! If Lloyd's your nephew, then that means that..." Kai said but then instantly took out his weapon. "He's the son of Garmadon!" Kai hissed.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! You are not getting near my little brother!" Morro said without thinking.

"Little brother!?"

"Aww...shit! I let the word slip!! Ugh!!" Morro groaned, not caring he said a cuss word. "I mean, he's my friend!
...That word is worse..."

"So, you mean he's a acquaintance?" Jay asked.

"Yes! Exactly!" Morro said.

"Oh, really? 'Cause I recall back at the forest, you were protecting him, and it didn't seem like a 'acquaintance' thing," Kai said.

"So we're a bit closer than I thought we were gonna be, no big deal," Morro said.

"Uh, you literally called him 'little brother!'" Kai yelled.

"It was a accident!"

"Of course it was!"

"Stop saying it like you mean it in a sarcastic way!"

"I am saying it like that!"

"Then you should've said that before I said mine! Now I sound like a idiot!"

"Maybe 'cause you are one!"

"Shut up!"

"No! You shut up!"

"Both of you shut your mouths up!"

To everyone's surprise it was Zane who yelled that.

Zane noticed everyone staring at him like he had just grew two heads, so he pointed to Lloyd.

Everyone looked at Lloyd, he was shifting his position from what he currently was. The noise must've disturbed him.

"Okay, everyone stay quiet. And Morro, don't move," Zane whispered and everyone did so.

They stayed quiet until Lloyd was sound asleep again. They all sighed in relief.

"That was close," Nya said.

"Yeah," Kai said.

"So...can I leave now?" Morro asked.

"No!"

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Morro was not good at negotiating, I'll tell you that.

"I'm telling you, just leave Lloyd in our room sleeping, and you just come with us to answer some questions!" Cole tried to convince Morro.

"I do as you say and you'll let us leave?"

"...Can't promise that but...I'll try my best to convince my teammates to let you guys leave."

"Ugh, fine!"

Cole lead Morro to their room and then left.

Morro walked inside the room and gently placed Lloyd onto one of the beds, trying his best not to wake him up.

Morro looked around to make sure no one was there or listening and then looked back at Lloyd.

"Hope you sleep well, little bro," Morro whispered to him, a small smile placed on his face as he then turned and left the room.

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"So he's your little brother?"

"Oh for the love of- No! For the 47th time, no!"

"So...you guys are relatives?"

"No."

"For how long have you met him?"

"5 years."

"Where?"

"Darkly's Boarding School for Bad Boys."

"When?"

"On a Friday night while it was raining."

"Why do you follow him?"

"Okay, first of all, I don't follow him, that'll be weird, and second of all, that information is just for me."

"Geez, and I thought he was bad enough."

"Hey! I'm just keeping important information to myself!"

"And how is that information important?"

"None of your business."

"Actually it is so you better-"

"Okay, let's not start a fight."

Morro was sitting on a chair anwering questions (most questions were by Jay), and he was getting irritated by Kai.

"A different question: Why did you guys escape Darkly's?"

"First of all, he was gonna get kicked out, but since the school is cruel and all, giving beatings and all of that, it was worse when you get kicked out, and he didn't want the beating so he came up with a plan, and he jumped out a window, getting a glass stuck on his foot- Annnnd I'm giving too much information," Morro cut himself off.

"Wait- What?!"

"Oh, come on! You heard me!"

"If you escaped, why didn't one of you, at least, go to one of your houses and stay there?"

Morro looked down, not daring to show his somber expression.

"Hey, is everything alright?"

Morro shook his head.

"And why's that?"

"We don't have a home..."

Eveyone went quiet, no one said a word.

"But you surely have relatives somewhere here in Ninjago, right?"

Morro shook his head which made everyone's eyes go wide.

"I never knew my parents and for Lloyd...his...his mother abandoned him at the Boarding school," Morro explained.

Morro took a deep breath before continuing.

"The day I met him at Darkly's, he was...crying. I was meant to scare him, but after I heard what he was saying I...felt bad for him. Not just because he was abandoned, but also because he reminded me of myself when I was younger."

Morro's breath was shaking slightly.

"I-I never admited the truth of why I stayed with him. Not to anyone."

"Wow, that's um...pretty sad," Cole admited.

"Yeah, ugh...now I feel embarrassed sharing that with you guys," Morro said, hiding his face with his hands.

So, you can imagine the shock in Morro's face when Cole hugged him.

"I know how it feels to lose someone close, or lose them when you barely know them," Cole said.

"You do?" Morro asked.

Cole nodded.

"I lost my mother a few years back. My father was never the same, and neither was I."

"It's...It's brave of you to say this. Whenever I talk about it, it...brings me bad memories," Morro said.

Cole released Morro from the hug.

"Yeah, life is cruel, isn't it?" Cole said, making both of them chuckle a bit.

All of sudden, they heard a scream.

Morro shot straight up from his seat

"Where did the scream come from?!"

"I think it came from the room you left Lloyd..." Cole then gasped.

Morro wasted no time into phasing through a bunch of walls, despite he hated doing that.

Morro reached the room, and then gasped at what he saw.

Lloyd was tied up and had a cloth tied to cover his mouth, and he was sitting down in a corner. Three grown ups were there, wearing black clothing, one of them was holding a whip, and they surrounded Lloyd. Lloyd had some tears running down his face. He had a red mark on his cheek and had some bleeding cuts on his arms, legs and face.

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So...this is dark 😅😅😅😅😅😅 ......Please don't hate me.....