"Mom what are you doing??"
"I'm sorry Lyanna I'm really sorry".
"Mom!"
"Whaaaahhh!!"
"Whaaaahhh!!"
"Mom please wait a minute!!"
"Boom"!
"Lyanna! What happened?? Who did this to you?!".
"It's... Mom".
"what?! Misako did this?!".
"She... took... Lloyd"
Lyanna slowly opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling.
"Another nightmare".
Lyanna thought bitterly then slowly got up and sat on her bed. Lyanna looked around and looked at her old room.
"Nothing has changed. The room is clean too. It seems Uncle Wu took good care of my room".
Lyanna thought to herself as a small smile appeared on her lips. Then she looked to her right and found her uncle fast asleep on the chair next to her bed.
Lyanna smiled then got up and put a cloth on her uncle and kissed him on the cheek. Then she silently left her room. Then she checked the whole monastery and found that nothing had changed. Except for the new rooms for the ninja and Nya.
After Lyanna finished checking the monastery, she headed to the kitchen to eat something. But when she approached the door, she heard the ninja and Nya talking.
The ninja and Nya were sitting at the dining table eating the breakfast prepared by Zane and discussing what happened with Lyanna the previous day.
Zane: Okay, remember guys try your best to make up with Lyanna by all means, she's the sensei's niece.
Zane said with a serious expression.
Kai: Make up with her? After all the craziness she did last night? I don't think so.
Kai snorted with an upset expression.
Cole: Zane's right Kai, didn't you see how sad Master Wu was when Lyanna got hurt yesterday? I think we should forget our fight with her and try to treat her like one of our own for the sake of the sensei.
Cole said while devouring a large piece of crabmeat.
Nya: Yeah, I'm okay with that idea too, I think I'd enjoy having another girl around.
Nya said with a thoughtful expression while devouring a sandwich filled with cheese.
Jay: I don't care for Lyanna guys, but did you see how Sensei Wu was yesterday? I mean, he didn't talk to any of us and stayed up all night next to Lyanna.
Jay told his friends with concern on his face.
Kai: Yeah I've never seen him like this before, I mean we're ninja, injury is our middle name, we've been in a lot of fights and all been injured before, I even almost died the first time i fought the Skeleton army, and I've never seen Sensei like this.
Kai said as he took a boiled egg from Jay's plate.
Jay: Hey! That was mine!
Kai: Not anymore.
Kai then ate the egg then smirked as he looked at Jay.
Jay: You jerk! I will kick your ass
Jay shouted angrily then jumped on Kai. The two then started wrestling on the ground.
Zane: Well to be honest I don't think sensei Wu was worried about Lyanna's injuries since he could heal any of us easily, but I think he was worried about Lyanna's dark power.
Zane said with a thoughtful expression as he dodged Jay and Kai who almost bumped into him.
Cole: Yeah about Lyanna's power, does anyone know what that power is?
Nya: I don't know, sensei said it's the power of destruction or something.
Cole: Do you think it's an elemental power like ours?
Zane: No, I don't think so. What do you think, Po?
Zane turned to Po who had been eating silently the whole time.
Po: Um? What?
Poe looked at his comrades and asked in surprise.
Cole, Nya, and Zane looked at each other and then said, "We were wondering what Lyanna's power was."
Po sighed and said, "I don't know."
Zane looked at Po and then said, "What's wrong, Po? You've been quiet since yesterday.
Cole: Yeah, is something bothering you?
Po looked at his comrades and then said, "No, it's nothing. I just... don't know if I should feel happy that I won my fight with Lyanna or feel guilty for hurting Master Wu's family.
Cole looked at Po and said, "Yeah, I understand, buddy. After seeing Master Wu's expression yesterday, I wasn't too happy about the fact that we beat her either.
Kai: You guys think too much. In my personal opinion, Lyanna brought this on herself by breaking into our home and trying to hurt us.
Kai snorted and said with an annoyed expression while choking Jay in his right arm.
Nya looked at Kai annoyed and said, "Don't be so mean, Kai. Maybe Lyanna is a good person and just wanted to test our strength.
Kai: It doesn't matter what her intentions were, Nya. The important thing is that she barged into our home, tried to attack us for no reason, mocked us, and called us cowards clowns.
Kai replied while throwing Jay away from him.
Zane: Technically, this is Lyanna's home before it was ours.
