A/N: So I've got this scheduling thing down and now I will be releasing a chapter monthly-ish. Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this one and you guys get to meet the antagonist! Spoilers!

Previously...

There was some confusion happening down on the ground with Garmadon and Jay speaking at the same exact time.

"Gabby?"

"Bad guy with pink lightning bolts? That's a new one."

Misako was sitting on the the bed, by Gwen's sleeping form. She was listening to Gwen's steady breathing and was lost deep in her own thoughts. In the precious moments that she had spent with the little girl, she already understood why her husband had fallen for the brown headed ball of joy. Gwen was special and not just with her kindness and love for everyone. Misako couldn't place her finger on it, but she knew that whatever Gwen had, it was unique only to her. She could make Cole smile in the first few minutes she met him and could ask Zane questions that made him feel appreciated. Jay and her were making corny jokes all the way to the monastery and Nya was just enjoying having another girl around and often was seen showing Gwen all the controls of the bounty and what they would do. Gwen listened and watched with awe and curiosity. Kai didn't spend a whole lot of time with her, citing that he had work that needed to be done, but Misako was sure that Gwen would soon seek him out. To her, the Ninja were heroes and regular people at the same time, something that many citizens of Ninjago often forgot. And out of all of them, Lloyd was special to her from the beginning. Misako was often amazed at childrens' almost sixth sense to adapting to new situations they find themselves in. In many ways they are just as versatile as ninja when they deal with new and difficult circumstances. Gwen was no exception. The little girl had met the heroes of the land and made friends of them, escaped a evil warlord, regained her father from a perilous situation, and had gained a large and new extended family she never knew existed. Misako herself had gained back the love of her life, and another child to care for all in the same day. Frankly, she was greatly surprised that Gwen had accepted her so quickly. She must have been unconsciously comparing Gwen's first reaction to her as her mother to Lloyd's from a long time ago. But she also knew it wasn't just that. She was also afraid of failing Gwen like she did Lloyd. She was afraid of losing her husband. She was very afraid of what the future had in store for her family. This fear was familiar; it was the fear she had right before she abandoned Lloyd at that Darkly's school. It was the feeling to run away and avoid being hurt again. But as she glanced back at Gwen's peace-filled slumber and remembered Gwen's tears of joy when she saw her as her mother, Misako didn't have the heart to abandon another child and her husband again. She remembered Garmadon with Gwen, gently rocking her to sleep, tucking her in, and kissing her forehead goodnight. Most of those things he'd never got to do with Lloyd. Gwen was the only thing he loved for the past two years and Gwen in turn, adored him.

Misako was suddenly broken out of her thoughts by a moan coming from the little girl on the bed. Misako, thinking she was waking up, moved closer to Gwen on the bed. Gwen groaned again and mumbled something. Her hand started twitching and in a minute her whole body was quaking as she whimpered in her sleep, "Run Daddy. Get away from her!" Misako at this point was gently shaking her awake to help Gwen end the nightmare. "Gwen, honey. Wake up. Its only a dream. Your daddy is safe. Come on sweet pea."

Gwen breathing slowed down and she stopped shaking. She slowly opened one eye, rubbed it, and yawned. "Who are you? Where's my daddy?"

"Gwen its Misako, remember? Lloyd's mother."

Gwen sat up, yawned again and glanced around, regaining her memory. "Oh, I remember now. Lloyd's my brother, and his uncle fixed my daddy." She looked up at Misako. "I remember you too." Then her eyes filled with panic and she scrambled out of the bed sheets. "Whoa! Gwen? What's the matter? Its was only a bad dream!"

But Gwen shook her head. "No its not! I have to warn Daddy!"

"Gwen, your father is perfectly safe. Last I checked, he was, uh," She racked her brain for something to tell Gwen, that would calm her. "He's outside playing tag with his brother, Lloyd's uncle."

Gwen crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. 'Oh, FSM she's adorable and so much like her brother and father!' Misako thought as she held back a snicker.

"That can't be true. He's too old to play tag! He can't even play Hide and Seek very well. I always find him much quicker then he finds me."

It took all of Misako's self control not to laugh at the mental image of her husband 'losing' at Hide and Seek and his daughter looking disapprovingly at him. It still couldn't stop a smile slipping through. "Well Gwen, he was feeling better after he put you down for a nap-" But she never got the chance to finish her sentence. The building shook, seemingly out of nowhere and threw them to the ground. " Gwen! Get under the bed!" Misako exclaimed as she tried to protect the girl from falling objects.

But Gwen had other ideas. "I have to go to Daddy! He needs me!" Gwen crawled quickly out through the open door, picked herself up and ran down the hallway.

