Dead Man's Squall


Mr. E narrowed his eyes at Zane as the Master of Ice kept his gaze locked to each other. "Are you The Quiet One?" Zane questioned as Mr. E cracked his neck joints. "Are you The Quiet One?!" He questioned loudly.

Mr. E simply stood in silence as he reached out to his helmet, pressed some buttons on the bottom of it as the helmet unfastened itself and he dropped it onto the ground. What Zane saw shocked him to the metallic bone as Mr. E's head revealed to be a mirror version of himself, the only difference was his skin was darker and his eyes were blood red.

"What? No, it, it can't be," Zane said in horrified shock, "You're, you're me." He said in shock.

"Target: Zane Julien. White Ninja. Master of Ice. Commencing termination." Mr. E said in an electric dark yet similar voice to Zane, devoid of any emotion, as he charged at Zane, who flinched as he quickly took out his bow and shot some arrows, which Mr. E simply deflected with his hands as he swatted them away as he punched Zane hard in the chest and grabbed his legs and tossed him aside as Zane nearly fell from the cliff but he dropped his bow.

Zane then turned to his duplicate. "Who are you?" He questioned as Mr. E cracked his knuckles with a glare as Zane stood up and got into a ready stance as the two then start fighting in close combat, but Mr. E landed hard blows on Zane as the two block and strike each other before Zane nearly fell close to the cliff before the two punched again before Mr. E sent a hard punch, knocking Zane back as he fell to the ground as he stood up while seeing his chest plate was open as he closed it with a serious look.

Zane then stood up and charged up his ice powers as he went up to Mr. E. "Who. is. In. Charge!" Zane yelled as with each word he blasted Ice at Mr. E before kicking him back. He panted, thinking he won until Mr. E started shaking as his arms broke free and he shattered the rest of the ice and looked at Zane neutrally as a smirk slowly formed on his face, as if he was saying 'is that the best you can do?'.

"Who-?!" Zane exclaimed before Mr. E charged at him and fought harder on Zane, damaging him even further as his right arm started to spark up as Mr. E walked up in front of him as Zane's eyes started to flicker. "You don't… have to do this." He panted.

Mr. E then grabbed him by the shoulder and lifted him up to eye level. "True. But I choose to." He said as he then pushed Zane back and delivered a powerful air kick that sent Zane over the edge.

Zane yelled as he fell off the cliff and crashed into some boulders, damaging him even further as he fell on his back as Zane landed on his back in front of the bikes as Zane groaned.

Mr. E put a boot on Zane's chest, crushing it slightly while looking right into his eyes, "Enaz Superior, Zane Inferior." He said, stomping down hard on Zane's chest.

Zane's eyes kept flickering as he weakly turned to his duplicate. "Enaz…" He muttered before he shut down as his eyes went out, too damaged to stay online.

Enaz looked down at his doppelganger, feeling no emotion before he kneeled down and opened up Zane's damage chest and placed something in it as he closed Zane's chest and stood up before looking down at the offline Zane as he put on his helmet and pressed on the side.

"It's me, Quiet One. The trap has been set." Enaz reported before walking back to his bike, mounting onto it and riding off, leaving Zane broken in the desert sand.

Zane just laid there, offline as the desert's sand blew around him before his right eye beeped a few times, sending a signal to the others.


It was then night time in the middle of the desert as the Destiny's Bounty flew overhead with the Ninja and Harumi aboard, scanning the sands for any sign of Zane. Kai is shining some lights on the ground as they try to find Zane before they slowly went up to his damaged body as Kai shined the light over him. "There he is!" He called out.

"Someone get down there, now!" Melissa ordered as they dropped down ropes as She, Nya, Jay and Lloyd dropped down and rushed up to him. "Oh no, Zane." She said in worry, seeing the state he was in. "Zane, can you hear me?"

"What did they do to you?" Nya said in worry.

"Say something Zane, can you hear us? Zane?" Jay called but got no response.

"Pixal, lower the gurney! Zane's in bad shape!" Lloyd said as the gurney then dropped down a medical bed as Nya and Jay rushed to it, "Hang on, buddy. Hang on." He told Zane as they carefully placed the Nindroid in the bed and connected him to the gurney.

"Okay, winch him up, Pix." Nya called as Zane was lifted up slowly.


A bit later, they are in the medical bay while hooking Zane up to a computer while everyone gathered around in worry expressions. "Pixal, how bad is it?" Lloyd asked in concern.

"He has extensive damage to all systems, internal and external." Pixal informed, her tone sounding close to breaking, while showing the damage that Zane has. "His neural net and cognitive cores suffered severe failures."

