A/N: I try to use as much of the actual dialogue and character actions from the episodes as I can. I'm sorry if I get anything wrong, it is purely unintentional. Also, I do not own Ninjago and credit for all show dialogue and characters goes to their owners.

A/N: This episode was suggested by NinjafanLL007 on Wattpad

A/N: Warning! The scene order in this is going to be a bit different than it is in the show. I'll be showing Kai and Cole's side before Lloyd and Garamadon's. Basically I'm reversing the order of episodes 24 and 25.


Crystalized Episode 24, Return of the Ice Emperor; and Crystalized Episode 25; Safe Haven:

"Augh, my head." Kai groans, slowly opening his eyes and taking in his surroundings.

He finds himself… upside down? Yes, upside down in his vehicle.

"What? Where am I?" He wonders aloud.

A low groan makes him look up, er, or is it down? Either way he spots Cole still trapped in his car.

"Cole?" He says, looking at the earth elemental. Cole's only response is another groan, sending a spike of worry through Kai's body.

"Cole!" He yells, "Cole, can you hear me!?"

Still no response. Kai flips back his hood and unbuckles his seatbelt. Opening the cockpit of his vehicle, he ends up falling on top of Cole's car and then rolls off it to land on the street.

"Ow." Kai grumbles, pulling himself up and rubbing his back.

He starts dragging debris off of Cole's car, trying to open the cockpit to get to his friend. As he's struggling to open it, he hears a familiar voice coming from down the street.

"You six go that way! The rest of you, that way! Search the streets!"

"I know that voice." Kai whispers. Peeking above Cole's car and around the corner of the building they've crashed into, he spots Pythor ordering several Vengestone soldiers around.

"Find the ninja! The Crystal King commands it!" Pythor yells, hissing as the soldiers slowly work their way down the street.

Kai runs back over to Cole's car, tugging on the cockpit to try and open it.

"Come on. Come on! Wake up, Cole, buddy." Straining, Kai tries to force the cockpit open, "Not a good time for a beauty nap." he says as it finally opens.

Cole stirs in the cockpit as Kai unbuckles him and flips back his hood. Opening his eyes slightly, Cole asks in a sleepy voice, "What happened? Did we win?"

Kai grunts as he lifts Cole up and out of the car, the latter ends up falling on him and knocking them both to the ground.

"Not exactly." Kai says. He attempts to pick up Cole, but the black ninja reaches over and grabs onto Kai's waist, looking up at him through unfocused, sleepy eyes he asks, "Are you an angel? You look pretty." a goofy grin spreads across his face and Kai groans, trying to unwrap Cole's arms from around him.

"Look, buddy, we can't stay here. And you know I love you, like a brother, but I already have a boyfriend." Kai says. He manages to pry Cole's arms off from his waist, slinging one of his arms around his shoulder instead. Slowly, Kai half drags half carries Cole away from the wreckage of their vehicles and towards a nearby alleyway.

As they cross the threshold of the alley, Kai hears the frustrated voice of Pythor shout, "Where are they?!" coming from over by the wrecked vehicles.

His eyes dart around the alley, looking for somewhere to hide. Normally Kai would've just turned around and fought Pythor, but with Cole out of commission he can't protect him and fight Pythor at the same time. Spotting a dumpster, Kai brings Cole over to it and gently sets his friend down behind it before going and hiding there as well.

Mere seconds after they're both hidden, Kai hears the sound of synchronized marching and Pythor calls out in a singsong voice, "Oh ninja! Where are you?"

Next to him, Cole tries to stand up and shouts back, "We're over here!" still completely out of it.

Kai lunges over and pulls Cole back down, whisper-shouting in his ear, "Are you nuts?!"

Cole's only response is to fall back against Kai and mumble up to him, "Pretty angel, pretty boy." still with a goofy smile all over his face.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Pythor continues singing as he slithers closer to where the two ninja are hiding.

"Cole. Cole, snap out of it! I could really use your help here!" Kai whispers, shaking Cole's shoulders as he tries to wake up the earth master. But all Cole does is smile and almost giggle as he gets shaken around.

Kai can sense Pythor getting closer and closer to them. Making up his mind, he rests Cole up against the wall and then kicks the dumpster away, lighting his hands on fire simultaneously. As Pythor dodges the dumpster, Kai quickly shoots two fireballs towards him, but the anacondrai uses the corrupted Nunchucks of Destruction to block the attack.

"Oopsie. Didn't work!" He starts slithering closer to Kai, forcing him to backup towards Cole, "If only your friend were awake. Perhaps, together, the two of you might have had a fighting chance!"

"Let's find out!"

