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Chapter 1: Mask of Deception
In New Ninjago City a wonderful festival was going on. There was a parade with costumes, a parade, paper lanterns, food, and fireworks. Everyone was having a great time, but because of that they didn't notice a heist was about to happen.
Six people wearing gray outfits and different colored masks were going to break into Cyrus Borg's Tower. Using zip lines, acrobatics, and climbing skills, they manage to break in. They snuck around the place until they finally found what they were looking for.
Behind a portrait of Cyrus Borg, was a red mask surrounded by laser beams. Using swords to reflect the beams they recovered the mask, but not without setting off the alarm. The tower began to go into lock down, but the six members managed to slide out.
But just as they were about to leave they, saw a green blur run past them. Confused, the six looked around to see what that thing was, then they heard a voice. "Nice outfits. You could almost pass for ninjas, key word being almost."
It was Lloyd Garmadon, a.k.a. the Green Ninja. The one with the mask urged the others to attack him, while he and another got away. Using his ninja moves and Spinjutzu, he took down the other four, and then followed the two on the zip line.
When the one with the red mask, was on another building, he cut the line leaving one of his members to the hands of Lloyd. Lloyd caught the guy, and left him in an alley for the police to take care of.
Now he just had one more thief to finish off. The thief got onto the road, and got on his motorcycle, and drove off. "Pixal, I need my car here, now." said Lloyd into his headset which was inside his hood.
"Where are you located, Lloyd?" asked Pixal. "You know how to find me." He let go of the cut zip line, and free fell, while his green car drove up just in time to catch him. "Thanks, Pixal. I could kiss you."
"Thank you, but you know how I feel about Zane." said Pixal. The chase began, the mysterious motorcyclist drifted through traffic, but Lloyd was right on his tail. "Who are we up against?" Lloyd asked.
"This person isn't in our database." Pixal answered. "Well whoever this is they have skills. Look like we're going to need some backup." "All of the other Ninja are unavailable. They're currently on other missions all over Ninjago."
"Then I guess I'm flying solo this time." Lloyd said to himself, as he sped up. They chased each other through traffic and over bridges, and when they got side by side, Lloyd sped up, turned around, and was about to ram into the motorcycle.
But before the two vehicles could collide, the mysterious rider jumped off the motorcycle, and off the bridge. He pulled a cord, which opened a parachute with Lord Garmadon's face on it. Lloyd watched in shock, as the thief landed on a gondola, and disappeared.
"Lloyd, are you there? Can you hear me?" asked Pixal. "Yeah, I can hear you Pixal. It's time to get everyone back together, cause I just saw something big." said Lloyd.
Meanwhile the rest of the Ninja were taking care of things that needed fixing around Ninjago. Out in the farmland where the rice grew, some Samurai were treating some of the farmers like slaves using whips and demands.
"Hey you, farmer, get me some water." Said one of the Samurai to someone carrying water buckets. But the worker didn't do as they were told, they just looked up to reveal it was Nya. "It's Nya, Master of Water." said one of the Samurai.
"Get her!" shouted the head Samurai. The others tried to attack her but she hit them with her water buckets, and used her water power. "Did you say you guys wanted a drink?" she asked, and she blasted them with a big spray of water.
The farmers cheered for her.
High in the mountains, a temple full of monks were meditating. Through the doors burst Jay and Cole. They'd been looking for Master Wu, who had disappeared through a time stream a year ago.
"What makes you think he's here?" asked Jay. "I told you, if Master Wu did come back and experienced memory loss, this is the type of place he'd come to." Cole answered, and they went up to a monk.
"Uh pardon, we're looking for an old man with a long white beard who likes to drink tea. He came here about two weeks ago with no memory." Said Cole. But the monk didn't answer. "See I told you this wasn't a good idea. They're ignoring us." Said Jay.
"They're not ignoring us, everyone here took a vow of silence." Cole explained. "Oh." Said Jay understanding him. Then he went up to another and asked very loudly, "Can you point us to him?".
Annoyed the monk pointed him to a man across the room. The two slowly walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. When the man turned around, the two were sad to see that it wasn't Master Wu.
On their way out they began arguing about whether or not they should keep looking or give up. The bickering annoyed the monks so much one of them spoke. "Would you both just shut it?! (gasp)." He said.
