something tells me there's a bit more things hidden in those drawers
"A secret Alastor room? Are you kidding me, Vox??”
(I suggest you check out parts 1-40 if you haven't already)
Vinny sat there for 5 minutes more till finally getting up, the blade Rida gave him had a cover so he kept that on and slid it into his pocket. "I should avoid Garmadon..." The cameraman thought to himself as he exited the room and began walking around. Vinny wasn't really paying attention to his surroundings that he walked pass Lloyd. "Hey Vinny" The green ninja said out catching his attention.
The cameraman turned his attention to Lloyd and smiled friendly, he was tired but didn't want to show it much and the two cups of coffee helped. "You feeling okay? You looked really tired when I saw you before" Lloyd asked curiously, "Hah...yea just didn't get much sleep last night" Vinny responded before stretching. "Do you know...what's up with my dad? I saw him before and he looked...well sad? And I'm off to go train with him now" The green ninja said.
Vinny instantly tensed, hearing Garmadon mentioned hurt him, he felt terrible for what we yelled at him, but he had to keep him safe. "Umm...n-no...we talked before and he left" Vinny lied as he slid his hands into his pockets and began fidgeting with the blade sheath taking it off and putting it back on. "Not that I know of...you seem in a better mood than before it was probably your two cups of coffee" Lloyd chuckled out.
"Yea probably is was thinking about having another cup" Vinny replied, "Really? I drink coffee and so does the others but no one ever drinks that much, last time we drank two cups and we all stayed up for hours! Jay was so jittery and almost electrocuted us!" Lloyd laughed out in surprise. "Only two!? Geez I could drink four and still be dead as hell" Vinny responded surprisingly.
"You're probably used to it then" Lloyd responded after he finished laughing. "Yea...so tomorrow I have to go back to work...the guy taking my place was hurt so I have to go if I wanna keep my job" Vinny said awkwardly obviously lying but he was taking Ridas' advice about having some alone time. "Really? That's just sad...you'll come back right?" Lloyd responded his voice sounding a bit sadder. "Yea of course" Vinny said.
"Does my dad know?" Lloyd asked, "Umm...no? Can you tell him please?" Vinny asked desperately, the green ninja looked at him curiously, "I guess I can...but why can't you?" Lloyd asked, "No reason...thanks bye!" Vinny responded before quickly hurrying off leaving Lloyd really, really confused.
Vinny continued walking before deciding to go outside, when he went out he saw most of the ninja except Lloyd training there. "Hey Vinny!" Nya called out before dodging an attack from Jay and very 'gently' throwing him to the ground. "Hey" Vinny responded before grimacing at the way Nya threw Jay to the ground. Nya helped Jay up and kissed his forehead, "Sorry about that" She said to the lightning ninja.
"Haha...feeling better? You looked really...sleep deprived" Jay said out with an awkward chuckle, this question made Nya sigh out. "O-Oh yea I'm fine, just needed a cup of coffee" Vinny responded with a smile, Jay looked at him knowing very well how coffee affected himself on top of that Vinny still had black circles under his eyes, it wasn't even subtle you'd be able to spot it from a mile away.
Vinny slid his hands back in his pocket and fidgeted with the blade again, it was relaxing and distracted him. "Do you wanna watch us train!?" Kai called out from further away, Nya and Jay looked at Vinny wanting to know an answer, "Umm...sure, why not? I don't have anything better to do" The cameraman responded receiving a thumbs up from Kai. "Okay, since you're watching you should sit over there because some us send things in random directions" Nya said before clearly looking at Jay who looked away embarrassingly, "Sorry" The lightning ninja chuckled out. Vinny nodded and sat over to where Nya told him, the cameraman could tell that when they started sparring again they were being much more careful.
(I suggest you check out parts 1-34 if you haven't already)
(With Garmadon) The oni woke up an hour after he fell asleep and looked around, he quickly noticed Vinny wasn't in bed. He panicked a bit before looking at a clock and realising, "It's been and hour where is he...maybe he went to eat something...?" Garmadon thought before looking around again and noticing that the bathroom door was closed. "Is he still in there...?" The oni thought before getting up and going to knock on the door. He hesitated for a moment, "Maybe he wants to be alone..." he said. He eventually worked up enough guts and knocked on the door. "Vinny...? Are you in there...?" Garmadon asked.
Vinnys' eyes widened from inside the bathroom hearing that and he looked up at Enji who looked like he was thinking about what to do. "I'm going to make this room sound proof and you're going to lie to him" Enji hissed to Vinny, who just nodded as he heard the knocks again. Enji snapped his fingers and nodded at Vinny. "Y-Yea Garm I'm in here!" The cameraman called out as he clutched his hand and looked at his foot that was stabbed as well.
"Are you alright in there...? It's been an hour..." Garmadon called out from outside. Enji looked at Vinny annoyingly as if telling him to hurry up and answer, "Yea...I'm fine, just trying to look for something so I can have a shower!" Vinny called out as he held back a pained whimper. Enji looked at the cameraman and smirked before turning on the water to the shower, (Don't worry they're not showering together) "I'm guessing you found it...?" Garmadon called out, "Yep, just give me a while" Vinny responded as he held his hand tighter trying to keep it from bleeding more.
