Soooo. here we are again. At the beginning of the chapter. There's limitless possibilities for what could happen after this. I don't know why I just said that, maybe i'll figure it out as I write this. :D. I'm in such a positive mood right now, I might be nice to the ninja. Nah, that's no fun! Now, let me think of a good reason for not updating in so long. Uhhhh. I've got nothing, but laziness. My apologies for the long wait.

Zane awoke high in the sky. What? He tried to fly back down, but nothing happened. Oh no, not the instincts again…

" Yep. I've missed you since you left. You haven't even messaged me." A voice from inside my head said. Wait, who are you?

" I'm your falcon. The tables have turned now! I can control you! My name's Ace by the way! I couldn't talk to you before." Ace said. He quickly did a dive. That's interesting, but can we turn back. I don't want my brother's to worry about me.

" No. If my databanks are correct, only one person has survived in the crystal caves. I don't want to risk the Crystal Dragon killing you." Ace said. He was about to hit the water before he quickly turned up. But I need change back to normal.

" You will turn back eventually. I'll just permanently control you. Everything will turn out fine when I get back to ninjago."

Back with Madison again.

I went to grab my phone out of my bag. Hopefully Kailee has her phone on her… Madison went to her contacts and tapped on Kailee's number. After a second of ringing Madison her ringtone go off. She forgot her phone! She ran to where she heard the ringtone and found Kailee's phone sitting on her bed. Madison hung up and walked out of Kailee's room.

She grabbed her bag and walked out the door. What do I do now… I can't go back to Jamanakai without Silver... She opened the door and looked around outside. She noticed a few shattered windows where the Serpentine used to be. She walked out to look at the damage closer.

Thankfully the blast that came from her true potential only hit around the Serpentine. Shattered windows, the road was cracked in some places, along with the sidewalk, and the street lights were snapped. I did all of this? I destroyed a whole part of this block? The thought made her shiver. Am I that powerful? She kept on walking down the street, thinking about what she could do. Is there any towns near here? No. We're pretty far away from everyone. I guess i'll just stay here until everyone comes back.

I've got to keep myself busy somehow though… Madison ran some thoughts through her head. Hmm. I'm guessing the ninja would like some time to relax after everything they're out doing now. I could plan a relaxing evening, or whatever time they get back. I could get to know them better, and they could relax. That sounds great.

She started planning the perfect relaxing day in her head as she started to walk back to Kailee's apartment.

With Garmadon.

" I can't believe she beat us…" Garmadon said. He looked towards all of the injured snakes. Some even died because of the blast. Most of them just suffered from broken bones.

" It's not our fault. You sssent all of us into there, not knowing how powerful she was." Skales said, slithering over with his arm in a sling.

" Now I see why the ninja left her to protect Ninjago. She has to have some kind of weakness. Or something that she's afraid of. I'm determined to destroy her now." Garmadon said, now deep in thought.

" We need to send out a spy. Some snake who could figure out her weaknesses." Garmadon said. Skales looked over at him puzzled.

" Why do you want this ssso badly now? Just wait for the ninja to get back." Skales said.

" Because Lloyd is with them. It would be easier to take over ninjago without him here."

" You just don't want to harm Lloyd." Skales said.

" Let's stop talking about the Lloyd! Just find a snake who is sneaky enough to find out what her weakness is!" Garmadon shouted at Skales. Skales sighed and went off to find a snake right for the job.

He looked around at all of the snakes. All of the adults were injured because they were in the front of the army, but the children were in the back. This is a bad idea…

Skales looked at all of the uninjured snakes. No adults… Just kids, and the other Generals. We can't send a General though, they aren't expendable. He sighed and walked over to a healthy, young, Hypnobrai. He was sitting by his mother who was in a critical condition.

" Ares, Garmadon wants to see you." Skales said. The young snake looked over to him, with sadness obvious in his eyes. He slowly stood up and walked over to Skales.

" Why does he want to sssee me?" Ares said, looking at the ground.

" He'll explain, follow me." Skales said. He lead the boy to Garmadon.

" Am I going to have to leave my mom?" Ares said before the entered Garmadon's room. Ares finally made eye contact with Skales.

" Um, yes. Garmadon will explain everything…" Skales said entering Garmadon's room.

" Thank you, Skales. You may leave now." Garmadon said. Skales slowly exited the room.

" What's your name, boy?" Garmadon asked Ares.

" Ares…" He whispered.

" Ok, Ares. We need you to go on a very important mission." Garmadon said. Ares looked over at him.

" We need you to be a spy. Just find out as much as you can about that girl who defeated all of us." Garmadon said. Ares shifted his eyes back to the ground.

" You need to head out as soon as possible. Tonight, come back here and tell me everything you found out." Garmadon said. Ares slowly stood up.

" Ok…" Ares said. He walked out of the room, and went on his way to Ninjago City.

That's one weird kid. Garmadon thought as he watched the child walk out of the room.

I know this chapter isn't long enough for how long the wait was, but i'm a big procrastinator. Ace's name was a suggestion from Ebony Umbreon, so yeah… I can't go a whole story without a name from Gregor the Overlander. Ares! I love that bat so much! Well, loved… :,( It was super sad. Back on topic, hope you liked this chapter and if it's your birthday today, Madison wishes you a happy birthday. Madison out! ( Still need a name for Cole's instincts. If anyone has an idea, please tell me. I could think of one on my own, but I like including my fans in my work. No pressure though, I have a few ideas in mind.)