A/N: Hello! So time for Kai to wake up with Roadkill on his face… also I haven't updated for awhile followed by an onslaught of my stories updating is cause, well, I had no wifi. So, hehe… hope you all aren't mad at me for going so long! But now that I'm completely caught up with all of my stories that I am reading that updated during the week…and posted the six chapters that I wrote while waiting for the wifi to return… I can finally do this one!

Chapter Eight: Winning the Battle…

I groaned as something wet and rather rough, felt like sandpaper really, dragged itself across my face. Wait… my eyes snapped open as I pushed Roadkill right off of me. "Argh! Seriously Roadkill?! Do I look like Nya?!"

Roadkill mewed up at me in annoyance, before padding over to where Lloyd still lay unconscious. She lifted her paw up and began prodding his arm, yowling in his ear to get him up. Lloyd groaned and rolled over, waving his arm half-heartedly at my sister's cat. "Not now Mom…give me five more minutes."

I bit back a laugh, sure that Misako won't like the fact her son called what was obviously a cat mom. "Son! That isn't me! And I don't sound like that either."

I snapped my head up to see that Lloyd and I were locked in a cage together above piranha invested waters, while Misako and Koko were in another cage right across from us. Lloyd bolted upright at that, whipping his head around to stare horrified at his mother, then back down at Roadkill, who appeared to have a smug look on her face.

"This is really not my day…" Lloyd mumbled under his breath.

I settled down next to him, my gaze catching on the sleeping toddler on Misako's lap. "Is Koko ok?"

Misako nodded her head, shifting the sleeping child in her arms. "Yes… she screamed and cried for awhile there but grew tired and fell asleep. I'm worried she'll start again if she sees Lloyd."

I honestly could see her doing that. Koko loved her big brother like no one else. "Let's hope the others can save us."

"Ooh, I would love to see them try." The Quiet One appeared on the small pathway between the two cages, a smug look on her face. "You see, if we raise one cage, the other one lowers into the water! They have no choice but to stand down!"

Sis… they have a trap laid out for you guys and we're part of the bait. I flashed across my bond to my wonderful sister. I picked Roadkill up, hugging her close to me as I stroked her soft fur.

Part of the bait? Do I want to know?

I glanced over at the foolish princess, who was completely unaware of my silent conversation. Misako and Koko are here too. And Roadkill. Can you please teach her not to wake me up by licking my face? Lloyd glanced over at me, a silent question in his eyes. I nodded to him to signal that yes, I was telling Nya everything. The trap is that they have us in two different cages. If you get to close, they'll raise one cage, which will lower the other into piranha invested waters. I'm sure Roadkill will survive by slipping through the bars…

Her name is BLAZE! Yep, she was paying attention to what I was saying. I was starting to get worried there. I smiled softly to myself, glad to know that she and the others could easily come up with a plan to save us all…hopefully without anyone getting wet.

"Why are you smiling?!" Wow, could she get any more annoying?

"Because you're telling us your plan to stop our friends! Honestly how do you know that one of us isn't going to escape to warn them?" I crossed my arms across my chest, scoffing at her as if she were crazy.

"You're not gonna escape! This plan of mine is flawless!" She screeched angrily before suddenly yanking a hair out of all members of Garmadon's family's heads.

Koko woke up when her hair got yanked and immediately started bawling again. I sat back and crossed my arms, things weren't looking too good for us, but I trusted my sister to pass on my message and send someone in to deal with the mechanism…

…

I wanted to scream. All thoughts Nya would send someone to deal with the mechanism disappeared as time wore on. In fact, only a small handful of members of the Sons of Garmadon ever came by to check on the mechanism…and the last one had left just in time for the police to show up and demand their surrender. I glanced over to Misako, who was cuddling Koko and trying to block the sounds of the ongoing fight from her.

Lloyd punched the cage door, a growl escaping him. "We should be out there helping!"

Before I could say anything, the member from before appeared with Nya, Cole, Jay, and no Zane. Nya rushed to me, worry flooding through our bond. Before she could get close enough to break us out, the Princess appeared with her minions.

"Don't just stand there! Someone lower the green ninja and his friend into the water!"

Another member of the Sons of Garmadon charged for the lever. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the cold water to fill my ears…only that never happened. "It's stuck!"

"Well, get it on stuck!" Man, the princess sure was bossy when she wants to be. I opened my eyes to see that the member was working on unsticking it. The member that walked in with my sister and friends charged forward and punched them straight in the face. Only as he did so, his hologram flickered off, revealing another friendly face.

"I don't think so!" Zane whipped out his weapon of choice, the shruikens gleaming in the poor lighting.

I slipped next to Lloyd and grabbed a hold of the padlock on the other side of the door. Lloyd gave me a funny look for five seconds before understanding flooded him. "I forgot that you know how to pick locks…"

"What!?" The princess wheeled around to gawk at him. I sighed, before swinging the door wide open.

"Too be fair…I forgot I knew how too." I jumped down onto dry land as if picking locks was just plain normal.

Lloyd followed me, before turning to Zane. "You came in earlier to clog the mechanism?"

"Yes. Nya told that the princess told Kai who then told her that the cages you were in were booby trapped." Zane didn't bat a single eye at what it was he was saying.

"That doesn't even make any sense! I had men watching your every movement! Kai never contacted anyone!" She was being a drama queen now.

I considered answering back, but noticed that all of the sons of Garmadon were in chains and was being loaded up in the back of a transport van. Ah well. Ninjago was safe again thanks to the quick thinking of the ninjas.

A/N: Done! Next up… Garmadon frees Harumi and all of that fun stuff. Ooh, I have such a 'fun' surprise for Kai when they go to the first realm! *smiles evilly at favorite red ninja*

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