Chapter 16

Movie Ninjago

Cyan Nya let out a heavy sigh and massaged her forehead in irritation.

The source of her irritation was on his knees in the mech warehouse begging for her help.

"Please, please, please, please tell me who Nya saw on the dating machine thingy," Nick Jay pleaded desperately. "I know she was talking to you before, please! I gotta know! Puh-leeeease!"

While he continued a constant mantra of "Please, please, please…" below her, Nya looked up at both of the Coles who were standing just behind him. "Do I want to know why he's here begging?" she asked dryly.

Cliff Cole had the grace to look sheepish. "He thinks if he can kick the butt of our Nya's supposed 'perfect match' he can somehow win her back," he explained. "The only problem is… we don't know who it is."

"That is pretty obvious," Nya replied glancing briefly at the still groveling Jay. She then glanced over at DJ Cole. "So why are you here?"

DJ just rolled his eyes.

Ten Minutes Earlier...

DJ Cole was walking down the street with his headphones on like usual, but not even the music could drown out the enraged cry behind him.

Thanks to years of Nya, Kai and occasionally the rest of the team tackling him in greeting (the twins had been doing it since childhood, and infected everyone else with the method), DJ quickly turned around and caught whoever was launching themself at him.

He was mildly surprised to see that it was Nick Jay and slightly concerned at how red-faced and angry he looked.

"Are you Nya's perfect match?" he asked furiously as he squirmed in DJ's grip.

DJ Cole raised an eyebrow and glanced over at his own counterpart as he hurried over to them, having undoubtedly followed Jay.

Hearing DJ's unspoken question, Cliff quickly explained the situation, and that for some reason Nick Jay had suspected it might be him.

DJ's eyebrows rose even higher when he heard that. "Why would a computer in your world have my name on it?" he asked dryly. "It doesn't even know I exist."

The two dimension-jumping Ninja were silent for a long moment after he pointed it out.

"Oops," Jay muttered weakly.

Now

"... So after that, I brought them here," DJ concluded.

Nya's eyebrow was beginning to twitch in irritation. "Gee, thanks for that," she said sarcastically as Jay still begged beneath her.

"Please, please, please, please, please, pleeeeeaaaase!" Jay begged.

"Okay enough!" Nya shouted, finally having enough of the groveling, cutting him off in mid 'please'.

Leveling Jay with a piercing look, she said flatly. "I get that you're sad and hurt Red broke up with you and you want someone to blame, but Red came to me and told me everything in confidence. Do you really want me to break her trust?"

For a second Jay looked like he wanted to say yes, but then registered her words and thought better of it at the last minute.

"Because me or Kai telling you what she confided in us will just make her hate all three of us and never trust any of us again," she continued.

Now Jay looked far more chagrined. "Okay," he said meekly. "You don't have to tell me who it is, but could you, like, give me a hint or something? Some sign what I should do? Or what I'm doing wrong?"

Nya gave him an almost evil smirk. Pointing at a nearby couch, she said, "I'll tell you what to do. Sit down."

Realizing her tone was not one to be argued with, Jay immediately did as she said while Nya marched to her storage locker, and came back with a survey and a pencil.

"You want something to do?" she asked as she sat in an armchair across from him, and smacked the paper and pencil onto the coffee table between them. "You're going to take the Nya Test."

Jay looked at her bewildered. "Wha-?" he tried to ask.

"TAKE IT!" Nya snapped.

Jay quickly took the pencil and paper with no further arguments as Nya began asking questions.

DJ and Cliff watched this in bemusement.

"Why are you going along with this anyway?" DJ asked his counterpart as they watched.

Cliff Cole sighed. "I don't know how it is with your Jay, but with our Jay, he's… stubborn. He knows what he wants, and when things go wrong he freaks out. The bigger the wrong the worse the freak-out. Dating Red Nya was, well, everything to him so… yeah… his freak-out is really bad this time."

"And so you're letting him accuse random people of being to blame?" asked DJ with a raised eyebrow.

Cliff sighed and shook his head. "Sorta. I'm here to make sure it doesn't go too far and if we do find the guy and he deserves it, I'll totally help Jay kick his butt, but mostly Jay just needs to get this out of his system so he can move on. I'm just here to help him through it."

DJ stared at him for a long minute, before smiling slightly. "You're a good friend," was all he said.

Cliff beamed in response. He then glanced back at Jay and Nya. "So what's this Nya Test he's taking? Some kind of love test? 'Cause, you know, that's kinda how we got in this mess in the first place."

