Hey everyone I'm back with the second chapter of this story. Please enjoy it and review

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Ninjago

It was the middle of the night when Zane finally emerged from his hideout. He no longer wore his normal ninja attire but now a pure black one. He scanned the surrounding area for signs of trouble and spotted a group of thugs robbing a woman in on the back alleys of New Ninjago City. Using the shadows to conceal his presence he attacked. The thugs had no idea what hit them.

"He has to be around here somewhere" the sound of Lloyd's voice reached Zane's ears. He hid in the shadows while Lloyd's power dragon flew overhead followed by Cole's. Zane ran from one shadow to the next and soon found himself on top of a building. He stared out at the city as a gust of wind blew through the ties of his hood.

"Zane they are right over there,perhaps if you talked to them,you could come to some sort of an agreement" said Pixal

"NO! I'm sick of being shunned,I'm sick of being expendable. If I'm going to be pushed into the shadows then what is the point of coming out into the light? I'm in plain sight if they actually bothered to look. Besides who needs ice anyway,it is the least liked element in this world,and I'm too different to fit in with them. Not even sensei Wu cares about me so why should the others?" said Zane bitterly

"I care about you,I always will, Zane." said Pixal trying to help him through her words because she was without a body of her own so she couldn't physically support him.

"Let's head home" said Zane before jumping off the building and using the shadows to go back to his hideout. It was a place only he and Pixal knew about because it was actually inside the statue that Cyrus Borg had created of Zane. The statue was hollow and the inside was accessible through a hidden doorway on the side which Zane had installed. Inside the statue were a few pillows and blankets to act as a bed and a tiny freezer made of ice containing things to eat and drink. The space was extremely small but it was enough for Zane. The falcon would perch outside and allow Zane to see through its eyes. The sun was just about to come over the horizon when Zane closed the hidden door behind him. He turned on the light in his head which allowed him to see in the darkness.

"Remind me to put a light in here" said Zane to Pixal as he flopped onto his makeshift bed and fell asleep.

With Lloyd,Cole,Nya,and Misako

" We've searched everywhere but still can't find him" said an exasperated Cole as he landed his dragon in the middle of Ninjago City park where Lloyd was meeting them.

"We have to keep looking, it's not like he can totally disappear without a trace" said Lloyd

"You'd think a ninja would be able to find another ninja" said Nya

"THAT'S IT! NYA YOU'RE A GENIUS" exclaimed Lloyd

"Well I know that,but what took you so long to figure that out" said Nya rolling her eyes

"In order to find Zane we need to think like was always the first one to master whatever lesson sensei taught us and that includes stealth. We need to be stealthy if we want to find him because he is the only one of us that could master the art of hiding in plain sight. If we try to do the same,we're bound to cross paths with him." said Lloyd

"Clever plan green machine" said Cole. None of them had any Idea how close they were to Zane at that very moment or the fact that they had just woken him up and he had caught their entire conversation.

"Looks like I'm going to need to be extra stealthy tonight" said Zane to Pixal

"Indeed you are" said Pixal.

"Come on let's go channel our inner Zanes" said Lloyd

"Dude that is like the weirdest thing you've ever said" said Cole shaking his head. Lloyd just stuck his tongue out at the black ninja.

"Watch it greenie,you know I can posses you" said Cole

"You wouldn't dare" said Lloyd backing up

"Try me" said Cole

"Alright you two,that's enough" said Nya "Cole stop threatening Lloyd andLloyd stop annoying Cole"

"Fine" said Lloyd and Cole in unison

"The sooner we put this plan into action,the sooner we can get Zane back" said Misako

"Then what are we waiting for?" said Cole,manifesting his dragon and allowing Nya to climb on. Lloyd did the same and allowed his mother to get on.

Zane's POV

First thing tomorrow I'm digging a training room under this thing. It's too cramped to allow me to sharpen my skills. I must admit it is rather weird hiding in a larger than life statue of myself,but whatever,no one will ever find me. I cut off my beacon signal so I can't be tracked and even if I didn't it would show me at this location but they'd search everywhere and never find me. However it looks like they're finally using their heads,for once. If I am to remain hidden I must exercise caution.