"Can you save him?" Nya asked hopefully.

"I've diverted power to critical life functions. But Zane will have to do most of the work." Pixal explained while pointing to Zane's head and power core. "He must reconfigure his system and reboot himself."

"Isn't there anything we can do?" Harumi asked in concern.

"We can't go to Borg's tower for Borg to repair him. It's in the middle of Ninjago City." Melissa said to them. "And with the Sons of Garmadon all over the streets, it's too dangerous to go there."

"Melissa's right." Lloyd said in agreement. "We have to keep moving, or the Sons of Garmadon will find us. They'll do anything to get their hands on the child."

"I just don't get how a baby could be a key," Kai said confusedly.

"I don't either, but that's what they said." Cole said to them after explaining it to them. "They called him the key to the third mask."

"Then we need to protect this baby from the Sons of Garmadon and whoever this 'Quiet One' is." Melissa said with determination.

"Agreed. We need to disappear." Lloyd declared. "Get as far away from Ninjago City as we can."

"Hm." Jay hummed as they turned to him. "Doesn't seem right. Abandoning Ninjago City." He protested.

"We're not abandoning." Lloyd said to him. "There are others who will protect her."

"Like who?" Kai asked.

"There's always Samurai X. Whoever that is." Nya reminded them.

"And we could send word to some of the Elements Masters and our Part Time Ninjas, Jasmine and Ryan to cover for us." Melissa added.

"Whoever it is, they're going to have to cover for us until we get a handle on things." Lloyd said as he turned to the monitor. "Pixal, set a new course. Anywhere but here." He ordered as Pixal did just that as they all looked at Zane in worry as the Bounty took off.


Later, the Ninja were in their barracks dealing with their most difficult challenge yet:

Parenthood.

The baby was crying loudly as Cole, Jay, Melissa, Kai, and Lloyd were trying to calm him down. "Maybe he's thirsty. Give him some milk." Lloyd said as he gave the baby to Cole.

"I tried. He doesn't like milk." Cole said as he gave Kai the baby.

"What else do babies drink?" Jay questioned.

"Don't ask me, ask him." Kai said as he gave the baby to him.

"He's a baby! He hasn't learned how to talk yet." Cole pointed out as Jay gave the baby to Melissa.

"Does he need his diaper changed?" Melissa asked as she gave the baby back to Cole.

"Shit! Do we even have diapers?!" Cole asked in panic as he put the baby down.

"Why would we have diapers? We're Ninja." Lloyd pointed out.

"And teenage Ninjas to be precise." Melissa added.

"Ooh! Maybe we can use one of our hoods instead." Jay suggested.

"I'm not giving up my hood." Melissa said with her hands raised.

"Me either." Cole said, shaking his head.

"Not my hood!" Kai denied.

"We'll draw straws. Losers gives up their hood." Lloyd suggested to them before they heard something from behind them.

"Spider's in the house~ sleep sleep~" They turned and saw Harumi holding the baby while singing some sort of lullaby. "Spider bit the mouse~ sleep deep~ Don't wake up or else you'll find a spider in your mouth~" She sang as the baby then yawned and fell asleep.

"Wow." Cole said in amazement. "You're really good at that.

"Oh, he's just tired. Too much excitement." Harumi said as she then put the baby in the crip. "He'll go to sleep now." She added.

"Nice lullaby though." Melissa noted.

"Thanks, I've always had a thing for spiders." Harumi said before she left the room.

"She looks like she's deep in thought about something, I'm gonna go speak to her." Lloyd said to them as he followed after Harumi as Melissa watched him walk off with a raised brow, to which the others noticed.

"Feeling off of Lloyd going to check on Harumi, Melissa?" Kai teased with a smirk, which made Melissa turn to them in surprise.

"W-What do you mean? He's just gonna check on her." Melissa said with an uncomfortable tone.

"Yeah, but is he really?" Cole asked. "Because it appears the Princess has got eyes on our green leader."

"Yeah, green is her favorite color." Jay teased with a smirk, which made Melissa raise a brow.

"Uhhh, it is?" Melissa asked as her eye twitched a little.

"Yeah, considering that the only color she's wearing is green." Kai said, not noticing her tone or her eye twitching. "Heh, it's almost like we're gonna have to call him the Royal Green Ninja or Emperor Ninja of Yang or something like that."

Cole then noticed Melissa's expression as she gave a strained look while her left eye was twitching while clenching her fists, which made Cole look on in fear. "Uh, Melissa? You okay…?" He asked nervously.

