Fun Fact: This was actually the first chapter I wrote for this story before I really started writing this story out... about two years ago...
His hood was slowly pushed off, and the first glimpse was that of the pale moon, which was his skin color. His eyes came into view and they were of a red, blood color with burgundy pupils. The top of his hood was off and his black hair spiked upward while some spikes went downward on his face as bangs of some sort. His eyes reflected the pain that he ensued upon his victims or to those who crossed his path to chaos. His smile was of a sly and haphazard happiness that even those with strong constitutions would be left in a cold sweat. He wore black clothes with a blood red sash across his waist, and a grey band on the edges of his sleeves, pants, and cape that reach his feet.
As his eyes shifted across the room, his facial expression stood exactly the same while everyone else became either frightened, interested, or full of amazement. The Ninja and Kunoichi were alarmed by his sudden appearance, but now they felt pure terror and astonishment at the man who stood before them. They couldn't take their eyes off of him. He had such a power over everyone in the room, even over the air that was now dark and silent.
Then he spoke again, in his dark, mysterious, and somewhat sultry voice,
"I know, I know. Your all wondering how I am alive or if I am real, but I can assure you, I am alive and very real. I've been sealed within the depths of this world for a long time, and now I am finally free. Free to finish where I had started all those years and years ago. However, even I need assistance. That's why I instructed Silva to gather the most ruthless cut-throats within Ninjago and beyond, to stand together and rule over the whole world in our way."
The people in the audience became intrigued and moved slightly forward, tilting their heads to the side to get a good ear to listen to this man's proposal,
"We will stand forth and take our places among those fools who put themselves above us! Whether in Ninjago city, Aeroplane, or any other land! We will stand and rule them all! Overthrow their laws and create our own laws! Rule with me you fools, let me stand as your leader and take back what is rightfully ours: The Whole World!"
The audience had become excited and exhilarated. They were clapping, cheering, pounding the tables and the floors, and they were whistling in delight. The Ninja and Kunoichi joined in, but limited themselves to clapping, nervously.
"Who will join me?!" Darkness said with his hands up in air.
Everyone stood up at the same time, arms flailing in the air, and cheers roaring around the room.
"Well isn't he a great motivational speaker," Bronze said, while Luna just signed.
Pythor turned to Marcell and asked, "Your majesty, were you aware of this man?"
Marcell just stood looking at Darkness with a serious expression, and without turning away she said in a low voice with a hint of anger,
"No."
Pythor then turned his attention back to Darkness, who was actually looking in their direction with a devious look in his eyes and a smirk. Pythor, Bronze, and Luna all shivered when he looked at them, while Marcell stood stiff and serious.
"Let's get out of here." Cole whispered to the two groups, and with that the ninja and kunoichi maneuvered their way out of the building without being detected by the unruly crowd. They continued out the front door, and slowed down their pace to not look so suspicious to any other evil-doers who may be roaming the immediate area.
When they were far enough, the ninja and kuniochi increased their pace to full speed towards the Grim Glider.
As they ran on deck, Garmadon was there, waiting for their return, and said,
"Your back. What-"
"Let's get OUT OF HERE!" Kai called out.
Garmadon nodded and spoke through a walkie-talkie, "Nya they're here lets go!"
"Roger that," She replied.
As the Grim Glider's engines began to roar, the ninja and kunoichi were ready to head inside.
Then Flare appeared from within the Grim Glider and said,
"Your back already huh? Come on lets get inside."
However, Garmadon had frozen in place near the entrance of the Grim Glider. He was staring at something near the bow of the ship, and his eyes were stricken with some form of fear. The ninja and kunoichi turned around to see red eyes under a black hood, staring at them with a darkening curiosity.
Cole, Kai, Zane, Sensei Wu, Auria, Christa, Raven, Lloyd, and Flare all stared in a horrifying shock and bewilderment.
'How did he get here?'
'When did he get here?'
'What is he?'
'Why?'
'What?'
These were the questions that the ninja and kunoichi were too frightened and paralyzed to ask out loud in that moment.
Then, Darkness asked,
"Where are you going? You do not wish to join us?"
