Lloyd:

'I'll save you Raven. I'll get you out of here,' Lloyd thought, as he stood in a shadowy place, while having a clear view of the dark tower.

He noticed that most of the lizarians weren't around the area he was in.

'Come on Ryan. Shut down the security system. I have the perfect opportunity to make a break for it,' Lloyd thought, as he stood out of sight.

Ryan:

'I'm not too far now. I just hope she'snot there... but maybe, it would be better if mother isthere now,' Ryan thought, as he jumped and teleported past a few more buildings.

'There it is,' Ryan thought when he saw the security building.

It was a two story building that was buried up to the second floor in dirt, which made it look like a one floor building on a hill. The visible part of the Security System building was composed of three rooms, not including the bathroom in the back, and there were three towers on top of it. The three towers were three different sizes, and they comprised of metal beams that were welded together, and each were in cone-shapes, with the top pointed towards the sky. There were three windows side-by-side in front of the building that were darkened so that you couldn't see inside, and there was the entrance to the right-side of the building, and a back entrance to the further left side.

As Ryan approached this building, he saw that the cameras that were just above the windows pointed towards him. Then he heard the front entrance door open, with a metallic squeak, as he saw his mother step outside.

"Ryan, my boy!" Silva said with a smile, as she walked a little down the hill towards her son.

"Mother," Ryan said, and then they hugged.

"Oh, I was worried about you Ryan. I came to the city and you weren't here," Silva said, as they separated from the hug.

"Mother, I've had time to think and... I've decided to help the ninja. I'm not working with Darkness anymore," Ryan said, and Silva gasped.

"What? Your changing sides? But Ryan... why?" Silva asked, with concern.

"Mother, look around us. Look at what we've helped accomplish. Darkness has taken control over Ninjago city, and he's just getting started. He wants the whole world, mother. But I don't think he wants to just rule it..." Ryan said, as he turned from Silva, and he put his hand near his chest in a clenched fist.

"I feel it every time I'm near him. It was much smaller before, but now I'm sensing it grow. Mother, Darkness isn't right... he isn't normal, he's not just some guy who went bad... something inside of him is red hot and craves destruction... We can't help him accomplish his full plan Mother. Although I'm not certain of what his real plan is, I can't shake the feeling that it's going to be REALLY bad... even for us," Ryan said, which made Silva's eyes widen.

Then Ryan turned towards his mother and gently placed his right hand on her left shoulder and said, "Mother, I love you. I don't want you to get hurt, especially not from Darkness and his twisted plans. We have to get out of this now. I'm going to help the Ninja, but if you don't want to then... then can you please get as far away from here as possible? Please mother?"

Silva saw the sincerity in Ryan's eyes, and then she signed.

"Ryan, I can understand that you wouldn't want me to get hurt, but I'm a mother and your my child. I would never leave you alone, especially when you need me most," Silva said, and then she placed her hand on Ryan's hand.

"I've been having second thoughts lately too, but I didn't know how to go about it. If what you say is true, which I believe it is, then we haven't the time to dawdle," Silva said.

Then they heard a 'Wooooo' sound, as they turned towards the Security System building. They both gasped in surprise when they saw who was stepping outside of the building.

"Lucy?" Ryan asked the Cyan kunoichi.

"-Gasp- Ryan! It's so great to see you!" Lucy said, as she ran towards him and gave him a hug.

"What are you doing here Lucy?" Silva asked.

Lucy released Ryan and replied, "I had to complete my mission to shut down the Security Sys- -Gasp!- Oh no! I wasn't supposed to tell you guys that!"

"It's alright Lucy. I decided to help the Ninja. I already brought Lloyd here to the city," Ryan said, as he brought out a walkie-talkie from his pocket.

"You did?" Silva asked in surprise.

"Lloyd. Go," Ryan said over the walkie-talkie, and Lloyd replied over it,

"Roger that."

"Wow! You made a plan too," Lucy said, with a big smile.

"What plan did you and the Ninja think of?" Silva asked Lucy.

"Oh! I was going to shut down the Security System, and then the Ninja would be able to sneak into the city to destroy the C-machines," Lucy replied.

"C-machines? You mean the Lizarian Spawners, the C-shaped mechanisms?" Silva asked, and Lucy nodded.

"Oh no," Silva said, as she placed her hand on the side of her face.

"What is it mother?" Ryan asked.