"Well...okay just worried about you...you haven't been yourself...." Garmadon said out as he pressed his hand against the bathroom door, his tone of voice was sad and filled with worry. "I-I know....I'm sorry just r-really tired..." Vinny replied as he rested his head on the other side of the bathroom door. "I'll...see you later...love you..." the oni said before walking back to the bad and dropping on it. "Love you too..." The cameraman replied quieter.
Enji let out a groan before snapping his fingers, "You're so sappy!" the sadistic finger said out annoyingly. Vinny looked away and whimpered in pain, "Well...you're gonna have a shower either way and I've had my fun so get yourself up and have a shower" Enji said before sitting on the sink. "I-I can't....you stabbed my foot..." Vinny responded his voice was tainted with pain. Enji groaned before grabbing Vinny and putting him on the toilet seat, "Y'know be glad I'm doing this for you" Enji said as he grabbed a towel and put it on the side for Vinny. "Y-you're only doing this b-because you don't want to be caught..." Vinny responded quietly as he looked away.
"You're right~! And you won't be telling anyone about me...you're going to be telling the old man that what happened was like a dream in a dream~ Understand~?" Enji asked as he lifted Vinnys' chin, "Y-yea..."The cameraman responded. "Good...now you made quite a mess" Enji sighed out staring at the blood on the ground, "Can't have anyone noticing that~ And...here's something for those stabs really can't have people seeing that" he added before snapping his fingers and the blood disappeared.
"I'll leave you to it now...I'm weird, but....I don't watch people shower...I have more morals than that!" Enji laughed out before holding up the middle finger and disappearing back into the mirror.
Vinny was left alone and looked around before trying to get up and failing miserably, he stripped off his clothes and limped into the shower before hissing in pain as the water hit his stab wounds. he carefully washed his body before leaning against the wall and beginning to sob quietly, he was so sick of this guy, he just hurts him then just leaves.
He scrubbed his body and hissed at the soap touched his foot and hand it stung badly, he eventually finished in the shower and dried himself off before sitting down and carefully applying bandages on himself, he did his hand first and then foot it was pretty straight forward but once he finished he left the bathroom, and looked at Garmadon thankful he was sleeping, he then put on blue sweatpants and a white shirt with a blue jumper.
He lied down on the bed once he finished at looked at the roof for what felt like years, he really didn't want to go to sleep as he thought he would have another one of those nightmares, but he eventually rolled onto his side, facing the other way to Garmadon and slowly falling asleep.
(I was in such an angsty mood and thought "What better way to be angst than to torment a character!" then I tormented Vinny because this story was too wholesome for me)
(I suggest you check out parts 1-74 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
As Vinny continued to throw up, hunched over the toilet bowl, his body ached. He couldn’t get rid of the snakes’ touch on his body, it just lingered there and he hated it. His mind spun as he gagged once more, he knew he’d vomited everything up, but he couldn’t stop himself. The taste. The touch. He couldn’t get rid of it…
Vinny sat on the ground for a few more minutes, making sure he didn’t have to vomit once more, but after he was sure he stood up, his legs trembled beneath him as he leaned against the wall for support. The cameraman weakly walked over to the sink before grabbing a toothbrush, he hoped this would get rid of the coppery taste.
As he brushed his teeth, having the taste of minty toothpaste was somewhat relieving as it overpowered the coppery taste in his mouth for a short time. Vinny let out a shaky whimper as he finished brushing his teeth, the taste was still there, but mixed with the mint it was more bearable. His body however felt disgusting, he wanted to scrub off that snakes’ touch, so that’s what he was gonna do.
The cameraman turned on the shower, before stripping his clothes and getting in there. His life was miserable, he was miserable and someone enjoyed him being miserable. He let out a content sigh as the warm water flowed down his aching body.
It was perfect…it was so comforting…Vinny began to scrub his scalp with shampoo, the vanilla scent comforting him, as he tried his best to ignore Rushifas’ touch lingering on him.
As he finished washing the shampoo out of his hair, he quickly put conditioner in, it really softened his hair. Once he finished with that he began scrubbing the parts of his body that the snakes’ touch lingered.
Vinny started with his thigh, harshly scrubbing it till it was red, as much as he wished he could scrub his cheek red, someone would easily notice it and pressure him with questions, so he stuck to less exposed parts to scrub red. He grimaced as the sight of his raw skin, his thoughts flickering to the flesh he was fed, he held back a gag and hunched over instead.
He sighed to himself as he continued to think of his friends…he hoped they weren’t upset at him for snapping. Vinny quickly finished up the shower, wrapping a towel around his waist before going out of the bathroom into the bedroom. The cameraman grabbed a his pajamas he wasn’t gonna do anything else today, he wanted to cry and sleep.
As he finished getting dressed he went back into the bathroom and grabbed the dagger out of his old clothes pocket, before dropping onto the bed. “What does everyone want from me?” He groaned to himself as he thought about Enji, Rida and that snake. He didn’t want to call say her name, he hated her more than Enji at the moment and kinda missed Enji.
