AN: This Bonus Scene came from Sunny Lighter about whether or not Movie Lloyd would have a better birthday since Garmadon hadn't attacked Ninjago, since he's in Show Ninjago during this time. I combined this with another bonus scene with the Shark Army and what they were up to while Garmadon was away. If you're confused PLEASE read Summoning Gone Wrong first and it will make more sense. EMPFangirl02 wrote parts of this too.

Lloyd listened absently to Good Morning Ninjago as they reported their usual Attack Forecast as he ate a bowl of cereal. His mom was doing her best to be cheerful, and normally, Lloyd would appreciate it, but after his 'butt dial' with Garmadon, he wasn't really in the mood to be cheerful. Not only did his dad not care about him, but he also didn't even recognize him at all. It stung more than Lloyd thought it would. It was strange though, one minute Garmadon was talking to him, and then he was talking to some purple thing off to the side, probably some kind of new technology thing to conquer Ninjago, and then he'd just vanished, not even bothering to hang up on him.

Lloyd sighed, and went to wash out his bowl. After trying (and failing), to convince Mom to let him stay home as a birthday present (it was worth a shot after all), he pushed the call from his mind, and tried to focus on getting through another torturous day of high school.

At Ninjago High, things were pretty much the same as always. The cheerleaders made fun of the ninja (not that they knew they were ninja), classes were boring, and right about now, the Garmadon alarm should be sounding... But to everyone's surprise, it never came. For the first time in GMN history, the attack forecast was wrong. Garmadon hadn't shown up.

"What's up with Garmadon?" Kai grumbled during lunch, "He's never been late on an attack ever. And I really wanted to get out of history."

"Isn't Garmadon not attacking a good thing?" Nya teased.

Kai rolled his eyes at her. "You know what I mean."

"Yeah," Cole agreed. "It's weird."

"Maybe he's taking a day off," Jay added hopefully.

"That has not been his pattern," Zane put in.

"What do you think, Lloyd?" Nya asked the teen, who had been very quiet during this whole conversation.

"I don't know," Lloyd answered. "He 'butt dialed' me this morning, saying that he had to get the Green Ninja. But that's all I've heard." Maybe since he knows I'm sixteen now, he won't attack during school hours, Lloyd thought absently. But even to himself that sounded like really wishful thinking. Lloyd shook his head. His father hadn't been a part of life for the past sixteen years, there was no reason to want him here now.

The group continued to talk and eat, speculating why there wasn't an attack yet. Maybe it was coming later, and Garmadon had finally come up with something new and interesting for them to fight. However, the rest of the day went without incident, much to everyone's surprise.

Kai had wanted to do something extra special for his little bro's sixteenth birthday, and was worried that wasn't going to happen if Garmadon had attacked, so for once, he was glad for a no show from the warlord and the Fire Ninja could finally put his plan into action.

"Hey, Nya," Kai said as they were walking home. "Since Garmadon's gone…"

"Operation Best Birthday Ever is back on?" Nya finished hopefully.

Kai grinned. "Oh yes."

"Great. I'll buy presents and distract Lloyd. You tell the others."

"On it." Kai whipped out his phone and started a group chat with Zane, Cole, and Jay.

Kai: Best B-day Ever is back on. Lloyd should have good birthday for once and Garmadon is NOT ruining it.

Cole: Great idea. I'll grab my DJ table.

Zane: I'll provide the food.

Jay: I'll help with decorations.

Kai: Great! I'll tell Master Wu too. We can all get in on some gifts for him. Give me your ideas and I'll pass them on to Nya.

All: Sounds great.

Jay: But how will we get Lloyd there?

Kai: Nya has that covered. Meet at the warehouse at 6pm. This was going to be a birthday Lloyd would never forget.

Nya was acting weird, Lloyd thought. She wanted him to come over right now to look at her mech. Something about adding a new water gun and now knowing where to put it.

"I thought, Kai can shoot flames from his mech so why can't I fight Garamdon's army with water?" Nya was saying. "So I decided to design a high- pressure water hose for my mech. Problem is, I don't know where I can fit it without ruining my design."

