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3. HQ

Ryan leaned against the wall, resting his eyes for a moment.

"I still think it's a bit harsh!" a voice echoed around him. He jumped at the sound of it. That sure didn't sound like Cole…

"It was the only way!" another voice argued. "He would've known where the base is otherwise!" Now that sounded like Cole.

Ryan picked up a rock and threw it to Joesph, missing his head by an inch. "Cole's back," he said, "so wakey, wakey."

"I'm awake!" Joesph said, jumping up. "I've been awake for hours!" He yawned. "Who is he arguing with?"

"Probably a new girlfriend," Rick snorted. "That would be the eighth one he brought down here in…let's see…carry the four…"

"Six months," Nicholas finished, "that's like, every one and a half weeks."

"Seriously," Joesph mumbled, "he's such a pla–"

"Boys!" Cole said as he entered the room. "We have a new member and then a spy."

"The one that's unconsious is the spy, right?" Ryan asked.

Cole nodded. "The girl is the one joining us."

"Another girlfriend?" Wilson joked.

Cole's face turned as red as fire. "No! If you must know, she's the princess!"

"My name is Alex," the girl said, then turned to Cole. "They didn't need to know I'm the princess, but since you just had to tell them…" She turned to the rest of them. "My father has gotten out of hand and the army is searching for you. On another note, where is Lucas Garmadon?"

"Alex, I said we don't have him," Cole said.

"Like, Prince Lucas Garmadon?" Rick asked. "That's the prince's name? He's missing?"

Alex looked down. "If none of you know…"

Ryan felt kinda bad for her. She probably joined hoping to find her brother, but they couldn't help with that. He said gently, "I'm sorry we can't help with that, Princess."

She looked up, with a small glare. "I'm sure you can't," she said, her tone oozing sarcasm.

Why didn't she believe them? Ryan's only guess was that the king made all his children believe that the rebellion breathed lies. Ryan decided to show her he was wrong. "I mean, even if we were to kidnap the prince, where would we keep him?" he went on, pretending he didn't hear Alex's remark. "If he's anything like the king then–"

"Lucas is nothing like my dad!" Alex interupted. "He is pure. So I don't know why you thought it was a good idea to ki–"

"Enough!" Cole growled. "Both of you are acting like children! Alex, we didn't take your brother. If you don't believe us, that's you're problem. Ryan, we can't make her believe we're telling the truth. We have other things we need to handle."

The man who was unconscious suddenly moaned. "I don't want pancakes again!"

"Pancakes?" Rick questioned.

"What's wrong with pancakes?" Wilson murmured.

Nicholas shrugged. "I've never been a huge pancake fan either."

Cole slumped the man off his shoulder and sat him down in the corner. "Ryan, Joesph, you guys get interrogation today," he told them.

Ryan silently cheered and gave Joesph a high-five. They walked over and knelt down to the spy.

"Rick and Nicholas, you two need to contact Samurai X. We find the prince and ask him to help us," Cole ordered. "As for Alex…"

Ryan toned his leader out as the spy came to. "Where am I now?" he groaned.

"Unimportant," Joesph said immediately. That question was asked a lot whenever there was a spy.

"Who are you?" Ryan asked.

"Jay Walker," the man said. "Wait, didn't I answer that already?"

"We'll ask the questions here," Ryan said, crossing his arms.

"Why were you following Cole?" Joesph asked.

Jay shrugged. "Sometimes my curiousity gets the better of me. I saw him and the girl sneaking around through the alleyways and decided to see what they were up to. I guess I know why curiousity killed the cat…wait! You're not gonna kill me right? Please say you aren't gonna kill me!"

"You talk to much," Ryan mumbled.

"We don't kill," Joesph said, "that isn't how we roll."

"We're against the king, not working for him," Ryan added. He felt it was nessisary for this guy to know who exactly he followed into the sewers.

"Wait, is this the rebellion?" Jay asked, eyes growing wide.

"No," Joesph said in a very sarcastic voice, "it's a sewing circle."

"A sew…oh! That was sarcasm," Jay said.

Ryan rolled his eyes. This guy was unbelievable! This guy was so slow! "Now that we've gotten that out of the way," he said, "I'm giving you an offer. You can either leave and never speak of this again or–"

"Or I could join!" Jay exclaimed.

"What? No," Joesph said. "You're not cut out for being apart of the rebellion. If you don't want option one, you can be a prisoner for life."

Jay actually considered his options. "Do prisoners get fed more than pancakes?"

Ryan and Joesph exchanged looks of confusion. "What do you have against pancakes?" Ryan asked.

"It's all my family can afford," Jay shrugged. "The taste gets sickening after a week or so."

"That's really all you can afford?"

Ryan turned to see Alex standing behind them. He didn't know how long she was watching, but he wanted to know why Cole was watching 'her.' She was the daughter of Ninjago's evil ruler, she couldn't be trusted! Well…at least not yet.

"Yeah," Jay replied, "and our source is hardly legal! Who knew getting food was a risk to end up in the dungeon?!"

Alex lowered her head. "I never knew some people could barely afford food," she mumbled.

"Yeah, well life's not so fancy below the first class," Jay said. "What do your parents do for a living? Do they serve that sorry excuse for a king?"

Ryan had tried silently letting Jay know to stop. The blabber mouth didn't listen though. He had kept talking and now Ryan was ready for the princess to yell at him. He closed his eyes and backed out of her way.

"That sorry excuse for a king is my father," Alex said coldly.

It was silent for a moment and Ryan opened his eyes again. Jay was staring at Alex with wide eyes. "I, uh, didn't know," he said. "He's your fuh-father? I'm sorry, Princess." He did a small bow.

Alex rolled her eyes. "My name is Alex, don't call me "Princess", okay?"

"Uh, okay," Jay said nervously.

"It's not like I'm throwing you in the dungeon," Alex said. "I've kinda left my dad's side."

Ryan stood next to Alex, resting his elbow on her shoulder. "Great! Since this is over with, Jay you can stay but you are to stay here and not to fight. As for you, Princess, it's time for a training session."

"Don't call me that!" Alex snapped.

"Whatcha gonna do?" Ryan asked. "I know ninjutsu and you don't know squat. So let's go…Princess."


I needed more people for the rebellion... Meet them!

Ryan-Being the youngest of the main group, he is a little immature and pushes himself a lot. He had long dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. His hobbies include bunji-jumping and cooking.

Joesph-He is a smartalek. He hardly says exactly how he is feeling. He has short black hair and brown eyes. His hobbies include blacksmithing and wood carving.

Rick-A very childish man who is the second oldest out of the group. He has light blonde hair and brown eyes. His hobbies included fishing and pulling pranks.

Nicholas-The oldest in the group, but he's not the strongest fighter. He has dark red hair and green eyes. His hobbies include surprise attacks and mixing random chemicals.

Wilson-The second youngest in the group, he's the smartest and comes up with most of the plans. He has black curly hair and brown eyes. His hobbies include reading and fighting, somtimes at the same time.

So I hope that explains the group! These are the main people in the rebellion. Review!