(A/N) Here it is everybody! Nightprowlers Part 2: 21st Century Ninja! Thank you to everyone who sent in OCs, followed, favorited, and PM messaged while I was working on this. Read away!

Introduction

It was a cold and clear night. The waning crescent moon shone down on the quiet streets of New Ninjago City. A lone figure strode casually down the sidewalk. He wore a long brown trenchcoat with the collar up and a black fedora on his head to hide his face in shadow. Two tall men in uniforms consisting of black pants, black long-sleeved shirts, black boots, and dark sunglasses were holding large guns and patrolling the street ahead. One spotted the shady figure walking toward them and nudged his comrade with his weapon. They both began walking quickly toward the approaching pedestrian.

"Hey!" one shouted. "It's illegal to be out after curfew! We need to see your identification!" The figure in the trenchcoat, however, seemed completely unintimidated. He stopped and calmly pulled a badge out of his pocket. Once the two guards were close enough to see the badge, their eyes widened. They put away their guns. "So you're Agent I," the one who had shouted said, his tone now much more quiet and respectful. "You're clear to pass. The Boss is waiting for you." With that, Agent I continued on his way.

Eventually, he came to the tallest building in Ninjago City, the former Borg Industries Tower. Now, it was the Black Dragon Agency Tower after the conquering force had seized the city one year ago. Unfortunately for the city, the Ninja hadn't been there to stop the Black Dragons. They had been forced into hiding after they had fled their monastery to escape their planned destruction by the Black Dragons.

The sliding doors opened up before the agent to admit him into the lobby. It was empty at this hour. Most of the lights were off. Agent I entered the elevator and pressed the button for the one hundredth floor. On the way up, he turned around and looked out the clear walls at the transformed city. It was still in progress, but the Black Dragons had decided to restore the capital to its former futuristic look that it had had a little more than twenty years ago, only this time it was going to be bigger, better, and smarter than ever before. The Black Dragons would renovate the country to its former glory and more.

The elevator doors opened, revealing the spacious office. Once occupied by Borg himself, it was now being used by none other than Vladomir Chovin, the head of the Black Dragon Agency. Borg, now Vladomir's puppet politician, presently worked on the ninety-ninth floor. Agent I stepped out, and the elevator doors slid shut behind him. He took in his surroundings. The numerous screens around the room now showed the status of all the agents and citizens under Black Dragon reign. The walls were now sleek black, and the floor was covered in red carpet. The lights were dimmed, except for the one shining over the desk like a spotlight. There was a rug in the center of the room in the shape of the Black Dragon crest: a dragon with its wings outspread, its head slightly turned to the left, and its tail curled around its intimidating form in a spiral. In its left claw was a spear, and in its right was a sceptre.

Suddenly the chair at the desk in the office turned around, revealing Vladomir himself. "Ah. Agent I." he said.

"Vladomir. It's been quite a while," Agent I responded. "I never got to congratulate you on your trickery the night the Ninja escaped. Sending someone in your own tank to the monastery was an ingenious way to avoid assassination."

"Well, I would be dead if it weren't for your warning. Come sit down."

Agent I sat down on the chair on the opposite side of the new dictator's desk and crossed his legs. Vladomir took a sip from his coffee mug and leaned back in his chair. "Now. How is your current mission going?"

"Well enough," Agent I responded. "I've managed to gain a lot of trust in my time there with the Ninja."

"Good. And they suspect nothing?"

"They have no clue. I'm under a different name in their presence."

"Excellent. And what are they currently doing?"

Agent I snorted with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Nothing. They're just camping out in hiding. No preparations for coming back one day to take back Ninjago. They just resumed teaching the next generation. Pretty out of the ordinary, if you ask me. It almost looks as if they're there to stay." He chuckled darkly. "Kinda funny, isn't it? One minute, they're heroes. The next, they're cowards."

"It truly is a shocker that they haven't tried to oust us by attacking us head-on."

"That'd be suicide. They may be reckless, but they're not stupid."

"Can you tell me where their hideout is?"

Agent I stopped. His client expected this much out of him in one review session? "I'm sorry, Vladomir," he sighed. "I'm afraid I'm not ready to divulge that intel yet."

Vladomir's eyebrows furrowed in anger. The air around them seemed to turn cold. He leaned forward over the desk and narrowed his eyes at Agent I. "What? Why?" He snapped. Their conversation had begun to turn sour.

"I'm a double agent, and you know that. I choose when I will tell you information, and no one can force me to say any more or less than what I tell you. While I am working for both sides, I am doing so in the way I see fit. We will emerge victorious, but not today. I don't plan on revealing my identity anytime soon. I know what I'm doing. I've known it since the day I accepted this mission."

"When will you tell me?"

Agent I chuckled again. "In due time, my impatient client, in due time. I can do my job how I please. It always works out. Remember, I saved you from going to the destruction of the Ninja's monastery yourself. The Nightprowlers would have surely killed you had you been there."

"You only told me that it would be dangerous for me to go. You didn't tell me why. And you only told me that the Ninja were escaping after they had already escaped. Why?"

"I have my reasons. Which I don't feel like telling you yet."

"Agent I, remember that I am the one who hired you. I am the one in charge here. It would be in you best interests to show some respect."

"Of course, Vladomir, of course." Agent I's smirk was concealed from Vladomir by the shadow of his hat.

They sat in cold silence for a while. Finally, Agent I stood up. "Well, Vladomir, since our conversation seems to have ended, I'll be leaving you now." He walked back across the room and pressed the down button for the elevator. The last thing Vladomir saw before the doors slid shut was Agent I taking a notepad out of his pocket. Vladomir could only think of one thing he could be doing: planning his next series of lies. He wondered how many he'd told today.

Vladomir knew that what he was doing was risky. Hiring a double agent to do your work was a dangerous game to play. And he knew that Agent I loved playing dangerous games.

Once the elevator began to descend, Agent I thought about what to do next. He was playing on both sides of the board in this game of chess. For his next few moves, he'd need to plan out everything in advance. Phase one of his plan was completed a year ago. Now it was time for phase two. If everything went smoothly, there would be no way he could lose. Every move his little pawns, knights, castles, and bishops made would work in his favor. He'd capture one by one until they were absolutely helpless. He'd corner the king, make his final move, and then...

...checkmate.

(A/N) Wow, look at that. Just like in Neverender, the fic starts out with a villain scene. And a meeting between villains. And a conversation between Agent I and Vladomir. Hmm... is there a pattern here?

Here's a few things you'll be seeing in this fic:

- All yall's submitted OCs

- More of Nightprowler's true personalities

- DrewxViolet

- REAL SCIENCE (you'll see what I mean later on)

- Kidnapping crisis

- There's a spyyyyyyyy in the aliiiiiiiiiaance...No you won't see 'em comin' but they're comin' for you...No, I'm serious, there's a spy. Remember that prophesy Nya heard from the FSM statue in Part 1: Neverender? Yup, it's coming back...

- More of Agent I

- Return of a canon plot twist

- And more!

Again, thank you so much to the people who followed and favorited me and my fics, as well as to the people who PMed me or sent in OCs! Review please! And please vote on my poll about which of my main OCs I should write a story about!