I know I said I would take a break from Lloyd chapters, but I couldn't come up with anything else and I haven't updated any of my fanfics in the past week because I've been busy working on part two of Generations (OG), so enjoy another Lloyd chapter. Sorry.

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Lloyd's P.O.V.:

I woke up in the treehouse and I still wasn't feeling any better. If anything I felt worse. Not about my condition but I felt bad for leaving my family behind. I really missed them a lot.

I was looking at the picture I had taken with me. It was of me, Kira and Ryder at the rehearsal dinner before my wedding. I wanted to see them again more than anything, but I had to leave. They were going to get hurt if I stayed. I was planning to come home eventually, but first I had to make sure that I could control it enough to keep from hurting anyone.

All I could think about was what Kira had to be going through. I left in such a rush I left her to take care of Ryder all by herself and to made matters worse was that she was pregnant and I wasn't there to help her. What kind of husband am I? What kind of father am I? First my son gets abused by his own mother for three years, I almost hit my wife, and now I might miss the birth of my unborn child. I promised myself I wasn't going to mess up this time, but that's what I did anyway. I felt terrible about leaving them, but I had to for their own safety. I just hoped Kira could forgive me because without her, I wouldn't be here, Ryder wouldn't be here, and I wouldn't have a baby to look forward too, that is if I ever get to meet him or her.

"Son?" My father noticed me. "The storm is over."

I shook my head to snap out of my deep thoughts. "Oh that's nice." I sighed, not taking my eyes off the picture. "So I guess you'll be leaving now?"

"The old me would do that, however I've been thinking." He said.

"That's never a good thing." I said.

"If I help you, then you don't send me back to prison." He bargained.

"Fat chance." I snarled. "You think I'm going to let you run free when I have a baby on the way?"

My father's eyes lit up and I covered my mouth. I immediately wished I hadn't said that. I wasn't sure what he was going to do.

"You're wife is pregnant?" He questioned.

I sighed deeply and nodded.

"That's why you're in such a hurry to get back to her, isn't it?" He asked.

I frowned and nodded again. "I left because I didn't want to risk hurting her or the baby."

"And Ryan?"

"It's Ryder." I corrected him. "And he already has a horrible mother who treated him so terribly. If I lost control of myself and lashed out on him, even if it wasn't of my own free will, I'm worried he would never trust me again and he would get hurt."

"You're afraid of turning into me." Dad realized.

I frowned and nodded. My head started hurting again and I held it in pain. This conversation was becoming too overwhelming for me.

"Still got that headache?" My father asked.

"Yeah, but there's no use trying to help me." I frowned. "It's a side effect of the venom so it's only going to get worse until Zane can find a cure, if there is one."

"You said that the venom is revealing the Oni part of you correct?"

"Yeah." I said before I had a big coughing fit. It hurt my ribs to cough like that. "Ow!"

"I can't think of anything that would do that to you except for the venom from the Great Devourer, but that can't be the case. I destroyed that thing years ago."

"I remember that, but I'm surprised you do." I said.

"Not everything from my past is a blank son." He said. "Anyway, if it is the great devourer venom, then it would take years for it to fully take effect, but you seem to be changing at a much faster rate."

"Maybe she found a way to speed up the effects." I suggested.

"While that's possible, I still don't understand how she got her hands on the venom in the first place. She would either need your blood sample or mine."

"Or Ryder's." My eyes lit up as it finally hit me. "That's why his knee was hurt when he was in the cave, Harumi must've been planning this all along."

"Does she know about the baby?" Dad asked.

"No and she never can." I demanded. "I can't let what happened to Ryder happen to the baby too."

"I understand." He said. "Aren't you worried she'll hurt them?"

"Not until you said something." I panicked. "This is exactly what she wants me to do! She wanted me to leave them alone! I have to go, I have to warn them."

"Son you have a hurt ankle and broken ribs, not to mention your illness. Even if you were there you wouldn't be able to protect them."

"I-I have to... try." I grunted as I tried my hardest to stand up. "I h... have to w-warn them."

I fell out of the hammock and onto the floor. I forced myself to get up and I limped towards the door of treehouse using all the strength I had left.

"This is hard to watch." My father shook his head.

"I-I can't let them down again." I persisted.

I didn't want my Dad's help, not about something as important as this. Having him there would put my family in more danger. I promised no harm would come to them, and this time I was going to keep my promise.

I continued to limp until I finally reached the exit. I opened the door and tried to go down the ladder, but I lost my grip and fell to the ground. My shoulder really hurt after that, but at least I was closer to where I was going.

I tried to form my dragon, but my energy was already so mentally and physically drained I couldn't get it to work. I started walking but I didn't get too far before I passed out from the pain.

"Son?" I heard someone say. "Son wake up."

I slowly opened my eyes and saw my father in front of me. I looked around and I was back in the treehouse.

"Dad?" I set up. My shoulder really hurt. "Ahh!"

"Easy." Dad said.

"Did I make it to Kira's?" I asked.

"You barely made it passed the treehouse." He said.

"Dang it!" I yelled. "I gotta try again."

"No, you're even more hurt now than you were before and that will just make it worse." Dad said.

"Why do you care? I thought you liked seeing me in pain."

"Son, I don't want you to do the same thing to your family that I did to mine." He frowned.

"Then help me save them please." I begged. "If you don't want me to send you back to prison, then you have to prove to me that I can trust you."

"If that's what it takes, I guess I can give it a try." He sighed.

"Thank you." I said. "Now come on, we have to get to Kira before you know who does."

"Lloyd no, you have to stay here and rest." He held me down.

