James: Hey everyone, it's James here with my twin sister, Melody. We're here with a new update for you to read and enjoy. And before I forget, Shadow, for my electrocution, it happened at work when I was told to clean and scrape off the ice in a cooler and when I plugged it in, I was on the floor winded because I felt like I was defibulated very painfully.

Mel: sorry about this being a day late, we both got busy with other things that we're happening yesterday and kinda... Forgot till later in the evening, and then we didn't have enough time. But now it's up! Enjoy!


*With Nya and Melody*

Girls: *silently walk up to the deck to see Dawn, but was no where seen*

Mel: You said she was out on the deck.

Nya: She said she was going out for air.

Mel: But where is she? *sees something move in the bridge and looks up to see it was Dawn* Never mind she's up there. Come on.

Both: *quietly walk up the steps and peered through the window*

*inside the bridge*

Dusk: Lord Garmadon, we have found the Bounty. Sending the coordinates to you.

Garmadon: Excellent. Now find a way to distract them and snatch my son from them.

Dusk: As you wish. *types on the keyboard of the computer and smirked*

Mel: So how was your date, Dawn?

Dusk: *turns around and saw Melody and Nya in an attack stance* What can do for you?

Nya: Answers. Where's the real Dawn and Lucas?

Dusk: Right here. *while pointing at herself*

Mel: I don't think. *presses the alarm button and waited for everyone to wake up*

Everyone: *hears the alarm begin to blare through the entire ship*

Guys: *Wake up the alarm and ran out with their weapons. But Lucas stayed behind with Lloyd to 'protect' him and James, who was still asleep*

Lloyd: I'm glad you're back, Lucas. *hugging his cousin* Will James be alright?

Ash: A better question shrimp; Will you be alright?

Lloyd: Huh? *begins to back away as his cousin had a wicked smirk on his lips and saw him reach into his gi and pulled out a coil of rope*

Ash: Come here. *and lunged at him*

*back in the bridge*

Nya: Where are they!?

Dusk: Safe. Or at least I think. *then gives out a wicked laugh*

Nya: *charges at Dawn and threw a kick at her*

Dusk: *blocks the attack and spars against her*

Mel: *watches the two fight and waited for backup to happen. Turns her head and the guys piled in*

Cole: What's going on here?

Mel: Dawn and Lucas aren't the real ones. They're doppelgangers.

Jay: What?

Zane: James, was telling the truth.

Mel: *couldn't see her brother, Lucas, or Lloyd* Where's my brother? *sees that didn't respond, she grew worried and barged past them to run to the guys room. She kicked the door down and gasped as the three were gone.* No!

*back in the bridge*

Nya: *took Dawn's arm and twisted behind her back and kicked her legs down* Where are they?

Dusk: You'll never found them. *reaches into her suit to grab a smoke pellet from Ash and broke it on the ground*

Everyone: *coughing to the thick smoke and heard a window break and created their spinjitzu's to clear the smoke away to see Dawn's clone was gone and the front window was broken and all watched Dusk jumped off of the Bounty*

Cole: Let her go. She's gone and won't be back. What happened?

Nya: They know where the Bounty is. We got to move away or else we're captured.

Zane: She's right. *fumbled on the computer* I can't stop the coordinates from being sent. We've got to move fast now.

Kai: Wait! Where's Lucas' clone, James, Lloyd and Melody?

Mel: They're gone. Lucas has my brother and Lloyd.

Jay: Great we lost Ninjago's biggest hope in the Final Battle and lost Yang. And not only that, we'll be captured soon. We're so hooped now.

Mel: What can we do?

*with Lucas*

Lucas: *wakes up and groans, only seeing shadows as he has a thin white blindfold on. Tries to yell out but has a gag in his mouth, thinking* What do they want now...

Shadow(remember, this is how Lucas sees it): *walks over to two other clearly Serpentine shadows* Lord Garmadon said he's pleased that the clones have captured his son, it cannot have him rebel against him. He says to punish the boy. The same way as last time to his apprentice.

Lucas: *tenses up at the mention of Lloyd being captured*

Shadow 2 and Shadow 3: *walk out and come back holding a child*

Lucas: *shouts NO!, but comes out as* MH!

