A/N: () surrounding a name means that is who is speaking…

Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Ninja... Oh what does it matter? Kai needs a doctor!

Ray Smith crouched down next to the now unconscious ninja, ignoring the way the world spun on him. "Did you have to knock him out Cole?"

Cole shrugged, already skirting around Griffin to go help Jay and Zane with Garmadon...apparently they weren't joking when they said that he was not only with them, but had fainted for some reason. "Leave him be. I didn't knock him out that bad. He'll wake up in a moment."

Kai shook his head, uneasiness crossing his features. "Actually... I think that we need to bring him with. For safety reasons."

"What? Are you afraid that he's gonna squeal to these guys?" Nya gave her brother a weird look, sure that she had misheard him.

"No...I just have a funny feeling...I don't know what it is...it feels as if..." "You've known him your entire life, but at the same time you have never met." Ray finished off his son's sentence, recognition flaring up in his eyes.

Kai blinked, staring over at his father in surprise. "Have I said that before Dad?"

Ray narrowed his eyes, staring down at the ninja with a thoughtful expression. "Yes...every time one of the guardians showed up in the shop. You would hit it off with them immediately, ignoring the fact that you had never met. After they would leave, I would ask about how you knew them and you always said that with a shrug. Almost as if for some reason you have a sixth sense for finding the Guardians that no else ha..." Ray froze, staring at him in horror. "We need to leave now." Ray grabbed his son's arm, yanking him over to the ship far too quickly with how weak he was from his long imprisonment.

Cole glanced over at Nya and Lloyd, before shrugging and scooping Griffin up as if he didn't weigh a thing. Surely Ray would explain what he meant by that once they were far from here.

~Back with Wu!~

"We lost Griffin!" Sensei Wu flung himself dramatically into his office chair, staring blankly at his sister-in-law.

Misako sighed, worry dancing in her eyes. "This organization must be far larger than we had originally thought. What are we going to do?"

Sensei Wu was silent for a minute, before flipping the intercom on, leaning over to speak directly into it. "Paleman...can you come to my office immediately please?" Flipping it off, he looked her in the eye. "We send the sneakiest of my ninjas after them. He can gather information and report back here without anyone being the wiser."

"I hope for my family's sake that you are telling the truth..."

~Griffin! Couple hours later...~

Waking up to find himself laying on a soft bed with white covers was not what he was expecting. Slowly, he pushed himself into a sitting position, scanning the room to find that it appeared to be...personalized to him? Flinging the thick comforter off, he climbed out of the bed, his gaze darting to the only door that wasn't partially open to reveal that it was a closet. That door would be his way out..question was...how was he supposed to open it? They most likely had it locked. A glance back at the circular window above the bed, was all that was needed to send his heart thudding loudly in his chest. They were midair. A falcon flying casually by the window being his first clue. Clouds and blue sky when he was fairly sure that he was below deck being the other clue to this. Trembling, he backed up to the door, fumbling with the knob... he hadn't expected the door to open without a fight, dumping him into a long hallway.

Pushing himself upright once again, he scanned the area nervously. Where to go from here..? "He needs a doctor." Garmadon's voice suddenly spoke up from behind one of the doors.

"Too dangerous... there are too many after him."

"You mean too many that want him dead old friend."

Griffin frowned, wondering who it was that Garmadon was talking to. Standing up, he walked over to the door and nudged it open, finding that it was already opened a crack. Peering in, he just about had an heart attack at the sight of Ray Smith sitting on the edge of a red covered bed. Garmadon was standing at the head of the bed, both of them staring at someone that was sleeping in it. Ray shook his head, frustration dancing in his eyes. "No... Just after him. While his death will be a great blow to the Guardians, his ability to automatically know who the Guardians are is too valuable for the enemy. They want him alive."

Griffin felt panic well up, staring at the limp form that they were clearly talking about. That was the key to finding the Guardians! But how could this stranger find the four guardians when professionally trained ninjas couldn't find them..? Suddenly finding himself very curious on who it was that Ray and Garmadon were talking about, he inched himself forward slightly, standing on his toes so as to peer at the bed...and nearly fainted at the sight of Kai breathing shallowly, his face deathly pale.

"Griffin!" Garmadon turned to face him suddenly, grasping him by the arm as if to steady him.

They were talking about Kai...but that means... what if they had everything wrong and Kai had somehow realized that Zane, Cole, and Jay were three of the four and... ah man something big must have happened forcing them to act to keep the child safe. Kai's injury probably was because of his meddling...

"I wish I knew what Kai meant when he said that Griffin was important to the Guardians. I mean we already have five guardians. How many does the green ninja need?" Ray appeared to be holding a glass of water up to Griffin's lips.

Griffin just about choked on the water that he was tipping into his suddenly parched lips, sure that he had misheard that. Garmadon scoffed, crossing his arms as he stared at Ray. "Seeing as this is my son we're talking about...and with what I've seen of the five that we have at the moment... maybe more, especially if they are already fully trained ninjas like Griffin here, would be best."

Ray glared at him, as if he took that as a great insult. "You forget...two of those guardians are my kids."

"And yet...your son doesn't seem to know how to keep his stitches in." Garmadon tilted his head towards Kai's sleeping form.

Ray moved to hover over Kai, gently brushing a loose strand of hair back. "Kai will be fine. If not... that's what full names are for." He gave a nervous smile, though Griffin could tell that he was far from calm about this.

Wait a minute... "Kai and Nya are your kids?!"

A/N: Done! Okay... didn't make it to Karlof. Oh well. Later I guess. Griffin is having a mental breakdown with all of this, though Ray and Garmadon are helping him with it. Uh, I think that Lloyd and the others are else where... Now that they are sitting down for a minute, Kai's past injury is making itself known. Which as the only two adults on board concerned for his health. But kinda can't take him to a hospital for obvious reasons. Also...it was Cole that knocked Griffin out! Zane and Jay were slow getting Garmadon out of the underground lair.

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Kifo Entiegon: Hmm... after reading this chapter, what do you think?

FaithElf: Shh...don't tell him that though! He's in denial!

Watcher321: They would have left him if Kai hadn't spoken up.

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