Ninja Within Shadows ► Ninjago [REWRITING]

* 16 - Downfall Faults

Written by: miamidnightt

Guiding themselves out of the room, the two nurses closed the door and left Mia to change into the hospital gown they had just given her moments ago before leaving. It had been half-an-hour since the redhead had left Lloyd and Nya back in the waiting room but to her, it felt like days had passed by.

Heaving a sigh, the teenage girl carefully stripped out of her clothes, donning on the hospital gown that she held in her small hands. The fabric felt weird against her skin but once she heard a knock at the door, she slipped into the bed without even thinking.

"Miss Vera, are you ready?" The nurse asked from the other side of the door, receiving a small hum from the teenage girl, allowing her to enter the room, "Alright, we're ready to start operations on you now, Vera."

Mia felt a chill run down her spine but forced herself to remain calm, "Uh, when you say operations... It's not gonna be anything bad, right? Sorry, I just never had this done before."

"Oh, it's nothing to be worried about," The nurse told her and sat down at the edge of the bed, realizing how nervous the redhead was about the whole thing, "We'll make sure to fix up your foot and any other injuries from your skateboard accident. But you won't be awake while we do operations on you."

Blinking, Mia only nodded and rested her head back down on the hospital bed. A few minutes later, the other nurse slipped into the room and when the first nurse plucked up a syringe filled with a liquid inside, she carefully pieced it through the red-haired girl's forearm.

Not even seconds later, Mia could feel the effects of the drug taking over her body and it wasn't long before her eyes began to close. Finally, she slipped into the inky blackness of her unconsciousness.

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When Mia finally was able to open her eyes, she became confused by the darkness that surrounded her. She hadn't remembered being here before. She thought she was back at the hospital the Ninja had brought her to.

Huffing, the redhead tried to take a step forward but squeaked, drawing her foot back at the feeling of only the empty air wrapping around it. Soon realizing that she was standing on a single support beam, her eyes trailed down to the dark, emptiness below and she gulped hard at the sight.

"What am I doing here?" She hummed, more addled than ever, "Where am I even?"

But, of course, she wasn't going to get an answer for her question. This only fueled her frustration over the whole thing and she desperately wanted to pace back-and-forth in her own thoughts. Although, she couldn't even do that but her feet sat down into a cat-like position.

Her head snapped to below her feet once she heard a crack. The beam in which she was standing on was beginning to break and she panicked, unsure of how to escape from falling to her death. But she then noticed her foot wasn't broken anymore, and all her other injuries from the shadows had somehow vanished too.

"Wait a minute," She asked herself, becoming more calm about her situation but still a bit anxious, "Am I dreaming right now?"

Biting the inside of her cheek until she could taste blood, which oddly tasted real for her being in a dream or nightmare, whatever this was. Taking a leap off the pillar she had been standing on moments ago, which crumbled away into the vacant void below, her hands grabbed at whatever they could find. But they found nothing and she was pulled down below her.

She screamed until she landed without feeling pain. Opening her eyes, she found herself hidden in the same room she was in when the shadows were trying to steal her powers. Remaining where she was, she could see two shadows talking, leaving her to try and listen to what they were saying.