Dark Ninjago City:

"Here is a machine that uses a source of pure energy in creating whatever the user of the pure energy wants it to make. Like... how I wanted to create an army of Red-eyed Lizarians from this particular one, or how I wanted to create a moderately smaller army of Blue-eyed Lizarians from another one," Darkness said, as he walked around one of the C-shaped machines that the Vampires and Serpentine made.

Raven was watching and listening to him from ground-level, as the Overlord was resting on the ground behind her, so that she wouldn't run off.

"What do you think dear girl? Isn't it magnificent?" Darkness asked, although Raven didn't give him a reply.

"Oh dear girl, why don't you speak to me?" Darkness asked, as he walked towards Raven and stopped about two feet in front of her.

Raven looked away from him, but then she looked up at him and said,

"My name is not 'dear girl,' and I would appreciate it if you used my actually name, Darkness."

Darkness raised his arms up as he turned and walked around, while saying,

"Finally! She speaks!"

The Overlord chuckled, as Raven tried to hold back a giggle.

"Well de- Raven... I shall address you properly since you wish it," Darkness said, as he took a short bow to Raven.

Then he asked again, "So Raven, what do you think of this machine?"

Raven replied, "It's interesting, how it works. Although, I wouldn't use it to make an army of evil monsters."

Darkness smirked and said, "Well, when your like me, you'll end up wanting to create such things. It's fun, and it welcomes creativity."

Then Darkness looked towards the Overlord and said, "Let's go up."

The Overlord nodded, and he stood up as he shook his head to loosen up a bit.

"Let's go... dear Raven," Darkness said with a cheeky smile, as he gestured like a gentlemen for Raven to jump on the Overlord's back first, as she looked at him with annoyance.

After they both jumped on the Overlord, the dark dragon flew upward.

"Let's go check out a few more sites," Darkness said, and they flew onward, as Raven thought,

'There has to be a way to escape... but I'll have to wait until the right time... I have a bad feeling about staying here for too long...'

Ninja, Verpentine, and Vampires:

The Ninja were gathered together on deck to discuss plans on how to enter Dark Ninjago city without being bombarded by Lizarians. Sensei Reine, Terrin, Sensei Garmadon, Misako, Sensei Wu, Dr. Julien, and Marcell were also with the Ninja on deck.

"Alright everyone. We can't all enter Ninjago city because it would be too dangerous with the Lizarians being able to multiply with those machines. We would have to destroy the five machines first before we can send in the armies to fight. But we'll have to sneak into the city without being spotted by anyone, especially not by Silva, Kerrie, or Darkness," Sensei Reine said, as she was pointing to a map of a bird's eye view of Ninjago city that was on a table that was brought outside.

"This will be a stealth mission. A 'seek and destroy,' without being spotted," Sensei Garmadon added.

"This looks like the perfect job for a ninja," Kai said.

"Ninja and Kunoichi," Christa said, and the ninja and kunoichi looked towards one another and nodded.

"It would be best if you traveled by two's. Ninjago city is different then when we were last there, and I don't believe you girls have been to Ninjago city before," Sensei Wu said.

The kunoichi nodded in unison.

"Then each of the kunoichi should travel with one of the ninja to break the five machines," Misako said.

Kai and Flare looked towards one another, as well as Cole and Christa, and Zane and Auria. Jay looked towards Lucy, but then he saw that Lucy grabbed Nya and pushed her towards him with a wink, which made Jay smile.

"But Lucy, you need to follow one of the ninja so that you'll be able to help break one of the machines," Sensei Wu said.

"Wait a minute Sensei Wu. I remember that Silva requested for us to upgrade a security system that she had. I figured that if she was going to use it to keep Lucy locked up, then maybe I could add a secret function that would allow Lucy to tamper with it," Marcell said.

"What? You really did that?" Jay asked, and Marcell nodded.

"I don't play games man," Marcell replied, as she placed her hand on her hip.

"Thank goodness your on our side," Cole said in relief, and the other Ninja agreed.

"Exactly, exactly. Now Lucy, I have a tracker thing that should be able to point you towards where the security system is. It can't track from a very far distance, so we'll have to drop you off in Ninjago city before it starts going off," Marcell said, as she handed Lucy the tracking device, which looked like a small tablet.

"Okay. I'll take the mission. I won't let you down," Lucy said, as she took the tracker with one hand and saluted her sister with the other.

Marcell also saluted Lucy.

"What about the last machine? There are four groups going for the machines and Lucy for the security system," Terrin said.

"I'll go for the last one," Sensei Garmadon said.

"And I will too," Misako said.

"Me too," Sensei Wu said.