"He broke his vow." Said another, then he gasped. "While we're breaking vows, I hate it when you forget to do the dishes." The monks began arguing and then turned their anger to Cole and Jay for making them break their vows.
With that the two ran out of the temple, and into the snow, as fast as they could.
And elsewhere Kai and Zane were battling the Mechanic. "Zane, are your there?" Asked Pixal in headset. "I'm right here, Pixal." Said Zane. "Lloyd needs you and Kai back in New Ninjago City." She said.
"We'll be there as soon as we're done here." said Zane. As he was doing that Kai and the Mechanic were using their fire powers against one another. When it looked like Kai was cornered, Zane used his ice powers to freeze the scene.
"Have an ice day. How was that line, Kai?" asked Zane. "Pretty good, but I'll need some time to thaw before we go." said Kai, who was too frozen.
Back in the city, they all met at Lloyd's apartment. "Hey, Lloyd you're late." said Kai, when Lloyd came into the room. "So was Kai." said Zane. "Thanks for coming, it's been a while since we've had the gang back together." said Lloyd.
The others snickered. "What?" he asked confused. "Are we gonna discuss it?" asked Jay. "Discuss what?" asked Lloyd. "Your voice, it's..." Cole started. "Different, much lower." finished Zane.
"Sounds like our little ninja master's growing up." said Kai, slapping him on the back. "Oh, leave him alone. Has there been any word from your mom?" asked Nya. Misako had gone looking for Master Wu too.
"Nothing, I don't know where she is." said Lloyd. "Don't worry, your mom will come back and so will your uncle." said Cole. "Not everyone does come back, Cole. But that's not why I asked you all to be here. This is." said Lloyd, showing them a picture on his phone.
It was the same as the symbol on the parachute. "Lord Garmadon, your dad?" asked Kai. "I did the some research, and this is the symbol of the Sons of Garmadon." Lloyd said. "Who?" asked Jay. "A criminal gang that's been growing in the city." Zane explained.
"A couple days ago they stole a mask from Borg's Tower." said Lloyd. "Not just any mask." said a voice. An older man with graying black hair an eye patch, wearing a green uniform came in. "It was an Oni mask. And it's only one of three in the world." he said.
"Wait if there are three masks how could the one stolen be the only one?" asked Jay. "Not only, Jay, Oni." said Nya. "They say Oni were all powerful being that were around before Ninjago." said Zane.
"Each mask represents one of the Oni warlords. If they're reunited the users will gain great destructive power." said the man. "Everyone, this is Hutchins. Council to the royal family of Ninjago." said Lloyd.
"The royal family?" Kai asked confused. "They like their privacy, and they put the safety of Ninjago above everything." said Hutchins. "They have an Oni mask too?" asked Cole. "Indeed. They emperor will be giving a public speech tomorrow, and they're worried the Sons of Garmadon will try and steal the mask." Hutchins explained.
"He'd like us to come and help keep guard." said Lloyd. "If you can be inconspicuous." said Hutchins. "We're ninja, it's what we do." said Zane. "When's the speech?" asked Lloyd.
The next afternoon, a crowd gathered in front of the royal family's palace for the emperor's speech. "People of Ninjago City. As you all know my family's enjoyed our privacy, and we've always dealt with matters at a distance. But with a rise in crime it's time we step up, and show these criminals that we won't be intimidated." said the emperor.
Nya was in the crowd in regular clothes, keeping an eye of the people. "You know, if the royal family likes their privacy why would they have such a public speech?" she asked into her headset. "They're reaching out to the people." answered Jay.
He, Cole, Kai, and Zane were keeping watch from above. "What's wrong sis? Don't like getting all prettied up?" asked Kai. "The royal family's just a figurehead, they have no real power." said Nya.
"But they need to be protected either way." said Zane, then he observed something. "Looks like Lloyd's spotted something." Lloyd, who was standing close to the stage, was looking at the princess of Ninjago.
"Looks like the princess' caught his eye." said Kai. "Looks like she likes green." added Jay. "Hey, I can hear you you know. The emperor's almost done." said Lloyd. "We must remain united." the emperor finished.
