"Any sightings?" Cole asked.
Nya sighed. "Nothing. No Garmadon and no Jay."
"Where could they have gone?" Kai asked.
"I don't know, no one does," Nya nearly shouted at her brother.
She took a deep breath and left the room to calm down. Cole and Zane turned, looking at Kai, annoyed.
"You really need to learn to keep your mouth shut," Cole said
"Well I'm sorry," Kai said, sarcastically.
Kai got up and stormed out of the bridge. Cole looked at Zane, who sighed.
"Finding Jay is stressing everyone out," Zane said. "They need time to recuperate themselves. Leave them be Cole."
"Well, let's go check on Lloyd and Sensei," Cole said.
Cole got up and walked towards the ninja's bedroom. They stopped as Sensei walked out, a calm expression on his face. Zane read something else though.
"Is everything alright, Sensei?" Zane asked.
"Yes," Sensei said. "Lloyd is just feeling….upset."
"We'll talk to him, Sensei," Cole said.
They walked into the room, and Lloyd sat on his bed, looking out the window. Cole walked up and sat next to him.
"Leave me alone," Lloyd muttered at Cole.
"What's the matter?" Cole asked. "Where's the happy, cheery, bad boy Lloyd we all know and love?"
"He's not here right now," Lloyd replied.
"Why is that?" Zane asked, sitting in front of the young boy on the ground.
"Because this is all my fault!" Lloyd shouted.
"Why do you think that?" Cole asked.
"Because if I never let my dad use Jay to get the Skeletons to help, we would have him here," Lloyd said.
"Lloyd, this isn't your fault at all," Zane said. "If we were more observant in the Serpentines base, we wouldn't have been caught, and you wouldn't have needed the Skeleton's help anyways."
"No one is blaming you," Cole continued. "No one is getting blamed."
"But…." Lloyd started.
"Lloyd," Zane said, soothingly, "if this is anyone's fault, it's Lord Garmadon's."
Lloyd then burst into tears, hugging Cole tightly. Cole hugged the boy back, rubbing his back to comfort him. Then Kai walked in.
"What happened?" Kai asked, running to Lloyd's side.
"He thought Jay getting kidnapped was his fault," Cole told Kai.
Lloyd looked up at Kai, tears running down his cheeks. Kai wiped away the tears, and hugged Lloyd.
"Lloyd, where did you get that idea?" Kai asked, smiling. "I think you're going crazy. No one's at fault. Somethings in life, we can't stop from happening. Now, how about we go play some video games, would that bring the Lloyd we know back?"
Lloyd smiled slightly, nodding.
"Race you there?" Lloyd said.
He broke free from Kai's hug and started running towards the game room.
"Hey! No fair!" Kai cried through laughter, chasing after the small blond boy.
"How does he do it?" Cole asked.
"I believe it's because he had Nya to care for when he was younger," Zane replied.
"Yeah, you're right," Cole nodded in agreement. "Let's go play some games."
Cole and Zane then walked towards the game room.
In the catacombs below Ninjago City, Jay sat on the ground, tied up. Lord Garmadon swung Jay's nunchucks around.
"If you do anything to those, I'll.." Jay threatened.
"You'll what?" Lord Garmadon mocked him. "You're tied up, unarmed and I have one of the most powerful weapons in all of Ninjago."
Jay glared at him.
"Thought so," Lord Garmadon smirked.
"So, what's your plan for me?" Jay asked.
"My plan is to get my son back," Lord Garmadon said. "So he never will reach his true potential and can follow in my footsteps."
"You know the others will never let you get away with that," Jay declared.
"I'm sure this'll change that," Lord Garmadon said.
Garmadon lifted Jay up and tossed him into a door, which didn't even budge when he collided with it. Jay looked up, confused.
"A door?" Jay questioned.
"And behind it, lies the most powerful force in all of Ninjago," Lord Garmadon said. "The stone army, the same army that the Overlord used to fight my father all those years ago."
Jay gasped.
"With them under my control, you and the other ninja will have no choice but to surrender," Lord Garmadon said.
"We'll never surrender to the likes of you," Jay spat.
Lord Garmadon smirked and pushed the door open. Jay's jaw dropped at the size of the army behind the door. Lord Garmadon swung the nunchucks around, charging them, then sent a bolt of lightning at the closest warrior. Then lighting then divided and jumped into the other warriors. One warrior walked forwards, confronting Lord Garmadon.
"I am Lord Garmadon, the one who has awaken you," he declared.
"I am General Kozu, controller of the Stone Army," the Stone Army man said. "Why have you awaken us?"
"I need a trustworthy army to help me take over this pathetic world, and someone to rule by my side," Lord Garmadon said. "There's a group of ninja, who have my son. I want the ninja in my clutches and my son at my side so when this world becomes mine, no one can stop me."
"Who are these...ninja?" Kozu asked as his army formed behind him.
"I already have one of them," Lord Garmadon pointed at Jay, who gulped. "There are three others, red, white and black, a girl who goes by Samurai X and their Sensei, my brother. My son, Lloyd will be with them, and I want him unharmed."
"Understood, but there is one thing," Kozu said. "We need a point of operation, a base."
A stone warrior behind him muttered in their ancient language.
"The Dark island," Kozu repeated in english to Lord Garmadon. "I can lead the way, and we'll make a base there."
"Perfect," Lord Garmadon said.
General Kozu ordered his army in their language, and two warriors approached Jay.
"Whoa, what's going on?!" Jay cried.
They lifted Jay up and carried him between them. He fought for freedom, thrashing and twisting in their grasp, but stopped when Kozu looked him dead in the eyes.
"You won't escape us," he said. "Even if you do break free from them, you'll have to fight through the whole army to escape."
Jay looked around, all the swords and other weapons in their hands, ready to attack him if he escaped. He looked at Garmadon, who still held his nunchucks, smirking.
"It's over, Jay," the dark lord claimed. "The other's can't save you now."
Jay didn't want to believe it. He didn't want to think it was all over, not yet. But what hope did he have that the others could stop an army this size, especially down a ninja.