"I'm fine, just… happily getting some thoughts in my mind that I don't want to think about, I'm not jealous or anything, you're jealous, hehehehehe." Melissa said with a strain smile while rubbing her hands together and her eyes twitching.

Kai, Cole and Jay noticed this as they looked at each other with concern and worry, realizing their teasing was a bit uncalled for. "Uhh, look Melissa, we're just messing around." Kai told her.

"Yeah, we all know that Lloyd loves you and he would never cheat on you." Jay assured her.

Melissa twitched a bit before she took a breather. "You're right. He wouldn't cheat on me. It's Lloyd for Ninjago's sake." She said with a smile, which made them unnerving. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be… going." She said as she walked out of the room as she closed the door.

"Maybe it wasn't the best idea to put that jealousy and teasing in Melissa's mind." Kai said to them.

"Jeez, you think, Kai?" Cole questioned with a brow.


On the deck of the Bounty, Lloyd and Harumi looked over the rails as they looked down below. "My father told me they call this Dead Man's Squall." Lloyd said as he and Harumi looked down and saw some thunderstorm clouds below them.

"Seems fitting to the name." Harumi commented before turning to Lloyd. "Do you remember much about your father before he left you as a child? When he was bad?"

"No. Not really." Lloyd answered. "I was too young." He said before turning to Harumi. "What about you? Remember anything about your parents?"

Harumi looked down in sadness before giving a small sigh. "Sometimes, in my dreams, they're right next to me." She said with a frown. "It's like they're still here, but then I… I wake up."

"Well, I'm really sorry to hear about your parents." Lloyd apologized before he placed a hand on Harumi's shoulder. "But you're not alone, Rumi, you are among friends."

Harumi gave a smile before she placed a hand on Lloyd's shoulder as well. "And neither are you. I know it must be difficult to think they're trying to bring your father back." She said to him, "I can't imagine what's going through your head. Whatever happens, I'll be here." She assured him with a smile.

"Thanks, Rumi." Lloyd said with a smile before he saw Harumi leaning towards him, which made him very uncomfortable before he stepped away. "Uhh, I need to get back to the others and continue the search for the mask, see ya!" He said quickly before walking away. "That was really uncomfortable." He mutters quietly before going back inside the Bounty while Harumi watches.

But what they didn't notice was that Melissa saw the whole thing and her eye twitched a bit, she took a deep breath before approaching Harumi. "Hi, Harumi. How have you been?" Melissa asked with a strain smile.

"Been doing fine, Melissa." Harumi said with a smile. "And Lloyd told me we're going over Dead Man's Squall." She added as she gestured to the storm below.

"Yeah, that place has some pretty bad storms." Melissa said before she turned to Harumi. "So, I saw you talking to Lloyd and I also saw you… leaning in really close to him, W-What… What was that about?" She asked with a strained tone.

"It's nothing, really." Harumi shrugs off. "Just trying to give comfort to Lloyd after hearing about what the Sons of Garmadon will do when they bring back his father."

"Really, cause to me it almost looked like you were about to… Kiss him." Melissa said with gritted teeth.

"Really? Was I?" Harumi asked innocently while tapping her chin.

Melissa then noticed this and gave her a suspicious stern look. "Were you?" She asked in an almost threatening tone.

"Wouldn't dream of it. Lloyd is your man after all." Harumi said to her with a smile.

Melissa eyed Harumi before she stepped back. "Just to be clear, Lloyd is my man. And after what you tried to pull, I got my eye on you." She said with a stink eye. "And I don't give a flying fuck that you're the Princess of Ninjago, Lloyd belongs to me, not you, so stay away from Lloyd and Back. The. Fuck. Off… or else." She threatened as her eyes glowed purple.

Harumi stepped back a bit from that as she gave a nod in understanding as Melissa's eyes returned to normal as she walked off after giving her another stink eye as Harumi watched her go before she gave a smirk.

"Someone sure takes jealousy to a whole new level." Harumi teased with a smirk.


Back in the Ninja's bedroom, Cole was keeping an eye on the baby as he watched him sleep as Cole gave a smile at it before the baby gave a yawn and then started to wake up, which made him panic. "Oh, no. Don't make that face." Cole said before the baby started crying. "Don't cry." He pleaded as the baby cried some more before he groaned. "Oh, I can't take it anymore. Hey. Look at me. Hehe. I'm not sad. Haha. I'm not crying." He said while putting on a smile.