It was twisted, Vinny knew that, but Enji wouldn’t force him to eat that, that snake seemed used to eating human flesh, Enji was still a human however a very fucking annoying human, but Vinny knew Enji wouldn’t make him do that. His mind flicked to Rida…he knew the least about him, he was dark and mysterious.
Rids and that snake weren’t friends, but they asked for favours and that snake said that Rida told her not to hurt Vinny. Did Rida know he was here? Did Enji? Everything was confusing and it caused Vinny to let out an annoyed groan as he stuffed his face in the pillow and kicked his legs.
What was he meant to do? He couldn’t protect himself. Couldn’t tell the majority of his friends what was happening. And was being haunted by two people and one snake he didn’t even know existed until recently. “Is all this worth it? Maybe I’m the problem…” Vinny spoke to himself out loud as he rolled onto his back and stare at the ceiling.
“What if it all gets worse? What if-“ Vinny was cut off by soft knocking at the door, was it Willow? Maybe Shancai? Nya? He didn’t want to answer, he wanted to be left alone. The cameraman just sat there, hoping the person there would leave, but the knocking persisted, causing Vinny to let out a defeated sigh before getting up and grudgingly walking to the door and opening it.
“Please, I really wan-“ The cameraman cut himself off as he saw the person there, Deity. She seemed worried, Vinny instantly shut up, he didn’t want to worry her.
Vinny quickly noticed her outfit change, a whitish blue floor long see through mesh shawl that trailed behind her, the ends like clouds? Not fur, quite literally clouds. She was also wearing a dark blue and silver dress, he also noticed she was wearing small rhinestone head chain.
It didn’t look bad at all, and it didn’t seem too uncomfortable, it seemed soft and warm. The dress also seemed like a substitute night gown, something formal yet informal at the same time.
“S-sorry for bothering you dear” Deity spoke up, her voice hinted with guilt and worry, “Willow told me you might want some alone time, but I heard what happened and had to at least check on you” she added, as she looked away anxiously, Vinnys’ expression softened as guilt creeped up his back.
“N-no it’s fine! I’m fine! Honestly…I’m just a bit snappy” The cameraman answered quickly, as he tried to reassure her.
“I was just so caught off guard when I was told what happened…Are you sure you’re alright dear?” Deity questioned once more.
“Y-yea…I wasn’t gonna go in the forest, but I assume Willow told you why I went?” Vinny asked, receiving a soft nod from her.
“Did anything happen?” Deity asked him, before letting irl a soft sigh as she noticed Vinnys’ expression saddened as he looked at the ground, “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to dear”
“I…sorry, I’m just…shaken from what happened” Vinny replied quietly, “B-but I really should talk about it to someone at least before it eats me up…” he added as he looked up at her, giving her a soft smile.
“Would you like to come with me dear? We can talk like last time” Deity offered, Vinny nodded. He did need to talk to someone about what happened. How would Deity react? Deity began walking expecting Vinny to follow which he did as he closed the bedroom door behind him.
The walk there was silent before Deity pushed open the door allowing Vinny in, before closing the door. They sat down on the ground like last time, it was still as comfortable, felt like a cloud. The cameraman sat next to her, it was easier to say stuff when he wasn’t directly in front of someone. “T-thank for this” Vinny spoke.
“No problem dear, you have a lot on your mind” Deity spoke before she took off her head chain and rested it on a circle like thing, “You can tell me whatever you’re comfortable with” she added as she looked at Vinny, her expression holding comfort and love.
“R-right…” the cameraman sighed before taking a deep breath, “When I went in that part of the forest I just heard some hissing…I thought it might be a Serpentine, but which one? I didn’t expect her to come out…” Vinny began explaining as Deity listened intently.
“She-she just appeared out of no where and wrapped me in her tail!” He added as the memory of the snake sprung back into his mind. Vinnys’ breath hitched as he continued to think about what happened.
“Take your time dear…I have no issue waiting” Deity spoke affectionately as she rested her hand on Vinnys’.
“She called me Ridas’ new plaything” Vinny sighed out, Deitys’ eyes widened, but Vinny didn’t notice, “Her and Rids are just on occasional favours basis, right?” He asked.
“Yea…” Deity replied, “They have a hate for the kingdom, which is why they both work somewhat together” she added as she let out a sigh.
“She wanted to know why Rida had his eyes set on me…I told her I didn’t know!” Vinny continued as he hugged his body, the snakes’ touch lingered the more he thought of it, “S-she came behind me and put her head on my shoulder then wrapped her hand around my neck…” Vinny confessed shakily as he voice quietened.
“O-oh dear…” Deity whispered in shock as she looked at Vinny worriedly.
“S-she put her h-hand on my thigh…” he whimpered out, “She asked m-me what Garmadon would think about him seeing me like this, did I mention that Garmadon wanted a break from our relationship?” Vinny asked as began to grow hysterical, Deity shook her head before pulling Vinny into a hug pressing the side of his head against her chest.
