Hope you like! I really had fun. Can you guess who the stranger is? Might be obvious.

Just confirming. Jay's son is Tony. I didn't realize I was doing that

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At the Monastery, Kai was fast asleep on the couch inside the game room, a game controller rested on his chest, his game on pause.

"KAI!"

Kai jolted awake. "Master Wu! I'm awake!" He cried in panic just seconds of falling off the couch and landing with a loud thud on the floor. Pushing himself up he looked around, finding Rainn standing in the doorframe. "Rainn?" He yawned and stretched as stood up. "What's going on?"

"Wu is gone." She walked up to him. "Little Wu is gone."

Kai's eyes were wide and his sleep fogged mind quickly cleared. "Not another kid who wants to be where the danger is." He groaned. "Raya and Lily were enough of a headache."

"We looked all over the Monastery." Rainn told him. "Chantal is a sobbing mess, Raya's went into Ninjago to find him.

"If Little Wu's anything like Lloyd, then he might be in the places where Lloyd liked to hide out." Kai states, pulling down his hood.

"But the city isn't what it use to be." Rainn reminded.

Kai hesitated. "Right." He nods. "Right." He put his hand on his earpiece. "Raya, come in. Have you found Little Wu?"

"No." Raya answered with a huff as she walked into the game room, making Kai pull off his hood.

"Ok, when can we stop panicking?" Rainn asked. "They're are two young children out there in the world without either of their parent. My Tony, and now Lloyd's son."

"We can't panic." Kai said. "I'm not just saying that cause my daughter is right here. But we have to be strong for Chantal, if we panic then she's gonna panic more."

"Do you think he want to Imperium?" Raya asked. "He could've snuck out without any of us knowing."

"If he did." Kai said with a serious tone. "Then we need to pray that Lloyd finds him. We know nothing of that place, and what Sora says about it, it does not sound like a place that I would take you too." He starts moving. "Ladies, let's go try our best to comfort Chantal." He walks out of the room.

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Inside of Imperium. Lloyd continued to hide behind a wall as a prisoner continued to attack him with power.

"Eat flame, bad guy!" The prisoner yells, as Lloyd moves and leans back to avoid a flame. "Get wrecked by Wyldfyre!"

"Bad guy?" Lloyd jumps back to avoid the fire flames. "No, wait! This is just a disguise!"

"A disguise?" The woman's flames go out briefly as she showers her arms a little. "I can still see you, loser!" She attacks Lloyd with powers again and he does his best to avoid the flames.

"If I were your enemy, why would I let you out of your cell?" He asked as he continues to dodge away from the flames.

"If you don't know." She pauses for a moment. "How should I?" She shoots her powers at him, and he quickly moves to the side.

"Amazing. But you can't be the Elemental Master of Fire." Lloyd said as he Leaped onto the railing of the catwalk, then flipped above her to land behind her, making her turn around to blast him. "There's only ever one at a time, and you're not him!"

"What are you even talking about?" She asked, confused. Before becoming angry again as her hands light up with flames. "Answer! I don't care! Just let my family go!" She charges at him, making Lloyd leap out of the way as he lands on the railing.

"They took your family?" He asked with shock. "Look, I have nothing to do with Imperium. You and I are on the same — side!" He screams when she tackles him and they fall.

Both of them land on the floor.

"Ouch. Sometimes I'm too incredibly great at fighting." She said as she lays on her back, before getting up and grabbing what looked like a rebar pipe and hurls it at Lloyd, who deflects it with his Energy, where it hits in the wall. "Your fire's a weird color." She comments. "Are you sick?"

"It's not fire." Lloyd places a hand on his chest. "I'm the Green Ninja."

"Green Ninja?" She scuffs. "Sounds fake. I'm not dumb! Don't try tricks on me. I did every learning module in my caregiver's bot's memory banks!" Her hands flame up and she attacks Lloyd again.

Lloyd easily dodges her punches. "Your power level is off the charts, but your attacks are all over the place. I could help you to."-

"Stop talking and fight!" She yells, trying to fight Lloyd who easily dodges her attacks.

