Damn, I hate doing these but so I'm just being careful...

TRIGGER WARNING: Contains mentions of sex trafficking and rapes.

Ninjago belongs to LEGO and OC belong to the rightful owners.

Chapter 26: Artistic Drive

"Alright, girls. The object of this exercise is easy: Keep your little girl safe from harm. You need to know what pain your defending them from is in order to stop it."

This was uttered by the Dungeon Mastery Teacher, she stood at a tall 5 feet and 8 inches as she looked at her girls. Tammy and the rest of the girls felt a part jealous and a part starstruck. Starstruck because this was an actual star, a music star in fact. Her usual long raven locks held back in a simple thick braid, a black bow with a silver clip held it in place at the bottom. Her outfit was to school standards but it fit and clung to her body in such a way that would give others other kinds of thoughts. Thus why the jealous part: This teacher was so much more busty and curvy then the girls she was teaching, even some teachers were jealous of her deep curves! Jennifer Belmonte sighed, she could feel the jealously coming off these girls, even the little Second Graders seemed jealous. They had no reason for that though, they all were still growing.

The kids in the Belmonte line were always beautiful, boy or girl. Her younger cousins were all very adorable, Cole had girls chasing after him when he was in diapers! It had been that ridiculous for her as well, even before her music career started! When word got out that she was teaching at St. Rachael, the press wanted to know everything about this Dark Star! What was a Dark Star? It was a cute little nickname that reporters gave stars whom graduated from Darkly and or St. Rachael, just like in all things in Ninjago, other Stars didn't appreciate Dark Stars. Jennifer didn't care for the whole "dark vs light" matter, all that mattered to her was her career, family and her lover. Tammy smirked, feeling rather nosy. Rumor had it that she was seeing Ronald Walker, the Mechanic/Dungeon Master Teacher. She found it a riot, was it really true? Jenny giggled at the tall girl's coy smirk, sensing a question. She just sat at her desk as one would trying to seduce a boss at an office job, going all basic instinct and shifting her leg over her knee. Tammy snickered, shame she didn't become a seducer. Little Red Riding Tits (Monica) would have lost it..."You have a question, Ms. Tucker?" Jenny asked. Tammy nodded, "Rumor has it that your dating a certain cinnamon roll mechanic, true or false?" Tammy asked. All leaned in close, it was then that Tammy noticed one of the little girls looked very similar to Ms. Belmonte. Tammy kept looking at her, noticing her much more. She was taller then the other girls but she was clearly 7 years old, wearing an eye patch over her eye. Did she hurt herself? Her left was blue so she had Cole's blues then, Jenny had the Belmonte green eyes. Not quite the deep jade that the Garmadon line had but it was a shade off, an Emerald green in fact. She even had the same shade of black hair as-Tammy then smiled internally, this little girl had to be the elusive Luna Belmonte.

Cole had been secretive about his younger siblings, Tammy dug around for them and managed to find one of the mystery siblings. Colin Belmonte was a mini green eyed version of Cole with a missing front tooth, very adorable. But his sister was pretty cute too, Luna saw Tammy staring and covered her face with her pigtails. Tammy held back a giggle, she was so shy! Luna looked up at Jenny, getting a soft wink. Luna covered her face again. Jenny giggled at this, her cousin Luna was such a shy little thing. Despite her beauty, she had been covering her right eye with that hideously large eye patch. She had no injury to speak of, bruised egos didn't count. "Why, yes...But I must ask that none of you speak of it, I'd rather that nasty paparazzi leave my cinnamon roll handyman alone." Jenny insisted. Some girls seemed to try and sneak they're hands behind they're backs, Luna pouted at seeing one girl in front of her do this. "Hey! Uncross those fat fingers! Leave my cousin alone!" Luna yelled. Said girl turned around and snarled, how dare she call her fat! Luna backed up, only for Tammy to pick her up and put her behind her. The other girl tried to intimidate her but Tammy had height and used it to easily overrule her intimidation. "Get out of the way, stretch. She's dead!" She barked. Tammy sighed, "Not her fault your too fat to wear a wedding band, Sarah. Maybe if you'd stop stuffing doughnuts in your mouth, your fiancee would come back. " Tammy sassed. All snickered, Sarah didn't find this funny. "At least I have one, better too be fat then too tall." Sarah sighed. Tammy shrugged, smiling. "Whatever helps you to sleep, Sarah." She added.

