Skylor handed Kai a box. Inside, was a 3 day supply of food. The four went over by Chen's noodle house so they can have a proper talk. She found that the new placed law of the colour green being illegal made no sense at all. Though she knows why that law was placed. Perhaps, Garmadon didn't like have reminders of his own son in the middle of sight. Lloyd was still pretty tense after the sudden ambush even though it was just the master of amber. In his mind, he thought that it was far worse. It could have been his father's fist, or even..Harumi herself. 

He shook off that thought. Why was he still thinking about her? His mind and heart accepted that he has just been played and no way did the former princess liked him at all. Was it because he wasn't royalty? He knew that being a ninja gave off the gangster vibes. Yet again, he shouldn't be talking since Harumi was in charge of a gangster motorcycle gang after all. It didn't make her any better. After all she's done, she's the worse person he has ever met. 

"Why would he do that? It's just the colour green. " Kai crossed his arms. Skylor shrugged. " pretty dumb installent if you ask me. " she ended with a giggle. Nya nodded herself. " couldn't agree more. " she then glanced at Lloyd. He blinked and frowned. " Are you hurt? I think I may have exaggerated. " A sad look was now written all over Skylor's frontage. Lloyd shook his head. " No no, it's fine. I've survived worse. " he joked humourless. Nya and Kai winced slightly. It was true, Lloyd did survive much worse. The siblings felt bad for the poor boy. He just wanted to protect this city and yet he gets hurt in the process? 

The elemental master of amber bit her lip. " I really shouldn't keep you guys for long. Sons of Garmadon could just burst inside of here and Lloyd being exposed here..." she didn't finish her sentence since the three already got the memo. Kai lowered his eyebrows in worry. " Are you sure that you'll be alright? We have a small base by an abandoned apartment. We could let you stay if you'd like. " he suggested. The girl shook her head. " Nah it's fine. Me and the other elemental masters already have our own hideout by the garbage depot. " she told them in a low voice since others could easily listen through their conversation. 

"I wouldn't mind having you guys over. Besides, the garbage depot is bigger than an apartment. It's better having cover than staying cornered in one small spot. " she stood up and went behind the counter. Kai looked at Lloyd. " So master, what's the move? " he lifted an eyebrow in a teasing manner. It's been weeks since any of the ninja called him that due to Wu being found again. So technically, he's still the master. The green ninja gave a flustered look. " Uh...well I think that seems like a good idea and second, Kai you don't need to call me that. " he reminded. 

Kai leaned back. "Master Wu is still a kid. He won't understand our situation at the moment and he's a bit too young to handle decision makings. " he pointed. Nya nodded at her turn. "So Lloyd, do we stay or go with Skylor? " she inquired standing up. Lloyd thought for a second. Skylor did make good arguments to why they should move. If they ever get a surprise ambush who will definetly be planned by miss "not so nice princess" to torture them, they could easily get cornered fast. "I say we move bases. Though who's willing to go back to the others to warn them? " he responded. Kai and Nya gave the volounterring gesture. 

"We'll go and we'll try not to get spotted. " Nya reassured him. Lloyd examined them. Their outfits, expressions then sighed. " You guys don't have anything green on you right? " he raised an eyebrow. Nya checked her belongings. " Nope, I just have mini katanas and as you can tell by my outfit, it's far as being green. " she joked. Kai looked at his own belongings then at his outfit. " Same goes for me. I think the real deal is you Lloyd. You're the green ninja after all. " he remarked. Lloyd looked down and placed his hand on the black hood that Skylor gave him. It was to cover his green ninja gi. If it weren't for the sudden ambush, he would have probably ended up in Borg tower facing his father and he would obviously glance at  "her"in the eyes. 

Oh how he hated her. 

Kai and Nya made their way to the door. "Well Skylor we trust you with Lloyd. Make sure he isn't seen by any S.O.G members circling around. Alright? " Kai warned before heading out to the apartment, the box of food in his hands. If he forgot it by the table, Jay would have never forgiven him. Skylor nodded and smiled. " The garbage depot is by the end of the street. We should probably get going. " she alerted him to head out the door. Lloyd looked at her. " But your shop! You can't just leave it open without service. " he reminded. Skylor grabbed a sign and placed it on the door. It reads: "closed" 