"Gwen!" Misako shouted, stumbling after her. "Its not safe out there!" And it wasn't. Misako caught up with Gwen who was standing in the courtyard doorway in obvious shock. The ninja were fighting pink electric bolts dancing around the courtyard and on the roof. Kai and Cole were trying to direct the bolts' attacks away from them and the rest of the ninja. More than once they somehow caught the energy with their weapons blades and directed the entire bolt into the overcast sky above and the bolt would become lightning in the sky. But more and more dancing bolts came. Zane and Pixal seemed to have the worst time dealing with the bolts, but by avoiding the blasts and tricking the bolts to smash into one another and bursting from too much energy they managed to stay one step ahead. Jay and Nya were having the best of luck with defeating the bolts. Jay would actually grab hold of the bolt and then throw it into the sky to join Kai and Cole's bolts. Nya would create a large water bubble, trapping the bolt, usually more than one at a time and made the water and bolts explode into harmless sparkles. Lloyd's energy balls could actually dissipate those bolts and he was blasting them left and right. But Gwen only had eyes for one of older men on the roof facing off a woman held suspended twenty feet or so, in the air by large pink electrical looking tentacles. The tentacles all originated from some sort of pack on her back. Misako couldn't see who exactly it was, but she knew that Garmadon and Wu were in trouble. "DADDY!" Gwen yelled.

Wu was standing in front of his brother and braced himself for a fight. His students were being occupied by Gabby's bolts, so that left him to defend his brother. He had seen that Garmadon was in no shape to fight, despite what his brother claimed otherwise. "Get inside, Garmadon." He said over his shoulder to his brother.

"Like Father's ghost I will!" Garmadon retorted, stepping up to his brother's side. "She's most likely here because of me. Let me help!"

"Yes, please do. I'm dying to get this over with." Gabby smiled menacingly. "Well, you might be, 'Gomery." She purred.

"What do you want with my brother, woman?" Wu growled as Gabby advanced and he and Garmadon backed up.

"Tell you what: Move out of the way and I'll tell you alllllll my secrets. Including why I decided to have a house-call now instead when your brother was oblivious and vulnerable with his adorable little girl. That certainly doesn't make sense does it, Mr… I don't think I caught your name, handsome." She winked at him as she tried to knock him off the roof with two of her pink tentacles.

Wu was able to dodge and jump over them, all the while preventing another tentacle from seizing his brother. Wu had steadied himself on the roof, when a sudden cry made Garmadon's head spin around to face the courtyard. "DADDY!" It was Gwen, standing on the porch with Misako close beside her.

Garmadon's heartbeat hopscotched in his chest as he stared in horror as his daughter's cry of distress gained the eye of the evil woman. Run Gwen! Hide! Oh baby girl please get away from this danger! His heart cried out, but before he could put those worries into words, Gabby, if that was even her real name, cackled. "Looks like I found my un-resistible bargaining chip. Come're Gwen. You wanna see my newest art project? Its very electrifying."

Two more pink tentacles burst out of Gabby's pack and snaked toward Misako and Gwen. These weren't made of bolts of electrcity however, but of a more solid substance. Misako tried to run back inside with Gwen in her arms but Gwen was ripped away from her. Gwen wriggled and struggled again the large pink tentacle that held her about twenty feet in the air, but it kept a firm hold on her waist. "DADDY! Help me!" Gwen cried out, frightened and rightfully so.

"What's it gonna be, 'Daddy?' Step out from behind your very handsome brickwall of a brother and your brat goes free. Continue to defy me though, and..." She gestured towards the tentacle holding Gwen and it started to slowly squeeze Gwen. "Daddy! I can't breathe!" Gwen whimpered, and tried to loosen herself from the ever tightening pink strand around her waist.

Gabby laughed, so very clearly enjoying it and her laughter was the only sound that was heard other than the gasps of distress coming from Gwen. The courtyard was still, all the bolts being banished and the ninja, tired, but each poised to save Gwen.

But one little word cut through the silence, spoken softly but clearly. "No."

Gabby glanced out of the corner of her eye at the soul who spoke that small little act of defiance. "I hope I heard that incorrectly otherwise your daughter will pay the price."

Garmadon couldn't take his eyes off his struggling child, but he still spoke softly and clearly back to Gabby. "You heard me. No. No to both of your 'deals'. I will not be bullied into abandoning my family again nor will I allow another villain to take my family away from me. You may hold my child as a hostage, you may seek to end me for whatever nefarious purpose you have, you may even be able to beat my brother and his students, but there's is something you may never do..." His head snapped back to face Gabby. He posture determined, his jaw set and his eyes… purple. "You nor any of your ilk may never stop me when you threaten the ones I love and care about!" He shouted as his hands burst into purple flames. His face was a picture of pure rage, quite contrary to the calm facade that he had donned a few moments before. He launched a purple lightning strike at Gabby who cried out as her pack shorted out and she fell onto the hard roof tiles in front of the two brothers.

Gwen sucked in a deep breath, relived she was able to breathe again, but soon felt the air rushing around her when she started to fall. She squeezed her eyes shut and hugged herself, preparing for the hard stones of the courtyard any second, but they didn't come. "Gwen! Honey, I've got you. You're safe." She cracked open her eyes and saw that she was surrounded by purple sparks and floating high above the courtyard. She looked for her father who had spoken those words and found him still on the roof and something purple smothering his hand that was outstretched toward her. "Daddy, how are you doing that? And your hand is on fire!"

"My hand's fine, honey. I'm gonna let you down now. Lloyd is gonna catch you."

