The door to the tea shop swung open as Alexio walked in, carrying a box.

"Hey, Mystake?" Alexio yelled out. "My Mãe wanted you to taste-test another cake!"

Alexio noticed how quiet the place was.

Which was odd, since Agosi and Caspian both worked there.

The two were almost always arguing.

Ever since Stixx at least.

"Mystake?"

Alexio walked into the back, spying Mystake on the floor.

His eyes widened.

"Holy crap, what happened here?"

Mystake didn't respond at first.

"Kai was here." She said,

"W-what-"

"They weren't supposed to be captured," She said. "Somebody is changing Morro's destiny."

Alexio paused. "M-Morro-?"

"Alexio, you need to get your mother," Mystake said. "All of you must go to the ninja's monastery, they've taken Caspian, Agosi, and Morro prisoner."

The box slipped from Alexio's hands.

The cake clattering to the floor.

(_)

"I'm sorry, my boy and his friends are where?" Miguel cried.

"The Ninja's monastery," Mystake replied. "They were taken by the ninja, they refused to hand Alec over to them."

"Alec, Morro, he's the same damn person!" Lygia cried. "I should've told Caspian to quit that damn job the minute Garmadon attacked your tea shop!"

Mystake shook her head.

"Lygia dear, your son is more capable of defending himself than you think."

Lygia's glare grew harder. "Excuse me."

"He takes more after your sister after all."

Lygia stared. "With her stubbornness? I can agree with that."

Mystake smiled at her.

Lygia stared.

She paused.

"Wait...you don't mean that," Lygia said. "Caspian, Caspian's a-"

"Elemental master? No." Mystake paused. "Caspian obtained the soul essence of your sister...he is a magic-user."

Lygia crossed her arms.

"Caspian can do magic, big whoop!" Miguel yelled. "The ninja has my son, and I'm getting him back."

Miguel walked forward, but a hand was thrown in front of his chest.

"No," Lygia said. "We're all getting our children. I'm calling Kivon and Russ to tell them to meet me here when I get back."

"And where are you going?" Miguel asked.

"I'm getting our children back, even if I have to fight my way to them." Lygia cried. "They will not be taking anymore of my damn kids!"

The door slammed shut.

Mystake shook her head.

"Miguel, does she still believe that Edu's death was the ninja's fault?"

Miguel looked at her sadly.

"yes...and...sometimes...I think I do too."

(_)

"I'm sorry, Agosi is where!" Kivon's voice cried over the phone.

"The ninja's monastery," Lygia replied, stopping at the red light. "I'm getting him, my son, and Morro back-"

"Wait, Morro..as in...the Morro?"

"Yes."

"Green streak Morro?"

"Yes."

"Holy-holy crap! He rode in our car!"

Lygia's slammed on the breaks. "Excuse me?"

"Agosi...I think he tried to take Morro back home with him," Russ replied. "But...they crashed. Thankfully, Amelia helped them...but…"

Lygia raised an eyebrow.

"But what?"

"She was found dead the next morning."

Lygia stared. "Damn, people are murdering old ladies now…? oh homem."

"It was strange...they said that...Agosi and Morro were the last ones to see her...well..alive." Kivon said. "And...it turns out that she had only been killed a few minutes after we left."

"Kivon, Russ," Lygia said. "I think our sons are wrapped up in something very….very dangerous."

She heard chatter over the phone.

"Lygia, I'm going to get Agosi-"

"No. I'm halfway there already," Lygia said. "And besides, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to talk some sense into the Ninja."

"Talk some sense into them?! They'll kill you!"

"They're the heroes of Ninjago," Lygia replied, as the concrete roads became dirt. "They wouldn't dare lay a hand on me."

Kivon sighed over the phone.

"And besides. My sister and...son..as I know now, are magic users." Lygia said. "I'm perfectly capable of defending myself."

"Wait your son is a magic user?"

"Apparently,"

"FSM...welcome to the club."

"Excuse me-"

"Agosi...he's...well...a necromancer more like," Kivon said. "But...he needs his book to use his powers, I was just going to burn it in the backyard when you called me."

"Burn it?"

"Agosi has been using more dangerous spells. Some that use his own blood," Kivon says. "I'm not letting him do this sort of thing anymore. I don't care if his birth parents were both necromancers. This stop now."

Lygia stared. "So...we can all agree to hand Morro over to the police then?"

Silence.

"If...it keeps our children safe," Russ replied. "Then yes."

(_)

"Sweetheart, I don't know about this." Russ began, as his husband grabbed the box of matches from the drawer.

Kivon scoffed, looking at the book in his hand.

"I don't care, Russ," Kivon snapped. "Agosi has gone too deep-"

"Kivon, its the only thing he has left of his parents-"

"We are his parents!" Kivon cried, causing Russ to flinch. "Who cares if he's adopted?! I surely don't!"