Cole was able to swallow whatever fear had blocked his vocal cords and reply,
"Well, um, your proposal was an... interesting one, b-but my fellow fiends prefer to work alone. I mean, it's not like your plan isn't brilliant, but, you know, how it is..."
Darkness thought about this for a moment, and then he replied,
"Oh, I understand. I won't force you to join my crew. It's no big deal."
As Darkness turned to walk away, the ninja and kunoichi were relieved to know that he was leaving, but since fear had silenced their tongues, they couldn't sign in relief. Then, the fear crawled back into their lungs, as Darkness' pace suddenly stopped. He slowly turned his head back to the group, but his eyes rested upon Raven. He had a devious, yet suave smile etched on his face that made Raven slightly twitch in nervousness. Then he said,
"We have more in common than you think, little one. I look forward to seeing you later."
And with that, he was gone. He seemingly vanished into the darkness of the night.
Once it was clear that he had gone, everyone scrambled within the Grim Glider. As fast as Darkness disappeared, so did the Grim Glider in the clear night sky.
Inside, after changing back to their normal clothes, the ninja, kunoichi, and everyone else stood in the main control. After Sensei Wu explained what recently occured with Darkness on the Grim Glider, everyone else was sitting silently or standing around the table:
Kai was rubbing his forehead,
Flare was sitting across from him looking down at the table in search for answers as to how a person could be so dark,
Zane was staring at the table in disbelief of what just occured,
Auria was sitting next to him, thinking the same thing and not being able to deny it true,
Lloyd was with one hand on his head with his elbow resting on the table, trying to sort out his troubled mind when he saw Darkness,
Raven was sitting next to him, thinking about what Darkness had recently told her,
Christa was staring at her hands on the table, trying to calm her mind down from the rush of questions,
Cole was laying his head on the table, in relief of being able to get Darkness to leave them alone,
Garmadon was looking down and slightly shaking,
Misako noticed Garmadon's react, and she placed her hand on his hand to try to comfort him,
Jay was nervously tapping his hand on the table,
Nya was typing on the main computer but she could feel the tension in the room,
Sensei Wu was drinking his tea and watching everyone, waiting for someone to speak up,
Violet was leaning on the wall, with her hands crossed, also waiting for someone to speak up, and
Dareth was looking at everyone in confusion.
Then, Dareth spoke up, "So, what are we going to do now guys? About those bad guys you know?"
Jay replied, almost yelling,
"Well, what can we do! The most baddest of the bad guys is trying to rule the world! With the most villianous villians on his side and who knows what kind of powers he has-"
Kai cut in, "Okay Jay, we get it! The odds are against us."
Jay replied, "I'm just saying."
Then Auria said, "He's right though. Our chances aren't very adequate."
The others looked down, while Auria lifted her head higher and said, "But that doesn't mean we should give up so easily. We are ninja aren't we?"
"And we have a samurai," Christa said, as she looked towards Nya, who turned towards her and nodded.
"Auria's right. Now's not the time to give up. Now is the time we step up and fight," Lloyd said, as stood up and nudged his fist into his palm.
Then Cole said, "Yeah! Let's show these guys not to mess around with ninja."
Cole also stood up, and nodded in Lloyd's direction. Then, everyone looked towards one another with confidence.
"Yeah, let's do it!" -Christa
"We got this!" -Kai
"Ninja never quit!" -Jay
"Let's show'em who's boss." -Flare
"The old-fashioned way." -Nya
"And... what do you plan on doing?" -Violet
Everyone turned towards Violet, who had a slight smirk on her face since she knew the answer to her question by everyones' blank stares.
Then Jay replied, "We will... uh... we... what do you think Sensei Wu?"
Everyone turned towards Sensei Wu, as he sipped his tea and set his cup on the table. Then, Sensei Wu took a breath and opened his mouth to speak, as everyone listening intently.
"I... have no clue." -Sensei Wu
"Uhhhh..." Everyone said at the time, with their heads hanging low and some with their hands on their faces including Kai, Cole, Christa and Violet.
Raven didn't react much because she was lost in thought.