Lloyd nodded along slowly. Definitely acting weird. "I thought you loved your mech design."

Nya just kind of shrugged. "Yeah, but you know what Master Wu says. Always room for improvement."

Lloyd gave her a strange glance. Master Wu had been encouraging them to fight without mechs lately, saying their hand to hand combat skills could use improvement, but if Nya wasn't going to tell him what was going on, he wasn't going to push it.

"So, where do you think it should go?" Nya asked Lloyd as they came into the Warehouse. He opened the door and got a face full of confetti as colored lights turned on and everyone jumped out of their hiding spots.

"SURPRISE!" they yelled.

Lloyd's heart almost stopped. He couldn't believe it. An electronic version of the Happy Birthday song started playing and Lloyd looked over to see Cole DJing in the back. He blinked, taking in the complete transformation of their training dojo. Colored paper covered the lights, giving the appearance of bright, cheerful colors, while streamers, paper cut- outs, and what looked like old Christmas lights were hanging on the walls. In the middle was a large banner that read 'Happy 16th Birthday, Lloyd!' Balloons were on a large table, along with lots of delicious- looking food, including dumplings (Lloyd's favorite) and the biggest birthday cake he'd had ever seen. There were also some presents on another table.

"You like it?" Jay asked nervously. He knew surprise parties gave him panic attacks, and he hadn't wanted to overwhelm Lloyd…

"It's amazing," Lloyd said, finally getting over his shock. He turned to the others and grinned. "Thank you so much, guys, it's just… wow." He'd never really had a good birthday celebration before. Mostly it just made him a bigger target for bullies, but this… this was amazing.

"Were you surprised?" Zane asked eagerly, wanting to know if his first attempt at a human surprise party had gone well.

"Yeah. I absolutely had no idea," Lloyd assured his friend.

Zane grinned.

"So, is this the best birthday ever or what?" Nya asked, smirking, as Kai came up and gave Lloyd another trademark birthday hug.

"This is pretty great," Lloyd agreed, once Kai let go.

"We each did a part," Jay said.

"I made the food," Zane added.

"Happy birthday, nephew," Master Wu said, coming up from behind Lloyd, startling him again.

"Thanks, Uncle Wu," Lloyd smiled. "Thanks, everyone."

"Let's party!"

Back at the Garmadon's Volcano...

General #1 called a special meeting of all the Generals. "It has come to my attention that Lord Garmadon hasn't been seen today. Does anyone have information about when and where he was last seen?"

"I think it was this morning. He was eating in the kitchen and was talking to someone on the phone. No one has seen or heard from him since," General #7 answered.

"Have you searched the nerd labs?"

"No," a female general admitted.

"The firing room?"

"No," she repeated, sipping her beverage nervously.

General #1 frowned. "Tell me you at least checked the aquarium."

"No, sir," she replied nervously.

The general facepalmed. "It's a miracle Garmadon hasn't fired you yet!"

The female general winced and sipped her drink even faster, and General #1 sighed. "Sorry, I wouldn't wish firing on my worst enemy, but you should really spend less time drinking and more time doing actual work."

The female general nodded.

"Well, since someone hasn't done her job, we should search the whole volcano top to bottom. Report back once you're done."

Despite all the generals' best efforts, Garmadon was nowhere to be found. There was no note, no nothing that would indicate where he had gone. The Shark Army had even sent some spies into the city to see if he happened to have gone there, or the GMN reporters had found anything, but the city was just as clueless as they were. The generals decided to wait, hoping that Garmadon would return...

Back in the meeting room again, two whole days with no sign of Garmadon, all the Generals were gathered once more.

"It's clear that Lord Garmadon is missing. I want suggestions for what we should do," General #1 said.

"We could launch a search and rescue mission," General #2 suggested.

"We could attack the city on our own," General #3 said.

"We could bring out the victory cake and PARTY!" General #4 added.

