A.N...

So..uh.. I just found out that Brad and Gene (Lloyd's friends from Darkleys) are voiced by Kathleen Barr, if you aren't aware of who she is,she voices... Get this she voices: Dilara(Nadakahn's wife who possessed Nya),Bansha(The female ghost who can control people from afar,as demonstrated when she controls Misako),Machia (the female Vermilion leader), Brad Tudabone, Gene... And get this... She voices MISAKO! I feel like she's one of the more talented voice actors in the show,those characters don't sound much alike... Then again The Overlord,Karlof,Clouse and Nadakahn are all voiced by the same man.

Any who,

Steampunk Wilson: Just this first part. This whole storyline will go on for a while. The relationship between Lloyd and Richard is father-son/brotherly,and yes,I think Robin will be interesting... It wasn't too tragic,was it?

DemonGuest: Her will be introduced by the end of this story,so stop worrying your little head... Emphasis on little! XD

Bookkeeper2004:Yes,Yes you can. What,nothing on Rick's backstory? I need to know what you thought of the story and character development.(sorry if that came off as rude,I wasn't intending for it to be)

"the darkness inside you,Can make you feel so small"-True Colors,Cyndi Lauper

The Inconsient Apartment,Later

There was a knock on the door,Rick got up from his seat on the sofa,where he was waiting for Lloyd to "Finish getting ready",the boy was really just mentally preparing himself fot the meeting. Rick got up and opened the door,Ann and Bob were there.

"Hey,how's it going? Is he sure he wants to do this?" Ann asked.

"Yeah,he's sure" Rick replied,"He's in his room right now,he should be out in a minute."

"Rick,are you alright? This has been quite a shock for everyone,but it would've affected you the most,how're you holding up?" Ann asked,putting her hand on her friends shoulder.

"I'm doing fine Ann,thanks for asking." Rick replied with a smile.

"How's Liam holding up?" Bob asked.

"Actually,it's Lloyd." Lloyd said as he walked into the room,mask in hand. He was wearing his typical outfit with his hood up,the hood cast a shadow over his face due to the fact he was standing beneath a light. His blood red eyes shone out of the shadow,giving the teen an eerie,evil,almost corrupt look about him (A.N... Yes,I used a thesaurus to find corrupt. I wanted a word beginning with e meaning untrustworthy but they didn't have one).

"Kid,the eyes are creeping me out. Couldn't you wear something a bit less dark and foreboding?" Asked Bob.

"The whole "Dark and Foreboding" look is exactly what I'm going for,Bob. So no. No I can't." Lloyd replied in an almost teasing tone of voice.

"Leave him alone Lloyd," Ann chided, "We're here to wish you luck and keep poor Richard here company." Ann told him with a joking tone. She'd managed to make Lloyd laugh,which seemed to make the kid relax a bit.

"I'm putting the mask on in here just incase something bad happens, I haven't worn it since the Police Station." Lloyd told the two newcomers.

He put the mask on and successfully transformed into Power without any problems whatsoever.

Ann,having never seen Power up close before, was in awe. The one thing she couldn't stop looking at were his beautiful wings.

After a few moments of tense silence,Lloyd,or rather Power,spoke up.

"Pleassse sssstop sssstaring, Ann. I'm kinda sssself consssciousss about the wingssss." He said in a shy voice. Ann instantly blushed,looked away,apologising for making the boy uncomfortable, but told him that the wings were beautiful and she was jealous of them.

They all wished Power luck and he left for the meeting.

After a few moments Bob spoke up.

"So...what do we do whilst we're waiting for him to come back?"

A disused storage warehouse,property of Borg Industries,the meeting place,New Ninjago City,Now

Power flew down to the warehouse,found his way inside and met the rest of the Higher Hierarchy there. The 6 of them had organised to meet there before anyone else arrived,so they could talk and compare notes.

"Pleasssssse tell me I wassssssn't the only one who remembered ssssomething whilsssst on the Brink of Death." Power announced his presence to the others(Fire,Lightning,Earth,Ice and Water).

