"How did this place get recked in the first place?" The blue ninja asked after being handed a broom by Skylor. In which the amber ninja replied with a small groan of disappointment. She thought that he would get it by now. Apparently Kai was right when he said that Jay was definitely not the brains of the group. Yet, the dumbest of the ninjas. However, Skylor  still believed that he's somewhat smart deep inside. "Didn't you get the memo yet? The whole city is being watched by the S.O.G! " she practically shouted.

"Oh right! " Jay responded with a nervous and embarrassed chuckle. "Speaking of the S.O.G, is our defence system strong enough against them?" Karlof butted in. The master of metal was quite serious about defence even though most see him on the battlefield, knocking his enemies out. In his mind, there is no battle, without defence and there is no defence without battle. Skylor turned to him. "No..not really. Our only way of protection is our powers. However for the people that don't have elemental powers..." she was cut off by Misako.

"We can hold our own. We may not have elemental powers, but we have the power of strength inside of us." She reassured the master of metal and amber. Lloyd heard the conversation and frowned. His mother noticed that. "Son, are your elemental powers coming back?" She asked him worriedly. He shook his head, extended his arm and tried to make appear little beams of energy. It didn't work. "Without my powers, I'm no longer the green ninja." He whispered in defeat.

Just beside him, he heard a small thud. As if someone slammed an object on the table. "Ninja never quit! " it was young master Wu. Mission laughed and put her hand on her son's shoulder. "See? Even a child knows that it's not time to give up just yet." She told him. Lloyd smiled slightly. "Yeah, you're both right. It's not time to quit just yet.." he said, new determination sparking inside of him. The others smiled at their own turns. "The resistance never quits! " Skylor pumped her fist in the air. Kai and Lloyd looked at her, confused. "Resistance?" They inquired at the same time. Skylor pulled a smile. "It's just what I like to call our survival team." She said in embarrassment. Kai nodded to himself. "the resistance...that's perfect.". He walked to the table where everyone can see him. "I now agree that our team is called the resistance! Thanks to Skylor for the awesome name" he winked at the redhead. In which the master of amber answered him with just a faint blush.
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"Well if anyone messes with Jay. Then they'll wish they'd never mess with him in the first place." Nya crossed her arms whilst looking out the window. Jay blushed hearing that and Kai smirked and turned to the blue ninja who was now stealing his colour. "hey, red is my colour. Stop stealing it" he joked. Jay covered his face. "w-whoops!" He chuckled. But Kai put his arm around him. "isn't my sister awesome? " he asked the boy, expecting a good answer. He nodded shakily.
"Yeah...really awesome...and adorable." Kai put his arm away immediately. "What?" He said almost in a scream. Jay put his hands on his hips. "You do realize we're dating! " he laughed at the fact that Kai couldn't even remember his own best friend dating his sister. Kai sighed and smiled. " well Ofcourse I remember, it's just no one ever told my sister she was adorable. I still can't believe my baby sister is growing up so fast. " he said and Jay kinda expected him to shed a tear but the fire ninja wasn't that dramatic.

While everyone was having a talk, Zane glanced over to Pixal. The female nindoid of the group and the only person in which he doesn't feel different to compared to the other elemental masters since they're all humans. He decided to walk over to her since she seems to not be in company with someone at the moment. The girl was just currently checking on her Samurai X mech, checking if there were any scratches or if it was rusty somewhere. "Everything doing ok? Pix? " the master of ice asked the girl. Pixal replied with gentle nod. "Everything seems to be doing ok...I guess. " her lips showed slight concern and fear to Zane. He frowned hearing that and pulled her in a hug. "Tell me, what's on your mind? " he whispered. The female nindoid sighed, knowing that she couldn't lie to the person she trusts the most. "Well, I'm just concerned on how all this will end. Will there be any broken bones? Or...any lives taken? " she shivered. Zane tightened the hug. "Weeks ago, I thought that me and the other three ninja plus young master Wu would get crushed by the colossi that night. However, we were lucky enough to use airjitzu and escape to the nearest rooftop. " he told her. Pixal's sad look didn't fade away. "What if I lost you that day? I wouldn't know what to do! " she panicked slightly. But Zane was there to reassure her. "No matter what happens, you would never lose me. Always remember that. " he pulled away to caress her metallic cheek. Hearing that, made the female nindoid finally smiled. "Thank you Zane. " she turned her back to the Samurai X mech. The master of ice smiled at his own turn. "No problem.."