Jenny smiled while her head was down, the girl asked for it. Looks like Tammy and Luna were already paired off, seeing as she protected said girl from getting hurt. Sarah's engagement was a big sore spot, the dear had been very careless with herself and allowed her weight to spiral so far out of control that it drove away her fiancee. Thus, creating a circle of ceaseless self pity binge of sweets and all sorts of fast food. Her parents were no help as they enabled her, the wait staff looked so unwilling to make they're young mistress so fat! Tammy continued to smile, it shifted to the left. Seems she was painting her final masterpiece of the argument, what would be the final stroke? "Had one, guess Derek hates fatties since he's playing with Jill now." she answered. And with that last insult, Sarah grabbed Tammy's arm, only for the taller to vault her over her shoulders as one would an offensive piece of clothing. Tammy winced in pain, her shoulder sorely bruised. She patted Luna, whom looked sad as she did so.

"Here, for your bruises, Miss Tammy..."

The 7 year old was holding out what looked like a black candy, Tammy giggled at this. Unlike Tiffany and Carla, Neo and her personas weren't so controlling over others curing her. Tammy popped it in her mouth, surprised at the bitterness of it. Luna looked at her with care, like one would a patient. Aww, was she studying Herbalogy? So the Belmonte family HAD an Herbalist! Tammy flipped her eye patch up, only for Luna to flip it back down. Luna looked left and right, lifting it back up. Tammy's expression turned brighter, wow! Her left eye was blue but the hidden right eye was green, the colors and they're contrast was stunning. Why was she hiding away such a pretty view? Heterochromia was so rare and she wore it well. Luna looked down, shuffling her feet. "All the other girls say that I look ugly, I wish I had Mommy's eyes or even Jenny's..." She sighed. Tammy shook her head, Everyone was so jealous nowadays, what happened to accepting your faults?

People shouldn't ruin what genetics and nature gave you.

"Why? I like your eyes. One of the Sea and one of the Land, the very look of Earth." Tammy complimented. Luna turned bright red, seeing Tammy pull out a sketch book. She began drawing, feeling her little medicine kicking in. Tammy wanted to draw her, the lighting was perfect and she'd be damned if she'd let her Nymph Phase stop her! Luna looked on in curiosity, only to be shocked at it once it was done. All colored and everything, Tammy picked up her chin. "Your beautiful, Luna. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise." Tammy urged. Luna hugged her, she was such a nice girl! Tammy looked up and saw a boy in the background, Henry? No, he was in class...Who was this and why was he watching? Better be on the look out, he could be a scout. A scout for what? Anything really, sky's the limit in these schools. People would stage kidnappings and gang rapes, you never knew. Hmm, judging from his body language and phone in his hands, he was a sex trafficker. Looks like this one was fishing for cute little girls, seeing him eyeing little Luna. She had better warn Cole later when she walked Luna back to her dorm, not trusting this guy for a second.

Her Father made a bundle roping in creeps like this, saying they lead to bigger fish. And this was true as once caught, they'd squeal like pigs and suss out they're employers and so on and so forth until the biggest catch was caught. She held Luna's hand as she got up to take her back to said dorm, the boy followed. He smirked, he found they cutest St. Rachael girl, if he did this all right, he could sell the older girl for even more! He felt a tug on the back of his collar, getting yanked backward. He felt his head slammed onto the brick wall, he opened his dazed eyes to stare right into the same emerald green as the little girl had. Cole snarled, who the hell did he think he was stalking his baby sister!? He didn't know how Tammy got his cell but was glad she did, she texted him about this creep. He asked Jay for a lift via dash, he owed him a snack later. "Give me a reason on why I shouldn't kill you..." He whispered while practically foaming at the mouth. The boy freaked, he never got caught before! Cole punched his lights out, throwing him onto the ground in the front of James Tucker. James was stunned, he brought him a bounty? "Creep was scouting out my sister, can you turn him in before I kill him." Cole asked. James hissed at the damage, his control was getting better. he really would have KILLED him, he was lucky. The boy wheezed out a laugh, texting. James saw it and picked it up, breaking it. He took it a step farther and took out the sd card, crumbing it and blowing the dust into the air. He was doing the kid a favor, ignoring the kindness of a Belmonte letting you live will get you killed.