"Ah,he's here... We were beginning to think we'd lost you Mate," Fire joked.

Water sighed, "D'you remember your first name too?" She asked.

"Yeah,did we all?" Power replied after giving Fire one of those "Bro hugs" two guys who're nothing more than best friends do.

"We all did, my real name is Zane." Ice said. (A.N. SOS what should his clothing be as Ice?)

"Cole, kinda ironic that I went by Nick. Nick-Cole. Like Water's false name." Earth joked.

"Jay... As in,like the species of bird,not the letter." Lightning said in a slightly agitated voice. Power guessed that Fire and Earth had most likely been joking about it,because they both had a smirk on their faces.

"Nya. I like it more than Nicole." Water said.

"Kai, sounds similar to the start of Kyle." Fire said.

Power processed his friends names. Then he realised they were all looking at him,waiting for him to tell them his.

"Oh... Sorry... I'm Lloyd." He said apologetically.

They all smiled with each other for a while. Then they decided to go into the main area for the meeting.

After about an hour everyone had turned up. The entire Hierarchy,excluding Power,were standing with the rest of the Gang. Shadow was scowling at Power in a suspicious way (A.N. he's suspicious of Power).

Power stood atop a tabletop. (A.N. XD) And spoke to everyone.

"Thank you all for coming tonight. Lasssst time we met,we were ambusssshed by the Police. Mosssst of the Hierarchy and mysssself had our masssssksssss forcefully taken from usssss." This announcement sent ripples of shock through the small group. The masks weren't supposed to be like that.

"Ssssso we have come to the conclusssssion that whomever wanted usssss assssss a group,wantssssss ussssss to work with the Police to achieve our common goal of figuring what the heck isssssss going on with Ninjago'ssssss hisssstory... I have ssssspoken to the Police Officerssss who led the sssssearch for usssss. They came up with the idea that we could keep meeting up,in a more...convenient location, and we work with them to figure out what'sssss happening. They alsssso sssssaid that if you don't want to be known to the Police,then you can be a contact,or a field informant. But we all need a way to contact each other." Power announced.

"Why should we do that?!" Shadow demanded.

"Believe it or not,Power is actually giving us the best option,Shadow. Oh,another thing we found out about the masks is that if you trust the people around you,you can take the masks off without any problems,isn't that right Power?" Fire snapped back at Shadow.

"Yesssss it issssss."Power confirmed

"But why should we trust you?!" Form,a girl whos outfit was made entirely from reflective material,with a mask made from a mosaic of mirrors,asked.

Power took a deep breath.

"Becaussssse... Because I trust all of you." And with those words he took his mask off.

The entirety of the gang,excluding the higher hierarchy,was shocked,and almost everyone was a little bit fearful. Because he looked exactly like he did before he put the mask on. However,Lloyds bold move paid off. Everyone exchanged phone numbers, and most decided to be info sources. Amber,Fire,Lightning,Water,Earth and Ice were the exceptions. Everyone apart from the new core group left.

Ice turned his head suddenly,in the direction of some large piles of scrapped androids.

"Ice...what's wrong?" Amber asked. He ignored her,and walked in the direction of the closest scrap heap.

"Zane. They're just old,useless androids that Borg scrapped,this is one of his warehouses after all." Lloyd told him. Lloyd was also ignored. The whole group,out of pure curiosity followed Zane towards the scrap heap.

Lloyd was the first to spot what Zane had heard. It was difficult to see but it appeared to be an android, their eyes seemed to give off their own faint glow,like Lloyds red eyes did. The figure was clearly humanoid with metallic hair. The thing that struck Lloyd as slightly odd was the android had white "skin" as opposed to the metallic surfaces of all the androids he'd seen in pictures on Yesterday's History. As he neared the android he noticed the figure was female,she had a faint green glow to her eyes... And her skin was almost completely white,except for the purple circuitry at the sides of her head...

A.N. all that's left is Richard (Rick) Ann and Bob meet the gang members,Lloyd and Rick go home and have a chat(epilogue) and the half prologue for the next story. So one more chapter and the epilogue... Hopefully.