In the back room of Mistaké's tea shop, Jay and Lloyd sat as they drank some tea while Mistaké poured a cup for herself and sat down before Jay sighed out of relief. "Thank you for the tea." He said. "You were right, it really calmed my nerves. I feel so..." He takes another sip. "...warm and fuzzy."

"Good." Mistaké replied, picking up a tea jar nearby. "Then the area of Enlightenment is working..." She replied. "...to help you see the tale..." She soon stood up with the teapot in hand. "...the original tale, the tale of the Oni and the Dragon." She comes around them before Jay gasped.

"You lied? Mistaké, why the hell would you do that? I thought we were friends."

"What are we supposed to see?" Lloyd asked.

"See..." Mistaké replied, raising the teapot high before holding it out to them. "...the beginning." She then blew out some steam. The painting then started to move.

Vision

A dragon moves along the empty painting. "'Long before time had a name, there was the Realm of the Oni and the Dragon." Mistaké's voice was heard. A demon-like being soon appeared as the dragon stops in front of it.

Reality

"One of the 18 Realms?" Lloyd asked.

"Not 'one of'." Mistaké replied. "The first."

Vision

"The Dragon had the power to create." Mistaké continued. The dragon spins around in a circle, creating an image of a tree. "The Oni had the power to destroy." The demon held its hands out, destroying the image before they ran at each other. "Their war was never ending... but a child arrived, born of both worlds." A young boy soon appeared between the dragon and the Oni as the child brings forth a circle of white and a circle of black respectively to himself and they spin around him. "The child understood the power of both." Both colours then clashing, creating the Yin & Yang symbol. "Without one, you could not have the other." The Oni soon grabbed the child while the dragon wrapped around him. "But when the Oni and the Dragon fought over which side the child should choose... the child abandoned their world to start a new one, called..." The four Golden Weapons then appear around him before he does Spinjitzu, and Ninjago soon appeared. "...Ninjago."

Reality

"Are you telling me the child born from both worlds is the First Spinjitzu Master?" Lloyd asked.

Jay then chuckled. "Hey, you're related." He replied before gasping. "That means you're part Oni and Dragon too!"

"Like I said, truth can be dangerous." Mistaké said.

Vision

"After the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago, he fathered two sons of his own." Mistaké continued as the silhouette of the First Spinjitzu Master stopped spinning as Oni and Dragon appear side by side. "He thought he could escape the war, he saw the evil of the Oni was waiting to be unleashed in one of his sons..." Oni's silhouette immediately grows two lower arms. "Lord Oni Garmadon." Silhouette Oni soon laughs evilly. "It was up to Master Dragon Wu to control his brother's undying thirst to destroy..." Silhouettes of Zane, Cole, Lloyd, Kai, Jay soon appear around him. "...and with some help-"

"Hey!" Jay cuts her off.

Reality

Jay stands up and points at the painting while chuckling as an annoyed Mistaké glared at him. "That's us!" He said.

Lloyd then felt embarrassed by his interruption. "Have some more tea." Mistaké simply replied.

Vision

"Lord Garmadon was destroyed by the most powerful force of them all..." Mistaké continued as silhouettes of Oni and Lloyd face each other before Lloyd held out his hand and Oni takes it before a glow then engulfed them.

The painting soon reverted back to its original state.

Reality

"But in his absence, a void was created." Mistaké said. "And in that void, a new darkness has arisen..."

"The Sons of Garmadon." Lloyd replied.

"The three Oni Masks are relics from the First Realm. And they wield tremendous power... The power to deceive, the power of vengeance, the power to hate."

"What happens when they're united?"

"You cannot let that happen."

"Tell me... What happens when the three masks are united?!"

Mistaké soon sighed. "Resurrection. They will have the power to bring back your father!" Lloyd was shocked before soon lowering his head. "But it won't be the man you recognise! There will be no light left in him!" Jay places a hand on Lloyd's shoulder.

In the Ninja's quarters aboard the Bounty, Harumi was unpacking any stuff that had survived the explosion before sitting down in Nya's bunk to look at a photo of herself when she was younger as well as having blonde hair and with her biological parents. She was on her father's shoulders while her mother looked on. She smiles at it briefly before moving it back to see a photo of herself with the Emperor and Empress while having bleached white hair underneath it and frowned. She soon stood up and placed it with the other photos of the Ninja before noticing a photo of Lloyd and Oni from a couple of years ago. "If you can believe it, that used to be Lord Oni Garmadon." Nya said as she came in.