"Okay, so you three will take care of the fifth machine," Sensei Reine said, as she was writing down the names of the groups who were breaking the machines on the map.

"What about the armies? What would we do with them while they're in the city?" Terrin asked Reine.

"We'll just have to wait for them outside of the city. If anything goes wrong, we'll be there to back them up," Sensei Reine said, and King Terrin nodded.

"Don't forget about me. I'm going to watch over the armies too," Marcell said, and Terrin and Reine nodded towards her.

"Then we have our objectives. Once we enter the city, there is no turning back, or backing down," Auria said, and everyone agreed.

"Father, will you be staying behind as well," Zane asked Dr. Julien.

"Yes. I think I would be most helpful if I stood with the armies. But I'll keep in contact with you, so if anything happens, just let me know, or I'll call you," Dr. Julien said with a smile, and Zane smiled back.

"Okay, let's get ready everyone. We're going back to Ninjago city," Cole said, and everyone agreed with a shout.

Dark Ninjago City (Raven and Darkness):

"Each of them has a unique function. You can tell by the color around their eyes," Darkness said, as he stood sitting on the Overlord's tail, which was curled around his body as he laid down.

Raven was on the ground floor, while a few Lizarians were gathered close to her. They were looking at her in interest, as she was looking at them while listening to what Darkness was saying. One of the Red-eyed lizarians came closer to Raven, as she moved her hand towards him. He started to smell her hand, and then he moved his head under her hand so that she could pet him. As Raven started stroking the lizarian's head, the other lizarians started coming closer to her so that she could pet them.

"Oh my, do you want me to pet all of you?" Raven said with a little smile, as she was petting each of the lizarians.

Darkness watched with a sly smile, as the Overlord watched with an amused expression. Then Darkness jumped down from the Overlord's tail, and he started walking towards Raven. Some of the lizarians saw that Darkness was approaching and they moved out of his way so that he could walk by. Raven was petting a Yellow-eyed Lizarian, and then Darkness stood next to her and saw that she was smiling. After she finished petting the lizarian, Raven turned towards Darkness, and her smile became an annoyed frown.

"You've got to admit, they're such cute little monsters aren't they?" Darkness asked, as he started petting a Blue-eyed lizarian's head.

"... yeah, they are cute," Raven said, as a Green-eyed lizarian nuzzled his head near her arm.

Then a Purple-eyed Lizarian approached Raven from the crowd. Raven looked at this specific lizarian, and she felt that something was a little different about this one... something deadly. The Purple-eyed lizarian looked towards Darkness for a moment, and Darkness nodded at her in approval. Then the Purple-eyed lizarian lowered her head as she came closer to Raven, and then she nuzzled the side of her face with her cheek. Raven was a little surprised that the tough lizarian was being sweet to her, and then she started to scratch her chin, which made her leg stomp the ground numerously.

"She likes you," Darkness said, and then he put his hand on Raven's shoulder, as all of the lizarians backed away.

"Let's go dear Raven. I have one more thing to show you," Darkness said, and then he grabbed her and jumped back high enough to land on the Overlord's back.

As the Overlord was getting ready to fly upward, Raven looked towards the lizarians and she thought,

'They seem sociable, but I don't think that's their true nature most of the time. They're warriors, and bestial ones at that. Especially that Purple-eyed one... I don't trust her...'

Lloyd and Ryan:

They just made it outside of Dark Ninjago city. Ryan returned his motor-jet to it's original gem form and put it in his pocket. They both stood looking at the dark city ahead of them.

"Are you ready?" Ryan asked.

"I am," Lloyd replied.

"The tallest, dark tower is probably where Darkness is keeping Raven. You should head over there first. Also, don't get caught at ALL. Stay in the shadows. When I shut down the security system, you'll be able to move more freely, and you'll be able to climb the tower without the cameras catching you," Ryan said.

"I got it. Stay close to the shadows, and wait for your signal when the cameras are out to move ahead," Lloyd said.

"Alright. You know your mission right?" Ryan said, and he turned his head towards Lloyd.

"Find Raven, and get her out of here," Lloyd said.

"Your going to do that mission right?" Ryan asked, while still looking towards Lloyd.

"Yes," Lloyd replied.

"Only that mission. You'll find Raven and go. No picking fights right?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah," Lloyd replied.

After a moment of silence, Lloyd turned towards Ryan, and he noticed that Ryan was looking at him with a skeptical look.

"Wha- I got it Ryan! No picking fights, just get Raven and go. I got it," Lloyd said, with his hands up defensively.

"... okay, good. Let's go now," Ryan said, as he turned towards the city.

"Right," Lloyd said, and then both guys ran towards Dark Ninjago city and separated.