"Not exactly," DJ replied. "While it can help with romance, it's more of a test of intention. A way to find out what a person wants and why, and if those intentions are good or bad for the people around them." He paused and then smirked. "The others on the team do think it's just a love test, though."

Cliff snickered at that, then asked, "So what's the point of Jay taking it? We know what his intentions are. He wants to date Nya again."

"Yes," said DJ, "but why does he want to date her?"

Cliff shrugged. "Uh, because she's pretty?" he guessed.

DJ gave him a flat look.

Realizing that might not be the best sole reason to date someone, Cliff looked sheepish and said, "Okay, I see your point."

DJ nodded in agreement. "I can't say whether Jay's intentions are right or wrong, but I can say that him coming here to beg our Nya for the guy's name is probably not doing him any favors."

Cliff let out a weak laugh at that. "We didn't come here just for that. Our Lloyd decided he wanted to go with yours to the Serpentine King meeting tomorrow, and we were dropping him off so he can head there with them in the morning. He's off with doing something with Luh-Loyd, Freckles Jay and Buddy Kai right now."

DJ grunted in acknowledgment.

Meanwhile, Jay answered the last question on the survey and handed it to Nya to look over.

Nya scanned the paper carefully, before looking up at Jay. "Well, you failed," she said bluntly.

"What? Why?" asked Jay in disbelief.

Nya sighed. "Your intentions are good, and your feelings for her are real, but… you're not seeing the bigger picture here."

"What bigger picture?" asked Jay, looking bewildered.

"You see my counterpart as this perfect ideal," Nya explained. "She's your ultimate dream girl. In your eyes, she can do no wrong, but that's not true. Right now she's just a mixed-up teenage girl trying to get her head together, and you putting her on a pedestal isn't helping."

"I know she's mixed up!" Jay protested. "I want to help her get un-mixed up."

"By picking a fight with her 'perfect match'," Nya asked dryly, shutting Jay up. Nya sighed and added, "That's another thing. You're not respecting her decision. What she needs to get un-mixed up is space to think and consider what she wants in life. She can't do that if you keep pushing for something you want. Chasing her when she doesn't want to be chased is only going to drive her away."

Jay looked horrified at the very idea of that. Then his expression turned defensive. "Oh, what do you know?" he asked dismissively. "It's just another stupid test."

"It's not a stupid test, it's simple logic. I'm not saying you two could never be together," Nya said. "But it has to be a mutual decision, and maybe a little growing up happening first. Right now, it's just not the time."

But Jay wasn't listening anymore if the stubborn expression on his face was anything to go by.

"So," said Nya, hoping he was still taking in what she was saying. "What are you going to do now?"

Jay thought about it for a moment, before declaring, "I'm going to punch the jerk who stole Nya in the face!"

Nya sighed, and both of the Coles groaned. All her advice in one ear and out the other.

Before she could try again, the door to the warehouse opened, and Zane and Penny stepped in. "Hello, fellow teenagers," called Zane as they came closer.

Penny, meanwhile, looked between Cliff Cole and Nick Jay in confusion. "I did not realize there were other Ninja," she said.

Nya and DJ glanced at the dimension travelers and realized Penny's confusion stemmed from the two of them wearing their gis.

"Do you even have other clothes?" Nya had to ask, having never seen them wear anything else.

"Yeah, when we work in the teashop," said Nick Jay, still feeling defensive.

"But those uniforms are too dumb to wear anywhere else," added Cliff Cole.

DJ rolled his eyes and addressed Penny's question. "We're the Ninja that handle things in the city, but there's a whole lot more of Ninjago than just here. These guys handle problems elsewhere," he explained truthfully without giving away the dimensional travel.

Penny looked thoughtful and nodded. "I see, that seems logical."

"So, uh, who's she?" asked Cliff curiously, having never seen Penny before.

Zane smiled. "This is my friend, Penny. Penny, these are Jay and Cole's cousins, Cliff and Nick," he said, pointing to each in turn.

Penny's eyes widened in recognition at the names, and she studied them thoughtfully. "So they are…" she started to say, but seeing Nya shake her head, had her quickly change gears. "I would assume the cousins to each are the ones who resemble each other?" she asked.

"Correct," said Zane.

"Is being a ninja a family affair?" Penny asked.

"Sometimes," replied Zane. "Some families, such as Lloyd's, are composed entirely of ninja, however, as you have seen of mine, only myself and my own cousin are ninja."