The baby looked at him for a moment before he continued crying, Cole looked around before he sighed. "Oh, fine. But this is between you and me." He said as he then started to sing. "Shine little glow worm~ Glimmer, glimmer~ Hey there, don't get dimmer, dimmer~" He sang as he then tickled the baby, who laughed from that.

"Oh, you like that, huh?" Cole asked with a smile. "Well, there's more where that came from. Glow little glow worm~ Glow and glimmer~ Shi--" He trailed off as he unwrapped the blanket and saw something in it that made him look in shock.


Meanwhile, the Bounty was flying through the thunder storm while Nya was at the wheel with Jay behind him as he flinched from the lightning clashes. "Wow, look at that storm." Jay said in surprise at the storm.

"You know, there was an ancient tribe in Ninjago that feared an ancient storm serpent called Wojira, the same serpent that the First Spinjitzu Master and the Overlord fought." Nya commented, remembering when Melissa revealed the Overlord was her father she told her about the FSM and the Overlord fighting Worjira. "After The First Spinjitzu Master and The Overlord defeated him, the tribe believed that Wojira would someday return to raise the sea and bring down the sky."

"Wojira?" Jay wondered before giving a chuckle. "That's silly." He commented before the thunder clashed closer to the Bounty, startling Jay. "Not so silly anymore!"

"Jay? Nya?" Pixal's voice spoke up from the monitor. "Can you come to Control?"


Soon, the two entered the room where the others were crowded around Zane. "Everything okay?" Nya asked them.

"There's been a development." Pixal said while showing Zane's vitals. "I have been attempting to repair the damage to his system when I stumbled on something." She explained before she played a recording.

"Enaz Superior, Zane Inferior." Enaz's voice spoke up.

"Enaz?" Melissa asked in confusion. "Who the hell is that?"

"It was a digital communication of Mr. E." Pixal said.

"Mr. E's name is Enaz?" Jay said in confusion.

"Wait, Enaz is Zane spelled backwards," Cole realized.

"Isn't that a bit coincidental?" Nya questioned with a brow.

"Wait a minute, you're saying that-" Lloyd started.

"Mr. E is a Nindroid?!" Melissa exclaimed in shock. "B-But how? All the Nindroids are destroyed."

"His voice was more digital and robotic than that of a normal human," Pixal informed them.

"Great, so another Nindroid is on the loose, probably even more advanced, if it can bust up Zane." Kai complained.

"That is an awful thing to think about." Harumi said in concern.

"But there is more to it. Enaz has made a digital communication between him and the Qiuet One" Pixal explained. "Zane intercepted and recorded the call in his last moments of consciousness." She explained before she continued the message.

"It's me, Quiet One. The trap has been set." Enaz's voice spoke up, which threw the others off.

"Trap? What trap?" Jay asked in confusion.

"Huh. Classic bad guy stuff." Kai shrugged off. "It must be in their DNA."

"But wait a minute." Nya spoke up. "If Mr. E or… Enaz or whatever the fuck his name is, sent a message, maybe we can locate the Quiet One's whereabouts."

"And we can find out who's leading the Sons of Garmadon and take them down." Melissa finished with a smile. "Nya, you may be stubborn from time to time but you are also a genius."

"Thanks, I think." Nya said with a shrug before turning to the monitor. "Pixal, can you triangulate the point of origin?"

"I've already started the trace program." Pixal explained as a map of Ninjago was shown to reveal the trace program bouncing off many places of Ninjago.

"That's great, Pixal." Lloyd said to her. "How long can it take?"

"I don't know," Pixal said as she showed her trace program a bit blurry. "The storm is interfering with my terrace program. If we descended to a lower altitude, it might help." She suggested.

"The storm is hiding us." Harumi spoke up. "If we drop below the clouds, won't the Sons of Garmadon spot us?" She asked them, seeing a dilemma in the tracing plan.

"Mmm, she has a point." Melissa said while rubbing her chin. "We're in pretty bad shape at the moment, even more worse for wear like Zane."

"Agreed. We have to stay in the storm. Can't risk being spotted." Lloyd said to them.

"So, where do we go?" Jay asked as Cole then came in.

"We go here!" Cole said holding up the baby's blanket which is a map.

"What is this?" Nya asked as she and the others looked surprised.

"All this time it was with the baby! The map to the last Oni Mask." Cole revealed as this shocked the others.


A bit later, the Bounty was still flying through the storm while the group in the dining room, having just finished dinner while looking at the map as Jay tried to get his last meatball with his fork, which kept moving around because the ship kept tilting.

"I don't get it." Kai said in confusion. "Why was the baby wrapped in a map?"