Lloyd moved to right under her and she slowly descended into her older brother's arms. "Ok, Gwen. I got you. You're gonna be fine, little sis. Let's get you inside." Misako quickly ran over to them, concern painted across her face and her worry lines deepening. "Here Lloyd. We need to check her over inside for any bruising or broken bones." Lloyd gave Gwen over to his mother and followed them into the monastery.

By that time, Gabby had gotten to her feet and attempted to escape but Wu was there to prevent her from doing so. He tripped her up and held her arms behind her back. "You're lucky you are going to face civilized justice instead of mine." He whispered into her ear. "I don't think you would like what my brother would have done in response to you threatening his child." Gabby gulped, but he sensed it was not at his words. He looked past his captive to follow her gaze at his brother.

Garmadon was still seething, his burning, dark purple eyes mirrored his emotional state. Tiny wisps of purple flames flickered on his shoulders as he stalked closer to Gabby and Wu. The partly cloudy sky that was above the monastery was now gone, replaced with dark thunderheads and flickered with lightning. Purple lightning. Wu had only seen this type of weather once before and it brought memories of a fearsome fight and banishment to a other-worldly realm. "Garmadon." Wu said to get his brother's attention. Nothing change. "Garmadon!" He exclaimed louder. It succeeded and drew Garmadon's gaze to his brother. Garmadon's hard gaze shifted and softened. He stopped short, and drew in a deep breathe and exhaled slowly, the dark clouds above them slowly dissipating. He opened his eyes, their color dying back to a hazel brown. "Thank you Wu. I'm not sure I wouldn't had done something I'd regret, if you hadn't done something." He held his hand up to his head and mumbled, "If you don't mind, I'm going to go inside to check on Gwen and the others."

Wu nodded. "Of course. Kai and Cole, help me get our guest to her new home. Zane and Pixal escort my brother inside." His brother gave him a exasperated look, but was too tired to argue.

Later, after the sensei and his two teenaged hooded idiots left her, she paced the small space, blowing off enough hot tempered steam to power a locomotive. After about fifteen minutes of pacing, she finally sat down on the hard wooden bunk and stared at the bars of her small prison. Finally, she laid down for a few hours of sleep before dawn rose the next day. But she got few winks that night. Just when she was about to slip into unconsciousness, a bright blue light shown in her cell. She rubbed her eyes clear enough to see a swirling blue rim with a empty black center and a man stepping through. He was average height, with short, coal black hair and startling, bright green eyes. His skin tone was the color of bronze, he had a light, coarse black beard and smirk as he landed on the floor of her cell. His silver robes flowing as the portal behind him, vanished. "I had hoped to visit you in your usual hovel, but I see that is not the case this time. You've gone and gotten yourself captured without I might add, your target being acquired. Remind me why I hired you Luv?" His heavy, sophisticated accent seemed to seep malice and his eyes gave the impression that she shouldn't say anything to make him upset otherwise things would get unpleasant. "No… Don't answer that. I'll just jog your memory while you stew there." He began to walk the cell with Gabby's eyes never leaving him for a second. "I wanted you to get close to the man and his daughter to earn their trust, then when HE regained his memory you were supposed to lead him away from his precious loves ones and bring him to me." He looked back at Gabby while he was fingering his beard. "Tell me, Luv. Did that happen?"

Gabby could barely hold his gaze as she mumbled a quiet No. "I'm glad you noticed that. Flaws in a plan are unavoidable..." Suddenly, as fast as a snake, he seized her by the neck and threw her against a cell wall. "People," He hissed between his teeth. "Who cause those flaws in my plan can be easily removed."

She gasped and choked, grabbing at his steel grip of a hand. "Wa-it! Ple-ase sp-ar-e m-e!"

He sighed and shook his hand. "Do you know how many people have asked that of me over the many years of my existence?" He brought his mouth close to her ear, his grip never lessening. "Too many to even count." He whispered. Then he threw her to the ground. She collapsed loudly, gasped hoarsely and coughed violently.

"Are you done being overly dramatic?" He complained as he crossed his arms and she caught her breathe. "Wha-What are you going to do to me?" She asked cowering in the farthest corner from her oppressor.

He huffed. "I'm not going to kill you if that's what you're worried about." He squatted down to her eye level and caught her gaze. His aggravated expression turned neutral as he said in an almost conversational tone that made the words he said all the more frightening. "I'm just going to do something much worse. Did you know that having your memories locked away or in this case, simply removed is one of the most painful things a person can endure?"

Before she could cry out for help, the man touched two of his fingers to her forehead causing her to scream silently as all memories of the man before her were erased from her mind. It only took a moment, but it was with such intense pain it could have been forever and she wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. Shortly after, she lost consciousness and a flash of blue light brightened the room, then disappeared, leaving blackness to swallow the scene.

A/N: DUN-DUN-DUN! Now you guys met the bad guy! Is he scary? What are your thoughts? Did anyone else get the shivers when Garmadon went Papa bear mode on Gabby? Oooooooh! Anyway, next time we get a look at the ninja and their reactions about the fight, more Gwen and Lloyd bonding, and Lord Garmadon is mentioned and may or may not appear. Buh-Bye!