"Fascinating, what a coincidence that you all have cousins that are also ninja," said Penny thoughtfully, and the two devolved into a discussion of ninja family trees, seeming to forget the rest were there.

Despite getting her name, Cliff and Jay were still confused. "Who is she?" Cliff whispered to his counterpart and Jay leaned in to listen.

"Zane's soon-to-be girlfriend," DJ replied. "Once she passes the Nya Test, at least."

Cliff and Jay just stared at him, then turned to stare at Zane and Penny. "What about Pixal?" Cliff hissed in bewilderment so as not to be overheard.

Now it was DJ and Nya's turn to look confused. "Who?" they both asked.

Cliff and Jay exchanged a look as they realized the android girl their friend was so hung up on possibly didn't exist here, and in her place, Zane fell for someone else.

"Well, she's definitely cute. Pep's got good taste," said Jay.

Nya gave him a dry look. "You're Jay's counterpart alright," she muttered under her breath.

Zane and Penny seemed to realize they were still there, and Zane said, "Oh, sorry. I wanted to ask if I could show Penny the Ultra Dragon."

Penny nodded eagerly. "I have never seen a real dragon before. I am curious what they are like."

The others exchanged a glance. DJ and Nya mostly looked at Cliff and Jay for the answer, as Ultra was their ride.

"Uh, sure, you can take a look," said Cliff.

"You can go for a ride on them if they'll let you," added Jay, making Cliff turn to look at him in surprise.

Both Zane and Penny lit up at hearing that. "Thank you so much!" said Penny.

"Yolo!" said Zane as he and Penny exited back out of the warehouse to approach the dragon.

The others stared after them.

"Yolo?" asked Jay in bewilderment.

"I'd say we need to cut down on his internet intake, but it's literally inside his head," DJ said while rolling his eyes.

Cliff looked over at Jay. "Why'd you say they could go flying on Ultra? Don't we need to get back soon?"

Jay looked petulant. "Because at least someone should get to have a decent romance around here."

Nya snickered. "That was nice of you. Wanna follow them?" she asked.

The three boys exchanged a glance.

Outside, Zane was slowly approaching the Ultra Dragon. While the four-headed dragon knew the counterparts in this Ninjago, they still weren't familiar with them aside from Lloyd.

The ice head, Shard, seemed most eager to see him, being the counterpart of his original rider. The other three heads seemed mostly indifferent to their presence, but weren't growling or trying to scare them off, so Zane counted that as a win.

Trying to do what he'd seen Lloyd do when approaching animals, Zane approached slowly and steadily, talking in a low volume as he did so.

While the dragon didn't seem to find him a threat, they didn't seem impressed by him either, and the fire head, Flame, huffed a puff of smoke out of his nostrils in Zane's face.

"Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile," Zane quoted, only to get more smoke blown in his face.

"That's not very nice," said Penny disapprovingly.

Zane blinked his optics, before turning and saying, "Oh, no, it was from a movie. How to Train Your Dragon."

"Oh," said Penny in understanding. "I think I have seen that movie. It is still not a nice thing to say, however."

The Ultra Dragon rumbled in agreement.

"I apologize," said Zane, looking sheepish. "I could not resist a good movie quote."

"I'm sure there are nicer movie quotes you can use," Penny said. "Ones that are less likely to get you eaten by a dragon."

"We're ninja, it's an occupational hazard," Zane replied automatically.

Realizing that was another slightly altered quote, Penny couldn't help but giggle.

After a bit more coaxing, the Ultra Dragon allowed them onto their back and took off into the sky.

Unknown to them, Nya's Water Strider Mech slipped into the ocean to follow after them with Nya driving, and Jay crammed in the back. The Coles had bowed out of joining, instead deciding to visit DJ's mother, and trusting Nya to keep Jay in line.

"Is it me, or are they being kind of adorable," said Jay as he watched them interact through the mech's windshield.

"It's not just you," said Nya with a grin.

As they watched, Zane began giving grand gestures at the view around them, and from what the mech could pick up on its sensors… "Is he… singing?" asked Jay incredulously.

"That he is," Nya confirmed. "And based on what I can hear, and what they're doing, I'm guessing the song is A Whole New World. Appropriate."

Jay wasn't sure they had that song in his world, or how it was appropriate, but apparently, Penny knew it too, much to Zane's obvious delight. "Aaaand now she's singing too. How are these two so adorable?"

"I dunno, but it's fun to watch," said Nya.

As they continued watching the two sing a duet on the Ultra Dragon, Jay had to ask, "So this Penny girl is taking that test too?"