Kai: Not now, Zane. And would you stop it, Jay? this isn't funny anymore.
Kai replied with an annoyed expression while dodging a flying kick from Jay.
Jay looked at Kai and said angrily, "This isn't over yet, Cuphead".
Kai: Whatever.
Kai shrugged then sat back on his chair and took Jay's entire plate.
Jay: My plate!
Jay shouted with irritation and sadness.
Zane stood up and said, "Don't worry, Jay. I'll make you another one."
Jay: Oh really? You're the best, Zane.
At that moment, Lyanna opened the door and looked at the Ninja coldly.
All the Ninjas stopped what they were doing and looked at Lyanna with surprise.
Jay looked at Lyanna and raised his hand and said "hello... good morning..."
Lyanna: Shut your ass up.
Jay swallowed and became silent.
Lyanna looked at everyone in the room and her eyes settled on Po for a moment then said, "Okay, listen to me well, you clowns, you don't have to act or pretend to be friends with me, because I don't need your friendship. I returned to my home with only one goal, and that is to find my brother, Lloyd."
Then Lyanna was silent and looked at Ninja coldly and continued, "You had better not stand in my way or try to harm my brother in any way or I will make you pay dearly."
Then Lyanna turned and got out from the room and slammed the door.
The Ninja and Nya fell silent and looked at each other.
"I told you, she's not worthy of friendship or reconciliation. She's crazy, just like her father."
Kai said as he nonchalantly ate from Jay's plate.
Cole shook his head and said, "Living with this girl is going to be really hard."
Zane: Indeed.
The ninja sat and discussed the Serpentine, Lloyd, and Liana for a bit, then dispersed after breakfast, each going about their own business.
Lyanna watched the five ninja and Nya blankly, then headed towards her room.
"That was so mean of you, Lyanna. I thought I raised you much better than that."
Master Wu said as he stood in the hallway, looking at Lyanna with disappointment.
Lyanna looked at her uncle and said, "I don't like them, Uncle".
Wu: Why? What did they do wrong?
Lyanna: They humiliated Lloyd, defeated Father, and hurt his pride. That's what they did.
Lyanna said as she folded her arms and looked at her uncle.
Wu sighed and said, "They did what was right, Lyanna. You know your father was consumed by evil. He terrorized Ninjago with an army of Skeletons and tried to steal the four weapons of Spinjitzu. My students did what was…"
Lyanna: well, forget Father, what about Lloyd?
Lyanna interrupted Wu with a gloomy expression.
Wu: What about Lloyd?
Lyanna: 6 years. I've been looking for Lloyd for six years. And when he literally showed up near your house, you did nothing and let him run off with the Serpentine. Now all of Ninjago is talking about the evil son of Garmadon. Tell me, Uncle Wu, do you want Lloyd to suffer the same fate as my father?
Lyanna asked Wu with an annoyed and angry expression.
Wu shut up and said to Lyanna, "No, Lyanna, I never wanted that. I just...
Lyanna: Just what? tell me, what stopped you from grabbing your nephew and preventing him from falling into error, Uncle Wu? Do you have any idea how many lives would be lost if all the Serpentine tribes were freed? And guess what, my dear Uncle, all those lives would fall on Lloyd's shoulders because he was the one who freed them in the first place. And all of this could have been avoided if you had only taken action when Lloyd was making childish mistakes for some candy.
Wu: Lyanna, I didn't know it was Lloyd. I…
Lyanna: Don't give me flimsy excuses, Uncle. You knew Lloyd was the one with the Serpentine, but you did nothing, choosing to play the role of the wise sensei to your dear students.
Liana looked at Wu and said coldly.
Wu opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Liana scoffed and continue, "And the worst part is, you didn't even bother looking for Lloyd after the Jamanagai village incident. You chose to sit here in your cozy monastery, drinking tea, and teaching your precious students Spinjitzu.
Lyanna walked over to Wu and said, "You chose your students over your family, Uncle, but unlike you, I chose my family first. And nothing will stand in my way of finding Lloyd and bringing him home."
She then stopped and looked at Wu with a serious expression and said,
"Nothing."
She then walked to her room with cold, silent steps.
Wu looked at Lyanna with a guilty expression, deeply moved by his niece's words. He sighed wearily and went to his room.
Meanwhile, Po was secretly listening to the whole conversation with an unreadable expression.
Later.
Master Wu was sitting in his room trying to meditate quietly but opened his eyes when he heard the voices of his students.