Suddenly Imperium Guards come into the hall. "What? Escaped prisoner!" The guards fire at them. Lloyd tackles the prisoner, saving her from the blasts.

She stared up at him with shock. "You saved me?"

"I told you." Lloyd said with his hand held out for her to take. "We're on the same side!"

"Maybe you're not lying, Green Ninja." She said as she accepts his hand and he pulls her up. "Maybe."

"Call me Lloyd."

A laser blast between them, the two turn their attention back on the guards, and the two attack together.

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At the Advanced Systems Lab, Dr. LaRow approaches Sora from behind. "I've been waiting for you. Rapton reported he used your Photac device in the field." Her voice had Sora turn to face her as she held her own device in her hands. "I knew you wouldn't be able to resist returning, Ana."

"My name is Sora, now." Sora's hands clutched the device tightly.

The doctor shuttered. "Ugh. You named yourself after that dragon? Disgusting."

Sora's eyes narrow. "She and I were the same. Two pawns you used for your own gain."

"I thought you were a scientist, Ana. Science has no room for sentiment. After the Merge, the Empress wanted to use the Photac more than ever. So many new dragons to hunt. But we hadn't been able to activate your device. Until recently."

"I'm surprised you figured it out. Exotic photovoltaic positrons were never your thing. You were more of an expert at being an evil jerk."

"Hmm. You've grown feisty. Where's that sweet, wide-eyed little girl who was excited just to be in a real science lab?"

From around a corner, a silhouette leans on a machine - listening in.

"On the streets of a strange city." Sora continued. "When she had to escape a family poisoned against her by her former hero."

"Sorry, sweetie. You're old enough now to know that all heroes disappoint eventually. Even Ninja." The doctor shows Sora a picture of Lloyd on her laptop. "I know about the company you've been keeping. You think the Claws' mission reports wouldn't reach me?"

"Then why didn't you come for me?" Sora demanded.

Dr. LaRow lowers her arm with her clipboard. "I knew you'd come back on your own. And just in time. We need you." She moves her arm and points her clipboard at Sora, who scuffs. "You're right that I couldn't get the Photac operational on my own. I had the help of an unconventional consultant. He got your original prototype working, and even made copies." She presses a button and a wall opens to making a blinding light and Sora winced and gasps at the shelving unit that held a hundred or so Photacs.

"No!"

"One problem. We haven't been able to initialize these new devices. But I know someone who can. Activate them for me."

"I will never let you use my invention to hurt more innocent dragons!"

"Hmm. I anticipated you might feel that way. So I arranged a little motivation." Dr. LaRow presses a button on her clipboard. A shadowy area turned on, revealing a dragon. "An old friend."

The silhouette moves forward.

"Sora!" The pink haired teen ran towards the dragon, but slides to a stop when Dorama suddenly pops up behind he dragon and lands on her back. "Dorama? You're supposed to be in prison! Wait." She walks forward. "Are you the unconventional consultant that got my original Photac to work?"

"My genius can be experienced in many ways. Now, if you don't do as Dr. LaRow says, the consequences will be ... very entertaining." He aims his staff at the dragon as it hurts the poor dragon from its energy.

"Stop!" Sora runs into an invisible wall. "Don't hurt her!"

Dr. LaRow sighs. "So you're ready to help me?" She asks, moving to the teen. "Your Empress and Imperium itself?"

"I don't have a choice, do I?"

Dr. LaRow smiles. "You were were always a smart child."

Sora moves back to her device, then tinkers with it. "Done." She turns and hands it to LaRow.

"Already? So the device can manifest a Photac Beast now?"

"See for yourself." Sora places her hands behind her back as LaRow and Dorama look at the device with eagerness.

Sora presses the button behind her back, and the Photac explodes. The teen uses that to run over to the dragon and deactivates the invisible wall.

The silhouette emerges, revealing his identity.

"Come with me, I know the hallways."

"Who are you?" Sora asked as she and the friendly stranger help the dragon stand.

"Personal friend of the Ninja." He answered. "Come on, this way." He leads them down a hallway.