"Yep," said Nya. "Not that she knows it. It's a precaution I give to all possible dates. Even myself."

Jay blinked, not having expected that. "So why hasn't she passed yet?" he asked. "She seems sweet enough. And those two seem to be hitting it off."

Nya sighed and to delay answering she maneuvered her controls so that they were deep enough underwater to not be spotted while still able to follow.

"She didn't help us," she finally said.

"Help you with what?" said Jay, looking confused.

"With anything," she said. "We had no contact with her until Zane ran into her at school not too long ago."

"So?" asked Jay.

"So even though she's made it clear she didn't believe the rumors, and didn't approve of the bullying, hate, and everything we had to go through before, she still did nothing to help us," Nya explained, feeling a bit frustrated. It was something that had been bothering her since the start of her test. "She didn't have to be our friend back then, she didn't even have to stand up for us and get a target on her back, just a kind word when no one else was around would have been enough. Something to show us that maybe not the whole city thought we were evil, but she just avoided us like everyone else. Getting to know her like I have, I've seen she's a helper. I know she's the type who would have helped us… but she didn't. Why didn't she?"

Jay could only shrug helplessly. He didn't know enough about their world or about Penny to give an answer. "She knows better now. Isn't that enough?" was all he said.

Nya frowned. "Maybe," she said. "I really like Penny, and I know Zane does too, even more than I do. But if she was willing to compromise her own morals before, who's to say that won't happen again? I don't want her to hurt Zane while doing it."

"And that's why we're spying on them on their date," said Jay.

"Technically, it's not a date yet," said Nya, not denying the spying part. "Zane's determined to at least be friends with her first. Whatever develops afterward is up to them."

Jay scoffed. "They're taking a romantic flight on a dragon while singing a love song… and they just think it's a friendly outing?" he asked incredulously.

"Yup. You see what I have to put up with," said Nya with a fond roll of her eyes.

Above them on the Ultra Dragon, Penny and Zane were none the wiser, enjoying the sights of the ocean and beach from a bird's eye view, and pointing out anything they saw that struck their interest while singing Disney songs as loudly as they could to be heard over the wind.

At least, until Penny pointed downwards at a cove just outside the city's limits, hidden from view from anywhere but above. "Oh, isn't that Skylor?" she called.

Zane followed her gaze, and both of their eyes widened in alarm.

"SKYLOR!" they both yelled.

It was only years of training that kept Skylor from showing how scared she felt.

On the outside, she was the picture of cool professionalism to the circle of goons that had come to help with the observation, but on the inside, she was shaking like a leaf.

Why did it have to be Clouse who observed her newly absorbed powers? The only person worse would be her father herself.

As if in response to her thought, Clouse began setting up a tablet and prepared to video call her father so he could watch as well.

Just great.

Them observing her powers and training had always chilled her to the bone, but this time was worse than usual. This time, she hadn't been able to practice beforehand.

One downside of living in the city meant there was no safe space for her to let loose. There were people everywhere. It was fine with her martial arts skills, lots of people practiced that, especially with the city attacked so often. No one thought twice of a girl practicing kicks and punches in the park. But elemental powers? Not a chance. The only possible private area she had was her apartment, and it was far too small and rickety to practice elemental abilities in. At most, she'd checked she was even able to summon her newly absorbed elements to her hands just to make sure she had them but hadn't been able to practice fighting with them yet. This would be the first time she'd even tried.

If only she'd known about this cove before. She could have come out here to practice. But now it was a trial by fire, in some cases literally.

The worry that she wouldn't be up to her father's standards, and whatever punishment resulted from that filled her with dread.

She couldn't do this…

"Ready," came a sharp word from Clouse.

Startled, Skylor forced down a wince at his voice. "Almost," she said, trying to delay this as long as possible.

"That wasn't a question," said Clouse as he started up the tablet.

Skylor kept herself composed as the tablet began dialing her father's number.

The tablet answered the call, and she got a very good look at her father's eye as he leaned in far too close to the camera. "Hello? Can you hear me? Is this thing working?" he called through the screen.

"Yes, sir," said Clouse. "We can see you just fine."

"Good!" said Chen as he sat back into his chair, and peered through the screen at Skylor. "Hello, daughter. Are you excited to show me what you've accomplished?"

Skylor managed a small nod, careful to keep her face blank and not showing how afraid she was.

"Well? Get on with it!" Chen demanded. "I don't have all day!"

Skylor took a deep breath in a vain attempt to calm herself and summoned her first element.