("We have more in common than you think little one. I look forward to seeing you later.")
Those words were floating within Raven's mind, as she pondered their meaning, until Lloyd placed his hand on her shoulder and snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Raven, are you okay?" Lloyd asked in concern.
Raven looked at him and replied to the best of her ability, "Oh I'm... I'm ok-"
Raven was cut off by Flare,
"Okay? After what just happened with that dark guy? I'll be surprised if your okay, especially after what he said."
Raven looked down before replying,
"He said we had more in common than I thought, but I don't understand what he's talking about. I'm nothing like him. He's, well, evil... and I'm not. And if he is the darkness from the scrolls, which is perfectly clear he is, than what relation could he have to me? We can't be related or even alike..."
Everyone pondered this for a moment, and then Nya replied,
"Well, maybe he's just trying to confuse you. You know, to disrupt your focus."
Then Misako said, "I agree. Maybe he's trying to throw you off your guard."
"Yes, it may be best not to think too much about it," Garmadon said.
Raven thought about this, and then she lifted her head up and said, "Okay... Okay! Thank you."
Raven finally let out a smile, and Christa said, "It's nice to see you smile Raven. You feel better?"
"Mmhm." Raven replied with a nod, which made Lloyd smile at her.
"Okay, so what's the plan guys?" Flare asked, casually leaning on the table with one arm.
Auria replied, "Well, we should start by examining the scrolls."
Auria placed her hand near her ear, as she stood up. A clicking sound was heard and her left eye was covered by a small, blue, transparent screen which projected an image on the table. Everyone was surprised and impressed, besides the girls. A scroll appeared on the table with the images that were shown during the evil meeting in the projection.
"I was able to capture the images of the scrolls as Silva showed them during the meeting. I hope this helps."
"Are you kidding. It's perfect!" Kai replied.
"Yes, the images are perfectly displayed in a clear visual presentation." Zane said.
"Thank you Zane." Auria replied and she looked towards Zane, as he nodded.
"When were you able to do that?!" Jay asked.
"Since she became a cyborg silly," Christa replied.
"Remember Jay? Auria and Christa told us about it that time after training," Nya asked, and Jay rubbed the back of his head and replied,
"Oh yeah, I knew that."
Misako stood up and looked at the scrolls.
"Interesting," she said and continued, " The Green Ninja, and the Purple Ninja... Both of them fought together on what looks to be Aeroplane."
Cole stood closer to the scroll and said, "Yeah. Silva was talking about how the Green Ninja and the Purple Ninja saved Aeroplane that time from darkness."
"She also spoke about how the Purple Ninja was defeated by Darkness, which we can safely presume is the man we saw today," Sensei Wu said, as he siped his tea.
"Yes, that's unfortunate." Misako replied.
The Auria said, "It looks as though after the Purple Ninja's defeat, the Green Ninja of that time was mourning over them, which is what gave Darkness the upper hand for awhile."
Lloyd looked at the scroll of the Green ninja in mourning and Darkness attacking Aeroplane in the background. He stood looking at the Green ninja, as he thought,
'If your the first, then I'm second... but, who are you?'
"But the Green Ninja was able to beat Darkness. It shows it right here," Jay said, as he pointed to the holographic scroll.
"Not necessarily. The First Green Ninja only sealed the darkness, they didn't technically defeat him," Zane explained.
"Well then, what are we going to do? I mean, the Purple Ninja couldn't beat Darkness, and the Green Ninja, technically, didn't beat Darkness either. What chance do we have of doing anything different?" Kai asked, which left a moment of silence in the room.
Then Christa broke the silence, "Hold on. The only reason the Green Ninja didn't fight was because of what happened to the Purple Ninja. Well, what if the Purple Ninja was never harmed? Then both the Green Ninja and the Purple Ninja would have been able to beat Darkness together. I mean, after all, the Green Ninja was strong enough to push Darkness underground and seal him for this long, right?"
Everyone thought about this.
"Yeah, your right... and if we could find the Purple Ninja before Darkness does, then maybe we'll be able to defeat Darkness and his army," Flare said, as she sat up.
