A/N: Hello! Hmm, I haven't worked on this story for two reasons; I have two things that I want to happen in this chapter. After talking to Stormy, I have come to a conclusion. I will try and write both events into this chapter. If I don't succeed, then the event that doesn't get included will be in the next chapter…maybe. We'll see.

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except for my OCs! Dr. Julian's own first name is of my invention… Also, Chayton is Falcon! I do not own him! Disney owns the song.

Chapter Sixteen: How to win a singing contest...

~With Lou~

Lou frowned as he stared at the radio setup in the park. Most of the families of the missing students were there; apparently the Garmadons and Dr. Julian couldn't make it since they all have classes to teach. Though he was a bit concerned about what they meant when they mentioned something about needing to improve an obstacle course so that it was even more dangerous. Shaking his head, he walked over to where the famous DJ Max was testing out the microphones.

DJ Max looked up, and immediately smiled. "Nice of you to come, man. This singing contest will be great for you, man." Turning to face the set up, he straightened out the microphones that were being used. "I mean, man, losing your kid must be so hard. Anyways, man, it's pretty simple. Each person that calls in must either donate money to the cause of finding your kid, man, or they can sing, man. Of course we might get some people that do both. Sing and donate. Doesn't really matter. The winner gets three hundred bucks, man. Not much, but should get some folks interested, man."

Lou brushed his jacket sleeve, his frown deepening. "Do you always have to say man in every sentence?"

DJ Max frowned, looking up at him. "I don't know what you mean by that, man."

Lou's eye twitched as he went to sit down next to the Walkers and Smiths. Ray Smith nodded his head in greeting his arm draped around his wife's shoulders. Edna appeared to be excited while Ed seemed unaware of what was happening.

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"Hello ladies and gentlemen! This is DJ Max here along with Lou Brookstone, Ed and Edna Walker, and of course Ray and Maya Smith. We had asked Garmadon and Misako Garmadon to join us, along with Dr. Christopher Julian. Unfortunately, all three of them work at the mystery school and couldn't get today off. Which is a bummer man." DJ Max smiled warmly at his microphone, as if everyone at home could see it as well as those in the park. Reaching over, he flipped a switch, a huge grin crossing his face. "Why! Look here, man! We already have a caller, man. Now then, will you be donating or singing, man? Or maybe even both, man?"

"I would like to donate a hundred dollars to the cause. Thanks for what you're doing for these folks."

DJ Max grinned as he flipped the switch back to its original position. "Now that's what I'm talking about, man! Let's keep things flowing! Between calls, I have a list of questions for my guests, man! So keep calling and don't worry about silence, man! There is never a silent moment with DJ Max, man."

Lou groaned as he buried his head into his hands, silently begging the phone to never stop ringing.

Three hours…and the radio show didn't have any signs of slowing down. Lou smiled, glad that he hadn't had to answer any questions yet. DJ Max flipped another switch, answering it on the automatic. "You're on with DJ Max, man! What do you say, man? Donate or sing!"

A frown crossed his face as an unfamiliar voice slipped out, and yet he felt as if he should know it. "Yeah…my…brother and his girlfriend would like to sing for the competition. Do you have any duets?"

"That we do! Here is a wonderful song for your brother and his girlfriend to sing, man!" DJ Max picked out a song… one that Lou noticed and immediately groaned.

~Meanwhile on the other side of the phone call~

Cole ducked his head as Jay swatted him. "What do you mean by girlfriend?! We haven't even been on an official date yet!"

Cole sniggered as he noticed that the voice modifier that Jay was wearing must have been activated since his voice sounded funny. Nya glanced over at them, annoyance flashing in her eyes as she readjusted her voice modifier. "No fighting! The spiritia are sleeping and we are soo gonna get in trouble if they find out what we're doing."

The three teens immediately sobered up, Cole and Jay glancing nervously at the door that lead out into the hallway. Kai burst out laughing at the sight of their faces, nearly knocking an extremely nervous Lloyd over. Zane shook his head, his fingers running through Chayton's feathers.

"Wait! We have to sing that song! Twinkle Toes… you will be lucky if you survive the night!" Nya suddenly exploded staring at the computer linked up to the phone. Horror was on her face, much to Cole's confusion…until he read which song it was.

Cole quickly blocked the phone so that no one could hear them as he turned to face the others. "Out of all of the songs that he could have picked…he had to pick the love song Dad wrote for Mom!"

Jay nervously fidgeted with his voice modifier, worry creasing his brow. "This is gonna be fun…"

Cole slowly removed his hand, even as DJ Max's voice came from the radio website. "Well then! We need to know you're names here, man."