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At Security Station. Lloyd and the prisoner named Wyldfyre are fighting off the guards. Lloyd then goes into Spinjitzu and finishes off the guards.

"Follow me. Waste tunnels are this way. I'm gonna get you out of here."

"Nope! Gotta save my family!" She runs off, around the corner making Lloyd frown.

"Wait!" He yells, running after her. "Wait!"

The enter a room with large cell doors. Wyldfyre runs up to a large cell. "This is the one!" She tries to open the door.

"Let me give it a shot." Lloyd said, activating his Energy and fires a blast at the control panel, destroying the panel and the large cell doors open. "Works every time." He smiles as he folds his arms, till a dragon emerges and roars loudly. "Get back!" Lloyd yells.

But Wyldfyre pushes past him, hurrying up to the dragon and nuzzling the dragon happily. "Oh, it's good to see you too, Heatwave!"

"You know this dragon?" Lloyd asked, completely lost and confused. "Great. But we still need to save your family."

Wyldfyre turns to Lloyd and gestures at the dragon. "My family is here."

"Behind the dragon?"

"No. Heatwave is my family. He raised me in the wildness."

"You were raised by a dragon in the wildness?" Lloyd asked, amazed, then smiles. "That explains a lot, actually."

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In the halls of the Advanced Systems Labs, the two Sora's and their stranger friend ran through the halls.

"Are you going to tell me your name?" The pink haired teen questioned as they ran.

"Nope." He answered simply as they ran. "So miss bossy, where to now?" He breaths as they ran.

"I definitely totally remember where to go now. This way. Come on!" She leads them to a dead end.

"Dead end." The stranger states sarcastically. "Nice one pinkie."

Sora glared at him. "So maybe I don't totally remember. I haven't been here since I was a kid. Let's try the other way."

The dragon looks back then gives a roar.

"She can't make a U Turn." The stranger told the teen, placing a hand on the dragon's leg.

Sora looked up at the dragon. "Scoot back."

The dragon moves backwards, accidentally moving towards the stranger. "Hey, hey!" He cried as he presses his back up against the wall. "About to get rear ended here!"

Once she was in another hallway, the dragon turns to him, then licks him, making the teen smirk.

"She likes you." She then looks around. "Ok, now I totally, totally remember my way around. There's a big cafeteria right through here." She runs down a corner and they enter through a door. "Maybe we can find some mashed potatoes and it would — wait. Why did they park all these hover chariots in the cafeteria?"

"Kid, you have no idea where you are. Do you?" The stranger said with his hands on his hips with a raised eyebrow.

Sora turns to him, then looks up at the dragon. "Ok, maybe it's not a cafeteria. And I don't totally, totally remember my way around."

"Don't worry! You'll have plenty of time to learn the way out. At least as much of it as you can see from your prison cell." Rapton said as he and some guards walk up.

"Rapton." Sora punches her right fist into her left hand. "You really want a rematch?"

"Let's see. Hmm … a pack of highly skilled Claws of the Imperium and their Weapon Drones, against a little Ninja wannabe, an overgrown garden snake. And a washed up old Ninja? Yeah. I'll take those odds."

"Then you are a fool."

"How dare you!?" Rapton yells, insulted. "No one calls Rapton a fool!"

"Uh, Lord Ras calls you a fool all the time." One of the Hunters said.

"Ok! One! One person calls me that. But definitely not a scrawny kid like you!" He points at Sora.

"I am the Elemental Master of Technology. Remember the Mech I created on the bridge?" She asked with a smirk. "And on the train? Remember what I did to your weapons? Now look around. You really want to face me in a room full of technology? What should I do with all these? Reassemble their parts into a swarm of stinging techno bees?"

"Uh, I … I don't like bees." Another Hunter stuttered.

"But, of course, we can avoid all that if you just get out of our way." Sora continued.

"I don't know how you did those things. Maybe you do have the powers you say. Or maybe you just got lucky. I'll make you a deal. Use your powers to do something to this drone. Anything. Smash it, make it a bee, whatever. You do that, we step aside. You, the dragon and the washed out Ninja will be free to go. Huh?" A drone moves towards Sora, who hesitates.