“You don’t have to keep going if you don’t want to dear…” Deity spoke softly as she kept Vinnys’ head there in order to comfort him.
“N-no it’s fine…I need to tell this to someone…” The cameraman shakily spoke, as he tried to hold back the tears that welled in his eyes.
“Very well…” Deity sighed.
“S-she grabbed m-meat off a human corpse and told me to e-eat it…” Vinny confessed as his voice broke, as he held onto Deity tightly.
“You didn’t-“ Deity began before cutting herself off as she saw Vinnys’ face, tears beginning to stream down his face. “Oh you poor angel…” she whispered softly as she stroked her hand through his hair.
“I-i hated it…I hate her…it was d-disgusting and I can’t g-get rid of the taste, i-it just lingers” he began to cry softly as he allowed himself to be comforted by Deity.
“As you should hate her…” Deity spoke softly as she took off her long shawl and wrapped it around Vinnys’ body.
“W-when I ate it…she just dropped m-me to the ground and when Willow and t-the others came she k-kissed my cheek and just left to c-catch them off guard…” Vinny confessed once more as he trembled in her arms.
“And you haven’t told them…?” Deity questioned hesitantly.
“H-how can I? T-they’d probably think I’m fucking p-pathetic that I can’t protect myself” he cried in response.
“Your friends love you Vinny…they’d understand…but I also understand why you don’t tell them and I would so the same…” she whispered comfortingly as she continued to baby him.
“I’m so fucking done with this…” he sobbed weakly, “I want it all to stop, I wanna fucking die…” he whimpered our weakly.
“I know dear, I know…and I don’t blame you, but think about who you’ll leave behind” Deity says to him in an attempt to affirm him, as he just laid there in her arms.
“I-I can’t do this anymore…” he whimpered quietly, Deity drew comforting circles on his back and continued to stroke his hair.
“I know…just let it out…” She spoke softly, Vinny continued to cry. He couldn’t control himself, Deity was so motherly and comforting. Before Vinny knew it he was knocked out, fast asleep, due to how exhausted he was. Deity let out a soft sigh and leaned back onto a pillar behind her, allowing Vinny to rest.
“Poor angel…” she whispered to herself as she looked at Vinny, his eyes were puffy, he’s had a hard day.
(I WROTE A LOT!!! and we obviously have our Mother Deity)
(i suggest you check out part 1-4 if you haven't already has a lot of information and sidenotes)
Red Son let out a sigh when Mk left and began looking around the apartment for things to do. He was curious and went into MKs' room it thankfully wasn't as messy as the rest of the place, he looked around the room because fuck privacy. Red Son stared at a photo frame it had all of MKs' friends in it, "Stupid noodle boy..." He mumbled to himself before deciding to go through MKs' clothing as far as he knew his clothes were probably dry but there was just something about MKs' clothes sure he wore it for one night but it was so comfy and warm and sure he can control fire but it was a different type of warm it made him....happy......
Red Son found a jumper it looked way bigger than MKs' other clothes totally as if the normal clothes weren't big on him but when he put it on it covered his knees, "Why does he even have clothes this big...?" the fire demon mumbled before hugging himself and purring you see he was a lot like a cat and it was a coincidence since they were also his favourite animal. There was something about cats their cute faces and soft fur that made them so lovable.
Letting out a sigh Red Son continued to search through the room and found a sketchbook, opening it there was beautiful scenery drawn the fire demon could draw but that's just because he was always sketching out templates for his inventions. He let out a sigh and put the book down before leaving the room with a fluffy blanket. Red Son sat on the couch and began making it comfortable, but while he was doing this someone unexpected appeared.
"RED SON! I"VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU" a voice called out before Macaque emerged from the shadow hearing the sudden shout caught Red Son off guard causing him to yelp, "Are you alright? You went to go work on something then just disappeared from thin air" Macaque added worriedly before grabbing Red Son by his shoulders and shaking him. "Whoa okay, geez calm down I'm fine" the fire demon chuckled out taking the shadow monkeys' hands off his shoulders. " Good, Now tell me why the fuck you're in your so called enemies apartment" Macaque hissed. Red Son let out a sigh, "Last night I went for a walk out and then it started raining, which I had no idea impacted my fire then I bumped into the noodle boy and he wouldn't let me go out in the rain" Red Son quickly explained, "Is that why you're wearing his clothes, because to me these things are dry~" Macaque teased while pointing towards his friends' clothing, Red Son lit up with blush, " Haha very funny maybe I'll listen to your opinion when you and Wukong stop fighting like a married couple" the fire demon said trying to defend his dignity. "H-Hey!" Macaque stuttered out.
