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"Speaking"

The pain was all she felt. And that was all currently she could handle. The only emotion she felt was pain, and she felt as if she couldn't move a muscle, she let out a weak whimper. "Am I dead? I feel like I'm supposed to be dead" She muttered softly, she didn't quite remember what was going on. She tried to send signals to her brain to get some sort of movement to her arms, and legs but it felt as if they didn't want to respond. She heard muddled voices that seemed so far away, it felt like they were closer than they were actually. She let out a shaky breath, but when she did she let out a cry of pain, it felt like back when she was the quiet one, and she was being strangled for the fourth time in her small laugh, although she couldn't control her body, she could feel liquid coming from her eyes, wait what was that?

It took her a few seconds but she soon realized it was tears she was crying, but why was she crying? She couldn't quite remember what was exactly going on. She heard the voices get louder and louder and she heard something crunching and breaking beneath something. She couldn't quite figure out the sound, but it almost sounded like it was rocks or dirt or something. She felt her breath pick up, as she almost felt something tugging on her throat she didn't know what it was because her eyes remained closed but she could almost hear something or someone mocking her. Oh yes, it sounded like mocking jeering at her.

But the problem was she didn't know what was going on, and what was happening she knew her head felt like it was gonna explode because of the massive pain she was feeling but, she didn't know where she was at the moment, she heard the voices again. They sounded closer and it almost sounded like her friends but she knew that couldn't be possible, because... she did a double take trying to remember what happened and why she was in so much pain, as she said before she couldn't quite place her finger on what was wrong, and why it felt like she was in a giant crevasse in the ground—. 

Then it hit her, she was battling Zephyr, she could picture them fighting in her mind she could see their battle clear as day as she recalled they were up in the air, and she remembered how she fought her hardest not wanting to let her family down, her beloved family and friends who were counting on her, but she failed, because she was stupid and got distracted and Zephry managed to hit her with a large blow that caused her to be punched repeatedly in the face and stomach. Slammed face first into a building, thrown through a window pane, and then chucked out of the building and onto the cold solid dirt ground. She groaned as she recalled all that happened before her laying down on this uncomfortable rocky road. She shifted, and she felt her breathing pick up, as suddenly she recognized the voices who were speaking to her it was her friends.

Lloyd felt tears coming to the corners of his eyes, as he watched Harumi, his girlfriend getting beaten badly by the spell caster. He felt so angry, and he nearly turned away from his battle with Crux To go help her, but as he attempted to run to her aid, a hand stopped him and he whipped around and glared. He saw Zackery's ghost spirit looking at him glowing with his ghostly blue glow, as his arms were crossed and he looked down at the ninja, with a seemingly straight face. Lloyd shoved him back, hit his arm free, and glared up at the Oni. "What are you doing?! She needs my help!" He shouted as he pulled one of his swords out of his grey sheaths, that had been strapped to his back, in case an enemy disarmed him in battle he would have a spare. "She's getting creamed out there I have t—" he started to say.

As the Oni came down closer, floating down as his blue glow slowly fading away. He landed on the ground and using his oni powers turned into a more solid form. "If you try to help her, you'll only be hurting her Lloyd" the green ninja only glared and narrowed his eyebrows at the oni he had one sword up and ready to attack the oni for the words he spoke, Harumi was out there getting beaten up, and badly injured and Her supposed mentor, the one who was supposed to be giving her advice, helping her, training her, making sure she survived the battle. Now it seemed he was lacking in the teaching department. Lloyd breathes a heavy sigh. As he was about to go and Tell Zackery Off for his ridiculous teaching methods When A Yell stopped him from doing so. And He knew that yell, It wasn't from one of the Ninjas, Sure it was a female scream but it wasn't from Nya. No, Turning his head he confirmed his suspicions, He saw Jade, who had stopped her battle, fighting a villain, and had her eyes turned upwards towards something, and Jade looked upset. He went over to the girl and tried calling her name, the sounds of battling and explosions could be heard around but that didn't matter right now. Jade looked horrified, and She never looked that way, she was always happy and cherry, but now she looked like something had spooked her. He shook her shoulders, but the girl still didn't respond. It was like she was in a trance the blonde boy shook her shoulder again this Time Calling her name. "Jade, What's going on" He looked her dead in the eye. "Are you okay" The girl Just stared blankly up in the air, and after a few more seconds of silence she finally responded, What the blonde Girl said Made Lloyd stop.

"H-Harumi... S-she's" Lloyd Gave Jade a look he was unsure of what She was trying to tell him. He grabbed Jade, by her shoulders and made her look at him dead in his green eyes. "What Jade, What About 'Rumi?" He asked desperation was in his voice, as he shook her, This was starting to worry him. What was wrong was Harumi Alright? Oh Sure, she was battling an evil sorcerer, and she was probably as right as she could be as she fights for Ninjago city, and its people. Lloyd shook his head, He saw Jade had gone back to looking away, and the blonde had decided he'd look where she was looking so then he could figure out what exactly was going on. When he did look over he regretted it right away, and he now understood Why Jade looked so distraught, I mean he could hardly believe his eyes. When looking up into the sky, There were of course the white fluffy Clouds, and the Blue sky. But there was Also, what almost looked like a Ball of fire, that was similar to when Kai Found his true potential and saved him from the flaming volcano when he was younger. Only this time it looked like it was a Flame, and looks like they were actually on fire. Lloyd couldn't believe his eyes. It looked like the flaming ball of fire, or whatever it was was hurling down towards them at a top speed that was certainly get you pulled over, with a speeding ticket.

He knew exactly who was in the flaming ball, was that even a question? 

It was Harumi, who else would it be, there was only one person who had went and tried to battle Zephry.  

Because everyone expected that of her, they expected her. The girl who Couldn't even control her oni powers yet, to go and fight an all-powerful spell caster, and yes, She had taken him down before all on her own, But she nearly died twice because of it. He didn't like Harumi was the one who had to battle, and her life to save Ninjago, It wasn't fair to her, and she nearly lost her life twice at the hands of Zephyr. She got Lucky, If they hadn't saved her, and if she didn't have the realm crystal, She could've lost her life. Yes, He could just be being overprotective but he truly cares about her, and the thought of Her being hurt, or killed, made him want to clench his fist in anger. Taking a deep breath, and then a few more he calmed himself, not wanting to blow up and yell at zephyr, but there was something more important he needed to see to. But because he was distracted, by arguing with Zackery. He failed to remember, Harumi his Girl, his love, his everything, had been plummeting to the ground In a ball of fire, and you could ask how he suddenly remembered This.

Well while his back was turned, he heard a loud Crash, it was so loud, he was sure everyone in the city heard it, and when he heard it his heart stopped, and he felt it plummet in his chest. He breathed heavily, and even now he knew he shouldn't but he feared the worse, he whipped his head around. He saw the destroyed city, and how broken everything looked, the sound of sirens could be heard. But what made him very worried, was The white-haired girl laying on the ground, her eye's closed, lips closed, laying there quietly, not moving nor  talking, not doing anything. He felt unable to move, even when he tried to get himself to move, he Couldn't. He was frozen in fear seeing The love of his life on the ground unconscious. So transfixed in his thoughts, he Was shaken out of it when he saw a flash of blonde hair run past his field of vision. He blinked, and that's when he saw The three girls, Nya, Pixel, Wu, Kai, and Zane All standing around Harumi, Trying to wake the girl up. They were shaking her shoulders and calling her name but nothing seemed to be working, as she wasn't responding. "Oh. Please tell me she's at least still breathing" called a frantic Jay as he as usual was panicking as they saw her on the ground. To answer his question. Jade leaned down and took two of her fingers, and Because Lilla teaching her what to do, in his situation just in case a situation as this happened. Back then when Lilla gave her a CPR class or Some type of class. She didn't think she'd ever need to use these skills. Now, She was very greatful Lilla did, especially with this situation. The Blonde Kneeled down, and put her fingers on Harumi's neck, she moved some hair away from her neck.

Once she did, She put her fingers to where she was supposed to put them, in this moment it almost seemed the world had gone silent, And Lloyd finally found himself able to run over to Harumi, along with the rest of the resistance Along With, Acronix. He looked pretty upset seeing his daughter on the ground not moving. The Group Was all just surrounding Harumi, As they waited for the result from Jade. It looks like a few minutes of silence and waiting and it felt like everything had slowed down. After a few more seconds, Jade took her fingers away and they saw her, she looked relieved. She stood up and faced everyone. "She's Alive, But Barely," She says as she takes a deep breath, they saw she despite the news still looked upset. Jade took another breath and then spoke again "However her breathing is very shallow, and she needs medical attention straight away". Knowing they had very little time before they got surrounded by the villains, So they knew they needed to act fast before They Got captured.

They all begin, As they watched the villains started to get up from the ground. After, When harumi Had crashed Into The ground, and due to the force of how hard she hit the ground, Probably because while she was falling to the concrete ground. Her powers were still actived and her powers backfired, and when her body hit the concrete, it set everything off balanced, and all the villains were kncoked onto the ground, they had very limited time before they got up.

Sounds of sirens, and cries as they saw smoke, and the buildings were destroyed, and sidewalks were broken, and there was very deep sink holes were seen around the city. JAde takes a breath she felt the tension in the air, and she felt her anxiety was gonna be acting up. She readied her baseball bat, it hung over her shoulder, she cracked her neck back and forth, as she then turned towards the blonde haired boy. "What's the plan Lloyd?" She asked as she looked at Lilla and Kaityln, as they watched Lloyd bend down, and scooped up The white haired hirl, into a princess hold, and moved some hair away from her face. Harumi's lips were slightly parted, and she had among the other injured she had. There was deep cut, that was slashed across her face, and that needed to get taken care of before it got infected. "How, Do we get out of here?".

The blonde asked as it made Lloyd go out of his thoughts. He knew they needed a plan if they were to get out of here, and he knew it had to be a good one. Looking around trying to make a plan, as he saw he had very limited options with the smoke coming out of a building, and all the chaos going around them, he almost didn't find anything he could use to help, and he was about to tell them they were just Gonna have to wing it, when he saw Kaityln Looking around, and had a smirk on her face, and seemingly had an idea.

He turned, to fully Face the Brown Haired girl, and blinked. He wondered what exactly was she thinking of, because no offense to Jade but Jade's ideas were bad, and If it was anything like jade's, they were in deep trouble. The brown haired girl saw this, and she knew exactly what the blonde was thinking rolled her eyes in almost

"I suggest we go to the bounty, it seems like the best place that we can go" she explained as she raised an hand. The blonde groaned, as she pushed some hair away she was in Extreme pain, with her arm.

The others looked at Jade, and was slightly surprised she had a good idea for once, so with that being agreed they all headed to the bounty to discuss their next plan of action.

