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Chapter 30. Sacrifice

Who's ready for all the sad feels!? Grab those tissue boxes and here we go.~ W.R.

{Location: The airjutz temple}(Morro's POV)

"They got you too?" Willow shakes her head as she gathers her breakfast. Some time in the middle of the night, our initiation was done. Which explains Willow's deep green hair. For some reason, her white hair strip didn't take on a green look like the rest of her hair.

"Yup. Lucky me." I look at my face in the silvery reflection of my silverware, I got drawn on in washable ink. Apparently, I needed to look like an old timer from the monocle and mustache they gave me.

"It could have been much worse," Lloyd smirks as he leads the boys in, fully dressed. They all have to keep themselves from laughing fits. "We could have drawn a beard too."

"Very funny. Ha.ha. Someone's going to die." Katara snaps. She actually has a sign glued to her red shirt and little sticky notes in her hair, all reading,'I'M HONING MY MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS. PLEASE HELP ME BY ATTACKING ME WITHOUT WARNING OR EXPLANATION.' Due to that, she has gotten a few playful kicks from Kit and Misako.

"Lighten up." Seliel shakes her head and rolls her eyes and she salts her eggs.

"It's just a joke." Kai covers his mouth to keep down snickers.

"And be on guard Pokie, you are next." Cole playfully takes Seliel's roll, the smile drops from her face.

"You guys suck sometimes." Willow smiles as she takes her seat.

"At least we're in this together." I set my food down next to Katara. Last night was amazing and I hope that it meant that we were officially courting...or dating as Kai explained to me last night.

"What do you mean together?" Katara has a death glare on her face. I guess last night wasn't that good.

"Morro most likely means, he sees you as a potential suitor." Pixel plugs herself into the wall instead of eating.

"I'm just saying-" I reach my right hand and place it over her left. Heat seeps through her fingers, making me pull it back.

"DON'T TOUCH ME, TURBINE!" Katara gets out of her seat and snaps. It was actually impressive how quickly she changed the atmosphere from lighthearted to me feeling like a kicked puppy.

"I'm sorry. Did I do something?" I force myself to not stand up or yell.

"YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!" She screams some more then takes her food and heads to the door.

"I really don't. Can you explain?" I bite my lips shut as Katara puts a hand on the door-post, maybe she'll come back. "Can you at least tell me who this Roberto guy is?" Katara set her plate down as the part of the door post catches fire and bits of ash trickle down and makes a pial, turns to look at us, and somehow with every step she takes, she sets a mini fire in her footprint. She even burns off the prank sign.

"I'll talk about it when I want to. Now leave me alone." Katara snarls two inches from my face then retrieves her plate and walks outside. SLAM! The door rattles from how hard she slams the door close.

"Where did you even hear that name?" Willow wastes no time as Katara's fires are quickly put out. I quickly elaborated about last night.

"So who is this guy?" Kai sigh in love as he exchanges looks with Skylor. Who actually doesn't return the look.

"Roberto is the first person Katara fell for. And she fell pretty hard." Willow looks at her food like she is uncomfortable with the topic. Lloyd pats her hand gently and Willow seems to regain her voice, "He was a good guy."

"What happened to him?" Zane inquires as Sensei sips his tea.

"He died. And she blamed me for that for a very long time." Willow picks up her fork and pokes at a grape.

"Are you?" I rub my head. Great. Now not only do I have to understand how she feels about me, now I have to compete with her dead boyfriend. Why must girls be so confusing?

"If you mean, did I pull the trigger then no. But Roberto did die protecting me."

Kit opens her mouth, probably to say something smart. Instead, she goes slacked faced and scoots her chair out as her sky-blue eyes are now totally white. Kit walks out while her hands search for art tools.

"Breakfast is over, we'll clean up after." Cole scoots his chair away first, "It looks like Kit's having a vision."

"I'll get Katara, we'll catch up." Nya gets up and walks to where Katara stormed off to.

