Lloyd was frozen for a split second, temporarily blinded by the bright headlights of the race cars. He knew he had to move or else he would be flatted worse than roadkill, but unfortunately Lloyd couldn't look away from the light. Even though it was hurting his eyes his wolf couldn't stop looking at it. His mind went back to something Zane's father once told the teens when they were reaching their first transformations. He explained the meaning behind the phrase a deer in headlights and why they had to be weary over all the bright lights of Ninjago City.

When an animal is suddenly flashed with bright lights they are suddenly blinded.

They became so frightened that they could not think clearly. They do not know what to do. They don't do anything until their eyes adjusted and Lloyd didn't want to think about what happened next. The sudden blast of a car horn snapped Lloyd back to reality and he saw he was seconds away from death. Thankfully, this allowed his human mind to take over again and he ran out of the just at the very last second. The dark green race car that was about to hit him suddenly swerved to try and avoid the werewolf in its way.

Unfortunately, this caused the driver of the car to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a tree.

This was followed by the cars that were racing behind. Thankfully they all managed to come to a stop before they crashed as well. Lloyd lay low on the ground and crawled under a bush as he watched the scene with wide, horrified eyes. He desperately wanted to run out there and check to make sure the driver was alright. Sadly, he knew he couldn't do that without getting caught. Call him paranoid, but Lloyd was certain that standing naked in the woods next to a crashed, illegal race car would raise some impossible questions.

He considered running back to where his stuff was hidden and call the emergency services, but just then the driver of the first car kicked the door open and stumbled out.

They removed their helmet and if Lloyd was in his human form he would have gasped. The driver was Seven and she looked furious but thankfully unharmed aside from the little scrapes and bruises. Her narrowed eyes were scanning the surrounding woods for the animal that caused her to crash and lose the race. Her eyes briefly scanned over Lloyd's hiding place and the werewolf was scared that his blond fur was standing out and exposing him.

Right now he wished that he had Kai's dark brown fur or Cole and Nya's black fur.

Those colors blended in perfectly with the forest at night then Lloyd's blond or Zane's white. Before she could go investigating, however, some of the other drivers erupted out of their cars and swarmed her.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?!" One of the drivers raged, getting in Seven's face and looking like he wanted to hit her.

"THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE ROAD! I THINK IT WAS A DOG!" She screeched in anger and Lloyd flinched from his hiding place.

"WE DIDN'T SEE A DOG!" A second man shouted before turning to the others watching. "I told you women shouldn't be allowed to drive." He snorted and they all laughed uneasily, too scared of being hurt not to laugh. The second man didn't even get a chance to blink before Seven stomped forward. Within three seconds, she had twisted his wrist, kicked him in between the legs twice, and flipped him over her shoulder.

"It's not my fault I'm stuck in this freaky forest!" She spat down at the man wheezing in pain at her feet.

"Right, because clearly, your debts didn't have anything to do with it." The first man sneered and Seven hissed at him.

"Man, I'm just gettin' paired up with all kinds of jerks!" She snapped without thinking, only to regret it when she saw the look at the other racers' faces. Lloyd, however, was intrigued at what Seven was going to say.

"What do you mean by that?" The first man asked with a smirk.

"Nothing you'd know about asshole! Some dickhead's been givin' me all kinds of shit at school because of this project we're both supposed to be doin'!" She shouted and Lloyd was completely shocked by this outburst. The racers just found it amusing.

"Maybe you weren't pulling your weight?! Like with those debts!" One of them exclaimed and they all burst out laughing. This caused what little patience Seven had to evaporate.

"Or maybe he has no idea what my life is like with two jobs!" She cried and Lloyd was confused. She had never once said she had two jobs. "I gotta win these races for Atta and raise money for college! I coulda been paired up with anybody, but I got stuck with insensitive, uncaring, Lloyd Garmadon!" She screamed into the night sky and Lloyd flinched at every stabbing word she used to describe him. As he watched his classmate have a mini breakdown, Lloyd felt incredibly guilty.

True, he felt that Seven was very rude to him and his friends, no one deserved to be forced to compete in life-threatening sports to pay off some stupid debts.

As Seven regained her breath and her composure, a sudden slow clapping cut through the cold silence, and a man stepped out of the shadows and into the headlights. The man had paled, scarred skin with black soulless eyes. His long, greasy black hair was tied back in a ponytail. He was wearing nothing but a dirty, black sleeveless vest, torn-up jeans, and muddy biker boots. He had multiple piercings all over his face and was wearing a pair of crimson red sunglasses.