A voice comes from above, causing both Pythor and Kai to look up, spotting Skylor on top of the roof of one of the buildings next to the alleyway. Smiling, she jumps down to land in front of Kai and Cole.

"Skylor? How did you–" Kai asks, eyes widening in shock as the master of amber comes up to him and rests a hand on his shoulder, immediately a flash of red fire moves from his body up her arm.

"Hiya Kai, long time no see." She says, giving him a smile before moving to place a hand on Cole's head, a flash of golden orange transfers from his body to hers.

"Skylor?" Pythor says, starting to shrink back as he remembers who she is, "You're the one with the ability to…"

Skylor turns to face him with a grin, one hand on fire and the other glowing yellow-orange.

"Yep." She says, before sending a blast of fire at him while also slamming her other hand on the ground, causing a trail of rocks to shoot towards him as well.

Pythor slithers backwards as fast as he can, dodging the rocks and using the Nunchucks of Destruction once again to block the fire.

"Impressive! But even your powers will be negated by my Vengestone soldiers!" Pythor says, turning towards the soldiers behind him he shouts, "Warriors, advance!"

Skylor shoots another blast of fire at them before jumping up into a front flip, slamming down with one leg she sends a wall of rocks to block Pythor and the soldiers from getting through to them.

"Not bad." Kai says, coming up behind her.

"It won't last for long." Skylor says as she turns to face him, "Come on!"

Together they carry Cole away from a furious Pythor who starts monologuing about his revenge, not realizing that he's talking to an empty alley. As they walk down a street, Kai asks Skylor, "Where are the others?"

"In the Bounty. It was destroyed. It went down somewhere in the city." Skylor says, shifting Cole's arm to rest more securely around her shoulder, "Jeez, how much does he weigh?"

Cole chooses that moment to half wake up, saying deliriously, "Five cakes and a banana."

Skylor gives Kai a confused look but he just shrugs and says, "Concussion probably."

He pauses for a moment and then asks, "Do you know if Lloyd is ok?"

Skylor shakes her head, saying, "We lost contact with them. I came after you guys, Pixal went after Zane, and Jay is looking for Nya. But the GPS transponder on the Bounty was destroyed, so we have no way of–" suddenly a loud draconic roar cuts through the air, and Skylor looks up for a split second before shouting, "Look out!" and basically drags both boys under a shop awning.

Kai pokes his head out and spots a Dragonide flying by, with a certain white haired girl riding on its back.

"Harumi." He growls out, sparks shooting from his fingertips as he watches her fly by.

"They've been searching the city for you ninja." Skylor says, setting Cole down on the ground for a moment.

"If they haven't found us, maybe they haven't found the others either." Kai says, looking back at the sky again.

"Maybe. But I don't think that will last long. We need to regroup with the others, and fast." Skylor says.

"I know, but first I need to find Lloyd." Kai says, starting to walk back out, but Skylor grabs his arm and exclaims, "Are you crazy! There are crystal zombies everywhere! Not to mention the Vengestone soldiers and the crystal council! It's not safe to go alone."

"I know that too. But I have a better chance of finding Lloyd and staying hidden if I go alone." Kai says, he then turns to point at Cole, saying, "Look at him. He's practically unconscious! I can't protect him and look for Lloyd at the same time. I have to go alone, I'm not leaving my boyfriend out here alone with those crystal freaks and Harumi on the prowl."

"So just tell me where the Bounty went down so I can get going, please." He says, his tone shifting to a softer one at the end.

"But what am I going to do with Cole?" Skylor asks.

Kai glances around the street before saying, "We're not that far away from the newspaper warehouse. If you can get there it should be safe, I'll grab Lloyd and meet up with you guys to figure out our next move."

Skylor sighs and shakes her head, saying, "You two really love each other, don't you?"

Blushing slightly, Kai turns his head and mumbles, "Yeah, we do."

"Alright," Skylor says, "the Bounty went down somewhere by the overpass, I don't know where exactly though."

"Thanks Skylor." Kai says. Turning, he starts running in the direction of the overpass, ready to find his boyfriend.


After what seems like hours, Kai finally makes it to the overpass. Looking around he tries to find where the Bounty crashed, but the amount of crystals and buildings in the way is making it a lot harder than he originally thought it would be.

Grumbling slightly, he starts walking down a street, making sure to keep the overpass in sight at all times. He searches three streets and is about to go down a fourth when he hears someone shout.

"I don't need your help!"

His head shoots up, recognizing the voice as Lloyd's. As fast as he can, Kai runs towards where the shout came from, and as he gets closer he can see smoke in the air and a trail of destruction from where the Bounty must have crashed.