Fire came to her first. Warm, bright, and fierce, just like its original wielder. The barest hint of a smile slipped through Skylors professional mask as the goons took their cue to try and fight her, and she enhanced her own fighting with the flames dancing around her. The burning always brought Kai to the forefront of her mind. How sweet he'd been to her from the start and how he always went out of his way to help her in any way he could.

… And how hurt he would be if he knew who she really was.

At that thought, the fire fizzled out in her hands a moment sooner than she'd wanted as she finished her demonstration.

Fortunately, neither her father or Clouse noticed the mistake, and Skylor knew better than to draw attention to it.

"It seems you are taking to fire quite well," said Chen. "Good, good, but been there, seen that, NEXT!"

Trying to put the mistake out of her mind and focus on the next task, Skylor turned to the ocean and pulled the sea around herself as she practiced, sweeping away the next wave of attackers. Water: turbulent, cool, and playful, another fitting element for its wielder, as that fit Nya to a T. She was a human hurricane that swept people up and didn't let them go, not that you'd want her to. Despite that, Skylor couldn't help but feel she'd reached the eye of that storm, as Nya herself told her she trusted her. Was willing to confide in her and support her when she needed it.

That trust was sure to break if she learned what Skylor was really up to, and hurricanes could be utterly merciless.

Once again, the element fled her as she finished that thought, splashing the water onto the beach and into the sand instead of back into the sea as she had directed it to do.

Chen frowned at that. "The ending was sloppy," he said bluntly. "Not to mention, ALSO something we've seen before. NEXT!"

Skylor swallowed her dread as she prepared to use the next element and one she had far less experience with.

Attempting to summon ice first, frost began to coat her hands as she tried to freeze the next wave to come crashing to the beach.

However, that didn't happen. Instead, the wave crashed to the shore as it had intended to, and only the only sign of her use of power was that the sea was frigid instead of the usual warm Ninjago waters.

The goons, having not been given the signal to attack, exchanged bewildered glances at the display.

"What was THAT?" demanded her father from the tablet.

"I-I don't know," said Skylor, her eyes growing wide with fear.

In an attempt to save face, Skylor tried to summon ice again. Once again, the frost coated her palms, and she could feel the element inside her, but when she tried to bring it to the surface it would. Not. Come! No ice, just frost that seemed to melt quicker the more desperate she became.

"Why isn't it working?" Chen all but growled out as her every attempt proved futile.

"I-I have confirmation that the Ice Ninja is a robot," Skylor said, desperately pulling at the only explanation she could think of at the moment. "Maybe that somehow disrupted my ability to absorb his element. I've never tried to copy from a robot before. Maybe I needed to hold on longer for him."

Clouse looked interested to hear that (oh no, she hated what that might mean for Zane), but Chen just sneered. "Well then, next time you see it you had better make sure you absorb its power fully," he said. "I don't care if you have to hang off it like a monkey. Get it done!"

Skylor had to bite her tongue to keep herself from protesting Zane was a 'him' not an 'it', but she knew it would do no good.

"NEXT!" shouted her father impatiently, not happy that one of the elements was now off the table.

Choosing to try earth next, Skylor forced down her worry and focused, calling small grains of sand to swirl around her hands. She then stomped her foot as she'd seen Cole do to try and summon a tremor and knock her attackers off their feet.

But all she did was bury her leg in the sand up to her knee, making the attacking goons stop and stare.

Stumbling back to pull her leg free, Skylor tried again. Tried to shake the earth, pull rocks from below, move the sand, anything to meet her father's standards.

But at most her feet sunk into the sand again, and a few grains swirled around the beach.

"Oh, I don't suppose the Master of Earth is a robot too?" asked Chen sarcastically, not looking impressed.

Knowing any protest would only make things worse, Skylor instead quickly tried for lightning.

Just as before, she could summon small bolts to her hands, but if she tried for anything bigger it just wouldn't happen. When she touched her father's nearest goon, it became clear the weak sparks she was calling wouldn't even cut it as a taser, much less a fearsome elemental force.

It was everything she'd feared would happen. She couldn't do this!

Alarm growing and desperate to do something right, Skylor began trying to summon the elements, any element, into a blast, but nothing happened, including, much to horror, no fire or water as she'd used before, as if those elements were slipping away from her too.

Needless to say, her father was not happy.

"WHAT was THAT?" he snarled.

"I don't know!" Skylor said, fighting to keep her fear from her voice, but her professional mask was clearly beginning to crack. "I touched them! I absorbed their powers! I know I did!"