Jay: My Turn, oh my turn!
Cole: Oh? You want more? Take that!
Kai: Yeah? How about a little of this! Monkey claw to the head!
Cole: Ninja, roll!
Jay: Dragon claw!
Master Wu goes to the video game room but finds it empty. Master Wu smiles then heads to the training ground and sees his students training hard.
Po: Good evening, sensei. How was your day?
Po approached and asked Master Wu how he was as he watched his comrades train.
Wu: It was good, Po, thanks for asking. How are you training for inner peace going?
Master Wu smiled and asked Po.
Po: I'm so close. I feel like peace is within my reach but I just need a little push.
Po replied Wu with a big smile on his face.
Wu: Good.
Wu nodded then looked at his students. Jay was blocking arrows with his weapon, Cole was practicing with dummies, Kai was practicing Spinjitzu, and Zane was meditating silently.
Wu: Where is Nya, Po?
Po: I don't know, she said she needed to take care of some personal matters and left training.
Wu: Interesting.
Suddenly, Zane snaps out of his meditation position and sprints and jumps in front of Jay, ruining his training.
Jay: Hey!
Then Zane walks up to Cole, grabs his weapon, and throws it in the air.
Cole: Wait! What?!
Zane closes his eyes, then opens them, and says
"NINJAGO!".
Then he does Spinjitzu, freezing the entire training ground.
Kai: Whoa! Ought.
Then Kai, who was doing Spinjitzu because of the frozen floor, slips and falls to the ground.
Po looks at the scene in surprise, then he and Master Wu walked towards the others ninja.
Kai, Jay, and Cole stand up, pull themselves together, and look at Zane in annoyance.
Kai: This ceiling isn't big enough for the four of us.
Cole: Correction, this ceiling isn't big enough for him.
Jay: It's like he's in his own world, and I bet he can't even hear us.
Po Wu approaches the singing ninja.
Kai looks at Wu and said "Sensei Zane is... weird".
Wu: What's weird, someone who's different?, or Someone different from you?
Cole: No, sensei, he's weird.
[Flashback].
Zane storms into the bathroom as Cole sits on the toilet and starts brushing his teeth while Cole looks at him in shock.
Cole: Do you mind? 🤨
Another scene shows Kai going to the fridge at night to get something to eat. Kai opens the fridge to find Zane inside.
Kai: Oh! Oh my god!
Zane: I'm sorry I ate the last of the deli meat. Cheese?
Kai:○_○
Another scene shows Zane where he, Nya, and Jay are watching a romantic movie with a sad ending.
Nya and Jay are touched by the movie and Jay starts wiping his tears.
"hahahaha!"
But Zane, unlike them, was laughing out loud.
Nya and Jay look at Zane with anger and annoyance.
Nya, Jay : what's so funny Zane?! 😡
[End of flashback].
Jay: We admire him, he's smart but... he's weird sometimes.
Wu: Zane, is a brother. And brothers often differents.
Kai: I know that, sensei, but this is getting a little out of hand.
Cole: Yeah, he just froze the whole training ground for no reason!.
Jay: Weirdo.
Po: Why hasn't Zane done anything weird towards me?
Po said with a puzzled expression.
Cole: That's because you spend all day training.
Po: Fair enough.
Knock knock knock
Mailman: Hello? Is anyone here? i brought the mail?
Just then there is a knock at the monastery door and a tired old man's voice is heard.
"Mail!"
Kai, Jay, and Cole shout excitedly. Kai melts the floor with his sword and they quickly run to the door. The three Ninja open the door and look at the mailman excitedly.
The mailman looks at them and then searches his bag.
Mailman: There's a letter from Jay's parents.
Jay takes the letter and quickly runs inside.
Mailman: Kai has a fan letter.
Kai quickly takes the letter and then runs inside the monastery too.
Mailman: Oh, and something from Cole's dad.
Cole takes the mail and then looks at the mailman and says "What, no package? I'm expecting something from Creatures, Monsters & Beyond".
Mailman: No, nothing from... Ah. Here it is!
The mailman takes out the package and hands it to Cole.
Cole: Ha Rocky would love this!
Zane walks off sadly while looking at the Ninja enviously.
Jay: Hey, Zane why don't we hear from your parents?
Zane: I don't remember my parents. I've been an orphan my whole life.
Zane said sadly.
Kai: You mean you've… never had a home?.