Just the sight of him made Lloyd want to coil away in disgust.

"Aw, cry me a river! No one cares about your sob story." The new man cackled loudly. "What do you think I'm running here, a soap opera?"

"I would have said a debtor's prison." Seven snarled as she scowled at the man with nothing but contempt. Lloyd realized that this must have been that Atta person Seven had mentioned.

"Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another 37 races." Atta smiled a toothy, shark-like grin and Seven paled.

"But I've already paid off more than half!"

"That was before you crashed one of my cars, and there's an interest isn't there? Your brother should have thought of that before he took so much." Atta laughed loudly as he dangled a piece of paper in front of her. With Lloyd's enhanced sight, he could make out enough of the letter to see it was a time of loan agreement.

"He did it to feed me!"

"His mistake."

"But it wasn't my fault about the car! Some dog was in the road!" She exclaimed and gestured to the forest surrounding them.

"That's bullshit! There are no mutts out here, there's no one out here!" Atta shouted inches from her face and the other racers all mumbled in agreement. "Maybe you're not cut out to pay off your big brother's debts?" He purred sadistically as he rubbed his chin in mock contemplative thought.

"NO! NO! WAIT!" Seven yelled at the same time Lloyd wanted to curse at the man. "I... I'm sorry, I'll be better."

"Good girl." Atta scowled before turning his attention to the other racers. "Now the lot of you get outta my sight before I turn you into goddamn speed bumps!" He threatened and within ten seconds all the racers scrambled into their cars and sped off into the night. Atta gave Seven another sneer before he also climbed into his car and took off, leaving the young girl alone. Lloyd felt like he had seen enough and ran off into the forest to find his stuff.

He had to go teach that Atta guy a lesson he would never forget...

After his little argument with Nya at then Smith's residence, Jay had run straight home. He had heard Kai's parting words to Nya as he left, and any other time Jay would have laughed as well. But he needed to check in on the flour sacks. After they returned the flour sack babies tomorrow, Jay would sit down with his girlfriend and hash all this out. Unfortunately, instead of teaching them all responsibility, all this assignment did was drive a wedge between them.

Jay didn't want to lose the love of his life over a bunch of flour sacks with smiling faces painted on them.

The ginger-haired teen soon arrived home and walked through the door of the trailer and saw his mother Edna was baking in the kitchen. He didn't know where his father Ed was, but Jay guessed he was in the junkyard tinkering with something. After he checked on the flour baby sacks, Jay considered going out to see if his elderly father wanted some help.

"Hi, Mom!" Jay smiled and when Edna saw him, she beamed brightly and held up a plate of freshly baked cookies for her son.

"Cookie, dear? Just made 'em fresh for the big bake sale." She smiled warmly.

"Thanks, Mom." Jay grinned as he picked up a fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookie and devoured it quickly, humming in delight at the glorious flavor.

"No, thank you son for picking up all that flour for me," Edna replied and went to pack up her baked goods. As soon as Jay registered her words, his eyes widened and he spat out his mouthful. His dark blue eyes darted around the little kitchen area of their trailer home and he nearly screamed. All the flour sack babies he was being paid to look after are ripped open and empty. It was like something out of a horror movie. But what scared Jay the most was the realization that he would have to call his classmates and tell them the bad news.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"...

Seven groaned as she stumbled into her brother's auto shop. The shop was mostly empty aside from the vehicle Scott was working on with a few tools and spare parts scattered around. Scott had short, black hair and pale blue eyes. Scott wore a black hoodie under a sleeveless light blue jacket and he had black torn pants that were decorated with chains. Her brother looked up at her briefly from the engine but said nothing. He had a feeling he knew where she went, but he was too tired to care.

He loved his sister more than anything and he took those loans out to pay for her, but he didn't want her to try and pay them off for him.

It was her racing that made them move in the first place. When she lost too many races, Atta got fed up with her failures. He decided to send them a little message and set fire to the former shop and their apartment above to shop. She gave him an annoyed look before storming upstairs to their apartment. It was considerably small and more run-down than their last one and many moving boxes that contained their few surviving possessions were still unpacked.

Seven carefully maneuvered herself through the sea of boxes and made her way to her new bedroom.