"Yeah, even I'm stumped by this." Melissa said in confusion.

"I don't know." Cole said while holding the baby in his arms, wrapped in another blanket while the one he had is now being used. "Maybe they didn't have any diapers either."

"This part here looks like it could be the central part of Ninjago." Harumi noted while pointing at the circle part of the map.

"And the X. You think the third Oni Mask could be hidden there?" Nya aske as Lloyd eyed the Map before his eyes widened in realization.

"Primeval's Eye."Lloyd said, recognizing the place as the others turned to him. "My mother used to tell me about this place. It's an uncharted, vast wilderness of death." He said to them, "Her friend, an archeologist, I think his name was Dr. Yost, he had gone in to map the area." He added as he looked at the map. "But he never returned."

"I don't wanna say it, but it sounds like the perfect place to hide something you don't want anything to find." Nya said to them as Jay was trying to get his Meatball but it kept rolling away.

"Ha, come here you little sucker!" Jay said, jabbing his fork at the meatball but kept missing until the meatball neared Kai's hand and when Jay jabbed down…

STAB

Kai yelled in pain while the others gasped in shock, some covering their eyes or turning away while Cole covered the baby's eyes.

"Oh, that's gotta leave a mark." Melissa said with a cringe.

Jay soon realized what he did and gasped in horror, "Oh, I'm sorry!" He quickly said while looking at the fork in Kai's hand. "I didn't mean to-"

"Don't!" Kai cut Jay off and gave him an angry look. "Just, don't." He muttered.


With Zane, he is still offline while Pixal kept his scanning before his broken chest area opened up and a robotic spider came out and crawled around the room before crawling up to some wires as the monitor began to frizz.


Back in the dining room, the group didn't see the console behind them frizzing out as Nya then noticed Cole giving the baby something from a cup. "What are you feeding him?" Nya questioned as Cole turned to her.

"Tea." Cole answered as the baby babbled.

"Tea?!" Melissa exclaimed in shock. "What the fuuuu-uudge, Cole?!" She said, remembering there was a baby in the room. "You can't feed a baby tea!"

"Why not? He likes it. He won't drink anything else." Cole said as he gave the baby more tea.

"Ha! Gotcha!" Jay cheered as he successfully jabbed his fork to his meatball, having gotten the fork off Kai as the Fire Ninja gave nervous looks. "Who's laughing now, meatball?"

Just then, the ship shook, causing the group to tumble and fell to the ground as the lights went out. "What happened to the lights?" Kai asked.

Lloyd looked around as he gave a serious look. "Get to the bridge! Quick!" He urged as they all rushed out to the bridge while Harumi ran back and quickly took the map with them.


The group then entered the room Zane was in. "Pixal? What's happening?" Melissa asked as the monitors were out. "Pixal! Come in! Are you there?!" She asked again desperately, but Pixal wasn't responding.

"Must be a power failure." Kai theorizes.

"Or it's a trap." Jay spoke up.

"Freaking out isn't going to help us." Cole said to them.

"Jay might be right." Nya spoke up. "The backup generators would have kicked in. This is something else." She said in worry before the monitors turned on as the alarm went off.

"Emergency. Emergency." Pixal said in a desperate tone.

"What's going on, Pix?" Melissa asked.

"I'm detecting a foreign presence has been introduced into my system." Pixal explained, which worried the others.

"Foreign? What're you talking about?" Lloyd asked.

"It appears we are being tracked. I have lost control of the ship." Pixal explained, showing them a diagram of the Bounty.

"How did something get in?" Jay questioned before Kail noticed Zane's chest was opened as the others followed.

"The trap. Something was planted inside Zane when he was damaged!" Kai realized. "They wanted us to take him in!"

"Proximity alarm." Pixal spoke up as they turned to her on the monitor. "Something is approaching the Bounty, fast."

"What's approaching the Bounty?" Melissa asked.

"It is... Samurai X," Pixal revealed with a regretful tone as an image of the Samurai X suit appeared on screen.

"Oh. He must be here to help us out." Cole said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that is unlikely." Pixal said with a bit of guilt in her voice.

Why?" Lloyd asked confusedly.

"Because my system is overrun." Pixal explained as she started to break up.

"You're making no sense, Pixal." Kai said in annoyance. "What are you talking about?"

"I... didn't want it to be like this but, it would seem it is time I made a minor confession," Pixal said as she zoomed in on Samurai X's head and slowly removed the helmet to reveal… her face. "I am… Samurai… X." She revealed as her voice became distorting before she faded.