Just as he manages to climb to the top of a pile of overturned cars, he sees a police car pull up in front of the wrecked Bounty.

"Thanks for stopping, sir. We sure could use– Hounddog McBrag?!"

Lloyd's voice comes from behind the car, switching from polite to surprised at the end.

"Lloyd Garmadon. You are under arrest."

Kai recognizes the voice of the crazy Marshal who had been chasing them down to rearrest them after they broke out of Kryptarium Prison. He groans as he remembers how annoying the guy is.

"You can't be serious!" Lloyd exclaims, obviously not enjoying seeing him either.

"Oh, I'm as serious as a rattlesnake with a headache. You gonna come quietly or not?"

"He never does anything quietly. Everything's an argument."

Kai rolls his eyes as he listens to the three talking, he had forgotten that Garmadon was also with Lloyd.

Great, now I've got to deal with McBrag and Garmadon.

Quietly, while the three of them are distracted, Kai sneaks around the police car and opens the passenger side door. He reaches in and grabs the megaphone that is laying on the seat before silently closing the door again. Then he goes around to the front of the car, careful to stay out of sight of the others.

Grinning, Kai waits for the perfect moment. And as Hounddog McBrag steps forwards, silver handcuffs dangling from one of his hands, he jumps up and yells into the megaphone.

"GET KAI'D!"

Then he proceeds to have to duck down as a sphere of energy and a blast of destruction comes flying at him.

"Wait– Kai?!" Lloyd shouts, holding another energy ball in his hands.

Kai pops up from behind the car, still grinning as he says, "Miss me Greenie?"

Lloyd answers him by running and tackling him to the ground in a hug. Laughing, Kai hugs him back, whispering in his ear, "I'll take that as a yes."

Sitting up, Lloyd says, "I can't believe you're here!" Then he pauses for a moment, furrows his brow in confusion, and asks, "Wait, how did you find us? The Bounty's GPS transponder got crushed."

"Skylor saw where you guys went down, well, she only saw that it was near the overpass. But when I heard you yelling I was able to figure out exactly where the ship crashed." Kai explains, propping himself up on his elbows.

"Skylor? Why is she in the city? I thought she was back at the Sam-X cave with Pixal." Lloyd asks, tilting his head to the side.

"Well when everyone started getting attacked by those flying crystal things we all ended up crashing, except for Jay. Pixal went to go find Zane who crashed on the freeway somewhere, Jay went looking for Nya who was on the other half of the Bounty, and Skylor came to get Cole and I.'' Kai says.

"First Spinjitzu Master! Cole! You guys were together when you crashed! Is he ok?!" Lloyd exclaims, worried for his friend.

Kai lets out a laugh and says, "Well I think he's definitely got a concussion or something, he kept calling me an angel and saying that I looked pretty." he blushes slightly as he remembers.

"So basically he was concussedly flirting with you, got it. Remind me to give him a good punch next time we see him." Lloyd says.

Kai is about to tell him to not punch Cole, but a rather loud cough comes from behind them, and Kai and Lloyd look over to find both Garmadon and McBrag standing there and watching them.

"If you two are quite done I think we've got other issues to attend to." Garmadon bluntly states, pointing to Hounddog McBrag.

"Both of you are under arrest!" McBrag shouts at the two ninja.

Kai and Lloyd exchange an annoyed look as they get up, facing the Marshal.

"Look, dude," Kai starts, his annoyance clearly evident in his voice, "if you haven't noticed we're kinda in the middle of a crisis here. Ya know, the Overlord, giant crystals and all that shit."

"That doesn't change my orders. Now put your hands where I can see e'm." McBrag says, starting to walk towards them with handcuffs in hand.

"With all due respect, your orders might not have changed, but circumstances have!" Lloyd says, gesturing to the city around them, "We should be working together, not–"

McBrag doesn't let Lloyd finish his sentence, instead he snatches back the megaphone from Kai and says, "I can take you in the easy way," Then points the megaphone at the two of them and shouts into it, "Or the hard way!"

Garmadon steps forwards, lighting a hand up with his destruction powers as he says, "Allow me to answer this."

"NO!" Lloyd and Kai yell in unison. Lloyd leaps forwards to tackle him while Kai pulls the Marshal out of the way as Garmadon fires a blast.

"Get your hands off me!" McBrag yells, yanking his arm out of Kai's grip.

"Yeah sure, you're welcome by the way." Kai mutters, backing away from the angry Marshal.

"You can't just go shooting your powers at people like that!" Lloyd yells at Garmadon who is picking himself up off of the ground, grumbling slightly.

