"Look I don't care what your opinions are but they are certainly here." Harumi kept her gaze at the horizon, his general alongside her and the sons of Garmadon behind her. "I don't exactly understand why we're being sent here. "  Killow rubbed the back of his head.
"And why didn't Violet come along? She's usually great at these kind of things." He continued which caused the quiet one to stop mid-way in her tracks. A huff was heard and she turned her head to face Killow. " Violet can forget about being my general honestly." She responded, surprisingly calmingly. For a second, the big man thought he would be scolded at since her aura and current mood didn't seem pleasing at all. "Yes ma'm. But come on, you guys just had an argument. It happens every time between friends." he mentioned, hoping to reason with her. Harumi just shrugged and kept walking, leaving the man and her gang behind. There was a small gap between them, Harumi getting farther away since Killow refused to move forward.

She eventually stopped by the bridge of the poor and almost abandoned ramparts of Ninjago. "Listen up sons of Garmadon. Get searching this place now and if you have found something highly suspicious, please inform me or your general Killow." She instructed before ordering Killow to actually look for people and ask them if they found the green ninja or not. He nodded and found a man. Brown hair, carrying a cart and what seemed to be his daughter following along behind him as well. He seemed frightened. Killow smiled at his feared look. "Have you seen the green ninja?" He asked, in his menacing tone like always. The man backed away, holding his daughter close to him. He just responded with heavy breathing, as if he was scared any second if he couldn't provide them with the information they needed. Rumi stepped up towards the man and his beautiful child. She observed them attentively before glaring Killow. "He's lying!" She concluded, earning a shocked gasp from the father and daughter. The orange coded general cracked his knuckles, with a mischievous smirk on his frontage.