Especially if you threatened ANY family members...

"Aren't you a bit young to dabble in this?" James asked in his Italian accent. The boy refused to speak, glaring at Cole. "She's really cute If I found her, others will too. She'll be all pretty and sold in a heartbeat!" The boy jeered. Cole was about to punch him, only for the bounty hunter to pull him away in time. Cole's punch landed and cracked the concrete like crackers, the boy screamed in terror. Tammy walked over to them, plucking a shard up. "Freak's got a point,Cole. If he found Luna, then others will follow. I'll do my best but try to get your power in check. She's too cute to get sold." She sighed while flicking the shard at the creep. Cole was confused, why did she want to help him for? They weren't friends, she messed with him along with that midget! What was her game?

"Ok, what's your deal?" Cole asked.

"What deal?" Tammy asked.

"Why help me out, I'm grateful and all but I still don't trust you." Cole pointed.

"Don't expect you to, just clearing the air is all. It was all done for reaction, that's it." She stated.

"Then why are you helping me? Besides owing me one?" Cole asked again.

"That's easy: My Grandma and your Grandpa were in alliance with the other, just repeating a good thing." She answered before leaving.

Cole turned to question James, only for the man and freak to be gone. Cole sighed, he had a couple of questions for dear old Grandpa Belmonte! What alliance was she talking about?!

Later that night, Tammy looked into the Creep's history. From what Walker could get from the crushed up cell and it's phantom data, the kid already had dirtied himself. He sold off about 16 girls, quite a few whom who were on Missing posters! So that what happened, at least 3 of her classmates were among them. She hoped Jalier Tudabone beat him with an inch of his life! People like that deserved NO mercy! She groaned, feeling her hand seize up. Damn this phase! She looked at Neo, whom was holding her head. She really was having trouble with that sash, huh? Neo looked back at her in tears, Tammy sensed that the girl needed a hug. She hugged the smaller despite the bruises, she was told about Luna. Neo seemed to find her cute, saying that at least she'd have assistance in healing Tammy. She was 7 and about to creating healing pills, Luna would be an excellent Herbalist.

This whole trafficking thing was starting to become a problem, it should have stopped once they napped that kid but if anything, it skyrocketed. 5 other girls had gone missing, Carla, Tiffany and she already saw about 6 girls from the Herbalogy classes go missing. Principal Rosa expressed that they'd get to the bottom of this, that the police were working on it. By that, she meant officers like Soka and Randy's Dad. Those that were grads were searching, finding out that 1/3 of these girls were dead due to overdose or someone going way too far...Both Officer Tudabone and Hiver looked so tired and frustrated, they were at the top f the game and yet they couldn't find any of these poor girls! Now this ring was selling little boys, making everyone panic! No one was safe... Jack and James were trying so hard to get leads but no matter how many bounties they dragged in, none of them sung. Whoever this was meant business and wanted it to stay, All noticed a pattern, they were looking for something.

All whom were kidnapped had artistic gifts...

Neo panicked, it was only a matter of time before they'd find Tammy. She was extremely talented, they'd snatch her up and hide her until NOONE could find her! Tammy sighed, her art class was shrinking. She received a text from Henry, imploring her to skip said Art class. Tammy shook her head, she knew why. This ring was looking for High Art Channel carriers, she'd be next. She wouldn't be scared off by them, let them take her. Why was so she could fight them head on, bring it down from the inside out! Neo knew that look, Tammy was going to catch the entire ring. Welp, she wouldn't do it alone! Even if it's dangerous, she'd follow her.