Shadow 1: Your father will not have you disobeying him, foolish child. Now you will be punished.

Lucas: *screams of pain fill his ears as he watches the child, Lloyd, being whipped. Starts bawling, screaming through his gag, and struggling with all his might*

*from viewer's POV*

Viewers: *see Lucas with a blindfold, gag, and headphones on. Sees three serpentine acting, using a child sized dummy and whipping it. The screams where a recording they could hear. horrified, they watched a different kind of torture... Emotional*

*Lucas's POV*

Shadow 1: That's enough, now take him away.

Shadow 2 and 3: *walk out carrying the dummy*

Lucas: *hears the screams stop, shakes uncontrollably, crying for what he thinks is his cousin. Then a gas enters his mouth and nose and he passes out again*

*On the Bounty*

Everyone: *watches in horror as they were torturing Lucas to think it was his cousin and shed tears as they felt sorry for him*

Mel: Those monsters. They know he cares for Lloyd and they made out worse for him. *tears streaming faster* T-turn it off please.

Nya: *turns the computer off and looked away* What are we going to do?

Cole: Well we can't stand here and cry now. They got Lloyd and James. And the Serpentine are probably on their way now to capture us. So we have to evacuate the ship before they come.

Jay: But where will we go? The Serpentine are probably at our homes as a trap if we escape. We're hooped. Hooped I'd say.

Kai: Jay's right. The Serpentine would be at our homes with a trap. But we have to go somewhere to protect ourselves and save Lloyd, Lucas, James, and Dawn.

Cole: Zane, is there any shelter we can go.

Zane: *looks at the map on the table and looked at them with a groan* No. Unfortunately nowhere is safe.

Mel: Well we have to do something. *hears the window break and saw a rock was thrown in with a note. She went to it and picked the note up*

Kai: What those it say? And who would even throw us a note? Who is even here? *looks out of the window*

Mel: If you want to help us against the dark lord, search for the area where despair lies in rock.

Everyone: *looks at everyone confused until Zane lighten up*

Zane: There's a rebellion happening against Garmadon. And whoever threw that note, needs us to help.

Mel: But it's a riddle. Where do they want us? And how do we know it's a rebellion?

Cole: The Cave of Despair. It's simple. Search for the area where despair lies in rock. But we have to trust it now. It's now or never if we don't leave. Pack your weapons and go now.

Zane: He's right. We must head out now or be captured. *grabs his shurikens with the others grabbing their weapons*

Mel: What about Lloyd and James?

Nya: We'll have to worry about them later. Right now we must go. *finishes fixing Kai's katana to his back* They're on their own now.

*With James*

James: *groans as he opens his eyes and saw Lloyd in front of him struggling with the rope around him and screaming through his gag* Mmpph? *looks down to see he was tied up too and had a gag in his mouth*

Lloyd: *stops struggling and looked at James and was glad to see he was awake*

Ash: *walks to James and Lloyd with a smirk* Oh look who's finally awake.

James: *glares at him as he was right that he wasn't the real Lucas and began to struggle out of his bindings and whimpered in pain to his arm*

Ash: Aww...looks like someone can't fight back. Where's Dusk? I need her help now.

Dusk: I'm here. *breaking through the bushes* I got held up for a bit, but now I'm here. *sees the targets and smirked* Perfect we got the green ninja and whoever this is. What should we do now?

Ash: Does our master know the location to the Bounty? *gets a nod from Dusk* Alright. I think for now we should rest and then take them to Garmadon.

Dusk: Sounds like a plan. *turns to James and Lloyd* Now don't run off while we catch some shut eye. Sleep well. *chuckles and took a seat next to Ash and nuzzles her head on his chest and both fell asleep*

James: *glares at the both of them and began to struggle again and tried to hardest to ignore the pain in his arm. He stopped as it was hopeless and looked at Lloyd. He noticed him that he looked like he was about to cry and felt pity for him. He began to scoot over to him and sat next him*

Lloyd: *looks at James with the tearful eyes and rested his head on his shoulder and cried*

James: *felt sorry for him and began to stroke his hair with his head and didn't cry as he was being there for him and both fell asleep soon after*

*a couple hours later, still night*

James: *wakes up and shifts slightly, careful not to wake Lloyd* How are we going to get out of this one... I knew that it wasn't the real Lucas... Only if I could burn through these ropes-Wait! That's it! My fire! First I better wake Lloyd. *nudges the child lightly*

Lloyd: *wakes up and looks around quickly, but then looks relieved as it's only James*

James: *nods towards his hands, closes his eyes and concentrates. Then the black flames appear on his hands and the rope slowly burns away. Takes out his gag and signals Lloyd to stay silent as he unties and ungags the kid, picks him up and puts him on his back piggyback style. Quickly and quietly sneaks away from the clones. Once they're far enough away, he says* Are you okay, Lloyd?

