Congrats to me for spending all day yesterday roleplaying even though this chapter was ready to type in

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review replies:

Kat: More like Morro vs Evil Morro... heh...

Zena: You've infected me *look of disapproval*

softcactus: Thanks for the OC! One question, since it wasn't that clear... is he good or evil? Or more of a neutral party?

Erio: Glad you think so! :D

Ebony: Definitely gonna make her evil, I get so many good OCs and not enough bad ones. xD

ninjachief: Sure! That works! Glad you're enjoying this! ^ ^

Glacier: About Nico, he's... a bit OP. A poison that can kill anyone? Can teleport anywhere in the universe? Even with the "3 times a day" limitation, he's pretty powerful... as for his weapon, is it supposed to be the SAME as the mega weapon, or just a replica in appearance? 'Cause nothing is as powerful as the mega weapon, that's a weapon created from the Golden Weapons, which are far too powerful to be copied with mere titanium.

TheAmberShadow: He's gonna be pretty shocked. xD

KRR: Isn't dark orange... like... brown? Brown sword. :3

Rosalina: I mean, yeah, I moderate them, but I don't delete them... xD

Ninjagolover: Glad you liked it!

Dreamcatchers: Dyana? Lloyd's sister? wait wait wait... you're the person that sent me a bunch of anon asks on tumblr once! :D Cool! A note, though, I prefer not to use sister/brother/cousin/etc of any of the main characters, 'cause that's way overdone. Gin was supposed to be Lloyd's sister originally, but her owner agreed to let me make her just a random kid instead (who eventually got adopted but hey). So is it alright if I change that?

The Mayor of Ninjago City: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Also, there's some like... weird glitch where it's posting some reviews twice. So try to avoid, like, double clicking. xD

Chapter 3

"His castle is around here." Andreea tapped a section of the map twice, causing the screen to zoom in on the area. "Right here, where Borg Tower is here."

"Where's your base?" Jay asked. The pink ninja zoomed out again, scrolling towards Stiix and zooming in again on the ocean outside it. "Underwater, here."

"Underwater?" Kai echoed nervously. Andreea rolled her eyes.

"Our Kai learned how to swim. But we do have a submarine, so you'll be fine. Cole too."

"If you say so…"

"I do say so." She smirked at him before zooming out to the view of the whole island. "The ghosts have strongholds here, here, and here." She tapped the middle of Stiix, then Jamonikai village, then in the middle of the desert. "Morro's allies live in the few miles of city around the castle, then the peasantry around the outer ring of the city. Except for the main street," She drew a finger down from the middle of the city directly south to the edge. "Which is lined with inns and shops. If Morro has to leave the city, he prefers to not have to get anywhere near his inferior subjects." Morro rolled his eyes. "And then there's the Preeminent. Somehow she communicates with Morro, though I've never seen her in the city, just floating around the countryside."

"She's a telepath." Morro spoke up. "She can probably talk to him from anywhere in the Realm."

"Huh. That explains a lot." Andreea frowned. "Well then."

"Who runs the other strongholds?" Cole asked.

"Wrayth runs the desert one, Ghoultar runs the mountains one, and Bansha the one in Stiix. Nya's held there, they use her body to deal with any threats from the sea." Kai growled under his breath. "Discouraging, isn't it? Our Kai is taking it even worse. Not to mention our Jay."

"What am I like there?" Jay asked curiously. Andreea pondered this for a moment.

"A lot like you. But more sad. And his hair is a little longer. And he has an eyepatch."

"An eyepatch?" The redhead's eyes widened. "Cool!"

"It's not just for aesthetic." The pink ninja told him. "He got sliced across the face and went blind in one eye." Jay swallowed.

"Less cool."

"Are there any others, other than you and the ninja?" Zane spoke up.

"Ronin – I assume you know him – and a couple of others that you probably don't know." Andreea ticked them off her fingers.

"Maybe we do know them. What are their names?"

"Dyana and Harry." The ninja exchanged glances before Cole shrugged.

"Never heard of them."

"That's what I thought."

"Have you… ever seen another version of me?" Indigo asked hesitantly.

"Don't think so. Though, you're a ghost, wouldn't you be on his side?" Indigo frowned.