Kai asked slowly and piteously.
Zane shook his head sheepishly.
Wu stepped forward and placed his hand on Zane's shoulder and said, "The monastery is your home now, Zane".
Po: Yes, and we're your family now, Zane.
Po stepped forward and placed his hand on Zane's shoulder and said with a smile.
Zane nodded and moved away sadly.
Po looked at Zane with a complicated expression.
Then he looked up at the sky and thought sadly of his father and mentor.
Meanwhile, in a forest somewhere in Ninjago.
Scales looked through Po's eyes with a smirk on his face.
Mosimo: I can't believe you hypnotized a ninja. Does the General know?
Scales: Of course not. He's been put under Lloyd's control, but I plan to use that ninja to my advantage.
Slithra approached Scales and Mosimo and looked at them with his single eye coldly. "Everyone else is working and you're slacking off. As my deputy, I expect more from you, Scales."
Scales lowered his head and said, "Of course, General, but I have to question that childish agenda. the ninja stole our scepter and yet your army went to build that playhouse for Lloyd? Snakes have no place in trees".
Slithra: You know damn well. Don't you question my judgment, Scales I'll pretend you didn't ask.
Lloyd: Come on! If we're to rule Ninjago from here, this elevator must have a locked door. I want more traps!
Slithra: As you wish, young Garmadon.
Scales is annoyed and then turns.
Scales: As you wish, General.
Then he walks away with a dark and angry expression.
Darkness falls on Ninjago and then the ninja, Nya, and Master Wu sit at the dinner table, waiting for the dinner that Zane has been preparing.
Jay: Hmm. Oh, I love it when it's Zane's cooking night.
Cole: Hey, I didn't hear a single complaint about the duck stew I made last night.
Kai: That's because it glued our mouths shut. Did you think Jay was really silent all dinner?
Jay: Yes, please don't do that again.
At that moment, Zane enters a room wearing a pink apron and holding some turkey.
Zane: Dinner is served.
Everyone looks at Zayn silently.
"Hahahahahaha!!"
Then they burst out laughing except for Wu.
Zane: What's so funny about this?
Nya: Zayn, you're wearing... I'm not even wearing that.
Zane: You're laughing because I took steps to make sure I'm clean after cooking?
Kai: Hahaha! No! We're laughing because you went out, with that ridiculous outfit!
Zane: I guess we don't share the same sense of humor.
Cole: Well how about this?!
Cole grabs a plate full of shrimp and throws it at Kai's face.
Everyone in the room laughs except Zane.
Cole: How can you not find that funny?!
Zane sits next to Cole and says "I don't know maybe because this is a waste of food?".
Master Wu smiles then gets up and grabs the pot of soup and pours it on Cole's head.
Cole: Hey sensei!
Wu: Now you two are brothers.
Hahahahaha!
The whole room bursts out laughing again.
Kai: Okay, my turn!
Kai screams then grabs a plate of noodles and throws it at Po. The plate hits Poe and covers him in noodles.
Po looks at Kai then says "you'll regret this, Cuphead".
Then he throws his plate at Kai.
Everyone starts throwing plates and they start a food fight. Zane sighs tiredly just from the sight.
Later.
Zane is seen taking out the trash but stops when he sees a strange hawk staring at him. Zane stares at the falcon then starts dancing and imitating the birds' movements. The falcon easily imitates all of Zain's tricks.
Zane stops dancing and looks at the falcon in shock, then says, "Where did you come from, my mysterious friend?
"Eeeehh!" The falcon only screams back at Zane, then flies away into the dark night.
Zane looks at the falcon, then at the monastery. Then he decides to follow the strange falcon.
Meanwhile.
Po was standing in front of Lyanna's room with a plate of food in his hand. Po knocked on the door and waited in silence.
"Come in".
Po heard Lyanna's cold voice, then opened the door and entered.
"Hey, you missed the dinner."
Po said slowly, then placed the plate on Liana's table.
Lyanna looked at Po and then said coldly, "I can manage on my own".
Po: Yes, I know that. But I thought it would be nice to share the food with you. Also, consider this an apology for beating you up last day.
Lyanna: You would have died if it weren't for my uncle's intervention.
Lyanna said sarcastically.
Po: Oh, maybe, or maybe not? Who knows?
Po said with a sarcastic expression.
Lyanna looked at Po and said, "Why are you doing this?"