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Garmadon rolls his eyes at their petty arguing. He wanted to remind them. They didn't have time for this. Harumj was still injured; they didn't know when she would wake up. So they didn't have time for all this arguing, and the argument with the yelling and everyone trying to yell over each other, just so one's point could be made, was ridiculous. He just wanted to grab them and shake some sense into everyone because this wasn't helping anything, and as much as he loved chaos and destruction.

He didn't like this; this didn't belong, and they needed a battle strategy, and fast. Zephyr could very well be trying to escape to the other realms, and they needed to stop him before that happened, which was why they didn't have time to argue! They need to get out there and stop him from whatever his plans are next. He had to admit this sounded weird coming from him. He was usually the bad guy, but after recent events and being with His son, he realized he might not want to be the bad guy anymore.

Although he wondered if he was capable of being who he was good and if he could be good, he wasn't sure. After all, Harumi had brought him back as an evil destroyer, destroying all their lives differently. He had lied to Harumi and bonded with her through lies he had told, and he did enjoy spending time with her, but he always felt something deep inside that made him feel an emotion he didn't quite know.

He didn't know why the emotion was, but he didn't like it, it made him feel sad, and other things someone like him shouldn't judge since he was an oni and he didn't need to feel emotions, but he couldn't help it lately he felt things he shouldn't, and he experiences something that made him happy. And he couldn't help but smile. And he liked smiling. He found it enjoyable. He didn't know why, but he did, making him happy. Someone once said everyone deserves to be satisfied, even if it was an on, and he started to believe that because spending time with humans made him look at things with a new perspective. He wanted to be happy, and he felt he wanted to help people, even lowly humans.

He sighed and then looked around the small war room, or war planning room, he should say, and he saw everyone was still arguing about what they should do, who was right, and what plan they should do, but honestly, he didn't like this because all he heard was blah blah blah, just chattering and he was tired of that. He saw people getting into each other's faces, and it looked like they were going to start pushing and shoving each other as if they were wolves. He knew they all just needed to talk it out and relax, but he knew that wouldn't happen for an hour or two, so he decided he would step away for a moment and see if Harumi was okay, and if she was awake.

He walked into the hallways and put his hand on the cherry wood of the bounty, running his hand on the wall, feeling the smooth wood beneath his fingers, and he smiled as he did so. Despite the high-stress situation that was going on right now, to him, it felt good just to be alone and hear the silence of the hallway, the voices of the resistance yelling at each other slowly going away as he got farther and farther away. He was happy to get away since he was getting annoyed, and when he got irritated, bad things would happen. For everyone's sake, he felt it would be best not to get angry because he would probably accidentally attack Everyone in anger.

But he sighed as he knew the anger wasn't the way. He needed to learn to control his anger; if he didn't, he would get into horrible situations. He really didn't need that to happen, so he knew he needed to figure it a way to control it before he ended up in prison, and then a whole thing would happen, and Lloyd and Harumi would have to come to get him, and that would lead to a court visit, and he didn't want that to happen.

He felt like if that were going to happen, he would just be bothering everyone and just inconvenience everyone because of being put in prison or county jail. If the city had a county jail, which has been bad, not to mention, it would look terrible on Lloyd's reputation, And Harumi's, with Lloyd being the Green ninja and Rumi being the Jade empress.

Garmadon was hoping that after everything was over. Everything goes back to average, as normal as he can get in the city because its base of the town is the norm because of all the stuff that's been happening; he was hoping that maybe someone could teach him how to control his anger. Hence, he wasn't so angry and would not get offended or annoyed when someone said something to him. It told him off because if so, I wanted to send him off; as he said before, that could lead to a dire situation, and he didn't want anything.

The lead led to a dire situation because I would not be good. Although he wondered if he could be good, for he was an only and only destroyed thing, so he wasn't sure if he could do that; you never know unless you try. He knew he needed to try, for everyone's sake and his own.

He then began to get worried because he heard crying. He didn't know why he felt concerned or anxious, but you deserved it feeling deep inside that and feeling like anger, so he figured out the next best thing would be to be concerned or worried. Although he wondered who could be crying because he knew that all the other resistance members, besides Harumi, were still yelling at each other in the war room, still trying to get their point across to each other and say which plan is the best even though everyone will say that their goal was the best that wasn't the point was is that they were still yelling at each other, and he knows he wasn't upset, so who exactly could else be sad.

It took a few minutes, and then he realized who it could be. "Harumi," he muttered as he picked up his pace. So he could get to the girl's room as fast as possible and see what was wrong and if she was okay. Then they'd be in for.

He ran down the hallway, as fast as he could go; he already could run fast, for he had his oni speed. It caused him to run faster than a normal Human, then again, he wasn't a human, but that didn't matter to him; what mattered was he made sure she was okay, after all, she had taken a brutal beating from zephyr. The Oni wasn't sure if she was okay, or not. He wanted to make sure she was okay, and the only way to check on her, and see if she was okay, because the Oni sensed that she was upset about something. He knew there was a possibility she was atta. Sod, so he was going to see if she was okay, soon enough he arrived at the room and just stared at the cherry door, and he almost hesitated to open the door, knowing how Harumi gets if you ask her, if she needs help, it was usually a yell, and push to get out of her room.

He hated it, and he knew the rest of the resistance hated it as well when she held in her emotions, wouldn't tell anyone anything, and just thought she had to deal with everything terrible that happened to her all alone, and The whole resistance wished she didn't do that. So he sighed and just took a deep breath as he heard the crying get louder, and he knew, when he got in there, Harumi would try to push him away, and he wouldn't let that happen; he might not see a human emotion that well, and he lacks somewhat empathy, but he knew he couldn't just leave her alone, in her time of need, and make her keep believing she has to face things all alone.

He would help Harumi; whether she liked it or not, he would help, and nothing would happen that would make Garmadon not want to help her. He then opened the door, and when he did, he saw the room was decorated with photos ones of her family, the resistance, and just everyone she held close to her, there was her vanity, which had all her things on it, and he also saw the plush dog bed in the corner, the one cloud slept on, he knew Cloud most likely always slept with Harumi. Still, sometimes she did sleep in her dog bed, he also saw the basket of dog toys, and then he stopped looking around, and his eyes landed on Harumi, who was curled on her bed crying.

She looked distraught and like she was having a mental breakdown. A slight frown tugged on the corner of Garmadon's lips as he walked over to Harumi's bedside, as she didn't know or didn't acknowledge his presence. Even so, she didn't say it does anything. All she did was cry, which was completely understandable considering what she had just gone through and that she probably felt down on herself, blaming herself even though it wasn't her fault she couldn't defeat zephyr. But, of course, it wasn't her fault, and She shouldn't blame herself for being unable to either. As she continued to cry, he wasn't sure what to do, as he wasn't used to comforting people.

It was earlier when Haurmi was a child because she would tell or somewhat tell him what exactly happened. She wasn't the one child or teenage form who didn't like to tell people when something bothered her because she didn't want to feel weak in front of others. It was a bad habit of hers to feel this way, because of things that had happened ever since, with him lying to resistance and her being alone, combined with what happened with Zephry.

She felt like she couldn't tell Anyone when something was wrong because she was afraid of being called a liar and being believed again. He knew the resistance felt horrible. They didn't believe her, but they paid the price for not believing her, and they nearly lost her so many times, and she even got separated from Everyone and got brought to another realm. But he strayed, and now they all knew they should believe her when she said everything, and they will now believe when one of their family members said something was wrong so nothing would happen again.

He looked at Harumi and But his lip as he watched her curl into the ball crying, and he felt helpless, and he didn't know what he was going to do; he wanted to say something comforting and tell her it was all going to be alright, but he wasn't even sure if he should say to her this, because he wasn't sure if it was going to be okay. He put one of his hands behind his head, still at a loss for what to do, and felt helpless.

He didn't like seeing her upset, which made his non-existent heart shatter, his lips turned into a frown, and his cheeks dropped. He didn't know what to do. "I failed, Garmadon, I-I failed" she broke out into sobs, and you could hear her voice choking as she was sobbing into her hands. Garmadon knew it was usually Lloyd or Cloud who would cheer her up when she was down like this, but Garmadon knew that wouldn't be possible since they all were going at each other like rabid dogs, wanting to bite each other's heads off. It may seem like an exaggeration, but if you could've heard what was happening in the war room, you'd know it wasn't.

They were being so loud, you could listen to them from down the hall, their voices echoed, and it was so loud, and his ears were starting to hurt with how much they were yelling and how loud they were being; it was getting quite annoying actually. He rolled his eyes before sitting on the end of the white-haired girl's bed. She was sitting on the plush mattress full of feathers of some sort of thing that made it so soft and Fluffy.

He wasn't sure if he should try physical comfort or if he shouldn't; he didn't know much about humans and how to comfort her, even if he had before, but that didn't matter. What mattered now was trying to Cheer up. "Harumi, you didn't fail anyone. What happened wasn't your fault," he says as he tries to assure her; and lets her know what happened wasn't her fault and she shouldn't feel bad about what happened.

The girl, however, didn't haven't it. Why would he try to cheer her up? She failed, and she let Everyone down, and because of her, Zephyr took over, and everything wrong happened after that. "You're joking, Right? Because of me, everything bad happened!" She says to him. As she looked at him, as tears threatened to fall from her eyes, she looked down again and curled into a ball. Garmadon saw it was only getting worse, as Harumi almost looked like she would only be getting worse. And it seemed like he wasn't helping, but he knew there was no one else available to help, so he knew he had to be the one to help. 

"Harumi, you can't blame yourself; Zephyr may be strong. But you are too. You've been through so much. Yet you always prevailed. Why is this different" he asked the white-haired girl? She was silent for a few seconds, then she slowly lifted her head, and Garmadon could clearly see the tears dripping from her eyes. She looked agitated and lifted up a hand to wipe away some tears from her eyes. "I-it, it is just different," she says as she sniffles and chokes on words. "I wasn't strong enough, I wasn't strong enough, and I failed," she says. "I'm a failure" Garmadon tried to think of something comforting he could say. But honestly, he had just tried the comfort approach, which wasn't working, so he had to try something else.

Standing up, the Oni lord. He had a straight face, showing no mention at All, as he stared down at the Girl, who kept crying and wallowing in shame, and Pitty. Keeping his voice on an even keel. He spoke In a sharp Voice. "Stop," he says simply. The girl paused as she slowly raised her head to look at the oni lord; tears dribbled down her cheeks as she made eye contact with Him. She sniffled, as that was the only sound in the small room, as she then used her sleeve to wipe some tears away. "H-Huh?" she asked, her voice sounding broken and scratchy, as she had been crying for quite a while. The Oni lord, not changing his face and emotions, stood Tall and Peered down at her. "I said, Stop," He repeated himself. It wasn't something he enjoyed, but he knew it was something he had to do. Harumi sniffled as she looked at him with a teary face. She looked like she wanted to say something, probably another thing about her failure. And other words, of self-pity, but He didn't have it. "Harumi, You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and Get your Butt up" The girl looked dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.