"Did you lie to my parents for me...?" Red Son asked quickly changing the mood, "Hmm? Yea...told them I sent you somewhere so we could train" Macaque said relieving his friend of his worries. "Listen I can't leave now, noodle boy will freak if he finds out I'm not here when he comes back" Red Son said looking away from Macaque, "Alright kid, but you better be out by the end of the week" the shadow monkey responded, "Also you seem quite comfy in those clothes of his~" he added, causing Red Sons' face to light up again. "I have dignity and high standards I would never fall for a simple mortal!" Red Son said out embarrassingly, "but, his clothes are quite comfy..." he added whispering the last part but he clearly forgotten that he walking whispering around the Sixed-Eared Macaque so he was obviously heard and Macaque laughed out, "Anyways, I'll be seeing you later, go back to whatever you were doing" The shadow monkey said before retreating into the shadows.
Red Son let out a small giggle when Macaque left, "I don't like the noodle boy, I could never!" Red Son spoke aloud trying to convince himself. Red Son grabbed the TV remote before putting on a show and watching it while he was sitting there comfortably wrapped in blankets.
(With Mk)
"Hopefully, he hasn't done anything..." Mk thought to himself as he drove around, "He seems so innocent when he's embarrassed, he gets so easily flustered....his hair it's so soft and smells so good...-" Mk was cut out of his thoughts by a loud honking sound which caused him to jump it was a green light and he was just there daydreaming about Red Son. He instantly drove before he was honked at again, but after awhile it was his break time and he was tired. Mk sat in the truck eating some noodles until, he was absorbed in his thoughts again, "His voice, face, body and....personality......so perfect.." Mk said the last part aloud, "OOOoo, whatcha thinking about there bud, who's perfect?!" Wukong said as he appeared out of thin air. "HOLY SHIT MONKEY KING! Don't sneak up on me like that..!" Mk said as he almost had a heart attack, "Haha sorry bud, but I seriously wanna know who you're thinking about" Wukong laughed out before sitting next to Mk. "I-I don't know what you're talking about" Mk said out stubbornly looking away from Wukong, Mk was still in denial that he liked Red Son.
"Does Mei know about your little crush?" Wukong teased, there was an awkward silence between the two, "No..." Mk quietly replied, "Aww c'mon bud I won't judge you and plus I need to make sure she's good enough for you" Wukong said, " Who said it was a she?" Mk replied trying to get on Wukongs' even more, that sentence caught the great sage off guard he knew Mk had been a few relationships before and that he was bisexual but Mk always told him that it was sorta hard to find guys his type. "C'mon you can't tell me that and not tell me who it is" Wukong whined before shaking Mk, "Yes, I can...and would you look at that my break is over see ya" Mk said before staring the truck, Wukong let out a sigh of defeat before teleporting away.
Mk focused on the road, "I can't like him...what are the others gonna say..." Mk thought before digging his nails into the steering wheel.
(I suggest you check out parts 1-55 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised: Criolla_Star)
As Vinny went up the elevator and paced to his room, he was grabbed by his jacket, he let out a small yelp before he looked up at who grabbed him, Garmadon…Just what he needed…
“Why were you out so long?” The oni asked as he squeezed Vinnys’ cheeks.
“Told you…work…” The cameraman replied as he grabbed the wrist of Garmadons’ hand that was squeezing his cheeks.
“You don’t work for that long…I’ve lived with you long enough” Garmadon answered as his pupils sharpened. He didn’t want Vinny to lie about something so insignificant.
“I stayed at the apartment for a while, happy?” The cameraman replied, he wasn’t lying, just telling half the truth.
“Alone?” The oni asked, Vinny nodded and rubbed his cheeks as Garmadon released them. “Your hand…” he added, as his eyes widened noticing the bandages and visible stitches through it on Vinnys’ hand.
“Told you this before…accidentally cut myself…” The cameraman mumbled, as he stuffed his hand in his pocket, flinching slightly as he his hand on the sheath of the dagger.
“Who stitched it?” Garmadon asked.
“Zane and Pixal this morning…” the cameraman replied, he wanted to be truthful with Garmadon, say things that would make him think he wasn’t blocking everyone out.
“You going to sleep?” The oni asked, receiving a nod from the other, “What are you doing tomorrow?” He questioned once more.
“Nothing much” Vinny replied, as he held onto his bag strap tightly.
“Have you eaten?” Garmadon asked, he was worried…he didn’t want to ask too pushy questions, he just wanted to know if Vinny was taking care of himself.
“Yea…one of the reasons I came late too” The cameraman responded, he was keeping secrets, just not those secrets…he didn’t want Garmadon worried out of his mind.
“Alright…best you rest now…” the oni replied, “Goodnight…” he added, worry evident in his voice.
“Night…” Vinny replied quietly as he walked away quickly to his room, shutting the door behind him, Garmadon watched as he did this…guilt haunting him for not taking care of Vinny.
The cameraman let his bag drop to the ground as he laid on the bed, stuffing his face into the blanket as he let out a muffled groan.
Fuck….this was terrible…if Enji wanted anything to do with the ninja then Vinny would be fucked…he’d have to explain all of this when he didn’t even understand it himself.
He sat up and took off his hat placing it on the bedside table as he grabbed his bag off the ground and rummaged through it…picking up the mirror shard Rida accidentally left behind.
Memories from the day flashed back…Rida talking about how Enji was getting something that was rightfully his…the chest…then what about the key…?
