A/N: Hello! Time to rescue Jay and ofr the others to realize that they seriously bite off more than they can chew this time around… oh and there also is a city wide protest against violence towards Dragonoids going on as well. But hey, Jay's been kidnapped.

Twenty-Seven: Protests and Evil Dudes…

Nya frowned as she walked down the school hallway, her mind dwelling more on the fact that her boyfriend was still missing than where she was going.

"Hey! Join us for the protest at Town Square later today! The more the merrier!" Mark suddenly shoved a flier into her face.

Nya rolled her eyes at him, as she accepted the flier. "What's the protest about it?"

Mark arched an eyebrow up at her, before running off to continue passing the fliers out, tossing a response over his shoulder as he did so. "The way we've been treating Dragonoids."

Nya blinked slowly, before breaking at a run as she charged through the hall. Someone might have yelled at her that there was no running in the halls, but she had a much bigger issue to deal with than hallway safety.

~With Pixal~

Pixal's fingers flew across the keyboard as she pulled up the security footage she had downloaded the night before. "The suit that Nya made me worked like a charm. I was even able to get it to do facial scans of everyone that entered and left the hotel last night."

Zane nodded in agreement as he tapped his fingers along the table. "That's nice. We need to find the vice principal and Jay. What time periods does that narrow us down to?"

Pixal shook her head as she tapped out a few commands. She was already in her suit and was mostly using her powers; though instinct lead her to type with her fingers. "Not much. Just when we entered the building; and Jay is still with us…and that is it. Nothing is out of the ordinary here."

Cole shifted as he heard something, or someone, quickly running to Mr. Borg's office. "Pixal…are you sure your dad is ok with us being in here?"

"Yes. I think it might actually be Nya." Pixal zoomed in on an employee that was hauling out a large old rug.

"What makes you say that?" The words had barely left Cole when the door slammed open and Nya came in.

"Cole move away from the door. I know you're supposed to be keeping others out, but I just pushed you into the wall." Nya strolled in as if it were normal for her to knock the football quarterback into a wall.

Pixal smiled briefly at her, before going back to her work. "I knew it was her because the second I realized someone was coming this way I used my suit's powers to hack into the school security cameras to see who it was."

Nya nodded in understanding, as if she had been there the entire conversation. Lifting her hand up, she dropped the flier on the desk. "It's begun."

Kai leaned over, confusion crossing his face. "What are you talking about? A protest in the park? The flier says that it isn't for another four hours."

Nya swatted her brother, a low growl escaping her. "No! The bringing about of peace! Humans are holding a city wide protest about how they've been treating our kind!"

"But how…Jay's missing. And if he's the One then he needs to be here to lead the way…" Cole scoffed, not seeing how any of this was possible.

"Guys…"

"Not now Kai. Maybe by our mingling with the humans and trying our hardest to help them is what is causing the change. Maybe it really wasn't up to one person…" Nya picked the flier back up as she scanned the information. "We can totally show up in support of this… if we find Jay before then."

"Um, Guys?"

"Not now Kai. Let the smart ones talk about important stuff right now and figure out where Jay's been taken."

"But guys…."

Nya clapped a hand over her brother's mouth, glancing over at Pixal. "Think you can find Jay in time?"

"I'll try, but it honestly looks like he never left the hotel…" Pixal broke off, knowing that they had looked through the entire hotel the night before.

Kai yanked Nya's hand off of his mouth and pointed to the screen. "That carpet cleaner dude that left the hotel while we were looking for Jay… he dumped the old carpet he was carrying into the trunk of a plain black SUV that by chance as the vice principal sitting the driver's seat!"

Everyone froze as they stared at Kai for five seconds before whipping around to look at the screen. Pixal pulled up the footage that he had mentioned, and zoomed in on the carpet. "Jay's shoe… that isn't a carpet cleaner."

"Now the question is where is he taking Jay and why." Zane straightened up, ignoring the pleased look Kai had.

~With Jay~

Jay winced as the car hit another pothole, causing him to fly up and bang into the trunk door before slamming back down. Whoever kidnapped him apparently had changed their minds about letting him out of the trunk at wherever they had stopped the night before and was driving off to who knows where now. Finally, the car stopped again. Relief flooded him as he listened to the sound of the engine finally turning off. A minute later the scratching sound of a key unlocking the trunk could be heard from the outside.

Light, bright sunlight to be more precise, flooded the cramped trunk as the door was yanked open. Jay squinted as he tried to look at the tall man standing in front of the trunk. It was the same man that he had followed the day before, hat pulled low over his head and a long overcoat that appeared to be too big on him. Jay wrinkled his nose as he noted that the rotten food smell was coming off of him… a muffled squeak escaped him as he was roughly yanked out of the trunk and shoved nearly head first into a rundown cabin.

The scent of close to a dozen different Dragonoids slammed into his nostrils, startling him. Glancing around the cabin, he spotted several rough looking men and women, all of them Dragonoids, watching his every move. His host seized him by the upper arm and shoved him unceremoniously into a wooden chair. He pulled out thick ropes which he then used to secure Jay to the chair.

Once that was done, he pulled off the hat and coat to reveal that he was also a Dragonoid. "Can't make peace now if you're all tied up, now can ya?" A boisterous laugh escaped him as he tossed his head back.

One of the women came over and yanked the gag out of Jay's mouth. Jay licked his lips, before looking at his captor. "Why?"

"Why? Why? I'll tell ya why! What those prissy humans have done to our kind is unforgivable! And we're going to make them pay dearly for that…but we can't do that if the One gets in the way. Thus why you are here, where you can't stop us from destroying all of humankind." The leader, at least Jay presumed the guy that kidnapped him was the leader, waved his arms around wildly as he spoke, before snagging a long rifle.

Jay felt his heart sink as he stared at that. This really wasn't good. "Hey! Boss! There's a large gathering of humans of all ages later today at Ninjago City Town Square. Apparently there is some sort of protest going on." One of the men called out to the kidnapper, confirming Jay's suspension.

"Wonderful…we now know where to start our reign of terror."

"Don't! You'll just add more fuel to the fire! You're gonna make everything worse!" Jay strained fruitlessly against his binds.

"No. We are going to make everything better without your help." The leader spat in Jay's face, before walking out the door. "Let's move out!"

A/N: Done! Ok… so I didn't get to the part where they find out who was shot…or that a shooting did happen. Oh well. We now know who kidnapped Jay and what kind of mess he is in. Let's hope that there aren't any causalities because of these idiots. Do you guys have any guesses on who was shot?

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