"But Garmadon, I-" Garmadon cut her off again and then covered her mouth so she couldn't speak. "No, I Don't wanna hear it," He tells her, as His facial expression becomes more serious. "Did you fail?.... Yes, You did," He says as looked at her dead in the eye. "But, That doesn't mean you give up, Harumi," He tells her as he sits beside her. "Just because you failed, Doesn't mean you give up! It means you Try Harder!" He says as he tries to make sure she understands what he is saying and the Importance of his words. However, Harumi shook her head. "But, I failed; I'm So Mad at myself; I Wasn't strong enough To take him," She says as she curls back into a ball. "I'm never strong enough" Again, Garmadon didn't have it, and he clicked his tongue and shook his head. "You are stronger than you know, Harumi," he says as he slowly slides off the bed and then stands up straight and looks down at her huddled form. "You've done so many things, That many Girls are incapable of doing and Haven't even thought of doing," He tells her as he lets out a sigh; he knows he needs to sort this out soon before the resistance members rip each other heads off. "You, when learning of my true intentions, decided you weren't gonna stay and be killed, You Left and created a new life for yourself, and You made yourself a happier person," He says, as Harumi huffed, not coming out of her ball, it seemed she was going to deny all of his words. It was going to be more complicated than he thought to convince her.

In a broken voice, she says: "So what? That's Nothing; anyone could do that" However, Garmadon shakes his head. "No, Harumi, a Coward. Wouldn't do that," he says as he went and knelt to her eye level. "And you are no coward. You've done so many amazing things after leaving Your past behind, and You've accomplished so many things,' He says. Rumi sighed as she whipped some tears from her eyes. "Yes, But I was also Lied to, turned into a baby, isolated from my friends, had the worst thing happen, had my life taken over, Hunted for my blood, and the list goes on." she says as she lowers her head again.

Garmadon sighed, he knew soon they would have to talk the two of them about what happened, but that wasn't the main focus. "Yes, That''s all bad, but you must focus on the positive, Harumi," he says, in an Almost fatherly Tone; that almost made him chuckle, but he ignored that. He reached out and grabbed Harumi's Chin, Making her lift her face so that she wouldn't be looking at her legs and she would pay attention to what he was saying. "Bottom Line is We all know you can do it, But what matters is You believe You can and have confidence In yourself." Tears still fell from her eyes, and The girl was silent, and Garmadon wondered if he had gotten through to the girl. He was going to say something to her, to make sure she understood this wasn't her fault. But before Garmadob could say anything, he felt sothing come at her at full speed, and he went to try and defend Himself. But then he heard a soft voice say in a broken voice: "Thank you" she says softly. A smile crept up, on the man's face. And he then returned the hug, holding her softly, holding her in a tight, but soft embrace. "Any time Harumi, Any Time" He says

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Creaking was heard beneath the girls feet, as she and Garmadon walked across the old wooden floorboards. They each creaked and that made harumi think of the first time she had been brought here. She was truly amazed by how the ship was technologically advanced competed to other ships. Although it seemed like a normal ship, that was not what was revealed. At first when lloyd brought her into the ship he didn't know she was the leader of the sons of Garmadon. He told her and ushered her into the ship, and she had not known what the ship intailrd told Lloyd they weren't going to be able to get away and Lloyd surprised her, when the bounty was revealed to be a flying ship.

She much enjoyed being in the air, and getting to see the city from down below was a truly beautiful sight, and she hoped to have a moment with Lloyd like that in the future. She only hoped she when she fought zephyr once again she would be able to take him down but that almost seemed like wishful thinking. She knew she failed, snd she was ashamed of herself she had let her city down, and she caused all of this to happen, she wanted to start crying because she was frustrated, but she didn't, she didn't like crying in front of others, so she decided whenever she had the urge to cry she'd just pinch herself, and hold it in, she was already embarrassed when Garmadon had seen her crying in her room.

She felt so vulnerable, and Garmadon did say some kind words but she still couldn't help but still feel down on herself, she felt weak, she hated, that she felt like everyone had to do everything for her like she was weak like she can handle herself. that was one of the worst feeling ever because all she ever did was try and prove that she could handle herself because of everything that happened with zephyr and Zachary, and all the things that happen with that being separated from her friends are because of the only Lord, all that stuff did psychological stuff to her head, and she always felt like now, because of that if she ever did anything that was out of place, or she did anything that she thought was wrong. She always thought that she would be not spoken to again just like back then. That was one of the worst feelings in the world and she never wanted that to happen again, because that was part of the worst time of her life.

And although she wouldn't face to face with Garmadon tell him it was his fault, because she was honestly afraid because he had tried to kill her multiple times, and she although she seemed brave it was an act most of the times, she felt like she was going to have a nervous breakdown because of everything she went through, but she had always managed to hold it together and only break down when she was sure she was alone in the comfort of her room.

She then felt a cold hand on her shoulder, that made her jump, as she wasn't expecting it. She was too busy with her inner monologue, she hadn't realized she had been ignoring Garmadon when he had been trying to talk to her, then again she knew he understood because, she had to obviously have a lot on her mind, as she was going to have to face zephyr once again, and he knew that wasn't going to be easy and she was going to have to be physical and mentally prepared but Rumi wasn't sure she was going to be either of those things.

"Are you alright? You seem lost in thought"

"Hmm"

"You know what I already said, you know you can talk to us Harumi"

No answer

The oni Lord stopped in his tracks to look at the younger girl. She was looking out the window her body was tense, her fists were clenched, and ever so often her body was trembling, and he could from the corner of his eyes. See somthing that he was pretty sure he knew what it was welling up in the corner of her eyes. Garmadon felt his non-existent heart tremble seeing her. It was obvious now she was harboring emotions, and although they had that wonderful talk in the girls bedroom.

It seemed like something else was still bothering the girl. He could tell from the way she was acting, and the way her body language was. The oni wanted to take a step forward but he decided not to, silence was heard between the two of them, and Harumi kept looking out the window and it seemed she was just getting worse by the minute. He took a step forward, the boards creaking underneath him, as he went and grabbed Rumi's shoulder. She looked startled at the sudden movement, her eyes widened, and her mouth went agape, and she tended up. It was almost like she thought Zephyr suddenly appeared, and was doing his usual spiteful talk, As he mocked harumi, for not being able to defeat him.

Then it was then it was like a lightbulb went off in his head, and his eyes widened. 'Zephyr of course!' He thought although in the bedroom he had told her not to worry, and they would figure this out, it seemed like she was still clearly upset, and she still blamed herself for everything from the very beginning with zephyr to the current events that happened right now. He let out a sign and tried to give a kind smile he knew he was probably failing as he wasn't the best at the kind smile, and kinda gave her somewhat of a harsh treatment back in her room, but he was still trying and that was what matters.

He sighed, "Harumi, I already Told you what happened wasn't your fault, and if your still mad about what happened with zeph—" before he could finish that sentence he was shocked to see harumi's face suddenly turn red, and her body become tender, and her eyebrows narrowed, she looked both very upset like she was going to cry and very angry. And the oni wasn't quite sure what emotion was the dominate one at this very moment.

The girl however lashed out, her face going red with anger and her fists clenched so hard they turned white. Her face was tensed, and she looked like she was going to blow up, and have a mental breakdown. The oni had known the girl had been through a lot, and he wouldn't blame her for crying, but the thing was she never cried, she didn't like crying in front of people, and he although he didn't understand human emotions, he still felt bad for the girl, and he had wanted to help her but he didn't know why.

"Stop, Just stop it" she yelled out, making him flinch, it seemed fangs had grown from her teeth, and her eyes were wide in fiery, and it seemed like she was going to attack someone who was close to her. And unfortunately for him, he was the closest to her, he took a few steps back and he was obviously afraid, even if he was an oni, and he had the same powers as her; and even more because he was born to be half oni, and not just bitten like she had been by zackry, but he still knew her anger was not to be tested. But he knew he just had to calm her down, obviously something happened, that had her made once again after he had calmed her down in her bedroom, but it seemed she had gotten fired up once again.

"Harumi, please we Just discussed this, If your still upset about what happened, Again I'll say it wasn't your fau—"

He was cut off by Harumi, who had gotten mad, and then punched the wall, causing a hole in the side of the bounty, Garmadon was shocked at this. Sure he had seen her use her power before, but when using her power she wasn't this angry, sure during the reign of the oni after he had caught her sneaking out, and confronted her about it, and she had gotten so angry she managed to knock him down, and start punching him, despite him being stronger then her. It almost seemed, when she was very angry she could use the anger to her advantage and use it to make her stronger. That was just a theory of course, but it almost seemed the most logical of what was happening.

"I know, Garmadon, I know! You don't need to tell me the sappy speech again! I'm sick of it! I'm sick of everything telling me it's going to be okay when we have no idea if it's going to be!" Harumi was visibly shaking and it seemed like tears were coming through her eyes at any second and like she was about to lash out more in anger, and looking like she was going to break something, and unfortunately there was a lot of breakable vases in the hallways. But he did feel very bad, because Everyone had told her, it was going to be okay, and everything would be alright. He knew everything was hard for her lately and stressful, and he guessed he never did consider that Everyone telling her it would be okay, would just add more stress to her already fragile state.

"Harumi, if your feeling like something is bothering you, you can tell me, tell us. We care about you, and don't like seeing you like this" he said softly, the girl huffed she turned Away, and took a few steps forward, her back towads Garmadon she was clearly upset, and still shaking even if she wouldn't admit it. He knew she was upset. He walked over as the floorboards creaked underneath him, telling Harumi he was coming towards her but it seemed like she didn't care or she was to in her mind to even notice. Garmadon didn't understand her emotions and wondered why she looked upset, but he had promised Lloyd to try and understand human feelings so he knew he had to try and atleast help harumi anyway he could.

She ignored him again, and just turned tighter on herself, her arms crossed and held against her chest. She was breathing heavily, coming down maybe from her anger outburst. They would have to fix the wall as a draft was coming through, but that wasn't what was important. He was worried at her state, and he had a feeling or so much more sensed with his oni Power That she was harboring some angry feelings towards something, he knew she wasn't the one to show what she was really thinking, but one thing he did know it wasn't good to hold in your emotions. He sighed and again tried ti get her attention, it almost seemed like she was ignoring him. As she didn't react to him trying to speak to her, or even to him touching her shoulder. His face turned into a frown.

"Harumi, Please. I can't help you, or understand If you don't tell me what's wrong, please I'm just trying to help"

And that was what got a response out of harumi, she turned around sharply. Her face red with Anger, her fists clenched, and her teeth, her caines pointing out of her mouth, her eyebrows narrowed. Something had just accidentally set her off and he thinks he just accidentally did that. Haurmi began to walk towards him, still sporting that angry look, as she approached Garmadon walked backwards not wanting to be attacked by the girl, who looked like she was about to attack with the most fiery she's ever had.