"What, did you want to get arrested? And I wasn't going to shoot him." Garmadon says, giving his son a bland look.

"Then what were you going to do!?" Lloyd shouts, still frustrated. Kai gives him a worried look but stays back as he notices purple sparks coming from his boyfriend's fingers.

"Demonstrate the power of an Oni and show how we can defeat the Overlord." Garmadon explains, giving Lloyd a look as if it was obvious.

"There has to be another way." Lloyd protests, glaring at Garmadon.

"There isn't." Garmadon insists, and as Lloyd starts to turn away from him he asks, "Why do you persist in denying your heritage? Embrace your Oni side! Let your anger loose! Let it make you stronger!"

Lloyd's shoulders tense up and he balls his hands into fists as he stammers, "I–I can't!"

"Why not?" Garmadon asks with a huff.

Lloyd unclenches and clenches his hands as he tries to explain, "Because… because…"

But Garmadon is too impatient to wait for his son to figure out what to say, and so he snaps out, "Because what?!"

Kai can tell that that interruption is the last straw for Lloyd, his boyfriend whirls around and yells in Garmadon's face, "Because I don't want to be like you!" Garmadon looks taken aback and takes a step backwards while Lloyd continues on, "That's my greatest fear. That I'll end up like you! Because you don't care about anything or anyone!"

"That is not true!" Garmadon says in a wounded but also angry voice.

"Tell me one thing you care about. One thing!" Lloyd snaps.

Garmadon thinks for a moment and Kai almost thinks that he'll say Lloyd's name, but instead he reaches into a pocket and pulls out a fern in a soda can. Kai winces as he sees the hurt in his eyes and anger spread across his boyfriend's face, the plant was definitely not the right thing for Garmadon to use.

"Plants don't count!" Lloyd cries out, sounding both hurt and angry at the same time.

"Plants aren't people! They don't have feelings! It doesn't care that you abandoned it, or that you never sent it a birthday card, or- or- …what's the point. You'll never understand."

Kai can tell that as Lloyd went along in his rant, it started to become less and less about the plant, and more and more about him.

Lloyd turns away from Garmadon who looks slightly confused, and walks over to Kai who opens his arms and envelopes his boyfriend in a comforting hug.

Hounddog McBrag looks between the three of them, confused about literally everything. He opens his mouth to say something, but Kai lifts his head and glares at him, daring him to speak. Thinking better of it, McBrag closes his mouth and slowly backs away towards his car. None of the three elemental masters try to stop him when he drives off, thinking hard about what he just witnessed.

"Are you ok Greenie?" Kai whispers as Lloyd pulls away from his arms.

Lloyd sighs and glances over at Garmadon who is looking down at his plant.

"Not really, but I'll be fine." He says.

Kai doesn't believe him, but chooses to not press for the truth and further agitate his boyfriend. Instead he says, "Well we should probably start heading to the newspaper warehouse, that's where Skylor and Cole should be by now."

Lloyd nods and starts walking in the direction Kai had come from. Kai looks over at Garmadon and reluctantly says, "Hey, you coming or not?"

Garmadon looks up and hesitates for a moment before giving a sharp nod and following Lloyd, Kai a step or two behind.

After ten-ish minutes, Kai finds himself walking next to Lloyd. Giving him a side glance, Kai notices that he still has a downcast expression on his face. Gently he reaches over and pulls Lloyd in for a side hug.

"It'll be ok Lloyd." He says, "We're going to find a way to defeat the Overlord without Oni powers."

"Yeah." Lloyd whispers, looking up at Kai with a small smile, "Of course we will."

Together they make their way through the broken city. Towards the warehouse. Towards their friends. And towards hope.


A/N: I would like to thank everyone for reading these short one shots, especially the people that have given me suggestions for scenes to alter. Since this is the tenth one I felt that this was a good spot to stop. But before anyone freaks out, I'm not 'stopping' stopping, just taking a break from writing these one shots. I'm going to start working on a big project, rewriting Possession completely to make it a true GreenFlame season. I've been getting a bunch of requests to alter scenes from Possession lately, but the season is already so good that it's incredibly hard for me to think of how to alter just one part of it. So I'll be focusing on writing that story for now, though it might be a while before I post any chapters for it. You can still give me ideas for scenes to alter for these one shots, it just might take me longer to write and post them. Anyway, thanks for reading and be on the lookout for my Possession rewrite!

A/N: If you have any ideas for alterations to a scene from an episode that I haven't altered yet, and you think it would make for a good short I would be happy to hear about it.

A/N: Thank you to NinjafanLL007 for giving me the idea for this story!