The chest looked reinforced…you certainly needed the key to open it…maybe Enji didn’t know about it…
“What is so significant about that chest…?” Vinny spoke to himself out loud as he brushed a hand through his hair and put the mirror shard next to his hat.
He stood up, his muscles were sore…and his chest was aching slightly… “Probably from Enji…” he thought as he remembered the event of Enji stepping on his chest.
“What did I ever do to deserve this…?” He sighed before going to the bathroom and closing the door behind him.
His breathe hitched as he stared at his reflection in the mirror…he looked miserable….hair poking in random directions, bags under his eyes, and he looked like he was about to collapse any moment.
It was a miracle no one has pointed it out before…especially Kai, Cole and Jay.
The more he stared in his mirror the more it reminded him of Enji..l how he could appear at any moment…kill him at any moment…he was waiting on Rida’s word….
“Fucking hell….” He grumbled to himself before he took off his jacket and covered the mirror using it, as much as he needed to shave a little, he couldn’t stand mirrors at the moment.
He stripped the rest of his clothes and went in the shower turning it on. He jumped slightly from the cold and turned the hot water higher, jumping once more when it became too hot…eventually he got it the right temperature.
Fuck…this felt like the best shower in his life…it was nice without seeing Enji for a day…listening to his insufferable voice…
Steam clouded up the small visible parts of the mirror as well as the shower screen, he washed his hair and rested his head against the shower screen, and he brushed his teeth.
He felt like the moment he hit the bed he would’ve passed out, which is why he showered pretty quickly, wanting to sleep as soon as possible and not risking falling on the shower.
He put on some clean clothes and used the same jacket to cover the mirror in the bedroom.
“Why’s there so many mirrors…?” He sighed to himself before dropping himself on the bed.
It felt like heaven…comfier than when he first came in the bedroom…his thoughts quickly disappeared as his eyes fluttered shut and his breathing slowed.
In just a few moments, he was under the blankets, sleeping like a baby, he didn’t toss and turn like the previous nights…
As the hours went by Vinny stirred awake to soft clattering and mumbling, he sat up and rubbed his eyes, grabbing his phone from the bedside table and checked the time, “2:18…” he thought to himself tiredly as he squinted trying to make sense of the room and what woke him
There was strangely no one…but Vinny couldn’t careless about him being awake…those few hours of sleeping were blissful…his find was calmer and he felt refreshed…
The cameraman continued to search around the room, his eyes darting to everything in the room…his eyes widened in fear as his breathe hitched…
The jacket on the mirror was gone and was instead on the bed…”That’s not good…” he thought to himself…sure it could’ve fell, but how did it get on the bed…?
(I’ve been having random bursts of motivation lately)
(I suggest you check out parts 1-79 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
Shancai and Vinny both stared up at the ledge, their expressions souring as they heard and saw Enjis’ voice. “Looks like my two favourite people have met!” Enji laughed out as he sat down on the ledge swinging his legs.
“Are you here to fight or talk?” The prince hissed as he held onto his spear, standing in front of the cameraman’s protectively.
“We both know I would love to talk to you, sunshine…but you are sooooo mean to me dear” The black haired menace spoke with fake offence as he stood back up, his hand gripping onto his enchanted mirror shard. Vinny had no idea what was going on, Enji was acting a little different.
“Whatever you do stay close” The prince muttered to Vinny, receiving a nod, what else was he meant to do? He couldn’t protect himself and definitely couldn’t outrun Enji, but the cameraman was torn out of his thoughts as Enji used the enchanted mirror to teleport behind him and rests hand on his shoulder.
“How you doing buddy?” The black haired menace spoke with fake care as he smiled at the cameraman devilishly, Vinny let out a small yelp as he jumped slightly trying to pull from Enjis’ touch. Thankfully, Shancai knocked Enjis’ hand away with his spear. “Oh you wound me Shanni!” He spoke as he clutched his chest.
“Enough with your dramatics” The prince spoke as he rolled his eyes, Enji just smiled at him before teleporting away, but still in sight.
“Alright alright!” Enji laughed out demonically as he pulled out a bunch of small daggers, “We can have a conversation another time, right now…I wanna see how far you’re willing to go to protect my new friend” he added with a smile.
“Asshole…” Vinny grumbled, Enji referring to him as a, friend, made him sick. He knew he was being messed with, but he still hated Enji. Though seeing Enji was better than seeing Rushifa.
“I heard of Rushifa’s little act” The black haired menace spoke, causing Vinnys’ throat to go dry as his heart dropped. Enji threw a bunch of daggers, but the prince pulled Vinny under a market stall and pulled down the cover, which managed to block the daggers.
“Ignore him” Shancai spoke, “He’s messing with your emotions” he added, as he kept the market cover down, shielding them from Enjis’ sight and attacks.
“It’s a bit hard when I’m freezing and he knows exactly what upsets me” The cameraman answered, his voice slightly frustrated, he wasn’ frustrated at Shancai, but at Enji, he was so sick of him.
“You’re cold?” The prince asked, Vinny nodded, but was a bit surprised as to why Shancai focused on that.