"Help? HELP?!" She asked. As she let out a laugh, as she approached the man who backed away. She was laughing in spite of herself. She was shaking, but she pushed past it, because she had so much to say and with everything that happened, it seemed now she was letting it all out. "This, This is all your fault!" She yelled, as her voice boomed down the hallway. Everything went slient, and Garmadon gulped, as he continued to back away as Harumi approached, her face becoming more angry, and her powers starting to come through her hands, as she spoke and got closer.

"Your the reason, I was all alone and able to be bitten by Zackery!" She yelled. Garmadon continued to walk back as He did he had to stop himself so he didn't fall backwards and out of the hole of the destiny bounty.

"Your the reason, I was being ignored By the resistance! You told a Lie, and because of it, It started the chain of events that led to me: Being vulnerable to Zackery, and Getting hunted for my blood. THIS... IS...YOUR...FAULT" she yelled as she know was so clsoe to Garmadon she could feel his breath, and she was right in his face, and pinned him against the wall not letting him go. As suddenly the anger turned to sadness.

"I will say this, You've done some good things for me but" she turned away, her face facing the opposite wall. As a tear fell down Harumi's face. "I will still never forgive you, for what you cost me". She let out a little sniffle; and wiped it with her sleeve and backed away from Garmadon, who inched away from the wall. He looked like he wanted to say something but he didn't know what to say. He decided they would talk about this later as they still had to focus on Facing Zephry. He then followed behind the white haired girl heading into the war room where the others where Discussing how to defeat zephry once, and for all.

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Arguing and shouting over each other was heard inside The war Room. It was so loud they were Sure the people outside the bounty even if Everyone was hiding inside the safe room of their homes. That's how loud they knew they were being, as everyone was talking over each other, yelling, and overall screaming. If you were to put your headphones up to total volume, that still wouldn't compare to the noise they were making. What made it even worse is none of them were trying to communicate. They were all just trying to get their point across by yelling at each other.

They were a team, as they were the only hope left that the city had against Zephyr, and everyone seemed to be giving up hope, as The ninja, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, and Nya were all gone with the rest of their family. They weren't even sure if they could turn to their allies to help. It seemed like the city was just losing more and more hope each day, and they knew this. However, they just kept arguing, which worsened the situation. This is what Zephyr wanted to split them apart and make them mad at each other, so they didn't focus on fighting him, and right now, his plan was working, as It seemed like it was a war zone right now.

Jade sighed as she laid her head on the wooden table. Everyone continued to argue and fight, and they were so loud hurting her ears. She brought her hands to her ears and tried to block it out. She had alway hated fighting, and would often try to break up any fights by herself, even if she accidentally ended up getting herself hurt by the end of it, she alway felt better knowinhg she could say she tried. Multiple Times Lilla had told her to stop that, but she was stubborn and always did the opposite of what lilla asked, her. It annoyed the girl, and she knew that but Jade never listened to her she had a habit of not doing what she was told, and they had expressed not liking her doing that but she although resptecde her friends again didn't listen.

The blonde lifted her head, from the wood, and she was sure she had a mark from having her face on the wood, she slowly slowred her hands, and then looked around the room. There was scattered papers, and Maps everywhere. There was some coffee there as well, along with some energy Drinks. There was a map behind them, that sowed the map of the city, along with a few other pictures on wall. There was some other tools but she didn't pay much attention to that. She more pay attention to everyone yelling ands screaming, and people getting into peoples faces. She didn't like how close everyone was getting to each others faces. Sure it was a stressful situation, but, They shouldn't be arguing like this. She wanted to find a way to calm everyone down. So they could have a normal conversation, and at first she couldn't think of anything, Utill an idea popped into her mind and it made a smile go across her face.

She quickly sped out of the room into the hallway, she could still here the others arguing, along the hallway, and she just rolled her eyes, after accidentally tripping on a wood that was sticking up, she quickly got back onto her feet, and After wobbling because of getting getting up causing her to feel dizzy. But she grabbed onto the counter top, and then after regaining her barrings. She then looked around the kitchen for the materials she would need. She had been in the kitchen a few times but she wasn't the one who was in here a whole lot. She pushed awat some hair away from her face and then because she was wasn't the tallest she went onto her tippy toes and looked into the cabinets for what exactly she was planning. Once she looked around a few of the cabinets, Moving some pots and pans, among other things she had found where what she looking for. She reached up, extending her arm and grabbed the things she needed.

"They are gonna Love this!" she tells herself, as she begun to bring the things she had collected over to the counter. Jade knew she wasn't the best at cooking, But she knew the basic instructions of what was needed to bake. She eached into her pocket, and pulled her hair into a ponytail, so then she wouldn't get her hair messy with baking. She set the oven to 350 and began to bake. She hoped it wouldn't take very long as she wanted to gte back to everyone. She quickly got everything into the oven and everything was all cleaned up. She waited for the oven to ding so she could take the cookies out. She as the cookies cooked, she leaned on the wall, and looked at her phone. When she turned it on She was shown a picture of her, and Her boyfriend. Jade smiled, as she pushed her glasses up onto her nose. She missed him, and she hoped He was safe, and she hoped her family and friends were safe, she missed them so much, and she just hoped, she would be able to see them soon. She went into her photo album and began to look at happy pictures of her and her friends, and family her dogs, and just everyone who means something to her. She smiled looking a picture of her and her older brothers. She giggled. "That was a horrible picture of us" she says as suddenly the oven dinged and she looked up from her phone, and she placed her phone on the counter and then walked over to the oven.

She opened the oven door, and it creaked as she slowly opened the door, after almost forgetting the oven mitts. She grabbed the tray, and placed them on the counter and then began to fan them off. Before she smiled, and then hummed, as she grabbed the cookies and then began to walk across the creaky floor. She was hoping this would make everyone be in a better mood, and everyone could stop arguing.

She busted inside, and everyone turned to look at the blonde girl, who smiled, and a tray of cookies in her hands. She was smiling, and she had put her hair back so none of the cookies would have some of her hair in them. She walked over, and they all had stopped agrugeing and they all looked at her, as she went around and passed the cookies to everyone. They all did not say anything as she after she finished she took a bite of her own cookie, and then smiled. "Go ahead Guy's take a bite" she says softly. They all looked at each other, and Then at kaityln who shrugged. Kaityln had told them She wasn't the best baker, and she wasn't the best baker. But then again. The blonde had done something nice for them, and so they all decided they would take a bite, and after a few minutes. They all heard the sounds of this is good and other things like that. Jade smiled, as she looked at everyone. As she pulled away from her face, as she looked at everyone, as she took a deep breath and then she says to them.

"I Know, we are all stressed, with everything going on. But we can't attack each other That's what zephry want's". She says as she smiled. They all looked at ecah other, as they knew What Jade was taking about. They signed, as they knew Jade was correct because they shouldn't be fighting each other. There has been so much stress happening, and They were taking it out on each other, and that was something they shouldn't do, As they needed to work as a team, and not against each other.

"Jade is right, We shouldn't fight each other" Lloyd says. As he ran a hand through his fluffy hair. As he looked at everyone. They all seemed to understand what he was saying, and they all looked at each other. They all looked towards the war table, the place that had the maps and stuff. Along with other materials that was there as well. They all went and took a seat, and Some had to stand, Lilla, Jade, and kaityln all offered their seats to to Mistake, Opal, and mirage, and they all declined. But they appreciated the gesture, once they all sat down they looked at esch other, as jade took another bite of her cookie, and then says to the group.

"So do, we have a plan, or what exactly are we gonna do here?" she asked. They all went quiet. They didn't say a word. Jade quickly figured out they had no plan. And she sighed, and rolled her shoulders back, then frowned. They needed an plan they couldn't not have a plan, because If they didn't That meant zeprhy would win and that was something that they didn't want to happen. Zephyr was a pretty big threat and if they didn't stop him, He could try to take over the rest of ninjago, and the other sixteen realms, and possibly her, Lilla, and kaitylns home realm.

As the blonde was in her thoughts, she looked up and thats when she saw Harumi awake and coming through the door. "Harumi!" The blonde says, as she walked over, and hugged her. The white haired girl smiled, as she hugged back as well, and The others followed suite with hugging Harumi, and saying how they were glad she was okay, and Harumi seemed so happy that they were all hugging her, and telling her how they were glad the white haired girl was okay. Jade smiled, as she and others they led harumi to the table, and sat her down. They were making sure she was okay, after all she had a hard battle with Zephry, and she got beaten down pretty badly. So everyone was just glad she was alright, And even Zackery's ghost even seemed happy she was alright. Lloyd gave Harumi an quick hug, and then walked back to his seat, and then they went silent, and then It was then They saw the oni lord walking inside the room. He looked panicked, but they didn''t focus on that as they had more pressing matters to attend to.

"So, Do we have a plan here?" Mirage asked. As she looked at everyone, No one knew what to saw and no one knew, if anyone was going to have a plan. They all go quiet and then Lloyd speaks up, he pushes his chair back, it screetched as it went back. He looked upset with himnself, as he had a frown on his face, as he looked away from everyone. As he went to face the window that was showing what was happening outside. No one knew what exactly what he was thinking, and everyone almot seemed afraid what he wass going to say. They all looked at each other, as Opal looked at the green ninja as he stared out the window he was quiet, and they all wanted to know why.

"Lloyd do you have a plan?" She asked him. The blonde signed. It took a few seconds before he turned to face them again. As he turned to face them, and he just had such a sadness on his face it was undescrible. He blikned once and then twice, and then he says with a sad face. "We need to leave the city again" he stated it with sadness, but other then that he had no other emotion on his face. And everyone went quiet, and they didn't want to say anything, however Harumi wasn't having this.

"No absolutely not we are not leaving! What about the city, The people our home!" she asked. As Lloyd Sighed as he walked close to harumi, and Grabbed her hands, looking into her eyes. "I know Harumi, But I don't wanna lose you, I've already almost Lost you twice, and I'm not taking that chance again"

Harumi growled. "Lloyd, im not a child, and This is, your plan is a coward option! Your a cooward!" she yelled. As Lloyd, sighed, he understood why she was upset but he wasn't taking that chance. "I'm sorry Harumi, But I've made my decision were going" he stated firmly. That just made harumi even more upset, and her eyes narrowed. And then she shook her head. "No absolutely not! I'm not leaving the city, and If you think I'm gonna abonaon the people of this city watch me walk out that door!" she sayds in anger as she brushed past everyone, and walked into the hallway. She was sad, and mad, and right now she needed to be alone

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The sounds of crying, and screaming, and the sounds of terror could be heard along with the smell of sulfur could be heard and smelled around the girl as she walked down the street of Ninjago City. Harumi currently had her green hoodie over her head, the same hoodie she wore when she first met Lloyd, After he though she had gotten captured. It was so cute, to see him coming after her, thinking she had been kidnapped. And the way He smiled, when he Said: "I was trying to save you" was Just Adorable. Lloyd was just the kindest, and sweetest Guy. she truly loved him, and she wished she Hadn't used him, as he didn't deserve that, she truly regretted being the white one, as it only brought more pain to her, It wasn't what she wanted or invisned and ontop of that, Garmadon Had plans to kill her and the rest of sons of garmadon. Thankfully She learned of his true intionions early, and madged to get away before she was killed.