Po: Why would I do what?
Lyanna: I mean why are you bringing me food and trying to be nice to me even though I pushed you and your friends away?
Po looked at Lyanna and said "I'm sure you had your reasons for doing that, and also you don't come across as a bad person Lyanna. Even though you put on a tough face on the outside.
Lyanna: Oh really? How do you know? You don't know me.
Po smiled and said confidently "it is a hunch".
Lyanna: Hunch? and if your hunch is wrong?
Po looked at Lyanna and said "no mine wouldn't be wrong because anyone who cares about their brother so much and keeps looking for him for 6 years isn't a bad person at all".
Lyanna narrowed her eyes at Po and said "eavesdropping on others isn't very good".
Po: I know that and I didn't mean to eavesdrop on you and Master Wu but I overheard you two when I was walking around the monastery. And I want you to know that Master Wu wouldn't let Lloyd go that easily, he just wasn't in Jamanagai Village when Lloyd and the Serpentine attacked.
Po said to Lyanna with a serious expression.
Of course, that was a lie, since Wu had been in the village since the ninja and Serpentine fight started, but he chose not to interfere and see how his students would handle it.
Lyanna narrowed her eyes at Po and said, "For some reason, I can't believe you."
Po sighed and said, "You're free to believe me or not, but know that we can help you look for Lloyd, because we want to stop the Serpentine from harming people, so you shouldn't push us away, Lyanna. You can be one of us anytime you want. Because we're not just Master Wu's students, we're his family as well. That includes you, too, since you're the Master's niece. Now, I'll excuse myself for a moment so I can sleep on my bed."
Po turned and was about to leave Lyanna's room when he finished speaking.
"Wait a minute".
Po stopped and looked at Lyanna strangely.
"Thank you, Po, for the food and the talk." Lyanna thanked Po sincerely for his kindness despite all the things she had done for him and his friends.
Po smiled and said "you're welcome".
Then he left the room.
Then he went to his room. But before he entered his room, he saw Master Wu standing in front of her with a smile on his face.
"Well done Po, what you did was really kind of you."
Po smiled and said "No problem sensei, we're a family and family helps each other".
Wu: Indeed.
Po: If you'll excuse me, Master, why didn't you capture Lloyd when he was in Jamanagai Village?".
Master Wu sighed and said "I was worried about the Serpentine and the villagers and I didn't care about the fact that my missing nephew showed up. I then focused on training you and making sure you were ready to face the Serpentine and any threat that appeared in Ninjago. Now when I spoke to Lyanna today, I realized that I made a big mistake by letting Lloyd go. Stopping evil may be important, but family is important too. I shouldn't have neglected my family and just focused on the Serpentine and your training."
Po patted Master Wu's shoulder and said, "It's okay sensei. My father once told me that we all make mistakes, even the oldest and wisest among us. None of us are perfect in this life, that's what makes us human. You may have let Lloyd go this time, but you'll catch him and bring him back to his senses next time for sure."
Wu smiled and said, "Your father is a wise man, Po."
Po's face grew sad and he said, "Yes, he was. He was my only family."
Master Wu patted Po's shoulder and said, "You may have lost someone dear to you, Po, but always remember that we are all your family now, Po. Me, Kai, Jay, Nya, Cole, Zane, and even Lyanna will be your family, always and forever."
Po smiled and said, "Thank you, Sensei."
Wu walked away from Po and went to his room and said, "You're welcome, my dear student."
Meanwhile, he was with Zane.
Zane was running quickly in the night, trying to track down the strange falcon he saw today.
"I don't know why, but I have a strange feeling about this falcon". Zane thought to himself as he jumped over a huge tree trunk.
Suddenly the falcon stopped on a branch and looked at Zane and then ahead. Zane looked in the direction of the falcon and saw a very huge tree house with many elevators, rooms and games.
Surrounding the tree house was the Serpentine army that he and his comrades had fought three days ago. The Serpentine were working, moving tree branches and building materials into the tree house which seemed to be unfinished yet.
At the head of them stood Lloyd with all his might and his proud.
Lloyd: Come on, work quickly, you lazy people. I want my house ready before morning! And guard the place well! If I see a single girl here, I'll go crazy!.
"Aaah!"
Zain heard the falcon's voice again, then he turned to the falcon, which nodded to him and flew away into the sky.
Zane: Thank you, my mysterious friend.
TO BE CONTINUED!!