The group looked at the image as they looked in shock at what Pixal just revealed. "What?!" Cole exclaimed, breaking silence.

"Are you serious?!" Kai asked next.

"How is that possible?!" Nya questioned in shock.

"You were what?!" Melissa asked in shock.

"How can you be Samurai X?!" Lloyd questioned.

"Totally called it!" Jay exclaimed.

"You did not!" Cole countered.

"Did too!" Jay complained

"Wait a minute." Melissa said as she thought about the time when Samurai X disappeared, when The Hands of Time changed the future and how he showed up when Pixal disappeared as her eyes widened before she facepalmed herself. "Oh man it was so obvious! How did I not realize that?!"

Just then they heard blaster fire as they turned and saw a blaster shoot the right thrusters of the Bounty as the ship shook as the thruster went offline.

"We can figure this out later!" Nya called out as she saw the diagram of the bounty and saw the target on the second thruster. "The mech is targeting the second aft thruster." She then turns to the Ninjas of Yin and Yang. "Melissa, Lloyd. If we lose the second…"

"We know." Lloyd spoke up.

"We'll drop out of the sky like a rock." Melissa added as she turned to Nya. "Nya, tried to find the foreign agent."

"Jay, keep that lightning off our back. The rest of us, get ready to fight." Lloyd finished with a serious look as the group rushed off while Nya remained behind.


Back at the barracks, Cole put the baby back in the rocking chair. "Stay safe, little buddy. I'll be back to get you before you know it." Cole assured with a smile as he rushed off and joined the others as they went on deck as the rain poured down while looking up at the sky before they saw the mech.

"Everyone, be on alert!" Lloyd called as the Ninja drew their weapons as lightning clashed down close to the Bounty.

"That lightning is getting way too close for comfort." Lloyd said. "Jay, try to hold them off."

"Got it!" Jay nodded as he then went to the edge and used his powers as he redirected the lightning away as he slouched a bit before turning to the others. "You're welcome!" He called with a smile before they heard a whooshing sound as they looked up and saw Pixal's body and mech flying by as she fired blasters and shot through the sails as the ship shook.

"There!" Cole called as the mech flew around.

"Can't see a thing in this storm!" Lloyd called out.

"It's too dark out here, even for me!" Melissa called out.

"Time to light this place up!" Kai called as he summoned a fireball and shot it up as it lit up the area as everyone looked around as the fire began to dissipate from the rain.

Lloyd then handed Harumi a sword. "Harumi, stand back and take this." He said to her,

"But I don't know how to fight." Harumi said to him.

"But you want to live, right?" Lloyd asked as Harumi looked at the sword and accepted it as the group stood ready. "There!" He pointed to the mech flying towards them as Lloyd charged up his powers and sent a blast.


In the Control Room, Nya was searching around for the foreign agent before she heard clanking sounds as she turned to the wire wall and inspected it before the robot spider crawled from the ceiling and onto the monitor before shutting it off, causing Nya to flinch as she slowly walked towards it.

Nya tapped the monitor to try and get it working, but then the spider bot crawled on Zane's leg, making Nya turn and she screamed when she saw it as it lounged at her.


Back outside, the Ninja are still fighting the controlled Samurai as she avoided Lloyd's shots before Lloyd sends another, getting a hit as she groan a bit before she lands on the Bounty and draws her big sword as Lloyd turns to the left thruster. "Don't let her get the thruster!" Lloyd shouted to the others.

The grounded charged at the controlled Samurai, but she wacked them away and blocked Kai's strike before tossing him over the edge as he grabbed onto the edge before tossing Cole away as the controlled Samurai walked up to the Ninjas of Yin and Yang and fought them as the two avoided her strikes before manage to whack Melissa away and nearly strike Lloyd as he manage to climb up the sword and onto the mech as he slashed his sword on her.

But the controlled Samurai whacked Lloyd off her as he fell to the floor and lost his sword as the Samurai was about to strike him, but a sword blocked his attack as Lloyd looked surprised before turning to see Harumi was the one who blocked it as she smiled at him while Lloyd nodded.

Melissa noticed this and gave an angry look with a growl before she was then grabbed by the mech while the mech also grabbed Harumi as the two girls yelped. "Lloyd!" Melissa called out as the Samurai then jumped off the Bounty and flew under it.

"Melissa! Harumi!" Lloyd shouted as he reached out to her before he gave a serious look as he grabbed his sword and rushed to the other edge of the Bounty as they looked in shock as Lloyd jumped off the Bounty before he managed to land on the mech as they flew around.