She sighed sadly, as she walked past, some people who were currently running away from something. She couldn't exactly tell what it was because her hood was over her eyes, But she could almost feel the hot breath of whatever it was close to her face. She really didn't want to deal with whatever was trying to intimidate her. So She just stepped to the side to walk past whatever was in her face. She heard a growl but she couldn't find it in herself to care. She had already had stuff going on, and she didn't have time to deal with, Any Creature, Or person trying to do whatever they were tring to do with her. As she walked, and she heard the sound of her feet, as they walked across the pavement kicking rocks as she walked, her hands in her pockets, and keeping her eyes lowered, and her face not seen. She had made sure her hair was completely hidden, within her hood so she wouldn't get reconized on the streets.

She heard the sounds of more screams, and she quickly looked up, and she was met with an Small tidal wave of water coming towards her, and some citizens. Her eyes widened, as an citizen ran past her and accidently knocked her down, many citizens were fleeing in terror, even if it wasn't exavtly a big wave, the wave was about as Big as the third or fourth floor of a building. So the bounty wouldn't necessary get hit by it. But She along with the citizens she knew they were in danger. She had a hunch Zephry made Nya do this, as she was the only one who Had The element of water. She gasped, as she looked around, ands quickly stood up, as she saw All the citizens were just gone. She blinked once and then twice wondering where they could be. As She was know getting worried not seeing anyone.

She was confused because she had just seen people running, and now they just disappeared. She looked around, and she only saw the sky, which was blue, and had other things. She signed as she was so confused, she saw The streets were empty, a light post was vented, and some vehicles had been flipped over, there was some dirt on the ground, and she moved some hair away from her face, and she saw some window of shops broken, and everything looked dirty, and she when she heard a noise she turned and looked around. She heard the sound of laughing. She gasped as she knew that laugh, and her eyes widened, as she didn't see anyone at first, and she saw a fire that had been put out, she assumed it was from a homeless person, and she made a note to try to find a solution for that, as she didn't want her citizens to suffer, and be living in poor conditions and she wanted to do the best she could to try and help people.

But then she heard the laugh again, and before she could react she felt herself get punched on her cheek, she groaned as she went to fall down, but she managed to recover, and do a ninja roll in order to recover, and be able to stand back up. She mentally thanked Lloyd for teaching her that one. As she looked around, getting ready for a fight, a hand reached for her cheek, she didn't feel any blood. So she was thankful, she looked around, still hearing the mocking laughter of The villains. All the villains, and she knew they were all around her, she gulped. As know she was really regretting leaving to go alone, as know she was really going to pay for it now. She breathed heavily, as she felt another punch, as she groaned as she took a step back as she felt a punch after punch, and then she got knocked to the ground, as she felt a invisible force to knock her down onto her back on the cold hard pavement.

She breathed heavily, as she continued to hear the laughing around her. It felt like it was mocking her. She hated this she hated feeling weak, she felt a growl escape her lips, as she went and placed a hand behind her head, and as she laughing got louder. She felt herself get more and more angry. As she let out a yell, and she quickly stood up, and she had to groan regretting getting up so quickly. She felt very dizzy, and she thought she was going to pass out. She shook her head, and then she saw somehow the outline of villains that was surrounding her. Her eyes widened, and she wondered if this was an oni power, or if this was just hallucinating. She shook her head, and grabbed her sword, and readied herself for battle. She didn't know what was going to happen, and if this the final battle, but she knew even if it was, she was going to try her hardest.

She then felt another punch, and then a kick to her knee, she groaned as she doubled over, clenching her stomach and moaning in pain. She didn't like this pain it was the worst pain she ever felt, and taht was saying something. She looked around again, looking fro laughing not sure where it as coming from but she knew it was only going to be moments before the next hit. She raised a hand to her head, and she looked around, she wanted to keep an eye out for who ever was attacking her. The laughing got louder and louder, and that was all she could hear. It was deafening and she hated it because, it was all like coming at her at once the kicks, and hits, the punches that all she heard, and she knew she just had to brace herself for the next hit. After she got smacked down to the ground once again she looked around looking for who was attackinbg her, and she was getting mad. She started up her powers unknowingly, and growle.

"Who's there? Come out and show me who you are" She demanded. As her power was at her fingertips. She looked around, and everything went quiet she could only hear the screams of citizens from across the city. She looked around her hyper-sight looked around, and that's when she through the corner of her eye heard a swish, a sound of an arrow coming towards her. She looked around, and that's when she saw an arrow flying towards her, her eyes narrowed at that, and as it neared closer, she jumped up, and did a backflip, as The arrow ent past her, and missed her. It landing in the side of a nearby building, and after she landed with a litt;e bit of a wobble, she smirked and then looked around, and then saw who had been attacking her.

She saw it was her friends, She felt sad because she didn't want to hurt any of them. They all had purple eyes, and grey skin, they all growled, and glared at her. She knew that zephyr knew she didn't want to hurt her friends so of course h would have her friends attack her. It was her weakness. She sighned, and she shook her head. She looked down at her hand. And then at her friends. She knew what she had to do even if she truly didn't want to it, so with that she got into a stance and began to prepare to fight. As Ultra violet went to attack her with her sai's she leaped over, and Then did a roll on the ground before standing up once again. She had wondered when zeprhy had mandged to get everyone besides the ninja. Lloyd had explained the rest of the ninja had been turend into minions. But she had seen Everyone else when she had gotten back so how did she get her formal generals? It just didn't make any sense.

As she wnet to defend herself against everyone, as they all leaped into action seeing ultra violets attack failed. She blocked Kai's sword, and mandged to get away from jay trying to trip her, and do a ninja roll after Cole tried to use his earth power, when he called apon his power to crack the earth, and cause her to go down and below the earth. she wanted to say a remark but she decided against it. Then did a backtuck when killow attempted to smash her with his hands. They were relentless, and Harumi knew she couldn't give up because if she did she was going to diwe, and that wasn't what she wanted she needed to save the city, and she was going to do that. She sighed as she saw Nya, and Mr. e attempting to run at her at both sides, and as they got closer she jumped up, and mandged to get away making the two smack into each other.

She took a breath she was getting exhausted by this point, she was panting and sweat was beating down her forehead, as she avoided another attack she looked up, and saw up above on a tall building. Where the windows were broken, and the brick looked worn out, It looked ramshackled, and she was sure it was going to fall apart at any moment. She saw On the rooftop. She saw Zephry, and ava smirking down at her. Clearing enjoying the way she was suffering. She groaned, she knew she needed to keep going but she also felt like she was going to pass out. Hee head was swimming, and she felt her head was pounding she felt dizzy, an she was going to topple over after fighting these guys over and over, Sure she had a element but she was just getting used to it and had a huge disadvantage here. She groaned and looked at zeprhuy annoyed he was enjoying her suffering so much, and forced her to fight her family and friends.

"Get down here, and fight me corward, stop hiding behind my friends!" she yelled as she diged an attack from wu when he attempyted to use his spintizu on her. She then doged another attack from misako, jumpining up onto a lampost to get away, and not get attacked from behind.

"I wouldn't waste anything on you anymore, your weak, and You can't use your power" he mocked. Rumi got mad, and her fists clenched, and her fists started to glow purple. Her friends had managed to tackle her down, and hold her down, but as she struggled. She felt her power building up, and her eyes starting to glow purple. It all happened so fast all her friends laughing, and her getting angry then next thing she knew she found the power to bust free with a force that knocked them all to the ground. And then she looked up at zephyr, who now looked slightly afraid.

"W-wait you don't wanna attack me, Your friends on the bounty need help" he said. That made harumi's eyes widened. She felt the power slowly go away, and she felt exhausted feeling herself power down. But she knew she couldn't collapse, she couldn't fall asleep now not if her friends needed help.

"How do I know your telling the truth"

The man smiled, getting his confidence bak, as he held his staff, and then looked down at her with a smirk. "When have I ever Lied?" he asked. Harumi knew he was right. He alway made good on these types and things, and she knew she needed to get back to the bounty right now. Without skipping a beat she took off like a bullet, and ran to get back to the bounty as quickly as possible.

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The wind whipped through her hair, as she ran down the road. She didn't care if she tripped she just wanted to get back to her friends she was worried about them, and she didn't think it was very smart to leave them alone. She knew it was dangerous for her to leave them, and it was so stupid of her to leave them all alone. She left them out of anger ans that was one of the stupidest thing she ever done. She was so mad at herself. But she signed because she knew she just had to get back, and she only hoped nothing bad happened while she was gone. She pushed some hair away from her face, as she ran it was starting to get stuck to her face, as cold wind blew at her. Like it was trying to say turn back, and she knew it probably was but she didn't care.

'I have to get back, I have to push forward' she tells herself, as she continued to run. Some citizens ran past her, and acciden;ly shoving her, as they were trying to get somewhere, and she couldn't blame them, that was her a few years back when she had escaped borg tower with cloud and they were running from the Sons of garmadon guards. She was scared, but back then she only knew she had to run as she didn't want to be captured but she knew she was, and unfortunately when she was it was the worst. She as she was grieving or more so sad cloud was taken away. She had been take out of the room, and taken down to the dungeon and told she was have to stay there, until she learned a lesson. That whole being captured was an upsetting time for her. She had managed to get through it but in the end she found herself even more lonely then she had been in the tower.

She shook her head knowing she couldn't be focusing on that she needed to focus on getting back not replying memory's that was making her sad. She looked around to see what exactlyshe could use to get back up onto the bounty, but she didn't find a building that was close enough she could jump. She sighed, she knew she could possibly get up by using her oni power to turn into a bird but she knew that was risky. She knew if she did she could lose control, and possibly plummet towards then earth, and get seriously hurt. She sigjned ans shook her head. It seemed like she really didn't have a choice, and she needed to get back to the bounty as quick as possible. The white haired girl signed and weighed her options, thinking about the outcomes but it seemed in the end there was only one solution to this, and it was risky. But she knew she didn't have a choice, One thing that worried her was she didn't get a chance to train to use her powers, as they had limited time before they had to stop zephyr, so Now she had to it without training.

"It's now or never I Guess" she muttered. Taking a deep breath, she troied to calm her mind so she could focus on turning into a dove. She knew she needed to have a quiet mind, and focusing. She took a deep breath, and she brought her hands together, and then smiled, as she could feel her mind going quiet, and she felt herself slowly get herself turning smaller. She was worried. That if she couldn't do that, Zephyr was right and everyone on the bounty was being attacked. She was worried, and she hoped they were all okay. She wished, and hoped nothing happened to them while she hsd gone out of anger. She knew zephyr alway made good on a threat, so she knew there wasn't a doubt in her mind that if she hadn't got there in time she would regret it.