That's until a whistle from above the roofs of the poorly built houses was heard. It was quiet loud even though it came from the location to Zenith. The SOG turned their heads up to only receive the green ninja landing a few inches away from them. Harumi growled as she ran ahead of her gang. "After him!" She demanded. With that, the green ninja, also known as the wise shapshfting Oni Mystaké began running along, passing the small stream, where soon, Nya and Jay would meet her.
~~~
The agile ninja hopped on the boats as they tried to avoid the sons of Garmadon, chasing her. Harumi raged as she saw Mystaké leap on the boats, meaning she had to order her clumsy minions to hop on them too. "Killow take the boats, I'm using the sidewalk." She demanded, running past the big man. He nodded and slowly but quickly placed his first foot on a boat containing two people. While the others followed Harumi and the other half hopped on the boats, catching up to Mystaké. "This is bad..." she spoke through a bracelet. She just kept jumping until she was out of the river and arrived on main land. From there, she kept running non-stop. She may be old but she wanted to help her city. Nya nodded, slowly lowering her hat as she noticed Killow get on the boat. Jay was T-posing the entire time, as if he was feeling the breeze through him as Nya stirred the boat. The boat kept going forward until it took a sharp left. The water ninja, swinging her hand to the mere left as Killow gave an angered look. He growled as they entered a tunnel. Where Zane met them. His ice powers being summoned, he gave a determined and proud look through his tin-foil coat for a face. "How are you driving this boat?!" Killow questioned, raising the tone. Nya lifted her head up. "I have my ways.." she simply responded.

Mystaké kept running, the members of the SOG getting even closer to her. "They're catching up to me." She warned the others through the bracelet. She huffed, catching her breath. "Just lead them to the alleyway I told you about." The voice of the master of amber was heard through the communication device. Mystaké shook her head. "That won't work exactly. There's too many for you to handle." She reminded, caring for the redhead. She looked around her for any way to get a better get-away. Her eyes lit up as she noticed a trashbin.
"Wait." She spoke swiftly through the device, telling Skylor to hang on. She lifted her can up and turned a bit to only throw the metallic cylinder at the incoming guards. Harumi gasped as she turned to the left, leading to another alleyway as the bin came in her direction. It was pretty smart that she just lunged herself in here, or else her face would be completely red from the stains of blood, not just her painted eyes. The other guards however, got knocked down by the bin, leaving only two to follow the old woman.

"Alright Skylor Im coming by your direction right now." She told the redhead before launching herself by a tall tainted wall made out of bricks. Her grip getting looser as her feet were stuck half-way through her wall. She needed to use her strength to get up. Something Mystaké struggled with due to her old age. However, luck by her side, she succeeded. When she climbed up, she jumped down and crashed into boxes, falling to the ground in exhaustion. The guards climbed the wall as well, only to find their expressions dropping to the sight of a rat, lurking out of the scene. Then, shapeshifting back into her normal form. "Not who you were expecting?" She grinned at how she played these two guards hard. They growled and took out their red katanas. Mystaké backed away, a smile on her lips as Skylor leaped down from the rooftop. "This is my fight." She narrowed her eyebrows, her target being fixed on the two lone guards. She took out her stone sword and slashed it at a guard while the other one pushed her to the ground. She kicked her foot back and due to the momentum, she launched right back up and her back slammed into a trashcan, it's lid falling off. She smiled as she picked up the lid and used it for cover. The male guard ran up at her and slashed his katana at her but she managed to block it with her lid. As for the female guard, she kicked Skylor right on the left knee. Causing the orange-considered ninja to yelp in pain. Though she didn't let her guard down. The sharp pain burned on her knee. Though the pain didn't tell her to completely stop, in fact, it only made her stronger and wiser in her attacks. She hopped in the airs and hit both guards with her trashcan lid. Both, stumbled back and got into a defensive move. Skylor slashed her sword at the male guard before doing so to the female guard. They didn't back down or anything. Skylor had to think.

She backed away and turned into a mist of shadows, hence touching Shadow yesterday before he got taken away. She made her way towards the guards and kicked one in the face, which resulted in them being knocked out for good. The male guard bent down and observed her state before Skylor appeared behind him, fists pumped and without hesitation, she smacked the man right behind the head, resulting in both guards now being completely defeated. Msytaké got away from the corner of the boxes unsteadily and winked at the master of amber. "Great job young Skylor." She complimented. Skylor huffed, proud of her solo battle and faced the woman with an appreciative smile.
~~~
Harumi kept running around, being completely away from her gang. If something happened to her, then she would be completely screwed. She huffed and observed the buildings. "Stupid alleyway, where am i? The buildings all look the same!" She yelled out, in an attempt for help. She eventually stopped in her tracks as she began to get tired. Her legs stopped running and she started to walk instead. Her eyes were widened to the max, as she was secretly afraid of being alone in an alleyway were a ninja could just overwhelm her. Yes she had her mask, but not exactly helpful when they have elemental powers. "Those who want to be saved will be saved." A voice spoke to her which made her heart stop for a second. She gasped out for air, as she felt like she's been running for hours.
The speaker of the voice, tipped their hat down to take a closer look at the frightened quiet one. She backed away, holding her chest tightly. "L-Lloyd!" She exclaimed.

"Y-You can never change. You'll never be saved from this ever lasting nightmare. Look at you! A begger in rags! " she mocked, her smile dropping when she realized he got even closer to her. He simply grinned at how vulnerable of a situation she was in. He stayed silent, wanting her to keep talking. It was if he wanted to continue hearing the determined tone in her voice. She gulped. "C-Can you at least speak!?" She demanded from him. He shook his head and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Rumi.." he started. In which he received a direct punch from the girl. "Harumi." She corrected. "Don't call me that," she hissed. The blonde sighed. "Fine, Harumi. Why exactly are you doing this?" He questioned. Which made the white haired girl cry out in laughter, completely forgetting her fear. "Well aren't you stupid! You killed my parents!" She shouted then went back to laughing. The green ninja tightened his fists. "Indirectly." He corrected the girl, in which her face dropped. She grabbed the collar of his robes and pulled him closer to her. "Listen here, you idiot. You killed my parents that day. You joined forces with the serpentine and that anacondrai managed to summon the great devourer. It was too big for you, too big for your friends. But thanks to your father-" she paused to chuckle and place her gloved palm on his cheek.
"MY father that is~, saved whole Ninjago City by defeating that monstrosity." She ended.

