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Season 2

Chapter 20: The Stone Army

It was the next day and I was out in Ninjago City, just taking a walk. Today Sensei had woken up about the same time I had and I informed him where I was heading to. Which how I wounded up in the middle of Ninjago City. At a park.

I was sitting down against the grass at the park watching everyone around me.

Everyone seemed happy, which made me smile a bit. I sighed happily and closed my eyes, listening to the sounds surrounding me. Only one word could describe how I was feeling and that word was...

Peaceful.

I have to admit, it has been awhile since I was in an actual peaceful state. Every since the Great Devourer was defeated, it's like everyday there was some kind of problem to solve. First it was getting jobs, then pirates, then evil doubles, then a dangerous race, then finding my best friend who I thought I would never see again while I was a kid. Lloyd now older so I can consider that a good thing. I guess I just feel a bit stressed out. I don't know...

I opened my eyes and stared at the sky.

In the background, I heard the sound of music. Turning my head, I spotted a band nearby. Looked like they were beginning to play.

I smiled and sat up, watching the group play. After a few minutes, some people began to sing along and some would even dance.

"Guess some people have fun in the morning..or afternoon." I whispered to myself, not really knowing what time of day it was.

I figured it was time to head back and stood up, dusting myself off.

I then pulled up my good over my face and began to head back home. As I did so, I couldn't help but softly sing the songs that I happened to have heard from the band at the park.

When I made it back to the Bounty, it turned out that there was an emergency at the Ninjago Museum of History and we were needed.

So that's how we ended up here, at the museum.

"Oh, thank heavens you're here!" The Museum Director said as he looked over at us.

"We heard there was an emergency?" Sensei said in a questioning tone.

"Yes, yes. Come, come. Quickly, this way!" The Museum Director and guided us to a room in the museum.

"The Stone Warrior exhibit opens to the public tonight." He began to explain. "And this couldn't have come at the worst time."

"Uh..what couldn't have come at the worst time?" Kai questioned.

"Ninjago City appreciated your help in destroying the Great Devourer in time back." The Museum Director said. "Here, its toxic venom seeped through the city's sewer system and has been having the most unusual side affects."

As we walked past the venom, I smelled a foul stench and covered my nose until the smell was gone.

The Museum Director opened the doors to a room and I was quite surprised at what was inside.

Inside there was a bunch of, um, alive objects. They seemed to be toys.

"The toxins in the venom somehow brought our merchandise to life!" He exclaimed.

The, now alive, merchandise continued to make noises.

I looked down and noticed that one of them was hopping over to me. I bent down and held out one of my hands towards it. The toy jumped onto my hand and I brought it up to eye level. I smiled at it as we stared but it soon turned into a frown when it hit me on my cheek.

"We got this, I think we can handle a few toys." Jay said, walking into the room. Followed by the others.

The toy I was holding hit me again across my face and laughed. I glared at it and dropped it, making it break into pieces.

"Stupid toys..." I muttered and began to break a few more.

But, they wouldn't stop coming and managed to take me down.

"These things are smarter than they look.." I said.

I rolled my eyes and pushed them off before heading over to Sensei and Lloyd. The others had decided to use Spinjitzu to make things go a lot quicker. As they did that, they were also messing up the gift shop. I quickly ducked to avoid getting hit by merchandise.

When they were done, they looked around the gift shop. Which was now a mess.

"Uh...oops." Zane said.

Suddenly, Sensei headed out of the room. Confused, I quietly followed Sensei Wu. I came just in time to see a woman I seen before but it seemed like Sensei knew exactly who she was. I stood behind Sensei and stared at the unknown woman for awhile before the ninja came in.

Jay cleared his throat as the ninja entered. "So, uh, you gonna introduce us?"

Now it was Sensei's turn to clear his throat. "Um, yes. This is Misako." He said as he walked over to the woman. I silently followed. "Lloyd's mother."

Everyone, including me, let out a gasp.

"M-My mother?"

The four ninja parted to reveal Lloyd.

Misako gasped and smiled as she walked over to him. "Lloyd? My little boy, you're so much bigger than I remembered." She reached out to him but Lloyd quickly pulled away.

"Yeah, its been a long time." Lloyd said.

"I didn't want us to meet like this. I have a reason why I've been away." Misako explained.

"Well, I don't want to hear it!" Lloyd told her, clearly upset and began to walk away.

"Lloyd, wait. Please." Misako said but Lloyd just slammed the door behind him in response.

I continued to remain silent. I looked over at Sensei Wu before going after Lloyd, not bothering to wait after the others.

I found him in one of the exhibits, sitting down, and quietly walked over to him. I took a seat near him and just looked down at the hole in front of us.