She looked down, and saw everything looked smaller, and looked like as if she was looking through a pair of glasses, that wasn't your own. It all looked blurry, and she didn't know why it did. She wondered if this is how birds saw the world. She shook her head knowing she couldn't focus on that she needed to get back, before it was too late. She wondered if she was going to be able to fly. She hadn't ever attemnpted to fly but the one time she did she failed, and ended up flying. She hadn't been able to fly, and she was scared of getting hurt, she didn't want to fall down and get eaten by a dog or get taken down by some other type of animal. She started to get afraid, as she looked around, but then she took a breath, because she knew if she didn't leave right now she was going to regret it as zephyr had told her what would happen if she didn't get back soon.

She shook, and her feathers ruffled, she took a breath, and she sighed. "I have to get back now" she says. As she shook her wings out, and then looked around for something she could use to attempt to fly. She narrowed her eyes, as she smiled, and then looked over at something that caught her eyes. She saw a Slide, that had been broken, and down below thye slide there was a trampoline, and she smiled as got an idea. The only probably was she had to get across the road, that had so many hazards that being the cars flying past, the alligators that had came above from the sewers, along with some of the sharks that had come after Zephry had nya bring on a mini tidal wave. She saw more hazards then that but she didn''t want to list them, as she was already nervous, and she didn't want to make herself even more nervous.

"How am I supposed to do this?" she muttered. As she saw all the hazards. She wondered if she was going to surive, going across the street. She almost wanted to chicken out, and she almost did but she knew she couldn't do that. As if she didn't her friends would be in trouble so with a reluctant sign. Prepared herself to go across the street.

She was still scared out of her mind but she still knew she had to do it, if what zephyr said was true everyone back on the bounty was in danger ans she couldn't help but feel like it's her fault. She sighed sadly as her cowaardinces she was such a coward. She hated it she hated this whole situation, she wish she could be more confident, and help herself with these situations, and stick up for herself. She felt like if she had tried harder to tell them all what zephyr was doing they would've believed her, and then this whole mess would've never happened. But then she shook her head. She knew she couldn't focus on the negative she needed to focus on the positive she sighed as she rolled her shoulder back. It was like a hop skip and a jump as they always said. But hat came after a hop skip and a jump. She went to take astep forward but then she become scared and took a step back and looked down into the pit below.

She saw nothing but the dark pit below, and she got scared, and she took a few steps back further away. She really didn't like this she was freaking out and she wasn't sure if she was going to be able to do this. But she shook her head. "Stop being a coward, You need to do this!" she tells herself. She shook her head and rolled her shoulders back her entire body as shaking, and she sighened. As she looked around, and after seeing no other way she knew the only was for her to get across would be for her to jump, and that made her even more afraid. She gulped, as she looked around, thats when she heard a noise and saw something coming towards her. Sh couldn't quite see it as the sun was blaring in her eyes. But she squinted and thats when she saw a hawk, and that made her heart stop she hated hawks, they always freaked her out, and she had been always afraid a hawk was just going to attack her for no reason. She knew she needed to push away her fears but it was hard and you couldn't just turn off your emotions, or turn off a fear. She wasn't a nindroid like Zane or pixel she was human, and she wasn't capal of doing that. She sighed as she saw the slide was the trampoline, and all the obsolectles she would have to face to get over there, she then decided what she was gonna do.

She took a deep breath, and rolled her shoulders back. This is what this she had to do. She knew that she only had one shot at this and it was either do this or be stuck over here and regret it for the rest of her life, knowing that she could've prevented her friends, getting hurt at the bounty, and she just stood over there in the street afraid of getting hurt by a stupid hawk. She rolled her eyes. How low could she go? She was over here being stupid when she knew that she needed to do something before her friends got hurt. She was ready for this after telling herself a few motivational words. She relaxed her body she closed her eyes. Then she took a deep, calming breath and then after holding it in for a few minutes, she let it out and then after getting up all her energy, she took a few steps back, looked at the Crater and then took a few steps back making it so she had room to run and jump over the pit and when she felt she had enough energy to momentum she fast as she could, and did a leap of faith over the pit.

Everything felt like it was going slow motion, and she saw the world around her. Go all slow. She wasn't sure if she was going to make it, but when she landed on her feet across the pit, it was the most amazing feeling in the world. It was like a sense of accomplishment because she had faced her fears, and she had made it over the pit, even though her body and her mind told her that she shouldn't she still managed to do it, and she Jumped over. She felt very proud of herself, and she knew that she should be proud of herself because that was a big thing getting over your fears. Not everyone could've gotten over their fears and she just felt very accomplished that she was able to do that. After taking a few minutes of calming down, she looked around and after she saw that no one was in sight. She quickly ran over to the playground so she could go down the slide, turn into a bird and then fly towards the bounty so then she could make sure that her friends were ok.

She was nervous about this of course, and as she went up the steps of the slide she could feel the sweat go down her forehead, but then shook it off. She needed to do this, she couldn't afford to be scared now. As se got to the top of the slide, she knew there was no point in delaying it she slide down, and braced herself as she reached the trampoline she thought of being a bird, and before she knew it she was in the air she freaked out, completely forgetting to become a bird, and it only took a few seconds before she fell, and tumbled onto the deck, she groaned in pain, before she quickly got up, and ran into the bounty. She ran inside and she heard silence she got worried because it was never quiet, as she went to go run down the hallway, she hard the noise of something then felt herself go unconscious.

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A throbbing pain in her head, was what woke her up. She let out a whimper. As she went to hold a hand to her head, her head felt warm, and she wasn't exactly sure what exactly happened as her memory was drawing a blank. She wanted to open her eyes to see what exactly happened, but when she attempted to she only saw a bright light and that made her groans and she quickly shut her eyes once again. She wasn't exactly sure what was happening, and shr couldn't remember what led up to her going to slee. She hasn't even remembered goung to bed in the first place, over the past few days. She; and the others had gotten no rest, they hadn't had time so much had happened, and they needed a plan to come up with to stop zephry. Then it hit her, zephry! She had gone on a walk as she needed to blow some steam after her little argument with Lloyd and the others.

she had said things that she didn't mean to say, but she said I had a anger and now she knew that everyone hated her and she knew she would have to live with that because there was really nothing else to do but she had coming home from our walk in when she came home the whole bounty was ransacked, stuff was smashed stuff is broken. Everything was on the floor. It looks like it had been ransacked. She had gotten worried after she searched the whole bounty and no one was there, but she couldn't find anyone and right before she went to grab the communicator something hit her over the head, and she was knocked unconscious.

She then, started to regain her senses, and she could feel something was cold, and metal underneath her. It felt like, she was back in that government lab strapped to that gurney. She has to repress a shiver she hated that memory being helpless, and she could do something but wait for someone to save her. She learned how to sign as she then felt sadness watch over her, because she always felt like everyone needed to save her. It was not a very good feeling to have because she always preached about being not the damsel in distress but here she was all the time always needing saving And that one against everything she tried to stand for with not being a damsel in distress and I just made her so frustrated and sad and she wished it wasn't like that but unfortunately she felt like it was always going to be that way someone was always gonna have to save her, but she does wish that maybe once she could prove herself to everyone and prove she's not a damsel.

She sighed and shook her head, now wasn't the time for sadness, she needed to focus on where she was, and how she can escape, if she was in a situation that need escaping, but she needed to find Eveyone make sure they were okay, as she was worried, as she slowly opened her eyes. She saw the sun high and bright in the sky, the sky was cloudy, and she could head traffic, she saw she was inside a cage, she assumed it was lined with vengestone, so she couldn't use her powers. So she had to figure it out another way to escape from here.

She quickly stood up, and when she did so she felt dizzy and she moaned as she held into the bars of cage one of her hands holding her head, as she tried to regain her senses, and trying to make herself not so dizzy. She blinked a couple of time, before she looked down, and saw she was in ninjago park the same park, She,Lloyd, Garmadon, Cloud and nix went after they cleared things up with the police and they went to hang out.

"I can't believe this, '' Harumi muttered. As she kicked the bars of her cage. The metal was cold underneath her. It almost felt like it was an ice cube but it was Also supposed to be warm at the same time. It didn't make sense. Harumi wanted to scream in anger, and rip out all her hair. She was just so frustrated because she let zephyr take advantage of her anger, and her argument with Lloyd and use that while she was going on her walk to capture everyone and then capture her when she came back. It was all her fault if she would've just not let herself get angry she would leave then zephyr wouldn't have gotten the jump on them, and managed to capture them.

She let out a yell of frustration, as her eyes turned purple, as she turned angry. She just wanted to rip these bars open, find zephyr and take him down. He had caused so much strife in her life ever since That tournament, and she was looking for ways to 'thank' him. There were many things she wanted to do to him, but she always calmed herself down before she got a chance to attack him. She felt her breath start to go rougher and rougher each time she breathed, it getting almost thicker, as she was huffing with each one not because she was having anxiety, or something it was angry. And she was very angry at this moment, and when saw zephyr she vowed, she'd attack Zephyr and teach him a lesson for what he did, she growled again.

as she felt herself get angry, and her hands started to glow as she held onto the bars, she was ready to rip these bars open, and go search the city. But then she heard the rustling of paper, the sound that would be made when paper was being pushed back and forth by the wind, and that caused her to look down, and that's when she saw the picture. She slowly felt herself calming down, as she looked at the pictures, her eyes started to go back to normal, and her hands started to lose the glow as well, as she slumped down slowly falling back into a seated position, on the floor of the cage. She held the picture up, as she smiled, it was taken in the park, a few days after Zackery was defeated. All the ninja were there, Along with Mistake, Opal, Mirage, and Garmadon.

There were also her ex generals, Wu along with Misako, and let's not forget the two pups, Skylor, and Pix. They all looked so happy, in the picture, and everyone was with their partners, happily holding hands or kissing. In Her and Lloyd's Case it was Lloyd kissing her, and her blushing so red, she was as red as Kai's gi.

She sighed, as she looked at the picture before her face turned to sadness, as she at this point lost hope, that it was ever going to be sake again, that because she didn't speak out about zephyr sooner, she had caused this all to happen. This was all her fault, and now she was going to die because of her mistake, she sighed sadly as tears came to her eyes. She pulled up her sleeve, and wiped her eyes. She was trying not to make that sound you mak when you cry but she couldn't help it, she was openly crying and she didn't care who hears, she didn't care if the citizens of ninjago City was below her, and could her, she just wanted to let out everything she's been holding in for a while.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault" she told herself over and over, as tears went down her cheeks sliding down then landing on the metal beneath her. She held a hand to her head, and she felt like it was warm, she wasn't sure if it was because of the weather, or some other thing. But but what she did know was what Garmadon told her on the bounty was wrong. When he told her it wasn't her fault, and It was all Zephyr's. That was a complete and utter lie, he was probably just telling her that to calm her down, but deep inside he blamed her. They all probably blamed her for all that happened to them with zephyr, and she didn't blame all of them. It was her fault, and if she had just tried harder to tell them about him. About how they needed her blood for their wicked experiments, they didn't belive her but, that wasn't their fault. It was hers, and now because of her ninjago City was doomed.