[Five minutes later]

"By the first spinjitzu master...." Jay trails off as Kit finishes painting. Her arms are covered in red and purple paints but I barely see her stop her work is so hypnotizing. The image is Jezzie, holding a katana with a red glow in its rocky hilt. Someone with a love for red stands on its end, as well. But from how the painting is drawn, we can only see the mystery person's shirt but almost nothing else. The background looks down on the world. Like every other problem is inconceivable compared to this one. Still, the painting is so lifelike.

"Ok, how do we stop that?" Nya walks in. Katara grudgingly stomps in after her. She shoots daggers at me and I stoop a bit. Mabey she really doesn't like me. I have no idea how she feels right? No, in the fear rooms, she was scared of losing me. That has to mean something..right?

"I've never had a wrong prediction. Besides, trying to prevent the future could sometimes only sets it up." Kit has tears swell up in her eyes despite her cheery outfit. She has on her pink v-neck shirt with magenta cargo pants and the Sword of Sanctuary on her back.

"Look at the back round." Sensei taps his teacup with his finger. "That's the Golden Pecks."

"My symptoms indicate that's where Jezzie is right now." Pixel taps the side of her head.

"Pixel is correct," Zane closes his eyes to view his falcon vision properly, "My falcon is following them right now. She and the Phouka have left and are in the mountains setting up camp. Why?"

"Why would Jezzie leave her stronghold in New Ninjago City?" Lloyd folds his arms, we all now form a large circle so we can talk better.

"My guess is to suck up any leftover Fay magic from the making of the Golden weapons" Willow plays with her green hair.

"She already has the power armor," Jay tap his side nervously, "The first dagger of the Overlord and a very tough army. What else would she really need?"

"She still needs a sacrifice." I fold my arms. "She's also in the middle of 20 villages so she could take hostages."

"And we can't let that happen," Sensei commands. "Pack your things, we leave for the Golden Peaks in an hour on the Bounty."

"But the Phouka can fly," Skylor raises a brow, "And have good eyesight. How do we get through without being spotted?"

"The Bounty has a stealth shield from Borge. Still, I have a bad feeling about this." Kit frowns like she knows something that she isn't telling us. I can't shake the feeling that this is a trap as we dispersed to get ready.

[A few hours later]

"See anything?" Kai asks Katara as they peer over the Starborn side. Everyone else is equipping the Destiny's Shadow for a large group to board. And possible rain as dark clouds naturally looms overhead.

"Yeah." Katara stomps on the wooden boards. "Targets. Does this thing have bombs by chance?" She looks comfortable in her red blouse and black sweatpants. She wears two-inch heels with silver trimming, along her waist are her two twin daggers, both red with fury.

"Nope." Cole hands me a large box that nearly crushes me with the weight, "And before you ask, you two are sitting this one out."

The two turn to us with upset faces and start yelling.

"Sorry but I'd rather not tempt Fenwick." Jay tightens the bolts on the engine with Pixel, Nya, and Zane.

"Don't you mean Fate?" Skylor fixes the rigging.

"No, he means Fenwick." I struggle under the weight of the box until I manage to pass it off to Willow, "And long story short, not a nice person that somehow controls fate."

Willow has her grey armor with white accents on, it appears to support more of a speedy person then take on much damage. Her baby blue sword hilt simmers her left hip.

"Well, you can't make us stay." Kai crosses his arms and pouts like a two-year-old.

"That's why Skylor, Misako, and Pixel will keep you here." Sensei snickers with a smirk in his eyes, "Besides, we need someone to man the cannons for if something goes wrong."

Then they launch into another round of complaining.

"Sorry but we outvote you," Willow smirks as she helps Kit with her pink/magenta armor.

"Whatever." Katara concedes and leans on the mast. Jay, Nya, Zane, Willow, Kit, Sensei, Cole, Seliel and myself gets on the ship. It's tiny so I'm shuffled to the back.