'Is...something wrong?'

I heard Lloyd sigh.

'I can't believe she...after all these years of being alone I finally meet her here.'

Before I responded, I sensed someone else nearby. I looked back to see Misako in the doorway. I got up and took a few steps back while Misako walked in.

"I'd watch your step, that sinkhole doesn't have a bottom son. This is where I found the ancient Stone Warrior." She said.

"Uh, son? You've been gone my whole life! There's nothing you can say.." Lloyd told her.

I looked at the two sadly while they continued to speak.

"Well, I'm going to talk anyway. You wanna know what I've been doing all this time?" Misako asked as she walked over to the other side of the hole. "Before Sensei Wu ever knew who would be the Green Ninja, I knew it would be you."

Lloyd looked away.

"And I knew you would have to eventually fight your father and I dropped you off at the boarding school so I can go learn everything I could about the prophecy in hope of one day preventing the final battle between good and evil. All this time, son, I've been trying to save you and your father." She continued.

Lloyd then looked up at her.

I looked back to see Sensei and the ninja enter the room before looking back at the two.

"Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the First Spinjitzu Master." She began to say before Lloyd cut her off.

"Yeah, yeah, we've heard this story a hundred times." Lloyd interrupted.

"But you've only heard half of it." Misako explained.

"In Ninjago, there has always been a balance between good and evil. So you know how the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago, but what if I were to tell you that in order for there to be light, there must be shadow." She explained. "And within shadow, there is darkness. The blackest of darkness existed from the very beginning. An evil spirit called the Overlord."

"Did you know about this Sensei?" Zane questioned, facing him.

"I had hoped, if I kept the secret, that name would never be spoken again." Sensei answered.

Misako continued. "The balance was at stake and their battle could've gone for eternity, each side powerful. Neither could conquer the other. Until the Overlord created his indestructible warriors, the Stone Army. The Spinjitzu master did what he could, but he knew he would soon be defeated. So, instead of losing the war, he divided Ninjago in two and lucky for us, since then, there has been no trace of the Overlord or his Stone Army. Until my recent discovery."

"So, that's why the battle has yet to be decided. It was never finished." Kai realized.

"But, where is this Dark Island? I never heard of it." Cole asked.

"It disappeared I presume. But, the legend states that as long as the balance between good and evil remains even, the Overlord shall remain trapped from this world. I have always feared that your father's ambition would ultimately shift the balance. That is why he must be stopped." Misako explained.

"Wow..." I whispered.

"We have each felt the power of the First Spinjitzu Master. Passed on to us through the form of the elemental weapons." Sensei said. "But now, that power has been inherited in the Green Ninja. Which is why only Lloyd can defeat the ultimate evil or else all of Ninjago will fall prey under its darkness."

"Leaving you was the hardest thing I had to do. But faced with saving you and the world, I had no other choice." Misako told Lloyd.

Wow..so his mother left him when he was little? That must've resulted in a harsh childhood...

"So, have you discovered a way to prevent me from facing my father?" Lloyd questioned.

"I'm sorry, not yet. But I have reason to believe there's still a way.." Misako answered.

Suddenly, there was a loud banging noise coming from the back which caught everyone by surprise. Everyone turned around to see a giant...uh...thing in the door way.

"Woah! Excuse me, will somebody tell me, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" Jay yelled, seeing the..thing.

"That's the Stone Warrior." Misako said.

"The Great Devourer's venom must've awakened it." Zane explained.

"Great! Kai, take care of him." Cole ordered.

Kai turned to look at his fellow teammate. "Uh...me?"

I glanced over at the Stone Warrior.

Kai pulled down his hood and took out his sword. "Okay, Blockhead." He said, running towards the warrior. "Take this!"

Kai then proceeded to jump and attempted to strike the Stone Warrior, but it deflected the attack. The red ninja landed on the ground, his sword broken into pieces.

Well, at least he tried.

"Wow, in my mind I saw that playing entirely differently." Kai commented before he was suddenly picked up by the Stone Warrior."The Overlord created his Stone Army from an indestructible material only found on the Dark Island." Misako explained.

"Great, you could've mentioned that earlier!" Kai exclaimed.

The Stone Warrior threw Kai over his shoulder before looking directly at us. I narrowed my eyes and change into my wolf form.

"Lloyd! Use your power!" Sensei instructed.

Lloyd closed his eyes and focused before he created an energy ball. He then opened his eyes and blasted the Stone Warrior with an energy beam, creating a bright light and green colored fire. When it disappeared, the Stone Warrior was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone cheered, thinking that the Stone Warrior was defeated.