She felt so much anger to herself at this moment. "Stupid, stupid, Why was I so stupid?!" She scolded herself. As she took her hands, and put them on either side of her head, as she could hear voices scolding at her, yelling at her, telling her it was her fault, and she knew it was and she wouldn't disagree. But the voices got louder and louder, and it was making her feel like she was crazy as all she could hear was: 'your fault' it was over and over and it was constant, and it was the one sound she could make out the only thing she could hear. It was overlapping and overwhelming.

Due to how loud the voices were, she felt her head start to pound, like it was one of the worst headaches of herself, and she even felt like it was behind her eyes. With everything going on, she tried to steady her breathing and calm down, but all she could hear was the voices, and even though she knew it was her fault, she could just hear the voices of her friends, telling her it was her fault, and she's to blame and even more hurtful words then that. It brought tears to her eyes, hearing them as she although told these things to herself, it hurt worse hearing it from those she cared about. She sniffled, as her head ache was still there, along with the voices but it seemed to lesson within a few minutes, as now the tears had started.

She used her sleeve and wiped her eyes, as her breathing became heavy, and she could almost feel like her breath was getting heavier and heavier, and she wondered why. She suddenly felt like she was about to pass out, with everything happened with the yelling, the headache, not to mention her family scolding her but she couldn't find herself calming down. No matter how much she tried to ease her mind, she wasn't sure if it was because of everything happening around her or if it was because someone else was causing this to happ—

"Well,Well, what do we have here?" Harumi looked up, as tears were still dripping down her face. Through her teary vision, she saw down below on the streets. Smirking up at the girl was Zephyr. Who looked like she was having a field day, seeing her locked up. Harumi wasn't in the mood to humor him. She wanted to tell him off and to get lost, but she found she couldn't because she was too busy at the moment feeling down and sorry for herself, because this was her fault. The two stared at each other, no one saying anything, it was a long slience, but still neither spoke. Zephyr was still smirking, as Harumi was just trying to keep herself from crying in front of this man, not wanting to show weakness but that was easier said then done.

"What do you want zephyr, if your here to gloat save it, I don't wanna hear it"

"Come now Harumi, can't I just have a friendly visit with you? Nothing more?"

Harumi scoffed, as she wiped her eyes from a few stray tears, and moved her body so her back was facing Zephyr. She didn't even want to look at the man who had ruined her life, and caused Everyone to go against her once again. It was bad when Garmadon Made up that lie about her. When Lloyd and Wu confronted Garmadon on Borg Tower That Night. After she had been kidnaped, right after she got to see Lloyd again after many months of being captured and being held in Borg tower, having to spend the holidays with Garmadon, and even being turned into a baby. But that Lie he told Ruined it, after he told Lloyd that she liked, being taken care of by Garmadon, like she was his daughter, caused Lloyd to be rightfully upset even if it wasn't the truth but that tiny lie caused a whole mess to happen, involving the oni Prince, and even because of the Lie she had been hunted for her blood, separated from her friends, and even been called crazy by her friends, and having her chained to the floor because they thought she was stalking zephyr, when In actuality he had been stalking her.

"Oh come on now, Harumi? Have nothing heroic to say to me?" He asked. Harumi has now covered her ears as she didn't want to hear his banter, it was a pain enough listening to him speak and taunt her. She hated it and she hated him so much. She swallowed some spit and felt herself getting hot, and she didn't know why.

"No, you'll never get away with it, we will stop you!" He laughs, clearly enjoying having the advantage over her. Having her locked in the cage, and he's able to mock and jab at her was so enjoyable to him. She knew that much, to him it was like Lloyd eating too much candy, and going on a sugar high. She almost felt herself chuckle at that, She loved Lloyd, and she knew what happened when he ate too much sugar. He goes a little bit cuckoo, but he enjoys it. And right now that same thing is happening to Zephyr. He was enjoying having her caged at his mercy, and he was getting to do whatever he wanted to her, and she hated that.

"Oh come now Rumi, I know you lost, but it's rude to ignore someone. Haven't you ever been taught manners?" Harumi growled, she knew it was bait, she knew he wanted her to talk. She knew, if she spoke to him then she would be forced to hear what he had to say, and if she did. There was a chance she would get super anger and if that happened, she could lose control and go Oni. That wasn't something she wanted, she feared that, as she didn't want to hurt anyone, that was one of her greatest fears, that she goes oni and accidentally hurt someone, if it was a citizen of someone close to her but. Atlas knew there was no way out of this, and she would be forced to hear what he had to say and she sighed.

"What do you want zephyr?" She bit out with as much anger as she could. She was honestly to tired for this, she didn't want to hear it, she for some reason felt all her energy drain away, she didn't know why, as she only felt this way when she was using her Oni Powers, but she hadn't used her powers today, so how come she felt this tired. Was there something she was missing or something she was forgetting she wasn't sure, but what she did know was, right now, she had to be forced to her Zephyr's long talk, and that in itself was tiresome.

"How does it feel to be helpless? To know you have failed, and Now the city you swore to protect, is now doomed, all thanks to you"

Harumi felt a Lump in her throat, she felt so sick to her stomach, and she hated it. She hated everything about this situation because she knew he was right it was her fault, and she let Everyone down, Lloyd,Cloud, The Ninja, her Friends, The people she considered family, not to mention the entire city. She had promised The City she would protect them, and she couldn't do that, she felt sadness but she also felt anger. She let out a sniffle, as she continued to Mutter, it's all my fault. She had thought after Zephyr said that, and mocked her, and Said his mocking piece. She hated it. She already felt bad but she didn't need to feel worse because of this guy, she then suddenly felt something rising up inside. It was like Heat, kinda like when you're standing next to Kai, or The air conditioning on the Bounty wasn't working, or if it was a hot Summer's day. She felt her breath start to quicken, and something Happening to her, she panicked on the inside thinking she knew what this was but she didn't want to say it out loud and to make everything worse. Zephyr kept talking.

"How's it feel to be so helpless? To know Everything You did to stop me was in vain" Harumi could Hear the sneer in his voice, and the fact he was smirking. She could tell, it was all mocking her. He liked that he was able to have her up there, and at his mercy. But harumi didn't like it, she didn't like it one bit, in fact she wanted him to be quiet, she didn't want to hear his spiteful talk, or his annoying voice.

"Shut up"

she said quietly, her voice above a whisper, she didn't think he could hear her but she didn't care. She wanted it to be silent she wanted to wallow in pity, she hated this but there was nothing she could do now beside Wait for her death, and she knew Zephyr had been waiting to do this ever since she at first clashed with him, she knew it was going to be most enjoyable.

"The City choose Wrong, when Making you empress, They thought They were choosing, Someone Strong, confident, and Able to stop anything from hurting their City But that isn't you Harumi Jade, your None of those things in fact it only took a week and I managed to Break down a confident Young girl Go what you Are right Now. It's amazing No?"

She felt an inhuman growl come out from her throat, she felt the anger was bubbling up inside her, and she felt her forehead getting warmer, she felt her body, tensing up, and she could almost feel like her teeth her canines were getting bigger, and she didn't know her eyes were starting to glow again, but Zephry didn't See this as he was still to busy mocking Harumi, and he had Now turned his back to her.

"I mean seriously, it's pretty stupid of them to trust you, I mean your a former villain, why would They trust you With The Throne, how would they know if you were going to betray them all over again, they are all so stupid to place their trust in you, I mean look what happened to the city, and As I said They have you to Blame".

Harumi felt her hands, start to grow claws, as she snarled, and her throat started to let out guttural noises, like an animal. She was breathing heavily, her caines grow sharper, and she let out a hiss, all it took was for her to hear one more insult and she knew she would break, and she would lose control, and then it happened, zephyr said something That broke the camel's back, the thing that made Harumi so angry.

"I bet your parents are majorly disappointed in you, I Bet if they could they would disown you, but they can't can they, because they say they love you but It's a fake out because You know they can't love you anymore, because your an Oni, Just like Garmadon, you're a Monster Just like hin, and that's all you'll ever be".

Just like That, that's what broke Harumi, she was furious, she let out a growl, and in Juane growl, and a yell, and that Made zephyr turn around. His eyes widened, he paled, and his mouth was agape. As he saw Harumi, who looked angry and looked like she was about to destroy something. He took a few steps back, his hands gripping on the staff, as he saw Harumi, start to run at the door over and over, The Sound of Clanging and banging was heard, as the sorcerer got more and more worried, as he hoped the door was going to hold her. As it was vengstone, and he was hoping it was going to hold against Oni Power. He knew she Wasn't a full oni she was a half because she was bitten by a oni, it was kinda like being bit by a Vampire, They Bite you and your Turm into one. But based on how hard The girl was going at the door he knew it Wasn't going to Last long and he was correct, as a Final yell was Heard, as he looked at and saw Harumi bust through the door and she looked angry, her Caines were showing, and the power of destruction was glowing in her hands, and she looked pissed off her eyebrows werd narrowed, and her posture was stiff. And zephry readied himself, as he knew the final battle had Just began

An aching in her head is what stirred the blonde-haired girl from her slumber. She didn't know how long she had been asleep or when she had fallen asleep. She didn't even remember falling asleep or laying down and going to bed. As she tried to think about exactly she had fallen asleep, or when she had fallen asleep, she felt another twinge of pain hit her head, and it felt like she had been hit by a truck that was going over the speed limit. She wanted to try and open her eyes, to get a sense of where she was, for she felt something had happened, and she hadn't just randomly fallen asleep on the floor. She knew that wasn't the case because when those things did happen, she would usually remember it happening. Although it had happened many times before, when she was home. She sighed as she tried to remember, but it seemed like it would be impossible to remember, but she knew she needed to if she was going to figure out where she was.

She tried her hardest to think. She shook her head, and it caused even more pain to swarm in her head. She wondered if someone or something had hit her over the head, and that caused her to be knocked unconscious.

She sighs, as tried to open her eyes, but they didn't respond and didn't open, not even for the life of her; she knew to know something terrible must've happened because if she was having trouble opening her eyes. then there was no doubt in her mind that she had been knocked unconscious, or someone had hit her and attempted to kill her.

The only person who came into mind who would want to cause harm to her, would probably be the significant threat they had been facing. However, she thought about it long and hard after remembering some bits and pieces about what happened. She remembered earlier, After Harumi had failed the Battle with zephyr, They had all been arguing and yelling at each other, then, after a while, Harumi had come on and discussed with Lloyd about leaving the city.