Lloyd: Y-Yes, just a little tired and scared.

James: Don't worry buddy, it'll all be okay. I heard them say that they contacted your dad, so the others probably left the Bounty. I know that the Serpentine will come there and search it, but once they leave. We're going to look for anything that will lead us to where they are.

Lloyd: Okay James. Are you sure we'll be okay? You're hurt and we're on the run from all the Serpentine.

James: It'll all be okay, Lloyd. *walks a little farther and spies a large hallow base in a tree, almost completely obscured by bushes. Walks over and sees it's big enough for him and Lloyd. Crawls in and lays Lloyd close to him* Try and get some sleep, Squirt. It'll all be okay.

Lloyd: Yes James. *snuggles deeper into his chest and minutes later falls asleep along with James*


Ash: All isn't that touchy. Too bad, they're all alone.

Dusk: Indeed.

Cole: Hey, who let you in here!?

Dusk: no one let's us in anywhere. We let ourselves in and now we're taking over!

Ash: *pulls out a roll of ductape* why don't you join the others earth ninja. *smirks and tackles him, beginning to tape him up with Dusk's help*

Cole: what!? No! *tries to struggle, but is quickly covered from the neck down in tape*

Dusk: beautiful. One last thing and you can join the others... *tears off several large strips and presses them tightly over his mouth*

Cole: mmpht! Mm! *tries to struggle*

Ash: you're so funny when you're helpless. Dusk, open the closet, he's the last one.

Dusk: *nods and opens the closet to reveal James, Melody, Kai, Zane, Jay, Dawn, Nya, and Lloyd, taped up and in the closet, tapped down to the floor for good measure* it feels so good to have gotten them all...

Ash: I agree. *drags Cole in and tapes him to the floor as well, then shuts the closet door after coming out* perfect. Now, we have taken over the stuido!

Dusk: finally... We can do what we want! Including the review responses!

Kiwi- What do you mean it was cool James and his annoying sister found us out!? They will never stop us! Mwahaha!

Ash: that's right, never. Now...

Koko- Good thing you don't like kids, they're annoying little brats. i love the idea of frozen stickers. Do they freeze the child instantly? If so, I'd like some. But... you know of a rebellion!? Tell us who, what, when, where, and why! You are under investigation! *pins to chair and ties her down* Dusk! Light her up!

Dusk: Alright... *Lights her hands up and shines it on Koko* oh and...

Melissa- hug fest? Why would you WANT to start such a horrible experience! As for Lloyd and Melody? She couldn't protect something if she wrapped it in bubblewrap and put it in a unbreakable box, muchless a weakling child like Lloyd.

Ash: right you are. Now, give us answers! *smacks his hands on the table in front of Koko* also...

Shadow- Thanks for reviewing in English. Not only is it easier to bash you, I don't have to yell at you in German. As for Lloyd, all the little ducklings (Mel: I love this song! It's fun to sing!) can get shot down by the hunter. Why were you having fun smothering someone? *shudders* that sounds aweful... also, of course Lloyd shouldn't trust me! I'm evil!

Dusk: yea you are... But- *gets cut off by the closet door flying open and Mel walking out, eyes burning blue and hair and hands ablaze*

Mel: get. Out. Of. MY. STUDIO! *punches Dusk into the closet where the others are waiting with tape* AND AWAY FROM MY SISTER! *punches Ash into the closet as well, then unites Koko* you okay? Also...

NinjagoCharizard- welcome new reviewer! Glad you like our writing, it's nice to see others enjoying it. :)

Mel: see you all next week and hopefully these two will be taken care of... *glares at the tapes up Ash and Dusk* feel free to join the beat down! :) bye!