Hello, everyone. It's Gray. :) Hope you've all been doing well.

So, I was just thinking about ideas that could potentially be turned into a story whenever the idea for this particular one came up, and I knew that I would have to act on it soon and turn this into a story.

Okay, so I should also inform you that there will be some language and other stuff in here, therefore the rating that it is. (And also because it's me, and the majority of my stories are rated T, so yeah. *shrugs* Oh, well.)

I do not own Ninjago, just my OCs.

Enjoy.

It was almost ten o'clock at night in Ninjago City, and the Ninjago City Police Department (NCPD) was alive and busy.

"What do you mean 'It's happened again'? Who is it this time?" Chief Adrianna Burns' brow furrowed into a fierce look of concentration as she listened to Officer Richard Fish report the newest case of kidnapping.

For the past six months, there has been a total reporting of eighteen kidnappings reported in the Ninjago City area, and none of the victims had been found, much to the NCPD's despair. This newest case was just adding more stress to the police department, and it was already bad enough; it didn't need to get any worse.

"Chief!" Burns jumped as Dalton Sheppard barged into her office.

"I'm on the phone!" she snapped at him before returning to the phone. "Oh, I see," she said into the speaker.

"But that's not all of it," Fish added quickly, "there was a piece of ripped cloth soaked with blood. Detective Wilson's taking it in for examination and see if there's anymore that can help us."

Burns groaned inwardly. "Fine, okay. Wrap it up there fast, and then report back here."

"Okay." Fish hung up, and Burns returned the receiver before turning to look at Sheppard, who was tapping his toe impatiently.

"This is really starting to annoy the hell out of me," he said. "I'm tired of staying here late and working on trying to figure out all these cases."

Burns stood up. "Yes, I know you are. I am too, but until we recover those missing people, we can't rest."

Their eyes met, and Sheppard said, "We could always call them in."

Burns curled her lip. "We have the situation under control; the last thing I need are twelve teenagers running around here and screwing everything up."

"Yeah, sure we have everything under control." Sheppard's voice dripped sarcasm. "But they're also good trackers and they know how to handle this type of stuff."

"They're meant for fighting snakes and skeletons, not for kidnappings and murders," Burns snapped heatedly.

"For the love of God, can't you throw away your pride for once and accept the fact that we need them?" Sheppard challenged. Burns didn't reply. With an exasperated sigh, Sheppard turned and started to leave. Once he reached the door, he paused and turned his head slightly to the left.

"I already asked if they could help us, and they more than willingly accepted." With that, he turned and left, closing the door behind him.

Meanwhile, at the Destiny's Bounty, the twelve teenagers that Burns didn't want "running around and screwing everything up" were bouncing around, eager at the prospect of helping with the city in things other than fighting snakes and skeletons.

"Oh, this is so exciting!" Sam squealed. "We're actually helping out with NCPD."

"Don't forget that we're dealing with kidnappings," Cole reminded her in a serious voice. "We're going to really need to step up our game and really work together so we can get this over and done with."

"Cole's right," Zane mused from where he was sitting in the corner with his legs crossed. Syber, the ever-present falcon, was perched on his knee, and he was lightly stroking the robotic bird's back.

"Well, this is still something."

"Alright, everyone," Josh announced as he entered the bridge, where everyone was gathered. "The police want us at the station no later than nine o'clock tomorrow morning so we can get the mission briefing, requirements, and the other stuff like that."

"So, let's all get some good sleep tonight," Emily stated, "because we're going to need to look our best tomorrow."

Well, how was it?

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