"There, now lets get going." 

~~~

Harumi looked through her wardrobe. Garmadon was telling her to get rid of any green thing she had in her chambers since it's now a "law" in Ninjago City. "This man is ridiculous. " she said out loud, addressing to no one other than herself. She had a pretty angry expression as she grabbed all her jade jewelry and tossed them in a box. Every green item that her eyes laid on would immediately go in the box. That's when her pupils widened at the sight of her civilian clothes. The ones she ditched into these ones. A pretty edgy attire if you ask the former princess herself. 

As she grabbed the clothes, she began remembering her journey with the ninja towards the Oni temple. The Bounty, The little 'samurai X hacking' incident, but most importantly, the little facade she had to play with the green ninja. She stumbled back as a light blush was now visible on her numb cheeks. She had been crying for days, despite having Garmadon back, it didn't bring back her parents. The reason why she's still alive in the flesh was because of how important she was according to the S.O.G.  If she ever "tried to get out" of this world, Garmadon wouldn't be very happy the moment she opens her eyes signaling she's breathing again. He always finds a way to check on her health with the amount of guards that knock by her door everyday. 

She clenched her palms tightly, holding the clothes close to her. "Maybe this is what I'm missing." She concluded, walking by her desk. She grabbed a pen with another hand and scribbled something on another sheet of paper. She let out a smile of confidence as she looked down at her clothes. This was the perfect plan. Without hesitation, she quickly put on the clothes, grabbed a green hood along the way and dashed out of the door. 

~~~

"So we're moving to Skylor's place? " Zane questioned. Despite him being a nindroid, it took him some time to process this. Nya grabbed a cardboard box and began putting all of her items inside it. Her clothes, her spare mini katanas and her makeup. "Not just Skylor's place, the garbage depot one street away. Plus, we're gonna regroup with the other elemental masters. " she explained to him. "Other elemental masters? " he asked kinda confused. Kai butted in. " Oh right, you weren't in the tournament. Well they're just like us, not technically ninjas but they have elemental powers. " he told the nindroid. " Are they friendly? ". The siblings looked at eachother, exchanging glances. "Yeah, we can say that. " 

Jay and Cole overheard the conversation. " So we are moving, like right now? " the blue ninja yelled in shock. It was just so sudden, no one told him about this. Imagine if he was in the shower or at the boss level of his favourite video game? He wouldn't forgive the siblings when they broke out the news. Nya checked her room one more time before looking at Jay. " Yep, so grab your things, Place them in carboard boxes and follow me. "She walked outside and stood there waiting for everyone. Misako approached the water ninja worriedly. " My son, is he alright?". The water ninja placed a hand on her shoulder in a reassuring manner. "Don't worry, he's with Skylor and by now, they should already be there. " 