"Sorry, Rye...But I can't go out tonight. " She sighed.

The next day, Rai noticed that his class got bigger. He knew all whom showed up, smirking. Ah, so they realized where the ring was fishing. Smart move, with all these cute kids, the angler would be very careless. Looks mattered heavily, Cole and Gene were strong targets for this. Carla was also pretty strong in the looks department, he was surprised she wasn't snatched up already. He continued to teach as he looked around, noticing a rather jittery girl. She seemed extremely nervous, her eyes darting back and forth. He saw her phone out and her taking pictures of the class, found her. So THIS was another scout, he'd make her pay for kidnapping HIS students. He began texting Soka and turned on the recording audio and video featured once he set the phone down. Evidence mattered on the surface, without it, kids like her were scott free to do whatever they wanted.

The girl then saw Tammy, smirking. She FOUND her, the target girl the boss wanted! She was as he described, she was pouring with artistic talent! She was warned from what kind of Family she hailed from, not scared. She didn't fear those pigs or the hunters! they were in circles as they hunted down all the dummy scouts, Oz was just a decoy who got ahead of himself! The little midget didn't scare her either, Herbalist were weaklings and she was no different. She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket as she painted, the buyers were calling. So many studs and hot girls in the art lesson this time, she almost wanted some of them herself! Her family was in the business of trafficking, she was fourth of her generation. She looked for her highest bidders requests, the fussiest and choosiest. All asking for the toughest bill to be filled: The Elemental Mob family members. And she had them ALL in the same room, she was going to be the richest person in her family! Sounds like the clients had sour grapes and wanted revenge, she gladly assist. Why? Well, Tammy's nanny was to blame for this. She killed her grandpa, all for trying to sell her granddaughter to a wealthy client. Velma would pay for this, she'd get to watch her precious granddaughter get sold to the most disgusting and most dirty of her buyers, one that wanted Tammy from the beginning.

How that stupid tall bitch walk around carefree, she'd see such freedom ripped from her once the gavel pounded!

A girl with a tanned skin tone, black hair and brown eyes looked back. This was Lucia Dupree, an artist and a recent friend Vanessa made for the group. She noticed the sketchy girl, eyes squinting in disgust. How dare she invite such hell onto her peers, she truly was a waste of space. She was eager to sell out Tammy just to get revenge that wasn't for her to take, she didn't even know her grandfather to mourn him! Had she known and have morals, she'd thank Velma Tucker for killing him. Officer Dupree was assigned to Officer Tudabone and Hiver to help locate these girls, Her Mother was a spy inside the ring. She had been sussing them out discreetly, none suspecting a thing. Her Mother posed as a seller, many trusting her and not knowing she was a cop incognito. Ms. Dupree prided herself in her undercover work, almost a legend at it. Luica might be an aspiring artist but she would help out so her classmates would live and the ones whom died rest in peace. The class dismissed, Lucia tapping each of our group as a warning for that girl.

Said girl noticed Lucia's soft warning and grew angry, she wasn't ruining her revenge! She'd just get this girl sold off too! She was a cop kid and alot of clients wanted selected ones for payback, Officer Dupree was one of those awful undercover cops so a good 100 or so would love to buy her daughter to get back at the bitch! That Randy kid was another and she already had a guy whom wanted him because of Officer Hiver, it was they're own fault really.

They should have left them alone now they're children would pay for they're meddling...

"Pick them up." She texted silently. No one could stop her now! Sweet revenge was being served...

Uh oh, trafficking?! Our gang could be in serious trouble, the normal trafficking is dangerous but with the Underground, just how bad is it? And as for Ms. Dupree, will she be able to keep a calm mind when her daughter gets caught up in all of this?

As for Tammy, that girl means to do some real harm to her! She has no hesitation in sending many girls her age to brothels or other perverted buyers, how hard was she brain washed by her own parents and how deft of morals is she?!

Just who IS Velma Tucker? Many people are angry at her and the Elemental Mob enough to buy up they're grandbabies, just what did they do?!