The others looked in shock at what Lloyd just pulled. "He did not just-" Jay started.

"He just did." Kai said in shock.


In the sky, Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi were on the mech as Lloyd managed to climb up to the cockpit. "Pixal! You have to stop this!" Lloyd urged, hoping to get through to Pixal.

"There is no Pixal. Only the Quiet One." The Samurai said in her disguise voice, as Lloyd saw she was still being controlled.

"Sorry about this!" Lloyd called as he slashed the mech with his sword. "But you're not exactly in the right frame of mind!" He called as he stabbed the mech through, causing it to short circuit as Harumi gave a yelp.

The controlled Samurai saw that her mech was about to fail as she quickly ejected out and launched right up to the Bounty. "I did not think that through." Lloyd muttered, cursing himself before the mech began to fall out of the sky as Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi screamed.

The controlled Samurai launched up before landing on deck behind the Ninja with a flip through one of the holes in the sails as she turned to the Ninja and drew her sword while in a ready stance. "Argh! You're supposed to be our friend!" Jay exclaimed as the group gave yells and charged at the controlled Pixal.


Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi kept falling as Lloyd crawled up to Melissa and freed her first while the two crawled up to Harumi, who was looking around anxiously. "We're… We're… We're gonna-" She started off.

"Look at me!" Lloyd called out as Harumi looked at him. "We're gonna get out of this! You hear me?!" He questioned as Harumi nodded as Lloyd and Melissa got her free from the mech's hand as he caught her before she fell off as the three kept falling.

"The map!" Harumi called as she pulled out the map she still had. "Maybe we can use it to parachute down!"

"What is this?! A cartoon or a story book?!" Melissa questioned her in disbelief. "That's never gonna work!" She called as they kept falling as Harumi gave a scream.

Lloyd had a thought as he grabbed Harumi's arm and opened up the hatch and put her in as Harumi gave a surprise yelp. "The suit should break your fall!" He called as he closed the hatch.

"But what about you two?!" Harumi asked.

"Sorry, only room for one!" Lloyd stated.

"Lloyd?" Melissa followed, not knowing what her boyfriend was thinking.

"No! I need you both!" Harumi called out.

"And we need that map!" Lloyd pointed out as Harumi got on as she gave the map to Lloyd.

Lloyd then grabbed Melissa by her waist as they let go of the mech as it fell further while Harumi screamed. "You didn't think this through either, huh?" Melissa asked with a brow as the two held each end of the map.

"No I did not." Lloyd muttered as the two actually used the map as a parachute.

Harumi kept screaming before she fell into a jungle below as the mech tumbled about onto the ground before landing on its back as Harumi groaned as the hatch opened for her. Lloyd and Melissa yelled as they fell through the trees, hitting some branches before they fell to the ground as they groaned as the map fell down next to Lloyd.


Back on the Bounty in the control room, Nya was fighting the spider bot as it was on her. "Get off! Get off me! Get off!" Nya exclaimed as she hit the spider a bit as she grabbed hold of it as it had a strong grip as it gave a shriek and tried to latch onto her face as Nya tried to keep it away from her.

But then, a sai spear was thrown, striking the spider bot onto the wall as it shorted out as Nya looked surprised before she turned to Zane, who was back online. "What in the name of Ninjago is happening around here?" Zane asked in confusion.

Nya panted as she gave a relieved smile as she took a breath, glad that Zane woke up at the right time as she turned to the monitor. "Pixal?" She asked as Zane gave a confused look and turned to the monitor. "You kinda missed a lot." She said to Zane.

"Foreign agent has been purged from my system." Pixal spoke up, now back online as well. "Commencing system reboot in 30 seconds."


On deck, the rest of the Ninja are still fighting off the controlled Samurai before they manage to push her back as she falls to the floor as the controlled Samurai looks at the left thruster and she stands up and picks up the sword.

"Drop your sword!" Jay shouted to the controlled Samurai.

"I shall comply." The controlled Samurai said naturally before throwing the sword away as everyone looked in horror.


"Reboot complete. System online." Pixal said as she now regained control of all her systems.


Back outside, the Samurai's helmet's visor was removed to reveal PIxal's green eyes, now having her body back under control as they all looked in horror as Pixal's sword hit the left thruster, shorting it out as the Zane and Nya came out as they yell as the Bounty shook before starting to fall from the sky.

"Ahh shit! She got the last thruster!" Jay exclaimed as they held on.

"Any ideas?!" Kai asked out.

"Not one." Zane answered.

"Yeah, me neither." Kai said in fear.