Lloyd moved away from the group and headed his way to the door. "Where are you going son? " Misako asked the blonde boy. He sighed. "I just wanted to visit some place. Didn't you guys have traveller's tea? " he asked the ninja. Cole pulled out the bag. "We do. Though we didn't use since we decided to use airjitzu to escape that tight spot. " he explained. Jay butted in. "Ahem, it's called Cyclone-Do! " he yelled at Cole's explanation. In which the earth ninja didn't seem too amused. "Oh whatever Jay. ". Kai laughed. "Seriously, I'm just happy that we made it out alive. " he said. Lloyd nodded in agreement. "Or else I would have never forgiven Harumi. " he looked down, remembering the events that night and the things she told him. "Anyways. I thought that I'd head to Mystaké's tea shop. Y'know, i was gonna ask her about something specific." He opened the door. That's when Kid Wu rushed over to Lloyd. "Ooh! Can I come? Pretty please! " he begged the ninja. Lloyd responded with a small laugh then glanced at his mother.

"Just...stay out of trouble...alright? " she smiled at both. "We will and if we ever encounter a fight. We'll just have to fight-" he was interrupted by Wu shaking his head. "Nope I refuse to fight. The best way to defeat our enemies is to make them our friend. " he finished his nephew's sentence. Lloyd's jaw dropped. "How can we befriend the S.O.G guards? Or even worse, my father..." he said with a sad look. Wu noticed that. "My Brother may seem heartless but I'm sure he still deeply cares about you. As for that girl..." he stopped to think. Lloyd's heart sunk hearing that. He doesn't even think that Harumi would ever be redeemed. He offered her a chance and she abused it, hence bringing back the destroyer part of his own father. "Harumi..." he muttered. Wu Frowned at his own turn. "Whoops, I shouldn't have mentioned her.." he scratched the back of his head. Misako shook her head. "It's not your fault. Don't worry. ".

"Well, I'll put this talk short and just make my way to Mystaké's tea shop now. Catch you later " he said walking off with a small kid following behind him. He tried to use most of the alleyways as possible to prevent a bigger chance of being caught by the guards to occur. He wasn't too fond with the idea of not fighting when needed but for now, he'll honour his uncle's request.
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As both individuals enter the shop, they were greeted by an old woman restocking what seems to be the shelves of her most popular teas. "Uh hello? Is Mystaké here? " Lloyd called out sheepishly. The old woman turned around right away and narrowed her eyebrows. "Never heard of her- " she was cut off short as she saw who it was. "Oh! Young master Lloyd. " she put a box of tea down on the counter and faced him. Lloyd looked around the tea shop. "Yeah hi..." he still said awkwardly. Kid Wu got on his tippy-toes and waved at the woman. "Hi! " he said with glee. She instantly squinted her eyes to observe the small blonde boy even more. "Is that..." she was stopped by Lloyd. "Yes, that's Master Wu. ". Mystaké backed away. "What happened to him? " she asked the green ninja. Lloyd wasn't really in the mood to explain. "Long story involving the time blades. " he cut the story short. Mystaké clapped her hands in excitement. "Oh how I hate those things." She said in the most enthusiastic voice Lloyd could imagine. Wu laughed. "Have all the teas been testing here?" He asked Mystaké. The old woman shook her head to signal 'no'. Lloyd bit his lip. "What I was meaning to ask is that if you had any age-generation tea? To possibly have our old master Wu back." He said with a slight hint of hope but was soon turned down. "Sadly we don't. I don't think we have such a thing. However if Wu was hit by the time blades, I think it's best to let him grow. " she suggested to the boy. The green ninja looked at Wu sadly. "I guess I'll have to get used to seeing you as a child then.." he giggled a bit.