I looked where the Stone Warrior was. Misako said that the stone warriors were created by a indestructible material...only found on the Dark Island...

Just as I thought, the Stone Warrior appeared and he seemed to be just fine.

"Uh...how are we supposed to destroy this thing?!" Cole asked as everyone backed away a bit.

"You can't." Misako stated.

"What?! Really?!" I asked, frantically as I looked back at the Stone Warrior who was trying to get in.

I looked over at the others and saw that they were getting ready to attack this thing. I smiled and began running over to the giant warrior that stood in the doorway. I jumped up and was about to kick him but he hit me with one of his swords, knocking me backwards. I got up and shook my head before going back to try and hit the warrior.

But, the Stone Warrior just simply grabbed my leg and threw me out the room.

I hit a wall and landed on the ground. I changed back to my human form.

"Okay then...that didn't work." I mumbled and stood up.

I glanced around the area and noticed that the others were thrown out as well. I then noticed that the Warrior was coming after us.

My eyes widened and I quickly ran away with the others.

As we ran, I tried to make a force field. You know, that purple colored like shield that I had somehow created back when I got turned into a kid again. Yeah, that one. I had asked Sensei about it and turned out it was a force field.

"Come on, come on..." I mumbled, trying to focus.

Unfortunately, Sensei didn't know exactly how I had created it. Leaving me to find that out for myself. I looked back to see that the warrior was right behind me and quickened my pace.

We ran into the room and closed the doors. But, that didn't do much because the Stone Warrior just smashed through the door with one of his swords.

"Come on Jade...you can do this. Your family is in danger...you need to protect them..." I whispered to myself.

After a minute or two, nothing happened.

I let out a small growl and decided to create an illusion. My eyes started to glow a bit as I created an illusion of another door. While in my illusion making state, I was unaware that the others were forming a plan. Well, I'm really unaware of what's going on around me for that matter.

I closed my eyes, trying to keep the illusion steady. The fact that the Stone Warrior was hitting the fake door wasn't helping much.

"I...can't...hold this illusion much longer..."

That's when I couldn't take it and dropped the illusion. At that moment, the Warrior busted through the door. I quickly ran over and hid behind one of the pillars.

Remaining silent, I watched the Stone warrior. Not noticing that the ninja were up above. I took deep breaths as I watched.

Up above, Cole had cut the lines that connected the figure to the ceiling. The figure fell and dropped onto the Stone Warrior.

"Woah! Direct hit!" Jay cheered.

I walked out of my hiding spot and walked over to where the Stone Warrior had stood.

"Did we get him?" Cole asked.

His question was answered when a hand shot up from a pile of bones.

"He's still here!" Kai exclaimed.

"You think Lloyd's ready with his plan?" Zane asked.

"I hope so." Cole said before he and the others ran out of the room. I followed them but I had accidentally tripped on one of the bones, which caused me to fall to the ground.

I winced in pain as I felt something sharp on my hand. I stood up and noticed that a small sharp bone had found itself on my palm. I stared at it for a moment before pulling it out.

"Ow!" I exclaimed and winced.

I forgot that the stone warrior was still in the same room as me. The Stone Warrior stood up, getting the bones off of him.

"Shoot!" I exclaimed and quickly ran out of the room.

As I ran, the Stone Warrior chased after me. I sighed, frustrated. He's not going to stop is he?

I continued to run when I saw a familiar person.

"Misako!" I exclaimed, catching her attention.

She looked over at me and waved. "Follow me!" She exclaimed before running off.

I sighed and followed her, bringing the Stone Warrior with me. Misako lead me to the same room that we were in before. I quickly stopped by the wall and took deep breaths while I watched Lloyd and Misako. The Stone Warrior headed to them and just when I thought they were goners, the floor beneath the warrior gave out and he fell in. Huh, smart. Lloyd covered the bottomless pit to look like there was no hole. So when the Stone Warrior stepped onto the "fake" floor, his weight caused the paper beneath him to rip.

I smiled.

Finally, everyone is safe...

I looked down at my hand and noticed that there was a bit of blood where the sharp bone had been. I sighed and closed my eyes. The blood suddenly disappeared and I opened my eyes, revealing that they were glowing a bit.

And we end in a weird way! :D Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I apologize if you didn't. And again, I can understand. Sorry if some of the dialogue wasn't the same as the show, I was watching the episode on YouTube but their voices were really high pitched and I was like, "Nope!" but I dealt with it. (By lowering the volume XD) Anywho, thanks for the cookie KR! Nice name by the way! Now if you'll excuse me, I shall now write about earthquakes and the return of Garmadon! Until next time! (#TeamKai)

Question to all my fellow ninjas!: Who's your favorite antagonist?

~AI