"Fascinating," said Clouse, who had been quiet during her entire demonstration, and now she did not like the way he was now looking at her. Like she was a bug in a jar to be studied. "It seems your powers are growing weaker."

"It should be the OPPOSITE!" snapped Chen. "With absorbing the power of Green you should…" he trailed off as something seemed to occur to him. "That must be it. Green! You're using it wrong."

"What?" asked Skylor in bewilderment.

But Clouse nodded. "That would be logical," he said. "If the power of Green is truly able to increase one's elemental abilities, then it stands to reason that using it improperly would have the opposite effect."

"So because of my daughter's incompetence she has actually made herself weaker when she is supposed to be stronger!" said Chen.

"No, I-" Skylor tried to say, but they weren't listening to her.

"Daughter," said Chen. "You WILL figure out how to use Green properly and stop being so useless. And to make sure you learn your lesson… CLOUSE!"

Skylor paled and stepped back, but before she could try to run (not that she could have gotten away), her father's goons grabbed her arms to keep her still.

Skylor opened her mouth to protest, negotiate, beg, promise she would do better, but before she could say anything Clouse closed in on her and jabbed a needle into her neck.

The chemical burned as it entered her bloodstream, and not in the warm way Kai's fire burned. It was painfully familiar, and Skylor was unsurprised when she felt her entire body go limp, and only being held up by the goons' arms.

"Water seems to be unaffected by your power loss," Clouse said as he got even closer, having not realized it too had failed to come at the end. "I have often wondered if a Master of Water can breathe beneath it."

Clouse then grabbed her by her hair, and yanked her out of the goons grip and began dragging her towards the ocean.

Skylor felt her insides freeze in panic. Suddenly she was beginning to understand Kai's fear of it.

Despite knowing the drug would keep her from making a sound, Skylor tried to force her mouth to say something, but it was no use.

Then, a pair of voices from above cried out in alarm.

"SKYLOR!"

A/N Funny how Nick Jay suspected DJ Cole of being Nya's perfect match, but the thought of Cliff Cole being it hasn't even crossed his mind. But yeah, Jay is on a manhunt to find this mysterious Perfect Match, even if he has to interrogate every boy on Ninjago, with Cliff Cole being brought along for the ride. Thankfully, because of DJ Cole's rebuttal, everyone on Movie Ninjago is safe, but as for Show Ninjago... not so much. Anywho, we finally get more of an explanation of the Nya Test. Like DJ said, it's not really a love test, but rather Nya investigates what people who want into their group want and why they want it. If those intentions are good and won't hurt her friends, she gives the okay and lets it happen, if not, that person is kicked to the curb. We also see why Penny hasn't passed already, despite clearly being a good and sweet person. Until Nya finds out why she acted the way she did during their time as the most hated kids in Ninjago, Penny won't pass. And while we know Penny did that to avoid drawing attention to herself, and by extension Borg, Nya doesn't, so as far as she knows, Penny ignored their injustice for no good reason. Meanwhile, poor Skylor, she is not having a good time. They were right that the problem with her powers lies in Green. Remember, the version of Green in my stories works through the combined power of connection and belief. Skylor's only really any good with fire and water because Kai and Nya are the two she's closest friends with at this point, and her powers falter every time she loses confidence in herself and thinks of how she's going to lose their friendship when they find out the truth. Her losing that confidence has a spiraling effect of causing herself to doubt herself more and more, making her powers weaker and weaker, and Chen and Clouse being awful does not at all help with that. Good thing her friends are coming to her rescue.

Show: Nick Jay, Cliff Cole, Red Nya, Zen Zane, Lil'Loyd, Spike Kai

Movie: Freckles Jay, DJ Cole, Cyan Nya, Pep Zane, Luh-Loyd, Buddy Kai

Massive thanks to Kay Hau for so much help this chapter. Nick Jay suspecting DJ Cole was her idea, and the mention of DJ being used to being tackled is her idea too, and a reference to her awesome Greener Gift-Fics chapter, Free Tackles. Check it out, I highly recommend it and the rest of her works. Also, Jay's motivations to get Red Nya back, Nya's frustration over the mystery of Penny, and the effect Green has on Skylor's powers all wouldn't have been possible without our discussions fleshing them out, and I am very grateful for that.

Next Time: Seeing Skylor in danger, Pep Zane, Penny, Nya and Jay spring into action to rescue her. Meanwhile, in Show Ninjago, Pixal ponders why Zen Zane rescued her.

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