Two days had now passed since the Ninjago Force had saved the people on the George Washington Bridge and OsCorp was swamped with reporters, some had even broken in, only to be either thrown out or arrested. Feeling like they were getting cabin fever, they decided to go out into New York for the day as well as fix some loose ends.

Lloyd, wearing a grey coat, green t-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers went to his old school, with his mother to grab his stuff, and say goodbye to his friends and fellow students, who were sad to see him go, despite some who were happy to see him out of their school, and now attending Midtown High. In the hallway, even though he was given the option to attend class once he was settled in, the young leader, assigned by his team, decided to wait a couple of days. "I'm glad you understand, sir." Lloyd said, happy that the principal accepted his offer.

"It may not be like River East, kid, but I'm sure you'll get better friends here, apart from the Ninjago Force, of course." Principal Brown said before he left for his office, and Lloyd to stroll around the school a bit to know the place.

Zane took Pixal to an ultrasound appointment so that they could find out its gender. The news about the ice wielder and robot becoming a father had instantly spread across New York, and already, there was an online poll with for the baby if it were a boy or a girl. "You didn't regret not getting an abortion?" He asked his human girlfriend as they wait for their turn with the obstetrician.

"You're a robot, Zane." She replied. "You'll never be able to get a child again."

"I know." Zane soon wrapped an arm around her, frowning that he'll never do Pixal, or any future girlfriends, like before.

After a few minutes, a nurse came up to them. "Pixal Borg?" She asked.

Zane and Pixal soon stood up. "Well, here we go." Pixal said to her boyfriend and her expecting baby's father before they follow the nurse.

Cole decided to take up his father's offer of wanting to reconcile him and his mother, despite protesting a little, agreed to revoke the restraining order. They met up at Caféine where they see each other for the first time in three years. Their immediate reunion started off with a hug despite Cole's super strength having almost broke his father's back. Once they sat down, a waitress came up to them, and they made their orders with Lou ordering a mocha while Cole ordered an iced americano before she left, leaving the father and son to talk while waiting for their orders. "So... how have you been?" Lou awkwardly asked. It was the first time he saw his son in 3 years after all.

"I've been better." Cole simply replied. "I suppose you heard what happened to me."

"I did. It took me the courage to pick up the phone and talk to your mother, actually."

"How did she take it?"

"Shocking, at first. But over the next few months, she's been giving me updates on you. You sort of felt the same. A few weeks after the accident and the divorce, I realised that fame got to my head when I yelled at you in the hospital."

"I still remember those words, dad."

"How could you be so stupid?" Lou's words were in Cole's head.

3 Years Earlier

13 year old Cole was sitting in a hospital bed, leg raised and knee in a cast. Currently visiting him was Lou, who was in the crowd, and couldn't reach his son for hours due to being pestered by reporters. "You break your knee because of one slip up!"

"It wasn't a slip up, dad." Cole replied, arms folded, not happy his father isn't worried about him. "Derek didn't have his hands in the right spot."

"Oh, so after 1488 hours of practicing the Triple Tiger Sashay, you're blaming Derek Walsh?"

"You heard his interview. He says it's his fault after all."

"It's not his fault. It's yours."

"What?"

"You brought this on yourself, Cole Louis Brookstone. You disgrace the Brookstone legacy. I am so disappointed in you!" In anger, he struck his son's injured knee, causing him to shriek in pain, enough to get a nurse and some orderlies to come in and drag Lou out of the hospital. It was the last time he saw his father.

Present

"I guess I was too angered at being questioned by the reporters that I expressed my anger out on you and made your knee even worse." Pretty soon, their coffees arrived.

"Don't worry. Doctor's said the cast was able keep it intact, but did have to replace it." Cole takes a sip of his iced coffee. "Did you hear from the band after the explosion?"

Lou sighed. "They broke up." He immediately scowled his coffee.

"What do you mean? Rocking Earth are the greatest upcoming band ever."

"That's what their manager told them. But without their lead singer and dancer... you... They weren't the same. Second album didn't sell well, because critics say, and I quote, 'Without Cole Brookstone, Rocking Earth is more like Clumps of Dirt.'"

"Do you know what they're doing now?"

"Derek just got in a relationship, Billy's just became a father, and Gary..." He soon sighed. "He's dead. He commited suicide when the sales didn't go anywhere."

"Oh man, I need to reach out to his family."

"I still have their number, if you want to talk to them. I'll send it to your phone later."

"Okay."

Kai and Nya went to the storage locker that their former landlord put their stuff to go and grab them, but once they arrived, they see some men emptying it. "Keep moving." One of them said.

Realising they're being robbed, they decided to stop it. "Has anyone ever told you that it's impolite to scrounge in other people's stuff?" Nya asked. "Unless your mommies were never around."

The robbers turn to see the Smith siblings, and were immediately shocked. "Kai and Nya Smith!" One of them yelled. "Let's split!" They quickly take off.

"Go around the back." Kai said to his sister, pointing in the direction they came from and went to pursue the robbers while Nya took the direction Kai told her to go.

The robbers ran along the hallway as one of them turned to see the owner of the storage container they tried to rob was still pursuing them. "He's still after us!" He yelled.

"Move faster!" One of them replied before they see their path was split in two. "He can't go after us if we split up."

Knowing what they would do, Kai ignited his hand before throwing a fireball at the right path, causing them both to head in the left direction while the fire wielder kept chasing them. "Nice try." He called out.

They kept on running until they see a teenaged woman with red hair heading in the opposite direction. "Get out of the way!" One of them yelled, pushing her aside, causing her to hit the back of her head and collapse on the floor.

Kai then suddenly found himself having to make a choice: Save the girl and lose the robbers, or keep chasing the robbers and let the girl die. Growling about the second option, the fire wielder came up to the girl and knelt down to her. "Ma'am, are you alright?"

While her brother was tending to the injured girl, Nya came across the emergency exit which was briefly open before peeking through the gap to see the robbers heading for it, but doesn't see her brother. "Oh, where did you go, Kai?" She asked herself as the robbers were almost to the door. Thinking of a solution, the water wielder soon kicked the door shut, and grunting was heard. She opened the door to see the two robbers on the ground, one of them clutching his nose from when he hit the closing door. "Better watch for those sudden surprises next time." She sarcastically spoke.

Within minutes, the police arrived to take the thieves into custody while Kai helped the paramedics load the girl into the truck before he chose to accompany them, feeling sympathetic from her involvement. Once the truck drove off, something fast suddenly stopped next to her, and she turned to see that it was Jay. "Nya, what happened?" He asked.

"A couple of guys tried to rob our container." She simply replied. "They even took down a girl, Kai's gone along with the paramedics."

"Hell of a way to spend a Thursday."

(A/N: I will be going hold for a while until I hear some name and gender suggestions for Pixal's child, so don't be shy to give me any. Choose the gender on my profile poll, PM, or reviews. And maybe even names in PM or reviews)