Immortal hope and a devastating truth-Part2-sadness
Misako finds Garmadon and then she loses him for the last time.
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A few months had passed. Garmadon was in prison. Instead of being good and living with her and Lloyd, he was behind bars.
Misako contemplated visiting him; she seriously considered it. She even suggested it to Wu, who advised her against it. She knew why;she would probably just end up disappointed.
He was no longer the same Garmadon.
Then trouble began anew. Faith had flown in, injured, flying Firstbloom, bearing bad news.
Lloyd had freed Garmadon from prison. It seemed he was helping the ninjas. Misako allowed herself to naively hope once more.
After finally catching a few short hours of sleep and rest from caring for Faith, Misako woke up in a strange yet beautiful place.
It was a sunlit meadow, unreal in its freshness and beauty. It was full of flowers and fragrances, a breath of fresh air...
Then she heard singing. It really was him!
"Garmadon!" Misako turned around in excitement and saw him walking. He looked just as he did before he was exiled.
Well, before he became an Anacondrai. He was barefoot, strolling lightly, admiring the flowers.
"Misako!" He turned to her happily, looking at her with that gleam in his eyes—a gleam he reserved only for her and Lloyd.
"Garmadon!" Misako gasped in disbelief, tears welling in her eyes as she rushed into his embrace.
"I thought I would never see you again." Misako said as she held him tightly.
"I was afraid of the same, my love." Garmadon kissed her forehead and wiped away a tear that rolled down her cheek.
"Let’s sit." Garmadon said, sitting on the ground, and Misako followed suit.
"I have missed you so much, dear." Misako spoke, gently caressing his face with her hands. It felt a bit strange.
She wanted to ask him how this was possible, but she didn’t want to do anything that would jeopardize this moment.
"And I have missed you, my love, with every breath." Garmadon said, leaning in to kiss her. Misako kissed him back.
"Promise me you will stay here." Misako said, holding his face as she kissed him, as he kissed her.
"I..." Garmadon said hesitantly, involuntarily pulling away from her. "I’m sorry..." he said, suddenly standing up.
"Garm?" Misako stood up confused after him. "What..."
"I’m sorry." Garmadon looked at her with tears in his eyes. He gently caressed her face.
"I love you... but I am no longer that man." Saying this, he turned and began to walk away from her.
"No!" Misako cried softly. "I can’t lose you again!" But as she went after him, he began to run.
He was running faster and faster. She tried to follow him, but he vanished into the mist that suddenly formed in the clear sky.
"No..." Misako cried as she fell hard onto the cold ground. The impact was so strong that her vision went black.
"What!" Misako gasped as she jolted awake, finding herself in a chair in the monastery. She touched her face, which was wet.
"I..." Misako choked as she burst into tears. She didn’t know what had just happened. Many times she had dreamt of Garmadon, especially after he had reappeared.
Many times she had cried for him, but... this felt different than before. It almost felt real. As if she could still feel his warmth on her face and his...
"Hey!" Suddenly she heard Lloyd and dashed into the courtyard. Something was happening.
Soon enough, what she thought was impossible happened. He appeared at the doors of the monastery.
"Garmadon?" Misako gasped in surprise. Perhaps...
"Misako." Garmadon looked at her as if reading her thoughts. "The old me would say something sweet and heartfelt. But I am no longer that man."
Those words pierced her heart like daggers, for the second time in five minutes. She couldn’t think of anything else until the end of the battle.
She didn’t want to. She didn’t want to think about how he helped the ninjas. She didn’t want to think about how she hoped again while he left her... their son while he was dying.
Later she talked to Lloyd about it.
"I don’t think there’s a chance." Lloyd said sadly. "He has to find himself... not with us."
Misako sighed heavily at those words and hugged him. Her poor boy... Her heart ached to break.
The only thing keeping it together was her child and the memory of how she and Garmadon embraced in that meadow, sharing kisses, beautiful and heartfelt words for the last time.