“It’s no fun when you hide!” Enji called out as the sound of metal clanking was heard. The prince ignored him and grabbed a random cloth and wrapped it around Vinny like a cloak, he also grabbed this clasp that kept the makeshift cloak together, it seemed like it had a phoenix on it.
“Better?” Shancai asked, receiving another nod from the cameraman.
“Shanni!” Enji called out, “Seriously! You usually fight me! But now you’re not to protect him!? I’m kinda jealous~!” He added, with fake innocence as he scrapped a dagger against the metal polls.
“You see there?” Shancai spoke to Vinny as he pointed to a different side, the cameraman nodded, “I need you to run, while I keep him busy” the prince added.
“Are you crazy?” Vinny asked, “I’m not leaving you” he added worriedly, receiving a confused look from the prince.
“I can defend myself” Shancai spoke, before rolling his eyes as Enji made another dramatic comment.
“I-I know, but are you sure? What if he hurts you?” Vinny asked worriedly.
“I’ll be fine…if I get hit it’ll be nothing short of a bruise” The prince answered before peeking out from the market cover, throwing a spear towards Enji, while another one rejuvenated in his hand which his hit the ground three times, before the old spear exploded.
“Fine…” the cameraman sighed before at where he needed to run, Shancai gave him a reaffirming nod which Vinny let out a shaky breathe before bolting out of the cover, he just kept running and running, he could hear Enji cackling as he threw daggers.
The prince however lunged towards Enji, taking his attention off Vinny, “Hey sexy~” Enji spoke, his voice slightly shaky as he was pinned down by Shancai. As much as the cameraman wanted it be weirded out by how Enji was being, he couldn’t, he just had to keep running.
Shancai let out a shaky gasp as ‘Enji’ disappeared from in front of him, either a clone or he used the mirror. The prince immediately got up and ran towards Vinny. “Watch out!” Shancai shouted as Enji threw a dagger towards the cameraman.
Vinny flinched away, the dagger thankfully missing anything important, but he let out a pained cry as the dagger sliced his upper arm. Blood dripped down as he stared at the cut. “Don’t stop! Keep running I’m enjoying this game!” Enji laughed out as he played with a new dagger.
Vinny growled in annoyance, ignoring the very obvious blood that began staining his clothes. He began moving away only to have Enji jump up and get ready to kick him. Vinny noticed too late.
The cameramans’ eyes widened as he saw Enji, he shut his eyes expecting to get hit, but the impact never came, he hesitantly opened his eyes as he heard a soft groan. Shancai was in front of his, staring daggers into Enjis’ head. Vinny couldn’t help, but notice how surprised Enji looked, he didn’t seem to expect to hit Shancai.
“Shit! You okay!?” The cameraman asked worriedly once he recovered from the shock, as he went over to the princes’ side.
“Way to take the fun out of it princey…” Enji grumbled before he grabbed a pastry from one of the now abandoned stalls, before disappearing.
“Go fuck yourself asshole!” Vinny hissed out, just incase Enji was still there listening, he turned his attention back to Shancai. “That’s gotta hurt…”
“I’m fine” The prince spoke as he stood up straight, holding onto his spear tightly.
“Don’t give me that fucking bullshit” The cameraman hissed, in a more harsh tone that even surprised himself, Shancai seemed surprised being spoke to that way. “S-sorry…fuck you shouldn’t get hurt to protect me…” he sighed out shakily.
“We’re both hurt” Shancai spoke, as he stared at Vinnys’ bleeding arm.
“Right…” the cameraman sighed out as he rubbed his temples, the prince grabbed a small cloth and wrapped it around Vinnys’ wound to somewhat stop the bleeding. It hurt when Shancai tightened the cloth, the cameraman took a sharp breathe and winced slightly.
“We should go back to the palace…I can help bandage that” The prince spoke, receiving a defeated nod from Vinny as they began making their way to the palace.
(I suggest you check out parts 1-60if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)
Vinny turned his attention to the door as Pixal walked out, Zane quickly noticed her, “Is something wrong?” The ice ninja asked, as everyone came around,
“Sadly yes…the key from yesterday is missing, I’ve checked the cameras and the man you all met as well as a masked accomplice were on it” The female nindroid spoke, Vinnys’ eyes widened hearing that, they were bound to find our eventually, but it still scared him.
He did feel some relief when Pixal said to was a masked accomplice, that meant Enjis’ illusion worked. “How’d they get in? The scanner only has a few people registered” Nya spoke as worry creeped on her face.
“I am unsure…perhaps a mask or some sort” Pixal replied.
“Well this is great…we have to deal with that guy and someone else” Kai groaned before receiving a comforting pat on the back from Cole. The cameraman felt terrible, but he constantly reminded himself this was to protect them.
“Did the cameras show anything else?” Wu questioned, the others looked at Pixal, curiously.
“Yes, the man seemed to have vanished after he used a mirror of some sort” She spoke, causing everyone except Vinny to turn their heads in confusion.