"Do you know anything about my father?" Lloyd asked out of the blue. Mystaké was quite surprised with that. "Hm? Me know your father? I wish I didn't honestly. " she said with a displeasing voice. Lloyd began to wonder who this woman really is and what is her relation with both his uncle and father. "So you do know him?" he lifted an eyebrow. She nodded angrily. "I know he was a good man until he got beaten by that vicious snake. Now, he's back and he's terrorizing Ninjago! Sometimes I even wonder if he's part oni and dragon or maybe he's a fullblooded oni in disguise." She said angrily.

At this point, Lloyd was confused. He knew what a dragon was but what was this 'Oni' this old woman was speaking about? Is it a good thing? Or a bad one? From all the experiences he had as the teen ninja, he really hoped that it was a good thing. "Excuse me but 'Oni'? " it was clear to Mystaké that Master Wu didn't confess to the young ninja his bloodlines. She took a deep breath as she understood why Master Wu didn't tell him. Being the green ninja, the glorious hero of this city was already a burden to take care of.

"The Oni... are a race of demons and are the first evil to come to these lands. They are also the creators of the three oni masks. I'm sure that's already obvious to you."
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Harumi gulped as she was faced to face with the dark lord himself. She glanced her head back to her three generals, waiting for her to do the next move. Even Ultra Violet tilted her head towards their emperor in impatience. Asking the quiet one with the 'say something' look to speak up. Despite looking tough and intimating, the three generals refused to talk to Garmadon directly. A few minutes later of just standing there, Harumi had the confidence to speak up. If she waited any longer, they'll all be in an awkward situation. "You asked to see us? My emperor? " the white haired girl addressed her dark lord after taking a small bow in his direction. Garmadon's blood red eyes turned to the girl standing there, slightly shaking like no tomorrow. "Who failed to capture my son? " his voice sounded ominous as always and he had an angry look on his face. The four all stayed silent until Garmadon's piercing eyes clicked with the nindoid. In which Mr. E just stared at his eyes at his turn. Without any emotion whatsoever. The dark lord grew uncomfortable and began suspecting that he was the cause of this whole failure. Ultra stood there, arm- crossed, perfectly aware that she was out of this whole mess. As for Killow, he was partly responsible of this incident but didn't want to admit it. He was afraid that the emperor was gonna do something horrible to him.

Garmadon's eyebrows narrowed as Mr. E step up and approach him. The nindroid didn't want his friends taking the blame, so he decided to sacrifice himself to Garmadon. Mr. E frowned beneath his mask since this might be the last time he ever saw the only people that was ever close to him. The people that took him in this whole adventure to resurrect the dark lord he was gonna die in his own hands. Harumi bit her lip seeing her robotic general volunteering in their places. "Mr. E did everything he could. We did not anticipate the elemental masters helping the green ninja. "She lowered her head, still keeping an eye on Mr. E and Lord Garmadon. To respond to her statement, Garmadon let out enraged gasps and growls of disappointment. The two generals in the back gulped. Something was going down. Something that they didn't expect to happen this early. They just got Ninjago in control, and now...someone needed to pay the price.

The dark lord immediately used his dark magic to lift the nindoid in the airs without hesitation. Slowly tightening his grasp on his metallic torso. It increased the pressure inside of the robot as he felt his head start to spin. His breathing circulations have just malfunctioned. It was if his lungs got crushed. If he had any, that is. "Please my lord of destruction. He's just a machine built to follow orders " The Quiet one begged. Garmadon's blood red eyes met with her black terrified ones again. "My orders are not to fail. " he repeated to his so called second in command. Leaving the girl's pleads to no avail, he brought his hand forward so that the machine could come closer. A few screws and parts fell out of him considering he was just a machine. It made Harumi's heart sink hearing the small clicks of bolts hitting the stone cold floor. Those two things had something in similarity. The floor was as cold as Garmadon. Yet again, she only asked for the destructive anti-hero in it's most ruthless form. She should have been surprised if Garmadon decided to spare him. But apparently, he had no plans in mind anymore for the poor nindoid.