All the Generals turned at looked at him. "YES! They all shouted happily.

General #1 quieted the group down. "We really shouldn't do that. What if Lord Garmadon comes back?"

"Maybe he took a vacation. We've looked for a couple days now and there's no sign of him. The newscasters don't even know where he is. Let's just enjoy it!" General #5 said.

Sighing, General #1 finally agreed.

Days passed, and still no Garmadon attack. At first the citizens were happy. No more Garmadon tearing down their businesses and ruining their lives, but then there was still no sign of Garmadon, or even his shark army. Then, the theories started.

"This is all a secret plot, luring us into a false sense of security so when we least expect it, he'll strike—"

"Based on some of the noises coming from the volcano, Garmadon must be coming up with some kind of new missile technology—"

"He's actually digging a tunnel under the ocean right under Ninjago Tower, so he can conquer the city, right under our noses—"

"It's a conspiracy, I tell you! The mayor signed a deal with Garmadon, so she can rule the city with her iron fist!"

"Garmadon's aligning with the skeletons and is going to attack us with the undead, just like in Zombie Apocalypse 3!"

Paranoia spread like wildfire through the city. The poor citizens were so used to being attacked, that it seemed quite strange, and almost terrifying that things were so… normal. There was nothing to report on the news, nothing to complain about, and worse than that, the Ninja were growing bored.

"There's nothing to do," Kai complained, one day later, as he beat the high score again on the video game he was playing.

"Where's Garmadon and why isn't he attacking?" Cole asked as his DJ stand finally broke from frustrated over-use.

"I think we should check the volcano," Lloyd suggested. "Find out what's going on."

"Are you crazy?" Jay asked. "That's way too risky!"

"Jay is correct. You'd have a 99% chance of being caught," Zane said.

"What choice do we have? Something's gotta be wrong," Lloyd insisted.

"Well, you're not going alone," Kai said. "I'm going with you."

"Fine," Lloyd agreed. "You guys stay here in case we need back up. Let's go."

Upon arriving at the volcano, Lloyd and Kai were surprised that there was no sign of the Shark Army guarding the entrance.

"This is weird," Kai said as they flew Lloyd's dragon mech inside and landed in the hangar, still seeing no one, even the water was suspiciously empty of sharks.

"Yeah. Wait, do you hear something?" Lloyd asked. They both listened. It sounded like music.

"Let's check it out."

They carefully made their way to the source of the music and their jaws dropped. Shark generals had pink party hats strapped to their helmets, and were dancing in a line, chanting, "Garmadon is go-one! Now we get to par-ty!" On the table was a giant cake with 'VICTORY!' written on it in giant frosting. Confetti was everywhere, streamers littered the walls, and the two ninja could even spot a couple of balloons sticking to the ceiling. Weirdest of all, the sharks were joining the army, complete with party hats and everything. What was going on? Fortunately, the Shark Army was too busy partying to notice the ninja sneak back out.

"Guys, what's going on?" Nya called over the radio. "Is Garmadon there?"

Kai and Lloyd exchanged glances. "You guys aren't going to believe this," Lloyd radioed back, starting up the mech.

"The Shark Army was having a party?" Jay echoed.

"I couldn't believe it either," Kai said. "Which is why I took a picture of it."

He showed the image of the Generals in a conga line wearing hats, with the sharks flopping around with them.

"That's crazy," Cole said.

"Correct," Zane agreed.

"So… you guys didn't see Garmadon at all?" Jay asked nervously.

Lloyd shook his head. "He was just… gone."

"He can't be," Nya said. "Why would he just leave?"

"I don't know. But the Generals wouldn't risk something like that if he was around." Lloyd answered. The others shivered, having all seen footage of generals being fired out of Garmadon's volcano.

So then, that begged the question. Where on Ninjago was Garmadon?

AN: If they only knew...Sunny Lighter thought it would be funny if the Shark Army decided to party while Garmadon was away. And Lloyd did have the birthday he deserved. Thanks for the all the reviews, follows and favorites. Please check your PM folder for replies.