"How do I do that when they're in danger?!" I panicked and tried to get up again, but everything hurt. "Ahh!"

My father held me down and my shoulder was still hurting and I couldn't move my arm hardly at all. He noticed me struggling.

"I'd love to say I told you so, but I'm trying to be nice, so I won't." Dad said.

"We'll work on it." I rolled my eyes.

"This is new for me ok?" He sniped. "Let me take a look at that shoulder."

"No, it's fine." I lied. "It doesn't hurt that bad."

"Lloyd you are hurt. Just let me look." He insisted.

I tried to refuse but it was no use. He touched me in the shoulder and I flinched because it hurt so bad.

"Looks like you dislocated it." Dad said. "I'll have to pop it back into place."

"You're gonna enjoy this aren't you?" I scowled.

"Why on earth would I do that?" He said sarcastically.

Without any warning whatsoever, he popped my shoulder back into place. I'm sure you could hear my screams a mile away it hurt so bad. I missed Kira now more than ever.

"How's that?" Dad asked as I finally stopped screaming.

"Weren't you supposed to count to three before you did that?" I asked frustrated.

"I didn't want you to tense up." He shrugged. "Can you move it?"

I shook my head. I couldn't even feel my shoulder. He got the first aid kit and put my arm in a sling to hold it still.

"There." He said as he finished. "How's that?"

"Better." I said.

I was going to take the picture of my family out of my pocket again, but then I looked at my other arm that I cut when I was in the river. The bandages were dirty and were stained with my blood. I guess it started bleeding again when I fell out of the treehouse.

"You got really roughed up when you fell." Dad said. "Let me help."

Dad unwrapped the bandages on my arm and it looked a lot worse than I thought. He got the first aid kit, cleaned it up to stop the bleeding and rewrapped it in bandages.

"How does that feel?" He asked.

"I miss Kira." I sighed and coughed again. It hurt everywhere. "Ow!"

"Here eat these." My dad handed me a handful of tea leaves.

"You want me to eat leaves?" I looked at him.

"They are sana leaves, one of main ingredients used in healing tea." He explained. "They're like nature's painkillers."

"Where did you get these?" I asked.

"When you were out I went to get food and found them growing nearby." He explained.

"Kira's old garden probably." I remembered. "She used to grow most of her own food when she was living out here, it doesn't surprise me that she grew tea leaves too."

"She lived all by herself?" My father questioned.

"Yeah, it's really sad what happened to her parents and her grandmother, that's why she was so happy to have found me and Ryder." I sighed and took a bite of the leaves.

"Oh and there was this letter left at the bottom of treehouse."

My father handed me an envelope with my name on it. The handwriting on it looked like Kira's and I got excited. I opened it and there was a note from Kira and a drawing of our family that I'm guessing Ryder drew because it was in crayon. It made me smile.

Then I read the letter that Kira wrote:

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Dear Lloyd,

I paid the mailman to drop this off at my old treehouse because I figured that's where you would go. I doubt you're reading this but I want you to know that we're all ok, and that we all miss you.

Zane has been working on a cure for you, but so far he hasn't found anything. Not to worry though, I'm sure he'll be able to find one soon so you can come back home.

Your mother and I have been taking good care of Ryder, but he misses you so much. He wanted you to have this drawing so you wouldn't forget about us, not that you would, but that's what he told me.

In other news, the baby is about the size of a blueberry. I figured I would keep you updated with my pregnancy too in case you were wondering. Don't be worried about me though, your mother, Skylor and Nya are helping me with everything I need to know. I'm kinda nervous about it, but at the same time I'm so excited to be a mom! Ryder's also looking forward to being a big brother. (He's really hoping for a boy. XD)

Anyway, I hope that you're ok and that this letter finds you somehow. I love you and hope to see you again soon. More letters to come.

Love,
                                                 Kira

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I finished reading it and I wasn't sure how to feel. I felt happy to hear from her again, but I made my family miserable by leaving, especially Ryder. I know Kira said that she was ok, but I read between the lines. She was mad at me, and she had every right to be. We just got married, she was pregnant with my child, and I just left her with my son to take care of all by herself. I'd be mad at me too.

I starred at the picture Ryder had made for me. He drew me, Kira, my mother and himself all together standing next to each other. I wanted to go back, but if I hurt them, I would never be able to forgive myself.

"What's that?" My dad asked.

"My son drew a picture for me." I smiled at the drawing. "Kira said he drew it for me so I wouldn't forget about them."

"What did your wife say?" He asked.

"She said that she's ok, but I can tell she's worried about me." I frowned still starring at my son's drawing. "I made a huge mistake. I wanna go back more than anything."

"Why don't you?" He asked.

"I can't risk putting them in danger." I frowned.

"Well if it were me, I would want to spend every moment I could with my family before it gets too bad." My father said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

""It took years for the venom to take full effect. Those were years I could've spent with you, but I was too afraid, and I regret it every day." He said. "It's too late to put my family back together, but it's not to late for yours. Please don't make the same mistake I did."

"I don't have a choice!" I screamed. "I'm turning into a monster and I can't do a thing about it!"

I picked up a knife on the table and threw it at him. He ducked and it landed in the wall behind him. I didn't even realize what I had done until I saw the look on my father's face. I had never wanted to die more in my life.

"See!" I yelled. "That's why I can't go back! I lose control of my actions and if I keep doing it I might hurt someone I care about." I pulled out Ryder's drawing again and looked at it. "I can't go back."

My father left the treehouse without saying a word. I guess I deserved that after I almost killed him. I can't be around anyone anymore. I guess I was all alone now.