The small size of the bedroom only allowed for a single bed and a small closet. Because of the area, they were living in now and the state of their apartment, their electricity kept cutting out. The only light in the room was the half moon's light pouring in through the curtainless window and the candle she lit on her bedside table. After kicking off her boots and throwing her jacket to the side, Seven collapsed onto her bed, curling up, ready to fall asleep.

Just as she was about to drift off to dreamland, she was woken up by a light knocking on her bedroom door.

With an irritated growl, Seven got out of bed and opened the door. She scowled when she saw Lloyd Garmadon standing in her apartment. As he thought about what to say now he was here, Lloyd's eyes scanned the room and his eyes widened when he noticed the costume for the burger place mascot was on the floor of Seven's room. When she saw what he was staring at, Seven's face crumbled into an enraged expression and she blocked his view.

"What are you doing here?!" She snapped and Lloyd flinched, feeling more and more nervous.

"Uh, sorry, the door was open, and uh, your brother let me in." He stammered. Seven rolled her eyes and allowed him to enter her room. His eyes glanced back at the costume, and Seven's initial anger quickly returned.

"You'd better not tell anyone, I mean it! You'd better not!"

"I won't tell anybody!" Lloyd quickly promised, scared of what she might do to him. "Wow, this is like the worst job ever, I didn't know you had to do this." He added sympathetically, remembering how those kids were harassing the mascot the other day.

"That's because you didn't bother to get to know me." She shot back as she kicked the costume under her bed so no one had to look at it.

"Yeah, you're right, and I'm supposed to be the good guy." He muttered and she looked at him with a confused frown, wondering why he was suddenly being so nice to her. "So, uh, is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" He asked, only to gulp when a small, yet mischievous smirk formed on her face...

The next morning Misako flipped on the local news station as she shoved a large spoonful of cereal in her mouth. Sunlight streamed through the window, and birds chirped outside. Today was a good day, and Misako was determined to enjoy it. Lloyd was on his way to school, spouting off something about Jay, flour, cookies, and murder as he left. Master Wu was in town collecting new tea supplies for his shop. As he was leaving, Lloyd said not to expect him home until late tonight.

When Misako asked why he said he was helping Seven with something.

The older werewolf hoped that things worked out with the new girl. If werewolves wanted to live in the human world then they needed to have a few human friends. Misako froze mid-bite as a picture of Atta showed on the screen. She had seen that young man around the area where her family lived. It was with the headline of the gang-leader being arrested for underground racing, gambling, arson, assault, and he was being investigated for murder.

She watched a video of Atta being led out of a graffiti-covered warehouse in handcuffs.

He had a look of absolute confusion and terror on his face as he insisted to the police and reporters he didn't do anything wrong and that it was the wolf. According to the report, an anonymous source tipped off the police about Atta's criminal activities and all the people he was exploiting. Misako was happy that this criminal was off the streets. She was positive that his punishment would be much better than what he deserved but at least he would be on the police's radar.

On the other hand, she was a little worried about what Atta said about a wolf.

She was certain that none of their pack would go after criminals, but she couldn't be sure. She would have to speak to the adults in their pack about this, just to be safe...

Back at Ninjago High, Mr. Panton wasn't happy when addressing his health class over their assignment. The whole flour sack baby assignment was an absolute disaster. But since the majority of the class technically took care of their baby by hiring a babysitter when they were busy he gave them some leeway. Since it wasn't technically their fault their sacks were now part of a cookie, Mr. Panton gave most of the class a grade of C. For Jay and Nya, it was a different story.

For exemplary parenting skills, if questionable taste in makeup, Mr. Panton awarded Nya with a grade A.

As for Mr. Day Care, Mr. Panton gave him a grade of F and detention. Furthermore, Jay was ordered to return all the money he took from his classmates for his babysitting services. After school, there was a long line of couples in the middle of the mall, right outside of the burger place. They were all lined up in front of a banner reading flour power daycare going out of business. Jay was standing at the front of the lane, regretfully handing out refunds to each couple.

"Gonna miss you, Alexander, and Andrew, and especially you, Benjamin!" He sniffled as he handed it out to the furious couples. After the last couple got their money back, Jay took down his banner and as he rolled it up Nya came up to him with a warm smile.

"Cheer up, Jay; you can still visit Pearl on weekends." She joked and kissed him on the cheek. Jay was grateful that his relationship with Nya wasn't in danger and he laughed as he threw the banner over his shoulder.