"I don't think so. I didn't become a ghost until a little before you met us. After our Morro turned good."

"Well, then you're either dead or somewhere on the island we've never been." Andreea shrugged and turned back to the map. "Anything else you need to know?"

"How well is Morro's castle guarded?" Lloyd spoke up.

"Pretty well. There are guards posted at the entrance, then in some order through the corridors. He doesn't need that much security, since he can best even the Green Ninja." Andreea shot a glance at Lloyd before continuing. "Most of the guards are on the streets, keeping order and threatening people if they step out of line. If an alarm sounded, they would come."

"So we've gotta be quick if we wanna sneak in there." The blond boy said with a frown. "You said you almost killed him once before."

"Yeah. We tried to sneak in, but we got seen and the alarm was raised." Andreea shook her head. "We almost got to him, but there were just so many…"

"Then I guess we can't afford to be seen." Lloyd met Nya's eyes for a moment before turning back to Andreea. "Does Morro have a prison somewhere?"

"Underneath his castle." The brown-haired girl nodded. "Why?"

"He must have some good guys there. If we could free them, they could help us."

"Good idea." Andreea grinned. "Though… I'm not sure how we'd get them out without being caught again."

"Kill everyone in our way?" Nya suggested.

"I like the way you think." The pink ninja giggled, then sighed. "I've missed talking to you. Y'know, the other you."

"Oh." Nya stopped, not quite knowing what to say to that.

"We need all the help we can get." Andreea said, going back to the previous topic.

"Could we maybe talk to the – "peasantry", I think you called them?" Cole suggested. "See if any of them would join us?" Andreea frowned.

"Maybe. Some of them might rat us out, though, out of fear."

"Morro already- I mean, the bad Morro already knows about us, doesn't he? At least, your world's resistance." The earth ninja shrugged. "It wouldn't do us much harm.

"I guess. You're welcome to try, but I don't think you'll have much luck. People of that class have lived in fear for years, I don't think they'd dare."

"Well, like you said, there's no harm in trying." Kai agreed with Cole. "But we should try to take out Morro first. Without him, the realm will be chaos, and we can use that to take over the rest of it."

"But he'll come back." Morro pointed out. "And fairly quickly, since the Preeminent is in Ninjago."

"But he'll have lost his position of power." Kai countered. "And the Realm Crystal and the Sword of Sanctuary, if he still has them."

"He does." Andreea affirmed. "That's how he sent me here the first time."

"Right." Morro nodded. "I guess you're right. I can't help but feel like it's not going to work, though."

"We have the other ninja, Ronin, and their friends, whoever they are." Jay clapped him on the shoulder. "We'll be fine."

"I definitely hope so." Morro nodded slightly. "Speaking of which, we should save the rest of the planning for when we can do it with the rest of our allies."

"Good idea." Lloyd agreed. "Clouse should-" The doorbell rang. "-be here any second now."

"I'll get it." Jay hopped up and left the room. A moment later, Lloyd heard his and Clouse's voices and footsteps coming towards them. It was almost time.

TheDarknessReturn

Lloyd shifted nervously from one foot to the other as he watched Clouse perform the spell, watching the red-and-purple portal slowly grow in the center of the room.

"It's big enough." The sorcerer announced. "Go, quickly."

"Everyone hold hands and don't let go." Andreea ordered. "I'm the only one who knows where we're going. If we don't hold onto each other, we might get split up." The others obeyed, joining hands as Clouse held the portal open. "Ready?" At the others' nods, she stepped into the portal, pulling them all with her. As Lloyd was pulled into the expanse, he tried not to think about their destination – that might influence where they ended up – but it was impossible. What would a world ruled by Morro look like? From what Andreea had told them, nothing good. Of course, it would only be a few seconds before he could see for himself. A few moments later, he tumbled out onto the floor. After a few moments of silence, a familiar voice said,

"Well, Andreea, this wasn't exactly what I imagined when you said you'd found help."

who could that mysterious person be :o

I'll try to post every two days at the least. :P In the meantime, all OCs have been approved except for GLACIER's and dreamcatcher's, who I'm working with at the moment. c:

~FFF