The little correction she added made the green ninja's heart shatter. "No.." he muttered, facing the confident quiet one. His father couldn't have replaced him. Could...he? He knows his father loves him deep inside, was it just lies? Was it? This couldn't be happening. No way did his father replace him for this no-good sociopath. She smirked as she saw the heartbroken expression on his face. "Sh...dont cry my little ninja. It's alright." She mockingly tried to comfort him. Lloyd felt tears falling down his cheeks. "H-How?! How could I be alright? My dad d-doesn't..." he couldn't finished the sentence due to his failed attempt to keep his tears in. Slowly, he began sobbing in front of Harumi. She smiled. "Pathetic..." She commented on his current saddened state. But Lloyd didn't let her words get through to him. He kept sobbing softly. If he was in a room all alone, then he would have broken down and screamed out in anger. As Harumi was gonna make her exit, Lloyd grabbed her wrist.

He wiped his tears and faced her. "No." He stated boldly. "My father DOES care about me and I know it." He tried to prove her wrong. She lazily turned around to face him. "Ugh, obstinate much? Didn't your father ever tell you that Lloyd?" She remarked with a snarl. He shook his head. "No." He repeated. Only earning an immediate response from the white haired girl. "Why-" She was cut off by Lloyd pushing her to the ground. "Because my father loves me. How dare you come into our family. We don't need you." He glared her.
Harumi winced at the pain of her bones getting slammed against the cold floor. She backed away, realizing he's back to the powerful-or more so, powerless green ninja. "He doesn't! He made a vow that he'll destroy her. Just you wait.." She reminded. Lloyd growled.
"I don't want to wait." He admitted. She stood up with a smile. "My exact thoughts and if we returned to Borg tower together?" She asked him. Yes, this could be her chance to prove to her emperor that she can catch a man.

However, Harumi's expectations were destroyed too soon. He smiled at her, his eyes wondering past her. "Because I know you're wrong anyways." He continued and pointed at something behind her. Harumi, turned around and her eyes widened when she was faced with the whole alliance of Lloyd's. She gasped. But before she could react, Nya punched her hard. "Who's the beggar now?" She questioned, a smile on her lips. Harumi's small body fell to the ground, as she became unconscious. Lloyd stared  at his enemy and bent down to her. His gloved palm brushing strands of hair away from her pale face. He could tell from her state that she would usually starve herself. Very unhealthy for a teenager like her. Nya faced him, arms crossed. "What do we do with her? " she asked him with hostility. The green ninja picked the quiet one up, his heart pounding as he realized she was light as feather. He carried her towards the rest of the resistance. "We keep her, for blackmail." He insisted. "Having my father's second in command out of his reach would somehow weaken him in a way. " he dared to not use the word: daughter. It still upset him that his father would do this to him.

Kai huffed. "Who would even care for her?" He asked, earning a quite annoyed look from Lloyd. Nya nodded at her turn. "I can agree with my brother. Who could care for someone as low as her?" she insisted as well. At this point, everyone urged him to answer the question. Except for Mystaké, who had high respects for the green ninja. He sighed, and faced the team with a look that none of them will forget. But when it occurred, Harumi woke up, her eyes fluttered open as she realized she was not exactly on the ground. She was being carried? Ofcourse, she payed attention to the conversation despite not knowing what it was about. She heard the quietest of voices, the words:

"I care."

~~~

A/N Hey guys! Bea here! Thanks for reading chapter 17! I would really appreciate it if you tell me what you think about the storyline/chapter or story so far! I'm interested to know. Also, if you enjoyed please leave a vote! Sorry if the beginning seemed rushed, I was kinda in a hurry since I wrote the chase scene around 8PM. Now it's currently 1AM on November 23rd! The next 4 chapters will be posted on Sunday! Since I'm writing this on my mini slow iPad, i'll end the A/N here since the typing is so slow compared to my school iPad. It's so annoying! Anyways, cya! In chapter 18: Bad Karma!