"You ... sure about that? It's a nice drone. Looks expensive." Sora's braveness faltered.

"We're dead." The stranger muttered, weakly.

"I'm sure." Rapton said.

"Fine, but I'm not paying for it." Sora told him, then lifts her left hand and grunts, her hand sparked and the drone glowed for a moment, but nothing else happened. "Ugh. Fine! You got me. I can't do that right now, but I can do this!" She leaps up, spins to the side and kicks the drone, knocking it back towards Rapton and the guards where it explodes once it impacted against the wall. "There's more then one way to be a Ninja." She charges at Rapton and starts to fight him. Rapton easily takes her down.

The dragon roars, the Hunters and drones run up to the creature. But the stranger slides slides in front of the dragon.

"Stay away from her!" He moves his arms, conjuring a large gust of wind and throws it at the enemy.

Another drone comes up from the side, and electorates him, making him scream and he drops to the floor. The dragon roars, backing away as the Hunters advance on her and she's suddenly chained.

"Sora!"

Rapton chains up Sora, and puts cuffs on her, then moves to the stranger and does the same to him. "Looks like you need to pay more attention to your training, little Ninja." He then opens his communicator. "Dr. LaRow? We got em."

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Back at the Lab, the Claws dragon Sora back in and toss her to the floor, then two other Claws come in and toss the stranger to the floor.

Dr. LaRow moves towards Sora. "Let's try this again, Ana." She snaps her fingers, and Dorama moves to attach a pipe to a control panel, where the dragon is held prisoner.

"If I do this, you won't drain her?" Sora asked, slowly standing up.

"Wrong!" A deep, snarly voice yelled. Ras then walks up to stand between Sora and Dr. LaRow as he faces the teenager. "We will drain the dragon. But when you finish your job, we'll stop draining it."

"You do that, you'll kill her!" The stranger yelled, pushing himself to sit up.

Ras turns tp him. "That is the whole point, Ninja!"

"You kill her!" The stranger moved to stand next to the dragon's cage. "You kill me too!"

"Oh?" Ras turns to him. "You're willing to join your pathetic family?"

Dorama poses dramatically. "And now, I present to you, what you've all been waiting for! A real show."-

"Get on with it!" Ras roared.

Dorama's shoulders slumped. "On with the show." He activates the machine, and it starts to drain the dragon with full power.

"No!" Sora cried as she and the stranger an only watch helplessly.

Ras grabs a hold of the teen. "Want this to end?" He demands. "Do your work!"

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At the dragon's prison. Lloyd and Wyldfyre hear the pain roar as it shook the building.

"More dragons? This is where they hold all the dragons they capture?" Lloyd asks, as he looks around at all the large doors.

"Yep. Before they drain them to power their kingdom."

"Alright, new mission. We aren't here to just free your family. We're here to free all the dragons, every last one." Lloyd decides, activating his powers and shooting at all the control panels. Opening all the cells.

"Yes!" Wyldfyre cheers, activating her own power. "Dragons cannot be kept in chains or behind bars!" She helps Lloyd are the dragons. "Freedom for all dragon kind!"

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At the Advanced Systems Lab. Dr. LaRow taunts Sora. "You came back to destroy the machine you created. Now, instead, you're further empowering Imperium. How utterly satisfying, Ana. You realize now, you cannot stop us. Once this is done, there will be nothing to prevent Imperium from hunting down every dragon in the merged lands. Including the Source Dragon."

"Source Dragon?" Sora asks, and Ras glares at LaRow. Sora turns around to face the two bad guys. "Stop hurting her. I'm finished."

"Prove it." Ras demanded.

Sora turns and activates the device, summoning a Photac beast. Ras moves to free the dragon, who tries to lift herself up, but drops back down. The stranger hurries over to the dragon, placing a hand on the dragon's nose.

"Perfect. Imperium is now completely unstoppable."

Sora shook her head. "What have I done?"

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Don't worry! Little Wu is not in danger!