"Remember, we need to understand what's going on, then we attack." Cole powers on the engines, who cry under our weight

Mabey Katara isn't mad anymore about this morning, I admire the way the sun bounces off her frowning face. One way to find out. I wiggle my eyebrows as I lean over the engine and close to Katara. "Do I get a good luck kiss?" Instead of a soft kiss, I get a hard smack where I tap on my cheek.

"No, get going Turbine." Katara steps back from the ship as we take off.

"Fisty," Zane mutters under his breath as we leave the Bounty. We land the Destiny's Shadow a half a mile out from Jezzie's camp, in unison our hoods go up as we run in the shadows. Willow, Kit, and Lloyd stick close together near the middle of our running pack. Sensei, Cole, and Seliel lead the pack. Jay, Nya, Zane and myself hold back and cover our six. We hide behind a small mound of rocks as army camp noises ring. Kit, Willow, and Wu hides behind some trees not too far from us.

"Kit," Lloyd asks in a hushed whisper. "What's our next move?"

"That doesn't make sense." Kit looks into her sword's foresight with a confused face. Then like Kit can fly she floats in mid-air and starts to struggle as her hands pull at a mysterious force around her neck.

"What in Ninjago?" Jay asks as a white snake with purple scales appears, Pythor holds Kit by her neck and wiggles the Sword of Sanctuary to the ground.

"Unless you want to see this little girl become a ssssnack, I think that you should do what I tell you to do." Pythor opens his jaw and pretends to start eating Kit.

"Fine." Willow scrunches her eyebrows and disarms herself. I toss in my weapon, a handle with a chain and a spike on the end. Phouka appears as grabs us and our weapons then leads us into their camp. Pythor still holding Kit, leads the way to a large rectangular cage in the center of the camp. A guard with blue jay wings opens the door and he tosses Kit in.

"Kit." Willow charges in as me, my siblings, Seliel and my master are thrown in. Pythor ties our weapons on a pole just maddeningly out of reach.

"I knew I liked you." Jezzie walks out of a purple tent, her hands behind her back. She wears black jeans and a deep purple crop top. The bruises and cuts are barely apparent on her face from last night's fight. "Good work." Jezzie smiles at Pythor.

"Thank you." Pythor bows a bit. "I'm glad my expertise was useful."

"Accompany our ally for phase 3." Jezzie locks eyes with us. "I'll take care of these ants."

"Of course my lady." Pythor slithers away. Jezzie walks slowly, like a hunter approaching its prey. Cole, Zane, and Sensei grip the bars. Jay and Nya kneel down looking for a way out, sadly we have ventsone medal under our feet. Willow covered Kit with her body as Lloyd inspects what damage Pythor may have done, I stand closest to the door and start daggers at Jezzie. On a side note, the cage only looks big, it's actually small as the Destiny's Shadow in here.

"Why are you doing this?" Lloyd takes his hood off, a very scary angry face appears. "Why bring back the Overlord?"

"Lots of reasons Lloydiy-poo." Jezzie leans against the bars, her arms above her head.

"Cut the crap." Willow peers sharply at the name.

"So be it. I could lie and create a sob story that makes you feel sad for me. But to be honest, I don't have one. I just want to see the world turn dark...and for you to die with it." Jezzie looks up, the Bounty lands a quarter of a mile away and Phouka rush it. Seconds later, Kai, Pixel, Misako and Skylor are brought into the cage and we lose some space.

"My lady, we couldn't find the other Fay." A Phouka with blue tattoos and eagle wings locks the door.

"Katara probably fled like the coward she is." Jezzie smiles. She has won this battle. "Fetch my pet, Commander Tou." The Phouka hurries to a purple tent as ordered with a strange set of black armor.

"I'm sorry," Misako mutters her reasons to Sensei.

"Katara is no coward." I slam my hands against the bars, getting Jezzie to jump off the cage bars. I feel pinpricks tickle my left side of my neck as I stare down this monster, "And you would be lucky to even be a fraction of the women she is."