"That may work, but how do we find the Purple Ninja? And how do we know if they will join us in battle?" Garmadon questioned.
"I may be able to answer that brother," Sensei Wu said, as he stood up.
"Auria, if you may?"
"Of course Sensei Wu."
Auria projected a new scroll on the table, which showed the Purple Ninja holding a purple orb in the air.
"As you can see," Sensei Wu said and continued, "The Purple Ninja can be revealed with the object in the Purple Ninja's hands."
Sensei Wu pointed to the item in question.
As the others tried to examine the sphere, Nya asked Auria to zoom in on the it. Auria did as instructed, and revealed the sphere to be similar to that of the Viporeon pearl.
Raven's eyes widened, as she said, "So it is the Viporeon pearl! I recognize that design from anywhere! Silva was right."
"Then all we need is the pearl," Violet said, as she stood closer to the table.
"Hm, it looks like there were others who wielded the platinum weapons before you girls," Misako said, as Auria, Christa, Flare, and Raven nodded.
"Yes. So there's going to be the Purple ninja and the four platinum weapon users," Sensei Wu said, as the girls once again nodded.
"Or more..." Flare whispered, and Christa looked towards her.
"Well, what are we waiting for? We have to get the pearl and find the Purple Ninja before they do. Then we can put an end to Darkness' twisted plans," Cole said.
"I agree, who else does?" Christa asked, as she raised her hand.
Everyone nodded, and raised up one hand.
"Then let's go get that pearl!" Dareth said, as he fist pumped once in the air.
"Alrighty then, let's head back to Fountain falls to see if King Terrin found anything," Nya said, as she typed in the coordinates into the Bounty's computer.
"Okay everyone, let's return to our rooms and get some sleep. We've had a long day, and tomorrow may not be as pleasant if we're all worn out. Goodnight," Sensei Wu said, as he slowly exited the room.
"Night Sensei." "Night Wu." Everyone said.
"Well, -yawn- we better get some shut eye too," Jay said.
"Yeah. I actually agree with Jay," Flare said, as she stood up and exited the room, along with Christa, Auria who turned off the hologram, Misako, Nya, Violet, and Raven last.
"Goodnight Raven," Lloyd said, as Raven started to follow the other girls, which made her turn towards him.
"Goodnight Lloyd," Raven said, as she smiled sweetly to Lloyd, as he smiled to her with loving eyes.
After Raven left, Lloyd turned back to see the other guys, including his father, looking at him with smirks.
"What?" Lloyd asked innocently.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all, right guys?" Kai said, gesturing toward the others in the room.
"Oh yeah sure." -Cole
"Yup, nothing here." -Jay
"I haven't the faintest idea." -Zane
"Nope, nothing." -Dr. Julien
Lloyd wasn't very amused at this, especially since his father was smirking at him too, but he decided not to go on about it.
Then the ninja, Dr. Julien, and Garmadon exited the Bounty's main computer room and headed off to sleep. Nya also put the Bounty on auto-pilot so that she could go to sleep too.
However, as our heros slept, evil was wide awake...
"WHO let them in?! WHO gave them tickets?! WHO didn't follow MY ORDERS?!" Silva bellowed, as she flung a bowl of spaghetti at the wall, which shattered the bowl into pieces with the spaghetti on top.
"Darkness told me that the ninja and kunoichi got in! Now there's kunoichi! So I want to know, WHO let them IN?! And WHO gave them tickets to even GET IN HERE?!"
Silva was standing on a table, looking among the wide-eyed and horror-stickened crowd of miscreates before her.
"I'll tell you this, when I find who did this... You will pay!"And with that, Silva jumped off the table and headed outside onto her ship.
"Let's go! NOW!" Silva screamed out, which led to a scramble of the people returning to their vehicles.
One person in particular, stood alone upon the tip of the bow on Silva's ship. He thought back to what his mother had said, and slightly chuckled, as he thought,
'Oh mother, I do hope you'll forgive me...'
Then Ryan looked up at the stars, and thought, 'I hope I made the right choice. Lest we all fall to Darkness...'