Garmadon increased the pressure in crushing the previous general. "A fine machine. " he started off slowly. Sending more shocks down Mr. E's torso and legs, soon reaching his head. The most valuable and fragile part of him. "But fine isn't good enough. " he finished as large lines of electricity were now out of his body and directly into view. Ultra Violet lowered her eyes from the sky and glanced at Harumi for a brief moment, pulling off a cold stern expression despite hiding the fact that deep inside, she was pleading for all this to stop. Harumi's jaw was dropped as she looked back at Ultra Violet completely mortified then turned back to facing the soon to be destroyed nindroid. "The whole is not more than the subsequent parts. " was the final thing he said before the machine soon collapsed on the floor, completely crushed apart. Parts were everywhere and there was no way that the two generals nor Harumi could rebuilt that thing. Ultra Violet pulled off a slight frown and looked down. "Bring me my son. Or next I'll tear you to pieces. " he pointed at Harumi. The girl just moved slightly, feeling pressure enter her. If she made one more wrong move in her scheming, she'd be next. She'd meet the same fate as her old friend. When did everything go wrong? All she wanted was for her idol to finally start a reign over the city he wanted to conquer so long ago.

Harumi leaned her chest forward to result in a bow. Seeing what just happened was like witnessing a third death. The first one was of her parents, second was her adoptive parents and Hutchins and now, the machine she spent many years to build. It was hard for the white haired quiet one to hide her scared emotions. She let her lips sink down to a frown and her eyes kept wide. Trying to forget those previous events.
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"And there! Finished! What do you guys think? " asked a young girl with a long white ponytail. Her two other friends simply shrugged. Not looking too interested at all. The one who was taking a sip out of his orange flavoured slush looked at the invention before his very eyes. "I don't really know Quiet one. It looks pretty basic to me. " he said his true opinion at his determined leader. However the one beside him punched him in the arm. "Give the child some slack Killow. Do you know how hard these artificial intelligences are to build? " the other girl asked. She wore purple lipstick and had her hair tied up in a high ponytail, expressing her wild personality. The quiet one giggled. " Ultra, you know I'm not a child. Second Killow is right, I mean I could have done better but the palace didn't have the right materials. " she put the screwdriver down and went over the blueprints again, making sure to not forget any bolts or wires in the machine's control box. "Then why didn't you ask your parents to get the materials you needed? " Ultra Violet asked the princess. Harumi tensed up hearing the word 'parents'. "They were never my real parents! and second, that would look too suspicious. 'Hi! can you ask Hutchins to buy these certain wires and bolts? Yeah! I'm totally not making a machine that would destroy you all! ' " her eye twitched when pulling off a fake-girly princessy voice. The two teenagers laughed at her attempt. "I can tell that you don't like using that girly voice quiet one. "Killow mentioned. Harumi nodded and opened the trapdoor located in the torso of the machine. "I'm not a princess so I don't know how I'm supposed to sound like. Am I supposed to have an accent? Or am I supposed to please people?" She slumpered down.

"Well I don't like the idea of you being a princess personally. I like you better when you're intimidating and scary! " Killow pointed at the knives on the wall of her bedroom. Harumi couldn't help but smile and even do a small roar for the amused teenager. "How adorable! " Ultra Violet said sarcastically and also teasingly. The princess replied to her with a dagger to the Violet-wearing girl's throat. "Are you sure you made friends with the right quiet one? Because clearly, this girl isn't as adorable than she seems. " she grinned darkly, not hesitating to thrust the blade deeper in her neck. Ultra Violet backed away immediately. "Woah easy kid. I'm just pulling your leg. " she said wiping a sweat bead off her face. Harumi sneered and put the dagger back on her robes's pockets. "I always enjoyed your sense of humour Ultra Violet".