Jezzie just laughs like I made a joke. "You don't know who you fell for did you?"

"At least she's a decent Fay." Willow snaps with pure hate.

"Hmmm. You remember what I said earlier? About watching the world go dark?" Jezzie straightens up and soaks her words in venom, "The only thing I like more than that, is watching the good guys suffer. And I'm not the only one." Jezzie side steps to reveal an old man in a Sensei tunic but black armor plates nearly covered that.

I know him. I remember seeing him locked up in the Cursed Realm time to time.

He has green eyes and beachboy like hair. Well, the last time I saw him he had green eyes, right now they are dizzily purple.

"Father?" Lloyd asks thought shock.

"Hello, Ninja." Garmadon holds a pure black sword with rocky carves in it's built. "Come to stop me on my dark island?"

"Dark Island?" Jay asks as he opens his hands, exception crackling electricity but getting none.

"My Garmy's memory isn't what it used to be." Jezzie leans on Garmadon and plays with his hair like they are a couple. "Anyway, it's his turn for a monolog."

"Ah Misako, I'm so glad you're with me for this moment." Garmadon strokes Jezzie's jawline.

"I hate you so much right now," Willow mutters curses under her breath.

"Shut up." Garmadon slides his finger along the blade's end. "I will not let my brother and his pathetic ninja stop me."

"Why don't I like the look of that sword?" Cole nearly shields Seliel with his body.

That's the sword from Kit's painting. I feel my eyes fall on Kai as everyone pieces it together as well, Kit's prophecy is happening right now!

"Good instincts. This is known as the sword of crindered souls." Garmadon grins as Jezzie gets off of him. "Made with very powerful magic, legend has it, that it burns the soul as well as the mortal body. Shall we see if it's true?"

"Don't do this brother. Fight her." Sensei pleads. In the corner of my eye, I see Kit laying behind me. She is breathing but she looks weak as she sits up.

"Why Wu," Garmadon slides the sword along the bars. Screech, thumb. Screech, thumb. "I thought you'd never want to see Misako harmed."

"You don't have to do it, Father." Lloyd pleads as Kit involuntarily pushes me closer by getting to her feet.

"Watch your students fall in the order they came. Brother." Garmadon pulls the sword back and readies his strike. His target, my heart.

This is the end. Again for me. I wish Katara wasn't mad at me. I feel the pinpricks on my neck as the world goes into slow motion. The cage is now like a sardine can, Kai is on my right, holding Skylor and is squished to the point of barely breathing. Nya whimpers as Willow steadies Kit to her knees. Then the pinpricks jump off my collar bone and push me backwards. I fall on my butt next to Kit in any space available.

SRICK! FIZZ! The sword screams as Garmadon thrusts it forward. In front of me, a red shirt and black sweat pants takes the hit meant for me. The sword's black end pushes through the red blouse's back side.

Willow whimpers as I feel my world crash in on itself, "No."

Then the sword glows red menacingly in it's rifts.

"OUT OF MY WAY OLD MAN!" Jezzie shoves Garmadon to the floor and grips the sword with a cat like smile. "Thank you for your contribution, Katara." Jezzie pulls the sword out as Katara falls into my arms.

Garmadon holds his head as his green eyes return. "What have I done?"

"Commander, take him back to my quarters, I have some bonding to do." Jezzie cackles with evil delight as she walks to the tallest peak for the bonding ritual.

"Willow?" Katara shallowly breaths as her sister jumps over me on her left side. The strike went through her heart and her face shows the pain.

"I'm here. Hold still." Willow grits her teeth as I take Katara's hand and place it on my cheek. Her blood is thick, hot and wet. Kit wiggles around and holds Katara's other bloody hand.

"Hurry." Zane orders as white light came out of Willow's hands, her hair went white as she does so. The wound closes and Willow falls back on the cage wall.