Once the ninja grabbed all their things, Nya made a gesture to make them follow her. She knew exactly where the garbage depot was so there was very low chances that they would get lost. They just hoped that they wouldn't bump into any S.O.G guards on their way. As they continued to make their way there, they slowly distanced from their previous shelter. It left the apartment in its usual state. With no decorations or furniture, it looked like no one ever came there. It was empty, abandoned. 

~~~

"It looked like someone must of threw a wrench in here. " the repairsman informed Ultra Violet who was beyond bored. She was just thinking of ideas for her new show she was gonna host starting this weekend. It's supoosed to be called Ultra Hunt. Lord Garmadon has been asking for his son constantly, he could hear him yelling at Harumi every day with that same request. She knows that the young teenager is already overwhelmed with all her plan making and Ultra wanted to help her. She didn't like admitting it, but she cared about Harumi. She already sacrificed so much to organize this gang. She couldn't be any more thankful that Harumi was still alive at this point after all the chases and incidents that happened to her. 

Back on subject, the purple coded general was thinking of which citizen to capture. She wanted to demand someone that is of high value but especially if they're allies with the ninja. It's gonna give them better chances to discover the ninja's location. She turned her head to the repairsman and her eyes widened hearing what he said. " Who in the name of Garmadon would-" she cut herself off by crossing her arms and hissed loudly. The repairsman backed away scared. " M-Maybe it's one of y-your allies...M-Miss Violet. " he already knew her name since her and the S.O.G were tremendously popular in Ninjago. Due to the fact that they're taking over this whole city. Well Garmadon is anyways. 

Ultra Violet glared at him violently. " It's not Miss Violet. It's Ultra Violet! " she yelled clearly upset. Burning rage was inside of her. Who among all her friends would do this to her? Technically, it wasnt even her fault that the ninja escaped. Yet, in Harumi's eyes, she's the most guilty. It's her bike afterall. Except there was just one problem, who was the traitor? During the time of the raid, she was with both Killow and Mr. E. who among them did this to her? When she gets to the bottom of this, she would sure strangle that person. 

She angrily tossed the requested sum at the repairsman and hopped on her bike. " Have a nice day Ultra Violet. " he waved carefully. He knows perfectly well that she's dangerous. Ultra rolled her eyes. "Ugh, Whatever." And with that, she drove off at full speed, releasing a huge cloud of spoke in front of the man's face. Ultra didn't care of all the coughs she heard behind her. She just wanted to know who caused this subversiveness.   

As she arrived back at Borg tower, she parked her bike by the motorcycle racks inside the garage and forthwith in taking the lift. She stormed to Harumi's room, hoping that the quiet one would have any ideas on who could be the cause of this. She placed her fist at the metal door and knocked. " Harumi we need to talk! " she couldn't help but scream. There wasn't any response to her surprise. Usually, Harumi always responds when someone knocks despite how annoyed she is. "I know you're probably angry that I failed you once again but this is urgent! "She insisted. No one answered the door. 

At that moment, Ultra dropped her rage and irritation grew inside of her. " Harumi I'm serious about this. Please open the stupid door. "She knocked even harder. Again, she was greeted with silence. Ultra Violet had enough at that point. " I'm barging in,  whether you like it or not because I literally don't care. " she pushed her fist away and lifted her leg instead to give the door a good kick. Ultra Violet was known to be good in combat like Killow and Mr. E. well she wasn't as good as Harumi of course but she could take down even metallic objects. Take this door as an example. 

She huffed as she looked around for her leader. " Q-Quiet one? " she stepped inside her chambers. She has never been inside Harumi's bedroom, she felt like she was invading her privacy but she realized that she wasn't here and the fact that her room was extremely bland unlike hers. Ultra Violet's room had Violet walls, her lightbulb was in the form of spotlights, which illuminated the room quite colourfully, she had a lot of props in her room, usually to get ready to film an episode for her upcoming Tv series and finally she had a vanity to display all her new brands of purple lipstick and white face paint. An essential need for S.O.G 

as for Harumi's room. It didn't show much emotions, just emptiness and it was very quiet. She didn't even bother putting a  radio inside of here. There was her bed which had black and navy bedsheets with a side of greens pillows. If Garmadon ever found these, she'd be in big trouble. But Ultra didn't want to snitch or else, her and Harumi wouldn't be in such good terms with eachother. The quiet one also had a desk and lots of her swords were displayed on the wall. Ultra Violet approached her desk and saw two picture frames placed on top of the surface. One of them was a picture taken with her biological parents before their tragic demise to the Great devourer. Ultra, Killow and Mr. E knew about these things since according to Harumi, they're her closest friends. The purple general smiled slightly, feeling honoured. 

But the other picture frame was smashed. It seemed like it was done by Harumi's own fist since there was stains of dried blood on her desk and not to mention, shards of glass. She didn't know if Harumi had time to clean that up since barely anyone dared enter her chambers. As Ultra Violet took a closer look at the photo, she couldn't believe her eyes. It was her...and Lloyd. The girl chuckled the lightest. Does she still care about him? Or rather, did she actually have feelings for the young boy? She wanted to ask her about it but then she would get suspicious. 

"Where even is Harumi? " she thought in her mind. She thought that by now, the white haired leader would sneak up on her and scold her for trespassing. But nope, she's been standing here for about five minutes now, the door being open and there's nothing. Not even one sound. How extremely quiet. Ultra's eyes moved to the map showcasing the city and a sheet of paper was  on top of where Borg tower would be. As she read what it said on it, Ultra gulped. That's why Harumi wasn't here. She could have suspected that she was by Garmadon at the rooftop but something was telling her that's not the case. 

"Look Around the city, hopefully catching the attention of a few guards in which they will chase me, resulting in the ninja or someone to atleast notice this. " 

~~~

Ultra Violet ran to the nearest phone booth installed in the tower and phoned down Killow's number. In which, the big man answered right away. " Hello? " she heard his voice through the small communication device. "Killow? We have a problem. "She warned him, trying not to panic.   The man was slightly curious with what this so called "problem" was. His tone changed with the next sentence he replied with. " Problem? Ultra what's wrong? " there was curiosity in his voice. " Harumi went out in town alone, dressed in green. " she told him slowly, in case any guards were walking around the halls. Killow dropped the phone. It was hinted by the loud thud heard by Ultra on the other line. Minutes after, he picked it back up and apologized right away. "Very well, I just informed Mr. E and he said he'll wait for us downstairs. I'm sensing a raid happening. Why didn't Harumi warm us? " he asked. Ultra shrugged annoyed. " Ugh I don't know. But whatever this raid is, we're going because we need to redeem ourselves from our unsuccessful attempt last time. Grab your Oni mask. " she said. "Agreed." With that, Killow hung up. 

" Oh Harumi...why didn't you warn us. " Ultra Violet mumbled before rushing down the halls to catch the elevator.

~~~

To be continued..