Yes! Another update! I'll try and make this a bit more frequent but a lot of events came up recently which have made it a little harder. Anyways.. it may seem like these chapters have been centered around Sterling/Lux but I promise that more chapters of each character will be coming soon! That is a very good guarantee! Anyways... comment time!

Purple Puppet Master: Thank you so very much for enjoying my story! I'm glad you like it! I have so much planned already and... I'm just sooo excited!

Lloydenia: The team was actually pretty shocked! They didn't express it all too much though because... well it didn't seem fit for people to be running around and screaming, "OH MAH GOD! STERLING IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!"

The Caring Girl: I'm glad that you can have some escape from testing! I just went through that! It was so miserable...

It was a small room but Sterling didn't really mind. It had a neatly folded bed with an oak frame and nightstand. The sheets were a soft green color and smelled of lavender. There was a red lamp and alarm clock on the nightstand. On the other side of the room was a small bookshelf and a potted plant. The last thing was a small closet. He slide open the door and didn't expect to find anything.

In the closet hung a perfectly white ninja suit with the symbol of ice on it. It looked like his father's and he smiled. He changed into it quickly and marveled at how clean it was. He then sat on the bed and thought to himself.

'Lux? Lux are you there?'

'Where else would I be?'

'Good point. Anyways I think I've decided.'

'Decided what?'

'We shouldn't abandon our family. We join the light side.'

'Sterling. I don't even know these people and your saying we should join them over the ones who saved our lives?!'

'I know I know. But in the long run won't you want to be on the winning team rather than the losing?'

'Of course bu-'

'So then its final. We join the light side. The Dark Blades just get us in more trouble anyways. Though they do bring a little bit of leisure into our life'

'Fine, but don't expect me to be happy about this.'

'Oh you will be. In time.'

Sterling got up and went into the training yard. He sat on a bench and smiled. The stars always seemed to clear his head whenever it felt fuzzy. So much had just happened that it was hard to process. They had just been resurrected, Lux had amnesia, they would start training to be the ice ninja, and everything was calm for once. Sterling took a deep breath and rested his head on the wall behind him.

"Hello Sterling... what brings you out on a beautiful night like this" Sensei Lloyd said. Sterling lifted his head and saw his Sensei in the doorway.

"Hello Sensei. I wasn't expecting anyone else to be up. But I'm glad you are. I want to talk about everything." Sterling sighed. The Sensei could see past his calm demeanor. He was very nervous, and somewhat scared.

"The same is here my student. I want you to tell me how you came back from the dead. It was quite strange that you are stolen from your grave one minute and alive and well the next."

"Yea.. about that... I-I was taken by the people who came to the monastery with guns. They're called The Seven Dark Blades. I created that group. Well, not me exactly but my other half, Lux. We started The Blades and well. When we died they were left leaderless. They brought me back from the dead by restarting my power source. My other half has amnesia, and I'm not too sure how that works. Anyways, I was in their base when I switched from Lux to Sterling. They let me come here and I was told that I had to choose between good or evil. I've decided that I will join go-".

The wall behind Lloyd and Sterling suddenly blew up. Debris flew everywhere and a large chunk of wall hit Lloyd in the head. He slowly lost consciousness. Before he did, he saw the events before him unfold.

Sterling lay on the ground but was slowly getting up. From the hole in the wall walked a figure in black. The figure walked briskly towards Sterling and grabbed him by the neck. Sterling tried prying himself from the figures grasp but couldn't.

"Transform boy... I know who you really are" the figure growled. Sterling gasped for air and growled a little. Sterling began growing an immense headache. He couldn't tell what it was from. His lack of oxygen or... something else.

"TRANSFORM INTO MY SON" the figure yelled. Sterling's eyes widened as he recognized who it was. He struggled for breath and said quietly, "Dad".

Lloyd's eyelids slowly slid closed and he lost himself in the great expanse of darkness.