She had not wanted to lave as it was her home, but it was all their home, and no one wanted to go, but they felt it was nessasarcy, but she didn't see it that way. Long story short, they had argued and Had lovers fight. It ended in tears, and Harumi ended up leaving in tears. They had all wanted to go after her, and make sure she was okay, not wanting her to get captured By Zephry. They had all decided they would wait for an hour, then go after her, but when it neared an hour, they got worried and decided they all prepared to go and look for her. But then they all heard a noise, a crash, and darkness. Then next thing She knew, she woke up, if you can even call it that here. Or wherever 'here' was, at least.

She saw Grey all around her, and the smell of metallic, a smell she knew well as Her uncle worked on cars. It was dark, and she couldn't see where she was, all she knew she smelled something metallic. Some flashes of light would come through the mini window above her shining some light into the darkness. She was currently in. When the light mandged to peak though the pitch darkness, she saw The Outline of the something she couldn't make out to where she wasn't quite sure but guessed it was a wall. "I Don't understand" Jade muttered, as she was confused truly about where she was and where her friends were. She hoped they were okay.

She then decided taking a look around, and getting a layout oif her surroundings would be the best option. That way she could Truly figure out her best course of action. However When, Jade, went to move. She felt something tug her, and pull her back keeping her in place, along with a noise that was heard, a clanking sound. The Girl raised an, eyebrow. "What In The world?" she thought to herself, as she tried once again to move, to get out of whatever spot she was in, but nothing. She found she couldn't move and she was stuck. She didn't understand, Why she couldn't move. She figure it could be zephyr's Doing but what that honestly a question at this point short answer not really. If someone would've told her, Zephyr Had kicked a puppy, and Hurt a Clown. Jade would've sarcasitcly said really, and then replied it seemed more like a thing Ava would do. She rolled her eyes, and Then started to struggle she knew she needed to get out of here, she needed to help harumi. She only could hope she was okay, but if she wasn't there was so many things zephyr could be doing she didn't even want to think about it. She tried a few more times to pull whatever was keeping her restrained back, like was some two ton weights. But soon she got tired using all her energy trying to escape what held her back. But found herself fall down, and landing on her butt, hard on the metal benath her, causing her to groan. Since her butt took most of the impact from the fall, and it felt like she had fallen on concrete.

Her instinic was to obviously, try to make her but hurt less, but obviously she couldn't because, her hands were being held back. She decided to, try to piece together the puzzle of where she was, and use that to escape. "This can't be too hard right" She asked herself, as she looked up and tried to see if she could make out anything but again she only saw pitch darkness, and the only snippets of light coming from the cracks. She sighed, and she knew she needed a new strategy. "Maybe, where ever I am, Other people are here too, and I can Call out to them". She knew She didn't have any other plan, so That was the best one she had at the moment.

She then, as she tried to escape started to create some noise, and then as tried to escape what was holding her back, it kept making a Clanking noise, against what sounded like it was something metal making her wonder more where the heck she was, But she ignored that, and then continued until she heard an annoyed grunt. "Jade! Will You knock it off?!"

The blonde paused, as she knew that voice, she knew that voice very well, and a smile appeared on her face despite the current situation, even if she couldn't see because of how dark whenever she was is. She called out into the darkness. "Kaityln! Is that You?" she asked, hoping it was her grumpy friend, and it wasn't a trick. "Yes, its me bone head" She says as her voice echoed, throughout the place. Jade smiled, as she was relazied to hear her friends voice. Her happiness got brighter as she then heard another similar voice, and it sounded like she was alot closer then Kiatyln was. "Kaityln, You should Call people names" She heard Lilla say. Her voice sounded weak, like someone had hurt her, and did something to her throat, and that made Jade upset. "Lilla! Are you okay, You sound horse" She asked as she was concerned for her friend, and was worried an enemy had laid a hand on her, and if that was the cas Jade promised to herself she would Make who ever did It pay. However, It seemed lilla cleared her throat, as she soon started to sound better, and less hoarse, and that Made Jade glade.

She sighed. "Is anyone else with us?" She asked the two, as she tried to squint, and see if she could make out anyone. She figured, Since they were a part of the resistance, They wouldn't be the only ones captured, and If that was the case, where was the rest of their friends. The sounds of chains moving, and scrapping the ground could be heard, as she assumed It was Lilla, Managing to figure out how to move around. Lilla was quiet for a few minutes, then she spoke. "I am, Quite unsure Since I can't even make out where we are much less see anyone" Jade sighed, as she leaned back against what she assumed was a wall. She was frustrated. She didn't know where she was, where everyone else was, or if they were okay. She was worried, and she knew she just had to hope for the best. The three girls fell into silence they were unsure what to say, and didn't know if they had anything to say. Jade signed. "If only I could see, Then we could figure out some sort of plan," She says as she finally broke the silence, and Kaityln sighs. "Even if you could see, would it even make a difference? We Don't even know where we are" Jade could tell, she sounded sad, and The blonde wished she could go over, and give her a hug, but she couldn't since she was Chained up, or something was keeping her moving. She was going to say something else when another voice not of the three girls broke the silence.

It sounded like sniffing, But that was weird because They all knew If they wanted to smell something they would just stand there and sometimes sniff, but this sounded like continuous sniffing, and the more Jade listened to the sniffing the more she discovered it didn't sound like Normal sniffing. It sounded like when a dog was sniffing something like they are trying to track something down. Jade's lip turned into a smile, as she knew who it was. She shifted, as she shifted, and once again heard the clanking sounds. "Cloud, Nix? Is that You Pup's," She asked as she called out into the darkness she hoped she wasn't just dreaming, and or imagining things. She was holding out very much hope That it was the pups because Jade knew Harumi, had done some modifications to The white-furred pups collar, which makes it so it would help her in a dangerous situation, and protect her. "Yes, It's Me," Cloud says, as she then let out a little bark.

She was happy she knew, she was with people she knew, and she wasn't taken to the pound." You have no idea, How happy I am To hear your voices!" The Pup says, as the girls couldn't see it but her tail was wagging in the darkness showing just how excited she was. However, The happy reunion was of course interrupted, When they heard a groan. "Look, This is great and All but where are We?" Kaityln asked, as the questioned lingered in the air, This had them all wondering where they were, and they weren't sure. The blonde sighs, as she leaned back against the wall, but then changed her mind and then curled into a ball the best she could. "Cloud, Can you make out where we Are?" Lilla asked, speaking before Jade had time to answer, wanting to see If the puppy Knew where they were. They heard the puppy sniffing, The three girls knew, She was doing her best to try, and they didn't expect her to know the answer, She was a puppy, and her sniffer wasn't developed yet. Cloud after a few Minuts spoke again. "I Belive, we are in a transport truck of some sort" The pup says as she sniffs again to try and confirm her answer. "I Smell: Diesel Fuel" She sniffs again, as the silence filled the air. "Two Guy's Driving In the front" she says, as the girls listened to the pup as she sniffed, and sniffed trying to figure out more. "I Also Smell, something I can't make out" she says. Jade raised an eyebrow, as she uncurled herself and looked up into the darkness, and tried to lift her hands. "What Do you mean Cloud?"

She asked softly, Trying to figure out exactly what the puppy meant. The Pup Sniffed again, trying to get more information. "It's hard to explain, I'm trying to sniff out landmarks of the city, But I can't" She says, as she whimpered. Lilla softly smiled. "It's okay cloud, You tried your best that's all that matters" She says, as Cloud smiled, and began to wag her tail, Jade groaned not liking the heavy weight of whatever it was On her hands, she then got an idea. "Say Cloud" she started to say, Unsure if she should finish her sentence.

The Puppy was unsue what she was going to say, But found she would hear what the blonde had to say. "Yes, Jade?" She asked, wondering what could be on her mind, ans what was so important. Jade looks away but you couldn't see that From the darkness. "Do you think you can sniff around, and see if you can smell were we are?" she asked the puppy who signed. "Jade I Tried to sniff land marks remember? I couldn't" she reminds her. As Jade sighs. Tears threatened to fall down as she was frustrated, and Didn't know what they were going to do. "I Guess, I don't understand How we got here" Jade says, as she then looked and saw the tint sliver of Light coming and disappearing again. "Does anyone remember?" She asked the group, who all answered her question in silence. The blonde sighed not liking the situation at at hand they needed to get out of here, They didn't have time to be messing around, thye needed to escape where ever they were. She got angry, that when she tried to stand she fell down. She groaned in pain not liking the pain she caused herself. She wanted to figure out a plan, she knew This truck wasn't goung to be leading them somewhere good, and thye needed go escape.

The girl started to grumble, as she really didn't like this situation, and be started to become afraid on what would happen if they didn't mange to escape from this small prison, and get back to harumi. She feared, there was a chance, zephyr was beating her to a pulb, and although she acted like she was okay with her fighting the blonde sorcer, she really wasn't and she was sure everyone felt the same. She wanted to run a hand through her hair but, she couldn't and then looked around for something they could use to escape but there was nothing, and she couldn't make anything out in the plain darkness. "All I remember Is, we all were going to look for harumi after she ran out angrily"

Everyone became silent, and no one spoke, and it seemed like an eternity had passed when in reality it had only been a few mere seconds. They all could hear each others breathing, each one was shallow, due to the confined space they were in, and the smell of diesel fuel had hit their noses, amking them all groan, and then a headache started within their heads. Jade didn't like that they all became quiet. She hated being alone with her thoughts it drove her crazy. She let out a huff, and Then attempted to stand up, Her legs had gotten tangled within the chains, so the chain caught her off balance and she would fall back onto the ground but she didn't let that deter her, and once she mandged to get herself to stand she began tyo pull on the chains in hopes of getting free.

"No matter how we got here, we have to escape" She says, as she continued pulling on her chains. The other girls became quiet once again, being quiet like they had been for the past few minutes or so, but The Blonde felt so much happiness when she heard the others in the truck began to pull on their own chains in order to get free. They all knew what had to be done in order to get out of there, and Soon Jade after creating a leave-way mandged to get herself away and she flew back hitting the wall. Her vision went blurry for a few seconds before she shook her head, and groaned. She then celebrated that she was free, and she went to help her friends get out. However when she went to help the small puppy, it seemed she did 't need any help, as A little whirl of a blade was heard, and to the blondes shock a mini saw came out and mandged to freeherself.

Once they all got free, they all smiled, as they pulled the chains off of themselves, them landing in the pile with a clink. They all twisted their wrists, as they all tried to get some feeling back in them. Jade smiled as she bounced from one foot to another as she was getting ready to bust out and take on zephyr's forces.

"Is everyone ready?" She asked, as she walked over to the far wall, grabbing her beloved basballbat from the wall. It was a mistake on the villains part to lave their weapons so close to them, but honestly they shoul almost thank them for their stupidity. After Jade tossed, each of them there weapon, they all got into a battle stance, and they all smirked. As to what jade has asked them a few seconds ago, they all nodded.

"Let's do This!"

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