Kivon paused.

"Agosi is our son now. I'm not going to let him go down the same path his parents did," Kivon replied, spinning on his heel, his back facing towards Kivon. "That same path is what got his birth parents killed."

Kivon walked towards the back door.

"I'm not losing a child," Kivon uttered. "Because of those damn ninja, children have lost there parents everyday! I'm not going to lose him because of some...stupid power

Russ felt his stomach drop.

"Kivon-"

"Don't."

Kivon walked out to the backyard.

He walked over to the small firepit in the middle of the yard.

It was rusty, unused.

Until now.

Kivon placed the book on the ground, as well as the matches.

Kivon swore he heard a small screech.

Walking towards the shed, and slamming the door open, he grabbed firewood.

He struggled with it, since he wasn't used to carrying such a heavy weight.

Kivon wasn't a body builder, unlike Russ.

Kivon was a bussiness man.

Kivon paused, hearing rustling behind him.

Turning, he saw Russ leaning against the door frame.

His head was low, his eyes glosed over.

"Russ-"

"Kivon." Russ paused. "You're right..I'm sorry."

Kivon smiled lightly. "Its alright, I didn't take any offense."

Russ shook his head.

"It's just...Agosi...he'll be upset." Russ muttered. "He...might not talk to us for a while."

Kivon rolled his eyes.

"I don't care at this point-" Kivon grunted, lifting the bag of firewood.

Russ rushed over and grabbed it.

Kivon gave him a light smile.

"Our son has been taken by the ninja," Kivon reasoned. "He's gone to far...and these powers of his don't help."

Kivon paused, biting his fingernail.

"You already know about what he attempted to do when he first came here," Kivon paused again. "I'm not letting him have the chance to do that again."

Russ bit his tongue inside his mouth.

"But..still..can't we keep a few pages for him?"

Kivon sighed.

"Fine fine," Kivon said. "But just a few."

Walking back over to the firepit, Russ began to stack firewood into the firepit.

Kivon flipped through various pages.

Ripping a few out, making faces.

Suddenly, Kivon laughed.

"Jesus! He needs a human heart for some of this junk!"

More page flipping.

"Ew."

"What?"

"He needs sperm for this one."

Russ frowned.

"Kivon...just rip out the pages, please-"

"I'm doing it, I just-"

Kivon paused.

A thin paper was in the very back of the book.

Kivon blinked, ripping the paper off.

Strange symbols are drawn all over it.

"Huh, wonder what this is."

Russ shoved more firewood into the firepit.

Russ squinted.

He then shrugged.

"Beats me." He paused. "Put the book in."

"Ok-"

Kivon let out a screech and dropped the book on the ground.

"Fuck!" Kivon cried as various cuts appeared on his hands.

They bled, dripping onto the book.

At first, the book had no reaction.

Russ looked up.

"Wh-Holy hell!"

Russ ran over, grasping Kivon's wrists.

"What the fuck-"

"I didn't do this! I-"

The two paused, hearing the pages of the book flip.

There was no wind.

Russ's eyes widened.

"Kivon, go inside the house."

"No."

"Damn it."

The two slowly stepped away, as the book began to jump all around, pages still flipping.

Eventually, the book began to scream.

Then, the book went silent.

A small whisper.

The pages flipped still.

Kivon and Russ stood there.

Kivon's hands still bleeding.

Slowly, green smoke emerged from the book, drifting into the air.

Russ paused.

The smoke lifted into the air.

Russ rushed forward, a hand extended out.

He grabbed the smoke.

Russ froze.

As the smoke drifted into the sky and seemingly took off.

Kivon ran over, still clutching his bleeding hands.

The blood dripping onto the grass still.

"Russ, w-what happened-"

"I-I don't know...but…" Russ whispered. "I-I've never felt anything so...so cold in my life."

Kivon stared.

"I-It was even colder than snow...I...I felt my veins freeze...I…"

Kivon stared at the book, which was unmoving.

Kivon kicked it.

No reply.

Kivon's eyes widened.

"R-Russ, the pages...they're blank."

Russ looked up.

"What?"

"The pages are blank."

Russ looked at him.

"Russ, wait-"

Russ grabbed the book, flipping through all the pages.

"They-they're all empty!"

"What-!"

Russ paused.

"U-um...no...they're not."

Kivon paused this time.

"What?"

Kivon paused again.

Two words were plastered on the front page.

Written in blood.

Kivon's blood.

'Thank you'.

It said.

"Thank you...for what?"

Kivon flinched, hearing a loud screech off in the distance.

"I-I think we're about to find out."

And they were right.

The trees in the backyard clashed to the ground.