Hidden Away || Ninjago AU

Chapter 9

"Nuh-uh, Lloyd," Morro said, "If your father won't pay for his crimes, then his son will be just enough to suffice."

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It was midnight and Lloyd was tied up and stashed in one of the lockers in the boys' locker room. The boy's locker room was only for the school gym and since Lloyd never really attended P.E, he was sure the dirty shoes and stinky socks in the locker weren't his.

Lloyd knew he could get out if he wanted but that would cause problems for him. For starters, it'd be easier to go home in the morning and deal with his mother than show up in the middle of the night. There's also the fact that they would just catch him again since he's locked inside the school. Hardly any passageway leads outside the school. Most of them are just connecting buildings, not actually providing an exit in-between.

But the locker was getting cramped and he wasn't planning on letting himself be humiliated smelling like old gym socks. He untied the ropes carefully, unlocked the locker door, and headed out of the locker room. He knew his bag was probably lying in the trash somewhere in the parking lot so he couldn't do anything about that. He went to his own locker in the hallway and brought out another bag filled with the necessary stuff. His ninja gi was safe because he never leaves it in his bag but instead hides it in temporary locations around the school.

He grabbed his spare bag which had spare books in it and spare clothes. He headed back to the locker room and went straight for the showers. During his time, Lloyd couldn't help but think about Zane. Zane wanted Lloyd to be accepted by a group of random teenagers from his grade but then figures out how he stays unseen and then snitches to the cult that hates Lloyd. It didn't make any sense in Lloyd's head.

Lloyd's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of fast-moving footsteps -like that of ninjas. He turned off the shower and pulled his face towel to dry himself. He put on some clothes and topped it with his green hoodie jacket. He heard more footsteps coming in his directions and stood still to hear his surroundings more closely.

"What do you want?" Lloyd asked when the lights went out. They came on a second later and he was surrounded by the ninjas. "Hoping to take another beating or what?"

"Like our original plan," The fire ninja said, "To kidnap you."

"Wait, why are we five?" The lightning ninja asked, "Where's greenie?"

"I called him over the comms," The earth ninja said, "But he said he's dealing with something school-related and wishes he could come to capture Lloyd with us."

Lloyd groaned a bit which caught their attention. He grabbed his bag and turned to them with a 'warning' look in his eyes.

"I'm going home," He told them, "You guys aren't going to bother me because you don't wanna die tonight."

"Is that supposed to scare us?" The water ninja retorted, "Come with us peacefully and we won't go hard on you."

"What happened the last time you guys said that?" Lloyd asked them. He slung his bag over his shoulder and turned away from them. The water ninja, out of frustration, charged at Lloyd with her weapons. Lloyd jumped up in an attempt to dodge and used the lightning ninja's head to bounce him higher. He went from lightning to earth and then to ice. He made it to fire and ran towards the exit.

Lloyd wasn't planning on going home before but since the ninjas were after him, he'd have to find a way out of the building and hide for his life.

"You're not getting out of here so easily, Lloyd," The water ninja raged as she ran after him. Lloyd had more experience running than the ninja so he was able to maintain a very good distance between them. Lloyd felt something ring in his hair and reached for it. He pulled out the comm which he always left clipped inside his hair and put it in his ear. He ran faster knowing he'd have to take the call since it was the ninjas who were calling him.