"The Lizarian Spawners are rigged. Darkness took precautions that, if someone tried to destroy them and succeeded, that they would release a shadow mist to engulf the person or persons in nightmares! The Ninja are in danger of that Nightmare Shadow mist!" Silva said quickly, and Lucy gasped as Ryan's eyes widened.

"No! The Ninja! My friends!" Lucy said, as she turned to go, but then Ryan grabbed a hold of her arm.

"Lucy, you can't go alone. The mist is dangerous if you get caught in it, especially since Darkness made it," Ryan said.

"But my peoples need me. I can't let them get hurt!" Lucy said, in worry.

"And I can't let you get hurt. I care about you too much to risk losing you!" Ryan said, which made Lucy gasp in shock, and Silva's eyes widened as she took a couple of steps back in surprise.

"R-Ryan... You care about me that way?" Lucy asked, and Ryan signed and nodded.

"I do Lucy. For a long time I've had feelings for you. That's why I can't let you go," Ryan said.

Lucy looked into Ryan's eyes, as he looked into her's. Then Lucy smiled and hugged Ryan, as he hugged her back.

"Ryan, I didn't realize how much you cared... and to tell you the truth..." Lucy said, as they parted from the hug.

Then Lucy gave Ryan a quick kiss on the cheek, which surprised him.

"I love you," Lucy said, and Ryan held his hand on his cheek in shock.

Then Lucy closed her eyes, and her body started to glow a bright light blue. Silva and Ryan watched in amazement, as power surged through Lucy, and then it calmed down.

"What was that?" Silva asked, and then they were able to see Lucy more clearly.

Lucy's gi had changed: her shoulder armor turned into a gold color with more rounded shoulder spikes, her gloves and belt turned golden-colored, and the rest of her clothes were cyan, with the Staff of Raining Waters drawn in gold on her shirt, and white waves that were drawn moving towards the top of the staff.

Lucy looked at her clothes, and then she looked up with determination and said, "I've finally reached my Full Potential. I can feel this new power surging through me... You don't have to worry Ryan, I'll be able to save the Ninja and be safe myself. I will return with them!"

Lucy turned and started running off before Ryan or Silva could protest. Then she jumped up and summoned a vehicle that she drove away in.

After a minute to process this, Silva turned towards Ryan and said,

"She's a keeper my boy."

Ryan looked towards his mother and nodded.

Ninja:

"Where's that C-machine anyway? We've been walking in circles Kai?" Flare asked the fire ninja.

"No, we haven't been walking in circles, and I'm not exactly sure where it is," Kai replied, as he was looking around at the buildings.

"This place is a dump! I would think it would be better taken care of then this," Flare said with her arms up towards the broken and burnt buildings.

"Ninjago city was taken care of better then this. Darkness really took a toll on it," Kai said, nearly whispering the last half of what he said.

Flare signed and said, "I really would have liked to see the city in it's full glory."

Kai turned towards Flare and said, "Hopefully when this is all over and the city is fixed again, I can give you a tour, if you'd like."

Flare nodded and said, "You mean, you will give me a tour later."

Kai nodded and said, "Yeah, right. I will. I promise."

Then Kai and Flare turned the corner and saw one of the Lizarian Spawners.

"Well what do you know. I may get a tour earlier then expected," Flare said with a smile.

Kai nodded towards her, and then they quickly ran towards the machine.

"Let's break it down," Kai said, and then Flare took out a walkie-talkie from her pocket and asked,

"Is everyone in position?"

"We are." -Christa

"We are." -Auria

"We're ready." -Jay

"We're good to go." -Sensei Wu

"Okay everyone, get ready. In three..." Flare began the countdown, as she held her Shadow Scimitar in her left hand and Kai held his fire sword, both aiming towards the machine.

"Two..." Flare said, and the others over the walkie-talkie were preparing their weapons to destroy the machines.

"One... NOW!" Flare yelled out, as she put her walkie-talkie in her pocket.

All of the Ninja and Senseis simultaneously attacked the Lizarian Spawners.

Lloyd:

'I'm coming Raven!' Lloyd thought, as he ran up the dark tower.

He noticed that the tower looked as though it changed from when he first saw it. There was a black spiral staircase that protruded on the outside of the tower, and it went from the bottom of the tower to a lone balcony on top. Lloyd decided to take the spiral staircase around the tower. He had a feeling that Raven was up there.