"Lloyd's father?" Harumi asked.

"He made some mistakes, but... he's made up for them." She starts moving closer.

"I've heard so many stories of him. Such anger. He hurt so many people. How did he change?"

"Master Wu once told me, holding onto anger is like trying to throw a hot rock. Only get burned. Lloyd helped his father... let go. But all of that is behind us now."

"Or so I thought." Lloyd was heard as both girls turn to see him.

"Lloyd." Harumi replied. "You're back."

"Where are Zane, Cole and Gewuji? I need to see everyone."

"Following a lead." Nya said. "Why? Is everything okay?"

Lloyd then looked down. "The Sons of Garmadon want to bring back my father from the dead." Both girls soon gasped.

Later that night, outside a bar, loud music was being heard as some Sons of Garmadon members were outside talking amongst each other. By a dumpster, Zane was reading a newspaper while Gewuji, who had her dreadlocks tied together, wearing a black leather jacket over a dark grey t-shirt, torn to expose her navel, blue Daisy Dukes, and black boots, was rubbing her eyes a bit, observes it. Inside the dumpster was Cole, who briefly peeked out of it.

"Can you believe that they let minors drink at this place?" Gewuji asked.

"I know." Zane replied. "It is an offence allowing minors to consume alcohol as it would effect the stomach and liver. Good thing Blake didn't get appendicitis from drinking." He then looked to notice that Gewuji was blinking her eyes a bit as they were shown to be brown. "How come your eyes are different?"

"I'm borrowing Blake's old contact lenses. Really giving me a headache, though." Engine revving were heard. "Oh, here come a few more members."

The members in question were Ultra Violet, the biker with the black helmet and red visor and the scarred man show up on their motorbikes before stopping. The scarred man had a bandage over his most recent cut. Some members don't notice them while one drinks a glass of silver dyed alcohol until some notice them and move back, one forcing the drinking member back as they all head for the entrance. Ultra Violet pushed one member aside while the scarred man took the member's drink, scowled it, and threw the empty glass onto the ground, causing it to shatter, as they both head in with the biker with the red visor helmet. "Our informant's intel has paid off. Three high ranking Sons of Garmadon just arrived. The one they call Ultra Violet, the man with many scars all over him, and the mysterious man with the swords."

"Good." Cole said, peeking out closer to reveal he has a white fedora on, as well as a fake scar and moustache. "Then we're one step closer to finding out who's in charge." He comes out of the dumpster to show he was wearing a sleeveless unbuttoned black flannel shirt, black jeans, and black boots.

"So, Cole, what's the plan?" Gewuji asked.

"Oh no. My name ain't Cole. For tonight, it is 'Rocky Dangerbuff'." Zane and Gewuji were confused by the alias. "If we wanna infiltrate their gang and gain their trust, they can't know we're Ninja." Cole turns back to the dumpster to search for something before grabbing a can and trash lid. "I even scrounged up a disguise for you."

"A tin trash lid and a can of shaving cream?" Zane asked.

"Don't forget, you have to sell it."

Zane thinks for a bit. "That won't be necessary." He soon touched himself, immediately transforming into his human self, wearing biker gear similar to the Sons of Garmadon. "But if you or Gewuji wanna use the trash lid yourself-"

"No, Zane, it's okay." He throws them aside. "But you and Gewuji still need a cover."

"If it's by choosing a rough name, call me Valencia Clouse." Gewuji said.

"Going with your original surname, huh?"

"Of course. But, for Zane, it needs to be something tough. Something that says, 'I'm bad.'"

"In my estimation, Rocky Dangerbuff and Valencia Clouse are pretty bad." Zane said.

Cole groaned. "Do I have to do everything?" He asked. "Fine. You're... Snake Jaguar."

"'Snake Jaguar.'" Zane repeated. "You were always much better at this than I was."

"You ready, Snake Jaguar? Valencia Clouse?"

"We are, Rocky Dangerbuff." Gewuji said before heading for the bar, moving like they were being intimidating.