Everyone cheered, but the Ninja saw someone acting strangely in the crowd. The man reached behind his back, and a balloon with the Sons of Garmadon symbol on it went up into the air. "Guys move!" said Lloyd.
Popping sounds filled the air, the crowd scattered, and the royal family ducked down. Nya looked around, and saw the popping was caused by fire crackers. "False alarm, guys." she said. Once everything was cleared, the royal family went back into their palace, and the ninja went on stage.
"Thank you, Ninja. The royal family requested that you stay with them in the palace." said Hutchins. "Really, no one gets to go inside the palace." said Jay. "Ah, one palace is just like any other." Nya scoffed.
"It'd be an honor." said Lloyd.
That night, the Ninja went to the palace, and were greeted by Hutchins. "Welcome to the royal palace." he said, inviting them in. The palace was beautiful inside with marble floor, golden walls, and columns.
"This place is amazing." said Zane. "Beautiful." said Cole. "Remember guys, we're here as guests." reminded Lloyd. "Hmm, this place is a little too fancy." said Nya. Hutchins led them into the throne room, where the royal family sat.
"I present their imperial highnesses, the emperor and empress of Ninjago. And their daughter, the Jade Princess, Princess Harumi." Hutchins introduced. The ninja bowed before them. "It's an honor to have you here." said the emperor.
"It truly is." agreed the empress. "The pleasure is ours." said Lloyd. "I've heard all about you." said Harumi, walking to them. "In fact I'm actually a fan of yours. Kai, the hothead who never backs down. Cole the strongest member and the foundation of the team. Jay the funny one who talks as fast as lightening. Zane, the brains and team android." said Harumi.
"I prefer nindroid, Your Highness." said Zane. "And Nya, the girl.." she said. Nya gave her a bit of an evil look. "...the girl I always wanted to be ever since I heard of her. She stands out from the other members, and is remarkable." Harumi finished.
Nya smiled, and said. "Hey she's not so bad." "And Lloyd, the green ninja. The youngest but the most powerful member and the leader. It's a great honor to meet you all." said Harumi. Lloyd smiled at her.
"Thank you for coming. As long as we have an Oni mask in our possession we feel our safety could be compromised." said the empress. "We'd like for you to stay until this threat is over." said the emperor.
"We're at your service." said Lloyd. "Thank you, Hutchins will show you around the palace." said Harumi. And Hutchins led them away.
"You're welcome to the buffet." said Hutchins, as he led the Ninja down a hall. "We have everything, scones, biscuits, fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, and cake." he said. "No thanks, I'm on a diet." said Cole.
"Party pooper." whispered Jay. "What's that?" asked Zane. "I'll explain later." "The palace has many secret passages, but only the royal family knows where they are." said Hutchins. Curious, Kai started looking for a secret passage behind a bookshelf.
He pulled out almost all the books, while Hutchins stood there looking annoyed. "Uh, we'll clean this up." said Cole. "I certainly hope so. The mask is right in here." said Hutchins, walking away.
"Something about this guy gives me the willies." said Jay. "Glad it's not just me." said Cole. They caught up with him, and in a glass case up ahead was a mask that looked like the one that was stolen except it was orange.
"Gee, who'd want a face like that hanging around?" asked Kai. "It's the Mask of Deception." said Hutchins. "What was taken from Borg's Tower?" asked Nya. "The Mask of Vengeance." Hutchins answered.
"Where's the last one?" asked Jay. "No one knows where the Mask of Hatred is. But my sensors tell me it'll be appearing soon." said Zane. As Hutchins spoke, Lloyd wandered off a bit, and saw Harumi in her room.
She was at her vanity, cleaning off her face paint, when she saw Lloyd's reflection. Embarrassed she hid her face, and Lloyd left. A while later Kai and Nya were keeping watch from the roof, and were wondering where Hutchins was heading.
Inside Jay, Cole, and Zane were at the buffet. "So can someone please explain to me what a party pooper is?" asked Zane. "(Sighs), Jay's annoyed because I went from the fun one to the responsible one." Cole answered.
"I see, it's good to have someone poop at the party." said Zane. Cole just rolled his eyes. Lloyd was patrolling the hallways, when he heard something. He went to where the sound came from, and saw that Harumi's room was a mess, she was gone, and her window was open.
That's chapter 1, plz review