"You're going to be ok." I smile with complete security that everything would be all right. Katara's face contorts with pain as blood starts flowing again.

"What the heck?" Seliel sobs as everyone falls to their knees where space is available. "That isn't possible."

"The sword hit a deeper target. One which can not be healed." Zane sighs heavily as my heart twists with emotion. Kit lets go of Katara's other hand from the shock of the event.

"At least I'm going out a hero." Katara smiles as she struggles to breathe. I feel her blood slip on my skin.

"No. I need you. Please don't leave me." I cry, no, I sob..I have so many tears on my face, I don't think there is a word for this pain.

Katara moves the hand which I hold and brushes my hair aside, "You really need a haircut, Turbine."

"I..can try. Again." Willow struggles to get up. She looks like she took a round with a shredder and her hair is still white meaning she's too weak to heal anymore. Lloyd ends up having to pull her up and hold her.

"Please don't. Willow," Katara looks at Willow and rubs her thighs, "Can you kick Jezzie's can for me in the final battle?"

"Yes." Willow wimpers and says something else but it is lost in her stony complection.

"No..no.no, Please don't leave me. I need you." I want to be angry at them for giving up so easily. "There has to be something we can do. A cure, a way to save you. Something."

Katara looks back at me and rubs my cheek, the same one she smacked earlier. "I'm sorry for how I acted today. I was scared of my feelings, scared of another Roberto happening." Katara breaths quietly as the blood pours over her collarbone. "Only now, I'm the one leaving you with that pain."

"No. I..i need you." I feel my breathing shorten as I leave tears on her lashes. Her eyes are so calm, she could be telling me about her day with those soft chocolate brown eyes.

"Please, take care of each other." Katara makes little circles on my cheek. She is also talking to Willow as she starts getting wet eyes.

There isn't any time to save her. Something in me gives into the harsh reality, "Katara Mae, I love you."

Katara smiles, the red and gold in her eyes are fading first, "Morro Wu, I love.." She breathes her last and her eyes turn glassy and lifeless. I move my free hand to close her eyes but she turns into ash. Even her blood on my clothes and face changes into a dusty form. Now there's is a large ash pile around me. I hear crying but it sounds far away, I feel hands try to comfort me but they feel like the wind, not there. Black lightning charges the sky but I don't care. Jezzie could come, pick me up, kill me or toss me back into the Cursed Realm and I wouldn't care.

"We have to leave and regroup." Sensei moves first and lifts up Misako up. "Kai, pick the lock with your metal arm. Skylor, I want you Nya, Kit and Seliel to led the way to the Bounty." Sensei gives out more commands as I'm numb. I'm frozen as Katara's ashes settle into my clothes.

Zane scoots closer, his right arm is now a vacuum and he sucks up the ash. "I promise that we will give her a proper funeral." Zane vacuumed up Katara's ashes as Kai finished his job.

Lloyd tugs at me. "We need to move. Come on Morro." He manages to pull me but I just fall back to my original position.

Cole picks me up and makes it so I am riding piggy-back style. "I got him."

Seliel charges out first. "Let's go." Her and Nya gather our weapons as Phouka either watch the black lighting or sees us and picks a fight.

I don't remember the fight, I am stuck in that one horrible moment. Stuck feeling numbness as everyone fights to make it to safety. Somehow we make it on the Bounty and take off.

"We won't make it," Nya growls at the helm as Phokua fly after us. I am up against the mast while everyone ran to their stages. I can barely make note of the stiff grainy wood against my back.

Katara likes the smell of wood...oh man, Katara.

"And our booster are depleted." Pixel punches a Phouka overboard.

Everything in me snaps and crashes like an avalanche as my numbness turns into unspeakable pain. "KATARA!" I yell as tears stream down my face. The wind answers my distress and forces the Bounty up and forward while leaves the Phouka in whirlwinds as I scream with every broken part of me. After five minutes of that, the Bounty lands in a large lake and I stop yelling and start crying again.

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