A/N: Hello! Ok, I'm awake so I probably should work on this. Umm, not entirely sure what's going to happen here. Beyond training and banging our heads. Oh well.

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except for my OCs! The song doesn't have lyrics, cause I can't think of any good ones…

Chapter Thirteen: We're trusting our lives to THEM!?

~Ninjago City Park~

Lou shook his head as he watched the protestors walk through the city. All of them were carrying signs that protested about the Serpentine and demanding that the police double their efforts to find the missing students. Lou glanced down at the sign he had, though he was not waving it around while shouting and walking about the place. Mrs. Jones reached over and squeezed his hand, a warm smile on her face, though worry danced in her eyes. "They really want the parents of those taken to speak. There are a couple of couples talking over by the stage. And I see two of their teachers talking about something to someone else… perchance you should go talk to his teachers? They are the same ones that did the Test."

Lou sighed as he looked over to where Misako and Dr. Julian were discussing something with Garmadon, while occasionally glancing back over at the younger couple. Squaring his shoulders, Lou walked over to where they stood. Clearing his throat, he drew their attention. "Excuse me…but my son, Cole, is one of the missing students. And well, he goes to your school…and um." Lou faltered as he noticed that the other couple had walked over to them and were watching him curiously.

Misako smiled, anxiety dancing in her eyes as she placed her hand on her husband's shoulder. "Cole certainly is a wonderful student. I'm taking it you asked to give a speech as well?"

Lou frowned, confused about what she meant by that. "What do you mean?"

"The ten year old that was taken with them is our son." Garmadon explained as he pulled Misako closer to him.

"Oh! Umm, what about you? Or are you just supporting your coworker?" Lou glanced over to Dr. Julian.

"My only child is one of our students that was taken. I am not sure how good I will be at speaking in front of an audience though. Zane is all I have of my dear wife… while I love him dearly; I have never been real good with expressing myself." Dr. Julian fretted, worry creasing his brow.

The man in the younger couple suddenly clapped a hand on his shoulder. "You'll do fine Dr. Julian. It's Garmadon we have to watch out for." As he spoke, he glanced back at Garmadon.

Garmadon playfully growled as he swatted at the man. "If it ain't my worst student ever, Ray Smith. Your kids have Maya's brains."

Maya laughed, a smile crossing her face. "You also probably noticed that Kai takes after his father a bit as well."

"Maya." Misako moved to hug the younger girl.

Maya beamed as she hugged her back. "I would have thought that I would reunite with my favorite teacher at a school reunion and not because my babies were kidnapped along with your kid."

Garmadon immediately protested. "What am I!? Chopped liver!?"

Maya shook her head. "You are the favorite older brother of the headmaster's."

Garmadon promptly grumbled that he was the only brother that the old sensei had. Lou blinked rapidly before it accord to him that the younger couple were speaking as if they both had attended the mystery school, and apparently two of the missing students were their children.

~Back at the Bounty, in the middle of nowhere~

"Kai! Slow down!" Fire yelled over the wind as he tried and a failed at keeping up with the Guardian of Fire. Maybe showing him his Blade Cycle was a bad idea…

There was a low rumbling sound as Jay's jet dipped down lower, Lightning easily keeping up with him. Cole's new Tread Assault vehicle crunched over the rough terrain as he drove along, Earth sitting on top of the roof. Zane was testing out his Snow Mobile, Ice right behind him.

Nya had her Mech out and was keeping pace with the others, Water zipping around her excitedly. Lloyd was up ahead of everyone on top of his Golden Cycle. Energy was nowhere in sight, though it was presumed that he was with Lloyd. "I'm gonna win!"

Fire groaned, before hollering back to the youngest Guardian. "It's not a race!"

Kai smirked as he revved up his ride. "Really? Could have fooled me. Now if you will please excuse me, I have a kid to beat." With that Kai shot off again.

Fire slapped his face before turning to check on how the other spiritia were dealing with their lessons. Just in time for all of the Guardians to take off as quickly as they could after the two. Joyful whooping escaped them as they attempted and succeeded at doing stunts. The rest of the spiritia slipped away and joined him staring after them. Earth suddenly spoke up, exasperation flooding his voice as he turned around to leave. "That's it. We're doomed. There is absolutely no way that those six can save all of Ninjago from the Overlord."

….

Lloyd smiled as he hummed to himself, all the while filling his plate up with a good variety of delicious foods. Lunch time had to be his favorite time of day…especially when it's Zane's turn to cook. Nya was sitting next to Jay, already wolfing down her food. Kai was pushing his dumplings around with his fork, while Zane was sipping at his cup of water. Cole was piling various pies and cakes onto his plate, humming some song Lloyd never heard of before…but it was good.

Kai looked up from his plate, handing a bite of his dumplings to Phoenix. "Hey, Cole? What's that you're humming?"

Cole immediately stopped and turning bright red, hurried over to his seat. "Nothing special. Just this song I wrote when I was little. Jones never really liked it, didn't make any sense to him I guess. Honestly I don't know about it either." Cole looked down to his plate.

Zane looked up from his place, eyebrow quirked upwards. "I didn't know you wrote a song."

Cole picked at a piece of pie, turning even redder in the face. "Well…Dad was kinda hoping I'll follow his footsteps and I guess you could say I picked a thing or two up from him."

Nya twirled her fork, an almost innocent look on her face. "Kai plays guitar…maybe you can sing it for us?"

Kai choked upon hearing his sister admit his greatest secret. "Nya! No one is supposed to know about that!"

Ice, who was with the other spiritia watching them, turned to his companions. "We really are all doomed."

Groans escaped the others as they watched the Guardians wolf down their food. The second they were all done, they stood up and left to go to the game room. Kai muttering something about there being a guitar in the hallway closet, near the armory.

….

Earth wondered if he was the only one imagining it. Or if it was his imagination to begin with. Cole had located the notebook that he kept his song ideas in and had opened it to the page with the song that he had been humming. Kai tuned the guitar, before starting to strum it lightly. Zane had somehow found a flute and keyboard, while Lloyd had found a tambourine. Jay accepted the keyboard, settling down next to Nya, who was without an instrument. As Cole sang the lyrics, which everyone could read, Kai picked up the tempo; and one by one each of the friends with an instrument joined in. Nya after awhile began seeing along, her voice soft yet strong enough to rise above the music as she sang the song of hope.

Lightning bumped him into the arm, a smile dancing on his face. "Ok…Ninjago might be doom with these six in charge of saving it…but you got to admit they're talented."

Earth merely nodded, before groaning in Cole finished the song, and instead of being responsible and suggesting they get back to training, turned the page over to another song he had written. They quickly began playing and singing it with all of their hearts. "Yep…we're still doom. If you need me, I real be in the hangar waiting for them to decide to get back to training." Earth turned and left the room, annoyance flashing across his eyes.

A/N: Done! Hmm, I think Ninjago has a problem… the six in charge of saving everyone is more interested in having fun. That's gonna be fun when they finally get out to the field.

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