In an attempt to change the subject, Ultra pointed over at the machine's machine box. " Aren't you gonna turn it on? " she questioned. Harumi jumped in surprise. "Oh right! I completely forget! " she laughed at herself for forgetting such a thing. She looked at the wires inside of the trap doors before flicking a lever located on the right side of the machine. "Are you sure that's the right switch? " Killow whispered over to Ultra Violet. "I'm sure the quiet one knows what she's doing. " she smiled hearing the small electricity sound effects being audible to their ears. Soon, the empty husk of what they call a helmet finally lit open and two bright red eyes flared open. The now living intelligence observed their surroundings. The two generals plus the leader of the S.O.G stood in front of the work table in awe. "Oh my Garmadon..." Harumi gasped under her breath. "Where am I? " the clueless inquired addressing to the leader. The white haired girl cleared her throat. " This is Ninjago...I-I'm just so surprised. I don't know what to say! "
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It was currently nightfall and the young nindroid just came back from a long day of patrolling. Numerous snowflakes fell on his helmet as he felt the cold temperature freeze his arms a little. He didn't respond to the sudden change of temperature at all since he was a nindoid. He didn't need to feel emotions but he still felt them. It's just no one ever sees in what way his lips are formed beneath that empty black mask. As he was about to open the door thatleads inside of the bar, the door opened before he could and a strong grip pulled him inside. Mr. E couldn't process what just happened and just let the shock of several minutes knock him out. Causing him not to think and not to pull out his red katanas in time. "Idiot! Where have you been?" He heard the scolding voice of Ultra Violet shouting at him. Ah yes, he recognized her as the 'crazy one'. Mr. E hasn't made much friends since he arrived here in Ninjago one week ago. Though, he interacted with this girl, the big man and the quiet one a lot. More than the bullies known as the S.O.G out in the streets.
"I was patrolling the streets of this beautiful city..." the nindroid told the truth. Ultra Violet let out a muffled growl as she grabbed his hand again and pulled him on the bar's balcony so they wouldn't be blocking the way. "Do you have any idea how much trouble I'll be in when Ha-The quiet one finds out you went out?! " she yelled in front of his covered face. Mr. E shook his head. "I apologize. " he said lowly. There was a slight pause between them until Ultra leaned back and took a deep breath. "Ugh...just don't do that again. Ok?! Geez, you had us all worried! " she turned away from him and raised her hand in the air in exasperation. Mr. E felt bad at this point however he wanted to ask her about one thing.

"The S.O.G. C-Can...i join them? " his digital tone scared the heck out of Ultra Violet. The general in training immediately turned around and faced him. "You? The fiercest motorcycle gang in all of Ninjago? Have should Seen that thing? Clearly brutes, wanting to bring back Lord Garmadon. " Ultra explained to him. She felt like telling him the truth of her acquaintance with the S.O.G would be too soon. Who knows how he will react when he finds out that all of his friends are nothing but apart of a Garmadon cultist group. Worse, how will he react to the quiet one, his inventor being the supreme leader of this group? "Just how I like it. I heard stories about this 'Lord Garmadon' And how he saved Ninjago. I want to bring him back! For what's fair in Ninjago! " he chanted, pumping a fist in the air. Ultra bit her lip and winced slightly. She didn't know if this was the best choice. To encourage him, or not. But she was pretty surprised with how courageous and enthusiastic Mr. E was being.

"You can join...if you'd like. The quiet one would like that. "
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As Harumi and her two remaining generals went back inside the elevator to return to their respective rooms for the night. Only one sentence rung in their heads after what they just saw.

"Life isn't always easy. "
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A/N Hi! Sorry this chapter came 5 days later. I was busy with school this week and let's just say that I didn't have much time to write. But hey, I did my homework and cleared up most of my schedule of after activities to write this chapter. This chapter is supposed to be the before last chapter of Ep86. Ep87 is gonna start around Chapter 9 so stay tuned for that! As you can see with Mr. E gone, the S.O.G are in a pretty tight spot and things will definitely become chaotic around Chapter 9. I'll end it off here! Chapter 8 would be out around Saturday or Sunday. Alrighty, that's all I have to say. Cya!