"Pray to Wojira!" Jay cried out.

"That is not helpful!" Nya called out to her boyfriend.

"Perhaps if we can create enough drag with the sails, we may be able to achieve a controlled crash." Zane suggested.

"What sails?!" Kai questioned as he gestured to the destroyed sails that had holes in them from Pixal's shooting.

The Ninja looked around before they noticed the rain still pouring. "The rain! It could slow our fall!" Jay exclaimed.

"It's worth a try." Nya said as she rush up to the dragon heads of the Bounty as she raised her arms out as she tried to focus her powers, but stopped as she turn and saw the others desperate looks as Nya turned back and focused her powers on the rain harder as she gave a yell.

Soon, some rain was forming around under the Bounty, stabilizing it as it slowed their descent down as everyone onboard gave a smile. "It's working!" Jay cheered before they looked at the jungle below them.

"Ah! Brace for impact!" Kai shouted as everyone braced themselves while Nya focused her powers to try and keep them stable.


The baby was then crying in the barracks.


Cole heard the cries as he rushed back into the barracks and held onto the baby tightly.


Soon, the Bounty crashed through the jungle as everyone onboard yelled as the ship skidded across the jungle while the others were flung around as Nya was tossed aboard as the Bounty finally came to a stop as everyone groaned from the hard landing as they gave a small laugh.

Jay walked up to Nya as he helped her up. "Everyone okay?" He asked the others as they groaned a bit while coughing.

Cole then came out with the baby in hand. "You okay too, little buddy?" He asked with a smile while the baby babbled while giving a small smile.

Zane got up and dusted some sand off. "Zane." Pixal's voice spoke up, making Zane turn and smiled as he saw his girlfriend. Who removed her helmet to reveal her full face, just like how she was before Chen's men dismantled her and destroyed her original body.

Zane smiled in joy. "All this time, it was you." He said in joy. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Pixal looked down a bit before she answered. "I had to keep my identity a secret to protect those I cared about." She answered.

"You don't have to lie to me." Zane assured her with a knowing smile. "You didn't like being stuck in my head."

Pixal gave a sheepish smile, "There was that too." She admitted.

"From now on, no more secrets." Zane said as Pixal nodded as the Nindroids shared a long awaited physical hug, glad to finally hug each other again in physical contact.

Kai looked around with a concerned look. "What about Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi?" He asked as the others looked around in concern.

"They must've fallen somewhere in the jungle." Cole theorized as they looked out into the jungle. "But knowing Lloyd and Melissa, they'll be okay."

"Although, after what happened earlier, I am very concerned about Melissa." Jay said with a cringe.

"What are you guys talking about?" Nya asked with confusion, as did Pixal and Zane as the three boys gave sheepish looks.

"Uhh, well…" The boy stammered while giving nervous looks.


At the crashed mech site, Harumi was about to pick up the map, but Melissa quickly caught it. "I got this." Melissa said with a firm look to Harumi before turning to Lloyd as she then made it into a sling for his arm.

"Ow." Lloyd muttered from the pain. "Looks like I now know how you felt during the Hands of Time situation, huh?" He asked jokingly.

"Yeah. Not pleasant." Melissa said with a small chuckle. "There." She said as she finished making the map into a sling, which also left the directions to the last Oni Mask in front of it to navigate the jungle.

"You're pretty good at it." Harumi complimented.

"Gotta be careful every once in a while." Melissa simply said as the three looked around.

"I think we're on our own." Lloyd said in worry as the three were lost in the middle of the jungle.

They may be lost in the middle of the jungle and might not know where the others are, but they still have the map and a way to the last Oni Mask while they didn't notice smoke billowing from the crashed Bounty from above the trees.


A/N: And that was Dead Man's Squall, and we now know the identity of Samurai X, but it appears that Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi are now in Primeval's Eye and now they are heading to the last Oni Mask. Will the Ninja get the last Oni Mask before the Sons of Garmadon do? Find out as the chapters progress. And just a heads up about the next chapter folks, be prepared, that's all I'm gonna say, BE PREPARED! I hope you all enjoy reading this chapter, leave a review and tell me what you think.

Here's the Cast List.

Sam Vincent as Lloyd; Tara Strong as Melissa; Vincent Tong as Kai; Michael Adamthwaite as Jay; Kirby Morrow as Cole; Brent Miller as Zane; Kelly Metzger as Nya and Baby; Britt McKillip as Harumi; Jennifer Hayward as Pixal; Michael Donovan as Samurai X; Frank Welker as Mr. E/Enaz.