“A mirror? Most likely enchanted then” Garmadon spoke, hearing this made Vinny take a sharp breathe. He knew the others were smart, but he didn’t want them to guess it so accurately.
“That would make sense” Pixal replied.
“What time was it when it happened?” Vinny questioned, he needed to ask questions, would be less suspicious that way.
“Around 2:30” The female nindroid replied.
“I got up for water around that time…didn’t see anyone” Lloyd spoke, catching the attention of the others.
“Perhaps they hid” Zane spoke, receiving nods from the others.
“This sucks…” Jay groaned in annoyance.
“Agreed…as much as I enjoy battles, this is too much, that chest and key seem pretty dangerous” Cole added.
“Pixal, is there any chance you could track the energy signal of the chest again?” Wu asked.
“I have already started that, though the odds of finding it again are low” The female nindroid reply.
“I say we train…nest time we see that guy we can defend ourselves better” Kai spoke as he formed a fireball in his hand. Wu nodded and pointed the ninja to the training course, they all went back to training except Lloyd, he sat next to Vinny.
The cameraman let out a shaky breathe he didn’t even know he was holding, when he saw the others leave. Though anxiety returned when Lloyd sat next to him.
“This is a bit crazy, eh?” Lloyd spoke as he leaned back, Vinny just nodded. “Man…this guy’s annoying me…” he added.
“Agreed…causing problems for everyone…” The cameraman replied.
“I’ll go train a little then come back, alright?” Lloyd asked, receiving a nod from Vinny.
The cameraman was left alone again, he reluctantly took the wrapped mirror shard out of his pocket and observed it again. He made sure Wu and Garmadon weren’t looking, they seemed more focused on criticising the ninjas fighting ability and seeing what they could work on.
He continued to stare at the shard, turning it to stare at its sides, it was definitely broken off something due to its sharp and jagged edges. Though it did have a nice colour tone to it, a extremely light orange and red with a sort of metallic finish.
He took a shaky breathe as it began to warp again, the orange and red becoming darker as it spun around instead turning to a blue and purplish colour. He was curious as to what would happen, when it happened last time he dropped it on the ground and it went back to normal.
The warping continued before it zapped Vinny slightly causing him to drop it in the ground…but when he did…it didn’t stop like last time, it kept going causing Vinny to throw the cloth on it to try and hide it.
To the cameramans’ surprise…the ground beneath everyone turned the same purple and blue colour…“What the fuck!?” Kai shouted as he stared at the ground, everyone was confused and slightly terrified, Vinny was freaking out. If the others found out this was his fault he was fucked.
Without warning…they fell through…they all shouted as they fell from the sky…Garmadon, Wu, Zane and Pixal weren’t there…but they did fall through…that was the least of his worries as they free fell from the sky, Nya managed to hold onto a tree branch before she plummeted towards the ground.
She caught Jay’s hand and held him up, while Cole formed a rock ledge beneath him and Kai…Lloyd on the other hand got it easy and just landed in a bunch of vines.
Vinny however was not so lucky…he wasn’t close to the others so he just fell…and fell and fell…hitting against tree branches as he groaned and winced in pain, before he got stuck in some vines.
“Holy fuck! Vinny are you alright!?” Cole called out from above as he stared down from the rock ledge at where Vinny fell. The others were just as worried as Nya pulled Jay onto the tree and they slowly climbed down all together.
“Yea…” was all Vinny spoke as he just laid in the vines…his left arm hurt…Kai immediately ran over to Vinny as they made it to the ground. He and Lloyd began tearing the vines that trapped him away.
“What the hell happened!?” A very confused and pissed off Jay spoke as he clutched his shoulder which was just hit very hard.
“You okay?” Cole asked the cameraman, he just nodded as he winced and clutched his arm.
Nya gently grabbed Vinnys’ arm and lifted up the jacket sleeve. All their clothes had cuts in them. “If you broke your arm, then so help me” The water ninja sighed, as she squeezed Vinnys’ arm causing him to wince.
“Take off your jacket…we don’t know if it’s broken, but we can make a temporary sling to somewhat help it” Lloyd spoke, Vinny nodded and took off his jacket. Lloyd carefully wrapped it around the cameramans’ neck and kept his arm in there.
“Now we have that done…” Nya spoke, “Where the fuck are we?” She questioned as she and the others looked around, trees and mountains stood tall around them as birds flew by.
Vinny couldn’t careless where they were…he wanted to know if Garmadon was safe…
I'm uploading my stories on wattpad too BUT you guys will be getting the parts first because I enjoy writing here and I can't betray you like that, just a quite heads up also my wattpad is also Criolla_Star
I’m curious if I should continue my small story of Vinny x garmadon it was meant to be like a small story so should I?if u read my most recent part it asks the same question I’m just curious if you guys like it, I did change the name it suits it more I’ll continue though I’ll probably continue either way I’m sorta invested already
I'm female with interests in multiple thing such a Sonic,Helluva Boss, Ninjago,Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Batman, Epic the MusicalIm a little bit of an artist though I'm not that good and have messy sketchesI love frogs and cats.I'm Lebanese/Australian
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