Cole frowned, suddenly worried about what they were going to use for their names. He shouldn't have worried with Jay. "My name's Mouth of Lightning…Zaptrap for short. And my singing partner is Samurai X…uh I guess you could call her Sam for short… is that alright with you?" Jay quickly threw his hands into the air. "Please don't kill me!"

Nya glared at him, her fingers curling into a deadly fist. "Zaptrap… I won't kill you. I'll have my brother do that for me."

Jay gulped loudly, before realizing that the music was already starting. "I can see what's happening..."

Nya cut in her voice blending perfectly with his. "What?"

"…And they don't have a clue…" Jay continued singing.

"…Who?"

"…They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line. Our quad's down to three."

"..Oh."

"The sweet caress of twilight. There's magic everywhere. And with all this romantic atmosphere… Disaster's in the air." Nya took over, her voice rising musically into the air.

Jay swallowed hard, before joining her in the chorus. "Can you feel the love tonight? The peace the evening brings? The world for once in perfect harmony, With all its living things."

Nya stopped singing, allowing Jay to continue. "So many things to tell her. But how to make her see? The truth about my past, impossible. She'd turn away from me."

Jay stopped now, allowing Nya to sing her part. "He's holding back, he's hiding. But what, I can't decide. Why won't he be the guy I know he is? The guy I see inside?"

Jay joined her again, their voices harmonizing perfectly together. "Can you feel the love tonight? The peace the evening brings? The world for once, in perfect harmony, with all its living things. Can you feel the love tonight? You needn't look too far. Stealing through the night's uncertainties, Love is where they are. And if he falls in love tonight, It can be assumed, His carefree days with us are history, In short, our pal is doomed."

~Back with Lou~

Lou blinked as he listened to the harmonious voices blending together. At the end of the song, tears slide down his cheek as he furiously wiped at his eyes. DJ Max leaned forward an amazed smile on his face. "Man, you two are amazing. Did you go to Marty Oppenheimer School of Performing Arts, man?"

"Umm…no?" A frown crossed Lou's face as he realized that the so called Zaptrap sounded uncertain about that. Just then a new voice suddenly spoke up in the background. "Guys! Hurry it up! They're on the move! I repeat! They're on the move!"

Ray suddenly bolted upright, his eyes widening in horror. "Kai?!"

"You idiot! You're not wearing a voice modifier!" "Ow! Hey! I thought you were gonna kill Cole, not me!" "Leave me out of this Kai!" Lou's eyes widened in horror when Twinkle Toes joined the conversation, his voice suddenly going staticky before clearing up. Which would have been fine if it weren't for the fact that it was Cole's voice. Another voice spoke, panic edging it. "Guys! Hang up now! They're… right here. Uh…hi?"

Shivers went down Lou's spine as a new, furious voice suddenly came over the line. "What is going on here?! This doesn't look like cleaning to me! You! Step away from the phone! All of you get back to work! Am I understood!?" "Yes sir…" "Go now."

Lou shuddered as the line suddenly went dead. His son…that was his son! Lou clenched his fist as he realized that it sounded as if he was being forced to clean his captors' hideout. "Get the police…they might be able to trace the call back to them."

~Back with our favorite ninja~

Cole grumbled under his breath as he carefully climbed down the side of the ship, somehow having the luck of having to clean the ship's underside. Normally this wouldn't be a problem…but since they were two hundred feet above the tallest building in all of Ninjago City; it was a bit on the annoying side. As he scraped the bird poop of the side, his comlink went off, Kai's voice whispering through to all of them.

"Who all had fun with the whole singing competition?"

"Kai…you do realize that thanks to your idiotic decision that they will be trying to track us down?" Zane's voice calmly filled the air; he probably didn't have that much dusting to do.

"Ok…ok. I get it…but if they try to pinpoint us…they're gonna run into the issue of the fact we keep moving and sometimes are higher up than the mountain tops."

Cole shook his head, before moving his wrist to his mouth. "Did you guys see Earth's face when we called him sir? He looked like he was about to faint. Then Ice had to ruin the moment by lecturing us on how we have chores for a reason…and blah-blah blah."

"Glad to see what Ice said was so amusing. Now then I believe you missed a spot." Earth suddenly appeared next to Cole, calmly pointing to a large swath of bird poop over to the left of him.

"Thanks Earth…" Cole groaned as he reached to scrub the spot.

A/N: Done! Ok…. Only did one thing. I guess that means that Cole gets to transform the first time next chapter. Also I think Earth is mad at them…

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