Ninjago City, Unknown Building, 1:27 am.

"Curse that old man! Curse that girl's family! Curse everyone!" Alex grumbled under his breath as he rubbed a bruise on his cheek. After taking a serious beating from the man he believed to be Karma's father, he had teleported back to where he and Marléne have been hiding for a while now. It's a miracle that the cops haven't found this place yet, especially since Marléne tends to not disguise herself when leaving the building, despite being a wanted criminal.

"I told you I should have come along! Then you wouldn't have gotten beaten!" Marléne said, to which Alex gave an annoyed sigh.

"If I brought you along, you would have paused to look inside the windows of every shoe store in the City!" he claimed as he pulled his hair back into a small ponytail. He pulled his goggles over his head, setting them on the top of his head.

"Well, at least I have style! I mean, look at yours!" the woman knelt on one knee and pointed at his footwear: leather boots that were covered by the legs of his jeans. Two leather straps wrapped around the legs of his jeans where his boots were. "C'est est ceux!?" Marléne exclaimed, pointing at them. Alex rolled his eyes.

"Footwear that is actually suitable for what I do. I don't wear really short dresses and heels like you do," he said.

"I only wear these so I can show off my gorgeous legs!" the woman exclaimed, setting a leg on the table where Alex was working. He took one glance at them, then gave her a "what the hell!?" look.

"Take your ugly leg off the table, ya old hag," he said. Marléne scoffed.

"Hey! I'm about your age! Don't call me an old hag!" she shouted, offended.

"By 'about my age' you mean we're apart by forty years. I don't want to see your gross, wrinkly legs. Get them off the table. The stink coming from your feet is killing my sense of smell," Alex told her. He did know that Marléne was only thirty, which didn't put a huge age gap between them like he said, but he couldn't resist making his colleague mad. It was what he did best after all.

Marléne made a few unintelligible noises of frustration, then removed her leg from the table, only to stomp her foot with the same leg.

"Just let me go next time you go to do something," she pleaded. Alex turned in his chair and looked back at her.

"How about no," he responded, "You'll just take it over. Old hag."

He turned back to his work and smiled to himself as he listened to Marléne make noises of frustration. A fast way to get entertainment as he waited for his plan to get into motion. It would take a few days, but it would be worth it. So worth it. He'd finally be able to take over Ninjago with ease, and maybe even the world next! All he had to do was wait.

Ninjago City, Chen's Noodlehouse, 5:50 pm.

It's been a little over a week since my encounter with Alex. Since then, Sensei has instructed us to keep a sharp eye out in case what Alex had said was true. No one has expressed suspicious behavior since then, or that's at least what I have seen. Jay keeps claiming that one of the new team members, Nathan to be specific, has been acting weird according to him. He claims that he always acts anxious when addressed and seems to watch everyone. I'm wondering if Jay overreacted to him being shy, or if he really is the wolf amongst the sheep.

I decided I would find out later, as I took the new members to Chen's Noodlehouse (which I will have to admit my sin of coming to place again to my parents.). Upon hearing that we were going here, Lilly immediately tagged along, most likely to see her little girl crush again.

"Alright everyone, six bowls!" Skylor announced as she slid all six bowls of noodles off her shoulders and over to the correct person.

"And I can't even balance one on my shoulder," Cass said as her bowl slid right to her. Skylor chuckled.

"It takes a lot of practice. Trust me, I've broken many bowls before I became a pro at this," she informed her. I looked over at Lilly, who was admiring the redhead and didn't even notice her bowl slide over to her.

"Is she alright? She's been zoned out for quite a while," Skylor noticed. I giggled.

"She's probably thinking about her boyfriend or something," I said, covering up the fact that Lilly was admiring her. Almost immediately, the blonde snapped back to attention, her cheeks becoming pink upon notice of Skylor standing in front of her.

"Ah, I remember when I had one. He was...okay though. We just didn't really click," Skylor said. Wait, didn't Cole say Kai and Skylor broke up over Skylor wanting to focus more on her father's business? Eh...she could have used that as a reason to break up instead of "Hey, your ego is so big it's crushing me right now and I can't stand it any longer. It's time to say adios."

"What's in these noodles!? They taste amazing!" Hunter exclaimed. Skylor rubbed her chin.

"My dad used to say he put people in the recipe for the noodles," she informed us, to which Hunter dropped both his jaw and his chopsticks, "but hey, it was probably a joke or something. Who knows what he puts in these things."

Hunter stared down at his dinner, as though he were considering eating it or not. After a few moments, he picked up his chopsticks and continued eating, most likely thinking that Skylor said that as a joke.

Just as we all started to finish our meals, a girl with wavy, hot pink hair walked out of the kitchen. There was a light blue streak in her hair and her skin was just as dark as Skylor's. Her eyes were a bright purple and she wore a salmon-colored lipstick. She walked over the redhead and gave her a small peck on the cheek.

"Gotta go. My dad needs me over at the village again for God knows why. See ya later babe," the girl said before walking to the door. Skylor waved a goodbye to her.

"Just remember to call me if you need help, Seliel!" she reminded the girl. Seliel nodded and waved as she walked out. I was a little surprised at all of this. Skylor's already going out with someone else? You'd think someone would need time to heal from a breakup, but it looks like she doesn't.

After the meal, we bid Skylor goodbye and headed back to Steep Wisdom, which is when I began to notice what Jay claimed before. When I looked over at Nathan while we were flying home, he was staring at Sammie. His expression was pretty neutral as well, showing no signs of awe or anything. It was slightly creepy, but I just assumed it was something he does. I mean, I know someone has a friend who's always staring at people for no reason. I figured that if it got any creepier, I would question Nathan about it as soon as possible, if Jay didn't beat me to it first.

Though, I couldn't help but wonder if Jay is the traitor. I mean, think about it. He was so quick to claim Nathan was suspicious. Though he is displaying some of these behaviors, some things are still off with Jay's claim. What if Jay is trying to frame Nathan so he can go through with some evil plan? Now we had two suspects, both displaying odd behavior, but what if they're both traitors? What if Alex lied!? What if I'm just paranoid!?

Either could be correct, but it was so hard to tell which would be correct. The best I could do was wait.