"Hey! Watch where you're throwing that! Show a little respect, huh?!" A familiar voice suddenly shouted and the couple turned around to see the banner was draped over the mascot.

"Wait, Lloyd?" Jay laughed and the mascot sighed.

"Yeah, the other day I was such a jerk to uh, the person who wore this thing so I figured I give that person the day off," Lloyd explained, his voice slightly muffled by the mascot head.

"Aw, you're not half bad, Lloyd." Nya smiled as she patted her friend on the back. "Maybe someday Seven will figure out the other half isn't either." She added with a wink.

"I-I didn't say it was Seven!" He exclaimed Seven's warning from earlier still ringing loudly in his ears.

"You didn't say it wasn't." She counted and laughed, practically able to hear Lloyd pouting. "Relax, I'm sure she's finally enjoying herself."...

Seven smiled and sighed happily as she walked through the streets of Ninjago City. She had a new job interview today and she was looking forward to it. If she was lucky, she could quit that job as a mascot and earn some real money. Seven knew that good fortune just had to be on her side today. This morning she and Scott received the news that Atta was arrested. The police found their loan contract, as well as several other people's, torn up in his hideout.

One officer commented that it looked like an animal had chewed them up.

Seven wasn't too worried, however. Atta was into all kinds of shady stuff so she wouldn't be surprised if it was revealed he was into drugs or animal fights. That would explain all of his rambling about wolves in the city. The only wolves she had ever seen in the city were the ones in the zoo, not mauling criminals. Then Scott got work fixing up the delivery vans for a nearby bakery. This was guaranteed to get them some serious money and now that they didn't have to pay back Atta they could finally start saving some serious money.

Then she learned that she and Lloyd wouldn't fail their health class assignment thanks to Jay's mother and her wonderful cookies.

After that, Seven found a letter addressed to her in her mailbox. Inside was a letter about a job opportunity and the time and place for the interview. Seven was so excited and happier than she had felt in a long time. The letter didn't say what exactly the job was, so all Seven could do was pray and hope that it wasn't a type of babysitting job. Pretty soon the teen arrived at the restaurant listed in the letter for the interview. She spoke to one of the waiters and they directed her to one of the tables in the far corner of the restaurant.

Sitting there was a pale man, watching carefully as she approached.

He had a half-eaten meal left in front of him, a newspaper, and a piece of paper that was quickly hidden from Seven's eyes.

"Are you Seven?" He asked and Seven nodded as she took a seat. The girl couldn't help by shudder slightly at his voice. It made her feel like she was dealing with Atta again. But she had come too far to turn back now.

"That's right sir, I'm here about the job offered in this letter." She replied and pulled out the letter for him to see.

"Yes, my current employer sent you that letter because they feel that I could use some help with my job."

"What is your job exactly?" Seven asked, feeling slightly uncomfortable. The man smirked and showed Seven a picture. When she saw it, all of Seven's anxiety suddenly shot up to a hundred. It was a picture of the teen pack and their friends, including Skylor Chen. "W-What is all t-this?" She stammered fearfully, ready to take off running.

"I need someone to be my eyes and ears with these kids." He explained to her. "I need to know their schedules, lives, families, their likes and dislikes; I need to know everything about them."

"Why?"

"Let's just say that they took something important from me and my employer and they have to pain." He replied, a look of hatred flashing in his eyes before he hid it away. "My employer needs to know these facts, but they need an inside man; we need you to observe them, but don't get too close! You have no idea what these things are capable of." He warned, and this scared Seven even more.

"...What's in it for me?" She asked after a moment.

"Not only will my employer pay handsomely you for all of your help, but you will be part of something that will change the world; whattaya say Seven?" The man grinned madly as he held out his hand for a shake. After a moment of hesitation, Seven shook the hand and felt the cold knot of guilt forming in her stomach as she did so. After explaining her job in more detail and providing her a couple of tools to help, the man allowed her to leave.

Not before making sure she kept quiet, however.

He warned that if she uttered a word of what she said to anyone, he and his employer with make Seven and Scott's life a living hell. Seven could only nod in understanding before she took off, mentally sobbing at what she had just gotta herself into. The man grinned when he stared down at the picture. These children had been one of the few preys that the man had been paid to hunt and capture since the last time he was in Ninjago. The man smirked as he watched the teen walk away through the window.

He hoped the boy and his friends enjoyed their freedom because the Iron Baron had returned to finish the hunt...